Respectfully ask Your Majesty to kill the immortal

Chapter 231 The Largest Gathering of National Talents

Xu Mochen's intention to temporarily increase various consumption taxes in the capital continued, and unexpectedly received a lot of praise.

Especially the merchants, hotels, entertainment venues, etc. in the capital, it is tantamount to saying that the emperor ordered them to make money.

And the students didn't have much objection.

On the one hand, these students are either immortal cultivators or the children of noble families, and they don't care about money.

Compared with being able to get the opportunity to enter the official career, they are willing to spend more money.

In this way, Xu Mochen's national fortune has actually increased a lot.

After all, it is the scholars in the world who are affected this time.

Especially the large number of children from poor families are now actively preparing to take the state and county exams.

In the imperial study room, Xu Mochen was watching the secret report of the embroiderer.

Mi Luo was eating snacks, and commented while eating: "You are a fool, you are full of tricks, so you are lucky, otherwise, the common people would have rebelled long ago."

Xu Mochen didn't bother to talk to her.

Tang Derun came in and brought a new memorial.

Xu Mochen was a little strange: "Aiqing, why didn't this memorial be delivered through the court."

Tang Derun submitted it: "It's a joint memorial signed by two lords of the Ministry of Rites. The content is quite special, so it's given to me here."

Xu Mochen took a look: "Ji Wenhe and Wen Guanxian?

That's right, they are responsible for the imperial examination after all, and they need to report to me individually. "

The prime minister said that although he supported this decision on the face of it, there are always people who want to hinder it. It is also a good thing to bypass them.

After reading the content, Xu Mochen passed the memorial to Tang Derun without saying a word.

"Your Majesty," Tang Derun opened it, thought for a while and returned the memorial, "These two lords intend to be close to Your Majesty."

"Taking this road for no reason," Xu Mochen smiled, "It means that some things may have changed secretly.

It's not easy for them to refuse directly, and they think of ways to use me as a shield.

Aiqing, tell me, who will be involved? "

Tang Derun pondered for a while: "I think that the most direct relationship is with the Ministry of Officials."

The Ministry of Officials controls the officials as a whole, and the sudden addition of new officials will have an impact on the original officials.

Therefore, if we talk about resistance, it must be this group of people who started it.

Xu Mochen agreed: "So you see, in fact, I am thankless, and it is the officials of the world who offend."

Any reform will encounter opposition.

"The Ministry of Rites must have received the news," he followed his own train of thought, "and the sender of the news has something to do with the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of Officials is indeed the most suspicious."

Tang Derun nodded: "Your Majesty, are you in the early stage?"

"The memorial mentioned the students placed around the capital," Xu Mochen smiled, "What does Ai Qing think?"

Tang Derun's words were cautious: "We believe that they will not be aimless when they mention this matter.

As far as Weichen knew, most of the students resettled in this area were from the gentry. "

"Although the disciples of the gentry are not as good as the immortal cultivators, they actually have advantages in terms of writing and dao." Xu Mochen stood up and knocked on the table, "Picking up soft persimmons is easier than picking up the immortal cultivator's students."

In other words, some people want to eliminate some competitors.

"If it's for this purpose," Tang Derun frowned, "the Grammar School is also suspected."

"That's right," Xu Mochen sighed, "This is what I can't figure out.

If the Ministry of Officials and the Wenfazong object, then in the court, they will fight hard. "

But in fact, so far, among the courtiers who belong to the Ministry of Officials and the School of Grammar, no one has come out to express different opinions.

Even when officials across the country were massacred, they did not see any incidents or local riots.

It feels like everyone is working together to do this.

"Could it be that he actually had an opinion," Tang Derun pondered, "but was suppressed by someone with a bigger background."

"It doesn't make sense," Xu Mochen shook his head, "If it's Zhen who wants to stop the imperial examination, then he won't let it go smoothly."

This made Tang Derun silent.

Mi Luo, who was eating cakes at the back, smiled: "What's so hard to imagine, maybe the development of the imperial examination is the progress the other party wants?"

Xu Mochen and Tang Derun looked over together.

"It's like I want to achieve a certain goal, but I need to fulfill a certain condition first." Mi Luo swallowed the pastry and clapped her little hands, "Then naturally let others complete the condition first.

This is the way our dragon clan wants to engage opponents. "

Tang Derun's forehead became hot: "Your Majesty, why is she here?"

"He said he wanted to follow me around the clock to see if I was a fool." Xu Mochen rubbed his brows.

Although the two were talking off-topic, they had been thinking about it.

Mi Luo said the conditions.

Tang Derun's eyes lit up: "Let's not talk about the results of the imperial examination, the biggest change in this process is..."

"The elites among the high-ranking students will all gather in the capital!" Xu Mochen also made a judgment.

Yes, it can be said that it is the largest national gathering of talented scholars in history.

After Xu Mochen thought about it, his face suddenly became serious: "Let's not talk about the other party's ultimate goal, but taking advantage of so many students gathering and preparing to make troubles, and it also involves immortal cultivators from the Grammar School, I'm afraid..."

Things are much more complicated than imagined.

Are the courtiers of the Ministry of Officials or the Ministry of Rites capable of doing this?

In other words, is it the collective calculation of the existing officials?
"Your Majesty," Tang Derun felt cold, "In this case..."

"It should be during the imperial examination." Xu Mochen picked up the memorial again, "I'm afraid these places mentioned by the Ministry of Rites are just the fuse."

"Then what His Majesty means..." Tang Derun asked for instructions.

"Arrange it," Xu Mochen immediately made a decision, "I have a private visit on Weifu."

Tang Derun took the order.

Mi Luo ran over: "Mr. Hun, if you want to pay a private visit in disguise, I will go with you."

Xu Mochen disagreed: "It's dangerous, it's better for children to stay at home."

"I'm not a child anymore, I'm over 100 years old," Mi Luo begged, "Besides, you're not in the palace, I'm bored by myself.

I don't understand what kind of research you two concubines in the harem do every day.

You won’t lose money if you bring me, I am also from the School of Grammar, and my level of writing is not bad. "

Xu Mochen looked at Tang Derun.

Tang Derun smiled: "Your Majesty, if the little princess wants to go, it's okay. As the little princess said, there is someone from the Grammar School, which is more or less deceiving."

Xu Mochen asked, "What do you mean?"

Tang Derun explained with a smile: "Whether it's a student of Wenfazong, or a student of Dagan, sometimes it is inevitable to have a literary struggle.

Their unique literary spirit is different from that of immortal cultivators from other worlds. "

Xu Mochen continued to ask: "So Aiqing means..."

"It's very simple," Mi Luo waved her little hand, "I'll just pretend to be a student who came to Beijing for the exam, and you two can be my servants."

(End of this chapter)