"..."

The waves that had just risen in Liang Wenbo's heart suddenly calmed down.

For some reason, he always felt that His Highness the Crown Prince's questions seemed to be praising them.

But it's more like swearing?

"Your Highness, I think so."

At this time, a young man in his twenties, dressed in elegant white clothes, generously handed a letter of self-recommendation to Zhang Junlin.

"Caomin Shen Shicai is the son of Shen Fang, the governor of Buzhou. Caomin was too weak to join the military since he was a child, so he studied hard in poverty. Although he is not very famous, he has the ability to be a small official."

Buzhou guard Shen Fang.

Zhang Junlin was impressed by this name.

The Shen family has been aristocratic for generations, but as the head of the family, Shen Fang served as a general in a state for fifteen years.

The reason is that he often contradicted the Dog Emperor and believed that some of the Dog Emperor's policies were not conducive to the development of South Vietnam's military defense.

"I heard that when the emperor moved his family to the north, he asked General Shen to be his guard, but General Shen refused. I wonder if he..."

Zhang Junlin saw the black cloth exposed from Shen Shicai's sleeves, and his pupils shrank suddenly.

The defender of a small town in Chu County abandoned the city and surrendered, but Buzhou, as the state capital, was not breached. This proved that the defender of Buzhou withstood the pressure of a hundred thousand troops from Western Chu and allowed the large army to attack the smaller one.

"When I return to Your Highness, thirteen people from the Shen family fought to the death to fight against the enemy. Except for the third brother, all the others died in the battle."

Shen Shicai cupped his fists and bowed, lowered his head and asked in a deep voice.

"The third brother took over my father's position as guard general according to the law, but the governor of Buzhou has fled north. The common people came here to ask for an official position from His Highness so that the government can operate."

Zhang Junlin stared at the black cloth tied around Shen Shicai's wrist. After a long time, he bowed deeply towards Shen Shicai.

"Sorry, I haven't had time to check the battle reports and casualties from Buzhou and Chuxian in the past few days."

"..."

Shen Shicai stared blankly at His Highness the Crown Prince who was explaining to him solemnly.

The emotions that had been suppressed surged out again, making her eyes turn red.

"Your Highness, there is no need to apologize. It is the wish and duty of the Shen family to die fighting for the country."

However, Shen Shi just saw with his own eyes the crown prince born to Queen Mo, and it was inevitable that he would feel pity.

If he had known that the third prince was hiding his talents and was not really an ignorant idiot, his father would not have just been a guard in a corner, even if it was for the kindness of Queen Mo.

He will definitely strengthen his army so that he can become the main supporter for the third prince to compete for that position.

Fortunately, it's not too late.

"Your Highness, if ordinary people want to be the governor of the port, what do they need to take the exam?"

When everyone saw Shen Shicai's desired goal, he suddenly changed from a petty official to a sixth-rank official, the second-in-command of Buzhou.

Even though many people knew that Shen Shicai had this ability, they still secretly felt worried for Shen Shicai when they thought of the officials who had been "deceived" just now.

"Can you read?"

"knowledge."

"Can you understand official documents?"

"Understand."

"Do you listen to me?"

Shen Shicai, who had not thought about it just now, felt that among these issues, only this one was the most important.

After thinking seriously for a moment, he bowed to Zhang Junlin.

"listen."

hiss!

Many of the remaining young people with real talents and abilities present showed strange expressions that they wanted to despise but felt unable to do so.

Zhang Junlin described it as feeling like constipation, more like eating shit.

"General Shen has been proud all his life. Many times he did not even listen to the emperor's words."

Zhang Junlin also specially found a step to allow Shen Shi to change his tune.

Unexpectedly, Shen Shicai shook his head and refuted him.

"My father is a guard general. He will not give you orders from the emperor. Many decisions must be made based on the situation on the battlefield ahead."

"But what the common people have to do is to make a long history. They only need to obey His Highness and implement the decree. If the decree is wrong, it will be implemented later. It is the way of a minister to report it to the government at that time."

Loyal ministers with brains are the rarest of all!

Zhang Junlin reached out and patted Shen Shicai's shoulder, and sighed with relief: "General Shen has a spirit in heaven, and will protect Buzhou's eternal peace. With me here, you can work with peace of mind."

As soon as these words came out.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that His Royal Highness has agreed to Shen Shicai's request.

"Your Highness is joking. When the world is in chaos, even the capital of Western Chu cannot guarantee eternal peace."

Shen Shicai bowed his hands and bowed, his voice slightly choked with sobs.

"Wei Chen... thank you, Your Highness."

Seeing that Shen Shicai won the position of governor of the port in just a few words.

There were inevitably people in the crowd whispering and taunting secretly.

"Isn't it because of the Shen family's military exploits that Your Highness was given the position of Chief Historian?"

"I can't help but envy you. Why don't we have a father who died in the war?"

Zhang Junlin had sharp ears and eyes, so he naturally heard these words.

But he didn't give any reaction. Instead, he glanced at Shen Shicai, who also heard these words but still stood proudly, unaffected. His smile deepened and he felt more satisfied.

good.

This shameless spirit is very similar to that of his future ministers.

"Whoever wants to be an official should come quickly."

Zhang Junlin looked at the familiar young man in gray.

Under his gaze, the body of the young man in gray became more upright, exactly like the bamboo popping out of the cracks in the rocks.

But this face is too thin...

Just when Zhang Junlin was about to lose his patience and wanted to find a suitable candidate for promotion.

Shen Shicai suddenly poked the young man in gray on the lower back.

"Brother Wenbo, there is no conflict between being proud and being thick-skinned."

"Brother Shicai, what do you mean?"

"Had it not been for your shameless design, Your Highness would not have been able to screen out the available materials in a matter of seconds, not to mention enriching the national treasury. However, Your Highness defended the city on his own and refused to surrender in the face of a powerful enemy. Your Highness's arrogance is comparable to How much less do you have?"

I'm going!

This is well said!

It not only became his dignity but also helped everyone step down.

Zhang Junlin suddenly felt that asking Shen Shicai to only treat him as a long history was really a humiliation.

After the affairs in Buzhou City were settled, he would be rewarded for his merits and draw Shen Shicai to his side to help sell his words.

"Brother Shicai's words make sense."

Liang Wenbo, who was already prepared, took a step forward and respectfully handed his letter of recommendation to Zhang Junlin.

"Your Highness, Cao Min is from Chu County. His surname is Liang and his courtesy name is Wenbo. He is a classmate of Brother Shicai."

"Your Highness, Brother Wenbo and Brother Shicai are both among the top ten talents in Jinling who are at the third level of literary cultivation."

You can tell just by the elegance.

Zhang Junlin put the letter into his sleeve, thinking that if the great talent hadn't left it in person, he would have thrown away his sleeves and left, so he joked: "Great talent, what is your dream?"

"The world is unified."

Everyone took a breath of cold air.

Zhang Junlin suddenly felt that the self-recommendation letter he had put in his sleeve was as heavy as a stone.

The world's great unity at this time is the same wish as the "world peace" in his previous life.

It's beautiful, but also cruel.

"If you want the world to be unified, you must first unify the world. A great scholar wouldn't think that you can achieve this wish by being an official in South Vietnam, right?"

South Vietnam was weak and faced internal and external troubles.
To be continued...