Qichun Garden, Siyi Book House. This is Luo Zenan's temporary residence in Beijing. Among the three gardens of the Old Ming Dynasty, the composition of Qichun Garden is more special, it is formed by the merger of several small gardens, like a small collection of waterscape gardens, so it is more suitable to become the residence of the ministers. Zuo Zongtang also lives in this garden, just the Qingxia Hall on the edge of the Siyi Study House. After leaving Zhu Jishi, Zuo Zongtang did not return to his residence, but went straight to Siyi Bookstore to meet Luo Zenan.

"Brother Luo Shan, the emperor is going to take the imperial examination again......" Prime Minister Zuo's tone was quite helpless, he was not against the reform of the imperial examination, but it was not that Emperor Zhu was so anxious and quick to change.

Luo Zenan shook the paper fan and snorted: "How did you change it this time?" Do you want to open a new subject separately? ”

Zuo Zongtang knocked his thumb up: "I really guessed it, the next imperial examination in the eight southeastern provinces will be enlightened in the four subjects of law, clear calculation, the same literature, and engineering, and the proportion of scholars will account for a total of forty percent!" In addition to the Ming Law, Ming Calculation, Tongwen, and Engineering are all on the market for Xinxue College and junior college students. The last two imperial examination reforms have caused a lot of turmoil, I really don't know how much trouble Lu Dao will cause this time? ”

"What's the trouble?" Luo Zenan sneered, "The emperor is clever in this move, gradually and gradually, constantly testing the bottom line of the world's scholars...... First of all, the new learning content was added to the imperial examination, and if you want to cling to the rotten Confucianism who insists on defending the famous teaching, you should jump out at that time, but it has nothing to do with others. Then the age limit is used, and those who can still take the test before they are old will not jump out. Now 40% of the quota has been allocated to the new students...... Rotten Confucians can't jump, and the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty has nothing to do with them. Scholars over the age of 28 will not bother, anyway, they have no way to take the test themselves. Why stand up for others? Among the rest of the scholars. If you are sure that the scholars who pass the exam will not make trouble. Scholars who have the conditions to go to Xinxue Academy will not make trouble, only those scholars who have no way to go to the academy and cannot pass the Xiucai examination will really suffer! ”

"Unconsciously, the thousand-year-old shortcomings of this imperial examination have almost been eliminated by the emperor! In the end, it is the founder of the country, which is unusual! Luo Zenan sighed with emotion, and glanced at Zuo Zongtang, they were scholars who had already become officials. Not to mention that there is nothing to do and not to confront the emperor. It seems that this round of imperial examination reform has been successful......

At this time, the sound of hurried footsteps sounded, and before the person came in, the voice was raised: "Military division, military division, the emperor's father-in-law is here, the emperor's father-in-law has arrived in Beijing!" ”

Hearing this person's Hunan accent, Zuo Zongtang and Luo Zenan could hear it. The people who came were their fellow villagers in Xianghu, and they were also the same clan of Zhu Jishi, who stayed in Beijing and were Minhou Zhu Yuanshan. Although it is royalty. But it also belongs to the Xianghu party, otherwise it would not have been possible to get such a fat shortage as Beijing staying.

It is precisely because he is a member of the Xianghu Party. Zhu Yuanshan is very close to Zuo Zongtang and Luo Zenan, so as soon as he gets the news that Emperor Zhu's father-in-law has come to Beijing, he will go to Siyi Bookstore to report to Luo Zenan - Zuo Zongtang's threshold is not easy to enter, but in comparison, Luo Junshi is much kinder, so he has many friends.

"Left Phase! Are you there too? I don't have to bother you there...... I just got a report that someone claiming to be the emperor's Mongolian father-in-law, Cheling Gelji, had arrived in Beijing and found my left-behind yamen. ”

Zhu Yuanshan walked into the bookstore, saw Zuo Zongtang, and arched his hand to tell the two of them a good news.

"Is there any news of Zeng Guofan?" Zuo Zongtang's face was cloudy.

"Yes, I came here for this, Zeng Guofan was detained by Yixin's people!"

"Not faithful to the king?" Luo Zenan interjected and asked.

"No...... According to the man, who claimed to be Chelingerzi, Zeng Guofan was placed under house arrest in Zhuo Bingtian's mansion and went on a hunger strike once, but he still ate after the event, but did not surrender. ”

Zuo Zongtang sighed: "Sure enough, it is the only death that has been difficult for thousands of years!" If you can drag it out like this, it will be a bit troublesome if you drop Yixinke. ”

Luo Zenan and Zeng Guofan are familiar with each other, and they also know this person's character better: "It's not enough to surrender, unless Yi Xin is serious, Zeng Disheng can still hold on...... Or let Zeng Yuanfu and them resign. ”

Listening to the discussion between the two, Zhu Yuanshan smiled and said: "Xiangye, military advisor, this matter has been flattened, I have explained to Che Lingerji, let him tell the emperor that Zeng Disheng has been killed by Yixin!" ”

"Can the Mongol listen to you?" Luo Zenan asked.

"In fact, he didn't see Zeng Disheng under house arrest, and it was also hearsay, if the news is wrong, won't he offend people? This Mongolian has a very lively brain, and I changed his mind as soon as I reminded him a little, and when I saw the emperor, it was estimated that it was also this caliber. ”

"That's fine." Zuo Zongtang breathed a sigh of relief: "Then let's not know what to do...... But I have to give Zeng Yuanfu and Zeng Jihong a different errand. ”

Luo Zenan continued: "It's better to send Lu to be an ambassador, it's good to see the world, maybe there will be a chance to be useful in the future." ”

In the Yuanying Temple of Changchun Garden, I don't know how long I have been wandering on the grassland, and the Tushetu Khan Che Lingerji, who has become black and thin, is holding his daughter Oyuntana and crying bitterly, crying and scolding Yixin.

"Thanks to our Mongols' kindness to take him in, he is more insidious than a jackal, more vicious than a snake and scorpion, robbed our pastures, plundered our cattle and sheep, and robbed our Mongol women, if one day this evil wolf falls into the hands of our Mongols, it will definitely be torn apart alive!"

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor, hurry up and send troops to the grassland! Every shepherd on the grassland is looking forward to Wang Shi, as long as the sun and the moon and the Huiqi appear on the grassland, every Mongolian will come to defect! It doesn't matter how many horses, cattle and sheep you need......"

Zhu Jishi sat upright on the throne, now is not the time to send troops to Mongolia...... The Great Khan of Mongolia has not yet become a monk! Without this signboard, it would not be easy to fool the Buryat Mongols and the Oirat Mongols. Moreover, Lama D Lai and Master Zhang Jia have not yet arrived in Beijing, and these two monks have a much stronger ability to bewitch the grassland herdsmen than the Tushetu Khan in front of them.

Oyuntana knew that Zhu Jishi wanted to be the Great Khan of Mongolia, and now seeing that he was silent, he quickly suppressed his crying and looked at his father with blazing eyes: "Ava (Dad), Yixin has not invaded the Han land now, not even the northeast, and he has not proclaimed himself the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, but has used the name of the Mongolian Boktor Khan." In this way, His Majesty the Emperor has no excuse to crusade against Yixin. ”

What do you mean? Che Lingerji was stunned when he heard this, this Ming Emperor had to crusade against the remnants of the Manchu Dynasty...... Excuse!? Whose rules are these? Isn't it enough to have a big fist......

Seeing that the father was stunned and didn't react, Oyuntana hurriedly made it clearer: "The puppet emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, since Huang Taiji, has also led the Mongolian Great Khan, and is the master of all Mongolians, and the Mobei grassland has never been the land of the Great Tomorrow, and the current saint is not the Mongolian Great Khan, so he has no status to send troops to the grassland." ”

Hearing this, where would Chellinger not understand? He is not a fool, how can he not know that the words of his daughter are what the emperor meant. The son of tomorrow is actually going to be the great sweat of the grassland!

Zhu Jishi looked at Chelingerji and said lightly: "I have decided to gather the leaders of the Monan and Mobei Mongolian tribes in the Mulan enclosure in a month to elect the Mongolian Great Khan!" Then we will discuss the crusade against Yi Xin. Chelingerzi, who do you think is the most suitable person to be the Great Khan of Mongolia? ”

Chelingerji looked at his daughter, who was covered in silk and satin, and was raised white and fat, gritted his teeth, and knelt on the ground with a puff: "The Tushetu Khan Department is willing to honor His Majesty the Emperor as the Great Khan of All Mongolia!" Please send troops to Mobei to save Mobei from fire and water! ”

Looking at this Tushetu Khan, who had lost his subordinates and ran to Beijing with a few retinues, Zhu Jishi nodded with a smile: "Tushetu Khan, your daughter Oyuntana is also deeply favored by me, how can I treat you badly?" When I take over the Great Khan of Mongolia, I will naturally help you recapture the territory of the Khan. Now, you can be my messenger and go to Chahar and invite all the leaders of the 10 banners of the Xilin Gol League to the Mulan paddock. I will send 10,000 cavalry guards with you. (To be continued......)