“Mother.” Cheng Jinyang greeted.
“You actually remembered to come to see me.” Xie Guyan said in surprise, “Why, are you tired of playing with them?”
Cheng Jinyang was almost speechless, but looking at the playful, strange, and meaningful smiles of the ladies around his mother, he quickly remembered the business and said:
“I have to go back to Jiankang recently.”
“Are you ready to take action?” Xie Guyan raised his eyebrows.
“The time has come.” Cheng Jinyang nodded and said, “Everyone, please come back to Jiankang with me.”
“That’s natural.” Xie Guyan didn’t intend to keep Ah Zhi and the others. After all, they were all eldest ladies of the noble clan. After being in the north for so long, they definitely wanted to go back and see the family. “Beidou, Zhi Ming, Meng Zhang, and The others stay, there is no need for them to go back to the south for the time being, I will just take them to Longyou.”
“Well, I’ll talk to them when I get back.” Cheng Jinyang nodded.
Xie Guyan waved his hand and drove his son and daughter-in-law out of the Vientiane Palace.
“How are the children doing recently?” After taking everyone away from the palace, Cheng Jinyang first asked about the situation of Teacher Li and Yun Yun.
“My child is very healthy.” Teacher Li said with a smile and put his hands on his lower abdomen.
“Speaking of this, I’m a little worried.” Lu Qingyun said worriedly, “Since I was pregnant with the child, I feel like the demon parasitizing in my body has never spoken again.”
“Uh.” The girls were all speechless, “Here we go again.”
“So, that can only mean that you are cured.” Qingqing said with an experienced attitude, “Don’t make unfounded assumptions.”
“Then why is this time better than sooner rather than later?” Lu Qingyun nervously held Cheng Jinyang’s hand and said fearfully, “Jinyang, I’m worried that she has transferred to our daughter’s body…”
“That’s it!” Sister Xiaopei interrupted her and couldn’t help but raise her voice, “Mom has checked and there is nothing wrong with your child! You are just recovered from your illness.”
“Really?” Lu Qingyun still frowned, “But the demon’s talent for magic is inherently strange. Are there any demons who can hide it from their mother?”
“My mother is a first-grade heavenly emperor.” Xing Yunzhi reminded her, “If you have the ability to hide from a first-grade heavenly emperor, why would such a terrifying demon parasitize you? Isn’t it good to go out and be free?”
“Maybe she can’t get out?” Lu Qingyun continued to guess, “Maybe she is just trapped in my body and wants to use my daughter’s body to escape?”
“You have such a rich imagination!” Cui Xiaoniang persuaded with a smile, “First of all, demons don’t need to be parasitized at all. Anyway, they can be resurrected after death, so why should they parasitize others and linger?”
“Secondly, although what you just said is possible, there is no clear evidence, right? I think it is best not to add unnecessary psychological burden to yourself…”
“I really have no evidence to prove that there are demons in my body.” Lu Qingyun sighed, “But there is no evidence to prove that there are no demons in my body!”
“Does this need proof?” Yang Wangshu blurted out, “Then aren’t we all parasitized by demons?”
“That’s right.” Cheng Jinyang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, “So, I think you should not be too nervous. You can relax after returning to Jiankang… huh?”
He glanced at everyone and suddenly asked:
“Where’s Miss Wang?”
“Oh, she should be reading in the imperial study room!” Zheng Qiupei slapped her forehead, “We almost forgot about her.”
Cheng Jinyang:………………
“Go to the Imperial Study Room!” He waved his hand and said.
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While the eldest ladies of the gentry were all fawning over their mother-in-law, Wang Wanrou had completely broken out of these constraints.
She has been staying in the imperial study room these days, reading books that only emperors of the Sima family could read a hundred years ago.
In the data era since Sima Zhongda, most information has been electronic. What can be preserved as physical books is often the most precious essence.
Therefore, when everyone arrived at the imperial study room, they saw Miss Wang leaning back on the office chair, holding a book in her left hand and reading leisurely, and pinching cherries from the fruit bowl next to her with her right hand to eat.
The sunlight shone through the window lattice of the study room, reflecting her delicate side face as if it were coated with a layer of holy gold.
“What are you looking at?” Cheng Jinyang put his hands behind his back and stuck his head out from behind her chair.
Wang Wanrou didn’t say anything, she just showed the cover of the book.
Everyone took a closer look and saw that the title of the book was “Golden Parachute – Starting from the Governing of People by Emperor Xuan”.
“What does this say?” Cheng Jinyang asked curiously.
“Ah, I know this.” Cui Xiaoniang suddenly said, “The golden parachute is the talent recruitment system thought up by Sima Zhongda.”
“Because at that time, the imperial court’s demand for talents became more and more prosperous, but there was no good selection system. Therefore, in addition to the old inspection and promotion system, people from the same hometown also relied on mutual recommendations.”
“For example, if a junior official is from Qinghe County, I will ask him to recommend other talents from Qinghe County.”
“But for this recommender, if the recommended person comes over and gains power, it may in turn affect his interests, so he may not necessarily recommend actively – especially those with mediocre abilities.”
“So Sima Zhongda proposed the golden parachute agreement, promising that those mediocre low-level bureaucrats who recommend talented and outstanding compatriots will receive generous rewards or be transferred to more noble positions.”
“As a result, the recommender’s own interests will not be harmed by the recommended person, and they will naturally recommend enthusiastically.”
“Of course, later Sima Zhongda vigorously promoted the popularization of education, and finally relied on the imperial examination system to replace the imperial examination system, and the golden parachute was eliminated in due course.”
“That’s it.” Cheng Jinyang nodded and said movedly, “Wanrou, you are worthy of being my think tank. Are you learning the art of governing the country for me?”
Wang Wanrou didn’t answer, she just stood up and pointed to the bookshelf next to her:
“In this row of bookshelves, you should read through the books on the bottom as soon as possible. Once you have a basic impression in your mind, you will be able to read them without any hindrance.”
“Go up one level, read it within three months after becoming emperor, and understand it deeply, so that the administration can be smooth.”
“Go to the next level, read it within three years, practice it, and apply what you have learned, and the temple will be united.”
“Go to the next level, finish it within ten years, integrate it with practical experience, and then you will have a stable society.”
“The top-level books can be read intensively thousands of times and then passed down to descendants. This can protect the empire from being destroyed by the second generation.”
Cheng Jinyang:………………
Daqing wants me to learn!
