After Lin Beichen left, a person walked in from the side door of the hall.
The four wrinkles on his forehead are clearly visible. Who else could he be if he wasn’t Zuo Luyi?
"Did you hear everything?"
The Human Emperor of Beihai still looked at the direction Lin Beichen left without moving his eyes.
"Everyone heard it."
The Prime Minister on the left saluted.
The previous conversations between the Beihai Emperor and Lin Beichen had obviously fallen into the ears of the Left Prime Minister in some way that Lin Beichen was not aware of.
And this was tacitly approved by the Beihai Emperor.
The relationship between the monarch and his ministers was not as wary and confrontational as the outside world rumored. Instead, it was like two old friends who had a clear understanding of each other, with a very calm and tacit understanding.
"This boy is very rude to me. He is much more unruly than his father."
The Emperor of Beihai sighed with emotion.
Prime Minister Zuo nodded with deep sympathy: "In the entire Beihai Empire, there will never be another person who dares to use such a tone and posture to talk to Your Majesty."
The Human Emperor of Beihai smiled, turned back, sat on the throne, and said: "But the more he is so free and unscrupulous, the more he is so disrespectful, the more I appreciate him and the more I trust him."
Zuo Xiang continued to nod in agreement and said: "Because Lin Beichen is a person without ambition."
The Human Emperor of Beihai smiled slightly and said: "But why do I think he has great ambitions?"
Such a comment would mean a huge crisis for any minister.
But the expression on the left prime minister's face did not show any fluctuation at all.
He said slowly: "I was wrong. Lin Beichen has ambitions, but his ambition has no conflict with Your Majesty or the Beihai Empire. I can see that Lin Beichen still has a strong sense of identity with the empire.
Otherwise, with his greed for life and fear of death, he would never put himself in a dangerous situation and accept the challenge of [The Condor Shooting Man] Yu Shibei to participate in an uncertain 'life and death battle."
"It's rare for you, an old fox, to say so many nice things for others."
The Human Emperor of Beihai was in a surprisingly good mood today and made fun of the left prime minister.
But the Prime Minister Zuo said seriously: "That's because there is usually no one worthy of having a good word for him."
This evaluation is quite high.
But the Beihai Emperor also agreed.
"I originally thought that even if Lin Beichen was extremely talented and had the same monster appearance as Lin Tingchan, it would take years or even decades to grow up. I didn't expect that his rise would be so fast. It was simply unbelievable.
, in less than a year, he has transformed from a prodigal dandy into a heavenly dandy..."
The Beihai Emperor also expressed emotion.
Although he has never left the capital, the royal family's eyes are spread all over the country. The rise of any talent cannot escape the supervision of the royal family.
"Zhan Tianhou has a pair of good sons and daughters."
Prime Minister Zuo sighed and said, "It's a pity that he didn't have time to wait until these two children grew up."
The Beihai Emperor also sighed.
There was a sudden silence in the hall.
Both the monarch and the minister thought of that man at the same time, and felt a little heavy.
"I want Lin Beichen to go to Baiyun City, what do you think?"
Beihai Renhuang Road.
"The [Baiyun Sword Tomb] is about to be opened, and he is indeed a good candidate."
Prime Minister Zuo agreed quite a bit and said: "Furthermore, he is Ding Lei's disciple and can be regarded as the inheritance of Baiyun City. He is qualified to participate in Baiyun City's Dongzhou Swordsman Competition. He can subdue those in Baiyun City and can also suppress the strong swordsmen from outside."
, leaving the inheritance of Baiyun Sword Immortal in the Beihai Empire."
"Then it's settled."
The Human Emperor of Beihai had a clear smile on his face and said: "However, we have to wait until the preliminary evaluation of the imperial examination is over... Regarding the preparations for the preliminary evaluation, how is the Qing family doing?"
"Your Majesty, everything is ready."
The Prime Minister Zuo cupped his hands and said with a rather confident expression: "All the information has been prepared and the corresponding personnel have been assembled. According to past practices and the news we received from the Central Empire Alliance Mission, this time the preliminary examination will not be held.
There will be major adjustments, and the literary test will still be the main one. As long as nothing unexpected happens, the probability of passing the preliminary evaluation is over 90%."
"I feel at ease with the Qing family's affairs."
The Beihai Emperor nodded with satisfaction.
The Left Chancellor has been in charge of the empire's political affairs for so many years. His toughness of hand, strong ability, and steady decision-making are all amazing. He is the first among the ministers.
As soon as the news of the empire's rating came out, he handed over all the preparation work to the left prime minister to handle it secretly.
In the eyes of the Beihai Emperor, among the thousands of ministers, no one can do a better job than Zuo Xiang.
And now it seems that the left prime minister has indeed lived up to expectations.
At this time, the sound of footsteps suddenly came.
Zhang Qianqian, the great eunuch holding a pen, walked in very quickly, holding something in his hand. He came to the front of the steps, raised his hands high, and said: "Your Majesty, this is the edict just sent from the Tower of Heaven and Man, saying
The assessment method for this initial empire rating evaluation has been determined."
The Human Emperor of Beihai raised his hand to take a picture, took the imperial book into his hand in the air, and slowly unfolded it.
He smiled and said while watching: "As expected, after calculating the time, the assessment method should be determined. This time... Huh?"
Halfway through his words, the smile on his face suddenly solidified.
Seeing this, Prime Minister Zuo suddenly felt a bad feeling in his heart.
He coughed slightly and tried to ask: "Your Majesty?"
The Human Emperor of Beihai frowned and read the contents of the imperial edict in silence. Then he raised his hand and sent the edict to the left prime minister through the air, saying: "Read it yourself."
Prime Minister Zuo picked up the imperial edict and only read a few dozen words. His expression gradually stiffened, and he said with an expression of disbelief: "How could this happen? The one chosen in the preliminary evaluation this time turned out to be [Battle of the Kingdom of Heaven]."
The pattern? This..."
[War in Heaven] mode is a very distant memory.
This is a model that has not been truly activated for hundreds of years.
Its core is completely different from the previously expected category of ‘literary examination’.
It's a complete martial arts test.
"And it's still level three difficulty."
The Human Emperor of Beihai's eyebrows were already frowning tightly.
Among the ten preliminary evaluations of Empire Rating, eleven were written examinations.
Why did it turn into the ancient and rare [War in Heaven] mode this time?
What exactly was going through the mind of the examiner who determined the questions for this exam?
Compared with the all-round assessment to evaluate a country's comprehensive national strength, this [War in Heaven] is also within the scope of the question bank, but it focuses on assessing the top military combat power, which is one-sided and full of contingency.
It is an outdated model that has long been buried in the dust of history.
What idiot dug this pattern out of the pile of historical scraps again?
Does he have shit in his head?
For a moment, the monarch and his ministers looked at each other in silence in the Humble Administrator's Palace.
This is really unexpected.
Completely different from what I imagined.
In this way, wouldn't everything that the left prime minister has worked so hard to prepare in the past few months be in vain?