Liu Mingzhi held a history book in his hand and flipped through it while stroking his chin and muttering: "What kind of dynasty is the Great Dragon Dynasty? Does the Great Dragon Dynasty exist in Chinese history?"
The records in the history books are very detailed. From the Qin Emperor and Han Dynasty to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, we are still familiar with it. However, there is no dynasty after the Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the Jin Dynasty, the government was unstable and wars broke out. Li Yuanmin came into being, put down various rebellions in the Jin Dynasty, and intimidated the grassland tribes to establish the Dalong Dynasty. It has been more than 600 years since then.
More than 600 years after the birth of the Dalong Dynasty, the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties naturally no longer existed. Since they no longer exist, what kind of era is it now? Liu Mingzhi couldn't help but think to himself.
"In the 26th year of Xuande's reign, which emperor's reign was named Xuande?"
Liu Mingzhi, who read the history book while lying on his desk and fell asleep, did not find out what kind of world it was in the end. When he woke up, the sun was already high and the sky was empty.
"No one bothered me. Normally, wouldn't that girl Xiaoying wake me up early? It's really strange."
Liu Mingzhi has been in Dalong Dynasty for more than ten days. Every morning, as soon as there is a ray of light in the east, the maid Xiaoying who attends his daily life will knock on his door on time to wake him up to read. He originally knew his identity. After that, Liu Mingzhi secretly rejoiced that an extra who didn't have enough to eat would turn into the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River. This was a huge difference from before.
I originally thought that I would not have to struggle for a living in the future. When buying steamed buns on the street, I could buy two at once. I would eat one and then another and make others greedy. When I bought soy milk, I could buy two bowls at once and drink one bowl before drinking. One bowl will make others jealous to death.
However, the imaginary world is always ruthlessly shattered by reality. The steamed buns are gone, the soy milk is gone, and even the gate of Liu Mansion cannot be left. Liu Mingzhi is completely imprisoned by his father, Liu Zhian. Liu Mingzhi, who became Liu Mingzhi, has lived in this world for more than ten days without even leaving the gate of Liu Mansion. He has never seen anything on the streets of Jinling. Can you believe it?
Liu Mingzhi also thought about sneaking out to have some fun, but since the scandal about the Yanyu Pavilion happened to Liu Mingzhi, Liu Zhi'an had strengthened the vigilance of Liu Mansion to prevent his eldest son from going out to cause trouble again.
Is there a place to go out? Of course there is. In a place as big as Liu Mansion, it is impossible to have servants guarding every place. For example, the dog hole next to the backyard can be drilled out the size of an adult. Liu Mingzhi squatted next to the dog hole and studied a few times. God, but he just couldn't bear to get out, and the wall became like a chasm, blocking Liu Mingzhi's longing for the outside world.
As for the fact that I was able to sleep until the sun rose high today, the girl Xiaoying did not disturb me entirely because Liu Mingzhi was looking through the history books last night and unconsciously saw that in the middle of the night, the servant holding the lamp outside the door reported it to Liu Zhi'an early. An was delighted that his son was studying hard at night, so he was extra gracious and allowed Liu Mingzhi to take a nap.
Xiaoying was waiting outside the door and seemed to hear Liu Mingzhi's footsteps moving inside the house. She knocked gently on the door: "Master, have you gotten up already? Ying'er has brought the basin for washing. Master, do you want it now?" Just wash up."
Liu Mingzhi stretched out his sleep. In this evil old society, living a life when everything was taken care of was easy to make people lazy, but it was fun.
"Come in, just put the basin on the changing rack."
Xiaoying heard the greeting from her young master, gently opened the door and walked in with a basin in her hand. She shouted quickly and turned around: "Hey, young master, you don't have any clothes on when you get up." Her delicate little face was stained with stains. A layer of bright red.
When Liu Mingzhi heard this, he looked around at his body. He was wearing pants and shoes. He was just bare-chested and casually wore a coat. The laces on the clothes were not fastened. The weather in the south is no longer so cold. , putting on clothes at night already felt a little bit of heat, Liu Mingzhi had to unbutton his clothes to feel a little bit of coolness.
After putting on his clothes, Liu Mingzhi walked behind Xiaoying and said, "Little girl, why do you care so much about a little brat? The young master obviously didn't put on his clothes well. Why did he change his mind when he said it to you?" You have no clothes on anymore, you know if you say something wrong it can kill someone."
Ying'er turned around and looked at Liu Mingzhi who was fully dressed and breathed a sigh of relief. She pouted her lips and said, "Master, you are acting like a rogue. Why is Ying'er so small?" Against the background of the green clothes, he was already quite impressive, and the girl's aura came towards him, making Liu Mingzhi slightly dazed.
Xiaoying saw Liu Mingzhi, who was staring blankly at her chest and his eyes were motionless. There was a little bit of pride in his eyes, and then her pretty face turned even redder. She didn't dare to stay under the hot eyes of her young master for a long time, and put the basin in her hand. Change the wash rack.
Liu Mingzhi came back to his senses and secretly cursed himself for being so shameless. Xiaoying was only sixteen years old. How could he have such thoughts? He looked a little embarrassed at the little girl waiting for him to wash up. He laughed twice and said, I washed myself up.
Xiaoying looked at Liu Mingzhi who was washing his face quietly, with a curious look in his little eyes. The sisters outside said that the young master did all kinds of evil, molesting women from good families, kicking through the door of a widow's house, snatching snacks from children, and causing harm to many houses. The young ladies on the show, but why don’t I look like them at all? In the past ten days, apart from being a talkative and not liking to wear clothes, the young master is not as bad as he said.
When she first heard that her wife had arranged her clothes for the evil-doing playboy Liu Mingzhi, Ying'er had already had the mentality of dying to prove her ambition. If the eldest son was really ungrateful to her and wanted to ruin her innocence, she would die. Show it to him and protect your innocence.
However, something happened that puzzled Ying'er. Liu Mingzhi only occasionally teased himself slightly. For example, when they first met, Liu Mingzhi looked at Ying'er in a playful way and said viciously: "This is the new bed-warming maid that the old man has chosen for me? I wonder how long I can last?"
When she heard these words, Xiaoying's face turned pale with fright, her petite body trembled slightly, and she secretly thought: "It's over, it's over, this heinous young master is really going to do what the Cui sisters said." I'm out of line."
"Hey, little girl, what are you stunned for? Didn't you see that Master, have I finished washing up? Why don't you take the basin out and wait for me to come by myself?" Liu Mingzhi looked at the dazed Xiaoying and smiled a little, interrupting the confusion. The pensive maid.
Xiaoying suddenly came back to her senses: "Ah,,,,,ah, okay...okay."
In the main hall of the Liu family, the family was eating cakes, especially Liu Mingzhi, who was as graceless as a starving ghost, constantly stuffing food into his mouth.
Liu Zhi'an looked at his eldest son with disgust, his face changed again and again, but finally he endured it, and kept telling himself in his heart that this was his son, his enemy in his previous life, he could not be beaten to death, he could not be beaten to death .
"Mingzhi, tomorrow you go to Dangyang Academy to study."
Liu Mingzhi stopped and looked at his father blankly: "Reading? Why? What book are you reading?"
Liu Zhi'an stared at the confused eldest son and said fiercely: "Autumn is about to start in half a year. If you don't give me a merit in this state examination and come back, I will definitely put you back." Recreated in mother’s womb.”
Liu Mingzhi didn't even notice that the pastry fell from his hand: "Old man, are you serious?"
Liu Zhi'an glared at his eldest son: "Do you think I'm joking? I do what I say. When the time comes, you won't be able to pass the exam and you will have to shed your skin even if you die. You can try it."
"Gudu." Liu Mingzhi swallowed and said, "That's not right. Didn't it say that merchants' children are not allowed to take part in the imperial examination?"
"After Taizu founded the country, he attacked the grasslands from the north and harassed the alliances of various ethnic groups in our border areas. However, due to the constant wars, the national treasury became increasingly empty and the food and grass for the army gradually failed to be provided. Therefore, Taizu was besieged in the border city of Yingzhou. Later, the prime minister at that time Then he wrote to Emperor Taizu so that he could collect grain and grass from the surrounding gentry and wealthy merchants."
"What happened next? What does this have to do with businessmen's children taking the imperial examination?"
"Taizu was born into a poor family and cared for the common people. Naturally, he understood that water can carry or overturn a boat. He could not collect the grain and grass needed by the army from the gentry and wealthy merchants for no reason. Since ancient times, scholars, peasants, and merchants, the status of merchants has been the most humble. So Taizu issued an order that as long as he donated a certain amount of silver to the court, his descendants would be allowed to take part in the imperial examinations and gain fame."
"Old man, how much did you donate?"
Liu Zhi'an said nonchalantly: "Fifty thousand taels."
Liu Mingzhi's eyes turned into the shape of copper coins: "How much does that cost?"
"So, you also know that it is a lot of money. This time I failed to live up to my fifty thousand taels. I... I am afraid that I will go crazy. You should consider it carefully."
"Gudu." Liu Mingzhi asked cautiously: "Old man, why did I take the merit examination? Our family is lacking in everything."
"Of course the purpose of obtaining merit is to become an official."
"Then what's the purpose of being an official?"
"Of course, being an official is to save... ahem... face... to have a bright face and to honor one's ancestors."
"Really think so?"
"Of course not. Of course, being an official is to serve the imperial court, to be a good shepherd of the people, to bring peace to the world created by the imperial court, and to maintain peace for the Holy One."
"Then I'm not going to study. I have good food and drink, endless money to spend, and endless drinking to drink. Why should I take the exam to get fame? I won't do such a thankless thing."
"Gui Zi, are you serious that you don't want to go?"
Liu Mingzhi nodded resolutely and said resolutely: "No, no matter what, I won't go. As a descendant of the Liu family, I, Liu Mingzhi, am born with a strong heart and will never give in to power. Even if you put a knife on my neck, I won’t go up to you, even if you kill me.”
Liu Zhi'an stood up and said to the butler Liu Yuan on the side: "Liu Yuan, please give me a training stick."
"Wait a minute, Uncle Liu is coming with the horse."
