I am a woman, I am a man, I want to marry a wife so that I can farm

These craftsmen still have a testing phase, and only those who pass Ye Ze's assessment can officially stay. Those who fail can only be sent back by paying some silver. After all, what he wants are truly skilled talents who also have the brains to adapt.

Now that he has become the emperor, Ye Ze must achieve something to be worthy of this position, and at the same time he must consider his descendants.

The change of dynasties is inevitable, and he just hopes to delay the inevitable arrival as much as possible.

He wanted carpenters who were not only good at carpentry, but also could design mechanisms and large defensive crossbows. Blacksmiths were not just good at forging iron, but also researched new weapons and sturdy armor to give soldiers an extra layer of protection and enhance the army's combat effectiveness. As for stonemasons, they focused on building sturdy walls and fortifications.

In ancient times, a strong military was an important guarantee for a country's prosperity.

As for hot weapons, Ye Ze would not use them unless he had no other choice. Once hot weapons came out, it would mean more deaths. The population in ancient times was already sparse and could not withstand the ravages of hot weapons.

In addition, Ye Ze will also guide them to research new products that are beneficial to construction, such as cement, glass, wind and water power propulsion machinery, etc., various inventions that benefit the country and the people.

Especially cement. With cement, construction and bridge and road building will be much more convenient, and water conservancy projects will also be greatly improved.

Of course, Ye Ze could easily come up with these, but if he, the emperor, did everything, what would the Ministry of Works do? What would the civil and military officials do?

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Time flies by in such a busy time.

The sixth day of September is the day of the imperial examination.

All the scholars in the court were preparing for this moment, lining up for entrance inspection, taking their seats according to their numbers, and then concentrating on taking exams for several days.

In this special examination, Shen Wenren finally made it to the list and successfully passed the examination for a scholar, and was able to enter the next step of the provincial examination.

However, the Shen family members who had been hoping that he could pass the imperial examination and become a scholar were no longer happy. It was just a scholar. What was there to be happy about?

Look at the Yejia Village next door, the Earl's Mansion is almost built! The Shen clan leader is so jealous!

More importantly, all taxes in Yejia Village were halved in the future, causing many members of the Shen family to resent the clan leader. If he hadn't insisted on competing with the Ye clan leader for the position of village leader, how could the village be divided? If the village hadn't been divided, wouldn't their taxes have been halved? !

For a long time, the entire village of Shenjia Village was filled with an indescribable atmosphere of depression.

Next was the provincial examination in mid-November, and Shen Wenren went there together with his classmates who had also passed the examination and became a scholar.

This provincial examination is more advantageous for students from rural areas, as the test questions tend to be more practical.

Even if rural students do not work in the fields, they have a personal understanding of the hardships of the people's livelihood. They are familiar with the farming seasons, folk customs, and can better understand the needs and expectations of the people.

In contrast, some students from wealthy families, though well-read, lack an understanding of the actual situation at the grassroots level. When faced with these practical exam questions, they can only make theoretical inferences based on book knowledge, and it is difficult for them to come up with truly down-to-earth and practical solutions.

Therefore, most of the students who passed the provincial examination were from poor families.

The subsequent joint examination and palace examination were scheduled for March and April of the next year. Those candidates who passed the provincial examination did not dare to slack off for a moment and studied hard.

After reviewing the memorials sent by the Ministry of Rites, Ye Ze stretched with satisfaction, stood up and walked towards the main hall.

After several months of training, Ye Ze can read memorials much faster than at the beginning. Of course, the memorials are also much shorter than at the beginning.

Is it difficult to just talk about things when there is something to say? As a result, the memorials submitted by those officials were first a long piece of nonsense, and the main content was only a few sentences, which was very annoying. For this reason, Ye Ze got very angry in the court and took all the memorials to Fengyuan Hall and asked the ministers to read them one by one. They were not allowed to leave the court until they finished reading! As a result, the memorials submitted later became much more concise.

"Your Highness~"

"No need to formalize." Ye Ze walked straight into the inner hall without stopping.

"Pear?"

"Husband," Zhao Li turned around and asked in surprise, "How come you are done so early today?"

Jin Xin had long been accustomed to the Queen not following the rules. With the Emperor spoiling her, what else could she do? After bowing and saluting, she consciously left the inner hall, leaving the space for the Emperor and the Queen to be alone.

"Well," Ye Ze walked to Zhao Li and sat down naturally: "What are you embroidering?"

Zhao Li showed the newly embroidered purse to Ye Ze: "This is newly embroidered for you. The one you have is old."

Oh! It's still good to have a wife. I don't have to worry about anything. Ye Ze took the purse that Zhao Li hadn't finished embroidering and looked at it. What is it embroidered this time? If I can't tell, I can't say anything casually, so as not to hurt my wife's self-esteem, Ye Ze said silently in his heart.

Then he asked, "What did you embroider?"

Zhao Li looked puzzled: "It's so obvious, can't my husband see it? This is our Hu Zi!"

Ye Ze suddenly realized: "Oh, I said it looked familiar, it looks like, it really looks too similar!"

The fat version of Hu Zi's big round face! If Zhao Li hadn't explained, he would have thought it was a fat orange cat. Thinking about it carefully, eh? It seems that there are no such creatures as cats in this era.

"I don't know if it will feel lonely living alone in the mountains. Husband, do you think we should bring it into the palace and spend the New Year with us?" Zhao Li said thoughtfully.

Ye Ze's mouth twitched. How could it feel lonely? Haha, I'm afraid it was having too much fun outside and didn't want to leave!

However, Ye Ze still followed Zhao Li's advice, "Then we will bring it into the palace to celebrate the New Year."

"Ok!"

It is now the twelfth lunar month and all affairs in the court have reached the final stage. At this point we have to talk about the craftsmen recruited by Ye Ze to come to Beijing. Under Ye Ze's suggestion, the Craftsmanship Bureau produced the first batch of cement!

Although it is still in the testing stage, Ye Ze believes that it will be put into production soon. Next year will be the year for Ye Ze to show his talents! When he has more people under his command, other feudal customs in the court will also be gradually improved.

On the night of New Year’s Eve, when every household was lit up and families were reuniting, the two guards guarding the palace gate were almost frightened to death. Fortunately, the emperor and the empress arrived in time!

Who could have thought that in the middle of the night, a tiger would come to the gate of the palace and visit?

When the emperor and empress saw it, they asked questions as if they were seeing a relative. But that was not the point. The point was, there was a mouse following the empress? It was a mouse, right?

When the mouse saw the tiger, he did not hide but approached it.

Then, what did they see?

The tiger squatted down and let the mouse climb onto its back!

When did this world become so magical? The two guards were almost numb. It was not until Ye Ze and the others walked away that they came to their senses. Their emperor was really amazing. He could even tame a tiger so obediently! If this matter was told to others, no one would believe it, okay? !

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