Chapter 339 The wind direction has completely changed
Chapter 339: The direction of the wind has completely changed
After hearing the instructions from Princess Guide, Li You was silent and sat there thinking deeply for a long time, as if he couldn't make up his mind.
Eunuch Wu was very surprised by this. What's there to think about? It's only right that Mr. Li should agree to it. After a while, he heard Mr. Li ask implicitly: "Is it possible that Chitose's actions are because he is worried about the palace?"
Is it powerful?"
The middle palace is also the queen. The meaning of Li You's words is "Is the eldest princess worried that the queen will affect her power in the palace?"
Eunuch Wu was stunned at first, then smiled bitterly, "Before leaving, Gui De Qiantai specifically gave instructions, saying that you are accustomed to judge others by yourself and speculate on others' malice, so you must ask this question."
This... Li Youwei is a little embarrassed, but he has mastered his shamelessness and doesn't show it on his face.
Eunuch Wu explained: "His Royal Highness has said that there is absolutely no selfish reason for this move. It is only because the emperor is weak-minded and is afraid that the middle palace will be domineering and troublesome, which will eventually make him a bad match."
Li You sighed: "Women really have long hair and short knowledge..."
This is the only person in the world who dares to speak like this... Eunuch Wu has long noticed that the eldest princess and Li You are rather ambiguous, and it seems to be a bit beyond the ordinary princess-subordinate relationship.
Therefore, he could only turn a deaf ear to Li You's rude words, and continued to explain: "So you don't have to worry about it. Once the emperor gets married, the palace will be occupied. His Highness Qiansui will no longer ask about matters in the palace, and will live in the palace of the ten princes.
What does it have to do with His Highness? Although it was expedient for eight years with the help of the late emperor's edict, there was no princess in the Ming Dynasty who specialized in the palace system."
Li You did not take Wu Guangen's words and said impassionedly: "In our family and in our country, the emperor's wedding is not only a family matter, but also a state and world matter! How can we regard it as just a family matter! What His Highness said about the draft has nothing to do with it.
What’s the difference between a country fool?”
"What do you mean, I don't understand."
"I don't understand? How is the conduct of the Xian Temple? How is the conduct of the temple? What has become of the harem?" Li You suddenly got up and got into the drama: "As a minister of the Ming Dynasty, I cannot see the old mistakes repeated! I want to ask a question
Play on this note!"
Eunuch Wu, who was drinking tea, was startled. Why is Mr. Li so excited? There are old rules in the emperor's draft. Just follow the rules. What's there to show off...
Mr. Li is of course very happy. As an official whose ambition is not to end his life in a state or county, he has been silent in the court for the past few months. This is not good. Is a star without exposure still a star? Limited to a confined place with limited information.
, even though he wanted to find something to express his presence, but he could never find the right one.
Now when faced with the matter of the emperor's wedding draft, Master Li originally thought that he was just doing errands, but after hearing Chitose's instructions, he suddenly had a wonderful inspiration.
I can finally write a eloquent memorial and go to the temple to gain a sense of presence!
The Imperial Palace has been a place full of strange people since the early days. Compared with other dynasties, it is like a joke, so Mr. Li, who is upright and outspoken, has something to say!
Not only can he show his knowledge and talent as well as his depth of thinking about issues, but it will also definitely stir up topics and debates! As for the right or wrong of his views, it is not important to him.
Moreover, Mr. Li is really frustrated. Only those in the court can have a "common language" with him. Jiangdu County is really a small temple.
Mr. Li and Eunuch Wu had a secret conversation in the barracks and did not mention it, but they said that when Xiao Xuedao, an academic officer from Jiangbei who was temporarily staying in Yucheng Yili, was chatting with Bao Zhizhou, he heard that Eunuch Wu went to see Li You and became really anxious.
He had underestimated the relationship between Li You and Wu Guangen before, thinking that Li You was only familiar with Eunuch Wu. Although he could ask Li You for help, he did not necessarily have to ask Li You. He could also gain access to Wu Guangen through other methods.
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But unexpectedly, as soon as Mr. Li returned to Gaoyou Prefecture, Eunuch Wu would take the initiative to visit him. This courtesy shocked Xiao Xuedao.
There are certain etiquettes in the officialdom. As an imperial eunuch, Eunuch Wu was visited by others wherever he went. He never had to take the initiative to see anyone. However, at this time, Eunuch Wu was willing to visit Li You. This shows that Eunuch Wu was able to visit Li You willingly.
What? At least it shows that Li You had a decisive influence on Eunuch Wu.
No wonder Mr. Li had the guts to ask for three candidates' quotas yesterday. After he couldn't reach an agreement with him, he left without a care, and threatened to let him see if he was "worth the price."
As long as Mr. Li has this kind of influence on Eunuch Wu, he can both succeed and fail. It will be easy to exclude his daughter from the procedure. You must know that Eunuch Wu is responsible for the primary election, and then sends it to the palace for the second election.
De Chitose made three selections, and finally made the final choice with the Queen Mother.
If you are really rejected in the primary election, even if you can go to Beijing to find another way to enter the second and third elections, it will appear that you are too diligent and greedy for wealth, and your character will have fallen to the bottom first, let alone Princess Guide.
Daoguankou. Therefore, Mr. Li does not have to worry about his unwillingness to submit...
Xiao Xuedao sighed. Since he worked as a tutor in the library ten years ago and had connections in the palace, he had the idea of raising his daughter as the queen, and has been carefully educating and nurturing her until today. Li You cannot be ruined so easily.
Just put it in your hands.
It's a pity that yesterday I was greedy for small profits and refused to give in, so I failed to reach an agreement, and was despised by Mr. Li. Now I'm afraid it will be even harder to talk to Mr. Li. The more I think about it, the more I regret it.
What's even more unfortunate is that if he didn't take the initiative to mention his daughter to Li You, Li You, who didn't know the inside story, probably wouldn't have thought of using it to blackmail him. Now that Li You knew his intentions, he would be damned if he didn't take the opportunity to blackmail him!
And the biggest problem at the moment is that Xiao Xuedao, who has fallen into a passive position, is a dignified fourth-grade man, and he can't let go of his body and takes the initiative to go to Li You, a sixth-grade man, to intercede.
Xiao Xuedao had something on his mind and was restless. Bao Zhizhou, who was chatting with him at the side, observed his words and asked briefly about the situation. Knowing that the academic officer wanted to find Li You but couldn't save his face, he patted his chest and said: "This is
It's easy, I'm about to host a banquet in honor of Li Biejia, so I'd like to ask the old master to come and enjoy it with you!"
At the panic banquet in Gaoyouzhou, Mr. Li was drunk, shaking his head and saying to Xiao Xuedao: "Did you know? I originally planned to compose a poem to praise the lady of your house!"
Xiao Xuedao was sweating coldly as he "brushed it off". Li You's romantic reputation spread far and wide across Jiangzuo and the capital. If Li You wrote a poem to praise him, others would definitely wonder. Is there any relationship between this young lady of the Xiao family and Li You?
Normally, that's it, but now it's the draft period, and the queens selected must be pure and innocent, and there shouldn't be any scandal.
Mr. Li really doesn't want to know whether success is enough or not, but failure is definitely more than enough.
After all the affairs in Gaoyou Prefecture were completed, Li Youxian returned to Yangzhou City. Then, on July 29, the eighth year of Jinghe, Grand Master Xiao, the censor of Jiangbei Province, paid a visit to Yangzhou Mansion.
After hearing the news, Magistrate Luo was overjoyed. He was afraid that the great master would not come. As long as he came, he must have come to Jiangdu County to preside over the county examination at the invitation of the government office. Otherwise, there would be no need for him to make this troublesome trip to Yangzhou Prefecture.
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Magistrate Luo also knew that Li You had been to Gaoyou Prefecture and must have met the great master, but Xiao Xuedao still wanted to come to Yangzhou City, which meant that they could not negotiate. After all, the temptation of coming to Yangzhou City to take the imperial examination was such a lucrative job.
Not everyone can resist it.
Xiao Xuedao was only a fourth-rank official, and he was not a high-ranking official like the governor or governor, so according to etiquette he only had to be the governor of the government office and below. The county government official's main hall, Zuo Er, waited at the pier outside the east gate to greet him.
However, Magistrate Luo, who had been aggrieved by the county government for a long time, was so happy that he actually led his team to the dock to greet Xiao Xuedao. How could he not go in person? Li You was also present, so it would be more satisfying to tell him to look good in person.
In the welcoming procession, Li You stood behind Magistrate Luo, sneering at the figure in front of him.
After Xiao Xuedao got off the boat, Magistrate Luo greeted him and said with a warm smile: "Brother Xiao Xian! We have been together since last year and it has been many years. How are you doing?"
Thinking about his own purpose and Li You's request, Mr. Xiao felt a little embarrassed and said vaguely: "Is everything okay with Mr. Luo?"
Magistrate Luo glanced at Li You and greeted Xiao Xuedao proudly: "This time, Brother Xiao Xian is visiting Yangzhou to take the Jiangdu County Examination..."
After all, Xiao Xuedao still had some literary popularity. He was silent for a moment and said in an obscure voice: "I am here for the government examination in the second half of the year..."
If you want to pass the exam to become a scholar, the first level is the county examination, which is conducted by the county examiner, and the second level is the government examination, which is conducted by the prefecture. When Magistrate Luo heard the mention of the government examination, he asked in surprise: "How about the government examination?"
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Now that he had said it, Xiao Xuedao felt much smoother, "Someone reported that there were malpractices in last year's government examination. In order to calm public opinion, this October's government examination will be administered by the Xuedao Yamen. I went to Yangzhou to investigate this matter."
Everyone in the government and county government, except Li You, were all shocked. Is this a magic trick? Before the great master came, he said he was going to take the county exam, but how come he became the one to take the government exam after getting off the boat? This made the government office, especially Luo,
Where to put the prefect’s face?
As we all know, Magistrate Luo tried his best to deprive him of the right to take charge of the county examination, and even moved the Grand Master to suppress Li You, but now he shot himself in the foot in public. The county government office was unscathed, but the government office office was inexplicably lost.
The right to be the examiner of the government examination. It sounds like a farce about stealing the chicken but losing the rice. It is full of irony.
The imperial examination is the right way to become an official, the only way for scholars to truly change their destiny, and it is also the core power of local yamen. If a local yamen loses even the power of imperial examination, it will really lose its face.
They failed miserably again... Magistrate Luo stood on the pier with bulging eyes, his neck was red, and his face was ashen. The feeling was really hard to describe. What he originally wanted to do to Li You in this way, all happened to him.
Why did the man named Xiao suddenly change his mind?
Zeng Tongzhi and Leng Tongsuan of the government office looked at each other and sighed in unison. They knew very well that the prestige of the government office was completely destroyed by this fall.
It is indeed a tragedy that the government and county are in the same city. From now on in the city of Yangzhou, the government is afraid that all people will lose their hearts. Once others lose confidence in the government, the government will not even be able to get out of the gate according to the government's laws.
I just want to say that a while ago, salt merchants actively supported the government government, so that the pockets of several of their officials would not be too depleted. Their purpose was to hope that the government government could suppress the county government and Mr. Li.
After countless rounds of back and forth, now the government government has lost even its shorts, and is completely helpless in the face of the county government and Mr. Li. So how much value does it have? Salt merchants are not just giving away money for charity.
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What happened on the pier was not publicized in a big way and was only quietly passed on to those who were interested, but it still became something like a weathervane.
Lord Li had previously announced an additional levy of silver taels on the resident population, but the progress had not been very smooth. However, on the 30th, the amount levied suddenly increased sharply, and the county treasury received more than 5,000 taels in one day.
This time, all the children in the county really saw the direction of the wind. They rushed to the county government office to register for the county examination. The notice posted by the government office about the county examination became an annual joke.
However, Mr. Li's decree prohibiting residents from taking part in the county and prefectural examinations is still like a sword hanging over the heads of the ambitious salt merchants. Now these wealthy people are really afraid of Li You. Then Li You
You dared to instruct the army to kill the Du family first and then to kill the Du family. Who knew it would not happen again in Yangzhou City?
So Jin Wanwan's family became lively again, which made Jin Yuanwai feel happy and worried. The happy thing is that since he got Li You, a cheap son-in-law, his family has gradually replaced Xin'an Guild Hall and become the core of Yangzhou salt industry. What is worrying is that his colleagues have regarded him as the core of the Yangzhou salt industry.
The hope of settling Li You was placed on him, and he felt a lot of pressure...
At this moment, Cheng Zhilang, the general magistrate of Yangzhou Prefecture, was in charge of Jiangdu County affairs. Master Li, who was in charge of the defense department, was not in the mood to deal with the salt merchants. He spent two days writing a memorial and handed it to the courier shop to be sent to the capital.
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The officialdom of the capital has been quiet for several months since the big changes at the beginning of the year.
About ten days later, Mr. Li's memorial was entered into the cabinet. From the first assistant Xu Yue to the last Dongge bachelor Jinge Lao, no one dared to take charge of the draft, and then it was sent to Cisheng Palace to let the Queen Mother have a headache.
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The next day, when the Wuying Palace was discussing matters, Empress Dowager Cisheng circulated Li You's memorial. The main idea was:
"Since Chenghua and Zhengde, the central palace has been gradually depleted and chaos has been frequent. It has become the laughing stock of the world! There are enchanting concubines who wantonly disturb the country, there are wet nurses who bully the main palace, and there are those who dare not say a word for eighteen years!
Throughout the past dynasties, how could things in the palace be as bizarre and indescribable as ours?
If the middle palace is unstable, the country will not be solid. If the country is not solid, the country will be unrest! If the middle palace is dark and weak, the prince will lose his education. If the prince loses his education, chaos will arise! I have read the history books, but I have never seen that the country is as difficult as this.
Aren’t the old events in the reigns of Dynasty, Chenghua, Zhengde, Wanli, and Tianqi not enough to serve as warnings?
If there is no coexistence between good and evil, then the Taoist priest will eliminate the demons! If the palace is not upright, there will be all kinds of evils dancing around. What is the reason?
After Da Sui announced the temple, most of the middle palaces were chosen in cold homes. There was no help inside or outside, which led to the disadvantages of living in poverty and doing nothing. The branches of the heavenly family were weak and the branches were weak, and the hierarchy was reversed, and the outline was often disordered! The main palace was controlled by
Concubines, slaves and maids are common occurrences. Is this not the right way of the country?
Confucius said, too much is too little, and the same is true for wedding drafts! Therefore, the selection of candidates for the middle palace should be spread widely, why should it be limited to poor families just to gain fame and reputation for the court?
Things change as the world changes, and we all have to keep pace with the times. In the past, our ancestors established laws to prevent the powerful relatives of foreign relatives. Where are the powerful foreign relatives today? Who are they guarding against?
I am requesting to correct the malpractice, and the draft is still prohibiting relatives, ministers, and ministerial families, and other non-low statuses are ignored! The parents of the queen can only be powerful but not powerful, and this is still to prevent relatives from interfering with the government."
After seeing it, all the ministers persuaded them to pretend to be dumb. Li You's firepower was fierce and it involved a ban. It was really hard to express his position on this thing.
Queen Mother Qian saw that none of the ministers spoke, but she put aside the memorial and asked Li You: "How is Li You doing at home recently?"
Mr. Peng Ge came out and replied: "I heard that I am very happy like a fish in water. I am very happy doing it in Yangzhou City."
Empress Dowager Qian said expressionlessly: "There is a lot of rain in the Huanghuai River, and the rivers report that there will be autumn floods. This is a critical responsibility. Governor Fengyang asked the court to assign officials to supervise various rivers. Seeing that Li You is young and healthy, he left
The Huaihe River is close, so he will have to work hard. His duties will remain unchanged, and he will be dispatched by the river until after the flood season."
