northernbook Chapter 637 Back to the Basement
Chapter 637 Back to the Basement
"You can start preparing for next year's Spring Examination. I'll give you one month. After one month, I want to see the papers delivered to my dragon desk."
It is really a rush to produce an examination paper in just one month.
"You can hold off on the last big question for now. As for the ones before that, Li Aiqing has been in the Ministry of Rites for so many years and has prepared more than a dozen examination papers. It shouldn't be difficult."
Li Wen's heart, which had just relaxed, was lifted up again when he heard His Majesty's words.
The Ministry of Revenue had recently sent people to various prefectures and counties in Daxia to deliver the news, and he had also heard about this matter. Although he was not sure how much money was in the donation box, it was definitely not less.
Li Wen can be considered a veteran who has experienced two dynasties. The imperial examinations have been held continuously in the past two years, while they were held every four years in the past. It will take at least half a year to prepare and finalize the examination paper. The fact that His Majesty is so anxious to ask him to produce the first draft of the examination paper may be related to the donation from the Ministry of Revenue.
Thinking about the Luo family, one of the richest families in Beijing, it has only been a few months since Luo Yuwei returned to Beijing in glory and handed over all the family assets, turning it into a hollow shell.
After Li Wen understood what was going on, he quickly calmed down. It would take His Majesty a long time to deal with the corrupt officials in the court.
The capital had been disciplined by His Majesty several times, and no one dared to violate it anymore, so he turned his attention to the states and counties far away from the capital.
The officials most likely to be corrupt in this matter are those serving in foreign posts, and now their good days are coming to an end.
"Yes, Your Majesty, rest assured. I will submit the first draft of the examination paper to Your Majesty within a month."
Liang Chongyue sat in the seat at the head and talked to the two of them for half an hour, discussing with them the direction of the questions on next year's examination paper.
Li Wen and Zhou Xuan are both smart people, so Liang Chongyue feels very relieved to leave the imperial examination to them.
More importantly, Li Wen is a timid person. He has been sticking to the old ways for so many years and has witnessed too many ups and downs in officialdom. He knows how many people were popular not long ago, but soon became unpopular.
He only wanted to pave the way for his family and grandchildren, and then retire safely when he was old enough and leave this cannibalistic court.
"Minister Zhou, please withdraw first. I want to discuss other matters with Lord Li."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuan stood up, bowed to His Majesty, and left the room.
At this time, there were only Liang Chongyue and Li Wen in the whole room. Liang Chongyue took something out of his sleeve and put it on the table. Li Wen, who was sitting next to him, immediately stood up and walked to the emperor, took the thing the emperor took out, and looked at it carefully.
When Liang Chongyue left the Ministry of Rites, it was already getting dark outside. He chatted with Li Wen about random things and didn't notice how quickly time passed.
"Your Majesty, are you going back to the palace?"
Yunling was waiting outside the Ministry of Rites with two horses. It was already dinner time if they returned to the palace. Liang Chongyue was not in a hurry to go back, so he took Yunling back to the Princess's Mansion.
Everything in the Princess's Mansion remains the same. Originally, half of the servants were from the palace, and half were sent from the Xiang family. Now that His Majesty has a little prince, the Princess's Mansion will definitely be passed on to the little prince in the future. Although there is no owner living in it now, everything remains in its original state.
When the doorman of the Princess's Mansion saw His Majesty coming, he immediately went to greet him.
"Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty."
Liang Chongyue dismounted. Along the way, the servants serving in the Princess's Mansion were surprised to see His Majesty, but after all, he was sent by the palace and the Xiang family, so they all learned the etiquette very well. They just bowed and knelt, and no one was slow to act.
After Yun Ling handed the horse to the doorman, she followed and followed His Majesty into Changshengtian.
Liang Chongyue hadn't been back to Changshengtian for some time. As soon as he stepped into Changshengtian, he felt a sense of loneliness as if no one lived there.
"Your Majesty, even though you don't live here, Changshengtian is cleaned every day. It's all used in the past."
The first time Yun Ling followed His Majesty into Changshengtian, she checked the furnishings and hygiene inside. Only after confirming that there was no problem did she speak.
"You wait outside the door, and don't let anyone in."
This is the Princess's Mansion, Liang Chongyue's former residence. No matter in the past or now, even when she was sent to the border by her scumbag father, outsiders said that His Majesty and the Princess were not the same as before, but the Princess's Mansion has always been peaceful and no one dared to disturb them.
Not to mention that the princess from that year has already succeeded to the throne and become the ruler of the world. Even if Yun Ling was not here watching, no one would dare to break into Your Majesty's palace.
Yun Ling obediently retreated behind the threshold, closed the door from the outside, and left the space in Changshengtian to His Majesty.
Liang Chongyue stood inside Changshengtian, and after using her internal energy to check that there was no one inside, she went straight to the basement she had specially built.
After she succeeded to the throne, Liang Chongyue put all the important things in Changshengtian that could not be placed in the Yangxin Palace into her backpack. Now Changshengtian only maintains its previous appearance on the surface, but in fact, it has been completely replaced.
Liang Chongyue also modified the mechanism for entering the basement. In the past, one only had to turn the mechanism to open the entrance to the basement, in order to prevent the cleaning servants from touching places they shouldn't touch or seeing things they shouldn't see.
Liang Chongyue destroyed the original mechanism and kept everything simple. He installed a special lock at the entrance to the basement that could only be opened with a matching key. This set of things came from the system mall and could not be replicated with the skills of craftsmen in this era.
After opening the basement door with the key, a faint musty smell hit me in the face. The basement door had not been opened for a long time.
Because she was sure that no one except her could enter here, Liang Chongyue did not touch anything inside.
Various metal parts and a complete set of simple chemical research equipment were all here. Liang Chongyue walked over and put all the things that had just been placed into his backpack.
She didn't have time to go out every day. If she didn't take these things away today, she would have to come back next time to get them when she needed them. In order to avoid wasting time, Liang Chongyue put all the things in the basement into her backpack bit by bit.
Not even a spring was left. The system was playing with Minglang in the palace at this time. It was tired and just wanted to drink some lychee paste to sweeten its mouth when it heard the sound of something constantly entering the backpack.
As soon as I opened it, I saw the introduction of each grid on the backpack panel, which was actually divided into categories. Fortunately, the backpack has the ability to automatically classify, otherwise the host would stuff it like this, and it would be difficult to find it next time.
The system silently moved the grid where it kept its snacks away from the pile of scrap metal to prevent the smell of rust from reaching its delicious food.