Compared with previous years, this year's Spring Exam is undoubtedly more desirable, because in the past two years, there have been too many facts.

The whole country was shocked by the defeat of Salhu, and then a magical eunuch appeared, just when the east wind and clouds were stirring in Liaodong, the throne changed hands three times, and now although the emperor rarely shows up because of his poor health, what he has done is shocking enough.

Open the sea ban, level Liaodong, reject Mongolia, and now they want to open the knife to the clan, this and that one are not beneficial to the country and the people?

Of course, there are those who understand and know that the above are actually Ye Xun's doings, but more are uninformed, and even many people are willing to regard these credits as because of Emperor Shengming, so that there will be a capable eunuch like Ye Xun.

It is very difficult to change people's minds after forming a fixed pattern, especially in feudal society.

The date of the big exam is set for the end of April, and the hottest topic in Beijing recently is, of course, the "Harm Caused by Land Annexation" prize-winning essay competition, and the limelight has even overshadowed the upcoming Spring Exam questions.

It's still that restaurant, it's still a group of talkative scholars, and there are a lot of people in the lobby, but except for them, everyone else is actually listening, and few people talk.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have said a long time ago, Shengming is just long live today, don't look at Your Majesty's age, you look at the things that people have done, then there is no one before and no one after them! It is not an exaggeration to say that His Majesty is the first emperor of the ages."

It's like there's always a pattern, there's a beginning, and then everybody debates it on the subject.

"Yes! Since ancient times, there will be virtuous kings and famous ministers, look at the seven elders of today's cabinet, which one is not a capable minister? Especially Gonggong Ye, who retired successfully, everyone thought that Gonggong Ye would divide Liaodong and become the de facto king of Liaodong, but in fact, Gonggong Ye was not attached to power at all, and took the initiative to ban the eunuch and return to the imperial court, completely reversing the bad habit of interfering in politics left by the eunuchs at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, saying that His Majesty is a rare Ming monarch through the ages, and Gonggong Ye must also be the first eunuch in the past."

"Gonggong Ye left a message in the Ming Morning Post, and directly awarded the official to the scholar who was hired, is this move a little inappropriate! If it is put into practice, what will the students who have studied hard for ten years think? ”

"What this brother said is reasonable, not only that, but the matter of land clearance must have been adopted by Gonggong Ye in His Majesty's speech, but in this way, Gonggong Ye will also offend the landlords and gentry of the whole world, and the consequences are unpredictable!"

These people are all scholars, and they know much more than ordinary people, and in this era, the world is not so much the emperor's as the gentry.

The gentry enjoyed the best treatment of the court, but did not have to pay any taxes to the court, and this is not to mention, these people used their power to usurp the land and make it their own private land, and the people who lost their land either became their tenants or were displaced and became homeless and homeless.

Even the common people who still owned land had to bear heavy taxes, and it can be said that during this period, all social conflicts came from land.

And Ye Xun dared to attack the land, which is tantamount to violating the interests of the gentry and landlords, will these people let him go?

Thinking of the seriousness of the problem, everyone fell silent, and after a while, someone suddenly sneered.

"No matter how powerful these people are, can they be better than the Tartars? There is also a little bit of land in the lower family, if the amount exceeds the amount stipulated by the government, the elders in the family must be advised to return it to the government, so as not to cause trouble to the government and Gonggong Ye, and I don't want to be a typical example of being killed."

"Liaodong is not the Central Plains, where you can break and then stand, if you also use swords and soldiers in the Central Plains, wouldn't you want to make the world chaotic? I don't think Gonggong Ye would be willing to see this kind of result."

The topic of this aspect is going on in almost every corner of the capital, but with the Ming Morning Post as the guide, no matter the scholars and the people, none of them insulted Ye Xun, and even Zhu Youxiao was praised to the sky.

Yang Sichang came back a little early today, it is said that he is not feeling well, in fact, everyone in the cabinet knows that he is because of Ye Xun's promise in the Ming Morning Post.

Yang Sichang is the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, in charge of the promotion and appointment of officials at all levels across the country, isn't Ye Xun's move still telling the world that Liaodong is his world, and it is not under the control of your court!

So Yang Sichang was very angry, but what he didn't expect was that as soon as he entered the door with his front foot, Ye Xun followed with his back foot.

After listening to the report from the porter, Yang Sichang had the heart to say no, but after thinking about it, he still ordered someone to invite Ye Xun into the living room.

When Ye Xun came in, Yang Sichang didn't give him a good look, but said lightly: "Grandpa Ye is here, and he is shining!" ”

Ye Xun smiled, and said in his heart that the anger was not small, and he didn't need Yang Sichang to let him, so he sat down by himself, and then said: "I heard that Lord Yang is sick, so I came to visit him in the next place, and brought a good medicine to Lord Yang, and ensured that Lord Yang's medicine was cured."

Yang Sichang snorted coldly and said, "How do you know what kind of disease the old man has?" How can you say that it can cure the old man's illness? ”

"Let me correct it first, as far as I know, Lord Yang shouldn't be very old, right? Why do you have to be an old man and an old man? Besides, how do you know I can't cure you? ”

sighed and continued: "I did a little inconsiderate in this matter, I will say sorry to you first, I hope Lord Yang can listen to me finish speaking, and then say whether my medicine is right or not"

I don't care what Ye Xun wants to say, but Ye Xun's attitude makes Yang Sichang very comfortable, as far as he knows, this famous Ye Gonggong has not yet made any compensation to anyone!

Thinking of this, the expression on his face also looked better, and he turned his head to the servant waiting under the corridor and shouted, "Why don't you have tea when your guests come?" It's getting more and more unruly."

Ye Xun smiled secretly in his heart, but he didn't break it, and continued: "Lord Yang should know that there is a shortage of officials in Liaodong, especially young officials who are in the prime of life and energetic, I also said just now, this matter is that I didn't think about it and didn't say hello to Lord Yang in advance, so the remedy I came up with is that there will be no winners for this essay, and after the Spring Exam, if no one is still willing to go to Liaodong as an official, I will make a list of winners, what does Lord Yang think?" ”

Ye Xun is indeed a little anxious, the method of selecting officials for this essay should appear after the big exam.

But as he said, Liaodong really lacks officials, although the officials who were promoted in the past are also recognized, but after all, they are not from a professional class, the cultural level is there, and they are more than successful, and they want them to be in line with the high-speed development of the imperial court, but it is a little difficult for them.

After listening to Ye Xun's words, Yang Sichang pondered for a moment before he said: "Gonggong Ye, this official also knows that you are dedicated to the country, but the court has the law of the court, if anyone can be above the court, then what do you want the court to do, what do you want us to do?" ”

Ye Xun stood up, bowed deeply to Yang Sichang, and said sincerely: "What Lord Yang taught me is that Ye has been taught."