Forced to start the game, summon a hundred thousand snow dragon riders

the next day.

Outside Jixian Hall.

The palace test is about to begin.

More than 300 tributes are waiting outside Jixian Hall.

They were anxious and nervous.

After all, this is an exam that will determine their future and destiny.

And the chief examiner of this imperial examination is none other than His Majesty today!

As we all know, the present Majesty has both civil and military skills, and Wu Neng can pacify the world's vassals and towns, withdraw from the Turks, and destroy Nanzhao!Wen Neng wrote such ancient quatrains as "Show the World Scholars" and "Lime Yin", he is simply a saint of a generation!

In front of such a sage, even if they are talented and well-educated, they are all the elites of the Tang Dynasty.

But in front of His Majesty, they are all without exception, they are all scumbags!

In front of Li Xiu, they didn't dare to make mistakes at all.

It's a small thing to fail the ranking, if you make a laughingstock and become the laughing stock of the world's scholars, then it will really be infamous for thousands of years.

Chapter 65 The Palace Examination Begins, The World is the Topic

Just when all the tributes were feeling uneasy, Xiao Linzi came out of Jixian Hall and said loudly: "All scholars, please enter the hall!"

"Yes."

More than 300 tributes entered the Jixian Hall in an orderly manner.

Inside the main hall, it is grand and magnificent and heavily guarded.

"Long Live Long Live Your Majesty!"

More than 300 tributes paid homage to Li Xiu.

"Flat body."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

All the tributes stood up one after another, and sat on the seats on both sides.

After sitting down, these tributes dared to raise their heads and secretly looked at Li Xiu on the throne of the dragon chair.

But the next moment, they were shocked!

How young your Majesty!

They are younger than these people present here!

It is only a teenage boy who can write the famous lines of "Showing the World to Students" and "Lime Yin"?

Could this be the reincarnation of Wenquxing?

The faces of all the tributes became more respectful.

Worship from the heart.

At this time, the Minister of Rites came out, bowed to Li Xiu, and said, "Your Majesty, all candidates for the palace examination have arrived, and the palace examination can begin."

In the Palace Examination, the emperor personally set the questions, and the candidates answered on the spot to ensure absolute fairness.

Even the Minister of Rites did not know the questions of the palace examination.

He was also very curious, what kind of imperial examination questions would His Majesty propose to test these candidates?

Li Xiu nodded, and immediately said in a loud voice: "Today's palace exam is about 'unifying the world', but the world I'm talking about is not the world of traditional dynasties, but the real world!"

"Where the sun shines on the land, it belongs to the world!"

"They are all places that I must conquer in the Tang Dynasty!"

As soon as Li Xiu said this, the entire Jixian Hall was shocked!

What is the world that is not a traditional dynasty?But in the true sense of the world?

Your Majesty is not satisfied with the homeland of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, but wants to conquer a wider world?

In this way, in addition to the ancestral land of China, wouldn't the other major alien races in the surrounding area also be included in the scope of "The World" by His Majesty, and they would become the targets of their conquest by the Tang Dynasty?

For a moment, most of the tributes in Jixian Hall frowned and fell into deep thought.

This is a question they have never thought about, and they must think about it.

After all, although the Tang Dynasty is strong and prosperous today, the Turks, Tubo, and Dashi are all mediocre. How easy is it for the Tang Dynasty to conquer these powerful foreign countries?

Even the talented and bold Emperor Taizong failed to achieve this step.

With different attitudes, candidates began to answer.

Two hours later.

The scholars submitted their answer sheets one by one.

The answer sheets of all candidates were sent to the Minister of Rites, who will be reviewed together by the Minister of Rites together with several Jixiandian scholars.

They will make a preliminary ranking of the articles of the scholars for your majesty's reference.

The order of ranking in the palace examination is completely determined by the emperor alone.

Outside Jixian Hall.

All the tributes were nervous and felt like they were sitting on pins and needles.

Although these people are talented people from all over the Tang Dynasty, if they can pass the palace examination, they are all dragons among people, one in a million.

However, the person who reviewed their examination papers is His Majesty today!

As soon as it comes out, it is His Majesty who has a quatrain through the ages!

No matter how outstanding they are, in front of His Majesty, I'm afraid they are nothing more than chickens.

Your Majesty needs only one glance to see all the flaws and fallacies in their articles!

In Jixian Hall.

The Minister of Rites has already sent all the examination papers to Li Xiu, "Your Majesty, I have finished reviewing with the ministers and several bachelors. Your Majesty, please have a look and decide the rank of the imperial examination!"

Looking at the examination papers piled up like a hill in front of her, Li Xiu just nodded.

He picked up the number one answer sheet.

Signed, Liu Qingzhi.

Li Xiu opened the answer sheet, and a line of eloquent words came into view.

"The Central Plains is a land bestowed by God. The land is fertile and the products are abundant. All dynasties and dynasties have based on the Central Plains."

"On the other hand, Siyi is a bitter, cold and barren land, which is not suitable for our Tang people to live in. Your Majesty's large-scale conquest of foreign lands will waste the country's power, and the gains outweigh the losses..."

"It is enough to make him surrender on the surface, recognize His Majesty as the co-lord of the world, and make His Majesty the name of the world."

Li Xiu frowned after reading this article.

The whole purpose of this examinee is to let Li Xiu manage the land of the Tang Dynasty well. As for the foreign lands, there is no need to take any effort to capture them.

Just like Emperor Taizong, let the foreign country surrender on the surface and enjoy the eternal fame.

If it were other emperors, they might greatly appreciate the views in this article, thinking that this is indeed the number one scholar.

but.

Li Xiu shook her head, "This person is temporarily ranked second."

"Second Armor?"

The Minister of Rites was slightly taken aback.

This is the No. [-] talent he negotiated with several bachelors.

When you arrive at His Majesty's place, you will lose the top two directly?

Immediately, Li Xiu picked up the No.2 article again.

This article is called "Ten Wins and Ten Defeats".

The whole story is full of bragging about Li Xiu's brilliance and invincibility, without any substantive content.

Li Xiu frowned even tighter.

This kind of empty article was directly thrown to the bottom of the top three by Li Xiu.

And the No.3 article is even more far from the original score.

The whole article is full of military plans, but they are all on paper and rote. At first glance, they seem to make sense, but in reality they simply cannot stand up to scrutiny.

Once such a person is reused, he will surely bring disaster to the country and the people.

This person was directly kicked out of the top three by Li Xiu, and he failed the palace examination.

The Minister of Rites was already sweating profusely at this time.

None of the top three of them are worthy of His Majesty's liking.

It shows that these ministers don't understand His Majesty's mind at all!

This is very dangerous!

The first three disappointed Li Xiu, but when Li Xiu turned to the seventh article, her eyes lit up again.

"Nanzhao was destroyed, and the alien races in the world were shocked."

"Your Majesty can destroy the prestige of Nanzhao and order all nations to come to the court. If they don't come, you will order the generals Bai Qi and Xiang Yu to slaughter them one by one, set up prefectures and counties, and move the people of our Tang Dynasty to go there, and change customs..."

After reading it, Li Xiu nodded slightly, "This article is not bad, it can be a candidate for Tanhua."

Although there is no real strategy, but the general direction is right, unlike the first article, even the general direction is wrong, how can he get into his eyes?

Let alone being the No. [-] pick.

The Minister of Rites and others quickly took the answer sheet from Li Xiu and circulated it carefully.

"Although the Tang Dynasty is peaceful at home and abroad today, internal troubles still exist."

"In the east, there are Zhenhai Jiedu envoys secretly communicating with Fusang and Goryeo, and in the west there are Anxi Jiedu envoys, colluding with Tubo and Dashi."

"Your Majesty must first secure the interior when fighting against the outside world, and the Jiedu envoys of these two towns must be eliminated before they can plot against Tubo, Turkic and other foreign races."

"..."

Li Xiu's eyes brightened. The point of view of this article is a step further than the previous article.

Even, if there is no better article, Li Xiu feels that this article can be the top pick.

Li Xiu glanced at the end of the article and signed it as Wang Xiu.

"This person can be ranked second."

The second place is also out!

The Minister of Rites and others were in a hurry, and took the article from Li Xiu again.

Chapter 66 Can Such a Person Be the Number One Scholar?

However, after confirming the second place.

Li Xiu even looked through more than 100 policy theories, but he never saw an article that caught his eye.

Just when Li Xiu was getting a little sleepy.

Suddenly, an article titled "Zhengyi Lun" caught Li Xiu's attention.

"Tubo and Turks are the most powerful among the four barbarians around my Tang Dynasty, but the threats they pose to my Tang Dynasty are different."

"The main purpose of the Turkic invasion was to plunder property and population, not the land of our Tang Dynasty, but Tubo is not."

"Tubo occupies a favorable location and has a strong army. Over the past hundred years, it has continuously eroded the land in the northwest of our Tang Dynasty, cut off the connection between the Anxi army and our Tang Dynasty, and broke through Chang'an several times. It is really a trouble for our Tang Dynasty!"

"Your Majesty ordered a general to defend against the Turks in the north. After keeping the north safe from any worries, he will use all his strength to defeat Tubo, and only then can he realize the first step of conquering Siyi."

"..."

The more Li Xiu watched, the more satisfied he was. At the end, he slapped his thigh hard.