Although these courtiers did not dare to disobey Cen Yin's intentions, the courtiers were influenced by Confucianism since childhood, and for them, the bloodline of the Dasheng country could not be messed up.

If Feng Yan is allowed to enter the jade with a person who may not have the Mu bloodline at all, or even ascend to the position of the Son of Heaven in the future, it can be said that the situation is reversed and the law is confused.

In this strange atmosphere, everyone passed through the triple wall of the Taimiao Temple and came to the front hall of the Taimiao.

The yellow glazed tiles on the temple are still so bright and transparent, shining in the sun, and the architecture and layout here are very exquisite, which naturally forms a solemn atmosphere.

It stands to reason that all the ministers should kneel in front of the front hall, but there are only four or five out of ten people kneeling, and half of them are standing there, as if they are hesitating, looking at the wooden gold lacquer shrine in the hall with a stunned expression, and the tablets of the emperors and empresses of the past dynasties are placed on the throne, Taizu, Taizong, and Yingzong...... At the beginning of the previous year, the tablet of Emperor Chongming was also added.

Their eyes were all staring at Emperor Chongming's tablet, and they all had the same doubts in their hearts.

Feng Yan, is he really the son of Emperor Chongming?!

Guanglu Siqing, who presided over today's ceremony, was sweating profusely, Guanglu Siqing was only from the third grade, and most of the people present were of a higher grade than him, and he had no prestige in front of these people.

Besides, in the past, all kinds of ceremonies involving the Taimiao were attended by the emperor, and the emperor was there, and who dared to do anything out of the ordinary in the Taimiao, and the various ceremonies presided over by Guanglu Siqing every year added up to not a hundred or fifty or sixty, but he had never encountered such a situation.

Guanglu Siqing only felt that the middle clothes behind his back were soaked, and he didn't know whether to ask Cen Yin and Feng Yan for advice, and he was afraid that these two people would feel useless.

Jiang Deshen and Liao Yushi, who were mixed in the crowd, exchanged a look without moving, and secretly proudly felt in their hearts: It's done! They have been planning for so many days, step by step, for this moment.

At this moment, the old man in the official uniform of the Yipin country strode forward, standing out among the ministers who were kneeling or standing, and many people's eyes were attracted by him.

Everyone naturally recognized Xuan Guogong, Guanglu Siqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart: Could it be that Xuan Guogong plans to persuade them?

Old Lady Chu walked to the front in the scorching eyes of everyone, standing beside Feng Yan, Cen Yin and An Ping, even if he hadn't said a word, his expression and posture had already silently declared something-

He's still on Feng Yan's side!

Old Lady Chu took out a scroll from his sleeve and said, "Emperor Chongming left an edict before he went. ”

It was like a thunderclap in the sky, and the courtiers, both standing and kneeling, were stunned, their minds went blank, and then there was an uproar.

Since Old Lady Chu talked about the edict at this time, it is obvious that this edict must be related to Feng Yan's life experience.

The expressions of the ministers present were different, some were shocked, some were suspicious, some were overjoyed, and some were incredulous......

The matter of forcing the palace happened very suddenly, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was as fast as thunder, and no one thought that Emperor Chongming would have the opportunity to leave an edict.

It is inevitable that some people will have doubts, secretly doubting whether this edict in the hands of Xuan Guogong will be true?

Old Lady Chu naturally knew what most people were thinking, and continued calmly: "Emperor Chongming's edict is in duplicate, one is in the hands of Her Royal Highness Princess Anping, and the other is this copy in the hands of this father-in-law, in order to worry that one day someone will question the identity of Feng Yan. ”

Old Lady Chu's heart was actually not as calm as it seemed, and he carefully hid this edict for almost nineteen years.

For this reason, after the palace incident, the Chu family accepted today's solicitation and stayed in this court.

As he spoke, An Ping also took out another edict from his wide sleeve.

Two more chamberlains cleverly brought in a large mahogany case, and the two edicts were carefully unfolded and laid out side by side on this large case.

The two edicts are written with the same content, but in the middle of the two edicts are stamped with the jade seal and private seal of Emperor Chongming, and the two bright red cinnabar imprints are left in each of the two edicts, and when the two are merged together, the complete imprint can be seen.

Duanmu Xian was the first to step forward, and immediately after, the other courtiers, nobles, and clan princes also surrounded the mahogany case, three layers inside and three layers outside, Jiang Deshen struggled to squeeze to the front of the crowd.

The people who can appear here today are all important ministers of the court, and at least fifty or sixty percent of them have experienced the period of Emperor Chongming, and have seen his imperial pen, as well as the jade seal and his private seal.

The eye-catching handwriting has surprised many people, the pen is strong and strong, the structure is dignified and concise, the momentum is solemn and vigorous, the line of writing can not hide the anxiety in the end, the handwriting is slightly scribbled, obviously it is hurriedly handwritten.

This is indeed the handwriting of Emperor Chongming.

As for Emperor Chongming and the jade seal and private seals, it is not difficult to compare, and there are sacrifices left by Emperor Chongming when he came here to worship his ancestors in this temple alone.

Taichang Siqing immediately ordered someone to fetch it.

Jiang Deshen couldn't notice the movement around him, his ears were buzzing, his eyes were staring straight at the two edicts on the big case, and his brain was so confused that he couldn't think.

He also knows the handwriting of Emperor Chongming, and he is almost sure that this is indeed written by Emperor Chongming himself.

Then Feng Yan's identity is beyond doubt, and it is a certainty.

Without waiting for the sacrificial documents to be fetched, the courtiers present took the initiative to kneel down one after another and knelt in front of the front hall.

Emperor Chongming is no longer a puppet emperor, so the edict he left behind is the indisobedient imperial pen of the Son of Heaven.

After a while, all the courtiers were shorter and knelt on the ground, including the reluctant Jiang Deshen and Liao Yushi and other three princes.

Old Lady Chu glanced at the courtiers kneeling on the ground, picked up the edict he had kept for many years again, and began to read it.

Everyone listened with their heads down.

The edict was written in a hurry, so Emperor Chongming did not say anything more, but simply said that he reigned for three years, worked diligently all day long, emulated the ancestors of the four seas for the benefit of the world, the heart of the day for the heart, worthy of the heart, even if it went underground, he could calmly face the ancestors and ancestors. He knew that he was dead and lifeless, so he entrusted the emperor to his sister Anping to raise him under his knees, Xuanguo Gong as evidence, and left two edicts as evidence.

When the old lady Chu finished reading the last "September Ninth of the Third Year of Chongming", everyone kowtowed and shouted long live.

The old lady Chu recited this edict twice, once to the ministers in front of the front hall, and the other time when he went out of the temple and read the Confucian, students and people who knelt outside.

Outside the temple, there was soon a heaven-shattering shout, and it seemed that thousands of people were shouting in unison, and even the sky seemed to shake with it.

At this moment, there is a quiet and solemn atmosphere in the temple.

All the ministers were still kneeling silently, motionless, but with different thoughts.

Even Duanmu Xian was worried about Feng Yan at the beginning, but at this moment, he was as shrewd as he came back to his senses, knowing that An Ping and Feng Yan's mother and son were deliberate, deliberately allowing rumors to spread in Beijing, deliberately not making any rebuttals, and deliberately not mentioning Emperor Chongming's edict, for this moment.

High, this trick is really high!

How deep the previous doubts were, so relatively, how convinced these people outside are at this moment.

Today, not only these courtiers present are witnesses, but also these Confucian and ordinary people outside as witnesses of the edict, and no one dares to question Feng Yan's life experience from now on.

Taichang Siqing only felt that his heart had fallen down several times, and he was almost sick, and now his heart was finally completely let go.

He cleared his throat and ordered someone to blow away the sacrificial music, and then a group of people in the royal family such as Feng Yan, Anping, and Prince Li entered the front hall to bow down to their ancestors, and then officially changed their name to Feng Yan, and joined the jade in the name of "Mu Yan", as the eldest son of Emperor Chongming......

Mu, Yan.

Mu Yan, who was kneeling on a futon, silently read his name in his heart, he would be Mu Yan in the future.

The royal generation is the "Jing" generation, he should not be called "Yan", but he likes this name, the name given to him by the aunt of Emperor Anping, this name has a special meaning for him.

So, when Prince Li asked him if he wanted to change his name, he said "no".

He is Ah Yan.

Mu Yan solemnly kowtowed to the tablet of Emperor Chongming in front of him, he was not only their son, he was also Ah Yan, he grew up with this name, and this name made him what he is now.

An Ping, who was kneeling behind him on the right side, stared deeply at his back, the corners of his red lips curled up slightly, and his heart was both happy and relieved, and he sighed deeply: It was worth the wait for so many years!

Brother Huang, sister-in-law, you should be blind to the spirits in the sky!

Ah Yan is very good, soon, you will have a daughter-in-law, and then Ah Yan will have his own children, he will be better!

An Ping silently spoke to Emperor Chongming on the tablet in his heart, with a sour feeling in his eyes, and a faint layer of mist faintly floated in front of him.

The atmosphere inside and outside the front hall became more and more solemn, except for the occasional voice of Taichang Siqing to dominate the process of the ceremony, the others inside and outside the hall were silent, and the surroundings were so quiet that they could hear the needles dropping.

In contrast, the pot exploded outside the Taimiao, becoming more and more lively and noisy.

The literati, students, and people who gathered outside the temple did not leave, and even more people came when they heard the news, surrounding the place into a sea of people.

Whether it is someone who knows each other, or someone who doesn't know each other, or those whose identities are very different and have nothing to do with each other, they have all found a common topic at this time, and they can all say a few words.

Some people say that they are prescient, some people praise the eldest princess Anping and the loyalty of Xuanguo, just like the eight sages in "Tanuki for the Prince", and some people boast that they have seen Emperor Chongming back then.

"I still remember that Emperor Chongming was eight feet long, his face was like a crown of jade, his lips were greased, and his eyes were like lightning, just like the gods in the sky descended to earth! Looking from afar, Emperor Chongming stood in the crowd, standing out from the crowd! An old woman said with a wry voice.

"What are you to see someone? In the past, when Emperor Chongming was alive, he often went out of the palace to pay private visits, and he also came to my shop to eat wontons! Another middle-aged man dressed in a cyan short shirt boasted unashamedly, "Later, my father changed the name of my shop to 'Ambergris'." ”

"You turned out to be the boss of Ambergris, and your wontons are indeed a must." Another young man came over and talked, "If there is a father, there must be a son, I think this Mu Gongzi must be as wise and martial as Emperor Chongming." ”

"That's it!" The middle-aged man nodded again and again, his eyes were shining, "Since Mu Gongzi can defeat Nanhuai, it must be unusual, I think it is Ziweixing descending to earth!" ”

"It must be that the heavens can't get used to the chaos of the dynasty, so let Zi Weixing go down to earth to set things right!"

"That's that!"

“……”

The more the people talked, the more exaggerated they became, the more lively they became, and they foamed at the mouth one by one.

Naturally, these conversations also reached the ears of the literati and scholars around them, who naturally disdained such ignorant and vulgar words, and formed a circle of their own, citing scriptures and talking about the various exploits of Emperor Chongming in those years.

For example, the ban on opening the sea, for example, Emperor Chongming once tried a new policy of "equalizing household taxes and balancing prices" in the three northeastern states, such as Emperor Chongming's reign to quell the civil strife in the southwest, etc., praised him as an emperor through the ages.

As he spoke, the topic shifted from Emperor Chongming to the bad deeds of the past few years, then to the worries of the dragon body today, and finally to the topic of the new emperor.

“…… In the future, if the new emperor ascends the throne, will he open Enke? ”

In the crowd, I don't know who said a word, which made the surrounding students fall into silence for a moment, but their eyes were shining with brilliance, and they were all excited.

All the burning eyes looked at the main entrance of the temple.

The main entrance of the Taimiao Temple was open, and the ministers surrounded Mu Yan and walked over to this side, and a solemn atmosphere permeated the group.

No one was sure which person or how many people knelt first, but in short, the surrounding people and students all knelt down again one by one, with a sense of respect and piety in their expressions.

Mu Yan quickly walked out of the main gate of the Taimiao, and naturally saw these people kneeling on the ground, when his gaze swept lightly over the scarves of those literati students, he suddenly thought about it and remembered something.

Mu Yan walked closer to those students and said aloud with a smile: "No courtesy." Get up, everybody, don't kneel. ”

Mu Yan looks like a good skin that takes advantage of the advantages, just like someone said before, "the face is like a crown of jade, and the lips are like grease", when he is arrogant, it is enough to hurt people's popularity, but when he intends to get close to people, he can also easily make people feel like a spring breeze, and it is easy to get in a ball with people.

Some of the people kneeling on the ground were still a little frightened and didn't dare to get up, and those students were bolder than those ordinary people after all, and they had seen some of the world, so they stood up stiffly.

A student in Tsing Yi led by him also had the courage to salute Mu Yan: "Thank you, Regent." ”

Mu Yan casually accosted the other party: "Listen to your accent, could it be from Xiangzhou?" ”

"Exactly." The Tsing Yi student was a little flattered, and then showed a little shame, "Xiao Sheng's previous education was the first, and he stayed in Beijing to continue his studies, and now he is studying at Qingshan Academy." ”

Mu Yan also swept around the students next to the Tsing Yi students, "These are your classmates?" ”

Those students also reacted at this moment, and they responded one after another, and some even took this opportunity to introduce themselves and wanted to show their faces in front of Mu Yan.

Among these students are Qingshan Academy, there are also other academies, there are also Guozijian, there are juzi, there are also people who show their talents and children, and there are even those who have repeatedly failed.

Mu Yan treats everyone equally and smiles.

The ministers in the rear did not leave, they all looked at Mu Yan, and most of them felt that Mu Yan should be eager to start buying people's hearts.

Some people secretly sighed that he was anxious, some people felt that he was so emperorly, and more people were secretly looking at Cen Yin's face, wanting to see how he reacted to it.

Mu Yan didn't care about those speculative eyes, and after a few words of greeting with these students, he began to get to the point quietly: "What do you think of Huaizhou?" ”

The Tsing Yi student immediately replied: "Nanhuai is bordered by Yunnan in the north, surrounded by the sea on both sides, there are many swamps and miasma in the territory, and there are few poor people in the land......"

His words are dry, and when he hears them, he follows what he says in the book.

Mu Yan is quite satisfied with this, Huaizhou is now a member of Dasheng, this scholar knows how to go to the book to read about Huaizhou, at least not the kind of nerd who only reads sage books.

Mu Yan looked at these students and asked again: "Then what do you think of the people of Huaizhou?" ”

This time, there were quite a few answers:

"Nanhuai people like to eat raw food, and Ru Mao drinks blood."

"Fuhuai, Yiye."

"The people of Nanhuai think they are not Yi. Thirty years ago, there were envoys from Nanhuai who came to Beijing and refused to stay in the Siyi Pavilion. ”

“……”

Mu Yan always smiled and said: "Before the establishment of Huai people, there was only Huai language, but no writing, or a Huai king one hundred and twenty years ago borrowed the writing of the neighboring Wu State to create writing, Huai Wen is only for the use of nobles, ordinary Huaizhou people can only speak Huai language, but do not know Huai Wen ......"

Those students all fell silent and listened carefully, and even the few Confucian scholars around them were attracted by Mu Yan's words.

Mu Yan continued: "Now Huaizhou is a part of Dasheng, it is different from the past, and it should be promoted in Huaizhou, and the people of Huaizhou should be slowly educated with the way of Confucius and Mencius, so that they can be reformed and submitted." ”

Everyone understood what Mu Yan meant, he planned to send people to Huaizhou to educate the people of Huaizhou, and use Chinese to cultivate the sense of belonging of the people of Huaizhou step by step.

If some great Confucian scholars moved, they used the Tao of Confucius and Mencius to educate the barbarians, just like when the Confucian sage led some of his disciples to travel around the world for 13 years, giving lectures everywhere, which is a great story, and even enough to leave a name in history.

Those students looked at each other, their expressions were much more complicated, although most of them agreed with Mu Yan's idea, but if they were allowed to go to Huaizhou, thousands of miles away, they had to hesitate, the imperial examination was related to their future, and they should not be taken lightly, going to Huaizhou, a wild place in a foreign land, I am afraid it would delay their scientific examination.

With Cen Yin's previous reminder, Mu Yan knew the scruples in the hearts of these students at a glance, and said calmly: "The Ministry of Officials will evaluate the performance of officials every year, which is called performance appraisal and determines the promotion or demotion of officials. The imperial examination only examines four books and five classics, but being able to read does not mean that you can be an official, and the imperial examination should also include the item of 'performance evaluation'. ”

Mu Yan's words were inherent, and they seemed to be inconsistent, but those students' eyes lit up and they heard Mu Yan's extraneous voice, he wanted to take the candidates' performance assessment in Huaizhou as a master as an advantage when they participated in the examination in the future.

This kind of thing is not the first thing, for example, in order to win over important ministers, the emperor of the previous dynasty has openly taken some imperial examination measures to take care of the children of officials and eunuchs, for example, the current Beijing officials above the third grade, as well as foreign officials above the political envoy and the inspection envoy, military attache commander, general soldier and above, their children and grandchildren are called "official students" when they participate in the township examination, and they are admitted in advance.

Those students were a little moved when they thought about it.

Indoctrination is a good thing, and if it can be beneficial to fame, then it can be said that fame and fortune will be both beneficial to them, and it may be a shortcut to officialdom.

Several students exchanged glances with each other, and their eyes became brighter and brighter.

The courtiers in the rear also understood, and their expressions became very strange, if it weren't for the wrong occasion, these courtiers would have already argued.

At this time, a blue-clothed student was pushed out by his classmates, looked at Mu Yan tentatively, and said: "Regent, the reform of the imperial examination is a matter of great importance, not a day's work, a person's words." ”

This is especially true for the imperial examination regarding the future of so many students from the north and south of the country.

Mu Yan still looked like he had a furrow in his chest, and said loudly: "In a few days, I will come up with specific rules and announce them to the world." ”

Many Wenchen frowned, showing dissatisfaction, at first thought that Mu Yan was trying to win over scholars, but he didn't expect him to move his mind to the imperial examination, which was too hasty.

Moreover, it is too utilitarian.

How can fame be linked to "education"! Everyone has been studying hard for ten years, or even dozens of years, just to glorify their ancestors and ask for their lives for the people when they are named on the gold list. If you can get preferential treatment just by going to Nanhuai to teach, it is too unfair and too child's play!

This Mu Yan thinks he is the regent, and before his ass is hot, he makes his own decisions and acts indiscriminately, which is simply a big joke in the world!

Many courtiers couldn't help but look at Cen Yin and several cabinet elders.

Cen Yin was always smiling, and he didn't even raise his eyebrows, that kind of light and breezy posture made people unable to see the clues, while Duanmu Xian, You Junji and others could not hide their surprise, exchanging glances in twos and threes.

Most of the courtiers knew in their hearts that Mu Yan was making his own opinion, obviously he had not discussed it with the cabinet, maybe he was just a momentary idea.

All the ministers looked subtle, but no one made a sound.

Jiang Deshen, who was originally sluggish, cheered up again, and secretly said in his heart: Cen Yin and Mu Yan have long had a disagreement, and Mu Yan made his own decision this time, what will Cen Yin think?

Mu Yan is still too anxious, it is not enough to have military power, and he still wants to use this kind of unpopular means to win over Shilin, can Cen Yin tolerate him?!

Not only that, but I am afraid that some conservative civil servants will not be able to accept this kind of change.

Since ancient times, any change that endangers the interests of the courtiers will set off a bloody storm in the court, so most of the reformists have no good end.

If Mu Yan had backed down under the strong influence of the civil officials, then his promise to these scholars today would have become a joke, and it would have caused great damage to his reputation.

Mu Yan's move was really wrong! Jiang De thought deeply, his heart was hot, and he wished that Mu Yan would make another big statement.

Jiang Deshen could think of it, and most of the courtiers could also think of it, so the surrounding atmosphere was even more subtle.

All the ministers knew that the next court was lively.

Mu Yan didn't seem to feel the strange atmosphere around him at all, and he didn't stay long.

His little servant Luofeng brought the horse, he turned over and got on the horse, and left with Cen Yin, An and Ping, and the other courtiers either got on the horse or got into the carriage, and they all left.

Everyone's eyes inevitably looked at Mu Yan at the front.

The rays of the rising sun sprinkled softly on Mu Yan's body, gilding the eighteen-year-old young man with a golden halo, and he was full of spirit.

Mu Yan and Cen Yin rode side by side, and the two tacitly exchanged glances that only they knew.

This matter was not something that Mu Yan had just impulsively mentioned casually, it was a decision he made after careful discussion with Cen Yin in the past few days.

In their opinion, the selection of officials by the imperial court is not based on how those scholars answer the Four Books and Five Classics fluently, but whether the other party has talent.

"Talent" is not something that can be seen in an exam, so it is better to link it with actual performance, these students who have taught in Huaizhou will be hired in the future, they will be more familiar with the customs and livelihood of Huaizhou, and in the long run, sending them to Huaizhou as officials will also have more advantages than others.

The two of them have already discussed this matter, and they originally planned to announce it in a few days after today's event.

However, the reason why it was announced just now was that Mu Yan had an idea, and deliberately mentioned it on this occasion, he wanted to use the mouths of these students present to spread the word of mouth first, which could be regarded as throwing stones to ask for directions. Mobile phone users please browse and read, and a better reading experience comes from Aiwang.