The news that the eldest princess and the little prince stayed in Yijia Academy for a day finally spread out, adding another amount to the already lively conversation in the capital. Where the eldest princess went is still second, and the news of the little prince makes people pay more attention. No matter how old he is, he is the prince of a country after all, and his preferences and words will definitely have an impact on the future of the government.

The little prince has always been well protected, in addition to the secret guards in the palace, Yun Yuhong also sent a few people with special skills to follow him, even so, the little prince will not easily go out of the palace gate, let alone see any outsiders. But in the Yi family, this noble villain and some poor students discussed state affairs for a long time, I heard that the little prince is also very interested in farming and water power, and also praised several students, which made many students from poor families greatly encouraged, at least, the prince is close to the capable poor students, not those official children who are also studying in the Yi Family Academy.

Of course, the eldest princess and the crown prince went to the Yi family at this time, which is undoubtedly an indication of attitude, or an attitude of the emperor, and the meaning of this is very intriguing.

The next day, the eldest princess, who had not been to the court for a long time, came with Bai Xiangye early in the morning, and the eldest princess also asked people to bring the little prince over, such a battle made many ministers' eyelids jump, and they felt that something was going to happen, and the result might be unacceptable to them, of course, and the greater pressure was Zhou Daxue and Yu Shangshu, these two people have been a little sad recently, the previous kind of thing that responded to all calls is gone, if this time in the scientific examination to win over new officials, once again stabilize their own power, After that, it was even harder.

After Qianzong went to court, the head of the Yi family took out another fold and handed it to Qianzong, and said to Qianzong: "Your Majesty, the minister Qi discussed two days ago to abolish the system of recommending officials for the children of officials and nobles, and the minister went back and thought of a compromise method. The triennial scientific examination is good, the recommendation of the official academy, the purpose is to select available talents for the country, therefore, the scientific examination is better to let those who are recommended and candidates refer to it at the same time, we will actually test which way to select the talents are more excellent, if the final candidates who participate in the scientific examination are hired to account for the majority, it means that the scientific examination is more able to select talents for the country, then please ask the emperor to order, abolish the system of recommending officials, and all officials must enter the office through the scientific examination in the future. ”

Scholar Zhou gritted his teeth in anger when he heard this, and asked, "Then what if the recommended talents are admitted more?" ”

The little prince interjected: "Then let them all take the exam in the future, since they have the ability, then go to the exam, everyone is treated equally, so it's fair." ”

The air in the hall was still for a moment, and Scholar Zhou was speechless for a while when he looked at the little prince's pure and innocent eyes.

Qianzong feigned anger and said: "Why is the prince here, don't intervene when the adults speak." ”

The little prince blinked and said: "The teacher said, 'The prince must be guilty of the same crime as the people when he breaks the law', so why can't the children of the official family take the test like ordinary people if they want to be officials, since they must be punished the same as if they make mistakes, and the benefits must be the same as the people to be fair." ”

Everyone has a black line, what kind of logic are you, prince, children are children. Everyone looked at the head of the Yi family, what did you teach the little prince?

The head of the Yi family was very calm on the surface, and 10,000 grass and mud horses flew by in his heart. This is really not what he taught, and this is the place to get down to business, what did you do when you brought the prince to the ghost king, is it funny?

Yun Yuhong touched the little prince's head and said: "The emperor's statement is very correct, but it is not explained, the main meaning is that they are all subjects of Moyun, so they must be treated fairly and treated equally." Even children understand the truth, and all the ministers should understand it. ”

Qianzong asked, "Hong'er brought the prince here, but what do you have to say?" ”

Yun Yuhong pushed the little prince and said, "Tell my father and the ministers what you said to me yesterday here." ”

The little prince glanced at Yun Yuhong a few times, and for the sake of a happy life in the future, he still mustered up the courage to say to Qianzong: "Father, I asked the imperial sister to take me to the Yijia Academy to play yesterday, and I saw many people studying seriously, and they are still discussing how to make the people's lives better and make Moyun richer and stronger." I think if we had more officials like this in Moyun, then my father wouldn't have to work so hard. ”

Qianzong Dale, "It turns out that the emperor is thinking about his father." The emperor is really filial. ”

The other ministers have a little bit of a bad feeling in their hearts, is it because we officials are not doing things well because we officials are not doing well, so we can be mediocre? Who taught the prince this, eldest princess?

The little prince continued: "I asked the four brothers why they have to work so hard, they don't eat well in the army, they have to train every day, and their bodies are always blue and purple, doesn't it hurt?" My brothers were proud to tell me that they were there to defend the country. The elder brother said that it is not so simple to defend the country, they started as a small soldier, and at the beginning, they fought in the ring for half a year in order to be a centurion. I don't understand, they are princes, why didn't they just give them generals in the first place, don't they have such special treatment as princes? ”

Qianzong nodded and said, "Yes, your four imperial brothers are very hard and diligent, they are all good children." ”

The other ministers gritted their teeth in their hearts, it seems that the purpose of this eldest princess has been clear, she is speaking through the mouth of the prince, but the four princes did climb to the position of generals step by step, and their real military exploits are obvious to all. Indeed, the princes are not special, and the children in their families are not special.

Scholar Zhou asked the prince, "What the prince wants to say?" Why did the prince suddenly care about these things? ”

The crown prince said to Zhou Daxue seriously: "I know, you think that these are all taught by the imperial sister to me, but in fact, these are all my own thoughts. I went to the barracks with the imperial sister once, and when I came back, I told the imperial sister that I also wanted to be a general, and the imperial sister said no, just like me, being a general who doesn't know anything is to let the soldiers go to death, and it also hurts me, I don't understand, so I went to ask the teacher. The teacher thinks that the words of the imperial sister are reasonable, and to hand over the army to people who cannot fight is to send them to death, and to hand over the people of the country to incompetent officials is to harm people. The teacher said that it is very important to select talents for the country. ”

Only then did everyone understand the starting point of the matter, Yun Yuhong brought the prince up to explain the matter, and said that Old Man Yi suddenly wanted to abolish the official recommendation system, it turned out that he was inspired by the Prince, and it was really possible to do this with Old Man Yi's stubborn temper.

Scholar Zhou secretly said in his heart that it was not good, if this matter was the cause of the Yi family, they could still fight, but if this matter was the prince's reason, and the words had been said to this part, it was difficult for others to insist anymore, at least, the prince's sentence "The four imperial brothers were promoted step by step with military merits, and you officials and children want to get something for nothing, why?"

Qianzong laughed and said, "Mr. Yi is right, it is very important to choose talents for the country. Mr. Yi is so considerate of the country, which is a role model. What else do you have to say? ”

All the ministers bowed their heads and stopped talking, Your Majesty, you all said that the head of the Yi family is a model, what else can we say.

Qianzong nodded and said, "Okay, since the ministers have no objections, then according to what Master Yi said, let all the children of the official family participate in this scientific examination." Let's see the test room. ”

The prince smiled: "Father, you let me be the examiner, it's usually the teacher who tests me, and this time I will also test others." ”

Qianzong smiled: "Don't mess around, this examiner is up to your teacher, you can study in the palace honestly." ”

After hearing this, Yu Shangshu immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is inappropriate for Lord Yi to be the examiner. This is not to say that Yi Daren is not good at learning, but this exam is very important, and Yi Daren has no experience and is afraid of problems. The minister's suggestion is still to be held by Zhou Daxue. ”

Joke, since the reference of the children of the official family is inevitable, then the examiner must be his own person, among the Yi adults and Zhou scholars, Yu Shangshu did not hesitate to choose the latter, although the two were not less opposed, but now they are in a situation, and mutual cooperation is the best policy.

Many other ministers also seconded the proposal, some said that Zhou University was a scholar who was good at learning, and some said that he was experienced, anyway, the position of chief examiner should be a Zhou scholar in their mouths.

Qianzong was a little helpless in his heart, the head of the Yi family had a shallow foundation, no one helped him speak, and it was not enough for him to be intentionally partial. looked at Yun Yuhong, but saw her smiling at herself, Qianzong had a bottom in his heart, and looked at the ministers to stop talking.

When the ministers couldn't say much, the little prince asked, "Father, don't the children of the Zhou scholar family take the exam?" He won't take sides with them. ”

Scholar Zhou choked, under normal circumstances, he would be angry when he was suspected of doing so, but when the other party was a child and a prince, he didn't know how to get angry. Yu Shangshu relieved the siege and said: "Prince, you think too much, Scholar Zhou has always been upright, he will not do this." ”

The little prince shook his head and said: "Then why don't you let the imperial sister be the chief examiner, the imperial sister is just right, she never allows me to play if I can't memorize the book well, and the queen mother can't intercede." ”

Everyone looked at Yun Yuhong, so the ghost king, you came to the court today to run for the examiner?

Bai Ziyu said with a smile: "The ghost king has been fine recently, and there are no close people to participate in the scientific expedition, so naturally there is no favoritism, and justice is certain." Of course, Scholar Zhou is not a person who will show favoritism, but because the children in the family want to refer to it, it stands to reason that they should also avoid one or two, otherwise, please ask the ghost king to be the main examiner, and ask Scholar Zhou and Master Yi to serve as the deputy examiner, I don't know what the emperor wants. ”

Everyone said at the same time in their hearts: What can the emperor do, eldest princess, you have calculated that you want to be the main exam, right?