lied to Kangxi

Chapter 541
"The cabinet entrusts you with an imperial edict, authoring Yu Zhu as the acting minister of the Ministry of Rites, who is also a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, vice president of the Huidian Hall, and president of the Ming History Hall, hereby!"

"Your servant Yu Zhu leads the decree to thank you."

After Yuzhu received the order, he transformed himself and became the youngest acting minister of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor in charge of the Imperial Academy in the history of the Qing Dynasty.

The head of the Hanlin Academy in the Qing Dynasty was a bachelor, and there was one man and one Han.Among them, Hanchen, who is in charge of the academy, must be a formal Jinshi in the palace examination.

Yuzhu is the first manchurian champion after the list. Although he is very young, his qualifications are sufficient.

According to the unwritten practice, if you want to be a minister, you must rotate three times in the post of Minister of each department.

Yuzhu first served as the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Households, moved to the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, and then served as the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials. He has been the Minister of the Three Departments.

It must be admitted that Yuzhu's qualifications for being promoted to Minister are enough.

As for the issue of being too young, hey, the old emperor wants to reuse the jade pillar, and he can do it if he says he can, even if he can't.

After all, the country and mountains belong to the old emperor, and he can do whatever he likes. This is the great magic power to monopolize the imperial power.

When Yumen was listening to the government, Fu Ning'an, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, opposed the old emperor's decision face to face.

The old emperor said indifferently: "Aspirations do not depend on age. Since ancient times, heroes have been born in youth. I ascended the throne at the age of eight, and I still governed the country and the people of the Qing Dynasty. How can there be no reason why the number one scholar can't be in charge of the academy?"

This is hooliganism!

The old emperor deliberately exposed himself. If Funing'an wanted to argue again, he would inevitably fall into the language trap of disrespecting the old emperor.

After frightening Funing'an away, no one dared to talk too much, so the matter was a foregone conclusion.

Compared with the other five departments, the Ministry of Rites belongs to the typical Qingshui Yamen.

However, each of the four clean-up departments of the Ministry of Rites has long-term lucrative resources.

Every time there is not much oil and water, but it can't hold the steady flow of water, and it's justifiable.

When Yuzhu took a sedan chair to the Ministry of Rites to take up his post, Chen Shen, the current Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, led all the officials in the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites and waited at the steps in front of the gate.

Among the six books, the Manchu Shangshu, even if it is an agent, is also a serious leader, and the Han Shangshu is always the second in command.

Yuzhu, acting Minister of the Ministry of Rites, is the highest official of the entire Ministry of Rites, so there is no doubt about it.

"Uncle Da Zong, you've worked hard all the way." Seeing Yuzhu getting off the official sedan chair, Chen Shen was the first to greet him, bowing deeply in salute.

Chen Shen's qualifications are very old, and he is also a learned Confucian. He is about to retire, so he has nothing to ask for, so he naturally treats Yuzhu with respect.

Yuzhu quickly returned the salute with a deep bow, and exchanged greetings with Chen Shen very politely.

After all, Chen Shen is a valuable colleague at the same level, and he and Yu Zhu have an equal relationship, which is completely justified.

"Greetings to Da Zongbo." The four servants of the Ministry of Rites bowed to the ground together to welcome the arrival of Yuzhu.

Yu Zhu hurriedly returned the salute with a long bow, without the usual arrogance of a young boss.

"Please rest assured, Master Zhu." This is a Manguan.

"Meet Da Zongbo." This is a Han official.

The way of saluting between Manchu and Han can be said to be quite distinct.

Surrounded by everyone, Yuzhu entered his office.

Among the six books, the Minister of Rites is the one who is in charge of "rituals", so he pays special attention to the issue of face.

As usual, the official office of the Minister of Rites is a large suite of four rooms.

The functions of the four rooms are unusually distinct, they are public reception, private reception, office and dressing place.

There are not many officials in the Ministry of Rites, but because of the frequent reception of envoys from various countries, the number of handymen in the yamen unexpectedly exceeds four hundred.

All kinds of greetings and sendings, and after ten days of hustle and bustle, Yu Zhu took the time to go to the Hanlin Academy to take up his post.

The Hanlin Academy is next to the Luanjiaku, surrounded by the Dongyu River.

On the day when Yuzhu took office, the number of Hanlin people who came to greet him at the door was obviously relatively small.

The Hanlin Academy is the place where the country reserves talents. Although the Hanlin Academy has little money, their positions are extremely important.

Hanlin people have a very important power, that is, they can speak publicly.

In other words, no matter what, as long as the Hanlin people don't like it, they can write a letter to talk about it.

In this era when writing is easy to cause trouble, Hanlin people especially cherish the four words of public speaking.

Yuzhu knew it well, he was still too young, and he was suddenly in the prominent position of a bachelor in charge of the academy, which made many Hanlin officials dislike him.

More importantly, Hanlin officials did not have much oil and water.Even if they flatter Yu Zhu badly, they won't get much money.

As the old saying goes, if you don’t have desires, you can be strong. Therefore, the Hanlin who came to welcome Yuzhu were not all there.

Fortunately, the Hanlin officials with real power, still abiding by the rules in the officialdom, took the initiative to welcome Yuzhu at the gate of the yamen.

In the Hanlin Academy, Yuzhu's official office, surrounded by mountains and rivers, has beautiful scenery, and it is indeed a good place to concentrate on learning.

However, Yuzhu is still an old routine, he is actually here to dawdle, and he doesn't want to be a scholar at all.

After being forced to read stereotyped essays, Yuzhu has no interest in Confucianism.

However, Yuzhu didn't want to cause trouble, and the incident happened to provoke him.

The new year has just started, and Enke Chunwei, which coincides with the 55th year of Kangxi, is about to start the exam.

A fierce conflict erupted between Li Guangdi and Zhang Yushu over the selection of candidates for the presidency and vice president.

In the Kangxi Dynasty, there was no clear limit on the number of presidents and vice presidents who would take the exam. There could be three presidents, or one principal and six vice presidents, as long as it was an odd number.

In fact, the number of people arranged by the old emperor for the CEO interview over the years also varies.

The Beijing officials in Hanchen, especially the officials in the Hanlin Academy, paid special attention to school trips.

For example, if you serve as a school administrator in a certain province, even if you don't take bribes, just accept gifts from unspoken rules, let alone close to ten thousand taels of silver every year.

Or to put it another way, for the provincial examinations in a certain province, all successful applicants, even if they borrow money, will come to the door in person to present a heavy thank-you ceremony and Cheng Yi.

Cheng Yi in the officialdom, and entanglement among the people, all mean travel expenses during the journey.

Yuzhu holds a heavy army in his hand, he has always been very cautious, and has no intention of coveting the test of the president.

Just imagine, with a heavy army in hand, returning students and old officials all over the world, is this trying to die quickly?
However, both Li Guangdi and Zhang Yushu wanted to make a lot of money before they became officials, so they made a lot of money.

This is troublesome!
According to the rules of the Shunzhi Dynasty, the president and vice president of the examination must be sent from among the cabinet bachelors, six ministers, bachelors, ministers, and the left and right censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The rules of this dynasty are even stricter. The chief executive officer will be tested, and he must be a dignified Jinshi.Secondly, it is mainly selected from among the bachelors and the six ministers.

In this way, because of Li Guangdi's and Zhang Yushu's reluctance to give in to each other, it actually affected Yuzhu's head.

Yuzhu is actually quite innocent.

When Li Guangdi and Zhang Yushu's disciples were arguing publicly, he actually kept silent and watched from the sidelines.

However, the old emperor suddenly stared at Yu Zhu who had been bowing his head in silence, and asked him abruptly, "Why has the Ministry of Rites been silent?"

Yu Zhu was publicly called, so he had to come out to salute, and said cautiously: "Hui Khan Ama, the appointment of the chief executive and vice president has always been arbitrarily decided by Qian Gang, and I will never dare to make unreasonable comments."

This means to remind the old emperor that the Ministry of Rites has submitted the list of candidates for the chief and vice president according to the rules, and it is waiting for you to make a decision alone.

For so many years, the most important duty of the Ministry of Rites in regards to the examination is just to make a list of important ministers who are qualified to be the chief and vice presidents.

As for the matters in the tribute courtyard, the chief and vice presidents handpicked by the emperor are all in charge of handling them, and in fact, the Ministry of Rites doesn't have much to do.

The old emperor knew Yuzhu too well, the little bastard was deliberately trying to separate the relationship for fear of getting burned.

To tell the truth, Yu Zhu was as happy as a fairy in his tenure as Minister of Rites.

As far as the old emperor knew, after Yuzhu left the palace, he went to sit in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites for a while, drank a few sips of hot tea, chatted with some of his subordinates, and then slipped away.

This kind of small life is so nourishing, it is hard not to envy and hate.

Maybe it was uncomfortable being pushed by the jade pillar, the old emperor snorted coldly, and asked Zhang Tingyu deliberately: "Hengchen, what do you think?"

Yu Zhu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he really didn't want to show off in the test.

Among the bachelors, six ministers, bachelors and ministers, anyone can be the president of the examination, but Yuzhu is very troublesome.

One is that Yuzhu is too young, and the other is that Yuzhu holds the heavy soldiers in the capital, so there are many taboos.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Tingyu, who seldom offered ideas publicly, said: "Back to the emperor, I think that the examination by the Ministry of Rites should also refer to the principle of the integration of Manchu and Han, and treat everyone equally to be fair."

Yuzhu couldn't help looking at Zhang Tingyu, full of suspicion in his heart, what does this Zhang Hengchen want to do?
At this time, Zhang Yushu suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly interjected, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the jade pillars are worth it!"

Li Guangdi is Yuzhu's teacher in the provincial examination, so he is naturally not good at speaking, so he can only choose to keep his mouth shut.

As a result, the old emperor asked all the way, and everyone agreed with Zhang Yushu's opinion, thinking that Yuzhu, the number one scholar in Manchuria, should preside over the test, so as to show that the bannermen are not only good at martial arts, but also have great talents in literary affairs.

The more Yuzhu heard, the more something was wrong, and the more she heard, the more she felt that there was a conspiracy hidden in it.

Zhang Tingyu in history, with the cooperation of Longkodo, helped the fourth child ascend to the big position.

Although Yuzhu couldn't speak, with his IQ and EQ, he had a vague feeling that Zhang Tingyu's attack was probably instigated by the fourth child.

There is no way, a person is above the temple, and he has been swallowed long ago so that there is not even a bone residue left.

To be able to sit in the position of an important minister, none of us is a fool.

Although the old emperor didn't make a clear statement, his deliberate gesture of asking around already showed the emperor's inclination.

Besides, the jade pillar jumps up too fast above the court hall, it will inevitably make everyone feel uncomfortable, in short, it is not pleasing to the eye and uncomfortable.

Of course it is not daring to offend Yu Zhu publicly.

Anyway, the law does not blame the public.Everyone followed Zhang Tingyu's guidance and praised Yuzhu. Even if there was a hidden intention of killing him, it must be inconvenient for Yuzhu to retaliate, right?

As the saying goes, the wall falls and everyone pushes.

For a time, the call for Yuzhu to be the president of the Bingshen Enke Examination in the 55th year of Kangxi became overwhelming!
(End of this chapter)