Although Sheng Jun is seventy years old, he is still burly, his back is still straight, and his eyes are not cloudy.

At the end of last month, he returned to the capital, rested for a few days, and today he came to the Taiji Palace.

Because today's topic is special, he, like Sheng Hong, is a critic.

Sheng Jun sat on the other side of the imperial case, and after reading a few excerpts, he raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, looking a little tired.

This time I went out of Beijing, and I stayed outside for half a year before I came back, and my elderly body couldn't stand the journey, and I didn't slow down after resting for several days.

Seeing this, Sheng Hong put down the tortoiseshell purple pen in his hand and instructed Qian San: "Go to the cheese courtyard to urge and see if the new taste is good." ”

Qian San should be, and quickly ordered people to go to the cheese courtyard.

Sheng Jun likes cheese, so he set up a cheese yard specializing in making quiche cheese.

In the past, the cheese courtyard made traditional dim sum with milk, but now that the pattern has been renovated, even Sheng Hong, who doesn't like sweets, likes the soft and sweet taste.

"Father, the chef of the cheese courtyard wants to add bean paste, jujube paste and other fillings to the fresh milk bread, I think it will taste good, you can taste it later."

"Hmm." Sheng Jun nodded, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes.

He picked up the tea bowl beside him, took a sip gently, and when the fragrance of tea spread in his mouth, he looked at Sheng Hong: "In this palace test, can Li Qiao's kid's roll convince the public?" If he can't convince the public, then he can't give him the champion. ”

"This is nature, everyone in the world looks at it, and there can be no favoritism. But he mentioned military training during the county test before, and I think he understands this. Sheng Hong said.

Li Qiao has already obtained the small three yuan and the reconciliation yuan and the huiyuan, and he also wants to be an adult, give Li Qiao a champion, and come up with some questions that Li Qiao is good at.

But he was really angry with the clumsy catcher, and Li Qiao also wrote about it, so he took this matter as a palace exam topic.

There is great power in numbers, brainstorming and working together.

This group of people is already a jinshi, and they are going to be officials in the future, and he is going to give these people a fortune, a matter of eating the king, and being loyal to the king, since he has taken his fortune, then he has to solve the difficult and miscellaneous problems he faces when governing the country, and he has to share his worries.

Of course, if Li Qiao drops the chain at a critical moment and falls short, it doesn't matter, the palace test is just the starting point, and there will be a long time to come.

"He understands it." Sheng Jun nodded, and asked again: "What did those lifters answer when they took the test?" ”

He had just returned to Beijing, and he had not yet had time to pay attention to this matter.

"Except for Li Qiao, there is nothing new about the rest, and many people still make me want to carry a knife to cut people."

Thinking of the test paper of this meeting, Sheng Hong's face flashed with anger.

Although he only looked at the test papers selected by Yan Anbang and a few people, he also specially asked Yan Anbang to know what the answers were written by everyone who failed to make the list.

Therefore, he knows what these more than 10,000 candidates have written.

One in 10 wrote about increasing taxes.

In the name of a clever name, he collected more taxes from the people and merchants.

If the matter of increasing taxes is written so lightly, if such a person becomes an official, nine out of ten will fish the people.

Can taxes be increased at will?

A drop of spit from those in power who falls on the heads of the people is like the Yellow River bursting its banks, and people can be drowned in an instant!

Therefore, knowing that more than 1,000 people had written this method, his anger suddenly rose.

In addition to these more than 1,000 people, there are more than 8,000 people who make a fuss about taxation, but these people have not changed their methods to oppress the people, and these people are writing about reforming the tax law and opening up new sources of taxation.

But because many of them don't know much about Dasheng's tax laws, the articles they write can only make him laugh and get angry, and of the 8,000 articles, there are not many that are really useful.

For example, what Gu Lianghan wrote, inventory all the fields in Dasheng, focusing on the fields under the names of Xiucai, Juzi Xungui and others.

Xiucai, Juzi, and Xungui all have the right to be exempted from paying taxes, so some people hang their fields under the names of Xiucai, Juzi, and Xungui, so that they can not pay taxes.

Of course, because the power in the hands of the nobles is great, they play more tricks than Xiucai, so they avoid more taxes.

But Xiucai's status as a noble son is not ordinary, and Sheng Hong can't move easily, so although Gu Lianghan's method is good, it is difficult to operate in practice.

It was also said that it was possible to collect taxes by sea.

But this is not easy to do, the sea is risky, otherwise he would not have built the canal.

In short, although these 8,000 people did not oppress the people, the methods given were either unusable or difficult to operate in practice.

The remaining more than 1,000 people have all kinds of things.

For example, Xin Zhi wrote about the reduction of officials.

It's a good idea.

But he can't surrender at will, because he is taking the road of high salaries and incorruptibility, and the principle pursued by him and Sheng Jun is that the imperial court provides officials with a very nourishing income that can make them live, and if the officials are still greedy in this case, then their father and son will never be soft when they cut people.

There are also people who write about more gold and silver mines, and more mining.

Oh, joke, when he doesn't know the way?

But the key is that you can't find gold and silver mines!

In addition, there are people who write about maritime trade, trade with other small countries, etc.

The idea is also good, and he is ready to implement it.

But the process is long, and there is no benefit for a year and a half.

Some people even wrote about starting wars and robbing other countries.

He didn't know how the man had written such cold and merciless words, war can make money, but war kills!

……

"Look, this is our move, it is a move selected by the children's test and the township test, and it is a move that I don't take the usual path, deliberately come up with strange questions, and use strange questions to force out."

"At this level, I don't think our money is worth it."

Sheng Hong couldn't help but slap the table in the end.

He used the imperial examination to elect officials, because he wanted these people to help him guard the great prosperity.

But what are these answers?

Moreover, this is already the level of lifting.

Juzi can talk and laugh with the local magistrate, at this level, how can he tolerate the existence of the class of squires.

Certainly intolerable!

"Forget it, compared to that year, this batch of lifts has improved."

Sheng Jun raised his hand and pressed down, making his anger drop.

mentioned that year, the anger on Sheng Hong's face disappeared all of a sudden.

No, it's an improvement over what it used to be.

"So I point Li Qiao as Huiyuan, among the more than 10,000 answer sheets, his papers are too outstanding, not only do not harm the people, but also have strong operability and fast money."

Sheng Hong sighed.

"Well, well deserved."

Sheng Jun nodded, agreeing with this.

"And his fellow villagers, they can also do anything, and in the many volumes surrounding taxation, it is refreshing."

Sheng Hong couldn't help laughing as he spoke: "Maybe they were influenced by Li Qiao, and the methods they gave were all aimed at the rich and noble." ”

This coincides with his thinking.

The treasury is empty, and the people are not rich, so where does the money in the world go?

The money in the world is in the hands of the rich and noble!

If you want to fill the treasury, of course, you have to find a way to make this part of the population spend money.

The things that Li Qiao made were very good, such as vermicelli, autumn pear paste, milk snacks, duck goods, ordinary people couldn't afford to consume, and all they earned were the silver of the rich and noble.

Earn the money of the rich and noble into the treasury, and then spend it on the people and Dasheng by the treasury, so that Dasheng's country can last for a long time!

"Such talents are indeed rare." Sheng Jun also had a smile on his face.

There is no need for their father and son to attack Xungui, they are all new and have never seen them before, but they are like gold-sucking beasts, and they are particularly powerful in holding silver.

"Dasheng needs such a talent, and I hope that the palace will test his ability to overwhelm everyone today." Sheng Hong said again.

Sheng Jun smiled when he heard this: "Such a young man should indeed be held up, so as to attract more outstanding talents to serve the imperial court." ”

Li Qiao, who was pinned on by the two generations of emperors of Dasheng, quickly finished writing the article, but the palace exam could not be submitted in advance, so he could only wait for the time to submit the paper before getting up.

After handing in the test papers, one hundred and eighty jinshi lined up and left the palace in silence.

There were no idle people at the entrance of the palace, and the escorts of the 180 jinshi were waiting at the corner of the street where the palace was located.

Coming to the corner, these new science and technology scholars finally breathed a sigh of relief, and there was an expression on their faces.

Most people are sad, and today's temple exam questions are off!

Xin Zhi was very close to Li Qiao, so he took two steps to Li Qiao and wanted to ask Li Qiao how he answered the question.

Xu Ying, Zhuang Wen, and Meng Yue were a little far away from Li Qiao, and they squeezed through the crowd with great difficulty, and they also wanted to ask Li Qiao how to answer the question.

In addition, a circle of Jinshi around Li Qiao also pricked up their ears, wanting to hear his answer.

"I answered in general, so I won't be ugly, anyway, I've already finished the exam, it's useless to think about it, wait for the list to be released, and the list will be released in three days."

……

Li Qiao won't say how he answered the question, can he talk casually about the method of military training?

Of course not!

As for whether the Holy Lord will post his test papers, it is up to the Holy Lord to decide, and he can't talk about it now anyway.

Ahem, that's right, after getting today's question, he felt that the champion had jumped into his pocket.

But at this time, the list has not been released, and it must be low-key.

After dealing with everyone, he stepped on the sunset and went back with Tao Zhu.

He has completed the long, five-year imperial examination road, and after today, he can completely relax.

The imperial examination is different from the college entrance examination in his previous life, and if he is not satisfied with the results of the examination after the college entrance examination, he can repeat it.

But not in the imperial examinations.