Rebirth: The wedding night, my whole family was exiled, I raised 500,000 soldiers

Liu Mingxin had always been troubled by the fact that there was no one to inherit his family business. He had been in the officialdom for his entire life, but he did not expect that there would be no successor when he was old. He had already made preparations to support his students, and there were several outstanding disciples in the court. Unexpectedly, in the end, it was his daughter who had been raised in the boudoir who won the first place.

He was in such a complicated mood that when his sons came back, he didn't even give them a good look.

"Look at your sister, then look at yourself. When will you be half as charming as your sister?"

"Father, didn't you say that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent?" the eldest son retorted.

Liu Mingxin immediately glared and looked around in fear. Seeing that there was no outsider, he severely reprimanded his son.

"Can you say that? The emperor has eyes and ears everywhere in the court. Do you want us to go to Dongchuan to farm?"

The sons were all so frightened that they didn't say a word until Liu Xian came back, at which point the tense atmosphere eased.

"Why did Xian'er come back just now?"

"Sister, you are in high school, why did you come back now?"

Compared to their excitement, Liu Xian was calm and composed.

"It's just top three. What's there to be excited about? I read a lot of books by sages in the academy, studied diligently, and spent my free time studying the law. This result is worthy of my studies."

Liu Mingxin and his son looked at the girl at home in disbelief.

Is this still the little girl whose face turns red when she hears something?

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the palace examination.

Shen Lanxi personally picked out the top three when setting the questions, and the questions she set were not about other things, but about the situation in Tianjin.

"In order to occupy Tianjin and take root there, Zhou Ruyuan married Zhou Qiwu's daughter and took over the Tianjin navy. What do you think of this?"

"To fight or not to fight!"

Even all the officials would have difficulty answering this question, but Shen Lanxi used it to test the top three, which shows her ambition.

Several old ministers saw Shen Lanxi's intention, exchanged glances with each other, and then turned their attention to the top three.

The other two men in the top three, one is from Dongchuan and the other is from the Northwest!

The only wild horse that broke out was Liu Mingxin's daughter.

Dongchuan and Northwest China used to be under the jurisdiction of Shen Lanxi. When you think about it carefully, it’s really terrifying!

Zhang Ruchang, a student from the northwest, said: "Your Majesty, I feel that Zhou Ruyuan and Zhou Qiwu have been colluding for a long time. Your Majesty should not cherish their old friendship. You must announce to the world that both of them will be stripped of their titles."

"Tianjin is just a tiny place, how can it be compared with our great Zhou? Of course we have to fight."

Dongchuan Sun Daolin: "Your Majesty, I think the same as Zhang Ruchang. Zhou Ruyuan committed atrocities, killed the previous emperor, and colluded with foreign tribes to rebel. Your Majesty has treated his family well, which is already a great kindness to him."

"Under your majesty's leadership, the people of our Great Zhou live and work in peace and contentment, their lives are prosperous, and our army is strong and powerful, so of course we have to fight!"

Shen Lanxi did not express her opinion, but asked Liu Xian a question.

"Liu Xian, what do you think?"

Liu Xian's answer is more conservative.

"Your Majesty, the two students' answers are correct, but I have a different opinion."

Shen Lanxi raised her eyebrows, as if she was very interested, and said, "You go ahead."

"I feel that several years ago, our Great Zhou was in chaos due to wars, natural disasters and man-made calamities, and it will take several years to recover. If we start a war now, we will destroy the spirit and energy that we have finally recovered. I feel that this is not worth it."

Shen Lanxi became interested: "Do you think there are other ways?"

Liu Xian spoke freely and calmly.

"I think we can do it gradually."

Shen Lanxi: "How do you draw it?"

Liu Xian's thoughts were clear and her eyes were bright. It was obvious that she was not talking nonsense, but that she already had an idea in her mind.

"It's just a tiny piece of land. It's easy for my Great Zhou to take it back. But if we mobilize the army, we will lose soldiers and generals, waste people's money and resources, and in the end, it will be the people of my Great Zhou who will suffer."

"I think we can use the decomposition method to slowly divide Zhou's power."

"Now that the four seas of my great country have surrendered, the people are in favor of us, and all foreign races are scrambling to make friends with us. The people of the world have seen this, and the people of Tianjin have naturally seen it too."

"That place is close to the sea. Although the maritime trade is prosperous, there is very little cultivated land. A lot of the food and cloth they eat and use are purchased from surrounding areas. If the trade is cut off, even if they buy food from the sea, it will be a drop in the bucket and the loss will outweigh the gain!"

"As time goes by, the people of Tianjin will naturally flee, and the economy there will gradually decline, and slowly they will go extinct. There is no need for our Great Zhou army to take action at all, and we can win without fighting!"

Liu Xian's brilliant remarks resounded throughout the palace, slapped many officials in the face, and shocked many others.

Liu Mingxin was also shocked. He looked at his daughter who was talking nonstop with complicated eyes.

Is this still his daughter?

There is no need to compare anymore, the top scholar in the first class has already been decided.

If someone is so blind as to jump out to stop them at this moment, not to mention His Majesty, Liu Mingxin alone would jump out to fight with him.

Shen Lanxi looked at Liu Xian with bright eyes and praised her highly.

"Your thoughts coincide with mine. Lord Liu has taught his daughter well. With Lord Liu and his daughter as the father and daughter in the court, I will be able to rest assured!"

Liu Mingxin looked at his daughter with complicated eyes again.

It is said that fathers and sons fight together in the battlefield, but in his case, it became a father and daughter fighting together.

"Pass on my decree, Liu Mingxin's daughter Liu Xian is ranked first in the first class, the top scholar!"

The eunuchs sang loudly, and their voices spread throughout the court and the country.

Liu Mingxin excitedly led his daughter to kneel down and shouted: "Thank you for the emperor's grace."

After Shen Lanxi pondered for a moment, she said to Liu Mingxin and his daughter, "I have two suitable arrangements here. One is to work in the Ministry of Revenue, and the other is to work in Dongchuan. You two should think about it carefully after you go home!"

"The minister obeys the order."

After Shen Lanxi finished speaking, she looked at the court officials and asked, "Do you have any objections to this?"

Who has it?

Who dares?

Anyone who dared to do so would have offended His Majesty and Liu Mingxin. If the old Grand Tutor had not been the chief examiner for this imperial examination, and the other examiners were all selected with clean backgrounds and no connection with the power in the court, and His Majesty was in charge of the examination himself, they would have thought there was some shady manipulation behind the scenes.

"We have no objection!" It was just Liu Mingxin's fault for being too cunning. On the surface, he shared the same hatred with them in belittling women in the imperial examination, but he stabbed them in the back and helped his own daughter get into the top class.

The strategy is definitely Liu Ming’s new strategy!

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After that are the third and second place.

"You two are equally talented in writing. If I were to rank you third or second based on your looks, it would be perfunctory to you. You decide for yourselves!"

From ancient times to the present, no king has ever allowed students to choose for themselves.

Shen Lanxi has once again set a precedent in ancient and modern times.

Sun Daolin: "Since ancient times, the third place winner has usually been a person of outstanding appearance. Students know that their appearance is mediocre, so they don't compete for the third place."