During the Chenghua, Hongzhi and Zhengde years, Yang Yiqing was a very special anomaly.
In the Ming Dynasty, when all the rich and handsome people were in the Ming Dynasty, the ugly Yang Yiqing became a maverick.
Historical records: Yang Yiqing is ugly but alert by nature, and is good at talking about economic matters. This means that Yang Yiqing is ugly, but has a very alert and alert personality, and is good at telling people nonsense about the situation and policies of the Ming Dynasty. The economy here is
It refers to managing the world and benefiting the people, not the economics of later generations.
He was extremely ugly. He was not from Zhan Shifu, but he was able to become the chief minister in the future. This unique experience made him proud of the official history of the Ming Dynasty, and even made Xu Zhenqing, a great talent from Jiangnan, cry for his appearance.
Look, you can stand out even if you are ugly. So, being ugly is not the key. The key is that you have to be ugly to the depths of your soul, and you have to be ugly enough to be thoughtful and capable.
Yang Yiqing was not only ugly, but also not womanly. According to historical records: "Yiqing lived in seclusion in the palace, was a handsome eunuch, and had no children."
An eunuch is a eunuch. In a court full of beards, rich men and handsome men, a guy with a smooth chin and ugly appearance suddenly appears. Isn't it unusual?
Moreover, it can be recorded in history that this person looks like a eunuch. He is the only person in the Ming Dynasty.
Yang Yiqing, whose ancestral home is in Yunnan, lived in Baling with his father Yang Jing. This second hometown made him later appreciated by his fellow countryman Emperor Jiajing.
In the Ming Dynasty, Hunan and Hubei were the same family, so he and Li Dongyang were not only fellow villagers, but also brothers in the same school, and both were students of Li Chun.
Of course, like Li Dongyang, Yang Yiqing was also born as a child prodigy. It is said that the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty who is not a child prodigy is a very rare animal.
He took part in the provincial examination at the age of fourteen and was elected as a Hanlin scholar. At the age of eighteen, he won the Jinshi of Renchen Branch in the eighth year of Chenghua (1472) and was awarded the title of Zhongshusheren. Chen Jin, who appeared in the previous article,
Liu Yu and others were also of the same age as him.
After his father's funeral, he served as an official in Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places. He was proficient in military strategy and was a rare famous commander in the Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties. He also had a tough policy towards Mongolia and built the Great Wall in Ningxia and other places.
Fight against the Mongol invasion.
Ever since he was dismissed from get out of class by Liu Jin, he had been living in seclusion in Zhenjiang fishing, but last year the emperor suddenly remembered him and appointed him to prepare for the Ming Dynasty Games.
The chief examiner of the Ding Mao Kewu Examination and the Admiral of the Ming Dynasty Games. This is Yang Yiqing's current official official position.
This is a jester! His family friends, friends, and disciples all advised him that he should not become a jester for the emperor.
I am not even afraid of death, but why am I afraid of the reputation of jester? Yang Yiqing, who had lived in seclusion for only a few days, resolutely entered the gate of the capital and entered the beast-fighting place of the Ming Dynasty officialdom.
Since the Wuke Township was restored in the 14th year of Chenghua, the examination has been conducted every three years. In the sixth year of Hongzhi, it was changed to every six years. In the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, it was changed to every three years.
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In the second year of Zhengde, that is, the year of Dingmao, Zhu Shou expanded the banquet for the examination of martial arts to the same scale as that of liberal arts, and also changed the rules of the examination.
During the Hongzhi period, the martial arts test was based on strategy first, then horse archery. Those who failed the strategy test were not allowed to take the horseback and archery test.
But this kind of examination method is not very effective. Anyone who can pass the strategy test can take the scholar examination. What else is there to do in martial arts? Do you really think that everyone has not read "The Book Has Its Own Golden Room"?
So Zhu Shou first took the bow and horse test, and then the Ce test, and determined that the Ce test was to memorize a paragraph from the "Seven Books of Martial Arts", usually about 100 words.
There is no way. The Ming Dynasty emphasized literature over martial arts so seriously that all the talented people went to the scholar path. Most of the martial artists were so stupid that they couldn't even pass the boy examination.
The martial arts talents selected last year were all sent to the army as cannon fodder. Only a few young ones were sent to the Daming Martial Arts Academy by Zhu Shou to continue their studies...
For Yang Yiqing, being an examiner was a small test, but he had no choice in the Ming Dynasty Games, which was held at the same time as the liberal arts competition.
"Your Majesty, the southwestern barbarians, the Mongols, the Koreans, the Japanese?" Yang Yiqing knelt in front of Zhu Shou's dragon table and said with a bitter smile, "If you are not of my race, your heart must be different!"
According to Zhu Shou's idea, there were more than 30 events in the sports games, including long-distance running, archery, swimming, equestrian, etc., and each of them was allowed to be participated by "foreign people" outside the Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, the winner will not only get a military position in the Ming Dynasty, but also can enter the Ming Dynasty Martial Arts Academy as a transfer student. This is the treatment of martial arts!
Yang Yiqing felt that he should stop the emperor's chaos. He was a loyal minister and a capable minister. He could guess the emperor's thoughts, but the lessons of the Ansi Rebellion in the former Tang Dynasty were still there when foreigners were brought into the court to serve as officials.
Zhu Shou didn't know that Yang Yiqing was slandering him, and he didn't bother to explain his intentions in detail. He was the emperor, and he only had to give orders. If the civil servants had the ability, they could deny him.
If you can't deny it, then you have to be honest and do things according to your own ideas.
"I have my own plan," Zhu Shou said slowly, "In this conference, I will hold a lottery so that all the people of the Ming Dynasty can appreciate my painstaking efforts; let all the nations who come to the DPRK feel the majesty of the Celestial Empire!"
However, after Yang Yiqing listened to Zhu Shou's idea in detail, he didn't spit out a few mouthfuls of blood on the spot.
Damn, this is gambling in a crowd!
Before each game, the court would set up a lottery, that is, bet on the top few in the game. All the people in the capital could go to the lottery distribution point set up in front of the household department to place bets on their favorite players.
Those who correctly guess the ranking after the game will receive bonuses with corresponding odds.
The income gained from the sports games was divided between the emperor and the Ministry of Household Affairs at a ratio of 30 to 70.
This is using Chaoting's face to make money. Yang Yiqing wanted to object on the spot, but before he could say anything, he heard Boss Liu say: "Your Majesty, you must not do it!"
When Zhu Shou heard Liu Jin's objection, he couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied. This old guy had been living too comfortably recently. He heard that he was collecting bribes from various provinces, and he was very happy with it.
Yang Yiqing was also stunned: Huh? When did Eunuch Liu become so loyal?
Boss Liu did not wait for the emperor to reprimand him, and then said: "The Ming Dynasty Games are celebrated by the whole world! Not only can they be held in the capital, but they can also follow the example of liberal arts and sciences. Each county first has the preliminary competition, the provincial competition, and the provincial competition, and finally enters the capital finals! Every year
Before each game, the Ministry of Household Affairs issues lottery tickets and tries to guess the sports games. The old slave is willing to take on this important task and die for himself."
Yang Yiqing spat out blood again, Damn, the emperor was just messing around in the capital, but Eunuch Liu smelled the smell of money and decided to send gambling to the countryside, causing harm to the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Shou Dale, this old dog, I thought he wanted to block the way, but I didn't expect him to be so knowledgeable and knowledgeable.
"No," Le Guile said. Zhu Shou, who already had some experience as an emperor, was still not prepared to harm the Ming Dynasty. "We can only try it out in the capital."
Boss Liu didn't insist on his plan to make money. In fact, he just wanted to agree with Zhu Shou. These days, he has become more and more unsure of Zhu Shou's ideas. But since ancient times, wearing thousands of clothes has always been a flattering thing.
If you don't wear it, if you want to keep your position as the number one tiger, you can't go wrong by following Zhu Shou's footsteps.
After summoning three pavilion elders, six ministers, etc. to discuss, the emperor and several big officials unanimously decided that the Ming Dynasty Wuchenke Sports Games would be held at the same time as the Ming Dynasty Wuchenke Examinations, both in early February of the second year of Zhengde.
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Wuchenke Chunwei, who is known as "Elegance sweeps the floor and silver taels rise to the sky", kicked off its own prelude with the freak of the Ming Dynasty Games...
After coming out of the court meeting, Zhu Shou's honor guard went all the way west to Cining Palace.
The frequency of Zhu Shou's court meetings was not much different from that of his father, Emperor Hongzhi, which made the ministers very uncomfortable. Yang Tinghe even hinted to the emperor: Your Majesty, can we have some welfare policies? Don't you feel tired after doing this every morning?
We old bones are very tired. We all know that you want to be a promising saint, but we also have girls to appease at night and family life to live. After ten days and one morning, we feel that it is almost enough.
Since the death of Brother Chongba, the salaries of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty are still very low, but the welfare system and gray income are getting better and better. The court meeting once every ten days was changed to once every five days by Zhu Shou, with paid holidays.
It was suddenly shortened by half, and naturally the ministers were not happy.
Zhu Shou was also dissatisfied: I sent my little wife to the cold palace, and I couldn't find a good girl for a while. I don't have much interest in the palace maids who sleep with me. I won't drag you bastards up to court.
Just slap him in the face and tease me, so what’s the point of being in front of my emperor?
The ministers can't control Zhu Shou's night life, but there is one person who can. She is Queen Mother Zhang, Zhu Shou's mother.
Son, I found another girl for you. She was discovered from Datong. She is a good girl! Empress Dowager Zhang ordered her attendant maid to send a letter to Zhu Shou, asking him to go to Cining Palace after the court.
It stands to reason that the emperor's woman would be responsible for six bureaus, and she would be served by Wei Bin, a gold medal pimp, who had nothing to do with the Queen Mother Zhang.
However, Wei Bin has been very honest these days, and the woman he found is also extremely honest. She is beautiful, but she has no intelligence and is just a piece of wood.
If Zhu Shou got a little closer to them in bed, and if he behaved in a manner that was not in line with Ming Dynasty etiquette, they would immediately kneel down to apologize, making him completely lose interest in these wooden beauties.
It can be seen that the attractiveness of honest beauties is far less than that of vixens. This is probably the reason why mistresses became popular in later generations and completely defeated the yellow-faced women.
Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't stand her son's pickiness. She believed that the emperor's most important duty was not to be a wise king, but to give birth to a son as soon as possible so that he could inherit the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, he sent factory guards and eunuchs to the country to find young and beautiful men.
Girl.
The aesthetic habits of the Ming Dynasty were not as different as those of the Qing Dynasty. They were quite similar to those of later generations. For example, the views of big buttocks, big breasts, straight noses, big eyes, and white skin to be beautiful were also held during the Zhengde period.
very popular.
Therefore, when Empress Dowager Zhang found a girl, she would ask Zhu Shou to rush over to offer a treasure, which was similar to the mood of ordinary mothers in later generations when they bought a toy and brought it home to their son.
But the girl I found this time is a bit special, because she has a very special nickname: Sister Feng, and a very popular surname: Li.
In the garden of Cining Palace in early February of the third year of Zhengde, seventeen-year-old Zhu Shou unexpectedly met fourteen-year-old Sister Li Feng.