Chapter 42: Palace Exam (1)
Chapter 42 Palace Examination (Part 1)
It turned out that Qing'er's plan was to set up a sect with full reading power in the capital. She did not follow the original Feiyan Sect sign. However, she did not stand at the front desk, but asked Ning'er to be responsible for the operation of the entire sect. She hid in the dark and became the behind-the-scenes commander.
I thought about it and agreed. But to maintain the normal operation of a sect, there must be a certain business. After thinking for a while, I decided to let Liu Yingzhu join it. The entire sect is responsible for the operation of my private business. Of course, brothel business must be excluded. After all, I want to establish a positive image of the sect.
Ning'er and Liu Yingzhu's martial arts are not very high in the entire world. Just maintaining it at medium level is naturally not strong enough. However, Qing'er already has plans for this matter. In addition to the hundred masters who moved from Feiyan Sect, she also decided to gradually expand her power in the capital.
Of course, Qing'er has a lot more tricks to deal with the affairs of the world than me. I am lazy to care about the affairs of the Qing'er sect. After all, I am not familiar with the world and interfering randomly will ruin Qing'er's own plans.
I have also asked Qing'er about funds. She has already transferred 500,000 taels of startup funds from Feiyan and others. These silver taels are enough to establish a sect in the capital. However, it is not enough to run a big business.
I thought about it carefully. It would be better to throw the clothing, cosmetics and food businesses directly to Qing'er's new sect to do it. In this way, nearly 10 million taels of integrity maintenance fund can be transferred to the new sect for operation. First, it can greatly enhance the status of the new sect in the world, and also establish a new department for me. At the same time, it can also prevent the power in Liu Zhenming from increasing again. This is also a matter of killing two birds with one stone.
Qing'er also thought about it carefully. There was no big problem in doing this, so she quickly agreed to my request. She originally wanted to announce Liu Zhenming to deal with this issue together, but when she thought that Liu Zhenming was now, she was probably still talking about business with the red-haired barbarian, so she had to give up.
It was night. It was naturally Qing'er, and she was thinking and looking forward to her for a long time.
The second is early in the morning. According to management, I practiced Tai Chi for a while. If this Tai Chi seems to be soft and weak, but when it is actually done, it will always make me feel refreshed. The fox was small, squatting aside and looking at me with interest in practicing Tai Chi.
After finishing, I grabbed its neck and chuckled, "Xiaoxiao, let's go to the morning court."
Zhizhi Xiaoxiao called out softly and got into her arms obediently. I was stunned. This little guy seemed to be wrong recently. How could Pingyueli be so obedient? I said something, but it had to give up a few words before I could stop. It made me feel extremely suspicious.
Just at this moment, I saw Eunuch Mu bent over and walked towards me in small steps. I walked to me and knelt on the ground and said, "Mu Fengchun has returned from visiting relatives and kowtow to the emperor. Long live my emperor."
I saw that he was energetic and energetic. I smiled and said, "Eunuch Mu, did you encounter any interesting things this time when visiting relatives?"
Eunuch Mu kowtowed again and said happily: "I was able to return to my hometown to visit my relatives and reunite my family. What made me very pleased is that my mother was in good health. Moreover, my younger brother also lived a good life and had two sons. The youngest was adopted by the slave this time."
"Haha. This time, I want to congratulate you." I laughed and said, "Eunuch Mu, you now have children, which is indeed a happy event. Why not move your mother and brother to the capital and buy a house in the suburbs of Beijing. After that, you can also visit it from time to time."
Eunuch Mu was so happy that he smiled and kowtowed repeatedly, "I thank my master for your kindness, long live my emperor." Then, he got up again, carefully supported me, and whispered: "Your Majesty, I'm a dragon sedan, go to the Golden Palace to have a morning court?"
I looked at the time and felt it was still very early. Then I said, "Don't call the sedan chair anymore. I'm very energetic now. It's better to walk there and take the opportunity to take a walk."
"I am obeying the imperial edict." Eunuch Mu helped me and walked forward.
We walked all the way forward. After walking for a while, I said lightly again: "Eunuch Mu, today you don't have to follow me to court."
Eunuch Mu was so shocked that his face looked like a dirt. He hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, have you done something wrong?"
"Get up." I laughed and said, "I didn't say you did something wrong."
As I walked forward, Eunuch Mu got up from the ground and followed me without saying a word.
"Now the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Great Inner has been vacant. I see that you are loyal and honest and kind. Therefore, I want to promote you to Chief Executive Officer of the Great Inner Officer." As I said that, I paused again and said, "Eunuch Mu, do you have to perform well? Don't let me down."
When Eunuch Mu heard this, he could hardly believe that this was a fact. The position of the chief supervisor of the Damen was the highest position that eunuchs could reach.
"Emperor, I want to serve the emperor all the time. I don't want to leave the emperor." Eunuch Mu immediately bowed in front of me and said in tears: "Emperor, I want the emperor to take back his life. I am willing to stay by the emperor for the rest of my life and listen to the emperor's teachings."
I was both angry and funny and said, "Eunuch Mu, this position of the chief supervisor of the Great Inner, no one can ask for it, but you are good. You have actually pushed you and stopped me from doing so. As a chief supervisor of the Great Inner, you can help me handle a lot of things. One is to fulfill your loyalty to me, and the other is to be able to clear the harem for me at any time. This responsibility is very great."
Seeing that I was so decisive, Eunuch Mu sighed heavily and kowtowed helplessly, saying, "I obey the order, and I will definitely live up to the emperor's expectations. Even if I die for the emperor immediately, I will not frown."
"Get up, I know your loyalty." I laughed and asked him to get up and walked all the way to the Golden Palace.
"The emperor went to court, and all civil and military officials met the emperor." Because it was the last time that he shouted like this, Eunuch Mu shouted very vigorously.
I walked all the way to the Golden Dragon Throne, and all the civil and military officials immediately knelt down on the ground and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor."
"I'm flat." I'm getting used to this position more and more, and waved my hand lightly.
"Long live thanking." The civil and military officials stood up under my eyes.
"If you have something to say, you will leave the court without anything to do~." Eunuch Mu's melodious voice floated to every corner of the Golden Palace.
"The old minister Tao Qian, Minister of Rites, has something to report." Tao Qian took a step and said loudly.
"Tao Aiqing, please report." I waved my hand and stared at him faintly.
Tao Qian bowed and said, "I'm saying it's a palace examination and said, "Does the emperor Xuan the Jinshi come to Jin to see you?"
I patted my forehead and laughed, "If Tao Aiqing hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten. Have all the new Jinshis been outside the hall?"
Tao Qian replied respectfully: "Report to the emperor, the Jinshi have been waiting outside the hall for a long time."
"Then let them all come in." I smiled faintly: "Don't let these new officials wait for a long time."
"The emperor Xuan Xinshi Jinshi went to the palace to see him." Eunuch Mu immediately took a step forward and shouted melodiously.
The eunuch outside the door also pulled his throat and shouted: "The emperor Xuan Xincai entered the palace to see the emperor~."
One by one, a series of sounds passed on.
In a moment, the new Jinshi, each wearing his official uniform, walked inside. He gathered at the entrance of the hall and bowed to him and said, "I will bow to the emperor, long live my emperor."
"All my dear friends, get up." I stopped.
The new Jinshi stood up as he said.
"Come on, get closer." I waved my hand and asked them all to walk to the middle of the Golden Palace.
The Jinshi in this subject is almost twice as few as in previous years, which is thanks to my special test questions. However, I believe that the quality of the Jinshi this time is definitely the best in previous years. Although it cannot be guaranteed that everyone is excellent, most of them should be good.
"You all, you are the pillars of the country's future. Come on, don't be too restrictive." I lay on the Golden Dragon chair and smiled faintly.
I can bet that these new Jinshis can't recognize them at all. I am the one who sells standard answers to the test questions. Then I wear casual clothes and bear hats. Now I am wearing a dragon robe. Moreover, the emperor needs to dress up before going to court to make himself look more majestic. Don't say that these new Jinshis dare not look up and look directly at me. Even if they come to them for identification, they may not be able to recognize me. At most, they just think they look familiar.
"Come on, the three dear ministers in the top, step forward and let me see it." I glanced at me and said again.
The first person who walked out was Tao Ziying. Tao Ziying took a few steps forward, knelt down and said, "The weak minister Tao Ziying is a native of the capital, and is temporarily ranked first in the top."
"Yeah, very good, very good. Tao Aiqing is indeed a handsome talent. I have read your test paper, and it is really a good word." I pretended to be rigorous and praised gently. In fact, I just looked at the questions she had won my test. I didn't even have the interest in looking at the regular test questions. I couldn't even understand the eight-legged essay.
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry. It's because of my luck that I'm currently ranked first." Tao Ziying replied without any rush or impatience, without saying a word. She has the style of an official as a father.
Chapter completed!