Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 121 My father and I fell into the water at the same time, who do you choose to save?
Li Cunming easily resolved the revocation of the exam, which was thought to be a bloody storm.As the scholars took the Enke exam, the incident of dismissing the exam became a complete joke.

When the incident spread to Kaifeng City, Liu Zongzhou was surprised and delighted, and sighed:
"I originally thought that the city of Nanjing would be full of people, but I didn't expect a crisis to disappear like this. The emperor has a good way! And only killed Qian Bingdiao and Chen Zhenhui. It is considered bloodless. There is nothing good about it, nothing good about it!"

Both Qian Bingdeng and Chen Zhenhui were members of the Donglin Party, and they were old friends with Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi.Gu and Huang were sentimental, but also had lingering fears, thinking to themselves that it was fortunate that they had left Nanjing early.

At the same time, the two of them also strongly agree with Liu Zongzhou's opinion. His Majesty the Emperor is really capable, and the emperor's mind is becoming more and more perfect!
When the scholars all over the world looked back at the incident of dismissing the exam, most of them had the same mood as Liu Zongzhou. They not only lamented the unpredictable and profound tricks played by the emperor, but also sincerely praised the emperor's benevolent deeds, and did not kill.

Wang Chengen had a different opinion. He only had the emperor in his heart, and he said indignantly: "The scholars are against the emperor, and the emperor is magnanimous to forgive them. You can still take the exam, and Zheng Sen is still at large, this old slave really can't figure it out!"

Li Cunming smiled and said, "Then what do you say?"

"At least Qu Shixu's reputation must be revoked, and someone should be sent to arrest Zheng Sen!"

"Zheng Sen is a man who cannot be killed. It will be of great use for me to keep him."

What Li Cunming said was the truth, regardless of the fact that Zheng Sen was a national hero in history and made great contributions to the country, he only said that the Zheng family had a powerful navy and almost monopolized the foreign trade of the Ming Dynasty. Their power should not be underestimated. .

The most important point is that, judging from the historical records, Zheng Sen is the only person in the Zheng family who has a good sense of the overall situation, and the rest are either too selfish or short-sighted and domineering.

If Zheng Sen is killed, maybe the Zheng family will seek refuge with the Manchu Qing court, and this risk must not be taken!
What's more, Li Cunming's eyes are not only on the land territory, he is also staring at the vast and boundless sea, and has even greater ambitions.

It's just that these words can't be explained to Wang Chengen in detail, even if he said it, he can't understand it at the moment.

Li Cunming said: "With Zhou Yuji and others, I can compete in the Central Plains. But one day, if I surrender Zheng Sen, I may dominate the world!"

"My lord, after chasing the Central Plains and driving out the Tartars, isn't that the same as dominating the world?" Wang Chengen asked puzzled.

"Wang Daban, this world is so big, it's beyond your imagination!" Li Cunming smiled, and comforted Wang Chengen, "I'm not letting Zheng Sen be alone, just wait and see, I've already made plans."

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After more than ten days, the results of the Enke exam finally came out.Yan Ermei and others checked the examination papers and worked hard day and night. They selected [-] excellent answer papers from tens of thousands of examination papers and presented them to the emperor for review.

Seeing that Yan Ermei's eyes were swollen, Li Cunming smiled and said, "Military Master, are you exhausted?"

Yan Ermei said with a wry smile: "I dare not say I'm tired, but I have never been a Jinshi, and I can't write stereotyped essays when I take the imperial examination. Now I have a headache when I review the articles written by scholars. The level of scholars varies from good to bad. Some articles are nonsense, some articles are empty, and some articles are just piled up with allusions to pretend to be profound... Hey, today's scholars can't speak human words!"

Li Cunming laughed loudly: "There are indeed many big problems in recruiting scholars with stereotyped writing. When the time comes, I must rectify it from the root."

Then he flipped through the answer sheets casually. Li Cunming didn't bother to read the content of the article, and only paid attention to the names, places of origin, and class of origin of the scholars.

The main purpose of the Enke examination this time is to select talents who can serve the imperial court to carry out the New Deal wholeheartedly.

Therefore, Li Cunming intends to recruit a group of humble scholars, because the humble scholars know the hardships of the people, and they will not suffer much from the New Deal. It can even be said that they have benefited. Work harder.

Dongchang had already found out the details of these one hundred outstanding scholars. Li Cunming read them one by one according to the information, frowned and said: "The Ming Dynasty also had introversion, and the introversion was too strong! It is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son. Six out of ten of these people are the sons of officials and gentry, or come from big merchant families."

"I have tried my best." Yan Ermei sighed, and then asked, "Your Majesty, how should we deal with it? Should the results of the Enke exam be invalidated?"

Li Cunming waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, there is still the imperial examination. I will pass the last pass. Those who come from poor families will be admitted. As for the sons of officials and gentry, as long as they are talented and have a noble character, they should not be neglected. The more talents, the better!" "

After thinking for a while, he said again: "Bring the papers of Lin Shidui and Mao Xiang, and allow them to participate in the palace examination. Before these two leave Nanjing, I will disgust them once more and let them be a negative teaching material again. "

Three days later, the palace examination was held in Wenhua Palace.

In the past palace examinations, the emperor personally set up the questions and invigilated the examinations, and the scholars wrote an article based on the questions.Li Cunming simplified the procedure, did not need scholars to write articles, and directly interviewed.

At Chenshi, Li Cunming drove to the Wenhua Hall, and a group of ministers were in two shifts.

Under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, the scholars filed in. After kneeling three times and knocking nine times, they were interviewed one by one.

However, any scholar from a poor family passed the interview very easily and was praised by the emperor.

Lin Shidui and Mao Xiang knelt on the ground, glanced at each other quietly, and thought in their hearts: "Cao Factory Governor said that we should leave Nanjing after the exam, but the emperor asked us to take the palace exam. Could it be that the emperor deliberately let us go?" Us? And the emperor's question is too simple, this time the palace test is sure!"

Finally it was Lin Shidu's turn, and after the emperor asked his name and place of origin as usual, he suddenly said seriously: "Lin Shidu, I'm here to ask you, if my father and I fell into the water at the same time, who would you choose to save?"

"Ah..." Lin Shi was dumbfounded.

Don't say that Lin Shi was at a loss, and all the ministers present were also dumbfounded. What's the problem?

"Answer me, who will you save?" Li Cunming raised his voice.

"I... I save both of them!"

"You can only choose to save one person, who are you going to save?"

Sweat rolled down Lin Shixuan's forehead, he thought for a while, and said with difficulty: "I choose to save Your Majesty!"

Li Cunming said: "If you don't save your father, you are not filial. There is no room for unfilial people in my court. You have failed the ranking, so hurry out of the palace!"

Two imperial guards rushed over, dragged Lin Shidui, and led him out of the Wenhua Palace.

Then it was Mao Xiang's turn, and Li Cunming smiled and said, "Mao Xiang, it's the same question just now, who will you save?"

Mao Xiang hurriedly said: "I choose to save my father, filial piety is the foundation of life, without parents, how can there be a son!"

Mao Xiang learned from Lin Shidui's lesson and thought he answered well.

Unexpectedly, Li Cunming said: "I'm in distress, but you don't save me, it's because of disloyalty. How can I use him with confidence when I'm disloyal? You also failed the ranking, go out of the palace."

"Your Majesty, I..." Mao Xiang wanted to cry but had no tears, his face was covered with black lines, and he was dragged away by the guards.

Standing in the queue, Ruan Dacheng couldn't hold back any longer, almost laughed out loud, and cheered in his heart: "Well done, Your Majesty!"

"Haha, I can write another news article. The title is "Shocked! The emperor is in trouble, but the Donglin Party members are unfaithful and unfilial. Is it the loss of morality or the distortion of human nature?"

Li Cunming sat upright, restrained his cynical smile, and said sternly: "Scholars, do you think that I am making things difficult for Lin Shi and Mao Xiang? That's right, I am making things difficult for them on purpose!"

"The question I asked just now is a moral dilemma question. This kind of question sets a trap to test human nature, but human nature cannot be tested easily. The Donglin Party members are good at moral criticism, so why not test others with blame? It’s just treating the person in the same way as the person.”

"Remember, no one is perfect, and morality is more used to restrain oneself than to be used as a weapon to fight against dissidents. It is a great thing for a person to be a saint, but everyone is required to be a saint. It will cause chaos in the world! What's more, the Donglin party members are more lenient to themselves and stricter on others, they are really thieves trying to gain fame."

"When you become an official of the Ming Dynasty, you must always remember that I will not allow anyone to participate in party struggles!"

(End of this chapter)