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Chapter 300 Wen Tiren (please subscribe)
The entire Huangji Palace Square was quiet and solemn, and there was no sound. At this time, the sun had risen. Although it was May, the sunshine was dazzling.

Zhu Youxiao was sitting on the throne of his Majesty, bored, holding a volume of "Tongjian" in his hand and reading it with gusto.However, although the canopy blocked the sun, it also made him a little hot.

"Your Majesty, why don't you go back to Qianqing Palace to rest first."

At this moment, Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch in charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, replaced Zhang Chang and He Ning to serve beside Zhu Youxiao.Seeing that the weather was a bit hot today, he took the tea brewed by the eunuch next to him and carefully handed it to Zhu Youxiao.

"How long has it been now?"

Upon seeing this, Zhu Youxiao closed the book and put it down, took the tea cup, and drank it. At the same time, he looked at the sky and couldn't help asking about the time.

"Your Majesty, only an hour has passed now."

Wei Zhongxian took the tea cup respectfully, handed Zhu Youxiao a wet towel to wipe it, and responded cautiously.

"It's only been so long, so I won't go back. I made my promise before. Since I want to stay until the end of the palace examination, I will never break my promise. Now that the sun is hot, I ordered you to prepare some mung bean soup for lunch. Give them relief from the heat.”

"Your Majesty should be considerate of your actions. I will tell the people of Honglu Temple to do it now."

As soon as Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, Wei Zhongxian immediately agreed and quickly asked the eunuchs around him to handle the matter.

According to the system, because the palace examination is long, officials from Honglu Temple will prepare lunch for the invigilator and candidates, and the standards are different, with fixed portions and regulations. Generally speaking, it is more abundant.

It's just that because of the exam, the lunch specifications of the candidates are much simpler than that of the examiners. Each person has two steamed buns and a bowl of soup. Now Zhu Youxiao suggests giving a bowl of mung bean soup, which is already a great favor from the emperor.

After Wei Zhongxian finished his instructions, he took the round fan handed over by the young eunuch next to him and carefully fanned Zhu Youxiao to the side.While fanning, he hesitated to speak, but Zhu Youxiao happened to see him.

"What's wrong with you? If you have anything to say, just say it."

"My servant thinks so, but since you succeeded to the throne, in order to save money, you have been reluctant to build the three main halls. But now that the imperial court has sufficient income and expenditure, even the elders have suggested that the main hall be repaired, otherwise it will not be enough to restore the majesty of the imperial court. I think that if Huang Ji The temple is now repaired, and you don't have to suffer here, you can go into the temple to rest."

Hearing Wei Zhongxian's "complaints", Zhu Youxiao chuckled, and then looked back and saw that the largest building in the Forbidden City, the Hall of Supreme Harmony, was now extremely crude and in ruins.

"I remember when I first looked at it, I thought the ruins looked really unsightly. But now that I have seen it more, it becomes more pleasing to the eye. I don't think there is a rush to repair it. The main hall is right here and I am afraid it will escape. So now I can save on repairs. With the money, the court can do a lot of things."

The cost of repairing the three main halls is too high. Even if they are repaired now, Zhu Youxiao feels a little pain.He remembered that in history, Emperor Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian also searched for money to repair the three major halls. When the war in Liaodong collapsed and natural disasters continued, they spent three years to repair the three major halls, spending a total of more than 600 million taels. silver.

Zhu Youxiao felt distressed at the thought of wasting so much money.This amount of money is more than enough to pay for Liaoyang's military expenses for a year, and it can reduce the financial pressure of the imperial court.Therefore, Zhu Youxiao has not been in a hurry, and it will not be too late to start repairing when the situation improves.

When Wei Zhongxian saw that the emperor once again rejected the idea of ​​building three major halls, he did not insist on it anymore. He just lowered his head and said:
"Your Majesty cares about the world, which really puts this servant to shame."

If it had been put when Zhu Youxiao had just succeeded to the throne, Wei Zhongxian would have persisted again.But after getting along with him for more than half a year, he had clearly understood that the emperor was extremely independent and would not be influenced or incited by others at all, so he could only follow the emperor's wishes.

However, after being so disturbed by Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youxiao gave up his intention to read.He slowly stood up from the throne, stretched, and then walked in front of the throne towards the edge of the platform.

At this time, His Majesty was also sitting on the chair. Upon seeing this, the readers and receivers, headed by cabinet ministers, also stood up and bowed their hands to the emperor.

Those who can serve as examiners are not ordinary people, and there are strict requirements for family background and official position.

For example, there are usually a total of 17 people serving as record readers, including cabinet bachelors and senior officials from the Six Ministries and other important departments. This official position has strict requirements for academic qualifications and family background.

The promotion officers are served by the Minister of Rites and the Vice Minister; the censors are served by the censor; the officials who receive the records, the officers who are awarded the title, and the officers who hold the records are served by ordinary officials such as Hanlin Academy and Chunfang;
The inspection officer is served by the Jin Yiwei officer; the sealing officer is served by the official of the Ceremony Department of the Ministry of Rites; the supply officer is served by the officer of Guanglu Temple and the Fine Food Department of the Ministry of Rites.

However, thinking that the scholars below were still taking exams, Zhu Youxiao quickly waved his hands and told them not to be polite, otherwise it would be bad if they disturbed the scholars taking exams.

Then he continued to walk to the front of the stage. Immediately, more than twenty rows of examination tables came into Zhu Youxiao's eyes. Along with the slight sound of grinding ink and flipping through paper, the entire Huangji Palace Square seemed Especially quiet and solemn.

Looking at the scholars below who were still busy writing, Zhu Youxiao immediately became interested and walked down the steps slowly, ready to see how these scholars answered the questions.

"Your Majesty~" When Ye Xianggao and others saw this, they were about to stop him when they saw Liu Yishen's look, and then shook his head, signaling Ye Xianggao not to stop him.The rest of the people present also saw what Liu Yishen meant and said nothing more. They could only watch the emperor leave the stage.

However, Zhu Youxiao, who was involved in the matter, did not know about this. He had now arrived at the square of Huangji Palace. Seeing the scholars in front of him writing with great concentration, he became even more interested and approached the candidates directly. Started looking around.

"I heard that I have been diligently searching for talented people for the sake of governance. I have appointed officials according to their aptitudes and have been inspected and verified by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The six ministries should not be dismissed lightly. The vassal selects talented people and must serve as pastors for a long time. This can be a big plan."

Zhu Youxiao stood behind a scholar and watched him writing a long article eloquently.The general idea is that if you want to improve the administration of officials, you should appoint officials according to their aptitude, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate should conduct a thorough assessment. In order to implement the imperial court's policies, local officials in charge of various places should not be replaced easily. This is a long-term solution.

Looking at this content, Zhu Youxiao was speechless and expressionless.It is indeed good to appoint employees according to their aptitude, but these are commonplace topics. How to ensure that employees are appointed according to their aptitude is the key.

Although he was not satisfied with this person's answer, he would not show any signs of dissatisfaction. He did not want his emotions to affect the candidate's state. That would be a serious sin.

So I briefly looked at the scholars who were still writing furiously, and continued walking forward.But he didn't notice that as soon as he stepped forward, the scholar quickly wiped the sweat on his head with his sleeves, his nervousness beyond words.He had long realized that the emperor was behind him, which made him feel nervous and his thoughts were disrupted. It was neither a matter of asking him to write nor not to write.

However, Zhu Youxiao didn't know all this. He was still watching the scholars write with great concentration, and the content they wrote made him nod repeatedly.

First of all, he put forward the viewpoint of "defending with sincerity is the key to fighting, and opposing the foreigners is the main point. When teachers come out, they should follow the law. If there is any advance, there will be no retreat. Yelang's territory is not as big as that of the Han Dynasty. If you don't see a long tassel, you can't invite him."

This instruction is not to be impatient when dealing with Jianlu. It is proposed that we should focus on defending and not attack blindly. At the same time, we should look for opportunities to actively attack. Jianlu can be defeated by itself.Isn't this Zhu Youxiao's idea? Slowly consume Jianlu to see who can defeat the other.

Just when Zhu Youxiao was thinking, he saw this scholar putting forward his own opinions on officialdom.

"You don't have to ask whether things are easy or difficult, and when times are good or bad, you only need to be loyal to yourself. Use people according to rules, appoint people only based on their merits, and use them more when they are more talented than when they are less talented. A wise person has inexhaustible talent, and a brave person has great strength. Be loyal to your majesty, and people's hearts will be filled with friendship."

This means that talents should be promoted out of the norm, and great talents should be used in a big way, while small talents should be used in a small way. Regardless of whether the ministers are obedient or not, they must not be selfish, they must be loyal and patriotic, and they must tide over the difficulties with the emperor.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction, feeling that what he said made sense.

Especially the sentence "You don't have to ask whether things are difficult or easy, and when times are smooth or adverse, you just have to be loyal to yourself." is very good.Isn't this the attitude you should have when doing things? Don't care how difficult it is, just do it.

"Your Majesty, please leave."

A slight voice came from behind Zhu Youxiao.

When Zhu Youxiao looked back, he saw a promotion officer standing behind him, gesturing for him to leave, and he was very forceful. Before he could reply, he had already spread his hands and started asking him to go out.

Although Zhu Youxiao knew that he was in the wrong, he still wanted to continue shopping, but he also knew that being here would disturb the performance of the candidates. In addition, Wen Tiren was so tough, so he could only nod and follow Wen Tiren out of the venue helplessly.

"Changqing has an upright character, but he can actually face suggestions directly. He is truly a straight minister."

Shen Guan stood on the stage and looked at the scene below, with a happy smile on his face, and glanced at Liu Yishen while speaking.He secretly thought that Wen Tiren was not afraid of offending Liu Yishui. This was clearly a slap in Liu Yishui's face.But Liu Yishen sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and seemed not to care much about this matter.

"What's your name?"

After exiting the examination room, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but look at the promotion officer in front of him. Generally speaking, promotion officers are held by the Minister of Rites and the Minister.But I have never seen him before. Could it be that he is the newly appointed minister.

"Your Majesty, Wen Tiren, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

Hearing this person's neither humble nor arrogant introduction, Zhu Youxiao immediately became interested. He turned out to be Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the cabinet during the Chongzhen period in history. It was rumored that he was smart and capable, and he could read at a glance the complicated punishments, money and food reported in the Sifang Zhangshu. Can sort out its clues.

He was also honest and self-disciplined, and never took bribes. As a result, he gained the trust of Emperor Chongzhen and served as the chief minister of the cabinet. However, he eventually fell into a conflict in the cabinet, was dismissed by Chongzhen, and died of illness at home.

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