One early morning in the late autumn of the 20th year of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Lang was woken up in his sleep.

Those who dare to wake up Zhou Lang must not be people, the cats and dogs in the palace don't dare, and the only thing that can wake him up is something.

Something important!

It is indeed an important matter, the prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Wang Fuqian, is critically ill.

This was a very sudden thing, Zhou Lang knew that Wang Fuqian was sick, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

Wang Fuqian went to inspect last month, this autumn rain continued, floods in many places in Jiangnan and Huguang, and the local government organized the people to rescue the people in the autumn, Wang Fuqian went to check the specific situation, and was drenched in the rain, and as a result, he contracted a cold.

After Zhou Lang learned the news, he sent the best doctor and asked him to go back to Nanjing immediately to recuperate, who knew that when he arrived in Nanjing, his condition deteriorated sharply.

"I can't make it tonight!"

An old doctor took the pulse and told Zhou Lang, who was waiting anxiously by the bedside.

Zhou Lang was silent for a moment, nodded, walked to the side of the bed, did not speak, and moved a chair to sit beside him.

All he can do is accompany, birth, old age, sickness and death, who can fight.

Wang Fuqian is sometimes sober, sometimes confused, and talks nonsense, and the most he says is the way of Confucius and Mencius, and the gentleman is more important than virtue, not more important than profit.

The family members of the Wang family are serving back and forth, Zhou Lang is here, they can't let go of their hands and feet, but Zhou Lang has no intention of leaving, because people are indeed no longer good, Wang Fuqian is very old, he is already old, and he has walked with Zhou Lang for a lifetime, and Zhou Lang wants to accompany him to finish this last journey.

In the evening, he suddenly woke up, very conscious, which is probably the so-called return to the light.

He even wanted to get out of bed and walk, but Zhou Lang asked him to lie down and talk.

"Your Majesty, you can't abolish the imperial examination!"

He seemed to understand that his limit was approaching, and there was a pleading in his eyes, and the eyes of an old man were so helpless.

Zhou Lang was reluctant to express his position.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is leaving."

Zhou Lang glanced at him, he also looked at Zhou Lang, he was waiting for an answer.

The traditional imperial examination must be changed, and there is no future if it is not changed. The traditional imperial examination does not cultivate a gentleman, but a waste of grains.

"Your Majesty!"

Wang Fuqian suddenly shouted, her face turned red, and she struggled to get up and kneel on the bed.

Zhou Lang helped him, but he couldn't help him.

"You can't change the imperial examination!"

Wang Fuqian was already crying bitterly.

Zhou Lang fell into an extremely ambivalent psychology, he could deceive Wang Fuqian, but he felt that it was disrespectful to Wang Fuqian.

Wang Fuqian's panting was very rough and looked very painful.

Zhou Lang sighed: "Okay, don't change!" ”

Wang Fuqian's body was weak, Zhou Lang hurriedly put him down on the bed, and the family members who were waiting on the side were at a loss.

"Call the doctor!"

Zhou Lang ordered, and the family members hurriedly went to call people.

Wang Fuqian fell asleep again, her breathing began to be steady, and her complexion was much better.

Zhou Lang couldn't help but wonder, was this a ploy by Wang Fuqian to force himself to promise not to change the imperial examination?

After the imperial doctor took the pulse, he still couldn't judge tonight.

No one dares to lie to themselves, at least not the imperial doctor.

Zhou Lang couldn't help but regret and doubt the old courtier, but he really hoped that the courtier was lying to him, maybe he would be able to go to court tomorrow after sleeping.

I fell asleep in a daze.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Being woken up softly, Zhou Lang was excited and hurriedly looked at the bed.

"The man is gone!"

The Imperial Physician said.

Family members are tiptoeing to change him into a shroud.

Seeing Zhou Lang wake up, the family finally couldn't help their grief and began to cry loudly.

Zhou Lang silently watched Wang Fuqian for a moment, saw his family put clothes on him, and silently turned to leave.

When he walked out of the gate, he saw a group of people in court clothes walking in, and when he saw Zhou Lang, he immediately saluted.

It is the Book of Rites.

Zhou Lang immediately explained: "The future affairs must be done in a big way, with the gift of the prince, a big deal!" All over the court will mourn! ”

The Ministry of Rites was immediately ordained. He didn't sleep all night tonight, and the Wang family said that Wang Fuqian was no longer good, so he had been waiting. The Ministry of Rites is responsible for the aftermath of this kind of important minister.

Zhou Lang returned to the palace, he was not as sad as he imagined, maybe birth, old age, sickness and death are human nature, and he can also treat it with common sense. But he didn't feel sleepy, and he always felt as if something was missing.

Explain to the queen that the descendants of the royal family will also mourn, and send the crown prince to the royal family to obey orders, and they must not be sloppy in their affairs.

Zhou Lang was awake all day, and after sleeping in a daze for a while at night, he didn't feel sleepy anymore.

Wang Fuqian's funeral lasted for ten days, Zhou Langzai had never been to Wang's house, and the news of the funeral was also reported by others. The Wang family has moved to Nanjing, Wang Fuqian has already chosen a tomb for himself on the Purple Mountain, and Nanjing will be the birthplace of the descendants of the Wang family in the future, starting from Wang Fuqian, they will take root in the capital.

In the past ten days, Zhou Lang has always woken up more and slept less, he really didn't feel how sad he was, but when he was awake, he didn't deal with political affairs, and most of the time he was in a daze.

After the burial, Zhou Lang suddenly felt sleepy and fell asleep all of a sudden.

He fell ill.

The emperor was seriously ill, many things became chaotic, and the physical condition of a founding monarch even affected the fate of the country, and even the stock markets in Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places fluctuated greatly.

The hospital consulted and said that Zhou Lang had hurt his spirits and prescribed some Chinese medicine to nourish his spirits.

This maintenance is more than half a month, and in addition to the news shock at the beginning, the social order is in order, and the death of an emperor will never bring any changes, not to mention that he is just sick, maybe not because the prime minister died first, the emperor's illness will not have any effect.

A month after Wang Fuqian's death, the court meeting was held again.

The court meeting of the Great Zhou Dynasty was different from that of the Manchu Dynasty, the scale was much smaller, and the traditional court meeting was large and small, and the great court meeting of the Ming Dynasty even had to be held under the noon gate, because thousands of Beijing officials had to participate.

Zhou Lang's court meeting is more like a regular meeting of department leaders, reporting and resolving some political affairs that occur on a fixed cycle.

This meeting was no exception, but the atmosphere was completely different, and everyone felt heavy and depressed.

Wang Fuqian is dead, the new prime minister has not yet been determined, the old prime minister is advocating stability, and the emperor has always promoted change, now that the old prime minister is dead, how will the government change greatly?

The officials took the lead in raising the issue of the new prime minister, which is their responsibility, but they have to be decided by the emperor, this new prime minister, will immediately reflect the direction of the future government, if the emperor appoints an imperial election officer, then it must be a big move, if a section selection officer is appointed, there may be a small rule Cao Sui.

This issue is of great concern to everyone, especially the faction of the Sectional Elector, which accounts for the vast majority of the number of people, and now they have gained the name of an old courtier, an old courtier, and it is rumored that their era is coming to an end.

The emperor had a symbolic communication with the official secretary, discussed the candidates, and finally appointed a confusing official.

Huang Qiuyu unexpectedly became the next prime minister, qualifications, ability, Huang Qiuwei is not bad, he is the first batch of science election officials, Wang Fuqian presided over the first imperial examination he was promoted, from the county officials step by step to get up, with more than 20 years of time, to achieve the level of supervision.

But this person's identity is more vague, let's say that he is a science election officer, he has been with the emperor for a long time, and what he does is more like an imperial election officer, he went to negotiate with foreigners, he went to Europe as an envoy, and he also went to India to be a governor, all of which are those external things that the emperor does with the emperor. Say that he is the imperial election official, he did not officially go to the school of the imperial election officials, he was born in the imperial examination, and his political achievements also rely on encouraging agriculture and mulberry, developing production, building roads and bridges, building schools, and building Confucian temples.

So everyone doesn't understand, how will the emperor choose the direction of his next administration?