Especially the youngest Ouyang Xianxue, with her little head up, showing off her might like a victorious general, and when she found that it was unpleasant, she would scold a few words, looking at the embarrassed candidates, the little girl's proud chin was about to rise to the sky.

At lunchtime, the scribe invited Yuan Fang and Sang Rou to dine, but Yuan Fang refused on the spot, the so-called cannibalism has a short mouth, Yuan Fang doesn't want to owe those old stubborn anything, although these are conventions, but Yuan Fang is also a very stubborn guy, take out the sexual military rations, bake the coarse grain flatbread on the charcoal stove casually, and fill his stomach with pickles and hot water.

What is Yuan Fang's identity? The candidates present and the people of the Xuanxian Academy knew very well, that was the existence of His Majesty the Emperor's own brotherhood, the well-deserved No. 2 person in the empire, such a big man came here to invigilate, and the lunch was just a crude marching food, perhaps, some people would think that this was Yuan Fang making a show for others, but the people who saw this scene would not think so, because Yuan Fang and the female generals did not lift it up at all when they gnawed on the dry and hard flatbread, everything was so natural, it had become a habit, This natural feeling is not something that can be pretended to be if you want to, it is an instinct, an instinct of habit.

At the beginning, some of the candidates were still dissatisfied, in such a season, the scientific examination was a crime, and they could only eat the steamed buns and dried meat brought for lunch, not even hot soup, after seeing Yuan Fang's rations, these candidates did not complain, but instead admired these female soldiers and Yuan Fang and disdain for themselves.

Although there is no hot soup, the hot water is enough, anyway, there are so many charcoal stoves, boiling water while heating is not a mistake, and the scribes who were originally in charge of the invigilation, after Ouyang Xianxue and the girls robbed them of their jobs, the only thing they can do now is to carry the kettle to add water to the candidates.

Time, in the candidates' urgent writing or meditative thoughts, the sun is gradually sinking in the west, the time from the end of the exam is getting closer and closer, most of the candidates are checking their answers, only a small part of the face is extremely ugly scratching ears and cheeks, obviously not finished the exam papers, among them, there is a guy, Yuan Fang is very impressed with him, that is, the candidate who dared to question before.

Yuan Fang paid special attention to him, this person's name is Yu Mengbai, he is quite famous among all the candidates, whether it is talent or character, he is impeccable, and he writes a good hand, if he follows the previous scientific examination questions and evaluation standards, this person will definitely be a blockbuster, but I don't know if it is because of the weather or because of the change of the exam questions or nervousness, Yu Mengbai's full stomach is useless, and many common sense questions are still blank.

Seeing that it was getting later and the temperature was getting lower and lower, Yu Mengbai was sweating profusely, Yuan Fang couldn't help but walk closer and look at his answer sheet.

Good words, definitely good words, neat, smooth, vigorous and powerful, Yuan Fang couldn't help but praise one, but seeing the answers on his exam paper, Yuan Fang couldn't help but sigh again.

In terms of literature, Yu Mengbai's articles are vivid and euphemistic, the words are apt and gorgeous, giving people a kind of in-depth reality and illusion, which is definitely a masterpiece, but the answers to some common sense questions are very different, although the rhetoric is still gorgeous, but it is flashy, for example, there is a topic such as the treatment of floods, affecting the people, the destruction of homes, no food to fill the hunger, as a local parent official, how will you deal with it.

Yu Mengbai's answer is very simple, open a warehouse and release grain to help the victims. If Yuan Fang is allowed to answer, the answer should be to open a warehouse to release grain to help the victims at the same time, strictly control the hoarding of businessmen and raise prices, strictly manage officials at all levels to withhold the disaster grain, and at the same time settle the victims, appease the people, and help the people in the disaster area, at the same time, cooperate with the water conservancy personnel to fight floods and make up for leaks as much as possible, control the disaster as much as possible, and minimize the losses. Let's put it this way, if you are affected by the disaster, you are not afraid, as long as the people still have hope, their homes can be rebuilt, so Yu Mengbai's answer is also decent, but it is not comprehensive enough, which may affect his results.

Yuan Fang felt that this Yu Mengbai was not bad, and after whispering a few words, he said earnestly: "Don't be nervous, relax, relax, forget that it is a scientific examination now, just as you are discussing literature with friends, you can also use it as a casual chat with your family, such as this question, what do you think are the disadvantages or shortcomings of the imperial official system now, I guess you students should usually talk about it, why can't you write it now?" ”

Yu Mengbai blinked his eyes and looked at Yuan Fang blankly, when he saw this topic, he was frightened, this kind of topic, it's okay to talk to friends in private, who dares to discuss it in public, it is a big disrespect to the emperor of the empire, and if you don't get it, you will lose your head, and the big man in front of him is not afraid to mention it in public, and he also has a great posture of talking eloquently, Yu Mengbai can't figure out what this Lord Yuan means, Do you want to help yourself or do you want to take revenge for your previous doubts?

Yuan Fang smiled: "The scientific examination is to select available talents for the empire, not to design a frame-in, the empire is not so boring, since there is such a topic, Your Majesty just wants to hear everyone's opinions, optimize and improve the current system, that's all, you can do it yourself." ”

Yuan Fang turned around and left, Yu Mengbai fell into contemplation, for a long time, Yu Mengbai no longer hesitated, worked hard to write, under the guidance of Yuan Fang, and finally completed all the questions before the end of the scientific examination in a substitute way, but he regretted that the time was in a hurry, and his words were not polished and looked a little pale.

After collecting the candidates' examination papers, after packaging, Jingqiu and Ye Qingru personally sent them to the palace and handed them over to Yang Xing for review, which was set by Yuan Fang and Yang Xing before, and the reason why they would skip the link of university scholar review was because Yang Xing and Yuan Fang had lost trust in those pedantic bachelors, and Yang Xing would rather work hard and vow to select really useful talents, rather than nerds who only know what to do.

Yu Jingqiu and Ye Qingru left with the exam papers, and Yuan Fang asked Sang Rou: "How are you preparing?" ”

Sang Rou replied, "It's ready." ”

Yuan Fang nodded with satisfaction, and said aloud to the candidates who gathered in the examination room waiting to leave: "Everyone, this scientific examination is over, because it is Enke, so there are many unsatisfactory aspects of this scientific examination, such as this ghost weather, which makes everyone suffer." ”

Snorting, Yuan Fang continued: "Your Majesty is merciful, in order to relieve the pressure, specially prepared a dinner party for you in the Plum Blossom Restaurant, well, it is not a dinner, the so-called no chicken is not a feast, no fish is not a feast, this time there is no chicken and no fish, Your Majesty is preparing a hot pot for everyone, for you to keep warm from the cold, well, if there is nothing to do, everyone will go to the Plum Blossom Restaurant to eat, let me explain, this is not mandatory, everyone is free, of course, according to my idea, the fewer people who go, the better." ”