In the hearts of these eighteen scholars, firearms are powerful tools for killing people.

And these people have never even killed the chicken with a knife.

Although when you are making a decision, you will be like a loud thunder, and you will even fight with each other if you disagree.

But they were really scared when they asked them to take a guy who could kill people in an instant.

Liu Chaotong and Cai You, who were not far away, looked at the scholars with a frightened expression and shrank their necks.

Because they didn't necessarily have the courage to use firearms to shoot targets ten meters away.

Shangguan, who was standing aside, became a little impatient, and cursed in a low voice: A bunch of waste, don’t dare to do this. If he arrives on the battlefield in the future, he will definitely be a prisoner!

As soon as these words were said, someone immediately stood up.

This person is Ma Hongyi, Jingzhou, and ranks fifth on the Qingyun List.

Fill in medicine.

aim.

Then shoot.

"Bang!"

A fire light appeared and the ammunition shot out, but it did not hit the target, but hit the beam of the Daqing Palace.

The scholars around were shocked and hid aside.

Ma Hongyi did not expect that the firearm's recoil force was so large. It seemed that the operation was very simple, but it was not simple at all.

If he had hurt the scholars or ministers around him just now, his sin would have been great.

Heiwa and several imperial soldiers stood aside, guarding themselves all the time, and the safety was foolproof unless a soldier shot at his head.

"I'll do it!"

At this time, Quanzhou Tang Buyi walked to the center, then filled in the bullets, aimed, and held only the end of the firearm with both hands.

"Bang!"

Another firelight emerged.

Tang Buyi was so scared that he closed his eyes instantly, and then secretly opened them.

When he saw the gunpowder bullet penetrate one edge of the target, he couldn't help but jump up instantly.

Just as I was about to cheer, I realized that this was Daqing Palace. I couldn't help but quickly covered my mouth and stood aside with a smile on my face.

Immediately, a soldier moved the target he shot away.

This means that Tang Buyi has passed this test.

Suddenly, the other scholars became impatient. If they missed the No. 1 pick because they did not dare to shoot, they would be a big loss!

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Immediately afterwards, the sound of firearm shooting came.

Some shot on the roof, some bounced themselves and fell to the ground, and some couldn't even load ammunition, but most of them performed well.

At this moment, Zhao Yan suddenly smelled a scent of urine and couldn't help but frowned slightly.

Shangguan was naturally smelling it more vividly. After a closer look, he saw a scholar holding a firearm in his hand, his legs trembling, and his feet were wet.

"Pull it out!" Shangguan unhappy waved his hand and said.

Such a person who dares to pee in Daqing Palace is destined to be out of the top three.

At this time, Shangguan Wanton also took action after observing the success of several people.

Fill in medicine and aim.

His movements were stuttering and his whole body was trembling.

After preparing for the movement for a few breaths, he suddenly shot.

"Bang!"

There was a loud bang.

Heiwa, not far away, looked closely and whispered excitedly: "Your Majesty, hit the bull's eye!"

Zhao Yan couldn't help but feel happy. His luck was amazing.

Shangguan Yunton let out a long breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead, handed the firearm to the imperial soldiers beside him, and then stood aside.

After more than ten breaths, Heiwa shouted: "Time is up."

Immediately, the scholars who shot the target stood aside, while those who did not shot had to be eliminated.

Zhao Yan looked down and there were only ten people left below.

Zhao Yan waved his hand and all the targets and firearms below were removed, replaced by ten tables and chairs, and the table was placed on the real weapons of these people: pens, ink, paper and inkstones.

The remaining ten scholars couldn't help but breathe a long sigh and murmured in their hearts: "It's finally the area where they are good at!"

Zhao Yan smiled faintly and stood up.

"Next, what I want to test you is a question that does not require knowledge reserves but requires brains."

"If you only have ten cents in your hand, without stealing or robbing or helping anyone, it's like turning ten cents into consistent money in a strange place?"

"Don't tell me that you rely on writing poetry and painting, and your own talent or appearance. You can only use this ten cent to make a consistent amount of money. The answer time is half an hour, let's start!"

When the scholars heard this question, they were a little stunned.

It is equivalent to increasing the amount of money to spend ten cents, and the time limit is only one day. Isn't this impossible?

Cai You, Shangguan Buyue and the examiners of Jixian Academy suddenly felt very grateful that they had participated in the imperial examinations for a long time, otherwise they would not know how to face the situation like Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan's mouth curled up, and a smirk appeared.

If the Great Zhou Dynasty wanted to reform, the money must be in place, so he must like the kind of officials who could understand finances and be good at making money.

The scholars were a little confused, and after thinking for a while, they began to write one after another.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Let’s not talk about whether these ten scholars wrote correctly, but everyone is quite able to write.

Zhao Yan saw from all the way to Tang Buyi had already written more than 300 words.

And the other few people kept writing, as if writing policy.

"Isn't this a math problem? How can I write so many things? Isn't it enough to come up with an idea?" Zhao Yan became more and more curious.

Half an hour passed quite quickly.

Xizi quickly collected all ten test papers and placed them in front of Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan looked at the ten people below and said, "You can take a break first. Those who want to go to the toilet don't have to hold it in, just outside the hall."

Zhao Yan finished speaking.

The ten people ran like rabbits and rushed outside the hall.

They came to the palace before dawn, and then went to Daqing Palace after a series of procedures. They couldn't hold it in, and they had been hungry and thirsty in their stomachs for a long time.

"Xizi, go get some pastries and tea, everyone should eat some! I'll go to the back hall to take a look and come back later."

After saying that, Zhao Yan went to the side hall.

Shangguan Buyue and others also breathed a sigh of relief. It was really uncomfortable to stand here.

They have basically not eaten since last night.

When Zhao Yan came to the side hall, the first thing he saw was Tang Buyi's test paper.

Puchi!

Zhao Yan almost laughed out loud.

Tang Buyi’s writing is so funny.

Tang Buyi went back to Zhao Yan's question by answering the argument. He believed that what Zhao Yan wanted to ask was not how to make consistent money with ten cents, but how as an official, he could develop the ability to compensate for one hundred.

In the test paper, he also mentioned Sun Tzu's Art of War, Book of Rites, and Classic of Mountains and Seas. He used more than a dozen allusions to explain that he was a person who was worth one hundred.

After reading it, Zhao Yan commented on it: Divergence from the topic.

Zhao Yan originally thought that Tang Buyi's answer was biased enough, but he didn't expect that the answers to the next two test papers were even more biased. One of them actually thought that Zhao Yan was testing whether he loved money.

Then he gave a lot of examples: when he was seven years old, when he was giving money, when he was eleven years old, when he was charity beggars, and never bought valuable items in his life, and even wrote down all his never-treated brothels, in order to prove that he did not love money and could become a good official.

Before seeing this test paper, Zhao Yan didn't believe that there would be such pedantic and rigid literati in the world. But Zhao Yan believed it now.

Many literati in the Great Zhou actually became officials by studying hard.

How many things can such an official do for the people and the king can be thought of with his knees.
To be continued...