However, although he didn't know how Liu Che diverted his attention from the mineral resources to whether these county governors had neglected their duties, Liu Tan felt that he needed to report the results of the examination to Liu Che.

Liu Tan said directly, "I don't know about the other officials, but the first time, only one of these county governors was qualified. The others... basically didn't know much about the land under their jurisdiction!"

Liu Che's expression grew serious. He raised his hand to stop Liu Tan from continuing and said, "You two should take off your cloaks first, then sit down and talk."

Only then did Liu Tan realize that he and Liu Ju had not had time to take off their coats when they came in from outside. No wonder he felt so hot.

The underground heating where Liu Che stayed was naturally very strong, so he was already slow to react as he only felt the heat now.

After taking off the crimson cloak he was wearing, Liu Tan sat down.

Liu Che had been observing him, and it had to be said that even though Liu Tan had not undergone any drastic changes in the past few months, he was different from before.

In the past, Liu Tan always wanted to reduce his presence and disappeared from other people's sight.

But now, he is more confident in his every move and looks full of energy.

For a moment, Liu Che was relieved. Although he didn't want him to be far away, he still felt that this was what the young man wanted.

After Liu Tan sat down, Liu Ju couldn't help but ask, "What did you test them on?"

Liu Tan had a good memory, and since he was the one who made the test paper, he simply repeated all the questions.

The young eunuch beside Liu Che hurriedly took charge of transcribing. Seeing this, Liu Tan slowed down his speech. After he finished speaking, Liu Che took it and looked at it carefully, frowning slightly. "These...are not that difficult."

Of these questions, Liu Che could answer one or two except for the one about special products.

But you have to know that Liu Che was in charge of the entire Han Dynasty, and the amount of data was not comparable to that of a county.

After taking a look, Liu Ju's face did not look very good. As the crown prince, he had higher requirements for himself than the emperor.

After all, even if Liu Che didn't know, no one would dare to scold him, and they would even remind Liu Che. But if Liu Ju couldn't answer what Liu Che asked, then he could only wait to receive the care from his biological father.

Not to mention them, there are few officials in the capital who are so ignorant. Therefore, although Liu Che and Liu Ju knew that the abilities of officials in the world varied, they did not expect the gap to be so big.

Liu Ju said angrily, "No wonder you want to kill people. Give it to me, and I will kill people too."

Liu Tan touched his head a little embarrassedly: "I was impulsive about this matter."

At that time, he was really about to be pissed off by these people, not to mention that the former county magistrate of Xi'an Yang County dared to ignore Sang Qian, the examiner he sent, and even showed no fear when he saw him. This was a typical case of someone who was used to bullying in his own territory and thought that he was second only to God.

At another time, Liu Tan might just have someone beat him up to let him know who is the boss in the Northern Territory.

But that day, Liu Tan was so angry that he impulsively killed the enemy with a sword.

After killing him, he felt that he was a little impulsive, but he had already killed him. If he had not persisted at that time, the killing would have been in vain, and he might really have been bullied by those people.

Liu Che said indifferently: "Such a person should die, you did the right thing."

Liu Qi said, "My brother's examination method is very good. If it works, it may be able to screen out many unqualified officials. Father, what do you think..."

Liu Che glanced at him and said, "It's not the time yet."

Liu Ju's expression was obviously puzzled, but he didn't ask any further questions because he found that Liu Tan didn't seem to find it strange.

Is there really something inappropriate about this?

But his brother had already tried it and felt it was okay.

Liu Ju decided to have a good talk with his brother when he got back.

Liu Che glanced at Liu Ju and sighed slightly in his heart, he was young after all.

But the other, younger one, Liu Che looked at Liu Tan hesitantly. Until now, he was a little confused about Liu Tan's approach.

If you say he is impulsive, sometimes he is indeed very impulsive, but if you say he is immature, sometimes the solutions he comes up with are so perfect and mature that even Emperor Wu of Han would applaud him.

Liu Che had been emperor for so many years and had met countless strange people, but this was the first time he had met someone as contradictory as Liu Tan.

He couldn't figure it out, so he simply gave up thinking about it. He put the test paper aside and said, "Well, now that you're back, just relax and enjoy the New Year. Don't worry about those things. If they don't fit, just change them. Can they still turn the tables?"

Hey, don’t even mention it. If Liu Tan can’t suppress these people, they might really cause trouble.

It actually made sense for Liu Tan to take everyone away and leave only Jiang Chong. Now that they were all gone, Jiang Chong could be more unscrupulous.

No matter how arrogant those county governors were, they had no choice but to admit defeat when they met Jiang Chong, otherwise death would be waiting for them.

Jiang Chong was a man who dared to betray the crown prince. Could these county governors be more difficult to deal with than the crown prince?

If Liu Tan was there, Jiang Chong might not be able to act freely. If Huo Guang was left behind, Huo Guang might be able to deal with these people, but Liu Tan was worried that Huo Guang would care about his reputation and not be willing to take ruthless action.

Huo Guang really cared about Liu Tan's reputation, but Liu Tan himself didn't care much.

However, since Liu Che didn't want to hear about his troubles, Liu Tan naturally didn't say anything.

These difficulties should have been solved by him. If he wanted power, he must have the corresponding ability. Otherwise, it would be better to be a prince who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun.

Liu Tan said with a smile, "I've been talking so much that I forgot to have someone deliver the gift I brought to my father."

Liu Che raised his eyebrows: "Oh? What is that?"

There were basically certain regulations for the princes to give annual gifts to the emperor. Of course, some princes would give better gifts in order to please Liu Che, but they were just some rare jades. Liu Che didn't care much about these things, and it wasn't worth Liu Tan bringing them to Liu Che for his review.

He also knew that the ordinary gifts Liu Tan had sent had already been put into storage, so the ones he could bring here were naturally extraordinary.

Liu Tan asked someone to bring the things up, the first of which was the box containing the tourmaline.

The palace maid carefully placed the gilded lacquer box on the imperial desk. After opening it, the colorful transparent tourmaline inside reflected beautiful colors. It was so beautiful and eye-catching that even Liu Che couldn't help but wonder: "What is this?"

Liu Tan said, "This is a newly discovered gemstone. I originally picked it up because it was beautiful and wanted to send it to my father. But I didn't expect that after being heated, this stone would become crystal clear and beautiful. It is in no way inferior to crystal and has a variety of colors. However, they are generally small in size. This is the largest piece I have found so far."

Liu Tan directly said that the stone had been processed. In later generations, heat treatment of tourmaline did not seem to be considered a means of counterfeiting in the gem industry, and it was even less so in this era.

He took the initiative to propose that in addition to being afraid that Liu Che would feel that he was deceiving the emperor when he knew that this was not a raw tourmaline, there was another very important reason: the Han Dynasty was vast and rich in resources, and tourmaline was not only found in the northern border country.

Even the tourmaline produced in the Northern Border Country can be said to be the worst quality in the Han Dynasty. He is worried that once tourmaline is promoted, other places will discover tourmaline raw stones and then think that they are different from the tourmaline they have seen and ignore them. Wouldn't that be a sin?

Liu Ju had seen this kind of stone when he was outside, but the gem was too small at that time. Although it caught his attention, he didn't take it seriously.

At this moment, the different colors of the gem reflected different lights, which made him fascinated. He couldn't help asking, "What is this called?"

Liu Tan almost blurted out the word "tourmaline", but after thinking for a moment, he said, "This thing has not yet been named. I was just about to ask my father to give it a name."

Liu Che was playing with this small stone. At his level, when he looked at things, he not only considered whether they were precious, but also whether they were rare enough.

Of course, the rare things presented to him are usually precious enough.

But this was the first time that Liu Tan directly delivered a newly discovered gem.

After Liu Che had admired it enough, he looked at the flickering light and shadow on the imperial desk and said, "Let's call it Shattered Evil Gold."

Liu Tan was stunned for a moment. He remembered that tourmaline was indeed called "broken evil gold" in ancient times, but he could not remember exactly when it was called this. However, the rise of tourmaline was thousands of years later, and it should not have been called this in the Han Dynasty at least.

Although the name was unfamiliar to him, it didn't matter, it was just a name.

What's more, it was named by Liu Che himself, tourmaline, oh, is worth twice as much as broken evil gold.

He cared more about the value of Broken Evil Gold than its name. As long as everyone recognized this gem, it would be equivalent to having a steady stream of money.

Liu Tan said happily: "This name sounds nice."

Liu Che carefully placed the Broken Evil Gold on the imperial desk. Only then did he notice that the base of this large piece of Broken Evil Gold was inlaid with many small gems, all of which had an extremely transparent texture and a variety of colors, including red, green, blue, and pink, which were colorful and dazzling.

Liu Che asked in surprise, "Is this all broken pieces of evil gold?"

Liu Tan nodded: "That's right, but the original stone of Broken Evil Gold is not so beautiful. It becomes like this after some special processing."

Liu Che didn't care at all about how it was processed. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Not bad."

Who doesn’t like beautiful gemstones?

Liu Tan was relieved to see that he liked it, and then asked someone to bring up a sword.

This is why he was able to present the sword in court. If it were someone else, the sword would have to be sent for inspection to confirm that there were no problems before it could be presented to Liu Che.

When Liu Che saw the sword, his eyes lit up and he was instantly attracted to it.