Chapter 246
Heart Eyes
The storm of the spring examination continues. Now many scholars are venting their dissatisfaction. More of them are the juren who have fallen into the ground. They seem to be so unhappy and think there is no harm in continuing to make trouble.
Maybe such trouble will make their journey to the imperial examination have some changes. After all, the exam has been over. If they don’t take the exam again, or re-evaluate it, etc., they can only wait for another three years.
At this time, the investigation team led by Zhuo Jing and others began to organize the review of the papers and began to prepare to give the scholars an explanation.
Zhuo Jing did not feel regretful. He was a very intelligent, knowledgeable and talented person with far-reaching wisdom and great rituals. Although he had the kindness of knowing him today, Zhuo Jing also felt that as a minister, he should remind him when the emperor made mistakes.
In fact, Zhuo Jing, in history, was Zeng Mi who handed over to Emperor Jianwen, and transferred Zhu Di to Nanchang, but unfortunately he was not adopted. After Zhu Di invaded Yingtian Prefecture, Zhuo Jing, who was arrested, repeatedly refused Zhu Di's recruitment and was killed, and the Zhu tribes were killed.
It is difficult to convince such people. Such people have some of their own values. For some of their values, these people will not care about their names, or even worry about implicating their families for this.
As the top scorer in the Jiaxu department, Zhang Xin has also been reviewing the papers these two days. As a member of Ningbo Prefecture, he can also be regarded as a member of the Zhejiang East Civil Affairs Group and one of the members of this review group.
Looking at the test papers in his hand, Zhang Xin felt it was hard to describe it. He felt that it was too many to give thirty places to the northern scholars. The articles of these scholars were difficult to see, and these articles were really bad.
"Mr. Zhuo, I'm afraid this is the case for this imperial examination." Zhang Xin looked at Zhuo Jing and said, "Most of the scholars are saying that the imperial examination in the court is unfair, and I think this is also a slander."
Zhuo Jing nodded slightly and sighed, "I have also followed His Majesty to Beiping before and know the barbaric land of the northern land. I just didn't expect that the scholars of Beidong were so poor in the thirty years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Shangshu Ru and the two princesses were afraid they were unhappy. They performed their duties conscientiously, but now the court and the country are mostly questioning the three examiners." Zhang Xin said worriedly, "It's not that Your Majesty is so angry. The scholars in the North are indeed lacking in talent."
Zhuo Jing nodded slightly, and then said, "Your Majesty is wise and wise. He was once full of resentment. He just thought that Your Majesty might be deceived, but he just thought that Shi Lin is now in a rebellious way. It's hard to get out of the stage."
After a moment of silence, Zhang Xin said, "The emperor has also heard that Your Majesty has many preferential treatments for the scholars in the north. Now the literary style in the north is not strong, and Your Majesty also has many encouragement. However, now that this is happening, there will probably be no more thirty places in the future."
Zhuo Jing also became silent this time. When the North and South List appeared, it really made people feel a little confused and thought it was very unnecessary. Either it was just a list or just take the exam separately.
But now, if Your Majesty does this, maybe he is really giving some opportunities to scholars in the North and some encouragement to students in the North. Unfortunately, many people don’t seem to appreciate it and do not understand Your Majesty’s good intentions.
Others may not know much about Dang Xizi, but as the former confidant of the emperor, Zhuo Jing knows Dang Xizi very well.
Although there are also southern scholars who are causing trouble now, most of the scholars from the Ministry of Rites seeking justice, stop the sedan chairs of civil and military officials, or spread unfair remarks in the streets and alleys of the court, are still northern scholars.
With Zhuo Jing's understanding of today's sons, these troubled scholars may have harmed the scholars who took the exam later. Now that the matter is so big, the court may cancel the North and South list and let all scholars come directly based on articles, not so-called quotas, etc.
Zhuo Jing looked at Zhang Xin and suddenly asked, "Zhuangyuan Gong, if you were the chief examiner, how many people would you call?"
"I'm afraid it's only twenty or thirty." Zhang Xin was a little uncertain and helpless. "These scholars from the north are counting just like this. If there are more, it's the scholars in the south that are unhappy."
Zhuo Jing said with a stern face, "This cannot be said anymore. Most of the scholars from the northern regions are making trouble now, saying that the three examiners were interested in biasing the southern scholars. Whether it is the southern scholars or the northern scholars, they are all scholars from my Ming Dynasty."
Zhang Xin immediately kept silent, and the north-south confrontation and regional discrimination were really impossible to talk about. After all, it was because of the troubles of the scholars this time, most of them were shouting that they were unfair to the scholars in the north.
Zhuo Jing sighed and said, "I have finished the review of the papers, so it's time to report back to His Majesty."
It is indeed necessary to report back to the emperor that at this time, not only these emperors are waiting, but also civil and military officials or officials from all over the world are waiting. The people are watching, wanting to know how the court will deal with this wave of trouble.
This is not a trivial matter. This spring exam caused too much storm, which many people did not expect.
Including Zhuo Jing, he didn't expect that he would be impulsive. He could guess that his career would definitely undergo a huge change. Perhaps he was no longer the emperor's confidant. As for whether he was demoted or was beheaded by the emperor, Zhuo Jing was not sure now.
But now Zhuo Jing doesn't care about these things at all. The most important thing for him is to do his duty. Since he took the initiative to question the imperial examination this time, he was trusted by the emperor to take on the important task of reviewing. Then since he already knew some things, he should report back to His Majesty and completely complete the matter.
It is not a big deal to continue making noise. At this time, the dust should be settled completely to avoid unstable people and people in the world from discussing things.
Zhu Yunyou was not idle at this time. Since he wanted to do some things well and since he chose to add fuel to the fire, this was very simple, which naturally means that Zhu Yunyou needed to further expand the turmoil this time.
Only in this way can we better achieve our goals. After all, this imperial examination is the reason why Zhu Yunyou attacked some people and some things. As for the fact that he had caught up with his own team, it didn't matter.
Zhuo Jing is talented and seems to be loyal, but this person cannot be reused and he is prone to losing his links at critical moments.
Song Zhong handed over the post, and Zhu Yunyou seemed to be flirting with carelessness. Song Zhong, who was kneeling on the ground, did not dare to speak. He didn't know why His Majesty was targeting the scholars of this subject, and there was no need to care about those things at all. He just needed to do his own thing well. If he was too curious, he would easily die.
This post mostly records some names, basically the names of the scholars who caused trouble and some of their actions. It is obvious that these people are making a big fuss now, and they are well aware of the troubles, and the people all over the country are familiar with them.
But don’t expect any law to blame the public. No matter what the reason is, no matter what the reason is, since you choose to cause trouble at this time, you must be prepared to pay the price.
The treatment of scholars is too high. During the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, they were classified as "lower nine-class" and did not dare to cause trouble. However, when the Han people were in the world, they were still trying to keep working hard and want to climb to a higher level.
This is a bit ignorant. If you want to return to the literati paradise of the Song Dynasty, you are simply dreaming.
After Song Zhong left, Zhu Yunyou asked, "Is there anyone else on the Jinyiwei who is pretending to be public or private?"
Wang Chengen immediately replied, "I think there are some when I go back to the emperor. But there are very few, I know in my heart."
Let’s balance it, Jinyiwei needs to use it, but also high-speed trains. Although in principle, Jinyiwei and Dongchang are one inside and one outside, they also need to check and balance each other. After all, the attributes of these two secret agencies are too special. If there is no certain constraint, these are two monsters. The previous abnormal appearance of Jinyiwei is a lesson from the past.
Zhu Yunyou was in a good mood, and it seemed that these things were about to be "finished". In this case, Zhu Yunyou also needed to do some final work well, and he could not be wasted all his previous efforts.
"Scholars are really scholars who have rebelled for three years but failed." Zhu Yunyou said to himself with some jokes, "If they are a little more aggressive, I can have a ruthless person. But now, I can only boil the frog in warm water."
Look, this is probably the emperor who holds great power has the confidence. Although it is messy outside now, it has no impact on Zhu Yunyou at all, and it is obviously not taken seriously.
Old Zhu came to take a walk again, which made Zhu Yunyou curious, "Grandpa Emperor, you have abdicated, and the news is still well-informed by your grandson?"
"We have to keep a hand, so that you won't cause trouble, so we can help you clean up." Old Zhu ignored Zhu Yunyou's complaints and said with a smile, "When we want to close our eyes, I'll give you everything we should give."
Zhu Yunyou was also happy and said, "Actually, Grandpa Emperor has just kept some ears and ears now. Grandpa just thinks that although grandpa is not necessarily a great deal, Grandpa Emperor cannot always treat grandpa as a child."
Old Zhu laughed and looked at Zhu Yunyou and said, "That won't be true. Even if you become the emperor, you are our grandson. Let's not say that you haven't closed your eyes now. Even if we kick our legs, we should still look at you."
Well, this is also the general thought of the elders. In their eyes, children will never grow up.
Still talking about the serious business, Zhu Yunyou said, "Grandpa, I will go to the court tomorrow, and my grandson should do it in the next few days. It is time for those scholars to rectify them."
Lao Zhu couldn't help but feel happy and was able to say extremely, "We will conquer the world and think about treating scholars preferentially. Our grandson will take back one by one! We deserve to be our grandson, those scholars can't play with you! Those people are going to work for our Lao Zhu family!"
What I said about this is the Supreme Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Those who don’t know what kind of landlord they are, would think it is!
Chapter completed!