The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 42 Cozy Zhu Biao

A eunuch walked out of the shadows somewhere in the hall. His figure was like a ghost, and no one had noticed it before.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, one of the maids accompanying the Crown Princess has indeed died."

"In the days after the grandson was cured, the princess was irritable and often angry, and many of her servants were punished."

"The maid broke a glass cup, and the princess was so angry that she was killed with a stick."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was cold and his eyes were cold, "Is it true that the maid left the palace?"

The eunuch replied: "It's true. I have verified that the maid did leave the palace once when my grandson was sick."

"The Crown Princess attaches great importance to the accompanying maids and allows them to take turns leaving the palace once a month."

Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "Because he will be killed with a stick just by a glass cup, is this what she values?"

The eunuch lowered his head and said nothing.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not mention the matter again, but instead said: "Keep an eye on Mao Xiang for us. I want to know his every word and deed."

"Yes, please leave." The eunuch retreated into the shadows and disappeared.

Zhu Yuanzhang was full of murderous intentions, but Mao Xiang dared to add fuel to the fire and frame the princess. His behavior was tantamount to devouring the master, and he must not be allowed to stay.

But don't worry, let him use his hand to clean out the moths in the court, and then hit the local wealthy households hard.

It's also waste.

Then he glanced at the East Palace with an expressionless face, and it was time to end some things.

Whether Lu is innocent or not is no longer important.

Threatening her grandson, this reason was enough for her to die.

When Mrs. Chang passed away that year, she felt that many things were inconvenient without a mistress in the East Palace.

Secondly, he wanted to find someone to replace Chang, so that Zhu Biao would not be immersed in sadness.

So he agreed to the petition of the ministers and found a new princess for the prince.

Lu's performance is excellent in all aspects. The key is that she has no brothers. She will not have any relatives involved in politics in the future, so she will straighten her out.

Unexpectedly, it has turned into this situation.

It seems that the matter of canonizing the crown princess cannot be rushed in the future.
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What happened in the court today spread at an alarming speed, spreading throughout Yingtian Mansion in a very short period of time.

and spread quickly to all parts of the country.

Of course, there was only one thing spread, which was to restart the imperial examination.

As for the Yellow River bursting its banks and the cabinet, there was not even a splash.

Scholars took to the streets one after another to inquire whether this matter was true or false.

The big shots who usually have very strict mouths were all like colanders today, eager to use loudspeakers to publicize this matter.

His Majesty promised in court to restart the imperial examination, and also issued a special decree to launch the Enke examination, which will be held twice in a row this year and next.

Once the news was confirmed, the scholars were completely excited, and there were shouts of long live the news everywhere.

The voices that had previously insulted the emperor's cruelty almost all disappeared.

A major case like the Zhao Mao case that shocked the whole country seems to have become insignificant.

To ask why?
Anyway, I was not the one who was killed, the imperial examination was closely related to me.

Thinking more darkly, there are only so many official positions. If we don't kill a lot of them, there will be no place for us.

More and more detailed news came out later.

Gongsun Cong, the Minister of Rites, took the lead in writing a letter requesting to restart the imperial examination.

In an instant, Gongsun Shilang became a good official among the scholars and a role model for all people.

His reputation exceeded that of the famous ministers and scholars in the court.

News of the reform of the imperial examination system also came out later?

What, after passing the exam, you have to work as a swordsman and penman for two years?

This... how can we scholars... how can we not understand the holy will?

This method is good, we must do it well.

What, the quotas are divided according to provinces?

This method... This method is also good. Taking care of the scholars in poor areas will bring great benefits to the world.

What, you disagree?

Beat you to death, you treacherous traitor.

The scholar group had no objections at all and fully accepted the new imperial examination system.

The few people who had opinions were quickly suppressed by other scholars.In short, whoever dares to obstruct the resumption of the imperial examination is a sinner.

It only took the Ministry of Rites two days to formulate a specific strategy and submit it to the cabinet.

In fact, the office of the cabinet is the original office of the fourth auxiliary officer.

Just changed the name, changed a few people, and slightly modified a few systems.

In addition, there were two former fourth auxiliary officers to lead the new ones, and the cabinet took over the government affairs smoothly.

Nothing seems to have changed.

But Zhu Biao felt unprecedentedly relaxed.

Since the abolition of the prime minister system, government affairs have basically been handled by Zhu Yuanzhang and him.

So many memorials were reviewed by the father and son.

Zhu Biao no longer knew how long it had been since he had rested.

But now, he had a comfortable feeling.

The memorial was first reviewed by seven cabinet bachelors, who highlighted the key points and gave solutions, and then submitted it to him for review.

It reduced his workload by [-]%.

Now he can sit on the chair, drink tea leisurely, and watch the seven people working.

All it takes is a final review and approval before submitting it to the Emperor.

Well, it's actually a process. Except for some major matters, it's basically whatever he says.

My father must be panicking now.

When he thought of this, Zhu Biao suddenly felt that the tea in the cup was no longer fragrant.

I'm the prince, okay, why do I have to do the emperor's job?

Not fair.

Chen Jingke is simply a genius. The only flaw is, why do you propose to let the prince take charge of the cabinet?

You only sympathize with the old man’s hard work, but don’t you sympathize with me?

Just when he was thinking about running the train, Wang Yuan came over with a memorandum:
"Your Highness, the Ministry of Rites has submitted an urgent memorial regarding the imperial examination strategy."

"Oh, so fast."

Zhu Biao said this, but his expression was not surprised at all.

If the Ministry of Rites is slow, then there will be a problem.

Why did news of the resumption of the imperial examination spread so quickly?It wasn't the officials who were afraid of the emperor's repentance and deliberately publicized it.

All scholars in the world know that you can’t be shameless towards the emperor, right?
The same reason is why we came up with the charter so quickly. We wanted to finalize this matter as quickly as possible.

Of course, there is another reason. If the speed is slow, I may be scolded by eager readers.

Zhu Biao opened the memorial and saw that the cabinet bachelor had drawn out all the important contents with blue ink. He looked particularly effortless.

However, this matter was of great importance, so he read the entire content line by line.

Then he nodded, Ren Ang did a good job and didn't do any tricks.

Basically, they were modeled on the mature imperial examination plan of the Song Dynasty. On this basis, provisions for dividing quotas by provinces and governments were added.

There is no mention of two years of hard work.

This is a matter for the Ministry of Personnel. If the Ministry of Rites intervenes, it will be beyond its authority.

However, the officials also did not dare to bear the infamy and almost submitted memorials one after another.

A fairly feasible tempering method has been formulated, which roughly means:
A special position is set up in the sixth room of the local government office to assist the chief registrar in managing the affairs of the sixth room.

The term lasts for two years. After passing the exam, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will confer an official title.

The so-called six chambers are six agencies modeled after the six ministries, and their jurisdictional duties are roughly the same.

After reading it, Zhu Biao thought it was okay, so he presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang alone.

Zhu Yuanzhang revised the two-year evaluation method for officials, and then approved it.

The news also spread as quickly as possible.

The eagerly awaited readers are excited again.

Then they dispersed in a swarm and went back to their homes.

Enke is about to start, so hurry up and review, who has time to talk nonsense here?

(End of this chapter)