Chapter 90 No one can understand anyone’s thoughts
Looking at his son's back, Yang Tinghe knew that he didn't understand what he meant.
After the new king ascended the throne, Yang Tinghe felt increasingly exhausted both mentally and physically.
Liang Chu has shown his talents, Jiang Mian is wavering, Fei Hong and Yang Yiqing are all on their way back to Beijing, and there is also Wang Shouren who is preaching the theory of mind in the south.
He failed to organize the imperial court as smoothly as he had expected two months ago, and his son, who became famous at a young age, is still so frivolous to this day.
Silence returned to the study room, and Yang Tinghe's face was illuminated by the dancing candlelight.
The determination I had just made was shaken a bit because of my son.
If he really tried this hard, would Yang Shen be able to stand firm after he left?
Yang Tinghe closed his eyes and sighed tiredly.
At the end of the month?
By that time, some people will arrive in Beijing one after another.
He had to read papers tomorrow, so Yang Tinghe stood up holding the desk.
There was still no word written on the paper that had been laid out all night. Yang Tinghe silently stared at the white paper.
Why is it so difficult to write?
In his original expectation, the Ming Dynasty at this moment should be like this piece of white paper, on which he could express his long-cherished wishes.
But things are different now. The new king he chose has already built a network around him within a month.
Use the principles of the monarch and his ministers, use the guise of the monarch and his ministers being united, and use Yang Ting and Chi Chen to be loyal to the country.
It doesn't matter. If the emperor has always been modest and prudent in listening to politics, listening to lectures and advice, then it really doesn't matter. Take your time, and many things will happen slowly like this.
But why do people have to use Yu Qian's matter to discuss privately? Is it because they want everyone to talk about the reform, build momentum, and then follow the trend and actually implement the new law?
That is really going to destroy the foundation of Ming Dynasty!
First, you declare legal authority, and then you emphasize military power. Now you want to enrich the country and reform the law, and you want all the subjects in the world to be as capable as Yu Qian, as well as loyal and honest. Can you control all of this?
Many things are simply not safer if you listen to the opinions of a few more people and appear cautious!
What goes up works and what goes down works. Behind the emperor who took the lead in the charge when he first appeared, now there are opportunists like Yan Song.
What kind of loyalty is it if you only know how to flatter someone?
At the end of the month?
Yang Tinghe scratched his fingers on the table and his eyes became firm again.
Jade is not cut, not a device.
The same is true for his son, and the same is true for the new king!
Then at the end of the month!
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May 19th, reading volume.
More than 300 palace examination papers sealed the previous night were delivered to Wenzhao Pavilion, known as Wenlou.
Now, seventeen record readers are here.
Four cabinet bachelors, the four ministers of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Hubu, Shi Jun, Yan Song, Liu Long, Zhang Bi, Yang Shen and five senior bachelors of the Hanlin Academy, as well as Xia Yan, Xie Changjie, and Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Industry
Wu Tingju, Jia Yong at the Imperial Academy’s Wine Festival.
The lineup is complex and intriguing.
Yang Tinghe and his son were both record readers. The emperor's "favor" was too great, and Yang Tinghe was now indifferent.
The holy will given before cannot be persuaded.
However, Yang Shen's qualifications in the Hanlin Academy are indeed sufficient, and he was the number one scholar that year. There are sufficient reasons for choosing him.
Yang Tinghe increasingly felt that the emperor was putting him on the fire.
He and Mao Ji really wanted to elect many backbones as file readers, but most of them were not selected.
Now these seventeen record readers are vaguely divided into three factions: Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu, and Yuan Zonggao each have some people under their command.
But for someone like Yan Song, who is both Yang Tinghe's disciple and now His Majesty's close minister, he can be said to swing between the two sides.
As for Liang Chu and Wang Qiong, it was just because they were attacked together before, so they are currently united.
It is already complicated enough, but after yesterday, new camps may be divided due to the signal that the emperor wants to implement new laws.
Yang Tinghe was too lazy to care about this anymore. When reading the paper today, he didn't want to think about who recognized whose handwriting and who chose whom as the first class.
So what if you get the number one scholar? It’s just a matter of entering the Hanlin Academy first.
Liang Chu and Shi Yun, who had gone through many readings, looked at each other in shock: This may be the most harmonious and least controversial reading in history.
Basically everyone is distracted.
You must know that the imperial examination does not specifically copy examination papers. In the past, Xinke Gong students submitted poems and essays everywhere on the pretext of asking for advice, and one of the functions was to show their calligraphy handwriting.
When I was reading the exam papers, many high-profile Gong students had their names sealed, but they were actually transparent.
Township party members, disciples, old friends... When did reading the paper not involve arguments and compromises between each other?
Now Liang Chu has placed Huang Zuo in the upper class, Shi Yuan has placed Zhang Cong in the upper class, and Mao Ji has maliciously placed Fei Maozhong in the upper class.
"I think this article should be at the top of the list."
Yang Tinghe heard Mao Ji's voice and went over to take a look, but then remained silent.
Liang Chu and Shi Yue looked at this article strangely: Is it funny? Aren't you afraid that the emperor will scold all the readers?
But...this seems wonderful.
So Liang Chu nodded, and Shi Yue also nodded.
Anyway, it was Mao Ji who was charging.
Liang Chu, who was extremely familiar with Yang Tinghe, felt something was wrong. What was this old rival thinking about when he was so silent today?
They made this article the first to be submitted to the emperor for his decision. Was it to test something?
On May 20th, the Three Cauldrons were designated.
In the Wenhua Hall, Zhu Houcong was sitting on the throne, with an answer sheet placed in front of the case.
What I got here were ten first-class answer sheets that were "jointly reviewed" by seventeen examiners.
Yan Song, Liu Long, Yang Shen, Zhang Bi and others read an answer sheet one by one, and then Zhang Jin would send it to Zhu Houcong for him to look at again.
According to the unspoken rules in the past, only the first three copies were generally read. In most cases, the emperor was too lazy to change the rankings assessed by the readers.
This time, Yang Ting and the others were mentally prepared that the emperor would listen to ten copies and even ask people to get the second-class answer sheets for review, which would greatly disrupt the previous rankings.
But it's unusual.
"Thank you for your hard work, sir. The three tripod armors will be decided accordingly. The rest of the rankings will be judged by the ministers, fill in the list, use seals, and make the edict."
Liang Chu stared blankly at the emperor who got up and returned to Qianqing Palace.
A set of test questions will be taken together in Beijing. Don’t you want to select the talents in your mind?
Aren't you curious about who the top pick is, and you don't even wait to open the scroll and take a look at the name?
In the 16th year of Zhengde's reign, the Three Tripods A and Two and Three A were decided in this inexplicable atmosphere?
Alarm bells rang in Liang Chu's heart.
The Minister of Rites was Yuan Zonggao, so it was impossible for the emperor not to know the rules hidden in the imperial examination papers.
Are you not worried at all about what the cabinet minister is doing inside?
Liang Chu, who thought he already knew a little about this new king, looked at Yang Tinghe and was no longer happy about Huang Zuo getting this ranking.