Making money, taking exams, and raising a family in rural imperial examinations

Chapter 152

While all the candidates are still thinking about countermeasures, Lin Ze has already begun to write vigorously.

Guessing what the palace examination questions might be, he practiced it countless times at home, and thought about all the countermeasures and answers countless times.

After the entire article was finished in one go, when Lin Ze put down his pen, the exam time had passed.

With such a fast speed, it is usually either too confident or too useless to write indiscriminately, but no one dares to mess around in this kind of occasion, presumably it must be the former.

The ministers were very curious, but because they didn't dare to walk around in the hall, only a few veteran cabinet ministers standing next to Lin Ze could see what he wrote.

Then...without exception, all of them stared wide-eyed.

They didn't suspect that the emperor leaked the exam questions to Lin Ze because of their relationship. After all, they were the ones who wrote the exam questions. Since the exam began, His Majesty has never been out of the palace, and the people around him haven't moved much, obviously to avoid suspicion.

Therefore, Lin Ze's answer to the question was indeed the real ability of the other party, but it was precisely because of this that everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes.

His answer is not so esoteric and amazing, the focus is shocking on the solution.

Shock it with soldiers, what is this soldier?

According to the gods, how to do this?

After the other examinees had finished writing and the incense was burned to close the test papers, several veteran cabinet ministers hadn't recovered from Lin Ze's test papers. They really didn't understand what kind of soldiers Lin Ze was talking about. what god.

"It's time for the palace examination, all the tributes, please stop writing and go to the side hall to rest for a while, to be passed on."

The last piece of incense ash fell, and the eunuch stepped forward and announced loudly to stop.

Regardless of whether the examinees finished writing or not, they could only put down their pens and ink, wipe their sweat and follow the leading eunuch to the side hall to rest.

According to the previous rules of the palace examination, everyone would go home and wait for the results of the palace examination after the examination, but this time Enke is obviously special, so if there is no accident, their questions will be corrected by the courtiers immediately, and then the most feasible one will be selected The theory of the policy will be practiced in the afternoon when the vassal king pays tribute.

At that time, the top three will compete with each other, and it will depend on whose policy theory has the greatest effect in practice.

After understanding this, a group of candidates sat in the side hall feeling extremely nervous and tormented. They hoped that their strategy question would be appreciated, but also feared that their strategy question would really be selected and let them deal with the vassal king.

"It's over, brother Lin, what if His Majesty takes a fancy to my policy and asks me? It seems that this is to practice our policy. It was obviously not like this before. Don't you just go home after the exam? ..."

Dou Ying sat next to Lin Ze, her face turned pale with anxiety, more precisely, she felt like crying.

Lin Ze felt that this kid was knowledgeable, but he was too timid and bluffed, "What did you write?"

"Kill!...Those vassal kings are aggressive one by one. After coming to the capital, they can't see the law of the king. Aren't they just thieves in disorder, of course they have to be killed."

Dou Ying took it for granted.

Hearing this, the people around turned their heads and gave him a look of pity.

"Don't worry, I'll accompany you. I wrote that too. I don't think there's any problem at all."

Lin Ze smiled, patted the trembling boy, and took a sip from his teacup.

Dou Ying has a kind of blind trust in his words now. Hearing what he said, she let go of her uneasy heart. Since Brother Lin said it's all right, then it must be all right.

Candidates around stared at them, admiring them...

On the other side of the court, after quickly apportioning and debating the papers, the ministers finally selected two relatively good ones and one controversial one.

This controversial test paper is of course Lin Ze's. His answers are very tempting, but at the same time, there are also very big risks.

"Since everyone is arguing endlessly, why not call someone up to explain something? Come on, tell Lin Huiyuan to come over..."

Compared with the arguments and hesitation of the courtiers, Sheng Yongxuan was very calm, even smiling confidently.

then.

Under the sympathetic eyes of the examinees in the side hall, Lin Ze re-entered the political center of Daji, the Fengtian Hall, to accept the questioning of the courtiers.

"May I ask Lin Huiyuan, what is the solution to the countermeasure of 'shock it with soldiers;

The first to ask questions were a few old cabinet ministers. Given Lin Ze's 'noble status', the attitudes of the usually majestic old men were quite kind.

I am also really curious about what Lin Ze refers to by 'Bing Zhen' and 'Shiyu'.

The king of the throne touched his short beard and smiled very kindly.

"You just say it's okay, if you offend me, I'll forgive you first..."

Lin Ze looked at the old guy who was pretending to be decent, he let out a few breaths of anger, and then put on a serious expression to answer.

"My lords, Xiaosheng is blunt. In fact, Xiaosheng's policy question has no deep meaning, it just means literally. As the saying goes, the country is won by martial arts, and the country is controlled by literature. Although the country has been established for a long time, it still has internal and external troubles... ...The final reason is still not strong enough."

"Strike it with soldiers; as the name suggests, it is military power and weapons. Although Xiaosheng is a commoner, he also has a heart of worrying about the country. Therefore, by chance, Xiaosheng happened to research a magic weapon. It is enough to make the world worship Daji, and the vassal king is only a little boy."

"hiss……"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the court let out hisses at the same time, this is really a bold statement.

Mr. Xue, who was the head of the cabinet, immediately asked anxiously, "He Shenbing?"

"gunpowder."

Lin Ze raised his eyes, his voice was as calm as Mount Tai.

There is no gunpowder in this world, and even fireworks have not yet appeared. In the era of completely cold weapons, the strongest weapon is nothing more than guns, and fighting is really dependent on manual combat.

Therefore, this is also one of the reasons why the common people have difficulties in eating and living, but they still have to keep having more sons, because if there is a war in the country, it is these males who are sent to die to defend the country.

Lin Ze didn't want to take the credit for the invention of gunpowder, but he had no choice but to do so.

Otherwise, he would not be able to explain the origin of gunpowder at all, and shirk it to others. According to the importance of gunpowder, can the emperor allow other people who know gunpowder to live among the people casually?It is bound to exhaust manpower to find people out, otherwise needle felt will be produced.

Instead of evading the lie and exposing it at that time, causing a series of troubles, it is better to say that I can solve it at once through my own research.

Originally, he was worried about giving out gunpowder to be feared by the emperor, so he thought about how to speak. Now that the emperor is his teacher, can he still worry about Daji's 'loyal' teacher?His teacher also knows his weaknesses clearly, and he is not afraid of his rebellion at all.

"The explanation of gunpowder is complicated. Xiaosheng can't explain it in detail with the adults at this time, but Xiaosheng can use the head as a guarantee. If this thing can be used well, within 20 years, the country of Daji will be as solid as gold, and all people will look forward to it..."

Lin Ze flicked his sleeves, his straight back full of firm confidence.

Everyone's blood was surging when they heard it. If it was true, the future of Daji would be unimaginable.

"Then what is the meaning of using it as a god?"

"Create miracles and guide the world's public opinion... There is an old saying that people will conquer the sky. Sometimes opportunities should not just wait for God to give them. Only by creating them can we take the initiative. Xiaosheng also has a solution to this problem, which is called fireworks."

"What are fireworks?"

"Another artifact derived from gunpowder, the specifics, when the vassal king pays tribute in the afternoon, all the adults will know."

"This... I haven't seen what you said, I just let you say it, what should I do if something goes wrong?"

What Lin Ze said was indeed touching, and even made people's blood surge.

But it's too unbelievable. It's really hard for people to believe it before they know what the gunpowder fireworks are.

The vassal king's tribute is imminent, and there is only one chance. It can be said that it can only succeed, not fail.If there is a mistake, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Dongxi Xiaosheng has been offered to His Majesty. His Majesty should have seen the power of it. I wonder if His Majesty is willing to take the risk of giving Xiaosheng a chance?"

Lin Ze turned his head sideways, staring at the old guy on the dragon chair in front of him with a half smile but not a smile.

After the words fell, all the courtiers were stunned, secretly thinking that it really belonged to His Majesty... Well, you are so courageous.

Sheng Yongxuan smiled very cheerfully,

"Why not? Didn't Lin Huiyuan say that I am the emperor through the ages, why should I be afraid? But it's all about Xiaoxiao, young people should have a chance."

"Your Majesty is benevolent and majestic, so Xiaosheng will not be polite."

Lin Ze cupped his hands, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

Seeing his expression, the king couldn't help but smiled and nodded, and quietly made an 'ok' gesture with his hand on the dragon chair.

The old guy is especially keeping up with the times...

Seeing such a small gesture of attitude, all the ministers looked at Lin Ze with more respect in their hearts.

This is the future master, it must be right!

……

at the same time.

The post house where the people of the vassals lived in the capital.

A group of vassal kings big and small sat together, their faces pondering, not as calm and arrogant as they appeared, but a little worried.

"Qi Fanwang, Jiang Fanwang, it seems that His Majesty really wants to do something to us this time, and use it as a stepping stone for that 'Prince' to build momentum, what shall we do?"

The smaller vassals were very sad.

Today's His Majesty is very skillful, and after so many years of silence, he suddenly shows his hands and feet, which has to be feared and worried. If the other party has no trump card, how dare he make a sudden move, but they have no news at all.

"Is the rumor about the 'Prince' true? Why haven't we heard anything about it for so many years... If His Majesty really let this prince succeed, it is impossible to let the people ignore it, and he must find someone to teach and train him. This rumor It must have come a little strange.”

"Even if it's going to be launched, it probably won't be at this time. If someone stands up at this time, won't he become the target of everyone's attention. What is your Majesty planning?"

The moods of several great vassal kings were also not relaxed.

"It should be true. Although the eyebrows and eyes are not like His Majesty's, but his demeanor is very similar, just like His Majesty's youthful demeanor. If not, why would His Majesty use us to pave the way for this artificial situation..."

"Hmph! Your Majesty is cruel enough to set up such a big game that no one knows, just to push this 'Prince' to the top. I really want to see what the other party is capable of!"

Several great feudal lords looked attentively.

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At noon, all the candidates rested and ate in the side hall, and Lin Ze was no exception. After being questioned, he returned to the side hall.

Everyone was very curious about what he was told, but because they didn't dare to make noise in the hall, and they were not familiar with him, they didn't dare to ask rashly, and they were afraid of leaving a bad impression in the eyes of the emperor because of this curiosity.

But who will be the No. [-] scholar this year, everyone has a certainty in their minds.

However, everyone was not jealous at all. If Lin Ze could really solve the emperor's problem, they would be truly convinced.

I sat in the side hall until about two o'clock in the afternoon, and then the eunuch came again to summon all the candidates to the hall.

"Dear tributes, Your Majesty has an order. I hope that all tributes will show off their talents in the court hall later, so as to show the demeanor of Daji's younger generation. If there is any offense, His Majesty will first pardon you for your innocence..."

The eunuch who delivered the decree was all smiles and passed on instructions to everyone.

After that, regardless of what the candidates thought, they stretched out their hands as a gesture of invitation and led everyone to the main hall.

When they went in, they met the vassals' team that had entered the palace without any accidents. Lin Ze, who was walking in the front, naturally became the focus of the vassals' attention.

Sure enough!

When all the vassal kings saw Lin Ze for the first time, the same words appeared in their minds without saying a word.

As I said before, although Lin Ze and his good teacher have similar facial features, they are both of the same type of person, so their temperaments are very similar, and because they have been together for several months, the two sides have assimilated their thinking contracts. As a result, the two foxes got together in a pile.

Everyone's preconceived ideas made up their minds, and seeing the similar demeanor naturally confirmed the rumors even more.

This is something that Lin Ze and the emperor didn't expect. Sometimes they misunderstand, and people have to make up their minds. You really can't explain clearly...

But now is not the time to struggle with that.

After all the candidates entered the palace, the king of gods immediately started to get down to business, stroking his short beard mixed with black and white, and his smile was hard to tell.

"My fellow lords, today the feudal lords came to pay tribute to the court. Just now I told me that the feudal land has been experiencing irregular wind and rain this year, a slight drought, and foreign enemies have harassed me. I ask you to allocate funds for disaster relief and agree to expand our troops to accumulate strength..."

"After thinking about it, the vassal land is also the people of Daji, and relief should be given. But next year will be the time of drought in the north and flood in the west, and relief will be urgent at that time. There are people on both sides at dawn. I am very worried, and I can't make up my mind with the courtiers. All the tribute ministers will soon be helping the court, so you should refer to one or two, I don’t know what strategies you tribute ministers have? But it’s okay to say.”

The emperor's voice was slow and gentle, but only those who knew the emperor knew that there was no warmth in the other party's voice.

Every time the vassals pay tribute, they ask the court to allocate funds for relief and agree to expand their troops. This is a test of the emperor's limit again and again; so the emperor has decreed to abolish the vassal system and change the vassal king to a vassal. This is already cutting down the vassal power in disguise .

Although the rights of feudal vassals remain unchanged for the time being, but they are no longer the title of 'King', they can no longer have private soldiers. At this time, they dare to expand their troops.

Not to mention that Lin Ze felt that these princes were a bit arrogant.

Even the other candidates were very complicated in their hearts. Fan said they were from Daji, but in fact, due to the long-term management of "one country, two systems", in the hearts of the people on both sides, the other party was basically a "foreigner".

The old ministers were used to being provoked like this, but the young man who was in the second year of middle school and passionate was a little impatient, couldn't help looking at each other, and muttered a few words angrily.

"Isn't the feudal land no longer a feudal marquis? Marquis can't have private soldiers, and he wants to rebel when he expands his army..."

"That's right, there is only a little drought in the feudal land. Next year, there will be a major disaster involving several provinces in the north and the west. This will give money to the feudal land. How will we live by then? It's a bit shameless..."

These sounds are not loud, but they are enough for people with normal hearing to hear in the quiet hall.

The emperor smiled lightly and didn't stop it. Although the courtiers felt it was wrong, His Majesty didn't say anything. How could they dare to speak, and it's best for these little brats to say such words, but just say a young man If you are not sensible, just follow up.

Although everyone knew these words well, it was the first time they were pointed out in the court.

Being called 'shameless' so directly, the people of the feudal clan couldn't hold back their face. They had long guessed that today's emperor would use these tribute students as gunmen, but they didn't expect that they were really a group of 'hot-blooded boys'.

The Qi feudal king at the head gave a glance to the back, and a little feudal prince ordered to stand up immediately, roaring,

"What are you talking about, Confucian scholars? Our people in the feudal land are suffering from natural disasters, so why not ask His Majesty for help? The little Gongsheng insulted the feudal king. Is this how the imperial court treats us and other heroes!"

After all, the other party is a 'king', and his aura is not comparable to that of ordinary people. Most of these tribute students are poor students with no power and power, and their faces turned pale immediately when they couldn't resist being questioned.

Lin Ze stared at the chuckle, glanced at the teacher who was not stopping him, stepped forward with a flick of his sleeves, stood up,

"Your Majesty is serious. I wait for Gongsheng to dare not offend you. However, if Xiaosheng remembers correctly, His Majesty has abolished the vassal system and titles a few months ago. Master Hou keeps calling himself king. Could it be that...he wants to rebel?"

The volume of the last three words is so loud that everyone in the hall can hear them clearly.

In terms of taking the blame, Lin Ze has never conceded defeat, rambling about his strengths.

Although the people in the vassal state had crooked intentions, they were not able to express their thoughts so bluntly. That was an excuse to convict the emperor and deprive him of power.

The little prince who spoke immediately retorted and changed his words, "Don't talk nonsense! The old man is just not used to it, and slipped his tongue for a while."

"You can forget slips of the tongue in this kind of thing, this Marquis, you really have a big heart..."

Lin Ze smiled slightly, and continued, "However, when Lord Hou said about the disaster in the feudal domain, Xiaosheng felt that the imperial court really had the responsibility to take care of it. They are all the people of Daji, so one cannot favor one over another."

"Oh? What's your opinion?"

The vassal kings were not sure what he meant by this.

"It's very simple, please hand over the power of the vassals to the vassals."

Lin Ze's light words are no less than a thunderbolt.

Not only the vassal kings were taken aback, but the court officials also opened their mouths and their legs became weak. They were almost scared to death by his unreasonable words.

Grandma~, this kid really dares to speak!

He directly pointed out the contradiction between His Majesty and the vassals before he came up with a few words. They have been deviously dealing with the vassals here for a long time, but no one dared to directly talk about the matter of power collection. My heart is really big.

"Absurd! Your Majesty, is this the answer you gave to our vassal today? After depriving the founding heroes of the land, isn't Your Majesty afraid of chilling the hearts of the people..."

The complexions of the vassal kings immediately changed drastically, with anger, they looked at the king and questioned him.

They didn't think that a little Gongsheng would dare to say such things to them. If the emperor ordered it, it would be a serious crime to offend the prince rashly, and this kid stood in the first place among Gongsheng. Prince's gone.

The one who is currently in charge is the emperor, so of course we have to look to the emperor.

But it is obvious that the emperor today doesn't care about those scruples in the past at all, he is extremely calm, he didn't reply, and looked directly at Lin Ze.

The exchange of eyes, the emperor's instruction, a certain person is naturally courageous.

"It should be the vassals who chill the hearts of the people of the world and His Majesty! How dare you and other criminal officials dare to ask His Majesty for money to rescue you instead of pleading guilty to His Majesty!"

Lin Ze flicked his sleeves, stepped forward and pointed at the vassal kings, also showing anger, and scolded,

"Why did the ancestors of Daji found the country and seal the land? Do you remember? One is to reward the founding feats, and the other is to let you station the frontier and guard the country. Suffering from the war, not only does not reflect on oneself, but asks the imperial court for support every year, what a shame!"

"you……"

The vassal kings were so angry at the scolding.

"What are you, shut up! Did His Majesty let you speak! Ignore the imperial power, and the crime will be aggravated!"

Lin Ze sneered, raised his voice directly, and straightened his chest. First of all, he must first crush the opponent in terms of voice and momentum. Regardless of whether all kinds of hats are reasonable or not, put them on first and then talk.

In court, every time a group of people discuss policies, they just want to see who wins the fight, and they don't fight, so there is no need to be afraid of the number of people on the opposite side.

"Managing the feudal domain for hundreds of years, tell yourself, which time did you pay tribute and didn't complain to the court? Every time the court allocated funds to help, sent troops to expand and reinforce, it cost a lot of money, and the soldiers would be lost. There is no improvement! Such incompetence, since If the management is not good, why not hand over the political power and send a new official to take over? This is the best way to save the people in the feudal land. Those who are incompetent should be given up to the virtuous, so it is impossible for you to think about the life and death of the people!"

"..."

The faces of all the vassals were stiff, isn't this a crying child who has candy to eat, and doesn't complain when paying tribute, so it's possible that he said, "Our vassal kings are rich and have food, your majesty, hurry up and scrape our flesh."

But I didn't expect this to become an excuse in other people's mouths.

Everyone couldn't refute for a while, Lin Ze took the opportunity to go up, his face was cold,

"This is the first crime; the second crime, since the vassal's land is suffering from drought this year and there is not enough money and food, why did the son of Fuhou dare to destroy tens of thousands of silver notes in the street that day? You can squander so much money at will, but you have no money to relieve the suffering people... Say, how did you take away the people's fat and people's anointing! Where did you have the courage to bully the king in vain!"

"bump!"

Hearing this, the emperor suddenly showed anger, and patted the dragon chair again.

"Your Majesty, I don't dare to collect people's fat, all the money my son spends is saved by my ancestors..."

King Fu Fan, who was named and caught as a braid, turned pale and knelt down to explain.

Lin Ze laughed angrily,

"It turns out that Lord Hou can watch the people in the land under his jurisdiction suffer with his own eyes, and he has a lot of fish and meat. If this is the case, what qualifications do you have to manage the fief!"

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In fact, it is not difficult to catch the vassal king's pigtails, but no one dares to say it. I am afraid that if he does not say a word, he will take the opportunity to rebel against the vassal king. No one can bear the crime.

And sometimes there is no need for a legitimate reason, if you have enough confidence, isn't it hard to find an excuse to clean up people?A word of rebellion against what is in trouble can be used to strike a knife.

It's just that the emperor doesn't have that much confidence now, so he needs a way to let the vassal king hand over power without bloodshed.

The first step is to question the guilt, which is the beginning of Lin Ze's strategy, and everything will be explained first.

Every word and every word of his is to blame the blame, but in just a few words, he offends everyone terribly.

Then there was King Fu's irresistible mouse shit 'help', when the vassal kings reacted, they were already a little confused, and could only refute in anger,

"You make unreasonable words and make false accusations!"

"Is it nonsense that everyone can see it, then you haven't managed the fief for hundreds of years and made the people of Liming suffer. Should you abdicate to let the virtuous?"

Lin Ze did not show weakness, but asked instead.

Where can everyone answer, they can only change the topic,

"Arrogant children only talk on paper! Natural disasters and man-made disasters can be predicted and resisted by ordinary people like us. You accuse us of being incompetent, but you are talking about how you can solve the drought and the harassment of the enemy country?"

"Does that mean that I have said the solution, and you all think that you are incapable of handing over power?"

"..."

The vassal kings paused again, this kid couldn't leave the power with three words, can he still have a good chat.

Lin Ze didn't expect them to answer either. This group of people were quite thick-skinned, and they directly bowed to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, in fact, it is not difficult to solve the disasters and man-made disasters in the feudal land. First of all, the disaster situation, the feudal land is only a decrease in harvest, and there is no grain loss. As long as the people are reduced or exempted from this year's tax, the people will have enough food to survive until the next harvest... ..."

"If it still doesn't work, the imperial court can also come forward and ask for help from the merchants in the vassal land. With the benefit of reducing commercial taxes for several years, they can ask the merchants to donate silver taels to buy food to help the common people. There is no need for treasury support at all. The common people and merchants will also be grateful to the imperial court and avoid The imperial court’s material support has passed, and Shangao Luyuan has delayed time.”

"This is a good way!"

The minister's eyes lit up and he clapped his hands.

They are bound by the usual thinking, they only know to look at the treasury blindly, and ignore the simple method of being so self-sufficient.

But the faces of the vassal kings were not right.

This method is indeed good, and it solves the problem quickly, but the problem is that the people who lose the reduced farmland tax and commercial tax... are them.

"As for the enemy's harassment, it's even simpler. Since the private soldiers of the feudal vassals are useless, then our court's fierce generals will lead troops to garrison and bring the enemy's troops to harass and kill him. Let's see if he dares to offend us. Great Ji country prestige!"

Lin Ze finished speaking loudly.

Then he looked sideways at the feudal lords and smiled, "Those who have committed crimes since ancient times will be killed without mercy. Do you think Xiaosheng's words are justified?"

Reasonable fart!

The vassal kings were ashen-faced and quibbled,

"The combined 30 soldiers of our vassal are unable to stop the enemy's harassment. Letting the imperial court send troops and mobilize the garrison forces in other places is not the same as the enemy's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain!"

"Who said it is necessary to mobilize the garrison forces in various places? The court only needs a few teams of cavalry to deal with those jumping clowns. The 20 troops of the vassal kings are still defeated by others, and they ask the court for help every year. Really... "

Lin Ze made an expression of hating iron but not steel,

"Forget it, Xiaosheng won't talk about it, and you can save it, and all the masters said that Xiaosheng is rude."

Crowd: ...

The feudal vassals really can't stand such an arrogant kid, they laughed angrily,

"A few teams of cavalry can solve it? Are you a divine soldier, one against a hundred? Do you know how strong the enemy's troops are?"

"It's more than just one enemy against a hundred. Our Daji soldiers are brave men. When you say this, you are not only a frog in the well who knows nothing about your own country, but also let others prestige and prestige destroy your own ambition. No wonder you have a force of 20. I can’t stop even a little bit of enemy harassment…”

"You are so incompetent, you are really ashamed of your ancestors. Back then they were able to fight this prosperous world with a group of miscellaneous soldiers, but you are so supportive and useless!"

Lin Ze's expression was resentful, and he knelt down towards the emperor suddenly, as a remonstrance at the risk of death,

"Your Majesty, Xiaosheng is just a commoner candidate, and he doesn't know too much about the court affairs at the moment, but the princes are so incompetent, making the people of the domain suffer all the year round, Xiaosheng really can't stand it!"

"Your Majesty, today Xiaosheng risked his life to ask His Majesty to remove these incompetent officials, and let capable people go to the feudal land to rescue the Li people there!"

After finishing speaking, Lin Ze looked at the other examinees behind him, inciting greetings,

"My classmates and Confucian friends, since the people can't meet His Majesty to ask for help and complain, I will plead for the people. We have been poor for many years, don't we just want to benefit the people?

All the examinees were excited.

With a fever in his head, Qi Qi also knelt down, "Your Majesty, I am willing to risk my life to plead for the people..."

In fact, risking death is just talking, as the saying goes, you don’t blame the public, they have so many scholars, and they are also candidates in the field, it is impossible to be killed, otherwise this matter will definitely cause a sensation in the world, and the history records will leave the name of a tyrant .

"..."

A group of vassals almost vomited blood.

As the saying goes, when a scholar meets a soldier, it is hard to tell why.Now whether they met 'soldiers' or a group of hot-blooded idiots, they couldn't tell whether they were reasonable or not. These Confucian scholars didn't listen to what they said at all, and only cared about their own reasons.

Several great vassals looked at each other with livid faces, and spoke again,

"Little Gongsheng, you said that we are incompetent, that our soldiers in the feudal domain are nothing but brave, but then you say, how can a few cavalry troops from the imperial court withstand hundreds of thousands of enemy troops?"

"Your Majesty, the bravery of Daji soldiers is known throughout the country. As for how to resist, I am only a commoner scholar, so how do I know that the army is secretive?"

Lin Ze tilted his head amusedly.

Princes: You don't know how dare you boast!

At this moment, the emperor who had been silent all this time suddenly spoke,

"Well, I originally planned to give you a little surprise for the feudal vassals later, since this is the case... move the driving school to prepare for the drill."

The smile and regretful tone are indifferent, as if talking about something like watching an opera.

The emperor has spoken.

Everyone could only shut up temporarily, and followed the emperor to the martial arts training ground in the palace, with different expressions.

The vassal kings didn't know what the emperor was doing, and wanted to read some information from the faces of the courtiers, but the courtiers didn't know anything at the moment, so they didn't show any expressions, which made them feel uneasy...

When it came to the martial arts training ground, the emperor didn't delay to let everyone sit down, he stood up and signaled the guards to start the drill.

Everyone was puzzled.

I saw the guard coming over with a pile of bamboo tubes, his movements were cautious and his expression was tense, as if he was carrying something valuable and dangerous.

Then moved dozens of dummy dolls around, placed them as if they were besieged by the army, and stood at a distance of tens of meters on the opposite side.

"Prepare--"

"aim--"

"ignition--"

"Throw!"

Following a few commands from the commanding guards, the guards holding the bamboo tubes acted in unison, preparing for action, lighting the fuse, and then throwing it out forcefully!

"Bang bang bang!" "bang bang bang" "bang bang bang"

Amidst the loud noises one after another, the dummy army that was thrown by the bamboo tube on the opposite side disintegrated instantly, was blown to pieces, and the ground shook.

When the smoke and dust disappeared, there were only a few potholes left on the grass.

Courtiers:  …

Candidates: ...

Princes: ...

The whole place was silent.

Until the rehearsal guard ran over to report, with a mighty aura,

"Reporting to Your Majesty, because of the limited space in the school grounds, to avoid hurting the ministers during the drill, we can only use the least powerful divine thunder!"

Still the least powerful...

"It's okay. I don't want my palace to be turned into ruins. If I have the opportunity to find a few bandits on the top of the mountain to practice, those Xiao Xiaozhen have long disliked me. I'm upset by jumping around all day. Let's go down."

The emperor waved his hands indifferently, and cast his eyes lightly at the vassal king's team.

Facing the emperor's indifferent eyes, the feudal king remained expressionless, but his heart almost stopped beating, and cold sweat suddenly broke out on his back.

What, what is this divine thunder?After all, there is such an earth-shattering power.

No wonder, no wonder His Majesty dared to attack them so abruptly this time, it turned out that there was such a fetish...

However, the 'surprise' didn't stop. Before everyone came back to their senses, there was another loud noise in the sky.

The rumbling and crackling sounds were like a big hole in the sky. Not only the people in the palace could see it, but also the people outside the palace could see it clearly. They were so frightened that they stood still and could not move.

I don't know how long the loud noise rang until the sound disappeared, and a few large golden characters appeared in the sky!

... The vassal king sends troops, and the great land is determined.

The crowd widened their eyes.

Seeing the opportunity, Lin Ze immediately took the lead and knelt down to the emperor, kowtowed, and shouted loudly,

"Your Majesty is a benevolent and true monarch, the vassal king returns to his heart, and the heavens guide him, long live your majesty, long live long live!"

As soon as the voice came out, everyone came back to their senses.

The courtiers looked at each other, and naturally immediately knelt down and shouted long live.

The courtiers are kneeling, can the examinee still stand?Can the examinees kneel and the guards still move?All the nobles are kneeling, how dare the eunuchs and maids stand?

Just like a domino effect, Lin Ze took the lead, and everyone knelt down and kowtowed and shouted long live.

The sound from the school grounds spread out, and the maids and eunuchs on the other palace roads were also shocked by the movement in the sky, and they couldn't help but knelt down and shouted.

The common people outside the palace wall have long been frightened by the movement in the sky. When they heard the sound, even if they couldn’t understand the big characters in the sky, they knew that it was a manifestation from the heavens, and they were protecting the Great Ji Kingdom. So they all knelt down and shouted long live .

People in the entire imperial city were doing the same thing, shouting with the same voice, the voices of hundreds of thousands of people shouted the same, and the word 'long live' broke the sky.

"Long live Your Majesty..."

The vassal kings' legs were weak, and under this kind of momentum, only fear and awe remained in their hearts.

God, even God is blessing His Majesty today?