Since you can make ice, you don't have to say, what kind of smoothies, fruit ice, etc., get some out to coax the queen, and the rest of the concubines will send some over. Even if she can't eat more because the queen is pregnant, but looking at the food that Emperor Chongzhen specially ordered someone to make, Queen Zhou is also happy in her heart.

Chongzhen's wives are all very happy, is there anything more pleasing than the emperor thinking about himself in his heart?

The people of the capital were also very happy. In August, there were suddenly more expensive cold drinks, and the price went down a bit, which is a good thing. Especially in the ice duel, ordinary people can't buy more, but it's okay to grit your teeth and buy a piece back and break it for the baby to eat.

The people who read the book were also very happy. Because of the emperor's personal expedition, the palace test that should have been held long ago was postponed again and again, and now it is August, and even the pre-requisite officials who have not been able to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with their families feel that with these ice, the tail of this summer does not seem to be so difficult.

But many people in the capital are not happy. Especially the sons and daughters of many noble families, and some housekeepers of official families, I don't know where so many bold strongmen appeared, and they dared to discount so many people's legs without scruples, so that the bone-setting doctors in the capital have been very popular in the recent period.

But it doesn't matter, there are always people who dare not believe in evil.

For example, the little grandfather of several national families said that whoever dares to touch me will try.

However, the reality is always so slap in the face.

For example, the second son of Zhu Chunchen's family of Chengguo Gong, the little son of the Marquis of Wuding, and the little son of the Marquis of Yangwu, no one could run. They were all folded and then thrown at their respective doorsteps.

Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, looked at his second son with a gloomy face, and said angrily: "Why did Lao Tzu give birth to such a brainless thing as you!" Lao Tzu let you swagger outside, but he didn't let you touch this kind of mold! ”

Zhu Chunchen's second son, Zhu Zhengyuan, looked at his father's black face that could wring out water, and cried: "Dad, didn't you say that you wanted your son to cause some small trouble outside?" It's not a big deal, and now you're not in charge of your son's decision? ”

Zhu Chunchen became more and more annoyed when he heard this, and shouted: "Then do you know why Lao Tzu wants you to make trouble outside?" ”

When Zhu Zhengyuan heard this, he looked a little cute and asked, "Why?" ”

Zhu Chunchen said bitterly: "A noble family, if there are not a few losers, and the family is all saints, who would dare to use it?" Look at Zhang Zhiji of the British public, isn't it just a fight with a few barbarians, look at the people now, one family and two princes, this is the real Jane in the emperor's heart! But what about the lineage of our country? If there is no improvement, I am afraid that in the future, I will only be able to hold a title and wait for death - the key is to see if the emperor still wants you to mess around! ”

Zhu Zhengyuan wondered: "That son is also causing trouble today, and his legs have been discounted." Since there is such a stain, what is the emperor worried about? ”

I really want to stuff you back into your mother's belly! Zhu Chunchen thought hatefully: "Are you fucking stupid, look at what other British officials do, and then look at you idiots!" Those who sell ice are obviously from the palace, and you are still so obviously threatening them, isn't this looking for death? ”

Zhu Zhengyuan was a little dumbfounded at this moment: "That kid's leg is broken in vain?" ”

Zhu Chunchen said in a sullen voice: "It's not just in vain, Lao Tzu has to carry you out on the streets!" Let the world see that my Chengguo Mansion is not the kind of person who has advantages and deceives others, so that the emperor can rest assured. Otherwise, I'm afraid that there will be a destiny tonight. ”

After speaking, no matter what Zhu Zhengyuan thought, Zhu Chunchen waved his hand to beckon the housekeeper and ordered: "Order someone to carry the second son, don't treat him, go around the city first, just say that he is doing nonsense, and he is to blame for breaking his leg, and he has nothing to do with others." ”、

Zhu Chunchen is incompetent, after all, the nobles are all military legalists, and after the housekeeper received the order, he called someone to lift Zhu Zhengyuan and put it on the stretcher, and then walked to the door of the mansion, no matter how Zhu Zhengyuan struggled and screamed.

So on this day, the people of the capital also had a good time - seven or eight nobles carried their second son, the little son, or something, and did not cover the injured leg, so they swaggered around the capital before carrying it back for treatment.

Emperor Chongzhen, who followed the news, smiled helplessly.

These nobles are too capable to do so. I was afraid that I wouldn't dare to use them, so I sent my youngest sons, who would not attack the lord, out to do something - this was equivalent to taking the initiative to send the handle to myself, so that I could use them with confidence.

After all, there is no noble family that has lasted for nearly three hundred years, and it is unlikely that there will be a particularly brainless situation. Now everyone can see that the emperor reuses martial arts, especially after the appearance of the British princess and the two princes is put out, these people's hearts are even hotter.

But the problem is that the brain is a good thing, and not everyone has it. The little sons of these seven or eight noble families are typical, and they caused trouble to Dongchang. As the emperor's house slave, will Dongchang still get used to their stinky problems?

Especially in the case of the emperor's reuse of factory guards, discounting the legs of a few young sons of the noble family is nothing, and it is not discounting the legs of the eldest son who is going to attack the lord.

After throwing aside the folds sent by Jinyiwei, Emperor Chongzhen no longer thought about these noble things. The left and right are to use these people, who is not to use them? The British Duke is already old, and he doesn't know how long he can last, so he can't rely on the British Duke and Liu Xingzuo to support the world. However, the nobles have already expressed their position - beg the emperor to take a look, beg the emperor to use us, and we have handed you all the small whips that are used to whip us.

Chongzhen feels that since this kind of beginning has appeared, it is a good thing, tomorrow's palace test or can test the attitude of these scholars again?

When it came to the palace examination the next day, Chongzhen looked at the quail-like students in the hall and felt quite painful.

Nothing else, the number of people is too fucking small. In later generations, even if you pull a random university, there will be many more master's degrees than this. Admit such a few people every three years, isn't this officialdom just like a puddle of backwater, with little competitive vitality?

But no matter how painful the egg is, the truth has to come step by step, and I hope that next year's palace exam will be different.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was secretly thinking in his heart, cleared his throat and said: "The fact that all the students can go to this hall to participate in the palace examination already shows that you are all the best among the scholars, and you will all be officials in the future. ”

"The Son of Heaven is a herdsman on behalf of the heavens. Official, herdsman on behalf of the Son of Heaven. However, the official word has two mouths, one open and one closed, which is related to the people's livelihood, and it is necessary to be cautious. ”

"I will not test your article knowledge in today's palace examination. What I want to take the school examination is your knowledge as officials and herdsmen. Therefore, there are only three questions, and there is no restriction on what is not eight, and you can answer it with poetry. ”

After saying this, Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen: "Order someone to send the scroll down." ”

It's just that when these scholars got the test papers, they were dumbfounded.

Question 1: What states and counties did you pass through when you entered Beijing? What is the demographic? How do you think a state or county is rich?

Question 2: I want the fish, and the bear's paw is also what I want, and you can't have both. If you want to have both, can you get the way?

Two sheets of paper, each with only one question on it. There is not a single word more. To put it bluntly, it's up to you to play.

Just on the first question, ninety percent of the students have been stumped. Fucking know! Lao Tzu won't!

But I can't and I can't help it, so I have to write it out with the approximate memory along the way, and I can get through it anyway.

But what the hell is this second question? Both the fish and the bear's paw know that this is an allusion from "Mencius". But what's next? Life, also what I want; Righteousness is also what I want. You can't have both, and those who sacrifice their lives to take righteousness are also.

That's the most important thing.

It's easy to sacrifice one's life and take righteousness, but it's not easy to do so without sacrificing one's life and taking righteousness at the same time - Mr. is a teacher who sacrifices one's life for righteousness, and has never taught how to take such a middle route.

Even if you know it, do you really dare to answer this question? But if you don't answer this question, this is the time of the Son of Heaven Palace, and what kind of crime should be punished at that time?

Hundreds of students' faces began to sweat.

Time passed little by little. After the incense was burned in one column, there were only forty-five students in the entire hall who could answer the second question with a pen.

These forty or fifty students looked at everyone else with a sad face, but their hearts were determined. Since others didn't answer, but they did, then presumably the ranking must be high. The only thing to worry about is how many marks each of these two questions has.

"It's time!"

With Wang Chengen's long drink, the students who had been in a cold sweat and had never answered the second question also breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, I don't have to endure this inhuman ordeal anymore. In the face of the torture of conscience, I really don't know how to answer this question.

It's not that there is no way to ride the wall, but no matter how you answer, you can't get around the moral deficit.

The students who answered this question and those who did not answer this question were divided into two groups after standing up. I replied, and I felt that I had hope of entering the first class jinshi.

Those who did not answer were secretly worried. Not to mention being selected as the top three, even if you are not convicted of dereliction of honor today, I am afraid that it will all be good.

Chongzhen had long been aware of the situation of the scholars. He didn't go to pick up the test paper submitted by Wang Chengen, but just instructed: "Separate those who have answered the second question and those who have not answered the second question and submit them again." ”

The speed of sorting is fast. After Wang Chengen submitted it again, Chongzhen first picked up the test paper that answered the second question, and did not look at the first question directly, only looked at the answer to the second question.

Forty or fifty copies of the test paper only looked at the second question, and it was still a casual glance, and it only took a while to read it.

Chongzhen ignored the forty or fifty students who were overjoyed, but picked up another pile of unanswered test papers, picked up one casually, looked at the answer to the first question roughly, and asked, "Yang Feng?" ”

Among the scholars below, Yang Feng, who heard this, unexpectedly stood up and bowed down and said, "The student is here." ”

Chongzhen snorted and said lightly: "Why didn't you answer the second question?" ”

Chongzhen's voice was not light, making it more and more difficult to guess what he was thinking in his heart. Yang Feng pondered for a long time, and plucked up the courage to say: "Your Majesty, the student doesn't know how to answer." Therefore, I dare not scribble. ”

Chongzhen's voice still didn't change: "Between the fish and the bear's paw, it's so difficult to have both?" I don't know it's that you don't know, but you don't dare to answer! ”

The cold sweat on Yang Feng's forehead was heavier, but he didn't dare to reach out to wipe it, but suddenly he heard Emperor Chongzhen's words encouraging: "Even if you answer, I forgive you for your innocence." ”

When Yang Feng heard this, he turned his head sideways, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead violently, and regardless of whether the monarch had lost his manners, he mustered up the courage to say loudly: "Your Majesty, right is right, wrong is wrong." Students don't think there's a third way. Students don't know how to do both! Students don't fly and go! ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he smiled but did not order Yang Feng to return to the team, but just took out another copy from the other pile of test papers that had already been answered, and said casually: "Xu Yi? You answer me, how do you have both fish and bear's paws? ”

Among the forty or fifty scholars, a middle-aged man about forty years old stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the students think that the word righteousness is to sacrifice their lives to seek it, and it is not too much. It's just that when you can't ask for it, it's better to take a step back and open the sky, and keep a useful body to try to do things again, it's not too late. ”

Chongzhen snorted, didn't answer, and just groaned for a long time.

Until the people in the main hall began to tremble, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly picked up the pile of test papers that had answered the second question and began to tear them up.

After tearing it up, Chongzhen didn't look at the faces of the forty or fifty dead fathers below, and said directly: "Either sacrifice your life for righteousness, or be greedy for life and fear of death, there is a second way to go?" Where there is life, there is hope? What kind of bullshit theory is this? In the face of Jiannu, you also surrender first and then come back? What is the difference between a three-surname domestic slave? ”

"It doesn't matter if you want to be promoted and get rich. Promotion itself means that the official position is improved, and I will not require every official to be like a face. ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't know how to be an official. Daming has textbooks and examples of being an official, telling you how to be a good official who can serve the country and the people. ”

"However, what I can't tolerate is that I won't be a good person!"

"Two sides and three knives, three surnames and domestic slaves, which word is not prepared for this kind of person?"

After the fire was released, Chongzhen said directly: "Anyone who answers the second question will do it." The provincial school administration abolished his student status. Recover all preferential treatment such as food and tax exemption. This kind of talent, the current Ming does not need! ”