Zhu Yijun sat on the imperial steps, saying nothing, and looking gloomily through the list of admissions to the imperial examinations in Longqing's fifth year that Shen Shixing had taken.
Shen Shixing and Song Ru crouched in the palace to plead guilty.
The former is fine, but the latter is almost like mourning a heir.
Although it was not a good thing to be called for a confrontation, I was able to defend myself for a while, but in the end I had no choice but to settle the matter with a copper fine.
The result was good.
As soon as the emperor entered the door, he cursed and called him by his first name without giving him a chance to speak! He was obviously disgusted to the extreme!
And he knows his age best.
What a disaster! What a disaster! If I had known about it, I would have put it somewhere else earlier!
Song Ru knelt at the front and bore the brunt of the attack.
A group of concubines stood behind him, exchanging glances from time to time.
Obviously, when the emperor saw the appearance of Song Ru, Xiong Dunpu's matter was naturally postponed.
Wu Zhongxing gave the emperor a vague look.
Since meeting the emperor, it seemed that he had no initiative at all and was led by the emperor's nose the whole time.
Everyone has their own thoughts.
The hall was silent for a long time.
Zhu Yijun finally finished reading the admission list and slowly closed it.
He pointed at Song Ru, looked at Wu Zhongxing, and asked casually: "Wu Qing, look at this person's appearance, how old is he?"
Wu Zhongxing could not escape, so he could only bow down and salute: "Your Majesty, you are probably... in your seventies."
Zhu Yijun glanced at the crowd of concubines, and they all nodded in agreement.
Finally, he turned his attention to Shen Shixing and asked Shen Shixing in a bad tone: "Shen Qing, what do you think?"
The predecessors ruined the meal, and the descendants can only suffer.
Shen Shixing felt bitter in his heart. He glanced at Song Ru's full head and said reluctantly: "Your Majesty, I was born in the 18th year of Hongzhi. He is now sixty-nine years old."
After passing the imperial examination, all the students are admitted to the Imperial College and are called Imperial College Students.
Naturally, there are also files.
What's more, the Confucian scholars of Song Dynasty were hereditary Tongzhi of Mahazhou before. If they had official status, they would naturally have their background and literature.
In his early years, he attacked the official position and was sparse in Guizhou, so the official department was left behind.
The embarrassing thing is that there is a discrepancy in age between the registration record and the birth date.
Zhu Yijun casually smashed the admission list in his hand on the ground in front of Shen Shixing, and said coldly: "Then Shen Qing told me, how did the black and white words 'thirty-five years old' on the admission list come from!"
"What kind of devil is the Hanlin Academy? After only two and a half years of teaching, people become like this!?"
Such results cannot be achieved in the Hanlin Academy. Two years in Fusiguan, Beizhen is almost the same, and it is not impossible to suffer from kidney failure.
It is obvious that Zhu Yijun is speaking sarcastically.
After Zhu Yijun got angry just now, Shen Shixing couldn't tell how old the old Jinshi was.
I had no choice but to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and ask someone to get the registration list, case files, etc.
As a result, something even more ridiculous happened. According to the admission list, this old Jinshi with a face full of ravages was only thirty-five years old in the fifth year of Longqing!
This is the extent of fooling the emperor!
In order to choose a good person, your age can be discounted in half!?
The Confucian scholar of Song Dynasty who was being discussed had no room to interrupt at all.
It doesn’t matter who he was chosen as a concubine or how old he is.
Seeing that the emperor didn't even bother to look at him, Song Ru was trembling like chaff.
Shen Shixing was about to cry but had no tears. He fell to the ground and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, when the list was sent to the Hanlin Academy, this was the age recorded."
Today is the second time I have been blamed.
The emperor asked who gave Song Rutong the way, but he really didn't know.
It's hard to guess - Song Confucian's relative is Sun Ying'ao, and because Sun Ying'ao was born in Guizhou, he has a good relationship with Zhao Zhenji of Sichuan; he is also a great scholar of the time, with Xu Jie of the Nanzhong King's Gate, and Jiang Xin of the Chuzhong King's Gate
, Li Wei, the royal family member in central Guizhou, and even the seven subsequent sons, had a close relationship; and because of his friendship with Wang Guoguang, Zhang Juzheng planned to revive this person during the court meeting at the beginning of the year.
With so many involved, who knows who gave Song Ru a clear path at that time?
What if it is Zhang Juzheng?
Moreover, when the Hanlin Academy accepted people, the cabinet had already drafted the votes and the emperor had approved them.
If something is wrong at this time, who will be responsible for it?
Is it the Hanlin Academy, the Ministry of Rites?
Or will the three main examiners, Yang Bo, Zhang Juzheng and Lu Tiaoyang, be the examiners?
Therefore, anyone who knows how to be an official will not uncover this layer rashly.
But now the emperor has found Shen Shixing on his head, which is so painful!
When Zhu Yijun heard this, he did not comment.
Of course he also understands this truth.
Isn’t this the way in which those detained for an extended period of time must be sentenced?
But apart from Shen Shixing's love and Xini's temperament, there are naturally other reasons...
Zhu Yijun suddenly looked at Liu Sike, the head of the Ministry of Personnel, who had taken the admission list, and said: "Chief Liu, I remember that he was also a Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing."
Liu Sike was just a person who sent out lists. He was caught off guard by the emperor and didn't react for a while.
After a while, he came back to his senses and responded: "Your Majesty, I am indeed a Jinshi in the first subject in the fifth year of Longqing, the 269th grade of the top three, and was first appointed as the magistrate of Changzhi County, Shanxi Province. I was promoted to the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs just the month before last."
Zhu Yijun nodded and asked, "In what year was Liu Qing born?"
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, Liu Sike was immediately shocked.
He subconsciously looked around, looking for help at the group of common people and his superior, Shen Shixing.
At this time, even Wu Zhongxing, Zhao Yongxian and others also changed their expressions.
When everyone realized something was wrong, the emperor's voice sounded again.
"I forgive you, Liu Qing, please speak frankly."
Liu Sike's expression eased after hearing this. The emperor's credibility is pretty good at this point.
After all, he had served as a county magistrate and then returned to the official department. He was more experienced than his peers.
Liu Sike immediately bowed down and apologized: "Your Majesty, I was born in August of the 20th year of Jiajing. I am now thirty-three years old and my official age is thirty."
Zhu Yijun nodded, shook his head, and said complicatedly: "Age... official age... no wonder the name on your admission list is twenty-seven, which is different from the birth certificate."
The crowd of common men looked at Liu Sike stumbling and stumbling away from the main hall, and they wanted to follow closely behind and leave this place of right and wrong.
Something bad happened!
Some things are just window paper.
If you don't expose it, it will naturally be good for you and me. Once exposed, it will not end well!
When it comes to Xiong Dunpu, just ask Xiong Dunpu. The little emperor doesn't know the importance, so why does he ask about other things?
The atmosphere in the palace was eerie and difficult to understand.
Zhu Yijun sighed and looked at Shen Shixing: "Shen Qing, this matter is already a common practice for Jinshi?"
Liu Sike was afraid of bad influence, so he kept his words secretive.
The so-called real age and official age refer to the real age and the false age.
When selecting common people in the fifth year of Longqing's reign, the imperial edict said that according to the example of the second year of Longqing, the number of common people should be under forty years old.
In the same two years, according to the old practice of Jiajing forty-four years, the selection was under forty.
Therefore, Shujishi are clearly defined as Jinshi under the age of forty.
But Shujishi has the qualifications to enter the cabinet. Who doesn't want to be selected? How can you be willing to be restricted by age?
If there are policies from above, there are countermeasures from below. Since the emperor can limit the age, the below will immediately lie about their age.
This led to the strange phenomenon that the sixty-nine-year-old Song Ru was only thirty-five years old when he registered for the exam.
Song Ru was a very old man, and the late emperor was lazy and did not go to preside over the palace examination, so naturally he had no chance to see it.
What about Zhang Juzheng and Yang Bo, the examiners?
Where is Gaoyi, who teaches Shujishi, Lu Tiaoyang?
Or what about Shen Shixing, who is in charge of the Hanlin Academy, and Zhu Dashou, the Minister of Rites, who is in charge of scientific examinations?
As for these fellow sages, couldn't they see that there was a seventy-year-old man among their classmates?
But it happened that everyone chose to tolerate this matter!
This is naturally because the matter of Song Confucianism does not only involve Song Confucianism, but also most of the Jinshi in the past dynasties!
The emperor has his own rules, and the imperial court has its own rules.
Facing the emperor's questioning, Shen Shixing was speechless.
At this time, he already realized that he was scolded in vain.
Even Liu Sike, who holds Jinshi 269, has been read by the emperor. Obviously, the current situation in the palace was within the emperor's expectation.
Then what else can he do.
Just be honest and accept the scolding.
Thinking of this, Shen Shixing sighed and pleaded guilty: "I am guilty."
Not denying it is admitting it.
Zhu Yijun was very satisfied with Shen Shixing's reaction, and his willingness to accept the move at this time showed that the lesson just learned was still somewhat effective.
He no longer continued to press, and only cursed: "No wonder Fuchou impeached you!"
Then he turned to look at the group of common people.
His expression turned to admiration: "The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the rough wind knows the honest minister."
"The Hanlin Academy concealed my youth because of my youth, and the officials deceived me because of my ignorance. They colluded with me to cover up the truth."
"On the contrary, the ministers, who have not yet entered the officialdom, are still sincere and sincere, and guide me step by step, so that I can meet the Confucian scholars of the Song Dynasty, and then I can expose the false official years."
"In ancient times, there were blunt and satirical admonitions, but today there are tactful and tactful admonitions. Your ministers are no longer as famous as the ancient ministers!"
"I'm so relieved!"
The common people did not understand what the emperor meant at first.
Later, the more I listened, the more I felt something was wrong.
Zhao Yongxian and Wu Zhongxing looked at each other with horrified expressions on their faces.
The former seemed unable to withstand the emperor's praise and quickly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty! This is Liu Sike's righteous disclosure. Your Majesty is wise and wise, and I dare not take credit!"
joke!
Others don’t know how common this situation is in official years, don’t they?
During the fifth year of Longqing's academic year, more than 30 people who were friends with Zhao Yongxian, more than 10 of them had falsely reported their age.
In the second year of Longqing's first class, he also met more than 20 people, and 18 of them all falsely reported their age.
Not to mention people you don’t know!
Everyone makes false reports, but if you don't, your ranking will naturally be lower - "When a successful Jinshi is established, the "Deng Ke Lu" should be engraved, and it should be known by the population, and the real number of the emperor should be known. In other words, if he is not less than three years old, he can be selected in advance. That is to say, there is no selection, but at the age of five, he will be given the job, and the censor will choose him, so there is no harm. The king said: I am just an official, but I suddenly deceive my king, is it okay? So the king's teeth are behind a hundred people."
Take Shen Junfu, for example. Before his imperial examination, his friends advised him that he could participate in the selection of Shujishi at the age of three. Even if he was not selected, he could still be selected as a censor in Shizhong in five years.
Shen Junfu didn't know the truth, so he said in an upright manner that he could not deceive the emperor, and then his ranking dropped, leaving him out of the top 100.
At first, Yu Shenxing loved to write articles. After the Jinshi Banquet, he secretly wrote, "In the resume of a scholar-bureaucrat, the age is usually reduced, or even reduced to more than ten years. Even at the banquet, he cannot tell others his true age. This is called vulgar."
The next day, everyone came to Yu Shenxing's door to persuade him - he should have principles and methods when writing articles, and don't write random things that shouldn't be written.
This shows how tacitly this matter is.
There are so many people involved, and they are all good friends who never look up. Zhao Yongxian would not dare to take the credit for "exposing the false official age"!
Not only Zhao Yongxian, Wu Zhongxing, Zhao Shenlu, Liu Kezheng and other common people all bowed down to shirk.
"This matter depends entirely on His Majesty's insight. We dare not accept His Majesty's praise!"
"Your Majesty, we dare not steal Liu Sike's achievements!"
He does not receive credit for his work, but instead rushes to give credit to his colleagues.
Loyal minister!
Zhu Yijun became more and more moved, shook his head and said: "The reason why people like Song Ru, who are so insidious and cunning, can enter the Hanlin Academy is naturally due to the malpractice in the examination room."
"The ministers asked me to meet the Confucian scholars of the Song Dynasty in person, and they also mentioned that the officials were unfair in dealing with things, and they were full of wisdom and character in admonishing ministers. Don't I know?"
Everyone said that Song Confucianism was evil and wanted to expose him.
Then why is he bad? Of course there is something wrong with the Hanlin Academy!
Don't worry, I understand what you mean when you give your advice tactfully.
Before the confrontation, Song Ru, who was said by the emperor to be sinister and cunning, knelt on the ground and remained motionless, apparently accepting his fate.
Zhu Yijun was heartbroken and said: "Don't worry, gentlemen, I understand your intentions and I will never tolerate it."
"I have made up my mind. I will investigate this matter for thirty years! The crime of deceiving the emperor is at the forefront. If I don't take away my family background, it will not be enough to face the truth!"
"The matter about Song Ru was exposed by the ministers. You will take the lead in supervising the case, and work with the Ministry of Officials and the Censor of Science and Technology to investigate and deal with it!"
The words just fell.
Zhao Yongxian fell to his knees with a thud and almost begged: "Your Majesty! Think again, think again!"
After thirty years of investigation, they still deprived them of their birth certificate!?
Then whether he can still see the sun tomorrow is another question!
He intends to gain a reputation as a direct minister and a loyal minister, but that is a crime. He cannot offend his colleagues like this!
All the common people also knelt down and begged for mercy.
At this time, Shen Shixing suddenly felt blessed. He stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the matter is of great importance and involves a wide range of things. There are numerous records, case files, and writings about one's origins."
"The official department and the scientific department are all presiding over the examination at this time, so it is really difficult to be distracted."
Zhu Yijun snorted coldly: "Succeeded in the examination? All the ministers said that your official affairs were unfair, and they wanted to stop the examination. Isn't this just the right thing to do?"
As soon as the emperor's words came out, Wu Zhongxing, who looked ugly, immediately realized something.
His eyes flickered.
He looked at Zhao Yongxian beside him.
I saw the latter looking absent-minded, muttering to himself - It's over, it's over, everyone has been offended, everyone has been offended.
Wu Zhongxing frowned in disgust and immediately gave up cooperating with others.
After thinking about the emperor's thoughts for a long time.
Wu Zhongxing finally made up his mind and stood out from the crowd.
He bowed down and said loudly: "Your Majesty has learned from this!"
"Song Confucianism, when he was in the Hanlin Academy, he blatantly said that Sun Gong had found a way for him, and he changed his age to be a good scholar."
"The late Emperor knew nothing about it at that time, and now His Majesty is being deceived even more."
"The subsequent Song Confucian slander against Xiong Dunpu was also caused by Shen Shixing deceiving His Majesty, being good at making opinions, and indulging Song Confucianism!"
"Whether it's imperial examination matters or Xiong Dun's simple affairs, it's all because someone blocked the way of speech and deceived the saints."
"As long as your majesty can know the whole story, there will be no way for such a treacherous person like Shen Shixing to hide, and your majesty will be able to make arbitrary decisions with a holy heart on what he has deceived."
"That's why I'm waiting for Fu Que."
"Now that Your Majesty understands the whole story, how to deal with the abuses in the examination room, whether Shi Lang Shen's handling of affairs is fair, and whether there are any hidden dangers in handing over the examination to the staff, we dare not overstep his authority."
He finally figured it out.
The emperor did it on purpose!
This method has a strong sense of déjà vu. Isn't it just a "double" trick commonly used when disobeying Shangguan?
They wanted to make a name for themselves, so the emperor used Confucianism of the Song Dynasty as an argument, and took the credit for "exposing the fake years of official years" on their heads, so as to make them famous.
Not only can he be offended, but his colleagues will also be offended!
If they want to impeach Shen Shixing, the emperor will investigate those who have been a Jinshi for thirty years and strip him of his birth certificate!
This is to force them to submit and understand what the overall situation is!
What can he do?
Don't even think about pushing out the reputation that the emperor has always held on to.
The best thing to do is to be a direct minister. After all, although this trip offended people, my reputation was really enhanced and my official position was really rewarded.
It's nothing more than just following this method to accumulate fame in the future.
The emperor gave me a new path, so I had no choice but to keep going.
Even if he offends some people, he can always please some of his direct ministers - even if he is worse, he still has a chief assistant teacher to support him.
But this huge disaster happened in the past thirty years, and it must not be caused by him!
As soon as these words came out, someone immediately echoed: "Your Majesty, since the officials in the department of science and education are incapable of doing anything, then don't go into a big fight."
“If you understand the past, you can’t admonish it, but if you know what’s coming, you can pursue it.”
"Just take precautions in the future."
The common people also reacted quickly, and many of them joined in with a slow clap, clamoring, asking the emperor to take back his orders.
Shen Shixing turned his head away and looked at these bastards from the corner of his eye, and couldn't help but find it funny.
He held his breath and bowed his hands to the emperor: "Your Majesty, what you said makes sense."
"A large-scale war threatens to shake the foundation of the country. I think we should start from Jinke."
Everyone cast grateful glances at Shen Shixing.
The emperor heard the words and pondered for a long time.
After a while, he finally sighed and said slowly: "Hey, it doesn't matter, love is so bad that scraping the bones to cure the poison is really not appropriate."
"Then let's do as the ministers say."
Zhu Yijun turned to look at Zhang Hong and said seriously: "Zhang Daban."
"The Chief of Ceremonies immediately went to issue an order to the cabinet."
"I am only a minister and serve the king, and it is my duty not to deceive."
"After Zhao Yongxian, Wu Zhongxing, Zhao Shenlu, Liu Kezheng and other common people exposed the Confucian scholars of the Song Dynasty, I first learned about the shortcomings of the official years."
"Recently, when I submit the examination papers such as the examination records and township, association, and palace examinations, most of them hide their age, and regard the old as strong and the strong as young."
“The state’s goal in recruiting scholars is to seek virtuous people. It’s hypocritical at the beginning, but you can tell what you will do in the future.”
"There are even more bad habits of following each other, underestimating the association of the same clan, entrusting Chinese people from far away, relatives with different surnames, and mixing publications, which are all against the right principles."
"Starting from this day, the list of examination papers for each subject in the future will be written according to the facts, and all other bad habits will be corrected!"
"The examiners will observe the consequences, and those who expose will be rewarded according to their example."
"Do not live up to my belief in honesty and integrity!"
Zhang Hong knelt on the ground and listened to the order.
The sages were relieved when they heard that "Since Jinke" was not implicated in the past.
Many people gave Song Ru a hard look. Even if he was only fifty years old, it would be better if he was not so old!
Song Ru, who had been ignored throughout the whole process, suddenly became the culprit, and he felt very sad.
Love knows that a good person cannot be saved.
I don’t know if I will be demoted to another place.
What a disaster!
Everyone has different thoughts.
Shen Shixing glanced at the emperor inadvertently from the corner of his eye.
The little emperor's spoken edict doesn't even need to be polished by Zhongshu Sheren. Who would believe it if he said he didn't have a draft?
At least you can cover it up a bit, speak plainly, and let Zheng Zongxue behind you polish it up a bit.
But... I did watch a good show today.
First, they punished Li Shengchun and others, then gave favor to Wu Zhongxing and others, and then immediately divided and disintegrated them, allowing Fu Que to control the situation on the spot.
Then he made something out of nothing, implicating his love affairs during his official years, suppressed the fact that he was wrong in Shen Shixing, and talked about other things.
Then use the method of "doubling the number" to roast these shoguns who want to be famous on the fire.
Don’t you want to be a straight minister? Then just do it for real!
After this incident, his reputation must have become famous.
But it is not the name of being a direct remonstrator, but the name of being unyielding in offending colleagues, being backward, worrying about the current situation, being angry and speaking out!
In addition, Wu Zhongxing had already been awarded the title of Zhongshu Sheren and was used as a close official by the emperor's side.
This is a forced order!
The more Shen Shixing thought about it, the more amazed he became.
After the emperor finished his instructions, he closed his mouth again.
After Zhang Hong heard the emperor's message, he accepted the order and resigned.
All the concubines exchanged glances with complicated expressions - from now on, they could not help but have the final say on their own officialdom.
Only Song Ru, who was in the whirlpool, was kneeling on the ground with a face ashen as death.
The person who caused Fukuo and exposed the adultery of his official years had not said a word since the emperor entered the palace.
But every time the emperor mentioned it, he would always point fingers and say that this guy was almost destined to have a bad end.
One can imagine how tormented he felt.
Unfortunately, no one paid any attention to him.
At this time, Zhu Yijun looked at Wu Zhongxing, and then mentioned the original reason for everyone to leave the palace, and the less important business:
"Wu Qing, Song Confucianism is here. You can confront each other in court."
Chapter completed!