The first person, Fang Yapu, was riding at the head of the queue. Although he looked very ordinary, because he was the first in the official examination, many girls who saw him on both sides of the road were surprised to see how handsome he was on his face.

Riding horses all the way through the streets, Fang Yapu, who was at the head of the team, received loud congratulations from many bold girls, praising him for being young, promising and unparalleled in temperament, and worthy of being ranked first this time.

Fang Yapu's good friend Guan Qinghuai got third place in this exam. He was walking behind him on the left side and heard these compliments and couldn't help but smile and shake his head.

Although Guan Qinghuai's face is so delicate and beautiful, although her ranking is not as good as that of Fang Yapu, she is more popular than Fang Yapu among the girls. Such a smile, when it fell into the eyes of the girls on both sides of the road, immediately caused a wave of fragrant handkerchiefs being thrown at her.

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Mu Chunci was the most handsome among the top three people on the list. He sat on the horse with his back straight and a serious look on his face. The girls' handkerchiefs never broke when they were thrown along the way.

At the end of the day, the official parade for the preliminary examination ended.

That night, Mr. Linfang hosted a banquet at the state government office for 300 candidates for the high school entrance examination.

When the time came for the banquet, Mr. Linfang attended the first pass banquet for the official examination accompanied by his two direct disciples Yang Xitong and Liu Hen.

Mr. Linfang was wearing a lake-blue literati and Confucian attire today. As soon as he appeared, he laughed loudly and recited a poem about learning that contained three elements: meaning, image and language, which attracted the candidates present to pay more attention to Mr. Linfang.

With admiration and yearning in my heart.

After Mr. Linfang finished reciting a poem, he just walked to the head of the banquet. The three hundred candidates at the banquet stood up with their hands lowered and bowed in his direction.

"Student Zhang Yueyang meets Mr. Linfang!"

"Student Ewing meets Mr. Linfang!"

"Student...meet Mr. Linfang!"

Everyone present announced their names and respectfully paid homage to Mr. Laifang, who sat down at the head of the table.

Mr. Linfang smiled while stroking his beard as he looked at the three hundred candidates who all bowed to him as students at the banquet. He waved his sleeves amiably to everyone at the banquet and said, "Today, I will be able to attend the first pass banquet for the official examination."

It’s a joy to see you young people.”

"Everyone has delicious food in front of their desks. His Highness specially prepared it. Enjoy it to your heart's content without being restrained."

After all the candidates heard this, they all agreed and bowed.

Mr. Linfang is kind and doesn't need to be reserved when talking. As soon as the candidates sat down at the banquet, some of the candidates who were naturally outgoing began to speak loudly and freely in an attempt to leave an impression on Mr. Linfang.

Jiang Fuhai took the lead and said: "Sir, you are a great talent! The questions asked in this official examination are indeed pragmatic and novel, and can indeed effectively select talents who can become officials."

Zhang Yueyang immediately stood up and laughed loudly and said: "Haha, brother, are you praising yourself or your husband?"

The first person to speak has already appeared, and everyone else present is also a distinguished person. They will naturally seize the opportunity to win Mr. Linfang's special attention, and someone immediately starts to answer the question.

Jiang Fuhai was blocked by someone's words, but he didn't panic. He replied with a smile not to be outdone: "Of course, Mr. Zan, and also all of you who are here at the same time who can win the ranking by their own ability!"

"good!"

"good!"

Jiang Fuhai's words were so clever that some of the candidates at the banquet immediately stood up and applauded him.

Today, Mr. Linfang has changed from the naughty boy he was in private. He has the demeanor of a reclusive scholar. Seeing that all the candidates at the banquet are in high spirits and seem to be having a literary fight to get to know each other, he strokes his beard and smiles lightly: "Everyone is outstanding today."

Gathering together for a banquet, just listening to music and appreciating food, drinking and talking will inevitably lose the fun, but I would like to ask you a question and let you all explain it together?"

"Hahaha! What's wrong with this! We all want it!"

"Sir, just ask your doubts, and I will be able to answer them!"

"Why do you want to test me, sir? Just tell me!"

"Sir, don't hesitate, come quickly!"

Mr. Linfang nodded with a smile and asked: "In your opinion, what are the problems in the world today?"

As soon as Mr. Linfang finished speaking, Huai Qizhao immediately stood up from his seat, raised his hands and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Hui, in the eyes of students, the biggest problem in the world today is those who steal from the rich."

Under the guise of helping the poor, a cult commits inhumane plunder under the rule of law.”

"This sect uses the teachings of gods and ghosts to deceive ordinary people into giving up production and turning into bandits. They are actually the most evil people in the world today!"

Mr. Linfang nodded with a smile, smiled kindly and waved his sleeves to indicate to Huai Qizhao that he could sit down.

After Huai Qizhao sat down, Jiang Fuhai also stood up, raised his hands and said: "Mr. Hui, in the eyes of students, the biggest problem in the world today is the scourge of war..."

After Jiang Fuhai finished expressing his opinion, Mr. Linfang also nodded with a smile, smiled kindly and waved his sleeves to indicate that Jiang Fuhai could sit down.

Zhu Ting also stood up and raised his voice, saying that floods are a serious problem in the world today, and gave detailed views on building dams and canals to control floods.

Most of the students present who stood up were responding to the "problems" raised by Mr. Linfang, forgetting their own areas of expertise, and sparing no effort to show their talents to Mr. Linfang.

After more than 20 candidates stood up and spoke freely, Fang Yapu, who topped the official exam list, finally stood up.

Fang Yapu cupped his hands and said in a deep voice: "Students look down on the world and think that there are three major problems. The first is talent, the second is money and food, and the third is military strength."

After hearing this, Mr. Linfang had a different expression. He raised his eyelids and stroked his beard and made a soft sound, obviously listening carefully to what was going on.

"Talent is one thing. Nowadays, the world is in chaos. Except for the places under the rule of King Quan, the talents in other places are almost all recommended by the nobles. This makes many talents with no background want to find another way because they have no way to get ahead."

"Second, money, food, and wealth are used!"

"Now that the world is in chaos, conquests continue in various places, and the people are displaced and find it difficult to rest, how can we farm and harvest? If this continues, the entire Daji area will not be able to provide food for people."

"There is not enough food to feed and clothe ourselves, and the government finances in various places are even more urgent. How can we continue?"

"Three days of military strength!"

"Such as the world is in chaos, the princes of all parties are fighting, and it is difficult to defend without troops, so there is no end to the recruitment of troops. But in terms of the overall situation of the country, if there are more soldiers than the people, the world will be unbalanced, and the maintenance of troops will be very expensive, and the princes of all parties will not be able to surrender.

Soldiers, the losses will be great."

"Soldiers are the young and strong among the population and are where the labor force lies. A large number of conquests and wars will, in the long run, damage the entire country's manpower."
Chapter completed!