What the people in power don't like, Jia Cong naturally won't join and lead to a failure, and the sentence "Mencius" "The king is light" cannot be said to be absolutely disgusting to the emperor. Most of the emperors in the middle and late Ming Dynasty taught Confucian theory and statecraft from the Hanlin Academy and the Zhan Shifu from an early age.

Even if some emperors have delayed teaching since childhood, there is still a "sutra feast" after ascending to the throne, and above the sutra feast, the lecturer can arbitrarily accuse the emperor of being rude, and at this time the teaching is also the Confucian theory of governing the country, it can be said that the biggest thing in feudal society is not the emperor, but Confucianism, and the emperor himself must follow Confucianism in life and other aspects in order to set an example.

This sentence of Yasheng Mencius, of course, is contradictory and conflicting with reality, but no one can say that Mencius is not right, where Confucianism and reality conflict, the emperor's ministers, including Jia Cong himself, will not take it seriously, and some of the eight strands of literature are not without this sentence, since Confucianism is a ruling ideology, wrong, and right, how can they slap themselves in the face.

Dashun inherited the Ming system in this time and space, just as the Qing Dynasty had many shadows of the Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Yongle was also taught calligraphy and poetry by lecturers since he was a child, and he himself was nurtured by Confucianism.

Narrating the music book, Jia Cong naturally inevitably slipped his beard and patted the horse, singing praises of virtue, Teacher Qin said that the Yongle Emperor's words of flattery are still very eary, Jia Cong wrote shamelessly: "Thinking of my emperor for ten years, the power of heaven is mighty, pardoning the people of the witch doctors and musicians such as the three or four out of ten sect divisions, and the people who are degraded by the craftsmen and the people of Gaile are subordinate to the ninth rate, and they are degraded because they violate the will of my pilgrimage...... He feeds on singing and dancing, and if all of them are forgiven for the people, there is no other way for him to play musical instruments, so chaos will be born, illegal smuggling will be born, and riots in the five cities will be born...... Wouldn't it be better to buy and return the pearls, because of a small loss? This so-called our emperor is compassionate to the world, comparable to Yao Shun, the king of the Holy Ming, Tang Wen is alive...... The Qingfen of scattered Zhizhi, the clothes of Ze Wanshi, to Bao Yunei, An Sihai, and the world are also ......"

In the midst of the continuous sycophants, Jia Cong cleverly argues that the real reason why pardoning some of the untouchables is more beneficial than pardoning all of them, that is, "you can't lose all the power of the untouchables, otherwise you won't be able to do anything", which will breed greater ills.

There are two places for Jia Cong's political speculation in this paragraph, the first is the original pardon of Lezhi, it is rumored that Emperor Yongle did not intend to do it, obeying the order of the Queen Mother, for filial piety, today it is taken out and praised, carefully analyzed, it is the first to say, it is methodical, and it will make the emperor have a feeling of "it turns out that I am really the destiny of heaven".

The second is to do what he likes, if he wants to protect himself or gain fame and fortune first, he must vote for the emperor's favor, Yan Song and Xu Jie, who can be the first assistants, will write green words for Jiajing. Including the "Iron Triangle" of Li Zhi, Jiang Dongzhi, and Yang Keli later, they all figured out Wanli's thoughts. Of course, this is only a stopgap measure, and speculation cannot be self-protecting forever.

Jia Cong's practice is shameful for the so-called righteous men and gentlemen.

After writing the following discussion, checking it, and getting up to hand in the papers, Jia Cong saw that he was not the most backward, and he caught a glimpse of the emperor coming down to inspect, and added an extra candlestick to the seat not far away, and Pi Shixuan was flattered, and Emperor Yongle waved his hand to stop it, and suddenly, many scholars were enthusiastic, and secretly vowed to dedicate their lives to His Majesty the Emperor.

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On April 24, the eight ministers who read the paper divided the papers equally, and when the nearly 200 copies of one person were finished, the ministers began to turn the table to look at it, and Liu Dongsheng picked up Jia Cong's volume: "Zhang Gelao, Jia Cong is already the winner of five yuan, and if he does not rank it among the top ten copies, I am afraid it will not be reasonable." ”

Zhang Fenyi browsed through the ten lines of ten words at a glance, and suddenly disliked it in his heart, and said secretly: "This son is not right-hearted, the Jia family is favored by the emperor, although the Ningguo Mansion is defeated, the favor of the Rongguo Mansion is undiminished, full of words, honorable relatives and Jinshi, won't the future be a traitor?" Simply dethroned him......"

"There is still some heat left, and it will be set among the next hundred, please read it from the Lord." Zhang Fenyi picked up the rolls of Tongcheng Fang Wuregret, Huating Pi Shixuan and others, and put them in the top ten.

Liu Dongsheng hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile: "The old man of the cabinet is busy, and there are often disagreements between the ministries, the temple, and the government (cabinet...... It's also a lot busier, and I'm dizzy for a while......"

The implication is that he has the right to manage the science and technology officials, and the science and technology officials are often the thugs of the big guys, and there are many factions, you help me, I help you, and mediate with each other...... Zhang Fenyi said: "Liu Yushi doesn't have to worry, after finishing today, there is time to rest." ”

If it is not placed in the first ten copies, Jia Cong will have no chance with the first class, Qin Ye coughed dryly: "The lower officials heard about the royal system of the nine sides, and once said that after reading Jia Cong's anthology, he was quite ashamed of himself, and the country took the official and sought justice." The king has been guarding the nine borders for many years, and the majestic wind is majestic and powerful in Northern Mongolia and Liaodong Jurchen, and he implores the Lord to read the merits......"

Zhang Fenyi's hand picking up the scroll stopped, "When is this recital?" Why haven't I heard of it? ”

"I just heard what Liu Bingbi said, and he went to the clerk's office of the General Administration Department...... Alas...... "Qin Ye looked up to the sky and sighed: "The old man is dying in his twilight years, and he is about to die, when he hears about this, he feels that his merit is scarce, and he is ashamed of the emperor......'s grace."

"Hahaha...... Qin Shilang is exaggerating, the official inner palace mansion you built, is it still less, and the contribution is indispens......able" Zhang Fenyi became entangled, since the prince Teng played and folded up, with the emperor's trust in him, handed over the defense of the Nine Frontiers to him, how could it be unreasonable, even if he failed the exam, Enyin Jinshi was just a matter of one sentence.

There is another thing, Jia Cong once participated in the Dai Quan Wen Conference, full of flattery, this kind of rhetoric really made Zhang Ge old unappetizing, people at that time, attached great importance to the view of the door, many people were also so self-righteous Donglin people, forced to take refuge in the eunuch party, the approval of red, the vote to be separated, has long been doomed to the cabinet, the contradiction of the celebrant supervisor. Some ministers were good friends with eunuchs, but Zhang Fenyi did not belong to that category.

"Qin Shilang has taught a good student in the end." Zhang Fenyi quietly took Jia Cong's roll, Liu Dongsheng and Qin Ye were secretly relieved, and the other ministers were all smiling.

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"Who are the top 10?"

"Long live the lord, Pi Shixuan, Fang Wuregret, Gong Dingci, Wang Yinglin, Jia Cong, Dai Fengxiang, ......"

"Dai Quan, you read ......"

"Yes." Dai Quan took the first share, bent down and walked to the emperor's side, this person is Fang Wuregrets, Zhang Fenyi has high hopes, but unfortunately Dai Quan hated these Jiangxi literati who looked down on him, and read "There is a division to give horses to the people...... Therefore, there is labor and money, breeding horse thieves, and this loss is also ......" Dai Quan added one more word: "This loss of government is also ......"

"Presumptuous! It's so presumptuous! I ordered the Taifu Temple and the Imperial Horse Supervisor to manage the horse administration, divide the horse among the people, dismount for the people, and get on the horse for the soldiers, how is it a loss of government? This guy is so hateful! This volume is not taken! Emperor Yongle patted the case and said, Fang Wu, one of Jiang Zuosan's family, had no regrets, so he decided the results for a eunuch.

When reading Jia Cong's volume, Dai Quan suddenly remembered that literary meeting, which really made him lose face and make people interesting.

Such a small detail can really determine the attitude of the eunuchs, when Yan Song was in power, the eunuchs privately said, "Yan Ge Lao saw us and gave it up...... So Yan Song has been stable for decades, while Donglin has been greatly injured.

Dai Quan knows the temper of Emperor Yongle best, knows the emperor's life rules, what he likes, and what he doesn't like, and when he reads the sentence that the emperor doesn't like, he takes the initiative to skip it.

When Emperor Yongle heard the praise, Long Yan was happy: "Who wrote this?" ”

"Rongguo Mansion, Jia Cong. This person is good at paying attention to current politics and world affairs, so he can say in one sentence that his theory of river governance has been passed on in the ministry, science and technology, and the trial case of Guiyou Township also involves this person......"

"Hmm...... I remember, there is such a person, this person's age ......" Emperor Yongle hesitated and hesitated: "Then ...... Then make him ...... I think again......"