The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

"I have my duty to participate!" At the great court meeting, Emperor Yanping had just sat down, when a spokesman stepped forward and expressed righteously that he had something to say.

"Isn't it Miss Shenyuan?" Inexplicably, this sentence came to Emperor Yanping's mind.

"I want to take part in the investigation by Sheng Yuan, Sheng Wenzhen, the right minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, who has exceeded the rules and blocked Taogui Academy!"

Before the words in Emperor Yanping's mind faded away, Yan Guan's words echoed in his ears.

Immediately, Emperor Yanping felt as if he couldn't laugh or cry.

My sister-in-law is not in the court, but the impeachment against her continues in the court!

I just pity him as a brother-in-law who still has to listen to these officials.

Emperor Yanping silently felt sorry for himself for a moment. The censor had already stated all the faults of Sheng Yuan and An Yu. Finally, he summarized it in one sentence, which meant that he hoped Emperor Yanping would severely punish Sheng Yuan and An Yu, so as to warn all officials to follow suit.

"Ah... As far as I know, after Lord Sheng informed the Inner Guard, he just arrived at Taogui Academy first to wait for the Inner Guard to arrive. If you say he participated, it was just to assist, which is not considered to be overstepping the boundaries."

When Shengyuan sent people to the Neiwei Mansion, he also sent people to send the news to the emperor. Therefore, Emperor Yanping knew the inside story very well.

"On the contrary, Taogui Academy...I think back then, when the emperor ordered Princess Yongping to take charge of this place, it was originally to give her an opportunity to display her talents. However, Yongping did not intend to go to Shanye Academy, and he had no intention of educating people. Instead, he let Taogui Academy and others It is really inappropriate for people in Jiji Yingying to do things that exceed the rules in her name. In this case, in my opinion, Taogui Academy should be returned to the Ministry of Rites, and the Department of Rituals and Cleaning will be responsible for the assessment. "

As soon as Emperor Yanping said this, the officials who were waiting to hear the next sentence were all stunned.

No, why are you saying this and erasing the relationship between Princess Yongping and Taogui Academy?

All the officials knew Emperor Yanping's bias, and they also knew that the impeachment today would probably be of little use. However, no one expected that Emperor Yanping would backhanded Princess Yongping, which was totally out of the question!

Several important ministers in the cabinet looked at each other and guessed Emperor Yanping's true intention after a little thought.

Okay, since you have made it clear that you will not let any objections arise to the matter of establishing a reserve, then let’s take a step under the hood!

"I have this report!" Another official received the hint and came out holding a scepter, holding his hand and asking to speak out.

"Say." Emperor Yanping raised his eyes slightly.

"I want to take part in the behavior of the female students of Taogui Academy who are arrogantly discussing the government affairs!" Yan Guan looked solemn and scolded him for a long time according to the imperial law. Then he changed his voice and said, "As far as I know, Taogui Academy is currently in the school. There are more than 5,000 students in total, and the number of men and women is almost the same. The classroom settings and academic professors are the same, but they don't want to teach two people in the same class. The gentlemen study hard and don't care about worldly affairs, but the girls are uneasy in the classroom and want to influence them. The Crown Prince’s decision to get the rewards he wants should really make us reflect.”

Although this person did not explain what he wanted to reflect on, anyone with a discerning eye could understand it.

Emperor Yanping waved his hand disapprovingly: "What Ai Qing said may be a partial generalization. Taogui Academy should not be used as an example due to its unique characteristics."

When he said this, the courtiers below rarely refuted, but unanimously demanded that those female students who blocked Sheng Yuan be severely punished.

It just so happened that Emperor Yanping also had this intention, and the emperor and his ministers immediately hit it off. Not long after, the female students received notices of withdrawal from the official school.

This matter seems to be over now.

But Emperor Yanping never expected that a few days later, memorials from official schools near Kyoto would almost overwhelm the general affairs envoys.

"Wen Zhen, something doesn't seem right to me." Xue Ziyi came out of the Classics Hall at noon that day and went straight to the Ancheng Marquis' Mansion. The first thing he said when he found Sheng Yuan was this, "It stands to reason that the imperial court ordered officials to learn The expulsion of students should not have caused such a big reaction. It was only after I returned to the Hanlin Academy, participated in the official affairs of the Classics Department, and had the opportunity to access more old records that the imperial court actually reduced the quota of students from official schools every year. Even the Imperial College, which trains officials for the country, often has records of expelling its students.

This kind of thing has never caused an uproar, but what happened now? It was as if they had agreed upon it, and they felt sorry for those students. "

"There's something wrong." After hearing the news, Sheng Yuan's thoughts raced for a moment, "Zi Yi, do you know who is the male and female of the one who performed this?"

"There are many girls." Xue Ziyi reported the number without thinking.

"As expected, as expected." Sheng Yuan squinted her eyes, as if muttering to herself, "This is Xiang Zhuang's sword dance meant for Pei Gong!"

"You mean?" Xue Ziyi's heart trembled.

Sheng Yuan nodded towards her: "Just wait and see, this trend is probably going to spread throughout the official schools of Chu!"

"How can it be done?" Less than 60% of them perform their duties, and nearly 90% of them are released from Beijing... Everyone is looking forward to the girls who have received formal education in academies to stand out step by step. They are watching the group of girls who entered Mongolian schools after the imperial examination is about to take the imperial examination, but they are What happened... is stupid and hateful!"

Sheng Yuan knew who she was calling stupid and who she was calling hateful, but now was not the time to mention these things: "Students, no matter men or women, they are always easy to incite. If someone provokes a few words, it is also possible to be passionate without knowing the reason." It’s excusable. From the beginning to the end, the initiative was never in their hands.”

"Does Wen Zhen have a way?" Xue Ziyi's originally anxious mood gradually calmed down in Sheng Yuan's steady tone, and his eyes flashed with expectation as he looked at her.

"The way to calm a chaos is to stir up the chaos." Sheng Yuan looked at her.

"You mean, let the prince from the academy also participate?"

"No, it's definitely not enough." Sheng Yuan shook her head and casually drew a border between Chu and Han on the table, "There are men and women on both sides who are very lively, right?"

"..."

Xue Ziyi suddenly realized.

……

Officials in the General Affairs Department have been crying recently.

The memorials that were originally piled up on the desk turned into articles criticizing each other in the official newspaper!

Although it is a good thing that the workload has suddenly decreased, the problem is, the reason why those articles criticizing each other first appeared was that the work efficiency of the general affairs department was insufficient? !

Is there any reason for this? !

They copied it and sent it to the cabinet on schedule! It's the cabinet bosses who are keeping things in check but not making any progress. What can they do? !

Let them tell you, these academy students are really clueless! Before, he had angrily defended the girls from Taogui Academy, but not long after, there was a scuffle among male and female students, arguing over whether academy students could discuss government affairs.

Until now, the topic of their quarrel seems to have returned to Taogui Academy, and they are arguing with each other about whether the survivors of the former Qi Dynasty can participate in the imperial examination and discuss government affairs. (End of chapter)