[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

Qinghe month, the tenth day of the lunar month, has entered spring, the weather is getting warmer, less rain, and the sunshine is getting longer.

Before sunrise, [-] students had already stood outside the Meridian Gate. They had gone through a rigorous body search. This exam only took one question on policy theory. Except for famous brand household dishes, all the students were provided by the palace.

Compared with the strict process of checking belongings during Chunwei, this time it has been simplified a lot.

But the candidates were even more nervous.

In the final analysis, Chun Wei is just a qualification test, and the palace test is a ranking test, not to mention that the palace test is taken in the Forbidden City. Many people have the opportunity to enter the palace this time in their lives, so they are naturally excited, excited and nervous.

While waiting for the palace gate to open, everyone looked up at the majestic palace wall and the Meridian Gate plaque on the gate.

This place has already entered the scope of the palace. The Forbidden City of this dynasty is different from what Xia Anran saw in modern times. Since Yongdingmen, Tianmen, and Anmen, they all belong to the scope of the imperial city. The outside of the palace is now Tiantianmen Square. There are six ministries, including Qin Tianjian of the Clan Mansion, etc., and Dali Temple of the Inspector on the other side.

In other words, Tiantian, Anmen Square, Monument to the People's Heroes, etc., which are accessible to everyone in modern times, are in fact already within the scope of non-access for ordinary people, let alone Meridian Gate.

Xia Anran lived in the Forbidden City for more than two months, but for the first time today she feels that this palace is very strange.

The modern Forbidden City exudes a sense of historical precipitation and tolerance, like an old man in his twilight years, looking at everyone who comes to visit calmly.

But now the Forbidden City stands majestically, Xia Anran seems to have the illusion of being overlooked by a giant.The man's eyes were cold and majestic, and he glanced at him coldly, the hairs on his back exploded, and his vision instantly became blurred.

[Meditation] The voice of the system suddenly sounded in his head [It's a weapon spirit. 】

Xia Anran was suddenly interrupted by him and broke free from that mysterious realm. In the blink of an eye, the Forbidden City is still the Forbidden City, with red brick walls and glazed tiles, so naturally there is no such giant.

"Qi, Qi Ling?" He blinked again and again, and hurriedly looked at the people around him. The students around him all looked at this piece of palace wall with admiring eyes, and didn't notice the strangeness of him just now.

[Everything has a spirit. After a long time, or if you have faith in your body, or you have been used by someone with great luck, it is easy to give birth to spiritual wisdom. 】

[Your client this time is just a flower hoe, and he has become refined because of the emotional influence that everyone has entrusted to Lin Daiyu for a long time, not to mention the residence of two generations of emperors. Naturally, there are weapons, but the host does not need it Worry, you were accepted by the spirits of Qi in modern times. Although the times are different, the spirits of the Forbidden City in modern times can also feel the imprint on you by the spirits of Qi in this era. 】

The system sound is very calm [What's more, you don't have bad intentions. Although you are a demon, but this body is human, the spirit of the weapon will not embarrass you. 】

"Then," Xia Miao swallowed, "if he wants to make things difficult for me... what will happen to me?"

[Probably, instant kill. ] The system is still very calm [There is a master's Imperial Artifact Spirit, the system has no way to protect the host, please forgive me. 】

There is really no way to forgive this!

He can only be thankful that as a meow of the Forbidden City, he is buffed by the modern Forbidden City weapon spirit.

[Host, the modern era is the end of the Dharma, the power of the gods has been greatly weakened, except for part of nature——]

"Speak the key."

[After changing from the Forbidden City to the Forbidden City, the spirit of the weapon is no longer the spirit of the past. 】

What's the meaning……

Xia Anran was stunned when she suddenly realized this meaning, she couldn't help being horrified.

As a palace, the Forbidden City is the residence of the emperor, and its main value is to exist attached to the emperor.

The emperor is the Son of Heaven, no matter how many beliefs there are in the world, the people will trust the Son of Heaven the most in the end.

Believe that the emperor will bring them a happy life, believe that the emperor will bring a good harvest, and believe that the emperor will rule the government and people will be harmonious.

Therefore, the Forbidden City absorbed the power of these beliefs and became a spirit from the dragon's veins.

He is beneficial to the central axis of the imperial capital, exhales faith, and protects the emperor from being influenced by demons and monsters.

But in modern times, what people trust is no longer the emperor, let alone a certain person who lives in the Forbidden City and whose face is blocked by a crown.

It's hard to say who modern people believe in. Maybe what they believe in is a peaceful country created by their ancestors after bloody battles. It's not a single person or a political party, but the whole of China. The backbone of the Huaxia people stood up after being discounted.

Or, what they believe in is the belief that "the country will get better and better" itself.

Don't rely on God's gift, don't rely on others, rely on your own hands to struggle, fight for, and obtain.

This kind of belief is a good thing for the people, but for the Forbidden City itself, it means that it can no longer gain belief.

So, in modern times, what kind of mood does this spirit that still exists in the Forbidden City look at the tourists stepping in happily?

[Host don't think too much,] The voice of the system is still calm and slow [The thoughts of the spirits are very simple. After becoming spirits with weapons, they have no attachments, and most of them are happy with the situation. Compared with you little monsters, they are all very good fulfilled. 】

Xia Anran "..."

I think too much, and it’s not easy to be satisfied. I’m sorry!

【The current task of the host is obtained from Qi Ling. After the investigation of our system database, the main tasks of the dream monster are all from Qi Ling. 】

That is to say, when other monsters hate the sky and the earth, Qi Ling just asks me to have a dream.

Really, really very satisfying.

Xia Anran couldn't hold back and glanced at the palace wall again, "I don't know if the Forbidden City also has dreams that I want to have..."

[The host better hope he doesn't. ] The system simply poured cold water on him [If there is, his dream will not be decades or even hundreds of years, the host will not be able to complete it. 】

...Xia Anran, who has been a man for 23 years and has been a demon for two months, trembled, and stood up very seriously, looking very cute in the eyes of the yamen servants.

In the east, when the sun is rising, a strong man blows his whip, the gate of the Meridian Gate is slowly opened, and the guard of honor comes out from the inside.

There are five gates in the Meridian Gate, and they are not qualified to go through the middle three gates. They can only go through the left and right gates. Xia Anran got 23 in the exam. They are odd numbers, enter through the left gate, and even numbers enter through the right gate. .

And only the top three of Wenwu Chunwei are eligible to come out from the middle gate of the Meridian Gate.

This is the highest honor in a person's life, and only the emperor or the queen at the wedding can enter the door.

It is also the country's emphasis on the six people who only come out every three years.

When entering through the tucked door, Xia Anran noticed that many people were looking at the middle road with all kinds of complicated small eyes of envy and admiration.

After crossing the Jinshui Bridge and walking along the palace, everyone stopped in front of the Palace of Preserving Harmony.

Some palace people chanted with a scroll, and those whose names were selected sat down one by one. After completing a series of complicated etiquette, the scroll was opened with the sound of the bell.

Xia Anran glanced at the title, but was dumbfounded.

Compared with the sharper questions in the general examination, the questions in the palace examination are extremely well-regulated, and the central idea is [How to make the country peaceful and peaceful? 】

This is an extremely lenient proposition, Xia Anran thought while grinding.

Moreover, this proposition is not like a question that would be given by an emperor who would suddenly change the style of the exam, from stereotyped writing that mainly focused on beautiful writing to more practical policy theories.

What's more, when he will try, the question is how to solve the money problem, and the direction is very obvious... Huh.

Xia Anran paused Yanmo's hands, and subconsciously raised her head to look at the seat of the throne. He was stunned again, her round eyes widened.

It turned out that there was only one person sitting on the throne, which was empty and only used as a symbolic meaning.

That man looks handsome, looks like he is in his thirties, and looks very kind, but... always, always feels a little, a little kind?

Xia Anran hurriedly lowered her head before being realized that he was looking directly at Tian Yan, but she felt something was wrong even more.

In the imperial examination, although it is said that the examiner is the emperor, in fact the emperor is just a name, and he does not really show up. After all, the exam lasts for a day, and it is a waste of time to sit here. Come secretly when everyone has already started answering the test, how can this behavior be problematic?

Xia Anran rolled his eyes, and the cat's paws in his heart stomped on the ground alternately. It turned out that when he solved the problem, Guotai Minan naturally meant the country's peace and people's stability.

But suddenly, he thought of a relatively uncommon knowledge.

When I was in college, my teacher jokingly said that the Thai characters of Guotai Minan, there is a voice that does not occupy the mainstream in the literary world, and they can all be rich.

The reason is that in the Analects of Confucius, there are four characters of Tai, which are rich in understanding.

In Xunzi, there is also a person who cares about things and wants to be rich, and uses wealth to desire Thailand, and the word Thai is also used to explain wealth. "Xunzi", "The Analects of Confucius", including "Mencius" also have Thai as the rich explanation.

Even the source of the phrase "Guotai Min'an": Song Wu Zimu's "Meng Liang Lu Mountains and Rivers God": In the middle, he wrote green words to pray for "Guo Tai Min An". I am displaced, so praying for the prosperity of the country (to save lives and treat disasters) to put the people at ease, although it is a little bit reluctant, it is not impossible.

Although the term "National Wealth and Minan" has already appeared in "Hanshu·Criminal Law", it is a bit unreasonable why we need to create a word if we still want to express this meaning.

He blinked, took the manuscript paper, and decided to take a gamble.

Anyway, it's time for the imperial examination, the worst thing is to be a fellow Jinshi, it doesn't matter to him.

Xia Anran drew a pen and drew a big cake for the emperor.

If the country has money, it will have soldiers and food, and if it has soldiers and food, it can defeat the surrounding enemies who are watching, and the country will be safe.

If the country is rich, even if there is a natural disaster, it can be treated in time. Natural disasters cannot hit our people, but will only show the strength of our country. Your Majesty's wise leadership.

When the country has money, it can carry out infrastructure construction. When the infrastructure is improved, industry, agriculture, animal husbandry and commerce will develop rapidly. When the people have enough food and money, they can stimulate economic development, and the country will become richer and richer!

but! Yes!

He happily turned around

How does a country become rich?

It is not feasible to extract from the common people.The country is rich and the people are strong, and the people are strong and the country is rich, and they complement each other.

The point is to open source, how to open source...

Xia Anran's flying brush trembled.

Huh?I always feel that something is wrong... If you break the question like this, wouldn't it be the same as the test question?Although it is said that the test papers that will be tested are not reviewed by the current batch of examiners, maybe they know what they have written, and it will not be good if they apply it again.

Hmm... Then, write it in another place.

When fighting a war, the concept of war indemnity must be in place. Who said that you lose money in a war, and you don’t lose money.

And it can also divert domestic conflicts.

Show off our country's prestige... Oh, by the way, a military parade is also going to be held, and the military parade is the best.

Xia Anran wrote with divine help, and his movements slowed down as he wrote. He squinted his eyes to see what he had written, and then slowly broke out in a drop of cold sweat.

Oh no.

What the teacher had reminded him time and again...to be moderate and prudent, was forgotten by him again.

He changed his sitting position, ate some pancakes, calmed down, and changed a piece of manuscript paper.

The country is prosperous and the people are safe...Your Majesty is wise, the former emperor is benevolent, our government is well-organized and the people are harmonious, and the people live and work in peace and contentment... Omit.

In the end, the paper that Xia Anran handed in was of course without merit or demerit, meeting Lin Ruhai's requirements for him, moderate, not outstanding, bright but not conspicuous.

At sunset, Ming Jin handed in the paper, Xia Anran looked up again and found that there was no one on the throne.

He was serious when answering the paper, but he really didn't notice when he left.

Walking slowly out of the Forbidden City in the face of the setting sun, the surrounding students all walked with their heads down and looked at their feet, Xia Anran also looked at the ground, the bricks here are naturally different from modern ones, the floor tiles of the Forbidden City have been repaired, but even so There will be damage, and there will be tender grass growing from the gap between the bricks, but as far as Xia Anran can see, there is not a single weed, and every brick is complete.

Royal solemnity.

He couldn't help but think of the sentence just now, "From the Forbidden City to the Forbidden City."

Can't help but sigh in my heart.

All of this was not caused by Qi Ling, it was obviously because of its owner's failure to live up to expectations.

[The Artifact Spirit exists attached to its master, and will also feed back to the master. 】

The system sensed his emotions and comforted him [But not all weapon spirits are the same, some weapon spirits can exist without their masters. 】

"Who is it?" Xia Anran was a little curious, and he asked excitedly, "Is it such as the map of mountains and rivers, red hydrangea, and Pangu banner?"

Xia Anran, who instantly revealed what novels she usually likes to read, continued to ask without knowing it, "System System, have you ever seen them? What do they look like?"

system【……】

System: Why do you have to embarrass the system, I'm just a young demon raising the system.

System [Those are innate spirit treasures... We can't even see their weapon spirits, but there are also legends in our system that sometimes those weapon spirits will go to the derivative world to play when they have nothing to do. 】

"So happy?"

[Their lifespan is too long, and it is very difficult to cultivate the weapon spirits. So far, there are not many weapon spirits that can break through. 】

The system is also a little bit embarrassed [Qi Ling's character is peaceful, if they don't have obsessions, they would rather sleep.It's not uncommon for them to dissipate when they fall asleep, so thanks to your Dream Monster Clan for helping, they awakened many spirits. 】

[After all, after living for a long time, there are so many regrettable things. 】

Xia Anran blinked her eyelashes, and a stream of light flashed in her eyes, "Well, then we are pretty good."

[Yes, but you are still a little monster, and some dream monster bosses are very powerful. 】The system paused, and said in a coaxing tone 【So you have to work hard, this world is already a basic world, and the difficulty is very low. 】

"Okay." Xia Anran nodded obediently, and then said seemingly unintentionally, "System, you talked a lot today!"

【Well, because I saw Senior】

"what?"

【...It is the spirit of the Forbidden City, the perspective of the system is different from that of the host. 】The system obviously didn't want to say any more, it was silent for a while, and reminded

[The system reminds the host that your completion of the main task is very low, and the task owner will soon be of marriageable age. Has the host found a suitable person? 】

Speaking of this, Xia Anran sighed, "I'm looking for it."

"Among the group of people I'm in now, aren't they the best candidates?"

【…】

System: Host, I want to remind you that you are also among this group of people.

Forget it...or not to remind.

The system that just got poked in the heart today said that none of them were happy, all of them had a temper, and none of them told the host that the host had already been taken by the mission target's father.

On this side, after the three hundred students left the palace, the homework for examination papers was so tight that it was time to start a war.

Although the chief examiner of the palace examination is the emperor, it is obviously impossible for the emperor to read the test papers one by one. There are several deputy examiners in the palace examination who act as the examiners to mark the papers on their behalf. This dynasty has selected five, and each test paper will be in the hands of the five examiners. After passing, there will be a final score.

Every examiner will write down what he or she thinks is equal on the surface of the paper. The far right is a circle and the worst is a cross. Of course, it is almost impossible for a paper to this level to have a fork, but it is not impossible.

There was a student from the previous dynasty who came to take the exam, and his knowledge was excellent, but the purpose of coming to the exam was to write a beautiful article to scold the former court's chief minister.

Such an article naturally got a fork.

This dynasty has not had such a situation so far, and it is best not to have it.

When the examiners were flipping through the test papers, a eunuch suddenly walked in, it was Eunuch Liu who was trusted by the emperor.

The two parties greeted each other at the entrance, and Eunuch Liu finally took away the manuscript paper for the record under the puzzled eyes of everyone.

The five examiners looked at each other in blank dismay, and then all looked solemn.

The purpose of taking away the manuscript paper today... Could it be that you don't believe that they grade the papers fairly?So I want to read the manuscript paper, so I have a good idea?

To be honest, fair marking is indeed not fair.

These five people had to read all three hundred test papers in one night. These five people were still the mainstays in the court, and they had to work after reading the papers.

In this way, they naturally don't look very carefully when grading the papers. Usually, when they see the handwriting is neat and beautiful or have a strong character, they pay more attention to it, and the scribbled ones will roughly draw a dot, and it's over.

Moreover, the next grader is very easy to be influenced by the previous grader, especially when he sees the previous one draw a dot, he naturally doesn't want to draw a point or a circle, otherwise wouldn't he offend others?

Colleagues say this article is so-so, you say this article is good, or excellent.

Do you still want to be a happy colleague?

But now Imakami suddenly took away the manuscript paper, and it was like an enlightenment, and the alarm bell sounded on the heads of these five people.

Originally there were [-] test papers, these five people selected the best ten papers, and presented them to the imperial court. The emperor saw these ten papers, and he selected the top ten papers out of the ten papers, and the remaining seven papers It's the top two.

It can be said that although the palace examination is invigilated by the emperor and marked, it is still in the hands of the ministers.

Of course, due to the new establishment of this dynasty, the administration of officials is not considered corrupt, so there is really no such thing as deception.

At most, everyone knows it well.

After exchanging a glance, these people looked at the article that had just been reviewed with a little more caution, and they took it back for review again.

In fact, this was because they thought too much. Since these five people were ordered, the emperor still trusted them very much.

The manuscript paper was taken away only because the emperor knew that there was a strange talent among the candidates.

In the final analysis, it was the result of Xia Anran's scribbling on the manuscript paper during the Chunwei exam.

The name Xia Anran did not leave any traces in the ears of the emperor who was always busy with everything. Although he made a data comparison method, what the emperor heard was "Gusu Xiaoer".

It's not that someone wants to covet this achievement, but it's out of good intentions. Xia Anran was only in his teens at the time, and it really shouldn't attract too much attention.

What's more, if you say it, His Majesty won't pay attention to it, but if this kid can live up to his spirit and finally enter this court, if you say a few nice words at that time, is it possible that His Majesty won't think of him?

No one could have imagined that this day would come so early.

At the time of spring, what the child said on the manuscript paper was noticed by the examiner, and it was presented to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry overnight, and the Ministry of Industry moved up and down the next day. The best people in the country who are good at this skill gathered together, and everyone looked at it one after another and thought it seemed feasible.

After spring plowing, after inviting the emperor, he tried it out in Huangzhuang.

This matter is not so simple when it comes to the emperor. After the manuscript paper was copied, the emperor read the original copy several times, and today he pulled out Xia Anran's original copy, and he couldn't help laughing when he saw it.

That's why there was this special drawing of Xia Anran's manuscript paper this time. Today, I just want to see what this kid will write on the manuscript paper in the palace examination. Who knows that the wrong mark makes this examination more cautious.