At the same time, in a village in the desert in the west, hundreds of naked men were sitting around the bonfire and telling each other about their hometown, at this time a teenager hummed, heard the boy's singing, the big men quieted down, and then one followed the boy to hum, one person, two people, and then a hundred people sang together, the song spread throughout the desert, but slowly the singing was suppressed by the wind, and it can be found that these people are singing military songs.

In a school hall in the southeast, a group of teenagers who did not go home were putting up Kong Ming lanterns under the leadership of Mr., and only one teenager was sitting in front of the window, staring blankly at the northwest and the direction of Jingshi.

"Chen Cong, what are you thinking about?" The two teenagers ran up to him, patted him lightly and asked.

"It's nothing, I'm thinking about a friend, I don't know if he's happy on this day." Chen Cong smiled and explained.

"Hey, how old are you where did you come from, go and go, go and put Kong Ming lanterns to pray." Seeing that there was nothing wrong with him, the two teenagers said jokingly, and then dragged Chen Cong to put the Kong Ming lantern.

"I hope that my brother can be recommended as an official this year, so that I can bully and bully Song Zhiming well."

"I hope that this year's wind and rain will be smooth so that my father will stop working so hard, and I also hope to continue to beat Zhang Xingbin."

"I hope I can finish my homework on time this year and not be hit by my husband."

"I hope that the Son of Heaven can reduce taxes a little, so that Father will not have to work so hard."

"Hope ........"

"I hope that the country and the people will be safe, everyone will have their land, all children will have a book, and education will be realized as soon as possible."

Dongjun, just as the Dongyi people celebrated the Lantern Festival, a Zhao army team wearing Dongyi people's clothing had quietly infiltrated the Dongyi people's camp, and then, countless rockets pierced the night sky and attacked the Dongyi people's camp.

The leader of Dongyi threw away his beloved concubine and the leg of mutton that had just eaten two bites, and hurriedly fled for his life under the protection of his personal guards, but when they just walked out, the leader of Dongyi found that this road.... How does it seem to be in the direction of Zhao Jun.

Just when the Dongyi leader wanted to draw his saber, two cold knives were placed on the neck of the Dongyi leader, and the person on the left whispered to the Dongyi leader: "My honorable leader, we are the Zhao army Mengwei battalion, and you have been captured." ”

Then there was a burst of laughter, and when you looked closely, the people holding the Dongyi leader showed their immature faces that were different from others.

At this time, in the Golden Dragon Hall of the Imperial City, Chu Haowen was talking to Lu Feng, Zhang Guang, the deputy commander of the dead soldiers, and a female dead soldier, under the gaze of several other female dead soldiers, huh....... Play mahjong.

Forget it, let's not talk about him, it's good to live without heart and lungs.

On the third day, the third day after the Lantern Festival, the civil and military officials of the imperial court entered the Qiankun Hall with their own careful thoughts.

With the whip eunuch shaking the long whip three times, the court meeting officially began, and after Murong Xueyuan took Chu Haowen into the hall and sat down, after the ministers shouted long live, Mo Feng began his routine: "The ministers have a book to start and retreat from the court!" ”

"Minister, Yang Zhicai, the secretary of the Ministry of War, has this enlightenment." When Mo Feng finished speaking, Yang Zhicai stood out of the queue.

"What's the matter?" Murong Xue Kite asked

"Empress Dowager Qi, Your Majesty, yesterday the Ministry of War received an expedited 800 miles from Dongjun, our army defeated the Dongyi army on the battlefield of Dongjun, annihilated 48,000 Dongyi, captured more than 100,000 people, captured countless cattle, sheep and horses, Dongyi leader An Dongxing was captured by our army, and is now on the way to the capital." In fact, individual officials and Murong Xueyuan already knew about this matter yesterday, but they read it out today, mainly to use this matter to improve the spirit of the court and ease the contradictions between various factions.

"Congratulations to the Son of Heaven! Congratulations to the Queen Mother! Sheng Jingquan stood up at the right time and congratulated Murong Xueyuan and Chu Haowen.

"Congratulations to the Son of Heaven! Congratulations to the Queen Mother! Immediately afterwards, all the ministers also congratulated Murong Xueyuan and Chu Haowen in the same way.

"Good! The Ministry of War counted how many soldiers needed to be compensated and how many soldiers needed to be promoted, and a list of them was roughly listed and handed over to the household department.

Hubu Shangshu, count how much money it costs, list one and give it to His Majesty for review. Murong Xuekite is also very happy, this is the rebellion that was suppressed during her auxiliary administration, this is a political achievement, and the evaluation of herself in the future history books will also increase.

"What else is the matter with the ministers!" After arranging the bereavement work, Murong Xueyuan continued to ask.

"The Imperial History, the Imperial History, the Imperial History, the Imperial History, Just when Mo Feng finished speaking, Wei Zhiqiu tidied up his clothes and was about to start performing, but Yushi Diao Zhibo suddenly stood up, which made Chen Run'an and his faction puzzled, this, isn't it our main attack?

Murong Xueyuan, who was sitting behind Chu Haowen, asked, "What's the matter!" She knew that Xiao Yunzhou and others were going to re-mention the imperial examination in this court today, but she didn't expect that it would be such an unknown petty official who came out to take the lead.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, my dynasty since the eight years of Zhaozong to carry out the imperial examination, has not been held for more than ten years, the expansion of the imperial court talent is all over the officials and important ministers in the court, resulting in the state and dynasty officials are mixed, most of the talented and unvirtuous people rely on relationships or money bribes to enter the high position, and many people who study hard in the cold window have great talents but because there are no high-ranking officials in the court or the family is poor, they cannot take out money to bribe Shangguan and cannot enter the court.

Therefore, the minister risked his life to ask the emperor and the queen mother to reopen the imperial examination! It is also a bright and bright place for the world's scholars, so that all the talented people in the world are in the hands of the Son of Heaven! After saying that, Diao Zhibo knelt on his knees and kowtowed heavily to Chu Haowenxing.

Seeing Diao Zhibo's words so fierce, Ning Qian was about to step forward to refute, but at this moment, dozens of officials stood up together, knelt on their knees like Diao Zhibo, and said in unison: "The ministers ask Your Majesty to reopen the imperial examination." ”

This scene not only caught Ning Qian and the others off guard, but even the people of Chen Run'an's faction were not calm in an instant, so big? I'm not even an assistant now? But when he turned his head and saw Chen Run'an's indifferent expression, everyone instantly understood everything, it turned out that Lord Chen had already known all this, so it would be okay to continue watching the play.

Seeing so many ministers kneeling down and requesting, Murong Xue Yuan frowned, who would have known that Xiao Yunzhou could be so ruthless as soon as he came up, seeing that Ning Qian and the others were frightened by this momentum, they hurriedly coughed and reminded Ning Qian to fight back.

Hearing Murong Xuekite's reminder, Ning Qian hurriedly scolded loudly: "Are you trying to force the palace by doing this?" ”

"Don't dare!" Seeing Ning Qian threatening everyone, Zhuge Qibo, the secretary of Dali Temple, stood up and said, "Lord Ning, don't go online like this. ”

"Going online? When did this official go online? Ning Qian asked rhetorically, "They look like this, aren't they forcing the palace!" Isn't it a threat to the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother! "Ning Qian's purpose is to shape everyone into the image of forcing the palace and pull the initiative to the queen mother.

"Your Excellency, you just want to reopen the imperial examination and give the world's scholars a chance to compete fairly. Lord Ning has left no stone unturned to block the book, could it be that the proposal of the ministers has touched your interests! Zhuge Qibo retorted.

Seeing Zhuge Qibo asking himself, Ning Qian hurriedly explained, "Ridiculous! When did this official leave no room to stop them from going to the book! This official is just afraid that someone with a heart will use this to coerce His Majesty and the Queen Mother. After that, he bowed to Chu Haowen to show his loyalty to everyone.

After listening to Ning Qian's explanation, Zhuge Qibo asked rhetorically continuously, "Then may I ask Lord Ning, who do you think wants to threaten His Majesty and the Queen Mother?" Is it Lord Sangkoku? Is it the Six Books of Shangshu? It's me? Or these dozen ministers kneeling above the main hall! As he spoke, he walked towards Ning Qian, until he walked in front of Ning Qian, and the two glared at each other face to face.

"Lord Zhuge don't be so excited, you are so excited, which makes it difficult for this official to feel that you are not a person with a heart." Ning Qian wiped his face with his sleeve and said softly to Zhuge Qibo.

"Lord Ning, don't slander others casually, Lord Zhuge is notoriously short-tempered, don't slander Lord Zhuge because of these trivial things." Seeing that Ning Qian didn't eat Zhuge Qibo's set, An Zexiang, the right servant of the ministry, stood up from the queue, bowed to Chu Haowen, and started the intimidation mode.

"Slander? When did Lord Ning ever slander? There are people who turn right and wrong upside down. Tang Yu, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, stood up and began to fight with An Zexiang.

"Don't change the topic, Lord Tang, what we are talking about now is the question of whether to reopen the imperial examination." Miao Zhongyu, the left Shaoqing of Dali Temple, stood up and tried to break the problem back.

"Humph! Who shifted the issue first? Who has been constantly attacking people from the beginning? I think it's obvious to everyone. Jun Zhangwei, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, stood up and stubbornly deviated the problem.

Immediately afterwards, almost all the officials in the entire court began to hate each other, and the spittle stars flew all over the hall above the court, and the swear words such as erectors, old thieves, horsemen, and rats were endless. Chu Haowen who watched this scene called him a good guy, it turned out that political disagreements would really scold each other, and he thought that this scene would only be staged in the parliament of a beautiful country.

But in this chaotic situation, Chen Run'an, Xiao Yunzhou, Sheng Jingquan, Yang Zhicai, King Wei of Qin, and Ning Qian, who had just finished the quarrel, are you look at me, I look at you silently watching the quarrel coldly, the quarrel in front of you is just trying to put pressure on Murong Xueyuan, and the final decision depends on a few of them.

"Enough!" Seeing that several bigwigs did not intervene, Murong Xueyuan knew that if he didn't stop this Qiankun Palace, it would become a martial arts competition, "You are all important ministers and elegant people in the imperial court, and now they are so rude in this hall!" Have your bearings, your manners, been eaten by dogs! Murong Xue Kite walked out directly from behind the curtain and reprimanded loudly.

Seeing Murong Xuekite coming out, the ministers also stopped scolding the ministers. ”

Seeing Murong Xue Kite coming out, Xiao Yunzhou, who understood that the time was ripe, coughed and slowly stood up, "The Queen Mother, don't be angry, your lords are also in order to make my Da Zhao better, and they quarreled with excitement for a while, I hope the Queen Mother will not be punished for this." Xiao Yunzhou first calmed Murong Xueyu's emotions, and then started today's topic

"The minister thinks that the ministers have misunderstood the meaning of the imperial examination. The minister believes that the most important significance of the reopening of the imperial examination itself is not to provide excellent talents for the imperial court, could it be that among those who passed the imperial examination, there are not a few people who die of studying? There are not many people who have become officials and started to fish the people? After being an official for so many years, there are some things that you all know in your hearts. ”

Xiao Yunzhou paused, his eyes swept over the court, and many people were also frightened by Xiao Yunzhou's eyes and shrunk their heads and didn't dare to move, Xiao Yunzhou continued, "The significance of reopening the imperial examination is to let the world's scholars be grateful to the royal family, to Your Majesty, and to the Queen Mother!" This will increase the prestige of the imperial court among the people, and will make the world's scholars trust the imperial court more, which will make the world healthy. ”

The most important meaning of Xiao Yunzhou's set of statements is that as long as you Murong Xueyuan agrees to open the imperial examination, all the scholars in the world will be grateful to you, what? Why don't you say they are grateful to Chu Haowen? How old is he? Does he have the right? Aren't all the decrees from Murong Xueyuan's hands?

After hearing Xiao Yunzhou's words, Murong Xue Kite seemed to be a little moved, after all, now is the time when he needs prestige, although quelling the Dongyi rebellion can increase the prestige in the hearts of the people, but that is only a certainty.

Seeing that Murong Xue Kite had a feeling of excitement, Sheng Jingquan hurriedly stood up, "According to what the prime minister said, the reopening of the imperial examination will make the world healthy, and the people will respect the imperial court, can it be said that the world will not be healthy now?" Do the people not respect the court? "Although I want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, I still have to do the project in the face clearly.

Xiao Yunzhou glanced at Sheng Jingquan and asked him like a fool, "Doesn't Master Sheng know the situation of my Da Zhao now?" After looking at Sheng Jingquan for two seconds, Xiao Yunzhou continued, "In this battle between the north and the Liao State, our country can be said to have gathered the strength of the whole country to compete, although the result was won, but the northern counties are thousands of miles away, and there are countless bandits, bandits, and bandits, according to the military report sent by the King of Chu to the imperial court, many of the leaders of the bandits and bandits are scholars, why?" Because I can't live anymore! After studying for so many years and having no room for promotion, why don't you be a bandit? Dongjun, Dongyi rebelled, Da Sima found hundreds of scholars in the captives who were giving advice to Dongyi, why? I can't live anymore! Do you need me to tell you about the south and the west? You should know all these things, huh? Why are you asking me such a question here? ”

"This ...... Of course the official knew, but he had forgotten about it for a while. Sheng Jingquan was speechless for a moment and responded embarrassedly.

Seeing that Sheng Jingquan was defeated, Ning Qian hurriedly stood up and said: "Prime Minister, even if the Queen Mother agrees to reopen the imperial examination, but this official asks you, can the imperial court take out the money for this imperial examination now?" "You put the facts, I also put the facts, according to Ning Qian's knowledge, after two major battles, and the Fengzhou earthquake, the household has been pulled out cleanly, and there is no money left to support the cost of the imperial examination.

"Empress Dowager, there are only 20,000 taels of silver in the household department at present." Seeing that Ning Qian talked about spending money, Chen Runan stood up and began to report to work, and when everyone heard that the household department only had 20,000 taels, they couldn't help but look at each other, 20,000 taels, and even less than most of the ministers' families had more money in their homes, and 20,000 taels couldn't do anything.

"But." Suddenly, Chen Run'an gave many people hope again, and Chen Run'an continued: "After the Great Sima Wu Xingxue suppressed the Dongyi rebellion, he gave the ministers a list after clearing the Dongyi property. Then Chen Run'an took out the list that had been prepared from the cuff, "According to statistics, the Dongyi rebels have more than 20 million taels of silver, more than 8 million taels of gold, 1 million taels of grain, and the rest of the items can be exchanged for gold and silver to get more than 10 million taels." In addition to the rewards for meritorious officials, more than 25 million taels of silver and more than 5 million taels of gold were left into the treasury.

Therefore, the reopening of the imperial examination is not only rich, but also can be held in a more grand way. After reading the list, Chen Run'an handed the list to the eunuch on the side and handed it to Murong Xueyuan, and Ning Qian and the others, who understood that the matter could no longer be reversed, stopped talking and quietly waited for Murong Xueyuan's ruling.

Seeing that Ning Qian and the others did not speak, Murong Xueyuan also knew that the general trend could not be stopped, so he announced: "The mourning family has decided to re-conduct the imperial examination, and the specific time and candidates will be informed to the mourning family after the six auxiliary ministers have discussed." ”

"Queen Mother Shengming!"