Daming: Grandpa Emperor, please get up and sit on my throne!

"I don't think about anything else. Your Majesty has given me this opportunity, allowing me to stand in this position and work for the Ming Dynasty, the people, and Your Majesty. It also allows me to realize my ambitions. I can only repay you with my death."

Done.

Xia Yuanji took a deep breath, and the hesitation and uneasiness on his face gradually disappeared.

It would be a lie to say he doesn't want this opportunity to achieve great success overnight.

The higher he stands, the more he can do.

He no longer had to spend a year or two in the Imperial College, no longer had to waste time hardworkingly gaining qualifications, no longer had to go through the inevitable human relationships and social customs of officialdom from the bottom up... and he was sitting in this position that best allowed him to realize his ambitions.

And Xia Yuanji knew better.

What I will do in the future is economics, perfect economics, and a perfect economic system... This will surely create a glorious Ming Dynasty where the people live in peace and happiness!

Thinking of this, his blood boiled in his heart!

……

Except Xia Yuanji.

The other three people - Yu Xin, Gu Pu, and Lin Chengxuan - also received imperial edicts of rewards and appointments.

Everyone took up their post according to the procedures.

The two exam questions from a month ago, the so-called "lucky start of the first year of Kaiqian" that were almost forgotten by most people, were brought to an end in such a dramatic way, which was undoubtedly going to cause a sensation.

This matter was a hot topic in Yingtian Prefecture for several days.

"What? Two riddle-like exam questions, and the prize is actually a direct promotion?! Isn't this too outrageous?"

"Other things are fine, like the Right Vice Minister being promoted to Left Vice Minister, and the Director of the Ministry of War being promoted to Director of the Ministry of Revenue's Office of Censorship. These can barely be considered normal promotions and transfers, but the other two... one went from an ordinary craftsman to a sixth-rank Director of the Ministry of Revenue, and the other is even more outrageous. Ha! A third-rank Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was actually given a commoner's position!"

"How could this official be so chaotic!?"

"Haha! Daming Pills!"

"Well... to be honest, even though this incident is still so outrageous, I actually feel that... it's somewhat normal for His Majesty Kaiqian to do something like this... I'd only find it abnormal if he didn't do something weird!"

"Not bad! I actually thought so too... this is the normal operation."

"..."

Naturally, some people, like the students in the Imperial College, complained privately about things like "tyrant ruler" and "Ming Dynasty doomed to fail".

Others said: "Oh, your Majesty did it? That's fine."

As for the most ordinary people in the streets and alleys:

"Third or fifth rank, what? I earned a lot more copper coins today than yesterday! How about we splurge a little tonight and drink some slogan wine?"

"Hey, hey, business has been booming these past few days! That's great!"

"What... Ministry of Revenue? What the hell is going on here? I'm not going to talk about this anymore. The customers are waiting to eat the wontons I made!"

"..."

For the common people at the bottom, they don’t understand anything, let alone the court official appointment system, the positions of the six ministries, etc.

In their world.

Food is the most important thing. It would be even better if clothing and shelter are barely enough.

If only I could have a little more spare time to satisfy myself, have an extra meal, or have a drink - life would be so wonderful!

So this matter is for the people at the bottom of society.

It basically has no big impact.

After all, among these people, they may not even be able to tell what positions there are in the court, what the name of each position means, and what each position does.

Of course, there is another reason: What's the matter? Your Majesty, basic operation, don't be stupid.

And because Zhu Yunhuan had been preparing for the newspaper business step by step last year, the flow of information within the Ming Dynasty has now become much more active.

soon.

The news naturally spread to the city of Beiping.

Huang Mansion.

Zhu Yuanzhang was wearing a coarse linen shirt with his trouser legs rolled up. He was standing next to a coffee table in the yard, drinking water in big gulps.

I drank several cups in a row.

He put down the teacup in his hand, raised his head and looked around his yard - the places in the yard that were originally used to grow landscape plants are now all bare. The original landscape plants have all been crushed and stepped into the mud. The air is filled with the fishy smell of soil, mixed with the smell of crushed flowers and plants.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath.

He nodded with satisfaction and said, "After working for several days, the soil in the yard is finally turned over. What was so good about those things before? Now it looks so beautiful. Hehehe! Just looking at it makes me feel relieved."