The Ming Dynasty has just been exiled and the Luzon system has awakened.

During times of war, the lives of ordinary people are always the most miserable.

Not only did they have to face the plunder of rebels and bandits, but they also had to endure the government's military and food conscription, and all they could do was hide at home and pray that disaster would not come.

But if prayer was useful, there wouldn't be so many injustices in this world.

Because of this war, the people of Fuzhou first endured a forced conquest of ships by the Qing army, and then the city gate was broken down. Some eager soldiers and bandits took advantage of the chaos and looted many people.

They didn't dare to resist. Facing the bright weapons of the defeated soldiers, the common people could only huddle in the corner and hope to save their lives.

Fortunately, these defeated soldiers were eager to collect money and escape, and as long as they did not resist, they were unwilling to cause trouble.

But, is it possible to escape?

In order to prevent the Qing army from breaking away and taking away the Fuzhou Kuyin and the Qing officials disguised themselves as common people and absconded, when Fuzhou was captured, Li Zhenhua had already issued an order that no entry or exit was allowed in Fuzhou City.

They also sent a large number of manpower to hunt down the Qing army's defeated troops throughout the city.

After several days of turmoil, groups of Qing troops who were hiding in retreat were discovered.

A large number of upright officials were put in chains.

Zhu Heyi indeed issued an order to retain honest officials, but which of these dog officials' homes did not find more than 10,000+ taels of silver?

Is this what they can normally have with their annual salary of a hundred or so taels?

Although some people may have made their fortune by doing business overtly or covertly, Li Zhenhua doesn't care that much. What does it have to do with whether these people die or not?

As a result, Li Zhenhua directly ordered that officials of the seventh rank and above whose property was found to be more than 7 taels of silver, and officials below the seventh rank whose property was found to be more than 2000 taels of silver, would be punished as corrupt officials.

As soon as this order was issued, many Qing officials immediately sat down.

Many of them had dreamed of becoming officials of the Qing Dynasty before that, and then became officials of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, according to old practice, even if there is a change of dynasty, a large part of them local officials will still be retained.

But who would have thought that this Ming Dynasty would not play his cards according to the routine!

In just a few days, every high-ranking Manqing official in the entire Fuzhou City was arrested.

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In a wine shop on the street that just reopened today, two young men were drinking rice wine and looking at the Ming army patrol soldiers who occasionally passed by on the street. They chatted with each other.

"Tsk, tsk, do you know how many? The heads chopped off at the vegetable market yesterday were all pulled by carts! The governors of Fujian and Zhejiang were also beheaded." The man in green sipped his wine, shook his head and sighed.

The man in blue looked up at his friend and said nonchalantly: "Why should I count those things? They're all cut down anyway! Those dog officials deserve it! Besides making money every day, they also bully ordinary people like us, but This Ming Dynasty? Is it Prince Zheng of Taiwan?"

"You've been hiding at home these past few days and haven't been out, have you? That notice has been posted a long time ago! The current Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is His Majesty Tianyun, and that is the orthodox bloodline of the late Emperor Chongzhen." The man in green curled his lips and said .

"That's right!" The man in blue nodded.

While the two were talking, there was a commotion in the pedestrians on the street, and people ran quickly in one direction.

This situation immediately attracted two people in the restaurant. The man in Tsing Yi walked out of the restaurant and asked a passerby.

"Brother, what happened? Why are you all running in that direction?"

The pedestrian who was held back was a little angry at first, but when he saw that the person holding him was dressed as a scholar, his frown softened again.

Scholars are respected no matter which dynasty they are in.

"The imperial list is pasted in front! I heard it's about the imperial examination. It looks like you are all scholars. You should go and have a look." The passerby left after speaking.

"Emperor List!"

In other words, this is a direct order from His Majesty the Emperor.

The two people standing at the door of the restaurant looked at each other after hearing what the passer-by said, the excitement in their eyes was beyond words.

Manqing's last imperial examination was in August this year. According to normal circumstances, the next imperial examination will have to wait until two years later.

But now, Fuzhou, which has returned to the Meiji era, once again posted the imperial list and mentioned the imperial examination, and it is very likely that Enke will be opened.

That’s not right, it can’t be called Enko here. (Bie Gang, in the Qing Dynasty, apart from ordinary examinations, special examinations were held during court celebrations, also called Enke)

After all, the Ming Dynasty has nothing to do with the Qing Dynasty.

Both of them are scholars. Although they both failed in the last provincial examination, holding the imperial examination again will undoubtedly save them two years of waiting time.

This is undoubtedly excellent news for them.

"Go, go!"

……

When the two rushed to the place where the imperial list was posted, it was already full of crowds who came to watch.

Far away, the two of them could already hear the voices of officials reading the imperial list.

"The emperor is entrusted with the destiny of heaven, and the edict says: bandits have arisen within, and rebel slaves have fallen outside. This dynasty has been in ruins for decades. In accordance with the legacy of the late emperor, I have hidden my troops in camps overseas until now. Now I will bravely restore Fuzhou and build it." Those who are slaves and false officials, who do not speak honest words, do not act morally and righteously, harbor filth and misbehavior, take bribes and pervert the law, therefore, they will all be punished!"

"However, to maintain order in the world and benefit the people, officials are especially needed. Therefore, I have decided to reopen the imperial examination and... announce it to the world so that the envoys will know about it." repair)

The official with the loudspeaker spoke loudly, and even the two people on the outermost periphery could clearly hear the contents of the imperial list.

However, the expressions of the two of them, together with the other scholars present, changed after listening to the contents of the imperial list.

It was said in the imperial list that because all officials were abolished and the court was in urgent need of officials, the joint examination was cancelled. The provincial examination was directly followed by the palace examination.

This move will undoubtedly reduce the entire examination process, but correspondingly, because the general examination is cancelled, it is naturally impossible for the number of candidates in the rural examination to be as large as before.

However, it is a special matter, and these scholars can still understand this move.

But what I said later is that they can't understand it anyway.

The eight-part essay is abolished. The Four Books and Five Classics are only bonus points and not the content of the main examination. The main examination content is the practical test and application theory about the national economy and people's livelihood, as well as the corresponding junior college examination.

This decision directly broke the defenses of many people.

Especially those old scholars who have gray temples and have not yet passed the entrance examination.

"Perverting the law! It's against the law of the ancestors! Faint king! Faint king!"

The old man with a gray beard immediately blushed and shouted loudly.

As soon as the old man said this, he immediately attracted the support of several people around him.

"The law of the ancestors cannot be abolished! It is simply reckless!"

"It's useless! This move is like child's play!"

Naturally, there are soldiers to maintain order at the place where the emperor's list is pasted. The old scholars are making trouble, and the system soldiers who regard Emperor Zhu Da as God will not tolerate them.

[-]. A large group of wolf-like soldiers immediately rushed into the crowd and arrested all the old scholars who were making trouble.

"Let me go! Let me go quickly! I want to see the Holy One. Your Majesty must have made this decision after listening to the slander of the traitor."

Someone was struggling and yelling loudly.

But all they got in exchange was that the rope tied to their bodies became tighter and tighter.

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