Tribulation of Mysteries - Chapter 867

[Chapter 865: Prosperity (13200 supplement)]

In the second year of Kaiping, the King of Liang sent his prime minister to lead an army of 30,000 in the Northern Expedition, and achieved a complete victory, killing King Jin.

In the third year of Kaiping, the prime minister became seriously ill and returned to Jinshi to cultivate himself.

In the same year, Liang Wang Xiaoliang ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, with the title of “Human Emperor”. He did not worship heaven, and at the same time abolished the title of “Emperor”.

In the fourth year of Kaiping, Prime Minister Xu Lingzi gradually lived in seclusion and entrusted political affairs to Cao Man, Fan Jin, Taichong, Taihe, Taiyin and others.

In the fifth year of Kaiping, Tang Xun led the Liang army to conquer Songjingshi and the Northern Expedition to the Kingdom of Jin. They captured tens of thousands of young kings, queen mothers, princes and nobles, and offered them to the Imperial Ancestral Temple. A group of emerging generals, such as Si Yunming and Zheng Fang, began to rise. Zhang Jushi, Lu Xiaoyi and other civil servants also emerged.

…

In the blink of an eye, it was the sixth year of Kaiping.

At this time, after more than ten years of chaos, the world was finally pacified again. The territory was expanded by several percent compared to the previous Dasong. The country’s name was still “Liang” and its capital was Jinshi.

Xiao Liang is also eighteen years old and has already reached adulthood in ancient times.

The Prime Minister Xu Lingzi therefore returned the government to His Majesty. Xiao Liang began to govern personally and appointed Xu Lingzi as the national advisor. Xiao Gui followed Cao Sui. He still did not use the Four Books and Five Classics, but implemented the public examination, increased religious taxes, business taxes, and the integration of officials and gentry. Paying food will always be a national policy, and at the same time, the “Tai Shang Taoist Academy” will be established to study the way of science and truth.

Xu Lingzi serves as the dean of Taishang Taoist Academy.

The government and the public alike praised him, believing that the monarch and his ministers were in harmony with each other, which was a state of affairs that had not been seen in thousands of years, and the Liang Kingdom gradually entered a prosperous age.

…

Time is like water, and years are like a shuttle.

In the blink of an eye, it is the sixteenth year of Kaiping.

Time is the best healer, it can heal pain and make people forget many things.

Some of the popular figures of more than ten years ago have died, some have retired, some are high in the court, and some have become legends.

There are even some that have been gradually forgotten by people.

…

beep beep!

On the canal, a small steamer was emitting black smoke and carrying a boatload of tourists upstream to Jinshi.

“This small steam steamer is powered by a steam engine. It runs water and fire automatically without wind. It’s wonderful.”

A person on the deck, wearing a short-sleeved shirt, leaning on the railing and looking at it, couldn’t help but sigh.

This man has regular features and thick lips, which are tightly pursed when not speaking, easily giving off a sense of perseverance.

In photo books, such people are often strong-willed and will achieve great success in both business and politics in the future.

This person’s name is Yang Fei, a student. This time he went to Jinshi City to take the public examination.

“Brother Yang, is this your first time riding a small steamer?”

A fat businessman next to him said with a smile: “This is indeed a rare thing. It was only researched by Taishang Taoist Academy three years ago… and then it was put into commercial use. It is needed in mines, but people always have fantastic ideas. Putting it on a boat can be equivalent to a dozen strong laborers rowing a boat, and it is the kind that works day and night… It is said that it can also be used on the ground, but it needs to lay rails, which costs a lot of money. “The princes in the court are still discussing…”

“Brother Zhen is worthy of being a businessman and has a broad vision!”

Yang Fei thanked him sincerely.

“Hey…you don’t have to be so polite.” Businessman Zhen Bao has a simple and honest appearance, and it seems that he won’t deceive people at first glance. Such an appearance is the most suitable for doing business.

At this time, his hands were shaking wildly: “Brother, if you can go to Jinshi to take the public examination, in the past, you would be a disciple of the emperor! How can I accept your courtesy?”

“What a disciple of the emperor, he is just a small official… I am also a divorced person. Jin Shijin was assigned to this area for examination!”

Yang Fei said with some emotion.

Although the Kao Gong Ming Order stipulates that those who succeed in the examination must all start from the official position, but there are still differences in different places.

For example, working in a sixth-floor office in the state capital, even if it is just serving tea and pouring water, is better than working in the county.

As for those who can take the Jinshi exam and directly join the various departments of the imperial court, let alone those who can be promoted very quickly.

This also makes the Jinshi public examination several times more difficult than in other regions.

Even so, there are still a large number of candidates who would rather spend huge sums of money to buy a house in Jinshi and change their household registration in order to take the exam in Jinshi, which has led to several major corruption cases.

It can be said that although the Liang Dynasty entered a prosperous age, there were also many problems that came with it.

‘I am a student of Mr. Junshan. I must assist the Ming Lord and do great things for the people of the world! Yang

Fei held the railing and couldn’t help but feel excited.

His teacher, Mr. Junshan, was said to be a famous Confucian during the Song Dynasty. However, the imperial court did not use the Four Books and Five Classics to recruit scholars, and the status of Confucian scholars plummeted.

Many people who directly ordained themselves or became monks, or became disheartened and became Taoist priests, even spread their hair and went into the mountains, claiming to “not eat Liang millet”!

As a result, even monks and Taoists still had to pay taxes. Those who entered the mountains soon couldn’t bear it and ran back dejected, or died directly from the mouths of tigers and wolves.

The rest are either crazy or changed.

Mr. Junshan is a more flexible type. He has taught himself science and can earn a living by teaching and educating people in the countryside.

While teaching naughty children how to read, I couldn’t help but say some weird things and make fun of the clock hand.

As a result, Yang Fei also had some cynical thoughts at a young age, and he only wanted to meet the Ming Lord, take charge of political affairs, and then reform!

He concealed his thoughts very well. At this time, he only chatted with Zhen Bao: “Brother Zhen has been doing business recently. How much profit has he

made ?”

I have gained a layer of skin… Fortunately, I don’t have to be exploited by checkpoints, road cards, gangsters, and powerful people… There is still some profit, but it’s just not big.”

Zhen Bao seemed to sigh: “Those wealthy businessmen who do business across states. It can only be prosperous for a while, but it will fall before you know it… The truly profitable businesses are all run by the imperial officials! Hehe… There is some truth in what the scholars of the previous dynasty said about not competing with the people for profit. “

Yang Feizheng. What to say, I saw several children running on the deck, fighting for a little book.

Yang Fei also loved reading this kind of thing called “comic strips” when he was a child.

The most popular book nowadays is “The Legend of Songliang Heroes” which describes the troubled times in the past.

“Give it to me quickly. I want to see General Tang defeat the Jin army!”

“No, I want to see civil servants strategizing the world. What good is a martial artist? It is better to be a high official, such as Grand Scholar Fan and Grand Scholar Zhang… One strategy And to change the world, this is the style of a top counselor…”

A little girl said timidly: “Didn’t you say that King Liang has immortals to help him? I want to read the story of the Great Immortal Hu Power…”

The other children all looked down upon him .

: “All Taoist priests and immortals are all lies! Haven’t you read the scientific decryption of Taishang Taoist Academy? Talisman paper can spontaneously ignite, it’s just added with phosphorus, and it’s just adding borax and vinegar to get money from the oil pot!”

“My father has already said that the emperor recently established the Hall of Meritorious Ministers, so there is no such thing as a tiger powerful immortal…”

…

Tong Yanwuji, Yang Fei was horrified!

Although he didn’t believe that Xu Lingzi had the power to cross pear, fire and jujube, knew how to fly swords, spread beans to form soldiers, and resurrect the dead, he also knew that Xu Lingzi was the prime minister of the Liang Dynasty before, conquering gold and stone, killing the King of Wu, and Jin Wang, he has indeed made great achievements.

But now, it seems that he has been gradually marginalized by the court!

Unfortunately, the computer is broken and the update may be unstable

(end of chapter)