Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 731 Get out of the way, I'm going to start water

Sensing the weird gazes of everyone present, Mr. Hu remained calm and steady, without raising his eyelids.

This group of people is still not knowledgeable enough, and their sense of innovation is not enough.

How could he be such an ill-considered person?

Boss Hu is a man of life, and has always adhered to the principle of spending the least cost and getting the most benefit. Since he wants to sell favors, he naturally wants to send the Buddha to the West.

Both Wang Yue and Yu Zijun entered the first class, and it was a matter of course to enter the Imperial Academy, if it was normal, it would be fine.

But don't forget, the head of the Imperial Academy is Xiao Ying. Although I don't know if he will be punished this time, there is no doubt that he will have a hard time.

At this time, Wang Yue and Yu Zijun, the two thorns, entered the Imperial Academy. It would be no wonder if they were not used to vent their anger. What's more, their literary talents were not considered top-notch among the scholars in this class. If you really want to wear small shoes for them, you don't need to find a reason.

Of course, in the usual understanding, Qingliu qualifications are very precious, so all the ministers never thought about it.

Or to put it more bluntly, the elders didn't spend so much time thinking about these things.

There are too many things in the court, and you have to think carefully about everything, and the old man's hair has long since fallen out.

Therefore, if it is not the affairs that are under their own jurisdiction, or there are signs that will affect their own interests, the bosses will not pay too much attention.

To put it bluntly, today they were called to re-evaluate all the papers, although the test is a national ceremony.

But still the same sentence, don't look at how big the battle is now, but in the final analysis, this group of new scholars are all newborn calves to the officialdom.

Perhaps for other officials, making friends with them can be a help, but for those present who are already at the top of the civil servants, only these new scholars can cling to them, how can they spend their time on these people? share.

Even if it's Hu Wei, it's just a random good relationship. The more important reason why his old man did this is actually because, in the final analysis, Chun Wei is managed by the Ministry of Rites.

Therefore, when there was such a big mistake, Hu Wei naturally wanted to find a way to remedy it, and try to avoid possible conflicts in the future.

In other words, he was not only giving favors to Wang Yue, Yu Zijun and others, but also reminding the emperor in disguise.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the Son of Heaven frowned slightly, and after a while, Fang said.

"That's the reason. However, the court's selection of scholars is not only based on literary talent. Naturally, it is not necessary for all of them to enter the Hanlin. As usual, after the selection of the Xinke Jinshi Hall, they must enter the Six Departments to observe politics."

"Since Wang Yue and Yu Zijun are not suitable for entering the Imperial Academy, let them go to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households to study government affairs with Mr. Yu and Mr. Shen. What do you think?"

Generally speaking, after the general examination, the Jinshi of the new subjects will flow in two directions. One is the Imperial Academy. Jinshi who performed well in the "Guanxuan" entered the Imperial Academy to study as Shujishi.

Shujishi is not an official position. Strictly speaking, it is the same as the supervisor of the Imperial College. Like a Jinshi, he was awarded editorial or other official positions.

However, the lifespan of Shujishi is usually three years or longer, so even if it is the same batch of Jinshi, when the scientific examination results are released, the gap has already widened.

Except for Yijia and Shu Jishi who were selected into the Imperial Academy, all the remaining Jinshi will be sent to various ministries and temples to supervise and observe politics. This time is relatively short, usually half a year or a year. During this period, These Jinshi have official status but no official rank, so they are basically thugs.

But one advantage is that no matter where they are sent, their official status will remain in the Ministry of Officials. After the entire inspection of politics is over, the Ministry of Officials will select officials based on their performance and the results of the imperial examination.

This is a generally normal process. However, in the process of implementation, there will be some accidents. For example, during the selection process of the Ministry of Officials, there is a serious lack of personnel, and they will choose to appoint officials directly. But generally speaking, the process of observing politics is essential.

There seems to be no difference between these two paths, but in fact, according to the practice of the imperial court, those who enter the Imperial Academy are better than those who observe politics in various yamen. There will also be a big difference.

Qingliu's qualifications are not just good-looking, but also represent real interests.

Let’s not talk about first-class Jinshi, skip Guanzheng, and start with seven-rank compilation, which can save at least three years of work. Other museums select Shujishi who entered the Imperial Academy, and after the close of the museum, they may be awarded editing. , or grant review, is also Qingliu qualifications.

People like them, when they are sent out to the department, they are directly promoted to a higher level as usual. After the hall is closed, those who fail to pass the grades will be awarded to Shizhong or Yushi. They will be placed if there is really no place for them. Go to the county to be an official.

However, these second-class Jinshi who observe politics in the Ministry, after the end of the observation, the top qualification is Shizhong or Yushi. If they are lucky, they will be retained in the six departments and given the official position of chief, and become a Beijing official. Not good, it is also sent to the state and county as soon as possible to be an official.

As for the top three Jinshi who are in the temple to supervise the government, their basic fate is already doomed, and few of them can stay in the capital.

So in fact, entering the Imperial Academy first of all means that the bottom line of one's future official position is higher than that of others, and the starting point of official career is higher. This is the reason why everyone flocks to the Imperial Academy.

But the problem now is precisely that Wang Yue and Yu Zijun are a little hard to convince the public when they enter the Imperial Academy, but if they are allowed to go to the Ministry Academy, then if the first-class Jinshi is not as good as the ones selected by the second-class hall in the end People can't justify it.

Therefore, the solution given by the emperor is to increase the gold content of Liubu Guanzheng!

Usually, when the second-class Jinshi went to the Six Departments to observe politics, Yuanwailang was basically in charge of giving guidance. Occasionally, if a doctor from one division was willing to take over, it would be great luck.

But this time when the emperor opened his mouth, he directly named Yu Qian and Shen Yi!

These two, one is in charge of the world's money and food, and the other is in charge of the world's military equipment. They are the top figures among civil servants. Normally, these new scholars would be happy for a long time to have a word with them, let alone being around to teach and support them.

This is a golden start in the officialdom where connections are the most important.

Among other things, as long as you can get the favor of these two, then your official career will be smooth sailing, at least no one will dare to mess with it.

What's more, in this way, the transfer of Jinshi in the new department will be different. If they can get the support of such heavyweight ministers when they are watching politics, then the qualifications to watch politics in the Six Departments will definitely become hot immediately.

So the question now is, are Yu Qian and Shen Yi willing to spend this time and energy to support a new scholar to watch politics?

Everyone's eyes turned to the two of them immediately, they looked at each other, and walked out together.

"Follow your Majesty's will, and I will do my best."

As the voices of the two of them fell, everyone present suddenly realized...

God, it's about to change!
Especially Chen Xun's eyes suddenly became very complicated.

Logically speaking, today they were only called to read the test papers, and it didn't matter to them who the Jinshi would be, so there was no need to be overly concerned.

However, at this very moment, the emperor wanted to put Wang Yue and Yu Zijun in the sixth department, and it was because Qian Qian and Shen Yi directly supported each other.

Chen Shangshu seemed to have a layer of window paper pierced in his heart suddenly, connecting all the things that happened before.

Not to mention anything else, let's just talk about the Imperial Academy. From the beginning of the establishment of the imperial court, the Imperial Academy has been a very powerful yamen.

Attending the emperor's side, drafting imperial edicts, submitting documents, giving lectures and reading sutras, going in and out of the cabinet for consultation are all the duties of the Imperial Academy, and because of this, the status of the Imperial Academy has risen and become a sacred place in the hearts of scholars all over the world.

But now?

One by one, the emperor broke the rules. First, he, the former academician of the Hanlin Academy and a cabinet minister, was promoted to the six ministers.

Afterwards, the ministers of the cabinet were occupied by a group of ministers who came up step by step from the prefectures and counties. Now in the cabinet, the only one who can be regarded as a Qingliu is Jiang Yuan, but even he has local experience. The servant of the punishment department was transferred.

Especially after Gao Gu was demoted to Nanjing, there was no official from Qingliu in the cabinet who could take over. Chen Xun once tried to recommend Du Ning, Minister of Dali Temple, but was shelved by the emperor every time.

If it weren't for this, Chen Xun wouldn't have worked hard on an ordinary Hanlin like Xu Youzhen over and over again, trying to help him up.

It's really because the Hanlin Qingliu lineage is a little out of date now.

From Chen Xun's own point of view, with the support of the emperor, he reached the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. Indeed, his position and power were much stronger than before.

However, this is not because the powers of the six ministries have been increased, but that the emperor is suppressing the position of the cabinet intentionally or unintentionally. This can be seen from the addition of titles alone.

Basically, the titles of the six ministers are all higher than the cabinet ministers.

Don't underestimate the mere first rank. At their level, the power is actually about the same. If you really want to rank them, what you look at is the difference in this rank.

Immediately afterwards, after setting a precedent for non-clear people flowing into the cabinet, the emperor pointed the finger at the Hanlin Academy, which specialized in producing clean people.

Looking back now, Peng Shi, Pei Lun and others clashed with Wang Wen during the Beijing inspection and were relegated from the capital. It seemed that this old guy used his power for personal gain and retaliated, but in fact, did the emperor make arrangements?

If it was really just forced by the situation of the imperial court, then some time ago, many scholars of the Imperial Academy were dismissed in advance and sent to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to serve as supervisory censors.

It seems to be a struggle between Xiao Yi and him, between the new and the old Qingliu, on the surface it is for the rectification of the army, but, looking back, the final result is that the Hanlin Academy is empty of all the scholars, and, The number of official positions in the Hanlin Academy has also returned to the original customization from the tacit excess.

And, more importantly, it's fine if they are sent out, because "the imperial court needs it", so they are basically transferred to the imperial censor, no different from ordinary Jinshi who observe politics.

In other words, Qingliu's qualifications did not bring them any bonus because of this special situation!
If it is said that Qingliu's qualifications cannot bring real benefits to these officials, will it still be sought after by Jinshi?

The answer is obviously no.

If today's incident did not happen, then the Qingliu status of the Imperial Academy might still be the most precious qualification in the court.

However, if this road is really opened up, the winners of the sixth division this time are No. [-] and Tanhua. Maybe in Chunwei three years later, the winner of the sixth division will become the champion.

Thinking about it this way, Chen Xun, Gao Gu and others were promoted and relegated one after another, and the cabinet was also replaced by non-Qingliu officials, which cut off Qingliu's top power and the smoothest promotion channel.

Later, Pei Lun and Peng Shi were demoted out of the capital in the Jingchao. Now the military camp is being rectified to let the Shuji people leave the hall early, and the original staffing system is restored, which removes Qingliu's middle-level pillars.

But now, the best place to go for the imperial examinations is to stop Qingliu's best source of supplementation.

If things go on like this, I'm afraid that the Hanlin Academy in the future will really become a yamen that can only serve Wenhan's affairs and play with words.

After thinking about this clearly, Chen Xun couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

The emperor, since when did he start thinking about the Hanlin Academy, such a plan to weaken step by step, is he guided by the situation, or is he planning in advance, today's palace examination, is it the emperor's impromptu intention, or...

Looking up at the emperor's calm face, Chen Xun felt more and more that the young king in front of him was unfathomable.

At this moment, the Son of Heaven seemed to notice Chen Xun's gaze, so a gentle voice rang in Chen Xun's ear.

"Mr. Chen thinks, is there anything wrong?"

As soon as he raised his head, Chen Xun happened to look at the emperor with deep meaning. For some reason, he was a little flustered, as if it was not the emperor who was exposed, but him.

After a brief hesitation, Chen Shangshu lowered his head and cupped his hands.

"Your Majesty is wise, I think this arrangement is very appropriate."

In the final analysis, people have to think about themselves. Although Chen Xun was born in the Hanlin lineage, he is now in the Qiqing.

Although the ranking is not high, but now that he has reached this position, his reliance on Hanlin has been greatly reduced.

So to put it bluntly, what does life and death after the Hanlin lineage have to do with him?

Even on the contrary, if those Shu Jishi hadn't left the palace early, they would have been suppressed by Xiao Yi, and they would not be able to really enter the court for a long time, and on the contrary, they would not be able to help Chen Xun.

Although it is not the best result now, at least they all have a chance to make contributions.

Although it is dangerous and difficult to rectify the army, if it is done well, it may not be impossible to make progress.

As for the future of the Imperial Academy...

What matter does he have as a minister of the Ministry of Industry, that should be something that a certain unlucky academician with the surname Xiao in the side hall has to worry about!
Oh, he forgot, this master of the academy, now he is a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and he can't protect himself.

Maybe, after today, the Hanlin Academy will have a new headed bachelor...

(End of this chapter)