For a moment, Liu Tan wondered if he had missed something when he was looking at the test paper. Could it be that Liu Che had discovered a talent?
Liu Che waved to Liu Tan and said, "Come here."
Liu Tan sat down next to him. Liu Che took the test paper in his hand and said, "This person named Xiao Cheng is not bad."
Liu Tan looked over and saw the terrible handwriting all over the place. His mouth twitched immediately. "If he wasn't any good, he would have been eliminated long ago based on this handwriting."
This person is from Dunhuang. I guess only the governor of Dunhuang would dare to do this and directly send his men to the royal capital.
Liu Tan read his paper despite having a headache. After finishing it, he found that there were one or two good points in the paper, so he selected him.
However, Xiao Cheng's perspective was different from Zhu Shanfu's. He argued from an economic perspective and proposed that the Han Dynasty should make friends with the most powerful country in the Western Regions instead of choosing to destroy it.
His reason was simple: he saw that the trade between the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions was increasing, and a new source of income had been found, but the Huns were watching covetously from the sidelines.
The Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty had been fighting for the Cheshi Kingdom for some years, but they had not been able to conquer it for so many years. It would not be wise to add other enemy countries.
Liu Che didn't say anything, but just circled the parts that he thought Xiao Cheng wrote well.
Liu Tan took a quick look and didn't think anything was wrong. He couldn't help but feel a little strange: "What's wrong here? Isn't it normal?"
Liu Che glanced at him and said, "How can he be ordinary? What is Xiao Cheng's background like?"
Liu Tan was stunned for a moment, and went over Xiao Cheng's resume in his mind. He remembered that Xiao Cheng's family background was rather ordinary, and it was difficult for his family to support his studies.
But after Liu Che said this, he understood.
He felt that Xiao Cheng's thoughts and ideas were rather ordinary and were from his own perspective. He was not only a prince of the Han Dynasty, but also had different experiences and could even travel through time.
His vision is innate and not everyone can match it.
After Liu Tan understood what he meant, he wanted to immediately take back the papers that he had rejected before and mark them again, for fear that he had missed something wrong again.
Liu Che said, "You don't think Xiao Cheng is talented, and you even chose him despite his ugly handwriting. This means you approve of him. What I'm telling you is that as long as you find someone with good qualities, don't ignore them. As for the rest, it doesn't matter."
Liu Tan nodded seriously: "I will remember this."
Liu Che continued to read the paper and said, "The people of the Northern Border Kingdom, due to their limited knowledge or other reasons, cannot compare with Chang'an, so you should not compare them with Chang'an."
Liu Tan knew this of course, but he thought in his heart that when judging talents, he could not help but compare these people with Huo Guang and others.
In addition, there is an outstanding Zhu Shanfu in this wave, so the others naturally seem not so good in comparison.
Liu Che commented and taught Liu Tan at the same time. Liu Tan listened carefully at first, but as he listened, he suddenly felt that something was not right - could this be considered as discussing politics now?
In his impression, this way of discussion and teaching only existed between the emperor and the prince, but now the emperor began to teach him in this way.
Liu Tan immediately became alert. He checked the time and said decisively, "Father, it's getting late. I'll go see what they've arranged for dinner."
Liu Che paused, looked up at Liu Tan and nodded.
Liu Tan immediately breathed a sigh of relief and slipped away.
After Liu Tan left, Liu Che's interest was not as high as before.
At his age, he is actually quite interested in teaching children. The crown prince has gradually matured and does not need much of his teaching. As for his other sons... each one is dumber than the other. All he asks of his sons is to be good princes and not to go too far in their pursuit of pleasure.
And Huo Guang, whom he had been teaching, also ran away to the northern border country. To be honest, Liu Che felt a little lonely.
Now that I finally have a chance, I can't hold back.
As a result, this little bastard ran away halfway.
And he found an extremely poor excuse. Except when Liu Tan had something new to do, why should he care about meal arrangements at other times?
Liu Che felt both angry and amused.
How many people would love to receive the emperor's guidance? If it were Liu Fuling, he would probably have already started fantasizing about becoming the crown prince at this moment.
Forget it, at least this way he doesn't have to worry about Liu Tan doing anything out of line in the future.
Otherwise, the powerful princes and the slightly weak prince would be a sign of turmoil in the court.
Liu Tan probably came back on time, and when he came back, Liu Che had just selected three people.
Liu Tan took a look and found that Zhu Shanfu and Xiao Cheng were indeed on the list, and the remaining one was a man named Yan Xingsheng.
When Liu Che saw him, he said, "This man is good at general affairs and can help Huo Guang relieve his worries."
After hearing this, Liu Tan laughed and said, "Then we must make Huo Guang thank us properly later."
Liu Che ignored Liu Tan. He was not doing this for Huo Guang, but entirely for the people selected by Liu Tan.
In fact, Liu Tan also realized that in addition to Zhu Shanfu who had a broad perspective, the other two had insights into economics and expertise in general affairs, which basically supplemented Liu Tan's manpower.
Liu Tan had the papers taken away and said, "Come here, post the imperial edict tomorrow morning."
Liu Che was a little surprised after hearing this: "Imperial edict?"
Liu Tan nodded and said, "Yes, it's a chance for the candidates to know their results. The most important thing is to increase their sense of honor. Then we can parade them in the streets. Young people will definitely enjoy such a show of force."
Liu Che couldn't help but ask, "Do you have any plans for the future?"
Liu Tan explained, "It's not easy for these candidates to pass the exam. This is a reward for them. Tomorrow, I will arrange for someone to announce the good news. Then, there will be special robes for the top three candidates to wear. They will be paraded through the streets on horseback, so that everyone can get to know the top three!"
Liu Che narrowed his eyes slightly: "You are good at making arrangements."
Who doesn't like to be in the spotlight? Not to mention young people, even older people, how many people can resist such temptation?
Liu Che asked again, "You said before that all those who took the palace examination would be admitted. How will it be arranged?"
Liu Tan said, "Of the fifteen people who came to my attention before, except for the top three, the others were all first-class tribute scholars, and the remaining fifteen were second-class tribute scholars. I want to keep Zhu Shanfu by my side as a Zhongsan Dafu first, and the other two to serve as assistants to Prime Minister Huo. After they understand the basic operation of the court, I will give them real positions."
Liu Che nodded. This arrangement was not bad. Even if he appreciated someone, he would not give him a real job right away. People he had never met before had to learn how to do things first.
"Where are the rest of the people?"
Liu Tan hesitated for a moment and whispered, "For the remaining people... I plan to build a school so that they can continue their studies."
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