After each paragraph, he would follow up with the title "worthy of being the first emperor in history", and the praise for Cheng** was beyond words.
The corners of Zhu Zhongyan's mouth twitched violently several times.
This guy Zhao Lin is even more shameless than me when he gets angry.
Who doesn't know what adulthood is like?
Perhaps the first half of his life was remarkable, with remarkable results achieved in both foreign wars and internal governance.
But since he got older, he became obsessed with alchemy, Taoism and beautiful women, and he messed up the affairs of state, resulting in chaos in the court. The powerful eunuch Zhu Zhongyan had absolute power, and various parties were attacking each other. Externally, the Northern Di invaded repeatedly, and countries like Funan were also ready to make moves.
For such a person, Zhao Lin actually had the nerve to say that he was the greatest emperor in history?
Pooh!
If I, Zhu Zhongyan, had lost my lower body, I wouldn’t be able to say such words.
Fu Chengwang also tried to keep a straight face, afraid that he would not be able to hold back his curse.
Only Cheng** listened with great joy.
This whole page is full of words praising him.
And there’s nothing wrong with boasting.
Didn't he do those?
I have done all of them.
So this is not flattery, it is the actual truth.
All the ministers advised him to work hard, but only this young man was his confidant.
When Fu Chengwang finished reading, Cheng Yu was overjoyed and said, "This Zhao Lin must be the top scorer."
Fu Chengwang said with a stern face, "This boy is good at flattery and has bad character. Your Majesty, please think twice."
Cheng** asked, "If that's the case, why did you rank him tenth?"
Fu Chengwang said helplessly: "Although his answers are mostly flattering, they are all true. We cannot judge him as inferior because of this. Moreover..."
Fu Chengwang didn't say anything else.
He had tried his best to lower Zhao Lin's score, but still ranked tenth.
If not for this, it is possible that Zhao Lin would be ranked first.
Because apart from those flattering words, Zhao Lin's answer was indeed outstanding. He wrote down what an emperor should do from all aspects such as war, politics, economy, and culture.
It's very detailed, almost like a hands-on teaching.
More thoughtful than those old ministers.
Not to mention Zhao Chenhan, even if the answers of those nine people, no, all the remaining candidates were added together, they could not compare to Zhao Lin.
Zhao Lin truly deserves the title of top scholar.
But Fu Chengwang was unhappy.
"Isn't that enough?"
Without waiting for Fu Chengwang to say anything else, Cheng** raised his hand, and Zhu Zhongyan quickly handed him a red pen and wrote down the name of the top scholar Zhao Lin.
Fu Chengwang sighed and said nothing more.
Cheng** thought for a moment and asked, "What does Sudi look like?"
Fu Chengwang said, "Extraordinarily handsome."
Cheng** then wrote down the runner-up Zhao Chenhan and the third place Su Di.
Then he casually wrote a noun for the remaining seven, yawned, threw down his red pen and said, "Okay, that's it."
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