"We're not leaving, we're not leaving! Kill Wei Bao! See Your Majesty, kill Wei Bao, see Your Majesty! "Officials are still excited.

The power of the crowd is here, a few people, dozens of people, it's okay to say, once something forms hundreds or thousands, or even like the current group of tens of thousands of people, they are not afraid of anything, when they are alone, no one can get Wei Zhongxian, but when so many people are together, no one is afraid of Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian was also angry: "You like to kill Wei Bao so much, let people find Wei Bao now!" I'm going to see how you kill you? ”

Zhu Yanxi and the others felt that this sentence was very reasonable, and immediately ordered someone to call Wei Bao over.

After hearing that Wei Bao came over, many people thought that Wei Bao dared to come?

In fact, they could also go to Wei Bao's mansion to find Wei Bao, but they didn't really go, why? So many people went to kill Wei Bao, where did Wei Bao go? They were afraid that if they really killed Wei Bao, it would cause a catastrophe.

Although the statement does not blame the public, the big officials are afraid of taking the lead to take responsibility, and the small officials are afraid of becoming scapegoats.

"What? Tell you to go to the palace gate? No. Wu Xuexia said immediately.

Wei Bao's Heaven and Earth Society Statistics Office was well-informed, and naturally knew that tens of thousands of officials were besieging the palace at the gate of the palace, asking to see the emperor and asking Wei Bao to be executed.

They were still discussing asking the president to go out of Beijing to avoid trouble, but they didn't expect that someone would come to the president so soon, and let the president run to the palace gate.

"Yes, there are tens of thousands of officials, it is too dangerous to go there, you must not go, in the president's palace, there are the president's guards and the personnel of the Statistics Department to escort them." Wang Qiuya also said.

Princess Zhenming also did not approve of Wei Bao going to the palace gate.

Wei Bao looked very open: "What do they dare to do to me?" If you want to make trouble, you should come here, so many people are making a fool of yourself, if you want to kill me, do you have to drag me to the front of the palace to kill? ”

"No matter what, you can't take risks lightly." Wu Xuexia said: "You promised me that you would stay away from any danger in the future." ”

Wei Bao smiled slightly and shook Wu Xuexia's little hand: "Fool, don't worry, this time it's not a risk, since I'm going to do this step, I will definitely face off with this group of people." I'll come when I go. ”

Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya and Princess Zhenming were all anxious when they saw that Wei Bao insisted on going, and the three daughters worked hard to stop them.

"The main thing is that there are too many people, if one or two hundred people are counted, there are many people who are afraid of accidents." Princess Zhenming said.

"There are Wei Zhongxian's Imperial Forest Army and the people of Dongchang, there is the palace, if you can't control it outside the palace, Wei Zhongxian will be a fool." Wei Bao didn't make a mistake, but saw the situation clearly.

Although Wei Bao said that there was some truth, the third daughter still refused to let Wei Bao get into danger easily. It is said that there are too many people, everyone has their own thoughts, and when there are many people, they love to coax.

In the end, Wei Bao got angry and asked the guards to stop the three girls before leaving the courtyard.

"President, it's outside the palace gate, and when you get there, the president's guard and the people of the Statistics Office can't be close to protect you." Lin Wenbiao was also worried.

"I don't need protection, I'll go alone, and if I say it's okay, it's okay." Wei Bao said decisively.

After that, Wei Bao didn't even sit in a sedan chair, and rode a horse himself, so Lin Wenbiao had to summon the president's guard and the people from the Statistics Office to follow.

When they arrived near the palace gate, the president's guard and the people of the statistics office could not pass, so they could only find a dark place to hide on the nearest street.

Wei Bao also dismounted and walked over.

Among the tens of thousands of officials, someone saw Wei Bao coming and shouted: "Wei Bao is here!" ”

The whole scene suddenly became more noisy, some people shouted to kill Wei Bao, and some people shouted Wei Bao's name, making Wei Bao look like some kind of monster.

However, Wei Bao went all the way, and wherever he went, the officials automatically got out of the way, and no one dared to do anything, not even anyone who pushed Wei Bao.

Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tiqian, Gu Bingqian, Zhu Yanxi, Wei Guangwei, Zhou Rupan, Huang Liji, Ding Shaoshi, Feng Quan, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and other great eunuchs, ministers, and ministers, everyone couldn't help but admire the courage of this young man when they saw Wei Bao walking leisurely in the crowd of 10,000 people.

Another point is that Wei Bao is not only very calm, but also handsome and unusually handsome, and he has the feeling of standing out from the crowd on any occasion, which adds a lot of points to Wei Bao.

What the eunuchs and officials didn't know was that although the emperor did not come, there was an empress on the tower of the Forbidden City.

It turned out that after receiving the news, Queen Zhang Yan personally brought her personal palace maids and eunuchs to check the situation.

"Who's that?" Zhang Yan asked, she couldn't see clearly if she was too far away, otherwise Zhang Yan would have seen Wei Bao.

"That person should be Wei Bao." The personal eunuch said softly.

"This young man is very courageous, he dares to fight a group of high-ranking officials in the palace, he dares to run to the palace gate to confront tens of thousands of officials, and he is alone every time, but I don't know, is he Wei Zhongxian's person? It doesn't look like it. Empress Zhang secretly wondered.

At this time, Wei Bao had already walked to the Jinshui Bridge, first saluted Wei Zhongxian, saluted Wang Tiqian, and then saluted Gu Bingqian and other ministers.

This made Wei Zhongxian feel comfortable in his heart, and in the order of the salute, he could also see who Wei Bao was facing, and whether it was different from each other, he valued our family more.

Gu Bingqian naturally didn't come to help the Donglin Party minister deal with Wei Bao, and he and several other cabinet ministers didn't come to see the excitement, but Wei Zhongxian called them over, afraid that Wei Bao couldn't say so many people with one mouth, and the cabinet people were all there, so it would be easier to persuade these officials away.

"Wei Bao! You are a five-grade official, why do you preside over the examination and election of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, who gave you the power? How dare you appoint a talented person as the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate without going through the Ministry of Officials and the Cabinet? This is a court official of the seventh grade, not a Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty, and a person who has not made achievements in the appointment of a magistrate is not allowed to serve as the imperial history. Zhu Yanxi didn't talk nonsense, and came up to question Wei Bao on behalf of everyone.

Zhu Yanxi wanted to convince people with reason, they were originally reasonable, and everyone present gradually stopped being noisy and noisy and listened to Zhu Yanxi.

It's a pity that there are too many people, and only the thousands of people standing at the front can hear what is being said.

The people in the back tried to listen.

Therefore, Zhu Yanxi also spoke with his throat and tried to be as loud as possible so that more people could hear it.

Wei Bao smiled indifferently and responded loudly: "My experience as the Metropolitan Procuratorate Experience Division, the left temple of Dali Temple, the management of the personnel of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, this is my business, why do I need someone to pass?" Does anyone stipulate that only the ministries and the cabinet have the power to manage officials, and don't the various yamen need to conduct internal inspections? If the cabinet people don't care about things, is it not the world of the Ming Dynasty, and the yamen of all sizes don't have to do anything? ”

Wei Bao's words, Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Rupan, Ding Shaoshi, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others were all suppressed, indeed, the internal self-examination of the yamen is not a bad thing, and no one really stipulates that it is not allowed.

"Then why did you promote a talented official without authorization?" Zhu Yanxi asked angrily.

"Isn't that simple? He's up to the task! Guo Wenliang's father and Guo Wenliang's grandfather are both the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, why can't he? Although he is still only a showman, who can guarantee that he will not be promoted to the rank of jinshi in the future? Guo Wenliang has been helping the Metropolitan Procuratorate for more than ten years, and he is very familiar with all aspects of affairs. When we look at a person, shouldn't we look at his character, talent, and background? Is it just about fame? In that case, shouldn't so many hereditary generals be abandoned? There are so many hereditary court officials, how many people have no fame? Is it because Guo Wenliang doesn't have a strong backer? If Guo Wenliang's father hadn't died and had already achieved the position of a minister, I think today's incident would not be a big deal, right? Wei Bao smiled and talked eloquently.

Zhu Yanxi They think that they are reasonable, but in fact, Wei Bao also has sufficient reasons, and he is not panicked at all, Wei Bao is not afraid of martial arts, let alone literary fights.

Everyone knew that Wei Baoling had sharp teeth, but they didn't expect it to be so powerful, and Zhu Yanxi, the second assistant of the dignified people, was actually speechless by Wei Bao.

"But you don't have the authority to appoint the Imperial Historian of the Imperial Inspectorate! Regardless of whether Guo Wenliang is suitable or not, you don't have this power, this must be reported to the cabinet, and the celebrant and His Majesty will personally give instructions! Yang Lian couldn't help but pout.

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "I didn't appoint either, the communiqué I issued was to let Guo Wenliang serve as the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, if I have this power, he is the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate, if I don't have this power, he is just doing what the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate should do, and enjoying the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate." As a Metropolitan Inspectorate, don't I have the authority to arrange what people under me should do? Well, suppose there is a sudden epidemic today, and all the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are sick and unable to do things, will the Metropolitan Procuratorate close the yamen? ”

This.

Yang Lian was also asked by Wei Bao and had nothing to say, it seemed that it was Wei Bao who said it in the past.

"You are using strong words, is there a pandemic now? The imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are here, you are so decent, why did you stop everyone's errands? Why reschedule them with new errands? Everyone should do what they should do, and if you see which one is not competent, you can play the impeachment book alone, and stop everyone's errands at once, what is the reason? Zuo Guangdou said.

Wei Bao smiled: "I stopped everyone's errands because I didn't do it well!" If not, where can it be done? Stopping errands one by one, who knows which one is the problem? Only when everyone rearranges their errands and constantly adjusts, can everyone check the previous deficiencies and riveting the defects. ”

"Do you have any basis for doing well or badly? Won't it all depend on you, Lord Wei, with one mouth? Zuo Guangdou said angrily.

"yes, what's the basis? I believe that as long as you are not blind, you know whether the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple are doing well or not, and how many corrupt officials are there in the court? How much less money is paid each year? How many yamen are doing things normally? Everyone either hides at home and gets empty salaries, or they will only say that they will not do it, there are unjust and wrongful cases everywhere, and there are untimely and incapable important positions everywhere, aren't these the faults of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple? So many mistakes, don't you be held accountable? Do you think that the current government is very good? Wei Bao asked again and again.

Zuo Guangdou's face was red when he was asked by Wei Bao, and he said stiffly: "According to what you said, so many alternate officials, and the Jinshi background has not been arranged, so they can't arrange someone like Guo Wenliang who is more suitable to be the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?" ”

"Haha, you said that, I didn't say it." Wei Bao said with a smile: "Okay, starting tomorrow, I will increase the scope of transfer, and select people from among the new science and technology scholars, from the officials who have not yet filled the vacancies, to enter the Metropolitan Inspection Institute and Dali Temple!" However, among the existing candidates, I can clearly tell you that Guo Wenliang is the right candidate! Although he only has a talent and fame, his talent is no less than that of lifting people, and his experience is not lost to anyone who exists in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, is he qualified? Wei Bao said.

Zuo Guangdou was almost stunned by Wei Bao, he felt that he was surrounded by Wei Bao, his face was flushed, and he didn't dare to say anything more. Because he felt that he had been held by Wei Bao, if Wei Bao took him as a truth, and really made a large number of people who had nothing to do with the Duchayuan and Dali Temple enter the Duchayuan and Dali Temple, the existing people in the Duchayuan and Dali Temple would definitely blame him.

And even if Zuo Guangdou himself is a person who has a relationship with these two yamen, he actually does not resist the additional promotion of people with hereditary qualifications like Guo Wenliang, Guo Wenliang, an old son who belongs to the yamen, they are all very affectionate to the original yamen, and they are also very familiar with things, which is definitely much better than people from outside.

For example, the Imperial Court and Dali Temple, which are particularly important yamen in Beijing, are different from ordinary yamen, it is difficult to learn, and it is even more difficult to be familiar with the business after learning.

Otherwise, a smart person like Wei Bao would not have been around for more than a month, in fact, he was still ignorant of the business of Dali Temple and Duchayuan.

This is the Supreme Prosecutor's Office and the Supreme Court of later generations, and it would be strange if the matter here were easy.

Although most of the tens of thousands of officials couldn't hear what was being said in front of them, they were very anxious when they saw the Donglin Party ministers who were fighting with Wei Bao one by one, and they were defeated one by one.

And Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tiqian and others, as well as Gu Bingqian, Feng Quan, Wei Guangwei, Huang Liji, the more they listened, the happier they became.

Wei Zhongxian's heart was even more like eating honey, and he felt that he should have made a capable person like Wei Bao a long time ago, one is worth a thousand, and it is worth 10,000. Where is this so painful?

"Anyway? The imperial court has the etiquette system of the imperial court, how can you promote people who do not have the merit of the imperial examination without authorization, and it will disrupt the scientific examination of the entire Ming Dynasty, do you know? Ding Shaoshi grasped the key point of the problem.

Wei Bao smiled: "How can you disrupt the Daming scientific expedition? ”

"How can it not disturb the imperial examination?" Ding Shaoshi said excitedly: "If everyone knows that if you can become an official if you have a show, you can also become the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, and you will have to take the examination in the future, who will be admitted to the Jinshi?" Everyone doesn't pay attention to the scientific examination anymore, and in the future, the officials of the Ming Dynasty will all be show-skilled? In other words, anyone can become an official of the court, wouldn't the world be in chaos? ”

Ding Shaoshi's remarks were loud and aroused applause from the officials.

Talent selection is carried out through examinations, and in this regard, most selection exams are the same.

The poetry and questioning part will involve open-mindedness.

In the end, the personnel selected by the imperial examination play the role of managers.

If "officials" are divided into "officials" and "officials" to define them separately, then most of the talents selected by the imperial examination are "officials".

The biggest advantage of the imperial examination is that it completely breaks the monopoly of blood hereditary relations and clans; Some of the capable scholars in the middle and lower classes of society can enter the upper strata of society through scientific examinations, get the opportunity to display their talents, and participate in the management of social affairs.

As for the various drawbacks that arose after the imperial examination, they cannot all be attributed to the examination system itself, and the selfishness of power, the imprisonment of thought, and the greed and contempt of human nature have all played a tremendous role and influence in it.

From the Sui Dynasty to the Ming and Qing dynasties, the imperial examination system was implemented for more than 1,300 years.

During this period, by the time of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial examination had formed a complete system, which was divided into four levels: the Yuan Examination (i.e., the Tongsheng Examination), the Township Examination, the Hui Examination and the Palace Examination.

A large number of civilian-bureaucratic cliques are people who can only talk and do practical things.

Wei Bao smiled: "Lord Ding, according to what you mean, is it true that people with higher fame dare not compare with people with low fame?" Is it true that the higher the fame, the less able you will be to do things? Our selection is based on ability, and we don't really look at fame, according to your meaning, we only value fame, isn't it? ”

Ding Shaoshi was asked by Wei Bao, and he was a little afraid to answer, he didn't know what Wei Bao meant, and whether Wei Bao's words were set for himself.

"Lord Ding, I'm asking you, didn't you just say that if you make a person from Xiucai an official, will it make the scientific examination ruined, is it a person, a jinshi, and you don't dare to compare with Xiucai? Or is it that lifting people and jinshi are not as good as showmen? Wei Bao then asked.

"I didn't say that!" Ding Shaoshi held back for a long time before shouting loudly.

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "There is no reason to be loud, Lord Ding, you don't have to be so excited." Since you didn't say that, then, joining a person from Xiucai will not affect the ability of officials from a Renren background and a Jinshi background, so what's the problem? With higher fame, they can naturally get more opportunities on the basis of the same ability, where do they suffer? Where will it affect Daming's scientific expedition? ”

The officials listened to Wei Bao's words, and there was a lot of discussion for a while, although no one felt that Wei Bao was right, but no one could immediately find a refutation of Wei Bao's words.