Of course, the ranking of the palace examination is decided by the emperor, but Zhu Yijun's decision still caused an uproar in the hall, Guo Pu actually read the article just now and knew that the article must have been written by Gao Pragmatic, although because it could not be opened before it was presented to the emperor, but there was no transcription of the official in this palace examination, that is to say, the articles handed in were all the candidates' ink scrolls, and only the names and other information were sealed separately.

Gao Pragmatic is his student, how can he not recognize Gao Pragmatic's words, and he can basically be sure that the emperor also knows Gao Pragmatic's words, otherwise the emperor just got the ink scroll and only looked at it for the first time, why did he have a "raised eyebrows" look

But even if this volume is highly pragmatic, Guo Pu must stand up against Zhu Yijun at this time and directly select him as the champion.

At this time, His Majesty Dan was in an uproar, and Guo Pu hurriedly came out and played, "The old minister has something to play." ”

Zhu Yijun had already written the six words "first and first place" at this time, and when he saw Guo Pu coming out of the ranks, he still nodded, "Yuanfu has something to say, please say." ”

Guo Pu's face was solemn, his hands raised his palms, and he said loudly, "The old minister Fang expressed his appreciation for this article, but the old minister objected to the emperor, so he decided the ranking of this volume at this time. ”

Zhu Yijun frowned slightly and asked, "Why?"

"Your Majesty, there are a total of three hundred and three tribute students who came to the palace examination today, and only sixty of them have just submitted the first batch of papers, and less than thirty of the ministers have already reviewed them, and the emperor himself has seen the papers, and even only this one. In this way, it was decided that the champion of this list was very unfair to the remaining 302 candidates, and it was because the old minister asked the emperor to retract his order, and after reading the rest of the articles, he made a holy judgment after a detailed comparison, and the more just he was. ”

Generally speaking, Zhu Yijun still respects Guo Pu, the only remaining minister who cares about his life, at least in terms of face, he has never directly opposed his opinion, but today it seems that he is going to open foreign meat.

Zhu Yijun groaned slightly, stood up and said, "On this volume, I already have the imperial pen Zhu Criticism. ”

As soon as the emperor said this, the palace was in an uproar again

Because, the lethality of this sentence is really a little well-known, "the king has no jokes", the emperor is as he says, and everything he says must be fulfilled, not to mention that it has been written

However, the most lethal thing is not that the "first first, first place" on this volume cannot be changed, but the emperor's attitude. This is by no means the style and temper of the first emperor Muzong, but the style of Sejong Jiajing

That's what I'm going to do, what are you going to do?

But anyone who started to be an official in the Sejong Dynasty, no one was not shocked when they heard this, after all, no one wanted to live that kind of day of fear every day, and every day they dug out their minds to figure out what the emperor was thinking

However, Zhu Yijun is not as tough as his grandfather, seeing that the scene is a little out of control, his heart tightens slightly, and he added, "The palace tries to select talents, but the king will use them." This article is not easy to say, it is all in line with my intentions, why can't you be the champion but you can still continue to read the volume, if there is a good article that can win this article, I will consider it again. ”

Guo Pu secretly said in his heart that if the emperor persevered to the end and didn't care about the discussion of the ministers at all, then it would be fine, after all, the matter of employing people is indeed a matter of the emperor's words in the final analysis. But now the emperor has opened another opening, which shows that his will is still not as resolute as his ancestor Emperor Shizong, so the ministers are afraid that not only do not appreciate his feelings, but will think that they should take this opportunity to nip the signs of this "deep Xiao Shizong" in the bud, lest he really regard the Manchu Dynasty as a mustard like Emperor Shizong after he takes office, does not listen to advice, and insists on going his own way.

Although the consistent purpose of the "Gao Party" is to take care of the world's politics with the will of the Holy Will, after all, the people of the Gao Party are still civil officials, and although Guo Pu is now the leader of the Gao Party, he is also a civil official, and the interests of civil officials must also be considered. If the emperor is really like Sejong in the future, it will hardly be a good thing for the Gao Party.

After such a hesitation, he did not immediately stand up and agree.

But his attitude undoubtedly made others feel excited, thinking that this was Yuanfu hinting that the dynasty system could not be easy, and he must fight back against the emperor's attitude of ignoring hundreds of officials

So someone immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, although it is the responsibility of the country to select talents, it is also the responsibility of the world." What's more, the dynasty has its own ancestral system, and the holy ancestors and gods are hanging in the world, and they are so customized at that time, how can there be no deep meaning that the emperor sees a leaf without feeling that his eyes are blocked, and he thinks he sees the whole leopard, and the ministers think that it is impossible, please think twice about it. ”

Zhu Yijun was secretly annoyed, but he was afraid that he would go his own way, and when the time came, he would be sued by the queen mother, saying that he had changed the ancestral system without permission. Although the queen mother rarely cares about political affairs, she is more and more protective of the ancestral system, and if this happens, she will have to be punished by the queen mother

After the official finished speaking, everyone saw that the emperor did not immediately refute, and immediately lifted their spirits, and someone stood up and said, "Your Majesty, how can the rules of the dynasty be changed without permission, and the ministers ask the emperor to think twice." ”

"Not only should it not be easy to determine who belongs to the champion, but this article has just caused controversy, the emperor does not hear the truth that if you listen to it, it will be clear, and if you listen to it, you will be secret, and the minister will ask the emperor to retract the order, and make an exception to depose this article that is bent on seeking wealth and competing for profit with the people."

"Nonsense, this palace tries to make a strategy, all the participants are the pillars of my Ming Dynasty, whether the policy presented is feasible or not, it is for the country, and you also said that if you listen to it, it will be clear, and if you listen to it, it will be dark, why once you have different views from people's politics, you will fall at every turn"

"Yes, since Zhang Yuan of the Northern Song Dynasty, there has been a palace trial and fall, what are your intentions when you propose this?"

This is good, it turned into a quarrel, and it was an old case that was exempted from the palace test in the Northern Song Dynasty.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there was a candidate named Zhang Yuan, who was quite unlucky and was repeatedly eliminated by the palace examination. So the angry Zhang Yuan and a friend surnamed Hu rushed to the border pass, and they hired a few people to drag a large stone slab in front of them, and the stone slab was engraved with the poems that the other two people sighed and never met, and the two of them followed behind, chanting poems and crying, hoping to attract the attention of the border commander.

The commander of the border really met them, led them into the big tent and chatted for a while, probably because he didn't think it was speculative, and sent the two back. After returning to his hometown, for some reason, Zhang Yuan was beaten by the local county order. This insult made him decide to take refuge in Western Xia.

Before leaving, passing by Xiang Yu Temple, "is to exhaust the bag of wine, to Yu Ji drink, wine mud statue, and song Qin Huang grass, Liu Xiang from the words of annexation, sad song tired, mourning and escape." So Zhang Yuan rebelled against the Song Dynasty and surrendered to Xia.

In reality, however, Zhang Yuan was a very good talent, and his defection caused great losses to the Song Dynasty, which was repeatedly lost in the war against Western Xia

After this incident, the ministers of the Song Dynasty discussed the gains and losses of the elimination of the palace test, and the minister blamed the matter on the elimination system of the palace test. The history books record that "so the ministers suggested that the blame should be blamed on the palace examination." Neither the edict nor the palace examiner were disgraced. It is a rebellious scholar, and it is an infinite benefit for the future generations of scholars in the world."

Zhu Yijun didn't expect this matter to go off topic, he was extremely annoyed in his heart, and his complexion became worse and worse.

Guo Pu glanced at Shen Shixing, Shen Shixing sighed lightly, and said, "The theory of dethronement is indeed over, but the emperor did not look at his volume, so he singled out the champion, which is indeed a bit inappropriate." It's just"

He sighed, "Since the imperial pen Zhu has been approved, it will inevitably damage the monarch's prestige if it is changed again, and the minister thinks that the champion can be pointed, but the emperor should have some introspection, so as not to have this senseless dispute today." ”

Zhu Yijun breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "Shen Ge is the old man's words to seek the country, and I am very happy about it." The secretary and others can review the reading paper again, and I will carefully review it to show fairness. ”

Guo Pu didn't say a word, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.