I want to ruin the country

After getting up and washing up in the morning, the little palace maid brought him a bowl of human milk.

"Your Majesty, please enter the breast!"

Yining was fed up when he heard it and waved his hands hurriedly.

"Take it away, take it away! I don't drink this stuff. Not only today, but I won't drink it in the future either. Remember this!"

The little palace maid wondered why the emperor gave up his habit of drinking milk in addition to quitting smoking.

After breakfast, Yining felt that there were many memorials that needed to be dealt with.

No matter what, he is the emperor and cannot be too lazy, otherwise, those old guys will come to nag him again!

Yining asked about Yi’s national defense,

"How's Hongxiu?"

Iraqi Defense Road,

"In reply to Your Majesty, Hongxiu has recovered well and the wound doesn't hurt much anymore!"

Yining Road,

"Ask her if she's willing to play with me!"

Iraqi defense shuddered,

"Your Majesty, where are you going?"

Yining rolled his eyes.

"Go to the Qianqing Palace to read the memorials!"

Iraq's defense is assured.

"Your Majesty, I can just bring the memorial to you. There's no need to run anywhere!"

"Nonsense, I just want to change the environment!"

"Okay, okay, I'll go get Miss Hongxiu!"

As he said that, Yiguoling ran away happily!

Not long after, Hongxiu came, her arm in a sling, but she looked quite healthy. Hongxiu knelt down and kowtowed, but Yining did not stop her.

"Hurry up and get up! You're still injured, why are you performing formalities?"

And he said to the defense of Iraq,

"If you try to bow again, I'll slap you a hundred times. Remember that!"

Yi Fangfang said to Hongxiu with tears in his eyes,

"Auntie, please be considerate of this old slave. After a hundred slaps, how can I still keep this tattered face?!"

Yining Road,

"Your face isn't that great to begin with, so why not just give it up?"

Hongxiu was still a little shy, covering her mouth and said happily,

"Master Yi, I understand!"

Yining stared and said,

"What do you mean by slave, slave? Didn't I tell you that you are my family and you must never call yourself a slave!"

Hongxiu didn't know how to respond. If she didn't call herself a slave, what was her identity?

She is neither a concubine nor a talented lady, she is just a palace maid. She was so scared when she saw Yi Guofang before that she dared not breathe. Now he calls himself an old slave. What am I?

Yining naturally understood what she meant and said,

"I'll make you the Devil King, and you can do whatever you want in the palace. How about that?"

"What kind of king is the Demon King?"

Hongxiu was stunned. What kind of official position was this?

Yi Fangfang was a smart man, he quickly bowed and saluted,

"Congratulations, Devil King!"

As long as he is conferred the title of prince by the emperor, no matter what kind of prince he is, he will have a prince's salary. The little girl is rich!

Of course, the little girl couldn't be granted the title of prince, she could only be a duke, which was also great. A duke's annual salary was 5000 taels of silver, and 5000 hu of rice!

Quite a few, but is there any rule for a palace maid to be crowned a king?

Who cares? As long as the emperor is happy, that’s all that matters!

He had already anticipated that the little girl Hongxiu had the same feelings as the emperor!

A golden fish is not something that can be kept in a pond. When encountering wind and clouds, it can transform into a dragon. But no matter what, I am just a servant. He has already put himself in the right position early on. It is most cost-effective to keep the stove cold!

Seeing Hongxiu dumbfounded and not daring to speak, Yining was happy.

"The Devil King is a king slightly less powerful than me. Even the ministers have to bow to you when they see you!"

Hongxiu was frightened and knelt down quickly.

"Hello, I dare not call myself the devil of the world, I'd rather be my little maid!"

Seeing the sweat coming out of the tip of her small nose, Yining was happy.

"My words are golden, and they count. How are your injuries?"

"To answer Your Majesty, the pain will go away if you don't move!"

"Well, accompany me on a tour of the Qianqing Palace!"

The group arrived at the Qianqing Palace and looked at the pile of memorials. Yining was overwhelmed.

As a graduate student, his level of classical Chinese was acceptable, but when he really got into the pile of memorials, he soon got a headache.

Most officials from all over the country passed the examination so that they could show off their literary talent in front of the emperor.

There are also many uncommon characters that are not commonly used, as if to test whether Yining knows them!

Damn, there are really a lot of traditional Chinese characters that I don’t recognize. Some of them I have learned, some I have seen, but I have forgotten!

What gives Yining the most headaches is that articles nowadays have no punctuation marks, and readers have to break the sentences themselves, which is really tiring.

The Chinese language is profound and extensive. If the tone of a word is not changed, the meaning will change completely. Punctuation is even more important. There is also a famous joke about punctuation.

This joke is about Xu Wenchang, a painter in the late Ming Dynasty. His family was very poor and had no rice to eat, so he ran to a relative's friend's house and refused to leave.

After a long time, people got fed up with him. One day when it was raining, the owner saw him go to the toilet, so he wrote a line of words on the wall. The words were:

“It’s rainy to keep guests, but the sky won’t keep people.”

The master means this:

“When it rains, the sky keeps guests; when the sky stays, people don’t!”

It means to drive him away.

When Xu Wenchang came back and saw what was going on, he understood immediately, but he didn't want to leave and said with a smile:

"Since you want me to stay like this, I won't leave!"

As he spoke, he picked up his pen and circled the line of words:

"It's a rainy day, a day to keep guests, but can't you keep people? Keep them!

The owner suffered a loss, and the joke was passed down.

This joke also shows the importance of punctuation.

In ancient times, when people said a person was educated, they said he could "read and write". This is what it meant. If you can't punctuate correctly, you will make a fool of yourself and get into trouble!

There are also allusions. Ancient scholars loved to use allusions.

Moreover, these people have been familiar with the Four Books, Five Classics, The Great Learning, The Analects of Confucius, The Doctrine of the Mean, and a vast amount of classics, history, and miscellaneous works since childhood.

They knew all kinds of allusions by heart and could use them at will. But Yining couldn't handle it. Although he had read a lot of books, how could he remember so many?

If it were in the future, these would not be a problem at all. There is the know-it-all Baidu, and the problem would be solved by searching on the Internet!

It’s a pity that this was the 19th century and there was no electricity. Damn it, it was so fucking awkward!

Besides, the real emperor was taught by the most powerful teacher in the country. Let alone his knowledge, his calligraphy alone is enough to make him powerful!

People think these things are just grasshoppers throwing each other - little kicks and punches!

Yiningke couldn't do it. He had to watch half of it and guess half of it. It was so fucking tiring.

He got annoyed after watching for a while, and his head was buzzing!

No wonder many emperors in history were lazy about state affairs and didn’t even want to read memorials. It turns out this job is really fucking difficult!

Seeing his sweaty head, Hongxiu felt distressed, but dared not say anything, so she could only use a handkerchief to wipe his sweat.

Hongxiu was very close to him, and the faint fragrance of the girl reached Yining's nose. He felt that her breath was as sweet as orchid, which made him feel itchy and he had no intention of reading the memorials anymore.