prosperous age

Liu Xian's surname is Gong, or is he from Nanchang?

This Wei Guangde is really not very clear, after all, civil and martial arts have different ways, who would care about a general if he has nothing to do.

What's more, people who don't know, haven't met.

When a few people were talking vigorously, there was a figure shaking on the curtain outside the door, as if someone had come to the door and wanted to come in but was blocked by the gatekeeper.

"Listen to the report, I just received the news."

There was a voice from outside the door, and everyone's eyes were cast on it.

Seeing this, Li Fang hurriedly walked over, opened the curtain first and went out, naturally to see what was going on.

Now in the room, King Yu is having a lively chat with several adults, it's best not to disturb the prince's pleasure if it's nothing serious.

Soon, Li Fang opened the curtain again and returned to the house, handed a note to Yu Wang in front of everyone's eyes, and said in his mouth: "I just got the news from the court, and Mr. Because of the work, Shangzuo wants to resign from the position of the examiner."

"The three main halls are about to be completed, and the project on Tianshou Mountain in Changping is probably very busy."

Zhang Juzheng stroked his beard and said.

King Yu took it over and looked at it, handed it to Yin Shizhen, and said: "Lei Shangshu please resign, and I don't know who the vacant examiner will be?" '

No one in the room answered the phone, so I really can't figure out who will be replaced in the end.

The examiner appointed by Emperor Jiajing this time is a little strange. It seems to convey a certain signal, but it doesn't seem to be there, making people confused.

Of course, the memorials related to the palace examination were immediately sent to Emperor Jiajing of Xiyuan.

In Yuxi Palace, Emperor Jiajing had already finished reading Lei Li's memorabilia, put it lightly on the imperial book table, thought for a moment, and said to Huang Jin: "Lei Li can't read the volume, and he doesn't force it, so I still keep it in it. Li Chunfang, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials and a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, read the volume."

"The minister is going to pass the decree."

Huang Jin hastily agreed, then quickly walked out of Yuxi Palace, and sent someone to convey the order to Li Chunfang.

Emperor Jiajing's attitude was very clear. He agreed to Lei Li's request and did not participate in the reading of the palace examination. He just kept his name among the examiners. After all, he was the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Wei Guangde was not surprised when he learned the news early the next morning.

If Lei Li's request is true, and his name is removed from the examination papers, then no one from the Ministry of Industry will participate in this examination.

Relatively speaking, most of the examiners should come from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials, and it is impossible for the minister of the Ministry of Industry to replace the Minister to participate in the reading of the scrolls.

It's just that, for sending Li Chunfang to take over the responsibility of Lei Li to participate in the examination papers, I don't know if King Yu will be indifferent.

Speaking of it, it seems that the minister of the Ministry of Rites should be more involved in reading the papers.

Now that Xu Jie and Yuan Wei got the errands of the examiners, Wei Guangde naturally had no choice but to let go of the commission from Nanjing for the time being.

On March [-]th, the officials of Honglu Temple and Guanglu Temple began to get busy. They had to arrange the hall examination room in advance.

These things, of course, have nothing to do with Wei Guangde, but he has to prepare, after all, the officials in Beijing have to dress up and go to the court tomorrow for the palace examination.

Emperor Jiajing went to court, and even the three major court meetings in a year were habitually cancelled, but he still insisted on participating in the palace examination held every three years. Chance to the Emperor.

On the day of the imperial examination, Wei Guangde put on his court uniform and went outside the Meridian Gate early like other Beijing officials. The difference from previous years is that he is now among the officials of Zhan Shifu. None of the four of his subordinates are qualified to participate in such a ceremony.

As far as the Bureau of Economics and Economics is concerned, there are not many official positions, that is, one person is Xima, from the fifth rank, and the remaining four are the school books of the ninth rank and two each from the ninth rank.

As far as their grades are concerned, low-level officials naturally do not need to participate in the palace examination ceremony.

Not long after standing outside the Meridian Gate, there was a sound of footsteps behind him. Wei Guangde looked back, and the officials from the Ministry of Rites came with a kind of tribute. There were 300 people, and the whole place was dense.

When he saw them, Wei Guangde felt a little dazed, and couldn't help but think of himself a few years ago, who seemed to be the same way, walking with a feeling of apprehension, and that's probably how the Beijing officials looked at him at that time.

There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and then he shook his head slightly.

He didn't have time to look for Duan Mengxian in the Gongsheng group. With his rank, he probably went behind the crowd like him, and it took a lot of effort.

When the time came, Wei Guangde entered the Forbidden City with the team of officials, passed through the Meridian Gate to the outside of Fengtian Gate, and then continued to enter it, and arrived at Fengtian Temple Square. If there is an empty space, it is naturally a place for the Gongsheng students.

However, after entering Fengtianmen and seeing the newly built Fengtian Temple, Wei Guangde was still slightly surprised. Why is it different from the Fengtian Temple in his impression?
The main works of the three halls have been completed, and now the rest is actually the interior decoration, so standing on the square, the feeling is the same as before, but the more you look at it, the more you feel that Fengtian Hall seems to be shrinking, and the more you look, the more you feel that the main hall is different from the third floor. The proportions of the platform are a bit out of balance.

The three-story platform looks big, but Fengtian Hall looks small.

The Fengtian Temple is the highest-level building in this era, and it will only be used during the country's most solemn ceremonies, such as the emperor's ascension to the throne, after the wedding, the Longevity Festival, the Winter Solstice Zhengdan, the personal conquest ceremony, and the emperor's visit to the court.

Fengtian Hall has double eaves and hipped roof, covered with yellow glazed tiles. It is nine rooms wide and five rooms deep. Nine is the extreme number of yang, and five is the middle of yang numbers. Zhang, fifteen Zhang deep.

But now in Wei Guangde's eyes, why does he feel so much smaller?
Since the fire that year, Wei Guangde has never entered Fengtianmen again, so naturally he knows nothing about the three main halls that are being rebuilt.

The palace examination in the 38th year of Jiajing, because of the ongoing construction of the three halls, the square was full of wood collected from various places at that time, so naturally it could not be used to hold the palace examination, so the ceremony was held outside Fengtian Gate, and Emperor Jiajing just boarded the palace examination. Go up to Fengtian Gate and take a look.

This should be the first time to welcome the arrival of the court officials after the reconstruction of the three main halls.

Wei Guangde counted it carefully in his heart, the current Fengtian Temple is still ninety-five, but the area should have shrunk a lot.

There are obviously many people who have the same thoughts as Wei Guangde, and many of them quietly pointed at the Fengtian Hall in front of them with the people around them, but obviously none of these officials were officials from the Ministry of Industry, perhaps they had been there before or knew about it.

Wei Guangde can only guess, perhaps because of the difficulty of finding large materials, so the newly built Fengtian Hall can only be reduced.

After all, the wood used to build Fengtian Temple is not an ordinary thing, and it takes time for trees to grow.

Perhaps in the past, on the land of Huaxia, there were abundant forest resources in the north and south, and there was a lot of wood available for mining. However, with the increase in population, the demand for land became extremely large, so a large number of trees were cut down, so that now, even the reconstruction The wood of the main hall is hard to find.

He could only sigh slightly in his heart, and Wei Guangde withdrew his thoughts.

There is no way, due to the difference in building materials between the East and the West, if a western building encounters a fire, as long as the fire can be controlled, the appearance of the building will not be affected much. After all, it is mainly made of stone, and at most it will be redecorated afterwards.

In the east, a fire is enough to reduce the ingenious building to ashes.

Baiguan stood still, and after a while, the team of candidates also entered Fengtian Gate and stood behind Baiguan.

Amidst the sound of ceremonies and music, the emperor's guard of honor appeared. Emperor Jiajing walked onto the platform wearing a uniform, stood outside Fengtian Hall, and sat on the throne that had been prepared.

The emperor ascended the palace.

"Crack, snap, snap"

The sound of cleaning whips sounded at the right time, and all the officials kneeled five times and kowtowed three times in harmony with the officials of Honglu Temple. After that, the emperor gave the examination questions.

"In the 41st year, the Renxu court tried the tributes of the world, and said: I have been the emperor since the past, and I am not more holy than Yao and Shun. It is said in history that Yao and Shun hang down their clothes and the world is in order. The rate is that there are still those who have not yet brought peace to the people. How can the two emperors take pity on their ministers to let them go to the subordinates, while the superiors can do nothing, otherwise, why would they rule with clothes hanging down?"

The whole palace examination ceremony was carried out in an orderly manner, Wei Guangde stood in the queue of hundreds of officials and listened quietly to the questions.

"Governing without labor, I appreciate it, and I admire it very much. I have governed the world for forty years. On this day and night, I respected the affairs. The emperor's constitution and ancestors selected civil and military officials for their good ideas and eliminated the harm of the people. He has worked hard in his life, and he has never been slack. Floods and droughts have caused disasters, and the people have prevented hunger. During the time of Rong and Di, the police and the border were quiet, and the southern thieves were especially serious. The people want to be successful, so that those who are suppressed and elected do not get their own people, or they are often dereliction of duty.”

The questions of this policy test are obviously not the ones requested by the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites. It should be the emperor Jiajing himself who asked the questions in his heart.

From Yao and Shun hanging down their clothes and governing to Zhou Wu, and then to the present.

Emperor Jiajing was dissatisfied with the administration of officials, very dissatisfied.

The only thing Wei Guangde could think of was this, "The one who was elected did not get the right person, or many of them were dereliction of duty. The ministers of the frontiers failed to do their best to control the bandits." "if.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde couldn't help thinking of the chief assistant who was still in the position of chief assistant, but seemed to be on the verge of falling. Thinking about the entrustment of Nanjing, Wei Guangde couldn't help showing a smile on the corner of his mouth.

In fact, the matter of the Ming Dynasty was not something that could be solved by appointing or dismissing one or two officials. It was a matter of the whole group.

At this time, in the eyes of the officials, it seemed that Yan Song was the source of all evil. As long as Yan Song was taken down, the Ming Dynasty's official administration would become clearer, but is there really such a good thing?

In the current Ming Dynasty officialdom, most of the people from top to bottom are filthy, and the dismissed and replaced officials are actually continuing to carry out corruption according to the previous "convention".

Even if it is Wei Guangde, it means that he has no real power, otherwise he would not be spared.

Or he is just muddling around, imitating his predecessor and continuing to waste money, accepting the filial piety of the people below, and making him an enemy of all officials and the entire group of officials, he asked himself that he didn't have the guts.

But at the moment, things in Nanjing seem to be easy to handle this time.

Based on Xu Jie's experience, he might not have thought of the emperor's heart, so it seemed easier for him to speak out in the cabinet and fight against Yan Song.

As for Yuan Wei, even after thinking about it, he would not fail to guess what the emperor was thinking.

Soon, the grand palace examination ceremony ended, and the officials began to leave from both sides. The officials of Honglu Temple directed the servants to move the examination table to prepare for the examination.

When Wei Guangde was leaving, he finally saw Duan Mengxian who was at the back of the crowd.

Soon, all the officials in Fengtian Temple Square were gone, and only the examiner was still there.

Inadvertently, Wei Guangde turned his head to look at Emperor Jiajing who was sitting on the throne, thinking that he would leave soon.

Looking up at the sky, today's weather is not bad, the sky is clear, there is no need to move the test table to the corridors on both sides of the square to avoid the wind and rain.

After leaving the Forbidden City, Wei Guangde walked towards Prince Yu's Mansion, and soon joined Yin Shizhen, Zhang Juzheng and others.

They were all carriages and sedan chairs, and the four of them quickly entered Prince Yu's Mansion.

The four of them walked together and quickly returned to the wing room in the courtyard.

"Why does this Fengtian Temple feel much smaller than before, I haven't heard of this before."

Wei Guangde finally couldn't hold back and spoke.

"Big materials are hard to find. I heard that the Ministry of Industry has been looking for the materials for a long time."

Zhang Juzheng might have heard some news from Xu Jie before, so he explained.

"It's really too small."

Yin Shizhen also agreed casually.

That is, after a few years, seeing the newly built Fengtian Temple for the first time, the few people felt a little more emotional, and talked for a while unconsciously along this topic.

After Yin Shizhen went out, Wei Guangde picked up the book on his desk and opened it.

I have nothing to do today, read a book, and go directly to the Jiujiang Guild Hall later to hear about the situation of Duan Mengxian's palace examination.

After reading a book and drinking tea, Wei Guangde felt anxious within a short while, got up and left the room.

When he came back from the hut, he saw Li Fang coming out of the inner courtyard, and was about to say hello, when he saw a servant running in from outside, walked up to Li Fang, whispered a few words, and then took out a The stack of papers was handed over to Li Fang.

Li Fang took it over and looked at it, and said a few words to the man before he left.

Wei Guangde only walked over at this time, and greeted Li Fang with a smile.

"Eunuch Li, what happened just now?"

At this moment Li Fang was still holding the stack of papers in his hand, Wei Guangde greeted him and asked casually.

"Hi, Your Highness asked me to buy it."

Li Fang didn't take it seriously, and it's not something that can't be seen, so she didn't guard against it at all, and even showed it to Wei Guangde.

Wei Guangde took the papers and looked at them. It turned out that they were gambling tickets, and Xu Shixing was the champion.

"His Royal Highness asked you to buy it? How much did you buy?"

Looking at the first gambling ticket on the face, 100 taels, maybe there are seven or eight tickets in this stack, it is not a bet of hundreds of taels of silver.

"Did Master Zhang stop talking yesterday? Originally, His Highness was vacillating between Wang Xijue and Xu Shixing, and didn't know who to choose.

It's all right now, I know that Xu Shixing still has such a saying, he gave me an order last night, sent someone to buy Xu Shixing early in the morning, and placed 800 taels of silver. "

Li Fang smiled wryly.

Although most of the eunuchs are also good at gambling, but this Li Fang is still an outlier and doesn't like gambling very much.

His personality naturally seemed a bit out of tune with King Yu.

But even if he is serving people, King Yu can't say anything if he wants to gamble.

Wei Guangde handed back the gambling tickets in his hand, talked to Li Fang before walking into the courtyard, glanced at the sky inadvertently, then turned around and walked towards the side entrance of the palace.