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Chapter 365 Lubu Chuanjie! Tianxin Palace Affairs

Wang Ze was used to the various unspoken rules of the Ming Dynasty officialdom in Chengdu. At this time, he couldn't help but adapt out of habit and said: "Perhaps it is just for the sake of good reputation. After going through a process, the main force of the Yi army will not actually buy this batch of grain and grass." money?"

Wang Xingjian said: "But what if the Wei army really gave it to me?"

A strange look flashed in Wang Ze's eyes, and he said: "Then the world should really belong to Da Wei."

Immediately, he thought of the current civil unrest in Chengdu. Based on Liao Daheng's previous performance and the quality of the Ming army in Chengdu, it was likely that the civil unrest had not yet been suppressed.

Judging from the performance of the Wei army, it is likely that they will be able to invade Chengdu soon, just like they did in Kuizhou and Chongqing.

Maybe then, as Wang Xingjian said, the civil unrest in Chengdu will have to be quelled by the Yi army.

That night, the Yi army was stationed outside the city of Chongqing, but no one entered the city.

Even the people in the city were not disturbed.

The next day, two regiments of the Yangtze River Navy stayed behind, while Mao Chengguo led the Ninth Brigade to Bishan by land.

Due to time constraints and other reasons, Wang Xingjian and others from Chongqing did not contact the magistrate of Bishan before arriving in Wei.

But when the magistrate of Bishan learned that the Wei army was attacking, the magistrate and others had already changed their banners and surrendered to Wei, and did not resist. They also offered their city to surrender.

The Ninth Brigade passed the Miliang Pass, but encountered Dazu Zhixian who had closed the city gate and resisted stubbornly to occupy the city.

As a result, Xiangyong in the city rebelled at the city gate, directly tied up the magistrate who was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and presented the city to surrender.

So, another city fell without being attacked.

This was a good thing for Mao Chengguo. On September 1, he finally led the 9th Brigade into Neijiang County, Chengdu Prefecture...

September st.

Hunan Prefecture governs Changsha.

The last session of this fall's provincial examination, the Imperial Examination, has just ended.

Many candidates who walked out of the examination room were dejected, even Wang Fuzhi's three brothers.

Wang Shen, the second child, said with emotion on his face: "I didn't expect that there were so many arithmetic questions in the Imperial Examination, and the ones at the back were more difficult. I had crammed in so much arithmetic knowledge before, and I was sure that only the ones I could get right were There are only five questions.”

Wang Jiezhi smiled bitterly after hearing this, "Second brother is better than me. I am sure that there are only three ways to do it right. Third brother, what about you?"

There are thirty arithmetic problems in the imperial examination, and they all require the process of solving the problems to be written down, which is indeed quite difficult.

Wang Euzhi also smiled bitterly when he heard this and said: "I only believe that I am doing the seven things right."

Wang Jiezhi said: "It seems that none of our three brothers will be selected to study in the Academy of Sciences."

Most people worry that entering the Academy of Sciences will lose the qualification to take the imperial examination, but after research by Wang Chaopin and Wang Jiapin, they confirmed that the newly emerged Academy of Sciences in Da'ei was juxtaposed with the Tongzhengyuan and Hanlin Academy, which was by no means unusual.

If you can enter it, even if you are not reused by Emperor Da'ei in the future, you are likely to become a noble official like a Hanlin scholar.

Wang Fuzhi didn't care about whether he could enter the Academy of Sciences, so although he did poorly on the arithmetic test, it didn't affect his mood too much.

He said: “Compared to the arithmetic questions, I think the government affairs questions in the imperial examination are more interesting, and they are even closer to actual government affairs than the second round of the provincial examination.

It's a pity that no one in my family has been an official before and doesn't know much about the general affairs of the government. I can only deal with these government affairs issues based on my own understanding. "

"No." Wang Shen looked depressed. He felt that the government affairs were poorly handled. "I didn't expect that the affairs in the yamen would be so complicated and difficult. I don't know how those old officials handled them, and even occupied them. The position of an official is passed down from family to family."

Wang Jiezhi said: "It's not like you haven't seen how the officials in Hengyang County did things in the past. If these people really followed the court regulations and acted in a disciplined manner, it would be complicated and difficult.

But if we act according to the unspoken rules of the officialdom and their routines, it will be much easier and it will be easier to reap benefits. "

After a pause, Wang Jiezhi said again: "Don't be too discouraged. Although we did not do well in the Imperial Examination, we felt that we did well in the first three tests of the provincial examination. Maybe someone can win."

Because it was getting late, the three of them had to go back to Hengyang tomorrow. After leaving the examination room, they went to the inn where they stayed to rest.

Early the next morning, the three of them had dinner and left the city to return to Hengyang.

The results of the provincial examination will not be available for about a month. In addition, the candidates are all natives of the province, so most of them will not wait in the provincial capital, but will go home. After the results of the provincial examination are released, if anyone succeeds, a messenger will come to report the good news.

Of course, there are also a small number of people who are too concerned about the results of the provincial examination and are not short of money, so they have been living in the provincial capital to wait for the results.

The Wang family is not considered wealthy, and Hengyang is close to Changsha, so there is no need to wait in Changsha.

Arriving at the dock on the Xiangjiang River outside the city, the three of them were about to board the boat when they saw a sailing speedboat docking at the nearby official dock.

An official got off the ship, went straight to the inn near the dock, asked for a horse, raised a long flag, and rode towards the city.

Seeing this scene, four words immediately popped up in the minds of Wang and Fuzhi - Lubu Chuanjie!

Sure enough, the official who reported the victory sat on horseback and trotted towards the city, shouting -

"Great victory in Chongqing!"

"The vanguard of the West Route Army bravely went to Zhongzhou, and the prefect of Chongqing in the Ming Dynasty led Fucheng, Jiangjin, Changshou, Fuzhou, Fengdu and other cities to surrender!"

When the official's voice of victory faded away, many people at the dock came to their senses and started talking excitedly.

"The Yi army has captured Chongqing Prefecture now? It's so fast!"

"Based on the time it took for the good news to be delivered, it should have been captured several days ago."

"I really didn't expect that the Chongqing prefect would surrender directly."

"Why, do you want the Chongqing prefect to resist the Yi army?"

"That's not true, I'm just surprised."

"···"

Wang Fu's three brothers boarded the passenger ship to Hengyang amidst the buzz of discussion, and they couldn't help but talk about it.

Wang Jiezhi said with emotion: "Ever since Wuling Marquis Helianyue invaded Sichuan, convenient reports have spread frequently. On the other side, Fancheng Marquis Shen Wandeng also captured Xing'an Prefecture in a few days. The Yi army captured the city so quickly that it is estimated that they can capture the main areas of Sichuan before the end of the autumn harvest. The state capital.”

Wang Fuzhi said, "The Ming army is no match for the Yi army, let alone now that they have lost contact with the Ming court in the capital and are helpless. How can Sichuan officials and the Ming army still have fighting spirit?"

Wang Shenzhi said: "It is a good thing that the Wei army can quickly capture Sichuan, so that the people in Sichuan will be less involved in military disasters.

In addition, when Sichuan is owned by Dawei, there will inevitably be more merchant ships and passengers traveling on the Yangtze River, and we in Hunan will also benefit from this. "

"Haha, it seems that my second brother's economic knowledge has improved a lot."

···

Nanjing, Forbidden City, Tianxin Palace.

That is the original Fengxian Hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang originally built the Fengxian Hall to facilitate the worship of his parents. As for the Imperial Ancestral Temple, there were too many people offering sacrifices, and Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he could not treat his parents alone.

Although it is just a statement that I don't know whether it is true or false, it also shows that Zhu Yuanzhang is particularly good to his relatives.

Later, the Fengxian Hall in Nanjing evolved into the place where Zhu Yuanzhang handled government affairs and received ministers on a daily basis.

After the Yi army occupied Nanjing, Liu Sheng hired a large number of craftsmen to make simple repairs to the dilapidated and even collapsed palaces in Nanjing's Forbidden City, and he has been working in Fengxian Hall ever since.

However, he did not enshrine his parents and other ancestors in this hall. Over time, he felt uncomfortable in his heart, so he changed its name to Tianxin Hall.

As for why this name was used, only Liu Sheng knew.

On the morning of the fifth day of September, Liu Sheng summoned Wang Hui in Tianxin Hall.

After recuperating for more than a month, Wang Hui, who is seventy-two years old, is finally in good health. It must be said that some gentry in the Ming Dynasty lived a long life due to their superior living environment and good genes since they were young.

This is the case with Wang Hui.

This can be seen from the fact that he was still able to take concubines and gave birth to two sons when he was in his fifties.

"The Caomin King's emblem is presented to Your Majesty."

In the palace, Wang Hui said that he was about to bow to Liu Sheng.

This ceremony requires bowing at 90 degrees, which is not easy for a seventy-two-year-old man. Liu Sheng hurriedly said: "Mr. Kui Xin (Wang Huihao) will excuse you from the ceremony. Please take a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After thanking him, Wang Hui sat down carefully.

Looking up at Liu Sheng on the dragon throne, Wang Hui felt quite complicated.

As early as this spring, Xunfengwei, who was active in Shaanxi, went to Jingyang County on Liu Sheng's orders and found him. He said that Shaanxi was not safe and asked his family to move to Runing Prefecture in Henan.

At that time, the Yi army only occupied part of Huguang and Henan. In Wang Hui's eyes, it was no different from the rogue army of Li, Zhang, Luo and others. Wang Hui naturally would not agree to this matter.

If he hadn't been worried about being suspected and implicating his family, Wang Hui would have reported it to the Shaanxi Ming government and arrested the few Xunfengwei who contacted him.

Who would have thought that the world situation would change suddenly in the future.

However, in more than half a year, the Yi army captured Jiangxi, South Zhili, and Zhejiang, and controlled seven provinces!

As for the Ming Dynasty, they were defeated one after another by the Chuang Army and the Yi Army, losing the city and territory.

In late spring, Sun Chuanting was defeated in Henan Prefecture, which allowed the Chu army to invade Shaanxi.

Jingyang County is near Xi'an, and it can be said that it faces the front line of the invading army.

Wang Hui originally wanted to spend his family wealth, recruit local braves, fight against the Chuang army, and be loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

It's not that he is not afraid of death, or that he is very loyal to the Ming Dynasty. But under the circumstances at that time, he could either surrender or be loyal to the Ming Dynasty. It was difficult to survive without choosing between the two.

Fortunately, Xunfengwei appeared again at the critical moment, persuaded him, and helped his family escape into the mountains before the Chuang army captured Jingyang County.

Because he was only a mid-level official dismissed from office due to accusations, and his reputation was limited to Jingyang, he did not provoke many intruders to pursue him.

After so many twists and turns, he brought his family to Henan safely.

In the process, he also learned more about Xunfengwei and the entire Yi army. Only then did he realize that the Yi army was not the same as the rogue army such as Li Chuang. They were a true rebel army that rose up for the people of the world.

But under the rule of the Yi army, what I saw along the way also proved this matter.

Therefore, after arriving in Nanjing, he followed Damei's arrangements and rested for a month to fully recuperate his body before being summoned by Liu Sheng.

"Looking at Mr. Kui Xin's appearance, he must be really well. In this case, I won't be polite and just get down to business."

After hearing this, Wang Hui sat upright.

Liu Sheng said: "I know that Mr. Kui Xin is well versed in Chinese and Western knowledge, and is especially proficient in Western physics. He has made many Western utensils, and has also developed some machinery that is beneficial to the daily use of the people.

Therefore, I will appoint you as a professor at the School of Physics under the Da'an Academy of Sciences, specializing in the study of physics and the manufacture of various physics-related equipment, and by the way, teaching some students with talents in this field. "

Hearing what Liu Sheng said, Wang Hui was slightly stunned at first, and then couldn't help but look disappointed.

Although he thought it was unrealistic, Wang Hui once thought that when Liu Sheng summoned him, he would ask about the way of governing the country, or some policy gains and losses.

Unexpectedly, Liu Sheng actually took a fancy to his Western knowledge and even asked him to study the manufacture of equipment, which meant that he was used as a craftsman.

Although he is very interested in this aspect, the status of craftsmen is low, and there is a huge difference between them and senior officials who can influence the court's policies.

How could this not make him disappointed or even lost?

　First update.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)