Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1472, An ant may shake the tree

Listening to Emperor Hongzhi's words, the officials smiled, some frowned, and some nodded silently.

Today's Ming Dynasty is indeed completely different from the past dynasties.

The vast territory, hundreds of tribes, a huge population of hundreds of millions, huge overseas colonies and vassal states, all of which were unprecedented in previous dynasties.

If it is really the same as before, then the whole Daming will be messed up.

The territory in remote areas will inevitably be divided, and a large number of foreign enemies will covet the richness and wealth of Ming Dynasty and invade you wantonly.

Everything is ancestral and ancestral. Although Zhu Yuanzhang is awesome, he would never have imagined that the Ming Dynasty would have the situation it is today. Could the things he decided at that time really meet the current needs?
"Your Majesty Shengming~"

"Today's Ming Dynasty is at an important historical turning point. Its development is changing with each passing day and times are changing. Our imperial court's policy should also change at any time, constantly adapt to the changes of our Ming Dynasty, consolidate the unity of our Ming Dynasty, and promote the prosperity of our Ming Dynasty."

Zhang Mao was the first to stand up and express his position. He is also a beneficiary of the reformists.

In the past, although Zhang Mao was a representative of the Xungui Group, he did not have any right to speak in the court. His main job was to worship the ancestors. Heart.

But since the reform of the military system, it has been different. He is the governor of the five armies, and he is in charge of the military affairs of the world for the emperor.

"Your Majesty Shengming~"

"My Ming Dynasty is facing an unprecedented situation. The policy of the imperial court and the government of the country should serve to consolidate the unity of our Ming Dynasty and promote the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty."

"The system established by our ancestors is fundamentally for the prosperity of our Ming Dynasty. The appropriate changes made by future generations according to the changes of the times are also for the prosperity of Ming Dynasty. In essence, this is the true ancestral system."

"Blindly emphasizing the ancestral system, but can't see the changes in Ming Dynasty, using the old system to limit the prosperity of my Ming Dynasty, this is the real violation of the ancestral system and the original intention of the ancestors to set the rules."

Li Dongyang stood up and expressed his opinion.

The ancestral system and the ancestral system do not mean that you should follow what your ancestors said and did in every word and deed, but you must understand that the ancestral system is fundamentally for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty and for the future generations of the Ming Dynasty.

Only by observing the most fundamental meaning of the ancestors is following the ancestral system, not metaphysics.

"Your Majesty Shengming~"

Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Qi Zhong, Wang Jia and other cabinet veterans and ministers also expressed their attitudes one after another.

Emperor Hongzhi has stated his position. If you go against Emperor Hongzhi, you will never have a good life in the future. What's more, they also clearly know the situation and situation that Daming is facing now.

Using the previous ancestral system, can Daming maintain its current prosperity?
Among other things, if the previous military household system is restored, it is estimated that the million-strong army of the Ming Dynasty will directly rebel. These soldiers absolutely do not want to return to the situation of holding dilapidated military households.

"Your Majesty Shengming~"

Officials who supported Liu Jin, the doers and the reformists also shouted in unison.

Only Jiao Fang, Zhang Cai and other die-hard and old-fashioned officials were left, each of them didn't know what to do. Seeing the shouts of other ministers, they had to shout again.

"It's too difficult to bring down Liu Jin."

Jiao Fang sighed helplessly in her heart.

Originally, I wanted to take this opportunity to try to see if I could bring down Liu Jin, so that I might have the possibility to go further, and by the way, I could retake the exam this time, so that my son would have the possibility of entering high school .

But even if Liu Jin changed the questions of the imperial examination policy at will, even if the impeachment of Liu Jin was like snowflakes flying in the sky.

Even though Zhang Cai tried his best to attack and slander Liu Jin, he still couldn't shake Liu Jin's status.

Emperor Hongzhi trusted Liu Jin too much.

"No, it's not just trust, it's because Liu Jin did a lot for Emperor Hongzhi and brought many earth-shaking changes to Daming."

"That's why he was able to be promoted so quickly, and it's easy in the emperor's heart."

Jiao Fang thought quickly in her heart, and quickly figured out one thing.

The reason why Liu Jin's status is stable is not only because Emperor Hongzhi trusted Liu Jin, but also because Liu Jin is indeed talented. Daming can have today's situation, and Liu Jin's contribution is the greatest.

"Is there really no hope for my son?"

Jiao Fang sighed helplessly in her heart, it was too difficult to overthrow Liu Jin, the imperial examination might not be changed in any way, the emperor would not retake the exam, her son probably failed the exam.

Think about my son Jiao Huangzhong, if he misses the imperial examination this time, the next one will be three years later, and he will be in his fifties by then.

And if he offended Liu Jin this time and made Emperor Hongzhi dislike him, he might not be able to stay in the court for a long time, and it would be too late to pave the way for his son.

As for Zhang Cai, at this moment, his face was pale, without the slightest expression.

Taking the risk of losing his head to bring down Liu Jin, he thought that there would be a large number of people supporting him. At that time, as long as all the ministers attack him together, even if Liu Jin is deeply rooted, he will fall down suddenly.

But who knows, there are very few people who support him, but there are a lot of people who support Liu Jin. Even Emperor Hongzhi is firmly on Liu Jin's side.

This time I must be finished.

It wasn't just Liu Jin who had offended, but the Reformers and Pragmatists headed by Liu Jin, and even Emperor Hongzhi, who didn't even know how to die by then, and there might not even be a place to bury him.

What happened above the court soon spread to Liu Jin who was grading papers.

Liu Jin also fell into deep thought after listening.

The power of the conservative faction is indeed strong, and they will kill themselves whenever they have the opportunity. Just for things like the imperial examination questions, they can seize the opportunity to kill themselves.

Sure enough, the court has been extremely dangerous since ancient times.

Fortunately, my boss is Emperor Hongzhi. If I change the emperor casually, Liu Jin probably won't dare to stay in the court anymore.

There are some things where everyone speaks for money, and three people become tigers. Once you impeach and criticize your ministers, the suspicious emperor will become increasingly suspicious of you, and gradually lose trust. Eventually, the thousand-mile dam will collapse in an ant's nest. It's over in an instant.

But this also sounded the alarm for Liu Jin.

Although the emperor trusts himself and he has a lot of officials and forces who support him, he still tries to give people as few excuses and excuses as possible to attack him. There are some things that are simply unnecessary to do, or it is not necessary to do it himself.

"Jiao Fang, Zhang Cai~"

Then Liu Jin silently read the names of these two people in his heart.

This Jiao Fang has a very bad reputation in history. She is narrow-minded, jealous of talent, colludes with eunuchs, and does everything she can to get promoted. I am afraid that such a person is also trying to bring himself down this time, so that he can make himself get promoted.

There is also Zhang Cai, who has colluded with Liu Jin and Jiao Fang in history, and maybe this time the two colluded to target him.

"Where do you want to put me, then don't blame me for being ruthless."

Liu Jin thought silently in his heart.

This kind of political enemy is the most terrible enemy. The confrontation between each other is more terrible than the duel of swordsmen. The pen is the sword, and the mouth is the sharpest weapon.

"Liu Gong, all the examination papers are over, this is the high school list~"

Han Wen also heard about what happened above the court, and was not surprised by the result. How can such a trivial matter bring down the deeply rooted Liu Jin?

The emperor is on Liu Jin's side, and it is too difficult to bring down Liu Jin.

What's more, Liu Jin has always been dedicated to the public in his work. There is nothing to say about selecting talents and appointing talents. Most of the promoted officials are talented officials. The many policies and systems formulated are also promoting the prosperity of Ming Dynasty.

There are not only a large number of supporters above the court, but even the people still have a large number of supporters.

"Hmm~"

Liu Jin took the list handed over by Han Wen and looked it up very quickly.

"Li Nanyun, Pei Wenqing, Tian Feng, Ruan Wenjie, Lu Nan..."

After a careful look, there was no Jiao Huangzhong name on it, so he nodded immediately and said, "Let's release the list~"

"Yes~"

Hanwen nodded, and randomly said to the same examiner: "Release the list~"

At the main entrance of the Gongyuan, a large number of people have already gathered here waiting for today's announcement.

There were students who were anxiously waiting, as well as entourages, book boys and the like sent by the students, and some melon-eaters who joined in the fun and so on.

Everyone is waiting, waiting for the results to be announced, and wanting to know if they can get into high school.

There is a difference between the public examination and the palace examination. You can only participate in the palace examination after you are in high school, and the time is very close. Therefore, there will be no servants to announce the good news for the public examination. They will wait until the imperial examination is announced. Annunciation.

The general examination is tantamount to announcing who is eligible to participate in the palace examination, and after the palace examination, the imperial list has rankings, such as the first, second and so on.

"Why haven't you come out yet?"

"Yeah, it stands to reason that it should almost be announced."

While many students were waiting anxiously, an officer came to the main entrance with the list to announce it, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"It's coming, it's coming, it's finally going to be announced."

Li Nanshan, Wang Qi, Tian Feng and the others clenched their fists nervously, and their palms were sweating.

The same is true for Jing Yang, Lu Nan, Dai Dabin and others, all of them are extremely nervous, looking at the notice posted here, looking forward to their own fate.

(End of this chapter)