Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 77 Granting Wang Ruoyuan as Commander
Sitting on the throne, Zhu Cihong looked at the new jinshi who were kneeling together below, and thought to himself, these people look like ordinary court ladies and eunuchs bowing to him.

But there is one difference, these people are almost the smartest people in the world, it cannot be said that Zhu Cihong is inferior to them, it can only be said that the two are not at the same latitude in terms of IQ.

The palace examination is held once every three years, with about 300 people each time, and an average of about 100 people per year, which is rarer than the Qingbei students in Zhu Cihong's previous life.

It's just a pity that these people have all devoted their entire life's wisdom and energy to stereotyped essays, learning the words and deeds of saints, and it's a pity that they have spent their entire lives without achieving anything and can't delve into other things.

I don't know how many people here will grow up to be my ministers and assist me in ruling this country.

No, there are still two powerful enemies in the north. If we don't defeat them, I don't know how many days I will be the emperor. I'm afraid it's a bit whimsical to let them grow up enough to assist me in ruling the country.

"Your peace, please. Each person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver and a piece of cloth. You can go back." Seeing that it was getting late, and they knelt for a long time, Zhu Cihong ordered them to get up and go back.

But unexpectedly, when everyone turned around and exited the palace, and even Zhu Cihong stepped down from Danchi, Wang Ruoyuan suddenly ran in front of Zhu Cihong.

"Your Majesty, I don't want to be like Hanlin."

When he said this, everyone's eyes were attracted by him, and they stood there blankly, watching what this guy who was not afraid of death was going to do.

"Oh, then what do you want to do?" Zhu Cihong didn't expect such a reckless person to run to the emperor and say that he didn't want to do anything.

He said in his heart, do you think the imperial court is a vegetable market between the market, the emperor's words are not the price of the vegetable farmers, the emperor tells you to do, you have to do it, even if you do more than one good thing, it will not work.

Zhu Cihong looked into Wang Ruoyuan's eyes, and said to himself, if you dare to say a bastard about asking for an official, or being an official, I will have the guards arrest you on the spot.

"Some time ago, I saw a recruiting station in the city. It said that children were awarded a small banner, a scholar was awarded a general banner, a person was awarded a hundred households, and a tribute was awarded a thousand households. I don't know what position this fellow Jinshi can confer?"

Hearing what he said, Zhu Cihong thought to himself, I had someone post the list some time ago, just for fun, to let some down-and-out literati enter the army and improve the quality of our army.

How can there be a new scholar who is willing to join the army? If you are about to be sent to prison, I still believe this sentence, but now it sounds like a dream.

Not only Zhu Cihong, but other Xinke Jinshi present also had the same idea. They all thought that they might be deaf with piercings, and they must have heard it wrong.

Wang Ruoyuan actually said that instead of becoming a Jinshi, he would not enter the Imperial Academy, but go to the army.

Only Yang Pu, who was standing in the crowd, was complacent, thinking, this guy Wang Ruoyuan is really reckless, this is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the person in front of you is the master of this country, and behind you are the new scholars. If you say something like this, It's just asking for death.

Don't say that you offended the king, just because you said this today, wouldn't you want to cut yourself off from the world's literati?Fortunately, I cut off the robe with you before, otherwise I'm afraid I will be implicated by you later.

"Are you telling the truth?" Zhu Cixiang was naturally happy to see someone volunteering to go to the army, but he didn't know whether Wang Ruoyuan really wanted to go or was just joking with him.

"Your Majesty, do you think I dare to joke with you? In that case, I would be betting my life and property with my relatives and friends." Wang Ruoyuan looked determined. After saying this again, Zhu Cixiang understood that he really wanted to join the army.

"Okay, if this is the case, I will grant you the banner-bearer guard from the third-rank command and acquaintance. If you perform well in the future, you can be released outside and lead the battle alone."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wang Ruo originally thought that Zhu Cihong would only give him a thousand households, but he didn't expect that he would make himself a third-rank military officer, commanding colleagues.

It really brought him earth-shaking changes all at once. Although the military officer is worthless, but with power in his hands, he can do something, which is much better than sitting in the Hanlin Academy all day long. up.

"Wait, I want to ask, why did you give up entering the Imperial Academy and enlist in the army?" Zhu Cihong wanted to get a reason from Wang Ruoyuan, otherwise he always felt weird.

"Back to Your Majesty, I feel that entering the Hanlin Academy will only serve as a vegetarian. I will not be able to serve the country, let alone make achievements. I am afraid that my hair will turn gray when I get to the top."

"When I was a proud teenager in life, if I didn't take advantage of my youth to make contributions in this troubled world and fight for the future of a wife and son, I would definitely blame myself when I was old."

What Wang Ruoyuan said was right. If you want to get ahead and make contributions, you can only do it the fastest on the battlefield, and generally only military officers have the opportunity to let their nephews rely on their own concealment to become officials, or even directly inherit their official positions.

And if you are a civil servant, even if you are a bachelor, you can't let your white-clothed nephew be an official, you have to pass the exam step by step.

"That's right, you are very ambitious. Now that the Ming Dynasty is about to collapse, people like you are needed to help the country."

"It's not enough for you to be a military attaché. I'll reward you as editor of the Hanlin Academy." Allowing Wang Ruoyuan to take on both civil and military positions would strengthen the connection between Zhu Cihong and him, and improve the imperial power's ability to control the army.

Wang Ruoyuan was very excited when he heard that Zhu Cihong was going to give him an official position edited by the Imperial Academy, and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty treats his subjects so kindly, and they will be killed when they are alive, and they will be rewarded with a grass ring when they die."

The Xinke Scholars who were standing nearby were shocked and couldn't believe their eyes and ears when they heard Zhu Cihong's words.

The emperor actually let Wang Ruoyuan join the army, and also gave him the rank of commander and magistrate from the third rank. This was nothing. The most annoying thing was that he actually made him an editor at the Hanlin Academy, which made Wang Ruoyuan step on all of them at once. On the heads of the top three scholars.

Yang Pu was even more annoyed that smoke was coming from the top of his head. He didn't expect that Wang Ruoyuan would climb onto his head all at once. He had to work hard for several years to get Wang Ruoyuan's job as an editor, but he got it in just a few breaths. .

For a moment, Yang Pu also wanted to go up to Zhu Cihong and say that he wanted to join the army, but he felt that he was greedy for Wang Ruoyuan and wanted to imitate him.

Out of the literati's good face psychology, he pressed down the passion that had just emerged in his heart. He didn't know that it was this choice that doomed him to be mediocre all his life, and also made the gap between him and Wang Ruoyuan even bigger in the future. bigger and bigger.

Soon, news spread in Jinling City that Xinke Jinshi had approached the emperor in the palace and said that he wanted to join the army.

(End of this chapter)