Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

The first of these statues is of an evil god. His stomach was cut open, his internal organs were taken out, and then he was re-sutured. It looked exactly like Abu's death appearance.

When Ning Fan saw the second evil god statue, his face showed horror.

A huge centipede, the mouth behind the statue of the evil god was biting the back of the neck of the evil god statue.

"Your Majesty, doesn't this first statue describe the way Abu died? Could it be that the way of death described on this second statue should also have a second person corresponding to him?"

Ergou's face was a little pale, and he was obviously frightened by the statue of the evil god in front of him.

Ning Fan went to look at the third evil god statue and found that it was a headless statue. The head was held by the evil god himself. This should be the third way to die.

The fourth way of death is similar to the third way of death, except that the fourth way of death is to stuff the head into the deceased's own stomach, and the fifth way to die is to sew the body's hands and feet in reverse positions and sew the head together. On the belly.

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Seeing the horrific death methods described by these horrific statues, even Ning Fan felt very scared. Why did such a terrifying statue of more than ten tons suddenly appear on such a high and steep mountain?

Moreover, with such strict security inside Xiangguo Temple, it is impossible for someone to bring these statues to the back mountain without anyone knowing.

Each statue here weighs between five and six hundred kilograms and weighs over a thousand kilograms. It cannot be moved by one or two people at all, not to mention that on such a steep and narrow mountain road, it is almost impossible to carry this statue from the bottom of the mountain to the mountain. impossible.

This is the most puzzling thing for Ning Fan, because he heard the abbot say before that these statues did not appear the day before yesterday, but only appeared in the cave last night, because the function of the cave is to resemble the monks of the national temple. This is a place where monks usually come here to watch after breaking the precepts and repenting.

He said that the statue of the evil god had appeared here a long time ago, and I am afraid that the inside of Xiangguo Temple would have known about it for a long time.

"Your Majesty, this is unbelievable. Who brought such a heavy stone statue here? Who put so much effort into making so many statues? What are their intentions?"

Ergou's face was full of disbelief.

"Everything happens for a reason. We don't know the reason now, but it doesn't mean there is no reason behind it. Let's investigate slowly."

Ning Fan acted very calmly. He looked around carefully and found that except for some messy footprints, there was not even a drop of blood on the ground. This made Ning Fan very puzzled. There was no way Ning Fan could only lead the people down the mountain first. .

There were only ten days left before the imperial examination. Ning Fan's thoughts were all on the imperial examination. After returning to the palace in the evening, Ning Fan immediately summoned Zhou Qun.

"Mr. Zhou, how are you preparing for the imperial examination recently? We must not make any mistakes."

Ning Fan looked at Zhou Qun with some concern.

Zhou Qun has had almost no time to rest since he returned to the capital. Since he ascended the throne of prime minister, he has been busy every day, keeping the entire capital in order. Moreover, according to the policy set by Ning Fan, Zhou Qun also Reform of officialdom is being carried out in an orderly manner.

The so-called reform of officialdom actually means vacating the cage and changing the bird. Every day, a group of officials are dispatched to various places. These officials give them a false position and let them work in other places. In fact, they secretly deprive these people of their rights and turn them from pampered Beijing officials directly into local officials.

Most of these people are descendants of powerful families, with little knowledge or ability. They are just waiting to die in the imperial court, and they have done all kinds of bad things. Now that the imperial court has sent them out, they are all complaining endlessly. Some of them have not left the capital yet. He simply resigned from his position.

Many well-off people simply cannot bear the hardship of traveling long distances, and may even die of various diseases on the way, so many people simply choose to resign.

Zhou Qun handed over the folder he had carefully prepared, and after Ning Fan looked at it carefully for a while, his face showed a relaxed expression. He picked up the brush on the table and gently wrote a line of words on it.

"Your Majesty, most of the students from the Fuxing Society are actually not very suitable to be officials. They are too idealistic. If they are allowed to sit in a certain position, they may be too pedantic and hinder the efficiency of work."

Zhou Qun considered the words and suggested to Ning Fan.

In fact, in Zhou Qun's mind, these people in the Fuxing Society do have very novel ideas and views, but these people also have a problem, that is, they are high-minded and short-handed. They talk about big things every day, some national affairs, and they don't focus on small things. On the contrary, they know nothing about some things. They don’t know anything.

"Mr. Zhou, sometimes you only know one thing but not the other. The reason why these people are not pragmatic enough is not that they are too ambitious, but that they are strategic thinkers rather than specific policy implementers."

Ning Fan is very open-minded about this issue. In a country, there are always people who look up at the stars, people who look into the distance, and people who pay attention to the road under their feet.

Perhaps in the eyes of Zhou Qun, a person who is good at doing things, it is best to work down-to-earth for the country, but in the eyes of Ning Fan, there is also a need for a group of ambitious young people with ideals to spread their ideals to everywhere. Like dandelion seeds scattered everywhere.

"The role of thought is very important. A single spark can start a prairie fire. For people's thoughts to sprout and revive, they rely on some theoretical talents. In fact, these people also need to be cultivated."

Ning Fan actually has a prototype in his mind, which is to establish a first-level ideological and political institution in the central government of Dakang.

This major ideological and political institution is designed to compile a new ideological system, and by extension, to allow the entire Dakang people to re-accept this kind of thinking.

As long as we unify our thoughts and make the entire Dakang unite as one, it will be very simple to do what Dakang will do in the future.

"Your Majesty, are people's thoughts really that important? Do we need to know what everyone is thinking and do we need to intervene?"

Sometimes Zhou Qun didn't understand Ning Fan's words or actions, but many times Zhou Qun would not object directly, but would ask for advice privately.

"Thoughts are of course important. Thoughts are more important than specific things. Thoughts need to be used to arm the mind. If there is a unified thought, everyone will work hard in one place. But if there is no unified thought, then everyone will Just fighting on their own, the efficiency will be greatly reduced."