Now that the war has reached this stage, it is completely one-sided.

The royal family of Southern Xinjiang had long intended to retreat. As all the cities that had been captured before were lost, these soldiers no longer had the high will to fight as before!

Even the royal family decided to give up. When these people wanted to return to the mountains in southern Xinjiang, they found that they could not go back.

Because all the people guarding there are from the Holy Maiden Clan, and now the Holy Maiden Clan and the Celestial Empire are colluding together, and the two sides have a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship.

So in the last battle, it was less than 80,000 royal soldiers from Southern Xinjiang fighting against 30,000 soldiers from the Holy Maiden clan and 150,000 soldiers from the Celestial Empire.

There was basically no suspense in this war.

Out of 80,000 soldiers, 60,000 surrendered.

Among the remaining 20,000 soldiers, 10,000 of them deserted and no one knew where they went.

All in all, there was basically no damage on the Celestial Empire side, and the Holy Maiden Clan finally fulfilled their long-cherished wish.

The royal family of Southern Xinjiang disappeared, as if they had never existed in this world.

At the same time, the Saint Maiden clan recovered countless poisonous insects, and with the addition of those poison masters who surrendered, the power of the entire clan reached its peak.

Yun Nishang was on guard against this moment. The reason why Yun Nishang brought 150,000 troops in this war, which seemed to be a war to help the allies, was actually to prevent such an alliance from being broken and the Holy Maiden clan from retaliating.

But the worst result did not happen. It was obvious that the clan leader of the Holy Maiden clan still remembered the agreement with Zhao Ji. After recruiting these people, the clan leader of the Holy Maiden clan said goodbye to Yun Nishang.

At the same time, the 30,000 troops were also taken away.

Yun Nishang walked a long way, remaining cautious all the time, her muscles tense, as if she could enter a state of war at any time.

However, they never expected that the Saint Clan was so Buddhist and had no ambition at all. At the best moment for counterattack, they did not choose to counterattack.

Naturally, this also means that there will never be such a good opportunity to take action again.

This means that they really have no intention of starting a war again.

After confirming this matter, Yun Nishang breathed a sigh of relief. Now, there was only one day left before the five-day deadline Zhao Ji had given her.

Yun Nishang was very good at cleaning up the mess during the day. The lost cities were recovered, and gradually some of the Chinese people who had left their homes returned.

Because of the return of these people, these cities gradually regained their previous prosperity.

Yun Nishang chose to send the letter back on the fifth day.

At that time, Zhao Ji was working hard on another thing.

That is the way for these poor children in the world to rise to success through their hard work: the imperial examination.

The prime minister had been doing a lot of weird things before. First, he abolished the imperial examination system, and then made these people from poor families have many opinions about the court.

When Zhao Ji took over, he actually took over a mess, but Zhao Ji also knew very well that if these children from poor families were used well, they would become a very sharp sword, and this sharp sword could hit whatever he pointed at in the future.

So during this period of time, Zhao Ji planned to restore the imperial examination.

Moreover, Zhao Ji knew very well that there was not much time left for him and the little prince.

Once the battle situation on Yun Nishang's side has a clear outcome, the emperor's body will be buried in peace.

By then, there won’t be much time left for these children from poor families.

Moreover, Zhao Ji knew very well that these children from poor families who gathered in such a prosperous place as the capital did not have much money. If they were looking forward to the imperial examination, but the funeral was postponed because of the emperor's death, some of them might not have any money left.

When these people are out of money, it will probably become a public security problem.

So Zhao Ji wanted to end the battle quickly.

Anyway, the previous child examination and provincial examination had already been conducted, and what was missing now was only the palace examination.

Since the little prince can do it for me, and he is still young,

He is also a regent.

Naturally, the whole thing can be pushed forward smoothly.

So on the second day after the little prince became the crown prince, Zhao Ji announced that the palace examination would be held two days later.

Some ministers objected to the hasty timing, simply because they felt that the time was too short and that the children from poor families had not been informed in advance. If these children from poor families were dissatisfied, it would be quite troublesome.

In fact, after experiencing what the prime minister had done to the poor children before, and then the poor children rebelling against the prime minister, the court officials in the court no longer thought that the poor children were an insignificant force.

Moreover, these people gathered in the capital, and each of them was good at writing. If they wrote a book of unofficial history one day, perhaps something bad about the court would be written in it, and it would eventually be passed down.

Zhao Ji told the ministers: "Originally, the palace examination should have been held half a month ago, but due to various reasons and the situation in southern Xinjiang, it has been delayed. According to the rules of previous years, these poor children should have been ready to sharpen their knives and kill pigs and sheep half a month ago!"

"If he is just angry that it is unfair to him because I gave him two days' notice, then can it be understood that he has no real ability and is just a last-minute cram student? If he is such a useless waste, what kind of splash can he make even if he makes a fuss?"

The sneer on Zhao Ji's face was very obvious, and the other court officials realized that what Zhao Ji said was very close to reality.

So the imperial examination was really held two days later.

The palace examination was finally conducted by Zhao Ji and the young prince.

Those who can stand in the palace examination all have some real talent and knowledge.

Zhao Ji did not ask any difficult questions. Instead, the young prince unexpectedly asked at the end: "How to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people?"

This question is very broad and very big, and Zhao Ji originally didn't expect anyone to be able to answer it.

But I never thought that there was actually a very talented person among them who said something.

There are many true things in that strategy for governing the country.

Zhao Ji and the little prince looked at this man differently. After these students left, the little prince returned to his previous autistic state.

Zhao Ji smiled timidly, circled the name of the person with outstanding talent, and placed it in front of the young prince: "I think this person is very suitable to be the top scholar. I wonder what your opinion is?"

The little prince looked at the name for a long time, then reached out and placed the black chess piece in his hand on top of the name.

Zhao Ji knew that the candidate for the top scholar had been decided and the palace examination could finally come to an end.

It was at this moment that Zhao Ji received a reply from Yun Nishang.

“Solved!”