Since the Ming Dynasty abolished the Zhongshu Province and the Prime Minister, the emperor directly controlled the six departments and hundreds of positions, and the monarch's centralized power was expanded, and the monarch's will was the country's will.

But in fact, since Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty have been very lazy, and it is simply unrealistic to let the emperor perform the duties of prime minister, review all the copies submitted, and make a reply. As a result, the cabinet system set up by Chengzu Zhu Di became a good supplement to the monarchy's power.

Before the Ming Dynasty, the prime minister had decision-making power, parliamentary power and administrative power, and after the establishment of the cabinet, the Yongle Emperor firmly held the decision-making power of the original prime minister in his own hands, and the parliamentary power was divided into the cabinet, and the executive power was divided into six ministries. At the local level, it is divided into three divisions, which are in charge of the judiciary, military affairs, and administration, and are directly responsible to the six ministries.

During the period of Zhu Zhanji of Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, a more complete government affairs process was formed: the large and small chapters of the country, and even the suggestions put forward by the common people to the emperor, were summarized by the general political envoys, and the ceremonial supervisors submitted them to the emperor for inspection, and then submitted to the cabinet, which was responsible for drafting and handling opinions, and then submitted the opinions to the emperor for approval, and finally issued by the six proofreaders.

During the reign of Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Wen entered the cabinet after entering the Ministry of Ministers with the imperial history of the left capital.

In the following Tianshun and Orthodox years, the cabinet was actually in charge of six ministries, becoming the emperor's highest staff and decision-making body.

During this period, the votes of the cabinet scholars will be adopted by the emperor, and even if they are occasionally rejected, they can still be implemented after revision.

There are very few recitals directly decided by the emperor, even in the current Hongzhi Dynasty, which is known as the prosperous era.

The current cabinet scholars Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian," ...... The three of them worked together to assist the government, did their best, and knew everything. At the beginning, there may be no followers, but it is beneficial to see the letter, and all the performances are accepted, and they are called Mr. without a name."

The emperor usually had no decision on weekdays, and he consulted with the three of them. doesn't even call the name, directly refers to "Mr.", and it is a reward for the three of them, which can be seen from the favor of the three people.

This time, Emperor Hongzhi ordered Li Dongyang to investigate the Ministry of Rites and Rites to try the case. Li Dongyang knows how to grasp the mentality of Emperor Hongzhi very well, and he also knows how to calm public opinion.

The scholars were just provoked by some people, and they wanted to make trouble with the court, saying that Cheng Minzheng asked Tang Yin and Xu Jing to do this, which was easy to do. I brushed down Tang Yin and Xu Jing, who had taken the tribute, and said that they were not among the admissions, and the so-called questions were groundless.

However, after Xie Qian found out, he had a different opinion on this: "...... If you are like this, I am afraid that it will not be used, and the country will have no pillars. ”

Because Du Mu became an eyewitness in the case, he replaced the tribute positions of Tang Yin and Xu Jing for the use of the imperial court, but now Xu Jing and Tang Yin are involved in the case without evidence, so they have not been tried and sentenced first. This is not in accordance with the laws of the imperial court.

However, Liu Jian is very supportive of Li Dongyang's decision. Liu Jian is more than ten years older than Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, and what he wants is a stable political situation, since Li Dongyang's method can quickly calm down public opinion, Liu Jian naturally chooses to support it unconditionally.

As for what the truth is, it seems to be less important anymore.

On the second day of the first month of March, the Ministry of Rites will try to release the list, and after a few days of investigation after opening the book, Li Dongyang is ready to play Emperor Hongzhi on the seventh day of the first month of March, and report the investigation and handling opinions of this case.

"A few days ago, he impeached Cheng Minzheng, a bachelor. The private leakage of the topic in Xu Jing, Tang Yin, the Ministry of Rites transferred the text, and the ministers re-read it to get it, and the examination school was decided at that time. According to the seal number, the two volumes are not in the number of the main list, and there are the same examiner's comments that can be verified. The ministers will take the same examination of the Five Classics, read it again for several days, and set to take the 300 volumes of the main list, and the name of the curtain will be dismantled. This is done. Be careful. ”

In Li Dongyang's view, it doesn't matter whether Cheng Minzheng is a question or not, the point is to show the world that even if the question case really happens, it will not affect the fairness of this Ministry of Rites examination, because Xu Jing and Tang Yin have not been admitted, so what is the trouble of such a scholar?

It's better to go back to your hometown honestly and prepare for the exam, and wait for three years to come back!

But in the past few days after the release of the list on the second day of the first month of March, public opinion began to involve Shen Xi in the new science and technology association, believing that the real beneficiaries of the problem were not Xu Jing and Tang Yin, but Shen Xi. Otherwise, those Confucian scholars who have studied for decades are unable to answer the "Four Sons Attainments" exam questions, how can he do it as a young descendant?

As a result, it was only a few days, and by the fifth day of the third month of the first month of March, the official rumors had already reached the cabinet.

Tricky, really tricky.

Li Dongyang took out the recital he had prepared, showed it to Liu Jian and Xie Qian, and then arranged the several recitals submitted by the speaker in turn.

Although Shen Xi did not go to meet Cheng Minzheng in person, some people took out the matter of many people in Fujian who went to meet Cheng Minzheng, and also pointed out that it was these people who informed Shen Xi of the leaked exam questions so that Shen Xi could prepare in advance.

"What do you think?"

Liu Jian flipped through the notebooks in turn, squinting at Li Dongyang.

After all, Li Dongyang is the minister of the emperor's order, and although Liu Jian is the first assistant, he can only let Li Dongyang make decisions in this matter, and it is not easy to get involved.

Li Dongyang sighed: "On the eve of the release of the apricot list, I personally went to meet Shen Xi, Lun Wenxu, and Sun Xu, and specially inspected the talents of the three of them. ”

Xie Qian asked with great interest on the side: "In this way, this thirteen-year-old Shen Xi really has extraordinary talent?" ”

Li Dongyang nodded slightly, and immediately roughly told what happened that night, including Shen Xineng's ability to memorize the articles of the Ministry of Rites Examination Papers word for word, and then memorize the "Mo'an Collection", as well as the examination articles of Lun Wenxu and Sun Xu, which were also memorized word by word.

After Xie Qian heard this, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "There is no prodigy in the world more than this. If it is said that "Mo'an Collection" is the ink scroll that he has prepared for a long time, Kelun and Sun, he will never have a chance to see it in advance, this son is not shallow, if it is directly made off the list......"

"Nonsense."

Li Dongyang didn't speak, and Liu Jian scolded first.

Liu Jian entered the cabinet earlier than Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, and he is the first assistant with deep qualifications, Xie Qian and Li Dongyang can directly be commensurate with each other on weekdays, but the two have always been full of respect for Liu Jian.

Liu Jian's face was gloomy when he heard Xie Qian say that Shen Xi would "fall off the list", "If it is a few days in advance, it doesn't matter if this son is on the list or not, since he is on the list today, it will not be difficult to be on the list again in the future." But if he has been promoted as a huiyuan and ordered to fall off the list, wouldn't it be child's play to win the imperial examination? ”

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian both stood up, saluted respectfully, and made a teachable appearance.

Li Dongyang said: "Please also ask the first assistant to instruct." ”

Liu Jian waved his hand and said: "Your Majesty asked you to handle this case, it is inconvenient for the old man to ask, with your usual rigorousness, I believe you can handle it properly." It's not too early, so I'll go back to my house first......"

Liu Jian also seemed to realize that this matter was very tricky, if he knew in advance that the scholar would have such a big opinion on Shen Xi being named Huiyuan, he could naturally suggest that Li Dongyang remove Shen Xi from the list, or list a position that is neither high nor low, so as not to be attacked by the scholar now.

But for the person concerned, Li Dongyang, he had seen Shen Xi's talent with his own eyes, and in line with the principle of not interfering with the officials of the inner curtain, since Shen Xi was pushed out as Huiyuan, he thought that there was indeed no problem, so he gave it permission.

But this time, something really happened!

After Liu Jian left, Xie Qian shook his head helplessly, and joked with a smile: "It seems that Brother Bin has a plan this time......

Li Dongyang was a little annoyed in his heart, and he also put all his thoughts on how to deal with Cheng Minzheng's leak to Tang Yin and Xu Jing, at that time, public opinion did not involve Shen Xi too much, he thought that if Tang and Xu were removed, the scholars would be peaceful. Who would have thought that a thirteen-year-old Huiyuan was taken, but public opinion was blown up, and it was originally unreliable, but now it is also spread with nose and eyes.

Li Dongyang picked up the notebook of the official recital and said: "For today's plan, I can only ask Your Majesty to decide, and your Majesty can only judge the twists and turns of right and wrong." ”

Xie Qian disagreed.

The rules of the cabinet, what is going on below, the bachelor of the auxiliary government needs to "share the worries" of the emperor, and cannot add to the blockage. It's not a good idea to go directly to the emperor for something that the cabinet can't handle. As the least senior of the three auxiliary ministers, he is responsible for drafting the vote on weekdays, and this matter naturally falls to Xie Qian.

Xie Qian picked up the pen and asked, "Then how to draw up this purpose?" ”

Li Dongyang smiled and said, "I'm tired of Qiao, you can discern ......."

According to outsiders, the three auxiliary ministers are now "Li Gongmou, Liu Gongju, and Xie Gongyou Kankan", which means that Li Dongyang is good at strategy, Liu Jian is good at making decisions on the spot, and Xie Qian is good at speaking.

Now when encountering things, Liu Jian, who is good at making decisions on the spot, and Li Dongyang, who is good at scheming, are both pushing 625, but let Xie Qian deal with it.

Xie Qian shook his head helplessly, and sighed lightly: "It's best that Your Majesty still stays in the middle and doesn't ......."

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PS: Fourth Update!

Well, this chapter introduces a lot of government affairs, and the Son of Heaven feels that he can't express the sincerity of the addition, so he made a temporary decision, and he has to add a chapter to today's basic update, that is, the fifth update of the guarantee, if the results are gratifying, the Son of Heaven will send the sixth chapter to the old man.

The Son of Heaven hurried to the code word, let's first come to a wave of subscriptions, rewards and monthly pass encouragement! (To be continued.) )