Ming politicians

When Su Tiancheng took part in the palace examination, he was full of confidence. As a Jieyuan of the provincial examination and a member of the general examination, it is said that there would be no problems in the palace examination.

On March [-]th, Yinshi, Su Tiancheng and many Gongsheng students rushed outside the Forbidden City.

In the Forbidden City, beside the city gate, there are sergeant handles from afar, and all the family servants who follow.

Officials from the Ministry of Rites are already waiting outside the city, and everyone's identities have already been verified.

After counting the number of people, officials from the Ministry of Rites led the crowd into the city gate.

After only a few steps, the team stopped inside the city gate.

Su Tiancheng couldn't help but look at the city walls on both sides.

He is the member who will try and take the lead.

The officials of the Ministry of Rituals noticed the change in the team, and reminded everyone softly once again, after entering the palace, don't look around, so as not to break the etiquette and ask for trouble.

The reminder from the officials of the Ministry of Rituals made everyone sober up. Everyone behaved properly, bowed their hands and kept their eyes straight.

After waiting for half an hour, Su Tiancheng felt his legs a little numb. What are you doing here so early? Standing here like a fool. There are really many rules in the palace. They just like to torture people to reflect the royal majesty.

Officials from the Ministry of Rites finally led everyone into the Forbidden City. Everyone was very careful. They looked at the feet of the people in front of them, as if they were about to walk in the footprints of the people in front of them. Just go.

It was not yet daylight, and there was nothing to see.

Su Tiancheng felt a little strange as he turned around and turned around.Hundreds of years later, he also visited the Forbidden City, it is not so complicated.

The Forbidden City is divided into the outer city and the inner city. The inner city is where the emperor, empress, and concubines live. Of course, there are the queen mother and others. Inside, ministers are not allowed to enter, and there are only women and eunuchs inside.

As for the outer city, the six departments are all working here.

Walking a little dizzy, the sky gradually brightened, and a group of people finally arrived outside the Palace of Preserving Harmony.

The resplendent Palace of Preserving Harmony still greatly shocked everyone.

Finally, a eunuch came over, Su Tiancheng raised his head, greatly surprised, this eunuch was actually Qin Sande.

Qin Sande had seen Su Tiancheng a long time ago. Su Tiancheng lowered his head and closed his eyes. He didn't know what he was thinking. If other people were like this, Qin Sande would have scolded him a long time ago. He would speak, but he thought it was very interesting. This Su Tiancheng not only could speak, but he was also courageous enough. This is in the palace, and he dared to close his eyes and rest his mind.

Qin Sande looked at Su Tiancheng and smiled, and Su Tiancheng also smiled at Qin Sande.

When entering the Hall of Preserving Harmony, the table has already been set, and there are no stools. When doing the questions, everyone just sits on the floor.

After a while, the court ministers appeared, and the first minister was of course Zhou Yanru, followed by Wen Tiren, and the rest of the cabinet ministers, the six ministers, and the imperial envoys followed behind and entered the Hall of Preserving Harmony.

At Chenshi, Wang Chengen appeared in the hall of Baohe Palace.

"The emperor is here..."

Everyone knelt down, including Gongsheng who participated in the palace examination, and Su Tiancheng knelt at the front.

Zhu Youjian has been on the throne for five years, but he is only 21 years old, a typical young man.

Su Tiancheng really wanted to look up, but here, he really couldn't make mistakes. With so many ministers staring at him, if he messed up his etiquette, he might be kicked out immediately.

"Everyone's family is flat."

When the soft voice came, Su Tiancheng doubted his ears a little. This voice sounded like the voice of a middle-aged man. Zhu Youjian was only 21 years old, so he had such a mature aura. Could it be that the emperor is really different from ordinary people? ah.

"All the tribute students are also dead."

Su Tiancheng got up in a jerk, and his movements were a little fast. During this process, he actually raised his head and glanced up.

Zhu Youjian is indeed a young man. Although he has a mature expression on his face, he can't hide his youthful attitude, and there is a pure aura on his face.

This is not a particularly bad emperor, even an emperor without much scheming. This expression shows that Zhu Youjian is eager to improve the situation of Ming Dynasty and expects the greatest help.

The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. This is a natural state of mind, and the emperor is no exception. It is no wonder that later, the cabinet ministers adjusted like a revolving lantern.

Zhu Youjian also noticed Su Tiancheng, and seeing Su Tiancheng moving so quickly and even looking at himself, he found it very interesting, and unconsciously had a better impression of Su Tiancheng.

Zhu Youjian is also a young man. Although he became an emperor and became an old man, the young man's temperament has not been completely lost.

Wang Chengen also noticed Su Tiancheng's actions. Seeing Su Tiancheng's youthful aura, his willingness to move could touch the emperor. The loyal Wang Chengen was of course happy.

There are more than 300 tribute students participating in the palace examination. It is impossible for the emperor to ask so many questions and ask every tribute student who participated in the palace examination. Therefore, the focus is still on the tribute students to make a fuss. who writes well.

The palace examination began soon. After getting the topic, Su Tiancheng smiled slightly. This is a passage in Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching: Governing a big country is like cooking small delicacies, and serving the world with the Tao, its ghosts are not gods.It's not that the ghosts are not gods, the gods don't hurt people.It's not that gods don't hurt people, and saints don't hurt people either.Husband and wife do not hurt each other, so virtue returns to Yan.

The meaning of this passage is a metaphor for governing a country. It needs to be careful, just right, neither too much nor not in place.But this passage, for thousands of years, countless people have given many explanations, including many emperors, each with their own opinions, anyway, they all explain it in a direction that is beneficial to their own rule.

Zhu Youjian found out such a topic, which looks simple, but it is actually very difficult. This is a policy theory for governing the country, and it is very difficult to do. The minister may not be able to make a beautiful article.

The simpler the topic, the harder it is to make a fuss about.

Sure enough, many Gong students had smiles on their faces when they got the topic, and some of them started to write without even thinking about it, as if they were full of confidence.

Su Tiancheng still thought about it for a while. Among all the Gongsheng students, he was the last to start writing. He thought for a full hour.

It’s really not easy to do a good job in this article. It’s like admonishing. You have to be precise, blindly upright, and say some big truths. How can people listen to your opinions? Come up, I want you, a novice who doesn't know anything, to teach you.

It is even more inadvisable to blindly talk empty words, and take out the understanding of so many emperors in the past, and write a long article. At the end, there is no content, let alone any opinions of your own.

When Su Tiancheng started writing, he already had a draft. He wrote this article from two aspects. The first aspect, starting from the four characters of respecting heaven and fazu, who is the emperor? The ancestors of the royal family are all the best people, dragons among men, so the royal family is the most arrogant and correct. When the emperor governs the country, he must respect the sky, obey the will of heaven, and abide by the legal system of the ancestors.

The focus of the article is in the second part. The purpose of writing the first part is to please the emperor. There is no way. If you don’t do this, the emperor will be unhappy. Trade, the development of industry and commerce, and the development of overseas colonies. In terms of foreign trade and overseas colonies, Su Tiancheng made a key point. It is nothing more than that our Ming Dynasty is a great country, and it is natural to assume the important task of leading the world. Some undeveloped lands, The barren land needs me, Da Ming, to influence it.

At the end, Su Tiancheng talked about the difficulties faced by the imperial court. There are three aspects. The first is the invasion of the Later Jin Dynasty, the second is the harassment of bandits, and the third is the domestic famine. He will not talk about these issues in detail, but only points out until.

He wrote two opinions, one is that the inside must be settled first when fighting against the outside world, and heavy hands must be used to eliminate the rogues, and never raise tigers as a threat. The rogues are originally forced by life, and they can invade places for a long time. Ansheng has become a scourge, clear out the rogues, and then consider conquering Houjin.

The second is to improve people's livelihood. This is an old-fashioned talk, but Su Tiancheng put forward a point of view. It is better to give policies than to give money. You can choose two to three prefectures and counties, and give some local policies appropriately, so that they can combine with the local actual situation. , Give full play to your ability, and carry out work creatively. If you do a good job, you will be promoted while being rewarded by the imperial court.

This is actually the practice of the SAR.

Su Tiancheng's considerations are far-reaching. Since he decided to let it go outside, he should try his best to win the policy. If he went to the county, he would be too restricted by his superiors to deal with it, and he might even be exhausted. nice.

It is even more naive to directly ask the emperor for policies. I don't have such an opportunity. I am afraid that if I just propose it, the ministers in the court will reprimand me.

The article is not long, don't write too long for the palace examination, people will look very tired, ignore the essence of the article, the effect is often not good.

In less than two hours, Su Tiancheng finished the essay, and he handed in the paper during the application period, which also included the time for lunch.

The meals were of course rewarded by the emperor.

Su Tiancheng was the first to hand in the paper.

This is also where he is smart. He handed in the paper earlier, so Zhu Youjian can spare time to read his own article, maybe he will remember the suggestion he made, and when he is happy, he can write , issued an imperial decree to approve my opinion, wouldn't things in the future be much more convenient.

Of course, this was Su Tiancheng's wishful thinking, and he didn't know what the result would be.