The spring examination, also known as the general examination, is held every three years, and only those who raise it are eligible to participate in the scientific examination.

Those who have passed the general examination are called tribute students, and those who have obtained the meritorious name of the tribute scholar will have to take another round of the palace examination according to the rules to finally get the meritorious name of the Jinshi.

The so-called palace examination is the imperial examination presided over by the emperor in the Zhengyang Palace, and the talents selected by the palace examination are called the protégés of the Son of Heaven.

It is the real way to select talents for the emperor, so Zhao Mingxu attaches great importance to this examination in the second year of Tianxiang.

The spring exam is divided into three sessions, each of which lasts for three days, and the lifters enter on the first day, and can only come out on the third day, and continue the next day. Eating and drinking Lazar are all in it, it is when it is warm and cold, the examination room is just a grid of trumpets surrounded by a table, and it is not warm, if the body is weaker, it is really difficult to stick to the three days, a total of 12 days of exams.

Amber is only twelve years old now, although he has been lifted last year, but Liuli is worried that he is too young to stand the hard work of Chunqiu, so he did not let him take this exam.

Zhao Mingxu also meant this, and wanted him to study in Guozixue for a few more years.

Eighteen invigilators took turns to invigilate the exam, and after nine days, they finally ended the first spring exam of the Tianxiang Dynasty safely, and there was no fraud in the field.

The lifters came out of the examination room, Gu is gone to half a life, Fan Dai and Wei Zi guarded a carriage, kept looking at the door, and saw the lifters coming out in twos and threes, and hurriedly looked for a familiar figure in the crowd.

"Sister, where are you?" Fan Dai saw it first, and rushed forward with an arrow, Wei Zi followed closely, and the two of them helped Wei Yao to go home, one on a side.

Wei Yao also won the promotion last year, although he is not like Amber who can directly enter Guozi to study, but because of his relationship with the Song family, he also found a good teacher.

was taken home by his sister and wife, and Wei Yao almost slept for three days and three nights before he recovered.

After the exam on February 17, no later than the end of February, it is time to release the list.

This year, His Majesty attaches great importance to it, so before the end of the month, the imperial court released the list, Wei Yao High School.

The next thing is to prepare for the palace exam, a poor student like Wei Yao, who has no family factions and power entanglements, is what the emperor needs most, as long as there are no major mistakes in the palace exam, there will be no problem.

Sure enough, above the palace test, the emperor appointed Wei Yao's second class name, gave him the birth of Jinshi, and served as the Jishi of the Hanlin Academy.

Although it is not as beautiful as the top three in the first class, this ranking is unprecedented for the Wei family, who was born in a poor family and even used to be a lowly family.

The firecrackers of the Wei family crackled for a whole day, and Xie Chun was directly in Feihongju as the east, feasting guests, and even Liuli sent congratulatory gifts.

Everyone understands that a new upstart is about to rise, and a new family is about to be born.

In this spring, a total of three places were taken, and they were given the champion and the first, the list eye and the first, and the tanhua and the first; Twenty-six of the second grade, born as a jinshi; Thirty-two of the top three are given to the same jinshi.

Compared with previous years, this time the number of scholars is the largest, and the emperor's meaning is simply too obvious.

The status of Jia Yuan and other old ministers was further shaken, and these new talents were personally selected by the emperor, and they had to be slowly arranged to the positions he wanted to use, and these old ministers who were in important positions and occupied the "Mao Pit" must abdicate and make way for the virtuous.

In March of the second year of Tianxiang, Su Run was also transferred back to Beijing, and directly served as an important position in the Inspectorate, with the right to supervise hundreds of officials.

With the further growth of the Imperial Division, the business of the Qing Concubine Niangniang outside the palace also developed rapidly, and a large amount of silver poured into the treasury. The emperor even promulgated a commercial tax system, and the imperial court was further enriched with money and grain.

In only half a year's effort, the deficit in the treasury was made up, which the first emperor failed to do in more than ten years of his reign.

The financial resources are abundant, and the implementation of policies is easier, and in just a few months, these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, treacherous courts, are all in the hands of His Majesty.

Many old ministers who are getting older see the situation clearly, and they all beg their bones to return to their hometowns at the right time, and the emperor does not allow them, and treats them generously.

But there are always a few who can't let go of the authority in their hands, and Jia Yuan is the one who can't let go of the most.

He used to be in power, as a teacher of two generations of the Son of Heaven, he should have received supreme honor, but in Tianxiang, he was destined not to get it.

Jia Yuan also didn't understand until today how deadly Jia Qiao'er was to the entire Jia family.

His wife Hongxing went out of the wall, and even had two children with other men, which is a shame that cannot be washed away by any man.

What's more, this man is still the most powerful person in the world today.

Jia Yuan had no doubt that once the time was right, Zhao Mingxu would not be merciless in killing him Jia Yuan and the entire Jia family into the clouds.

Therefore, he cannot sit still and must take the initiative.

And all the intrigues and tricks are pale in the face of absolute power, and if Jia Yuan wants to turn over, he has to change the world from the roots.

He needed to find allies and have a justifiable reason.

And if it is said that the person who is more qualified to inherit the throne than Zhao Mingxu is not the crown prince of the first emperor, and the current king of Da Xian.

King Da Xian and Empress Xian have been living in the Jingxi Courtyard, one of them used to be the prince of the prince, the other is the queen of the mother's world, but now they have to condescend to this small courtyard, depending on each other.

Although Zhao Mingxu has not been harsh, compared with the past, it is still a world of difference.

"Why did Master Taifu come here?" The first queen Hu said lightly, with indifference in her eyes that saw through everything.

"The old minister asked the queen to say goodbye", but Jia Yuan made a big gift.

Hu Shi turned sideways slightly: "Lord Taifu doesn't have to be like this, this palace is no longer the queen of the past." ”

Jia Yuan got up, looked up, and asked casually, "Why don't you see His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

Hu Shi was stunned for a moment, and then his voice was a little colder: "Lord Jia called the wrong person, there is no His Royal Highness the Crown Prince here, only King Xian." ”

The corners of Jia Yuan's lips hooked a smile: "Is the queen really willing?" ”

"What Master Taifu is saying, this palace can't understand", Hu got up and said directly, "Please go back." ”

"Queen Mother!" Jia Yuan unconsciously raised his voice, "Doesn't Niangniang think that the death and injury of the eldest prince and the crown prince is too coincidental?" Why did it happen that at that time, His Majesty was sick, the eldest prince died in battle, and the crown prince was also ......"

"So what?" Hu Shi suppressed his emotions, and his words seemed to be squeezed out of his teeth, "The general trend has been decided, our mother and son are just fish on the chopping board, and Chen'er is ...... Chen'er...... His mind is like that of a young child, and no matter how many doctors are helpless. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hurts his mind", Jia Yuan said in a deep voice, "The body is good, if you marry a wife and have children, you will give birth to the eldest grandson of the first emperor." ”

"You ......," Hu pointed at him speechless.

"Queen Mother!" Jia Yuan raised his voice, "What if all this was premeditated? Although the first emperor was not in good health, he would not suddenly become seriously ill and vomit blood, and he drove so many personal soldiers to serve him, and injured His Royal Highness the Prince, all of this must have been designed by someone with a heart, he killed the first emperor, and the prince was like this, don't you want to take revenge and take back what belongs to you? ”

"Do you have any evidence for this?" Hu tried his best to suppress his low roar.

"When the first emperor was seriously ill, the Tai Hospital suspected that it was poisoning", Jia Yuan said slowly, "The queen mother will not know." ”

"But nothing was found in the end." Hu Shi Dao.

"What if the old minister can find evidence that he killed the first emperor?" Jia Yuan asked.

Hu Shi took a deep breath and finally spoke: "If it is really as you say, this palace is fighting for his life and avenging the first emperor." ”

"Okay." Jia Yuan let out a low sigh and bowed, "The old minister will present the evidence to the mother." ”

Leaving from the Jingxi Annex, Jia Yuan's heartbeat was uncontrollable, and when he returned to the mansion, he instructed his henchmen to find the imperial doctor who had diagnosed the pulse of the first emperor back then, and inquired about the pulse case.

And on the point of "poisoning", investigate deeply.

Everything was going on quietly, and as the inquiry deepened a little bit, Jia Yuan gradually had a guess whether the poison was not eaten and eaten, but used some other method, or contact, or breathing, or side ways.

Jia Yuan remembered that Bu Yunting, the son of Bu Shangshu, was quite famous in this regard, so he found an opportunity and went to Bufu to visit.

Of course, he also has a purpose here, that is, to win over the alliance, and the military department Shangshu, who used to be in power in the government and the opposition, is now at the end of the crossbow, and is almost stripped of power.

At this time, the military department is still in a tangle, he can see the form clearly for more than half a year, Bu Yunting said that the original words often echo in his ears, of course he doesn't want to retreat, but there is a saying - the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die.

When he was really helpless, he had to retreat.

was struggling, but he had to be told by his subordinates that Master Jia was coming to visit.

"Please come in", Bu Shangshu hurriedly said, Jia Yuan has the same mind and the same situation as him, so he can just discuss it.

Along the way, Jia Yuan felt that the entire Bufu was very quiet, and when he saw Bu Shangshu, he first said half-jokingly: "Master Bu is suitable for hiding here." ”

Bu Shangshu immediately understood the meaning of his words, but still explained: "Madame took the family to the temple to incense." ”

"I see", Jia Yuan nodded, "During the New Year's Festival, I heard that Bu Gongzi was back, why is he not here now?" ”

"Don't mention that rebel", Bu Shangshu hates that iron is not steel, "I left just after the New Year's Festival, I went to Shu to make fragrant dew, he is a good man, he doesn't try to make meritorious achievements, do his best...... Alas. ”

"Okay, how did you think of doing this?" Jia Yuan asked.

"It's not the business of Qingfei Niangniang", Bu Shangshu shook his head, "called...... What is it called Rouge Pavilion. ”

"Is it a perfume made for the Rouge Pavilion?" Jia Yuan's eyebrows furrowed imperceptibly.

"It's not", Bu Shangshu said helplessly, "It is also said that it is unique in the world, and it is inseparable, no matter how unique it is, isn't it also something for women?" It's hard to get into the hall of elegance. ”

There are many poisonous insects in Shudi, Bu Yunting is proficient in toxicology, and the things of the Rouge Pavilion are popular in the court...... Jia Yuan's mind was racing, and in an instant, his mind went back and forth thousands of times, but his face did not show anything.

"The imperial department in the palace is so lively, even the emperor attaches great importance to it, and Bu Gongzi can be regarded as loyal to the country, so Lord Shangshu doesn't have to mind."

Bu Shangshu shook his head again and sighed: "It's okay not to mention it, it's okay not to mention it." Turning to something else, "What is the matter with Master Taifu?" ”

"There is nothing to do", Jia Yuan said, "Come and sit here with an old friend, you must be idle too." ”

"Yes", Bu Shangshu looked into the distance with a faint look in his eyes, "It's been a long time since I've been so idle." ”

"Master Shangshu, is it going to be idle forever?" Jia Yuan asked again.

"Your Majesty's determination and skill are not lacking, what can we do? As a minister, he is naturally obedient to the king's orders. Bushang said.

Jia Yuan laughed, "This is not at all like the military department book that crisscrossed the court during the first emperor's dynasty." ”

"It's different", Bu Shangshu shook his head and sighed, "Once a son of heaven and a courtier, the old decay is only really realized today." ”

"What a courtier", Jia Yuan's eyes darkened a little, and he said in a deep voice, "Master Bu didn't think about changing the word?" ”

"In other words?" Bu Shangshu didn't react to the meaning of this for a while.

Jia Yuan went further: "A courtier, a king." ”

Bu Shangshu's eyes widened, and he instantly understood what Jia Yuan meant, but he felt shocked and incredible, what did this old guy want to do? Rebellion forced the palace?

"Master Taifu!" Bu Shangshu didn't dare to listen to it anymore, and said quite seriously, "You are the emperor of the two dynasties, and your daughter used to be Your Majesty's concubine, even if the emperor wants to use a new person, he will not treat you, so you can relax." ”

Bu Shangshu didn't know that it was because the daughter of the Jia family did such things when she was a concubine that the emperor would not let go of the Jia family.

Jia Yuan naturally couldn't tell the truth, and only said: "There is a young concubine in the palace who is growing in grace, and Your Majesty is afraid that he has already forgotten the past." ”

Bu Shangshu was silent, although he likes the position of power, but the rebellion forced the palace is never thought of, he has accepted the idea of loyalty and patriotism since he was a child, otherwise he would not be in the military department of the military department, which is related to the military of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a position is more than ten years.

Jia Yuan's heart also sank a little bit, and with such a reaction, it seems that he doesn't have this mind.

In his heart, he secretly scolded the old man for being as timid as a mouse, but he smiled on his lips: "Look at me, when I am old, I love to complain and chatter, Bu Shangshu should never go to Your Majesty, lest Your Majesty know, and think that we are plotting something bad, hehehe......"

Cunning old fox, is this a threat to the old man? Bu Shangshu said in his heart, but he didn't plan to go to this troubled water, if Jia Yuan just said, then he ran to His Majesty to tell the truth, which was to frame the important ministers of the court; If Jia Yuan really has action, if he succeeds, he will remember the credit he helped conceal, and he will not be embarrassed; And if it fails, you don't have to do it.

"What Lord Taifu said, it's just idle chat, and I'm not the woman with a long tongue, why do I go to chew the root of my tongue in front of the emperor."

The two of them went back and forth, but they didn't know that all of Jia Yuan's actions were already under Zhao Mingxu's control.