Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 76
Yang Pu's guess was right. Zhu Cihong did intend to win over the Enke's scholarship. One was to win over people's hearts, and the other was to bring the literati who supported him from Fushe into the central government, so as to add some freshness to the decadent civil government. blood.

Even if the blood is not very good, it may even spoil and deteriorate soon.

But as the saying goes, once the emperor and the courtiers, Zhu Cihong is now on the throne, without his own team, it is not a good look.

It happened to be possible to take advantage of this opportunity to call Hou Fangyu's group of fushe sons into the court as officials. Although they are useless, they can help Zhu Cihong to wave the flag, which is enough.

So Zhu Cihong held the Enke within the first week of his accession to the throne, but it was only a general examination, and only for the literati stranded in Jinling.

Hou Fangyu and the others were naturally listed on the gold list, and in order to win over the hearts of Qingliu civil servants, Zhu Cihong deliberately designated Hou Fangyu as the champion of the new department.

As for Yang Pu and Wang Ruoyuan, they are also on the list. After all, their fame is not worth mentioning. Although they were born in the north and their economic conditions are not good, the pressure of competition is quite high.

Just like the college entrance examination in later generations, as long as they can pass the exam and pass so many people in the competition, it means that they are definitely excellent talents.

However, as for those in the border areas, it is not so good. For example, Juren from Yunnan, Guizhou, Ganlong, etc., they can be Juren, to a large extent, because of the cheapness of the policy, each province has a certain number of places.

That is to say, there can only be so many candidates, as long as your writing is decent, then you can be selected as a candidate, otherwise, you can only suffer, just like Fan Jinzhong Ju, the competition is fierce and no one appreciates your literary talent, want to stand out It's harder than climbing to the sky.

"Brother Ruoyuan, we are on the list, and we have become fellow Jinshi. I am afraid that we will enter the Imperial Academy as a Shuji scholar soon." Yang Pu found Wang Ruoyuan, and his expression of joy was beyond words.

"When we stay in the Imperial Academy for a few years, we will be able to become officials. I don't expect to be able to enter the cabinet as a prime minister in this life. As long as I can be released to be a local parent official at that time, it will be enough. I will be honored in my life , to add luster to the face of my old Yang family ancestors."

"Hey, brother Ruoyuan, I see why you are not very happy. Are you planning to do something after entering the Imperial Academy?"

Wang Ruoyuan had scruples in his heart, and he didn't know whether he should tell Yang Pu that in this era, joining the army is a dishonorable thing, and even ordinary people have scruples.

Not to mention a scholar like him, if his classmates, classmates, and teachers knew about it, I don’t know how many people would name him and scold him.

Wang Ruoyuan had already thought about what kind of accusations or even insults he would face, such as "disgraceful to the gentleman", "I read the book in the dog's stomach", "gentle scum", "You are worthy of the teachings of your parents, the teacher has been teaching for decades Is it like a day's teaching?"

But he thought to himself, if a man was born in this world, if he enters the Imperial Academy to be a good scholar, he will have to wait for three years before he can do the review of the Imperial Academy, and then he will have the opportunity to enter the six ministries to work, or Dali Temple, the eunuch temples.

If you survive like this, even if you are on the rise, and if you are lucky, it will take 20 years to reach a high position and do a big job. It has long been worn out.

At that time, what else can I do?It's just continuing to live a few decades later at a glance.

"I don't want to be an official for the time being." Wang Ruoyuan still didn't have the courage to say that he wanted to join the army.

Hearing Wang Ruoyuan's words, Yang Pu thought that he had noble ambitions and didn't care about worldly fame and fortune, so he took the fan in his hand and applauded Wang Ruoyuan.

"Brother Ruoyuan is really ambitious. You won the Jinshi instead of becoming an official. Your deeds will surely be passed down as a good story. It's a pity that I am obsessed with fame and fortune in the world. I can't accompany Brother Ruoyuan to plow the farmland and play the piano and study in the countryside. What a pity."

Yang Pu said, pretending to be a pity, but in fact he was secretly happy, there are only so many seats in the Imperial Academy, if one less person enters, there will be one less person to compete with him in the future.

"No, that's not what I meant. I want to join the army."

Seeing Yang Pu's astonished gaze and his long and wide mouth, Wang Ruoyuan knew that he didn't understand, and was full of doubts about what he said, so he explained.

"Now that the imperial court is partial to the Jiangzuo, it is not a long-term solution. I think His Majesty intends to build an army for the Northern Expedition, so I want to take this opportunity to make contributions on the battlefield and strive for fame and wealth."

"Brother Ruoyuan, I'm not telling you, what's the benefit of joining the army? It only allows you to be a member of a thousand households and command the army with big-headed soldiers, mud-legged men and thieves."

"Where can it compare to the lofty Hanlin Academy? Even the servants in the Hanlin Academy who do the sweeping work are much more elegant than those in the army."

"I know, I know." Wang Ruoyuan interrupted Yang Pu.

"But if a person wants to become famous, the fastest way is to join the army. Besides, you and I were born in troubled times. If you don't participate in making contributions, when you get old and think about your own inaction, you have not made any contribution to the country. How can you be in that time?" No regrets?"

"Hmph, I really don't know what you think, it's simply self-deprecating, I can't persuade you, so you and I should cut off our robes, lest people in the world laugh at me for being friends with a big soldier."

In a fit of rage, Yang Pu tore off his sleeves, treating it as a severance of the robes, and the two of them went to the sky, each walking on the other side.

Just when Wang Ruoyuan wanted to dissuade him and have a good talk with him, he heard the voice of a messenger from downstairs in the inn.

"Jinshi Yangpu and Wang Ruoyuan, your Majesty conferred the post of Shujishi in the Imperial Academy, and called you into the palace to enter the Hall of Supreme Harmony to thank you."

After hearing the voice, Yang Pu and Wang Ruoyuan hurried downstairs, not forgetting to ask the servant to bring some money to reward the police.

At first, the messenger saw that the servants handed over copper coins, so he didn't even stretch out his hand, and said with a straight face, "Miscellaneous houses don't accept money."

It was only at this time that Yang Pu and Wang Ruoyuan realized that they looked down on them, so they hurriedly asked the servant to fetch the money and quietly handed it into the policeman's sleeve.

Only at this time did he smile and say to the two of them, "Masters, the carriage to pick you up is already waiting outside, hurry up."

Sitting in the carriage, the road was unimpeded, and soon Yang Pu and Wang Ruoyuan arrived in the imperial city, and then they arrived at the Hall of Supreme Harmony under the leadership of the palace servants.

If nothing else happened, this was probably the only chance they had to enter the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the past few years.

(End of this chapter)