"It is really a blessing for the Ming Dynasty to have His Majesty, but His Majesty's strength is also the sorrow of the world's scholars."

Liang Chu smiled slightly bitterly, with Zhu Houzhao such a strong and domineering emperor, this generation of scholars can no longer be rampant.

He didn't doubt at all that Zhu Houzhao could do what he said, he threw a large number of civil officials to Liaodong to cultivate land and open up wasteland, what else did Zhu Houzhao dare not do.

"It's the way of the world's scholars who have gone astray, and they always think that after the gold list is enrolled, they will be able to be unscrupulous and do whatever they want."

"As everyone knows, Jinbang Dengke only gave them the qualifications to enter the officialdom, as an official, as a parent for the people, not for them to be obsessed with enjoyment and not want to serve the country."

"The court supports them, but they don't want to pay anything, so what use does the court want them, and the court's money is not blown by the wind."

Zhu Houzhao said indifferently, extremely displeased with the old atmosphere left over from the past.

A scholar can be high, an official can do whatever he wants, who sets the rules? Who gave them the power? Who gave them courage?

This is the Zhengde Dynasty, the world of his Zhu Houzhao, and those he doesn't like can't exist.

Two words: no!

How can the people of the world endure him!

"Your Majesty is talking about ......"

Liang Chu reluctantly agreed, and then retired and left, selecting 1,500 jinshi, and the huge workload was enough for him to be busy.

......

The examiners led by Liang Chu continued to screen, and Jin Yiwei was responsible for investigating the roots of many candidates, and finally selected 1,500 qualified candidates.

These 1,500 candidates, not only have outstanding knowledge, but also have a good character.

Zhu Houzhao was also very satisfied with this, and no longer tossed around, and immediately made a decision to select 1,500 candidates as the final candidates for the imperial examination.

The admitters were selected, and then the palace examination was held to determine the top three in the palace examination.

The palace examination is divided into two parts: re-examination and examination, but Zhu Houzhao thought it was too troublesome, so he simply skipped the re-examination, took the examination, and directly summoned the 1,500 selected candidates.

I am going to use the "interview" method to determine the top three in this imperial examination.

After all, what he wants is a talent that can be used, no matter how he takes the test, it is more effective to test the candidate's ability without him interviewing in person.

Although this move was abrupt, Liang Chu, Fei Hong, Wang Wei and others strongly opposed it, but Zhu Houzhao insisted on it, and the ministers could only bear it.

On the top of the main hall, Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair, and the ministers stood quietly, and a unique palace test began.

"Xuan, a group of candidates go to the hall."

As Liu Jin shouted, the 1,500 candidates who had been waiting for a long time poured into the hall like a tide, crowded with people, and it seemed extremely crowded, and the neatly arranged ministers couldn't help but spread out on both sides.

Stepping into this highest power center of the Ming Dynasty, a group of candidates were either nervous, serious, or extremely novel......

Zhu Houzhao did not play according to the routine, directly skipped the re-examination and the examination, and had an unprecedented interview, such a novel and strange approach made the candidates who were accustomed to the normal imperial examination routine somewhat uncomfortable.

"Students, see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The candidates made a big salute, and their demeanor and expression were not flawed compared with those of the ministers, and they were all practiced in advance.

"Flat."

Zhu Houzhao glanced at the candidates and said, "Before the palace examination begins, I have a question for you?" ”

"What are you officials for?"

Such a direct question to the essence of the question stopped the candidates at once.

Why are you an official?

From a lofty point of view, of course, it is to serve the country loyally, do more things for the people, and contribute to the prosperity of the country.

In essence, being an official is to be above the people of the world, enjoy all the glory and wealth, and loot countless gold and silver treasures, so as to achieve a great change in identity and status.

The candidates looked at each other, not knowing how to answer Zhu Houzhao's question, after all, this question was too tricky, no matter how they answered, it was impossible to satisfy the emperor.

If you answer incorrectly, you may even be deprived of the qualification of Jinbang Dengke, you must know that they are still participating in the palace examination, and only after the palace examination can they be regarded as real jinshi and enter the threshold of officialdom.

"Students think that those who are officials should be honest and honest, honest and honest, love the people, be loyal to the country, and lose their will."

Liu Jingyu, who has a close personal relationship with Yang Shen, was the first to speak.

is a very formulaic answer, which official did not take honesty and loyalty to the country as the code of conduct before entering the officialdom, but how many people can really stick to the end?

Regarding Liu Jingyu's answer to the script, Zhu Houzhao only had two words: "Hehe......"

After saying a word, it means saying nothing, and anyone can shout the slogan, but what he wants is obviously not such an unoriginal answer.

Liu Jingyu's answer Zhu Houzhao was not very satisfied, but the ministers felt that Liu Jingyu's answer was very good, after all, as an official, the basic moral cultivation is not to be honest, to know how to love the people, and to know how to serve the country loyally.

In his heart, he neatly removed Liu Jingyu from the list of key training, this kind of pedantic person who can only read from the book and does not know how to adapt is not of high cultivation value, just barely usable.

Zhu Houzhao spoke up again and asked, "All beings have different opinions. ”

With Liu Jingyu Zhuyu in front, the candidates were no longer so nervous, and they rushed to say their views on being an official.

Of course, most of them are like Liu Jingyu, they will only read from the script, and take out the basic moral sentiments of being an official to talk about things, without any ideological opinions of their own.

Only Yang Shen, Lantian, Feng Tao, Shi Tianzhu, Xia Bangmo, Cheng Qichong, Lantian, Zhu Yunming, Shi Ru, Wen Mingming, Sun Yuanying, Zhao Dezhu, Qian Buzheng, Che Zilong and others were quite satisfied with their answers.

Especially Sun Yuanying and Zhao Dezhu, one who thinks that when he is an official, he should try to strengthen the country and expand his territory, and he is deeply influenced by Wang Yangming's reform and change, and he is a real hawk.

The latter believes that the first thing is to let the people eat enough, although the Ming Dynasty is known as a large land, but the beggars and homeless people have never been less.

The thinking is very simple, and even caused many students to laugh out loud, and the high-ranking scholars care about whether the people can eat enough, isn't it funny!

Zhu Houzhao admired this candidate named Zhao Dezhu very much, what Daming needs is such a person who really cares about the country and the people.

Sun Yuanying, Zhao Dezhu, these two people's knowledge is not too good among the candidates, and they can barely rank in the middle, but Zhu Houzhao has already determined that among the top three people, there must be a place for the two of them.

He needs to shape the ideas and concepts upheld by these two people into a typical model to change the various bad tendencies between the Ming officialdom and the scholar group.

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