Lu Chengqi, who had been surrounded by more than 100 imperial guards for a night, finally returned to the palace in the middle of the night. In the Renming Palace, Zhou Zhiruo was worried for a night: "Your Majesty, you are the Son www.biquge.info of Heaven, how can you mix with the people of Limin, if there are assassins, what should I do?" ”

Lu Chengqi took her into his arms and said with a smile: "Zitong, I know that you are worried about my safety. But where is it not dangerous in the world, there are barbarians in the north, there are water bandits in Shandong, and there are sea bandits in the East China Sea...... Since I am determined to bring peace to the world, I naturally have to bear this danger. In the final analysis, I still haven't done enough, if I really do the rule of the officials, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, where will there be war in the world? ”

Zhou Zhiruo was just complaining, but she didn't expect Lu Chengqi to take it seriously, she said emotionally: "Your Majesty, the concubine is just worried about you......"

Lu Chengqi held her soft and said softly: "I know it, I promise you that I will be very careful to protect myself in the future." I will never be ...... so easily."

The empathetic Zhou Zhiruo covered Lu Chengqi's mouth and said angrily: "Your Majesty is not allowed to say those unlucky words......

Lu Chengqi smiled bitterly in his heart: "My good queen, if you are like this again, I really can't help but turn into a werewolf on a moonlit night......"

The ever-bright lamp was lit until the belly of the fish in the east was white, and Lu Chengqi, who had been tossed all night, rubbed his eyes and got up early in the morning, he did not forget that today was the dynasty. But at this moment, the sky is not yet bright, and there are residual stars in mid-air. Lu Chengqi estimated that it was only five o'clock in the morning at this time, which was the ancient so-called Mao hour.

Lu Chengqi, who was half-drooping and almost fell asleep, was replaced by the gentle hands of the palace maids with a dragon gon and applied light makeup, and after almost half an hour of drumming, Lu Chengqi finished washing, recovered some spirits, and was surrounded by the palace maids to go to the Daqing Palace, and started another day.

In the sound of the band's drums, Lu Chengqi boarded the dragon chair and met with the hundred officials. After the monarch and the ministers finished singing the duet, the day began to be celebrated. After Lu Chengqi put on makeup, his originally young face also had a hint of majesty, and he said lightly: "Do you have something important to play?" ”

Wu Xianzhi, the secretary of the ministry, came out of the ranks, holding the Chao Wat and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has something important to play." ”

"Quasi-play."

Wu Xianzhi bowed to the end and said: "Since Your Majesty's benevolent government, coupled with the removal of carrion among the officials, the reserve officials of the Ministry of Officials have been stretched. In particular, the demand for household departments is too great, and there are no reserve officials who can do arithmetic. When the minister heard that it would be spring in the ninth day, he drew up a list of the missing officials and asked His Majesty to look at them. ”

Lu Chengqi took a cursory look at the list of officials submitted by Wu Xianzhi, and I have to say that there is still a difficulty in recognizing ancient traditional characters, and if this person's calligraphy is not good, it will be even worse. Lu Chengqi took a look, and after knowing which officials were missing, he said loudly: "The Ministry of Rites, where is it?" ”

Feng Chengping, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, hurriedly stepped out of the ranks and said, "The minister is here." ”

"I just want to ask you, how are the test papers printed?"

Feng Chengping said respectfully: "I have printed all the subjects of the Changke Jinshi Branch, all subjects, including the Five Classics, the Three History, the Three Rites, the Three Legends, the Ming Classics, the Ming Law, the Ming Characters and other subjects, but Your Majesty has not yet come up with the question, and the ministers dare not interfere." ”

Lu Chengqi was dazed by these subjects, he originally thought that there was only one subject, but he didn't expect that there were so many subjects, and he was stunned for a while. He's just a born-again person, and he doesn't know the ancient texts, so he's overdoing it.

Lu Chengqi took a deep breath and said, "Feng Qing is really serious, but I only have one subject of Jinshi, and the rest of the topics are jointly consulted by the secretaries of the Ministry of Etiquette. ”

Feng Chengping was stunned, originally thought that Lu Chengqi had already prepared the topic and was ready to be printed, but he didn't expect that people were not prepared at all. Fortunately, Feng Chengping was clever and knew that Lu Chengqi didn't understand the subjects of the Chunqiu exam, so he made a joke himself. In fact, the Ministry of Rites also has a backup topic, which happens to come in handy at this time, so don't be afraid.

And what are the subjects of the "Five Classics, Three History, Three Rites, Three Transmissions, Ming Classics, Ming Laws, and Ming Characters"? The "Five Classics" refer to the five Confucian classics determined by the Western Han Dynasty, "Poems", "Books", "Yi", "Rites" and "Spring and Autumn". "Three History" refers to the "Historical Records", the two "Hanshu" and the "Three Kingdoms", which can be understood as the specialized examination of history, the "Three Rites" refers to the "Zhou Li", "Rites" and "Rites" in the Thirteen Classics, which can be regarded as the specialized examination of etiquette theory, the "Three Transmissions" refers to the "Zuo Chuan", "Ram Biography" and "Liang Biography", which can be regarded as a special examination for the history books of the Ministry of Scripture, "Ming Jing" refers to the unified examination of all scriptures, which can be regarded as the examination of traditional scriptures and exegesis, "Ming Law" is a legal examination, and "Ming Zi" is a character examination. Lu Chengqi really underestimated the ancient scientific examination, any subject champion is a real talent, and non-reading geniuses cannot pass the examination. Otherwise, how can people say that the champions are all stars in the sky? It's just that these people can only read, and their treatment of people is much worse, which is also the reason why there are so many officials who don't know the grain.

Lu Chengqi also knew that he was out of the country, frowned slightly, and asked, "Is there an arithmetic subject?" ”

Feng Chengping replied: "Your Majesty, there is no arithmetic subject in this dynasty's scientific examination. ”

Lu Chengqi said loudly: "The household department needs to use officials, most of them must be able to do arithmetic, if you don't know arithmetic, how can you recruit talents?" I want to open another subject of arithmetic, what do you think? ”

The ministers looked at each other, Dashun was established for more than 100 years, and he had never heard of the imperial examination for arithmetic. But the strength of the little emperor, it seems that if he wants to regain face today, he will definitely be implemented. In fact, there were still many people in the Dashun Dynasty who learned arithmetic, but they were regarded as a small way because they did not take the imperial examination. Now, if arithmetic is opened, the competition in the scientific examination will probably be more intense.

The ministers were all silent, and Feng Chengping sighed: "Your Majesty will open Enke again, which is the blessing of the world's scholars!" ”

Lu Chengqi said lightly: "This is not Enke, I want to start from this subject, arithmetic as a regular subject!" ”

At this moment, the ministers were in an uproar, and Wei Su, one of the twelve cabinet ministers, was shocked and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this move is inappropriate." Arithmetic is one, but it is a small ear. I have all taken the Confucian classics in the imperial examinations, how can I let arithmetic enter here? ”

Lu Chengqi said lightly: "I have tasted and heard, a gentleman learns the six arts, etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics. Mathematics is the six arts of a gentleman, why can't it be tested? ”

Wei Su was shocked and couldn't refute it. Lu Chengqi made up his mind and said: "Since arithmetic is one of the six arts of a gentleman, it must be carried forward, I am determined to take the test, and I want arithmetic talents. ”

The ministers were silent, and the only person shouted outside the hall: "Your Majesty, the ministers are proficient in arithmetic!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was shocked. Lu Chengqi looked up, and it turned out to be a six-grade Beijing official, born with a dignified appearance, a Chinese face, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, quite majestic. Lu Chengqi's first impression of him was very good, and he said happily: "Oh, I never thought that I would have such a high talent, so I should enter the palace quickly!" ”