The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 27 Preparing to Write an Article Chen

The atmosphere in Lanzheng Hall was a little depressing.

Ever since the emperor flung his sleeves back from his new favorite Concubine Zhang, everyone in the palace held their breath.

The palace eunuchs all bowed their heads and lowered their eyebrows, hoping to blend in with the air, so as not to attract the attention of the emperor who was reading silently at his desk.

The palace is not a place that can be kept secret, especially Zhang Concubine, who was promoted from talented person to lord of the first palace in only half a year. She is still kneeling in the courtyard of her palace because she provoked holy wrath. .

The eunuch Gong'e was not seen moving around in the palace, and the news flew to every corner like wings.

Concubine Wen took up the pen and wrote half a sentence on the note, then stopped, hesitated for a moment, and finally threw the note into the brush washer.

Empress Qin of the Manfu Palace was lying on the couch watching the new show performed by Xiaogong's daughters, her hands clad in Dan Kou were beating the time one after another, and her confidant mother stepped forward and squatted on her Said so and so in the ear.

No, she only raised her eyebrows slightly after hearing this, snorted lightly, then waved her hand casually, and continued to listen to the babbling music.

To her, the news seemed to be just fallen leaves floating on the surface of the lake, and it was light in weight; but in fact, only the lake surface knew how much ripples it caused.

But Emperor Chengyuan, who everyone thought was very angry, was not so angry at the moment.

He just didn't expect that just asking Sheng Guogong to organize a garden party a few days ago would make Da Qi's family so nervous and even send the money into the harem!Even a proud master like Zhang Bin speaks for them, which is amazing.

"Yang Daban, bring me the map of Da Chukun."

Hearing the sound, Yang Xun, the eunuch with palm prints, immediately changed his manner of making a wooden pile just now, and hurriedly fetched the map of Laikun by himself.

"Go down." As soon as the map of Kun was laid out, Emperor Chengyuan waved his hand and stared intently at the border of Dachu.

Since Yan Gaozu's rebellion, the three dynasties of Yan, Chen, and Chu have never ceased to desire to reproduce the vast territory of the past.

From Emperor Yancheng conquered Chuanping and took back the old land of Yongliang; Emperor Yanping took Xirang and took it back to Yizhou County; Back to the Land of Fish and Rice.After more than five hundred years, he finally got his wish.

Great Chu now has a vast territory, and it is not the work of him alone.

It is the accumulation of the three dynasties, the national power of hundreds of years, and the joint achievement.

In the past, all the princes in the court had doubts about swallowing Qi. If he hadn't been afraid of A Rong's wolfish ambitions in the grassland, and feared that future generations would be attacked by A Rong and Qi both inside and outside, he would not have made such a decision.

Thinking of the many losses of Great Chu in the Battle of Tunqi, Emperor Chengyuan still feels trembling.

He thought that he was not a warlike emperor, even Emperor Yancheng, Emperor Yanping, and Emperor Chen Xuan were mostly gentle people.

The reason why they insist on fighting is that they want to find more land outside the aristocratic family to support more people.

It is said that most of the emperors of the three dynasties had strong military virtues, and although the great Chu family seldom gave up their land control, they did not dare to annex them wantonly.

Rao is like this, with the increase of the people, the Great Chu will still face the problem of more people and less land after a hundred years.

The common people cannot live in peace without land, and the court cannot develop better without a large amount of manpower. Such contradictory and important issues will have to be resolved sooner or later.

Both the aristocratic family and Emperor Chengyuan were well aware of this.

They both knew the other knew it too.

Therefore, the balance between each other will be broken sooner or later.

Considering their own children and grandchildren, the aristocratic family cannot and is not willing to back down, and Emperor Chengyuan is bound to find a solution to the problem.

This is also the reason why he focused on women's imperial examinations.

Emperor Chengyuan intends to take advantage of the women's imperial examinations to take the imperial examinations that have been controlled by aristocratic families in various places into his own hands.

He firmly believes that in time, when the future of all men and women in the world depends on the emperor alone, the family will dissipate in the battlefield of fighting for power and profit over time, and then it can be regarded as "the king's land under the whole world, the ruler of the land". Is it possible that Bin is a king's minister"!
Emperor Chengyuan arranged it very well, but he didn't expect that after Daqi returned to Chu, Daqi's outdated rules and regulations would actually attract Dachu's family to move around.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chengyuan's long and narrow eyes shone coldly.

If the effect of the garden party is not clear, he will have to make preparations early, and it is impossible to disperse the Qi people up and down and disperse them near the mountain people's residence.

In short, the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River and many ports must not be controlled by Qi people.

It's just how to do it and to what extent it depends on whether those people in Daqi are knowledgeable or not.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chengyuan called Yang Xun to order: "All the papers and papers handed down by the emperors of the Imperial Academy will be enshrined in front of me through your hands."

Earlier, in order not to close his eyes and plug his ears, he ordered all officials of the Imperial Academy to submit a statement every ten days to express their opinions. He didn't have many requirements for the statement, as long as the statement was meaningful and true.

In other words, you can tell a joke to the emperor, popularize cold knowledge points that the emperor doesn't know, or describe the great rivers and mountains you have seen.

Of course, if you have a good idea of ​​governing the country, or if a new policy is sprouting, it would be better for you to tell the emperor, or it would be good for you to remind the emperor about the loopholes in the procedures of a certain department.

In short, this is another way for Emperor Chengyuan to open his mouth.

Now that he was upset, he wanted to hold on tightly to the channel that he only controlled.

Yang Xun heard the words and was in a hurry to obey the order.

When Emperor Chengyuan wanted to order other things, he heard the report from the little eunuch, saying that it was the prince who asked to see him.

"Xuan!"

……

Sheng Xiangxun naturally did not know about the affairs in the palace.

At this moment, he looked at the little girl with exclamation marks in his mind, very surprised that he could give birth to such a smart child.

"Boarding school? How did you come up with this idea?!" He couldn't help but patted the little girl's head, and then held her head in both hands and looked back and forth, hoping to see why.

Sheng Yuan felt that her little head was about to be dizzy by her father, so she quickly slipped off her father's lap with all her hands and feet, and fled with her little breasts in her hands.

Good guy, this is her head, not a cuju ball!
"Sanlang is still teasing the child!" Mrs. Zheng was also very pleasantly surprised by the little girl's performance, but seeing the little guy avoiding him, she just wanted to laugh.

Sheng Xiangxunmei's heart was very comfortable: "It's not that I am playing tricks on the child, it is because this child gave me such a big surprise, I am so happy that I don't know what to do!"

Seeing the obvious joy in his eyes, Mrs. Zheng couldn't help asking: "Sister Yuan's method is really good?"

Sheng Xiangxun nodded, and the expression on his face became serious: "Yes! I'm thinking, wait for me to think about it and perfect this method. When I'm on duty, I will hand over a report and talk to Your Majesty."

"Is this worthy of a report?" Zheng was a little surprised. When she heard the little girl's suggestion before, she just thought it was good, but she didn't expect it to be so good that her husband should write a report. You know, her husband is a lazy person. Since entering the Imperial Academy, I have written only twenty or thirty articles.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help leaning into her husband's ear, and asked quietly: "Should I talk to the prince in advance?"

Sheng Xiangxun shook his head when he heard the words, and also whispered: "I am an official of the Imperial Academy. Your Majesty ordered the officials of the Imperial Academy to send a report directly to the above without going through the cabinet. It is intentional to hold this channel in your hands. If the crown prince is ahead of your majesty I know, I'm afraid it's not good for anyone; Your Highness and I are cousins, and with the Queen's aunt here, as long as we don't hold back, we'll have a bright future, so why bother to stand in line in the open!"

Seeing that what he said was reasonable, Mrs. Zheng stopped talking. She just offered to accompany him to write a report with great interest. Naturally, Sheng Xiangxun couldn't ask for it. The couple went to the study hand in hand. Fan.

(End of this chapter)