After being bound to the learning system in my mother's womb, I became the empress

Chapter 56 The flowing emperor, the iron-clad family

Sensing her gaze, Lin Wushang turned his head and met her big, bright eyes.

"woke up?"

He picked her up and breastfed her skillfully.

Lin Xi tilted her head, "Where's Xiaoyun?" She wanted to go to the toilet.

Lin Wushang called Xiaoyun over and watched Lin Xi stretch out her hand towards her, suddenly realizing what she wanted.

After taking care of her physiological needs, Lin Xi enjoyed Lin Wushang's breastfeeding service with peace of mind.

"How is your chess skill?" she asked after drinking milk.

Lin Wushang said humbly: "It's acceptable."

Lin Xi did not appreciate his humility, "Is it just acceptable? Then find someone else to teach me."

Lin Wushang raised his eyebrows slightly, and after a moment's thought he understood what she meant: "You want me to teach you how to play chess, but you learned that my level is only 'fair', and you think my level is not enough, so you want me to teach you how to play chess." Find someone else to teach you?"

Lin Xi nodded.

Lin Wushang nodded her cheek in a funny way, "I say it's passable because I'm being modest. In fact, my chess skills are quite good."

Faced with such a guy who didn't understand humility, he had no choice but to abandon his humility and tell the truth.

Lin Xi slapped his hand away and asked, "What does it mean to be good? Where does it rank in the world?"

Lin Wushang: "..."

He was funny and angry: "I haven't competed before. I don't know where I can rank. But I have played against a chess master. I won one of the three games by luck, and the other game ended in a tie."

Lin Xi's eyes lit up, he could tie with the chess master, this level is very good!

"Teach me." She asked directly without knowing the meaning of euphemism.

Lin Wushang: "Aren't you going to learn divination from me? Why are you interested in playing chess again?"

Lin Xi waved her hand and said, "Learn everything."

She has too many skills, and besides, if she passes the exam in the system space for the skills she has learned, she can gain points and free attribute points.

The more of these two things, the better.

Lin Wushang nodded, "Okay." Then he remembered and asked, "How do you say "play chess" in English?

Lin Xi: "..." How do you say that?She had to think about it, almost all the English she learned back then had been returned to the teacher.

Fortunately, her IQ is now different from before, and her memory has greatly increased. When she thinks about things she learned a long time ago, she actually remembers them.

She dipped her little hands in water and wrote on the table.

Lin Wushang himself was a highly intelligent scholar. He knew everything he could learn, and he memorized those two words at a glance.

Since then, the two have started teaching each other bilingually.

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On the passenger ship from the county seat to the town, Erxi met an annoying person.

Liu Guangzong, Liu Zhaodi's eldest son.

Liu Guangzong also saw Er Xi, raised his chin, walked past him proudly, walked to his seat and sat down.

Then he took out a book from the bookcase, held it and read it as if no one else was watching.

The people around him immediately looked at him with envy and awe.

"Oh, scholar, move to the side quickly, don't block others."

"Grandpa, what is he holding in his hand?"

"It's a book. What is a book? It's a valuable thing that we can't afford. Don't look at that small book. It only costs two taels of silver at least."

"Hey! It's so expensive!"

"No, only those who are rich and powerful can afford to study. We ordinary people can't even think about it."

Listening to the discussions of the mud-legged people around him, Liu Guangzong, who seemed to be studying seriously, raised the corners of his mouth, with a superior smile mixed with contempt on his face.

What do these idiots know? Scholars, farmers, and merchants are the lowest class. No matter how rich they are, they smell like copper. Even if they can afford books, it's useless.If you want to study, you can only enter a family school run by aristocratic families.

And he learned to read in the Cheng family.

The so-called clan school, to put it bluntly, is a private academy run by aristocratic families.

In today's world, aristocratic families are in power. There is a saying that "an emperor with running water is a noble family with iron foundation."

A few years ago, the world was in chaos, and the dragon throne took turns. You would sing and we would appear on the stage. However, no matter who was on the dragon throne, they had to rely on the aristocratic family to rule the world for them.

Because there are people in the family who are rich, famous, and even have their own private armed forces.

Almost all officials in the court came from aristocratic families.

Over time, this leads to a problem——

The aristocratic family controlled the court and the power. They wanted to be the masters for a long time and did not want to be replaced, so they cut off the upward path for ordinary people.

When a son of aristocratic family becomes an official, all he needs to do is compete with his father and his master.

Ordinary people who want to become officials must either get recommendations from people in aristocratic families, or they must rely on their extraordinary talents to become famous.

Needless to say, the latter is difficult to reach the sky.

For the former, if you want to get the recommendation of a noble family, you must first get closer to the noble family and surrender.

After becoming an official, you also have to serve the noble family.

Even now that the world is unified, the situation has not improved. The deep-rooted families are still unshakable, and the imperial power has been greatly dispersed.

As for the imperial examination?It hasn't been invented yet.

Therefore, everyone wants to be favored by aristocratic families, want to join aristocratic families, and become a famous family. In front of aristocratic families, ordinary people are like ants.

However, there is also a chain of contempt between aristocratic families.

The aristocratic families are divided into nine grades from high to low, with the first grade being the highest and the ninth grade being the lowest.

First-grade aristocratic families look down on second-grade aristocratic families, and second-grade aristocratic families look down on third-grade aristocratic families...

As for how to rank, it’s nothing more than ancestry, reputation, connections...

There is also a lot of talk within the family.

According to the genealogy of the Cheng family entered by Liu Guangzong, the Cheng family is a ninth-grade aristocratic family entrenched in Qingyuan County. It is at the bottom among the aristocratic families, but for Liu Guangzong, a farmer's son, it is already unattainable.

He managed to sneak in.

In the Cheng clan school, he was as humble as a licking dog. However, sitting on this ship full of ordinary people, he felt like an emperor, with his own golden light.

While he was enjoying the feeling of being envied and worshiped by a group of ignorant fools, Lin Erxi's voice drew their attention away.

Erxi was telling a story to a child. He heard the story from a storyteller in a restaurant.

The others couldn't help but listen.

Although scholars are rare, what does it have to do with ordinary people like them?It's more interesting to listen to stories.

Besides, the young man telling the story is so handsome, it would be good to take a few more glances, and it would feel more comfortable for the eyes.

Liu Guangzong looked down on the people on the same boat, but when these people did not pay attention to him or support him, he felt uncomfortable again.

A pair of sinister eyes pierced Erxi from behind the book.

"Can you speak a little louder? You're disturbing me while I'm reading." Liu Guangzong frowned and said displeasedly.

Erxi ignored him and regarded his words as farts.

Everyone was attracted by Erxi's story and couldn't stop listening, and they also ignored Liu Guangzong.

The veins on Liu Guangzong's forehead jumped. He couldn't bear it and dropped the book in his hand, making a loud noise.

"Lin Erxi, I told you to lower your voice, didn't you hear me?"

His roar successfully silenced the ship and drew everyone's attention to him.

(End of this chapter)