Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 69
In the beginning of the new year, besides the training of the imperial guards, Zhu Youxiao also had to pay attention to the upcoming general and imperial examinations.

This year is the year of the Grand Competition, and since Zhu Youxiao issued an edict last autumn, the number of Jinshi admissions this year will double compared to previous years.

In other words, the number of Jinshi admissions this year will reach more than [-].

It is also because of this that the remnants of the Donglin Party, which are contrary to Zhu Youxiao's ruling philosophy, and the scholars such as Fushe, which was established a year earlier in the eighth year of Tianqi, are much more peaceful at this moment, and most of them have entered Beijing to prepare to leap into the dragon's gate .

In addition, a group of traditional gentry from the lower class or non-merchant class of the royalist party also entered Beijing one after another.

In response to His Majesty's call to encourage talented people from all over the world to serve the country, Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch guarding Nanjing, even personally chartered ten official ships to send royalist scholars to Beijing for free.

In addition, Wei Zhongxian also invited Yu Huang, the No. [-] scholar in the fifth year of Tianqi, who had returned to his hometown due to his mother's serious illness, and led these royalist scholars to Beijing to rush for the exam. Naturally, he also intended to teach these scholars how to deal with the exam. .

Zhu Youxiao first dismissed a group of eunuchs who were really useless, and then eradicated a large number of members of the Donglin Party. Therefore, up to now, the power of the various factions in the imperial court can be said to be equal.

And who will prevail over the other party in the future political power competition, this year's test will be a more critical competition.

In modern terms, one cannot lose at the starting line. Therefore, the two factions are trying their best to compete for the number of Jinshi in this imperial examination. crown.

There was already an uproar among the Confucian scholars over this test, and as the emperor of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao naturally couldn't stay out of it.

Moreover, Zhu Youxiao knew very well that if this examination was simply based on the previous examination method, that is, if the starting topic of the stereotyped essay was the first criterion for judging, then the winners of the examination this time would undoubtedly still be Donglin and Fushe is mainly composed of Jiangnan scholars.

Although the imperial court also divided quotas with the north, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places in the southwest such as Huguang, it has become a common practice to take the exam under the guise of one's nationality.

Therefore, if Zhu Youxiao wants to prevent the new officials in his court from being monopolized by Jiangnan scholars, he can only change the way of writing the questions.

But Zhu Youxiao didn't dare to make major changes. In the era when Confucianism still dominated, even though he was an emperor, he didn't dare to commit the world's worst crimes by taking the Nine Chapters of Arithmetic and other miscellaneous studies.

That being the case, he could only start with the questions of the test, so he summoned Qian Qianyi, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites who presided over the test, early in the morning, and asked him to inform the examiners that the first thing in the test was Policy question.

Qian Qianyi is not a literati with a strong character, and he is suitable to be Zhu Youxiao's imperial literati. Hearing His Majesty's opinion, he readily agreed, not to mention that he has completely offended Jiangnan scholars now, even if he wants to give these Jiangnan scholars It is estimated that His Majesty will turn a blind eye to the stumbling block.

"This exam must be fair and strict. In addition, I only have one requirement for the questions, and that is to be pragmatic!

I don't want fancy talk, and I don't want to sing praises, let alone groundless nonsense. Of course, for those who actually ask questions, I don't need to be too concerned about the correctness of the views they put forward. needed. "

Zhu Youxiao said and said: "You go down first, before the end of the test and the ranking, I will check ten articles first."

"Wei Chen retire!"

After Qian Qianyi left, he couldn't help but cast a glance at Liu Rushi, the little girl who was accompanying him, and offered to bow to Liu Rushi before leaving.

And Liu Rushi completely ignored the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, and came in with a bowl of lotus seed soup: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, let's have some late-night snacks, this is boiled by the empress herself."

Seeing that the two were strangers, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help smiling, thinking that he had not only changed history but also the fate of historical figures, seeing the lovely Liu Rushi blowing some hot lotus seed soup, he came over and said with a smile : "Give it to me, I will blow it myself."

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After Zhu Youxiao finished eating the lotus seed soup, Liu Rushi hurriedly lit the lanterns himself, and followed Zhu Youxiao to Kunning Palace to sleep.

But when Zhu Youxiao entered the Kunning Palace, he saw that the Zhou family was also there, and he was crying in the arms of Queen Zhang Yan at this time. With a sound.

Zhu Youxiao saw that there were claw marks on her face, a bruise on her forehead, and blood was still bleeding from her mouth, so she hurriedly asked Liu Rushi to bring her Baiyao to wipe with Zhou Shi.

At the same time, Zhu Youxiao hurriedly let the Zhou family live, and asked himself the queen: "What's going on?"

"You Jian went mad again, smashing things all over the room, and beating eunuchs and maidservants. Zhou Shi went to try to persuade him, but he also beat him. When the courtiers found out, they hurriedly ordered someone to bring them here."

As Zhang Yan spoke, she asked Mrs. Zhou to sit behind the screen. Although Zhu Youxiao was the emperor, after all, one was an elder brother and the other was a younger sibling. It was indecent to be in the same room.

Liu Rushi often stayed by Zhu Youxiao's side, and knew more about modern medicines and other products than others, so he quickly brought them, and took the initiative to go behind the screen to wipe them for Zhou.

And here, Zhu Youxiao was sitting on the kang beside him, and asked: "Mr. Zhou, this is the first time Zhu Youjian has beaten you. Tell me, I will make the decision for you."

"Thank you, brother, my concubine doesn't dare!" Zhou Shi sobbed and said, "It's nothing for a concubine to be beaten, but I just ask you, brother, for the sake of brotherhood, don't put your husband under house arrest. It will be painful for him."

Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that Queen Zhou in history was really a seed of infatuation, but he also didn't expect Zhu Youjian to be a wife beater. However, although he was a little puzzled by Zhou's still thinking about his husband Interference cannot be imposed, after all, it is the norm of this era that a wife is a guide to her husband.

"Go and call Zhu Youjian, I have something to ask him", Zhu Youxiao gave orders and then lay down on the kang and closed his eyes to rest his mind. Empress Zhang Yan saw that he had been working hard on state affairs for a day and now he was still worrying about these family affairs, so she couldn't help but leave Come over, hold Zhu Youxiao's hand, and call softly: "Your Majesty!"

"Let me squint for a while," Zhu Youxiao said, and when Empress Zhang Yan saw that Liu Rushi had come over with a quilt at some point, she couldn't help but smiled and covered Zhu Youxiao.

When Zhu Youjian arrived, he saw Zhu Youxiao lying comfortably on the kang, Queen Zhang Yan rubbed his temples, and Xiao Liu Rushi hammered his knees, so he couldn't help snorting coldly: "I really enjoy it!" Then Only reluctantly cupped his hands: "The guilty minister Zhu Youjian has seen His Majesty!"

"Come here!" Zhu Youxiao called out.

Zhu Youjian walked over, and unexpectedly, Zhu Youxiao got up suddenly and slapped him: "What kind of skill is beating your wife? If you have the ability, go to Liaodong to beat the Tartars!"

Zhu Youjian was stunned for a moment, this big change was the first time his imperial brother hit him since he could remember, he didn't know what to say for a while.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Youxiao slapped him again: "The slap just now was to teach you a lesson for the emperor, and this slap is to teach you a lesson!"

　Readers, rest assured, the protagonist is definitely not the Virgin. In addition, I would like to thank the book friend Guancanghai 666666, the great god you know how to reward.

　　
　
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