In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yunxi heard the noise outside and frowned unhappily.
In his arms, on the left is his daughter Yaya, and on the right is his sister-in-law Xiaofu'er.
The little girl is much sweeter than the boy, and the two of them are drawing pictures for Zhu Yunxi obediently.
Zhu Gaochi came in from outside and was even more furious when he saw this scene.
Okay!
The ministers are busy outside, why don't you just play with the child?
"Come forward and speak!" Zhu Yunxi said again.
"According to the order!" Zhu Gaochi said dullly and continued to walk forward.
The next second, there was a squeaking sound and a pain on the ankle.
When he lowered his head, he saw that he had stepped on the tail of a sleeping orange cat. He let the cat grab a handful of his ankles.
"Hiss!" Zhu Gaochi felt lucky,
But before he could say anything, the little Fu'er in Zhu Yunxi's arms wrinkled his nose and started crying.
"Brother Xi, he stepped on my cat!" Xiao Fu'er cried, "That's the cat that dad left for me!"
"Okay, okay! I'll ask him to apologize to you later!" Zhu Yunxi comforted Xiao Fu'er and said to Zhu Gaochi, "You didn't look at me when you were walking. Didn't you see such a big cat?" He shook his head again and said, " With your big body, luckily you didn’t step on its belly!”
"Why don't you step on its intestines?"
Zhu Gaochi cursed in his heart, but still stepped forward respectfully, "Your Majesty, I am really in a hurry, I didn't take care of it in my haste!" He said, holding the memorial in both hands.
The bastard took a step forward, took the memorial, and handed it over.
"You don't have fucking hands?" Zhu Gaochi cursed in his heart.
At this moment, Zhu Yunxi's expression became serious, and he let go of the two little girls, "Let's go play outside!"
"Yes!" Yaya and Xiao Fu'er held hands and walked away smiling.
The orange cat that had caught Zhu Gaochi appeared out of nowhere and followed them at their feet.
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Zhu Yunxi opened the memorial and became furious after reading just one line.
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" he laughed three times in succession, "something that has never happened before in the ages actually happened in this dynasty?"
The memorial was submitted by Pan Boyong, the Chief Secretary of Shandong Province, and the examination for Shandong Province was over!
Looking further down, Li Zhigang investigated too strictly in Shandong and dealt with more than 20 gentry in a row, whose names were tied to other people's land. He also deposed 17 people who had been promoted to civil servants, which caused dissatisfaction among the gentry and scholars.
In fact, as early as last month, some documents were sent to the capital, all of which were aimed at impeaching Li Zhigang, but they were all ignored.
"Next month is August, and August is when the rural examination begins!" Zhu Gaochi said, "I just received a letter from the Chief Secretary of Shandong and Xuezheng a few days ago. This year's provincial examination is... the first class. The first one after the death of the Supreme Emperor Longyu, you must be careful..."
"Let's take the exam?" Zhu Yunxi looked sternly, "Humph! Who are you trying to scare?"
As he spoke, he shook the memorial in his hand and said, "Who takes the lead?"
This is not a trivial matter. It is a challenge to the authority of the country, and the people who initiated the challenge are the vested interests of the country. Moreover, the number of people involved is hundreds of students from one province, who collectively boycotted the exams.
"We still don't know yet!" Zhu Gaochi said, "The only thing mentioned in the brochure is that the students gathered to make noise and failed to submit their student status in accordance with the regulations of previous years. And... you will see later that there are still students who want to go to Beijing to complain. It is said that Li Zhigang is Cool officials, let the emperor come to his true origin..."
Snapped!
Zhu Yunxi directly slapped the memorial in his hand on the imperial case.
"Pan Boyong, the chief minister of Shandong, no longer needs to be in charge!" Zhu Yunxi said angrily, "Here comes someone!"
"The slave is here!" The bastard bastard hurriedly appeared outside the door.
"Where did He Guangyi's dog die? He didn't even know about such a big incident in Shandong?" Zhu Yunxi said angrily.
"Slave, go and pass it on right now!" The bastard bastard hurried down.
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In the hall, Zhu Yunxi stood up and paced back and forth impatiently.
"Students from a province collectively went on strike to take exams. Well, is it directed at Li Zhigang? Is it directed at me?"
Zhu Gaochi did not dare to answer Zhu Yunxi's words.
The strategy of the New Deal was to advance gradually from the north to the south. But I didn’t expect that it would encounter such great resistance in the north. What about the south...?
Students in an entire province have collectively boycotted the exams. If other provinces will follow suit in the future, where will the credibility of the court lie?
"I want to see who is so capable and can lead the students of a province. I would rather give up the fame than give up the exam!" Zhu Yunxi said angrily again.
When Zhu Gaochi heard this, he knew that if he remained silent, he might be angry.
"Your Majesty, there is only one province in Shandong now!" Zhu Gaochi said, "Shilang Li will go to Hebei and Henan soon... These provinces have a weak literary style. If this continues, it will hurt the hearts of scholars.
!”
As he said that, he paused, "Moreover, when we come to the south in the future, it's not just a matter of a few hundred people in one province, but... it's the entire Jiangnan Shilin!"
"What's the matter?" Zhu Yunxi was full of anger, "Humph! Threatening to stop the examination! It's not like the Ming Dynasty never stopped the imperial examination!"
"Your Majesty, think twice!" Zhu Gaochi hurriedly stepped forward and said seriously, "Now is not the time to act on impulse!"
Yes, this is not the time to be impulsive.
The old man can suspend the imperial examination, but now it is a temporary situation, and there are too many facts involved. If you want to restore the consequences of the suspension of the imperial examination, you have to make ten thousand times more compromises.
"I still underestimated these scholars!" Zhu Yunxi turned around and looked at the memorial on the table.
Teng Teng Teng!
There were rapid footsteps outside.
He Guangyi almost ran over, but when he crossed the threshold, his steps were unsteady and he stumbled with a thud.
Regardless of his nose and face being bruised, he got up and held up the paper in his hand.
"Your Majesty, the Zhezi from Shandong has just arrived!" He Guangyi said loudly, "It has just arrived!"
Zhu Yunxi glanced at him and said, "Send it over!"
"yes!"
On the side, Zhu Gaochi was alert in his heart, "Li Zhigang's zhezi went to Jin Yiwei? No wonder I haven't seen his zhezi in the South Study Room!"
Zhu Yunxi took it and opened the fold with force. He looked at it coldly and became furious.
When Li Zhigang dealt with scholars who took advantage of tax-free privileges to benefit themselves at the expense of the country, it involved the official education and government of Jinan Prefecture.
This scholar-gentleman has more than 1,800 acres of land owned by his relatives and friends, all of which are tax-free.
Li Zhigang dismissed his official position on the spot and denounced these convicted gentry for arrogating the countryside and oppressing the people.
The academician said something that all officials and gentry wanted to say.
"This has happened in all dynasties, why is it such a big crime in this dynasty!"
"What is the purpose of our study? If the people who have money and food are the same as the common people, why should they be divided into official households and Confucian households?"
"How unfair!"
This sentence directly caused an uproar in Shandong.
According to Jinyiwei's investigation, several officials who have entered official positions and gentry have joined forces to boycott the exams in the entire province!
They are also preparing a joint letter to ask Zhu Yunxi to remove Li Zhigang.
"Hmph!" Seeing this, Zhu Yunxi sneered again, "Well, I really agree with that sentence, destroying people's wealth is like killing their parents!"
At the same time, he also thought to himself, "Li Zhigang was a little cruel and a little hasty. But no matter what, we must support him. Otherwise, the New Deal will become a laughing stock in the future!"
"Where is Hou Yong?" Zhu Yunxi asked again.
"Hou Shangshu is in the south study room!" Zhu Gaochi replied.
"Pass him!" Zhu Yunxi picked up the teacup and drank half the bowl. "He served as Chief Secretary in Shandong. Ask him for his opinion!" As he said this, he looked at the memorial of the Chief Secretary of Shandong. "Pass the message! Shandong Chief Secretary.
Pan Boyong, the political secretary, is mediocre and incompetent. He has been demoted four levels and remains in office to see the consequences!"
"What the hell kind of logic is this?" Zhu Gaochi thought to himself, "Didn't you mention that Li Zhigang dealt with the Chief Secretary of Shandong?"
At this time, I suddenly heard Zhu Yunxi on the throne sneer and said, "I haven't killed a scholar for a long time. Is the Ming Dynasty sword rusty?"
Zhu Gaochi trembled violently.
He Guangyi, who was on the side, kowtowed silently and stepped aside.
"Living King of Hell!" Zhu Gaochi cursed in his heart.