Chapter 475: A piece of meat bait, the blockade of public opinion is self-defeating
Chapter 475: A piece of meat bait, the blockade of public opinion is self-defeating
Author: fire pine cone
Chapter 475: A piece of meat bait, the blockade of public opinion is self-defeating
Zhu Su was almost stunned. This old man gave up his job just to steal his face. Why did the Imperial College have so many students running away? Isn't it just to help you reform literati and promote new learning?
Are you now dissing the Imperial Academy again? The millstone hasn't been removed yet, and you want to kill the donkey?
It is a pity that Zhu Su has no say in his son, not to mention that his eldest brother Zhu Biao also died later. It is difficult to find a loyal minister like Tie Xuan throughout the ages. If he can grow up with Zhu Xiongying early, he will be the pillar of the Ming Dynasty in the future.
Stretching the sea and golden beams can ensure that the third generation of the Ming Dynasty is still strong.
Of course he also wants to compete for his son.
In the end, Zhu Su had no choice but to compromise. As a result, Tie Xuan studied with Zhu Su in the Imperial College for many years. When Zhu Xiongying grew older, he became Zhu Xiongying's companion and grew up with Zhu Xiongying. There are people like Tie Xuan.
Loyal ministers, teachers and friends accompanied Zhu Xiongying, so Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao could rest assured that Zhu Xiongying would not grow crooked like Zhu Qizhen.
It's just that the three of them, father and son, were quarreling over Tie Xuan here, but they frightened the two Tie brothers beside them to the point of being flattered.
Tie Xuan was even more surprised: The one who made the meritorious service was obviously my eldest brother, so why now it seems that His Majesty and the two Highnesses are competing for me?
Illusion, it must be an illusion...
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"Is that Tie Xuan really the Tie Xuan who defended Jinan and would rather die than surrender?" In the harem, Queen Ma hugged Zhu Xiongying with an interested look on her face. Old Zhu smiled and said: "It must be! Sister, you haven't seen that little baby.
appearance."
"His appearance is not impressive, but his steady demeanor shows that he is born to be a loyal minister! 'Why would a loyal minister not be willing to bear the flesh of a filial son?'... At first glance, he is a child who can say this!"
"Oh, it's a pity that I'm a little younger and can't do anything for me. Why are all our subordinates just those stupid guys..."
"...Yes." Zhu Di nodded, picked up the knife and went down.
Zhu Di on the side shrank his neck, as if by conditioned reflex, he felt a dull pain in his butt.
Because Lao Zhu said in the imperial edict that anyone who succeeds this time and serves as the newly established tax department will be granted the title of tax department envoy, with the rank of sixth grade!
Sixth grade official!
You should know that many serious Jinshis were born with the same background as Jinshis, and many of them were sent to serve in some counties and towns. Most of them had to start from the seventh or eighth rank of petty officials and work hard for several years before they could get through.
Sixth grade.
"In addition, let us convey to the officials in Beijing that anyone who dares to obstruct the Enke examination openly or covertly will be sentenced to prison!"
Yesterday, I was throwing pebbles at those who came to sign up, thinking that they were insulting to politeness; today, everyone flocked to the gate of the Imperial College, scrambling to get signed up.
"It's only been two years, why are you so anxious?" Lao Zhu was full of confidence. Zhu Biao's words also turned his attention from Tie Xuan back to the current situation in the DPRK. He asked Zhu Di:
"Fourth brother, have you found out the origin of that Qi De who caused trouble at the gate of the Imperial College?"
"They manipulated public opinion and discredited Enke. Enke will not be able to do this."
"That's right." Lao Zhu nodded. "You just have to be more careful and don't let such a famous minister die young again."
"In my opinion, we still need to deal with this problem well before Enke can be truly successful."
But soon, a new edict came from the palace regarding this Enke. This edict was very simple, with only one line of words, but this one line caused an uproar among the Confucian scholars!
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Even the number one scholar, who was born second in the rankings, could only be a sixth-grade official with mixed qualifications in the Hanlin Academy at the beginning!
What is the concept of being able to become a sixth-grade official as soon as you pass the exam? It is equivalent to that as long as you pass the Enke exam, you will save decades of hard work. Moreover, His Majesty has already said that the function of the Taxation Department is to be the director, accounting,
Supervise commercial taxation all over the world. At the level of commercial taxation, the authority is still above that of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
"It is said that Zhan Tong became angry because of Enke's incident. Seeing that his benefactor was so anxious, Qi De took matters into his own hands..."
After all, things like scientific examinations, to put it bluntly, are more closely related to people who read, and have little to do with the illiterate common people at the bottom for the time being.
"I figured it out, dad." The topic finally moved away from Tie Xuan, and Zhu Di became more energetic. "That man was a disciple of Zhan Tong, the Minister of Civil Affairs. He said that he wanted to repay his kindness, so he incited the scholar to go
The Imperial College blocked the door."
"Seeing Tie Xuan this time, this is the first time that I feel that the 'history' that Xiao Wu mentioned is so close." Zhu Biao next to him sighed. "I wonder if my father, with all his hard work over the years, has pulled me, Daming, out of history.
abyss."
I'm afraid that if I'm too late, I won't be able to take the Enke exam this time.
"It doesn't matter, we already have a solution." Lao Zhu looked confident, even with a look of watching the excitement on his face. "We want to see if these so-called clean officials can cover the sky with one hand!"
This is a real-power yamen! If you pass the exam, you can become a sixth-rank official!
It’s not just a false position! It’s real power!
Those scholars who were relegated to political affairs yesterday and criticized this Enco went crazy after seeing the imperial edict.
"Dad, punishing Zhan Tong is only a temporary solution after all." Zhu Biao said. "Without Zhan Tong, there are still thousands of clean civil servants."
"Fourth brother, go and lead the royal guards immediately, and raid Zhan Tong's house immediately. If you dare to act clever under our noses today, you will dare to ride on our head and dominate us tomorrow!"
The story of Tie Zhong fighting against the scholars spread widely, and the number of Enke enrollment in the Imperial College has improved. But it is only a recovery. After all, this story is more popular among the people at the bottom. The middle-level scholars are not interested in this story.
Most people scoffed at the story and did not want to believe it. Although the people highly praised the story and gradually began to support Xinxue, to be fair, the impact of their support on the number of Enke applicants was ultimately limited.
"Huh, you are making your own decisions?" Lao Zhu sneered disdainfully. "He is such a loyal minister and a righteous man. Why should he pretend to be like this when he uses such despicable methods?"
"It is a blessing to have such a minister in hundreds of years." Empress Ma advised. "In the future, there will be Yu Qian and Wang Shouren. With these three people here, we will be able to protect our Ming Dynasty for several generations."
An Ning. My Ming Dynasty is already uniquely blessed!"
Many people were even in the tavern just now, criticizing Enke with righteous indignation; after returning home, they learned the content of the imperial edict and ran to the Imperial College without changing their clothes.
There were even friends who had been friends for many years, and they started fighting directly in front of the registration booth over who should be in line:
Yesterday, you said that Enke was insulting the gentlemen this time. Why did you come here to register your name today? And you were ranked in front of me?
What's so insulting to politeness? I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense, I never said that!
In fact, as long as you are more sober, you can understand the value of this sixth-grade official: the tax department yamen is an yamen that is not open to the outside world. The duties of these tax department envoys are just to calculate the account books in the yamen. In Zhu Su's words, it is to close the yamen.
Starting out as a social beast, as for what kind of title should be given to this social beast, whether it is a middle-level reserve or an assistant to the general manager, isn't it the same? It's just paying for a worthless title.
An imperial edict and a sixth-grade official position were just an insignificant piece of bait thrown by Lao Zhu. However, it was easy for the public opinion blockade created by these scholars to be broken from within.