Mind Reading: Who understands? The emperor finally has a princess.

Then he pulled out a stick from the door and hit his son.

His wife tried to stop him, but she yelled, "If you dare to touch my son, I'll fight you to death today..."

"Shut up! I'm going to divorce you today!"

Having said that, he asked someone to bring pen and ink and wrote the divorce letter on the spot.

His wife panicked when she saw this: "Why did you divorce me?"

"Why? I caught you plotting against your husband, what else can you do? Where's your conscience? Prince Ruyang is such a good relative, but you protected this bastard and drove the princess away. She then married the Fifth Prince. You've made my Li family a laughing stock in the entire capital. Why should I keep you around?"

The Minister of Revenue threw the divorce letter on the ground after writing it.

His son was also panicking: "Dad, I won't dare to do it again. Mom forced me to do this. Dad, I am your biological son. You only have me. If you kill me, our family will be extinct!"

When Minister Li heard this, he became even angrier.

He immediately picked up the stick and hit his son with it.

When Long Xianxian saw it, she couldn't help but marvel at it.

I used to think the old Minister of Revenue was a henpecked husband, but I never expected him to go to such lengths to build a second account that he not only divorced his wife but also crippled his son.

"But I can't blame him. Anyone who comes home and hears their son and his wife plotting to drug him would be furious."

Everyone looked at the Minister of Revenue. They had not expected this.

But Prince Ruyang snorted coldly: "Thank goodness my daughter left early, what kind of family is this!"

When the Minister of Revenue heard that his family affairs were exposed by the little princess, he immediately became a coward.

This is not something that can be said.

But the son was his biological son after all, so he didn't drive him out before the trumpet was built, but he locked him up.

The wife he divorced was driven out by him overnight.

At this moment, the guards outside the door came in.

"Your Majesty, the top ten candidates for the martial arts examination have been waiting outside the palace!"

Back to business.

Emperor: "Send them in!"

Ten people lined up in two teams, with five people in each team.

Then ten people knelt down and said, "Long live our emperor!"

The emperor was delighted: "Examinees, please stand up!"

Entering the hall for the first time, everyone was excited and nervous.

Those who can enter the palace are personally selected by His Majesty, and they will become the emperor's disciples in the future.

Of course, the emperor also had to test them as a formality.

"You are all talented people who have achieved such excellent results in the exam and are the pillars of our dynasty. I hope that you will be able to defend our country, work for the welfare of the people, and bring peace to the world."

"Your Majesty's teachings will be remembered!"

The emperor asked, "I believe that you all have real talent and learning to be here in this hall. I will test you today."

Everyone knew that the palace examination for martial arts had begun.

"If Dayong goes to war with Japan and captures 200,000 Japanese prisoners, what are you going to do with them?"

No one expected that the emperor would directly use Japan to test these people.

Everyone started thinking about it.

Yang Wan frowned. "Your Majesty, why are you asking this? Aren't they all prisoners? Should prisoners be locked up?"

So Yang Wan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I think these are prisoners of war. Why not just send them to build the city wall?"

The emperor nodded, that was a good idea.

"But if we build the Great Wall with 200,000 captives, how many people will be needed to watch over it? What if they rebel? Besides, won't they release water while they're building the Great Wall?"

Ah this!

I have to say, the princess has unique insights!

Yang Wan was stunned. She had never thought of it this way.

The general held his forehead and said: It turns out that military strategy is this girl’s weakness!

Other candidates also stood up.

"I believe we can use these people to negotiate with Japan, asking them to offer the city and a ransom in exchange for their lives."

"I don't think so. If we release these people, they will definitely come back again. I think they should be locked up directly."

……

Lin Chong finally stood up.

"Your Majesty, I once encountered the Japanese invaders on the coast of Dayong. I led my men to fight them. These Japanese were extremely ferocious and cruel. They slaughtered the fishermen along the coast of Dayong without mercy. There is no possibility of education."

"If we release these 200,000 captives, they will definitely be allowed to recuperate. They will then come back to attack us all. Therefore, I believe that these brats are not worthy of being educated. We should just kill them all!"

Everyone was startled!

Kill them all?

This is too cruel. There are 200,000 people!

When the emperor heard Lin Chong's answer, his eyes lit up.

This Lin Chong is truly something. His talent for commanding a position is truly evident in actual combat. His thinking is completely sound. If he doesn't kill them, will he let them make a comeback?

[And that candidate, what was he thinking? He was locked up. Does he know how much food rations there are for 200,000 people? Is he even capable of feeding all of them?]

When everyone heard the little princess's interpretation, they suddenly understood.

Lin Chong looked at the little princess in the emperor's arms and was very excited.

Is this little princess really the reincarnation of a fairy?

He actually expressed his thoughts exactly!

Lin Chong: "Your Majesty, I believe there is no need to be lenient with the Japanese pirates. This will not only save us from wasting food and fodder, but will also keep Japan from recovering for twenty years, thus ensuring that Dayong's borders remain secure for another twenty years!"

The emperor was delighted: "Excellent! As expected of our dynasty's top martial arts scholar, you are so thoughtful!"

But some civil officials felt that something was wrong, and the censors stood up.

"Your Majesty, when two countries go to war, prisoners are not executed. This is the rule set by our ancestors. If this is the case, who would dare to surrender in the future? If everyone resists to the death, wouldn't it be more harm than good?"

What this censor said makes sense.

This person is so pedantic. Being kind to your enemies is being cruel to your own people. It's already like this, why not just kill them? What's the point of keeping them alive?

The censor was stunned and didn't know how to refute.

The ministers also thought it made sense.

Long Xianxian looked at the old censor again and saw that he was listening with great interest.

[This routine is familiar to the old Imperial Censor. Aren't history books always written by the victors? Old Imperial Censor, you must write it in a brilliant way when the time comes. We in Dayong are acting on behalf of Heaven!]

Ah yes!

Everyone looked at the Imperial Censor!

The Imperial Censor suddenly felt that his image had become taller.

The emperor also found the censor more pleasing than before.

The Imperial Censor said: "Don't worry about this, sir. I think that future generations will just think that I, Dayong, am acting on behalf of Heaven!"

The candidates were all surprised to hear the seamless connection between the princess's thoughts and the ministers' conversation.

They had a lot of questions they wanted to ask the little princess, but no one dared to ask now.

Emperor: "Announce the decree!"

Then, Godley stood in front of the stage.

"The Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, decrees: Lin Chong, first place in the new martial arts examination, is appointed as the top scholar, Xu Yin, second place in the first class, is appointed as the second place, and Yang Wan, tenth place in the first class, is appointed as the third place. The rankings of the others remain unchanged, and the Ministry of War is ordered to arrange their affairs. This is my decree!"