Dayu Dynasty, the third year of Taikang…
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for relying on your own hard work to become the top scorer.
He was appointed to the rank of Chief of Staff.
[Mission Reward: Mind Reading]
Imperial Palace, Taiji Palace…
Yuan Ye, who had just become the new top scorer, was conferred the title of a fifth-grade censor by Emperor Taikang in front of all the civil and military officials.
At the same time, just as Yuan Ye expressed his gratitude, a system notification sounded in his mind.
Yuan Ye was not from this world, but he had transmigrated to this world for three years.
When he first transmigrated, he encountered the death of the late emperor, and he was a poor scholar who lived alone.
It was also at that time that the system rewarded Yuan Ye: Proficient in calligraphy, law, arithmetic, and political theory.
Then, in the past three years, he had been rewarded for completing the system missions one after another... Master of the Eight-part Essay, Master of the Four Books and Five Classics, Master of Poetry and Songs.
The reason why he was now promoted to the rank of Fifth Grade Imperial Censor Zhongcheng was because Yuan Ye had written some answers that struck Emperor Taikang's heart in the court examinations.
This allowed Emperor Taikang to ignore the objections of his subjects and make an exception to confer Yuan Ye a rank 5 official.
Generally speaking, it was already a great gift for a new top scholar to be conferred the title of a seventh-grade county magistrate.
However, Yuan Ye was conferred the title of a fifth-grade official, and he could even attend court.
From this, it could be seen how much Emperor Taikang liked Yuan Ye's writing.
It had been three years since Emperor Taikang ascended the throne. Although all the civil and military officials were gathered together, there were still many people who could be used by Emperor Taikang.
This was because Yuan Ye had discovered that this world was the world of Dream of the Red Chamber during his three years of transmigration.
Let's not talk about anything else, just rely on this poem: Jia Bujia, white jade for the Tang gold horse. Epang Palace was three hundred miles away, and there was not enough room for a historian in Jinling. The East China Sea lacked a white jade bed, so the Dragon King came to invite the King of Jinling. It snows heavily in good years, and pearls are like earth, gold and iron.
The meaning was that the Jia family's courtyard was carved with orchids and jade, the hall was built with gorgeous jade, and even the decorative horses were made of gold. The Epang Palace built by the King of Qin stretched for more than three hundred miles, covering the sky and the sun. Even such a palace could not compare to the family property of a historian in Jinling. The Dragon King of the East Sea had not found a white jade bed that he was satisfied with. After thinking about it, he could only trouble the Wang family of Jinling. People always said that a good snow meant a good harvest. To the Xue family, pearls were as common as sand, and gold was not a precious metal.
From this, one could see the power of these four families.
This was also one of the reasons why Yuan Ye was so sure of it. In addition, the destruction of the Jia family in the later stages also allowed Yuan Ye to know that the four families of the Jia family, Shi family, and Xue family had been married for generations. This made Yuan Ye guess that these four families were a sore spot for Taikang Emperor.
In addition, the four great clans were extravagant and had done too many shameful things behind the scenes. In the end, they still owed the treasury money (they had borrowed it from the beginning). Therefore, Yuan Ye's unconventional actions in the court examinations had indeed won Emperor Taikang's appreciation.
Fortunately, no one had seen Yuan Ye's answer except Taikang Emperor.
There was a rule in Dayu Dynasty to prevent cheating. All the candidates 'papers would be personally read by the emperor and no one else was allowed to read them.
And the emperor's review of civil and military officials will rest for three days.
In these three days, the Emperor would decide the top three. Only the examiners in charge of the rankings would examine the rest.
However, there were also those who were too lazy to ask the examiner to review the three answers and send them to the top three.
However, Emperor Taikang had just ascended the throne and had no subordinates. He wanted to be called lazy in government affairs, so he read and approved more than 200 documents one by one and decided that Yuan Ye was the top scholar. He also rewarded him with a courtyard with two entrances and two exits, and five servants and two maidservants.
Just like that, after Emperor Taikang conferred the titles of second and third place, Yuan Ye and the others were brought away.
Yuan Ye was specially led by a young eunuch to receive the court clothes and the title deed. He was then taken out of the palace to the teaching workshop to select maidservants and handymen. After that, he was brought back to his courtyard.
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"In the future, ask Shaoyao to be in charge of washing clothes and cooking.”
"As for you, Pang Tutu, you can be called Glutinous Ball. You're responsible for disturbing the bedroom, guest room, and living room.”
"Also, the two of you live next to my room.”
After sending off the young eunuch, Yuan Ye brought the servant maids and servants around his house to familiarize himself.
He found that there were all kinds of daily necessities inside.
Then, he called the servant girls to the living room. After Yuan Ye sat down, he said to the two little servant girls.
These two maidservants naturally had delicate features, but one was thin and the other was slightly plump.
And they were all literate.
In the past, they were all descendants of government officials. Because they had committed crimes and confiscated their families, their children had been sent to the training center to be trained as servant maids and handymen. If there were any good-looking ones, they would be taught to dance, play the piano, and play the flute.
He was waiting to be rewarded by the emperor in the future.
"Yes, Master." x2
Peony and Glutinous Ball bowed respectfully to Yuan Ye to show that they understood.
"Yes, the five of you will follow my surname, Yuan. From the beginning, you will be called Yuan One, Yuan Two, Yuan Three, Yuan Four, and Yuan Five according to your age.”
"In the future, the five of you will be in charge of our house's safety, gatekeeping, and reporting. You will also be in charge of cleaning the front and back yards, fetching water, and purchasing food.
Oh right, there's also one who's in charge of keeping watch. You're not allowed to slack off and sleep when you're keeping watch. If you're found out, don't blame me for breaking your legs.
However, on the second day of the night watch, you don't have to work. You can sleep or go out to play. You can spend your time as you please.
Then, the five of you will live in the rooms in the front courtyard.”
Yuan Ye's tone became much stricter when he instructed the two maidservants to go to the five servants.
"Yes, sir!"
The five servants respectfully replied to Yuan Ye.
"Also, I have to go to the morning court every day. Other than the night watchman waking me up, you have to send someone to go with me and help me take some things to protect.
And the person who followed me had to wake up early and wait for me outside the palace.
The remaining three people cleaned, fetched water, and purchased.
The person who followed me can rest in the afternoon.
This will also have to be done by taking turns between you.
Everyone has a chance."
Yuan Ye wanted them to go back after he finished speaking, but then he thought that it was too early for the court session. Moreover, the place where he lived was still a long way from the palace. He did not have a horse or a carriage, so he had to get up in the middle of the night.
Instead of thinking that it would be safer and less boring to have someone with him, he felt that he had to be careful.
There were no street lights at this time, so it was really pitch black at night.
If they wanted to travel at night, they needed a dim oil lamp.
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