Mysterious Tribulation

Chapter 865 Prosperity (13200 Supplement)

In the second year of Kaiping, King Liang sent his prime minister to lead an army of 30,000 to the Northern Expedition, winning a complete victory and beheading King Jin.

In the third year of Kaiping, the prime minister was seriously ill and returned to Jinshi to recuperate.

In the same year, Xiao Liang, King of Liang, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

In the fourth year of Kaiping, the Prime Minister Xu Lingzi gradually lived in seclusion and entrusted the political affairs to Cao Man, Fan Jin, Taichong, Taihe, Taiyin and others.

In the fifth year of Kaiping, Tang Xun led the Liang army to conquer Songjing Division and the Northern Expedition to the Kingdom of Jin, and captured tens of thousands of young kings, queen mothers, and princes and nobles. Lu Xiaoyi and other civil servants also made their mark.

...

In a blink of an eye, it was the sixth year of Kaiping.

At this time, after more than ten years of chaos, the world was finally pacified again, and the territory was expanded several times compared to Dasong before. The country name was still "Liang", and the capital was Jinshi.

Xiao Liang is also eighteen years old, an adult in ancient times.

The prime minister, Xu Lingzi, therefore returned to His Majesty, Xiao Liang began to govern himself, and appointed Xu Lingzi as the national teacher. Xiao Gui and Cao Sui still did not use the Four Books and Five Classics, but promoted public examinations, increased religious taxes, commercial taxes, and integrated officials and gentry Paying food will always be a national policy, and at the same time set up the "Taishang Taoist Academy" to study the way of science and truth.

Xu Lingzi served as the dean of the Taishang Taoist Academy.

The government and the public all praised it, thinking that the mutual success of the monarch and his ministers is an unprecedented government policy in a thousand years, and Liang Guo has gradually entered a prosperous age.

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Time flies like water, and time flies like a shuttle.

In a blink of an eye, it was the sixteenth year of Kaiping.

Time is the best healer, it can heal pain and make people forget many things.

Some of the romantic figures more than ten years ago died, some retired, some lived in court, and some became legends.

There are even some that have been gradually forgotten.

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Beep beep!

On the canal, a small steamer was emitting black smoke, carrying a boat of tourists upstream, heading straight for Jinshi.

"This small steam wheel, powered by a steam engine, runs water and fire, and it runs automatically without wind. It's amazing."

One person on the deck, wearing a short-sleeved shirt, leaned on the railing and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

This person has regular facial features and thick lips, which are tightly pursed when not speaking, which can easily give people a sense of perseverance.

In the photo books, such people are often determined, and will have great achievements in business and politics in the future.

This person is Yang Fei, a student, and this time he went to Jinshi City to take the public examination.

"Brother Yang, is this the first time to ride a small steamer?"

A chubby businessman next to him smiled and said, "This is indeed a rare item. It was only researched by the Taishang Dao Academy three years ago... and it was put into commercial use after that, and it was only needed by some mines, but people always have whimsical ideas. Putting it on a boat, it can be equivalent to a dozen strong laborers rowing a boat, and it is still the kind of day and night... It is said that it will be used on the ground, but the laying of rails will cost a lot of money, and the court princes are still discussing..."

"Brother Zhen is worthy of being a businessman, and his horizons have broadened! The students have been educated."

Yang Fei sincerely thanked him.

"Hey...don't be so polite." The merchant Zhen Bao has a simple and honest appearance, and he doesn't seem to be deceiving at first glance. Such an appearance is most suitable for business.

At this time, his hands were shaking wildly: "Little brother, if you can go to Jinshi to test the public, in the past, you would be the emperor's disciple! How can I appreciate your gift."

"What kind of emperor's disciple, but a small official... I also live close to Jinshi, so I was assigned to this large area for exams!"

Yang Fei said, feeling a little emotional.

Although the imperial examination clearly stipulates that all candidates who pass the examination should start from officials, but there are still differences from place to place.

For example, it is better to work in the sixth house in the state capital, even if it is just serving tea and water, than in the county.

As for being able to take the exam in Jinshi, let alone those who can directly supplement and enter the various ministries of the imperial court, the promotion is fast.

This also made Jinshi public examination several times more difficult than other regions.

Even so, there are still a large number of candidates who would rather spend huge sums of money to buy a house in Jinshi and change their household registration, but also to take the exam in Jinshi, resulting in several major corruption cases.

It can be said that although the Liang Dynasty entered a prosperous age, there were many problems that followed.

'I am a teacher of Mr. Junshan, and I must assist the Ming Lord to do great things for the people of the world! '

Yang Fei held onto the railing, and couldn't help feeling new.

His teacher, Mr. Junshan, is said to have been a famous Confucian during the Song Dynasty, but the imperial court did not use the Four Books and Five Classics to select scholars, and the status of Confucian scholars plummeted.

Many of them directly shaved ordained to become monks, or became disheartened, and became Taoist priests, and even sent their hair into the mountains, known as "do not eat Liang Su"!

As a result, even monks and Taoists have to pay taxes, and those who enter the deep mountains can't bear to run back in despair, or die directly at the mouth of tigers and wolves.

The rest either went crazy or changed.

Mr. Jun Shan belongs to the more flexible kind. He has taught himself the way of science and taught and educated people in the countryside, but he can earn a living.

It's just that when teaching urchins how to read, I can't help but say some strange things about Zhe Ye and mock the clock.

As a result, Yang Fei has some cynical thoughts at such a young age. He only wants to meet the Ming Lord, take charge of the great government, and then reform!

He concealed his thoughts very well, at this moment he only chatted with Zhen Bao: "Brother Zhen has been doing business recently, how much profit has he made?"

"It's not bad, just barely making ends meet... The tax laws of the imperial court are quite careful, and you have to shed your skin after filing taxes layer by layer... Fortunately, you don't have to be exploited by checkpoints, road cards, local ruffians, and powerful... There are still some profits, Just not doing much."

Zhen Bao seemed to sigh: "Those wealthy businessmen who do business across states and even prefectures can only succeed for a while, before they fail without knowing it... The real profitable business is all run by the imperial court! Hehe... the former scholar There is some truth in saying that you don’t compete with the people for profit.”

Just as Yang Fei was about to say something, he saw several children running on the deck, vying for a comic book.

This kind of thing is also called 'comics', and Yang Fei also liked to read it when he was a child.

And the most popular book nowadays is "The Legend of Songliang Heroes", which describes the troubled times before.

"Give it to me quickly, I want to see General Tang defeat the golden soldiers!"

"No, I want to see civil servants strategizing the world. What's so good about martial arts? Or be a high-ranking official, like Fan Dashi and Zhang Dashi...to change the world with one strategy, this is the demeanor of a top strategist..."

A little girl timidly said: "Didn't you say that King Liang still has immortals to help? I want to read the story of Hu Li Daxian..."

The other children all despised: "Taoists and immortals are all lies! Haven't you read the scientific decryption of the Supreme Taoist Academy? Talisman paper can spontaneously ignite, it's just adding phosphorus, what kind of oil pan to withdraw money, just adding Borax and vinegar!"

"My father has already said that recently the emperor set up a pavilion of meritorious ministers, so there is nothing to do with the Great Immortal Huli..."

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Tong Yan Wuji, Yang Fei was startled!

Although he doesn't believe in the saying that Xu Lingzi has Jiaoli Huozao, knows flying swordsmanship, can scatter beans into soldiers, and bring the dead back to life, but he also knows that Xu Lingzi was the prime minister of Liang Wang before, and he conquered gold and stone, beheaded Wu Wang, and gold. Wang, really made great contributions.

But now, it seems that she has been gradually marginalized by the imperial court!

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