King’s Landing: The Proud Empress

  Chapter 76 Winning the hearts of the people of the world

  General Wei cooperated with the Nanman Kingdom to rebel against the palace and shocked the world!

  In just one day, the entire imperial capital had already spread the news about General Wei's rebellion. There are those who accuse, those who are angry, and those who secretly applaud. In short, everyone reacts differently.

   And this news is spreading faster and faster, and there is a faint tendency to spread to various places.

  Following this news, came the news that the Empress promulgated a new scientific examination system, which shocked the whole world!

  The news of the revision of the imperial examination even overshadowed General Wei's rebellion.

  The dignitaries and aristocrats had ugly faces, plotting in secret. On the afternoon of the second day of the palace change, all the officials above the fifth grade in the entire capital knelt outside the imperial study room, begging the empress to withdraw her orders.

  While outside the palace, officials below the fifth rank in the capital were kneeling, begging the empress to take back her order.

  That afternoon, the empress was furious, and beheaded twenty officials above the fifth rank and ten officials below the fifth rank, ransacked their homes, and exiled their family members. And in front of all civil and military officials, he said to General Liu, who had been promoted to captain, "If there are any opponents, we will kill them all!"

  On that day, there was a river of blood in the palace!

   Afterwards, those ordinary students in the capital got the news from nowhere, they knelt in groups behind the officials outside the palace gate, and called Empress Shengming directly.

  Due to the closeness of the scientific examination, countless poor students from all over Beibei have come to the capital together. So that afternoon, there were more than 5,000 students kneeling outside the palace gate. It is said that there are still a steady stream of students coming from all over the country, including those who have long since given up the scientific examination due to the hereditary official system.

   It is said that there were huge crowds of people outside the palace that day. But within an hour, the number of five thousand students increased to seven thousand, and there was even a faint trend of intensification.

  In the evening, there were as many as 20,000 students kneeling outside the palace gate, which surrounded the palace gate tightly.

  When the news reached the imperial study room, the empress smiled. And the ministers outside the imperial study room had already turned pale, seeing the corpses of thirty officials, big and small, had no choice but to walk away.

  Although they already knew that there were countless students kneeling outside the palace, when the ministers came outside the palace gate and saw the densely packed students in coarse cloth clothes, they still couldn't help but look ugly.

  As for the officials kneeling outside the palace, they had already fled in fright when the empress had beheaded thirty people in a row.

  The ministers who opposed the imperial examination were so patronized by the eyes of more than 20,000 students, they were so scared that they turned pale and ran out of the palace again and again.

  According to rumors, those ministers who opposed the imperial examination were put in sacks by unknown people on the way back, and were severely beaten. None of the ministers who knelt outside the imperial study that afternoon was spared! So that in the next few days, those ministers were all sick in bed and did not come to the morning court.

  After the ministers left, a gentleman with a refined complexion and a personable appearance slowly walked out from the palace. It is said that his name is Lord Ye, and he is the confidant of the empress.

  Master Ye announced the Queen's will in front of thousands of students. That is, until the end of the scientific examination, all the students' accommodation and meals in the capital will be paid by the empress' private treasury. Of course, when staying, you need to show the store a document proving that you are a student.

  As soon as the imperial decree came out, all the students outside the palace rejoiced. Those who come here today are all children from poor families, and the consumption in the capital is high. They simply cannot afford to stay in hotels and eat for one or two consecutive months. So in the past, during the scientific examinations, some students even slept in the ruins of the temple, and then contracted the cold, and died without money for medical treatment.

   Now the empress actually said that all their accommodation and food expenses for the past two months will be paid by her, not the treasury. How can this not surprise the students.

   Within a month after the incident, the number of students in the capital reached the most terrifying number in history—50,000!

  A total of 50,000 students frantically flocked to the capital from all over the world. It is said that it was the busiest time in the history of the capital. Of course, these are things for later.

   Master Ye finished announcing the imperial decree, raised a 'gentle' smile, and slowly announced another big news to many students, that is, during the scientific examination, the empress will come to the examination room in person to take on the position of supervisor.

  As soon as the news came out, there was an instant ebullition outside the palace, and countless scholars shouted, they will definitely live up to His Majesty's painstaking efforts!

  Afterwards, the students recalled all kinds of cruel things about the empress before, and they were noncommittal.

   And the whole world is also lost in thought.

  In the past, I only heard about how cruel the empress is, but I have heard it a lot, and it has been a long time. In their minds, the empress was naturally designed as cruel. But looking back now, they seem to have entered into a misunderstanding.

   They all said how cruel the empress was, but they had never seen it before. Moreover, from the beginning to the end, the Empress never did anything that wasted money. There is no increase in taxes or forced recruitment. On the contrary, in times of disasters, they were the first to order food to be transported to the disaster area, and sent imperial doctors to treat the injured.

  Imperial doctor, that is a doctor who only treats the emperor. But he was sent by the empress to treat a group of common people. Is such a person really cruel?

   And when I think about it carefully, those who were beheaded or ransacked by the empress order were all forced to buy and sell, kill and set fire, and fish the common people...

  The more I think about it, the more shocked and guilty I feel.

   Their holy Majesty always thinks of the common people of this world, yet they are still speculated and accused by them.

  Thinking about it now, they used to call the empress cruel and fatuous. With the temperament of those corrupt officials, how could they not report this matter in order to get promoted and get rich.

  In the past, maybe they thought that the sky was high and the emperor was far away, and it was impossible for the empress to know that they scolded her in private. Now that I think about it, if a few people scolded her, it might not be surprising if they didn't know. But if people all over the world are scolding in private, how could the empress not know about it.

   And so far, no one has been punished for talking about the empress in private. What does this mean? It shows that the Empress is not ignorant, but that she never blamed them from the beginning to the end!

   How could such a wise emperor be such a cruel person?

  Countless people felt guilty, and felt self-blame and ashamed for having scolded the empress in private before.

  The students came to brightly lit inns with their own paperwork.

  When they received the warm reception from the innkeepers, all the students felt unreal. The shopkeepers who used to treat poor scholars like them so badly would welcome them like this today.

  Of course, they also know that all this is because of the Empress.

  This night, Wu Mathematics turned on the lamp to study at night, working hard for the scientific examination two months later, always remembering in his heart: he will definitely live up to His Majesty's painstaking efforts.

  Worked so hard that two months later, there was the largest number of people in the entire world's history of the exam, and once again shocked the world!

   This night is destined to be a sleepless night for the entire capital...

  (end of this chapter)