back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 47
Surrounded by more than a hundred imperial guards for a whole night, Lu Chengqi finally returned to the palace in the middle of the night.In the Hall of Renming, Zhou Zhiruo was worried all night: "Your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven, how can you mix with the people of the Li people? If there are assassins, what should we do?"

Lu Chengqi took her into his arms and said with a smile: "Zi Tong, I know you are worried about my safety. But there is no danger in the world. There are barbarians in the north, pirates in Shandong, and pirates in the East Sea... Since I am determined to To bring peace to the world, one must bear this danger. In the final analysis, I still haven’t done enough, if I really make the government clear and the people live and work in peace, where will there be wars in the world?”

Zhou Zhiruo originally only complained, but she didn't expect Lu Chengqi to take it seriously, she said emotionally: "Your Majesty, this concubine is just worried about you..."

Lu Chengqi held her catkin and said softly: "I know it all, and I assure you that I will be careful to protect myself in the future. My ambition is unpaid, and I will never do it so easily..."

The understanding Zhou Zhiruo covered Lu Chengqi's mouth and said angrily, "Your Majesty is not allowed to say those unlucky things..."

Lu Chengqi smiled wryly in his heart: "My good queen, if you keep doing this, I really can't help but turn into a moonlight werewolf..."

The ever-burning lamp was always on until the east was turning white. Lu Chengqi, who had been tossed all night, rubbed his eyes and woke up early. He didn't forget that today was the regular court.But at this moment, the sky is not yet bright, and there are still stars in the sky.Lu Chengqi reckoned that it was only after five o'clock in the morning at this time, which was also called Mao time in ancient times.

Lu Chengqi, who had half drooped eyes and almost fell asleep, was replaced by the gentle hands of the maids with dragon gun and light makeup. After doing this for almost half an hour, Lu Chengqi finished washing and regained some energy. They flocked to the Daqing Hall, and began another day of routine.

Amidst the sound of drums from the band, Lu Chengqi boarded the dragon chair to meet all the officials.After the monarch and his ministers have finished singing duets, the daily ritual begins.After Lu Chengqi put on makeup, his originally green face also became a bit majestic, and he said indifferently: "Do you have something important to say?"

Wu Xianzhi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, came out and said with his wat in his hand, "Your Majesty, I have something important to report."

"Precise play."

Wu Xianzhi bowed to the end, and said: "Since Your Majesty's benevolent government has been implemented, and the rotten flesh of the officials has been removed, the reserve officials of the Ministry of Officials have been stretched. In particular, the demand for the Ministry of Households is too high, and there are no reserve officials who can do arithmetic. The minister heard that nine days later Chunwei drew up a list of the missing officials, please look over them."

Lu Chengqi took a rough look at the list of officials presented by Wu Xianzhi, and had to say that it is still difficult to recognize ancient traditional characters. If this person's calligraphy is not good, it will be even more fatal.Lu Chengqi looked at it, and after knowing which officials were missing, he said loudly: "Master of the Ministry of Rites, where is it?"

Feng Chengping, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, rushed out and said, "The minister is here."

"I just want to ask you, how is the test paper printing going?"

Feng Chengping said respectfully: "Changke Jinshi subjects, all subjects, including Five Classics, Three History, Three Rites, Three Biography, Mingjing, Mingfa, Mingzi, etc. have been printed together, but your Majesty has not published it yet. Question, I dare not interfere."

Lu Chengqi was dazzled by these subjects. He originally thought that there was only one subject for Jinshi, but he didn't expect there to be so many subjects, so he was stunned for a while.He is just a reborn person and doesn't know the ancient classics, so he is pretending too much.

Lu Chengqi took a deep breath, and said: "Feng Qing is really serious in her work, but I only selected one subject for Jinshi, and I will trouble all the ministers of the Ministry of Rites to discuss the rest of the subjects."

Feng Chengping was stunned. At first he thought that Lu Chengqi had prepared the topic and was about to publish it, but he didn't expect that he didn't prepare it at all.Fortunately, Feng Chengping was clever, knowing that Lu Chengqi didn't understand the subjects of the Chunwei exam, so he made a joke of himself.In fact, the Ministry of Rites also has backup issues, which just come in handy at this time, so don't be afraid.

And what subjects are these "Five Classics, Three Histories, Three Rites, Three Biography, Ming Jing, Ming Fa, and Ming Characters"? "Five Classics" refers to the five Confucian classics identified in the Western Han Dynasty, "Poetry", "Book", "Yi", "Li" and "Spring and Autumn". "Three Histories" refers to "Historical Records", two "Hanshu" and "Three Kingdoms", which can be understood as a specialized examination of history, "Three Rites" refers to "Zhouli", "Yili" and "Li "Records" can be regarded as a specialized examination of the theory of rites. "Three Biography" refers to "Zuo Zhuan", "Gongyang Zhuan" and "Gu Liang Zhuan", which can be regarded as a special examination for the history books of the Ministry of Economics. "Ming Jing "Refers to the unified examination of all classics, which can be regarded as an examination of traditional classics and exegesis. "Mingfa" is a law examination, and "Mingzi" is an examination of calligraphy.Lu Chengqi really underestimated the ancient scientific examinations. Any top scorer in any subject must have real talent and learning, and non-literate geniuses cannot pass the examination.How about what people say, the number one scholar is a Wenqu star in the sky?It's just that these people can only read books, and they are much worse in dealing with people. This is also the reason why there are so many officials who don't know the grain.

Lu Chengqi also knew that he was making a fool of himself, frowned slightly, and asked, "Do you have a subject of arithmetic?"

Feng Chengping replied: "Your Majesty, there is no subject of arithmetic in the scientific examination of this dynasty."

Lu Chengqi said loudly: "If the Ministry of Household Affairs wants to employ officials, most of them must be able to do arithmetic. If they don't know how to do arithmetic, how can they recruit talents? I want to teach arithmetic again, what do you think?"

The ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, Dashun had never heard of an imperial examination that tested arithmetic in the more than a hundred years since its establishment.But the little emperor's dominance, it seems that if he wants to regain face today, he must implement it.In fact, in the Dashun Dynasty, many people still studied arithmetic, but they were not taken in the imperial examination, so they were regarded as small ways.Now if there is a subject of arithmetic, the competition for the test will probably be even more intense.

All the ministers were silent, Feng Chengping sighed: "Your Majesty will open the Enke again, it will be a blessing for the scholars of the world!"

Lu Chengqi said lightly: "This is not Enke, I want to start from this subject, and arithmetic is a regular subject!"

At this moment, the ministers were in an uproar, and Wei Xu, one of the twelve cabinet ministers, came out in surprise and reported: "Your Majesty, I am afraid this is inappropriate. Arithmetic is a piece of art, but it is just a trivial matter. I take the Confucian classics in the imperial examinations. How can I make arithmetic?" Enter here?"

Lu Chengqi said lightly: "I have heard that a gentleman learns the six arts, rites, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and mathematics. Numbers are the six arts of a gentleman, why can't they be tested?"

Wei Xu was surprised and couldn't refute.Lu Chengqi made up his mind and said: "Since arithmetic is one of the six arts of a gentleman, it must be carried forward. I am determined to take the test, and I need arithmetic talents. Is it possible that all the ministers are also proficient in arithmetic, so there is no need for me to test it again?"

The officials were silent, and the only person shouted outside the hall: "Your Majesty, I am proficient in arithmetic!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was shocked.Lu Chengqi looked up, and it turned out that he was a sixth-rank Beijing official, with a dignified appearance, a Chinese character face, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, quite majestic.Lu Chengqi's first impression of him was very good, and he said happily: "Oh, I never imagined that I would have such a talent, and it's right to enter the palace quickly!"

(End of this chapter)