Fortunate Young Gentleman

The text of Ruyi Xiaolangjun, Chapter 760: No Dispute "Prime Minister Feng has fallen, the Tang family is finished, and Prince Kang has become the heir to the throne..."

Xiao Jue looked at him and said, "Since you came to Beijing, there have been at least 80 officials and dignitaries who have fallen into your hands. Compared with you, Prince Huai is nothing. If he is a beast, you are the beast among beasts..."

Tang Ning did not reject the evaluation of a beast.

Usually docile and kind to others, but when others challenge his bottom line, he turns into a beast that chooses people to eat. This is an advantage, not a disadvantage.

Prince Duan took the credit of Prince Huai and took over the department he was in charge of, winning a great victory. As a complete loser, Prince Huai has not even stepped out of Prince Huai's mansion in the past two days.

In Prince Duan's mansion, Prince Kang was depressed and Prince Huai was vulnerable. The high-spirited Prince Duan did not feel proud for long, and a servant came to report that someone was making trouble at the gate of the Imperial College.

"Who is so bold as to cause trouble at the gate of the Imperial College?" Prince Duan's face darkened and he said, "Break their legs and throw them out!"

The Imperial College official looked bitter and said, "Your Highness, these people cannot be beaten..."

Prince Duan frowned and asked, "Why?"

The official said, "Your Highness, those who blocked the Imperial College are all Jiangnan students who stayed in the capital. Behind them are Jiangnan officials in the court. No government office can afford the crime of beating candidates..."

Scholars have a transcendent status in the State of Chen. Even a small scholar can discuss important officials in the court. These people often like to stick together. If they are dissatisfied with a national policy, they will sit at the gate of the government office to protest. The government office cannot beat or scold them, which has always been a headache.

Prince Duan looked at him and asked, "The students in Jiangnan don't study hard. They are just bored and blocking the Imperial College. Why?" The Imperial College official explained, "Your Highness, you don't know that these days, Prince Huai has been ordered by His Majesty to redistribute the quotas of candidates in each state. After this allocation, the number of candidates in Jiangnan has dropped by 30%. The candidates in Jiangnan certainly disagreed, so they gathered in the Imperial College to make trouble and forced the Imperial College to revise the proportion of candidates in Jiangnan..." Because the educational resources in different places are different, the resources allocated to each state in the imperial examination of the State of Chen are different. In areas such as Jiangnan and Jingji that focus on education, there are many talented people, so there are more quotas for candidates, while in remote areas such as Fengzhou and Shengzhou, there are much fewer quotas for candidates. In fact, in each imperial examination, the number of candidates in Jingji and Jiangnan has reached more than 70% of all candidates. Some of these candidates will be in the court in the future. For local prefectures, they naturally hope to have more officials with local origins. The states were naturally dissatisfied with the fact that Jiangnan and the capital monopolized the quota for candidates, and they often petitioned to increase the quota. However, if the quota increased, it would inevitably decrease. The states often fought to the death for this, and the dispute between Jiangnan and the capital was the most intense. Prince Duan knew all this, and he looked at the official with dissatisfaction and said, "This is the decision made by Prince Huai, why are you looking for me?"

The official said helplessly, "Because the Imperial College is in our hands now..."

Prince Duan's face showed a trace of depression, and he said, "Then give Jiangnan more quotas, isn't that enough?"

"This is absolutely not possible..." The Imperial College official said, "The reason why Prince Huai wants to adjust the quota of Juren is because after the Jiangnan incident, His Majesty felt that the power of the Jiangnan party in the court was too strong and wanted to weaken it. If we give Jiangnan more quotas, wouldn't that be disobeying the king's order?"

Prince Duan's face showed anger, and he shouted, "This is not possible, that is not possible, what do you want me to do?"

As soon as he finished speaking, another official rushed in: "Your Highness, Your Highness Your Majesty, something bad is going to happen..."

When Prince Duan saw the official's anxious look, he felt a nameless anger in his heart and said angrily: "What's the matter again!"

The official said: "I just learned that many gentry and dignitaries in the capital area are about to jointly impeach Your Highness..."

Prince Duan was stunned, and then he was furious: "Why are they impeaching me for no reason?"

The official explained: "In order to make the court's tax collection more convenient and faster, Your Majesty ordered Prince Huai to streamline the tax system. Prince Huai abolished many miscellaneous taxes. Although this procedure is simple, it affects the interests of these gentry and dignitaries. How can they agree..."

Prince Duan stood there in a daze, and finally reacted, and said sternly: "Zhao Rui, you dare to set a trap for me!"

...

The gate of the Imperial College was blocked by students from Jiangnan, and it has not been opened for three days.

Several officials from Prince Duan who were temporarily transferred to revise the tax system, the impeachment of them flew into the Shangshu Province like snowflakes in the past few days.

The students from Jiangnan had good reasons to block the gate of the Imperial College. The number of Juren allocated to each state was related to the state's future status in the court. Jiangnan was implicated by the fall of Prime Minister Feng a year ago, and half of the power in the court was lost. Now they want to touch their number of Juren, which is equivalent to digging up their roots.

This is naturally intolerable. Every grievance has its perpetrator, and their creditors are the Imperial College and Prince Duan.

The tax system of the State of Chen has many items. In some places, even the officials of the Ministry of Revenue do not understand it. Some tax items themselves are unclear and ambiguous. It is a heavy task for the court to collect taxes every year.

King Huai, following the order of Emperor Chen, streamlined the tax system. What should go and what should be kept were kept. The tax items suddenly became clear. The clear tax items meant that there were no loopholes to exploit. Those gentry, wealthy families, and powerful people who had already benefited from it. How can such people accept it? King Duan is now the person in charge of this project, and he must bear the blame.

Both of these matters are not easy to solve. If the scholars get together, the imperial court will be troubled. The imperial power does not go down to the grassroots. Chen Guo from the county down actually relies on the local gentry and wealthy families. Their combined strength cannot be underestimated. .

All in all, the capital was in a state of chaos these days, and it was hard to read all the official documents in the Ministry of Education. Tangning simply took two days of sick leave to spend time with his wife at home.

From this incident, it can be seen that there is at least ten kings of Kang between King Duan and King Huai.

These two big scapegoats were not easy to shoulder given the identity and status of Prince Huai. Even a prince like Duan Wang who had half a foot in the East Palace would be overwhelmed and unable to breathe.

He seemed to have taken advantage of what happened a few days ago, but in fact he was just taking the blame for King Huai.

Even Tang Ning thought that the Tang family's strategy of shrinking down was tailor-made for Prince Duan. If the enemy can't move, I won't be able to move. The only way a tortoise can live long is if he doesn't move. King Duan is obviously not as far-sighted as a tortoise.

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In the imperial study room, Emperor Chen looked at the mountains of papers sent by the Ministry of Education and said angrily: "What the hell happened to me!"

Wei Jian stepped forward and whispered: "Your Majesty, calm down..."

"It is my decree that Prince Duan go back to the palace to rest and do not touch the court affairs again." Emperor Chen waved his hand and said: "In addition, summon Prince Huai to the palace..."

After a while, King Huai stood in the imperial study, bowed his hands to Emperor Chen, and said: "Back to my father, these two matters are serious. I originally wanted to proceed step by step, but I didn't expect that the emperor would be so radical. This is the end of the matter." , I have nothing else to do.”

Chen Huang looked at him, frowned and said, "You don't know how much he weighs. For such an important court matter, can you give it to him if he wants it?"

King Huai bowed even lower and said: "The elders and younger ones are in order. Since the imperial brother wants it, how can I not deny it to my son?"

Chen Huang looked at him and said angrily: "When will you change your attitude of not fighting for anything?"

[PS: I haven’t been feeling well these past few days. I went to the hospital in the morning and made an appointment for a check-up. I didn’t start writing until I came back in the afternoon. Everyone should take care of themselves. Everything is empty. A dog’s life is the most important thing...]