According to the example of the Great Chu Dynasty, the Jinshi usually have to go through the palace test again, and the emperor presides over to determine the ranking of the Jinshi, and then awards the official position to the Jinshi.

Empress Dowager Liu also nodded and said, "The palace test has indeed dragged on for too long, if it continues to be postponed, I am afraid that not only the literati will be uneasy, but also the subjects of the world should not be at ease." It's just that your body can't stand the most exertion, and that's good. ”

Emperor Changxing said with a smile: "My son's body has improved in the past few days, and I can support it for a while if I want to come that day." ”

Empress Dowager Liu reproached: "You are the emperor, the palace test is suddenly important, but compared with your dragon body, it is worthless." Mother has also thought about it, it is better to call all the jinshi to study in the Hanlin Academy temporarily, and when your dragon body is good, it is not too late to take the palace test. ”

Emperor Changxing shook his head and sighed: "My son's body is really inaccurate, and it is not interesting to delay the palace test for a few more days." The son just thought of a way to save trouble, this time before the palace examination first re-exam, those who did not pass directly pointed to the top three jinshi, and those who passed were eligible for the palace examination. ”

Empress Dowager Liu nodded and smiled when she heard this: "This is not a good way, first, the palace test can be delayed for a few days, maybe your dragon body will be healthy by then, and second, the emperor can also save some effort." It's just who will be the re-examiner, does the emperor have a good candidate?"

Emperor Changxing said with a smile: "The re-examination examiner is simple, and he can be filled by a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and then a few from other ministries are called as deputy examiners, in addition, An Shicheng is quite knowledgeable, and most of the literati inside and outside the capital also obey him." I could have asked him to act as an assistant examiner. ”

Empress Dowager Liu couldn't help lowering her eyes and said slowly: "The emperor's health has improved a little bit now compared to the previous few years, and now he is considering paving the way for An Shicheng to govern the world in the future, so he can't help but be too anxious." Your body is going back and forth, how can it not be that you have been worried and exhausted, listen to your mother's advice, you just take care of yourself, as long as you live well, there will be no change of imperial power, and the subjects of the world can still live and work in peace and contentment. Isn't it better than you are now trying your best to pave the way for An Shicheng a thousand times over. You have to the heart that you shouldn't. Just to fulfill others, he exhausted himself all his life, and he actually picked up sesame seeds and lost watermelons. ”

Emperor Changxing sighed secretly in his heart, his body was very clear in his own heart. It's been a good time. But I didn't know that the lamp had already run out. He suspected that he had now reached the point of returning to the light.

He also had an ambition to be a famous monarch that day, and God played a joke with him. He has been an emperor for seven or eight years, first because he was young, and then because he grew up, he almost never really went to the court to listen to the government.

Emperor Changxing didn't know how long he could hold on, but even so, he still never forgot his ambition, he wanted to be worthy of the thousands of people who respected him as a "saint", so he wanted to choose a benevolent monarch who could protect the world instead of him in his lifetime, even if he was forgotten by the people of the world because of his ineffectiveness and early death.

He also knew that during the change of imperial power, the world was most prone to turmoil, and the ultimate victims were those unarmed ordinary people.

Since he has selected a candidate, he must try his best to let the new monarch be able to take charge of the government smoothly and make the old ministers of the court and the central government submit, he has no way to help An Shicheng, but he can help An Shicheng to use this examination to inspect talents and buy people's hearts.

But Emperor Changxing didn't want to say these words to his mother, because these plans were all based on his own ability to live for less than three years, which was really a cruel thing for a mother.

In fact, Emperor Changxing's plan, how did Empress Dowager Liu not know, although she was also obsessed with power because of her curtain listening to politics over the years, but if between her son and power, she would rather be the most despicable person in the world, and let her son live a long life.

She even self-hypnotized that as long as she didn't arrange a successor, her son would be able to live forever.

At this time, seeing that Emperor Changxing was not moved by his words, Empress Dowager Liu smiled again: "Even if you don't mention those things that are disappointing, An Shicheng is not suitable to cooperate with the examiner." The emperor also knew that in this examination, the children of the Qiu family were in the limelight, and the family produced several young jinshi, which was enough to shake the world. However, it is not a fluke that they passed the exam once, after all, they are still young in the end, and in terms of knowledge, most of them are not as good as those old Confucians who have studied hard for decades. If An Shicheng becomes the deputy examiner, if they pass the re-examination, the Jinshi will not accept it, and they will criticize An Shicheng for favoritism. ”

Emperor Changxing pondered: "An Shicheng is an upright person, and he will act impartially. ”

Empress Dowager Liu said with a smile: "You can't fight or judge a matter of learning, who can say it accurately, although the ancient virtuous did not avoid relatives, but in reality it is not easy to grasp." If he bears the name of 'cronyism', I am afraid that he will not be able to convince the public in the future. Besides, he has no official position, and serving as an examiner is not justified in the end. ”

Emperor Changxing pondered for a while, and said: "That's it, it's not in a hurry, the matter of being the examiner will be stopped for the time being." Mother was right, he didn't have an official position at all. Speaking of which, there are really a lot of An's children who can be out of office, and those who have a little talent will be awarded official positions together, and the officials do not have to be high, first, they have nothing to do all day long, and they will inevitably have some things, and the reputation of the royal family is not good, and second, let them know that it is not easy to be an official eunuch, understand some folk sufferings, and save the future from attacking the lord, bullying men and women. ”

Empress Dowager Liu said with a smile: "What the emperor said is that my mother also thinks so, in addition to appointing the clan as civil officials, you can also send those children who wander around on weekdays and do not learn and have no skills to go to the border to experience it, maybe in the future they can also become a brave soldier who defends the family and the country." ”

Emperor Changxing nodded and praised: "Mother thinks very thoughtfully, and my son doesn't have to worry about this anymore, and only his mother is in charge." However, An Shicheng can arrange to go to the front of the palace and follow his mother to learn governance, so as not to rush into battle in the future and be controlled by those old ministers. ”

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Liu looked at her son sadly, and wept and said, "Why did you say it here again, it is in vain to make people sad." He is not a three-year-old child, if he doesn't even have that ability, he is afraid that it will be difficult to keep this world. ”

Emperor Changxing hurriedly smiled and comforted his mother: "It's the son who is wrong, he shouldn't say the wrong thing to make his mother sad." In fact, some time ago, An Shicheng came to ask to see his son, thinking of asking for some errands to do, but his son was sick at that time, and it was difficult to see him, so he asked people to pass on a message to him, saying, 'Don't worry, there will be a very important and special errand handed over to you', if you don't give him an important official position this time, it will be your son who has broken his promise. ”

Empress Dowager Liu collected her tears and said with a smile: "In this way, it is even more difficult to give him a high-ranking position." Everyone in the court is a human spirit, if you show a different look at An Shicheng at this time, those people may not see some clues, and then this court and the center, I am afraid that there will be some excitement again. ”

Emperor Changxing sighed in his heart, knowing that his mother didn't want to do what he wanted, he couldn't help but be discouraged.

He arranged all this, in addition to the people of the world, in fact, he mainly wanted that after his death, his mother could also spend a peaceful old age.

But now it seems that the mother still can't let go of the power in her hands.

Emperor Changxing also understands his mother's suffering, in the past, her mother and son depended on each other, and God wanted to take him away early, maybe only by chasing power can her mother have the motivation to live.

Emperor Changxing was depressed in his heart, he now turned a blind eye to what his mother did, why did his mother know that he was worried in his heart, and also knew that this worry was not good for his condition, and refused to reassure him verbally, even if he was planning power in private.

Let her go, as long as she's happy.

Emperor Changxing thought silently, maybe he really shouldn't worry about it anymore, if he can live one more day, he will accompany his mother for one more day, and he should repay his mother's nurturing grace.

In fact, how does Empress Dowager Liu not want to follow her son and let him live more comfortably in the last days, but her son always wants to take the imperial power from his hands and return it to An's family, planning step by step, if she really lets her son be the master during this time, one day her son goes, she will have no chance to turn the tables.

The son didn't want to think about the future of the An clan, and he could spare the Liu clan that had been powerful for more than ten years.

Moreover, An Shicheng took over the throne, and God refused to let her go after taking away her life, so that she returned to the miserable days when she used to look at people's eyes, she was unwilling, and she didn't chase power, how to spend a lonely life without a son.

The queen mother and the little emperor have a deep mother-son relationship, thinking about each other, but they don't communicate enough for various reasons, and they complain at this time.

The mother and son just thought about their thoughts silently, and time passed quietly until the palace people brought medicine again.

Empress Dowager Liu personally served her son, and when she saw her son sleeping again, she left quietly, and she didn't have the heart to go to the imperial garden to see Liu Ting, so she went back to the imperial study to deal with government affairs.

Soon, the imperial court organized a re-examination of the jinshi, and after the re-examination, the passing jinshi waited to meet the saint to participate in the temple examination.

In this way, both the DPRK and China will be at ease.

There are rumors inside and outside the capital: since the system has been changed, it must be the saint who will personally manage the government.

But the Qiu people were not very happy.

It turned out that in the retest, not only did the Qiu Rushan brothers, who were ranked last, not pass, but also the top-ranked Qiu Ruyuan and Qiu Rucheng also failed.

Qiu Ruyi was very open-minded, and felt that compared with the world's fallen son, his own family was lucky, after all, how could he have an official to do.

An Shicheng shook his head and said, "When the official position is awarded, you won't think like this." ”

Qiu Ruyi was puzzled, An Shicheng said: "Now everyone in the Qiu family is a third-class jinshi, if you can enter the second-class, you can serve in the capital, and it is not impossible to worship the prime minister and marquis in the future, but the third-class must be sent to other places to be the magistrate, this time, it is almost impossible to be a Beijing official." (To be continued......)