Chapter 70: The Divide between Immortals and Mortals
Although the old patriarch coveted this position, he dared not disobey Mr. Tiandaolou's order!
No one dared to object to the other elders and elites of the Ba clan.
If anyone dared not obey Mr. Tiandaolou's order, there was only one word:
Death!
Ba Zhen stared at the patriarch seal in a daze, but did not reach out to take it.
I don't know what he was thinking...
"Please ask the new patriarch to take the patriarch seal!" The old patriarch had to repeat it loudly again.
Ba Zhen came to his senses, and with trembling hands, he took the patriarch seal from the old patriarch, which symbolized the supreme power in the Ba clan.
"Open the clan temple and hold a succession ceremony for the new patriarch!" said the old patriarch.
Every new patriarch's succession must be completed under the witness of the ancestors of the Ba clan.
When all the ceremonies for the new patriarch were completed, several hours had passed.
Ba Zhen sat quietly in his boudoir, holding the patriarch seal in his hand, but there was no joy on his face.
If she relied on her own struggle, she might not be able to sit on the position of the head of the Ba family in this life.
But with just one word from the master, she, Ba Zhen, was pulled to the position she had fought for all her life and became the highest authority of the Ba family.
From then on, she, Ba Zhen, would be in charge of the Ba family like her idol, Madam Ba Qing.
But Ba Zhen couldn't be happy!
Not happy at all!
Drops of crystal tears dripped on the dressing table, splashing tears.
Ba Zhen felt very uncomfortable!
She had originally had fantasies about the master!
Maybe she could become the master's woman, even if she was just a humble concubine, she would be satisfied!
Ba Zhen had never seen such a great man as the master in her life.
It was Ba Zhen's honor to be his woman!
Of course, she had never expressed her feelings in front of the master!
But today, at the year-end party of the Ba family, everything that the master showed completely extinguished the little spark of hope in Ba Zhen's heart.
The master is a Nine Heavens Immortal, and she, Ba Zhen, is just an ordinary person. How dare she hope to be married to the master!
There is an insurmountable gap between her and the master - the gap between immortals and mortals!
After a while, Ba Zhen stopped crying, stood up, and held the clan leader seal tightly in her jade hand!
She made up her mind:
She will put all her thoughts on business in this life, and will never let the master down and make huge profits for him!
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Tiandao Building.
After Chen Qilin came back, he took a comfortable bath, changed into a set of clean clothes, leaned on the leather sofa, and watched the new episodes while drinking coffee.
Life is so leisurely and comfortable!
He decided to set off tomorrow to collect the treasure of the Xiongnu royal court.
After all, there are treasures worth thousands of Tiandao points in the treasure, which can allow Chen Qilin to improve his cultivation from the first level of the Golden Core Realm to the second level, and it can't be wasted!
[Ding! Ying Zheng, Fusu and Li Si are here! 】
Chen Qilin put down the new episode and looked at the time. It was almost dinner time.
This Zheng Ge is simply... a "freeloader"!
He always comes when it's almost dinner time.
I wonder what Zheng Ge and the others are doing here?
Chen Qilin stood up and went to the backyard to ask Wang Ying to prepare dinner for a few more people.
He returned to the reception room.
Ying Zheng, Fusu, Li Si and his party just came here, and they also brought three treasure chests.
[Ding! The things in the three boxes can be exchanged for 90 Tian Dao Points! 】
Chen Qilin smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Crown Prince, you are here, why do you bring gifts? Too polite!"
"Sir, a small gift is not a respect!" Ying Zheng also smiled.
Chen Qilin waved his hand, and all three boxes disappeared without a trace, and they had been exchanged for 90 Tian Dao Points.
This scene startled Ying Zheng, Fusu and others.
But they soon calmed down.
Ying Zheng, Fusu, and Li Si all knew that the gentleman was a god-like figure, so it was not surprising that he took the treasure chest out of thin air.
Chen Qilin greeted: "Please sit down, all three of you!"
Ying Zheng sat down comfortably.
At his instruction, Fusu and Li Si also sat on the leather sofa.
Chen Qilin asked Wang Ying to make everyone a cup of coffee.
He looked at Ying Zheng and said: "I wonder why your majesty came to my Tiandao Tower today?"
Ying Zheng drank a sip of coffee and said:
"Sir, I came to Tiandao Tower today to visit you. I heard that the Donghu thieves intended to assassinate you before. Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, thank you for your concern!"
Ying Zheng continued: "The second thing is that I, Fusu, and Li Si have been fighting for half a month and finally made a detailed plan to promote the imperial examination system. I want you to take a look and see what needs to be modified!"
Chen Qilin said: "Bring it here!"
Li Si took out a stack of information written on paper from the cloth bag he carried with him and respectfully presented it to the gentleman.
Chen Qilin glanced at the paper and said, "Did you make these papers?"
"Yes, sir, I just made a small batch of paper, a few hundred sheets, for me to write on first. If you want to promote the paper on a large scale, you have to wait for some time!" Ying Zheng said truthfully.
Chen Qilin nodded and quickly flipped through the imperial examination materials.
In just a few dozen breaths, he finished reading all the materials.
The plan made by Ying Zheng, Fusu, and Li Si is very consistent with the reality of Daqin. It has both short-term goals and medium- and long-term goals, as well as various implementation details.
Chen Qilin could not find any shortcomings.
Ying Zheng was going to hold the first imperial examination in the spring of next year, and both civil and military examinations would be held simultaneously.
All legal citizens in the counties and prefectures of the Qin Empire, as long as they could read and write, could sign up to participate, and all fees were waived, and no recommendation was required, etc.
The imperial examinations were divided into county examinations, prefecture examinations, national examinations, and palace examinations.
In the county examinations, the top 36 candidates in each county were selected as "scholars".
These scholars could go to their respective prefectures to participate in the prefecture examinations, and each prefecture would select the top 36 candidates from a large number of scholars as "juren".
These juren would then go to Xianyang to participate in the national examinations, and the top 36 candidates would be selected as "jinshi".
Finally, these jinshi would participate in the palace examinations presided over by Qin Shihuang himself, and the top three would be ranked as the top three, the second place, and the third place.
The higher the ranking of the jinshi, the more likely they would be used by the court.
In order to allow the civilian elites to take the examinations with peace of mind, Ying Zheng decided:
All the expenses for carriages, food and lodging for the scholars and juren to go to the prefectures and the imperial capital to participate in the prefecture and national examinations would be provided by the government.
This is absolutely great news for the civilian elite.
Ying Zheng is really thirsty for talent!
In addition, Ying Zheng also made detailed regulations on the rules of examinations at all levels in this document, which will be written into the Qin Law in the future.
Anyone who does not comply with or cheats is breaking the law and will be severely punished!
Of course, if the candidates in various counties can pass the imperial examination, the local county governors, county magistrates and other officials will be rewarded for their meritorious service in education.
In addition, Ying Zheng decided to set up official schools in counties across the country, among which basic schools will be exempted from all tuition and miscellaneous fees, so that children of school age in Qin can afford to study...
Seeing this, Chen Qilin couldn't help but praise Ying Zheng!
Ying Zheng is going to spend a lot of money to cultivate talents, especially elite talents among civilians.
Finally, Ying Zheng decided to hold an imperial examination every three years in the future to select talents for the Qin Dynasty.
Of course, Chen Qilin also contributed to the fact that Ying Zheng, Fusu, Li Si and others were able to make this imperial examination plan.
If Chen Qilin had not instilled a lot of advanced knowledge in them before, they would not have had such a high level of awareness!
"Sir, how is it?" Ying Zheng asked.
Chen Qilin nodded and smiled:
"Your Majesty, this plan is very good, no problem! Next, it depends on the execution!"
Chen Qilin has vaguely seen that a large number of talents will be born in the Qin Dynasty in a dozen years.
Thanks for the support of my friends, the second update is being written~
