In the middle of the night, the lights in the palace were lit up. Xu Rong served Yang Fan, who had just fallen asleep for a few hours, put on his court clothes, and detoured the jade belt in front of Yang Fan from behind.

"What's wrong?"

Xu Rong, whose hair was hairpinned, said softly: "It's nothing." You beware. ”

Yang Fan hugged Xu Rong and said, "Don't worry, wait for me to come back." If you're sleepy, sleep a little longer. "I still have to enter the palace today, so in the middle of the night, I have to rush to the palace in the morning.

Yang Fan ate some steamed buns and soy milk that had just come out of the cage, and hurriedly got into the carriage.

Today's early dynasty, the atmosphere is extremely depressing, Yang Fan is still standing at the front of the left, and no nonsense is allowed in the hall, but the pair of sharp eagle-like eyes behind him are enough to kill him eleven thousand times. Today is a special day, and it will not be long before it will be the day of the list.

Because Yang Fan's third test has already played the effect of the palace test, Zhu Youzhen originally planned to ask the tribute scholars by Yang Fan, but since he had already asked the test, there was no palace test, and the list was released directly, which also made the scholars who were still making trouble at the gate of the tribute courtyard yesterday calm down a little and prepare to look at the list.

"A few days ago, I was sick and never went to court, but I read a lot of folds. Many of them refer to the imperial examinations. Today, the Marquis of Ning Guohou is also in the court, if you have anything you want to ask and what you want to say, just say it. ”

Shi Heng handed over a stack of test papers, retreated to the original place, and said: "Qiqi Sheng, this sample paper was produced by Yang Hou in this imperial examination, not to mention that the content of it is out of the scriptures, and many of them are absurd. There was a unanimous demand for the reopening of the imperial examination. ”

Like listed the matter and said, "Enlighten the saint." What the fashion book says is true, and the reform of the imperial examination violates the ancestral system. What Yang Hou did was even more deviant, and he implored the Holy Lord to surrender his crimes! ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "Yang Fan, do you have anything to say?" ”

Yang Fan bowed and said, "Fashion book, I heard that you were born in Donglin Academy, do you still remember that there is a pair of couplets at the entrance of the academy?" ”

"Couplet? Which college does not have couplets. Shi Heng was a little vigilant, for fear that Yang Fan would set him up again.

Yang Fan smiled and said, "That's Mr. Donglin's book." Fashion books shouldn't be unclear. ”

"That pair of names naturally knows, the sound of the wind and rain is in the ears when reading, and everything in the family and the country is concerned. Dare to ask Yang Hou, what does this have to do with what you do? ”

"Mr. Donglin's life's life of life and reading principles are contained in this couplet, what does it mean to care about everything? Could it be that as a great scholar, shouldn't even my Ming divide thirteen political secretaries and two direct subordinates know? Or is it about the grain that is the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, and the simplest southern rice and northern wheat have to be taught by the academy? This second test is about some of the most basic literacy questions. Confucianism pays attention to self-cultivation, Qi family, ruling the country and leveling the world, aren't these the most basic self-cultivation? I don't even know these simple common senses, what is it to talk about being an official? What to talk about serving the country? ”

The Manchu ministers were speechless, and the Donglin Party was activated. Now Yang Fan asked a rhetorical question with the name of the party leader, which directly made the people of the Manchu Dynasty dumbfounded. The back of Yang Fan's hand clapped his palm, looking distressed. "Our pollsters are the ones who listen to them the most these days. It's just that officials don't know where the root cause of people's livelihood comes from. Where did it come from? It's not our selection, our imperial examination has not been done well, and we have raised a group of mediocre people who either only know how to shout in the court, but have low eyes, or corrupt officials who are greedy for pleasure and oppress the common people. With such an imperial examination, do you still think that the ministers are really unreasonable? ”

Indeed, the basic quality of some bureaucrats is really too low and too low, and if such a person is in a position, he will basically be a corpse vegetarian meal, party struggle all day long, treat people and things wrong, support party henchmen, strengthen power, pull mountains, and crowd out other officials.

"Yes. What Yang Hou said does make sense, and I have long seen the drawbacks. The so-called rectification of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, must start with the fundamental reform of the imperial examination. I ordered Ning Guohou to do this, which is determined to make the Ming Dynasty look new, you do not want to forge ahead, but obstruct it layer by layer, but also reflect on the reform, and learn more. "Zhu Youzhen called Yang Fan over today to see if he can make sense, as long as he can stand on his feet, these courtiers who can speak are dumb, and he, the big tree standing behind Yang Fan, will naturally continue to support him.

"Holy Lord, then Yang Hou abolished the eight-share system in the first attempt, why is this? Is there a downside to this? This is the rule set by Taizu, how can it be said that it will be abolished? ”

"Hehe, how can the article stick to the format? In this way, it is terrible to have to cut a good article into eight parts. The article writes what I write and says what I say, and this can work, not for the sake of writing. Lord Shi, you are so old that you don't even understand these truths, I think ...... It's time for you to go home. ”

"You...... You ......"

"Holy Lord, Ning Guohou bewitched the people, and now the scholars of the Beijing division are all gathering and shouting, demanding a new imperial examination, shouldn't this conform to the will of the people?"

"What is the will of the people, Lord Shi, do you still have a few thousand scholars to represent the hearts of the people? They are the failures of the old-style imperial examinations, is it because of these failures and waste materials that those new policies and talents have to pay? Your request is too vexatious. Even if the imperial examination system is restructured, there are still more than 100 people who stand out, shouldn't the saints be happy to select real talents and reuse them? There are talents from generation to generation, each with hundreds of years. Now that the new policy is being implemented, how can the saint be wise and hinder the new Ming because of the residual poison left behind? ”

As soon as I say this, the meaning is obvious. The decay of your dynasty is all old and useless, and it is time to get out. Zhu Youzhen squinted his eyes, looked at the reflection of the Manchu Dynasty Wenchen, and began to say to the mud: "Ning Guohou's meaning is very clear, that is, my meaning. This sentence has been produced by generations of talents, each with hundreds of years. I have expressed my intentions, you are in a high position, you should adapt to this dynasty and keep pace with the times at any time. When I go back today, I think that I have done it, and each of them will submit a book of reflection. Zhu Youzhen didn't want the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty to be degraded to worthless, after all, the court still needed someone to run it.

"Holy one, no. With such a child's play, the old minister is afraid that the country and the society will be ruined, so please think twice! ”

"Please think twice!"

Now that Yang Fan has shown his sword, there is no reason for these rotten Confucians to shrink like this, indeed, every suggestion of Yang Fan seems to be like injecting a tube of heart booster into this decadent empire, but it is inevitable that this tube of heart booster touches the interests of some people, and there are so many voices of suppression and opposition. (To be continued.) )