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"If that's the case, it's a little suspicious!" Yu Ming touched his chin and nodded in agreement.

Zhang Zhongjian touched his beard at this time, and said with a long smile: "Only women, the elderly and children are allowed to go back to their hometowns for the New Year, and the young and middle-aged brothers are left in Beiping." It's not like arranging the New Year, but like removing the family and then doing a big job without any scruples. ”

Pei Xingyuan nodded and said, "I think so too." And it's not just our Pei family who does this, but the Cui family, the Lu family, and the Gao family also make the same arrangement. You must know that several major families arranged for their families to return to their hometowns for the New Year in the same year, but it has never happened. ”

Hearing Pei Xingyuan say this, Yuming also showed a look of relief. Through this incident, it shows that Pei Xingyuan really wants to take refuge in himself. Choosing between being loyal to the Pei family and being loyal to himself, he still chose himself.

"Okay! The king knows. Thank you for informing! Yu Ming said quietly.

At this time, Pei Xingyuan suddenly kowtowed to Yuming and said, "King Zhou, although I don't know what the Great Elder is going to do, it is not expected to be a good thing. In the future, if the Pei family makes any big mistakes, I hope that King Zhou can distinguish those who make mistakes from the innocent brothers of the Pei family and give them a life! ”

Yu Ming hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and said, "Xingyuan, you can rest assured!" This king has never done anything to punish the nine clans, only punishes evil, and will also punish those who are coerced and followed. The Pei family brothers who are willing to surrender to this king, this king will treat them equally, and talented people like you will also be reused! ”

Pei Xingyuan was overjoyed, and after thanking him repeatedly, he left.

After Pei Xingyuan's back disappeared at the end of the street, Yu Mingfang said with a solemn expression: "Uncle Shi, please go to Jinyi Wei immediately, let Sister Red-sleeved do her best to monitor the mansions of the major families in the city, and report any changes immediately." It seems that these families are really not willing to be lonely and are going to do it! ”

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Early the next morning, at the court meeting, Wei Zheng, as the chief examiner of the imperial examination, announced the ranking of the palace examination. The champion is a poor disciple named Liu Yu.

Wei Zheng also attached an evaluation of these candidates, and he nominated a total of 87 candidates, suggesting that they be placed in important positions in 17 counties and 70 counties. Among them, the highest position is the champion Liu Yu, who served as the deputy left-behind guard of Chenliu County, who only became the territory of the Great Zhou. The remaining eighty-six selected candidates also served as joining the army, Changshi, county officer, county commander, county commander and so on.

At the same time, candidates who have excellent results in the county and prefectural examinations and are suitable for managing local affairs will not be able to enter the palace examination. The imperial court also agreed that the county guards would be selected and appointed. Then report the official position to the Beiping Mansion for the record.

In this way, the shortage of local officials in the counties and counties, which was previously in short supply, has been greatly alleviated. The status of the examination in the surname and the minds of people in the jurisdiction has also risen sharply.

Of the more than one candidate who took the temple examination, only eighty-seven were hired. Dozens of other candidates were not hired as officials, not because they did not do well in the palace examination. It's because they're not going to manage.

Most of these candidates are craftsmen, some of them are good at building houses and bridges, some are good at making cars and ships, and some are good at cultivating crops. For these candidates who can enter the palace examination, Yuming also attaches great importance to them, and ordered them to be included in the newly established R&D Department, and provide sufficient funds for them to specialize in scientific and technological research. Although they did not hold official positions, they still had official positions and titles. And according to the results of research and development, they will be promoted and rewarded.

Yuming's move also made the self-esteem of these craftsmen greatly satisfied. They never expected that they would be able to participate in the palace examination with the miraculous skills that the previous dynasty thought would be able to participate in the palace examination and have an official and title. In this way, when I return to my hometown in the future, my parents and fellow villagers will also be proud of themselves.

After the court meeting, Yuming returned home, and as soon as he walked into the mansion, he saw the eldest grandson Wujian hurriedly greeted him and said, "Husband, it's good that you're back!" Let's go to the inner courtyard and see Rocky! She gave birth to one! ”

"What? Did she give birth? When Yu Ming heard this, he was also overjoyed, and hurriedly raised his feet and walked towards the inner courtyard.

His former wife, the eldest grandson Wujian, Red Sleeves and Li Xiuning all gave birth to children for him, but they were all daughters. Now that Yang Luoqi has given birth to a son for him, how can he not be overjoyed?

Yu Ming hurriedly followed the eldest grandson Wujian into Yang Luoqi's bedroom in the inner courtyard, but saw that Red Sleeves, Li Xiuning and Yu Yuqing had all arrived early, and the female was taking turns holding a baby, admiring it like a baby.

He also shouted excitedly: "You guys bring me a hug!" I'm going to see what my son looks like! ”

Yu Yuqing smiled and returned the child in her arms to her brother, and said with a grin: "Brother, didn't you always say that you like your daughter?" Why is Sister Luo Qi so happy to have a child now? ”

"Hehe, I have a daughter, but I don't have any sons. I'm sure I'll like it now! Yu Ming sneered.

And after he took it, the little baby immediately burst into tears, which made him a little at a loss.

"Husband, looking at your clumsy appearance of holding the child, let me come! Don't scare the kids! Li Xiuning couldn't watch it from the side, and couldn't help but say.

Yu Ming had no choice but to return the son he had been holding for a short time to Li Xiuning.

At this time, after a cadre and a military general heard that the little prince was born, they also rushed to the Zhou Palace.

All along, Yuming's subordinates have been muttering, why is King Zhou's birth all daughters? In this way, the Great Zhou Dynasty was laid, and to whom did it pass? Although Yuming and several princesses are very young, and they will have the opportunity to have children in the future, they finally saw the birth of a little prince, which made everyone feel relieved.

It's just that among all the people, only the eldest grandson Wuji sighed lightly. His sister eldest grandson Wujian was originally a concubine, and once the Zhou Dynasty was formally established in the future, after Yuming ascended the throne, it was possible to set up the eldest grandson Wujian as the queen, and after the eldest grandson Wujian gave birth to a son in the future, he would be the eldest and the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the future.

But now that Mr. Yang Luoqi is gone, this makes the future emperor and even the queen have variables. After all, many of the ministers and generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty were ministers of the original Sui Dynasty, and they still had certain feelings for the Sui Dynasty, believing that the Sui Dynasty fell because of Yang Guang's violent conquest.

Therefore, whether it is the DPRK, the military or the people, there are calls for Yang Luoqi to be appointed as the concubine. After all, she is a genuine princess of the Great Sui. If Yuming will set up Yang Luoqi as the queen in the future, and then take her son as the emperor, it can be regarded as inheriting the Taoism of the Great Sui, and the future unification of the world will also be justified and more likely to be accepted by the world.

"It seems that I have to remind my sister that she must find a way to work harder, and she must give birth to Lin'er for King Zhou, otherwise the future status of my eldest grandson's family will be seriously threatened!" The eldest grandson Wuji secretly thought in his heart. He didn't want to lose his position as his uncle.

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Yuming didn't know that an undercurrent had emerged in his harem. After seeing his son, he chatted with Yang Luoqi for a long time, until an official of the Jinyi Guard secretly sent a letter to Red Sleeves, and then he returned to his study under the guidance of Red Sleeves.

With him, there are also Xu Shiji, the eldest grandson Wuji and Hu Sizheng. Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Wei Zhengren did not attend because they were busy appointing new local officials and dealing with some of the aftermath after the imperial examinations.

Now, Yu Ming was frowning at the letter, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became.

This urgent letter came from Luoyang and was sent back by Jinyiwei's intelligence center in Luoyang. According to the person in charge of the intelligence center, Wang Shichong has not been seen in public since the fall of Tiger Prison. And his brothers and nephews disappeared with him.

You must know that Wang Shichong has placed all the important positions of Zheng Jun in his Wang family. What does it mean that these people don't show up together, even a fool can guess.

"Sister Red Sleeves, according to the intelligence, Wang Shichong should either be dead or locked up. When someone staged a mutiny. But the strange thing is that there was no movement in the eastern capital, which shows that Wang Shichong and other people and cronies should have been taken down in a short period of time, so there was no time to resist. But who has so much energy? Yu Ming couldn't help but ask with some confusion.

Red Sleeves pursed her lips and said with a smile: "At first, the concubine suspected that it was Li Tang's hands and feet, but later it was found that the main force of Li Tang's army was still in Badong, and there was no sign of movement in the direction of Luoyang. And between Chang'an and Tongguan, there was no abnormal situation, which ruled out the possibility of Li Yuan attacking Wang Shichong. ”

"Moreover, if it is really Li Yuan who secretly bribed Wang Shichong's subordinates to do it, now that it is completed, the eastern capital Luoyang is afraid that it will have changed its flag long ago and become the bridgehead for Li Tang to march into the Central Plains!" The red sleeves are in color.

"Hmmm! Du Fuwei and Xiao Milling can basically be ruled out. Although these two forces have the motive to get involved in Luoyang, they do not have that strength. Du Fuwei was a Jiangyang thief, and then raised troops to become a strong peasant rebel army. Xiao Mo was in a similar situation to Du Fuwei, who was from the Western Liang royal family and had the support of the Jiangnan Shi clan. But few people in Luoyang City would buy his account. Therefore, these two princes, who have no foundation at all in the eastern capital of Luoyang, will never be able to quietly subvert Wang Shichong. Yu Ming also analyzed.

Red Sleeves smiled bitterly at this time: "If it weren't for the concubine body knowing, our Da Zhou didn't attack Wang Shichong, I'm afraid they would guess that it was us." But if the four powerful princes are excluded, there is really no one to doubt. People like Li Rail, Liang Shidu, Li Tong, Zhu Cang and others are not worth a question. The person who manipulated behind the scenes made the concubine feel really hard to guess! ”

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