Chapter 157 How to deal with it

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 157 How to deal with it

Li Dongyang's slightly old but powerful voice echoed in the Wenhua Palace. This is the attitude of the three cabinet ministers, and it is also the attitude they must express.

This paper was like pressing the emperor's face to the ground, rubbing it vigorously, stepping on it a few times, and spitting thick phlegm.

This was a huge denial of the emperor's hard work in governing the country for many years. It was hard for them to imagine how the emperor would react if he read this paper, whether he would be furious or extremely ashamed.

Zhu Youtang's expression had changed at this time, and he was even a little shocked.

Not accepted

It has been more than 130 years since the imperial dynasty began to recruit scholars, and dozens of imperial examinations have been held. Naturally, there have also been dozens of palace examinations.

The total number of Gongsheng students who have gone through dozens of palace examinations is at least tens of thousands, and these tens of thousands of Gongsheng students will all be transformed into Jinshi after taking the palace examination.

No one has ever been rejected, and no one has ever been denied employment in this way.

Even if the policy paper is written with nonsense and knows nothing about it, he will pinch his nose and give him the same background as Jinshi, and he will be ranked at the bottom of the top three.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the paper tube in Li Dongyang's hand. He couldn't believe what Xia Yuan wrote on it, and he actually asked the three pavilion elders to say that he would not be hired.

Could it be that it was a blank paper that was handed in without writing a single word?

Thinking to himself, he winked at Xiao Jing who was standing next to him, and then Eunuch Xiao walked down and took out the paper tube.

The paper tube was tied with a rope, Zhu Youtang reached out to take it, and then faintly saw the ink stains that penetrated the back of the paper.

Not a white roll?

And he wrote so much

He untied the rope that was used to prevent the paper from unraveling, held the slightly thick eight-page paper and looked down. He saw nothing at the beginning, and even secretly approved of it.

This regular script is quite good, perhaps because of his steady temperament. What Zhu Youtang admires the most is regular script, which is neutral in the center and restrained in the front.

It's not as flamboyant as cursive script, nor as sharp as thin gold.

Therefore, when he saw the handwriting on the paper, his eyes showed approval at first, but when he gradually looked down, his face began to become strange.

His face turned blue and white, and various emotions alternated back and forth on his face, including doubt, shock, anger, humiliation, and disbelief.

He could no longer maintain the image of an emperor who showed no emotion or anger. At this time, all his emotions were written on his face. The corners of his eyes were trembling, the cheeks on both sides were also trembling, and the hand holding the paper was also trembling.

The entire Wenhua Palace was silent, and everyone held their breath involuntarily. Whether they were eunuchs or cabinet ministers, they all lowered their heads at this time.

Silently listening to the rustling sound of the paper shaking, waiting for the emperor sitting high above the Emperor to finish reading the paper in his hand, and then to welcome the violent storm that followed.

Zhu Youtang read it very carefully, and it took him nearly an hour to finish reading the paper in his hand. At this time, his whole body had calmed down strangely, but there was an indescribable tiredness on his face.

He closed his eyes and leaned on the throne, but did not speak for a long time.

He wondered if the person who wrote this essay had misunderstood the title and mistook why the Li people rebelled instead of why the common people had rebelled since ancient times. Otherwise, why would there be so many reasons listed above?

He was wondering if everything written on it was true, otherwise why was it written so seriously?

He was wondering whether the Qiongzhou government did indeed do this, and whether the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty had indeed collapsed to such an unimaginable level, which was why the disaster in Qiongzhou was caused.

These thoughts swirled in his mind, and were denied by Zhu Youtang one by one. The first sentence in the paper was about the origin of the rebellion of the Li tribe and the barbarians, and the rest of it, he couldn't believe it, didn't want to believe it, and didn't want to

believe.

If the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty really collapsed to this extent, wouldn't it mean that all the efforts I have made over the years are just a joke, and the so-called ZTE is also just a joke. In that remote place of Hainan, I have no clear choice of officials.

, so that today’s Qiongzhou Rebellion occurred.

He absolutely did not want to believe these speculations, and even just the thought made him feel extremely humiliated.

But then Zhu Youtang became a little confused again. He felt that the reasons mentioned in this paper were not unreasonable. Otherwise, why was the Qiongzhou rebellion reported more than a few months apart? Why did the local officials and the guarding eunuchs work together to deceive the emperor?

superior?

"of course."

After a long silence, Emperor Hongzhi finally spoke slowly, but he paused just after saying two words. After a while, he spoke again with a hoarse voice, but this time it turned into a question, "Liu Qing's family, Li Qing

Home, Xie Qing’s home”

"What do you think of the many causes of rebellion written in this policy?"

The elders did not hesitate at all, and Liu Jian immediately said: "Your Majesty, although the Qiongzhou Rebellion was caused by the corruption of officials, it would never reach such a shocking level.

In my opinion, Xia Yuan is just making things up to please others."

"Then what's his motive for making this up?"

"Perhaps this person was relying on his talent to show off his knowledge to others by writing down all the stories about how the government forced the people to rebel in the past dynasties, and then elaborated on them one by one."

Zhu Youtang did not comment on this. He called Xia Yuan into the palace twice to meet the saint. Through these two meetings, he did not feel that he liked to show off his knowledge, nor did he give people a sense of arrogance based on his talent.

He is still young, but he has a heart to serve the country.

Moreover, he not only has the literary talent of a high school student, but also has a lot of insights into the way of governing the country. It can be seen from this policy paper alone, whether it is the article-by-article discussion of the reasons for the rebellion in the front, or the policy on how to govern the barbarians in the back.

, all have their own unique features.

In particular, this theory of controlling barbarians may be used as a national policy.

"In your opinion, what should be done with this paper?"

Seeing that the emperor only talked about the papers and not the person, the three cabinet ministers instantly understood that this was His Majesty's intention to protect Xia Yuan.

Several people bowed and saluted and said: "I dare not make arbitrary decisions, but I am the solemn judge of His Majesty."

Zhu Youtang pondered for a moment and said: "Just now, a few ministers proposed not to accept the appointment. However, in the more than 130 years of our country, we have never refused to accept the tribute students from all over the world. I really don't dare to set a precedent rashly.

, ruining the ancestral law."

Having said this, he paused for a few moments and said with a sigh, "Let's make it the last rank of the top three."

A Huiyuan was ranked at the bottom of the top three ranks. This was an unprecedented thing since the imperial examinations were introduced in the imperial dynasty. Not to mention the imperial dynasty, it had never happened since the imperial examinations were introduced in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

I never thought that something like this would happen at my hands now.

Zhu Youtang looked at the paper in his hand with complicated eyes, and thought quietly in his heart, if the test question I asked was about the past dynasties when officials forced the people to rebel, and how to control the barbarians.

I'm afraid that this policy review will be rated as the number one scholar in this field by me.
Chapter completed!