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Zhu Youxiao, who was carried behind by Wei Zhongxian, looked at the people who were still showing off their might and knelt on the ground with a calm face. Regarding the confrontation that happened before, it was not that Zhu Youxiao was nervous or not afraid.

But he still has confidence in the group of Jinyi guards behind him, although the Jinyi guards are no longer as heroic and martial as those in the Zhu Yuanzhang period and even in the Zhu Di period, but as the emperor's pro-army, they still have some combat effectiveness, and it is more than enough to deal with this group of little eunuchs, not to mention that they still have an advantage in numbers and weapons. Especially Wei Zhongxian personally arranged it, as long as he was loyal to the emperor or responsible for his own life, he did not dare to be careless.

And some of the little eunuchs who knelt on the ground were even more frightened when they heard their steward shouting something, and the emperor was even more frightened. In this era of the supremacy of imperial power, the emperor is already a deified figure. For us now, it is impossible to understand the psychology of the supremacy of monarchy in the feudal society.

Zhu Youxiao walked past the many eunuchs who knelt on the ground and walked directly towards the village.

Huangzhuang is a piece of fertile land, and naturally there are some tools needed for farming, but when Zhu Youxiao saw those tools, they were already rotten. Even the hoes were already rusty, and Zhu Youxiao believed that as long as he broke them with his hands, it was very likely that he would break those hoes directly.

There are also some houses in Zhuangzi where individuals live for rest, and through the open door, you can see that the house is in a mess.

The floor was a mess, and on a long table there were some broken silver and a dice in a small bowl.

As soon as Zhu Youxiao entered, the pungent smell made Zhu Youxiao retreat, he couldn't believe that there were still people here who could stay in it.

Wei Zhongxian, who was following Zhu Youxiao, looked at Zhu Youxiao's expression cautiously, but at this time, Zhu Youxiao had no other performance except frowning slightly.

Zhu Youxiao returned to the door of Huangzhuang again, but the group of eunuchs were still kneeling on the ground, not daring to raise their heads, their bodies were trembling slightly, and the cold sweat on their faces kept rising.

"What's your name"?

Zhu Youxiao turned around and asked the little eunuch who was following him.

I still have a good impression of the eunuch next to me who has been following him since he woke up, mainly because he has a simple and honest face. What's more important is that a person who is already in his 30s is just an inner servant at the bottom of the eunuch system, but it is easy for Zhu Youxiao to win over.

"Ah, I, my name is Li Fumin".

The waiter who had been standing beside Zhu Youxiao and kept his head down didn't seem to expect Zhu Yuanzhang to suddenly ask himself, so he couldn't help but be a little panicked and stammered.

"Looking at you, you have the appearance of a literati."

"If you go back to the emperor, my father is a talent in Wanli for 12 years, so I have followed my father to learn some of the Four Books and Five Classics since I was a child."

"Oh, then how did you come to gong". After listening to similar words, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel a little energetic.

The Ming Dynasty can be said to be so good that it could not be better for people with citizens.

When it comes to Xiucai, we have to talk about the imperial examination system. In ancient times, the imperial examination was the first choice for every scholar to get ahead, and the fish jumped into the dragon gate.

In the Ming Dynasty, not just anyone can become a showman, if you want to take the show, it is simply to pass five levels and kill six generals, and the battle in the examination room is also thrilling.

Before you become a showman, you first have to go through the children's test. Candidates for the children's test are called children regardless of their age. Tongsheng needs a group of five people, and he also needs a student to vouch for him to ensure that his net worth is innocent and there is no impostor. Once you have all these conditions, you can go to the children's exam. After passing the children's exam, you will move on to the next level. The next level is the government test, which is presided over by the prefect or the governor of Zhili Prefecture and the Zhili Department. The prefect, the governor of Zhili Prefecture, and the Zhili Department all know that these are all high-ranking officials of the state government, and there are exams presided over by them, so it is conceivable that the specifications and difficulty of the exams are getting bigger and bigger.

Now you think you can take a break, don't worry, there will be a more difficult college exam next. Only first- and second-class students with excellent results in the college examination can be eligible to enter the official highest institutions of study in the prefecture, state, and county, so it is also called the entrance examination, and then you have the title of Xiucai. can participate in the imperial examination, that is to say, Xiucai is the stepping stone and ticket to participate in the imperial examination and enter the official career, and it is the lowest threshold for entering the scholar class.

Becoming a talent means that you have "fame", a certain amount of respect in the local area, and various privileges. It is incomparable to ordinary people.

When you are watching costume movies and television, you will find that if the magistrate of the county is promoted to the court to try the case, the scholars standing below will say, I have a reputation and no need to kneel. That's right, Xiucai doesn't have to kneel when he sees the county, and the county can't torture him at will. In case of official business, Xiucai can also ask to see the magistrate directly.

In the Ming Dynasty, in order to restrict the random movement of ordinary people and facilitate the management of the floating population and household registration, all ordinary people needed to hold a road code issued by the government when they went out. And Xiucai can go out to study without restrictions.

The most affordable thing is that Xiucai can be exempted from paying public rations. In the feudal era, the most important tax revenue of the state was grain, that is, public grain. If your family has a talent, then congratulations, your family does not have to pay public grain, which is an enviable privilege in ancient times when the people took food as the sky. So you see, many landlords and squires in ancient times were at least at the level of Xiucai or above.

And this is also the fundamental reason for the eventual demise of the Ming Dynasty, all the land was contracted by this group of meritorious people, and these people did not need to pay taxes.

To put it simply, Xiucai was the standard ruling class and social elite in the feudal period. I didn't see a later generation of Fan Jinzhong, who was originally a person who was looked down upon, but only won a show, which impressed the old man, and the squires advanced to congratulate and give generous gifts.

"My father tried to gamble honestly and lost all the family's property, so that the family fell into the middle of the road, and he had no choice but to enter the palace."

Li Fumin whispered a little depressed, he entered the palace and made a restaurant, and since then he has been disgraced by the world, and he is not allowed to be buried in the ancestral grave after death, which is unimaginable for people at that time.

"From today onwards, you will be the steward of Huangzhuang and promoted to the rank of young eunuch, responsible for taking care of Huangzhuang."

"As for you, Heaven has the virtue of a good life, remove you from your position, and obey the orders of the new young eunuch in the future." Zhu Youxiao turned around and looked indifferent to the little eunuch who was kneeling on the ground.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao can be blamed to death with a cane, but the education of later generations makes Zhu Youxiao unable to disregard life so much.

"Thank you for your grace not to kill, thank you for your grace not to kill." One by one, they kowtowed like pounding garlic.