The couple in the last days traveled to ancient times, farming and storing grain and meat in the war

Xie Jing was stunned. It didn’t matter whether he was the third place or not. How could he actually get third place?

Little did people know that if he hadn't been so handsome, he would have actually been the second runner-up.

But I still knew to thank him quickly.

Xiao Yan was not surprised at all that he was the top scorer. He even got the first place in the imperial examination, and the test was in his strong subject. In addition, the emperor clearly wanted someone to get the top three places to prove that he was a wise ruler, so this result would be natural.

But he naturally thanked her.

If the emperor wasn't sitting there, everyone would have started making a commotion.

During the Great Yan Dynasty, there really was someone who passed the imperial examination and won the top three places in the imperial examination. Doesn’t this prove that their emperor was a wise ruler?

The civil and military officials had anticipated this the moment they saw Xiao Yan's answer, but they were also shocked. Could it be that they had misunderstood? Was their emperor truly a wise ruler recognized even by Heaven?

Soon, with the connivance and encouragement of Emperor Li, the news of Xiao Yan's success in the imperial examinations spread throughout the entire Great Yan.

Jiang Ningning and the others heard about this before Xiao Yan returned from Dijing.

Jiang Ningning just looked at Ji Wei happily, who was even more upset.

Ji Wei was really upset and wanted to take a big gulp of wine immediately. Not only did he become the top scholar in the imperial examination, he also won the third place in the imperial examination!

If the astronomical officials knew that the person was his apprentice, they would laugh at him to death!

But because Jiang Ningning didn't allow him to drink, saying it was not good for his leg recovery, he had no choice but to put down the empty wine gourd.

Tian and his family were even more delighted.

The teachers at Honghu Academy naturally knew about this as well, and they all nodded in agreement. You looked at me and smiled, I looked at you and smiled. It was a tacit understanding.

They don’t know whether the current ruler is a wise one, but they know that Dayan will be better built if it has more capable ministers.

This is why it is believed that passing the imperial examinations can demonstrate the prosperity of a country.

However, many stubborn people really believe that Emperor Li is a wise ruler because Xiao Yan won the top three places in the imperial examination.

God still recognizes it.

Otherwise, God would not have sent down the Wenqu Star.

So ever since Xiao Yan won the top three places in the imperial examination, people have started saying that he was the incarnation of Wenquxing.

When Xiao Yan heard this, he was also speechless.

The only one who was most satisfied was naturally Emperor Li. He felt that everyone believed he was a truly wise ruler, which further consolidated his rule.

Logically speaking, the top scholar would be retained in the imperial capital and enter the Hanlin Academy, and at least become a sixth-rank official.

But after the Qionglin Banquet, the second and third place winners were both appointed as seventh-rank officials and stayed in the imperial capital. The other Jinshi were also given official titles and were to take up posts in various places. Only Xiao Yan was not given any new title and was still the magistrate of Dengping County.

Emperor Li thought that since Xiao Yan was already a county magistrate and was so capable, he would let him train more down there. Once he was trained, he would let Xiao Yan be the prefect of Yuzhou and manage the state for him.

After all, there is no prefect in Yuzhou yet, there is just someone taking over temporarily.

But after all, he had won the top three places in the imperial examination, making him a wise ruler in everyone's eyes, so he couldn't express his gratitude at all. In addition, the strategies proposed by Xiao Yan were really feasible. Therefore, Emperor Li issued an edict that day, giving Xiao Yan, the governor of Dengping County, the right to report directly to the emperor.

In fact, if Xiao Yan wanted to report something or write a memorial, he would not have to report it to his immediate superiors, such as the prefect or the governor. The memorial would be sent directly to the emperor for him to read personally.

This is a great honor for a county magistrate.

Even for other officials, it is a great honor.

Although Xiao Yan didn't feel honored, it was a good thing after all. If there was anything he really wanted to tell the emperor, he wouldn't need to ask someone else to tell the emperor.

Seeing that he could leave the capital, Xiao Yan naturally couldn't wait until the next day. He rode his horse that day and returned to Dengping County overnight with his servants and others.

After returning to Dengping County, Xiao Yan was naturally extremely honored not only for having won the top three places in the imperial examination, but also for having the right to see the emperor directly. At least that was what the four members of the Tian family thought, and they were all extremely happy.

Not to mention that the Xiao family, the Jiang family and others all had more glorious faces, even County Magistrate Yuan and others felt extremely glorious on their faces.

Although Jiang Ningning didn't feel that there was anything glorious about it, this right could intimidate many people.

As a result, Jiang Ningning's barbecue shop continued to expand outward. Not only did they have a barbecue shop in every county in Yuzhou, but they also opened two in Yuzhou's capital.

When people from all over heard that this barbecue shop was opened by Xiao Yan's family, and that although Xiao Yan was a small county magistrate, he had the power to submit memorials directly to the emperor, especially since he had won the top three honors in the imperial examination, he was really in the emperor's favor, so naturally no one dared to cause trouble for Jiang Xiao's barbecue shop.

In addition, Jiang Ningning expanded her white fungus cultivation workshop earlier this year. It is no exaggeration to say that Jiang Ningning and her family are making a fortune every day by growing white fungus.

In late April, the rice in the more than 2,000 acres of paddy fields at Jiang Ningning's farm can be harvested.

The yield is several times higher, and the time from sowing to harvesting is so short. Moreover, such a high yield can be achieved even on poor land. It seems that as long as the weather is not too bad, it can be grown... The whole county was shocked.

The whole Dengping County knew about it, and it would naturally spread to other counties, even to the provincial capital, and even to other states.

In order to seize the initiative, Xiao Yan submitted a memorial before the more than 2,000 acres of paddy fields were harvested, and asked it to be sent to the capital and presented to the emperor.

The memorial stated that it was a girl named Jiang Ningning from Zaoshu Village who came up with the idea.

At the same time, Zou Ming said that this was only the second planting and the stability was not completely certain. He also said that Jiang Ningning would plant it again to confirm its stability.

Anyway, what it means is that if the promotion is carried out in advance, no matter what happens, it will have nothing to do with Jiang Ningning.

In fact, Xiao Yan did this, firstly to absolve Jiang Ningning of responsibility, and secondly because he knew that even if more than 2,000 acres of rice were harvested and could all be used as seeds, there would not be enough seeds for national promotion for the time being.

Xiao Yan thought that most emperors would be extremely excited about this. Once they heard about it, they would subconsciously want to promote it nationwide.

In order to prevent the emperor from suddenly getting too excited and causing trouble for his wife, all the necessary words had to be said in the memorial.

Sure enough, as soon as Emperor Li received this memorial and learned about the high-yield rice, he immediately thought that if it was promoted nationwide, the people would no longer be afraid of disasters.

After all, you only need to plant for one year to harvest the same amount of grain as you would have planted in many years.

But when he saw that the stability was still uncertain and it was only planted for the second time, even though Emperor Li was still excited, he knew that it could not be promoted nationwide immediately, otherwise if it could not be fully planted, the consequences would be unimaginable.

However, the high-yield rice was so surprising that Emperor Li naturally thought that this was how the rice was made, so he issued an edict saying:

"Anyone who dares to hinder Jiang Ningning from growing this rice will be killed."

He also asked Dengping County to fully cooperate with Jiang Ningning in growing rice.