Jingming

Chapter 88 Has Your Majesty Lost Money?
On May 15th, the palace examination, which was supposed to be held in March of the [-]th year of Zhengde, was finally held.

Under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rites, the Gongsheng students walked among the guards of the Forbidden Palace.

I didn't dare to look around, but out of the corner of my eye, I still looked at the Xijiaomen, which made the former great uncle angry and demoted.

There, there was also the Grand Court Meeting in the heavy rain after the fire at Rijingmen, and there was a grand occasion destined to be written into the history books, where all civil and military officials asked for the posthumous posthumous title of Yu Qian.

Fresh Gong students imagined what it was like at that time, and how the seniors felt when they were in it.

The longing belonged to some people, Huang Zuo only felt afraid.

After entering the Fengtian Gate, you will see the Fengtian Hall with a full set of ceremonial guards. It is said that His Majesty has run around here.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites led the tribute students to stand north on the east and west sides of Danchi in front of Fengtian Hall, and then the officials of Honglu Temple invited them to the hall.

"Your Majesty, please give me a policy question."

Zhang Jin held up the policy question with both hands and placed it on the policy question case.Afterwards, the deacon of the palace examination carefully moved the case to the center under the corridor outside Fengtian Hall.

Today is sunny, answering questions on the cloud platform.

The desks are neatly arranged, but Gongsheng students have to prepare their own pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and twelve sheets of paper for the grass scroll and the main scroll.

After studying hard for many years, now I have reached the last level, and I only need to answer questions.

Guanglu Temple has also started to organize lunches for examiners, deacons and examinees.Officials have higher standards, and candidates have a simple lunch: two steamed buns and a bowl of soup.

As for the food in Guanglu Temple, how can the candidates care about this?

The officials of the Ministry of Rites finally began to distribute the policy questions, and Zhang Cong finally silently recited in his heart the ancestors of His Majesty and the seventeen examiners of the current department.

Don't look down on this, some test examiners feel that a certain word in the examinee's test paper violates the taboo of his ancestor's name, and his feelings will drop sharply.

When the policy topic was sent to Zhang Cong, he was dumbfounded after opening it.

There are more than [-] words in this policy topic, but he seems to have only two words: rich country.

His Majesty asked: How to make the country rich.

Did he lose money?

But... this topic seems to be in my favor!

What Zhu Houcong was thinking about was indeed money.

With so many things to do, which one can be done without money?
Putting on the emperor's regular clothes, Zhu Houcong only looked out from the entrance of the hall.

He knew that Zhang Cong was in this group of people, and the main force of the ceremony that Lao Qin talked about now had no room to play as before.

But this reformist should look better in the face of this policy issue, right?
Anyway, Lao Qin didn't remember who the No. [-] scholar was this year or what achievements he had made.

Zhu Houcong didn't go outside to watch the tribute students answer the questions. During the college entrance examination, the invigilator wandered around, and it was a bit annoying, let alone he was the emperor?
The palace examination lasted for a whole day, and Zhu Houcong didn't have to wait here after he came to give out the policy questions.

To express the importance attached to the palace examination, just go for a stroll in the afternoon.

I still ran for a while in the morning.

Last night, Zhu Houcong went to bed a little late to deal with the preliminary screening results from Jinyiwei sent by Luo An.

The palace examination was very formal, so he got up early.

When he returned to Qianqing Palace, he first ordered: "Take a bath."

Yuan Zonggao set the palace examination on the day after he served Zhu Houzhao, just to make him appear in front of the new scholars with a better image.

In the afternoon, there should be no residual sweat smell.

Zhu Qingping immediately called Gao Zhong to ask the eunuchs of the magistrate to prepare, while Huang Jin was catching up on sleep - he was the one who kept watch last night.

While taking a bath, Zhu Houcong asked, "What will you say about the bullets handed over by the Metropolitan Procuratorate after they are sent to Renshou Palace?"

Zhu Qingping waited outside the screen with her clothes in her hands: "The Empress Dowager Cishou naturally reprimanded Yuan Jinsheng for pretending to be Yizhi."

"Okay, just know it well." Zhu Houcong said lightly, "This Fang Feng is a brilliant pen, even the queen mother and Zhen Yu are not strict, and Zhang Jin and Zhang Zuo are even more careless. decline."

Zhu Qingping declined to comment.

"It's about time for the empress and the others to leave for Beijing?" Zhu Houcong stood up and walked out wearing only close-fitting clothes.

The weather is getting hotter, just put on another coat outside.

"It should be, His Majesty will be able to reunite with his family soon."

Zhu Houcong smiled and looked down at her helping her to dress herself. After the hot weather, Zhu Qingping also dressed a little thinner.

The eldest sister was busy back and forth around him, and her skirt was swaying, Zhu Houcong couldn't help but take a few extra glances.

The weather is indeed much hotter.

After Zhu Qingping backed away with reddish ears, Zhu Houcong looked away as if nothing had happened, and as he walked out, he shouted heroically: "Zhang Zuo, go to pass the decree: today's policy topic, before the end of the month, all officials in the Beijing court will Give me an answer to a strategy article!"

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The imperial decree came out, and all the officials in the Manchu Dynasty were paralyzed.

The palace examination is the palace examination, the questions of the tribute students, what does it mean to ask all the court officials to answer a policy essay?
But you can't say that this is outrageous, after all, most of them are Jinshi, and they passed the imperial examination.After many years of experience as an official, can't you answer a palace examination essay?
No, there are really people who can't answer, and their heads are almost bald.

Among the officials in the court, there are also military generals who are honored.

"Where's the master? Old Fu, isn't your son in the Imperial College? Xiaomei, go find Mrs. Ninth's elder brother!"

The Marquis of Wuding's mansion seemed to be facing a formidable enemy, although Guo Xun was commanding all the soldiers and horses like a general, but he didn't feel calm at all, only anxious.

This question is too difficult, he can't do it!

Unlike people like Guo Xun, a large number of mid- and lower-level court officials were thrilled.

Where is this comparison?This is a question!
Why is the country rich?Your Majesty not only wants to see what the tribute students have to say, but also wants to offer advice and suggestions from the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty!

If you listen to it, you will understand. There is nothing more listening than this, right?
Whoever has a good idea will be the next Xia Yan and the next Yan Song!
In Wenyuan Pavilion, the four cabinet ministers were all silenced.

It's really not a policy issue related to etiquette.

But how to make a rich country... everyone understands it, this topic can be small or big, it all depends on Gongsheng's vision.

Because in fact, all state affairs are related to money.

His Majesty's phrase "Etiquette depends on money" is still in my ears. Will there be candidates who cater to the Holy Will from this perspective?

At the moment it's nothing.

"Your Majesty wants to double the annual income within ten years, and you always have this worry in your heart." Liang Chuxian said, "The rest of the decrees in the enthronement edict and the re-establishment of the three camps are all related to money and food. Now those things can't be discussed for the time being. It is because there is no idea of ​​a strategy to enrich the country. Now that His Majesty has asked the ministers to offer suggestions, it must have been thought about. After the palace examination is over and Fei Zichong and others enter Beijing, it is time to discuss everything."

Yang Tinghe continued to remain silent, and Mao Ji expressed his opinion: "In the imperial examination, ask about the strategy of enriching the country. Some of the Gongsheng and the courtiers must have talked about the Xining Reform in the past. Now..."

What he said was the reason why the four of them were so silent before: Could it be that the emperor made such a big fanfare to release a signal for reform?

There is a difference between reforming evil and seeking new ways of doing things.

One is to rinse off the obvious grime from years-old clothes and have a new look.

Another one, it's time to change clothes!

Hearing that Mao Ji seemed to be talking eloquently, Yang Tinghe coughed: "Your Majesty asks about state affairs, and if you listen to them, you will understand. What Uncle Hou said is very true. Many new policies are aimed at reforming evils, and they have not yet been resolved because of money and food. Furthermore, to what extent do we need to increase revenue and reduce expenditure? I am afraid it will be extremely difficult. Talking about reform or not, after all, is just talking..."

No one knows what the emperor wants to do now.

Isn't he serious?Why release such a signal now?
This is "this is a big deal" and "don't tip the spoon"?
It's good to talk about this matter, the young emperor should just throw stones to ask the way, to see how difficult it is to move some big problems, right?

Yu Qian's posthumous title has not yet been determined, and there are still discussions in Beijing.

Now let's talk about whether the new king will implement the new law, so what is it?
On the surface, everything is the same as before in the imperial court, but the undercurrent of the backlog is getting more and more turbulent.

Which reform is not a real big reshuffle?
Yang Tinghe, who thought the emperor had entered the mode of not doing trouble, finally realized today that he still has no intention of stopping doing trouble.

But in another way.

It is a way that makes many middle- and lower-level officials get bloody, and a signal that will make many people's hearts flutter.

If the higher authorities want to change the law and strive to become stronger, who will follow it and who will resist it?

(End of this chapter)