It can be said that Emperor Jiajing's ideal courtier is the kind of person who works hard, has no desire for power and profit, only knows how to do things wholeheartedly, and has a very strong ability to do things, whether it is civil affairs or military affairs, that is the best courtier in Emperor Jiajing's heart, although he knows that this is unlikely, but Emperor Jiajing is still very eager for such a courtier, and even once had the idea of "can't get it directly, just cultivate it yourself". Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, how to say it, the scholars that Emperor Jiajing could contact were already students who had been educated by Confucian doctrines, and they had been stereotyped and could not be changed, which also made the emperor very distressed, so he simply retreated to the second, as long as he could do things, without too much ambition, then he could, the most important thing is that these courtiers who can do things can not be allowed to become tools for the bigwigs in the court to compete for power and profit, that is, they cannot be allowed to become the "disciples" of some people.

This is also an unwritten rule, the new science and technology scholars will automatically become the disciples of the chief examiner, thus becoming the default sphere of influence of the chief examiner, the new science and technology scholars must obey their teachers, obey orders, advance and retreat together, and the teachers must also protect their own students, and provide their students with Qingyun Road, which is only the power and benefits that only the ministers who are about to enter the cabinet or the cabinet scholars who have already entered the cabinet have.

And this provision is actually inadvertently providing a source of power for every cabinet minister, is the prototype of party struggle, these new science and technology scholars will also be out of the emperor's control, become the personal power of the minister, and the emperor can only get the allegiance of the top three Jinshi, even if it is the big year of choosing the Ji Shi, the Ji Ji Shi will also be taught by other ministers during the three-year pavilion election period, become the disciples of other ministers, or can not escape a master and apprentice status.

This led to further isolation of the emperor and further strengthening of the courtiers.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing also tried his best to expand his prestige among the new scholars, such as personally meeting with the new scholars, and then conferring the title of the protégé of the Son of Heaven on the outstanding ones, winning over the scholars, stabilizing his position, and expanding his influence among the courtiers, which is one of the few things he can do.

And this time, apparently, is no exception.

"Sun Qing, you have done a good job, you have a good eye for Ying, according to my intentions, you will set this volume as the current branch of the Yuan, how about it?" Emperor Jiajing smiled happily, and his heart was full of happiness, but at this moment, Sun Chengen's heart sank, he thought about it again and again, and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this volume cannot be determined as the current branch of the Yuan. ”

Emperor Jiajing was just happy, and now Sun Chengen was about to pour cold water on himself, which obviously made the emperor very unhappy, Emperor Jiajing put down the scroll in his hand, squinted his eyes and stared at Sun Chengen, and said in a low voice: "Oh? Sun Qing thinks it's impossible? Then Sun Qing thinks, where is this volume not good? Or is there something taboo about, or is there another volume, better written? ”

Sun Chengen stubbornly said: "No, no, Your Majesty, the minister means that if Zheng Guang is just an ordinary literati, then it is not uncommon to give him a huiyuan, or even a champion, and this dynasty is not without precedent for winning the champion at a young age, but Your Majesty, Zheng Guang is not an ordinary scholar after all!" ”

Emperor Jiajing felt a little strange when he heard this, so he asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Sun Chengen said: "Your Majesty, don't forget, Zheng Guang was already a household name before he came to Beijing, the famous Suzhou writer, the southeast Xiaozhu country, is enough to reflect people's expectations for him, for such a character, once he wins the membership, or even the champion, Your Majesty, don't forget, the wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, not to mention, he is only eighteen years old!" ”

This is Sun Chengen's cleverness, between words, for the sake of the emperor everywhere, for the sake of Zheng Guang everywhere, but the most fundamental reason is for his own sake, after all, Zheng Guang is a well-known figure, if it is really taken as Huiyuan, it is inevitable that no one will gossip, speculation, the most terrifying thing in the Ming Dynasty is human words, those officials of science and Taoism catch the wind and catch the shadows, bite indiscriminately, and always make people angry and powerless......

The most terrible thing is that the outside world rumors that he is about to enter the cabinet, this time the host test is a signal, many people have their eyes on themselves, this sensitive period, once someone links themselves with "welcoming the will and suppressing the scholars", at this critical moment when they are about to enter the cabinet, something goes wrong, and there will be no more opportunities to enter the cabinet in this life and this life.

Emperor Jiajing's heart sank, and he suddenly realized that what Sun Chengen said was reasonable, very reasonable, indeed, Zheng Guang was too young, and under the premise that he had already made great military achievements and became the focus of attention, then Zhonghuiyuan, and even Emperor Jiajing still had the idea of pointing him to the champion, in that case, it would really be cooking oil with fire......

"What you said also makes sense, it's that I didn't think about it, indeed, this kid is too young, if he rashly becomes famous, it doesn't seem to be a good thing for him, so according to Sun Qing's meaning, how should these three volumes be ranked?" Emperor Jiajing asked.

Sun Chengen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly spoke: "According to the old minister's thoughts, the quality of these three volumes, aside from the enterprising heart, it is really difficult to distinguish, but, Your Majesty considers Zheng Guang, then, the best thing to do is to set Zheng Guang as the third place, as for the second and first place, the old minister thinks that it is better to point Hu Zhengmeng to the first place and Li Chunfang to the second place." ”

Emperor Jiajing pinched Zheng Guang's scroll in his hand, shook his head and sighed: "If this kid knows about today's events in the future, I am afraid that he will complain about me, and give up his life to gamble on the future to calm the woes for me, but I can't even give him a huiyuan." ”

Sun Chengen was amazed, the mean and unkind Emperor Jiajing would actually feel guilty about a person? Longevity!

"That's it, the third is the third, it's also good for him, so that he won't be put on the cusp of giving people a finger, really, those old guys, just can't get used to looking at young people, I became an emperor at the age of fifteen, and I became a pro-government at the age of sixteen, Huo Qubing led the troops to break the Huns at the age of eighteen, and at the age of twenty-two, he was named a wolf, I just need young and hard-working courtiers, but I can't promote really talented people to do things for me, it's really hateful!" Emperor Jiajing put down Zheng Guang's scroll and complained, but he didn't do anything further.

Sun Chengen waited for Emperor Jiajing's complaint to finish, and then cautiously asked: "Then, Your Majesty, do you still read the back scroll?" Is it possible to publish rankings based on this ranking? If he can, he will prepare, after all, the palace exam will start soon. ”

Emperor Jiajing looked at the other papers, waved his hand boringly, and said: "That's it, that's it, don't read it, I'm not interested, you go and discuss it with the cabinet about the palace exam, as for the exam questions for the palace exam, give me a few days, it's not in a hurry now, by the way, Sun Qing, I still have something I want to ask you." ”

Sun Chengen hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, may I ask." ”

Emperor Jiajing said slowly: "Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, have the Hanlin people been released to do things when they are in the Hanlin Academy?" ”

Sun Chengen blinked, he didn't quite understand what the emperor meant, after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly woke up, and immediately understood what the emperor meant, and said: "Your Majesty, do you want to let Zheng Guang out after he is admitted to the Sanding Jiazhu Hanlin?" To the Southeast? ”

Emperor Jiajing likes courtiers who can understand their own meaning, courtiers who can keep up with their own rhythm, smiled slightly at the moment, and said: "Talented courtiers can't be squandered in the idle yamen, when the country is in crisis, the south and the north are captives, it is the time when talents are needed to pacify, Zheng Guang came from the southeast, and he knows the situation in the southeast well, I don't want to delay him in the Hanlin Academy, you give me an idea, so that he can use the identity of Hanlin to release the southeast and deal with the Japanese invaders!" ”

Sun Chengen couldn't accept it......

"Your Majesty means that you want him to be a Hanlin, and you want him to pacify the troubles in the southeast?" After a while, Sun Chengen asked with difficulty.

Emperor Jiajing nodded as a matter of course: "Since there is already a ready-made candidate, who can use 3,000 soldiers to destroy tens of thousands of Japanese robbers, why don't I reuse him?" No matter how arrogant the Japanese are, there can be 100,000 people, I give Zheng Guang 30,000 soldiers, he can also quell the southeast Japanese trouble, the southeast Japanese disaster is pacified, the imperial court will be rich financially, and it will be able to support the northwest and the Mongols to fight the war, and the southern and northern Japanese will be pacified, I read Zheng Guang's strategy, and I think it is very reasonable, first the south and then the north, first the easy and then the difficult, and the outside must first be inside, and besides, the governors sent from the imperial court to various places are also hung with the identity of central officials, you can think of a way to give Zheng Guang a reasonable identity, so that the qualifications are also available, and the merits are also there, Wait for the southeast to be calmed down, and then transfer him back to the capital and reuse it again. ”