When the sun was three poles, and the golden crow shone directly on the top of the imperial palace, the palace examination on the last leg of the literati examination road was finally over.

"The weather is hot, all beings are hard, drink some water, eat some grapes in the Western Regions and then go."

After the exam, the strong voice of the emperor, who had been sitting majestically on it all morning, came, and all the people knelt down excitedly to thank him.

In the Taiji Hall exam, the emperor accompanied the entire examination room, and after the end, he also thoughtfully rewarded food, which was not possessed in previous palace exams.

This made a group of people not excited, and some old students even felt that the grace of God was reading and wept.

Only Li Ming knew what the emperor's intentions were.

"The Great Qian Empire has been recuperating for a hundred years, the national strength is abundant, and the world has been peaceful for a long time, this emperor can't sit still."

Li Ming thought in his heart while following Xie En, and then recalled that the handwriting of the Xiongnu was inseparable everywhere in this exam, and the answer was already clear in his heart.

In the past five years, the emperor has reorganized the army several times in the past five years, restructured and rebuilt several times, and the ordnance has been repaired and renewed, the old soldiers have been eliminated, and the wounded soldiers have been given pensions, and the veterans have been treated well.

In the past ten years, the emperor has personally stepped into the barracks dozens of times, inspected the border army three times, and this year he has written about the affairs of various military departments month by month, and has repaired the soldiers and horses of the whole country.

The official roads in various localities have been expanded, grain has been deliberately gathered, and money and grain have been used for reserves.

Successive missions to the Western Regions have returned, bringing with them a great deal of intelligence information, as can be seen from the fact that Kyoto has been decorated with many different styles.

Today, the emperor personally accompanies the palace test, and the questions in the volume are inseparable from the stable rear and the problems of the Western Regions.

Now after the end, it is even more to give people grapes in the Western Regions, which all proves that the emperor has made up his mind to use troops in the Western Regions.

In other words, it's time for a war!

OK...... He, Li Ming, is not afraid of war.

Li Ming took the grapes and water sent by the waiter, and ate them in the hall, and then the emperor stood up with emotion after seeing everyone finish eating.

"It's a shame that such delicious grapes are not abundant in our own territory."

The emperor seems to open his mouth casually, but the emperor speaks at will, and these people who are present to participate in the examination cannot be arbitrary.

"Your Majesty, although the grapes were originally produced in the Western Regions, but now I have a land to grow in the rivers and mountains, and the minister remembers that the grapes transplanted in the Southern Regions are sweet and rich, and they do not belong to the grapes of the Western Regions."

"My great land is rich, and everything is not inferior to other countries."

A person couldn't help but speak, his eyes were sincere, the emperor glanced at him, smiled lightly, and was about to leave, Li Ming suddenly raised his voice and said: "The Western Regions have been educated by my great cadres for thousands of years, and they may be one with my great cadres." ”

The emperor paused, glanced back at Li Ming, smiled lightly and nodded away.

After the emperor, the three invigilators nodded and left with the emperor, and two of them glanced at Li Ming with a smile on their faces.

Li Ming lowered his head, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Everyone, the exam is over, please leave the Taiji Hall together."

A eunuch came to the door of the palace and spoke loudly, Li Ming immediately resumed his standing posture, left with all the people, walked out of the palace gate, and came outside.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the ministers of the palace examination are reviewing the content, and the list will be released outside the imperial city the day after tomorrow, and what the result is, you will know at a glance on the day of the release."

Out of the palace gate, there was a eunuch politely spoke, although everyone present is now a white body, just have fame, but after the day after tomorrow, who knows which one will become an official, and who will become a member of the court in the future.

In a few words, there is no need for these eunuchs to offend this group of people who don't know what status they will go to in the future.

Li Yang looked at the kind smiles of the eunuchs around him, and just wanted to leave, a voice sounded from his side.

"Today, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the country is prosperous and stable, and the national strength is thriving, all of which stems from the peace of the world and the absence of war in the country."

A sonorous and powerful voice sounded from his side, and Li Yang looked back to see that it was the young man who had just taken the lead in speaking above the main hall, and he was looking at himself with a solemn face at this time, and his voice attracted the attention of the people around him.

He smiled lightly, it seems that everyone is not stupid, the reason why they didn't say those words is just that the direction of support in their hearts is different.

However, there was no real power, and just relying on some words wanted the emperor to let go of the idea of expanding the territory............ You're thinking too much, aren't you?

He didn't speak, and walked away with his hands behind his back as if he hadn't heard.

It is said that there is a lot of dispute in the court, and he has already felt a little bit before he enters the court, and he will pay back a lot of things when he enters the court.

Li Ming's heart was secretly moved, although he had not yet obtained the results of the palace examination, he didn't know if he could be on the list, what the results were, and he didn't know if he could become an official after the results came out, and if he could become an official, what kind of official would he be.

However, he couldn't help but start thinking about which path he would take in the future......

The person standing behind saw Li Ming smiling at him, turned around and left without saying a word, pursed his lips, and walked away.

None of the gathered people were stupid, they looked at the two people who had obviously different ideas, and they all left silently.

They didn't choose to be too radical like Li Ming and that person, but they were very calm and didn't say a word, but sometimes, this was already an indication of attitude.

However, no matter what, if they only ask for an official position, the origin of a tribute is enough.

They all knew that in such a situation, they did not give a result that satisfied His Majesty, did not give a reaction that satisfied His Majesty, and did not give a result that satisfied some courtiers in the court.

Then, the champion, the leader, and the flower, these three have nothing to do with them.

Thinking lightly in his heart, the people who had left and scattered turned their thoughts and hurried away from outside the palace gate.

On the other side, Li Ming also came together calmly with Uncle Shi and Uncle Shi all the way.

"How's it going?"

Seeing Li Ming approaching, Liu Qingshi asked with a smile, and Wang Hengliang also looked at it with a smile.

After the palace examination, the final fate of a scholar is basically decided, and they are naturally very concerned.

"Wait for the good news."

Li Ming smiled slightly, everyone will have a vague perception of the results of their exams after the exam, and Li Ming naturally has it.

Even, his spiritual strength is different from ordinary people, and he knows very well that his result this time will definitely be happy.

Liu Qingshi and Wang Hengliang, who heard Li Ming so confident and knew his character, both smiled, obviously happy with his result.

Li Ming, as a disciple of Qingsongguan, and as the older generation of disciples of Qingsongguan, they are naturally happy to see that the disciples in their own view mix better.

They are also very happy to have such a result.

At the very least, this trip was not in vain, and the effect was very effective.

"Who was talking to you just now, finding fault?"

Wang Hengliang's gaze looked at the young man who had already walked into the distance, and asked Li Ming with an inquiring face.

"No, the concept is different, it's just a gossip."

Li Ming responded with a chuckle, thought about it next, and pointed in the direction of his home: "Let's go back first, I have something to say." ”

"Hmm."

Seeing Li Ming's solemn expression, Liu Qingshi and Wang Hengliang, who were of his temperament, nodded squarely, and then followed him to where to rent the house.

After a short time, when the location arrived, Li Ming called his uncle and uncle back, checked whether there were eyes and ears around, closed the doors and windows, and sat in the hall.

"Uncle Shi, I don't know if we have a safe contact information in the view, and we can send a message back directly in the capital without worrying about being seen by outsiders?"

Li Ming took the lead in looking at Liu Qingshi, an experienced senior uncle in the rivers and lakes, and asked with a serious expression.

"Yes, there are homely disciples in the temple who are in Beijing, and they can use this to contact them, and they can deliver letters in the city without worrying about being seen by any outsiders."

Liu Qingshi nodded solemnly, and his expression was much more awe-inspiring.

"Okay, wait a minute."

Li Ming nodded, turned around and took the paper and envelope, and wrote a line on the spot: It is not appropriate to get food, when you store more food, it is difficult to cultivate the blade, it is difficult for the disciples to practice, when you prepare more blades, collect more disciples, and summon the disciples who are wandering back to the mountain. It will be burned immediately after reading.

After writing, Li Ming folded the letter, put it in an envelope, sealed it with beeswax, and wrote on the cover: Heavy, the Lord personally opened.

"I also ask Uncle Shi to send this letter as soon as possible, and secretly deliver it to the master as soon as possible, so that no one can see it."

Li Ming sent the letter to his uncle Liu Qingshi, and pressed his inquiring gaze: "After the uncle comes back, the three of us are chatting in detail." ”

"Okay."

Hearing the urgency in Li Ming's words, Liu Qingshi nodded heavily, followed by putting away the envelope, turning around and leaving.

"Uncle Shi, it's not too early, it's time to make lunch."

Li Ming's eyes followed closely to his uncle Wang Hengliang, and he opened his mouth with a smile, Wang Hengliang frowned and nodded, and then went out to choose vegetables and cook with Li Ming.

"Whoosh ......"

On the board, Li Ming moved the knife like flying, and quickly cut the prepared pork and vegetables, but except for the sound of the knife breaking through the air, he couldn't hear the slightest sound of touching the board.

When he finished cutting the vegetables, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

This short meal is not made in vain, but this knife worker, under the deliberate training again and again, and the most important thing is the correction and assistance of the powerful soul power, his knife worker can already cut the dish without touching the board.

And to do this means that he has completely mastered every subtle power of his body, and his control of strength has reached an outrageous degree of precision.

In this case, when he cultivated the [Mixed Yuan Gong] [Mixed Yuan Palm] again, he felt that there was a big difference, and one point of strength could hit three points of strength, and that was the case.

After cutting the vegetables, Li Ming stir-fried the vegetables in the vigorous fire burned by Uncle Wang Hengliang with a smile on his face, his control of the temperature was extremely precise, and a pot of vegetables that were cut into small pieces were evenly heated under his stir-frying, and there was no omission.

By the time Liu Qingshi returned, the dishes had been cooked and the rice had been steamed.

The dishes served are full of flavor and aroma, and they are all cooked very thoroughly, which means that Li Ming's control of the situation and timing has also reached its peak.

If he fights against others, with this kind of observation and control, he will be able to exert 200% of his strength.

The reason why it is two hundred percent is because he can expand his strength, let one part of his strength, and exert two effects in battle.

"The letter has been sent, can you tell me what happened, why are you so nervous?"

Liu Qingshi sat down and took two bites of rice, and couldn't help but open his mouth in a secret way.

The so-called sound transmission into the secret is nothing more than the use of true qi to direct the sound to a specific group of people, which is not difficult to do.

Just like Liu Qingshi, at such a close distance when facing each other during meals, as long as the cultivation has an inside, and there are some heavenly postures, people who control their own strength more accurately can do it.

What is really powerful is that people who are far away carry out sound transmission, and the farther away the distance, the more difficult it is, which can be said to be doubled.

Liu Qingshi was able to transmit sound at such a distance, but he couldn't do it if he was fifty meters apart to transmit sound to Li Ming, which was beyond the limit of his true qi.

Transsonic transmission is also a test of true qi.

Liu Qingshi did not only transmit the voice to Li Ming, but limited it to the scope of this small table, not only Li Ming, but Wang Hengliang, who was sitting on the side, also heard it, and after hearing Liu Qingshi's words, they all looked at Li Ming.

"Your Majesty's exam questions in recent years are all related to the Western Regions, and in recent years, he has frequently mobilized troops and trained various departments, and today's palace exam is to personally accompany the candidates throughout the process, and the exam questions are all related to the Western Regions."

Li Ming took a bite of rice, easily used the skill of sound transmission to communicate with his uncle and uncle, after speaking, he took another bite of rice, swallowed it, and then continued to speak: "After the exam, Your Majesty rewarded us with water and grapes, and when we finished eating, Your Majesty said that such good grapes are unfortunately not the product of our country." ”

"You mean to say that Your Majesty is preparing to go to war against the Xiongnu in the Western Regions?"

Hearing Li Ming's words, Liu Qingshi's eyes lit up with a touch of brilliance, and he couldn't help but respond, even Wang Hengliang was the same, and there was a lot more solemnity between his eyebrows.

"All the circumstances indicate that this is the case, or it is certain that it must be so."

Li Ming gently took a bite of pork, chewed it twice with satisfaction, and ate it into his stomach: "Now the army has undergone several restructurings, and its combat effectiveness is very strong, and it has been replaced with new equipment, repaired equipment, replaced personnel, and has undergone training again and again, and has been transferred with generals. ”

"In the past, the nobles who walked in the army, all the noble children with empty titles were thrown back, and the combat effectiveness of the army has reached its peak, and Your Majesty, I see that its intention has been decided, and the movement of this palace test is to show its determination to the world through this event that can cause spread."

"Just wait for an opportunity, and the war will start!"

(End of chapter)