The civil servants regretted that Shuntian was inferior to Jinling. Putting aside the prosperity, the harsh natural conditions alone made them suffer.
The spoiled civil servant did not suffer this pain, but... it was too late to regret it.
It’s all here, it’s not that easy to leave.
After ten years of hard study, I finally became an official, and no one wanted to give up like this. The civil officials complained, but none of them resigned.
In a blink of an eye, it is time to issue the "year-end bonus" again.
The 19th year of Yongle, the first day of the Lunar New Year.
The annual meeting of the Ming Company was held. At the court meeting, Zhu Di summarized the present and looked forward to the future, and drew a big cake for his ministers.
He also knew that the ministers were in emotions. In order to appease these people, Zhu Di doubled the year-end bonus and all the officials in Beijing received a big red envelope.
The man is short and the man is soft-eating. Most censors shut up. However, this amount of money is not worth mentioning in the eyes of officials from aristocratic families.
But as soon as the censor shut up, they couldn't launch a public opinion offensive, so they had to endure it for the time being and wait for the opportunity.
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After the implementation of clearing the land and dividing the land into the acres, the Ming Dynasty's finances were greatly alleviated. Once the treasury was changed, the dilemma of not being able to make ends meet, and began to accumulate savings.
The pressure on Xiaopang was greatly reduced, Xia Yuanji also had a smile, and Zhu Di no longer spent money on a big deal. Except for officials from Jiangnan who were emotional, they were all good in other aspects.
In February, at Xiaopang's suggestion, Zhu Di issued an edict, and the court allowed officials in Beijing to pick up their wives and children and provide travel expenses.
Zhu Di further appeased the emotions of officials. The country's movement was inseparable from his ministers, and he did not want these people to govern with emotion.
After this move, the court gradually became calmer, and the ministers' opposition to moving the capital was much weaker.
At the same time, Zhu Di delayed the morning court time and changed it to 3:00 am. (5:45 am.)
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On March 15th, Zhu Di took off his regular clothes, put on a brand new dragon robe, looked at him in front of the mirror and stroked his beard, and was in a straight imperial crown. Today he pays great attention to his image.
Today is a special day, and the palace examination of the Ming Dynasty is today.
"Grandpa is even more wise and powerful today." Zhu Zhanji licks dogs every day, just like a goddess' spare tire.
"I'm old after all!" Zhu Di sighed and glanced at his grandson again, "I'll be with my grandfather later."
"Ah? This..." Zhu Zhanji said with ecstasy and reservedly, "Is this OK?"
Zhu Di sneered and looked in the mirror again, "Let's go!"
Licking the dog, licking it all in the end... Zhu Zhanji bowed and followed the emperor's grandfather happily.
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In today's palace examination, Zhu Di canceled the Wu Dynasty. There were only six ministers, ministers, ministers, and Hanlin Academy in Fengtian Palace Square.
When the emperor arrived, the officials saluted, and the candidates followed suit, and their faces flushed.
"Long live my emperor, long live the prince...!"
"Flat."
Zhu Di waved his sleeves and sat on the dragon chaise. Zhu Gaochi stood on the left side of the dragon chaise, and Zhu Zhanji stood on the right side of the dragon chaise. The grandfather and grandson three generations showed a concave character.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The candidates stood up with the officials, unable to hide their excitement.
Li Qing looked at these undergraduate tribute students with interest, and those who could participate in the palace examination were the same as Jinshi, and they could all become officials.
The undergraduate tribute students of this era are not comparable to those of later generations. Only the entire Ming Dynasty chose more than 100 people, which is much more difficult than the Tsinghua and Peking University in later generations.
Next, Zhu Di set the questions and the candidate wrote quickly.
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It takes a certain amount of time for the candidate to answer the test paper, so Zhu Di naturally couldn't wait. He just walked around the temporary examination room and left.
Then, Xiaopang left, and he still has official duties.
You both have left, so I will leave too... Li Qing was bored and was about to take the opportunity to escape, but was stopped by Zhu Zhanji.
"What are you doing?"
It’s not Wu Chao, are you in charge? Li Qing opened his mouth and came, “Look for the prince.”
"I think you just want to be lazy." Zhu Zhanji pulled him to the side and whispered: "Uncle Qing, Grandpa Huang asked me to supervise the examination room."
"so what?"
"Do you think Grandpa is trying to train me to bring me closer to these people?" Zhu Zhanji asked back.
Li Qing nodded: "But... what does this have to do with me?"
"..." Zhu Zhanji said angrily, "I... trust you!"
"Thank you." Li Qing bowed, "But I am so old and can't work for a few years. You should win over newcomers."
After experiencing the last time he was punished, Zhu Zhanji became much more mature, but he was young and yearned for power too much.
"Brother Qing, this is the information of the candidate." Zhu Zhanji took out a letter, "Please help me choose a few, Grandpa Huang asked me to cultivate some of my own people first."
"You can choose it yourself." Li Qing rolled his eyes, "Besides, the results have not yet come out, is this meaningful?"
"Scores do not represent ability." Zhu Zhanji shook his head, "It is mainly to get some of his own people first. Before the grades come out, we can bring closer relationships. How many favors can we add icing on the cake?"
Li Qing frowned, "You are not the prince yet, why are you so anxious?"
"Isn't this for my father?" Zhu Zhanji said, "Now Grandpa is still strong and naturally has nothing to do, but if one day... do you think my father can withstand it alone?
With his good-looking personality, it would be strange if he was not bullied at that time. This is what Grandpa Emperor means."
Li Qing said 'um', then said hilariously: "This is like guessing riddles, it's the same as anyone picking."
"Uncle Qing, you eat more salt than me, and your eyes must be better than me." Zhu Zhanji flattered.
Li Qing knew that this grandson wanted to use this to win over himself and cultivate political power, but he had never been interested in short checks.
So he took the hair with one move, "That's because I have a strong taste."
Zhu Zhanji:-_-||"Brother Qing, do you hate me very much?"
"Things are nothing." Li Qing shook his head.
"Then you..." Zhu Zhanji resented, "I have always regarded you as my own, but you are so familiar with me... We are so familiar with you, what's wrong with helping you?"
Li Qing rolled his eyes and said, "I am familiar with you, your attitude of making things happen... Uncle Qing doesn't like it very much."
I didn’t ask, I, Li Qing, have always been using money but not doing things. You are fine, but I still want to do things if I don’t take money... Li Qing almost wrote the ‘go-gift gift’ on her face.
Zhu Zhanji also knew his virtue and promised: "The Yongqing Marquis Mansion is definitely the first to be completed."
Li Qing smiled and nodded, took the list and looked at it.
There are more than 150 people, nearly 120 of which are from the south. Jiang and Xi province alone account for 42 places, while candidates in the north are not as large as Jiang and Xi province.
The difference between the north and the south is too obvious... Li Qing sighed inwardly and picked out all the candidates from the Hebei, the Mountain and the East.
The reason why these two provinces were selected is because they were northern provinces and were very close to Xin. The candidates in these two places had a natural affection for Xin.
Li Qing said: "You can suggest that the emperor leave all these people in the capital."
Zhu Zhanji was very clear at once and praised: "Brother Qing is so good."
He learned from it, "These people should enter the Six Censorate, or the Censorate. With them here, they can offset some of the public opinion against the movement of the capital."
"No," Li Qing nodded, and was about to return the list to Zhu Zhanji, but suddenly he was attracted by a name in the corner.
——Yu Qian!
Li Qing was very familiar with this name. Although he didn't know much about Ming Dynasty and after so many years, he still remembered the story of this person at the first time.
Zhejiang, Jianghaining, is from Yongle for 19 years; his hometown and timeline are in line with each other, so he should be right... Li Qing took a deep breath and was unprecedentedly serious: "You have to grasp this person!"
This was the first time Zhu Zhanji saw him like this, and he immediately became concerned. When he saw Yu Qian's hometown, he frowned again: "He is from the south!"
"He is exception." Li Qing said seriously, "Uncle Qing won't cheat you, just use him."
Zhu Zhanji was unaware of it, but he nodded and agreed, "Well, I will care about this person, Uncle Qing, do you know him?"
"I don't know." Li Qing's old god said, "intuition."
“…”
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"Your Majesty, I want to ask you for someone."
"Who?"
"Yu Qian!"
Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, racked his brains and thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure out who this person was.
Nene said: "Who is Yu Qian?"
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ps:Thanks to the great master of "Love Spicy Potato Man" for certification x2 (*^▽^*)