Locked: God is the matchmaker, neither you nor I can escape

While others were celebrating their results in the imperial examination and being arranged by their families to meet various relatives and friends, the four people in the Hua family simply stayed indoors and analyzed and discussed the questions of the palace examination every day.

Those well-informed people found out about Hua Murong and wanted to recruit talents, but they were sent back one by one by Yan Yiyi.

Among them, some people did not come to win over Hua Murong and the other three, but came to inquire about the instant noodles Hua Murong and others ate in the examination room. Yan Yiyi politely replied to them and asked them to look forward to the news of Huajian Snacks.

Huajian Snacks is a shop of the Hua family that specializes in selling special dim sum. Now with the various recipes provided by Xinye, it is estimated that in the future it will also sell instant noodles, chili sauce, canned food, etc.

Huajian Snacks is quite famous. Common people may not know who the owner of Huajian Snacks is, but people in Shacheng, people in the business community, people who have done business with Huaman Pavilion, or people in power, all know that this is the Hua family's business.

Many businessmen have more than one business at home, and they cannot require the Hua family to have only Hua Mange as an industry. If others have the ability to develop side businesses, can they stop them?

They also knew that the Hua family's secondary businesses not only involved snack shops, but also teahouses, inns, restaurants, brothels...

Everyone knew that Huaman Pavilion's main business was an intelligence organization. Teahouses, inns, restaurants, and brothels were all excellent places to collect intelligence, so these industries were not surprising to them. On the contrary, this snack shop was somewhat incomprehensible to people who did not investigate in detail.

Everyone who has investigated knows that this dim sum shop was opened by the second son of the Hua family simply because the eldest daughter of the Hua family likes to eat all kinds of delicious food prepared by the cook. In addition to making more money, it is also for the purpose of allowing his sister to eat whatever she wants when she goes out.

Yes, if Huayao Pavilion is Yan Yiyi’s private property, Huajian Snacks is also one of Hua Muchin’s private properties.

Since Hua Muchin is the second son of the Hua family and the property is under the Hua family's banner, it is assumed that this is the Hua family's property.

Therefore, after these people got the accurate information, they carefully checked Hua Murong's identity...

My goodness, he is actually the eldest son of the Hua family in Shacheng!

Allowing people from the underworld to enter the government, is this... really appropriate?

Facts have proved that Hua Murong's achievements have surpassed those of all the children from aristocratic families. As for what kind of official he will become in the future and what influence he will have on the court of Zhao State, everything is still unknown.

The news that the eldest son of the Hua family had entered officialdom soon spread to the ears of officials in the capital. Officials in the capital had different opinions on his remarks. Some disagreed, some agreed, and most were neutral.

It's not that they are so rational, it's simply that most of them are minor officials. They dare not say bad things about the eldest son of the Hua family, but they are afraid of offending their superiors if they praise him. Neutrality is the most appropriate attitude.

After going through layers of examinations, thirty students finally entered the palace and entered the last stage - the palace examination.

"The Emperor has arrived——"

All the officials, students, and palace maids in the hall knelt down to welcome the emperor.

"See you, Your Majesty, long live my Emperor!"

"No courtesy, stay on your own."

Although all the students had stood up and sat down, no one dared to look up and offend the emperor.

The emperor did not say much to encourage him, but directly announced the topic of the exam: "The theme of this exam is - people's livelihood."

Upon hearing this topic, Hua Murong and the other four's hearts skipped a beat, and then they were filled with excitement. They had analyzed this topic before, and had always believed that the probability of people's livelihood being the test topic was the highest.

Mainly this year, the emperor promoted the planting of sweet potatoes, encouraged the people to learn from the villagers in the mountain villages, and paid special attention to people's livelihood.

Not only did they guess this topic, but most of the students' teachers also analyzed and guessed that this might be the topic. Therefore, they all had confidence on their faces and wrote with great enthusiasm.

Although the few poor students in the hall did not anticipate this topic, they were born in poor families and were familiar with people's livelihood, and they were not vague in writing about it. Compared with asking them to write about national policies, wars and other topics, people's livelihood was simply too friendly to them.

If it were in the past, Hua Murong and the others would definitely not have much experience in taking the exam on people's livelihood. But with the support of their sister and brother-in-law, who would ask them to help with farm work from time to time and tell them about the life of country people, the content of the articles they wrote would probably be just superficial.

——Thanks to my sister Yi Yi and brother-in-law Shen Ye.

Hua Murong was writing when she suddenly paused. She ignored the gazes coming from all directions and continued writing.

The emperor, who was high above, was very happy for him as he watched him get inspired.

The two hours of answering the questions passed in a flash. After handing in the test papers, they were arranged to rest and wait in a side hall while the examiners and the emperor marked their papers.

The examination papers of the thirty candidates were quickly reviewed. Except for the top three, the ministers had no objection to the ranking of the others. It was up to the emperor to decide the ranking of the top three.

The emperor directly selected one of the three examination papers: "This year's number one scholar is - him."

The examiners gathered around and were shocked when they saw the name on the list. The left prime minister frowned and said, "Your Majesty, is it inappropriate to choose him?"

"What's inappropriate?" The emperor looked indifferent and spoke in a calm tone, as if he was doing his job properly.

"He... Hua Murong is a man of the martial arts world, and he is also the eldest son of Hua Man Pavilion. If he becomes the top scholar, will it be possible..."

"Who does the Left Prime Minister think is suitable?" The emperor's expression remained the same. It was impossible to tell what he was thinking, nor could it be heard whether he agreed with the Left Prime Minister's opinion.

"I think Gu Chengqing is not bad." The Left Prime Minister had no choice. The top three names were Gu Chengqing, Hua Murong, and Mu Xiong.

He has already denied Hua Murong. Mu Xiong is also a Jianghu person, and is a good friend of Hua Murong, and has an ordinary background. On the other hand, Gu Chengqing is the second brother of General Gu, and has a good background, making him a good candidate for son-in-law.

Although he didn't like military generals very much, he had to admit that if he became a relative of General Gu, it would be beneficial to the Prime Minister's Office. He didn't mind doing a favor for the Gu family now.

The emperor glanced at the others and asked: "Do you think the same?"

The others did not answer directly, but they all lowered their heads and remained silent, which was considered as their tacit agreement.

The emperor's eyes flashed with coldness and mockery. He took out Gu Chengqing's test paper and Hua Murong's test paper and placed them side by side: "Then tell me, how is Gu Chengqing's essay better than Hua Murong's?"

This... It's not that they can't praise it, but after praising it, they might have to worry about the official hats on their heads.

Hua Murong’s articles are really great!

Who would have thought that he would directly write down the great functions of soybeans and mung beans in the test paper, and list the effects of their promotion one by one.

Not to mention the methods of making tofu, bean curd sticks, and soy milk, and the benefits of eating them, soybeans and mung beans alone can be eaten as vegetables in winter. In particular, the emperor personally admitted that he had eaten bean sprouts!

As for where the emperor had eaten bean sprouts, they did not dare to ask as it was not the point.

The implementation plan is well-organized, there are examples and people who have produced finished products, and it is even guaranteed by the emperor. Who dares to say that this article is not good?