When the apocalypse came, everyone signed it, it seems that everyone understands people, and it really doesn't matter which grandsons will stand in the court after twenty years, and the most important thing is to get back their silver and the benefits that can be seen in the coming year. Apocalypse called Tan Jing to put away everyone's signed papers, then sat down and coughed lightly and said:

"Since everyone is of the same opinion, we will mention another matter by the way, which is the matter of asking the king of faith to speak to him. King Xin is my brother, although he is young, but he has the courage to do things, but he has a little lack of knowledge and experience, and he needs to learn while managing politics, so I recommend two younger people, the age difference is too big to communicate. This is a matter of the Government Council, not the last court, everyone sat down and said slowly. ”

It is a good thing that the emperor cares about his brother's learning, although a person who learns and learns may not be able to improve much ability, but at least he can understand some reason, and it is possible for a reasonable person to listen to good words, and everyone does not want a person who does not listen to opinions and only knows how to act brutally to sit on his head. After everyone sat down, Xue Sanxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asked, "I don't know what kind of requirements the emperor has for inviting the speaker?" ”

There are at least two problems with the request of the dignitaries, one is that there are many candidates, and the other is that everyone has no perfunctory meaning, Tianqi thought for a while and said: "The king of faith must be diligent in government affairs, but he must not be too tired, and he must learn to combine work and rest; It is necessary to be strict with the system, but not too rigid, and to learn to be accessible; Be kind and generous to others, but you need some thunderous means; You can't give up when you encounter problems, but you have to learn to make trade-offs. Therefore, this lecturer must have a bearing attitude, a broad heart, a good scholar, a sensible person, a good sense of punishment and rewards, a good judgment, and a knowledge of power changes. ”

This requirement seems to be a bit high, just like looking for a person who is both broad and profound, bold and careful, and only exists in theory, Xue Sanxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, such a person does not exist at present. ”

After listening to Xue Sanxing's words, Tianqi knew that he thought his requirements were too high, so he smiled and said: "I mean to find a few more people, and everyone can account for a little bit of them, not to ask everyone to find a very comprehensive person." ”

Listening to Tianqiyi's explanation, everyone also understood, it turned out that it was not to find an all-rounder like Zhuge Liang, which was easy to do. Everyone consulted with each other and recommended eight people who met one or two conditions, and Tianqi carefully screened and selected three people: the Hanlin Academy's revision, the former champion Wen Zhenmeng, the forty-fourth year of Wanli Jinshi, the imperial history Huang Zunsu, the thirty-eighth year of Wanli Jinshi, the Hanlin Academy's attendant Qian Qianyi, and after the selection, let Tan Jing send someone to Xuan three people to come.

After a while, the three of them came to the Government Council, and the meeting that was originally attended by the three officials suddenly let themselves participate in the three six grades, plus seeing that the emperor and the ministers were all kind and pleasant, the three of them understood on the spot that this was a good thing or not a bad thing, and they all straightened their chests and were ready to grasp the opportunity obtained after the outbreak of character. Apocalypse said to the three of them, "King Xin is my brother, and I have high hopes for him, and from today onwards you will be his master, and you will attend classes for an hour every day. In the future, I will gradually take care of the affairs of the Government Council, and the three of you must do your best to counsel King Xin so that he can be competent in the affairs of the Government Council. ”

Wen Zhenmeng, Huang Zunsu and Qian Qianyi bowed together and said, "The ministers obey the order." ”

The three of them knew that the emperor was very good to his brother, and he sent the three of them to be the master of King Xin, because he had taken a fancy to a certain shining point on his body, as long as he could carry forward this shining point, the splendid future would be spread out from under his feet, and the breath of the three of them was a little rough when they thought of this.

Tianqi turned to King Xin and said, "King Xin, these three people are the masters chosen by my brother for your shortcomings, and they are responsible for daily lectures, so you should learn from them. First give a few masters a seat, and King Xin will now go to see the master. ”

After the king agreed, he got up and bowed to the three of them and said, "Meet the three masters." ”

Wen Zhenmeng, Huang Zunsu and Qian Qianyi leaned slightly sideways and only received half a salute, and said in their mouths: "The ministers don't dare." Then he stretched out his hand and asked the king to sit down, and then the three of them sat down next to each other.

It is a matter of etiquette for the student to respect the master and salute the master, but if the courtier is a big man and receives the full salute, it will be a bit rude, it seems that the three of them are not bad, Tianqi nodded and said: "The politician must first have a benevolent heart, and everyone will be loyal to the people under his rule with a benevolent heart. Wen Zhenmeng is a former champion, and the article has a unique discussion of benevolence and love, and King Xin learned from him how to practice benevolent government. ”

Seeing that no one objected, Tian Qi continued: "Those sitting here are all Confucian disciples, and Confucianism emphasizes propriety in addition to benevolence. The function of etiquette is to make people not too close, to have the order of respect and humility in order to advance and retreat in an orderly manner, do not see, do not move, do not speak. Huang Zunsu is not bad at learning as an imperial historian, and King Xin wants to learn from him how to distinguish between right and wrong. ”

The idea of benevolence and propriety runs through the entire Confucian doctrine, and everyone can't help but nod their heads when they hear Tianqi say this. Tianqi continued: "Learning more Confucian techniques for a long time will make people naturally have a strong and righteous spirit, but if you don't know how to be flexible and blindly go straight, you will be ridiculed as sour and rotten Confucian. Qian Qianyi can write poems, and the text shows true nature and true feelings, and it is also a good thing for King Xin to learn from him from time to time. ”

King Xin said: "The royal brother cares so much for his minister, and the younger brother really doesn't know how to reciprocate. ”

Apocalypse said: "There is no need to talk about any love in return, just work hard." Now you will move to Ciqing Palace to live, which is closer to the Wenhua Palace, and it is also convenient for a few masters to teach you, and you will move out after the Xinwang Mansion is built. ”

After the king agreed, the apocalypse said to the ministers: "It's rare that everyone is here, and if there is anything, they will talk about it, and in the future, all meetings related to government affairs will be held by King Xin in the government affairs council, and I will not take care of it anymore." ”

Seeing that the meaning of the apocalypse was about to be let go, Zhao Nanxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The emperor has said that he will start to conduct economic inspections of the previous officials from next year, and it is now the end of November, so what should be the difference between the appointment process of the officials of the Ministry of the Emperor and the previous appointment process?" ”

One thing to be implemented is first to give everyone a blow, after no one objected, it should be in full swing to prepare, this is only a month to be implemented, but now there is no movement, everyone is a little unsure of the emperor's meaning, and some people are even wondering if the emperor has forgotten about this?

Tianqi said: "The economic inspection is carried out by the Ministry of Officials, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Internal Guard, and the Ministry of Officials shall be notified in writing before the appointment, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Internal Security shall sign and approve after the economic inspection, and the Ministry of Officials shall be formally appointed after meeting the opinions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Internal Guard." ”

Zhao Nanxing asked: "It seems that we have to move soon, so when will the emperor start?" Where to start? Who to start with? ”

Hearing Zhao Nanxing's question, all the ministers' hearts were raised, although they had known that there was a day and had made some preparations, but when this day really came, those who were ready were useless, especially those who had a lot of money in the family and those who had money in the family from unknown sources, all of them were worried in their hearts.

Tianqi looked at everyone and said slowly: "The economic inspection starts from the capital now, as for who to start with, I think it should start with the Metropolitan Procuratorate, because it is up to them to examine other people's righteous people to correct themselves first, Zuodu Yushi Gao Panlong and Yang Lian, do you have any opinions?" ”

Gao Panlong and Yang Lian said: "The ministers have no opinion. ”

Tianqi said: "Okay, you are the censors of the officials are like a ruler, I said that the righteous people should first correct themselves, after going down, let all the imperial historians and the six section officials in the Imperial Court write their own applications, after writing the application, the internal guard will make an appointment for review, if you don't want to write all the applications go home, I don't want to use a crooked ruler." ”

As soon as Tianqi finished speaking, the three assistant ministers Ye Xianggao, Han Yi, and Zhu Yanxi stepped forward and said that they should set an example, and they would be examined at the back of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. After the inventory of the field and grain storage incident, Ye Xianggao, Han Yi, Zhu Yanxi and the other three knew that although the emperor was not very tough on his courtiers, once he decided to do something, it was very resolute, rather than being passive when it was his turn, it was better to take the initiative to ask for it and win a good reputation. Seeing that the three ministers of the State Council took the lead in applying to support their apocalypse, they were very satisfied, and although the others had ideas, they had to hide them in their hearts and say that there was no problem.