System, help me become the empress

Chapter 188

The Supreme Emperor and Empress Dowager, who had been away from Beijing for more than a year, returned to Beijing, and Zhou Huixue also came back.A lot of things have happened in Shangjing recently, but Zhou Yuxue's return is undoubtedly good news for Xu Youxi.

"Your Majesty, Ming Mi Kingdom is really deceiving people too much!"

Meng Zhiqian had already approached Xu Youxi several times because of this matter. In order to persuade Xu Youxi, he specially called Bao Changnian to come over this time.

Xu Youxi looked at the boiled water without tea leaves in the teacup, and said, "Is anyone in Shangjing tricked?"

"The guards discovered it early, and no ordinary people infected with smallpox have been found yet. The Xinyi Pavilion has also begun to vaccinate against smallpox in Shangjing one after another. There is God's blessing in the big work, and Mingmi Kingdom's conspiracy will definitely not succeed."

"Well. I got the news that Mingmi Kingdom was affected by smallpox, and the whole country is in chaos. There are people everywhere, and they won't be rampant for a few days." Xu Youxi drank plain water, "At a time like this, it's easy for Dagan to send troops rashly. Drop the tongue."

Meng Zhiqian sighed: "Your Majesty is magnanimous. Ming Miguo treats Dagan like this, but Dagan is still willing to treat him with kindness. Compared with Mingmi's nearby 'Friends', His Majesty really has a broad mind."

"Ming Mi's smallpox has become so serious, and the country still cares about it? Are you afraid of getting into trouble?"

"It is said that wealth and wealth are sought in danger, and now those countries are waiting to see if Dagan will do it first. After all, Mingmi has dug up several mines in the past two years, and there are not a few people who are concerned about it."

"Mine? What mine?"

Xu Youxi instantly pricked up his ears.

"One gold mine, many iron mines."

What is he saying!
This is what Jin Yiwei said, Ming Mi Kingdom has made some 'small fortunes' in recent years?
They have a gold mine!

Xu Youxi almost couldn't hold the teacup steadily: "...Mingmi Kingdom is too much, several times of provocation, don't they deceive me to do nothing!"

"Fight! Must fight!"

"It's better to hit the sun than choose the day. Troops are dispatched from the two lakes and Sichuan regions, and the Yunnan border gathers to prepare for war. The Shenji Battalion transports firearms from Shanghai, and Jiangnan is responsible for the supply of food and grass. The Guangzhou navy is preparing for war at the same time, preparing to cut off its sea route."

"Master Meng?"

It wasn't until Xu Youxi yelled that Meng Zhiqian was pulled out of the shock: "First hand the letter of war to the king of Mingmi, and ask him if he chooses peace talks. If he wants to talk, he must buy smallpox vaccine from Dagan and provide it to the people for free. sick."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Xu Youxi sighed softly: "I'm not the kind of person who cares about the mines of the Ming Mi Kingdom, but I just can't bear to see the people suffer. You said that the Ming Mi Kingdom started to cause trouble when they had some money. Don't let him waste some money. I don’t know what it means to keep one’s place.”

Not to mention, it sounds reasonable.

"Your Majesty, what if the monarch of Mingmi Kingdom disagrees with the peace talks?"

"Can't we talk to someone who agrees with the monarch?" While Xu Youxi was speaking, his eyes fell on Bao Changnian who had been standing beside him for a long time but never spoke. "Bao Aiqing? What do you think?"

"...I understand."

"Ah, very good."

Xu Youxi's principle of employing people is that if you need to do things in an upright manner, you can go to Meng Zhiqian; if you need to use tricks, you can go to Bao Changnian.

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On April , the imperial examinations were released.

The place where the results were released was surrounded by candidates, some were ecstatic and some were downcast. They stopped here for a while, as if they had seen all kinds of things in the world.

Xu Youxi accompanied He Muqing to look at the list, and she won without any suspense.

"Congratulations."

He Muqing was admitted to the Ministry of Household Affairs, but it was the Ministry of Officials who hired her in the end.

"Although I didn't enter the household department, it's pretty good to be able to enter one of the six departments!"

"This year, there were too many candidates for the account department, but in the end only five people were recruited. The examiners of the account department thought that the test scores were very good, and they would recommend them to other departments." Xu Youxi paused, "...you really want to enter The Household Department is not helpless, you can wait for the palace test in three days."

Xu Youxi said a lot in one breath, and she was a little worried that He Muqing would feel sad if he didn't achieve his goal.

He Muqing was very happy: "I'm not disappointed at all, I actually got a Jinshi! I have to write to tell my father that I passed the exam!"

"That's right, I still have to prepare for the palace test! Li Si, I'm so nervous now, it's the palace test, I'm so afraid that after I meet the emperor, I'll be so nervous that I can't speak."

Xu Youxi couldn't understand He Muqing's nervousness when facing the palace examination, so she was a little worried that after she knew the truth, whether their friendship boat would sink.

"Qiao Siye will test the questions at the Imperial College in the afternoon, and Liu Jiye, who was the number one in the palace examination the year before last, will also come to give lectures, and he also invited several top three who passed the Imperial College Examination."

He Muqing was so excited that she was at a loss, she tugged on Xu Youxi's sleeve: "Li Si, are you free this afternoon, can you accompany me to listen to the test..."

"Row."

Xu Youxi agreed, and she can also find inspiration for the palace exam questions by the way.

This quiz course is open to all Jinshi. In addition to the dozen or so candidates in the Guozi invigilation exam, many candidates from other academies with names on the list also came.

"Can't you enter without a name on the list? We are all students of the Imperial College."

Because Xu Youxi's name was not on the list, he was stopped at the gate of the Imperial College.

Xu Youxi could be regarded as a well-known figure in the Imperial College after all, and the gatekeeper obviously hesitated: "Then you go in, but Qiao Siye didn't reserve a seat for you in the front row, so you must be wronged to sit in the last row first. "

"It's okay, thank you very much." He Muqing thanked her, and pulled Xu Youxi to sit in the last row of the room.

"Mu Qing, go and sit in front, I'm just here to listen to the excitement."

Xu Youxi persuaded.

"You're still being polite to me."

The two of them came early, and after they sat down, other Jinshi came one after another in the classroom, bringing paper, pens and books.

Xu Youxi's eyes fell on these candidates. Except for Mu Qing, there was no one she knew.These high school Jinshi are generally young, and some of them brought several issues of Ganbao in their backpacks.

After a while, Qiao Siye came over.

After Qiao Siye's eyes fell on the vacant seat in the front row, he began to look around the classroom again, as if to make sure that He Muqing had come.

As a result, he saw His Majesty who was smiling and nodding at him.

"..."

He was a little dizzy.

Fortunately, His Majesty quickly withdrew his eyes, but He Muqing, who was sitting beside His Majesty, had already seriously prepared the pen and paper, and seemed to be looking forward to the start of the betting.

Is there even a need to start!

It took Qiao Siye a while to calm down the complex emotions in his heart: "Since you have passed the Jinshi examination, the first piece of advice that Qiao will give you is that you must always regulate your words and deeds, whether your Majesty is present or not. , will not affect you to demand yourself with the "gentleman's way". You must deal with every moment of your next moment as if you are in the examination room of the palace examination. "

Qiao Siye felt that he had done his best, and he hinted to this extent.

(End of this chapter)