"Oh! You golden cat! Don't use your teeth!!"

"It's too wild! It's so wild!!"

That night, Chen Chu returned to the palace with a tired look on his face. Seeing Chen Chu's appearance, the wives were both funny and angry! Everyone knew what Chen Chu and Zhu Rong did today. In fact, Zhu Rong did this as a result of everyone's discussion. Although he was helpless about the increasing number of women entering the harem, no one wanted to see a woman who loved Chen Chu stayed alone outside the palace. Moreover, Katharine's move from thousands of miles to find Chen Chu also touched them.

During the morning court the next day, Chen Chu ordered the Ministry of Rites to issue a certificate of enthronement. Then Katharin moved into the palace as another concubine of Chen Chu.

Time passed quickly, and it was the Spring Festival that was unknowingly. On this day, heavy snow fell on Luoyang, and everyone was very happy about it, thinking that this indicates that the coming year will be an exciting and good year.

The Spring Festival and the two days after that were of great significance and busy for everyone, including Chen Chu. After the Spring Festival, Chen Chu presided over the Spring Festival Hall, he was busy meeting foreign envoys and tribute envoys, and also presided over various banquets that were of great significance to the empire, such as military banquets aimed at rewarding the meritorious soldiers, such as banquets aimed at condolences to the families of martyrs, etc.

The busy few days finally passed, and the imperial emperor Chen Chu was finally able to rest for a few days, so the trivial matters were naturally handled by the cabinet ministers.

Chen Chu came out of the bedroom and saw that the heavy snow had stopped, and the sky and earth were covered with whiteness. Chen Chu couldn't help but take a deep breath, and the refreshing air made Chen Chu feel energetic.

Chen Chu squatted down on the steps, grabbed a handful of snow on the ground, and threw it out. He moved his heart and quickly called a palace maid next to him, and ordered: "You go to the prison and let them make dozens of sleds immediately!" The palace maid showed a blank look and asked in panic: "Your Majesty, please, what is the 'sled'!"

Chen Chu was stunned. Could it be that there is no sled yet? No way!!

Chen Chu simply asked the palace maid to take a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, then drew a brief sled pattern and handed it to the palace maid, and ordered: "Tell them that this thing is used to slide on the snow. It is best to use bamboo strips for these two long strips underneath!" The palace maid Yingnuo said, and took the pattern from Chen Chu's hand respectfully, and rushed out quickly. Then a long footprint was left on the snow, which was a different scenery.

Chen Chu came to Linde Hall. At this time, Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang, Lu Su and Sima Fang, four cabinet ministers who were left in Luoyang, were already waiting.

"Your Majesty!" The four of them bowed together.

"No need to be polite!" Chen Chu sat down in the main seat.

"Zijing, have all the envoys from all countries go back?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the envoys from various countries have left one after another!" Lu Su replied.

Chen Chu nodded, glanced at the four people, and said, "The first thing to do after the Spring Festival is the 'big test'! Kong Ming, you are fully responsible for the accommodation and other matters of students from all over the country! Especially take care of students from poor families!"

"Don't worry, your Majesty!"

"This time, I'm afraid there are a lot more students coming to Beijing than last year."

Zhuge Liang nodded and replied: "Preliminary estimates are that there are probably twice as many students entering Beijing this time than last year! But overall, there are far less people willing to study than those willing to join the army! Although studying may become officials of the court, this is rare after all, and officials are now far inferior to soldiers in the minds of the people. The court's policies are also biased towards soldiers. Almost all men of the right age can become soldiers as long as they are willing. The proportion of scholars to make contributions on the battlefield is quite high. Those who make military contributions can exempt corresponding corvee taxes and other benefits, and there are also glory that people look up to! Your Majesty, although there are many students going to Beijing to take the exam now, I am worried that fewer and fewer scholars will be allowed to study!"

Zhou Yu also expressed the same concerns.

Chen Chu never thought about such a problem. After thinking for a while, he asked, "What you mean is to appropriately improve the treatment of civil servants."

Zhuge Liang clasped his fists and said, "Civilization and military affairs are the two pillars of the empire, and it is not a good thing to lean towards either side! Please think twice!"

Chen Chu habitually tapped his fingers on several sides and thought: "The civil service system also has a corresponding military merit system, so there is no need to worry that those with great talents are unwilling to enter politics! The only problem is that the minor officials in various local governments! However, it is unrealistic to establish a corresponding military merit system in these aspects! Women,~~" Chen Chu suddenly felt a sudden heart, "It's better to do this. Now there are actually many women studying, and this situation is even more common in the business world. They are not inferior to men's ability to handle affairs. It's better to try it out at the same time as the 'big test'. All the participants are women, how about it?"

The four of them looked at each other, and they never expected Chen Chu to propose such an idea.

"Your Majesty, should you also give the winners official positions according to the standards of the 'big test'?" Zhuge Liang asked.

Chen Chu nodded, "Of course! Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of time!"
Chapter completed!