Chapter 002: It's a New Day

On the fifth day of the first month of the sixty-seventh year of Changxing, everything was fine, as the descendants of the duke, Song Boxian and his sister Song Borong got up early in the morning, and the first thing was to take out their mobile phones, open the meeting video connection, and enter the meeting group of their families, and collectively watch the live broadcast of the enthronement ceremony.

This is a boring thing, at least in Song Boxian's opinion, they are descendants of a partial house, not to mention that they are not qualified to meet the emperor, but even the uncle who is a duke has very little time to meet.

The memories that came through were slowly digested a few days ago, and at that time Song Boxian knew that although he had crossed over to become the first Duke of the Ming Dynasty, the Duke of Qin, but the good thing was that he was just a descendant of the Duke of Qin's mansion.

The first Duke of Qin, Song Che, was the humerus of the Holy Ancestor Emperor, and was the in-law of the Ming Dynasty, and later generations were the same as the second-ranked Chu State Mansion, and the women in the family took turns to be the crown princess of the Ming Dynasty, and then became the queen and queen mother of the Ming Dynasty...

Song Xuan, the 11th Duke of Qin, could not have children because of physical reasons, and died of illness at the age of forty-eight, and the duke could only be found from his brothers, but at that time, his own brother was disposed of by the imperial court because he was doing business in Yingzhou Province and seizing other people's property under the banner of the Guogong Mansion, which was stained and could not inherit the title of Duke of Guo according to the etiquette system.

It is the title of the Duke of Qin from the 12th generation to the hands of the concubine, and it was passed on from generation to generation twice in the middle, and they are all concubines, although they are the heirs of the 10th generation of the Duke of Qin, but since Song Che, the bloodline inherited by the concubine has died from the 12th generation.

Their family has no chance to pass on the title, according to the routine of more than 500 years, the descendants of the general duke are in business, this is the most simple and effective way to survive, after all, the Ming Dynasty is the world's largest empire, with a vast population, and there are ways to make money everywhere.

In addition to the two major oil companies directly under the Ming Empire, there are also oil companies controlled by the Ming Empire Foreign Trade Group, which is directly controlled by the Royal Internal Affairs Office, and the remaining five private oil companies, the Qin State Mansion monopolizes one of them.

This is also the reason why the heirs of the Qin State Mansion can have a long history.

Although Song Boxian's father Song Ankang is the second eldest in the family, he is only the eldest son of the family, and the family oil industry only has one subsidiary.

Like the descendants of many heirloom lords, Song Boxian was admitted to Songjiang University, which ranked 13th in the empire, according to the duke's extra score of 20 in the college entrance examination, not that his grades were not good enough, but that there were too many smart people in the Ming Dynasty, and the huge empire needed a steady stream of political vitality, and Songjiang University was a good springboard.

After the boring live broadcast meeting, Song Boxian was showing his sister the right school, and Song Borong, who was tired, almost fell asleep while watching the live broadcast, and it was obvious that the game last night didn't know how long.

"Don't look at my brother, you don't have to think about the first three..."

Song Boxian turned his head and gave her a roll of the eyes, there are more than a dozen of the children of the lineage who have been admitted to the top three of the Imperial University, the Imperial College of Technology, and the Imperial Military University in the past 500 years, and they are all high-ranking officials after graduation, and even two cabinet chiefs, in addition to the score of each subject must be more than 700 points, and the score of Confucianism must also be more than 300 points, otherwise it will not be admitted at all.

"I can't even pass the exam, and I still count on you?"

Song Boxian said, and continued to look, ranking fourth is Jinling Medical University, fifth Peking University, sixth Nanjing University, seventh Imperial Naval University, eighth Jiangnan University of Technology, ninth Korea University, tenth Yingzhou Medical University, eleventh Xizhou University, twelfth Jiaozhou University, thirteenth Songjiang University, fourteenth Imperial University of Science and Technology, fifteenth Jinling Maritime University, sixteenth Jiangnan Medical University, seventeenth Shanghai University, eighteenth Ryukyu University, 19th Imperial Air Force University, 20th Northwest University of Aeronautics and Astronautics...

The predecessor of Songjiang University, which Chen Cao was admitted to, was Huating Institute of Technology, which was changed to Songjiang University during the Zhenwu Emperor, which is a comprehensive university and the only comprehensive university among the top 20 universities in the Ming Empire that integrates general disciplines, medicine, science and engineering, aerospace, and chemical technology.

The identity of the first president of Songjiang University is not simple, but the fifth son of Emperor Zhenwu, Chen Xuance, who was named the king of Huating County, the first line of Huating County King has been passed down to this day, for the glory of the ancestors, each Huating County King is a senior intellectual, and it is also one of the few county kings in the Ming Dynasty who can be hereditary and replaceable.

According to the level of my sister's half-sister, I am afraid that the twenty universities in front of me have no chance to be admitted, and even relying on extra points is probably better than nothing.

Song Borong looked at her eldest brother and sighed again and again, so she stepped forward and comforted: "Brother, it's okay, it's a big deal that after marrying a family in the future, you won't be poor." ”

"No ambition..."

Song Boxian sneered, but what his sister said was also the truth, there are still many lords in the Ming Empire, and the lord's family generally marries, just like his mother is a woman from the Houlou family in Huai'an, and the daughters of the partial house marry each other, in addition to marriage, the most important thing is to let the family leader speak in the House of Lords.

"Even if you can't become the crown princess, you have to think about the princess of the prince's county, even if you can't do it, marrying a motivated common man is no worse than those who are in a family, how many of those people are as clean and self-conscious as your brother?"

Song Borong joked: "Brother, you don't usually tell me this, these words seem to be what Dad often says, why do you also learn from Dad?" Hahaha..."

"Brother, you say, what if you can be admitted to the Guozijian?"

"Guozijian?" Song Boxian let out a sigh of relief, that was another apex of the Ming Dynasty in addition to the three universities, and it was also the apex of all the students of the Ming Empire.

Anyone can enter the Guozijian, but there is a premise, it must be a student in the top fifty universities of the Ming Empire, with the identity of this college student, you can register in the Daming Guozijian examination held every five years, every five years, only 300 people are admitted each time, these 300 people are equivalent to the top students of the Ming Dynasty, and they are also the direct source of the political blood of the empire.

After graduating from Guozijian, the top 50 students will be given priority to be assigned to the six departments as probationary officers, and after the expiration of one year, they are generally transferred to the county level to become county commanders, or enter the army, starting as battalion officials; The remaining 250 students will be assigned to the city level to become mayors and other officials, and in the army they will become company and platoon officials.

This is the Daming Guozijian, which can directly allow students to become officials in the advanced place, as for ordinary college graduates who want to enter politics, they can only participate in the national civil service unified examination held every three years, and after the examination, they will be allocated according to the quota in various places.

"Who doesn't want to take the test... If our family is admitted to the Guozijian, the status will be different..."

"Brother Eh," Song Borong came up: "Is there any way to make meritorious service and be knighted?" ”

Song Boxian turned his eyes to look at her, as if he was looking at two fools: "You have also read books, let me ask you, since our Ming expedition to Spain in 1783, after fighting with those Caucasian people in Europe, is there any matter of knighthood?" ”

Song Borong frowned, she couldn't remember anything in history class, and then shook her head.

Song Boxian said: "Let you read more on weekdays, in case you are asked by the uncle or others about historical things one day, how do you answer?" Is it good to be scolded for no reason? What should we do if we deduct the source of our business? ”

"Xingwu twenty-six years, the Spanish court disregarded the majesty of our Ming Dynasty, brazenly invaded our Ming Dynasty subject country Sri Lanka, the master of the West for this sent 500,000 troops in Xizhou, so that the king of Han as the generalissimo, west to Spain, although the battle was a big victory, but my Ming Dynasty was still in France was hit hard by the European coalition forces, since the 15th year of Xingwu, my Ming Dynasty has not had a war for more than 300 years, and the sporadic wars have occurred later, but only a lesson to small countries, since then, our Ming Dynasty has never been crowned."

"I know, I know..."Song Borong hurriedly interjected: "After the death of Xingwu Ye, the fourth generation of King Han rebelled in Xizhou and swept the entire Xizhou..."

"Speaking of rebellion, you guy is very energetic, don't talk nonsense outside, Jinyiwei and the people of Dongchang are everywhere."

After a lesson, Song Boxian answered: "If it weren't for the fact that the commander of the Tianxiong Army was bewitched and did not send troops, King Han would not have succeeded, and the Wang family even took the blame and resigned, if it weren't for the merits of the first Weiguo Duke Wang Xiaojie there, the enthroned Xiaowu Ye would have abolished the first lineage duke..."

"Brother, why do you say that the kings of Han in the past dynasties are like the Ning kings of the Zhu family, why do you always think about rebellion?"

Song Boxian smiled, and then said in a low voice: "Let me tell you a piece of news, the biological mother of the first Han King Chen Bo was the concubine of the Holy Grandfather, but this Zhou Guifei was the empress of Zhu Youzhen, the emperor of the Zhu family of the previous dynasty, before she became the woman of the Holy Grandfather..."

Song Borong naturally hadn't heard of such royal secrets, and immediately became interested: "I know, it's the emperor of the Zhu family who hanged himself on the crooked neck tree in the coal mountain..."

Song Boxian knocked on the forehead of the old sister: "You still have a little respect, the emperors of our Ming Dynasty have great respect for the emperors of the previous dynasty, besides, Zhu Youzhen's tragic death, he can also be regarded as the national hero of our Han people..."

After being educated, Song Boxian continued: "It is precisely because of the dislike that his background is not pure enough, so I don't know why, the kings of Han in all dynasties have the intention to rebel, the first king of Han Chen Bo rebelled, the holy grandfather couldn't bear to kill his son, and after rewarding him with a whip, let Zhenwu deal with it, Zhenwu was merciful, and escorted him back to Nanjing and imprisoned him in the Zhongshan Imperial Mausoleum until he died of illness;

The second generation of King Han is the younger brother of the first King of Han, although there is no rebellion, but from the failure of the fourth generation of King Han's rebellion, when Jinyiwei searched the palace of King Han, it was found that the second and third generations of King Han were actively preparing for rebellion, but the time was not enough;

If it weren't for Xingwu Ye being confused by the four generations of Han Wang, Han Wangfu would not be able to take charge of the army in Xizhou..."