Is it abnormal to want to marry an empress?

"Lu Cheng'an, it's nothing, you can go back and write out the policy and policy of [reform the land and return it] for me." Emperor Zhengying issued an order to expel Lu Cheng'an.

"Thank you, Lord Long." Lu Chengan took the unicorn robe and bowed slightly.

Lu Chengan turned around slowly and was about to walk out of the palace. King Jin also turned around. When the two of them were about to go out side by side, they only heard Emperor Zhengying sneer, "All princes, stay here for me, so don't leave."

"And King Jin, how about your greetings to me?"

"Ah, father, why are you so narrow-minded." King Jin stomped his feet, and immediately turned back to the imperial study.

These words made Emperor Zhengying happy again.

"Isn't that what you said to greet me?" Emperor Zhengying made a doubtful and questioning voice, "You have to do something after taking the money, right?"

"My son, please greet my father!" King Jin walked in, bowed deeply and said, "It's all right, there's nothing else, my son ran away."

Emperor Zhengying glanced at her and said: "It was fine just now, but something happened suddenly now, so don't leave."

In the past few days, I thought that my daughters had grown up, but looking at it now, I really thought too much.

One by one, still very 'stupid'.

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Chapter 156 Is it okay? !

King Jin walked in.

King Ning got up, gave up a seat, and retreated to a position a little further away.

When King Jin and King Ning exchanged positions.

King Ning turned his body sideways and said in a low voice, "Prince Jin, my man's performance just now was really good."

King Jin narrowed his eyes. This sudden backstab was something she hadn't thought of. The sneak attack at this time was really too low-handed. The father was here, so he couldn't teach King Ning a lesson.

"I just like the way you look angry and unable to retaliate against me." Ever since King Ning tore off the disguise mask in the plot mode, he knew that in reality, it would be difficult for her to make King Jin feel at ease. .

Then simply, don't pretend, if you have a chance, then step on it.

Emperor Zhengying walked to the side of the copybook and patted it fiercely.

"Liu Kuan, you go out first." Emperor Zhengying said in a deep voice. Today, he just took advantage of this opportunity to test his heirs who are usually 'idle'.

Following Liu Kuan got up, he left the imperial study.

Emperor Zhengying said indifferently: "Mr. Song has also taught you a lot of homework during these days. After a while, it stands to reason that you will have to test the classics and principles you have learned this year."

"I want to come, it's better to hit the sun than to choose a date, and it's better to take the school exam today. I want to see if you have learned any skills."

After Emperor Zhengying's words fell, the expressions of the princes sitting under the stage changed slightly.

"Yuzhou, I want to ask you, do you know why I abolished the imperial examination this time?" Emperor Zhengying also cut to the point when he spoke.

"Is there any reason for the imperial court to favor the southerners and abandon the northerners? This time the imperial examinations are all southern scholars. It seems to be safe, but it hurts the hearts of the northern scholars and breaks the foundation of our dynasty." The King of Han replied neatly.

Emperor Zhengying nodded, "Yes, that's a good answer, but do you know why I abolished this imperial examination and dismissed Zhang Yue from the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites? Exile for thousands of miles?"

"He is close to me, and I also value him." Emperor Zhengying continued to ask lightly.

"Is it because he knows he made a mistake and keeps making mistakes again and again?" King Han asked tentatively.

Emperor Zhengying was a little surprised. It was not easy for the King of Han to see this layer, "Zhang Yue, originally there was a way out."

"After the examination list came out, I personally asked him if there was anything wrong with the dossier."

"But he told me that he was not wrong, he read the files."

"He sent me the test papers of the southern scholars. I read them and the answers were indeed good. He told me that this time it was a coincidence. This time the southerners did better than the northerners." Emperor Zhengying said Here, suddenly smiled.

"Is it possible?!" Emperor Zhengying said with a straight face, waving his sleeves, "What I want to ask is whether the southern scholars did well in the exam, or not?"

"I'm asking him, he's right or wrong."

"He said he was right, so what he meant was that I was wrong? Is it my fault that I believed the slander and blamed him?" Emperor Zhengying stared down.

"I want him to suffer this sin, but if he doesn't want to, then he deserves to die." Emperor Zhengying said indifferently: "Son of Heaven, Shengwei, how can there be any fault?"

"This is why I abandoned Zhang Yue." Emperor Zhengying rolled his sleeves and said, "I wanted him to be a good courtier, but he didn't."

"Father, did you cheat for personal gain in this imperial examination?" King Han couldn't help asking.

"Yes." Emperor Zhengying said indifferently: "Every year in the imperial examinations, there are favoritism and fraud, but as long as you don't go too far, let one or two people in, how can I care?"

The imperial examination is only relatively fair, and it is a means of selecting talents, but in politics, there is no absolute fairness.

As long as it is profitable, there is political mutual trading.

Zhang Yue did cheat, and promoted two scholars from the Zhang family to enter the Kebang. As for the other examiners, Emperor Zhengying did not investigate in detail whether they had cheated for personal gain.

And these two scholars from the Zhang family are not completely incompetent, they can still read and write, but with their level, they can pass through the selection process and reach the final round.

Still unrealistic.

The examiners in each round are different people. How could it be possible that someone from the Southern Party took over the entire exam?

Therefore, Emperor Zhengying saw that this was someone deliberately conniving, so who could connive, and who had the conditions to make such a political deal with Zhang Yue?

Only Sun Ming, the prime minister at the time, has this ability.

It is even possible that Changsun Ming did not connive, but unilaterally planted and framed. The controversy in the North-South list case this time was deliberately caused by him to attack his political opponents.

For such a big problem, if Zhang Yue could realize the seriousness of the problem and take the initiative to take the responsibility, Emperor Zhengying would not be able to forgive him, but Zhang Yue chose the most stupid path, which is to persevere to the end. In the imperial examination, there are only southerners but no northerners. What a terrible thing.

So Emperor Zhengying made the most correct choice, abolished the Kebang, all the grades of the southern scholars were invalidated, and then held Zhang Yue, the Minister of Rites, accountable.

If you are unwilling to bear the responsibility for this crime, then I will personally condemn you.

Separately listing crimes and voiding grades are two criteria.

Committing a crime alone is equivalent to hammering out the matter of favoritism and malpractice. Those scholars involved in this case will not be allowed to be officials for life, and all their grades will have to be revoked.

But just simply voiding the grades is similar to the "law does not blame the public" in disguise, holding it high and putting it down gently, giving these southern aristocratic families a face.

Only Zhang Yue's fault was investigated, and the emotions of scholars from the north and the south were appeased.

For the northern scholars, this is His Majesty Tianwei, who has discerned the details, and the eternal king has found out that there is indeed a situation of favoritism and fraud in the imperial examination. They have become vested interests and will naturally defend Emperor Zhengying.

For scholars in the south, they will be glad that this time only the results of the imperial examination are abolished, there is no substantial punishment for those who rush to take the exam, and there is still a chance to become an official. Isn't this a kind of kindness?

King Qin asked abruptly: "Since this is the case, I have a question I want to ask."

"Father didn't want to hold these scholars involved in the case of favoritism and malpractice accountable before. He wanted to take the opportunity to appease both parties, so they both took a step back. Why should they be held accountable now?"

Emperor Zhengying looked up to the sky and laughed.

"I don't pursue the responsibility to the end, because no one deserves to be held accountable before."

"When you do something, you have to earn something. You have to think about whether the value of what you do is worth your effort."

"I didn't kill the Zhang family, because the Zhang family has already lost a Zhang Yue, and it has lost power. If I keep them, can they shake my foundation?"

"No, no, they will even think that I still have old feelings, that I will have a chance to rise, and will continue to show favor to me, and deal with those who are against me for me."

"That's why I left them."

"However, if I really want their lives, what can they do? There are people in the court who want the Zhang family to die."

"There will be no fewer people who climb up, not just one!"

"The policy of [reforming the soil and returning to the natives] is enough to buy their Zhang family's life, let them accept this crime, and cut off their future."

"Why would I raise some idlers for nothing? Useless people?"

"If Lu Cheng'an really has this ability, I want his family to become the next Zhang family, the next nobleman in the court."

"Then he can."

"Zhang Yue prospers because of me!"

"It can also die because of me."

"The Zhang family's fault is that they have this opportunity of favoritism and fraud in my hands. The fault is that someone is more valuable than them."

Emperor Zhengying said indifferently: "If someone from the Zhang family can put an end to the chaos in the Southwest, what if we open the net?"

"But they don't have the ability."

"It's the target of public criticism again."

The King of Han frowned. She could not agree with Father's opinion. The imperial examination itself was an opportunity for scholars all over the world to gain fame, and it was an opportunity for humble scholars to stand out.

In such a sacred place, the emperor can condone the officials' favoritism and fraud, even if only one or two people are lucky enough to enter each year, but how many places are there in a year?

How can these extra idle and mediocre officials be put down to govern the local area without problems?

But after thinking about it, King Han sighed.

In the current situation, the interests of the royal father and these aristocratic families are already firmly integrated, so I am afraid that this is a compromise of mutual concessions. In any case, the imperial father has not allowed these aristocratic families to completely control the road of the imperial examination.

After all, in the simulated deduction, it took Han Wang decades of time to slowly let the family be suppressed by the imperial power, but remember, she only used the imperial power to suppress the family.

The only thing that really solved the family's long-standing disadvantages was King Jin's big cleansing, which completely cleaned up the pattern.

Now that I think about it, every step of the father is not easy, and I am still too idealistic.

Emperor Zhengying sighed deeply: "King of Han, you come to draw up an order for me to punish the two scholars of the Zhang family for the crime of favoritism and malpractice along with Zhang Yue, Minister of Rites."

"For this imperial examination, I will divide the rankings into the north and the south. The southern scholars and the northern scholars will each admit [-] scholars. The future imperial examinations will also be listed in this way."

"These 100 people, choose a date, enter the palace and re-examine the palace."

"The topic of this imperial examination."

"Let's take the pacification of the Southwest as the topic."

King Jin was overjoyed when he heard these words.

This is the back door specially opened by the father for the good son-in-law, even the answer to the question has been leaked in advance, with Lu Chengan's strategy of "reform the soil and return to the locals", how could it be possible not to be named the number one scholar?

Even Lu Chengan still has time to prepare rhetoric in advance, isn't this a good opportunity to become famous?

King Jin gently nudged King Ning behind him with his elbow and said, "See, I am the one who resembles the emperor the most, even the way of favoring and trusting my beloved minister is exactly the same."