Chapter 566: Cruel enough, vicious enough

"The Flying Eagle Order is divided into Yang Order and Yin Order. The Yang Order is in the hands of successive emperors, while the Yin Order is in the hands of a certain family. As for which family it is, it is impossible to determine." Yu Lingye said.

"The Flying Eagle Order in your hand is the Yin Order."

Xie Yingmian was shocked: "Is that so?"

Yu Lingye nodded: "Yes."

"According to normal procedures, the Yang Order should be passed from the late emperor to the emperor."

"At a specific time, the Emperor will press the mechanism of the Flying Eagle Eye. The mechanism will be activated, and those holding the Yin Order will come to meet him. The Yin and Yang Flying Eagle Orders will be combined into one to mobilize the Dark Army."

"The current situation is that the Queen gave you the Yin Order, and the Yang Order was passed on by the late Emperor to a member of the Chu family."

Xie Yingmian understood.

The late emperor gave something that was meant for the emperor to someone else.

Xie Yingmian sighed: "The late emperor disliked the emperor so much, but the emperor was still able to overcome all difficulties and ascend to that position. In a sense, the emperor is really a very powerful person."

Yu Lingye: "It's really amazing."

"The emperor is a man who will do anything he can."

"When he interacts with anyone, he does so with a strong purpose."

Xie Yingmian deeply agreed with this.

Regardless of the position, if we only consider success or failure,

The history of the emperor's ascension to the throne can be said to be the history of the counterattack of a poor prince.

An unpopular prince took advantage of the naiveté and ambition of the alien Xie Jingyun to acquire extremely lethal light weapons and fame, winning a group of followers.

After his fame rose, he used all available resources to elevate himself to the position of crown prince.

In order to secure his position as crown prince, he used his superb acting skills to deceive the important officials in the court headed by the Chu family, making those important officials in the court willingly endorse him.

When ordinary princes fight for the throne, they always harm each other and frame each other, and are as hostile as water and fire.

The emperor is different.

The emperor used the attitude of "brotherly love and respect" to coax Yu Lingye, who was still young and didn't know how to fight for power.

In addition to these, the emperor used his mother's family to obtain huge wealth. After obtaining the wealth, he immediately abandoned his mother's family with status and turned to rely on the empress dowager.

He will try every means to please and get close to people who are beneficial to him.

After squeezing out all the value from these people, they are ruthlessly abandoned.

He advanced cautiously step by step, moving towards the pinnacle of power.

The emperor was a master at manipulating power.

He is cruel enough and his methods are vicious enough.

Xie Yingmian had no choice but to accept this.

Xie Yingmian: "The late emperor didn't pass the Yang Order to the emperor. Most likely it was because of you?"

Yu Lingye: “Maybe.”

Xie Yingmian: "The late emperor really liked you."

"Why didn't you become the crown prince then?"

Yu Lingye: "My father didn't let me become the crown prince because he wanted to protect me. I was young at the time, and my mother's family, the Fang family, was in such a difficult situation. I had no one to rely on."

"My father knew exactly what I would face if I became a target, so he paved a path for me that he believed was safe."

"pity……"

Both his father and he underestimated the emperor's ruthlessness.

…

After the fall, the weather gets colder day by day.

After a rain, the last bit of the summer heat was swept away.

Entering the eighth month of the lunar calendar, except for the slight heat at noon when the sun is strong, there is a chilly chill in the morning and evening.

In August, there is the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet and the Autumn Examination.

The examination system of the Dayu Dynasty was different from the one Xie Yingmian knew.

Take the Ming Dynasty imperial examination, which is famous in the history of flower cultivation, as an example.

During the Ming Dynasty, the Autumn Examination was the provincial examination, and was called the Autumn Examination because it was held in autumn.

The Autumn Examination is held every three years and is divided into three sessions.

The first exam will start on August 9th and last for ten days.

The results will be announced in mid-September when the sweet-scented osmanthus is in the air, and those who pass the exam will be called Juren.

The well-known story of Fan Jin passing the imperial examination refers to the fact that Fan Jin passed the imperial examination in the autumn.

This is the first step to success.

Becoming a juren is almost like jumping class.

Only students who passed the imperial examination were eligible to take part in the imperial examination in the spring of the following year.

The first session of the imperial examination began on the ninth day of the second lunar month. Because it was held in spring, it was also called the Spring Examination.

The Spring Examination is also divided into three sessions.

The results were announced at the end of February when apricot blossoms were in full bloom, so the imperial examination list was also known as the Apricot List.

Those who made it to the Xingbang were called Gongshi.

Gongshi did not hold any official position, but only obtained the qualification to take the palace examination.

Only those who passed the palace examination could be called Jinshi.

In the Ming Dynasty, Jinshi were divided into three classes.

There were three people in the first class, all of whom were awarded the title of Jinshi.

They are the famous and well-known No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 in the imperial examination.

Dozens of people in the second class were awarded the title of Jinshi, and the number of people each time varied.

A number of people in the third class were granted the same status as Jinshi, and they are the main reserve pool of grassroots cadres.

The examination system of the Dayu Dynasty was roughly similar to that of the Ming Dynasty, except that the timing was reversed.

In other words, during the Dayu Dynasty, the spring examination was the provincial examination, and the autumn examination was the metropolitan examination.

According to Yu Lingye, when the founding emperor of the Dayu Dynasty established the Dynasty, it was summer. Everything was in ruins, people were in panic, and the new court was extremely short of talents.

Therefore, the founding emperor opened the special examination in the eighth month of the lunar calendar.

The examination that year produced many capable and wise officials whose names were recorded in history.

A new country, a new atmosphere. The founding emperor believed this was a good omen and continued this custom.

[Note: The Ming Dynasty imperial examination system originated from the "Records of the Ming Dynasty Election Examination". Due to plot requirements, some of the text is fictitious. In order not to mislead readers, we will briefly explain the formal ancient imperial examination system.]