Liu Mingzhi held a history book in his hand and flipped through it while touching his chin and muttering: "What kind of dynasty is the Great Dragon Dynasty? Does the Great Dragon Dynasty exist in Chinese history?"
The records in the history books are very detailed. From the Qin Emperor and Han Dynasty to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, we are quite familiar with it. However, there is no dynasty after the Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the Jin Dynasty, the government was unstable and wars broke out.
Li Yuanmin came into being, put down various rebellions in the Jin Dynasty, and intimidated the grassland tribes to establish the Dragon Dynasty. It has been more than 600 years since then.
More than 600 years after the birth of the Dalong Dynasty, the subsequent Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties naturally no longer existed. Since they no longer exist, what kind of era is it now? Liu Mingzhi couldn't help but think to himself.
"In the 26th year of Xuande's reign, which emperor's reign was named Xuande?"
Liu Mingzhi, who read the history book while lying on his desk and fell asleep, did not find out what kind of world it was in the end. When he woke up, the sun was already high and the sky was empty.
"No one bothered me. Normally, wouldn't that girl Xiaoying wake me up early? It's really strange."
Liu Mingzhi has been in Dalong Dynasty for more than ten days. Every morning, as soon as there is a ray of light in the east, Xiaoying, the maid who attends his daily life, will knock on his door on time to wake him up and read. He originally knew his identity.
After that, Liu Mingzhi secretly rejoiced that an extra who didn't have enough to eat would turn into the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River. This was a huge difference from before.
I originally thought that I would not have to struggle for a living in the future. When buying steamed buns on the street, I could buy two at once. I would eat one and then another and make others greedy. When I bought soy milk, I could buy two bowls at once and drink one bowl before drinking.
One bowl will make others jealous to death.
However, the imaginary world is always ruthlessly broken by reality. The steamed buns are gone, the soy milk is gone, and even the gate of Liu Mansion cannot be left. Liu Mingzhi is completely imprisoned by his father Liu Zhian. He becomes Liu Mingzhi’s
Liu Mingzhi has lived in this world for more than ten days without even leaving the gate of Liu Mansion. He has never seen anything on the streets of Jinling. Can you believe it?
Liu Mingzhi also thought about sneaking out to have some fun, but since the scandal about the Yanyu Pavilion happened to Liu Mingzhi, Liu Zhi'an has tightened the vigilance of Liu Mansion to prevent his eldest son from going out to cause trouble again.
Is there a place to go out? Of course there is. In a place as big as Liu Mansion, it is impossible for servants to guard all the places. For example, the dog hole next to the backyard can easily drill out the size of an adult. Liu Mingzhi squatted under the dog
I also studied the hole for several days, but I just couldn't bring myself to get out. The wall became like a chasm, hindering Liu Mingzhi's longing for the outside world.
As for the fact that I was able to sleep until the sun rose high today, the girl Xiaoying did not disturb me entirely because Liu Mingzhi was looking through the history books last night and unconsciously saw that in the middle of the night, the servant holding the lamp outside the door reported it to Liu Zhi'an early.
An was delighted that her son could study hard at night, so he was extra gracious and allowed Liu Mingzhi to take a nap.
Xiaoying was waiting outside the door and seemed to hear Liu Mingzhi's footsteps moving inside the house. She knocked gently on the door: "Master, have you gotten up already? Ying'er has brought the basin for washing. Master, do you want it now?"
Just wash up."
Liu Mingzhi stretched out his sleep. In this evil old society, living a life where everything was taken care of was easy to make people lazy, but it was fun.
"Come in, just put the basin on the changing rack."
Xiaoying heard the greeting from her young master, gently opened the door and walked in with a basin in her hand. She shouted quickly and turned around: "Ah, young master, you don't wear clothes when you get up." Her delicate little face was stained with tears.
A layer of bright red.
When Liu Mingzhi heard this, he looked around at his body. He was wearing pants and shoes. He was just bare-chested and wore a coat at random. The laces on the clothes were not fastened. The weather in the south is no longer so cold.
, putting on clothes at night already felt a little bit of heat, Liu Mingzhi had to unbutton his clothes to feel a little bit of coolness.
After putting on his clothes, Liu Mingzhi walked behind Xiaoying and said, "Little girl, why do you care so much about a little brat? The young master obviously didn't put on his clothes well. Why did he change his mind when he said it to you?"
Now that you have no clothes on, you must know that speaking the wrong words can kill people."
Ying'er turned around and looked at Liu Mingzhi who had finished getting dressed and breathed a sigh of relief. She pouted and said, "Master, you are acting like a rogue. Why is Ying'er so young?" After saying that, she straightened out her small breasts that were already slightly swollen.
Against the background of the green clothes, he was already quite impressive, and the girl's aura came to him, making Liu Mingzhi slightly dazed.
Xiaoying saw Liu Mingzhi, who was staring blankly at her chest and his eyes were motionless. There was a little bit of pride in his eyes, and then her pretty face turned even redder. She didn't dare to stay under the hot eyes of her young master for a long time, and put the basin in her hand.
Change to the wash rack.
Liu Mingzhi came back to his senses and secretly cursed himself for being so shameless. Xiaoying was only sixteen years old. How could he have such thoughts? He looked a little embarrassed at the little girl waiting for him to wash up. He laughed twice and said,
I washed myself up.
Xiaoying looked at Liu Mingzhi who was washing his face quietly, with a curious look in his little eyes. The sisters outside said that the young master did all kinds of evil, molesting women from good families, kicking through the door of a widow's house, snatching snacks from children, and causing harm to many houses.
The ladies on the show, but why don't they look like me at all? In the past ten days, apart from being a talkative person who doesn't like to wear clothes, the young master is not as bad as he said.
When she first heard that her wife had arranged her clothes for the evil-doing playboy Liu Mingzhi, Ying'er had already had the mentality of dying to prove her ambition. If the eldest son was really ungrateful to her and wanted to ruin her innocence, she would die.
Show it to him and protect your innocence.
However, something happened that puzzled Ying'er. Apart from occasionally teasing himself, Liu Mingzhi, for example, when they first met, Liu Mingzhi looked at Ying'er in a playful way and said viciously:
"This is the new bed-warming maid that the old man has chosen for me? I wonder how long I can last?"
When she heard these words, Xiaoying's face turned pale with fright, her petite body trembled slightly, and she secretly thought: "It's over, it's over, this heinous young master is really going to do what the Cui sisters said."
I'm out of line."
"Hey, little girl, why are you so stunned? Didn't you see that Master, have I finished washing up? Why don't you take the basin out and wait for me to do it myself?" Liu Mingzhi looked at the dazed Xiaoying and smiled a little, interrupting her deep immersion.
The pensive maid.
Xiaoying suddenly came back to her senses: "Ah,,,,,ah, okay."
In the main hall of the Liu family, the family was eating cakes, especially Liu Mingzhi, who was as graceless as a starving ghost, constantly stuffing food into his mouth.
Liu Zhi'an looked at his eldest son with disgust, his expression changed again and again, but finally he endured it, and kept telling himself in his heart that this was his son, his enemy in his previous life, he could not be beaten to death, he could not be beaten to death
.
"Mingzhi, tomorrow you go to Dangyang Academy to study."
Liu Mingzhi stopped and looked at his father blankly: "Reading? Why? What book are you reading?"
Liu Zhi'an stared at the confused eldest son and said fiercely: "Autumn is about to start in half a year. If you don't give me a merit in this state examination and come back, I will definitely put you back."
Recreated in mother’s womb.”
Liu Mingzhi dropped the pastry in his hand without even noticing: "Old man, are you serious?"
Liu Zhi'an glared at his eldest son: "Do you think I'm joking? I do what I say. When the time comes, you won't be able to pass the exam and you will have to shed your skin even if you die. You can try it."
"Gudu." Liu Mingzhi swallowed and said, "That's not right. Didn't it say that merchants' children are not allowed to take part in the imperial examination?"
"After Taizu founded the country, he attacked the grasslands from the north and harassed the alliances of various ethnic groups in our border areas. However, due to the constant wars, the national treasury became increasingly empty, and the food and grass for the army gradually failed to be provided. Therefore, Taizu was besieged in the border city of Yingzhou. Later, the prime minister at that time
Then he wrote to Emperor Taizu so that he could collect grain and grass from the surrounding gentry and wealthy merchants."
"What happened next? What does this have to do with businessmen's children taking the imperial examination?"
"Taizu was born into a poor family and cared for the common people. Naturally, he understood that water can carry or capsize a boat. He could not collect grain and grass for the army from the gentry and wealthy merchants for no reason. Since ancient times, scholars, peasants, and merchants, the status of merchants has been the most humble.
So Taizu issued an order that as long as he donated a certain amount of silver to the imperial court, his descendants would be allowed to take part in the imperial examinations and gain fame."
"Old man, how much did you donate?"
Liu Zhi'an said nonchalantly: "Fifty thousand taels."
Liu Mingzhi's eyes turned into coins: "How much does that cost?"
"So, you also know that it is a lot of money. This time I failed to live up to my fifty thousand taels. I...I am afraid that I will go crazy. You should weigh it carefully for me."
"Gudu." Liu Mingzhi asked cautiously: "Old man, why did I take the merit examination? Our family is lacking in everything."
"Of course the purpose of obtaining a meritorious career is to become an official."
"Then what's the purpose of being an official?"
"Being an official is, of course, for the purpose of keeping one's face bright and honoring one's ancestors."
"Really think so?"
"Of course not. Of course, being an official is to serve the imperial court, to be a good shepherd of the people, to bring peace to the world created by the imperial court, and to maintain peace for the Holy One."
"Then I don't want to study. I have good food and drink, endless money to spend, and endless amounts of wine to drink. Why should I take the exam to get fame? I won't do such a thankless thing."
"Guizi, are you serious that you don't want to go?"
Liu Mingzhi nodded resolutely and said resolutely: "No, no matter what, I won't go. As a descendant of the Liu family, I, Liu Mingzhi, am born with a strong heart and will never give in to power. Even if you put a knife on my neck,
I won’t go up to you, even if you kill me.”
Liu Zhi'an stood up and said to the housekeeper Liu Yuan on the side: "Liu Yuan, please give me a training stick."
"Wait a minute, Uncle Liu is coming with the horse."