The palace trial list is made of bright yellow paper, with two layers of surface and inside, and the gold list is divided into large and small gold lists. After the small gold list was presented to the emperor's imperial review, it was archived in Ouchi. The big gold list is stamped with the "Emperor's Treasure", and after the roll call, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is sent out of the middle gate of Chengtian by the emperor's list, and it is hung on the wall of the palace outside the East Chengtian Gate. Therefore, those who enter the examination are called "gold list titles".

For any scholar, the roll call of the Jinluan Hall and the high school emperor list are the most glorious moments in their lives.

On April 26, the rainy season of Ying Tianfu should come from time to time, but this drizzle could not extinguish the enthusiasm of the people of Ying Tianfu at all.

Especially in the Xie Zhen period as the champion, he was originally a scholar who should be famous inside and outside Tianfu, and the jade tree with a long man was in the wind, and was sought after by countless scholars and female dependents.

Even if he was angry because of Zhu Zhanji's comments during the Xie Zhen period, he was surrounded by officials of the Ministry of Rites and walked out of the Fengtian Palace.

The scholars centered on him went out of Fengtianmen, Taihemen, Wumen, Duanmen, and Chengtianmen. Outside the Chengtian Gate, he was arranged with flowers and red silk by Yin Zhaoxian of Yingtianfu, and then personally led the horse for him, and his heart was intoxicated and satisfied at the moment.

He stepped across the golden saddle and the bearded horse, hugged the front and back, opened the road with a bang, thundered with joy, shook the sky with joy, and put up lights all over the street.

The drizzle couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the people of Yingtianfu, nor could it stop his excitement.

No regrets in this life -

Compared with the steadiness and generosity of the Xie Zhen period, Liu Ju and Yu Qian were more excited, they were fascinated all the way, and they felt like they didn't know where they were.

The bustle of the capital has not yet subsided, and the new scholars participated in the Qionglin banquet, learned etiquette from Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites, expressed gratitude, sacrificed holes, and so on......

However, on the day when the new branch jinshi went to the ministry to register, whether it was the jinshi waiting for the official department to be conferred, or the ordinary people, they were shocked by the news from the ministry.

Today's champion actually asked to be released. And he did not ask to go to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but took the initiative to ask to go to Nanyang Luzon.

Not only ordinary people, but even Zhu Zhanji in the palace was stunned for a long time when he got the news for the first time.

Although it is still the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there is no saying that non-Hanlin is not allowed to enter the cabinet. However, Hanlin is known as the "prime minister", because this position is closer to the emperor, and the opportunity for promotion is faster than that of the same list.

Give up the leisurely in the capital, the noble Hanlin Academy is not properly repaired, and go to Luzon, which can be regarded as a barbarian land. This release period, this time really surprised him.

This is like the later generations, who did not take the position of the State Council, but invited themselves to go to remote mountainous areas for training.

Of course, he knew what the reason was, and in fact, in front of the eight chief examiners, he also did it on purpose to evaluate Xie Zhenqi's character.

Unlike many officials who came up from the bottom, the life of the Xie Zhen period was smooth sailing from the beginning.

It is precisely because it is so smooth that it is difficult for him to appreciate the human suffering of ordinary people, and he is full of a romantic spirit.

This kind of spirit is good when you are doing academics, but when you become an official, it seems out of place.

Taking the promotion of mathematics, geometry, letters, and punctuation marks as examples, Zhu Zhanji is full of expectations for Xie Jia.

They are also very serious in their attitude, no matter what Zhu Zhanji asks them to do, they have no complaints and do it with their hearts.

But just because you put your heart into it doesn't mean they do it well.

Several people in the Xie family, from Xie Lun, Xie Jin, Huang Jinhua, to Xie Zhen, Xie Zhenliang and the two brothers, they are all the kind of people who have a strong book business and are not suitable for being officials.

This is the character of their entire family, and it is difficult for anyone to correct it.

It's like a lot of economics teachers, let them teach theory, and what they can say is the Tao. But if they are allowed to do business, they will lose a lot.

In the past few years, they have been able to publish a few books with their reputation, and then they don't know what to do.

In this respect, they are inferior to the Ministry of Works.

Relying on craftsmen, the Ministry of Industry opened the first craftsman school in the Ming Dynasty on the east side of Zhu Zhanji's Xiamaqiao Farm. It not only vigorously promotes these theories, but also directly puts these theoretical knowledge into the application stage.

In Zhu Zhanji's heart, several people in the Xie family had already been nailed with the symbol that they could only study theories and could not serve as officials. But the current choice of the Xie Zhen period has made him have higher expectations for the Xie Zhen period.

"What's the schedule for today's new jinshi?"

"In the morning, I went to the Ministry of Officials to report, and in the afternoon, I went to the Confucian Temple to worship. In the evening, a banquet was held at the Hanlin Temple. ”

Enrong Banquet is also Qionglin Banquet, because the Yuan Dynasty changed its name to Enrong Banquet, so the ministers of the Ming Dynasty also used this title.

"It is rumored that I will enter the palace to see him, and I want to see him at noon today."

The Xie family is a typical example of Zhu Zhanji's establishment in the middle of Shilin, and Zhu Zhanji thinks that he is also benevolent and righteous to the Xie family.

Therefore, he did not want to make any mistakes, and if this period of relief was reliable, then he would reuse it, and if he had a grudge against himself because of it, then send him to Luzon and leave him to fend for himself.

Today is the second day of the roll call, these days, in order to enjoy the new jinshi, the daily schedule is not compact.

As the champion of the Xie Zhen period, he was the first to be registered in the Ministry of Officials. This kind of registration is equivalent to the personnel file of future generations, recording the individual's household registration, family population, personal strengths, etc.

Because there are no photos, there are still many records about personal appearance and even physical privacy in the archives.

For example, where there is a birthmark on the body, missing a tooth, or six fingers, etc., must be clearly recorded.

This is also to prevent someone from impersonating their identity.

After the first registration was completed during the Xie Zhen period, when he met Jian Yi in person, he made a request to the big man who was in charge of the personnel arrangements of the Ming Dynasty that he did not want to enter Hanlin and wanted to be released.

Jian Yi was of course extremely surprised, he didn't expect Xie Zhenji to be so arrogant, because of Zhu Zhanji's words, he wanted to go overseas to prove himself.

Of course, he persuaded and persuaded, although Xie Jin was a little unsophisticated, but because of this, there was not much contradiction between him and several court officials in the imperial court.

Jian Yi is also willing to Xie Jin, such a "simple" person, to stay in the cabinet and occupy the position of the first assistant to the cabinet. In this case, the cabinet simply does not have the ability to directly affect the six ministries.

When he knew that Xie Jin had agreed to understand the plan of the Zhen period, Jian Yi had nothing to say.

Out of the righteous public house, Xie Zhenqi couldn't help but sigh. Of course, he knew that his choice was a bit risky, and if he could make good results, he would be able to return to the capital in three years, six years at most.

But if he can't make achievements, he won't want to enter the Hanlin Academy again in his life.

If you don't enter Hanlin, you still have a chance to be a court official, but if you want to enter the cabinet, you don't have a chance.

However, he has no regrets.

Because of the road to Hanlin, he can already see the end. Now that the political situation in the imperial court is stable, at least until his uncle returns to his hometown, he will not have a chance to enter the cabinet.

At most, he repaired history books in the Hanlin Academy, or served as an attendant, lectured, and performed at the scriptures, or went to enlighten the children of His Royal Highness the Taisun.

After staying in the Hanlin Academy for one or two decades, when his uncle Xie Jin returned to his hometown, he was only in his forties, and at that time, he would also become a bachelor, and he just entered the cabinet and served as the official of His Royal Highness.

Because of his personality flaws, he does not think that he will have a chance to take charge of a department, let alone realize his political ambitions.

is like his uncle, even if he is the teacher of His Royal Highness, he has no chance to grasp real power at all, and he is always a speech official.

If you want to change, you have to change from the very beginning of entering the officialdom, take a difficult path, and correct your stereotyped character from the beginning.

The main thing is to let His Highness know his determination.

Xie Zhen is smart, his thinking is clear, and the development route he has constructed for himself is also very feasible.

But in the face of such a huge change, he inevitably felt a little uneasy in his heart.

"Brother Zhongping, have you seen Lord Shangshu?"

The speaker was Chen An, a jinshi at the same time, Chen An was also the top two in this scientific expedition, and he had known Xie Zhen last year, and he also made an appointment to have dinner on Fuqian Street at noon today.

In the afternoon, you have to worship the Confucian Temple, you can't drink, and the Qionglin banquet is arranged in the evening, but at the same time, the Jinshi gather together, as long as you don't drink, it doesn't hurt.

Xie Zhen faced a few fellow subjects, and said to the end: "I have already seen Lord Shangshu first, so I will take the first step and go to the drunken immortal building on Fuqian Street to wait for the big driver." ”

This is the Ministry of Officials, naturally not a place for idle talk, except for people who have been in the office early in the Xie Zhen period and know the capital, most of the Jinshi have not seen much of the world, and they are trembling in this power center.

Several people made an appointment, said goodbye, and took the lead out of the ministry during the release period.

Chengtianmen Square is crowded everywhere, especially at the train platform, where the queue is crowded.

There is no need to squeeze the train during the Xie Zhen period, their Xie family has settled in the capital for many years, and they also have a carriage at home. found his own carriage, and immediately went to the drunken fairy building on Fuqian Street.

And when he left the ministry, the news about his invitation to go to Nanyang was spread by the officials of the ministry, which shocked countless people.

Liu Wan came to the ministry, of course, he pounced on a hole, and heard that he went to the Drunken Immortal Building, so Liu Wan stopped looking for it by himself, and ordered the little yellow door next to him. "Let's go back to the Jinshen Palace first, you go to the Drunken Immortal Building to announce the release of the Zhen period and enter the palace, don't delay too long."

Xie Zhen was still chatting with a few fellow students who had arrived in advance in the Zuixian Building, and he received an edict from Zhu Zhanji from two small yellow doors.

No matter how important the dinner is, it can't compare to Zhu Zhanji's summons. In the envious eyes of others, Xie Zhenqi confessed again and again, got into the carriage with Xiaohuangmen, and entered the palace along Xihua Gate.

At this time, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon, and it happened to be the time to prepare for lunch, and the news of the release of the Xie Zhen period had also spread.

In the palace, Zhu Zhanji's side was left with only Xie Jin. After the Xie Zhen period saluted, he straightened up, and Zhu Zhanji asked in front of the Xie Zhen period who was standing in the audience: "In the Ming generation, there has never been a precedent for the champion to ask for release, but Zhongping has a grudge against me?" ”

Xie Zhenqi, who had just stood up, hurriedly knelt down again, bowed his head and said: "Your Highness Mingjian, the minister is not resentful of His Highness, but after His Highness pointed out the shortcomings of the minister, he had the courage to face it and tried his best to correct it." ”

"Get up and talk!"

Zhu Zhanji made a look, and Liu Wan stepped forward to help him up and ask him to sit down in the seat next to him.

Xie Zhen was still a little uneasy, and when he saw his uncle nodding lightly, his heart was a little settled. If Zhu Zhanji misunderstood his mind and caused estrangement, then he would lose more than he gained by doing so.

In this era, if you lose your sacred heart, your career will basically come to an end.

After sitting down during the Xie Zhen period, Zhu Zhanji said again: "From the thirteenth year to the present, I have known you for six years. In the past six years, Zhongping you have been very satisfied with Gu most of the time. However, in terms of dealing with things, because you have too little experience and lack of experience, there are still many areas that need to be strengthened. ”

Because no one else was there, Xie Jin interjected: "Your Highness, Zhongping is arrogant and arrogant, and he is careless, but the old minister has no way to teach. ”

Zhu Zhanji glanced back at him, and couldn't help laughing: "It's better to say that it's the origin of family learning!" ”

This time it's Xie Jin's turn to be embarrassed, to be honest, Xie Zhen is actually better than his uncle in many ways.

In terms of book business, no one can compare to Xie Jin. He was lucky to be a teacher for Zhu Zhanji, otherwise, he would have been buried in the snowdrift and frozen to death.

Zhu Zhanji couldn't bear to be embarrassed, and said: "In Lone's plan, you are a talented person in the Xie Zhen period, and you are a scholar talent. In the future, the Ming Dynasty will enter a period of rapid development for several decades, and the people will not be able to live a better life, and the material civilization will rise, but the spiritual civilization will lag behind. ”

The second issue of the newspaper published "On Material Civilization and Spiritual Civilization" written by Zhu Zhanji and Xie Jin, which also caused quite a stir.

In terms of spiritual civilization, Daming is now definitely ahead of all countries in the world. It can even be said that in today's world, there is only the Ming Dynasty, which is a real civilized country.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji asked the current Ming Dynasty to do its best to develop material civilization and make the people's lives better.

It is also because of this that the current Confucianism has become active, improved Confucianism, and let Confucianism keep up with the pace of development of the Ming Dynasty.

The distinction between spiritual civilization and material civilization is very clear during the period of liberation. He thinks that in today's Ming Dynasty, there are not many people who are more familiar with these theories than him.

Since the thirteenth year of Yongle, Xie Jin has been degraded, and Xie Jin has been conducting various theoretical studies in accordance with Zhu Zhanji's intentions.

As Xie Jin's nephew, Xie Zhen can always learn about these for the first time. Zhu Zhanji gave him the task of popularizing knowledge, and since he wanted to promote it, of course, he also needed to study it thoroughly first.

He is proud because he has a proud foundation. However, this time, when he was proud of the spring breeze, when he heard Zhu Zhanji's comments on him, he suddenly woke up to the fact that he had always been a little heavy on theory and light on politics.

Although his theoretical knowledge is not as good as others, he is far from being able to deal with practical experience.

Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, he groaned for a while and said: "Your Highness, you said that the Ming Dynasty has to walk on two legs, one is spiritual civilization and the other is material civilization. Xiaochen thinks that he has gained a little from theory now, but because he has never gone down to the people, he is slightly deficient in handling things. Therefore, I thought that I could go down to the people and do something in earnest to increase my experience. ”

"Your idea is good, during the Tang and Song dynasties, Jinshi needed to go to the county to experience first, and when they arrived in the Ming Dynasty, because of the shortage of talents, the Jinshi were basically directly awarded officials, and the tributes were trained by the officials and became officials directly.

But many officials, who can't even distinguish between wheat and leeks, can be good officials? They can only rely on small officials, resulting in a great waste of talents.

Moreover, most officials advocate the nobility and lack of office, despise the officials, and think that officials who can do things are vulgar. This is something that must be changed.

However, as the champion, he invited himself to go overseas, which is a bit shocking. Lone has a doubt, why Luzon? ”

Xie Zhenzhi said: "This is also the minister's careful consideration, so he chose Luzon. First of all, Luzon did not have the interference of the big families, except for the natives, who were the people who migrated from Fujian. Without the ties of the family, the decree can be unimpeded.

Xu Chai Lao was now promoted to envoy, but because he was only a merchant and made the leap from envoy, many officials were reluctant to go to Luzon. Xiaochen met Xu Chai a few years ago, and knew that although this person was from a humble background, he wanted to make a career.

Last year, Xiaochen also met Xu Chai Lao a few times, and he was snubbed in the capital and was quite unwilling. He attaches great importance to the ministers. When the minister goes, he can naturally be reused by him.

By his side, Xiao Chen can also learn from a grassroots hero like him what Xiao Chen lacks. ”

Only then did Zhu Zhanji say with satisfaction: "However, it is easy to see others clearly, but it is difficult to see yourself clearly. You are good at everything, but you lack some tribulations, if you settle down and blend into the people, within three years, you can get a good minister. ”

As long as there is no resentment against him during the Xie Zhen period, this is enough, and the banner of the Xie family, Shilin, cannot be defeated for the time being.

In contrast, whether he can be a good official during the Xie Zhen period is not important, it depends on his creation.

Xie Zhenqi was pleasantly surprised: "Your Highness agreed?" ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Today's Hanlin is called the prime minister, and most of the officials who can be selected are people who don't know the suffering of the people. Lone has long had the heart to change, but the time is not yet ripe, and you can be regarded as ahead of others. ”

Zhu Zhanji is still the grandson, not the emperor, so some policy changes cannot be made by temperament.

After he ascends to the throne, there will definitely be a reorganization of various departments of the imperial court, as well as a promotion process for officials.

In the future, the Ming Dynasty, whether it is a speech official, a minister, or a professional official, will not be promoted if he has no specific experience in handling politics. Those officials who rely on their masters and staff to do things will be deposed one by one in the future.

Although Hanlin is a place of learning, if I want to be promoted, I will either be sent to various countries, or I will not have a good experience at the grassroots level.

If you don't broaden your horizons, you can't do things concretely, and you don't want to be promoted and get rich.

Although it can't be changed for the time being, Zhu Zhanji is not in a hurry, because Zhu Di has been the emperor for twenty-two years, which means that he will be able to directly ascend to the throne in three years at most.

Three years is not a long time, he is still on the western expedition, and when he returns, it will be a year at most, and he will be able to become the emperor.

Of course, Xie Jin's uncle and nephew also understood what Zhu Zhanji meant, but they still had a concern in their hearts, that is, Zhu Gaochi, who is now in the Jurong Hot Spring Courtyard.

In any case, that is the rightful prince and Zhu Zhanji's father.

Zhu Di is still there, and he can suppress Zhu Gaochi and let Zhu Zhanji supervise the country.

But once Zhu Di returns to heaven, as Zhu Zhanji's father and the rightful heir of the empire, even Zhu Zhanji cannot directly compete with him.

In all dynasties, there has never been a precedent for the emperor to be the crown prince and let the grandson directly take over the throne!

But that's a hindrance, at least for now, it doesn't matter. Now Zhu Zhanji agrees with the self-invitation to release during the Xie Zhen period, which is important to their Xie family.

Zhu Zhanji left their uncle and nephew to eat together, and during the banquet, they also explained the period of the festival.

Before leaving, he said to him: "Although Lone said that you are gentle, it is because he has high expectations for you. In Lone's opinion, among the younger generation of scholars, only Huang Yuan can be with you for a while. And Huang Yuan is biased towards martial arts, and you are biased towards literature, which happens to be one article and one martial arts. Therefore, don't think that if you say that you are gentle, you are despising you. ”

"The minister didn't dare, he only took what His Highness said as encouragement."

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "Go ahead, enjoy the scenery of these few days, and in the future, you must be prepared to endure hardships." ”

When the uncle and nephew of the Xie family left, Zhu Zhanji asked people to bring a map of Luzon and look at it carefully.

In the Xie Zhen period, this champion is routinely to be awarded the revision of the Liupin Hanlin Academy, and if it is to be released, it will be promoted by half a level according to the rules.

Nowadays, although Luzon has been promoted to the position of chief minister, due to the lack of officials and sparse population, it is only divided into four regions.

Except for the area around Beiming Street, which was the earliest established Luzon Prefecture, the other three regions were all half a level lower and divided into Zhizhou.

When Xu Chailao came to Beijing last year, although Zhu Zhanji agreed to upgrade Luzon to the post of political secretary, the division had not yet been determined, and the officials had not yet been matched, so it was actually very advantageous to apply to go to Luzon at this time during the release period.

With his level, in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, he can only serve as the Tongzhi and general judge of the government at most. But if you go to Luzon, even if you promote him to Quanzhizhou, it will be impeccable.

Thinking of Zhuang Yuanlang's bare trouser legs and guiding the local natives to plant rice and sugar cane, Zhu Zhanji's face couldn't help but laugh.

Taking advantage of the fact that the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty has not yet formed a promotion rule, changing all this now will only have benefits and no harm.

There was a sudden commotion outside, Zhu Zhanji frowned, and before he could speak, Wang Yan broke in with He Chun.

Wang Yan's face was calm, but He Chun was like a mourner, and knelt down as soon as he entered the door. "Your Highness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is seriously ill!"

Zhu Zhanji had no joy or sorrow in his heart, but on the surface he still pretended to be shocked and worried and stood up. "What the hell is going on, explain it to Lonely."

Now that the climate is warmer and the spring flowers are blooming, Zhu Gaochi's long-suppressed lust can't be suppressed with the arrival of spring.

Yesterday it was drizzling, but he made a big fortune and took a group of wives and concubines to visit Tangshan. He painted a picture on the mountain, and did indecent things with his wives and concubines in the drizzle.

Yesterday was fine, but today I had a high fever and am now unconscious.

Zhu Zhanji looked out of the main hall, and his heart was fluctuating.

Knowing that he is not in good health, he still plays so out of line, is this considered self-inflicted?