My heart died with you!

The boss of Iron Rooster was finally generous, so he had to move it with all his strength.

As for the boss's black face... well, let's talk about it later.

When the old emperor rushed over, all the floor tiles had been dug out by these animals.

It was just two quarters of an hour!

The old emperor shouted: "You!"

The military officer holding the floor tile pretended nothing happened and hid the tile behind him.

The general dug the stone sutra out of the box, held it in his arms, and then turned around and saluted: "Your Majesty!"

The other military officers also silently hugged their spoils: "Your Majesty, you said we can take whatever we want!"

The old emperor: "Get out! Get out!"

"Okay!"

The military officers ran away quickly.

Someone dropped several gems while running, and then quickly ran back, stuffing the gems back into his arms with difficulty.

The old emperor: "..."

He couldn't bear to watch it anymore.

He turned around, thinking that he didn't see it, and when he turned his head, he saw the inner treasury with a lot of empty space and a missing floor tile on the ground.

"..."

The facial muscles of Emperor Tiantong twitched violently.

Xu the little bastard added fuel to the fire, although it was delayed.

[So envious! ]

He said in an envious tone: [Why am I not a military officer? ]

'You want to be a military officer when you are so powerless?'

The old emperor closed the inner treasury door coldly. He sneered mercilessly: 'Even if the opportunity is put in front of you, with your little strength, how many kilograms of gold can you move! '

[Ah? 】Xu Yanmiao's inner voice uttered a sentence that seemed inexplicable to the old emperor at the moment: [Who, who is this person? Zhu Bailu? Sounds familiar? Why suddenly...]

Then there was no more inner voice.

The old emperor frowned and quickly returned to the sedan chair: "Go to the public kitchen!"

Did the brat have an accident?

*

Xu Yanmiao was not in trouble, he was just very shocked: "Ah? Debate?"

In front of him was Zhu Bailu, who was called to the capital from Shandong to take up the position of Dali Temple Shaoqing.

The reason why I said originally was because the old emperor seemed to have other ideas and was wavering, so although he came to the capital and went to court today to report on Shandong-related affairs, he was not considered a Beijing official.

The man looked at Xu Yanmiao seriously at this moment: "Yes, I have heard of Xu Shentong in Shandong. Your Excellency is so young and yet he can be appointed as the chief examiner of the imperial examinations. Your knowledge and talent are already well-known. I have long admired your literary talent. This time, I am blessed by the emperor's grace and transferred to the capital. Although I am stupid, I would like to take this opportunity to seek advice from the minister."

[Ah? But I don’t know how to do it…】

Xu Yanmiao felt embarrassed and said quickly: “No, no, Your Excellency has flattered me. I don’t deserve your advice, nor do I deserve a debate. It is a great favor from the Emperor that I can serve as the chief examiner, but my literary talent is mediocre, and my knowledge is even worse. I am afraid that I will be embarrassed if I debate with Your Excellency. If Your Excellency doesn’t mind, why don’t you tell me the original topic of the debate and we can discuss it carefully?”

The other party didn’t seem to notice. Xu Yanmiao felt embarrassed when he came out, but he bowed solemnly again: "Minister, you are too modest. How can you be a mediocre writer when you can be the chief examiner? The importance of the position of the chief examiner is known to the world. In particular, the questions set by the chief examiner are related to the success and future of the candidates. The questions must be repeatedly scrutinized and carefully reviewed to ensure that the meaning of the questions is clear, the scope is moderate, and the difficulty is reasonable. How can you set good questions if you don’t have enough literary talent?"

[This has nothing to do with literary talent, right? ]

Xu Yanmiao was at a loss for a moment.

[Anyone can prepare the test questions in advance? Moreover, I can discuss with the Minister of War. I am not good at classical Chinese, but the Minister of War... What a sin, now I should call him the Left Prime Minister. ]

[I am not good at classical Chinese, but the Left Prime Minister is very good! 】

Left Prime Minister Li Qian, who was having dinner in the government hall next door, smiled slightly. He was very pleased with the compliment.

Liang Rui, who was also having dinner in the public kitchen, was thinking about how to remind Xu Yanmiao after hearing what Zhu Bailu said -

Xu Lang, this man is deliberately using the matter of the chief examiner of the imperial examination to force you to argue with him!

You have already said it very sincerely. Zhu Bailu was able to be transferred from the local area to the capital, so he doesn't look like a fool. He can see that you are really incompetent and not humble.

He changed the subject without knowing the subject, and he was still insisting, which showed his character.

Liang Rui showed a mocking expression on his face.

'For the sake of reputation, these people really don't care. Don't you think that if you can really step on Xu Yanmiao to get promoted, there will be 1,188 officials in the capital, and it will be your turn, you outsiders? '

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Faced with Zhu Bailu's constant praise of herself, Xu Yanmiao was overwhelmed.

[How can I refuse in a more decent way? ]

[How about, should I debate with him? He really seems to want to debate. ]

With this thought in mind, Xu Yanmiao closed the system.

Since we are going to debate, we must do it seriously. If we are not knowledgeable, that is a talent problem. But if we do not debate seriously and cheat in the system, that is a character problem.

"Okay, then let's debate and share our knowledge. The venue is...t..."

Xu Yanmiao was about to say a more private place so that both parties can exchange knowledge conveniently.

Zhu Bailu's eyes sparkled and his cheeks flushed with excitement: "Thank you, Mr. Xu, for your guidance!"

Xu Yanmiao was stunned for a moment: "Ah? No..."

The other party interrupted him intentionally or unintentionally.

But his voice was much lower, as if he was thinking of Xu Yanmo wholeheartedly, so that others would not hear him: "Mr. Xu is a talented person of the time. I will definitely learn a lot from hearing his profound ideas in the debate later! But I also know that Mr. Xu has a noble character and does not want me to embarrass myself in public. In this case, how about meeting at Mr. Tong's academy? Mr. Tong is not giving lectures today, and it is also a time for students to take a vacation. I have already inquired and there is no one in the academy. Ordinary scholars will not come to the place where the 'evil scholar' is. It is just right for me and you to have a profound discussion."

[Ah... is he a man who can say that? Knowing that I said I was not well-educated, he gave me a chance and said that I didn't want him to embarrass himself?] Lian

Hang frowned.

He felt that something was wrong.

And Xu Lang had already agreed: "Okay. I'll go to the academy to find you in half an hour."

Zhu Bailu bowed and said happily: "Then I'll be waiting for you, Master."

*

The deal was settled. Xu Yanmo thought about it and finally realized that this little time was not enough for him to review. He simply opened the system and happily took the time to read gossip and entertain himself.

Then, he saw that before Zhu Bailu came to find him, he had already contacted many literati and asked them to gather at Tong Daru's academy.

When the time comes, he will say that the news leaked accidentally, and he will be a good person and say that the time and place will be changed. In fact, the prepared people will use a few words to persuade him, so that he has to agree to debate in front of the crowd.

[So bad! ]

Three years have passed, and Xu Lang's pupils trembled when he faced the malicious Xu Lang for the first time.

[How can someone be so bad! He did this without any grudges! He said he would debate in private, but in fact he found someone to force me to the stage and serve as a stepping stone for him in public! ]

[My colleagues in the court are still the best, especially the big guys, who have the demeanor of big guys and will never do such a bad thing! ]

Not far from the public kitchen, in the government hall where the first and second rank officials eat alone.

"Ahem."

Left Prime Minister Li Qian lowered his head to eat.

——He had a political struggle with his former opponent, and after defeating him, he did not hesitate to label him as a treacherous minister who abused his power for personal gain. He tried to make him infamous for eternity.

Right Prime Minister Jin Jingchang wiped his sweat.

——A scholar had offended him before, and he directly used his official position to flatter His Majesty, saying that the opponent's book was full of disrespectful thoughts. His Majesty then listed the opponent's works as banned books.

Minister of Rites Shusun Dingguo turned his eyes away as if nothing had happened.

——The policy of using barbarians to control barbarians was secretly proposed by him. If any of the four barbarian tribes became strong, Daxia would secretly help the weak tribe to destroy the strong tribe in order to maintain Daxia's status as the suzerain state.

Minister of Personnel Zhou Chun was still smiling, like a Maitreya Buddha.

——Every time he won a political struggle, he would scrap all policies that were not in his faction, no matter if they were right or not.

The things he had done in the past immediately came to the mind of Shen Guifang, the Minister of Punishment.

——For example, he had to carry prisoners to work without salary and there was no possibility of reducing the sentence. For example, he was absolutely not honest when he went to the local area. Although he was not arrogant and lawless, he also took bribes. For example, when he needed to win over people, he swore to the sky that he would be good to them, and when he needed to abandon them to preserve his own power, he cried and said that my heart died with you.

Yuan Zheng, the former Minister of Revenue and current Minister of Works, raised his eyebrows.

——Even he, when the Minister of Revenue had likes and dislikes, would allocate more funds to the people he liked, and would make things difficult for the people he disliked.

Even Lord Quan stopped cursing at the Jinwen School, feeling a little guilty.

- If necessary, he could directly kill anyone who interfered with his doctrine.

Conscience...

The big guys looked at each other with strange expressions.

Maybe they only have one for Xiao Bai Ze.

*

Seeing Xu Yanmiao frown, Zhu Bailu's body stiffened.

For some reason, he actually felt a sense of crisis from a young boy. It was as if... the other party had never been serious before, but his behavior annoyed him.

Then, he heard the other party ask him: "I'll ask again, do you really want to argue with me?"

Zhu Bailu had a vague premonition, but the benefit of pulling down Xu Shentong made him ignore this premonition, nodded, and asked with a smile: "Does Xu Lang have any difficulties?"

Xu Yanmo glanced at the system: "What do you want to argue with me?"

Since the other party has ill intentions towards him, it doesn't matter if he uses the golden finger to fight back?

"Confucius's thoughts?"

The system brushed out a series of gossip about Confucius.

"Mencius's thoughts?"

The system brushed out a series of gossip about Mencius.

"It's still Xunzi, Zhuangzi, Laozi, Mozi..."

At this moment, the civil and military officials who admired and respected the sages very much had their eyelids twitching.

Seeing that Zhu Bailu's eyes were full of knives.

Several of them had stood up to help Xu Yanmiao out of the predicament, but none of them were as quick as this person. As

the conversation went on, the situation suddenly developed into an arranged debate!

They simply couldn't imagine how they would face the sage if Xu Yanmiao revealed something about the sage that they couldn't accept!

Zhu Bailu! You bastard!

- According to the records of the Kong family in later generations, on this day, for no apparent reason, the tablet of Confucius suddenly fell down. It stood up three times and fell down three times.

Zhu Bailu smiled and said, "Of course it's Zhu Xi's thoughts."

This is what he is most familiar with.

- According to the records of the Kong family in later generations, the second time, for no apparent reason, the tablet of Confucius could stand up.