The Sims: The Emperor Raising Project

Chapter 9
Another month passed, and it was time for the imperial examination to select officials.

It was rare for Liu Bian to get up early in the morning. He walked to the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation and said to Liu Keming who was on duty in front of the door: "Go get someone to boil some hot water. I want to take a shower and change my clothes."

Although Liu Keming felt very baffled, he didn't dare to disobey Liu Bian's will at all, so he immediately bowed and said: "Your servant obeys the order."

After about a stick of incense, Liu Keming went and returned, saying: "Master, this servant has ordered someone to boil hot water. I don't know when the master will go to the side hall to take a bath and change clothes?"

"Going right now."

After Liu Bian finished speaking, he walked quickly to Dongnuan Pavilion.

After washing up, Liu Bian deliberately changed into a brand new dragon robe, and immediately, accompanied by Zhuge Yan, went straight to the Xuanzheng Hall for the morning court.

Daxia, God bless for one year, the first day of March.

For Liu Bian, today is a day worth remembering, because today is a day of three blessings.

The first joy: Today is the day when the imperial examination can be held again.

The second joy: Today, we can formulate a new national policy again.

The third joy: Today is the day to sort out the quarterly taxes.

After Liu Bian sat down on the dragon chair, Lei Li, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, the tax revenue for this quarter is 17 taels, and the current national silver inventory is 195 million taels."

"Since I ascended the throne, I have been prospering every day and sleeping all night. Although it is not as good as the previous emperor's eventuality, it is still very effective. I hope that all the ministers will continue to work hard and create a god-blessed world together with me."

Liu Bian was quite satisfied with this result, mainly because the expected value was relatively low, so when the national tax surplus showed a positive number, Liu Bian felt unprecedentedly happy.

It has to be said that it is really difficult for him to lead such a group of civil and military officials to govern the world.

After inquiring about the taxation, Liu Bian turned his attention to the opening of the exam. He didn't give the Minister of Rites a chance to speak, and directly finalized the opening of the exam.

Seeing this, Li Fangshi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, had no choice but to retract the half of his foot that had already been stepped forward.

Liu Bian then lightly clicked on the national policy. The next moment, a picture suddenly appeared in front of Liu Bian. Two cards similar to cards appeared in the picture. The two cards were arranged horizontally. The first card was exactly The stereotyped exam that has been used once.

Seeing this, Liu Bian quickly stretched out his hand and clicked on the Stereotype Examination. As a result, a line of prompts appeared on the screen: Cannot use the national policy that has already been used.

Liu Bian sighed helplessly, and said in his heart, "I knew it would be like this."

After abandoning the use of stereotypes to select scholars, Liu Bian turned his attention to another national policy.

Jianghu Situation: Immediately obtain a character on the random weapon spectrum. (Attachment: Jianghu is a small imperial court, but the imperial court is much more complicated than Jianghu.)
"Talk is better than nothing." Liu Bian said, lightly tapping on the national policy called Jianghu Fengyun.

The next moment, a line of prompts appeared on the screen: The national policy has been formulated.

When Liu Bian chose to implement the local policies again, 10 taels of national treasury silver in the upper left corner was instantly deducted.

"Ten state capitals and 10 craftsmen consume at least 185 taels of silver every month. In this way, the only [-] million taels of silver in the treasury will not last long."

Not long ago, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry wrote in a letter: "[-] craftsmen have been recruited." And today is the day when the construction of the top ten state capitals in Daxia begins.

As a result, 10 taels of silver from the national treasury was used up as soon as the construction started. Judging from this spending speed, the little silver from the national treasury would not last for a few months at all.

Liu Bian resisted the urge to cry, and silently cast a look at Zhuge Yan.

Seeing this, Zhuge Yan immediately took a step forward and said: "There is something to play, and nothing to retreat to."

Seeing that none of the ministers showed up to perform the duties, Zhuge Yan immediately announced his resignation.

Leaving the Xuanzheng Hall, Liu Bian rushed to the Huangji Hall to invigilate the exam in a chariot. He attached great importance to the opening of the exam, as if he had regarded it as a life-saving straw to save the court.

The test results did not disappoint Liu Bian.

Looking at the two very eye-catching names in yellow background and blue letters on the list of nominations for the gold list, Liu Bian almost jumped up for joy.

Changsun Wuji: Martial Arts 65, Arts 91, Morality 80.

Gao Shilian: Martial Arts 30, Arts 87, Morality 82.

"These two are enough to become the mainstay of my Great Xia court."

Liu Bian immediately appointed Changsun Wuji as the No. [-] Scholar in the Jin Ke, and Gao Shilian as the No. [-] in the Jin Ke.

With the jewels of Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian in front of them, it is difficult for Liu Bian to see other people's test scores.

After the imperial examination was over, Liu Bian was on his way back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation in a walking chariot when he suddenly felt dizzy and even breathing became difficult.

Liu Bian quickly turned his gaze to the attribute bar in the upper left corner, and found that his health was only 62 points left, so he quickly ordered someone to carry the walking cart to the Imperial Medical Building.

After the group arrived at the Imperial Physician Building, Liu Bian quickly asked the imperial physician to feel his pulse.

After taking Liu Bian's pulse, the imperial doctor said: "Your Majesty just catches a cold occasionally, and it's not a serious problem. You only need to take a few decoctions to recover."

"Zhuge Yan." Liu Bian called out with his back turned to Zhuge Yan.

Hearing this, Zhuge Yan hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and said: "Master, don't worry, this servant will personally watch the imperial doctor and cook medicine for you."

After the imperial doctor prepared the decoction for Liu Bian, he gave him some acupuncture and moxibustion treatment.

After the treatment, Liu Bian immediately felt much refreshed. At this moment, a prompt appeared in front of him: health +30, stamina -5.

When Liu Bian looked at the attribute bar again, he found that his health had recovered to 92 points.

Until this moment, Liu Bian finally put his hanging heart back into his stomach.

"The situation in the rivers and lakes."

Liu Bian suddenly remembered the national policy, so he frowned and looked at Zhuge Yan, and asked, "Recently, have there been any quacks who have voluntarily surrendered to the imperial court?"

Zhuge Yan frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Returning to Master, there is indeed a Jianghu master who has been on the Jianghu Weapons Book recently who volunteered to surrender to the imperial court. The slave and maid temporarily arranged her into the East Factory. I don't know if the master wants to see her?"

"East Factory." Liu Bian didn't answer, but silently clicked on the option of East Factory in the simulator.

Open the East Factory option, and a row of vertical options appears on one side of the screen. From top to bottom, they are: issue orders, force table, guards, recruit followers, follower list, clean up followers, and case investigation.

Liu Bian was not in a hurry to open the follower option, but lightly clicked on the option of the power table.

The next moment, three forces suddenly appeared on the screen, namely: Nanshan, Donghai, and West Lake.

Liu Bian silently shifted his gaze to something similar to a form, and this form was impressively marked with detailed information about the Nanshan forces.

Leader: Du Zhe.

Identity: Minister of the Ministry of War.

Knighthood: None.

Age: 45.

Ambition: 21.

Faction: Nanshan.

Influence: 667.

Number of members: 29.

Liu Bian continued to move his gaze to the form marked Donghai.

Leader: Nangong Junwei.

Status: Queen.

Knighthood: None.

Age: 16.

Ambition: 65.

Faction: East China Sea.

Influence: 904.

Number of members: 23.

"Good guy, the queen's ambition is as high as 65? She is my pillow, and she hides really deep enough." Liu Bian's face suddenly became ugly.

Liu Bian temporarily forgot about the Queen's matter, and then turned his attention to the column of the West Lake.

Leader: Zhuge Yan.

Status: Eunuch in charge of the official seal.

Title: county earl.

Age: 20.

Ambition: 15.

Faction: West Lake.

Influence: 446.

Number of members: 17.

After seeing that Zhuge Yan's ambition was only 15 points, Liu Bian finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart, "Finally, there is someone who is trustworthy, otherwise, I will really become a loner."

(End of this chapter)