When Hunjun begins to make elixirs

In the autumn of the seventh year of Shengtong, the emperor held a ceremony to worship heaven in the western suburbs, and issued twelve edicts to the world, officially starting the path of reform and development for warlocks.

Prior to this, Li Shun had already had two months of intense discussions with the courtiers.

Most of the courtiers have been convinced by Li Shun's reasons, understand the future crisis, and are willing to fully assist the emperor in reforming. There is also a small group of stubborn ministers who are still opposed. It's not that they don't understand, but they are afraid that their own interests will be damaged.

Most of them are old and decrepit, their juniors are not up to par, and they are unable to adapt to changes, which will make them lose their power.

This time, Li Shun changed his temper and did not convince others with his martial virtue. When the minority obeys the majority, there is no need to get blood on your hands. He's not a murderer.

The general trend is unstoppable.

Cognitive change requires a process. During the reform process, as long as they do not cause sabotage and some people focus on the mistakes and sing the opposite, they can find out and fill in the gaps in a timely manner. If there are too many iron-blooded methods, the people will be in fear, which is not conducive to the healthy development of society.

People's hearts have their own justice.

This heaven-sacrifice ceremony was extremely simple. Li Shun did not prepare three animals. Instead, he used rice, wheat and other crops as the main sacrifices in a unique way, which means: "Good weather and good harvests." The people who participated in the ceremony, except for civil and military officials, , there were sorcerers, and even the dying Zhuge Xiangqing came with the support of Zhuge Xuanyi.

Fang Ji came to Zhuge Xiangqing and said excitedly: "Brother, our time has come!"

Although Zhuge Xiangqing has lost all his cultivation, he is still proud of being a sorcerer, not to mention that his experience and knowledge are not comparable to ordinary people.

He said with tears in his eyes: "Yes! I can see the future, how glorious our line of warlocks will be."

The first of Li Shun's twelve edicts was to establish the development of sorcerers as a basic national policy, recognize and elevate the status of sorcerers. In the minds of the people, sorcerers gradually became equivalent to scholars.

Second, Tianshu Supervisor has officially started school and is recruiting students from all over the country. As long as they pass the test and have good moral character, they can be admitted.

Third, promulgate new laws to prepare for the liberation of productive forces.

Fourth, unify the cultivation world and bring all cultivators and cultivation sects under the control of the imperial court for a period of three years. Any cultivators who disobey the imperial court's instructions will be eliminated.

Fifth, reform the official system and implement new-style imperial examinations, including but not limited to subjects such as industry, agriculture, commerce, and magicians. The new imperial examination was changed from one test every four years to one every year.

Sixth, vigorously build new schools and academies, both public and private, and recruit students to support the new imperial examination. In addition, the teaching of magicians is not allowed to open private schools except for family traditions. If a registered sorcerer wants to recruit a disciple, he must register with the Li Dao Academy before permission is granted.

Seventh, it is stipulated that only cultivators who have registered with the Li Dao Yuan can move freely in Dayin. Otherwise, they will be regarded as heretics, and they will be jailed at the least, and will die in the worst case.

8. All practitioners of Dayin are first and foremost citizens of Dayin and have the responsibility to love the country and the people. Anyone who commits treason will be attacked by the whole world.

9. The Dayin Law applies to all citizens, and all social activities are based on the law. Any behavior that maliciously undermines the fairness of the law is equivalent to conspiracy.

10. Dayin sets a three-level war warning. Level one is the highest order. Once activated, all human and material resources in the country will be dispatched by the imperial court. The people of Dayin are obliged to cooperate with the imperial court in the war.

11. All overseas practitioners who commit illegal crimes in Dayin will be punished in accordance with Dayin laws. 12. Dayin is kind to people and is willing to make friends with people who are friendly to our country. Dayin is willing to provide shelter to those overseas practitioners who are persecuted by their countries and do not violate the laws of heaven and commit serious crimes that harm the human race.

These twelve wills were issued together, and the world was shaken. At the same time, officials sent by Li Shun went to various places to organize reforms, and in the same month, the first new-style imperial examination was launched.

For the first new-style imperial examination, because the conditions were not yet mature, the court lowered the standards to a great extent.

The exam questions and exam methods are a bit weird.

For example, in the agricultural science talent selection, those who take part in the written examination only need to be able to understand the twenty-four solar terms, distinguish between grains and livestock, and know some simple agricultural common sense. However, a special practical subject has been added, which requires the talents to pass the exam. Go and plow the fields yourself.

Some poor and rotten scholars who have no ears to hear what is going on outside the window and only read the books of sages and sages, are not diligent in all aspects of life and do not distinguish between grains and grains. They fell down at the first level. Most of the people who passed the first level were the children of poor families, farmers, or small landowners who had farmed and studied for generations. This was not surprising. Although the children of big officials and big landowners were not all ignorant, they would not take the agricultural exam at all. Most of the people who come to participate are talented people who have tried their luck and failed many times.

What is surprising is that many people were killed in actual operations.

The examiner looked at it and shook his head. The poor breed the proud. These people are the hope of their families. Even if most of them live in thatched houses with drafts from all sides, they are treated like young masters.

In the end, the admission rate for agricultural subjects in each province became the lowest among the new imperial examinations, and the engineering subjects above it were not much better.

Li Shun looked at this data and said helplessly: "Bai Wuyi is a scholar." He did what he said. All candidates admitted to the new imperial examination and provincial examination were actually awarded official positions.

Those scholars who continued to squeeze in the moral article track felt regretful when they saw this scene, and made up their minds to try their luck next year.

For a time, books and books on non-sage subjects such as industry, agriculture, and commerce were sold out in various places. In some places, there were even sightings of scholars plowing fields for farmers. However, next year’s exam content will not be so simple.

Faced with such a situation, some great scholars issued sharp criticisms. The Holy Emperor violated the ancestral precepts, suppressed the learning of saints, insulted the ways of saints, and was a sinner through the ages.

These cowards did not dare to confront Li Shun head-on, but only dared to poke and curse behind his back.

Although Li Shun couldn't hear it, his spies among the people would not ignore it. After catching a few typical cases, the trend was suppressed.

However, there are also people who praise Li Shun's wisdom.

Shi Youtian is one. He was the top scorer in agricultural science in the rural examination in a southern province. He did not rely on luck, but on genuine ability.

He was originally interested in industry and agriculture. After passing the examination as a scholar, he had no intention of taking the imperial examination. He has been obsessed with the fields and studying agricultural production. He also read a large number of ancient books and prepared to publish a Mahayana book that collects ancient and modern agricultural science.

He thought he would have no chance of becoming an official in his life, but with Li Shun's official reform and the establishment of local agricultural branches, he became interested.

So he took the provincial examination with the attitude of giving it a try. After filling in some questions that seemed to him like a child's arithmetic, he became the number one in agricultural science and was even sent to a county as the head of the agricultural department.

From the seventh rank, although he was a minor official, he was happier than being the prime minister, and it also showed him the determination of Emperor Shengtong to reform. (End of chapter)