Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 651 The secret war in the court resumes. The rural examination papers are sent back for re-examination.
Zhu Qiyu boasted about himself, but was soon slapped in the face.

Looking at Wang Wen's memorial, Zhu Qiyu frowned.The results of the provincial examination have been released, and the results have to be revised. Isn't this embarrassing?

The unsuccessful candidates were Wang Lun, son of Wang Wen, and Chen Ying, son of Chen Xun; the examiner was Liu Yan, the number one scholar in the orthodox seven years, the Hanlin Minister and the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple.

If you don't change it, you won't give the current chief assistant and the former chief assistant face; if you change it, it seems to be unfair.

Wang Wen spoke sincerely, as if he had really been wronged.

Zhu Qiyu thought hard for a long time. He raised his head and saw Lin Xiangyu and Ningxiang approaching with smiles, holding clothes and jade ornaments. He couldn't help but asked curiously:

"What are you doing? I didn't say I was going out. Are you trying to kick me out?"

Lin Xiangyu smiled and said, "Don't you want to talk to He Yi and Gao Yao? Aren't you tired of working behind closed doors on your own here?"

Zhu Qiyu patted his head: "Yes, driving behind closed doors is easy, but working behind closed doors makes you vomit blood. It's a pity that most of my people in Zhongshushe have been sent to various parts of the country.

There is no reason for me to go back and forth with Gao Yao when I am a close minister who can really make suggestions for me. "

Lin Xiangyu reminded: "Husband, you still have the landscape trio."

Zhu Qiyu slapped his head again: "Oh, yes, these three brothers are so inconspicuous that I almost forgot about them. As the top three Jinshi in Jingtai for five years, it's not okay to be lazy all the time. They brought them out to work for me."

So Zhu Qiyu dressed up and came to Qingyun Pavilion to drink tea and chat with He Yi and Gao Yao. After waiting for half an hour, Cao Tai, Xu Guan and Xie Sheng arrived late.

The Shanshui trio were quite polite, and they confessed as soon as they came in: "After I finished lecturing to the prince, I went for a walk on the white jade embankment of Kunming Lake. I kept the saint waiting for a long time, and I am waiting for the death penalty."

Zhu Qiyu shook his head helplessly. There was no way to cure them. Cao Tai had just become a Jinshi and wanted to go home to be a teacher. Xu Guan had just become a Jinshi and wanted to go home and get married.The emperor still has to coax them.

After scolding them in his heart, Zhu Qiyu put on an amiable attitude and asked the three of them what they thought about Wang Lun's failure in the Shuntian Prefecture Township Examination.

The three of them were hesitating and talking about him, thinking only about getting over it.

Zhu Qiyu was so angry that he slapped the table: "You three, don't go too far. Do you think that after winning the Jinshi, you will get all kinds of privileges and preferential treatment, and you can show off? It's a beautiful idea.

You eat the emperor's salary and are disloyal to his ministers. This is called deceiving the emperor.Believe it or not, I will revoke your reputation right now and let you go to Liaodong to open up wasteland.

Don't worry, I will not relegate you to a lowly status because of my love for you. Your descendants will also be eligible to take part in the imperial examinations in the future. "

Seeing that the emperor was really angry, the three people quickly knelt down to apologize.

Zhu Qiyu asked: "Tell me, what do you think of the results of this provincial examination?"

No matter how indifferent a person is, they cannot accept the inexplicable dismissal of their fame and being sent to farm in Liaodong, so the three of them looked at each other and Cao Tai responded:
"Your Majesty, we have never seen Wang Lun and Chen Ying's test papers, so we dare not draw any conclusions."

Zhu Qiyu glanced at Gao Yao, and Gao Yao handed over the two examination papers from the old case.

The three of them read it carefully, and Cao Tai continued to reply: "In my opinion, whether the examination papers of these two people are at the level of Jinshi is another matter, but it is not a problem at all to win the imperial examination.

The new imperial examination candidates were much worse than them, so they shouldn't have failed.

Chen Ying's level may be a little far-fetched, but Wang Lun is obviously talented.

If one had to say why the examiner dismissed them, it was probably because they praised the Holy Emperor's policies and achievements too much. Zhu Qiyu asked in confusion: "What does this mean?"Is it wrong to sing praises of virtue? "

Cao Tai cleared his throat and replied bravely: "Liu Yan, the chief examiner of the Shuntianfu Township Examination, was the number one scholar in the orthodox seven years. He was appointed by the emperor and was deeply favored by the emperor.

I vaguely remember that the traitors Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu were still there at that time. Who was the examiner of the Seventh Year of Orthodoxy and the Palace Examination, and who was Liu Yan's disciple? These are all worthy of consideration.

In addition, Liu Yan is from Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, and is the same hometown as Yang Shiqi.

If you want to prove it, Your Majesty can conduct a comprehensive inventory of the test papers of other failed candidates. There should be a large number of people who suffered the same fate as Wang Lun. They are all very high-level, but because they praised the Holy One too much, they were judged as flattering and frivolous by the examiner Liu Yan. "

Zhu Qiyu suddenly realized that there was such a way. The remaining orthodox loyal ministers and Sanyang disciples gave me eye drops whenever they had the opportunity. They hid it quite deeply.

After thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu glared at the three of them, "Aren't you quite capable? You have to let me threaten you before you are willing to work."

"Okay, you three are responsible for re-evaluating all the test papers of the failed candidates and picking out all the papers that were misjudged."

The three of them did not dare to disobey, so they reluctantly accepted the order.While the emperor was looking down at the other memorials, the three of them glared at He Yi fiercely. Everyone knew in their hearts that there was no way that He Yi couldn't see the secret. If you didn't say it yourself, you had to drag the three of us here. Taken advantage of.

Why should you chat and laugh there, pretending not to know.

The three of them had no choice but to leave and were busy re-grading the papers.

The rest are all confidants. He Yi added: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it won't just be this one thing. The court will probably set off a political wave against the king's chief minister."

"So powerful? Do they want to change the first assistant?"

He Yi shook his head: "After the two academicians Wei and Xue became official, the Holy Master's control over the cabinet was further strengthened, and it is normal for some people to look down upon it.

Once the cabinet and the six ministries are completely stabilized, in the eyes of the government and the public, the next step is likely to be to change the crown prince.

There was also the establishment of Shenshu Camp, which had a greater impact on civil and military officials. "

Zhu Qiyu also covered his head when he heard this: "The troops loyal to Xuan Temple and the orthodox army are gone. Are they still unwilling?"

He Yi smiled and said: "They don't expect restoration, but it would be good if they can cause some obstacles."

"Forget it, let them do it. After I defeat Japan and raise Ming's national power to a higher level, I can then use the power of victory to liquidate them."

The plan was decided and everyone dispersed.

At noon the next day, the atmosphere in the cabinet was already a little strange.

There are still nine cabinet bachelors in Beijing. Huang Pu serves as Jing Zhaoyin. He is so busy all day long that he never shows up.He Yi spent most of his time in Ganquan Palace and rarely saw anyone.

The permanent cabinet members are Wang Wen, He Wenyuan, Luo Tong, Zhou Chen, Shen Yi, Wang Yining and Xiao Tan.

The accident that occurred in the Shuntianfu Provincial Examination was originally considered minor or major, but the emperor personally ordered a retrial, which immediately made the atmosphere between the government and the opposition extremely delicate.

(End of this chapter)