At night, the drunken moon building.

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In a spacious private room, Li Yuntian, Zhang Kedi and others gathered around a wine table to mingle and laugh, talking and laughing, Lian Xiang played the pipa on the side, sang small songs, and dancers, and the atmosphere was very lively.

Today is Zhang Kedi's birthday, so everyone celebrates Zhang Kedi with wine here, and at the same time, they also want to match him with Lianxiang to do his good deeds.

Since he met Lianxiang, Zhang Kedi has always been in love with him, but unfortunately the falling flowers are intentional, the flowing water is ruthless, Lianxiang seems to be intimate with Zhang Kedi, but in fact maintains a certain distance, and now Zhang Kedi has not become the guest of Lianxiang.

Zhang Kedi wanted to accept Lian Xiang as a concubine and give her a name, so that she didn't have to laugh with her in the Zuiyue Building, but was politely rejected by Lian Xiang, which made Zhang Kedi extremely depressed.

"Yuntian, I heard that you were clever in the main hall two days ago, and the nose of the right general administration was crooked, but it's a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to see your demeanor, it's a pity." While talking and laughing, a sturdy young man remembered something and said to Li Yuntian with a smile.

"The third brother has won the award, and the younger brother is just a fluke." Li Yuntian laughed when he heard this, and said humbly, according to his seniority, he called the sturdy young third brother.

Two days ago, he and Shen Hong had a verbal and confrontational debate in the Taihe Palace, and the news that Emperor Hong Xi had decided to admit the number of Jinshi in each imperial examination according to the ratio of six in the south and four in the north had been published in the Mingxin Daily, and as a result, the newspaper was sold out as soon as it was listed, and it became a topic of conversation on the streets.

In particular, Li Yuntian's sentence "natural selection, survival of the fittest" was even more applauded by the scholars in the capital, believing that it vividly reflected the hardships and cruelty of the imperial examination, and only by working hard is the only way to enter the office, otherwise it can only be trampled under the feet of others.

For those scholars in the capital, this is not only an encouragement, but also a spur, and at the same time, there is a sense of admiration for Li Yuntian: among the thousands of scholars in the Ming Dynasty, how many people can say such philosophical words?

"Yuntian, since the imperial examination, this north-south entry is an unprecedented thing, and your move will go down in history." Zhang Kedi smiled and raised his glass at Li Yuntian.

Although he has only known Li Yuntian for more than a year, Li Yuntian is very angry with Zhang Kedi, so the two have a very good personal relationship.

"The second brother laughed, this is the emperor's sage, what does it have to do with the younger brother." Li Yuntian smiled and touched the wine glass with Zhang Kedi, the two then looked at each other and smiled, and then drank it all, and the maid on the side hurriedly came over to pour the wine.

Li Yuntian is right, such a major event as the northern and southern divisions of the imperial examination is really not something that he can afford with a small imperial history, if there is no support from Emperor Hong Xi behind him, then he will not put forward such an amazing mention in the Taihe Palace.

The literary style in the south is gathered, especially in the area of Nanzhili and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, that is, the Jiangnan region, a large number of jinshi will be produced in each imperial examination, so that a large number of Jiangnan officials appear above the court.

These officials must act in a group above the court, and represent the interests of Jiangnan Haoqiang, which aroused the vigilance of Emperor Hongwu, in order to balance the power of the north and south officialdom and suppress the Jiangnan Haoqiang group, so in the thirtieth year of Hongwu, there was a case of the north and south.

There is an old saying that the south is a prime minister, and the north is a general, which seems reasonable, southerners are good at learning, and northerners are brave.

However, this is just an idealistic idea.

In fact, before the Song Dynasty, almost all the emperors and generals came from the north, and the southerners were subject to many restrictions on entering the court as officials, which was not only due to the factors of the underdeveloped economy of the south at that time, but also related to people's regional concepts.

Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, attached great importance to the concept of region, and it is said that he personally wrote in the Prime Minister's Hall that "Southerners are not allowed to sit in this hall", and engraved this sentence on the stone tablet of the political affairs hall to warn future generations.

Throughout history, both the Southern Song Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty admired the north and suppressed the south, and the selection of talents took more from the north, so there were many scholars and doctors in the south.

Nowadays, in the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, the southern jinshi overpowered the northern jinshi, and it was still concentrated in the south of the Yangtze River, which was easy to form a trend of tail in the long run.

The emperors of all dynasties like to fight each other in the middle of the court, so that the imperial power can be more stable, if there is a giant faction out, then it will undoubtedly pose a challenge to the monarchy.

Emperor Hong Xi has been keenly aware of this, so he has long been thinking of countermeasures, although he is the Son of Heaven, but he can't be in the imperial examination for no reason, the north and south are entrant, otherwise it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among southern officials and southern scholars.

So Emperor Hong Xi needs someone to do this, and Li Yuntian, who is a close minister, is undoubtedly the best candidate:

First of all, his identity is suitable, he is a Shuji of the Hanlin Academy, representing the best among the scholars;

Secondly, his official position is also suitable, he is the imperial history, and he is the official of the imperial court;

Moreover, his youth is more appropriate, and his early twenties are the time of youth and vigor;

In the end, his grade is appropriate, the official of the sixth grade is not worthy of the action of those big people above the court, and naturally there are people below who oppose it, which invisibly has much less resistance to this promotion, for example, the first to oppose Li Yuntian is Shen Hong of the fourth grade.

In addition to Li Yuntian, a pawn, Emperor Hong Xi also greeted Yang Shiqi, Qianyi, Xia Yuanji and others, and echoed Li Yuntian at that time, so those officials in the south would be helpless.

Originally, Emperor Hong Xi thought that the opposition of the southern officials would be very strong and the matter would be very tricky, but Li Yuntian was eloquent, and his counterattack against Shen Hong's remarks was reasonable, well-founded, and affectionate.

Therefore, under the promotion of Yang Shiqi, Qian Yi and Xia Yuanji, this matter will naturally come to fruition.

After all, those big people in the court have been in the officialdom for so long, and at this time, everyone can see that Emperor Hong Xi agrees with this matter, and if he opposes it, he will be a blow to the holy will.

Besides, they can't talk about Li Yuntian, you must know that the Shu Jishi of the Hanlin Academy is not here for nothing, who is not a talented eight buckets, a rich scholar and five cars, plus a powerful mouth, and the emperor's support, wouldn't it be to arrest and destroy whom, and no one wants to touch this moldy head.

As a result, Li Yuntian was hated by the scholars in the south, and Emperor Hongxi gained the reputation of Shengming, as a subordinate, of course, he had the consciousness of carrying the black pot to the emperor, naturally, the reward would be quite rich.

However, in Li Yuntian's view, although the north-south entries of the imperial examination can limit the influence of Jiangnan Haoqiang in the imperial court, it also invisibly creates two camps of southern officials and northern officials, which makes the party struggle in the court more complicated.

"Li Yushi, the songs sung by the little woman are all old-fashioned tunes, Li Yushi's eloquence is unparalleled, he is knowledgeable, and he must have made achievements in poetry and songs, so it is better to compose a new song for the little woman to cheer everyone up."

After singing a song, Lian Xiang came to the wine table, sat down in the empty seat next to Zhang Kedi, and said to Li Yuntian with a smile, no one noticed that she was dressed up deliberately today, and she was three points brighter than usual.

"Yuntian, everyone is so happy today, you can help everyone." As soon as Li Yuntian was about to refuse, Zhang Kedi said with a smile, he naturally wanted to please Lianxiang.

"The little brother of poetry and singing is really not good at it, but the little brother of miscellaneous drama knows a little bit about it." Seeing that it was difficult to resist the hospitality, Li Yuntian pondered for a while and agreed with a smile.

"Oh, Li Yushi can also do miscellaneous dramas?" Lian Xiang's eyes showed a look of surprise, the so-called miscellaneous opera in the Ming Dynasty refers to operas in addition to traditional songs and dances, including the minor tunes sung by Lian Xiang.

Ancient songs are different from modern ones, they are all sung in the form of poems and songs, which is very charming.

"When I followed the first emperor on the northern expedition, I was lonely on the road, and I thought of the miscellaneous dramas I had watched before, so I made up a few paragraphs casually to entertain myself. It is difficult to get into the hall of elegance, and it is difficult to get into the hall of elegance. Li Yuntian smiled and waved his hand to Lianxiang.

"Do you want a little girl to accompani?" Lian Xiang laughed when she heard this, and asked in a coquettish voice.

"Don't bother the girl first, it's enough to get in the next erhu." Li Yuntian smiled slightly and said to everyone, "This miscellaneous drama is about a woman who impersonates her fiancé to enter Beijing to take the exam in order to save her fiancé, and the joy of being the top student in high school. ”

"Female champion?" Lian Xiang's eyes couldn't help but light up, this was something that she had never heard of before, and Zhang Kedi and the others also looked at Li Yuntian with interest, feeling very fresh.

"Actually, it should be a female concubine, and that woman was recruited by the emperor as a concubine after winning the champion." Li Yuntian saw that everyone was looking at him curiously, and found that his remarks seemed to be a little different, so he said stubbornly, looking a little embarrassed.

"Pony?" At this moment, Lian Xiang, Zhang Kedi and others couldn't help but look at each other, and this plot was a little bizarre.

"Ahem, don't you think that's interesting?" Li Yuntian coughed and said seriously, "Since Mulan can join the army for her father and gallop across the field, why can't this woman take the exam for her husband and be named on the gold list?" ”

"That's right." Zhang Kedi nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, it was just a pastime, why should he be so serious, and then smiled and said to the waiting maid on the side, "Go, bring an erhu to Master Li." ”

Yahuan soon brought the erhu, Li Yuntian tried to pull it a few times, and soon found the pitch, since the female champion and the female concubine were mentioned, what Li Yuntian said was naturally Huangmei Opera "The Female Concubine".

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, opera was in its infancy, and dramas such as Huangmei Opera and Peking Opera were in their infancy, and as for dramas, it was even more of a shadow.

Therefore, Li Yuntian can rest assured and boldly take "The Female Concubine" as his own, which not only caters to the trend of the times, but will not show the slightest flaw.

In fact, compared with the erhu, Li Yuntian is more good at piano and violin, and the level of the erhu can only be said to be average, but it is enough to deal with the situation in front of him.

"Miss Lianxiang, I wonder if you can help me next time and sing the song I made next." After brewing for a long time, Li Yuntian still didn't have the courage to sing a lyric of "The Female Concubine", no matter how he said that he was also an official of the imperial court now, so after thinking about it, he said to Lianxiang.

"Okay." Lian Xiang smiled and agreed.

"Everyone, the little brother will go down with Miss Lianxiang to prepare first, please wait for a while." Li Yuntian immediately got up, smiled and arched his hand to Zhang Kedi and the others, and led Lianxiang away.

"Second brother, what do you say Yuntian is doing?" After Li Yuntian and Lian Xiang went out, a young man couldn't help but ask Zhang Kedi curiously.

"According to his temperament, he will definitely surprise us." Zhang Kedi smiled and picked up the wine glass in his hand, "Come, let's do one." ”

When everyone heard this, they raised their glasses, and the room was once again staggered, talking and laughing. One