After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

That kiss was like a dragonfly touching water, fleeting and traceless. By the time Li Xiujing came to his senses, Pei Jiaoran had already stood up and walked to the window.

"It's late at night." Pei Jiaoran had a smile on his lips.

A gentle voice fell on her ears. Li Xiujing raised his head and looked at her, "Okay."

Went out. Li Xiujing stood under the verandah and looked back at Pei Jiaoran, who was standing with a smile, feeling lonely in his eyes.

Li Xiujing left, and she went out and locked the door. When I returned, I added a few more pieces of charcoal, and the charcoal pot burned extremely brightly. Spring has not yet arrived, and the winter nights in the north are extremely cold and the long nights seem endless.

Pei Jiaoran huddled cross-legged next to the charcoal basin, listening to the howling wind outside the window, she closed her eyes and sighed softly. She is used to and covets the time of being alone and silent, because only in this way can she completely empty her mind and think about many problems.

Although he stands only in shadow, he is very free.

It's been a year since she came back. Different from what she had experienced in her previous life, she was born in Yushitai, but she skipped six studies and went directly to Zhongshu Province as a member of Zhongshu She. It seems to have infinite scenery, but in fact it is sharp and sharp. Jia Gonglu praised her as knowing Xitui, but she took advantage of the imperial censor's edict to risk her own life to remonstrate with him. He was appointed as the chief secretarial officer of Zhongshushe and was able to participate in the political affairs hall meetings.

Being radical, there are traps wherever she goes. But if not, she would still be shackled by the party and unable to break out.

The battle for the center intensified, and the outer vassals were eyeing each other. And many issues such as central political power, money, food, and people's hearts are like nets draped over the giant ship of the empire. They are closely intertwined and accompany the Empire on its voyages.

The history books are voluminous. However, those who strive for power will not only assist the prince in launching a coup, nor will they be able to carry out a coup on their own and become the new emperor. If you read through history books, you will find that those who fought for power in ancient times mostly fought for wealth. During the Yuan and Wei Dynasties, Empress Dowager Feng replaced the patriarchal guardian system with the three-chief system, which was to weaken the family and enrich the center.

Now the imperial treasury is in Zhang Rang's hands. He also connected with Jia Gonglu and reached into Zuozang to enrich the emperor's private life. Zuo Zang relied on taxes from the Ministry of Household Affairs and money from salt and iron to maintain operations, but Zuo Zang still couldn't make ends meet. This shows what the central financial situation is like.

With his thoughts at this point, Pei Jiaoran closed his eyes and sighed. The top priority now was that she had to think of a way to talk to the prince about reducing the size of the Buddhist temple. Then use it to ascend to a high position and get rich.

When Li Xiujing returned to his mansion, he found that the lights in his bedroom were all bright, as if someone was waiting for him. After thinking for a while, he walked in seriously.

I saw a man in purple robe standing in front of the desk with his hands behind his back. Hearing the footsteps, he turned around and looked at him meaningfully.

That was his father Zhao Guogong, Sikong of the current dynasty.

"Aye." Li Xiujing called dryly.

As the legitimate son of the Li family, although his father had been quite strict with him in his education since he was a child, he did not want him to be promoted by military merit like other ancestors of the Li family. I just hope that he will use the shadow of the door, enter the Qianniu Guard and prepare himself, and then walk down smoothly. But he went against his father's idea, abandoned his family background and became an official, took the martial arts examination and devoted himself to the military to build a career.

Glancing at him, Li Sikong gathered his clothes and sat down, "How do you feel about returning to Chang'an?"

"Not bad." Li Xiujing responded harshly, "Father is looking for me late at night, but is there something important?"

He didn't want to talk more about it. It was his own choice to be promoted based on military merit, and now his path is quite smooth.

"Why does Pei Jiaoran recommend you?"

Li Sikong's unexpected question made Li Xiujing stunned.

"Is this issue important? Now that I can achieve my goal through military service, isn't it better than staying in Nanya?" Li Xiujing bowed to Li Sikong, "It's late at night, Aye, go to bed early. I won't give the Li family anything. cause trouble."

Li Sikong sighed as if he was choked by his words. Just say "you can do it for yourself" and turn around to leave.

After Li Sikong left, Li Xiujing went to the low cabinet nearby and took out a letter. There was only the word "Fengzhou" on the letter. That was the first time she wrote to him in this year, stroking the word Fengzhou. He smiled.

He didn't mind being used by her. Anyway, the days are long, and he can always get it back from her little by little.

The falling rabbit takes away the light, and the morning drums of the opening of the square come one after another.

Pei Jiaoran went out early. After eating the morning meal in the square, we rode on horseback and hurried to the imperial city. On the way, I met several officials who were eating steamed cakes in a restaurant. When they saw her, they all hid the steamed cakes in their hands to the side, with flattering smiles on their faces.

Gentle eyes passed over them, and the corners of Pei Jiaoran's lips curved slightly. She is not the censor now. Why are these people so afraid of her?

A crowd of courtiers were waiting in front of Zhuque Gate. After the guards read the door registration, they filed in. Officials who did not need to go to court went to their respective government offices.

The rest of the people continued to walk towards Tai Chi Palace and waited in the courtyard.

Crossing Chengtian Gate, Pei Jiaoran saw Li Xiujing coming on horseback. The two looked at each other, smiled, and continued on their way.

The Chang Dynasty has always been long. Although she had rested last night, the power of Wu Shi Powder still remained in her body. Pei Jiaoran concentrated his energy, listened to everyone's conversations in the court, and paid attention to everyone's actions.

Each voice comes from a different faction.

"It has been two years since we opened the manufacturing course. What do you think, sir, we will open the manufacturing course this year?"

Hearing Emperor Wei's voice coming from the throne, Pei Jiaoran raised his eyes and looked over. He quickly lowered his head.

The system is very technical, and there are no regulations on the time and content.

"Pei Qing." Emperor Wei suddenly called.

After hearing this, Pei Jiaoran came out of the queue holding a wat board and said, "I'm here."

"You are a female champion in this dynasty. I want to open a system to recruit talented people from all over the world. How about I appoint you as the examiner?" Emperor Wei looked at her and smiled and said, "Let all the talented people in Wei look at you. Talent."

"Wei Chen takes the order." Pei Jiaoran bowed his head.

The sudden opening of the examination course surprised her, but she didn't expect that Emperor Wei would appoint her as the examination administrator.

Following the emperor's order, the courtiers did not dare to say more. After the court was over, everyone congratulated Pei Jiaoran, who came before him, and Pei Jiaoran walked to Zhongshu's outer provinces with a sullen face.

Being the examiner for this examination is not a good thing for her. She and others were only responsible for grading the papers, and then had to work with the Prime Minister to initially select the names of the successful candidates, then secretly present them to the emperor, and then issue edicts in the name of the emperor.

All in all, even the system may not be clean.

Zhongshu Province quickly issued an edict based on the holy will. The fact that Pei Jiaoran replaced Jinshang to hold the examination system spread throughout the government and the public.

The ministers all over the province were extremely busy with the matter of systemizing subjects. As the examination officer, Pei Jiaoran naturally had to spend time in the government office of Shangshu Province, finalizing the subjects for this examination with various departments.

She was so busy that she could barely touch the floor, let alone take a sip of tea. At this moment, she had just finished supervising the Ministry of Personnel to review the petition, and was invited over by someone from the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Etiquette saw that she was really working hard, so they specially asked her to drink tea and rest for a while in the public room. But before he sat down for a while, he was invited back to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, saying that there were problems with some documents for review.

The system subject is different from the Jinshi subject. Both white and former officials can participate, and the examination method is much easier than that of the Jinshi subject. However, the review process was quite strict. Initially, there were thousands of applicants, but in the end, only a few hundred were accepted. Just because the imperial court needed to find a balance among the scholars in Guanlong, Shandong, and Jiangnan.

After more than a month of busy work, the system finally came to an end.