this world is fake

Ji Cheng is an emperor.

The position of emperor is not something that one can take if one wants to, and of course, one can't be one if one doesn't want to.The first emperor established the dynasty only a few decades ago, when Ji Cheng fought with him in the north and south, it was actually very fun. Later, when the dynasty was first established, Ji Cheng retired. After all, it is easy to be called brothers in troubled times, but it is difficult to share power in prosperous times.Although they called righteous brothers and righteous brothers back then, since ancient times, accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. Being a brother is different from being an emperor's brother after all.It's just that his adopted brother has a really pitiful background. He has no father or mother since he was a child. He is still in his teens and still begging for life on the street.After finally becoming the emperor, he gave birth to a son, but he was disabled.People's hearts fluttered underneath, and his elusive relatives came to recognize his uncle, their eyes fixed on his throne, and they also looked at others as fools.Ji Cheng's righteous brother has a strong temper, so he simply found Ji Cheng's heirs and said that he promised to share the world with Ji Cheng back then, his descendants would not be able to be, and Ji Cheng's descendants are also legitimate heirs.Of course, this so-called heir of Ji Cheng is the immortal Ji Cheng himself.Although he is quite old, it is a pity that he will not grow old, nor will he die.But if someone caught him, how dare he say that he is Ji Cheng himself, that would mean he would be treated as an old monster and surrendered.We had no choice but to assume that he was Ji Cheng's son.

His righteous brother is also a traitor, so old that he is almost going to a dementia, he is holding on to Ji Cheng, wanting him to inherit the throne.When he was about to die, Cai Xixi said that he knew that Ji Xiao was Ji Cheng, and he also knew that Ji Cheng didn't like being emperor, and when his son gave birth to a grandson, he could pass the throne to his grandson.Ji Cheng thought to himself, it's easy to say, let your son give birth soon, when he is born, the child will have to wait more than ten years to grow up.Ji Cheng's appearance hasn't changed a bit for decades, so everyone is suspicious.He said to his brother-in-law, I can last for 20 years at most.His sworn brother was stupid and died contentedly.

So he began his life as emperor under the pseudonym of Ji Xiao.

Being an emperor, he was boring even if he said it, every day was a pile of memorials, interesting and interesting, he could always come across anecdotes and anecdotes in the world.I didn't see it in the scriptures, nine out of ten were resolved by the emperor's imperial decree, everyone is happy, the emperor is wise.

He has a royal sister, the daughter of his righteous brother, who has just reached the marriageable age.In theory, it is not impossible to marry Ji Cheng, but during the heart-to-heart talk on the deathbed, he also told his brother-in-law that he cannot have offspring, if he really loves his daughter, he should not drag her into the pit of fire.There was nothing strange about Ji Cheng, this righteous brother didn't think it was strange, and the late emperor had a beast-like intuition, he knew what Ji Cheng said was true.Therefore, he also loves Wujiwu, the daughter whom Yixiong loves so much, he really loves her, and wants to find a good marriage for her.Ji Cheng can't have children himself, so he treats his brother's daughter almost as if he is his own daughter, pampered by thousands of pampers.

Of course, it is impossible for him to suppress the brother's son. Although he can't be the emperor, at least he can become a prince and can participate in the government.

Dynasties created in troubled times always have to be settled for many years.In other words, the situation in the prosperous age is actually that, on the whole, it looks like the past, and it is not very chaotic on the surface, so it can be called a prosperous age.There is no big chaos, but small chaos continues. This is the real situation of each dynasty. Every dynasty is surrounded by these large and small disturbances and bumps forward.When great turmoil comes, a dynasty should also be overthrown.

Now Ji Cheng's dynasty is experiencing some minor disturbances.Among them, the ones who emerged were the bandits.The first emperor established the dynasty, and his reputation was not very good. It was a dynasty that could not survive, and was created by occupying mountains and fighting for bandits.Of course, after ascending the throne, he still thought of a lot to cover up his name.But the time is too short, and many people will remember it.When he conquered the world, these bandit leaders pretended to bow their heads and profess their vassals. When the dynasty was established, except for a few foolish ones who followed along to ask for credit and rewards, the others all went back to their lairs and stayed in their base camp.Those who come to Beijing together are easy to deal with, just seal up a false name, reward some silver and send it away.But those who don't leave the nest, in their own lair, have a good name, they say they are guarding on behalf of the emperor, the officers and soldiers want to fight, and they show the tokens of the former emperor, the officers and soldiers are not easy to fight.Many of these tokens were indeed given by the late emperor when he borrowed a way or wanted to unite.Being an emperor requires others to observe benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness, but oneself cannot abide by it. The first emperor valued righteousness, so he could not see the cause of the disaster, and left a big mess for future generations to clean up.

As for the dynasty, the first generation concealed it, and after the third generation, the bad reputation when the dynasty was established will be washed clean, and the face is kept secret. If you say disrespect to the first emperor, you can be convicted of a serious crime. If you are more ruthless, kill your head spot.Some things are difficult for the first generation to deal with, but the descendants have no scruples.

To deal with these chaos, capable ministers are most needed, so Ji Cheng is very concerned about holding the imperial examination this time.By the way, if my sister has someone she likes, she can order a son-in-law by the way.

In the final analysis, Ji Cheng is at most an unusual ordinary person, he is not some amazing talent, but he has more knowledge.Watching from the sidelines, you can understand that if this banditry is not dealt with, it will lead to the danger of overthrowing the dynasty.But if you really want to deal with it, you need to rely on capable people.When he first came to the court, he didn't know anyone. Many of the people who fought with him left before the late emperor, and those who stayed behind were too old and useless, so he couldn't use most of the people in the court.If he wants to use his own people, he can only rely on picking new people and accepting his own power.

For this imperial examination, he not only read the articles, but also went to the places where the literati and bachelors were preparing for the exam in private. He liked a few people.Among them, the one named Xiao Jianfeng.Needless to say, Xiao Jianfeng's literary appearance and good taste, but his background is poor, and he doesn't have much contact with people.When you come to the gathering place, people are making friends, but he is sincere and shares his reading experience with others.In the end, in the literati circle, some people appreciate him, and he will not offend anyone.Ji Cheng felt that this person could be used.As for whether it can be used to great effect, it will take a period of time for the officialdom to test it.

Ji Cheng was also looking forward to this imperial examination.

During the palace examination, Xiao Jianfeng was indeed on the list, and the article was the first one.Splendid and its embellishment, real talent shines.Ji Cheng is most afraid that the whole story will be full of flowers and rich rhetoric, which will cover up his own knowledge.It's not like there is no such person, at the moment sitting at the back of the hall is Qi Guihong.During the emperor's inspection tour, some people were so stressed that they fainted immediately, so Ji Cheng had to ask someone to take him down.Seeing this situation, some people became even more nervous.But fortunately, this Xiao Jianfeng was not affected by anything.

After the palace examination, Xiao Jianfeng really won the champion.It's just that when Ji Cheng was reading these people's papers, Ji Cheng's little sister also came. She also reads diligently on weekdays and has some knowledge.It's just that after she read it, she was very dissatisfied and said that this No.2 article is much more beautiful than the No.1 article, but why the ranking is not as good.Ji Cheng saw that No.2 was Qi Guihong's paper.During the imperial examination, he seemed to know that the previous essay was too fancy and didn't get a good ranking, so he deliberately reduced many impetuous affixes.But in the final analysis, embellishing articles is his talent, eight points of knowledge, he embellishes it, it seems to be twelve points, only a few times of careful reading, and then he can figure it out.Xiao Jianfeng's articles are also good-looking, supplemented by rhetoric, really talented and insightful, and worthy of careful reading.It's just that for a teenage girl, she's not as good-looking as Qi Guihong.

Ji Cheng argued with her that the two of them could not compete with each other, so she said that she could only be convinced if she was asked to ask a few more questions and test these people again.How could Ji Cheng let her mess around, the ranking was determined by the examiners and Ji Cheng, no matter how much he spoiled her, he would not let her change it.Then she came up with another idea, saying that she would choose a son-in-law from among them and take the opportunity to test their essays.Even the imperial sister took a step back, if Ji Cheng couldn't refuse, if he refused again, she might be really angry.

Fortunately, she made this compromise, so she didn't come to make a fuss at the ceremony, and heard from the little maid that she was pondering the exam questions in her study.