Under the instructions of the maid in the bookstore, Ye Fan pressed his Wuhou tokens on the seals of the five jade boxes, and the seals on the jade boxes opened instantly.
And the meritorious service in his Wuhou Token quickly decreased by 1,800 points.
Ye Fan first took out two jade boxes, "Palace Examination Questions" and "King's Policy Questions". Inside were a thick volume and a thin yellow volume respectively.
The Canglan Kingdom Palace Examination consists of two rounds of assessments.
The first round is the imperial examination, which involves professional examination questions in nine major departments, and each department requires different answers. Because it was Marquis Wu who was taking the exam, these exam questions were naturally extremely difficult.
After this first round of assessment, all the Wuhou supervisors who participated in the palace examination will be ranked. This ranking is a reflection of strength and an estimated ranking.
The second round is the king's question.
In this round, the monarch personally sets the test questions and asks about strategies based on the government affairs and difficult questions of a country.
If the supervisor can answer the monarch's policy questions and satisfy the monarch, the supervisor's ranking in the palace examination will be greatly improved, and the monarch will decide the final ranking.
Especially the top three rankings are the top priority in every palace examination. This final ranking is very important, as it determines whether one can serve as a court official or a frontier official in a vassal state.
Ye Fan doesn't really care about becoming an important minister of the Canglan Kingdom.
But he knew one thing very well. If he failed to get into the top three in the palace examination, he would be excluded from the core senior management of Canglan Kingdom and would have no way to control his own destiny.
He can either become a core high-level figure in the Canglan Kingdom, become a chess player, and control his own destiny and that of others. To be captured is to be held in the hands of the senior officials of Canglan Kingdom and become a chess piece that can be used in various battles. One day, he may be consumed as cannon fodder.
After the maid of the Book Pavilion opened the jade box, she took the initiative to retreat.
Ye Fan opened the "Palace Examination Questions" and read it quickly. This thick volume included nine series of examination papers. You only need to choose any one to answer. Each department exam paper has ten short questions.
The two departments that receive the most attention in the palace examination are the Martial Arts Department and the City Lord Department. Those who answer these two examination papers will be ranked ahead of others with equal scores.
Ye Fan carefully looked at the examination questions of the martial arts department, and his expression changed slightly.
Among the ten martial arts questions, the Chinese test and the martial arts test each account for half.
The literary test is a written examination that requires answers to five important questions about martial arts training. They are all purely theoretical questions. The martial arts test requires the Wuhou supervisors to compete in various events in the martial arts arena, and it also has five questions.
Ye Fan memorized the ten civil and martial arts questions of this martial arts department as his key training direction for the next year or so.
Although the martial arts test questions in the next palace examination may not contain these contents, it still has important reference significance for him.
After answering the "Palace Examination Questions", the first round of assessment was completed and a preliminary ranking was obtained. But this is just a preliminary ranking and does not mean it will be the final one.
It is also necessary to face the king in the Jinluan Hall and conduct the "King's Policy Question".
Ye Fan then opened "The King's Policy Questions", a thin yellow file, which was only one page.
The content inside is surprisingly simple, just a question:
"The Blue Wolf King Wolf Bandit in the Lieyun Mountains on the border of Canglan Kingdom has been causing trouble for hundreds of years and has been a thorn in the side of Canglan Kingdom. I have been thinking day and night to eradicate him, but I have no good plan. Do you think that we can find a solution?"
The previous king asked, "The king regards the Blue Wolf King in the Lieyang Mountains as a personal problem. He asked all the supervisors who participated in the assessment if there is any good strategy to eradicate it." !
Ye Fan was slightly stunned when he saw this question.
"Blue Wolf King?"
He was very familiar with it.
Once in Luyang Fucheng, he was attacked by a group of Qinglang soldiers sent by the Qinglang King. Fortunately, he wiped out the Green Wolf soldiers and did not bring catastrophe to Luyang Mansion.
The monarch's policy question only consisted of a short question, but it was far more difficult for the supervisors to come up with an answer than the "Palace Examination Questions".
The Green Wolf tribe in the Lieri Mountains is growing day by day and has seriously threatened the security of Canglan Country. This is a very difficult problem.
The Canglan Kingdom once launched a large-scale military conquest, and even led several King Wu personally to exterminate the Green Wolf tribe. As a result, they were defeated and defeated in the deep mountains and old forests of the vast Lie Sun Mountains.
From then on, the Canglan Kingdom only defended but did not attack the Green Wolf tribe in the Lieri Mountains. One hundred thousand troops, the most elite troops of the Canglan Kingdom, were stationed in the important border town, and a King Wu was in charge, personally monitoring every move in the Lieri Mountains.
As long as the Green Wolf Tribe doesn't massacre out of the Lieyang Mountains, they won't attack anymore. Although the Green Wolf tribe did not attack in large numbers, small groups of Green Wolf beasts often rode out of the mountains to harass the border towns of Canglan Kingdom. Both sides fought many small-scale battles.
Ye Fan is very clear about these historical battles.
This made him puzzled.
This problem is difficult for even the martial kings of Canglan Kingdom to solve, let alone the martial princes. This is basically an unsolvable strategic question.
If there was a way to wipe out the Green Wolf tribe, I'm afraid the monarch would have sent Canglan's army to kill them.
The monarch asked the supervisors of the Imperial College about this policy, probably because he had some luck in his heart, hoping that there would be a certain genius Wuhou in Canglan who could help him solve this problem.
"I'm afraid the prison students have no way of answering this policy question!"
Ye Fan put down the volume of "The King's Policy Questions" and opened the policy papers written by the top three Wuhou supervisors last year.
Sure enough, none of these three people answered the king's questions in the policy text.
In the second round of palace exams, if the supervisors are unable to answer the king's questions, they are allowed to use their own creativity and write a policy essay on their research in nine major departments - which is equivalent to that of a Wuhou himself. The highest achievement they studied was used as their answer sheet in the palace examination.
Just like the imperial examination policy article written by Grand Dean Cao Hao - "Some Thoughts on Incorporating Wine into Martial Arts for Cultivation", he created a new style of martial arts based on "wine cultivation".
If the monarch appreciates and is interested in their policies, he can promote their ranking.
But unfortunately, the king at that time did not appreciate Cao Hao's whimsical martial arts strategy and demoted Cao Hao's top spot to third place.
Ye Fan quickly took a look at Cewen who was among the top three in the last palace examination.
They are "How to Maximize the Destructive Power of Water Martial Spirits" by Yan Xiuzheng, the leader of the palace examination, "The Cultivation Experience of Star Tower" by Zhao Zhe, the second place in the palace examination, and "Discussing the Millennium War of Our Canglan Kingdom" by An Liangbo, the third place in the palace examination. Strategies that can be adopted in
From the literal meaning of the title, I feel that these essays are very ordinary.
"These three strategies are the highest achievements achieved by the Wuhou Supervisor, who ranked among the top three in the last palace examination?"
Ye Fan was a little confused and couldn't help but read the content carefully, but he was deeply shocked.
The Water Martial Spirit is among the eight types of vitality Martial Spirits. It is recognized as the weakest Martial Spirit. It is mainly used as an auxiliary. It is naturally the weakest Martial Spirit in terms of attack and damage, far inferior to any of the other eight. Wuhun.
However, Yan Xiuzheng, who topped the list this time, decided to act with common sense. After several years of in-depth research on water martial arts, he conducted a large number of experiments on the lethality of water martial arts, and concluded a complete set of enhanced water martial arts. The training and vitality combat techniques used to increase the soul's lethality have increased the killing power of water martial souls by almost 30%, which is comparable to the killing power of earth, wood and other martial souls.
Although the water martial soul is still not comparable to the fire martial soul, the golden martial soul, etc., it is also a significant improvement in terms of lethality.
Yan Xiuzheng was so eloquent that he wrote such a policy in the palace examination and won the first place in the palace examination in one fell swoop.
"This person is very powerful! He just increased the killing power of the weakest water martial spirit by a full 30% on the original basis! This leader's martial arts skills are absolutely profound."
Ye Fan carefully pondered this policy and was amazed. At his current level, he is only at the level of "using martial spirits" and has not yet reached the level where he can improve the lethality of martial spirits.
Shang read the policy article "On Water Martial Spirit", but suddenly curled his lips and sneered: "The leader of the last imperial examination of Canglan Kingdom was clearly just a sycophantic and opportunistic person. This kind of person is still Stay away! If you enter the court of Canglan Kingdom in the future, you need to beware of such villains."
"An opportunistic person who flatters others? How do you say this?"
Ye Fan was startled and very puzzled.
This is a very orthodox policy article. It deeply studies how water martial souls can increase their lethality. What does this have to do with flattery? !
"Most of the members of the Canglan King's royal family are of pure water bloodline! Water martial souls are best at assisting, and are not known for their lethality. The monarch must have regretted this, and on some occasions he unintentionally It has been revealed from time to time. This Yan Xiu Zhengzheng has grasped what the monarch is thinking, and he has chosen the monarch's favor. He has made a big fuss about the lethality of the water martial spirit, exploited his shortcomings and avoided his strengths, and won the monarch's favor, thus becoming the leader of this session in one fell swoop. The position of leader of the palace examination. This level of opportunism and flattery is absolutely first-class! Otherwise, this is a policy article with correct details but the wrong general direction. It is at best a good first-class policy article. How could it be possible to top the list of the palace examination in the princely countries? !"
Shang said calmly.
"The royal family of Canglan King is of water bloodline... The monarch probably has this regrettable thought. And Yang Xiuzheng just wrote a policy article to increase the lethality of water-type martial arts... So, he is really suspected of being a sycophant! "
Ye Fan was stunned for a long time and finally figured it out.
People who don't know about it will think that this is indeed a good policy document for discussing water martial arts.
But such a policy article is not enough to win the palace examination.
Unless...it just suits the king's appetite and makes the king appreciate it greatly. His talent can surpass other good policies and articles, and he takes the lead in the Canglan Kingdom Palace Examination.