The next morning, Yang Shiqing took Danyang Gong to Jinyang Palace to meet the young emperor Yang You. Perhaps because he was with Jiang Peihua, the miserable expression on Yang Fangxin's way to Taiyuan was no longer visible.
, became very energetic. Influenced by Jiang Peihua, her attitude of betraying Yang Yuanqing was not as cold as before.
Yang Yuanqing rode a horse and followed the carriage, with hundreds of personal guards around him:
"Your Highness, how about a rest last night?"
Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile beside the carriage. He had recovered well. He had only been with his family for one night. The fatigue he had traveled along the way disappeared and was extremely energetic.
Yang Fangxin didn't say anything. After a while, she asked in a low voice: "Mr. Yang, would you let me live in Jinyang Palace?"
Yang Yuanqing felt the uneasiness in her heart, and asked her with a smile: "Are you willing to live in Jinyang Palace yourself? If you want, I can arrange it."
Yang Fangxin refused to say that she wanted to stay in Yang Yuanqing's mansion. She turned around and said, "If my sister also lives in Jinyang Palace, then I would be willing to move to Jinyang Palace. Anyway, I want to be with her."
Yang Qiqing laughed, "I understand!"
"Mr. Yang..."
In the carriage, Yang Fangxin couldn't help asking: "Bing'er said you are the most tolerant and kind man in the world. Do you think you are?"
"I am her father. To her, of course, the most tolerant and kind man in the world. Don't you also think your father is the best person in the world?"
"Yes!"
Yang Fangxin whispered in the carriage: "My father is the most loving, tolerant and kindest person in the world. No one can compare to him."
After a while of silence, Yang Fangxin whispered again: "Mr. Yang, thank you!"
"What do you thank me?" Yang Yuanqing asked in confusion.
"Thank you for respecting his temple name as Emperor Wu. You did not use words like Yan, Huai, Ai, and Zhou to belittle him. I heard that the Tang Dynasty demoted him to Emperor Yan, General Manager Yang, I hope you can defeat the Tang Dynasty."
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Your Highness, you must remember this point. The Tang Dynasty is our enemy, not only my Yang Yuanqing's enemy, but also your enemy, the enemy of the Sui Dynasty. Even if you are dissatisfied with me, Yang Qiyan,
Nor can you praise the enemy."
"I won't, I will never praise an enemy who defames my father as the Emperor of Flame."
Jinyang Palace is located outside the North City and needs to go out from the North City. Yang Yuanqing's team moved to Jinyang Street. Jinyang Street is the main road of Taiyuan City's scarf shaft, which directly connects the South City Gate and the North City Gate, extending all the way out. Finally,
The end point is the main gate of Jinyang Palace, Jinyang Gate
As soon as they arrived at Jinyang Street, they heard a roar of roars like mountains and seas. They saw the black man cake coming from the south to the north, which surprised Yang Yuanqing. He waved his hand to stop the team.
He saw clearly that most of them were scholars wearing Confucian robes, not soldiers wearing helmets and armor, which made him feel a little relieved. At first he thought it was the army that had entered the city.
Yang Yuanqing frowned immediately. The scholars were wearing banners and waving their arms. It was obvious that they were demonstrating and circulating. What happened? He pointed Liao and said to a personal soldier: "Go and inquire, go out."
What happened?"
The personal soldiers urged the horse to run away, but Yang Yuanqing ordered his subordinates to speed up and go to Jinyang Palace first.
A small butterfly flapped its wings to cause a storm thousands of miles away. Pei Qingsong, a son of the Pei family, inadvertently leaked the secret of heaven, and the bow caused a huge uproar. Dozens of Imperial College superintendents launched three thousand after a night of connection.
A petition for the famous Imperial College Supervisor.
They were carrying huge banners, "Don't want the clans, be fair!" Carrying the statue of Confucius, the roaming on Jinyang Street, constantly attracting scholars from all over the country who came to participate in the imperial examinations to join the roaming together.
In the squad, one hour later, the squad had reached more than 20,000 people, which was unprecedentedly grand, attracting hundreds of thousands of Taiyuan people to watch.
The Jingzhao Prefecture dispatched hundreds of yamen runners to maintain order, and the Jiumen Army was ordered to dispatch 5,000 cavalry to patrol the front, back and left and right of the roaming team, for fear of causing other serious problems.
"The imperial examination is fair!"
"Don't have a clan!"
"Only talented people, oppose Neiwu!"
The scholars were excited and shouted, and many people burst into tears. They shouted at the top of their lungs, hoping to take a fair exam and realize their long-cherished wishes throughout their lives.
The team was walking towards the north gate. The north gate had been closed. Three thousand crossbowmen stood in five rows. The cold crossbows made sure that the scholars were coming towards them. Five hundred cavalrymen on both sides fought with spears.
He was full of murderous intent. After walking through the north gate for a few miles, he was Jinyang Palace, the political center of the Northern Sui Dynasty. The soldiers did not allow them to go out through the north gate.
The team got closer and closer, and all the soldiers became more and more nervous. General Ma Shao of the Nine Gate stood at the top of the city, holding the knife tightly, and his palms were sweating. His lips were tensed into a line, and his eyes were staring at Yue
The closer the roaming team, at this moment, suddenly a soldier from outside the north city gate shouted: "General Ma!"
Ma Shao walked quickly to the other side of the city and leaned forward to look at him. A cavalry appeared at the city, holding a gold medal in his hand, shouting loudly: "The general manager has an order to open the city gate and do not hurt the scholar!"
Ma Shao suddenly let go of his heart, and he quickly walked back to the other side. He saw the Youshi Team but had already walked within a hundred steps. He immediately shouted loudly!"
The crossbowmen and cavalry retreated one after another, the north city gate slowly opened, and tens of thousands of soldiers walked through the city gate and headed towards the Jinyang Palace.
Yang Yuanqing was urgently discussing the huge travel in Taiyuan City with five prime ministers. Pei Qingsong was not wrong in what he said in the restaurant. Yang Yuanqing really wanted to use this autumn trial to win over the Hebei gentry.
To be politically prepared for the Hebei Battle launched next spring, absolute fairness is impossible, but only fairness to a certain extent.
As early as two months ago, when Wang Xu proposed the imperial examination proposal, the five prime ministers and Yang Yaqing of Ziwei Pavilion reached a compromise and allocated the quota of this imperial examination according to the ratio of 334, namely the gentry outside Hedong, the gentry outside Hedong, and the
Fair admission quota.
But the scholars' large-scale travel and demand for fairness have brought new challenges to the compromise they reached. The five prime ministers were silent. At this time, Du Ruhui, who had just rushed back last night, sighed and said: "Shizi
Their desire for justice is understandable. After all, this is the first imperial examination in the Northern Sui Dynasty. In order to establish a reputation, I suggest that we simply relax and promise to respond to the demands of the scholars in a fair manner."
Pei Ju shook his head, "If it was a prosperous era, fair imperial examinations could be implemented, but now I am not the only one who has met the children sent by the Boling Cui family and the Fanyang Lu family to participate in the imperial examination these days. The Boling Cui family sent five people, two and three.
Shu, Fan Yang Lu family sent six people, three legitimate and three illegitimate children, I found that they sent not the best children, like Cui Hongsheng's three grandson Qi Qi Qidong, Qi Bai did not come, and Fan Yang
I have never heard of the children of Lu's school. From this, we can see that the Hebei gentry is still relatively cautious. I can understand their caution. They are also afraid that they will be too high-profile and will be punished by Dou Jiande. But if they really follow the idea of the Prime Minister Du, they will take the exam fairly.
, What would that result? I can say that no children of Hebei gentry can pass the exam. After all, Hedong gentry is doing their best, so the consequences will be very serious. Hebei gentry will think that we don’t give face, so we still have to allocate quotas.
It just depends on the allocation method."
Although Wang Xu and Pei Ju have always fought openly and secretly, he has a similar position to Pei Ju in the matter of imperial examinations, and he is even more extreme. He firmly opposes imperial examinations and advocates that the ninth rank of Zhongzheng and all the places are allocated to
In each county, the chief officials of each county recommend outstanding children. In this way, the children of Wang Xuexi must occupy at least 20% of the quota. The implementation of the imperial examination will undoubtedly infringe on his interests.
"I support Pei Xiangguo's opinion. I suggested this imperial examination. In fact, my initial plan was to implement a compromise imperial examination system. Combining the election and examination, each county can select multiple people, such as based on the population of each county,
There are 20 to 50 people, and then the imperial examinations will be taken among the people elected by each county. This is actually a method implemented during the Kaihuang period, and I think it is easier to be accepted."
"I oppose the King's plan!"
The person who spoke was Cui Junsu. He was from the Cui family in Qinghe. Although Cui family in Qinghe was also a genius who firmly opposed the imperial examinations, Cui Junsu was relatively open-minded because he had been with Yang Yuanqing for many years. He advocated that he should give his poor children a chance, so he
It is an enlightened faction who strongly advocates the implementation of imperial examinations.
"I think Du Xiangguo is right. It's a fair exam. In fact, it's also a prestigious family has the advantage. The Fengzhou imperial examination for a few years was because there were no famous geniuses participating, so many poor children were admitted, but this year's imperial examination was not the same.
Generally, Hebei's famous families in Hedong are basically involved, and there are very few places to give poor families. If the plan of Pei Xiangguo is based on Pei's plan, most of them will be reserved for famous families, and the rest will be fairly tested, then Ke Hanmen
It is even more unfair for scholars. It is a blessing to be able to pass one or two exams. Maybe even one cannot be reached. People in the world will doubt the fairness of our imperial examinations, so they will simply let go and judge everything according to real talent and real learning. Everyone thinks
How about it?"
Everyone turned around and looked at Yang Yuanqing. Yang Yuanqing stood in front of the window and looked silently in the distance. From here, you can clearly see the gate of Jinyang Palace. In front of Jinyang Palace, tens of thousands of scholars had arrived. They sat quietly.
The grass on the gate is kept quiet and seeking fairness in silent language.
The huge banner is still standing in the empty towel, "Don't have a clan, you have to be fair" is particularly dazzling.
Two hundred bamboos, you can directly enter the officialdom. This is a round cake with great temptation. Everyone wants to give themselves a little more, but there are only so many cakes. Some people will increase, and some people will decrease, so don’t worry.
There will always be opinions on how to distinguish.
But no matter how you have any opinions, the final plan must be finalized by him, Yang Qiqing.
Yang Yuanqing sighed. He had to consider the interests of the Hebei gentry, or the interests of the Wei family in Jingzhao, Shen family in Wuxing and other prominent families in other regions.
After a long silence, Yang Yuanqing finally made the final conclusion. He slowly said: "Of the 200 places, thirty bamboos, the quotas are reserved for me to decide. The remaining 170 places are all generated by the exam and are fairly recruited.
As for the examiner, I recommend Ji Gang to serve as the chief examiner."