Jinyi Night Walk

Chapter 151 Moral Controversy

After three days of short training, Xia Xun finally mastered his standing, walking, and court procedures. Today was his first time accompanying the court.Xia Xun stood on the left side of the throne, standing upright with his sword pressed, and next to him was an eleven or twelve-year-old little yellow man with a delicate face and persistent whisk.

Usually, civil and military officials would not pay attention to those warriors and eunuchs when they went to court, but this time it was different. They already knew that Yang Xu was the third-class bodyguard with a sword in front of the imperial court. No matter which faction they are, they should look at him carefully.

These are big figures who stomp their feet and tremble in all directions, and any one of them can tower above Xia Xun, but here, in the Jinluan Hall, there is only one core of power, and that is Zhu Yuanzhang, standing beside him, from The deterrence to others seems to be non-existent.

Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, also stood in Xia Xun's place. At the beginning, he was Niu Qianbei, the bodyguard in front of the palace, a role that non-imperial relatives and children of meritorious officials could not take on.The three guards standing in the other triangles of the throne are also relatives of the emperor. Xia Xun was able to get this position and stand at the forefront only because Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to demonstrate to the courtiers.

Zhu Yuanzhang is sitting on the dragon chair. Many times, he will hand over some state affairs to the emperor's grandson, and then comment on the gains and losses of his comments. This is because he is consciously cultivating a successor, but he has to handle major events by himself. .What we are going to discuss today is a major event that is related to the fate of the country and must be handled by him.

Hundreds of civil and military officials, Xunqing's relatives gather together, the emperor is promoted and sits down, and all the officials are like officials, shouting long live three times, uniform, vigorous and powerful.

The tiger is old, but the majesty is still there. Zhu Yuanzhang is sitting on the high throne, and his old face still shows self-confidence and determination to dominate everything.Heroes and generals, veterans and veterans, upstarts of the court, think tanks and talents of the Ming Empire, and the elites of this great era, all prostrate at his feet, shouting long live, and paying homage.

They stood very neatly, and they also gave people the momentum of being united and majestic. However, Xia Xun, who had experienced so much, stood here and looked at the civil and military officials who controlled the entire empire. read.

Officials either directly admonish or flatter, each person's opinions, positions and interests, disputes, running-in and calculations with each other, as well as the size and aspects of imperial affairs, as well as the division and combination of many officials and various factions in the court. This is the largest vanity fair and hunting ground in the world. Watching the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers, it is actually full of dangers.

Today Zhu Yuanzhang is going to attend the court in person to listen to the government because of this year's scientific research case.

In February of this year, Chunwei will take the test, and Xia Xun was on his way back to Jinling at that time.In March, when the list came out, all 51 candidates for the middle school examination were from the south. The northern candidates were outraged, and they jointly filed a petition to sue the examiners Liu Sanwu and Bai Xin for favoring the southerners.The imperial censor from the north was even more furious and impeached, accusing the examiner of corruption and extorting bribes. For a while, the north and the south were opposed, and the city was full of turmoil.

Such an examination result was indeed unprecedented and unheard of. Zhu Yuanzhang became suspicious, and he could not help but suspect that the three examiners from the south might have cheated for personal gain.He was born poor, and what he hated most in his life was "corruption, selfishness and fraud".

For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang specially ordered 12 people, including Zhang Xin, the attendant, Dai Yi, You Zanshan, Wang Junhua, Si Zhilang, Zhang Qian, and the school secretary of the Economic and Economic Bureau, to re-read the examination papers. The day when the 12-person survey miss released the results of the survey.

Among the 12 people, Zhang Xin, the attendant, was also an official who suspected the examiners of fraud. Yan Shuzai, Dong Guan and others were famous for their knowledge and knowledge, and Zhou Heng, Huang Zhang and others were famous for their honesty and outspokenness. The choice of these investigators, It's really fair and just.

Everyone in the government and the opposition is paying attention to today's investigation results, and everyone in the world is waiting.The Northern Juzi have been suppressing the anger in their hearts since the emperor issued an order to re-read the investigation in mid-March until today. The results of today's investigation will either be a shower of sweetness to extinguish the flames in their hearts, or prompt them to erupt and drive the entire The northern gentry's resistance to the imperial court brought incalculable consequences.

In the early court today, everyone knew that this important matter was going to be discussed, and all other matters that were not very important made way for it. Therefore, no one was ignorant, and asked the emperor for instructions on some messy things. Leave the court without incident." Just after shouting, Zhang Xin, the attendant, came out of the class and stood still, holding a wat and saluting: "Minister Zhang Xin, it is ordered to investigate the scientific research case of Chunwei, and the order will be returned today."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Qing ordered to re-read the test paper, what's the result?"

Zhang Xin saluted again, inserted the wat board into his belt, turned around and took out some rolled test papers from the arms of another review officer, held them in his hand, held them up high, and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court has taken In the test, we only judge the pros and cons of the essays, strive for justice, and serve the world. The ministers and 12 people followed the emperor's will and carefully reviewed them, paying special attention to the test papers of the northern juzi. After repeated tasting, we found these seven test papers. He is fluent and has a feasible strategy. He can be regarded as the best among the northern candidates, and he can become a national talent. In terms of his talent, the ministers think that he can be selected."

There was a commotion in the Golden Luan Hall, and everyone thought that even if only one person could win the election, it meant that the examiner was selfish and partial, and the emperor hated officials who perverted the law the most. Going to be bloody and wanton killing?

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly when he heard this, and said in his heart: "Only seven? There are 51 undergraduate candidates, and the northerners only occupy such a small number of places. How can the people in the half of the country north of the Yellow River be convinced?"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xin's next sentence almost made Zhu Yuanzhang dodge a big somersault. Zhang Xin handed the papers to the servant, and took out a stack of exam papers from another official's arms, saying, "Your Majesty, here are seven more exam papers." The test papers are the last seven exam papers of the southern scholars in the list. The ministers compared the seven test papers of the northern candidates with the seven test papers of the southern candidates who are at the bottom of the list, and found that there is a huge gap in the scores of the northern and southern candidates.

The article of the last one in the list is also far higher than that of the top students in the north. Your Majesty, when you open a course to select a scholar, you should judge the merits of the essay. The ministers and others deeply understand the meaning of long live, although they feel that the seven students in the north The talents shown in this article can also be used by the imperial court, but the number of candidates for the imperial court is limited, regardless of academic status, only based on grades, officials and other investigation results, the former list is fair and selfless, and it is not appropriate to change it. Should fail. "

This sentence was like thunder on the ground, and everyone was stunned.None of the civil and military officials expected the re-examination officials to come to such a conclusion. Zhu Yuanzhang was also surprised. He was stunned for a long time before he sneered, picked up a memorial from the case, and said angrily: "Zhang Qing is really fair and can play tricks on you." When I took people to read the test papers, I received a secret report saying that you were in collusion with the former chief examiner Liu Sanwu, because you have always walked by my side.

Zhu Yuanzhang was really angry when he slapped the imperial case.

It's not that Zhu Yuanzhang saw that he didn't fulfill his own wishes, so he found a name at random to run on Zhang Xin, but that someone did report Zhang Xin's fraud. Kao's exclusion of northerners aroused the grievances that northern officials had always been rejected by southerners in the court, and they were almost mad.

At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think that Zhang Xin would make such a result because he didn't understand the holy will, so he didn't take this report letter to heart. At this time, after hearing Zhang Xin's investigation results, he was very angry, and he couldn't help mentioning this letter. report letter.

Zhang Xin was startled and angry, and quickly argued: "Since I was ordered to review the papers, I have not had any contact with any reviewers, and the guards inside and outside the Gongyuan are strictly guarded. How can I collude with Liu Sanwu to cheat?"

"Your Majesty, this is deliberate slander"

A white-haired official jumped out with a snort.This man has a white beard and hair, and is 78 years old. He is Liu Sanwu, the chief examiner of Jinke Chunwei.Liu Sanwu is a great contemporary Confucian. He served as an envoy of Guangxi in the Yuan Dynasty, and became an official of the Ming Dynasty after the founding of the Ming Dynasty. He made a lot of achievements.

He formulated the imperial examination system regulations of the Ming Dynasty, and he also wrote the preface to the criminal law "Da Gao" in the early Ming Dynasty. , a generous man, without a city in his chest, and called himself Tantan Weng, he can be described as a scholarly leader with excellent character and talent.

Old Liu was impassioned and said angrily: "The subject has been reprimanded by the emperor. He is confined to the house and never leaves the house. How can he collude with Lord Zhang Xin? The reason why the northerners can't make the list is not because we cheated. There are actually three reasons."

Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "What is the reason, you can tell me."

Liu Sanwu said: "First, the people in the north were ruled by the Jin people for more than a hundred years, and then by the Yuan people for more than a hundred years. The foundation of Juzi literature is not as good as that of southerners;

The second is poverty. Compared with the south, most people in the north are poor and cannot afford to study or study, so they are weaker;

The third is that northerners are not familiar with the imperial examination system.The emperor's capital is in Jinling, and the southerners are familiar with the requirements and rules of the stereotyped selection of scholars. The northerners don't understand it, and they don't know the skills. "

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed angrily: "Sir, since you know this, why don't you specially recruit a few northern scholars to encourage the hearts of the northerners?"

Liu Sanwu replied: "I select talents for the country. I only use the quality of the test paper as the standard, not the southerners and northerners, regardless of the root cause of their weakness."

Zhu Yuanzhang had nothing to do with this stubborn old donkey, so he had to ease his tone and discuss: "Sir, in my opinion, you might as well choose a few of the northerners to calm people's hearts and quell public anger. How about these seven people being added to the list?"

Liu Sanwu clung to the "truth" and shouted angrily: "The ranking of the examination has been determined, and the candidate is worthy of his name, how can he be replaced?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Sir, if you insist on not changing, is there no selfishness in it?"

Liu Sanwu refused to accept it, so he cocked his neck and said in a vibrating voice: "Then please send a third group of people to investigate, including the old ministers. The ministers are open and aboveboard, so what are you afraid of?"

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