Late at night.

Jinling Imperial Palace, finally retreated.

From noon to late at night, the old courtiers were tired for most of the day, and finally got this important thing done.

Most of the princes and courtiers were old, and they had been in the palace for a long time, their calves were trembling, and they hurried home to rest.

...

Out of the palace.

The courtiers dispersed.

Chu Tianxiu and Li Tiantian were walking on the street, but they were hooking shoulders and backs, discussing important matters in a sneaky manner.

Zu'er sat in a royal carriage and followed them.

"The old immortal, I took the emperor's 100 catties of gold and made a fortune, but what are the ideas of doing a big deal?"

Chu Tianxiu put his arm on the shoulders of Li Tiantian's old god stick and said with a smile.

"Little Dusk... What's the idea? ”

Li naturally looked at Xiao Duhou, his eyes full of vigilance.

The last time he feasted in the palace, he was brought into the pit of "refining the elixir" by the little marquis.

In the past two months, he has not been able to eat and sleep, he is frightened, and he is even ready to run away.

Finally, he was lucky enough to make a great contribution to refining "gunpowder" before he climbed out of the pit, and he didn't want to be pitted again.

"Rest assured, there is no harm in the good.

I guess this gunpowder is a good business, and it has too many uses.

Let's work together, you take out the 100 catties of gold and set up a Dachu gunpowder workshop together.

This is much more profitable than you pretending to be a ghost in the Xuanwu Temple, alchemy, or something. With this gunpowder workshop, you can lie down and enjoy happiness for the rest of your life. You're not tempted? ”

Chu Tianxiu said.

He was also able to build a gunpowder workshop on his own.

But Li Tiantian and his disciples and grandchildren knew the formula of gunpowder, and they must have learned the same thing, and they couldn't tell how many gunpowder workshops would emerge overnight.

Instead of making a mess, he might as well pull Li Lao Shenstick and his disciples and grandchildren to simply build a large-scale gunpowder workshop together, so as not to spread the gunpowder formula quickly.

"Can gunpowder really make money? What is the use of this thing, except for the imperial court Taiweifu to make gunpowder bags for the army? ... But the Taiwei Mansion already has a formula, they can make it themselves, there is no need to buy it from us! ”

Li naturally couldn't figure it out, the imperial court had taken away the formula, what else could be done to make money from gunpowder?

He didn't know what else the gunpowder could do.

"There are many uses, arms are only one of them, but there are also a lot of civilian ones!"

"It's... How do we divide the money? ”

Li naturally pondered Xiao Duhou's proposal, and his face couldn't help but change.

Not tempted is, of course, fake.

He became a Taoist priest, running around hard, fooling for most of his life, what is he trying to do?

Isn't it just an endless amount of money?

Who has money and tosses so hard!

The little dusk marquis obviously has a lot of ideas about this gunpowder.

"Three or seven points, I am seven and you are three!"

Chu Tianxiu said.

"Let's partner together, why am I three and you seven? Ben Dao is also a count now, you can't bully me like this! ”

Li naturally screamed in pain like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"Cut, just because my father-in-law is a captain!

We made arms and didn't sell them to the Taiwei Mansion, do you want to use them yourself? Doesn't this little marquis need to spend money to get through the relationship?

There is also civilian gunpowder, I will design various uses, I have already designed 'matches, fireworks'... This little marquis has spent his brains, it's very hard, okay! ”

Chu Tianxiu said.

Li was naturally speechless, and his eyes didn't see where Xiao Duhou was working.

This refining gunpowder has always been busy with him!

It's just that the backer of the little dusk marquis is too hard, and the Taiwei Mansion is still in charge of arms.

He is an old Taoist priest, and he can't fight the government.

"That's it, let's be three-seven. I went back, and in the next two days I went to build a gunpowder workshop. ”

"Just in Jinling City, find a place with a little bit of location and fewer residents. Don't blow it up again, hurt people. ”

Chu Tianxiu discussed the matter of the gunpowder workshop with Li Tiantian, and then got into the carriage of the Ping Wangfu and returned to the Ping Wangfu with Zu'er.

"Zu'er, go from Changle Street and go to the Di newspaper office. There is an important news, I want them to print the newspaper overnight, and I will send it out early tomorrow morning. ”

"Yes, uncle!"

...

Next.

Jinling City, when the first rays of dawn shone on the imperial capital of Great Chu.

"Di Bao, Di Bao, Da Chu Di Bao!"

"Late yesterday night, the emperor and all the princes and courtiers made a major decision to implement the imperial examination system. Allow people from all over the world to read and boot themselves! ”

Many hawkers, carrying stacks of thick newspapers, walked the streets and alleys, shouting excitedly along the streets.

"What?"

"How is that possible?"

"Bootstrapping?"

On the street, some Confucian students who were busy getting up early couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this important news, and hurriedly took out the copper plate and bought a copy of the "Da Chu Di Daily".

The headline on the front page reads, "The Imperial Court Officially Implements the 'Imperial Examination System'", which details the policy of the imperial examination system.

Oh, my God!

Unexpectedly, it was true!

The imperial court has opened the ban!

All readers are allowed to boot themselves, and there is no need for any bullshit recommendation!

Suddenly, the entire Jinling City was boiling.

Those Confucian students waved the "Da Chu Di Bao" in their hands one by one, shouting and screaming in the streets, their faces were red, and their eyes were full of tears.

"Jia Sheng, big news, big news!"

An old Confucian student excitedly rushed to Jia Sheng's house and knocked on the door.

"Who!"

Jia Sheng was disheveled, and his sleepy eyes came out, but he saw that it was Wu Sixian, a famous Confucian in Jinling, who had always been quite good friends with him.

His face was full of doubts, "Brother Wu, what's the situation?" ”

"Brother Jia, last night the court deliberated until late at night and decided a big event! The imperial court officially implemented the imperial examination system, allowing bootstrapping. Hurry up, it's already published in the "Da Chu Di Daily"! ”

The Confucian said excitedly and ecstatically.

The news in the "Da Chu Di Daily" is almost certainly true.

Xiao Duhou even published the news that the Confucian scholars scolded him completely, and this news must not be fake.

"What... Yes? ”

Jia Sheng was stunned and couldn't react.

What's going on?

He hurriedly put on cloth shoes and followed Wu Sixian to the streets of Changle in a hurry.

But I saw that the streets of Changle were full of Confucian students, and there were many scholars.

Countless scholars are holding high the "Da Chu Di Newspaper", howling loudly, crying bitterly, shouting that the emperor is gracious, and the sky has eyes.

Those people who were puzzled, when they saw their appearance, thought that something sad had happened.

Some of them are in their thirties and forties, and some are even in their fifties and sixties.

They were also born in landlords and wealthy families, but because they were not the eldest sons of the family, they could not inherit the family property, so they had to come to Jinling City from the counties of Dachu, wanting to find a way out.

But in this Jinling City, for many years, I haven't seen any good way out.

was recommended by a court official, it was almost impossible to even think about it.

It is already very good to be able to mix a private school gentleman and eat a mouthful of rice in the gate valve and the official eunuch family. If you are miserable, you can only make a living by copying books, helping people write letters, and being a bookkeeper.

I never dreamed that there would be a day when I would be a self-bootstrapping officer.

Jia Sheng was shocked and hurriedly grabbed a copy of "Da Chu Di Daily".

"Xiao Duhou proposes the "Imperial Examination System"!"

"The imperial court allows self-explanatory, and all talented people in the world do not need to be recommended to participate in the imperial court examination."

He froze.

He was completely stunned.

Before, the unattainable recommendation threshold that stood in front of them Confucian students actually disappeared.

Jia Sheng's two lines of old tears flowed silently.

O God!

I finally had the opportunity to take the exam and become an official.

"Little Dusk Hou, I didn't expect him to have such a big heart... We misunderstood him! ”

"Yes, yes, from now on, we will no longer scold the little dusk. I am his most faithful embrace, and I will sing his praises! ”

"Little Dusk Marquis is the greatest reformer of all time! It is the most outstanding county order in Dachu, and I decided to buy ten copies of "The Book of Stones" to support him! ”

"Let's hurry up and write an article and send it to the "Da Chu Di Daily" to support Xiao Duhou's imperial examination system together! Support the political reform of the imperial court and support Lord Kong! ”

...

The gate lords and young scholars in Jinling City, when they saw the "Da Chu Di Newspaper", they jumped in anger.

Wang Su, the imperial historian, and all the courtiers and officials, under the pressure of the emperor's reform, had to silently retreat and adopt this imperial examination system.

Otherwise, if the emperor made Prime Minister Kong Hanyou a central official and selected Confucian students, then Confucianism would serve the dishes in one pot.

The imperial examination is at least fairer.

They are thinking that they still have a huge financial advantage, and their own scholars can still take advantage of their studies.

But of course the scholars did not see it that way.

Reading this thing, it's bitter!

Bitter!

How can they occasionally study for half an hour every day, and then call their friends to have fun.

Anyway, every year, the princes and princes have nearly 100 places in their hands, and they can always take their turn to participate in the palace examination.

The worst is that they can also be a small official in the court.

However, once the imperial examination system was implemented.

They will be forced to read poetry and books hard, and they will study hard.

This good day is gone... Didn't it force them to vomit blood?

"It's all the fault of the little faint marquis!"

"Xiao Duhou, this harmful spirit, deprived us of the right to recommend and forced us to go to the imperial examination!"

"Strongly oppose the imperial examination system!"

A scholar raised his arms and shouted.

The soldiers shouted angrily.

"Let's go, let's go and block the gate of the palace together! Today I must teach Xiao Duhou a lesson... Let's go, big guy! ”

"Yes, teach him a lesson...~!"

"Why don't you go, lift your feet?"

"You cowards! was pitted like this by the little faint marquis, and after a hard life in the future, he didn't dare to go to him for revenge! ”

"Phew, who coaxed... The next time I see Xiao Duhou, I have to beat him. But how is this Ping Wangfu blocked.. King Ping can't get out, won't beat you? ”

The scholars were extremely angry and discussed how to fight with Xiao Duhou, but when they thought of the Ping Wangfu, they still had a headache.

The threshold of the Pingwang Mansion is higher than that of the old Prime Minister Xie's Mansion, and the mansion is full of unreasonable martial artists and guards, and even women practice martial arts.

Running to block the door, isn't that asking for bad luck!