Shen Xi wrote to Xie Qian about exchanging crops with the Franc Man, which was approved by Emperor Hongzhi. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoBecause in the transcript, Shen Xi mentioned the issue of trial implementation, Zhu Youzhu felt that this matter was not very involved, and the funds occupied were not much, so there was no need to solicit opinions at the court meeting, and it was approved directly, which was also an affirmation of Xie Qian's ability.

At present, the people of the Franc machine can only freely go to Fuzhou Port and Quanzhou Port for trade, and the specific matters will be discussed by the Ministry of Rites.

It was at this time that the imperial court officially made public the candidates for the chief examiners of the southern and northern Zhili Township Examinations in an explicit manner. There are two examiners in Beizhili, in addition to Shen Xi, the other is Zhan Shifu Zuo Chunfang Zuo Zhong Yun Jin Gui.

Shen Xi and Jin Gui belong to old colleagues, when Shen Xi entered the palace as the right Zhongyun, he was on duty with Jin Gui, and Shen Xi had a smooth ride in Zhan Shifu in the past two years, and he went out on official business several times in the middle, which can be described as a holy family. And Jin Gui continued to be in front of his Zuo Zhongyun, with no name.

For Shen Xi, although it is not easy to be promoted, since he entered the Hanlin Academy, he has also been promoted by two levels in two years, and it is almost difficult for an official of the Zhan Shifu like Jin Gui, who has not yet served as a lecturer, to be promoted.

According to the regulations, as the chief examiner of the Shuntianfu Township Examination, Jin Gui will consult with Shen Xi to discuss the admission of candidates and even point out Xie Yuan, and they must cooperate sincerely.

They are already very familiar with each other, and they have a good relationship, Shen Xi is not afraid that Jin Gui will put on a face for himself. What's more important is that now Shen Xi is one level higher than Jin Gui's official rank, Shen Xi is from the fifth grade, Jin Gui is the sixth grade, and the so-called official level crushes people to death, then this Shuntianfu Township test will be based on Shen Xi's will, and Jin Gui can only fight.

In the Shuntianfu Township Test, the inner curtain officials were selected by the imperial court, and the outer curtain officials were Shuntianfu officials.

The biggest difference between the Liangjing and the 13th Bu Political Envoy Sixiang Test is that the selection method of the inner curtain officer is different, which ensures that the inner curtain officer of the Liangjing Township Test will not be too affected by the outer curtain official.

From the appointment to the final admission question, there is more than a month of preparation time in between.

The Shuntianfu Township Trial officially began on the ninth day of August, and Shen Xi, Jin Gui and other internal curtain officials needed to enter the venue on the sixth day of August. After Shen Xi and Jin Gui entered the venue, they would convene all the internal curtain officials to agree on the exam questions, print the test papers within two days, and officially distribute them after the examination began on the ninth day of junior high school.

Until the end of the township examination, Shen Xi could not walk out of the examination room during this period.

Therefore, the East Palace side will be somewhat affected, in addition to Shen Xi, the speaker of the East Palace, who will preside over the Shuntianfu Township Test, Wang Hua, who had presided over the Shuntianfu Township Test in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, also had to go to Nanjing to preside over the Yingtianfu Township Test.

In other words, there are two less lecturers in the East Palace at the same time.

Shen Xi was the chief examiner of the Shuntianfu Township Examination ordered by Emperor Hongzhi, and he learned that he had served as the chief examiner more than a month earlier than Jin Gui.

As the chief examiner of the township examination, it is not difficult for officials from Hanlin to finalize the questions in the Four Books and Five Classics, but the difficulty lies in the "unspoken rules" outside the exam.

In this era when the imperial examination is the only upward channel in society, the importance of the township examination is self-evident, and it is the difference between ordinary people and scholars, not to mention that this is still the entry threshold for participating in the examination. Many people will play out of the exam.

After the appointment of the imperial court was officially announced, there were more people who went to Shenxi Mansion to pay respects, some went through the front door, and more often went through the back door, and after nightfall, most of them brought gifts, but they were all turned away.

In order to put an end to the corruption and degeneration of the inner curtain officials, the imperial court soon sent some "real" things to the Shen Mansion, that is, "literary coins", which are actually the official dowry and money for the inner curtain officials.

The "literary coin" of the chief examiner of the Shuntianfu Township Examination is a copper coin held in a basket, full of a large basket, if it is calculated one by one, it is worth about fifty or sixty taels of silver, which is worth half a year of Shenxi's money.

"Wen Yuan" is a normal dowry, and Shen Xi can accept it with confidence.

Thirteen political envoys, the inner curtain officials often have to go to the political envoy to thank the yamen after getting the "coin", and the unspoken rules of the township examination will be involved in the middle.

However, the north and south Zhili are beyond the existence of the thirteen political envoys, and Shen Xi himself is still a high-ranking Hanlin official, with a transcendent status, so he doesn't need to go to Shuntianfu to say hello at all, just wait for the sixth day of the eighth month to enter the market.

As for what questions to come up with, wait until you enter the venue to make a decision, but in fact, the topics can be finalized in advance, and most of the questions and questions will occur at this time.

After being officially appointed as the chief examiner of the township examination, Shen Xi became more and more cautious and did not have any dealings with outsiders, especially those scholars and the families of candidates who took the exam.

But in fact, the senior officials of the DPRK and China who Shen Xi usually walks around are nothing more than two people with the surname Xie - Xie Qian and Xie Duo.

Shen Xi is the main examiner of the Shuntianfu Township Examination, and Xie Qian is the initiator, and he doesn't take Shen Xi very seriously as the examiner, because Xie Qian never thought of letting Shen Xi open the door for his son from beginning to end. But Xie Qian still needs to avoid suspicion, even if he is ordered to mention Shen Xi, but at this juncture, he must also consider the reaction of the outside world, and he can't be truthful.

On Xie Duo's side, there is nothing to avoid.

After Shen Xi finalized all the candidates for the inner curtain officials in the imperial court, he went to meet Xie Duo as soon as possible, and also asked Xie Duo for some experience in presiding over the township examination.

However, Xie Duo had no good advice for Shen Xi, but said that he would make a comment to the imperial court on the difference between the two capitals and the thirteen political envoys and the township test system.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there were many drawbacks in the township test, and many talented people were buried, mainly because the status of the inner curtain officials of the political envoys was too low, and they had a reputation but no official position, and the outer curtain officials were basically filled by the provincial officials, and the external curtain officials bullied the inner curtain officials everywhere, and what was even more infuriating was that the internal curtain officials of the political envoys were directly recommended by the outer curtain officials and finally decided on the candidates. If someone "doesn't know each other", he simply can't be an internal curtain official, let alone the chief examiner.

“…… The old man wants to say to His Majesty, and the political envoys should also be appointed by the officials of Hanyuan, so as to put an end to the malpractice of the local township test! ”

Xie Duo had already written the recital and showed it to Shen Xi. After Shen Xi read it, he had an impression that he had seen this recital in some ancient books in his previous life.

Although the specific impression is not deep, it shows that Xie Duo did present such a manuscript in history, and implored Emperor Hongzhi to reform the township test.

Shen Xi said: "Master Xie, it's not that the students want to disagree with you, this year's township examination is only going to start in one month, and now it's playing, even if Your Majesty allows it, in the end, only the provinces close to Beijing can benefit, and those provinces such as Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Sichuan and other provinces, what should be?" ”

"You mean to say that the old man is playing tonight?" Xie Duo glanced at Shen Xi and said, "It's not too late to make amends, haven't you heard of this sentence?" The old man does not want to change it once, but at least, this kind of malpractice cannot be allowed to persist anymore. You also came out of the imperial examination, you should know the darkness very well, right? ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, who is different?

In the past few years, he has studied hard for decades, just to make a name for himself in the imperial examination, but even the last more just upward channel in society has been blocked by those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, just like himself, who should have been Xie Yuan's talent, but if there is no Liu Daxia's "special care", he will lose his name to Sun Shan.

If he is lucky, he will be admitted only if he encounters a "strike hard" in a few terms, or if the new local official is honest and honest, but who can guarantee that he will perform well in the township examination in the next few years?

"The students just think that the north and south of the country, plus the thirteen political envoys, all use the words of the officials of Hanyuan, is there more?" Shen Xi was a little embarrassed.

There are actually a lot of officials in the Hanlin system, but in addition to Shu Jishi and some lower-level officials, there are only dozens of officials who can really get on the stage, and they have to take care of the errands such as history revision, edicts, the cabinet on duty, lectures in the inner study hall, lectures in the East Palace, and daily lectures, and it is impossible to transfer thirty people at a time.

Xie Duo thought for a while and said, "Then select the virtuous officials from the Hanyuan from the six departments to go to the main examination, and after all, there is an explanation for the scholars of the world." ”

"Thank you, although your suggestion is good, I'm afraid it ...... Lots of difficulties......"

Shen Xi really wanted to remind Xie Duo that in fact, it was useless for the Hanlin officials or the officials of the Sixth Department to go to the local main exam, because the local forces were intertwined, as long as they colluded and cheated, even if the chief examiner was fair and honest, because there were too many places to do it.

In addition, in history, although Xie Duo's recital was pertinent and well-organized, it was not adopted by Zhu Youji. In fact, according to the monitoring of the world by Jinyiwei and Dongchang, coupled with the fact that the officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology will also speak from time to time, it is impossible for the emperor not to know the disadvantages of the imperial examination below, but why do he keep taking measures?

Maybe the emperor felt that the problem was not serious, and there was no need to change some unspoken rules, after all, the imperial court gave officials a low salary, and it was understandable for people to find a way to make some money to subsidize, but Shen Xi thought that the most important thing was that the emperor did not want to harm the interests of local forces and was strongly backlashed.

Compared with the influence of corrupt officials on the imperial court, the emperor attaches more importance to the stability of the court, and some unspoken rules exist, since it has been like this for so many years, there is no need to change, only when the unspoken rules affect the imperial power, the emperor will make up his mind to reform.

"The main examination of the township examination is nothing more than fairness and strictness."

Xie Duo said some clichéd truths, "As long as you are selected in the spirit of justice, the old man believes that you can do a good job." I hope that under your auspices, there will be a few more future ministers in this Shuntianfu Minister, not seeking prestige and fame, as long as they can be honest and honest. Alas! How difficult is it to find an official with clean sleeves in this world? ”

Shen Xi saluted again: "Thank you for your love, I'm afraid that the students won't be competent." ”

"Haha, what do you mean, do you want to be in the same league with those who are corrupt and pervert the law?" Xie Duo laughed, "It's not that the old man has to put pressure on you, it's really that you don't know how muddy this pool is, even if it is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, it can't be exempt from vulgarity." But it's better if you don't know, those who don't know are fearless......"

Shen Xi felt very awkward when he heard this, I don't know, can I rush in stupidly and come out with sludge?

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ps: In the past few days, the Son of Heaven is recuperating, and the medicine prescribed by the doctor has a great hypnotic effect.

The update is not normal, please forgive me, and when my body improves, the Son of Heaven will resume the outbreak!

Apologies with tears! (To be continued.) )