Everyone comes up with unique strategies

Ye Fan's eyes fell on the yellow silk scroll and he began to think about it.

The Green Wolf Tribe in the Lieri Mountains!

Natural disaster!

These two major events are undoubtedly the most worrying matters for the monarch at present, and they urgently need solutions from the court ministers.

Of course, there is another urgent matter, and that is the matter of appointing a crown prince, but this can only be considered by the monarch himself, and cannot be arbitrarily used to ask the ministers. At most, the monarch has a suitable candidate for the crown prince in his mind and asks the ministers for their opinions.

Therefore, the only two major issues that ministers can share their worries about are policy issues.

Regarding the Qinglang Tribe in the Lieri Mountains, this question is simply unsolvable. Otherwise, the question about the Qinglang Tribe in the Lieri Mountains would not have appeared in many Canglan Kingdom palace examinations.

For so many years, no Wuhou candidate has been able to answer how to destroy the Qinglang tribe.

Moreover, decades ago, the monarch once asked King Wu to take action and lead an army of 100,000 cavalry to encircle and suppress the Qinglang tribe in the Lieri Mountains, but returned without success.

Even King Wu was unable to solve the Qinglang Tribe, let alone the Wu Hous to think of countermeasures.

So the most critical point of the problem is that they are all Wuhou. No matter how good their strategy is, they can't solve the problem without the strength of King Wu.

There was once a Marquis of Wu who made a lot of noise in Cewen, talking about how to annihilate the Qinglang tribe in the Lieri Mountains. The king was so angry that he laughed and assigned him to the border area to deal with the Green Wolf tribe in the Lieyang Mountains.

Later, no one dared to ask how to exterminate the Green Wolf tribe in the Lieri Mountains.

This policy question caused 99% of the supervisors to stop thinking.

As for the natural disaster, it happened just the night before yesterday. It has only been one day and two nights before the disaster has just broken out in the counties of Canglan Kingdom. The detailed damage situation is estimated by the local and county governments in half a month to one month. It will be possible to report the statistics to Canglan King City in about a month.

In the absence of sufficient disaster reports, the Wuhou candidates did not dare to write random countermeasures.

If you write random countermeasures but fail to implement them and make the monarch furious, you may immediately drop dozens of places in the imperial examination rankings.

If you dare not write these two policy questions, then the candidate can only write some of your highest level research experience, and bet on whether the monarch will take a fancy to him and treat him differently.

"A distant worry and a near-term concern, although they are very thorny, must be solved sooner or later."

Ye Fan thought about it in his heart.

He has been thinking about the Green Wolf Tribe for a long time and has some ideas of his own.

Even if his idea is a bit "whimsical", the monarch should not blame him because of his previous meritorious service!

He thought about it for a while, and finally started to write a policy article about the Blue Wolf Tribe in the Lieyang Mountains on a blank file.

…

Jinluan Palace.

In the second examination seat.

Ling Qingshan looked serious and thought for a long time.

He couldn't answer the first policy question. But he had his own opinions on the second strategy to deal with natural disasters.

He began to write policies.

"I have a report: Although the current situation of natural disasters is unknown, serious natural disasters are rare in thousands of years, affecting most of the Shenwu Continent. After a major disaster, victims will inevitably spread everywhere. First of all, I request the imperial court to immediately dispatch officials to other areas that are rich in food and have not been affected by the disaster. The deserted princely states urgently purchased a large amount of food to prepare for emergencies. However, the land route was difficult, so the sea route was the main route. The country's large and medium-sized sea-going ships were mobilized to set off quickly and go to the coastal princely states to buy food. Secondly, the country's various counties and cities granary warehouses were inventoried. , Strictly prohibit the outflow of food... Third, be prepared for unusual movements in other vassal states and the Lieri Mountains..."

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Jinluan Palace.

In the fifth examination seat.

Hao Ziming sat in the examination seat ranked fifth among the supervisors, looking a little worried.

He was already very satisfied with being able to rank fifth in the first round of the palace examination. This was far more than what he had achieved in the previous two palace examinations.

But he was at a loss as to how to write an essay for the second round of the palace examination.

In the first two palace examinations, he had already written some of his highest level research, but was not noticed by the monarch.

You can't write these things in the third imperial examination! It is estimated that the king can't stand it anymore.

…

Jinluan Hall, the third seat examination table.

Rui Zifan opened his examination paper and read the two policy questions written in "The King's Policy Questions", and couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

As he expected, the two big troubles, the Green Wolf Tribe and the Natural Disaster, were both inside.

These two big questions are really troubling.

He had no way to solve the problem of the previous Green Wolf tribe, and he had no ideas to offer.

But for the latter issue of natural disasters, he had a sure-fire countermeasure that would definitely make the king happy.

He couldn't help but sadly think of what happened late last night.

last night!

Rui's Mansion.

After the first round of civil and military examinations, their group of twenty or thirty military princes were all in despair. Their overall score ranking was even worse than the worst-case scenario they expected.

They gathered in Rui Mansion late at night, drinking wine one by one, and almost wanted to cry in each other's arms.

Even Rui Zifan, the strongest among them, was squeezed to third place in the first round of the palace examination. Qin Ning was even more unlucky and even fell out of the top three.

Next, is the second round of the more cruel palace examination "The King's Policy Questions".

In this second round, it all depends on the monarch's likes and dislikes to determine the final palace examination ranking.

The monarch is not very fond of him and will probably kick him out of the top three.

Once he is not among the top three in the palace examination, according to the practice of Canglan Kingdom, he will not be promoted to the nine important ministers of the Canglan court and the important ministers of the ten counties in the future.

Even Rui Zifan, the leader of their group of Wuhou, could not become one of the nine ministers and top ten princesses of the Canglan Kingdom, let alone the other Wuhou. I am afraid they would not even be eligible for ordinary official positions.

They could already foresee that a group of fifty or sixty Wuhou supervisors such as Ye Fan, Ling Qingshan, and Hao Ziming would take advantage of the large number of vacancies in the imperial court to aggressively occupy the high and medium-level official positions in the Canglan Kingdom's imperial court and the ten major counties. Became a powerful new force in the Canglan court.

And they will gradually be marginalized.

In the two to three hundred years of oppression that would last for the next two to three hundred years, their family was completely reduced to a small family that was not worth mentioning from the famous family in the royal city.

"Brothers, we have only one last resort now! It can save us and our family!"

Rui Zifan endured his grief and said to the supervisors.

"Brother Rui hasn't given up even now. Is there any other way to maintain our ranking in the palace examination?"

All the martial princes were shocked.

"That's right! The monarch has a problem, that is, he has a soft ear. As long as he pleases the right person, he will be happy. As long as everyone nods and agrees, we will definitely be able to keep our current ranking in the palace examination! We will still have a chance to breathe, and we will not be A complete failure."

Rui Zifan nodded solemnly.

Qin Ning was surprised: "Brother Rui, what is the solution?"

"Be patient and cut off your flesh! Before the palace examination, we will write a disaster relief policy together and use 10% to 30% of our family's wealth to save ourselves from natural disasters. Once this plan comes out, the monarch will be very happy! We are in the palace examination Only by ranking above can you keep it!"

Rui Zifan said, his eyes fixed on the military princes in the court, worried that they would object. It is not enough for him to donate alone. A group of them must donate to arouse the shock and joy of the monarch.

All the Wuhou were shocked and looked at Rui Zifan's idea of "trading his family for glory".

This method seems to be just and awe-inspiring, under the banner of saving the country and providing disaster relief.

But in fact, it is just a move to please the monarch, which will offend many wealthy families and powerful families in Canglan Kingdom.

On normal days, wealthy families like them would be reluctant and unwilling to spend such a large amount of family money for disaster relief. Disaster relief is a matter for the court and the monarch, why should wealthy people like them pay for it!

But Rui Zifan now wanted to please the monarch, regardless of the big families in the royal city, and used this special skill to please the monarch, in order to prevent the monarch from lowering his ranking in the palace examination and kicking him out of the top three in the palace examination.

"Brothers, this is the only way we can keep our ranking and status in the palace examination!"

Rui Zifan urged in a hurry.

"Okay! My family will contribute 10%!"

"I am also 10%, too much is not enough!"

"Okay, we will actually donate 10%! But in terms of policy, we will falsely report 30% to make the monarch even more moved."

Some Wuhou thought for a long time, and after Rui Zifan's persuasion, they finally reluctantly agreed to actually donate 10% of their family wealth and falsely report that they had donated 30%.

There are also many Wuhou who are unwilling to give up 10% of their family wealth in exchange for ranking and status in the palace examination.

Rui Zifan can't control them anymore, just wish yourself well. If they fail to pass the palace examination today, they will have nothing to do with them in the Canglan Kingdom court in the future.

The battle in the Jinluan Palace is fierce. How can we win without a cunning plan?

Rui Zifan quickly wrote on the policy document: "I am reporting that a natural disaster has shaken the Shenwu Continent, a catastrophe is imminent in the Canglan Kingdom, and the national treasury is in urgent need of large sums of financial resources to deal with it! Your Majesty is concerned about the catastrophe, and I am also anxious, and have trouble sleeping day and night. I finally came up with a countermeasure to repay your kindness. I am willing to donate 30% of my family wealth to relieve the urgent needs of the national treasury. I also called on more than a dozen classmates to donate 30% of my family wealth to serve the country and the emperor. loyalty!"

It doesn't have much content, so it just works.

He didn't believe that the king would not be moved after reading it.

…

There was silence in Jinluan Hall.

Hundreds of Wuhou candidates were writing policies, and there was only the sound of paper and pen.

King Ling Ruigao was sitting on the throne waiting, holding a list in his hand and looking at the list lightly.

On this, the names of the Wuhou supervisors, Ye Fan, Ling Qingshan, and Hao Ziming, who supported him in the Jinluan Palace, were recorded.

Of course, there are also dozens of descendants of the minister's family who are related to the second prince's rebellion, such as Rui Zifan, Qin Ning and a group of Wuhou's names.

The Wuhou in front needs to improve his ranking. Even if his ability is not strong enough, the loyal Wuhou will be promoted a few times in the palace examination.

Of course, the latter must be suppressed, at least ten positions lower, otherwise the rebellious minister will not be taught a lesson, and his tail will be raised to the sky.

The time limit for the second round of the palace examination was very short, because the supervisors had already considered the content of their essays in advance, so they were only given about half an hour to write their essays.