Rebirth of the Great Power

As expected, the memorial presented by the newly promoted Chief Chess Waiter Zhao Muyun was opposed by most courtiers.

In the final analysis, there is only one reason for opposition: Go is the crystallization of the wisdom of the sages, and its rules are also a part of it. Amending the rules is a negation of the sages, which is disrespectful and must not be allowed.

There are also a small number of courtiers who expressed their support, and the reason is nothing more than that the rules are made by people and can be modified naturally.These courtiers who expressed their support may not all agree with this reform, but they just habitually disagree with their political opponents.

Recently, there were no major affairs in the court, so Xue Chang allowed them to argue in the court hall for three days.

On this day, seeing that the timing was almost up, Xue Chang threw out two letters after another round of disputes between them: "These two letters of credence, dear friends, take a look first."

The waiter in the palace held two copies of the letter of credence and handed them to the ministers. Uncle Guo and Zhong Shuling who stood at the front took the first and passed them on after reading them.

For a while, the hall was full of discussions again.

After almost everyone had watched it, Xue Chang said: "Fusang and Koryo jointly proposed to me the Three Kingdoms Go Challenge. What do you think?"

After all the ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, the representative of Uncle Guo came out: "This matter is related to my prestige, and there is absolutely no reason to refuse."

Xue Chang said unhurriedly: "The letter of credence also said that we hope that this competition will adopt new rules, that is, there will be no seats. What do you think?"

"This..." Uncle Guo was also at a loss for words.

Xue Chang slapped the dragon case in front of him hard, and said in a solemn voice: "Go originally originated from my great China, but now even the matter of reforming the system is proposed by other countries. You don't reflect on why you are just one step away from others, and you still have to go?" Are you not ashamed to have been arguing over whether to reform the system for many days?"

For a moment, the opposition all bowed their heads, but the ministers who expressed their support secretly showed some complacency.

Xue Chang saw everything in his eyes, and continued calmly: "Of course you can't say it's all wrong to follow the ancient system, but you have to take a look at the current situation. If you want to make Daqi's national power grow day by day, the national prestige will be even greater. Whether it is the selection of talents or the Go system, we should keep pace with the times. Even if we are willing to stagnate, other countries will not wait for you. It can be seen that the Go system needs to be changed, and the imperial examination must also be implemented. Dear dear friends, Any objections?"

Even the courtiers who were a little proud just now realized that His Majesty was making use of it.

You might as well think boldly, maybe His Majesty has already received these two letters of credence.Or to be a little more daring, maybe it started as early as the challenge on the Fuso Mission Hall.Not long after that, His Majesty proposed to resume the imperial examination, and everyone was ready to have a good fight with His Majesty, but His Majesty's attitude didn't seem to be very firm, but instead let them make a fuss for a long time.During the period, he was also distracted by a vigorous competition for the selection of the chief chess officer. What's more, on the day the leader was determined, he was appointed in front of the people of Yunjing, and even hinted on the spot that the newly promoted chief chess officer should be elected. , I am afraid that I have ordered it in private.

Although the guesses of the ministers are not completely correct, they are not far off.

Perhaps at the beginning, when he was visiting Xiaojin Mountain in Yangzhou, he heard the complaints from the group of students who were full of talent but had no way to serve the country, and Ji Jin gave birth to the year of resuming the imperial examination.After returning to Beijing, I mentioned it to Xue Chang, and Xue Chang strongly agreed.From the time he proposed to resume the imperial examination, Ji Jin knew that there must be a lot of resistance, and he had been thinking about how to weaken this resistance.

Naturally, Ji Jin knew Mu Yuan's foresight and determination in Go for a long time. When he saw the seatless chess Mu Yuan showed him for the first time in Yangzhou, he had some vague feelings.Ji Jin believes in Mu Yuan's chess prowess, and also believes that as long as he is willing to enter Beijing, he will be famous all over the world one day. At that time, he will definitely work hard for the reform of Go.

That being the case, why not let these two things influence each other?Ji Jin wants to promote the imperial examination, and also hopes that Go can have a broader world.Therefore, even if there is no challenge from the Fusang mission, Ji Jin will find a way to make the chess without a seat appear in front of everyone.

Clinker was about to doze off when someone brought him a pillow.The visit of the Fusang mission brought all this to the surface in advance, and now it is finally time for the dust to settle.Among them, there are naturally some coincidences, such as this credential; of course, more are the result of careful planning.

Now, all the ministers also understand that whether it is the imperial examination or the reform of Go, His Majesty has made up his mind, and they have already opposed the invalidation.

Compared with the reform of Weiqi, the reform of the waiting edict is nothing.As Ji Jin said, with the support of His Majesty and the support of the edicts, the ministers have no reason to object.

During this period of time, the originally leisurely chess office became busy, especially Mu Yuan, who was the chief.

On the one hand, it is necessary to make suggestions on the arrangement of the game between the main candidates and the candidates, and on the other hand, it is necessary to lead the candidates to adapt to the rules of Go after the reform.

The restructuring of Go is not just as simple as canceling the seats, it even subverts the concept of Go to a great extent.It is not so easy to break the inherent concepts and accept new ideas.Mu Yuan also took one step at a time, while canceling the seat, and at the same time, proposed the concept of close purpose.At first glance, this is even more unacceptable than canceling the seat.

Mu Yuan knew it was difficult, but he still insisted.

In order to let all the chess players have a more intuitive concept of Tie Mu, Mu Yuan arranged for the same two chess players to play two games with each other, and recorded the outcome.

In the past, it's not that everyone didn't know the advantage of going first, but they never felt it so intuitively.The statistics of the winning rate are in front of you, and it will be much easier to get everyone to accept it.

The next thing to consider is how much to stick to.

Mu Yuan naturally knew how much the initial posts started, and also knew that this was a process of change.By the time he left, that era had already begun to be a big concern. If the chess skills are not good, the first move has become a pressure rather than an advantage.

However, Mu Yuan didn't intend to interfere too much in this aspect, he just put forward his opinions appropriately, and let the waiters participate in the research and discussion more.

It's not been an easy process, but everyone seems to be enjoying it.Qidaizhaosuo is more vigorous and energetic than ever before.

During this period of time, Mu Yuan and Ji Jin also saw less.I only heard from Ji Jin when we met occasionally that the advancement of the imperial examination was not so smooth.Although the ministers were relieved, there were still many people who were obedient and obedient during the implementation process.

Mu Yuan understood.After all, go is just a skill in the final analysis, and it is more just because of the love of the superiors. Now Guotai Min'an is so valued, and only the chess players are affected the most by the reform.The imperial examinations are different. The selection of officials through the imperial examinations is of immediate interest to the opponents.

Mu Yuan believes that Ji Jin will be able to solve all the problems, just like Ji Jin believes in his chess skills.

Even so, in the past few days, Mu Yuan has always felt a little uneasy. For several days, he dreamed about the past when Ji Jin and him were hunted down together in Yangzhou.He revealed this uneasiness to Ji Jin a little, and Ji Jin took his hand and assured him that he would increase the number of guards and protect himself well.

However, on this day, Mu Yuan was extremely flustered.For some reason, from the moment he entered the waiting room, he felt very uneasy. This kind of uneasiness made him flustered, and even the game of chess could not calm him down.

Until a group of inner guards suddenly broke in and checked everyone one by one.After the investigation, the leading guard commander also said coldly, be more careful when entering and leaving the imperial city today, it is best not to walk around except waiting for the edict, if you see someone acting suspiciously, report it immediately.

The uneasiness in Mu Yuan's heart rose to the extreme. He grabbed the commander of the guards who was about to leave, and asked hurriedly: "May I ask this commander, what happened? If you don't know the reason, everyone will feel uneasy."

Cheng Shiyuan and others also nodded and asked together.

The commander pondered for a while, but still said with a somber face: "It's good to teach you to know, you can pay more attention to precautions. Your Majesty was assassinated in the paddock, and the entire imperial city must be more vigilant."

Mu Yuan tremblingly said: "Is anyone injured?"

The commander was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is fine, the prince is injured."

Mu Yuan's face turned pale, and he held the other party's hand tightly, his voice trembling more and more: "Which... lord?"

The commander glanced at him, and said coldly: "Who else is there, of course it is King Xin."

Mu Yuan immediately let go and ran out, staggered, got up in embarrassment and continued to run out.

The commander looked stern, and shouted: "Stop, where are you going?"

Cheng Shiyuan stopped the commander calmly, and quickly explained: "Chairman Mu is probably worried about his family, so he lost his temper. Their home is not far from the imperial city. I hope the commander will understand."

It's not that the commander didn't recognize Mu Da Guoshou and Cheng Guoshou, but he was startled by Mu Yuan's sudden movement, since someone sent a step, he followed it down.

"Everyone waiting for the edict is also careful, the imperial city has been under martial law in recent days."

"Yes, we will pay more attention."

Mu Yuan ran out of the imperial city all the way to Prince Xin's Mansion, but was stopped at the gate of the Palace.

In addition to the original guards of the palace, the soldiers surrounded the entrance of the palace, as well as the inner guards and the Imperial Forest Army.

Mu Yuan was stopped, but he thought in his heart: It seems that he did not find the wrong place, and Shen Zhi must be in the palace now.

Unable to enter the palace, Mu Yuan was very anxious, even though he knew that he could not enter, he was still unwilling to give up.When the imperial forest army guarding the gate was about to start violently chasing people away, the royal soldier who recognized Mu Yuan happened to come to change his shift, and when he saw Mu Yuan, he couldn't help showing a little bit of embarrassment.

The soldier let Mu Yuan loose first, walked over and said in a low voice: "Master Mu, it's not that I don't let you in today. It's just that the prince is not awake, and His Majesty is still inside, so I can't make the decision."

When Mu Yuan heard that Ji Jin hadn't woken up, his heart tightened even more, and he wanted to go in even more resolutely.

The officer really couldn't resist Mu Yuan, and worried that the prince would blame him if he woke up, so he had to think about it and said: "How about, Lord Mu wait here for a while, I will go in and ask His Majesty for instructions."

Mu Yuan immediately said, "Okay, I'm sorry."

The soldier then ordered a few soldiers from the palace to take care of Mu Yuan, and went back into the palace by himself.

Less than a quarter of an hour passed, but Mu Yuan felt that it was as long as several centuries, and every breath he was worried about Ji Jin's injury, he was so tormented that he wished he could replace it with his own body.

It was Mo Yan who came out to meet Mu Yuan. He led Mu Yuan into the mansion and comforted him: "Master Mu, don't worry too much. The imperial doctor said that he didn't hurt his life, but..."

"Just what?" Mu Yuan asked anxiously.

Mo Yan's face was also very pale, his eyes trembled as if thinking of some scene, he bit his lips and said: "My lord, I lost a lot of blood, and I'm still in a coma."

Mu Yuan clenched his fists, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

The author has something to say: There are a lot of things this week, and the state is not very good, even less. I hope to make up for it next week.

I still have to work hard on the daily schedule on the weekend. I will update a little bit tonight to show that I have not forgotten, and I will continue to make up for the insufficient number of words tomorrow.

The big country game is also coming to an end. If the progress can be maintained, and nothing unexpected happens, it will be finished early next month.

Anyway, thank you for persevering until now.

The next story is already planned, and it won’t be too far away. I hope you will be with me all the way.