Li Xiuyuan is standing alone in the lobby at the moment, sitting on his left and right officials, there are local high-ranking officials, and there are also Beijing officials sent by the imperial court, no matter what, the rank and status of these officials are much stronger than the county order, when he was in Guobei County, a county commander could force Li Xiuyuan's soldiers to make dangerous moves, play the scene of robbers and robbers, and behead the county order.

Now, to put it bluntly, if you offend these officials, the Li family will ..... in the future It's hard.

And when he heard that these people were going to test themselves, Li Xiuyuan's heart sank.

This is obviously a test of oneself, but in fact, it is to deal with these officials in advance, and if you play well, you will naturally have no worries, if you don't believe in offending, then there will be trouble in the future.

The officials were all literati, and most of the literati were cautious.

The so-called assessment, in Li Xiuyuan's view, is equivalent to a literary fight.

At this moment, Li Xiuyuan looked at this Fu Tianqiu with a strange expression, sure enough, this is a soldier of the military department, there are not many conspiracies and tricks in his heart, he didn't think through this, he is going to take the path of the imperial examination anyway, so why bother to do this?

If you are admitted to the Jinshi, you can naturally convince the public, and the so-called assessment shows that you are a person who pulls hatred by yourself.

This Fu Tianqiu is here to pit himself, right?

"I also ask you to make questions, do your best in the late years, and if you have any shallow talents, please forgive me. Li Xiuyuan had no choice but to bow his hand and say to these officials.

Immediately, an official stroked his beard and smiled: "Adults, this is the first time for me to come out." ”

"Lord Yu, you have entered the Tongtian Pavilion, and it is extremely appropriate for you to ask this question, but you have to be merciful, this junior has just passed the exam, so don't use the questions of the palace exam to make it difficult for him. Several colleagues next to him nodded with a smile.

Some officials also joked.

Lord Yu smiled and said: "This official has a sense of proportion in his heart, well, let's start with a simpler one, ghosts and gods are virtuous, and their prosperity is so great?"

Li Xiuyuan said: "Virtuous ghosts and gods can help the world to prosper and be worthy of worship, on the contrary, ghosts and gods without virtue will only bring chaos to the world and must be eliminated." ”

This Lord Yu frowned and said with some displeasure: "This official only asked you about the virtue of ghosts and gods, how prosperous is it? Your understanding is too far from the meaning of the saint." The meaning of the saint is that the ghosts and gods play a great role, and it is not said that you should go to worship, destroy, and change it. ”

Although the words are not explicitly stated, the late life understands it in this way. Li Xiu said from afar.

Lord Yu's face sank, "Rotten wood can't be carved." ”

The other officials also shook their heads and laughed, not knowing why Li Xiuyuan would misinterpret this statement like this.

Li Xiuyuan's face was calm, and he didn't want to change his words.

Because his inner understanding is like this, if he goes against his heart and asks for promotion, then what is the difference between himself and those corrupt officials and corrupt officials?

"The second question is from the lower officials, there is no problem with a few adults, right?" At this time, another official said with a smile.

"It's Lord Zhang, you're a local parent official, so it's okay for you to ask the second question. The other officials nodded.

The official surnamed Zhang said: "The words of the sage, each court, each scholar understands the meaning differently, can not reflect a person's talent and learning, the important thing on the civil side is to benefit a place, you have been relieved of disasters, then there must be extraordinary talents, this official will test you this." ”

"Please also ask this adult to ask the question. Li Xiu said from afar.

Master Zhang thought for a moment, and then said with a smile: "If there is a year of natural disasters, people are hungry everywhere, and the imperial court disaster relief has not yet arrived, how can you, as a county magistrate, live the people?"

"The people take food as the sky, if the disaster is everywhere, they must first eat their stomachs, and if they want to be hungry, they must have food, and if they are born late, they must raise food. Li Xiu said from afar.

"There is no silver in the yamen, and there is no surplus grain in the granary, how can we raise it?" asked Master Zhang again.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Borrow." ”

"Borrow from whom. ”

"Whoever has grain in store shall borrow from it. Li Xiu said from afar.

"The family of merchants, the family of wealth, although there is surplus food, but they regard money and food as their life, how can they borrow it?" asked Master Zhang again.

Li Xiuyuan said: "With the official field, the next year's taxes will be exchanged." ”

"How will the vacancy be filled in the coming year?" asked Master Zhang.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Accepting the disaster victims, opening up wasteland, and harvesting a bumper harvest in the coming year will definitely be able to fill this gap." ”

After a conversation, several other adults nodded again and again, this answer is indeed no problem, in other words, they will do the same, in the case of the grain depot, the money depot is vacant, can only promise verbal benefits, in exchange for money and food.

"Yes, you have the ability to govern a place, the last question of this official, if there is a rebellion of hungry people, how to deal with it?" asked Master Zhang again.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Kill one person, but it can be peaceful." ”

"Huh?"

As soon as these words came out, many officials who were sitting and listening couldn't help but open their eyes with a little surprise.

This is different from their thoughts, if they answer, the first time is to quell the chaos, and then there are all kinds of ways to quell the chaos, how can Li Xiuyuan answer this one person can be peaceful.

Fu Tianqiu on the main throne was also stunned for a moment, and then looked at Li Xiuyuan with interest and asked, "You said that you can kill one person, but I don't know which one to kill?"

"Blame the treasurer for the vacancy of the money and grain treasury, kill him in front of the victims, and then appease and relieve him, and the turmoil can be calmed down. Li Xiuyuan replied.

That Master Zhang frowned at this moment and said, "The treasurer is not guilty, how can you kill him in vain?"

"If there is no money and food in the treasury, how can the treasury official be innocent, and the death of a rat can quell the turmoil, which is the fastest and least costly way to deal with the turmoil. Li Xiu said from afar.

Master Zhang said again: "Why don't you send officers and soldiers to quell the chaos?"

"The hungry people rebelled, they were forced to be helpless, and the circumstances were excusable, killing the people to quell the chaos, the number of dead and wounded would be more, and the later life felt that it was not advisable. Li Xiu said from afar.

As soon as these words came out, the face of Master Zhang sank.

You know, that's how he answered when he was asked this question, but now in Li Xiuyuan's mouth, he killed one person Keping, is he not as good as Li Xiuyuan now?

For a moment, he stopped talking.

Li Xiuyuan looked at his face and shook his head secretly, this offended the local parents again.

Literati, watch out.

After a while.

"Since the second question has already been answered, then the third question will be issued by the official. Song Yuanhu said.

The other officials didn't even have the heart to agree at the moment, they just nodded in agreement.

Song Yuan said with a smile: "The two questions from the first two adults are to test your knowledge and talent, this third question is to test your poetry, do you have any other poems written on weekdays? ”

"I don't know if Lord Song has subject matter restrictions?" Li Xiu said from afar.

"Just be loyal and patriotic. After Song Yuan finished speaking, he looked at Fu Tianqiu's expression.

Fu Tianqiu showed a bit of expectation.

A person's poetry is the best reflection of a person's mind, although Li Xiuyuan's knowledge is insufficient, but there is no problem with his talent, if there is no problem with the loyalty and patriotism, then he is also a talent worth recommending.

Li Xiuyuan's heart sank at this moment, if this poem is not written well, I am afraid that it will provoke the anger of the public, and if it is written well, it can be confused today.

After all, in ancient times, other conveniences were almost missed, but loyalty and filial piety were the most important.

Li Xiuyuan thought for a while, and was ready to continue to be possessed by the copyist.

After all, it is impossible to come up with a poem during this time.

He is not Cao Zijian, and he can become a poem in seven steps.

"This Song Yuan seems to be easy to come up with, but it is actually the most difficult. Li Xiuyuan secretly said in his heart: "Didn't he lose his memory that day, he shouldn't remember being tied to the ground by me and almost beheaded by Wu Fei." ”

Thinking of this, he looked at that Song Yuan a little strangely.

I shouldn't remember that incident, otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here so calmly today, and I would have been fighting with myself a long time ago.

I'm afraid that I want to be promoted, so I deliberately stumble on myself.

Li Xiuyuan looked at Song Yuan, but Song Yuan looked at him with a smile and didn't say a word.

"Literati, be careful. Li Xiuyuan said secretly in his heart.

Several other officials also sat there without urging and waited for Li Xiuyuan's play.

In their opinion, Li Xiuyuan's assessment today will not pass.

The first question is wrong, and the second question also commits the taboo of officialdom, and actually kills officials to quell the chaos.

If you want to kill, you have to kill the people.

The third question is to write poems, hehe, how can poems be so easy to write, do you really think you are Li Bai, or Cao Zijian?

Li Xiuyuan thought about it, and collected the previous poems and texts in his mind, and he didn't plan to take out the poems and texts in his previous memories on weekdays, and only took them out in an emergency, otherwise it would be too shameful to rely on the identity of the copyist to pretend to be a great talent all day long.

But at this time, I have to come up with a song.

"There you go. ”

Suddenly, Li Xiuyuan's expression moved, and he opened his mouth and said: "Kyushu is angry and thunderous, and all the horses are sad, I advise the Heavenly Father to be vigorous and reduce talents without sticking to one pattern." ”

Before the officials could come to their senses, a poem was read.

They all showed a look of astonishment, they didn't expect that Li Xiuyuan really made a poem in just a moment, and it was a poem that was suitable for the situation, it didn't look like it was written before, how can I look back, this poem is quite amazing.