In the second year of Kaiping, the King of Liang sent his prime minister to lead an army of 30,000 people in the Northern Expedition, and achieved a great victory, killing the King of Jin.
In the third year of Kaiping, the prime minister became seriously ill and returned to Jinshi to cultivate himself.
In the same year, Liang Wang Xiao Liang ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, with the title of "Human Emperor". He did not worship heaven, and at the same time abolished the title of "Emperor".
In the fourth year of Kaiping, Prime Minister Xu Lingzi gradually lived in seclusion and entrusted political affairs to Cao Man, Fan Jin, Taichong, Taihe, Taiyin and others.
In the fifth year of Kaiping, Tang Xun led the Liang army to conquer Songjingshi and made a northern expedition to the Jin Kingdom. They captured tens of thousands of young kings, queen mothers, princes and nobles, and offered them to the Imperial Ancestral Temple as prisoners. A group of emerging generals, such as Si Yunming, Zheng Fang, etc. began to rise. Zhang Jushi,
Lu Xiaoyi and other civil servants also emerged.
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In the blink of an eye, it was the sixth year of Kaiping.
At this time, after more than ten years of chaos, the world was finally pacified again. The territory was expanded by several percent compared to the previous Dasong. The country's name was still "Liang" and its capital was Jinshi.
Xiao Liang is also eighteen years old, already an adult in ancient times.
The prime minister Xu Lingzi therefore returned the government to your majesty. Xiao Liang began to rule personally and appointed Xu Lingzi as the imperial advisor. Xiao Gui followed Cao Sui. He still did not use the Four Books and Five Classics, but implemented the public examination, increased religious taxes, business taxes, and integrated officials and gentry.
It will always be a national policy to receive food, and at the same time, the "Tai Shang Taoist Academy" will be established to study the way of science and truth.
Xu Lingzi serves as the dean of Taishang Taoist Academy.
Both the government and the public praised it, believing that the monarch and his ministers were in harmony with each other, which was a state of affairs that had not been seen in thousands of years, and the Liang Kingdom gradually entered a prosperous age.
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Time is like water, and years are like a shuttle.
In the blink of an eye, it was the 16th year of Kaiping.
Time is the best healer, it can heal pain and make people forget many things.
Some of the popular figures of more than ten years ago have died, some have retired, some are high in the court, and some have become legends.
There are even some that have been gradually forgotten by people.
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Dududu!
On the canal, a small steamer was emitting black smoke, carrying a boatload of tourists upstream, heading straight for Jinshi.
"This small steam wheel is powered by a steam engine, runs water and fire, and operates automatically without wind. It's so wonderful."
There was a man on the deck, wearing a short-sleeved shirt, leaning on the railing and looking at it with emotion.
This man has regular features and thick lips, which are tightly pursed when not speaking, easily giving off a sense of perseverance.
In photo books, such people are often strong-willed and will achieve great success in both business and politics in the future.
This person's name is Yang Fei, a student who went to Jinshi City to take the public examination this time.
"Brother Yang, is this your first time riding a steamboat?"
A fat businessman next to him smiled and said: "This is indeed a rare thing. It was only researched by Taishang Taoist Academy three years ago... and then put into commercial use, which is only needed by some mines. However, people always have wonderful ideas to use it."
If it is placed on a boat, it can be equivalent to a dozen strong laborers rowing a boat, and it is the kind that works day and night... It is said that it will be used on the ground, but it will need to lay rails, which will cost a lot, and the princes of the court are still discussing..."
"Brother Zhen is worthy of being a businessman and has a broad vision! The students have learned a lesson."
Yang Fei sincerely thanked him.
"Hey...you don't have to be so polite." Businessman Zhen Bao has a simple and honest appearance, and it seems that he will not deceive others at first glance. Such an appearance is most suitable for doing business.
At this time, his hands were shaking wildly: "Brother, if you can go to Jinshi to take the public examination, in the past, you would have been a disciple of the emperor! How can I accept your courtesy so easily?"
"What kind of disciple of the emperor is just a minor official... I also live close to Jinshi, so I was assigned to this area for the exam!"
Yang Fei said with some emotion.
Although the Kao Gong Ming Order stipulates that those who succeed in the examination must all start from the official position, but there are still differences in different places.
For example, working in a sixth-floor office in a state capital, even if it is just serving tea and pouring water, is better than working in a county.
As for those who can pass the epigraphy examination and directly join the various departments of the imperial court, let alone those who can be promoted very quickly.
This also makes the Jinshi public examination several times more difficult than in other large areas.
Even so, there are still a large number of candidates who would rather spend huge sums of money to buy a house in Jinshi and change their household registration in order to take the exam in Jinshi, which has led to several major cases of corruption.
It can be said that although the Liang Dynasty entered its prosperous age, there were also many problems that came with it.
'I am a student of Mr. Junshan, and I must assist Zuo Mingzhu to do great things for the people of the world!'
Yang Fei held the railing and couldn't help but feel excited.
His teacher, Mr. Junshan, was said to be a famous Confucian during the Song Dynasty. However, the imperial court did not use the Four Books and Five Classics to recruit scholars, and the status of Confucian scholars plummeted.
Many people who have directly ordained or become monks, or who have become disheartened and become Taoist priests, even scatter their hair and go into the mountains, claiming to "not eat Liang millet"!
As a result, even monks and Taoists still had to pay taxes. Those who entered the mountains soon ran back in ashes, or died directly from the mouths of tigers and wolves.
The rest are either crazy or changed.
Mr. Junshan is a more flexible type. He has taught himself science and can earn a living by teaching and educating people in the countryside.
While teaching naughty children how to read, I couldn't help but say some weird things and make fun of the clock hand.
As a result, Yang Fei also had some cynical thoughts at a young age, and he only wanted to meet the Ming Lord, take charge of political affairs, and then reform!
He concealed his thoughts very well. At this time, he only chatted with Zhen Bao: "Brother Zhen has been doing business recently, how much profit has he made?"
"It's not bad at all, just barely at Hukou... The imperial tax laws are very careful, and you have to shed a layer of skin when filing taxes at every level... Fortunately, you don't have to suffer from checkpoints, roadblocks, gangsters, and powerful people... but there is still some profit.
, it’s just not big.”
Zhen Bao seemed to sigh: "Those wealthy businessmen who do business across the state and even the country can only be prosperous for a while, and then fall into decline before they know it... The truly hugely profitable businesses are all run by imperial officials! Hehe... Scholars of the former dynasty
There is some truth in saying we don’t compete with the people for profit.”
Yang Fei was about to say something when he saw several children running on the deck, fighting for a little book.
Yang Fei also loved reading this kind of thing called "comic strips" when he was a child.
The most popular book nowadays is "The Legend of Songliang Heroes" which describes the troubled times in the past.
"Give it to me quickly, I want to see General Tang defeat the Jin soldiers!"
"No, I want to see civil servants strategizing the world. What's good about a warrior? It's better to be a high official, like Grand Scholar Fan or Grand Scholar Zhang... to change the world with one strategy, this is the style of a top strategist..."
But a little girl timidly said: "Didn't you say that King Liang still has immortals to help him? I want to read the story of the Immortal Hu Power..."
Several other children expressed their disdain: "Taoist priests and immortals are all lies! Haven't you read the scientific decryption of Taishang Taoist Academy? Talisman paper can spontaneously ignite. It's just added with phosphorus. What kind of oil pot is used to withdraw money? It's just added
Got borax and vinegar!”
"My father has already said that the emperor recently established the Hall of Heroes, so there is no such thing as the powerful immortal..."
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Tong Yan Wuji, Yang Fei was horrified!
Although he didn't believe that Xu Lingzi had the power to cross pear, fire and jujube, knew how to fly swords, spread beans to form soldiers, and resurrect the dead, he also knew that Xu Lingzi was the prime minister of the Liang Dynasty before.
King, he has indeed made great achievements.
But now, it seems that he has been gradually marginalized by the imperial court!
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
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