Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

The emperor slowly flipped through the sealed book, looking at it very carefully.

The secret book system he developed in Liaodong is naturally very different from the secret book system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in history.

The secret seal system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was open to the public, to make everyone vigilant and to make officialdom more urgent.

It is good to do so, but the reform is imminent, and it is impossible for him to do such a thing that can shake the world. Naturally, he will not do such a self-destructing city wall.

Therefore, small-scale secret folding has become the first choice.

The Son of Heaven believes that there is absolutely no county magistrate of the ninth grade who can ignore this way of reaching the sky, not to mention that he has chosen several county magistrates that he values ​​quite a lot.

Different from the full-length rhetoric of the imperial memorials in the past, and also different from the brevity of the martial arts memorials, these few memorials all reveal the prosperity and yearning of a person who has just entered the officialdom. immature.

Of course, it is precisely because of this vigor and immaturity that the emperor can see what he wants to see. If not, he doesn't need to come up with this secret system.

While his thoughts were entangled, the emperor picked up a pen and slowly instructed this sealed performance.

There are only a handful of closed performances, but the emperor commanded them for nearly an hour.

No matter what policy, no matter how smooth it is at the middle and upper levels, no matter how good the response is, in the end, it still depends on the response at the lowest level.

And most of the time, he, the emperor, cannot see the problems at the grassroots level.

Officials protect each other. When encountering problems, the first choice is not to solve them, but to cover them up. The thousands of years of officialdom have long been deeply rooted.

Even Wu Xun and the army are the same.

As long as he, the emperor, is a little slack, the world will be on top of that volume, and the country will be prosperous and the people will be safe, and the weather will be smooth!

Only when the problem can no longer be concealed and the cover can no longer be covered will he come to the case of the emperor, and often at this time, the situation is already out of control.

The emperor attaches great importance to this rare opportunity to look directly at the grassroots.

At some point, the emperor put down the pen in his hand, got up slowly, and walked from behind the table to the steps in front of the hall.

The scenery that comes into view is still the same stretching palace, but over two hundred years, this imperial palace and these stretching palaces have long been covered with thick traces of time.

Just like this world, thousands of years of historical reincarnation have already caused this world to fall into an almost irreversible inertia of people's hearts.

Thousands of years of civilization, countless heroes, endless great achievements, it seems incomparably brilliant...

However, the glory of these thousands of years is not standing still for thousands of years, reincarnation is staged again and again.

This reincarnation is also time for a breakthrough.

Even if, after breaking through this reincarnation, there will inevitably be a new reincarnation, but at least, in his hands, this civilization will break through this step, instead of... another reincarnation!

"Your Majesty, Mr. Yang Ge will play..."

Wang Wu stepped forward, the Son of Heaven took the playbook, flipped through it for a while, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

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Since May of the third year of Zhaowu, when Daheng first opened a department to obtain scholars, the big tax case that caused everyone in the Daheng world to feel in danger seems to have finally come to an end. The discussions in various places are not about who was sent to the house by ransacking, It is the cliché voice of reform.

Whether it is the government and the public, or the common people, the reform of Liaodong has unknowingly become the hottest topic here.

In fact, since the beginning of the Liaodong reform, discussions on the reform have never stopped under the control of the emperor, and in the entire Daheng world.

But this time, with the silence of the big tax case, voices for reform are rising again. For those who are a little bit politically sensitive, it is already clear what major events will happen in the third year of Zhaowu.

On the tenth day of May in the third year of Zhaowu, the court was still urgently dealing with the imperial examination, and a decree from the emperor came to the cabinet without warning.

"It really came!"

Holding this edict, Lai Zongdao muttered to himself.

"reform?"

Liu Qiyuan frowned.

Chen Qiyu was also staring at these imperial decrees, although he didn't say anything, but he did not hide the eagerness in his eyes.

"Your Majesty has a decree to announce the pros and cons of the reform to all the ministries of the court and the officials of the world."

After finishing speaking, Daoist Laizong let out a sigh of relief: "Convey Your Majesty's will as soon as possible. This time, Your Majesty has really made up his mind."

"Row!"

Liu Qiyuan and Chen Qiyu nodded without saying a word.

Although the will of the Son of Heaven is to let the officials of the world report the pros and cons of reform, it is obvious that the real meaning does not lie in this, but in the direction of the political wind.

Even, it can be regarded as the last time to stand in line.

This time, if anyone still can't figure it out at this last moment, the end can be imagined.

When a martial arts group with a unified will and a civilian group with an equally unified will work together to implement a will, it is completely conceivable what the scene will be like.

In May, June, and two months of the third year of Zhaowu, Daheng's extremely lean inn system was busy almost day and night due to the continuous wars in the early years.

The ultimate reason for the busyness is that all over the world, whether it is the place under the jurisdiction of the imperial court or the "fan towns" of various places, the memorials swarmed towards the capital like snowflakes.

No matter whether it is singing the praises or analyzing the pros and cons, the sealed memorials have appeared in front of the emperor's case in a steady stream, piling up like a mountain.

The entire Daheng world also spent the May, June, and these two months of the third year of Zhaowu under the turmoil.

Of course, under all the turmoil, there is still a group of people, but under the turmoil of reforms, they are anxious.

This group of people is the Gongsheng students in the examination.

According to the previous practice, the general examination was held in March, so it was also called Chunwei. After the general examination, April of the same year was the time for the palace examination.

But this time, the examination time has been postponed to Lixia, and the palace examination...

Under the turmoil of this reform trend, the examination has ended for almost two months, but there is no movement.

In this way, it is natural that these Gongsheng students are not eager!

The title of the gold list, the title, is the list of the palace examination!

The number one scholar and the first, and the first, is the leader of the palace examination!

Political affairs are worthy of their discussion, but obviously, personal future interests are more worthy of their concern.

If it is said that after the general examination, a group of Gongsheng students were still happily discussing reforms and imagining great plans, but when the time passed, it has been a long time since the news of the palace examination came out. There are not many scholars left.

Fortunately, this postponement did not last long. With all the scholars eagerly looking forward to it, the emperor's decree was issued and the Ministry of Rites announced it.

The turmoil in the capital immediately turned into anticipation for the title on the gold list.

In the third year of Zhaowu, on July [-]th, the palace examination, which was postponed for two months, finally kicked off under the eyes of everyone.

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Chapter 512

Zhaowu three years, July eighteenth.

The voice of reform is still the main body of public opinion in the world, but in the capital, the attention of the government and the public has already been placed on this first imperial examination since the founding of the country.

At Maoshi, [-] tribute students, led by the Minister of Rites, walked through the Thousand Steps Corridor and gathered outside the Chengtian Gate.

The Dahenglong flag was unfurled, and the officers and men of the Imperial Battalion put on armor and enforced the martial law on the entire Chengtianmen Square. After the search by the soldiers of the Imperial Camp, a tribute student stood aside and waited.

It is worth mentioning that not all those who participated in the palace examination were the Gongsheng students who participated in the examination in the third year of Zhaowu. , can be transferred to this palace examination.

This is also the reason why the palace examination was postponed this time.

Some courtiers remonstrated that this was the case, and the emperor specially ordered to show mercy, so the palace examination was postponed to give the former court tribute students time to prepare.

After the search was over, a group of tribute students, also led by the Minister of Rites, passed through the Chengtian Gate, then through the Meridian Gate, and finally arrived in front of Majesty Dan in the square in front of the Chengtian Palace.

Outside the Chengtian Hall, the examiners and acceptors headed by the cabinet ministers, as well as dozens of deacons stood on Majesty Dan. After accepting the worship of all the examinees, they waited for the arrival of the emperor.

At this time, the emperor was still in the Qianqing Palace, under the service of all the court ladies, wearing the emperor's gown.

Hengcheng Ming system, according to the Hongwu year system of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's clothes, Xuanyi and yellow clothes, twelve chapters, six chapters of the sun, moon, stars, mountains, dragons, and Chinese insects are woven on the clothes, Zongyi, Zao, Fire, and Fen The six chapters of Mi, Fu and Fu are embroidered on the skirt.

Ming respects the virtue of fire, while constant respects the virtue of water. Therefore, in addition to changing the overall color of the uniform from bright yellow to black, the pattern of the twelve chapters implying the emperor's supremacy is also embroidered according to the usual practice.

Dagon clothes are solemn and solemn, not for sacrifices, and they are not worn on major festivals such as Zhengdan, but today's emperor, even if it is an ordinary dragon robe, is disliked a lot, because he thinks it is too restrictive, and he usually wears casual clothes on weekdays.

Now Daheng's first imperial examination, the emperor wanted to show his importance, and it was also the first time since he ascended the throne that he wore the extremely cumbersome emperor's twelve chapters uniform.

The maids were busy for nearly a quarter of an hour before they could afford to wear this uniform.

"Your Majesty, it's almost time."

Wang Wu stepped forward quickly and reported in a low voice.

"Row."

The emperor nodded, feeling the restraint of the gown robe on his body, he couldn't help but frown, glanced at the tall and straight figure in the mirror, the emperor turned around slowly, and when he was walking outside the hall, the emperor suddenly stopped pace.

Wang Wu was surprised, and looked in the direction the emperor was looking at, only to see a few dirty children holding small wooden knives, shouting and running around in the square, dozens of eunuchs and maids, like a tail , followed carefully, but did not dare to go too far.

Seeing this scene, Wang Wu immediately looked away, as if he hadn't seen it. There is no doubt that only those little princes dared to be so reckless in the palace.

He knew it, and under the emperor's repeated emphasis, the empresses did not dare to disobey, and they all let go of the little prince's control.

No, let it go, and it will look like this...

He didn't dare to say more, and no one in the whole palace dared to say more.

Looking at those little princes and princesses who looked like dogs, the emperor couldn't help but twitched a few times.

After a while, the emperor withdrew his gaze and asked casually, "How old are the princes?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Jing is two years and one month old, His Royal Highness Huan is also one year and eight months old, and His Royal Highness Prince Yu is already..."

The emperor nodded, and glanced at the little princes and princesses who looked like demon kings in the world. With a flicker of eyes, he also stepped on the imperial drive, and then, with a loud cry, the imperial drive set off and headed for Chengtian Palace.

"See your majesty, long live my emperor, long live!"

The emperor came, and the minister Gongsheng entered the hall, paying homage and shouting.

"Excuse me, gentlemen!"

Although the voice of the Son of Heaven seemed plain, it sounded like a bell to the ears of the ministers and tribute students. Everyone stood up and thanked him again.

Immediately afterwards, Lai Zongdao, the chief assistant of the cabinet, stood in front of all the tribute students holding the imperial decree, and read out the emperor's holy will and the questions of the palace examination.

The Son of Heaven sat upright, listening to Lai Zongdao's slightly agitated voice, but his eyes were on all the tribute students.

According to the usual practice, it is rare to admit so many tribute students in a single examination, but this time, under his personal intervention, the number of admissions was more than [-]% higher than in previous years.

The reason is naturally simple, Daheng is short of officials, extremely short of officials!

When Chongzhen came to the throne, there were more than 11 civil servants and [-] military officials throughout the Ming Dynasty.

And with the successive years of wars, and repeated cleanings, coupled with the change of dynasty, the Shouwang chaos and the trend of reform, and this big taxation case, now the officials from all over Daheng, even if you count the warriors from all over the place as herdsmen's officials, the total number of officials It has also dropped to more than 1 people, and military officers with more than 2 households have directly dropped to less than [-] people.

Even though the recent large-scale transfer of officials to be elected from the Ministry of Officials requires additional officials from the Civil Affairs Department of the Military Academy, it still cannot keep up with the speed at which officials are sacked or simply resign and go south.

According to rough statistics, since the Shouwang Rebellion, there were no less than 50 gentry and wealthy merchants who moved to Nanming.

Such a large-scale loss, in fact, if it weren't for the current Daheng, which is still in a state of military control as a whole, and the overall planning and deployment of this bank, the entire Daheng would have been on the verge of collapse.

And these Gongsheng students in front of them are the fresh blood that Daheng urgently needs at present, to fill the vacancy, and the survival of the fittest.

After Lai Zongdao read out, all the tribute students also sat down at each table in an orderly manner, and began the first palace examination since the founding of the Daheng Dynasty.

According to the past practice, the emperor usually stayed for more than half an hour before leaving, but this time, the emperor obviously did not follow the previous practice.

About two hours later, the emperor actually got up from the dragon chair and walked into the hall, obviously intending to inspect it. The three cabinet ministers looked at each other and wanted to dissuade them, but in the end, they still didn't dare to say it out loud. He really followed behind the emperor and patrolled the hall.

Obviously, the movement of the emperor surprised and delighted all the candidates, especially those who were quite close to the emperor, their hands trembled uncontrollably.

The emperor frowned, but he didn't stop walking, he was still walking in the hall, his eyes were also on the answer sheets of the candidates.

The topic of the palace examination is mainly about the topic of policy discussion, and the topic of policy discussion is mainly about reform.

Just as the emperor attaches great importance to grassroots affairs, he also attaches great importance to these tribute students.

Most of the time, in the middle of the game, no outsider can see clearly no matter how clever his calculations are. At this critical moment, the emperor is unwilling to miss anything that can make him see more clearly.

Of course, the purpose of this move is to avoid tricks when grading papers after the palace examination.

After all, after the Palace Examination is over, the examination papers are marked by the examiner. After deciding whether they are good or bad, they are then reviewed by the cabinet, and the top ten papers are selected, and then he, the emperor, reads the papers and decides the top three.

That is to say, among the more than 500 examination papers, he, the emperor, can only see ten of them.

In the seemingly rigorous system, it is not difficult for those who really want to make something tricky.

Now at this critical moment, Guochao's first imperial examination resulted in a scandal, which would be a real scandal!

As for him, the emperor, who personally checked the papers, as long as his head was not flooded, he would not do such stupid acts.