After the beginning of spring in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, two things were hotly discussed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

One is the palace test of the year of Renxu, and the other is the book of "Daming Huidian".

Shen Xi did not personally participate in this examination and the palace examination, and with his official position and qualifications, he was not qualified to serve as the palace examination paper reading officer, but Xie Qian, who was one of the three cabinet ministers, was not surprising to be the palace examination paper reading officer.

The completion of the book "Daming Huidian" has a close relationship with Shen Xi, because Shen Xi is one of the compilers of the "Daming Huidian", and his merits are relatively high-ranked, thanks to his writing of the canonical system at the end of Hongwu and the beginning of Yongle, even Emperor Hongzhi cannot deny his status in the compilation and repair officials.

If it weren't for Shen Xi, a lot of content would be submerged in history and would not exist in the world.

The official award from the imperial court has not come out, but depending on the situation, it should wait for the end of the palace examination and the list of new science and technology scholars to come out before awarding the reward.

However, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Hanlin Academy have already drawn up a list of meritorious personnel to be rewarded and promoted, and submitted it to Emperor Hongzhi for personal approval.

Emperor Hongzhi has just recovered from a serious illness, and although his physical condition is much worse than before, he is finally able to handle government affairs in person.

Emperor Hongzhi intended to reward the revisers of the "Daming Huidian", in addition to showing the importance of the imperial court to standardize the rules and regulations, but also to promote a group of officials, so as to lay a solid foundation for the prince to come to the court as an adult, and even for the prince to ascend the throne in the future.

In the merit roster and commendation plan drawn up by the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy, the promotion of officials was not large, and Emperor Hongzhi directly sent it back and asked the three yamen to redraw it, which was worrying for a while. Even an experienced minister like Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the ministry, didn't know if Emperor Hongzhi thought that the promotion was too large or too small, or maybe there were some people who should not appear in the list of awards?

As for why Emperor Hongzhi sent the credit book back, there were different opinions for a while.

The current helmsman of the Hanlin Academy is Liang Chu, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, the helmsman of the Ministry of Rites is Fu Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the helmsman of the Ministry of Officials is Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials.

As a result, Emperor Hongzhi did not give him a visit on the grounds that he was unwell.

There was really no way, Ma Wensheng could only go to the cabinet and discuss with the university scholars Li Dongyang and Xie Qian.

Originally, it was best to ask Shoufu Liu Jian about this kind of thing, but at this time, Liu Gong's health was not very good, and he was confused, and he was asked everything that was not asked.

Ma Wensheng is older than Liu Jian, he understands that Liu Jian is deliberately prevaricating, involving the issue of merit and reward, Liu Jian doesn't want to interfere too much with the emperor and his subordinates, so Liu Jian chose not to ask.

Ma Wensheng found Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, among the top scholars in the imperial court, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, who were in their early fifties, belonged to the "Young Zhuang faction", and their opinions were very important.

But Li Dongyang and Xie Qian's views are very different.

Li Dongyang thought that the number of officials who should be compromised and rewarded for their merits was too large, and there were not so many official positions for promotion under the Hanlin system, so Emperor Hongzhi called back to redraft.

Xie Qian's opinion is the opposite.

Xie Qian thought that the list of meritorious personnel should be added, and it was best to list all the people involved in the revision of the Hanlin system, and everyone should be promoted by at least one rank.

Ma Wensheng didn't say anything, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian quarreled first, and their best friends in private actually quarreled because they figured out the emperor's intentions.

Originally, Xie Qian was not qualified to argue with Li Dongyang about anything, because Li Dongyang ranked second among the scholars of the Auxiliary Political University, and he only ranked third, and the rule was that the official level crushed people to death, and his subordinates could only listen to the opinions of their superiors.

But at this time, Xie Qian disagrees that he is the third, I have won the emperor's favor in the past two years, you say that I am the third? Why can't I be a secondary assistant?

In Wenyuan Pavilion, Ma Wensheng, who was watching from the sidelines, was really helpless.

As the secretary of the ministry, Ma Wen was promoted to the head of the officials, but now the situation in the Ming Dynasty is that the status of the cabinet scholar is gradually becoming prominent, and even his status as the secretary of the ministry is inferior to the cabinet minister.

However, in this matter, Ma Wensheng did not participate in the revision of the book, and the credit has nothing to do with him, and although Li Dongyang and Xie Qian did not participate much, they have the name of the president, and they must have them among the meritorious personnel in the final draft, and they are definitely first-class merits.

was already inferior to the status of the cabinet ministers, and after Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were rewarded again, Ma Wensheng would be even more inferior, but now Li Dongyang and Xie Qian are still arguing there.

"The two cabinet ministers, the old decay is unknown, so let's go back to the government first to discuss with Fu Shangshu before making a decision." Ma Wensheng got up and said goodbye, no matter how Li Dongyang and Xie Qian reacted.

Xie Qian came out of Wenyuan Pavilion in a huff, he used to belong to the old treacherous and cunning, the one who took a step back and opened the sky, and he would not take the initiative to fight with Li Dongyang for anything, but after presiding over the affairs of the cabinet for a period of time a year ago, Xie Qian was a little unwilling to be subordinate, and he would be angry in the face of a friend like Li Dongyang.

When I returned home, I happened to see Shen Xi reading in the study, and then I remembered that I had sent someone to call Shen Xi to come over to discuss things.

Xie Qian said the content of the previous argument, Shen Xi thought about it, and replied: "Elder Xie Ge, the student doesn't understand what there is to fight about, wouldn't it be better to ask Your Majesty in person?" ”

"What you said lightly, Your Majesty has just recovered from a serious illness, and now it is rare to see outsiders, if Your Majesty is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, where are there so many things?"

Xie Qian began to sprinkle his anger on Shen Xi for Li Dongyang's unfinished anger, but he also knew that this matter had nothing to do with Shen Xi, so he did not get angry.

Shen Xi said: "Even the elder of the pavilion said that His Majesty is not at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period now, doesn't that mean that Your Majesty is actually planning for the future?" ”

Xie Qian squinted and thought for a while, and said, "I have also talked about what you said to Scholar Li, but he always believes that in order to reward meritorious service, you must first establish good rules. With so many people promoted at one time, I am afraid that it will hurt the system of the imperial court. ”

The two scholars are both objects of admiration and praise from outsiders, but they are fighting each other, and I really don't know who disregards the decency.

"What about the final result of the discussion between the two elders?" Shen Xi asked.

Xie Qian shook his head: "The matter has nothing to do with us, it is the responsibility of the officials, what is the result?" After all, it still depends on the meaning of Ma Shangshu. ”

It is even more unnecessary to argue like this for a matter that is not under your own control. But Shen Xi also felt that Xie Qian was no longer just the "You Kankan" who followed the crowd in the impression of outsiders, and as his status in the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi became more and more important, Xie Qian was not willing to fall behind Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, and he was also working hard at this time.

Shen Xi shrugged: "As a minister of Hanyuan, the student is also a rewarding person, so he doesn't dare to talk too much. Students only want to have my share of the credit among the rewardees in the end. ”

This answer made Xie Qian angry.

He wanted to change his tricks to trick Shen Xi's words, but Shen Xi just wasn't fooled, and he didn't mean to speculate about the emperor for him at all.

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On March 20th, on this day, it was the day of the palace trial list, and it was not the day of the East Palace, so Shen Xi made an appointment with Su Tong and Zheng Qian to watch the list together, in fact, he wanted to come out and walk around, drink tea, and take a look at the spring scenery by the way.

Su Tong and Zheng Qian were not among the Jinshi, they just followed the fun when they saw the release list, but there were two newly promoted Fujian Jinshi who befriended him and invited them over.

These two new science and technology scholars complimented Shen Xi abnormally, but they seemed to be older, both were over forty years old, and their family backgrounds were good.

"Lord Shen, do you know that there are three hundred tributes in this meeting, why is there one less in the palace test?"

Zheng Qian also called Shen Xi "Lord Shen" in front of the two new science and technology scholars. In other words, he called Shen Xi "Shen Yude", or took advantage of it like Su Tong, calling Shen Xi "Brother Shen" and "Brother Shen".

Shen Xi had also heard about this matter before, saying that among the three hundred tributes, one was brushed down in the end, and only two hundred and ninety-nine were taken.

As for who the unlucky person was and why he was brushed down, Shen Xi didn't hear more news.

Xie Qian, as the chief examiner of the examination, must know the secret, but Shen Xi didn't want to ask Xie Qian for such a trivial matter. Pouring himself a cup of tea, Shen Xi shook his head and smiled: "I don't know." ”

Su Tong took over the conversation beside him: "Recently, there have been many rumors that among the three hundred tributes, one of them died of a sudden illness, but it is strange to say that it is unknown who is missing among the three hundred. ”

Shen Xi nodded. Although according to the rules, how many tributes are taken, they will not be brushed down when they go to the palace examination, but this palace examination in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi is different, and there is one less tribute before the palace examination, so that only 299 people finally participated in the palace examination.

There are many possibilities for which one is missing, such as dying of a sudden illness, perhaps the death of a direct elder in the family who needs to return to the hometown to guard the system, or being found to have cheated or illegal behavior afterwards and being disqualified.

This kind of thing is generally not publicized by the imperial court, so even if there are different opinions outside, there is no explanation from the Yamen.

Soon, the list began to be released, and the rankings came out one after another.

The two Fujianese Xinke scholars who sat with Shen Xi were only listed in the top three in the end, and depending on the situation, they had to work hard for a few years in the six departments and the yamen of various temples before they had the opportunity to let go of the local officials.

But they still have a chance, that is, to participate in the selection examination of the Hanlin Academy after the palace examination is released, and in the end, there will be about 20 admission places to become the Shuji of the Hanlin Academy.

In this palace examination, there are many celebrities known to Shen Xi, such as Kang Hai, Li Tingxiang, Wang Tingxiang, Sun Qing, He Tang and others.

And Sun Qing, as the eye of this year's examination list, is nineteen years old, and he belongs to the same "young ambition" as Shen Xi, but after careful comparison, there is still a gap with Shen Xi.

The most surprising thing is that Lu Duo not only failed to win the first prize, but also did not even enter the first class, which shows how cruel this palace test is.

But Shen Xi still heard a familiar name from the people who reported the good news, which made Su Tong and Zheng Qian feel a little embarrassed...... It's none other than Wu Xingyu, who is an "old friend" with them.

Wu Xingyu is ranked 65th in the second class, which can be regarded as "Jinshi background".

"Unexpectedly, Wu Dacai actually won the Jinshi, and he was considered a young man." Wu Xingyu is nineteen years old, the same age as Sun Qing.

While a few people were talking, Zhu Qi hurriedly went upstairs and said happily: "Master, go back to the mansion and take a look, the person who gave you the good news has arrived at the door of the mansion." ”

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