/ After the first few days of adaptation, Shen Xi's routine gradually returned to normal, but he slept a little later at night, and there was an endless stream of people who came to ask for books every day.

To say that Tai students have a wide range of knowledge, they have a lot of books in their hands, and they often look for books to exchange with Shen Xi. There were many books that Shen Xi had never touched before.

Ben came to Shen Xi to ask for the prisoners of "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang" and "Golden Vase Plum", all because they were bored and wanted to find something interesting to pass the time, and the books they came to exchange were mainly about this genre, but Shen Xi was not very interested in these books.

Maybe because of the limitations of the times, the stories of the book have been written lacklustrely, and you can think of the end after reading the beginning, or the whole story is shoddy, and I don't know what to do, Shen Xi would rather go and change a few books for learning to come back.

But for most students, the middle jinshi is not in a hurry. The prisoners are basically young talents under the age of twenty-five, and even if they don't win, they can continue to practice in Taixue for a few more years. But for Shen Xi, he didn't want to stay in Taixue for a moment, and he was ready to make a difference in this ritual examination.

One of the most important reasons is that Shen Xi knows the exam questions of this year's Ministry of Rites, but he can't be too sure, because the butterfly effect that has caused many things to change, and he can't guarantee that everything will develop according to the established trajectory of history.

After the twentieth day of the first month, Taixue went to class, and he didn't even come to see it.

First, the invigilators have to take the annual examination to decide whether to be promoted, and more importantly, around the twenty-sixth day of the first month, the students will go back on vacation to prepare for the Ministry of Rites examination that began on the ninth day of the second month, and this time at the beginning of the year is basically for the students to study on their own, and no one cares how well they learn.

Soon, the annual examination for promotion on the side of Guozijian ended, and although the results were announced internally by Guozijian, they needed to be submitted to the Ministry of Rites for review.

In the past two days, there has been some uproar on the part of the students of Guozijian, and it is not uncommon to see some students talking in groups of three or five.

"Brother Sun, it seems that the atmosphere in Guozixue is not quite right these days!"

On this day, Shen Xi and Sun Xiliang came back from dinner together, and saw a group of prisoners talking passionately there, as if they were going to launch some movement, Shen Xi couldn't help but say something casually.

Shen Xi and Sun Xiliang have become acquainted these days, and Sun Xiliang has enough respect for Shen Xi, after all, he can get the first manuscript of "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang" from Shen Xi, which makes him have a lot of face among his classmates.

Sun Xiliang was a little surprised when he heard this: "Don't you know? It is rumored in the capital that the recent increase in the number of recitals that His Majesty has not published in the middle of the country is due to the fact that the cabinet ministers are blocking the way of speech, and the courtiers dare not speak out. ”

In the Ming Dynasty, both officials and the people needed a "script".

The manuscript is first submitted to the cabinet, and the cabinet minister makes a "vote", that is, a note is inserted in the notebook and the opinions of the reply are written, which is equivalent to reviewing the manuscript on behalf of the emperor.

After reading it, if the Son of Heaven feels that the draft ticket is correct, he will directly copy the content of the draft ticket with a red pen, which is equivalent to a formal reply and will be handled by the six departments.

Therefore, the cabinet is the decision-making body, and the six ministries are the executive body.

It is the minister's duty to do things, and if it is appropriate, it is fine, and everything is done officially; If something is not done properly, the emperor will issue a reprimand or even condemnation.

However, some of the scripts belong to the situation of being caught in the middle, that is, the emperor feels that something is wrong when he sees it, but it will not be punished, so he will "stay in the middle and not send it", which means that he will keep it for the time being, so as to see the aftereffect. This is a negative attitude towards the minister's recitals, and once the emperor is lazy, or has some kind of illness, the number of recitals that remain in the middle will increase. However, there will also be cases where some of the scripts themselves are out of date and are directly withheld by the cabinet.

Now that Emperor Hongji has no serious illnesses and disasters, and since he ascended the throne, he has been diligent in government and loves the people.

Now in the cabinet, the first assistant is Liu Jian, followed by Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, the three famous ministers gathered together, although the reputation is outside, but which dynasty and which generation of the first assistant is not praised?

Even if the head of the court is a corrupt official, the people below will not know.

But the iron triangle of the cabinet of the Hongzhi Dynasty is recognized by later generations, otherwise why can it create a situation of "Hongzhi Zhongxing"?

Shen Xi said: "Since the courtiers dare not speak out, what kind of coaxing is a group of prisoners following?" ”

On the way back to the dormitory, Shen Xi suddenly remembered that Liu Jian, the current head assistant of the cabinet, seemed to have been impeached by a national prisoner, could it be that something was about to happen in front of him?

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Two days later, the results of Guozijian's annual entrance examination were announced, and there were naturally joys and sorrows, but those had nothing to do with the students, who were already packing up their things and preparing to go home.

After being a monk in Taixue for a few days, there is not much meat and no chick bubbles, for many Taixue students who have been clothed and fed since childhood, it is simply a purgatory in the world, even Shen Xi thinks it is better to go back, at least with Lin Dai by his side, he can also eat as he wants.

On the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month, Sun Xiliang had already packed his things a day in advance, after all, he was from the capital, and he could go home to meet his wife and concubine after finishing his homework in the afternoon of the next day.

These days, Sun Xiliang has revealed his family background, his ancestors have been officials, but now he is a big landlord in the capital, he married a wife at the age of fifteen, took a concubine at the age of seventeen, and now he is twenty-two years old and not only a high school person, but also a wife and two concubines, and his life is very leisurely.

Shen Xi couldn't help but think of Su Tong, in fact, Sun Xiliang's situation was somewhat similar to Su Tong.

“…… I have three brothers and two younger sisters, and the younger sister is the same age as you, and she has not yet left the cabinet. ”

Sun Xiliang warmly invited Shen Xi while packing up his books.

Shen Xi smiled: "If you have the chance, you will go!" ”

After all, Sun Xiliang is everyone's son-in-law, and he has a wife and concubine to take care of him at home on weekdays, as well as servants and maids to serve him, so he has no ability to actually do it. When it comes to Taixue, he needs to rely on himself for everything, he can save it, and he seems a little sloppy. Therefore, although there are so many things that he can't pack up, Sun Xiliang is not in a hurry, anyway, when he goes home the next afternoon, the little maid at home will come over to help clean up.

Sun Xiliang glanced at Shen Xi, who was reading: "You don't clean up?" ”

Shen Xi shook his head and continued to read the book in his hand carefully.

In the past few days, he has exchanged "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang" and "Golden Vase Plum" for a lot of books, and now that he is going home tomorrow, and the books are going back, he has to hurry up and read all the books before leaving school.

Besides, Shen Xi has always been used to being self-reliant, and he doesn't have many things around him, so he cleans up neatly on weekdays, and the next day he only needs to put down the books and pen, ink, paper, and inkstone he brought, and then go home with his baggage. As for the futon, Shen Xi was not ready to take it back.

If you pass the test, it's not too late to come back and move.

Just when the two of them were doing their own things, there was a sudden commotion outside, and someone was shouting: "Someone from the Criminal Department is here!" ”

The Criminal Department went directly to the Guozi Prison to get people, which is a shocking thing. If it was a case of murder and arson, it would be enough, and when I went out to inquire, it turned out that Jiang Ying, a student of Guozijian, impeached the cabinet scholars, and as a result, Emperor Hongzhi sent someone to Guozijian to arrest him in order to appease the old ministers.

To say that this Jiang Ying is sad enough, he failed the promotion exam this time, but was demoted, he was not angry, and in a fit of anger, he entangled several classmates, and submitted the impeachment transcript to the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the form of a joint letter. Where did the Metropolitan Procuratorate dare to take this hot potato and directly transfer it to the cabinet.

In these years, the imperial history has the power to hear rumors, which means that you don't care whether what you hear is true or not, as long as there is any rumor among the people, you can spread it to the court.

If it is an ordinary recital, if it is not too anxious, it will usually be delayed for a few days after arriving in the capital before it is delivered to the emperor. After all, cabinet ministers are also human beings, and it is impossible to find out the priorities from all the transcripts in one day, make a draft, and then send it to the emperor for approval.

But this time it's different, okay, if you come up directly, you will impeach us, or a student of Guozijian, which green onion are you?

Playing this book to impeach us for blocking the way of speech, you said that I will deduct it for you, this basin is buckled, make a ticket to send to the emperor there, how do I plan to vote?

Do you want to give the emperor an opinion and dismiss us all from our posts and investigate us?

The cabinet scholars are not vegetarians, even if what you say is nonsense, I will not make a vote, and directly submit the red-headed document to the emperor, and then accuse the emperor of the crime, saying that the old minister is old, it is time to retire, and should not hinder the path of these juniors.

But why did Emperor Hongzhi stay in China recently?

That's because Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jian and others had a dispute over some things, and they couldn't hold each other, originally Jiang Ying also thought, you Liu Jian and Li Dongyang dare to go against the emperor, and if I impeach you, it will be a sycophant to the emperor, or will the emperor really dismiss you and promote me to the court to be a big official?

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there were many "ministers", that is, officials who were appointed and promoted directly by the emperor's decree without going through the imperial examination selection and official assessment, just like Gao Mingcheng, who was directly transferred from the prefect of Tingzhou to the governor of Henan by the Hongzhi Emperor a holy decree a few years ago.

What's more, there are many relatives of the emperor and the country, who have no merits, and even a scoundrel in the market, just because your sister is a queen or a concubine or something, blowing the pillow wind in the emperor's ear, she was promoted from a commoner to an official of the sixth ministry, and then promoted as fast as a rocket.

In these years, as long as you shoot the right fart, it is very easy to be an official, and Jiang Ying obviously wants to take the shortcut of "passing on the official".

It's a pity that Jiang Ying's fart slapped on the horse's hooves, and Liu Jian quarreled with the emperor, why are you going to mix blindly? What do you say to block the way of speech, don't you know that even Emperor Hongzhi has to call Liu Jian a teacher?

The student has a bit of a conflict with the teacher, and he just finds a reason to blame the teacher, how stupid should such an emperor be? Emperor Hongzhi is the kind of person who is very sensible, and now the court is stable, and the monarchs and ministers have a little dispute, but in the end, it is also for the sake of the country and not for private interests, and it is really hateful to sow discord among prisoners like Jiang Ying.

A holy decree came down, and Jiang Ying went to prison.

I just want you to know how good my relationship with Scholar Liu is, and let the world know what will happen to those who provoke our relationship.

The Criminal Department went to the Guozi Prison to take people, but everyone came out to see the major event that caused a sensation in the Guozi Prison.

Emperor Hongzhi was also polite, and the people who signed jointly with Jiang Ying did not pursue it, but just took the leader, seeing that Jiang Ying was dragged out of the gate of the Guozijian with a disgraced face, Shen Xi had only one thought in his heart: not to mention being a flat-headed common man in the Ming Dynasty, it is not easy to even be a student in the Guozijian. "";"