Without waiting to be greeted, Queen Xu had already walked in.
In fact, this is a bit rude, but she doesn't care. The Xu Mansion is her natal family. Who dares to stop her when she goes home? Besides, the eldest nephew won the Huiyuan, which is such a big happy event. How can she, an aunt, do it?
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"Brother, big brother, where is our Wenquxing? Call Wenquxing over quickly and let me take a good look."
Xu Huizu was both excited and blushing, "He's just a Wenquxing. He's just a member of the Enke Association. He's not on the stage. Please don't praise me too much. It would be bad if that kid doesn't know how high the sky is."
Empress Xu smiled and said: "Brother, you don't have to be too modest. Our children are promising. The Jingchang child is smart. Now Xu Qin is so good. There are successors to the Xu family. Our father is under Jiuquan.
It’s gratifying.”
While she was talking, Queen Xu arrived in the courtyard, and all the dignitaries present came to salute her.
Everyone is an old acquaintance. The nobles who founded the country have long been familiar with each other, including the nobles from Jingnan, and some who fought with Empress Xu and defended Peking.
Empress Xu is definitely not the kind of queen who is drafted into the palace and favored in palace battles... She has extraordinary influence among the officials in the court, especially the nobles.
"Everyone is here?"
Zhu Neng said with a smile: "As for the Queen, I will come over to express my happiness."
Empress Xu smiled and said: "This is a joy to behold...Brother, go to the cellar and take out the cellar from the first year of Hongwu. That is the royal wine given to our father by Emperor Taizu. You can rest after getting drunk."
Xu Huizu's body ached. These guys are all drunkards. Why haven't they drank up all the good wine they had?
Empress Xu rolled her eyes at him, "Are you feeling distressed? Originally, my son had to drink it when he got married. This is a gold medal, and it is much more honorable than the wedding flowers and candles. Don't be reluctant to part with it."
Xu Huizu was speechless at this time, so he hurriedly went to make arrangements.
The entire Xu Mansion was filled with joy and excitement.
A servant even brought out firecrackers. Xu Huizu wanted to stop it, but Queen Xu said: "It has been a long time since our Xu family has been so lively. Don't stop us. We are happy!"
Who dares to say anything when the Queen has spoken.
In an instant, Xu Mansion's firecrackers exploded, shaking the earth and the earth.
The loud sound of firecrackers seemed to wipe out Jing Nan and the last bit of bad luck in the Xu family.
The rise of Xu Jingchang has restored the Xu family to its former glory. However, Xu Huizu has always fallen behind. Even if Zhu Di forgives him and maintains his title, he may not be able to be reused in this life.
Even if you are a top noble, if you have no successor, you will inevitably end up like the Jia family.
Now that Xu Qin has won the Huiyuan, it at least ensures that the next generation of the Xu family will have a family.
How can one not be proud of a sect with two masters, who are illustrious and well-equipped in both civil and military affairs?
Empress Xu was not exempt from the vulgarity and called Xu Qin over. After a lot of compliments, which lasted for two hours, Empress Xu returned to the palace feeling slightly tipsy.
Zhu Di was waiting for her, "Are you going to celebrate?"
Empress Xu nodded, "Yes, many noble families have gone there, and everyone gathered together, which was very lively. Who said that martial arts are vulgar? Isn't there a Huiyuan! In the past, Emperor Taizu asked each family to take care of their children.
I was sent to study in the Imperial College, but these guys went there and only knew how to mess around, making the Imperial College a mess. Now it seems, who said that noble children can't become Jinshi? As long as they are supervised well, they can do it."
Zhu Di was equally pleased and said with a smile: "Yes, this child Xu Qin has given the Xu family a breath of strength, and also a breath of strength for the nobles. In the future, the court will have an extra force that can deal with civil servants.
I’m very happy to see it in my heart.”
Queen Xu listened to Zhu Di's words, but found that Zhu Di frowned slightly and seemed a little unhappy. Queen Xu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, is there something inappropriate? Is there anything else to hide between us? Is there someone there?
Are you gossiping?"
Zhu Di couldn't keep it secret, so he said: "When Enke's list was posted, the examination in Beijing was in chaos. Many people said that Xu Qin was a man of favor and got into the exam with help from his family.
.What’s going on with Enke? He’s obviously a member of the Gaen family… These guys are simply abominable!”
When Empress Xu heard this, she frowned and said displeasedly: "Why, it's so easy for our family to get a Huiyuan, so you criticize us like this? What's the reason? Is it possible that there is fraud in the examination room?"
Zhu Di hurriedly shook his head, "That's definitely not the case. It's just that there are too many people who are making irresponsible remarks, and they are trying to find fault with themselves."
Empress Xu hummed: "Then check it! Let the Jin Yiwei check it. By the way, where is Xu Jingchang? Why doesn't he just watch others slander the reputation of the Xu family? What is this?"
Zhu Di was slightly startled, and then said: "Xu Jingchang is still formulating the questions for the imperial examination with Xie Xueshi and others, and then they will be handed over to me to check."
Upon hearing this, Queen Xu couldn't help but be startled.
To a certain extent, Xu Qin can be regarded as a human being, which is not wrong... His conditions are really terrifying.
First of all, although Enke’s questions were drawn up by Jie Jin, Xu Jingchang knew exactly what Jie Jin would take the test... Then Xu Jingchang gave Xu Qin tutoring, which was needless to say targeted.
It's almost like getting to the point directly.
What's even more terrible is that Xu Jingchang is also one of the marking officials. Although he is not the examiner, he still has considerable say.
The question maker, tutor, and examiner... are three in one.
Coupled with Xu Qin's background, there is Enke again.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was an exam tailor-made for him.
Thinking of this, Queen Xu felt guilty for some reason, "Your Majesty, is there a lot of talk outside now?"
Zhu Di's face was not very good-looking, "There are quite a few."
Queen Xu asked again: "Then, will it affect Xu Qin's future?"
Zhu Di hummed: "Who dares to stop the people I want to use?"
At this point, Queen Xu understood and couldn't help but sigh, "People's words are terrible!"
Almost instantly, most of the original joy disappeared.
"I originally thought that the Xu family would find someone who could read, but now I see that it has actually harmed him!"
Zhu Di's face became tense, and his expression became more solemn.
"I originally planned to use Enke to select a group of useful talents, but I didn't expect that when Enke's results came out, there was a lot of controversy. Many people said that Enke was unfair and engaged in malpractice for personal gain. I wanted to promote some of my own people.
Why is it so difficult!”
The emperor is also worried.
The imperial examination is the most important promotion channel for literati. Now Enke has broken the inertia...the content of the examination has changed, the people taking the examination have also changed, and now the examination results are like this.
Where is the fairness of the imperial examination?
Can the imperial court's talent recruitment ceremony be so wasted?
Almost instantly, all the fingers were pointed at Xie Jin, the examiner of Enke... Naturally, fellow examiner Xu Jingchang was not spared either.
People also made a serious statement and summarized the four ugly men of the dynasty: Xu Jingchang, the Duke of Ding, Xie Jin, the general envoy, Huang Xiaoru, the magistrate of Shangyuan County, and Wu Shan, the Zuo counselor.
Among them, Wu Shan was the most unjust.
I'm just a waiter, and I've never done anything bad.
You can't frame good people like this!
And this time was different from the past. Not only was Xu Jingchang on the list of people to be punished by heaven, but someone also took advantage of the darkness to throw rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves at the gate of Xu's mansion.
It was even worse on Jie Jin's side, they just threw excrement.
Seeing the excitement among the people, Song Li, who is the Minister of Rites, finally found a way to express his resentment!
Deserve it!
This time, Enke just watched with cold eyes. No matter what arrangements Xie Jin and the others made, he didn't say anything. He just let you do whatever you wanted, and I just watched silently.
You don't know the importance of the imperial examination.
Especially since there are serious examinations to come, scholars from all over the country, especially those who hold positions of authority, have probably already taken action. They will definitely write a letter to impeach Enko and demand that Enko be abolished this time.
Now the people of the world have started to move, and when the time comes, all we have to do is follow the current.
Xu Jingchang and Xie Jin, these two people are working together, they must be in trouble this time!
Finally, he vented his anger and eliminated some harm to the court.
On the third day after Enke's list was announced, many people gathered in teahouses, restaurants, large and small, and even in the open space in front of the temple in the capital. They were well-dressed and spoke harshly, all discussing Enke's affairs.
Balls of angry flames soared into the sky, and were about to burst into flames.
There were even voices in the official circles. Many officials said that they would rather die than join the group of people from Enke. Being with them is simply an insult to politeness.
At this time, Xu Jingchang and Xie Jin were like the point where convex lenses converged. The temperature was rising, smoke was coming out, and it was about to catch fire!
Xie Jin's face was solemn, "Actually, I had expected it... If Enke can follow the normal imperial examination process, it will be just one more chance to take the imperial examination, and the people below will only be happy. But we need to use Enke to change the employment of the imperial court.
, we have to re-discuss orthodoxy, and even overthrow Neo-Confucianism... It is understandable that the results will be discussed a lot. But it is still unexpected that it will get off to such a start."
Xu Jingchang also nodded, "It's true that it's a bit violent, but I can still hold on. Bachelor Xie, how do you feel?"
Xie Jin smiled bitterly and said: "I listen to Duke Ding. If you can bear it, I can only risk my life to accompany you."
Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "Now that the matter has come to this, we can only come up with our last resort."
Xie Jin was startled, then nodded... The two of them faced you together.
Zhu Di glanced at them and said in a deep voice: "Today is the time for you to hand in your palace examination questions. I want to talk to you about Enke."
Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I have not drafted a topic."
"Why?" Zhu Di said in surprise: "You can't figure it out?"
Xu Jingchang said: "In response to your majesty, it's not that we can't figure it out, but we plan to wait until the other examination is over, merge the palace examination, and assess it together!"
"Take the assessment together?" Zhu Di asked in surprise: "Is that okay?"
Xie Jin took a step forward, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I have already inquired. Many Enke candidates said that they have worked hard for half their lives and only want a chance to compete on the same stage. Other than that, they have nothing else.
