Winter has passed, but the cold weather of late spring cannot be underestimated.

The entire imperial examination list was also announced a few days ago, which naturally caused some people to be happy while others to be sad.

Those who made the list have achieved great success in one step, so congratulations everyone.

Those who are not on the list will naturally sigh or fight next time.

But this has nothing to do with Zhao Que, as he is not taking the imperial examination.

And all the princes also obtained their own unique talents.

Everyone thinks that he is the son of destiny and that he is one step closer to the throne.

But with Xun Yu, Zhao Que can now completely become a hands-off boss.

Although the local people in the past were smart, they were not always smooth enough.

There is no need to worry about Xun Yu's ability or loyalty.

Zhao Que only needed to take Guo Jia to the building to listen to music and drink some wine, which was quite enjoyable.

However, all the princes' advisers did not participate in this imperial examination.

Because it doesn't make any sense.

The one-year period of the engagement was almost up, and although Emperor Dagan was busy, he was still busy refining the elixir.

But he still summoned Zhao Que to the palace and prepared to discuss his marriage with Princess Shangyang.

Of course, the reason why Emperor Dagan was so concerned was mainly because of Xue Da.

After discussing with Zhao Que for a long time, he approved a million taels of silver.

There were also thousands of palace maids, chefs, servants, and others, as well as the cooperation of nine temples.

Judging from this regulation, it is already extremely excessive. You should know that the fiscal revenue for a whole year is only one or two hundred million taels.

What's more, there are other expenses such as military expenses, officials' salaries, etc. Even if one can spend one million silver coins, it is already an overspending.

You should know that when the eldest prince, the second prince, and the third prince got married, Emperor Dagan only gave them 100,000 silver coins and a mansion, which was ten times less than what Zhao Que gave them.

This was naturally due to Xue Da's contribution, and perhaps he also wanted to ease the relationship with the Huo family in Shu.

The Huo family has always blamed Emperor Dagan for killing Zhao Que's mother. Now Emperor Dagan naturally has to show his attitude and at least not let Zhao Que suffer any injustice.

As long as the Tianren family does not rebel, everything will be easy to deal with.

Of course, I don’t know if the Huo family will come...

However, if the Fifth Prince in the underworld knew that millions of silver were spent like this, would he cry?

After making these arrangements, Emperor Dagan prepared to leave.

He has become obsessed with alchemy and can't wait.

In his opinion, Lu Sheng and his fellow apprentices were all talented people with real abilities.

So the Emperor would not waste too much time on these trivial matters.

However, when Emperor Da Gan was halfway there, he suddenly remembered something and turned to Zhao Que and said:

"Lao Liu said last time that your good friend from Jiangnan is also going to take the imperial examination. I wonder how the results are? Did he pass?"

The reason for this question is mainly because he is refining the elixir.

Therefore, the imperial examination was fully entrusted to the Ministry of Personnel, so I thought of this question.

"Perhaps due to his lack of ability, he failed the exam again.

"But I think his article is good, maybe it's because I'm not very talented or well-educated." Zhao Que sighed, as if feeling a little regretful.

But he added, "If Your Majesty is curious, I can present you with a few of his articles."

After hearing this, Emperor Dagan naturally understood what Zhao Que meant and said, "I didn't expect you to be so loyal and worried that your friend would be treated unfairly.

Okay, just submit the article.

I'd also like to take a look at what you think of this article.

The Ministry of Personnel has been in charge of the imperial examinations for over a decade, so how could there be any problems?"

He seemed to have thought of something, nodded, and said, "If his writing is not completely useless, he could be allowed to study in the Hanlin Academy for a while."

What others consider fame and honor is nothing more than a word from the mouth of the great emperor.

This is the royal family, and the entire Dagan is just their private property.

"Thank you, father." Zhao Que saw Emperor Dagan leave in a hurry. It seemed that Lu Sheng and the others did a good job.

However, on the second day, when Zhao Que sent someone to deliver a copy of Wang Fang's article to Emperor Dagan.

After reading it, Emperor Dagan's eyes immediately darkened. He grabbed the test paper, and dragon energy surrounded him, flashing with murderous intent.

The palace maids around him were suppressed by this aura and all knelt down.

The chief steward beside him also felt the murderous aura and knew that someone might die again.

It's not that the article contains anything punishable by death. Although their country is feudal, there is no such thing as literary inquisition.

This article seemed extremely good to Emperor Dagan, and it was because it was so good that Emperor Dagan was so angry.

Although I don't know the level of other candidates this time because I haven't graded the papers, but the articles on this paper.

At other times, it would most likely be in the top three, but now it’s not even on the list.

Did the students at Dagan collectively explode this year? Did the essays of the 120 admitted students surpass the quality of this exam?

Is this possible? No way!

There is only one possibility, and that is the problem with the imperial examination officials. Either they suppress the students, or they commit favoritism and fraud.

However, Emperor Da Gan remained calm and retrieved the archived test papers of Wang Fang's imperial examination process.

He found that it was exactly the same as the one Zhao Que had submitted, and then he looked at Wang Fang's test papers over the years.

But I also found that the previous article.

Maybe it is not as good as this year, but its level is not bad, but it still did not make the list.

Maybe I offended someone?

Emperor Dagan suppressed his anger and immediately summoned all the top officials of Dagan's three provinces and six ministries to his study.

There were more than ten officials, and their average age was over sixty. However, they all had rosy complexions and greeted each other as they came.

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