The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

Emperor Ming stood outside the window and listened to Lu Xiuyuan's lecture, and found that not only the content was interesting and novel, but also contained a lot of philosophy of life.

The teaching effect greatly exceeded Emperor Ming's psychological expectations. Now that he saw the eloquent and serious lecturers inside, he immediately felt that he had really found a treasure.

After confirming that the two sons were obediently attending the class without making trouble, Emperor Ming didn't bother the people inside, and left after standing outside the window for a long time.

Lu Xiuyuan continued to teach the princes every day for a period of time. At the end of June, the good news of a complete victory came from the border.

That day, he was preparing the content of his next lecture, when he saw Emperor Ming walking in front of him with a sealed envelope and a smile on his face.

"Erlang, the urgent report from the border, General Shi went straight to Huanglong and occupied those old dens of the barbarians!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan's eyes lit up instantly, and he slapped the table and stood up from his chair.

"Really?! General Shi and the others succeeded?!"

"Can I still lie to you with the secret book here?"

Emperor Ming was obviously in a very good mood, and he didn't care about his gaffe, after all, he also accidentally knocked over the teacup when he saw the secret book.

"Hahaha! I was so excited just now!" Lu Xiuyuan smiled, and then couldn't help but walk around the room to vent his emotions.

"This is really good news for the whole world to celebrate! Is Your Majesty going to announce it to the world?"

"Send! It is necessary to issue a notice!" Emperor Ming smiled and clapped his hands: "Not only do I want to post notices to announce to the world, but the news newspaper and your Yan Ruyu's newspapers also send me a special issue!"

"In addition to this, the world will be amnesty, and the people will be exempted from paying taxes for one year!"

Emperor Ming paced around a few times, his tone full of emotion: "200 years! From the humiliation of being beaten by those barbarians, to the humiliation of only relying on marriage to barely maintain peace! Now it has finally been washed away in the year of my succession to the throne!"

"Your Majesty is wise and powerful!" Lu Xiuyuan quickly complimented.

"Fuck you, you don't even know how to flatter!" The other party scolded him with a smile: "This time the victory is due to General Shi, and he is indeed the grandson of old General Shi. There is no such thing as a son of a general!"

He hastily added: "If it wasn't for His Majesty's wisdom and enough trust in General Shi, then there wouldn't be the result of today's complete victory."

This is true. Even if the barbarian's weakness has been analyzed before, if he wants to take advantage of the opponent's weakness to attack, he still needs enough troops and horses!

The good horses were attacked by the Goudai tribe, and Emperor Ming agreed to recruit troops and buy horses and support them with money. This is also a key factor.

"Okay, don't brag." Emperor Ming patted him on the shoulder, and promised with a smile: "I know that you are also responsible for this, so tell me, what reward do you want?"

Lu Xiuyuan pointed at himself in surprise, "And my contribution?"

Seeing his expression, Emperor Ming raised his eyebrows, and directly threw the secret bag in his hand into his arms.

"See for yourself."

Catching the secret fold in a panic, Lu Xiuyuan opened it and took a look.

No wonder Emperor Ming said that he also had credit for it. His second uncle, an honest man, actually wrote all the ideas he came up with on the border in the secret booklet!

It not only wrote that he went to the border to rescue people, called on the people to defend the city together, but even signed a contract and domesticated the Goudai plan.

Thanks to everyone's credit, his second uncle arranged everything clearly, and no one was treated badly!

Closing the secret fold, Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help rubbing the center of his brows. Such an upright general is really rare, but this is indeed a good thing for the court.

"Sometimes the family army is here, it is indeed a great blessing for my court." Emperor Ming stretched his eyebrows: "The border is stable, and the people of the whole country can live and work in peace and contentment."

After speaking, the other party glanced at Lu Xiuyuan next to him.

"The rewards of General Shi and the others will be unified after their teachers return to the court. Erlang, you can make your request now, and I will definitely satisfy it."

Require?What request can he not think of?

The food is good every day, what I do is what I like to do, I have a close partner, a good teacher and helpful friend, and there seems to be no dissatisfaction in life.

"Your Majesty, the reward is fine, I just did what I should do."

Emperor Ming disapproved and said: "Erlang was just a scholar and dared to come forward to offer advice for this country. Now that I know, how can I not reward him?"

Damn, he didn't think too much about it at the time, mainly because...

"Because I am also a member of this country, even if I was not a scholar but just a commoner at the time, I would step up to the top in time of crisis."

"Haha! What a fellow!" Emperor Ming happily patted Lu Xiuyuan on the shoulder, "Erlang! If everyone in the world thinks like you, why should the Qing Kingdom not be prosperous!"

"Your Majesty, there are actually countless people who think like me! Not only scholars, but also illiterate hawkers who usually set up roadside stalls have the feelings of family and country!"

The other party shook his head: "Erlang was joking, you are talking about only a few, and you have been dancing so happily for so many years, I have only seen you."

"That's because it's hidden." Lu Xiuyuan smiled and said, "Stand forward in times of crisis. They are called people with lofty ideals. They return to life after the crisis is resolved. They are hawkers who set up stalls and farmers who go to work in the fields. They are the people of Qing Kingdom."

Seeing Emperor Ming's suspicious expression, he simply used the incident at that time as an example.

"When the gate of Longmen Gate was about to be smashed by the siege log, the people in the city panicked when it came to life and death, but after being guided by people, everyone united together and successfully defended the city with the army. Not small."

"Isn't that thanks to Erlang's earnest persuasion?"

"Who is not afraid of life and death? I am afraid, not to mention that they are unarmed people. They can choose to stand up and defend their homeland at such a moment, which shows that their hearts are kind. Otherwise, even talking about it will not help."

"Besides, even if I didn't stand up at that time, someone else would definitely stand up. Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Don't underestimate your people, Your Majesty."

As soon as the conversation was finished, Lu Xiuyuan felt at ease, but then he felt a little scared. Did he contradict Emperor Ming with those words? The other party won't be angry, right?

Taking a sneak peek at Emperor Ming, the two of them just happened to meet each other's eyes.

He quickly turned his head to avoid the other party's eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Emperor Ming's cheerful laughter sounded in his ears: "You were so excited when you said it just now, but now you know how to be afraid?"

Lu Xiuyuan pursed his lips, saluted and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for making a lot of slips just now."

"Forgive me for what crime? I think what you said is very good." Reaching out his hand to help him up, Emperor Ming said with emotion: "Erlang is right, maybe I have been separated from the grassroots for too long, so I don't understand them."

Standing up straight, Lu Xiuyuan heaved a sigh of relief.

Emperor Ming could listen to the advice and give enough trust to the military officer guarding the frontier. The other party has done a good job, even better than he imagined.

It's just that he didn't let go of his breath for too long, when he heard Emperor Ming clap his hands, and then made a rash decision.

"I've decided! In two days, I'll go to the private microservice for a private visit!"

what!

"Your Majesty, absolutely not!" Lu Xiuyuan hurriedly stopped.

Emperor Ming had just ascended the throne not long ago, and the ministers in the court were still unsteady in their hearts. The other party just disappeared for a few days like this.

"It's okay, and it's not too far away from the capital. I want to go into the homes of ordinary people and see what they eat, drink, and what wishes? I want to understand their needs." The more the other party talked, the more excited he became, and he wished he could go out for a stroll now. .

This is definitely not possible. Finally, under Lu Xiuyuan's persuasive persuasion, Emperor Ming reluctantly agreed to only take a stroll in the capital and not leave the capital for the time being. With the other party's guarantee, he was relieved.

After confirming that Emperor Ming would not go out for the next two days, Lu Xiuyuan left work early and went home to sort out the next issue of the newspaper.

Since it is going to be broadcast that the frontier army has successfully attacked the barbarians' lair, the title must be bold and printed in the most prominent position.

When he got home, he first told Shi Yunchen the good news, and the other party immediately hugged him tightly excitedly.

"Great! Second brother has fulfilled grandfather's wish!"

At that time, the fatuous old emperor switched supplies, and the frontier army couldn't eat enough to eat, so how could they be the opponents of the barbarians, Shi's grandfather was aggrieved and died in battle.

The other party's lifelong wish is to beat the barbarians back to their lairs, and now his second brother has done it!

Seeing the young master jumping up and down happily, a smile appeared on Lu Xiuyuan's face.

"Okay, okay, let's go to Yan Ruyu to find a worker and quickly carve out tomorrow's title."

"Yeah!" The other party responded with a smile: "Erlang, why don't we charge for tomorrow's newspaper? Good news like this kind of universal celebration should be publicized for free! Including my second brother's name! "

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

The two came to the store in a carriage. Because of the odd number, tomorrow's newspaper has already been printed. It's just that this kind of good news is not reported in the first place. How can people buy his news paper in the future?

All the employees were called up again, first they had someone engrave the super-large title, then Lu Xiuyuan wrote the manuscript himself, and the rest were typesetting and printing.

A group of people were busy until it was slightly bright the next day, before they managed to print all the newspapers.

Lu Xiuyuan's task was actually completed when the manuscript was finished, but when everyone was working overtime, as one of the bosses, he naturally had to stand in the united front with the employees.

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