Chapter 62 Never Abandon
At dinner time that day, Zhou An signed in and flew back from outside. It seemed that he had gained a lot from this trip and was in a good mood.
As soon as I returned to the hall of Qianyang Palace, the queen had just prepared a table of wine and food waiting for me.
Seeing Zhou An coming in, he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, an hour ago today, Zixuan sent a letter via flying sword, saying that a great victory was won at the border of the Western Regions. They found the people who were fanning the flames among the refugees and have captured them alive.
They uncovered important information: a man in black robes gave them magic spells and magic weapons, and helped them dissolve voodoo. As a result, many refugees in the Western Regions regarded this man as a god and formed a sect called Jitian. Over there, Jitian means the supreme god.
Zuo Xiang meant that the Ji Tian Sect was most likely the source of this voodoo, and to solve this voodoo disaster, we must start with the Ji Tian Sect. "
Zhou An nodded, sat down and said, "Well, it's easy if we have a target. Let them investigate with all their strength. However, the black-robed man is quite powerful. Let them be careful and don't rush ahead."
"I have already instructed that the left prime minister should do his job perfectly. With the help of Zi Yan and the others, he will have enough spare capacity to make ends meet. By the way, there is one more thing in the court. I am going to change the national examination system.
In the past, the national examination was mainly based on recommendations from ministers in the court. Common people could only get recommendations from ministers by bribing them, and only a few ministers would consider the abilities of the recommended candidates.
Therefore, those who participate in the national examination are almost all officials or children of wealthy people, and children from poor families are rarely selected. Therefore, I want to open the national examination to the whole country, hold preliminary examinations in various places every year, and determine whether you are eligible to participate in the national examination based on your scores.
The Jinyiwei was responsible for supervising the examiners and the officials in charge to prevent cheating. However, when I proposed this matter, most officials in the court opposed it.
In particular, those who stood on the side of the Left Prime Minister opposed it most strongly. Most of them were conservatives, and they strongly opposed it because they thought that this method would cut off the chances of their descendants becoming officials.
The Right Prime Minister's faction, out of respect for the Shangguan family, raised objections, but they were not too strong. This matter still needs the Emperor's decision."
Zhou An was surprised. In the past six months, he had been improving his own strength. He seldom cared about state affairs and had no idea about the imperial examination system. After all, he didn't have a strong fist before, so it was useless to know these.
Now that we have enough strength, we are qualified to change this unreasonable system.
"There is no need to seek the opinions of ministers on this matter. Just issue an edict and everyone must do it according to the queen's ideas. If problems arise later, they can be gradually improved. If there are any opponents, they will be demoted one level. If they dare to interfere, the lighter punishment will be dismissal and investigation, and the heavier punishment will be beheaded immediately." Zhou An agreed with the queen's opinion without hesitation.
Now the ministers in the court are no longer qualified to oppose him. This is the advantage of hardening your fists first, and you don't have to worry about these people rebelling.
The Queen was delighted to get Zhou An's support, and she couldn't wait to draft the imperial edict. However, it was already dinner time, and she couldn't leave the Emperor to do the work.
Zhou An knew her personality, she was a workaholic, so he pulled her to sit down and said, "Let's go after dinner, there's plenty of time."
The queen blushed, and the two sat down to eat. At this time, Zhou Lingsha flew to the door of the hall, put away her blade and came in. Seeing the queen bowing, she shouted, "Your Highness, Your Highness."
"Lingsha, come and eat with us. We have just started eating." Shangguan Rong called her over.
"Okay." Zhou Lingsha sat down without any courtesy, and the palace maid next to her immediately brought her a set of tableware.
"Brother Emperor, that coward confessed. Once the torture instruments were displayed, that guy even revealed the identity of his ancestors." Zhou Lingsha said with a complacent snort.
"Hurry up and tell me. Stop keeping me in suspense." Zhou An rolled his eyes at her. In the entire palace, she was the only one who least considered herself as the emperor. However, he also liked this point the most. Otherwise, it would be quite boring if everyone was respectful to him. He always had to be unique.
"That man's name is Zhang Niu. He was originally the son of a butcher in Panyang Town. Later, he joined a martial arts sect. He was a man of integrity, but it was a pity that his integrity was of little use in the martial arts world. Instead, he was ridiculed and excluded, which made him resentful.
Later, he was taken in as a disciple by the black-robed man, who taught him the method of refining corpses. He turned himself into a half-corpse demon and collected corpses for the black-robed man, from which he refined the best clones. His original gang had been destroyed by him, and all his disciples were refined into zombies. "Zhou Lingsha said as she ate happily.
Now that the queen is here, she has turned back into a princess. If Zhou An is alone, her true colors will be exposed. Besides, these are just dishes cooked by the imperial chef in the palace. They are not as delicious as the food Zhou An gets by signing in.
"Does Zhang Niu know the identity of the man in black robe?" Zhou An asked.
Zhou Lingsha shook her head with some regret and said, "I don't know. Every time they meet, the other party wears a black robe, so his face cannot be seen clearly, and he never reveals his identity. But every month, the man in black robe will come to check, and he will show up in four days."
"Make arrangements, pay attention to details, and don't let anything slip. The other party is very cunning. Once you miss the opportunity, it will be hard to come by again." Zhou An smiled, raised his glass and drank it in one gulp.
"Don't worry, I have asked the Jinyiwei to dress up and imitate the habits of those desperate criminals. Zhang Niu has been restrained by our secret method. He is very afraid of death and dare not do anything reckless.
But Brother Emperor, are you sure you can take that man down? Although Zhang Niu doesn't know the specific strength of the man in black robe, from his description, I guess he is at least at the fourth level of innateness, and it is not ruled out that he has survived the sixth level of heavenly tribulation. "Zhou Lingsha stopped eating and looked at him worriedly.
"Your Majesty, do you want to do it yourself? You have only been training with Taizu for a few months. You must not take any risks. It is better to let Lady Baihua or Taizu go."
Shangguan Rong was also surprised. Although she was already at the third level of Xiantian, her real combat power was not even as good as that of the first level. She still had to be in awe of the immortal masters above the fourth level of Xiantian. After all, this was a long-standing concept that could not be changed immediately.
Zhou An knew that Shangguan Rong was really worried about him now, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's Emperor Taizu who's gone."
Shangguan Rong heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. Although she did look down on this puppet emperor at the beginning, after six months of contact with him, she found that Zhou An was completely different from what was rumored.
It is also completely different from previous emperors. No emperor in history, even in the previous dynasties, has ever allowed the empress to attend court while in power. You must know that Zhou An is now in power, and with the support of Taizu behind him, who would dare to disobey him?
In addition, the emperor is cultivating immortality, and perhaps in the future he will really become the greatest emperor of all time who lives for thousands of years. Even so, he still has such courage and magnanimity to do things that only an emperor can do. How can she not admire him?
Now Shangguan Rong has always believed that Baihua Palace, Kongling Fairy Mansion, and Tiandao Gate became part of the imperial palace because of Taizu's means. If she knew that all this was done by Zhou An, she would probably not recognize and begin to fall in love with this man.
Zhou Lingsha asked at this time: "Emperor brother, the Jinyiwei suffered heavy losses this time. Commander Fang Xu and twelve other personnel had their hands and feet eaten by zombies, and they were poisoned by zombies. Can you save them? These people have made great contributions this time, and we cannot abandon them."
"I'll ask the imperial physician to treat them, but even if they are cured, they will probably become disabled. However, the court can assign people to take care of them and give them enough silver to live out their lives in peace." Shangguan Rong said immediately.
If it were in the past, this kind of injury would definitely cause lifelong disability, but now after seeing so many miraculous things, Zhou Lingsha knew that there must be a way to save these people.
"They are all rare talents in the Jinyiwei, and there are not many who are loyal to the emperor. Please think of a solution, brother Emperor." Zhou Lingsha asked again.
Zhou An thought for a moment and said, "Tell the injured people that I will not give up on them. I will find a way to treat them. Please have someone take care of their bodies first and make sure they are strong so that the treatment will be more effective later."
"I understand." Zhou Lingsha was happy, knowing that her brother, the emperor, had a way.
Shangguan Rong was surprised that he could agree to such a thing. Could Zhou An really make the severed limbs grow back? This was not cutting off, but being eaten by zombies.
Zhou An smiled mysteriously, and then the three of them ate and chatted, talking about recent events. Zhou Lingsha talked about the recent changes and interesting things that happened in the Jinyiwei, especially the gossip about the palace, which made Zhou An and Shangguan Rong laugh.
The three of them were chatting and laughing, and the scene was very harmonious.
(End of this chapter)
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