my days with tyrants

Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, what the Northern Juzi has done this time is indeed crude, and there is really nothing to recommend it.

This generation is just dissatisfied and took the opportunity to blackmail the court.

The imperial examination should put justice first.

Your Majesty selects scholars based on their talents and learning, those with high talents advance, and those with few talents retreat. If they all advance by making trouble, the way to obtain scholars will be ruined. This is a great harm, so that the talented are buried, and the treacherous are lucky. This is a great harm. In the opinion of my ministers, this generation should be severely punished. "

Liu Sanwu lowered his head and said.

"There were more than a dozen in the previous department, and it is indeed a bit inappropriate to not have one in the current department. It is better to choose three or five for peace of mind, regardless of good or bad."

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

He was also caught very suddenly...

In fact, His Majesty the Emperor has really lost the energy he had before in the past two years, especially since Zhu Yunxie has gradually grown up, and he has actually ignored most things.

Although he understands the truth of this matter, he still hopes to calm it down in a peaceful way.

He has already talked about this, that is, he has given a step.

Enough is enough!
"Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible. This matter is not just a few riots, but Yang Feng's instigation. The Wang Jin who took the lead in making troubles is his confidant. When he was in Taiyuan, he advised him. Yang Feng was even more public before. Under this, he made a promise to him as a Jinshi. He was not admitted this time, and he became angry and deliberately incited his son to make trouble. Presumably, he wanted to coerce Yang Zizhong, Han Kezhong, Jiao Sheng, Shi Li and others to collude with him. Especially Shi Li, Even committing crimes in the street and injuring many people, how can this generation be so stubborn, how can it shoulder the responsibility of educating the people."

Zhang Xin said.

Several other Hanlin who were summoned also echoed.

"Your Majesty, I have no selfish intentions, only one of the tributes taken this time is from Huguang.

If the minister has selfish intentions, why not take a few more people from Huguang?

It is true that this generation stops here. "

Liu Sanwu said.

"Tan Tanweng, you said they stop here, how about we take a look at their papers together in front of His Majesty?"

A voice suddenly sounded outside.

Everyone turned their heads one after another, and then saw Yang Feng walking in with a big bag on his back, walked straight to the middle of the hall, put the big bag on the ground, and took out a bundle of sealed papers from inside...

"Your Majesty, this belongs to Han Kezhong, a native of Shandong."

He said.

"Bring it up!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

But His Majesty the Emperor is obviously a little depressed...

If this bastard came to join in the fun, it would be impossible for the matter to end simply.

The eunuch next to him quickly walked up to Yang Feng, took the bundle of papers with both hands, and quickly held them in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. His Majesty took it and opened it, took out the most critical strategy, looked there, and raised his head after reading it for a while.

"Xuandu Procuratorate Zuodu Censor and six ministers will enter the palace immediately."

He said.

Jin Yiwei outside rushed to summon.

"Take a few more copies!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Yang Feng simply took out Wang Shu, Jiao Sheng, and Shi Li. His Majesty the Emperor looked at the strategies in it, but his expression became more and more ugly, while Liu Sanwu lowered his head, standing as if he had nothing to do with him. There, Zhang Xin and the others exchanged winks from time to time. The emperor raised his head after reading it, and then glanced at them...

"You also go to pick some northerners, pick the best ones."

He said.

"The minister obeys the order."

Zhang Xin said quickly.

Then he and several Hanlin left in a hurry.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything, just sat there with his eyes closed.

Soon after, Baozhao Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Minister of the Ministry of Officials Ru Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Households Yu Xin, Zheng Yi, Minister of the Ministry of War Qi Tai, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment Xia Shu, and Minister of the Ministry of Industry Yan Zhenzhi arrived one after another. In addition to Bao Zhao, there is also Xia Shu who is from the north, and he is from Luoyang, Henan.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's distribution of this ratio is still very fair. The two northerners happen to control the supervision and justice, so as to keep an eye on the southern ministers.

"Let's take a look at them separately. These are the papers that Ambassador Yang randomly picked up from the Ministry of Rites, and they were still sealed when they arrived in my hands."

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Then the eunuch hurriedly gave four copies to Bao Zhao, Ru Yu, Yu Xin, Qi Tai, and Yang Feng took out another pile from the big bag. In fact, he only took thirty copies, including Xiabang first, second, plus some third.These Jinyiwei who came to help unpack it, and there is no need to read anything else. The key is the policy theory.In the silent hall, the seven main ministers of the current court watched silently. Yang Feng stood there and looked at Liu Sanwu, who stood there with his head bowed in an air of wandering.

At this time, Zhang Xin and others also came back.

But they were stopped by Jin Yiwei, and each of them was holding some papers.

In this strange silence, the seven ministers watched what Yang Feng had brought.

Just as Ru Yu was about to speak, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.

"Let them in!"

His Majesty the Emperor said.

Jin Yiwei immediately let Zhang Xin and others in.

"Look at what they brought."

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Zhang Xin and the others hurriedly opened the papers in their hands, took out the policy theory, and handed them to the ministers to read. They were obviously very confident. After all, five of the seven were from the south. Even if they would not be openly partial, they would always kind of.As long as a little is enough, there is a gap between the northern juzi and the southern juzi. Yang Feng just found [-] copies at random. It can be said that he picked one out of dozens. How could he be so likely to pick a good one?

Even if one or two copies are acceptable, as long as these ministers pick a little bit of trouble, it will be fine.

emperor……

The emperor knows what a fart!

Although he is a little educated now, he can barely write the article smoothly.

Moreover, he needed a lot of vernacular, and he couldn't do it even if he was asked to quote scriptures, and his literary talents were limited to killing millions of soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, so Zhang Xin and the others waited confidently, and then just like this in silence, seven The minister read all the strategies and theories in all the papers they brought.

"Okay, you can talk now."

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Bao Zhao simply stepped forward...

"Your Majesty, I have impeached Zhang Xin, a bachelor's servant, and Ji Shan, Bai Xin, etc. of Prince An's Mansion for being unfaithful."

He said.

Zhang Xin and the others became anxious in an instant.

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged!"

They knelt down and cried for injustice.

"Tell me, are they wronged?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the remaining seven ministers and said.

"Your Majesty, this generation is not wronged. In order to cover up his favoritism for the southern candidates, this generation deliberately did not record the crimes of the northern candidates to defraud the king. He chose the vulgar ones in the northern examination papers, intending to deceive the saints. His crime deserves to be punished.”

Ru Yuan said quickly.

The other six people echoed.

Zhang Xin and the others were dumbfounded, this is different from what they imagined!Ru Yu is the boss of the civil servants in the south, and even Liu Sanwu was recommended by him. His words mean that they have been completely abandoned.

"Injustice? You bastards still dare to call for injustice? Look at the thirty test papers that Ambassador Yang randomly picked up, and then look at the test papers you brought. Do you think I am too old to be blind? Ambassador Yang just brought some , no matter which one of the articles is worthy of a Jinshi, you go to pick it, and I said to pick the best, but you pick these unsightly, saying that you are unfaithful, and you still feel wronged?

It seems that I treat you too well on weekdays, making you think I can be bullied.

Together with Liu Sanwu, they were all taken to Jinyiwei and tortured by me to see how many accomplices they have. "

Zhu Yuanzhang shouted furiously.

He was indeed pissed off.

He didn't expect these people to be so shameless.

He actually gave the steps.

Let them pick the best ones, and then there must be some good ones and some bad ones in Yang Feng's hands, so he can pick a few from both sides. This is his hand-picked one, so he can satisfy the northerners. up.And these people will find excuses to clean up slowly in the future, saying to the outside world that Liu Sanwu is too old and energetic enough to omit it. Anyway, to prevent the conflict between the North and the South from becoming public and sharp, and to maintain even if it is only a superficial harmony between the North and the South.

He is the emperor.

The emperor of the world.

He must achieve a bowl of water between the north and the south, bridge the contradictions between the north and the south, and finally condense them into a whole.

After almost 300 years of separation, it is not easy to have a chance to reunite. Even if he favors the North, he must ensure this principle.

however……

He was pleasantly surprised to find that the test papers brought by Yang Feng were all very good, especially the three of Han Kezhong really did not say that the first grade is enough, and the second grade is enough. It is not the first time he has studied this. He personally presides over every subject examination, and even those champions are hand-picked by him, how could he not know good or bad.

If you ask him to write, he may not be able to write, but you can still see whether it is good or bad.

So he can pick some from the ones Yang Feng brought.

Then wait for Zhang Xin and others.

Yang Feng picked them at random, at most people who knew the names around him, but there must be mixed good and bad, and then Zhang Xin picked the best ones, and he could hand-picked both sides, and finally hand-picked twenty or thirty Jinshi for the North. Then you can sing praises.However, he didn't expect that people like Zhang Xin would play him like a monkey, bringing all the people he could tell at a glance that they deliberately picked the worst.

"Your Majesty, Liu Sanwu is an octogenarian, and according to the law, he will not be tortured."

Xia Shu said quickly.

At this time, those Jinyi guards had poured in and quickly held Zhang Xin and others down.

As for Xia Shu...

Although he was very happy, he still had to show the magnanimity of the northern civil servants at this time.

"I forgot, but I already said it, so let him make an exception!"

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered.

"Sinner, thank you!"

Liu Sanwu thanked him calmly.

Then he went straight outside, those guards in Jin Yi didn't drag them out like a dead dog like they did to Zhang Xin and others, but followed him and let him walk.

"Your Majesty, the minister has neglected his duty, please forgive him!"

Zheng Yi quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty.

"Whether you are guilty or not, we will wait until they have been interrogated. The decree will be given to Zhang Xianzong, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, as the main test, and all the northern examination papers will be re-marked, and the rankings will be re-determined."

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Now it's just the end of the general examination, so it can't be regarded as the end of this subject, so you only need to find another chief examiner to mark the papers for the second time, and then re-designate a batch of tribute scholars for the general examination. Zhang Xianzong was the only scholar he could trust and guarantee fairness.

The ministers hurriedly resigned.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat there looking deeply at the roof...

"How did I do it in history?"

he said suddenly.

"You killed Zhang Xin and others, including the number one scholar. In short, you killed a lot of Jinshi, but this list of Jinshi is still kept, and then you have a separate batch of imperial examinations, and all of them are selected from the north. In history, they are called North and South Decades later, your descendants established a division of regions, taking a fixed percentage from the north and the south to win Jinshi, and then revised it to list the southwest separately, and finally divided it into three parts, each with a fixed percentage Proportion. The specific operation seems to be that each person’s test paper is individually marked which part they belong to, but the things to be tested and the examiners who mark the papers are the same. This system has become a permanent system that lasted until the abolition of the imperial examination system.”

Yang Feng said.

"So, the ones you found are actually Beibang Scholars?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered.

"Uh, that Han Kezhong is actually No. [-] in the North List, Wang Shu is No. [-], Jiao Sheng is No. [-], including that Wang Jin is actually the top three in the North List, and Shi Li is the No. [-]."

Yang Feng said with a smile.

"Hmph, none of them are honest."

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Your Majesty, I just want the emperor to understand that civil servants are not harmless to humans and animals, they are just good at hiding, they are indeed incapable of rebellion, but they will form cliques for personal gain, and reading sage books does not make them more moral, in fact Their moral lower limit is no higher than that of a beggar on the street. Therefore, there is no essential difference between the examination of these Confucian scholars who keep saying the way of sages and any other literate ones. There are no Confucian classics that are really useful."

Yang Feng said.

"Are you mocking me for not wanting to reform the imperial examination?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"I'm just stating the facts.

But I'm still a little surprised, Liu Sanwu shouldn't be so stupid, although he probably wants to leave a legacy for future generations, but this is also a bit risky, after all, you like to kill the whole family.

Why did he take such a big risk? "

Yang Feng said deeply.

He really didn't quite understand that Liu Sanwu dared to do this in history because Zhu Yunqi was already the crown prince, and when he became the crown prince, he helped Zhu Yunqi, so Zhu Yuanzhang would not kill him, he had to give his grandson some face, and Zhu Yunqi will also protect him.But now the crown prince is Zhu Yunxi. Although the latter doesn't say he hates him, he still doesn't care about him, so he is taking a big risk.

Zhu Yuanzhang can kill people, and he likes to kill the whole family.

"That grandson of yours..."

Yang Feng hesitated to speak.

"I don't want you to worry about my family affairs!"

Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted him very simply.

Obviously, His Majesty the Emperor also guessed.

"Ha, you can do as you like, I will watch another good show at worst."

Yang Feng said.

Then he picked up his empty bag and just carried it away.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed behind him.