Li Xiuyuan was standing alone in the lobby at the moment. To his left and right were officials, including local high-ranking officials and Beijing officials sent by the imperial court. In any case, the rank and status of these officials were comparable to those of county magistrates.
Many times, when he was in Guobei County, a county magistrate could force Li Xiuyuan to use dangerous tactics, play the role of a robber and kill the magistrate.
Now, to put it bluntly, if you offend these officials, it will be difficult for the Li family... in the future.
And when he heard that these people were going to take a test on himself, Li Xiuyuan's heart sank even more.
This is obviously a test for oneself, but in fact it is to deal with these officials in advance. If you fight well, you will have no worries. If you don't believe it and offend, you will be in trouble in the future.
Officials are all literati, and most literati are petty.
The so-called assessment is equivalent to a literary fight in Li Xiuyuan's opinion.
At this moment, Li Xiuyuan looked at Fu Tianchou with a strange expression. Sure enough, he was a minister of the Ministry of War. He didn't have many conspiracies and tricks in his mind. He had not thought through these. He was going to take the imperial examination anyway, so why bother?
If you pass the Jinshi exam, you will naturally be able to convince the public. The so-called assessment clearly shows that you are a self-imposed enmity.
Is this Fu Tianchou here to trick him?
"I would also like to ask you all to come up with a question. I will try my best as a junior student. If my talents and learning are shallow, please forgive me." Li Xiuyuan could only hold up his hands and said to these officials.
Immediately, an official stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Sir, please let me do it for the first time."
"Master Yu, you have entered Tongten Pavilion. It is very appropriate for you to ask this question, but you must be merciful. This junior has just passed the scholar examination. Don't make things difficult for him with the questions in the palace examination." Several colleagues next to him.
He smiled and nodded.
Some officials also joked.
Mr. Yu smiled and said: "I have a sense of propriety. Well, let's start with a simpler one. How can ghosts and gods be virtuous? How do you explain it?"
Li Xiuyuan said: "Ghosts and gods with virtue can help the world prosper and are worthy of worship. On the contrary, ghosts and gods without virtue will only bring chaos to the world and must be eliminated."
Mr. Yu frowned and said displeasedly: "I only asked you about the virtues of ghosts and gods. Is that enough? Your understanding is too far from the meaning of the sage. What the sage means is that ghosts and gods play a great role.
I told you to worship it, destroy it, and change it."
"Although he didn't say it clearly, Wan Sheng understood it this way." Li Xiuyuan said.
Mr. Yu's face darkened; "Rotten wood cannot be carved."
Other officials also shook their heads and laughed, wondering why Li Xiuyuan misinterpreted these words like this.
Li Xiuyuan's face was calm and he had no intention of changing his words.
Because this is his inner understanding. If he goes against his true intention and seeks promotion from an official, how will he be any different from those corrupt officials and those who work in vain?
"Let the second question be asked by the lower officials. Do you have no problem with the adults?" At this time, another official said with a smile.
"Is it Mr. Zhang? You are a local parent official, so it's okay for you to ask the second question." The other officials nodded.
The official named Zhang said: "The words of the sage are understood differently by each court and each scholar. They cannot reflect a person's talent and learning. The most important thing for civil servants is to benefit a place. Since you have relieved disasters, then you must
Only those who are outstanding dare to do so, I will test you on this."
"I would also like to invite this gentleman to come up with a question." Li Xiuyuan said.
Mr. Zhang thought for a moment, then smiled and said: "If there is a natural disaster and people are hungry everywhere, and the government's disaster relief has not arrived, how will you, as the magistrate of a county, survive for the people?"
"Food is the first priority for the people. If there are disaster victims all over the place, they must first eat. If you want to eat, you must have food. If you are born late and become an official, you must raise food." Li Xiuyuan said.
"There is no silver in the yamen and there is no surplus grain in the granary. How can we raise money?" Master Zhang asked again.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Borrow."
"Who can I borrow from?"
"Which household has grain to borrow from?" Li Xiuyuan said.
"Even though a merchant's family, a wealthy family, has a surplus of food, they regard money and food as life, how can they borrow it?" Mr. Zhang asked again.
Li Xiuyuan said: "In exchange for the official land, the next year's taxes will be paid."
"How will the vacancies be filled next year?" Master Zhang asked.
Li Xiuyuan said: "We will help disaster victims and open up wasteland. A good harvest next year will definitely fill this gap."
After a conversation, several other adults nodded repeatedly. This answer was indeed no problem. They would do the same thing otherwise. With the grain depot and money depot empty, they could only promise verbal benefits in exchange for
Money and food.
"Yes, you have the talent to govern a place. My last question is, if hungry people rebel, how will you govern it?" Lord Zhang asked again.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Killing one person will bring peace."
"Huh?"
As soon as these words came out, many officials who were sitting quietly and listening couldn't help but open their eyes with a bit of surprise.
This is different from what they thought. If they answered, they would first quell the chaos, and then use various methods to quell the chaos. There is no answer like Li Xiuyuan's answer of killing one person.
Fu Tianchou, who was sitting on the throne, was also stunned for a moment, and then looked at Li Xiuyuan with interest and asked: "You said killing one person is fair, but I don't know which person to kill?"
"Put the blame for the vacancy of the money and grain warehouses on the treasurer, kill him in front of the victims, and then provide relief and relief, then the unrest can be quelled." Li Xiuyuan replied.
Mr. Zhang frowned at this moment and said: "The treasurer is not guilty, how can you kill him arbitrarily?"
"If there is no money or food in the warehouse, how can the treasurer be blameless? Killing a big rat can put an end to the turmoil. This is the fastest and cheapest way to control the turmoil." Li Xiuyuan said.
Master Zhang asked again: "Why don't you send officers and soldiers to quell the chaos?"
"The hungry people rebelled because they were forced to have no choice but to do so. It was excusable. Killing people to quell the chaos would lead to more casualties. Wan Sheng felt it was not advisable." Li Xiuyuan said.
As soon as these words came out, Mr. Zhang's face darkened.
You know, when he was asked this question at the beginning, this was the answer he gave, but now Li Xiuyuan said that killing one person was enough. Could it be that he was not as good as Li Xiuyuan now?
For a while, he stopped talking.
Li Xiuyuan looked at his face and shook his head secretly. This had offended the local parents again.
Literati, be careful.
after awhile.
"Since the second question has been answered, let me answer the third question." Song Yuan suddenly said.
The other officials had no intention of agreeing at this moment and just nodded in agreement.
Song Yuan smiled and said: "The two questions asked by the previous two adults are to test your knowledge and talent. This third question I will test your poetry. Do you have any other poems that you write in your daily life? Compose poetry.
One song is enough to pass the third question."
"I wonder if Mr. Song has any restrictions on subject matter?" Li Xiuyuan said.
"Just be loyal to the emperor and patriotic." After Song Yuan finished speaking, he looked at Fu Tianchou's expression.
Fu Tianchou showed a bit of expectation.
A person's poetry can best reflect a person's thoughts. Although Li Xiuyuan's knowledge has shortcomings, his talent is not a problem. If there is no problem with his loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, then he is also a talent worthy of recommendation.
Li Xiuyuan's heart sank at this moment. If this poem was not written well, it would probably arouse public anger. If it was written well, it would be easy to get away with it today.
After all, in ancient times, you could get away with other conveniences, but loyalty and filial piety were the most important.
Li Xiuyuan thought for a moment and was ready to continue possessing Wen Chao Gong.
After all, it is impossible to come up with a poem during this period of time.
I am not Cao Zijian, who can write a poem in seven steps.
"Song Yuan seems to have an easy time answering questions, but he is actually the most difficult one." Li Xiuyuan thought to himself, "Didn't he lose his memory that day? He probably doesn't remember being tied to the ground by me and almost beheaded by Wu Fei."
Thinking of this, he looked at Song Yuan strangely.
It's probably because I don't remember that incident, otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here so calmly today, and I would have been fighting with myself a long time ago.
I am afraid that I will be promoted, so I deliberately create obstacles for myself.
Li Xiuyuan looked at Song Yuan, but Song Yuan looked at him with a smile without saying a word.
"Literati, you are so cautious." Li Xiuyuan thought to himself.
Several other officials also sat there with eyes and noses in mind without urging, waiting for Li Xiuyuan's performance.
In their opinion, Li Xiuyuan would not be able to pass today's assessment.
The first question was wrong, and the second question also violated official taboos, and actually killed officials to quell the chaos.
If you want to kill, you have to kill the people.
The third question is writing poems. Haha, how can poetry be so easy to write? Do you really think you are Li Bai or Cao Zijian?
Li Xiuyuan started to think about it, collecting the poems and essays from the past in his mind. He was not prepared to take out the poems and essays in his memory on weekdays. He would only take them out in emergencies, otherwise he would rely on his identity as a copywriter all day long.
It's too shameful to pretend to be a talented person.
But at this time, I have to come up with a song.
"Yes."
Suddenly, Li Xiuyuan's expression changed, and he chanted: "It's sad that Jiuzhou is angry and relies on wind and thunder, and thousands of horses are silent. I urge God to cheer up and send down talents of any kind."
Before all the officials came to their senses, the poem was finished.
They all showed a look of astonishment. They didn't expect that Li Xiuyuan really wrote a poem in just a few moments, and it was a poem that matched the situation. It didn't look like he had written it before. After thinking about it, this poem