Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 350 Palace Examination Interlude
Next, the famous folk doctor hired by the palace privately at a sky-high price came to diagnose the pulse of peace for Princess Qi's mother and child.

Zhu Qiyu made an exception and allowed several well-known doctors to conduct interviews and inquiries, and finally confirmed that the mother and child are in good health and there is no problem at all.

After the famous doctors gave a very definite answer, Zhu Qiyu was overjoyed, and ordered a heavy reward, and asked the famous doctors to inform the imperial doctors waiting outside the palace gate of the pulse and diagnosis results, so that they could record it.

The medical officers of the Imperial Hospital have never seen Princess Qi and the prince from the beginning to the end.Under the "kind and friendly" persuasion of Liu Chang and the inner guards, the imperial physicians obediently took notes, and then returned to Beijing happily after receiving a generous reward.

The ministers on duty were told to stay for dinner, and the emperor would have something to say later.

Another half an hour later, after Zhu Qiyu put Lin Xiangyu's mother and son to sleep, he took the time to meet the minister.

When the monarch and his ministers met, they were all beaming.

After everyone celebrated, they started talking about business.

First of all, as a show, Zhu Qiyu proposed to make the newly born son the king of the county, and at the same time make him the son of the king of Qi.

This is also to express to the ruling and opposition parties that he regards himself as a prince and has no intention of changing the prince.

Regardless of the future situation, at least for now, we still have to make a gesture.

And even in the future, it can only be that the prince Zhu Jianshen is infatuated with the Wan family, and offered to abdicate on his own initiative, in exchange for the position of the prince in exchange for a formal marriage to the Wan family.

Anyway, at least roughly speaking.

There are many princes in Ming Dynasty who first became county kings, then were established as princes, and finally inherited the position of princes.

Zhu Qiyu made the eldest son the county king first, and then established him as the eldest son. Although it did not conform to the court's rules, the problem was not too big.

For such a trivial matter, no one will come to seriously compare with the emperor.

Especially the emperor's faction, from now on, will definitely worry about the emperor changing the crown prince from time to time, so the emperor made the eldest son the county king and established him as the son of Qi. It is too late for everyone to welcome him, how dare he provoke the emperor again.

It really pissed off the emperor, and proposed to change the prince on the spot, that would be a lot of fun.

The ministers present were all human beings, so they could naturally understand the emperor's mind, so they had no objection to the emperor's arrangement.Wang Wen asked with a smile: "How can I ask Your Majesty, what king name do you want to give the son?"

Zhu Qiyu had thought about it a long time ago, and immediately replied without hesitation: "Jiaodong King."

When everyone heard the words and thought about it for a while, they all said that they were very good.

This is purely to deliberately tease the subjects who disobey the emperor.

Jiaodong, belonging to Qidi, established the King of Jiaodong under the Qi Fan, and it seemed that there was no problem.

But anyone who has read a little bit of books knows that Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was first named King of Jiaodong.

Before entering the country, Liu Che was changed to the crown prince, and Jiaodong was expelled.

So the implication here is self-evident.

But even if the ministers of the emperor's faction knew it in their hearts, they couldn't say it openly.To say it openly is to criticize the emperor.

From the perspective of law, no one can convict the emperor based on Liu Che's precedent of King Jiaodong.

Zhu Qiyu continued to order: "Tomorrow the palace examination will officially start, and before this batch of Jinshi enters the arena tomorrow, each person will be given 100 taels of silver as a reward."

Although the palace examination has not yet been held, it is not a big problem to call these candidates Jinshi.

Because according to the rules, the palace examination only determines the ranking, not elimination.Under normal circumstances, as long as candidates do not commit suicide, they will not be dismissed in the palace examination.

Candidates all need to thank Zhang Yuan for the formation of this system.

During Song Renzong's reign, Zhang Yuan passed the provincial examination, but was dethroned in the palace examination.In a rage, Zhang Yuan defected to Xixia, and eventually became the Prime Minister of Xixia.

From then on, the palace examination only determined the ranking, and no one would be too bored to dismiss candidates.

Therefore, the candidates who will take the palace examination tomorrow are already determined to become Jinshi, it's just the difference between the first, second and third grades.

Zhu Qiyu thoughtfully ordered someone to arrange for Wang Wen, He Wenyuan and others to live in the palace, and they can directly preside over the palace examination tomorrow.

Silent all night.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Qiyu and the important officials got up early and came to the Qingyuntai main hall.

This group of examinees is also unlucky. The three major halls of Fengtian were all burned to the ground. It would be particularly indecent to take the exam in the square in front of Fengtian Hall.

Moreover, the emperor lived far away in the western suburbs, so he refused to enter the capital easily.

So everyone only got to the palace to take the palace test, which sounds a bit weird.

Fortunately, actually entering the square in front of Qingyun Temple, the impression is not bad.

Qingyun Hall has a tall platform, which is as majestic and magnificent as Fengtian Hall.The main hall, platform base and square are all made of white marble.

The entire palace area is integrated, and against the blue sky and white clouds, it looks like a fairy palace in a picture.

Zhu Qiyu sat on the high platform and accepted the candidates' worship.Then Wang Wen read out the imperial decree and officially announced to the world that the emperor had obtained the eldest son.

This caused a lot of discussion among the examinees. Unexpectedly, the day before the palace examination, the emperor was happy to have his eldest son. This is a double happiness, a great auspicious omen.

Could it be that the current emperor really has a destiny and is deeply favored by the emperor?
Zhu Qiyu didn't care about these, but just signaled to Wang Wen that the exam would start immediately.

Today's exam still consists of three strategies, which can be answered in one day.

After answering, the imperial examination is officially over.

In fact, the emperor can come to the examination room in person, or entrust the examiner with full authority.

This time Zhu Qiyu sat upright throughout the whole process, and stayed with the candidates until the afternoon, and the candidates also answered well, and they were about to start handing in the papers one after another.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred.

For no reason, a whirlwind rolled up.

The answer sheets of many candidates were blown up by the wind.

Wang Wen, He Wenyuan, Huang Pu, He Yi and others hurried over to pick up the examination papers.

Simply most of the test papers were rescued back.

Only Wang Yue was unlucky. His answer sheet was blown up by the wind and fell into Kunming Lake one mile away.

This is all right, it seems that the answer sheet will not be retrieved.

Whether it was Wang Wen and other ministers, or Wang Yue and other candidates, they all looked at the emperor.

This kind of situation is too rare, and the incident happened in a hurry, and the examiner didn't dare to make a claim, and only the emperor can give an explanation.

Zhu Qiyu smiled wryly in his heart, the world is so wonderful, as expected, what should have happened still happened.

But Zhu Qiyu showed kindness and concern on his face, and said to Wang Wen: "Give him paper and let him rewrite it. Don't worry, write slowly, we have plenty of time."

Wang Yue kowtowed to thank him, and then continued to write.

Two hours later, the rest of the candidates handed in their papers one after another and left the examination room.

At this time, only Wang Yue was left, still writing hard.

Although Wang Yue said that the answer sheet was blown away by the wind, he seemed a little unlucky.But if you lose your horse, you will never know it is not a blessing.

After the other candidates left, Wang Yue was surrounded by a group of court officials like stars holding the moon.

Even Zhu Qiyu stepped down from the high platform to hold the lamp with Wang Yue.

After all, Wang Yuegang is in his 20s, and it would be a lie to say that he is not nervous.

Zhu Qiyu also comforted her very gently: "Don't worry, Aiqing, just write slowly."

The more the emperor said this, the more nervous Wang Yue became.

Fortunately, the answer was almost done before, and now it is rewritten, and it only needs to be polished, so the crowd watching did not affect Wang Yue's performance.

(End of this chapter)