Linshan Town is located in the county town on the border of the Central Plains, which is the province where the capital of the Great Qian Empire is located.

According to the imperial examination habits of the great cadres in the past, the palace examination will be opened in the fifth year after the examination, that is, all the people from all over the world will be summoned to Beijing to accept the emperor's final examination in the imperial palace.

At that time, the three stars of champion, Bangyan, and Tanhua will appear together and become a new force in the bureaucracy.

Li Ming is eighteen years old this year, but he passed the examination when he was sixteen years old, so he only needs to wait for another three years, and the palace examination starts, and he can go to Beijing to catch the exam and carry out the last hurdle on the road to the exam.

Generally, although people can be officials, few people will choose to be officials directly as a person, but will work hard to participate in the palace examination at a higher level, and finally win a Jinshi according to the results of the palace examination, only in this way can they have the opportunity to enter a relatively rapid upward channel and win the future.

The jinshi produced through the imperial examination can generally be an official of the seventh grade as soon as he enters the office.

However, although the situation of talents in the imperial examination has changed greatly, it is not enough to only have grades, after all, the emperor is already very partial to Wenchen, so you must have enough practical ability.

In order to train the new science and technology scholars, the emperors of the Daqian Empire would generally send the new science and technology scholars to a place far away from Kyoto to become a magistrate, and then after making achievements, they would be promoted step by step, and finally get the opportunity to enter Beijing as an official.

Among them, only the top three winners in the imperial examination have the prerequisite for directly staying in Kyoto as officials, among which the champion can not only stay in Kyoto as an official, but also have a higher starting point.

There is still a big difference between being a Beijing official and a local official, not only in terms of treatment, but also in terms of career path.

In general, local officials have more power. They are real powerful officials in the local area, although there are also supervision agencies and assessments from superiors, but these do not have a great impact on local officials, and their income is higher than that of Beijing officials, and there are also some gray incomes.

It is not so easy for the Beijing officials at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are many officials in the capital itself, and there are also many supervision officials, and they are subject to a lot of restrictions, so it is impossible to do things with their hands and feet, and the salary is relatively low.

The annual silver of officials in Beijing is 180 taels for the first grade, 150 taels for the second grade, 130 taels for the third grade, 105 taels for the fourth grade, 80 taels for the fifth grade, 60 taels for the sixth grade, 45 taels for the seventh grade, 40 taels for the eighth grade, 33 taels and 1 yuan for the ninth grade, and 31 taels and 5 yuan for the ninth grade. In addition, according to every two taels of silver, 1 hu of rice is given.

The income is not high, but the expenses are quite a lot.

As an official in the capital, the expenses are a lot, and there are often people to exchange, and they often invite each other to go to the restaurant, and these money are far from enough to rely on Yulu.

And he had to rent and buy a house in the capital, support a large family, and hire servants such as maids and nannies, but he had no way to survive on his own meager income, so he could only rely on his family to provide for him.

However, despite this, there are still many officials who are willing to be officials in the capital, because at the feet of the Son of Heaven, you can be discovered by the people above, and you have more opportunities for promotion than local officials.

The income standard of local officials is 180 taels for the governor and the governor of the feudal territory, 150 taels for the governor and political envoy, 130 taels for the envoy and the salt transport envoy, 105 taels for the Taoist and prefect, 80 taels for the same governor and the prefecture, 60 taels for the general judgment and the state, 45 taels for the county order and the professor of the prefecture, 40 taels for the county minister, the edict and the instructor, 33 taels for the master and 1 tael, and 31 taels and 5 taels for the history and inspection; The wages of the servants are even more meager, 12 taels of Zhaifu, 8 taels of soldiers, and about 6 taels of menzi, soap, horseman, treasury, bucket level, sedan umbrella fan, and janitor.

Basically, these are the imperial benefits that can be obtained in the whole system, but these are definitely not enough, and more of them are gray income that can't be put on the table, and the superiors are very blind to this, so they are much more nourished than the Beijing officials.

But because in the locality, unless you do a good job and know how to deal with the relationship between superiors and subordinates, you have the opportunity to be seen by the above and have a chance to be promoted, but there are few positions and many people, and many local officials do not have this opportunity, and they will retire after one or two terms, which is still too much worse than Beijing officials.

The income of Beijing officials is low, but there are many opportunities, and the local officials and local officials are the opposite.

Generally speaking, those who are willing to be delegated to local officials are of high enough status, and there are also people in the court, and only in this way can they live comfortably when they are delegated to local places.

Most people are delegated to magistrates, and it is more of a helpless move, and it is basically difficult to get the opportunity to be promoted wherever they are issued.

But the Beijing officials are different, the imperial capital of a country will always be the center of the stage, whether it is from wealth, or from power, or to display ideals and ambitions, or to collect themselves, Beijing officials have more opportunities.

Many people think that Jingguan lives a hard life and does not make money, that is because he is not a Jingguan and can only see things on the surface.

The additional income that can be earned by the Jingguan...... That's a lot more than the magistrates.

The imperial capital, as the real center of the empire, people from all over the world who are begging to come to do things are busy in line, and the silver delivered to the hand every day can be said to be countless, as long as you are an official in Beijing, sensible, and your superiors eat meat, it is still okay to let you smell the fragrance.

Even if you smell the fragrance, it is enough for you to live in Kyoto, but if you want to mix it up and get more, you have to pay more, and if you don't have enough ability, you need to provide it from home.

But...... Li Ming didn't think he would be such a person.

"Three years."

After sending off the Taoist Xu Jin and leaving his home, Li Ming looked up at the sky, exhaled lightly, and began to return home to continue reading and studying.

He read not only books, but also newspapers sent from Kyoto, especially about the strategic aspects of the empire, and carefully pondered, studied the emperor's mind, and guessed what he wanted to do.

In the palace examination, having a top cultural level is only the foundation, and the most critical step is whether or not you can please the emperor, and only those who satisfy the emperor can be the champion.

Only by being the champion can you get in touch with the top of this mortal capital, and only by becoming the top ............ Only then did they have the opportunity to contact the immortal cultivators of this world.

Li Ming knew very well that what he was cultivating was not the [Innate Martial Dao] in the world of cultivating immortals, but the mortal power under the world's top-level transcendent system.

Merely...... The martial arts power of this mortal is not inferior to the ancient martial arts power of the current earth world.

"Is the strength of a mortal just strong to this extent?"

A touch of worry flashed in his heart, and there was a touch of solemnity in Li Ming's eyes, and then he immediately disappeared this thought of his own and began to read the contents of the newspaper in his hand.

Immortal cultivator, innate martial arts...... Sure enough, it was not as simple as he imagined.

In this way, the level he can achieve in the future must also be a little higher, a little higher......

"Wow~"

In the study, the pages of the book were gently turned, and Li Ming sank down, seriously guessing what the emperor of the Great Qian Empire wanted to do in his heart, as well as his real needs.

Among them, it is also necessary to consider the situation of the country and what the court officials want, cater to the ideas of these people, and give an answer that satisfies many parties, which is the key to becoming the champion.

Only by becoming a champion can he develop himself better.

At that time, as an official in Beijing, with the help of the prestige of the champion, without his own action, there will be more and more people who are willing to attach themselves to his family, and his family will become richer and richer, and at that time, the money for cultivating martial arts will naturally be enough.

As for these three years...... I had to use the old bottom to top it first.

Thinking in his heart, Li Ming stopped reading until it was dark, went to have dinner with his father under the leadership of his subordinates, and practiced martial arts alone for a while, and when he was tired, he went to bed and rested for more than forty minutes, and then lay down to rest.

Don't think much before going to bed, don't exercise 40 minutes before bedtime, don't do strenuous exercise within three hours before bedtime, and rest on time every day, this is what he has insisted on since he was a child.

In addition to these small aspects of persistence, there are others, such as insisting on exercising every day, that is, practicing martial arts, practicing a word every day, and reading books every day after knowing commonly used words.

There are almost no books in circulation on the market now, and with his super memory and comprehension ability, these books are almost as easy as the information stored in a computer by Li Ming.

In this way, today, these inconspicuous accumulations have become an extremely powerful capital.

His martial arts, when he is already talented, far surpasses his peers, and even reaches a height that many martial artists of the previous generation cannot reach.

His handwriting is handsome and beautiful, which is pleasing to the eye.

He has read so many books that he can fill a small house, and under his erudition, the questions on any exam will not be difficult for him, except for those who exceed the syllabus and may not be able to score much, and other normal exams are basically one test at a time.

His sense of politics is no worse than that of some serving officials.

As the saying goes, over time, water droplets can also pierce stones, nothing more than this.

As for the issue of cultivating martial arts, Qingsongguan's exercises are very natural, and they have a wonderful effect on the body, even if such a sect cannot become a top martial arts powerhouse, but it can also make Li Ming's body not be damaged, and when there is a chance in the future, it can be more harmoniously transformed.

Moreover, with the situation of the Li family, at present, there is no better martial arts sect than Qingsongguan willing to teach him martial arts.

Besides, since he was a child, he has practiced the exercises of Qingsongguan, on the one hand, Qingsongguan has already regarded him as a core disciple of the layman, and on the other hand, he has invested too much in him, and he will not be willing to turn around like this.

Moreover, he is a disciple of Xu Jin, a Taoist priest, so he can't betray his master.

Moreover, Qingsongguan's martial arts are not weak...... The total reason is also the reason why Li Ming did not continue to pursue a better sect and better exercises.

In the future, even if he cultivates exercises that do not belong to the Qingsong Concept, it will only be counted as if he obtained it by chance, otherwise he would not have obtained it through other improper means.

Moreover, in this world of cultivating immortals, mortal martial arts ...... Just the beginning.

“……”

The next day, after breakfast, Li Ming soon met the Qingsongguan Taoist priest who rushed over, and the brand new pill [Jingyuan Dan] they sent over, after Li Ming's father paid the money, Li Ming took this pill under the care of Taoist Xu Jin and began to practice with the power of the pill for the first time on the spot.

"Whew~"

After swallowing the ammunition, Li Ming took a deep breath and began to seriously cultivate the moves of [Mixed Yuan Gong] one move at a time, and with the operation of his moves, the swallowed elixir instantly turned into a stream of energy that worked all over his body.

Under the traction of this medicinal force, even if Li Ming's movements were hard, he did not feel any pain or discomfort, and he would only become more and more immersed in his cultivation.

And in his state of cultivation, the pills began to assist him in enhancing his qi and blood and honing his internal breath......

"Whew~"

The power of the Mixed Yuan Gong swirled around his body, and the energy swayed the dust on the ground, like yellow sand being raised in the early morning sun.

"The medicinal power of one Jing Yuan Pill is enough for you to digest for half a month, today you must cultivate to the most extreme state, to completely stimulate the medicinal power of [Jing Yuan Dan], so that it will be completely released from the pill and integrated into your body for the next half month of cultivation."

Xu Jin reminded solemnly on the side, Li Ming silently operated the exercises, until he felt tired and wanted to practice again, when his hands and feet suddenly weakened and he fell to the ground.

He has cultivated to the limit!

"Yes, the medicinal power has been completely civilized and integrated into your body, otherwise you won't feel powerless with the medicinal effect of [Jingyuan Dan]."

Xu Jin smiled and helped his land up, and then found the people around him to see him in his bedroom, put him on the bed and began to use his body to relax Li Ming's body, so as to avoid the extreme cultivation from hurting the foundation.

Fortunately, after Xu Jin's inspection, Li Ming's body was fine, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, and then let him boil warm water, and the maid waited for him to take a bath, and after soaking, Xu Jin relaxed his muscles and bones, and then he was carried to the quilt, and let Li Ming lie on the bed slowly and tiredly.

"It's the first time I've cultivated the exercises with such a high intensity, and it's normal to be a little unbearable."

Xu Jin looked at Li Ming's figure and smiled lightly: "But in the future, you won't need to have so much intensity, just how you should practice and how you practice." ”

Then Xu Jin left with a smile under Li Ming's gaze, Li Ming thanked the master, and then fell asleep on the bed.

“…………”

Practicing martial arts every day, reading books, practicing calligraphy, reading newspapers, going to bed early and getting up early, healthy diet + medicine supplements, Li Ming's days are in diligent cultivation, little by little backwards, and at the same time, his strength is also slowly growing in continuous cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed.

(End of chapter)