In fact, the rise of a nation is often after solving internal problems, and the reason why China has sunk several times is also because of internal problems. There is a group of people who are only interested in how to maintain their own privileges and use them to squeeze their compatriots, and they don't pay attention to the rise of the nation or something.

"Bastards, bastards, morally corrupt, people's hearts are lost!"

In the Zhou Mansion, the roar roared like the spring thunder rolling in the sky, echoing in the hall, and it could be heard from far and near. The people who are waiting for the people are silent, these days the mood of the lord is getting worse and worse day by day, today it finally broke out, if anyone accidentally touches the mold, it will be bad luck.

Alas, it's all the trouble of that college, and the enrollment is enrolled, so why do you have to start on the first day of the exam? And it was released on the same day. Although the academy explained that it was a coincidence, but the fool believed it, it was clear that it was going to fight against the imperial examination, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who presided over the examination, how could his own master not be angry?

It's just a matter of fighting against the stage, but the lord's side can't stand it, compared to the prosperity of the Royal Park, the Gongyuan side can be described as miserable.

It doesn't matter if there are few people who take the exam, anyway, there are only about 200 people with the title of the gold list every year, and most of them can only watch the excitement, but the worst thing is that this year, even the people with the title of the gold list are depressed, as if they have died of their father.

The reason is also very simple, the palace test was canceled, and the emperor said that he was very busy and had no time to engage in these vain ceremonies...... You must know that the reason why Jinshi is called the protégé of the Son of Heaven is because of this palace test. The initiator of this ceremony was Empress Wu Zetian, which formed a rule in the Song Dynasty, which was regarded as the emperor's apprenticeship ceremony, and the emperor had the meaning of collecting all the talents in the world.

However, the taste of this has changed in the Song Dynasty, from the emperor's self-satisfaction to the glory of the jinshi, and the jinshi who have not passed the palace test are embarrassed to go out and say that they are on the gold list.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was really no Jinshi who had not experienced the palace test, and the scholars were accustomed to it. As a result, when the sudden bad news fell from the sky, the new science and technology scholars were like frosted eggplants, and for Zhou Shangshu, it was also like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, which scorched him on the outside and tender on the inside.

Another precedent, and another painful first case of the Ming Dynasty! Don't mention this indignation in Zhou Jing's heart. Those who understand know that it is the emperor who is doing perverse acts, but they understand that people are a minority after all, and many people who understand will pretend to be confused and pour sewage on him, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Zhou Jing knew very well what those who accused him and scolded him thought, it was nothing more than bullying the soft and fearing the hard. These unscrupulous guys bully the soft and fear the hard, thinking that they can't afford to provoke the emperor, and the sullenness in their hearts can't be vented, so they take him out of anger, anyway, there are a lot of people who scold the street, even if Zhou Shangshu wants to pursue it, it is not the law to blame the public.

If he changes places, in the face of this situation, Zhou Jing will also join the ranks of scolding the street, who makes it risky to scold him, but it is risky to scold the emperor? However, it was he who was scolded in exchange, and he was not even, who did he provoke? How did you end up on such an unlucky errand!

You must know that since the founding of the People's Republic of China, he has presided over an examination with the smallest number of candidates, and this alone is enough to leave a name in history and a stench for 10,000 years. As a result, it opened a precedent for Jinshi without a palace test, saying that it sounds good, this is a retro, and it is ugly to say, he is a corpse meal.

According to the normal routine, it should be a dead admonition at this time, especially he, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who should be in charge, but Zhou Jing is the same as a mirror in his heart, it is useless, if the advice is useful, why do you need the guards? Those who admonished were all looking for a fight, but if they didn't come out, their reputation would be ruined...... Zhou Jing walked around the study like a beast in a cage, and the sound of heavy footsteps was mixed with the sound of heavy bellows-like heavy breathing, which was particularly terrifying in combination with the gloomy weather outside.

"Sir......" said a timid voice.

"Didn't you say that you weren't allowed to disturb me if anything happened? Don't you take your own officials seriously? "As if it was ignited with explosives, Zhou Jing's anger burst out, and he slapped at the family in a flood of mountains.......

"Scholar Yang came to visit, he said that there is an important matter to discuss with the master, the little one came to report, please forgive the lord...... "The family was so frightened that the soul did not possess the body, originally this job was a housekeeper, but how smart the housekeeper is, where will he touch this brow, so it is his turn to be unlucky, no way, who let him owe the housekeeper's gambling debts, gambling debts have to be paid for by meat."

"Yang Jiefu?" Zhou Jing's anger decreased slightly, and he frowned, he didn't have much of a good impression of Yang Tinghe, according to the general order, it should have been him who entered the cabinet, and Yang Tinghe's position was somewhat bad rules.

However, the emperor's decree has been issued, and there is no way to change the matter, he can only endure it, the other party will appear at this time, maybe there is something important, whether it is public or private, it is impossible to be lazy.

"Lord Yang, please...... No, the old man went to greet him personally. "If you don't say that the old bureaucrats are old and strong, these people are very deep in the city, even if it is a monstrous anger, it is said that it will be suppressed.

When he arrived at the flower hall, Zhou Jing's face could no longer see the gloomy anger just now, if someone who didn't know saw his face full of spring breeze, he would definitely feel that something happy had happened.

"It's a coincidence that the husband came, the old man was taking a nap in the back hall, and just woke up, you arrived, but the old man was a little lazy."

"Don't dare, don't dare." Yang Tinghe bowed his hand as a courtesy, and didn't take Zhou Jing's polite words to heart at all, they are all old bureaucrats, who doesn't know who? At this time, if you, Lord Zhou, can still be in the mood to take a break, then Yang is really worthy of the position of this university scholar.

"Zhou Butang, the court and the court are here to cancel the palace test." On the yellow list posted outside the Royal Park, his son's name is at the top of the list, Yang Tinghe is worried, how can he still have the heart to go around in circles with Zhou Jing? He got straight to the point and explained the purpose of coming here.

"Is there a turning point in this matter?" Zhou Jing's eyes lit up, no matter how deep the city government was, it was impossible for him to remain silent when he encountered such a major event with a reputation and a promising future.

"Is there any, I'll have to try it." Yang Tinghe's face sank like water, so that the flame of hope that Zhou Jing had just raised was extinguished again, try? If it had been useful, there would not have been so many dismissals and deaths in the past two years.

"It turns out that the husband didn't make it either, alas." Zhou Jing let out a long sigh and was very disappointed.

Yang Tinghe reminded in a deep voice: "Zhou Butang, don't forget, if the palace examination can be without, but the appointment of the jinshi can't be without, if I can't wait to fight for it, let the emperor mess around, then wouldn't the imperial examination be in name only?" As he spoke, he shook his head, a look of disappointment in his eyes.

"Oh, I almost forgot, could it be that this is the emperor's purpose?" Zhou Jing was scared into a cold sweat, isn't it, the palace examination is only about honor, and the award of officials is real.

According to the normal procedure, the official award is after the palace examination, and the etiquette cannot be abolished, which means that if the emperor refuses to hold the palace examination, then the jinshi will be gone, Nima, isn't that a group of new eunuchs?

"It's hard to say."

Yang Tinghe's face was solemn, this matter was much more serious than Yang Shen's title on the gold list of the School of Political Science and Law, "In short, we can't sit idly by, we have to distinguish it from the emperor, if he really wants to completely overthrow the law set by the ancestors, then the outline of the imperial court will completely collapse, I can't say, someone has to restore the dynasty." ”

"Exactly." Zhou Jing rose up with anger and cut off the road of the imperial examination, that is, to cut off the rank of the scholars, that is, to oppose the gentry of the world, on this ground, only if someone ascends to the heights, the world will inevitably respond, so it is still worth fighting.

"Tinghe has invited all of you colleagues, and you just happened to enter the palace to face the saint together, so you must ask for a clear explanation." Yang Tinghe gave Zhou Jing a reassurance, and he didn't blame the public for not being allowed to pass in the Zhengde Dynasty, but after all, people are still bold, anyway, no matter how righteous Zhou Jing is, he will not follow Yang Ting and the two people into the palace so recklessly.

…… Outside the Qianqing Palace.

"My lords, the emperor has approved your invitation, so let's come with our family." The third father-in-law's face was not very good, and as soon as he turned around, several important ministers found out the reason.

Well, being a eunuch is really risky, no, the third father-in-law who was just red was kicked again, and the footprints on his ass were still there, and as the third father-in-law twisted and swayed, the two footprints were also swaying in the wind, which looked very artistic.

"Your Majesty, Ministers." The four bachelors arrived, and the six departments and nine Qing also arrived.

Needless to say, the ministers are here to talk about business today, and no one will specially invite Jiao Fang to be an eyesore; Jiuqing's side was a little cold, and only the people present were Zhou Jing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Xu Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Yan Zhong, the secretary of Dali Temple.

In August last year, when the Shi Party was officially split, there should have been two positions on Jiuqing's side, after Tu Tu and Hong Zhong disappeared, Zuodu Yushi was filled by Zhang Nai, and the criminal department was vacant, and no one has been filled up until now.

Wang Wei pushed Wang Jianzhi, the right attendant of the Nanjing Criminal Department, and there was no objection from the Shi Party, but the Imperial Party pushed Zhang Cai, and the two sides were also unable to hold each other for a while, so they had to be empty for the time being.

Therefore, although the scholars also came with the heart of winning this time and tried their best, the scale was far less than before, and while they lamented the withering of the righteous path, it also aroused the righteous indignation of the kind of material injuries.

"Well, the ministers are exempt." Zhengde didn't look like he was awake, and raised his hand lazily.

"Your Majesty, now that the gold list of the test has been awarded, is the palace test ......" Seeing him like this, the six important ministers were angry, but this is not the time to care, everyone came together, but this matter is Zhou Jing's responsibility after all, so he was the first to stand up.

"Didn't you say it, I'm very busy......" Zhengde interrupted Zhou Jing impatiently.

"But Your Majesty, you obviously ...... now" Zhou Jing squeezed his eyebrows and looked at Zhengde very aggrieved.

"I'm resting, don't you know? If I don't get a good rest, I will definitely die young, so I must maintain a combination of work and rest. Zhengde spread his hands and sighed: "Alas, it is difficult to be an emperor, and it is even more difficult to be an emperor with ideals and ambitions." ”

"......" Zhou Jinghao was choked to death by saliva and died young? It's impossible, good people don't live long and live for a thousand years, your emperor, you will definitely live a hundred years, at least you won't die in front of the old man.

"I said, Aiqing, are you okay? Every inch of time is gold, and my rest time is very precious, and I don't have time to mess around with you here. Zhengde also frowned and said dissatisfiedly.

It's obviously the emperor, you're messing around, right? Everyone looked at each other, and Xu Jin stood up helplessly.

"Your Majesty, if you really don't have time, the palace test can be postponed, but the matter of conferring officials is urgent, since last year, there have been many people who have been deposed in the court, and the shortage is serious, which has affected the normal operation of the court, so ......"

"Is that so?" Zhengde asked rhetorically in surprise, and then Wen Yan comforted Xu Jin and said, "It's okay, the Ivy Academy will soon have the next batch of graduates, and there will be someone when the time comes." ”

"That's not what the minister meant...... "Who is talking to you about this, the academy or something will be given to the old man to die, Xu Jin's head was bruised, and he couldn't wait to rush up and cover Zhengde's mouth, and then finish the words in his ear.

Zhengde said bitterly: "Alas, it is you who say that there is a shortage of people, and it is you who says that there is no shortage, Xu Shangshu, you are such a big person, why can't you even speak clearly?" You're making it hard for me. ”

"However, you have come just in time, and I have something to tell you." Zhengde is not only crooked, but he also speaks very quickly, and he immediately submisses the topic above, and then opens a new topic.

"The ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty stipulates that there is no such thing as commercial tax in the tax system, but I have heard that some people in the local area have set up private checkpoints and levied on merchants arbitrarily, and I think that this kind of behavior is unreasonable and illegal, so it should be banned. At tomorrow's court meeting, I will make a formal decree, and when the time comes, I hope you can cooperate with me. ”

"This ......" Seeing that this palace was in danger of becoming a one-man show of Zhengde, Yang Tinghe couldn't hold it back, and when he was about to speak, he was unprepared for Zhengde throwing out such a topic, which made him unable to argue.

He knew very well that Zhengde wanted to pave the way for Tianjin's new policy, and of course they had to do their best to block it. However, the competition for private businessmen is an unspoken rule, and it cannot be put on the table, otherwise it may be a trap of Zhengde.

"Your Majesty, what about the appointment of officials by Hanlin?" Yang Tinghe also has a strong learning ability, and immediately followed the example of Zhengde, and talked about him left and right, and pulled the topic back again.

"Then, Mr. Yang, do you agree to support me tomorrow?"

"Minister...... Seconded. "As soon as Yang Tinghe gritted his teeth, he didn't believe that you could keep going around in circles.

"Then I'll give Mr. Yang a face......" Zhengde nodded with satisfaction, thinking that Yang Tinghe knew each other very well.

"That hall tries ......" Yang Tinghe's spirits lifted, and the morale of the others was also high, could it be that the sky really opened his eyes?

"That's good, I'm very busy, and I have to excuse myself for the palace test first, but if the scholars go to the local government to become officials, they may not see me at that time, what a pity." Even if they rush back together, they will be too tired, so it is better to let them all stay in the capital. ”

"But there is a shortage of ...... in the capital" A radish and a pit, there are many locations in the capital, but the shortage is really not so much, you know, there are two or three hundred people in this department.

"It's okay, let them all go to the Hanlin Academy, there is no end to learning, let them study hard, well, there should be no one who would not want to, right? That's Hanlin. Zhengde waved his hand and said very generously.

(To be continued)