Red House Shoufu

Chapter 67 Palace Exam
On the eighth day of March in the eighth year of Zhide, the sun rises in the east and the golden light shines.

Outside the Fengtian Hall in the Forbidden City, Lin Shu and other four hundred tributes followed the officials of the Ministry of Rites and lined up on the east and west sides of Danchi, standing facing north, while the civil and military officials stood in accordance with the usual ceremonial attire.

At the beginning of Chen Shi, two big Han generals slapped their whips three times, and the nine dragon guards standing in front of Fengtian Hall shouted loudly: "Your Majesty is here, ascend to the palace!"

The Ministry of Rites invites the emperor to ascend to the palace, and all civil and military officials line up on both sides and enter the Fengtian Palace.Then, under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rites, Xinke Gongshi climbed up the stairs from both sides of Danchi.

The main hall is resplendent and resplendent, showing the majesty of the celestial dynasty.Emperor Gao Yongheng, wearing a flat sky crown and a crown with twelve chapter patterns, is sitting solemnly on top of the alchemy.

All civil and military officials, Lin Shu and other Xinke tributes lined up and knelt down: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

After five prostrations and three knocks, the emperor said in a deep voice, "Be flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wait for everyone to get up and things to stand up.Qian Qianli, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, stepped out of the queue, took the examination questions prepared by the emperor from Xia Shouzhong, and announced loudly: "The palace examination for the eighth year of rule of virtue, there are four hundred candidates, all officials are ordered to retreat, and the new subjects will answer the papers in Fengtian Palace."

"The ministers (students) obey the order!"

The Chinese and martial arts in the palace retreated, leaving only a few officials who presided over the exam standing by, and the young eunuchs began to arrange tables, chairs, pens, ink, paper and inkstones.

Under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rites, Lin Shu sat in the seat closest to Bi Dan. He looked up curiously in the direction of the dragon chair, and the emperor happened to look at him too.

The eyes of the two met, and Lin Shu could faintly see the emperor smiling at him through the five-color streamers on the flat crown.

Lin Shu boldly smiled back at the emperor, which made Gao Yongheng stunned for a moment.This is the first time someone "boldly" looked directly at the emperor in Fengtian Hall, and even showed a big smile.

Sure enough, it is a newborn calf with the heart of a child.The heart of a child is good, it is suitable for training.

At this time Xia Shouzhong reminded in a low voice: "My lord, the time is up."

The emperor returned to his former solemnity: "Let's begin!"

Qian Qianli opened the sealed examination questions, and two officials from the Ministry of Rites opened them up to display, and saw a line written on it: Ask about the emperor's government and the emperor's heart.

The question seemed simple, but Lin Shu could think of why the emperor asked such a question.

The power in the hands of the Supreme Emperor has been slowly taken by the emperor, and now it is time for him to reform the old system and make changes.The question of the emperor is not only asking the new tributes, but also asking himself, as the emperor, what should he do to surpass his father and make the Great Chu more powerful.

Lin Shu took a deep breath, sat upright, and began to brush his ink: "I am right: I heard that when the emperor comes to Yu Yu Nei, there must be a manager's real government, and then he can restrain the crowd. If you have the sincerity of advocacy, then you can strengthen all kinds of craftsmen, revitalize common affairs, and have the principle of achieving prosperity.

Set up a discipline outline, order the laws, hang the watches of all the elephants and Wei, and put them in the armor of the order, first in the Yanlang Chaoning, scattered in the various departments and hundreds of houses, and as far as the sea corners of the counties and countries. There is no one who is not equipped, fully equipped, and has no leaks..."

Great Chu has been in existence for nearly a hundred years, especially the 45 years of the reign of the Supreme Emperor. Although this emperor has various problems, he can be regarded as a sage ruler in terms of martial arts and martial arts.

But in the later period of Longsheng, when they got older, they still couldn't escape the old problems of most emperors: fear of death and stubbornness.

Aside from forcing the former prince to commit suicide, the biggest problem is that he trusts his veterans too much, which leads to corruption.And because of supporting the faithful Wang Gao Yongyi and Yizhong Prince Gao Wanjin, there are many factions in the court.

The first one proposed by Lin Shu is the legal system. Only a thorough legal system can make those corrupt officials invisible.Of course, these are just talk on paper, and time is limited, so Lin Shu can only give a rough overview.

Then Lin Shu continued to write: "The minister heard: the king has the grace of overturning and nurturing for a day, but he cannot take care of the world by himself, so those who place their responsibilities should be paid to the king. The king has the right to govern, but there is Bear it. Therefore, those who have experienced it are Wu Tian who is the law.

The position that is used is called the position of heaven; the duties that are performed are called celestial duties;Therefore, in order to prosper and rule, we must seek the truth from the sky.Today's sky is deep and mysterious, and it is unfathomable; it is vague and clear, and it is impossible to peek at it..."

Lin Shu discussed the duties of a monarch and his ministers after a large piece of eloquence.To put it simply, the emperor's diligence is the blessing of all the people, but the emperor has done all the work of his courtiers, so why do he need so many courtiers.

Daiyu went to the palace to have an audience on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and when she came back, she said that the emperor was so diligent that he almost buried herself in the pile of memorials. Lin Shu immediately thought of the Emperor Yongzheng who had exhausted him to death.

He finally met an emperor who was most likely to realize his great cause of reform, and he must not die early like Emperor Yongzheng.

So Lin Shu boldly persuaded the emperor in the examination papers that you always ask the six cabinet departments to do more work, and leave trivial matters to a few cabinet scholars to make up their minds.Just grasp the military power, financial power and personnel power well, and pay more attention to your health, all the people in the world will still depend on you for a long time.

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Gao Yongheng got off from Dan Bi, first went around the field, and roughly read the answer sheets of several tributes.

Seeing something interesting, he silently wrote down the name, like this Lin Deze is good, the imperial power should be further devolved, and go deep into the countryside to benefit the people... Well, this can be considered.

Suzhou Wang Huan?The emperor thought about it, Wang Qi's son.Take a closer look, the emperor's government should be the inner sage and the outer king, so that Fanbang can know the great military might... This Wang Huan really doesn't look like his father at all!

Turning to Lin Shu, the pavilion style of Yishui is pleasing to the eye.Take a closer look, from the extension of the legal system to the fight against corruption, and then to the reform of the supervisory system...

It not only raised questions, but also gave general suggestions.This is the first time I have seen such a test paper.

The emperor directly picked up the remaining few finished ones, and gave a surprised hum. Did he dislike him for being too diligent?
After reading it carefully, from the relationship between monarch and ministers to the distribution of rights, it is the same as the model written above, first ask questions, and then put forward your own views.Not only is the diction excellent, but the exposition is also concise and clear, which is pleasing to the eye.

The emperor was fascinated by reading it, and Lin Shu, who concentrated on answering the paper, was also fascinated by writing.Lin Shu kept changing the manuscript papers, and the emperor carefully read them one by one.

This was a pain for the few tributes who answered the papers near Lin Shu. The crowned emperor was standing nearby, and they felt that the palms of the pens were starting to sweat.

Qian Qianli has been paying attention to the situation on the emperor's side for a long time. It has been a quarter of an hour. If you don't move, the tributes next to you may faint from nervousness.

He walked gently to the emperor's side, just about to remind the emperor in a low voice.At this time, Lin Shu had finished the first half of the answer sheet, and was about to check it, when he touched the side, the test paper was gone!
Only then did he realize that there were two people standing beside him.The boots with the golden dragon pattern, you don't need to think about it, you can tell that it is the emperor. When you look up, it is indeed the emperor who is reading his answer sheet.

Standing next to him was Qian Qianli, the chief examiner of the Ministry of Rites, who was dressed in a purple official robe, and met his eyes.

　Thanks to Situ Yuebin for the reward of 100 starting coins!
　　There is another chapter tonight, around 22:40.

　　
　
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