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Chapter 145 5.27 The aftermath of the provincial examination and the royal reaction
Chapter 5

5.27 Township Examination Aftermath, Royal Response

A few days later, the Imperial Palace in the capital, the Imperial Study Room of Daming Palace.

"Your Majesty, I didn't expect that Wei Xuxun, who was born in a noble family, would have such a literary talent. It's okay to be a scholar, but now he can solve Yuan in a high school in Jiangnan Province, where the literary style is at its peak. Really." Jiang Qi, Minister of Rites, was full of helplessness.

"Aiqing's words are serious? Have you checked carefully? Although this Wei Xu has some abilities, he has never invited a famous teacher to study after all, and he has never even been to an academy or a school. How can he have such abilities?
Could it be that those moths have tampered with it, forcing Jiangnan Provincial Xuezheng to back down?It's not that they haven't done these things. "Emperor Yongzheng asked dissatisfied.

"Your Majesty, forgive me. On the day after the results were delivered, I and a few adults specially retrieved the transcripts of Wei Xu's exam papers. It's just the answer papers." Wang Qi smiled wryly and handed a few pages directly to Emperor Yongzheng.

"Is there really someone who is born with knowledge?" Even though Emperor Yongzheng did not need to take the imperial examination, he was brought up with Confucian education from a young age, and he would not even lack the basic ability to distinguish. "Such a talent, the top three can be expected!"

"This is the headache for the ministers." Shen Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, said with a wry smile, "If he goes to Beijing to take part in the examination in the next year, according to the usual practice, he must be at least a Jinshi, otherwise the Jiangnan students will be excited.

With his current reputation, even if he is not in the top three, he can still be admitted to the Imperial Academy. But in this way, considering his current ability, other students may not even have the qualifications to compete in front of him.

But if he is let go, with his ability and the support of the honored family, even if he keeps suppressing him, it will be enough for him to return to Beijing to take up a post within ten years, and a servant may not be able to escape, if that time comes."

"Hmph!" Emperor Yongzheng directly interrupted him, "Is there any other arrangement? He is only seventeen years old now, and it is okay to be in the previous class. By then, those moths may not be able to help him. "

"I don't dare!" Jiang Qi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, hurriedly bowed to plead guilty, "Although he is now incompatible with scholars, it does not mean that he has no reputation. If everyone in the Jiangnan Province Township Examination can fail the exam, scholars all over the world may explode of."

"Have you ever sent someone to contact him? He is a scholar. Is it possible that he doesn't want to be a scholar, a cabinet minister, and go down in history?" Emperor Yongzheng asked dissatisfied, "Or is his request too harsh?"

"Your Majesty, I have arranged for people to come to Wei's house many times, but he has never been able to enter the gate; although he has made many scientific examinations, he has not even accepted banquets from his hometown and fellow villagers, and has no intention of changing his family." The Minister of the Ministry of Officials sighed. said with a sigh.

"Let's discuss it again and find a safe solution. In short, I don't want to see him proud." Really unable to think of a way, Emperor Yongzheng decided to throw the blame away.

"Wei Chen complies with the decree!" Several ministers hurriedly agreed, but unfortunately they could only put on a sad face for the time being, because once this kind of thing gets out, it will be infamous for thousands of years. Think about the "fraud" case of Tang Bohu in the previous Ming Dynasty. The person in charge is notorious so far!
However, what they thought was obviously too complicated, because Wei Xu never considered giving them such a big trouble, and Xungui helped them solve it just at the next day's court meeting.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, today there is Yuan Weixu, who was in the Jiangnan Province Township Examination in the 11th year of Yongzheng.

According to the practice of our dynasty, those who recruit themselves into the army will be rewarded by the governor's office of the five armies and awarded officials. Generally, they will be given the fifth rank.

Today, there is a vacancy for the position of Qianhu in the Jiangdongmen Qianhu Office of Jinlingwei in Jiangnan Province. According to the usual practice, please seal it! "Niu Jizong, the commander-in-chief of the Central Army of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, reported to Emperor Yongzheng solemnly, but his words blew up the entire court!"
According to the practice of the Dashun Dynasty, scholars who had a reputation for enlisting in the army were generally directly promoted to officers. This rule was formulated by Emperor Taizong who was still in Jinling at that time.

It's just that the Dashun Dynasty has been established for more than a hundred years now, and the whole country has long since lost the martial spirit of "Being a centurion is better than being a scholar", not to mention higher fame, the last scholar who joined the army was a matter during the Northern Expedition of the Supreme Emperor .

Especially after Emperor Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he has always made it clear that chariots and horses suppress nobles and reuse civil servants.

"Jiangnan Province Township Examination Jieyuan—Join the Army?" An unknown official couldn't help but scolded, "Is he a bumper? With his status, a Jinshi will not be able to escape after the next year's General Examination, with such a noble background , go to be Qiuba?"

"Dead and poor, who do you think is Qiu Ba? Come on, come on, don't go, let me teach you, how Qiu Ba deals with cheap things!" As soon as he finished speaking, a military officer not far away Scold immediately!
Not only these two, but the rest of the officials also had their own opinions, and soon the entire court meeting became a vegetable market, and Dai Quan had to whip the whip three times in a row to stabilize the court hall.

"Niu Aiqing will follow the rules and withdraw from the court!" There is no way to object to this kind of thing, not to mention the business of the five military governors' mansion, the civil servants can't get involved at all, and the "law of the ancestors" must be added.

In fact, there is no need for Niu Jizong to report this matter. For the adjustment and promotion of a fifth-grade minor official, the Fifth Military Governor's Office can handle it himself and file it with the Ministry of Civil Affairs. For example, the batch of thousands and hundreds of noble children who were secretly adjusted and reported before household.He did this on purpose today just to disgust people. Now that Wei Xu's name has long been resounding throughout the capital, there are not just one or two civil servants who want to kill him, including Emperor Yongzheng.

It's just that everyone used to follow the internal rules and didn't dare to make random moves. Finally, Zhao Quan, the commander of the Jinyi Army, decided to use external tactics to solve the problem, and was run away by others.

At the same time period, Dragon Head Palace.

"It's really unexpected. I didn't expect that this kid would end up in this way." The Supreme Emperor casually threw the information into the brazier, "Have you found out about the Jiangdongmen Thousand Households?"

"Back to the Supreme Emperor, the slave has repeatedly collected evidence, and there is no problem there." Xia Shouzhong showed a bitter face, "The slave originally wanted to arrange some small tricks to settle the crime on him, but there was no way.

In fact, the Jiangdongmen Thousand Households Office has long since been disused, and the official positions inside are all paid for the moths in the capital. In fact, there are no more than one general banner at full strength, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled.

The government treasury was already empty, and the last time the Ministry of War distributed food and salaries was already in the early years of Yongzheng, and even if they wanted to check the deficit, they couldn't find it. "

"Does he want to start from scratch, and even train his subordinates?" The Supreme Emperor saw through Wei Xu's plan at a glance, "Interesting, really interesting, this little thing is very ambitious, and I'm afraid he is targeting No. 1 honorable man s position.

Well, you don't need to arrange any other means, just send someone to keep an eye on it. Presumably, he has already made preparations for this small thousand households, and all the arrangements have been completed, and he is waiting for his status.

That's all, let's see how he does it, and his ambition is so big, there should be people in Xungui who can see it, but they don't know how he plans to take care of it. "

"The Supreme Emperor, I'm afraid he's already done his cooking well." A voice suddenly came from the shadows in the corner, "The easiest and most effective way to shut up the nobles is to feed them with money.

These days, he first sorted out the Xue family, and then took down Yangzhou. Although the latter is just getting started, as long as he manages it properly, the money will go away in the future.

Now that there are people in Xungui who are dissatisfied with him, they can only endure it first, because he has brought money to everyone, and when these people can't help it, I'm afraid they won't be able to move him. "

"Yangzhou, what's going on with Lin Ruhai? I heard that he even sent his daughter to Jinling." The Emperor Taishang asked very desolately, "I'm afraid I haven't found anything about Yuan'er's place yet?"

"Back to the Supreme Emperor, after these days of fighting in Yangzhou, it has been basically sorted out. The position of the Cheng family has been taken over by a little guy named Xu Fei, and he has basically won [-]% of the original business.

Now that Lin Ruhai is cooperating with him, the other seven families are very troubled. If there is no accident, it should not be difficult to get back the original share of the Cheng family by the end of the year. The other seven families must have noticed this.

In addition, Wei Xu is also trying his best to win the share of salt goods around Jinling. Now that the Zhen family is being suppressed by him, Zhen Yingjia has reported to me several times, asking us to help.

As for Lin Ruhai himself, he has significantly increased the amount of money he pays since June, but has greatly reduced the salt tax. Now he is arguing with the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the reason is the fight against salt merchants in Yangzhou. "

"Enough is enough. Yuan'er must have thought that Lin Ruhai was more loyal, right?" Taishang Huang shook his head with a wry smile, becoming more and more disappointed with this son, "You guys make arrangements for the Zhen family, let's go down!"

"Yes, the Supreme Emperor!" Xia Shouzhong and the figure in the shadow disappeared at the same time.

"Yi'er!" Not knowing what to think of, the name of Prince Yizhong appeared in the Taishanghuang muttering to himself.

(End of this chapter)