Jiang Wuwei said: "Lin Wensheng, who is too guarded by Jinan, in less than a year, has found a livelihood for the people of Jinan, mining, and now building bridges, official roads, extending in all directions, and the people have put on new clothes in every household, this person has great talent; The second is Wei Zhi'an, the county commander of Yunxian County, Yuzhou, who has been released for two years, and Yunxian County has jumped from a poor county to the first county in Yuzhou, which is quite popular with the people, and even the people have established a shrine for him; The third place is Xuzhou Taishou Zuo Changqing, who has been in office for ten years, has worked hard for the people, prevented many natural disasters, and has made great achievements. ”

Emperor Jianwen muttered: "Who is this Lin Wensheng? Why haven't I heard of it before? ”

Jiang Wuwei said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, you have forgotten that this Lin Wensheng is the first and only one in my Southern Chu who is a child and is a taishou. ”

Emperor Jianwen frowned and said, "Is it the person recommended by the prince?" ”

Jiang Wuwei said respectfully: "Exactly." "I was sweating in my heart, I really don't know if this Lin Wensheng is lucky or unlucky, saying that he is unlucky, but he has the opportunity to be promoted in less than a year after serving as an official, saying that he is lucky, but he caught up with the fall of Prime Minister Ning, and the emperor is not happy with the prince.

Emperor Jianwen was thoughtful, not knowing what he was thinking, the ministers held their breath, but they didn't expect the emperor to turn around and say: "This Wei Zhi'an is the champion of two years ago?" ”

Jiang Wuwei immediately said: "Exactly." ”

Emperor Jianwen said with a smile: "This Wei Zhi'an was very rampant when the palace was conferred, saying that it was useless to return, and now he suddenly listened to Aiqing's recommendation, thinking that he had done it, he was a usable person, this Zuo Changqing was deeply impressed, and the prophet was too guarded." ”

Jiang Wuwei said cautiously: "Does the emperor think these three people are okay?" ”

Emperor Jianwen frowned and said, "Let's all be summoned to Beijing, and I will personally decide the official position at that time." And he said, "Who are the five lifters?" ”

Jiang Wuwei said respectfully: "Wen Yan, Zhao Zili, Chen Yu, Liu Jiawei, Wang Jinju, all five of them are from Jinshi. ”

Emperor Jianwen was puzzled: "It stands to reason that they already have official positions. ”

Jiang Wuwei sighed and said: "The emperor doesn't know, these five people are from a poor family, they are squeezed out by the children of the family, and they have no way, so they have been idle until now. ”

When Emperor Jianwen heard this, he shouted angrily: "How can this be reasonable! Jiang Wuwei, you dare to bully the king. ”

Jiang Wuwei immediately knelt down and asked for guilt: "Your Majesty, Weichen is guilty, but Weichen also has a hard time, all these years of conferring, you have ordered the guilty minister Ning Yuan to supervise it, where did the micro minister screw the guilty minister Ning Yuan?" Please also ask the emperor to take a clear look. ”

Emperor Jianwen said angrily: "This Ning Yuan is really harmful. After a while, he said: "Okay, you get up, the blame for this matter is not yours, but the next time there is such a thing, but it is kept secret and not reported, I will not spare it." ”

Jiang Wuwei wiped the sweat from his forehead, knowing that he had escaped again, and said gratefully: "Thank you for the emperor's grace of not pursuing it, and Weichen will obey the emperor's orders." ”

Emperor Jianwen pressed his temples and muttered, "These five people...... Just leave it all behind. ”

Jiang Wuwei said again: "Your Majesty, there are as many as fifty official vacancies now, and eight people are afraid that it will not be enough. ”

Emperor Jianwen looked at the ministers and said, "What do you Aiqing think?" ”

Hubu Shangshu Lian Yunshen said respectfully: "Your Majesty, it is better for the ministers to take the palace test in advance." ”

Zhao Yong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also said: "The minister seconded the proposal. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal."

......

Most of the ministers of the DPRK and China agreed.

Emperor Jianwen waved his hand, and before he could finish waving, Chu Tianyi stood up and said, "Father, my son thinks it's impossible." ”

Emperor Jianwen took his hand back, lamenting in his heart that his son was too fond of demolishing the table, and said lovingly: "Why does Yi'er think it's impossible? ”

Chu Tianyi said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Father, the palace examination is supposed to be an exam every three years, but now it is suddenly advanced, and many students have not yet prepared, but they are afraid that there will be injustice." ”

The fourth prince retorted: "The third emperor's words are wrong, but it is only a year in advance, the imperial brother believes that the learned people must have been prepared for a long time, and only those who are incompetent need three years." ”

Chu Tianyi sneered: "According to the Fourth Emperor Brother, this hall is full of incompetent people? ”

The fourth prince said angrily: "The third emperor brother should not indiscriminately accuse the imperial brother of An, the imperial brother has not said it." ”

Chu Tianyi sneered: "Could it be that it was not the Fourth Emperor Brother who said just now that the incompetent person needs three years to prepare for the palace examination?" The fourth emperor brother, don't forget, who is not a civil servant of the Manchu Dynasty who was born in the three-year palace test? Moreover, this imperial examination has been used by me since the founding of Southern Chu, isn't the fourth emperor brother saying that all the people in Southern Chu are incompetent, and all the emperors of these dynasties are fools? ”

When he said this, the face of the Manchu Dynasty was extremely ugly, and even Emperor Jianwen was no better.

The fourth prince was frightened stupidly, and hurriedly knelt down to ask Emperor Jianwen for his guilt: "Father forgives me, the son never meant this, it was the third emperor brother who framed him." ”

Emperor Jianwen shouted angrily: "Enough, the four princes are disrespectful and banned for one month." ”

The fourth prince still wanted to say something, and struggled: "Father, the son doesn't have it." ”

Emperor Jianwen looked at the guards and shouted angrily: "Don't hurry up and drag this rebel back!" ”

In the end, the four princes could only be forced to leave unwillingly.

The second prince stepped forward and said: "The father is angry, and the sons also think that the palace test cannot be advanced, but the sons think that they can choose a few more from the people who have been raised over the years, and they are also victimized by the guilty minister Ning Yuan, so that not only can the people who are examined be encouraged, but also the virtue of the father's benevolence." ”

Emperor Jianwen nodded and said, "This is a good way. He looked at Chu Tianyi again and said, "What does Yi'er think?" ”

Chu Tianyi said lightly: "Erchen thinks that the words of the second emperor brother are inappropriate, the people raised two years ago can still be said to be reasonable, if it is a few years in advance, I am afraid that the court will be chaotic." ”

Chu Tianjue retorted: "How is this different? If you use it in the first two years, you can use it in the previous years. ”

Chu Tianyi sneered and said: "The second emperor brother is really naïve, most of the people who have no official position are from poor families, and they can stay in the capital without an official position for two years this year, but in the past five years and ten years, I am afraid that they will starve to death a long time ago, it is better to go back to their hometown and be a master of lifting people!" ”

Chu Tian smiled evilly: "Even if you return to your hometown, you can also be recalled." ”

Chu Tianyi smiled lightly: "The second emperor brother really doesn't know the suffering of the people, this is not easy to become a master, some people are flattering, why bother to come to this capital to suffer?" Even if they come, in the past five years, how many people can insist on learning, and even if they can persist, how many can know everything about this court? ”

Chu Tianjue felt aggrieved for a while, and still smiled on his face: "Then I don't know what the third emperor brother thinks?" ”

Chu Tianyi smiled: "Gao Jian, I can't call it, but I'm smarter than the second emperor brother." He looked at Emperor Jianwen and said, "Father, my sons think that these eight people are enough." ”

Watching Chu Tianyi crush Chu Tianjue, Emperor Jianwen didn't know whether to be happy or sad, his son was smart, that was unbelievable, but the brothers were against the wall, how should they all be preserved in the future?

Hearing this, he reacted and subconsciously asked, "Why did Yi'er say this?" ”

Chu Tianyi said lightly: "My father has lived in the palace for a long time, so naturally he doesn't know the real situation inside this official office. Moreover, above this court, the six Shangshu, Dali Temple, and the Imperial Historian have not moved, and the military attache is still there, so what does it matter if there are fewer than forty or fifty? ”

Emperor Jianwen said tiredly: "Having said that, it is a fact that official positions can be vacated, even if those people are incompetent, they have done something." ”

Chu Tianyi sneered: "Did something? Does the father refer to the cricket throwing dice, or does he do nothing all day long, taking the court for nothing and not doing things? Erchen remembered that when Erchen took over the household department not long ago, there were three servants in the household department alone, and none of the three did practical things, and Erchen didn't know what such a person was raised by the emperor? ”

Looking at the six Shangshu again, he first asked Lian Yunshen, the head of the household, and said, "Lian Shangshu, what this king said is the truth?" ”

Lian Yun was deeply puzzled: "This ......" glanced at Emperor Jianwen, and was entangled in his heart, saying yes, that is, saying that Emperor Jianwen was deceived, saying no, that is, offending Prince Yi, seeing that the emperor is obviously conniving at Prince Yi like this.

Emperor Jianwen said majestically: "Tell the truth." ”

Lian Yun said in a deep heart: "It is true that as Prince Yi said, His Majesty Weichen is not strict." "Anyway, if you stick out your head and stab your head, it's also a knife to shrink your head, and after getting along with Prince Yi for so long, he should be able to protect himself, right?

Chu Tianyi said to Lian Yunshen again: "Lian Shangshu is conscientious, it is normal to be negligent, this king also wants to ask Lian Shangshu, since this period of time, do you feel that you can't do your own thing without those few people?" ”

Lian Yunshen stiffened his head and said: "Weichen can still deal with it." ”

Chu Tianyi's eyes flashed with satisfaction, and he looked at Lu Jianye, the secretary of the military department, and said, "What about Lu Shangshu?" ”

Lu Jianye is hard to speak, is this considered a disaster from the sky? Sweat broke out on his forehead and said, "Weichen also thinks it's okay to deal with." ”

Jiang Wuwei, the subordinate minister, also said consciously: "So is Weichen." ”

Chen Zhongzhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry: "Weichen is too." ”

Li Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites: "Weichen is too." ”

Dali Temple Qing Cao Zuo: "Weichen feels that he is at ease. ”

Imperial Doctor Lin Jiang: "The old minister thinks there is nothing wrong. ”

There is only one criminal department left, and he is very entangled, according to him, he should say to the king, saying that he is not enough, but the officials mentioned have shown that he can, if he says the opposite, it is not to make the emperor feel that he is not capable, and he has to say: "The same is true for Weichen." ”

Emperor Jianwen choked and said helplessly: "I am indeed old. ”

Chu Tianyi sneered: "It's not that my father is old, it's that my father is unwilling to open his eyes and see clearly." ”

Emperor Jianwen said lovingly: "You, you obviously have the talent to govern the country, but you have a vicious mouth, and your father can't admit defeat." He looked at the ministers and said, "Since all of you Aiqing feel that you don't need to fill your official positions, then the Ministry of Ministers Shangshu Jiang Wuwei listens to the order,"

Jiang Wuwei immediately knelt down and said, "Weichen listens to the order." ”

Emperor Jianwen said majestically: "I order you to verify the internal officials of the Six Ministries, Dali Temple, and the Supervision Department, list the official positions that are not needed, and hand them over to me in three days." ”

Jiang Wuwei said respectfully: "Weichen is in charge." ”