In the past three years, there have been two top priorities in the imperial court, one is to store grain, and the other is to store the army;

All the decisions made from Heikyo are based on these two considerations.

In the three years they spent with Emperor Shengming, the courtiers finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Emperor Jianxi's uncertainties had gradually faded away with his old man's burial, and the young Emperor Shengming was obviously much more peaceful and kind.

In the past three years, the wide range of words is the best proof of this.

However, on this point, Sun Beiji and Zhang Shouzhong obviously have very different views.

For example, Chen Yicong heard that there was an old gentleman in charge of agriculture in a certain place in Huizhou, who had a lot of research on how to avoid pests and was famous.

After hearing this, he wanted to invite the old gentleman to come to Beijing to speak about his experience, so that he could leave a book on agriculture for promotion.

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu warned in advance, saying that the old gentleman's family had been involved in an unjust case in the early years of Jianxi, coupled with his arrogance, several marquis of Pingjing had invited him several times, and he refused to enter Beijing on the grounds that "people from the mountains and wilderness can't see any nobles in Pingjing".

Chen Yicong didn't mind, and invited the old man twice in the name of the Ministry of Industry - the Ministry of Industry Shangshu obeyed the holy order and wrote two enthusiastic invitation letters, which were sent to Huizhou after Chen Yicong looked at them.

However, the old gentleman said that he did not come to the illness twice, and the second time he replied sarcastically, saying that he heard that Emperor Jianxi likes to ask ghosts and gods when he encounters trouble, and he feels that it is also quite powerful, so it is better for your Ministry of Industry to burn a turtle shell to see.

The reply letter was finally sent to Chen Yicong's desk, and everyone looked at the emperor's joyless and angry face, and they were silent for a while.

This time, Chen Yicong personally picked up the pen and replied with a handwritten letter that afternoon.

The letter was sent to Huizhou as quickly as possible, and the old gentleman's carriage stopped at the west gate of Pingjing in the evening of the next day.

Chen Yicong came out to greet him personally with the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and a number of ministers, and he was extremely polite, and his words and deeds were full of respect and humility.

The old man's attitude was no longer as tough as before, everyone had something to say, and quickly set the general flow of this matter, and finally Chen Yicong raised his wine glass and said in a loud voice, "I, I will let people of insight like you see my sincerity." ”

This personal welcome of the Son of Heaven soon became a beautiful talk in several state capitals in the south.

But only Zhang Shouzhong and Sun Beiji knew that in the emperor's handwritten letter sent to Huizhou, there were actually only five words written-

"Don't come, kill the Ru tribe."

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In today's court, the things that everyone wants to argue about are also related to farming.

Just yesterday evening, Emperor Shengming issued an order to set up another "Agricultural Research Institute" and an "Industrial Research Institute" in Beijing, and set up a "special imperial examination" to select talents from all over the world to study agriculture and various projects.

Through the selection of the imperial examinations, the peasant and industrial candidates who can finally stand out from the academy examination, the township examination, and the general examination and enter the "two institutes" will be awarded official positions by the imperial court together with other candidates in the same period.

When several old ministers heard this will, they were almost so angry that they fainted on the spot, and they couldn't wait to scold that it was really a ruin of etiquette.

If you want to say that there is a shortage of people to lead troops to fight, and there is a special martial arts campaign to recruit martial artists, this is no problem.

However, in the past, all kinds of farming, tuntian, water conservancy, and transportation ...... It has always been directly under the name of the Ministry of Industry, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry have come up through the imperial examination - there is nothing wrong with the Ministry of Industry, so why is it suddenly divided into two separate doors now?

And that's not the most important thing.

The most important thing is that the so-called Shinong industry and commerce, the scholars work hard, and the latter three work hard.

The ancient adage says that the gentleman works hard, the villain works, the hard man governs the man, and the hard man governs the man;

This has always been a person who does not serve as an official, and an official who does not do things.

If we want to set up a special imperial examination, doesn't it mean that laborers can be among the laborers by virtue of their own skills?

What's going on?

On this day, the Taihe Hall was slaughtered, except for a few people whose faces were as usual, most of them had dark clouds in their eyes.

The great eunuch Lu Dou said "The emperor has arrived", everyone immediately knelt down in unison, Chen Yicong came quickly, he passed through the ministers, walked on the high dragon chair, and his face was always indifferent.

After taking his seat, Chen Yicong opened his mouth as always, and threw out a sentence that he had repeated many times as the beginning of today's tongue war-

"Let's talk about it."

The courtiers were almost waiting for the emperor's words, and in the next moment, about a dozen people raised their heads in unison, "The courtiers have a book to play!" ”。

Chen Yicong raised his eyes slightly-the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and many left and right servants of various ministries all looked bitter and hateful.

Chen Yicong didn't respond immediately, his silence made the atmosphere in the hall solemn.

The crowd felt the Emperor's scrutinizing gaze, and in the silence they heard their hearts pounding in their chests.

Like Emperor Jianxi, the young Chen Yicong had learned how to use silence to disrupt his opponents and strengthen his own majesty.

At an opportune moment, he set his sights on Jiang Chongwen, the servant of the ministry—an old minister between Zhang Shouzhong and Sun Beiji, about fifty-six or seventy-seven years old.

By official rank, Jiang Chongwen is not the tallest of these people waiting to speak, but he is definitely the most difficult one - he is the best at starting from the details, advancing layer by layer, and muddying the waters with boring but airtight arguments.

He was thin and thin, and there were many wrinkles between his eyebrows, probably because he was often upset.

However, it may not be strange that he is the official of the Ministry of Officials who is in charge of the punishment of the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it is the real concentration of power.

Because of this, the officials of this ministry have entered the cabinet, and the most of them have served as the first and second assistants.

However, with Jiang Chongwen's profound qualifications, he still sits in the position of a mere waiter, which cannot be said to be bad luck - who let the old ministers of the former Gong Wangfu Sun Beiji and the emperor Zhang Shouzhong stand in front of him?

"Master Jiang." Chen Yicong raised his eyebrows slightly, "You can talk about it first." ”

Everyone was stunned.

The emperor asked Jiang Chongwen to speak first, almost picking up a hard bone and gnawing on it first.

The old minister's face was like a withered vine, and there was no wave in his eyes, he took a few steps outward, stood on the empty passage in the center of the Jinluan Palace, and presented a fold with his hands.

The eunuch Lu Dou walked down the steps covered by the thick blanket, took the fold in Jiang Chongwen's hand, and then handed it to the emperor in the court.

Jiang Chongwen didn't speak for a long time, and Chen Yicong looked at his twists and turns at a glance.

After a while, the emperor laughed, "...... What does this mean? ”

"The old minister's thoughts have been clearly written in the memoir."

"I don't understand." Chen Yicong was still smiling, "What do you want to do when you hand over a letter of resignation?" ”

There was a discussion in the court.

However, there were some people who did not have any surprise on their faces - because they also carried a copy of such a resignation letter in their arms.

Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, whether or not the dignity of scholars can be maintained depends on today.

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