Cining Palace. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Empress Dowager Zhang's face was cold, and her eyes were like two sharp swords.

Zhu Xu sat opposite her, his eyes dodging, covering his mouth with his hand from time to time, and coughing in his mouth.

Xiao Yongning's eyes widened, glared at Zhu Xu and said, "Uncle Huang, has your concubine run away?" ”

Zhu Xu glanced at her, secretly looked at her, and the little guy was suddenly startled, and said, "Uncle Huang, did you really run away?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhang's face turned cold, and she knocked on Xiao Yongning's head and said, "Go and stay inside!" ”

The little guy pursed his lips, grimaced at Zhu Xu, and walked inside, humming a strange tune as he walked, "Qiu Xiang, Qiu Xiang, Qiu Xiang ......"

Empress Dowager Zhang's face became colder, and she stared at Zhu Xu and said, "This kind of song is not allowed to be brought into the palace in the future, it has no style!" ”

Zhu Xu likes to be petty, and the little guy spends a lot of time with Zhu Xu, so he can naturally remember one or two sentences after listening to more.

Zhu Xu's scalp was numb, coughed, and said, "What the imperial sister-in-law said is that I have written it down." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang saw that Zhu Xu was coughing non-stop, although she didn't know whether it was true or not, her face was slightly relieved, and she frowned and said, "Wang Yuyang, was you really sent to investigate the case?" ”

Zhu Xu coughed and said: "Dongchang, I have handed it over to the Emperor Xinwang, and the powers and responsibilities of the Criminal Department are biased towards criminal, and the affairs are complicated. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang didn't care about these at all, she still frowned, and said with a calm face: "You are the emperor, I don't care about government affairs, but ...... There are some things, the emperor can't do what he wants, Wang Yuyang, if you don't like it, I'll find something else for you......"

The sense of déjà vu of forcing relatives.

Zhu Xu knew that this level could not be avoided, and there must be something else without Wang Yuyang.

He coughed again and said, "Imperial sister-in-law, you see, it's almost the end of the year, can you talk about this matter again next year, next year, there will definitely be someone in my palace ......."

Where would Empress Dowager Zhang be deceived by Zhu Xu, and said in a resolute tone: "Before the end of the year, there must be someone in your palace!" ”

Zhu Xu had a headache, he had a way for anyone in this world, except for his imperial sister-in-law.

"Your Majesty, today's medicine." At this time, Li Jieyu, who was wearing a blue and red scarf dress, walked in slowly, still holding a bowl of medicine in his hand.

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Li Jieyu, her eyes suddenly lit up, her stiff expression instantly bloomed like a flower, and she said with a smile: "Miss Li came at the right time, well, the emperor's illness is not completely cured, so let's do it, Miss Li will move to Jingyang Palace first, so that it is convenient to take care of ......"

Zhu Xu was shocked, he just asked Cao Huachun to help him pretend to be sick, why did Li Jieyu come.

Li Jieyu is also a little confused now, I don't know what happened, listening to the words of the Empress Dowager Zhang, I always feel that something is wrong, and I don't know how to answer for a while.

Empress Dowager Zhang stood up with a smile, took Li Jieyu's hand, and said, "Jieyu, you have also seen the emperor's illness, you are not in Jingyang Palace, I really don't feel at ease......"

Li Jieyu looked at the Empress Dowager Zhang, then at Zhu Xu, and said softly: "The maiden will go to Jingyang Palace for a while, and then return to the Tai Hospital when the emperor is well." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang smiled more, glanced at Zhu Xu, and said, "That's good, just move over tonight, I'll have someone clean up your things for you." ”

Zhu Xu has one head and two big, this time he can't see it, it is clear that it was designed by the Empress Dowager Zhang a long time ago.

'Can't stay any longer!' ’

Zhu Xu keenly felt in his heart that what Empress Dowager Zhang was going to say next must be 'explicit', so he stood up and said: "Imperial sister-in-law, I still have things to deal with over there, and you can arrange the following things." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang was afraid that Zhu Xu would be a moth again, so she said with a cold expression: "Well, I'll go and choose a room for Xie Yu later." ”

The corners of Zhu Xu's mouth twitched, glanced at Li Jieyu, turned around and walked out quickly.

Li Jieyu is also a blue heart, and Zhu Xu's pretty face turned red.

"Come, let's talk." Empress Dowager Zhang pulled Li Xie Yu and walked inside.

Zhu Xu walked out of Cining Palace and let out a long breath, the so-called Qing officials are difficult to decide family affairs, and it is nothing more than that.

Cao Huachun followed by his side, his expression calm. He knew that Li Jieyu had entered, but he didn't have time to report the news.

Zhu Xu glanced at him, put his hands behind his back and said, "Go back to the palace, Miss Li will come later, and she will say that I am asleep." ”

"Yes." Cao Huachun responded.

Royal marriages have always been a big trouble, involving too much, even if personal emotions are not considered, the procedure is also a headache.

When Zhu Xu returned to Jingyang Palace, he still habitually entered the imperial study and looked through the book.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Empress Dowager Zhang to lead Li Xie Yu to Jingyang Palace in person, and walked around all over the places, and finally chose a side hall next to Zhu Xu's bedroom, the reason was 'close waiting'.

Li Jieyu seems mature and demure, except for the shyness at the beginning, the back is as calm as water, except for 'um', she didn't say anything more, it has always been the busy work of the Empress Dowager Zhang.

It wasn't until it was confirmed that everything was moved over, and Empress Dowager Zhang took Li Jieyu's hand and said with a smile: "Jieyu, the emperor has a good face and a stubborn temper, you have to persuade him more, and take care of him, he is more casual......"

Li Jieyu's ears were red, and Empress Dowager Zhang's words couldn't be clearer. She is different from Wang Yuyang and has 'lofty ambitions', her personality is similar to that of Empress Dowager Zhang, or a traditional woman of the Ming Dynasty, and Empress Dowager Zhang is clearly 'the words of a matchmaker'.

Although Zhu Xu pretended to be asleep, he knew everything outside, and he pretended not to know if he knew it, so Zhu Xu looked at the notebook with his head bored.

Fortunately, Empress Dowager Zhang was still afraid of the face of the two 'newcomers', so she didn't stay long, and arranged Li Jieyu to leave Jingyang Palace.

Her departure made both Zhu Xu and Li Jieyu breathe a sigh of relief.

Li Jieyu sat on the newly made show bed, his expression a little dazed.

The meaning of Empress Dowager Zhang's words is very clear, but ...... How did things come to this?

There were a few maidservants standing not far away, watching from afar, and they all knew that this Miss Li would not be long before she became the imperial concubine.

"Miss Li is really good-looking, even if she is in a daze, she is demure and gentle......"

"Yes, I heard that after the gate, there are still some martial arts......"

"Hey, you say, will the emperor come tonight?"

Li Jieyu also heard it, and his body tensed up instantly, and his heart became extremely nervous.

'What if the emperor comes tonight?' It's not polite to count ......

'If he can come, what will I do......

Li Jieyu has always been calm, but at this point, he can't settle down, his mouth is pursed, and he doesn't know where to put his hands.

For the first time, she felt like she was going to run away immediately.

But she knew very well that she couldn't run.

She quickly calmed down, glanced up at the maidservant not far away, got up and sorted out the jewelry box, and said casually: "The emperor is not in good health, I will go to the imperial dining room to cook some medicinal porridge, and you will send it to the emperor later." ”

When several handmaidens heard this, they hurriedly said, "Yes." ”

Li Jieyu pretended to pack up, and then pressed his pounding heart, and walked out of Jingyang Palace to the imperial dining room.

In the imperial study, Zhu Xu was still flipping through the book.

In the hand is a blessing. Huang Chengyuan, the governor of Jian, said that he was blessed. Progress in building new colleges has been slow, enrollment is extremely low, and new courses have been met with resistance at all levels. There are only seven new government colleges and even fewer county colleges, and the number of students enrolled is less than 100!

Zhu Xu frowned, if the Ming Dynasty's style of study is open, it is quite open, and now there are a lot of imported products, and there are many scholars who are keen to translate Western books, and they are widely disseminated.

But to say that it is also quite closed, at least in the scholar class who are dedicated to the imperial examination, they are all studying the Bagu Wen hard, and the 'pragmatic' things are extremely rejected, and they like empty talk, delving into scriptures, and writing poems and lyrics.

Zhu Xu has been trying to slowly change the folk atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty, and the academy or the imperial examination is the most influential means, by changing the way of entering the office, forcing the scholars to change their thinking, from retreat to pragmatism, and open their eyes to the world.

However, the more entrenched it becomes, the more difficult it will be to reform.

Good fortune. It's okay to build, Jiang. Zhejiang and Zhejiang provinces are the top priority, but these two provinces are more special. Su is after the restructuring of Nanzhili, where is the most dense humanities gathered in the Ming Dynasty, the complexity is far beyond imagination, if you want to move them, it is not a year or two, and you can succeed with casual reform.

He had the intention to continue to catalyze, and even force the scholars to enter the academy, but this backlash was also extremely terrifying, and Rao Zhu Xu should also be cautious.

What's more, Zhu Xu is still planning to clear the acres of land, if this is a bonus, the south will be even more alienated from the imperial court, and the consequences are very dangerous.

"It's just time to digest it slowly."

Zhu Xu whispered.

Although there is no way to force the scholars to enter the academy, the power of the imperial examination is not trivial, one year, two years may be stubborn and will not calm down, but in the third year, they can't help it.

Chinese have been officials since ancient times, and no one has asked about the cold window for ten years, and once they were on the list and known to the world.

Zhu Xu pressed his hand on this notebook, thought for a while, and said, "Cao Huachun, tomorrow you will personally go to the Ministry of Rites and the Political Yuan, and add an article to the imperial examination: the county test is set at the age of 16, the government test is set at the age of 20, the provincial test is set at the age of 25, and the capital test is set at the age of 30, which must be strictly implemented!" After five years, it must come up through the county government and the provincial level, without exception! ”

Cao Huachun's heart was beating in horror when he heard this, and he heard endless sword light and sword shadows from Zhu Xu's words, bloody rain and bloody wind!

Cao Huachun could hear the firmness in Zhu Xu's words, and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, late bloomers are also common, can this age limit be relaxed?" ”

Zhu Xu is determined to popularize basic education, this kind of education is naturally the best when he is young, he shook his head categorically, and said: "There is no need to discuss it again, the Ministry of Rites and the Political Yuan will strictly enforce it, and I will order the Supervision Yuan to verify, once there is a violation, the official will be punished, and the official will never be hired!" ”

Cao Huachun was still worried in his heart, and he didn't know where to start for a thousand words, so he had to bow down and said euphemistically: "Your Majesty, it's about to end the year, do you want to talk about it after the year?" ”

Zhu Xu also knew that this rule would cause endless turmoil, so he bowed his head slightly and said, "Well, then after the New Year." ”

Cao Huachun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, with this time, he could slowly release the wind and deal with it softly, so as not to cause a strong backlash all at once.

Liu Shimin came in through the side door, holding a plate in his hand, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, Miss Li sent me a medicinal meal." ”

Zhu Xu looked at this bowl of medicinal food and realized the problem he was facing tonight.

Since Li Jieyu lives in Jingyang Palace, he has to meet Li Jieyu tonight no matter what.