The entire family of the Wucheng Xie family, one of the four major families in Jiangdong, was destroyed, which made the major families in Deng's territory suddenly feel sad, and everyone was in danger, fearing that Deng Sheng's next butcher knife would fall on them. Other nobles who were still desperately opposing and criticizing the imperial examination system, saw that the large family, standing at the top of the pyramid of the aristocrats of the Deng family, were destroyed as soon as they were said to be destroyed, so they stopped all their actions.

As the Xie family was destroyed, the voices of opposing and criticizing the imperial examination system in various places gradually disappeared, Deng Sheng was very happy about it. At this moment, Deng Sheng finally realized that treating nobles from aristocrats cannot be treated and appeased. Appropriate killings can sometimes stabilize the place. As for the matter of the Xie family, Deng Sheng was called a butcher and tyrant by major families. Deng Sheng didn't care about this at all. As long as the Deng State can develop and grow smoothly and steadily, what can I get a little infamous? Besides, Deng Sheng was fearless even with hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers.

In the matter of killing the entire Xie family, in addition to Deng Sheng, the other person who was carrying the infamous was Su Hong, who led the matter. Although the last order was Deng Sheng, as the executor, Su Hong received a lot of accusations and criticisms. Even the ministers from noble families in the court began to draw a clear line with Su Hong. After killing the entire Xie family, Su Hong was assassinated no less than ten times. Fortunately, Su Hong was Mingjing Mingshou and was protected by a large number of Mingjing masters around him, so he survived. Otherwise, Su Hong would have died many times.

Despite this, the leader of the Xie family was defeated, and the resistance to the implementation of the imperial examination system was instantly reduced a lot. Students from all over the country who rushed to Wancheng to participate in the first imperial examination also came one after another. Wancheng was crowded with people and was very lively. Many nobles from aristocratic families began to frequently contact poor families who came to Wancheng to participate in the imperial examination, hoping to include them. Some even took the name of recruiting son-in-law.

On April 20, ten days before the first imperial examination, Deng Sheng also ordered the first academic officials, and ordered Zhang Bin to be the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites Chen Qun and the Minister of War Su Hong to be the Minister of the Ministry of War. It was originally inappropriate to be the Minister of the Ministry of Education according to the ranks of Chen Qun and Su Hong, but there was no way. The first imperial examination, for the sake of the importance, must be the important officials of the court. Originally, Deng Sheng planned to let Cui Hao or Jiang Wan be the Minister of the Court. After all, although they are one of the three prime ministers, Zhang Bin's subordinate provincial status is not as good as the Minister of the Secretariat in terms of status, but Cui Hao and Jiang Wan are both nobles from aristocratic families and it is difficult to be unbiased. Looking at the civil and military affairs of the court, only Zhang Bin has no prejudice against aristocratic families and poor families, so Deng Sheng could only let Zhang Bin be the Minister of the First Academic Affairs Department.

In Ganyang Palace, Zhang Bin, the first minister of the school, Chen Qun, Su Hong, and Jiang Wan, and the minister of the school, Cui Hao, came here to meet Deng Sheng. Today, they had only one purpose, which was to set the questions for the imperial examination. According to regulations, this should have been determined by the school, but since it was the first, it was taken seriously by Deng Sheng.

"King, the imperial examination is coming, but the questions for this examination have not been decided yet. The school has not reached a consensus for several days after discussing, so we can only trouble the king!" Zhang Bin said to Deng Sheng.

Deng Sheng nodded, then looked through the questions prepared by the school department. Most of them were managed in the local area, which was in line with the rules, but it did not satisfy Deng Sheng.

After putting away these questions, Deng Sheng said: "The purpose of the imperial examination is to absorb talents from all over the world. The best people who stand out from the imperial examination must not only govern the local area. After all, in the future, they will all go to the court, and it is not enough to only understand the governance of the local area."

Deng Sheng frowned, thought for a while, and then said, "This time I will take two questions. The first is what to do under the current situation. How to achieve the unification of the Qin and Zhao, and the second is how to enrich the country and strengthen the army!" Both questions agree with the current situation of Deng. I will not talk about how to achieve the unification of the world. This is the goal of Deng's efforts in the next ten years or decades. As for enriching the country and strengthening the army, this is the foundation for unifying the world. Although Deng is now the richest country among the world, in Deng Sheng's view, in order to achieve the unification of the world, the current situation does not allow it. Deng still needs to accumulate more money, grain, and soldiers to achieve absolute advantages over Qin and Zhao in this regard. Only in this way can the grand aspiration of unification of the world be realized.

"King Yingming, these two questions can not only select talents who agree with the future development of our Great Deng, but also find out the future path of our Great Deng. It is really a killing two birds with one stone!" Jiang Wan, who can be said to have nothing to do in this matter, was the first to jump out and slap Deng Sheng, and praised Deng Sheng very hard. After all, because of the Xie family affairs, Deng Sheng is very dissatisfied with Jiang Wan now. For his future, Jiang Wan also knows what to do now!

"I wonder what the school thinks?" Although Deng Sheng was very disappointed with these praises, to be honest, Deng Sheng has been immune for a long time. After all, over the years, he has said these words much better than Jiang Wan.

Zhang Bin thought for a while, then looked at Su Hong and Chen Qun, nodded to each other, and then Zhang Bin stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, these two questions cover the development direction of our Great Deng in the next ten years. They are indeed the most suitable questions at present. I have no objection!"

Deng Sheng nodded with a smile. The question was settled. Now I will wait for the imperial examination ten days later. Deng Sheng thought for a while and said, "I will order Wancheng Order, General General of the General of the General of the Yulin Guard, Deng Ai, and Mingjing. The Ministry of Justice is ready. During the imperial examination, I don’t want to see any accidents in Wancheng. Everything needs to be waited until the imperial examination is over. Also, I also know what the nobles of the aristocrats are doing now. Warn me and let them restrain themselves. This is the first imperial examination. I don’t want any accidents, otherwise the knife in my hand will not recognize others!"

Now that the imperial examination has not started, there is no conclusion on who can win and who cannot, but the nobles of aristocrats have begun to frequently contact poor families. Deng Sheng really couldn't stand it. Moreover, Deng Sheng was afraid that all the talents he had chosen had been included in the aristocrats. This was something that Deng Sheng did not allow. In the matter of killing the Xie family, Deng Sheng gave Deng Sheng enough confidence, making Deng Sheng dare to directly threaten these aristocrats.

"Here!" everyone responded in unison, with a serious look on their faces. They knew that Deng Sheng was not joking. If something really happened to the imperial examination this time, Deng Sheng might really kill people. Besides, one of the Xie family has been destroyed, and Deng Sheng doesn't mind killing more. If there is really aristocrat of aristocrat who is not open to his eyes and directly hit Deng Sheng's gun, then it can only be said that he has brought it upon himself and has made great blessings!

Wancheng, Yanlailou, this is the restaurant of Zhao Yuan, the first minister of the Business Department of Deng State. Since Zhao Yuan retreated from the position of the Minister of the Business Department, he has been in charge of this restaurant himself. Now it is the critical time of the imperial examination, and Zhao Yuan is in charge of himself.

As the largest and most famous restaurant in Wancheng, at this critical moment, of course, there are people coming and going. Zhao Yuan stood in the attic on the top floor, looking at the people coming and going downstairs, and said to the shopkeeper of Yanlailou next to him: "The imperial examination is about to begin. This is the most lively thing for me, Da Deng in recent years. There must be a mixture of dragons and snakes in Wancheng. You must pay more attention and not to harass the students who move into our Yanlailou. This time, the imperial examination king attaches great importance to it. As a minister, we must do our best!"

Zhao Yuan is a person who knows how to be grateful. He knows that the reason why he has today's prominent position was that Deng Sheng brought him into the court from the market. If Deng Sheng had not been to Deng Sheng, he would have been just an unknown businessman. How could he become the Minister of the Business Department? What's more, when he retired, Deng Sheng directly named him an earl in order to commend Zhao Yuan's contribution, making Zhao Yuan jump from a merchant to a nobleman.
Chapter completed!