It's the eighth day of February in Shiwei. Tomorrow is the first day of the examination. Students from all over the country have gathered in the capital. Everyone is looking forward to riding the wind and winning my name on the gold medal list.
Above the Jinluan Hall, all the ministers were lined up.
"The Minister of Rites, Huang Aiqing."
Huang Jin came out with a wat tablet in his hand: "I'm here!"
Emperor Longqing: "This year's examination will be held as usual, with the Etiquette Department in charge. The prepared test questions can also be opened for preparation."
Huang Jin faced Emperor Longqing. After the emperor and his ministers looked at each other, they each showed a meaningful smile.
Huang Jin: "Your Majesty Huang Jin obeys the order!"
Emperor Longqing: "Appointed Yu Zheng, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, as the president of the examination, and Xue Hong, the doctor of Lantai Temple, and Xue Hong, the doctor of Zhongshun, as tributes to help Aiqing jointly supervise the examination."
There is nothing to worry about in the front. Yu Zheng is a well-established and capable official whom Emperor Longqing relies on, and Lin Ruhai is also a highly-respected high-ranking official appointed by the Supreme Emperor, coming from a family of four generations of princes. There is nothing wrong with these two invigilating the examination.
But Xue Hong, a seventeen-year-old boy, goes to invigilate the exam? It’s ridiculous!
Sure enough, as soon as Emperor Longqing said this, many officials immediately jumped out and objected. There were various reasons, including: Mr. Xue is still young and has insufficient qualifications and status. Mr. Xue is a young proctor, which may affect the performance of the students.
etc……
Xue Hong also wanted to go out and refuse the assignment, but saw Zhu Hui standing at the front secretly giving him a gesture, and Xue Hong stopped and did not move.
Faced with the opposition of his ministers, Emperor Longqing went out of his way and changed his past image of an easy-going and benevolent emperor. He immediately decided that Xue Hong would be one of the tribute officials. It was useless for anyone to object.
After resigning from the court, all the ministers looked at Xue Hong. It is estimated that after they returned, the focus in the capital these days was not the imperial examination, but Emperor Longqing's profound favor to Xue Hong.
Xue Hong and Zhu Hui had a tacit understanding, and after leaving the palace, they rushed straight to Prince Fu's Mansion.
After entering Prince Fu's Mansion, Xue Hong asked why.
Xue Hong: "Your Highness, although I hold the position of a third-grade Zhongshun doctor, but as one of the invigilators of the examination, I won't be able to take my turn, right?"
Zhu Hui: "Hehe, it turns out that Junchen, you also have something that you can't figure out (*??︶??*)."
"Guess what I did when I was out of Beijing during the period before and after the new year?"
Xue Hong shook his head, how could he guess this without a beginning or end? He is not an immortal who can do calculations.
Zhu Hui: "I went out of the capital to go fishing for my father!"
Xue Hong frowned: "Fishing??"
Zhu Hui: "In recent years, cliques and cliques among civil servants in Donglin Academy have become more and more serious. Now, under my father's management for many years, most of the army in Jiubian Town is controlled by my father. The army in Beijing is also in my hands. Now I plan to take action to deal with it."
These are a bunch of civil servants."
"While I was out of Beijing, I arranged for my subordinates to spend money to buy fame."
After saying this, Xue Hong suddenly realized, no wonder you, Zhu Hui, are the sixth oldest! You are so good at fishing and law enforcement!!
Xue Hong: "So, Your Majesty appointed me as a Gongju in order to draw everyone's attention to me and make it easier for Your Majesty and Your Highness to act?"
Zhu Hui: "Smart! My father has always been generous to all ministers over the years, but Junchen, you don't know that my father is the most petty person.
When I was a kid, I peed in his pen wash..."
Xue Hong raised his hand to stop Zhu Hui: "Your Highness, we'd better tell these stories later. Pick the important ones first."
Zhu Hui was a little disappointed: "Okay. My father has been waiting for so many years, and now you have eliminated the serious trouble in the north. Now, don't you have to settle the score with the Queen of Autumn!"
"Junchen, don't look at the old guys in the court who are all sanctimonious and dog-like. In fact, there are not many people doing human affairs. At least half of them are involved in the business of buying and selling fame!"
Xue Hong: "Then how much did you spend? How many people were found?"
Zhu Hui put one foot on the stool and stretched out a hand: "As the saying goes, if you don't let go of your children, you can't trap the wolf. I spent a total of two hundred thousand taels of silver to buy honors for several candidates that my father had arranged in advance."
"As for the number of people involved in this matter, there are at least three or five people involved in this matter from the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of War!"
"Those ministers from Donglin Academy even have a share!"
Xue Hong suddenly interrupted Zhu Hui's words: "Um... Your Highness, please tell me, how can you get back the money you spent...?"
Zhu Hui said with a smile: "Of course you will pay me back after my father confiscates the house. My father has said that he will also give me money for my hard work!! (=^▽^=)"
Xue Hong: "Haha, Your Highness just needs to know..."
But in fact, based on Xue Hong's understanding of Emperor Longqing, Zhu Hui's 200,000 taels of silver was probably not a meat bun to beat a dog with, and it would never come back.
All the money confiscated from the house will be collected into the national treasury. Emperor Longqing will definitely not pay back a penny to Zhu Hui. This kid is still young!
What? Who said Jun Wu was joking? I’ve never heard that if a son takes advantage of me, it’s not considered stealing, and if I coax my son, it’s not considered cheating??
Xue Hong didn't know how to evaluate Zhu Hui. He was a very contradictory person with political acumen! He had a smart and courageous personality! But when faced with trusting people, he had no bottom line and had no confidence. He had a completely contradictory and split personality.
Xue Hong also understood that because of his appearance, all the serious troublemakers in the north of the capital were interrupted, which made Emperor Longqing want to cut the knot with a sharp knife.
This kind of situation happened often in history. If you succeed, you will be the master of ZTE and will be praised forever. If you fail, you will be condemned by civil servants to the pillar of shame of a tyrant and a coward.
Xue Hong didn't believe that Emperor Longqing dared to do this without any preparation.
Sure enough, Zhu Hui took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and continued to reveal: "Junchen, do you know? In fact, my father has been making preparations since he ascended the throne. Now, almost all the right-hand men under the ministers have been placed by my father. of!"
Xue Hong felt a chill in his back, which means that at least more than ten years ago, when Emperor Longqing first came to the throne, he had the idea to kill these civil servants!
But I have been facing everyone with a smile every day for more than ten years without showing any thoughts!
Almost all ministers who have formed factions have people assigned to them, and many of them are deputies and assistants. What does this sentence mean?
Just so that when Emperor Longqing raised the butcher knife and killed hundreds of people, these arranged deputies could quickly go to work and make the country's machine run normally!
In the past ten years or so, Emperor Longqing has already chosen his replacement minister!
What’s even more frightening is that when and how Emperor Longqing put the people in, no one from the Donglin lineage noticed it!!
More than ten years of planning, just for one day!
This forbearance, this method! This psychological quality! Who can say that the ancients were naive? Xue Hongfei gave him some big mouths!!
People grew up in an environment of intrigue and intrigue. What makes everyone feel that the silly and playful people in modern society can outsmart these cunning foxes in the court?
To be honest, if Xue Hong had not possessed the power to transcend the worldly dynasty, Xue Hong would not have dared to enter the court and interfere with these things.
It’s true that he wants to help revive the Ming Dynasty, but the prerequisite is to save his life! He is not a great saint!
Besides, the saint has only seen through it, but he has not lived enough. He is still afraid when a knife is placed on his neck! As long as he doesn’t say anything, who knows whether he will be afraid or not?