Chapter 1742 Can the imperial examination be postponed?
Let's say that when Fang Xuanling first arrived, he saw Li Shimin facing away from him and Cheng Yaojin guarding him.
The two of them were very close and touching each other.
To him, it looked like the two were about to fight.
So, he ran over in a hurry.
Still shouting:
"Zhijie, what are you doing?"
Unexpectedly, when he first arrived, Li Shimin jumped up and threw the basketball into the basket.
The basketball flew out and hit his head directly.
"Ouch!"
The beating made Fang Xuanling dizzy.
He stumbled and almost fell to the ground!
But he was devoted to Li Shimin.
I didn’t care so much and asked directly:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you okay?"
Li Shimin and Cheng Yaojin stared at him blankly, wondering why this guy was here and interrupted his practice.
So, Li Shimin asked angrily: "Why are you here? Don't you know we are practicing playing ball?"
Fang Xuanling was completely blind.
"Ah? Practice?? What?"
"Ah what? Get up quickly, don't take up your seat!"
Cheng Yaojin shouted.
After saying that, he would drive Fang Xuanling away.
Fang Xuanling tried to get up, but couldn't.
In the end, Li Shimin pulled him to his feet.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Fang Xuanling said.
"Okay, go aside and watch, don't disturb me!"
Li Shimin said.
Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, I have something to ask you!"
"Something happened? What happened?"
Li Shimin also knows the importance.
he asked, holding the ball.
"About the imperial examination!"
"You will still be in charge of the imperial examination this year, didn't you agree?"
Li Shimin thought it was a matter of presiding over the imperial examination.
It's a new year again.
The court is recruiting new people again.
As the economy develops, more and more people are in need.
There were also a lot of people who signed up last year.
There must be more now.
However, Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, so far this year, only more than a thousand people have participated in the imperial examination."
"What?!"
Li Shimin no longer even had the heart to play ball.
One thousand people registered for the imperial examination.
How many must there be?
If we take the top 100, then one in ten people will get Jinshi.
This is obviously wrong.
Then the probability of becoming a Jinshi is too high.
"is this real?"
Li Shimin asked again.
"Yes, Your Majesty! There are currently less than ten people signing up a day!"
It's almost over now.
If the number of people is still insufficient, then the court will not have much fresh blood this year.
This is not a good thing for Datang.
Li Shimin didn't know that 50% of the people here were Li Min's people.
That's more than five hundred people.
The probability of these people becoming Jinshi is very high.
It was also calculated through Li Min.
"It's less than ten people a day, which is too little. It wasn't like this before."
Li Shimin said.
And compared to last year.
The imperial examination last year was really hot.
I didn't expect it to be like this today.
"Yes, Your Majesty, that's why I came here to ask for instructions, and I have an idea."
Fang Xuanling said.
"Tell me! What do you think?"
"Delayed! Maybe it's because some people didn't have time to enter Chang'an, so they missed it."
This is not impossible.
Cheng Yaojin said: "It has never been postponed before. How can it be like this?"
Yes, how could this be?
It has never been postponed before.
This year it will be postponed.
This seems unreasonable.
Li Shimin was also thinking about whether to postpone it.
Fang Xuanling added: "Why not? If the number of Jinshi this year is not enough. Compared with last year, the number of Jinshi this year may drop to half of the previous one. Or even less."
Fang Xuanling is not talking nonsense.
What he said is justified.
Li Shimin was naturally worried too.
But if it is postponed rashly, firstly, there is not enough time, and secondly, how should the court explain the sudden postponement?
Are you just saying that it was postponed because there were not enough people?
Obviously you can't do this.
If we really want to postpone it, we have to come up with a better way.
So what is the solution?
This left Li Shimin at a loss.
He was there scratching his head.
So what should we do?
How to do it?
At this moment, Cheng Yaojin suddenly said: "How about asking the Sixth Prince?"
Fang Xuanling said at this time: "That's right, it would be best to let the Sixth Prince make the move!"
Li Shimin didn't speak, but his expression already approved the two people's proposal.
Then he stood on the edge with his hands behind his hands.
Then turned around.
Don't say a word.
Fang Xuanling understood what Li Shimin meant.
Then he picked up the phone.
He dialed Li Min's phone number.
And it's hands-free.
After a few beeps.
Li Min's voice came.
"I'm Zili, who are you?"
"It's me, the Sixth Prince, someone from Fang!"
"Fang Xuanling, what's wrong? What do you want from me?"
Fang Xuanling glanced at Li Shimin.
At this time he still didn't say anything.
"It's like this. Regarding this year's imperial examination, I don't know why. There are only a thousand candidates entering Chang'an this year. For this reason, we are very anxious. So I would like to ask the Sixth Prince if there is any way to allow the candidates to take the imperial examination.
Are there more people?”
He didn't talk about Li Shimin either.
In fact, this is what they themselves want to ask.
Li Min, who was opposite, thought for a while.
Then he said: "There are three options, it depends on what you want to do."
When Li Shimin heard this, his expression changed slightly.
But you can feel from his heart that he really wants to know what the three plans are.
"You say!"
"The first, most expensive plan is to have Zhenguan Newspaper announce the imperial examination for the court, so that more people can participate. But it will cost a lot of advertising money!"
Fang Xuanling glanced at Li Shimin.
Still expressionless.
So, he asked again:
"What about number two?"
"Second, the imperial court sent people to recruit a large number of young people to take the exam. Of course, they also came to make up the numbers. In this way, it looks like prosperity."
Li Shimin's expression remained the same.
It can be felt that he does not want to use this method.
"What about third place?" Fang Xuanling asked next.
"Third, I will tell the world that these thousand people have been strictly selected, but if there are better people, more people will be added, and the passing rate of Jinshi this year will be higher than in previous years.
Anyway, of those thousand people, I don’t know exactly how many people came.
They were naturally happy when they heard it.
When people hear this, they will create hot spots themselves. Then more people may sign up."
When Li Shimin heard this, his expression changed obviously.
Fang Xuanling said: "Thank you, Sixth Prince, I understand!"
Then hung up the phone.
Then he turned to Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, this third position is the most suitable for us, why not..."
"Just take the responsibility for this matter. Know your integrity, and we will continue to fight!"
Li Shimin is going to play ball, which proves one point, that is, he agrees with Fang Xuanling to use the third plan to solve the problem.