Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 903 Pattern
In the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Qiyu sat high on the throne, watching Jiang Yuan's righteous speech, but did not speak.

In his past and present lives, he has dealt with these ministers in the court countless times, but when he started again, he still couldn't help but sigh at the political skills of these old foxes.

Of course, he wasn't referring to Jiang Yuan, but Chen Xun!

If the case of cheating in the palace examination is really going to be brought up, there is actually no chance. However, Du Ning has been waiting until now, probably because Chen Xun is holding him back.

As for the reason, if you just think that people like Jiang Yuan are going to be taken down, you may be underestimating Chen Shangshu's situation.

Up to now, Jiang Yuan is still entangled in whether there is any evidence in Dali Temple, but he does not know that from the moment Chen Xun made a move, his defeat was already set.

In other words, his ending may be very important to Du Ning, but to Chen Xun, it can only be regarded as a secondary purpose at best.

Because Chen Xun's focus was not on Jiang Yuan and Zhang Min, but on the emperor Zhu Qiyu.

This point can be seen in the whole court, probably there are no more than three people, and the emperor Zhu Qiyu is naturally one of them.

Who is Chen Xun?

The head of Qingliu, who started as a concubine and was promoted step by step to a scholar of the Imperial Academy, was actually the talker of the cabinet for a long time, although later he saw that the situation was not good, and took advantage of Gao Gu to jump out of the fire pit of the cabinet , entered the ranks of Qiqing first.

But even so, his basic point is still in the Qingliu forces. As the leader of Qingliu, what Chen Xun cares about must be Qingliu's interests.

However, after the past two years, Zhu Qiyu's various performances have obviously taken the momentum of suppressing Qingliu.

This is obviously not good news for Chen Xun.

So what can we do to change this situation?

The worst course of action is naturally to bring the Qingliu forces to resist with all their strength, but this is undoubtedly drinking poison to quench thirst. The emperors of the Ming Dynasty have never been defeated in the struggle with the ministers.

What's more, the emperor sitting on the throne is Zhu Qiyu, who is obviously difficult to deal with, so he is afraid that he will not die fast enough to fight against the emperor.

For this point, Gao Gu, Peng Shi, Pei Lun, Shang Ren and others have learned from blood and tears.

Therefore, Chen Shangshu would definitely not make this mistake.

A slightly better way is naturally to try our best to persuade and change the emperor's impression, but this is more difficult to operate.

Advice is a matter of skill, and if you don't pay attention, you will get yourself into it.

So, have to wait for the opportunity!

This palace exam fraud case is the opportunity Chen Xun has been waiting for.

In all fairness, Zhu Qiyu is prejudiced against Qingliu, thinking that they talk about etiquette and morality, but in fact, not many can do practical things, and even the so-called morality they insist on may not be able to abide by it themselves. .

Especially after seeing the miserable Chongzhen who was fooled by these people and hung himself on a tree with a crooked neck, he unconsciously felt disgusted with Qingliu.

This kind of prejudice is the most terrifying, because Zhu Qiyu will not say it, but it will be reflected in his daily government affairs.

Because he couldn't speak out, Chen Xun had no choice but to remonstrate clearly.

Therefore, his real purpose this time is actually very simple, that is, to make Zhu Qiyu, the emperor, realize a reality by using the palace examination fraud case.

That is, Qingliu is not useless, and officials who have stepped up to high positions from the local area are not without regrets.

You must know that although Xiao Yi and Jiang Yuan were the main envoys in this palace examination fraud case, Zhang Min, Zhu Jian and other accomplices, in a strict sense, cannot be regarded as Qingliu.

As for the servants of the other ministries, this is even more so. Some of them are from scientific backgrounds, some have rich experience in some places, and some have been in the ministries for a long time, but in this case of cheating in the imperial examination, they all remained silent.

Chen Xun personally participated in the second examination papers, so he knew exactly what the ten examination papers presented at the beginning were.

The palace examination is different from the general examination. There is no chief examiner. Theoretically speaking, the ten examiners participating in the examination are independent and not subordinate to each other. This is also the examination of the palace examination. The reasons why the six films each transferred manpower.

But in the end, such a joke was still made. What is the reason?

Xiao Yi, Jiang Yuan and the others certainly had an unshirkable responsibility, but if any one of the remaining few raised objections, then the plan of Xiao Ying and the others would immediately fail.

Even, there is no need to raise objections, they just need to make a fair review and select the test paper that they think is the best and submit it. Then, when the emperor read it, Cheng Zong's test paper was not an excellent one. , it is impossible to rank first.

The reason why they didn't do this was because of the so-called official rules, and because they didn't want to offend others.

The reason why Jiang Yuan dared to do this was because he was sure of this point.

He first persuaded Zhang Min and Zhu Jian, and then united with Xiao Yi, which is equivalent to relying on the power of the cabinet and the Hanlin Academy to confront these servants.

According to the rules of the previous palace examination, Xiao Yi was a Hanlin bachelor, so the palace examination was presided over by him, so when Xiao Ying hinted that they should unify the standards, they thought it was inappropriate, but out of the idea of ​​not wanting to offend others, they insisted not People stand up against it.

Therefore, such a situation arose.

From this point of view, Chen Xun said that the corruption of the officialdom is not without reason.

But the problem lies in this, the emperor blindly suppresses Qingliu, and reuses ministers with local experience, but in fact, the two are just the same, and no one is better than the other.

Although Qingliu has its own shortcomings, at least one thing is necessary for the emperor!

That is, for Qingliu, fame and morality are like life!
It's not that Qingliu can't make mistakes, but the price of Qingliu's mistakes is much higher than that of ordinary officials.

Just like Xiao Yi, after the palace examination case, his worst outcome was dismissed from office, but what he had to face was the scolding from scholars, so for him, he might as well die Of.

Another example is Jiang Yuan, look around the hall, there are so many people participating in the reading of the papers in this hall, only Jiang Yuan is the most anxious.

The others, although they were also trying to find a way, were still calm.

why?
Is it because they are indifferent to fame and fortune, and don't care about gains and losses?
No!

It was because Jiang Yuan was born in Qingliu. For him, once this crime was confirmed, his reputation as a scholar would be ruined, and his official career would come to an end.

But for other people, such as Zhang Min, Zhu Jian, etc., even if they are stained with cheating in the imperial examination, they still have solid political achievements, and their credit can support them. Maybe the days ahead are sad, but there will always be a recovery in the future Opportunity.

Apart from other things, Zhu Jian's reputation has become so messed up, but he can stand safely in the court hall with a credit for welcoming back the Supreme Emperor.

The other servants are similar.

The reason why they are not in a hurry, or in other words not that anxious, is because they are not the masterminds, and the second is because they are not like Qingliu who rely entirely on their reputation.

With this point, Qingliu should be useful to the Son of Heaven!
Why did Du Ning go all out today and target everyone? Perhaps, even Du Ning himself didn't know. This was something Chen Xun was telling Zhu Qiyu.

Qingliu has its own strength of character!
Regardless of whether this kind of strength of character is really keeping the way in your heart, or it has always been criticized by people, and it is an act of trying to gain fame.

But in the end, in the officialdom, above the court, there should be a place for Qingliu.

This is what Chen Xun wanted to take this opportunity to say to the emperor Zhu Qiyu in the end.

In a sense, this is also an admonition, but the method is more ingenious, and it has the pulse of the emperor.

So it stands to reason that at this time, it is time for Zhu Qiyu to express his opinion.

Chen Xun has already established the situation. Next, Zhu Qiyu only needs to refute Jiang Yuan and show to the court ministers that he, the emperor, will never tolerate and will not take the attitude of impunity. There will be a happy ending.

It was perfect, but at the end, Zhu Qiyu still didn't speak, but focused on Chen Xun.

He had a feeling that this Chen Shangshu's purpose was not so simple.

So right now, it's not the time for the emperor Zhu Qiyu to speak...

Sure enough, feeling the gaze cast by the superior, Chen Xun let out a sigh of relief, and went straight forward, not to the emperor, but to Jiang Yuan, and reprimanded him.

"Until now, I never thought that Mr. Jiang Ge is still obsessed with his obsession!"

"You keep saying that the report submitted by Dali Temple is vague and there is no evidence, so the old man wants to ask you, what evidence do you want?"

"Cheng Zong's test paper, didn't you choose it? The ten test papers presented to the imperial court for the first time, why are they all second-class, and none of the third-class test papers can enter the first class?"

"Now, do you still want to use ridiculous reasons such as lack of knowledge and misjudgment by the examiner to make excuses?"

Facing the repeated questioning, Jiang Yuan's face turned pale, but in the early autumn, there were traces of sweat on his forehead.

He didn't expect that his former teacher would actually kill him now.

With a pale face, Jiang Yuan gritted his teeth and argued.

"Policy theory is one, emphasizing the practical strategies of the world, and secondly emphasizing literary talent. Chen Shangshu, I admit that there was a mistake in marking the examination papers this time, and I failed to select the best examination paper, but there is absolutely no favoritism."

"The Dali Temple accused me of colluding in private, but they can only come up with the testimony of Xiao Yi alone. This is an isolated evidence, and now the Lord Shang Shu not only refuses to investigate, but instead accuses me. Is it because you want to punish me?"

"I don't know who it is, who is using the palace examination to deal with the administration!"

As soon as the voice fell, Chen Xun's face became extremely ugly, but the ministers beside him couldn't help discussing.

It seemed that Jiang Yuan was really in a hurry, and he could say such words.

You must know that although everyone in the court knew that he and Chen Xun had fallen out, after all, Chen Xun was his teacher, and among scholars, this kind of relationship was still very important.

Right now, Jiang Yuan bit back, saying that Chen Xun wanted to overthrow him by taking advantage of the palace examination, which would be interesting, this kind of master-student fighting scene is really rare!
Among them, the one who secretly laughed the most was Wang Wen who had just been tricked by Chen Xun.

Let you, an old guy, plot against people and reap the consequences, right?
Although it is said that Jiang Yuan fought back, Shihlin must have criticized him the most, but as Jiang Yuan's teacher, Chen Xun would be greatly ashamed if he was bitten by his disciples and spread the word.

After thinking about it, the lord Tianguan seemed to be afraid that the play would not be good enough, so he said leisurely.

"Tsk tsk, Mr. Jiangge is so eloquent. What you mean is that everyone has his own opinion, and it's hard to distinguish the pros and cons. In that case, we old guys have shallow knowledge and blind eyes."

"Chen Shangshu, look, we can't even tell the good from the bad of a few policy theories, and we are stealing the position of the Seven Ministers, it's ridiculous, it's time to abdicate and let the virtuous..."

These words seemed to be helping Chen Xun, but the coolness in the words made Chen Xun grind his molars.

How could he fail to hear that Wang Wen was mocking him, that he couldn't even discipline his disciples well!

The narrow-minded old thing!
He glared at Wang Wen. At this time, Chen Xun had no time to argue with him. Although Wang Wen was obviously making sarcastic remarks, he was still helping him.

The implication is that if we don’t even understand the pros and cons of a few articles, we’d have no shame in staying in the court, and we’d be just like you, Jiang Yuan, and we’re ashamed to force Lai Lai here...

Looking down at Jiang Yuan, Chen Xun sighed and said.

"Mr. Jiang Ge, above the court, it is not uncommon for people to have different opinions, or even make mistakes for a while. Your Majesty is wise and kind, and will not be too harsh."

"However, you need to know that the imperial court's talent selection ceremony is the foundation of my Ming Dynasty's selection of talents. The chief examiner is Your Majesty. As the examiner, you, together with Xiao Yi and others, deceived the emperor and coerced the courtiers to bow their heads. Is it the right of a minister to act on the power of authority?"

"Are you still obsessed with it now?"

Sure enough, upon hearing this, a smile flashed in Zhu Qiyu's eyes.

He knew that Chen Xun, an old guy, was not that simple. How could he just want to prove Qingliu's so-called strength of character when he made such a ostentatious shot this time?

This time, he wanted both fame and benefits!
To the ears of ordinary ministers, these words may not be able to sense anything, but just feel that they are a continuation of the argument with Jiang Yuan just now.

However, for Zhu Qiyu and a group of important officials, they immediately noticed something was wrong.

Zhu Qiyu sat at the head, so he could see more clearly. After these words, a group of ministers of the Seven Ministers who had been calm about this matter suddenly became solemn and exchanged glances with each other. In the end, their His gaze was fixed on Jiang Yuan.

The words have been said so far, and the next step is to see if Jiang Yuan can understand.

If he can understand, then things will probably become interesting.

Of course, if he can't hear the implication, then this big case, no matter whether it is as Jiang Yuan said, the isolated evidence cannot be established, I am afraid it will end here...

(End of this chapter)