"Are you going to Peking? Are you going to live like Zhu Yunwen?"
"Hmph. Unfortunately, I can't do it!"
At this time, Zhu Yunxi was sitting on a carriage heading to the train station outside Nanjing.
Outside the carriage, four Jinyi guards with strong martial arts were responsible for escorting them.
It was night, and they had to send Zhu Yunxi to Peiping overnight without any mistakes.
Outside Nanjing, the scenery remains the same.
The night was dark and quiet, and the stars in the distance shone faintly, as if countless twinkling lights dotted the darkness.
The breeze rustled the grass, making a rustling sound.
It makes people feel a little cool.
The occasional barking of dogs and the croaking of frogs came from the distance, breaking the peaceful night.
At night, there were very few people walking on the roads outside the city. Only the occasional pedestrians passed by in a hurry, as if wrapped in the quiet night.
The woods are dark and lonely, and no one knows what is hidden in them.
On the road leading to the train station, suddenly, the woods on both sides trembled!
Whispering rustling——
The wind rises and the knife falls!
Only a few sounds of bodies falling to the ground were heard, and the four Jin Yiwei, who were highly skilled in martial arts, lost their lives before they noticed the movement.
Until they die, they don’t know who took their lives!
"We look forward to welcoming the return of His Majesty!"
A familiar voice came from outside the carriage.
After not seeing each other for ten years, Zhu Yunxi knew that it was the voice of Shura, his uncle's subordinate.
Among the five major killers in the dark web, Tiangang, Disha, Shura, Wu Chang, and Tiangu, among them Disha died in Huangshan ten years ago, and the remaining four are still there.
The martial arts of these four people were unbelievable, and they almost got Li Xiao offended.
Ten years ago, after they failed to assassinate Li Xiao, they immediately rescued Lan Yu's son Lan Bin, adopted him as their master, and hid in Yunnan and other places.
Eight years ago, Tiangang and his men robbed the imperial cargo shipped from Peking to Nanjing and obtained a large amount of money. They have been hiding in Yunnan and other places to plan for revival.
But for the revival, Lan Bin is not enough. They need the blood of the Zhu family to succeed.
Only Zhu Yunxi, although he was erased, was also a canonized emperor!
Therefore, Lan Bin ordered people to keep an eye on Nanjing City.
Shura stayed in Nanjing for ten years.
Unexpectedly, I really waited until Zhu Yunxi was released from prison.
Immediately summon his men and come to rob people.
Zhu Yunxi walked out of the carriage, and what he saw were several Jinyi guards and Shura himself lying in a pool of blood, as well as several men in black.
He was slightly startled, this was something he never expected.
"Shura, I didn't expect that you have been hiding in Nanjing City for ten years. Who is your current master?" Zhu Yunxi said in a calm tone.
Hearing this, Shura was slightly shocked. He originally thought that Zhu Yunxi had been in the prison for ten years and was either crazy or stupid, but he didn't expect that he made it clear.
"Yes, Lord Lan Bin ordered me to wait in Nanjing City, how did you know?"
Before Shura finished speaking, he saw Zhu Yunxi smiled and said: "It's rare that ten years have passed and my cousin Lan Bin still remembers me. As soon as I was released from prison, someone came to rob me. How could it be possible if I didn't wait for such secret news? timely."
"Your Majesty."
Shura's heart was churning.
In the past ten years, Zhu Yunxi seems to have changed as a person, which is not surprising!
"Your Majesty, please follow me and return to Yunnan as soon as possible to meet with the Lord and plan for great things." Shura didn't think much, it was better to leave immediately.
Zhu Yunxi's thoughts were wandering. Now that he suddenly disappeared, he was afraid that it would not be conducive to major events.
He looked at Shura and thought to himself, these people are loyal. Although they are not used by him, they are loyal to Lan Yu's son Lan Bin to the death.
Now he and Lan Bin have the same purpose, they both want revenge.
Then these people are my best arms before this! !
"leave?"
Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly and said calmly: "Is it the king's land in the world? Now that I suddenly disappeared, with the temperament of my fourth uncle, will I just let it go?"
"Have you forgotten who caused you to be like this?"
Shura's eyes sparkled and he said: "Don't leave? Are you going to the capital to live like Zhu Yunwen?"
"Hmph, do you think I can take back the world if I go back to Yunnan with you?"
Zhu Yunxi smiled and said: "Although I have been in Tianlao for ten years and I don't know what's going on outside, I guess after ten years, the world has become a piece of iron, right?"
Shura nodded and said: "That's right, now the world is a piece of iron. There is no barrier between the Supreme Emperor and the Holy One. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty's Imperial Master Li Xiao has made reforms. The country's power is booming, and the country is prosperous and the people are safe."
Zhu Yunxi said: "Do you think Lan Bin and I can subvert such a world?"
Shura thought for a while and shook his head helplessly: "It's difficult!"
He continued: "If it's difficult, why don't you just do it?"
Zhu Yunxi smiled and said: "After ten years in prison, who understands my suffering? How can I not avenge this hatred? How can I not avenge my uncle's blood feud?"
Shura asked doubtfully: "Then what do you mean?"
Zhu Yunxi looked at the men in black beside Shura and said, "Are these people reliable?"
Shura said: "Confidant."
Zhu Yunxi nodded, looked at the body of the Jin Yiwei on the ground, and said: "These people are all Jin Yiwei from Nanjing. They will accompany them to send me to the capital. In order to prevent the matter from being exposed, when I come back, I will see you find a way to create a scandal." Accidentally, let the bodies of these 'Jinyiwei' die on the way back without being detected by the executioner. The accident at the time of death should be seamless according to your means."
“Of course it’s no problem”
As a top killer, Shura could naturally change the time of death of a corpse, but he wondered why Zhu Yunxi wanted to return to the capital.
His eyes suddenly lit up, he looked at Zhu Yunxi and said, "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
He did not say the words "the inside should be in harmony with the outside".
"Hehe, that's right. The enemy is in the light and I am in the dark. Only by knowing ourselves and the enemy can we win every battle." Zhu Yunxi looked up at the sky and murmured: "I should also go to the capital to meet the Ming Dynasty Imperial Master."
Shura was in a daze, and was shocked in his heart.
This Zhu Yunxi seems to be really different, courageous and knowledgeable.
Maybe, with his joining, maybe the Lord's great cause can really be accomplished!
"good!"
Shura nodded and cupped his hands and said, "I'll just follow His Majesty's instructions."
"You also come to the capital with me. I need help in the capital."
Zhu Yunxi smiled.
"Yes." Shura cupped his hands and said: "Holy Lord, the Lord just wants to recommend you to return to the throne and let the Lan family make a comeback. We, the loyal Lord, are loyal to you!"
"Okay!" Zhu Yunxi laughed and said: "My cousin is with me and you are here, so there is no need to worry about big things happening."
After speaking, he returned to the carriage.
Outside the carriage, these men in black soon disguised themselves as royal guards.
Continue to escort Zhu Yunxi into Beijing
Yongle Palace.
Li Xiaozheng was sitting at his desk, transforming into a question writer, writing out the questions for the imperial examination.
In the half month since he became a Confucian sage, the news has spread widely.
Many students from other places did not believe it, and scholars from well-known families came to the capital to seek confirmation.
However, with Kong Maoxue, a great Confucian disciple, explaining things in front of the horse and behind the horse, everyone gradually accepted this reality, and the Confucius Temple was also being built.
Li Xiao also proposed that Mencius return to the Confucius Temple.
At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang moved Mencius out of the Confucius Temple with one sentence, which made the world's scholars dissatisfied.
Li Xiao only said one sentence, and Zhu Yuanzhang immediately agreed.
Are you kidding? I almost went to the West, but I saved the day with a pill. Can you disagree with this small request?
Agree, firmly agree!
So, Mencius returned to the Confucius Temple, showing the extraordinary magnanimity of a contemporary great Confucian!
Li Xiao did this.
At this time, the literati's favorability towards Li Xiao gradually increased.
The reform of the imperial examination was naturally a matter of course, and no one from top to bottom objected anymore.
However, how to reform was still discussed in the morning meeting for several days.
Ultimately it was decided to reform slowly to avoid pushing too hard.
And we have to take care of the current Confucian students.
After this model gradually matures, further thorough reform will be carried out.
Li Xiao felt that this method was advisable, so he agreed.
Eventually, the imperial examination became a half-imperial examination and half-national examination model.
The imperial examination and provincial examination remain unchanged.
But the examination changed and became the national examination.
In other words, contemporary scholars can still maintain some advantages and participate in the next five consecutive national examinations as scholars.
Enjoy the same treatment as the national examination that only graduates of Peiping High School can take.
You can be considered extremely merciful. If you still haven’t passed the exam in five years, there’s nothing you can do about it.
After it was announced to the world, these students readily accepted it and were even a little surprised!
Because they found that the admission rate for the national examination was much higher than that of the previous imperial examinations!
Now the national examination is based on the current shortage of officials across the country, and then admissions are made based on the lack of places.
For example, if there is a shortage of a thousand officials across the country.
So for this national examination, one thousand people will be admitted.
In the past, when I took the imperial examination, I was ranked number 1,000, and I could only think about it.
But things are very different now.
Even if you get the thousandth place in the exam, you can still be an official.
It's just a matter of whether the official is big or small.
The worst official is the dormitory member of the dormitory area, and the official is from the thirteenth grade.
That's right, in the past, the lowest ranking official was the ninth rank, known as the ninth rank sesame official.
But now, after Zhu Yuanzhang came back to life, he was in good spirits. According to Li Xiao's idea, he asked Zhu Di to directly cancel the official positions. Now all the officials have become officials.
Even in a yamen like a watchman, now the watchman is an official.
Known as the Thirteenth Grade Sesame Official
The existing officials are happy because they have changed from officials to officials.
He went from being in the mainstream to eating the royal food.
But for current officials, they are somewhat reluctant.
Because among these officials, many have very strong professional abilities, and they might be able to climb over them in the future.
Another thing is that this official cannot come in based on connections in the future.
The position of an official can be inherited to future generations, or it can be operated based on relationships.
But according to Li Xiao's approach, almost every candidate must take the exam.
This also touched the interests of many people, and many people tried their best to object, but Zhu Yuanzhang's temper was such that he could not tolerate their objections, so the matter was settled directly.
The only disadvantage of abolishing the distinction between officials and officials is that the sudden appearance of so many officials will cause the court to spend too much money.
Xia Yuanji of the Ministry of Household Affairs was very worried and hurriedly opposed it. After several discussions, it became a partition implementation. It was implemented first in Nanjing City and gradually promoted. Fortunately, the national treasury is relatively abundant and can still support it.
But even if it is only promoted in Nanjing City, there are still many vacancies.
And this time the national examination was announced, there are 2,000 positions!
Most of these positions come from the vacancies of dormitory leaders and dormitory members in Nanjing City.
This made those scholars extremely happy. This was the first wave of dividends from the reform. Obviously, this was the first time that there were so many admissions for the national examination.
If you still can't pass the exam, you might as well go to herd cattle in the morning.
Their original disappointment turned into ecstasy, and they began to write articles praising Li Xiao, saying that they had not understood the good intentions of the national master before.
In the past, during the imperial examinations, only a few thousand people were selected to get a hundred people.
If you fail the Jinshi exam, you will have to take the exam again the next year.
It's different now.
There are two thousand positions, which means it doesn’t matter if you do poorly in the exam.
Even taking the exam to be the dormitory leader would not be bad.
At least he can eat royal food and not starve to death.
And I heard from people that the treatment of officials now is much better than before.
However, for such a powerful scholar, the content of the exam cannot only test Confucianism, but must be based on Li Xiao's wishes.
They didn't dare to continue arguing.
I can only go to the newly opened national examination training class in Peiping to cram cram.
Recently, the business of the national examination training courses in Peking has been particularly good. Those who run the training courses are all students who graduated from Peiping High School, and they have found business opportunities.
One of them, called New Oriental Training Course, was very popular.
Li Xiao became the question maker for this first national examination.
At this time, under the light, Li Xiao was taking up the task.
"Husband, thank you for your hard work."
Zhu Ningyun felt very distressed, brought tea and put it on the table, rubbed Li Xiao's shoulders and said softly.
"It's not hard work." Li Xiao smiled slightly: "Serve the people."
"I really didn't expect that this reform of the imperial examination would be much smoother later on."
Zhu Ningyun breathed like orchid, and her emerald-like fingers gently touched Li Xiao's temples, soothing her husband's nerves.
At this time, a pleasant system prompt sounded in Li Xiao's ears.
【Ding! Your imperial examination reform was successful. When Ningyun's favorability towards you is +0.1, the current favorability is 99.9. Please keep improving. When the favorability reaches 100, you will receive the ultimate gift package. 】
Li Xiao was stunned for a moment, then immediately became ecstatic.
The original favorability score was 99.7.
After becoming a Confucian sage last time, it increased by 0.1 and reached 99.8.
Unexpectedly, after the reform of the imperial examination, another 0.1 was added.
In other words, as long as the next reform is successful, it will reach 100! !
But then, the system beeped, pouring cold water on Li Xiao.
【Ding! Congratulations, your favorability score has successfully reached 99.9, you are still 0.1 away from receiving the final reward! 】
【Ding! Your favorability has reached 99.9 and cannot be improved further. Please collect 10 sweet critical points to get 0.1 favorability. 】
Li Xiao: "????"
The system obviously felt Li Xiao's doubts, and then reminded:
[The elements of noble love are divided into: people, society and nature. 】
[Dear host, you have achieved undying love and presented the prosperous world to your lover, completing the human and social elements. But it still lacks the conquest of nature. 】
[Current conquest progress 0/10: Climbing Mount Everest, Shangri-La Paradise, Bolivia Sky Realm, Iceland Aurora.]
[When you conquer a beautiful place of nature with your lover, you will get a love critical hit point. If you collect ten love critical hit points, you will unlock 0.1 favorability point—]
The last "oh" word is dragged out very long, it feels like a mockery
Li Xiao felt like there were ten thousand grass and mud horses galloping in his heart.
Is this system here to play games with me?
But Li Xiao looked at the conquest locations above.
It seems to be a very romantic thing to be able to conquer these places with Ningyun and feel the uncanny craftsmanship and beauty of nature.
"Husband, what are you thinking about that makes you so lost in thought?"
Seeing that Li Xiao had been in a daze, Zhu Ningyun gently sat next to him.
"Nothing."
Li Xiao came back to his senses, looked at Zhu Ningyun gently and said: "Ningyun, after we are done with our busy work for a while, let's put down what we are doing and go out to play together?"
Although I want to complete the system tasks, going out to play is what couples should do, and there is no conflict.
"Ah?" Zhu Ningyun was slightly happy and said: "Okay, I also think that your husband is too tired and needs to relax, so I am naturally willing to accompany you."
"I mean let's play wild." Li Xiao explained: "Conquer the highest mountain and cross the farthest sea."
"Okay." Zhu Ningyun smiled slightly, with spring-like brows, and said with a slight smile: "I think it's good. I still miss the excitement of riding a roller coaster with my husband that day. Conquering mountains and crossing oceans is very interesting to think about. This way That’s fun!”
Li Xiao chuckled, gently scratched Zhu Ningyun's nose, and kissed her, "Madam is so kind, then it's settled."
He thought to himself, fortunately, he has the Tide Buff and has an extraordinary physique. Conquering these places will not be a problem. How can he be worse than Mr. Bei?
Besides, there is still system space to continuously extract props.
You can go anywhere without any danger.
After being kissed, Zhu Ningyun's pretty face turned slightly red and she said, "Husband, come up with the question quickly so that we can rest early."
As she said that, she looked curiously at the questions on Li Xiao's desk.
After seeing it clearly, he was surprised and said: "Husband, this question is too difficult."
This is an arithmetic problem, a classic problem about a chicken and a rabbit in a cage. The chicken and the rabbit in the same cage is one of the famous mathematical problems in ancient China. In fact, it already existed as early as the Spring and Autumn Period in "Sun Zi Suan Jing".
However, the imperial examination only relied on Confucianism, and Li Xiao now moved these questions to the national examination.
Li Xiao thought, if he can't even do some basic arithmetic problems, how can he do it well with his senses?
"Today there are chickens and rabbits in the same cage. There are thirty-five heads on top and ninety-four legs on the bottom. I want to ask how many chickens and rabbits there are."
Zhu Ningyun clapped her fingers. After thinking for a long time, she couldn't think of anything, so she looked at Li Xiao and said, "Husband, if you ask such a question, those Confucian scholars must not scratch their heads."
Li Xiao smiled and was about to say something.
Li Wuyou emerged from nowhere, wearing an underskirt, with skin that could be broken by a blow, and curved eyebrows. He had already seen a beautiful woman for the first time at the age of six.
He walked to Zhu Ningyun and said with a smile: "Mom, if you can't solve such a simple question, then why should you be an official? Why don't you go home and herd the cows earlier?"
"You girl." Zhu Ningyun spat softly: "It seems like you can do what I'm told."
Li Wuyou said proudly: "Of course my daughter can do it."
Zhu Ningyun said dumbly: "Tell me and listen."
Li Wuyou said: "Twelve rabbits and twenty-three chickens."
Hearing this, Zhu Ningyun silently calculated in his mind that the rabbit's feet and the chicken's feet really matched up together.
She was surprised: "Wouyou, how did you calculate it?"
Li Wuyou explained: "Let the rabbit and chicken lift two feet at the same time, so that the number of feet in the cage is reduced, and the total number of heads is multiplied by two. Since the chicken only has 2 feet, only two of the rabbit's feet are left in the cage. One foot, divided by two is the number of rabbits.”
Hearing this, Zhu Ningyun thought about it carefully, and immediately his eyes lit up, "Hey, it's really like that, it's really clever."
She looked at Li Xiao and said, "You taught me this, right?"
"Dad doesn't have time to teach me this."
Li Wuyou was as big as a kid and said: "Mother, these are taught in elementary schools. Children can know them. Don't those who call themselves scholars not know them?"
Because Li Wuyou was so smart, he skipped several grades in a row and already went to school with ten-year-old children.
Li Xiao laughed and said: "Look, a six-year-old child can do it. Those scholars can't be inferior to children, right?"
"You are the only one who is smart."
Zhu Ningyun rolled her eyes at Li Xiao, then pulled Li Wuyou out, "Okay, Wuyou, we won't disturb your father. It's getting late, so mother can coax you to sleep."
"Mom, I'm not a child. No need to coax."
"You are nothing if not a child. You won't grow taller if you stay up late, and you won't be beautiful in the future. No one wants you."
"I'm not getting married."
The sound faded away.
Li Xiao couldn't help but smile knowingly when he saw the closeness between mother and daughter.
Then came the questions.
In addition to arithmetic, the new national examination also includes common sense, Confucianism, and policy theory.
Li Xiao thought for a while and asked a question in the policy discussion, a very pragmatic question.
[Being an official is based on the people. If you are the chief of a village, the village is very dilapidated and poor; the villagers are ignorant and ignorant. Faced with such a situation, how should you lead the villagers to get out of the current predicament and live a life of ample food and clothing? Please write an article on this topic. 】
In this national examination, most of the applicants are for positions in dormitories. Li Xiao believes that only those who can answer such questions and explain why are talented people
Before I knew it, it was already dark.
Li Xiao got up, washed up, and returned to the dormitory. He found that Ningyun was sleeping with her eyes closed, but Li Xiao sensed through telepathy that she was not asleep yet.
This little girl is waiting for me, right?
"Madam, why do you go to bed so early recently? I haven't done anything yet."
Li Xiao chuckled and got into bed.
Zhu Ningyun did open her eyes and was dozing off, but her appearance was very strange, not as intimate as before.
Li Xiao asked doubtfully: "Madam, what's wrong? I feel like you haven't taken any initiative recently. Is it because my husband's charm has declined?"
Zhu Ningyun hesitated, "No. Just"
Li Xiao said: "Speak quickly, there can't be any secrets."
Zhu Ningyun could only say: "That's right. Husband, you are now a Confucian sage. I always feel that speaking like a sage is a bit insulting to the sage."
Li Xiao smiled mischievously and wrapped himself up in quilt: "Saints are human beings too. Human beings have to be shy. Come on, don't you think this will make it more exciting?"
After Zhu Ningyun felt the tenderness, she blushed and said: "Husband, how bad are you?"
Thousands of words can be said without words.
Another wonderful night
(End of chapter)
