Chapter 38: Please open the imperial examination
Time, time, time is the foundation of everything, history proves that whoever can better distribute and use time, who can get victory, many years ago, the imperial court four-way army besieged the Eight Banner soldiers, but they only recognized it, with his several ways, I only went all the way to the criterion, gave full play to the advantages of the inner line of operations, defeated the Ming army in one fell swoop, and created the victory of the Battle of Salhu, of course, in this battle, in fact, the losses of the Eight Banner Army are not small, but people are backed by the tribe of the birth of the Nuzhen, as long as there is food, at this point in time of the Xiaoice period, can continue to expand the army at almost zero cost, compared to the high-cost operation mode of the Ming Dynasty, which is close to the mercenary system, it is obviously very good.
And for An Lan, time is a thorn in the heart, as a "former Ming" official, since he wants to serve, regardless of the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, he naturally cares more about the glory and wealth obtained in the Dashun Dynasty, and when it was close to noon, when he was going to go to Lord Li Yan's mansion to investigate, Lord Niu's doorman, the younger brother of Lord Niu's concubine, ran out and shouted, "Please all the adults on the following names, go to the cabinet hall of the outer court quickly, your lordship is invited...... And Lord Anlan. ”
Finally got some letters, these "quasi-officials" were like a flock of ducks fed by their masters, crowded back and forth to eat, shouting to those palanquin men, heading towards the Forbidden City, fortunately this place is not far from Xuanwu Gate, and when everyone arrived at the door, the soldiers guarding the door were immediately released.
The cabinet hall is in the afternoon gate, turn right into the Concord Gate, the right side of this large courtyard, not to talk about luxury, and to the winter leakage, summer sultry, but no matter how difficult the environment, can not stop those who yearn for here, once in the past Dynasty Sanyang, Li Dongyang, Yan Song, Zhang Juzheng, these can affect the life of the world in a few words for the first assistants for idols, who does not want to be the first assistant.
Entering the lobby, An Lan could only follow behind Chen Mingxia and Dang Chongya, who seemed to be giving things, and looked at it step by step, so there are a lot of people here, but what An Lan doesn't understand is that there are actually Dashun magnates like Niu Jinxing and Li Yan in the house, but these three people are all standing there, not talking, really sitting on the chair in the center, looking left and right, but a stranger, looking at his demeanor, like a middle-aged person, but he looks like a middle-aged person, but he looks like a thirty-year-old, white face, no long beard, just a little stubble, but let them side-eye, it is actually a hair, that is, a person with only a short hair on his head.
I have almost never seen such a disrespectful person, unless it is a monk, but the clothes this person wears are also very strange, and he is indeed all white, and he is dressed like a short fight, is it a figure like a national teacher?
In the former Ming Dynasty, there were Taoist monks like Yao Guangxiao, but they were strategists, but they didn't let the emperor stand so arrogantly, he was sitting.
However, the haired man spoke: "Everyone, you are all capable people who have been proficient in affairs for many years, and they have served our army, and now, our army has broken through the Guanning Army and the Eight Banners Army in Liaodong, and captured the bandit leaders, so it can be said that they can no longer attack our Central Plains, so below, how to govern the world, please express your opinions." ”
Although his accent is not like the SX and HN people who followed Li Zicheng from the dragon, he can naturally understand it, but everyone still looks at each other, but Li Zicheng seems to have some scruples, and after glancing in one direction, he said, "Wait...... You can speak as much as you want, but it doesn't hurt to say it! ”
An Lan is a person who can observe words and feelings, he observed that Li Zicheng's eyes seemed to be looking at a person on the side of the lobby, which should have been the place where the guards were standing, but that person looked very strange, and he also had hair, not only that, but the clothes on his body were also the same as the people in the seats, and he couldn't see the relationship between the two, but An Lan didn't dare to say anything.
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, bow your head and think, don't dare to say anything, cold for a while, until Li Zicheng said: "You wait, but it doesn't hurt to say, this gentleman can understand the world and have great wisdom, and he can arrange official positions for you." ”
At the moment, in the name of His Royal Highness King Chuang, naturally someone began to dare to speak, Dang Chongya first said: "The student is a household servant, and he knows a lot about the money and grain in Beijing, starting this year, but in March, the grain has been cut off, and the major official warehouses in Beijing have been empty, and the price of grain sold by the people has reached as much as 3 taels per stone, and there is no food and is unstable, please keep in mind." "Dang Chongya is exactly sixty this year, and his perennial career in the sea has long been exercised to slip without leaving his hands, and he immediately said that a person who does not offend people can still make people feel important, after all, money and food matters, who has always been in charge, can take the opportunity to make a handful.
"Uh-huh." Liang Cunhou nodded, he actually agreed with the vision of these officials, in fact, these people are all relatively good smart people in this era, and the reason why they have done things badly is mainly because the system of this era is relatively clumsy.
"Lord Qiqi, Xia Guan is serving in the Criminal Department, and there are hundreds of prisoners in the Criminal Department before, according to the practice of the new dynasty, they will often give amnesty to the world to show the kindness of the dynasty, I don't know if this is the case."
"Lord Qiyu, the lower official is ......"
Looking at Liang Cunhou's expression was serious, but he nodded from time to time, he must have listened to it, An Lan also felt anxious, this is a good opportunity to ascend to the sky in one step, don't you like to go to the sky for Tian Shelang, and the tune of the Tianzitang in the evening, use your words to impress the king, leave a good impression, and don't worry about the prosperity of the official, An Lan still has such a thought, so he plans his calculations in his heart, and every word wants to be carefully considered to achieve the best effect, but he is afraid that before he says it, If the others speak out first, it will be too late to regret it.
It was under such ambivalence of gains and losses that An Lan was anxious for a while, but after waiting for a while, everyone else said about the topic of how to handle future affairs, and after watching it for a while, he finally said: "Adult, the student is a little foolish. ”
Liang Cunhou said: "Please speak." ”
An Lan was invigorated and said: "Today, people's minds are determined, governing the world is to win the hearts of the people, scholars are showing the people, and scholars are gaining, then the people's hearts will be won. ”
An Lan thinks a lot, this article Chen, under his consideration, does also have the consideration of stabilizing the people's hearts and stabilizing the regime of the Great Shun Dynasty, you think about it, most of those who have the money to study, most of them are landlords and even big landlords, they want to keep their wealth, the best way is the imperial examination, with the identity of a scholar, you can not be bullied.
Of course, this is also good for himself, think about it, once Da Shun Dynasty adopts his idea, then the news spreads, and those candidates who have passed the exam are still grateful to themselves, which is a big benefit to themselves.