System, help me become the empress

Chapter 190
How can one become such a good official as Du Zhiyi?
If Xu Youxi is not the emperor, or if He Muqing asked her this question in private, then she must analyze it from many levels.

But it must not be said directly in public, if it reaches Du Zhiyi's ears, she will lose the face of the emperor!
""Mencius" said: close to vermilion, one will be red, and one close to ink will be black. It is the best way to stay with Mr. Du to influence your eyes and ears."

Xu Youxi's answer can be said to have no bright spots.

The expressions of Jinshi were somewhat disappointed, so they turned their attention to Rong Yingran again, as if expecting him to give a better answer.

Unexpectedly, Rong Yingran decisively echoed Xu Youxi's answer: "That's so good, I don't have anything to add."

?

Rong Yingran pretended not to mention it, and then answered several other students' questions. Most of their questions were related to some new policies of the imperial court, and it was quite easy to explain.

After a stick of incense.

"Master Rong, the next official is here to replace you to rest."

Liu Jiye saluted Rong Yingran respectfully.

Rong Yingran patted Liu Jiye's shoulder, and said meaningfully: "Lecture well."

"Yes."

Rong Yingran left, and Liu Jiye continued.

The Jinshi sitting in the classroom were much more enthusiastic about Liu Zhuangyuan than seeing Rong Shilang, and they scrambled to ask questions.

"Master Liu, were you nervous when you took part in the imperial examination last year?"

"Master Liu, is the atmosphere of the palace examination particularly tense, where no one dares to say a word?"

"Lord Liu, you were the number one scholar in the imperial examination the year before last. How did you answer His Majesty's question at that time?"

Liu Jiye's memory was brought back by this sentence to the Shangyuan Festival the year before last, when the lanterns in the capital were hung all over, and there was a constant stream of people. In fact, he had already finished his palace examination that day.

"I said to send a plain lantern to His Majesty, and there is only a poem on it: Nine Heavens will open the palace, and all nations will wear clothes and crowns... My answer may not be of much reference to you."

It's a pity that the Jinshi didn't pay attention to the second half of Liu Jiye's sentence.

"Wang Wei's poems, the scenes of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, are unique, and they deserve to be the answer of the champion."

He Muqing, who was seriously recording, suddenly froze the tip of her pen. Why did she feel that this poem looked familiar, and a blurry picture flashed in her mind.

He Muqing gently pushed Xu Youxi, and asked in a low voice, "Li Si, the lamp Mr. Liu mentioned...the lamp you wrote on the Lantern Festival...is the same lamp?"

"Liu Jiye is the one I gave the lantern on the Lantern Festival."

He Muqing covered her mouth: "Master Liu accidentally saw your lantern because he helped you, and later he used your lantern to answer the exam questions from His Majesty, so it turned out that you helped him."

"Yes."

He Muqing was only one step away from the truth.

It's a pity that this last step has to be solved in the palace examination.

Xu Youxi was lying on the table, didn't he say betting on the title?So far no one has come forward to bet on the question.

What exam questions will she take in three days?
Thinking of this, she was so tired that she fell asleep on her stomach.

"Li Si, we should go."

After Xu Youxi was awakened softly by He Muqing, she was surprised to find that there was a blanket covering her body.

"Qiao Siye asked me to cover you with the blanket." He Muqing explained. After all, this blanket really looks like the treasure in the Treasure Pavilion of the Imperial College.

"The class is over so soon? I slept for a long time?"

"No. Qiao Siye said that several other officials who taught the class could not come because of temporary errands, so today they only arranged courses for Mr. Rong and Liu Zhuangyuan."

Master Joss was mainly afraid of disturbing His Majesty's rest, so he changed the time of the other classes.

"Okay." Xu Youxi stood up, "How about it, did you relax after listening to the class? The palace test is really not as difficult as you imagined."

"I'm not as nervous as before. The two teachers have taught a lot of useful things."

"Mu Qing, I...forget it, you study hard."

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Three days later, the palace test.

Xu Youxi rested very early the day before, just to recharge her energy for today's palace exam.

At the hour of Chen, Jinshi entered the hall one by one, and everyone bowed their heads and bowed in salute.The civil servants and military officers standing on both sides of the main hall secretly looked at these future colleagues, they were indeed very young.

Xu Youxi easily found He Muqing in the crowd. A total of 92 Jinshi were admitted in this group, but only He Muqing was a woman.

"Be flat."

Kneeling He Muqing faintly felt that this voice seemed a little familiar, but without His Majesty's permission, she did not dare to raise her head rashly.

He Muqing's Jinshi admission score ranked fourth on the list, so she was also standing in the first row of this batch of Jinshi when she entered the palace.Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Yao Dacheng, Pei Yao's adoptive father, throwing a friendly smile at her, oh, and the expressionless Bao Shoufu who had been married to her.

Above the main hall, as the chief assistant, he wouldn't openly embarrass her, right?
Xu Youxi signaled Zhou Kuixue to start reading the palace examination questions.

This year's palace examination questions are two choices.

First, propose a strategy to enrich the country.

Second, impeachment today.

The so-called strategy of enriching the country literally means proposing a method that can make the country rich; if you can’t think of a strategy to enrich the country, it’s not a big problem, and the reasonable impeachment of the emperor can be regarded as the completion of the answer sheet.

In addition to these new Jinshi, the civil and military officials who stood on both sides watching the excitement also secretly sighed in their hearts. Although they knew that His Majesty was deeply obsessed with making money, they did not expect that His Majesty would actually turn such a thing into a palace test Exam questions!
In other words, if the strategy of enriching the country is really so easy to come up with, will the national treasury still be unable to make ends meet all the year round!

If this question was placed on old guys like them who have been in the officialdom for many years, they would definitely choose the second answer without thinking; however, it is really embarrassing for these new Jinshi, everyone is anxiously thinking about the "strategy of enriching the country".

Xu Youxi sat on a high place, observing the expression of the new Jinshi. Are these two questions so difficult?

All of them were grimacing.

Xu Youxi turned to look at the courtiers. After hearing the palace examination questions, all of them looked confident and confident. There were even a few who were eager to take the test and wanted to stand up and show the candidates.

"..."

She guarantees that these old guys are definitely thinking about how to impeach themselves!

"Anyone answer the question?"

Xu Youxi waited for a long time, but she didn't take the initiative to answer the questions. Is her exam difficult to answer?
Xu Youxi's eyes stopped on He Muqing. It seemed that Mu Qing hadn't thought about how to answer. As the only female Jinshi in the audience, it would not be selfish for her to give some preferential treatment.

"The five admitted by the Ministry of Household Affairs, answer the exam questions first."

As expected.

All the five Jinshi from the household department chose the first question.

None of these five people's answers were too amazing, but they summed up everything they could say.

Some people specifically talked about improvement measures related to acres and seedlings, and also proposed to vigorously develop grafting technology and agricultural reform among the people, so that the country will be rich first and the peasants rich.

Someone who is proficient in the "Tax Law" proposed the reform of commercial taxation, and brought out the regulations on agricultural tax and commercial tax over the years, and analyzed them logically.Xu Youxi knew the general idea, but she found that the expression of Master Chen, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, had become jealous and loving, and she couldn't take her eyes off the eloquent Jinshi.

There are also people who analyze the situation of Dagan's existing factories, which are similar to cement factories, textile factories, match factories, etc. He believes that with the development of the factory, Dagan will face some excessive supplies. Excessive supplies' are sold to foreign countries, and they are returned from purchasing food or various crops from foreign countries.

……

Hubu Du Zhiyi nodded as he listened, his expression softened a lot. This batch of Hubu received very well.Even Xu Youxi was able to gain a lot of useful content from the answer sheets of these few people.

These five people have finished answering, but the rest of Jinshi have nothing to say!
In other words, no matter which aspect the remaining people choose to talk about, they will certainly not be as detailed as these few people, so the Ministry of Households has the means to select talents!
Xu Youxi looked at He Muqing, she probably still hadn't thought about how to answer, she had to buy some more time.

"Let's continue with the five members of the Criminal Department."

"..."

"Is there no one who can answer first?"

Chen Huishi looked at the several Jinshi of the Ministry of Punishment who fell silent at the same time, and couldn't hold back any longer, and took the initiative to take a step forward: "Your Majesty, this is not fair!"

"Why is it unfair?"

"You said in person before that the most profitable methods in the world are written in the "Great Law". It can be seen that the five people admitted by the Ministry of Criminal Justice have been educated in the past. They have always been "the most profitable thing" and they can't do it! You let How did they propose the strategy of enriching the country?"

Oh.

Makes sense.

Xu Youxi was convinced: "Then according to Chen Shangshu, how can it be fair?"

"Your Majesty is wise, I think it can be changed to let the five members of the Criminal Department answer what 'making money' things in the "Dagan Law" should never be done. Just take this opportunity to let the officials review the Dagan Law and feel the "Dagan Law" The majesty of Qianlu."

Chen Huishi didn't expect the newly recruited boys from the Ministry of Criminal Justice to get the top three results, as long as they don't even fail the imperial examination.

"allow."

With the efforts of the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, the five Jinshi of the Ministry of Punishment also successfully completed their answers.

"Next is the Ministry of War."

Meng Zhiqian's expression was slightly stagnant, His Majesty asked a group of people who specialize in the art of war to study the strategy of enriching the country?

Xu Youxi happened to be a little tired, so he picked up his teacup and was about to take a sip, but he heard a few Jinshi from the Ministry of War talk about how to fight against Wala, and where are the richest cities and counties in Wala.

This tea is a little hard to swallow.

In addition to attacking Wala, they also mentioned how to mobilize troops and horses to quickly occupy the gold mines, iron mines, and copper mines of Mingmi Kingdom...

fuck.

If Meng Zhiqian had been persuading Xu Youxi according to the progress of occupying the mine a few times before when she was discussing with Xu Youxi about attacking Ming Mi, she probably wouldn't be able to hold on for so long.

The Jinshi of the Ministry of War did not expect to answer this question in combination with the nature of the six parts, and they have to thank the Minister of the Ministry of Justice for their inspiration.

……

Perhaps the emperor's voice was so familiar. He Muqing, who was supposed to be thinking about the imperial examination questions, couldn't calm down at all. Finally, she couldn't help it anymore and decided to quietly raise her head to take a look.

Just this one.

Was she hallucinating because she was too tired?

Why does she think that the emperor looks exactly like her classmate Li Si!
!!!

Immediately afterwards, she looked at His Majesty with a blank mind, and watched His Majesty smile at her.

Could it be that His Majesty and Li Sizhen are the same person?

He Muqing was so panicked that she didn't know what kind of expression to make. She didn't even dare to write such a thing in the script. The former classmate was actually the emperor? ? ?

day.

How many stupid things she has done before.

The scenes that happened in the past seemed to explode in my mind instantly.

No wonder Li Si suddenly stopped going to the Imperial College, it would be preparations for enthronement;
No wonder Li Si knew so much about every new policy of the imperial court in advance, even faster than Bao Youjin's news;
No wonder Bao Shoufu's original indifferent attitude was shaken in an instant after he met Li Si in the middle of the night;
No wonder Qiao Siye behaved strangely every time he saw Li Si. On the day of betting, he even ran over to deliver a blanket to Li Si.

The amount of information is really too much, He Muqing can only tell herself over and over again that she is still in the palace test, and everything can be resolved after the palace test.

So, what is the topic of the palace test?

……

Xu Youxi found out that something was wrong with He Muqing, is it hard to guess that he is the emperor?

Finally, Xu Youxi had already questioned most of these Jinshi candidates, so she had to ask the candidates from the Ministry of Officials.

However, according to Yu Tan's character in the official department, he must not be as courageous as Chen Huishi, and he took the initiative to stand up and express his hope that the emperor would change the title.

"The Jinshi from the Ministry of Officials will answer."

Finally, it was He Muqing's turn to answer.

He Muqing has already figured out how to answer this question. She grew up by the sea and on a boat, and has dealt with fashion merchants a lot.

She can start with the business philosophy of Chaozhou merchants and suggest that the imperial court build its own sea-going ships to go to other countries to do business and promote the country's prestige; or it can be said that she heard Pei Yao not long ago that the guy surnamed Dong who planned to go it alone in Qihuo Shop Few outsiders know about the idea of ​​building a nationwide 'Civil Letters Bureau'. She mentioned it in the hall, and it must be a very novel answer.

But at this time, she said in a strange way: "He Muqing, the official department, chose the second exam question, and I have something to impeach... Your Majesty."

After saying this, she seemed to feel relieved in an instant. She didn't know who she had confidence in, whether she was confident that the emperor would not anger her, or whether she had enough confidence in her answer.

"You are the first one who entered the examination as a daughter in the Jinshi list of this dynasty; you are also the only one who proposed to impeach me in the palace examination." Xu Youxi commented, "Very good, I appreciate your courage very much."

After Xu Youxi finished speaking magnificently, those who knew her immediately understood that His Majesty started acting again.

After He Muqing saluted, he said in a calm manner: "Your Majesty spent three months of sacrifice last year. It took a long time and cost people money. Not to mention that I didn't see any benefits. In the winter of that year, Dagan suffered a snowstorm again. It can be seen that the sacrifice itself It is of no use, this system should be abolished."

"Your Majesty, now that the national treasury is tight, let alone waste people's money and hold various ceremonies." He Muqing emphasized again.

It was probably because He Muqing had heard Li Si complained about several sacrifices that He Muqing suddenly came up with this idea.

He Muqing sacrificed the opportunity to answer the questions formally, looking for reasonable reasons for Xu Youxi, and reduced the number of sacrifices.

Xu Youxi was silent for a while: "It makes sense."

"But the ancestral system cannot be abolished. In order to avoid the situation of laboring people's livelihood and wealth in the future, the maximum sacrifice in the future should not exceed three days, and all sacrifices will be reduced to % of the original expenditure."

(End of this chapter)