Chapter 9: Mixed Blessings
Another month passed, and it was time for the imperial examination to elect officials.
Liu Wei rarely got up early in the morning, he paced to the door of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and said to Liu Keming, who was on duty in front of the door: "Go and let someone boil some hot water, I want to bathe and change clothes." β
Although Liu Keming felt very inexplicable, he did not dare to disobey Liu Wei's will at all, so he immediately bowed and saluted: "Slave obeys." β
After about a stick of incense, Liu Keming went and returned, and said: "Master, the slave and maid have ordered someone to boil hot water, I don't know when the master will go to the side hall to bathe and change clothes?" β
"Go now."
Liu Wei said, and walked quickly towards the Winter Warm Pavilion.
After some washing, Liu Wei deliberately changed into a brand-new dragon robe, and immediately went straight to the Xuanzheng Palace, accompanied by Zhuge Yan.
Great Xia, God bless the year, the first day of the third month.
For Liu Wei, today is a day worth remembering, because today is the day of three joys.
First joy: Today is the day when the imperial examination can be conducted again.
Second joy: Today we can reformulate a new national policy.
Third joy: Today is the day to sort out the quarterly tax revenue.
After Liu Wei sat down on the dragon chair, Lei Li, the head of the household department, took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, the tax revenue for this quarter is 170,000 taels, and the current treasury silver is 1.95 million taels. β
"Since I ascended the throne, I have been dreaming of sleeping day and night, although it is not as good as the previous emperor's case, but it is finally fruitful, I hope that all your ministers will make persistent efforts to create a prosperous era with me."
Liu Wei was quite satisfied with this result, mainly because the expectation value was relatively low, so when the surplus of national tax was positive, Liu Wei felt unprecedentedly happy.
I have to say that it is really difficult for him to lead such a group of civil and military officials to govern the world.
After asking about the tax, Liu Wei moved his attention to the opening examination, he didn't give the Ministry of Rites a chance to speak at all, and directly finalized the matter of the opening examination.
Seeing this, Shang Shuli of the Ministry of Rites had to retract half of the foot that had already stepped out.
Liu Wei then lightly touched on the national policy, and the next moment, a picture suddenly appeared in front of Liu Bian, in which two cards similar to cards appeared, and the two cards were arranged horizontally, and the first card was the eight-share exam that had been used once.
Seeing this, Liu Wei hurriedly stretched out his hand and clicked on the eight-strand exam, and a line of prompts immediately appeared on the screen: You can't use the national focus that has been used.
Liu Wei sighed helplessly, and said in his heart: "I knew it would be like this." β
After abandoning the use of the Eight Shares, Liu Wei turned his attention to another national policy.
Jianghu Fengyun: Instantly obtain a character from a random weapon spectrum. (P.S.: Jianghu is a small court, but the court is much more complicated than Jianghu.) οΌ
"It's better than nothing." Liu Wei said, lightly on the national policy called Jianghu Fengyun.
The next moment, a line of prompts appeared on the screen: The national policy has been formulated.
When Liu Wei chose to implement the local policy again, the treasury silver in the upper left corner was instantly deducted 100,000 taels.
"Ten state capitals, 100,000 craftsmen, at least 100,000 taels of silver have to be consumed every month, so the only 1.85 million taels of silver left in the treasury may not last long."
Not long ago, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu wrote: "80,000 craftsmen have been recruited. "And today is the day when the construction of the ten major state capitals in Daxia will start in an all-round way.
As a result, as soon as the construction started, the state treasury used up 100,000 taels of silver, and if you look at this rate of spending, the little silver in the state treasury will not last for a few months.
Liu Weiqiang resisted the urge to cry and silently threw a look at Zhuge Yan.
Seeing this, Zhuge Yan immediately stepped forward and said, "If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat." β
Seeing that none of the ministers went out to work, Zhuge Yan immediately announced his retreat from the dynasty.
Leaving the Xuanzheng Palace, Liu Wei hurriedly rode to the Huangji Hall to invigilate the examination, he attached great importance to the opening examination, as if he had regarded it as a life-saving straw to save the imperial court.
The results of the exam did not disappoint Liu Wei.
Looking at the two very eye-catching names with blue characters on a yellow background on the list of titles on the gold list, Liu Wei almost jumped up with joy.
The eldest grandson Wuji: 65 in Wuke, 91 in liberal arts, and 80 in morality.
Gao Shilian: Martial Arts 30, Liberal Arts 87, Ethics 82.
"These two people can become the mainstay of my Great Xia court."
Liu Wei immediately appointed the eldest grandson Wuji as the champion of the Golden Branch, and also appointed Gao Shilian as the leader of the Golden Branch.
With the eldest grandson Wuji and Gao Shilian's Zhuyu in front, it is difficult for other people's exam results to enter Liu Bian's eyes.
After the imperial examination, Liu Wei suddenly felt dizzy and dizzy on the way back to the Yangxin Palace on the way back to the Yang Xin Palace, and even his breathing became difficult.
Liu Wei hurriedly moved his gaze to the attribute bar in the upper left corner, and found that his health was only 62 points, so he hurriedly ordered someone to carry the chariot to the Taiyi Building.
After the group came to the Taiyi Building, Liu Wei hurriedly asked the Taiyi to take his pulse.
After checking Liu Wei's pulse, the imperial doctor said: "Your Majesty only occasionally feels cold, and there is no major problem, you only need to take a few pairs of decoction to recover." β
"Zhuge Yan." Liu Wei turned his back to Zhuge Yan and called.
When Zhuge Yan heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Don't worry, master, the slave and maid will personally stare at the imperial doctor to decoct the medicine for you." β
After the imperial doctor grasped the decoction for Liu Wei, he gave him some acupuncture treatment.
After the treatment, Liu Wei suddenly felt much refreshed, and then a line of prompts suddenly appeared in front of him: health +30, physical strength -5.
When Liu Wei looked at the attribute bar again, he found that his health had recovered to 92 points.
It was only at this time that Liu Wei finally put a hanging heart back into his stomach.
"The rivers and lakes..."
Liu Wei suddenly remembered the matter of the national policy, so he frowned and looked at Zhuge Yan, and said, "Recently, have there been any people in the rivers and lakes who have taken the initiative to surrender to the imperial court?" β
Zhuge Yan frowned and thought for a while, and said: "Back to the master, there is indeed a master of the rivers and lakes who has recently taken the initiative to surrender to the imperial court, and the slave and maid temporarily arranged her into the East Factory, I wonder if the master wants to see her?" β
"Dongchang..."Liu Wei did not answer, but silently clicked on the option of Dongchang in the simulator.
Open the East Factory option,There is a row of vertical options on the side of the screen,From top to bottom:Order,Force Table,Guards,Recruit Followers,Follower Table,Clean up Followers,Case Investigationγ
Liu Wei did not rush to open the entourage option, but tapped on the options on the power table.
The next moment, three forces suddenly appeared in the picture, namely: Nanshan, East China Sea, and West Lake.
Liu Wei silently moved his gaze to something similar to a table, and this table was impressively marked with detailed information about the forces of Nanshan.
Leader: Du Zhe.
Identity: The Book of the Military Department.
Title: None.
Age: 45.
Ambition: 21.
Faction: Nanshan.
Influence: 667.
Number of members: 29.
Liu Wei continued to move his gaze to the form marked with the word Donghai.
Leader: Nangong Junwei.
Identity: Queen.
Title: None.
Age: 16.
Ambition: 65.
Faction: East China Sea.
Influence: 904.
Number of members: 23.
"Good fellow, the queen's ambition is as high as 65? She's my pillow person, and she's hiding it deep enough. Liu Wei's face suddenly became ugly.
Liu Wei temporarily put the queen's affairs behind, and immediately moved his eyes to the West Lake column.
Leader: Zhuge Yan.
Identity: Eunuch of the Celebrant Palm Seal.
Title: County Earl.
Age: 20.
Ambition: 15.
Faction: West Lake.
Influence: 446.
Number of members: 17.
After seeing that Zhuge Yan's ambition was only 15 points, Liu Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief and said in his heart: "There is finally one person who can be trusted, otherwise, I will really become a loner." β