I heard Lin Yanchao intend to recommend him.

Sun Chengzong was frightened and trepidated.

He immediately said, "The students can't bear it if their mentor is so loving."

Lin Yanchao said lightly: "It doesn't have to be your fault, I just ask what you mean in advance. I remember that my mentor Shen Gong intended to recommend me to serve as the Secretary of the Zhanshi Mansion to assist the future prince, but in the end I went to the Ministry of Rites."

Sun Chengzong asked: "Mr. Now all officials have submitted memorials to ask the emperor's eldest son to study in the cabinet. Lian Yuanfu was also scolded by the emperor because of this. However, why did his mentor think that the emperor would ask the future prince for a lecturer?"

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "Good question, you just used the Ministry of Rites to persuade me. Didn't the implication of letting me agree to the country as the capital to join the cabinet?"

Sun Chengzong lowered his head ashamed and said, "Students have this intention. The early determination of the country is the foundation of the country. Throughout history, the national turmoil and even collapse caused by the establishment of the legitimate affairs are not without precedents. Therefore, early determination of the country is also the duty of our officials. As the Minister of Rites, the teacher agreed to the country is exactly the responsibility. His predecessor left Dong'a because of advising the country, and scholars all over the world admired him. If his teacher..."

Sun Chengzong glanced at Lin Yanchao's face and continued: "My teacher regards merit as virtue. If you have established the foundation of the country as soon as possible, you are a great virtue, which is beneficial to the people of the world. This is also a merit."

When Lin Yanchao heard the matter of persuading himself to encourage the emperor to establish the foundation of the country as the Minister of Rites, he felt like he had a calluse. But now Sun Chengzong said so, which really made him pay attention to it.

Sun Chengzong's views also represent the opinions of some of his disciples. This is just like Yuan Keli's affairs at the time, and Sun Chengzong also came forward to protect Yuan Keli.

These two things are first-class political correctness and represent the voices of the people below, but if they do it, they will undoubtedly affect Lin Yanchao's political career.

Lin Yanchao thought of this and said to Sun Chengzong: "Do you know that Your Majesty has long intended to let the emperor's eldest son go out of the cabinet to study? Do you know why he is unwilling to make a decision yet?"

Sun Chengzong said: "Students don't know."

Lin Yanchao said: "This time the emperor's eldest son went out of the cabinet and studied, who will benefit?"

"Of course it's Yuan Fu! Could it be... Is the emperor unwilling to give this great contribution to Yuan Fu?"

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "That's true. In my opinion, when will Wang Taicang come to Jing as the chief minister, and when will the eldest son leave the cabinet and study become a matter of studying?"

Sun Chengzong was indeed beautiful when he thought of this, but he didn't know that there was such a reason.

In fact, this is true. In another time and space history, the eldest son of the emperor went out of the cabinet to study in the first month of the 22nd year of Wanli.

At that time, Wang Xijue was in a state of great trouble because of the Beijing investigation. In order to regain his prestige, the emperor issued an order to go to the palace to study in the first month of the 22nd year.

At that time, the emperor ordered Grand Secretary Wang Xijue, Zhao Zhigao and Zhang Wei to be promoted.

He ordered the compilation of Tang Wenxian, Jiao, editors of Zou Depu and Guo Zhengyu, and reviewed Xiao Yunju to preach the official.

Among these lecturers, although Jiao was an editor, he was a Jinshi in the 14th year of Wanli, and Guo Zhengyu and Zou Depu were the 10th year of Wanli, so they were the heads of lecturers.

However, Zou Depu was later dismissed from office because of his later bribery and was eventually destroyed. Guo Zhengyu almost died in prison due to the King of Chu. Therefore, the prince's lecturer was not a good job in the Wanli Dynasty, but a dangerous position.

Until now, Guo Zhengyu has not been admitted to the Hanlin Academy, so he naturally lost the qualification to be a prince to lecture. Therefore, Lin Yanchao thought of Sun Chengzong.

Lin Yanchao said: "I have never been worried about the prince's career and studying. When will Wang Taicang return to the court, this matter will be done. But what I worry about is the candidate for the prince's lecturer."

Most people definitely don’t understand the meaning of Lin Yanchao’s words, but as long as you read the matter between Zou Depu and Guo Zhengyu, you will know why Lin Yanchao elected Sun Chengzong as the crown prince’s lecturer.

Sun Chengzong said: "The students don't understand this."

Lin Yanchao said: "When my ministers today commit the matter of Yan's memorial to enthrone the foundation of the country, I will inevitably be dissatisfied with the future prince. However, the emperor and the prince are father and son after all, and no matter how hard it is, they will not make things difficult for the prince. So if the prince is wrong in the future, the person who is punished will be the people around him."

Sun Chengzong nodded when he heard this.

"You are the one whom Your Majesty values ​​you as a lecturer with the order. Therefore, if I recommend you as the Prince's Lecturer, you will undoubtedly be recognized by Your Majesty. In the future, you will only come forward to protect the Prince in front of the Emperor, but if you are not careful about this matter... do you understand?"

Sun Chengzong immediately said: "Chengzong admired his mentor's plan for a long time. Chengzong had misunderstood before, so he would like to forgive his mentor."

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "The prince's lecturer is not a good job, so I want to remind you again and again."

Sun Chengzong immediately said, "If you can serve the country and protect the future crown prince for your mentor, Chengzong will not let you go!"

Lin Yanchao nodded happily and said, "That's good."

Although Lin Yanchao did not explicitly say whether he wanted to join the cabinet, other officials learned through Lin Yanchao's disciple's confidant that he was sure that he had no plans to join the cabinet.

After this incident, Lu Guangzu was very happy and showed his affection for Lin Yanchao and won over him.

At this time, Lin Yanchao submitted a memorial to request the candidate for the main and deputy examiner of the examination.

At this time, Wang Jiaping resigned, Zhang Wei was on the road, and Zhao Zhigao was the only prime minister. Zhao Zhigao was an unintentional person, so he immediately asked Lin Yanchao to be chosen by the Ministry of Rites to discuss the candidates for the main and deputy examiners.

Lin Yanchao was naturally in charge of this favor. It seems that the cabinet lost its power to him. In the past, the candidates for the chief and deputy examiners of the council examination would not be discussed by the Ministry of Rites.

The chief examiner of the imperial examination is usually appointed by the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, but now Zhao Zhigao is alone in the cabinet, so he must be second-rate.

So after many aspects of weighing, Chen Yubi, the Right Minister of the Ministry of Rites and the Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, was appointed as the chief examiner of the examination for this subject.

Chen Yubi was one of the six Japanese lecturers of the emperor, and was one of the emperor's six Japanese lecturers. This time, he was also a popular candidate for joining the cabinet after Wang Jiaping took office. No one could compete with him in terms of the qualifications of the chief examiner.

Since Lin Yanchao released the news that he would not enter the cabinet, Chen Yubi has also visited him in person.

Of course, outsiders have no idea what to say, but later Chen Yubi served as the chief examiner of this examination, which was an unprecedented time. After all, the imperial court has not used Hanlin bachelor as the chief examiner for a long time.

There are three candidates for the deputy chief examination of the society, one is the Zhan Shifu and the lecturer of the Hanlin Academy, the other is the Hanlin Bachelor of the School of Confucianism, and the other is Fan Qian, the Minister of the Taichang Temple and the Zhan Shifu and the Zhan Shifu.

Although these three people are from the Hanlin Academy, they have mediocre personal relationships with Lin Yanchao.

However, Shen Shixing, a local official, wanted to be Shengne, so he recommended Lin Yanchao. Lin Yanchao had to sell the old leader's face and used Shengne as the deputy examiner.

After deciding the main and deputy examiners, Lin Yanchao, the fellow examiner below, made the decision by himself.

This time, the candidates for the examiner were filled with Lin Yanchao's personal personalities, which was even better than the last exam.

But now the court is in a big trouble, Lu Guangzu is determined to enter the cabinet, and Wang Jiaping wants to retire, so no one will get a share of the pie at Lin Yanchao at this time, but they will have to make a big contribution to him.

A few days later, the emperor issued an edict to order Wang Xijue to return to the court immediately, and Wang Xijue submitted a memorial to politely decline.

Zhao Zhigao also wrote a memorial saying that it was difficult for one person to support the overall situation alone. The emperor asked the emperor to order the Wang family to enter the cabinet to provide services and to recommend one or two cabinet ministers. The emperor did not approve the memorial.

The next day, the Shanxi Dao Censor Peng Haogu wrote a memorial saying that his ancestors had ordered the Ministry of Personnel to make a mistake in asking for help. All the nine ministers, including the virtues and professions, who could be famous in the world, could be promoted together with the Hanlin.

Peng Haogu means that the scope of the court officials can be expanded, not only selected from the Hanlin, but also enlarged between the nine ministers of all sizes.

The emperor's reply to Peng Haogu's memorial is also intriguing.

The emperor said that since ancient times, there are no more ministers than kings. In recent years, ministers have criticized those who are appointed by the order on the excuse of opening the door to favoritism. If there is this example in the future, I will definitely punish them severely.

Lin Yanchao understood that Peng Haogu's memorial had paved the way for the Minister of Personnel Lu Guangzuting to push into the cabinet. But did the emperor agree or did not agree to this reply?

In fact, the emperor's reply can be regarded as a default, but he also questioned the selection method of recommending such a choice, believing that the way of recommending is a favoritism.

If the emperor does not choose the right to recommend but choose the accompanying push, there will inevitably be a censor to talk about the matter. So how can we talk about the appointment of the order? Just directly appoint the officials in the court. What's the use of my inquiries?

So the emperor means to tell all the civil and military officials in the court that if you want to expand the scope of selecting officials in the cabinet, then I don’t have to choose the regular push. The accompanying push is within my considerations, so you can’t talk about it.

Then the exam for this subject begins.

Lin Yanchao made another reform to the imperial examination.

The original reforms focused on both classics and history, that is, the first field of classics and the second field of strategy were equally important. Now the third field has been changed to miscellaneous studies, which is the so-called miscellaneous studies, including astronomy, geography, military affairs, economy, etc.

In short, miscellaneous studies are all-encompassing, and this exam does not appear in the form of questions and answers.

It is the first time that multiple-choice questions were introduced in the imperial examination.

Among the miscellaneous studies, there are a total of fifty test questions. Each test question has four options: A, B, C and D. Candidates choose one of them as the correct answer.

Such multiple-choice questions have changed from the past question-and-answer method, so that the imperial examinations not only take into account the candidates' knowledge reserves, but also judge their logical abilities.

Of course, as soon as the miscellaneous studies in the third session was released, the candidates were full of criticism. For scholars who had only known the Four Books and Five Classics in the past, such questions were too fantastic, and to many people it was simply a heavenly book.

Regarding this, the Ministry of Rites had to come forward to clarify that the miscellaneous questions were only trial and were only used as a reference for the last subject, and it was not determined to be a part of the difference between staying and leaving. As a result, the complaints of the candidates were relieved a lot.

However, after this third selection of miscellaneous studies, many outstanding candidates also stood out and became pillars of the court in the future.
Chapter completed!