Mo said that Li Chengqian couldn't understand it, even Zhao Deyan was also confused. The two eyebrows are about to overlap together, and I don't understand how to solve this puzzle in order to be related to the next imperial examination questions.

"Sir, brother-in-law, is he reminding us that he wants to take the I Ching? You have taught the soldiers, the battle array, the people's livelihood and the gathering of wealth...... If you don't know the I Ching, do you understand it? Li Chengqian asked tentatively.

Zhao Deyan snorted coldly, "The Book of Changes is known as the head of the group of scriptures, if you don't learn the Book of Changes, how can you understand the battle formation?" When observing the sky, observing geography, and understanding people, all of them have to start from the Book of Changes. ”

"However, the questions in this exam have nothing to do with the I Ching."

Yes? So what does the phrase "dragons have no leader" mean? Li Chengqian humbly asked for advice.

Zhao Deyan shook his head, "I can't guess what it means for the time being." But if it is the I Ching, how can the children of the family be beaten by relying on the students who have just studied for three years? Hou Ye's idea would not be so rancid. ”

Ahem...... That's right.

"Alas...... You said that he was too, since he promised to draw you a test range, can't you make it clear directly to your face? You and I won't leak the question, what are you doing all these twists and turns? Isn't this deliberately manipulating my old Zhao? The imperial examination hasn't started yet, so I'll give this gentleman a question first......" Zhao Deyan complained.

Before he finished speaking, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, as if he had thought of something, and the whole person stood on the spot, "He, should he be ......?"

Li Chengqian was pleasantly surprised: "Sir, have you untied it?" ”

After a long time, Zhao Deyan finally came back to his senses, and his eyes were not only shocked but also frightened. Looking at the eager prince next to him, Zhao Deyan shook his head and decided to hide his guess.

Slowly walked to the table, picked up the pen, and calculated while writing: "The dragons have no head, from the "Book of Changes" hexagram: use nine, see the dragons without a head, auspicious!" ”

Li Chengqian nodded, everyone knows this, the key is how to explain it?

Zhao Deyan continued: "Now Hou Ye only wrote four words, not that he meant to test the Book of Changes. If I'm not mistaken, he's reminding us that with nine! ”

With nine? What does it mean to use nine? Li Chengqian still didn't expect it.

Zhao Deyan smiled, "In the past, the imperial examinations were mostly based on Confucian scriptures, which are the so-called Five Classics. There is a saying among the people, if you learn the Five Classics well, you can be a doctor! Commonly known as - with five. ”

"What Hou Ye means is that he doesn't use five, but nine!"

Li Chengqian nodded and agreed: "So, brother-in-law wants to expand the scope of the exam?" Add some questions that will benefit us? ”

Zhao Deyan waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, it's not to expand to use nine, but to completely abandon the use of five, and use nine instead." As long as the test is something that neither side understands, you want to test something that is completely beneficial to us? It's too difficult, you can't test how they farm, right? In this way, the other party will not accept it if he loses. ”

This one is even more ruthless than Xiao Rui! Most of those ordinary students come from peasant families, and they have been serving farmers since they were children, and if they take the agricultural mulberry, I am afraid that they can all be on the list, and at the same time, they can also eliminate the children of the nobility who were born in the gate. It was definitely a good idea to win, Xiao Rui didn't dare to think so, but Zhao Deyan had no scruples and dared to show what it means to be unscrupulous.

Yes?

Li Chengqian didn't understand, "Sir, what are these nine?" ”

Zhao Deyan smiled and dropped the brush, and actually pointed out the door, "The sum of the three provinces and six departments is nine!" ”

What??

Li Chengqian exclaimed: "This, this...... How does this work? Brother-in-law wants to take the government affairs exam directly? This can't be done, that group of students has only been able to read and write with them for three years, and they have no experience in the world at all, let alone know how to deal with government affairs. ”

Zhao Deyan smiled and did not say his guess.

Instead, he explained with a smile: "He drew a range for you, and he didn't really want to take the test." If I'm not mistaken, he won't test the scriptures, or even those flowery rhetorical essays. Hou Ye has to test the ability to solve problems practically. You are the crown prince, and you have a natural advantage in this regard. ”

Li Chengqian smiled, "Sir, students are in the palace all day long, rarely go out, although they have also traveled, but they don't have much actual experience. ”

Zhao Deyan laughed and said, "There is no need to be modest. I mean, as the crown prince, you have a natural advantage to go directly to the files of the three provinces and six yamen in previous years, and after reading these files, you can know the affairs of the world without leaving home, and you can also see how the capable officials in the court and the central government deal with them. ”

"With all this experience, can't you take an exam?"

Li Chengqian was pleasantly surprised: "Wonderful! The advantage in this battle is mine, haha, sure enough, my brother-in-law is still facing me, and Sister Ning'er will definitely not be able to win against me. Hey? Sir, if I read all the dossiers in one year, can I get the top prize? ”

Zhao Deyan shook his head.

Li Chengqian said disappointedly: "Still can't." ”

Zhao Deyan: "I don't know! ”

……

At the same time, thousands of miles away in the clouds in a small town on the northern border. Wang Jishan, who came here with great difficulty, also used his own means to persuade the head of the Wang family in Yunzhong, and included all the eighty-three school-age youths in the clan into his command.

Although Wang Ji has conquered everyone with his talent, everyone is still a little unsure about this young gentleman, I have never seen such a young gentleman, it is clearly our peers.

Just when everyone was ready to study the Pentateuch again, Wang Jishan made a decision that made everyone confused: throw away all the books in their hands.

What?

Even the patriarch of the Wang family in the clouds didn't understand what this meant? Are you here to help us get back to our home? Or is it deliberately to ruin us? Throw away all the books and learn from you, what do you learn? Archery on horseback? If our people can't make the list, how can they be favored by the Lord? How to get back?

Wang Jishan patted his chest and promised: "No matter what the result of this imperial examination is, my uncle will promise you to return." The premise is that you cooperate with me unconditionally and completely. How? Now is the first step, and you're going to break the contract? ”

In this way, the junior does not force it. Clan elder, you will use your own methods, looking forward to you having a few more champions, and then let the family greet you. ”

Saying that, Wang Jishan was about to leave, but the other party hurriedly apologized, and persuaded him to stay.

"Childe, it's not that we don't trust you, but you have to let everyone understand why, right? Otherwise, even if everyone cooperates on the surface and resists in their hearts, isn't it still a mistake in the end? We want to return to our family, but we really want to help you. ”

How true is this? Wang Jishan knows it, but he doesn't break it.

After thinking about it for a while, I decided to explain, after all, I had to spend a year with them.

"It's simple. Our opponent this time is none other than Hou Xiaorui, the champion who is known as the world's No. 1. This person is imaginative, and this time he clearly wants to fight us in the imperial examination. How can we be careless? ”

"If you still deal with the imperial examination according to the previous regulations, hehe, do you think the champion Hou Xiaorui will be so stupid? He's never been defeated. So there must be a big net, waiting for us to drill into it. ”

"If we follow the rules of the past, we can win Xiao Rui steadily, why should I run here to find you? There is no shortage of people in this family. ”

"The Art of War: Win with Righteousness and Odds! You are the amazing soldiers of my Wang family! ”

"This battle is not only about whether you can return to the clan land, but also about the life and death glory of the entire Wang family."

This is Ben Gongzi's explanation, if you don't understand, or can't accept it, you can quit now. After a stick of incense, all those who remain are their own people, and in the coming year, everything must listen to me, including your eating, drinking, and sleeping. ”

"Brothers of the same clan, do you dare to accompany my Wang Jishan to fight with the invincible Xiao Rui?"

……

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, hesitate for a moment, and then raise your fist in unison, stay! World War I!