Chapter 649 All the heroes in the world are in my pocket!
If Liu Yu hadn't suddenly fallen from power, Liu Ren, Liu Yu's son, would have participated in the examination. But his father had fallen, so he had no time to take part in the examination, so he had to give up. So he read the papers for the imperial examination.
Among the officials, in addition to Li Dongyang, the chief assistant to the cabinet and the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Li Dongyang, the great scholar of Huagaidian, there are also Zhang Fuhua, the Taifu of Tailuzi who is in charge of the Imperial Procuratorate, and the imperial censor of Zuodu, and Shaobao of Tailuzi.
Zhang Cai, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Xie Duo, the Grand Tutor and the Minister of Rites, Han Fu, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and other ministers, as well as the general envoy and the minister of Dali Temple, etc., there are ten people in total.
Although their task was lighter than that of the previous examination papers, which amounted to more than two hundred papers in total, because this ranking is likely to determine the life of the Jinshi, everyone was extremely careful. And this is the Jinke Association.
Zhang Cai, who was in charge of the examination and became the examiner again in the palace examination, recognized Xu Jing's handwriting and was more cautious when dividing the examination papers. Since Liu Jin was dead, most of the outside officials attached themselves to his sect.
Even the party members in the palace showed goodwill to him, so it was easy for him to put Xu Jing's paper under his name. However, when he began to study the current affairs policy in detail, he saw that the three papers were more complicated than before.
I was even more surprised when I was reading the title of the fourth book. At the end, I suddenly remembered something, and then I smiled thoughtfully.
Since there are ten book readers, each of the top ten recommended books will naturally select one copy, and then submit it to the Holy Book for the Holy Judge. However, in the past, this was not always the rule, but each person would take out two or three books.
, weighed and evaluated each other, the top ten were determined through discussion. However, Li Dongyang was extremely unfavorable to Zhang Cai, and Zhang Fuhua and Xie Duo also had their own opinions. In the end, they gave away the ten papers to each other.
The boxwood strips were neatly arranged in a row. When they were delivered to Zhu Houzhao, Li Dongyang even coughed slightly: "Your Majesty, all the current affairs strategies tried by the tribute officers of Jinke are quite sophisticated. It is difficult for the ministers and others to decide the order.
, so I respectfully request the Holy Judge for my ranking.”
Zhu Houzhao also heard about the rules of the palace examination. In the past, the emperor only judged the top three, but now he has to judge the top ten by himself. He was immediately excited. After all, this was the first palace examination he had presided over after he ascended the throne.
So, in front of the ten paper readers, he opened a volume and read it carefully. But after a moment, he couldn't help but frown slightly.
The handwriting was good, but the reader below commented that it was solid in quoting scriptures and historical texts, but he didn’t know which sentence it was quoting from, which gave him a headache. So, he could only take a quick look at it, and he roughly understood the person’s character.
His attitude was to follow the methods that were praised by the people and the methods that the people said were convenient, and to abandon the methods that the people said were inconvenient. He occasionally presented facts and reasoning, which was quite informative, so he finally nodded and put it aside. Four or five volumes later,
Although his eyes could see that it was indeed a pretty good article, he couldn't help but show a bit of disappointment because he never saw what he wanted. Until he unfolded a paper again in his hand and inadvertently glanced at the middle.
When he said a word, he suddenly lifted his spirits.
"What is being done today is not the law of heaven or the will of the people, but the current situation!"
Such a sentence immediately aroused his interest, and he immediately read it carefully from beginning to end. After skipping the general remarks at the beginning, he saw what he really wanted to see: "Taizu established the law for starting a business, and the kings established vassals.
Leading elite troops to prepare for the Tartars; Emperor Taizong issued a new decree. Many of the vassal kings moved inward, and some of the guards they led were fully reduced, some were half-reduced, and the actual leaders were few. After the declaration of virtue, no vassal could enter unless ordered to do so.
In the eighth year of Hongzhi's reign, the empress dowager wanted to see the king and show her kindness and filial piety, so she specially summoned him. However, the ministers came to admonish and the prince entered the dynasty. Although there were stories, it was rarely held since Xuande. The Yingzong was restored and King Xiang was restored.
Coming to court under the imperial edict, although he was sincere and sincere about his kindness, it filled up the gap of suspicion and slander, which is not a story. However, during the Hongwu and Yongle years, it was not uncommon for relatives to enter the court. This old method cannot work, and the new method has become the norm!"...
"It has been one hundred and forty years since Taizu descended. Today, there are tens of thousands of people who have descended from the clan, and they have a close relationship. However, Zhu Zhixiu and Zhu Chenhao successively rebelled, and the people were repeatedly tortured, but the government could not control it. Then it’s time to change the clan system.”
After this clear and easy-to-understand statement, Zhu Houzhao looked at the following short summary. After reading a few other examples, he tapped the armrest with his fingers thoughtfully, and then moved his eyes and continued. Look below.
"Therefore, it is feasible to govern a township with one law, but not necessarily to govern a county; one law may be feasible now, but it may not be feasible a hundred years later. Therefore, the laws of the Qin and Han Dynasties are not feasible in the Tang and Song Dynasties; the laws of the Tang and Song Dynasties are not feasible in our dynasty; and the laws of the early Tang and early Song Dynasties are not feasible. , it was no longer the case by the end of the Tang Dynasty and the end of the Song Dynasty! There are no immutable people in the world, so why is there an immutable law in the world? Those who say that the laws established by their ancestors are immutable are not respecting the ancestors of heaven and fathers, but are actually stubborn and self-proclaimed!"
After seeing what he wanted to see, Zhu Houzhao no longer wanted to read the last few paragraphs of concluding remarks. Although this was the easiest and easiest thing to understand among all the articles he had seen, he still read it after all. He was struggling, so he held the paper in his hand without thinking and said: "This is it, the first in this paper!"
When the eunuch next to him carefully took down the scroll he picked out and tied it up with a piece of red silk, he casually flipped through the remaining scrolls, picked out one of them and marked it as the second one, and then started again from the front. I picked the third one among those.
After that, the examiners must decide on the second-class first-class biography and other rankings among the remaining seven volumes. When the paper they selected did not enter the first-class, the big bosses must have some expressions on their faces. Of course When he discovered that the top three papers were recommended by Zhang Cai, Han Fu and Xie Duo respectively, Li Dongyang calmly took a breath.
Zhang Cai... is even more difficult to control now that Liu Jin is dead! Although Liu Yu and Cao Yuan are dead, the ministers who served Liu Jin in the past, and even Han Fu, who is known for being harsh, are actually willing to follow his lead!
It is said that the day was sunny and sunny. When Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne in the Huagai Hall, the reader saluted, broke the seal of his name, and read out the first name, there was a sudden shock among these big guys.
"Jiangyin Xu Jing is the first in Class A!"
Noticing the commotion below, Zhu Houzhao suddenly felt a little puzzled, but the familiar feeling lingered. It wasn't until Ruisheng beside him reminded him in a hoarse voice that he suddenly realized that he had finally suppressed the feeling. I felt very happy. When I re-entered the Imperial Fengtian Palace, I saw three Jinshi scholars introduced one by one outside the palace. I looked at these disciples of the emperor whom I had selected. They had been punished because of the murder of the clan. The depression caused by King Ning's betrayal of the Party was suddenly swept away. Not only that, he also remembered Tang Taizong's classic conceited words.
"All the heroes in the world are in my arms!"
However, when the long passing ceremony was over and Yijia was sent out to parade on horseback, Zhu Houzhao took Ruisheng, who had just recovered his voice, and slipped out of the palace. This time, he followed with great interest and the common people. Watching the excitement, watching the big girls and young wives gathered around the three people in Dingjia. However, although Xu Jing is handsome, and the second and third overall picks are also elegant, Xu Jing, the youngest among the three, is already nearly forty. The other two were over forty, so those who wanted to snatch the son-in-law of a Jinshi could only sigh. Especially when they saw Xu Jing, who was dressed in red and wearing flowers, being sent to an inn, and there were actually guards gathered in front of the inn, asking questions. When they learned that it was Marquis Pingbei who was waiting for Xu Jing, I don't know how many people smacked their mouths in envy.
Zhu Houzhao had been in and out of Xu's house a lot. He sneaked into the inn with Ruisheng and a few followers in front of the leading guards. Seeing everyone getting up to salute, he waved his hands angrily, but looked at Xu with a smile.
Jing said: "Xu Jing, that article was well done. Did Xu Xun let you know through the wind?"...
Now, unlike Jindian Chuanlu, Xu Jing had met the emperor before, and he was less timid. Faced with such a big issue of right and wrong, he immediately said without hesitation: "Report to the emperor, Pingbei Hou is indeed
I would like to remind you that the text should be simple, use less unfamiliar allusions and words, and strive to make the truth simple and easy to understand."
puff--
Zhu Houzhao, who was holding the tea in his hand and drinking it, immediately squirted and the tea splashed all over the floor. But others were fine, but the front and bottom of Xu Jing's clothes were unlucky. Seeing Xu Xun looking at him with an innocent face, Xiao Huanglu
The emperor suddenly shouted angrily: "Xu Xun, you, are you mocking me for being ignorant and incompetent?"
"Your Majesty, how dare I mock you? You have at least studied under the famous masters of the East Palace since childhood. I am truly ignorant and incompetent. Although I was lucky enough to be favored by the four gentlemen of Nandu, I still haven't even memorized the Four Books and Five Classics. It's just...
...It can be simple but must be profound. I think the emperor hates this kind of showoff with words. I just taught Hengfu how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and do what the emperor likes."
"Hmph!" Zhu Houzhao finally expressed his dissatisfaction with a snort from his nose. However, after thinking about it, he calmed down and said to Xu Jing, "It seems that the current affairs policy of more than a thousand words has not been fully developed yet.
, now that I am in front of you, please give me a good explanation."
Xu Xun winked at Tang Yin, and the two quietly came to the backyard. Hearing Xu Jing's voice faintly coming from the front, Xu Xun looked at Tang Yin and said with a smile, "What? After seeing Father Heng's scene today,
Bohu, do you regret it?"
"I'm just glad that the Marquis has another number one scholar under his command. As for myself, haha, it's easier to write plays, draw pictures of beauties, recite poems and compose poems than hang out in the officialdom." Tang Yin smiled and unfolded the folding fan in his hand.
, and then said happily, "What's more, being an official is hard work, where can I lean against a big tree to enjoy the coolness and relax? One day, when Jiuniang gives birth to a son, if he himself refuses to pursue a career, I will
I don’t want to force it!”
At this point, a sneer appeared on Tang Yin's face: "The most glorious people in the world are scholars; the most filthy people in the world are scholars! Therefore, how can this officialdom not be dirty and corrupt? How can I not be full of corruption?
When I was settled in the south of the Yangtze River, some people who had been wronged by lawsuits once threatened on the streets in the busy city, saying that if half of the officials in the world were killed, there would definitely be some fish that slipped through the net; and if they were all killed, there might be a few innocent people, so it can be seen that
Yibian. Even if Father Heng is appreciated by the emperor, he is afraid of being taboo because he has gone too far."
"If you don't make people jealous, you are a mediocre person."
Xu Xun smiled faintly, and then said calmly: "Besides, after suffering such a big loss before, if Father Heng still doesn't know how to survive in the court, then he will have wasted all these years of hard work! Although he relies on me
He got his fame back, but he is Zhang Xilu’s disciple!” .).