Chapter 2 Initial Reading Task
[Host, I'm here.] The system quickly responded in Yan Xuanyu's mind.
Yan Xuanyu gathered the thick robe on his body. The area close to his body was covered with soft silk. Although it was called a thick robe, Yan Xuanyu felt it and it felt more like various luxurious fabrics piled up together. He was covered with a black brocade robe on the outside. There was a dragon pattern embroidered with gold thread extending from the hem upwards, and the cuffs were also covered with intricate gold thread patterns.
It can be said to be extremely luxurious.
But in Yan Xuanyu's opinion, this kind of dressing is just like the magical layering of clothes worn by old Chinese ladies in his world, where they put on one piece after another.
Yan Xuanyu asked all the palace maids and eunuchs in Chengtian Hall to leave. Now he was the only one in the whole hall. It had lost some of its popularity. Yan Xuanyu felt that the hall was even colder. He gathered his clothes together and found a comfortable position to lean on the couch.
"Which dynasty is more similar to the one in my world, the current one or the one in my world?" Yan Xuanyu asked.
He knew that the world generated by the system was probably the "parallel world" he had seen in science fiction novels before. It was just that he had just arrived and had no idea what stage this era had reached. However, he received the memories of the original owner, Emperor Yan of Zhou, and saw that the current dynasty was not developing very well and was far worse than the famous Tang and Song dynasties in history.
[Host, hello, based on your question, the system has found the following answer——]
[Because this world is created by the overall system, it has nothing to do with the host's real world. And due to the randomness of the system's creation, this world cannot be compared.]
"In other words, this world was created randomly?" Yan Xuanyu smiled. This confirmed one of his guesses.
He closed his eyes. No wonder in the original owner's perspective he had endless delicacies from land and sea, all cooked and steamed. It could be seen that the cuisine was very mature. However, in terms of clothing, it was like the Han Dynasty and before. Commoners mainly wore linen clothes, while royal nobles valued silk and satin. The textile industry had not developed at all. This seemed to be a contradiction.
It turns out that it is a random (emphasis) generated by the system!
After resolving his doubts, Yan Xuanyu remembered another important thing, "System, open the card drawing system you mentioned and show it to me."
[Ding——The Tyrant Emperor card drawing system is starting——]
The next second, a light blue transparent projection suddenly appeared in front of Yan Xuanyu's eyes. A large turntable with four colors slowly appeared, and the pointer pointed vertically downwards. Finally, a red button appeared. The screen was not still, and there was a faint golden light flowing on it. It seemed that only this button was operable on the entire screen.
Yan Xuanyu had nothing to be afraid of, so he reached out and pressed it.
[Beep—Activation failed. First time card draw requires 50 points (50% off for the first draw). Host's current points: 3]
This system really understands human nature and even has programs to stimulate consumption!
[The host can call the system at any time to open the task panel to view the tasks that can obtain points.] The system said.
"have a look."
Before he finished speaking, the large turntable with flowing golden light disappeared, and a white panel appeared next.
If Yan Xuanyu were to describe it, it would be like the task bar in the online game he played in his previous life, which was thoughtfully divided into "daily tasks", "growth tasks", "random tasks", etc.
Yan Xuanyu checked them one by one and found that there was a check mark in the daily tasks, probably brought by the little palace maid who had just kowtowed and begged for mercy. The system was quite humane. There were things in the daily tasks that Yan Xuanyu could complete with just a word, such as dining.
The task system provides a meal standard of eight cold dishes, ten bowl dishes, sixteen hot dishes, ten staple foods, and several snacks. A meal requires a certain amount of manpower, not to mention money.
Yan Xuanyu continued to read. Daily tasks were easy to complete and had fewer reward points, but the advantage was that they were refreshed every few days. Growth tasks included the king not attending court early in the morning, confiscating property, large-scale construction projects, etc., which rewarded more points. Yan Xuanyu felt that growth tasks were one-time tasks, and the random tasks were shown as not refreshed.
When he arrived in this world, he discovered that the "host" had too much freedom to carry out various activities.
Yan Xuanyu is still a little uncomfortable now and feels that many tasks can be postponed for a few days.
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Li Zhongxian breathed a sigh of relief only after he and a group of palace maids and eunuchs left Chengtian Hall. He wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He looked at the little palace maid lying on the ground again, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.
She made a mistake but was able to get out of it unscathed.
Li Zhongxian was not delusional. He thought that this girl was very capable. He looked at this tender little palace maid, who was so tender that water could be squeezed out of her. She had an oval face, willow-shaped eyebrows, and a pair of almond-shaped eyes with tears in them, which could really arouse people's pity. He thought that maybe she was pleasing to the emperor.
"You two take her back. She was frightened today. Ask the nanny in the room to take good care of her and tell her that it was our order." Li Zhongxian flicked his whisk.
Although I can no longer serve the emperor, who knows, there might still be a chance for me to succeed.
The young palace maiden's name was Xiuyu. She had been secretly watched since she left Chengtian Hall. Xiuyu stood up and saluted Li Zhongxian, "Thank you, General Manager."
Manager Li pleaded for her in front of the emperor, and Xiuyu remembered it in her heart.
Li Zhongxian nodded, and the two young eunuchs each supported Xiu Yu on one side and went down.
At this time, Li Zhongxian heard the emperor's voice coming from Chengtian Hall, and he hurried in to serve.
"Your Majesty." Li Zhongxian bowed.
He raised his eyes to look at the emperor lying on the soft couch, and found that His Majesty seemed different from just now. The aura around His Majesty... seemed to be calmer.
Yan Xuanyu was about to stand up, and Li Zhongxian hurried over to support him.
He heard the moody new emperor laugh a few times, then waved his hand gently, "I'm not that weak yet, am I?"
Li Zhongxian was startled and quickly said "yes" and took two steps back, but when he looked at Yan Xuanyu, he found that he showed no signs of anger.
Yan Xuanyu took two steps and found that this body had to gasp for breath after walking every two steps. He really didn't know how much loss it was. It was a miracle that the original owner could stay in power for more than ten years and still continue to commit suicide under such circumstances.
However, no matter how weak it was, it was still many times stronger than his body in his previous life. After walking for a while, Yan Xuanyu finally felt that this body truly belonged to him.
Chengtian Palace was very large, and it took him some time to walk from the couch to the imperial table.
During this time, he walked and thought, planning to complete a few daily tasks first to accumulate a chance to draw a card.
Li Zhongxian continued to stand silently beside Yan Xuanyu and act as a qualified personal steward.
The memorials were neatly piled together in one place, and no one knew how many days they had accumulated. The original owner was a qualified playboy, and even after he ascended the throne, he had no habit of reading memorials. At first, he put them all in Chengtian Hall, and later he threw them all directly to the prime minister. The prime minister was the top scorer in the imperial examination during the previous emperor's time, and he was mediocre and unsuccessful in his life. After Emperor Zhou Yan ascended the throne, he "trusted" him very much, and thus raised a powerful and flatterer.
Yan Xuanyu recalled this detail and picked up a memorial to the emperor and began to read it.
There is an item in the growth task called "Ignore the government affairs", which is what the original owner did at that time. The task reward points are 30 points, which is also very prominent among other tasks.
Yan Xuanyu touched his chin, and he needed to think about this matter carefully.
Seeing that His Majesty finally started to read the memorials, Li Zhongxian was happy from the bottom of his heart. Less than a month after His Majesty ascended the throne, rumors of "incompetent ruler" began to spread among the people. Although the Jinyiwei dealt with a group of people, they still couldn't stop the rumors. In fact, not only among the people, but many people in the court also shook their heads and sighed privately.
Now that he saw His Majesty starting to work diligently, Li Zhongxian was happy from the bottom of his heart and was grinding ink very quickly.
Yan Xuanyu originally wanted to understand the personnel composition of the court from the memorials, so he first glanced through the memorials, but some of these memorials were too excessive.
For example, the Minister of Rites named Lin Fu paid his respects to the new emperor in early April and again on April 15th.
Yan Xuanyu recalled an anecdote about an emperor he had read before—
An official from a certain place paid his respects to the emperor in a memorial and asked: How are you, Your Majesty?
The Emperor replied: I am fine
A few days later, the officials paid their respects to the emperor again: How are you, Your Majesty?
The Emperor replied: I am fine
Yan Xuanyu flipped through a few more and found that they were all like this. Some even wrote hundreds of words, saying that when he went to a certain place, he saw a big tree protecting the small tree, with lush branches and leaves, providing shade for the area. Thinking of the deep love between you and the late emperor, he burst into tears.
It's even worse than the group assignments and reports of contemporary college students.
The Zhou Dynasty's memorial system provided a channel for communication between the emperor and his ministers, but it had become almost meaningless by then. Furthermore, the system had drawbacks: only memorials from high-ranking officials could reach the emperor directly, while lower-ranking officials had to first review them.
This is why we have the current situation of “how are you” and “I’m fine”.
Yan Xuanyu rubbed his temples. Reading these classical Chinese texts made his head spin. He put down the memorial and said to Li Zhongxian beside him, "Serve the meal."
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