I am the king of the dead

"There are also people in this world who stutter and recite Amitabha." Zhu Qiyu was very satisfied with Qiu Jun's words in Celun.

This sentence of stuttering and chanting Amitabha can be described as full of mockery.

Qiu Jun's meaning is very clear, we must be wary of the misinterpretation of history and social cognition by the expropriation class. This is the beginning of the decline of the world, the collapse of rituals and music, and the distortion of the standards of right and wrong and public opinion.

Qiu Jun is undoubtedly a very qualified political fantasist, he put forward many fantasies.

But he is not capable of realizing his political ambitions, which requires the same desire of all people and the efforts of all husbands.

In Qiu Jun's policy theory, it is quite taboo, and he fantasizes about determining the responsibilities and obligations of the monarch.

Wu Jing, Shang Ren and many other examiners had great controversy over this policy theory.

Whether Qiu Jun's grades were first-class or second-class, several examiners were undecided.

In the end, it was Wu Jing and Shang Ren who overcame all opinions and confirmed Qiu Jun's first place in the examination.

Qiu Jun said that His Majesty should not be stubborn and forbid remonstrance, but should accept good words. His Majesty has always done this, and it is okay to scold the king of a subjugated country. The main thing he said is justified.

His Majesty is never shy of words, so Qiu Jun is quite taboo, not the reason why he can't take Hui Yuan.

In mathematics, Qiu Jun also deservedly achieved full marks.

Among the candidates who took the exam this time, 130 and [-] people got full marks in their studies, and there were more than [-] people who only missed one question.

Regarding the matter of doing the questions, Daming Juren is a well-deserved master of the questions.

But there is a fatal problem, that is, Qiu Jun is not good-looking.

Qiu Jun had a nickname, Qiu Magan, and he was thin and unattractive.

In the imperial examination, this is called ugly, that is, the appearance is not good, and you cannot be a member of the Huiyuan.

For this reason, before the results were announced, Wu Jing and Shang Ren sent the final results to His Majesty, asking His Majesty to adjudicate.

Talent and ability are not bad, but looks are bad, so can't you be a Huiyuan?

The answer is yes.

For example, Zhong Kui, Zhong Kui, a Jinshi of Zhongnan Mountain, because of his unattractive appearance, leopard head with round eyes, iron face and curly temples, and strange appearance, he failed to be the No.

Zhu Qiyu thought about it carefully, and still gave Qiu Jun a prize. If there were no accidents, Qiu Jun should be able to win the first prize in the palace examination.

The main reason is that this year's imperial examinations were not very good, and the Nanya rebellion seriously affected the examination of Nanjuan Shilin students.

Zhu Qiyu had met Qiu Jun before, and Qiu Jun's appearance was just ordinary, not ugly at all, at most he was an ordinary person who was placed among the crowd with his unattractive appearance.

""University Yanyi Bu" is good, and you can give a miraculous card when you finish writing it." Zhu Qiyu said with certainty.

This is the first book written by Qiu Junqiong and Jinghao. It is divided into 160 volumes. It will take at least three to fifty years to finish writing.

Six volumes of "University Yanyi Bu" have been written, and Zhu Qiyu has finished reading it. Generally speaking, I am very satisfied.

Because Qiu Jun, as a student of Confucianism, actually spent a lot of time discussing Yan Wubei, and he had extremely in-depth insights into the development and training of weapons and equipment.

This is thanks to King Jili, who suffered a major defeat in a civil fortress, making everyone clearly aware of what the world looks like when the house can really be kicked down by someone.

Even Yanyin in the south of the Yangtze River plummeted.

Yan Wubei is also one of the results of great speculation after the great defeat of the Ming Dynasty and the great panic experienced.

The great speculation of Ming Dynasty is still going on. This kind of speculation is not simply advocating the ancients, but a comprehensive reflection from top to bottom and bottom to top combined with the present.

The death of King Ji Li was the greatest contribution of his life.

Chapter 491 The Dengwen Drum Is Ringing

Zhu Qiyu approved the list of the Ministry of Rites for the examination, and asked the Ministry of Rites to release the list outside Donghuamen.

It is a big day to release the rankings in the general examination. The palace examination is to become a student of the emperor, to determine the ranking, and the general examination represents whether you are selected.

Countless students heard that the rankings had been released, and began to rush towards Donghuamen, as if a sluice had been opened to release water.

And a student from Sichuan originally planned to go outside Donghua Gate to see if he was on the list, but when he reached East Chang'an Avenue, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

The student's clothes are very simple, even the Confucian robe has a few patches.

Ming's Juren has a lot of privileges, even if he is a poor family, if he wins the Juren, he is the nobleman among the nobles, but the official, with his attire, he is out of place among the crowd.

The student looked at the Donghua Gate, which was close at hand, gritted his teeth, took a step forward, then retracted, protruded out, and retracted again. Repeated this several times, the student finally turned eastward, towards Chengtian Gate. and go.

There is Dengwen Drum Court outside Chengtian Gate, which is Zhouli.

There is a lung stone under the Dengwen drum, which is bright red, eight or nine feet long, and shaped like a hanging lung. It is the drumstick used to beat the drum.

According to the instructions of Huangming ancestors, any common people who want to beat the Dengwen drum and lung stone must not stop them, otherwise they will all be convicted.

But Dengwen Drum Courtyard has a courtyard wall, and locks will be locked, so no one usually knocks on it.

But after His Majesty ascended the throne, at the Hongwu Gate outside the Nanjing Imperial Palace, he saw the dilapidated Dengwen Drum Courtyard, which was even locked, so he asked Yousi to open the gate.

The student saw that the door of the Dengwen Drum Institute was open and there was no dust on the lung stones, so he walked over step by step, picked up two lung stones, and smashed them hard on the Dengwen drum.

The Dengwen drum, which had been silent for more than 50 years, sounded.

Jin Yiwei at the top of the city frowned when he first heard this, it's so good that it's not yet the time of the evening drum, where is the sound of the drum coming from?

But Jin Yiwei soon found out that the Dengwen Drum of Dengwen Drum Academy was ringing!

Tiqi moved upon hearing the wind and escorted the person to the side hall inside the Zuoshun gate.

According to the disposal regulations, no one said a word to him.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Dengwen Drum is ringing!" A little Huangmen scrambled into the Wenhua Palace and said in a panic.

Baiguan has just left, and the court has just discussed the dispatch of Ryukyu officials.

Zhu Qiyu asked seriously: "Who complained?"

Xiao Huangmen said out of breath: "Li Sui, a candidate from Caotang County, Sichuan, entered the imperial examination in Beijing this year. After finishing the exam, he ran outside Chengtian Gate and beat the Dengwen Drum!"

Zhu Qiyu flipped through the list of Jinshi in his hands, and found this man named Li Sui, who was a candidate in the first year of Jingtai in Zhenxiong Mansion, Sichuan. .

Originally, after waiting for the palace examination, at least he could get some fame, and a seventh-rank official was in his hands.

But he hammered Dengwen's drum.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Sit up in Fengtian Palace."

The Dengwen Drum is a serious matter, which means that no matter whether it is in Dali Temple or in the Ministry of Punishment, the grievances cannot be redressed, so they have to beat the Dengwen Drum.

Zhu Qiyu really wanted to know what made this new Jinshi, when the list was released, to beat the Dengwen drum.

Now that it was knocked, Zhu Qiyu naturally had to ignore it, and called a group of officials to see what kind of grievance this was.

Zhu Qiyu came to Fengtian Hall and sat down.

After three blows of the clean whip, the Minister of Dali Temple, the Chief Constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and the Commander of Jin Yiwei all attended the scene.

In addition, there are six Minggongs, Yu Qian and Shi Heng.

Completely different from the hundreds of people who went to court in the past, Zhu Qiyu soon came to sit down in Fengtian Hall.

"What's the matter?" Zhu Qiyu asked after taking a sip of water from his water bottle.

Li Sui is obviously not a person who doesn't know the rules. He is going to be a Jinshi. Does he know that Dengwen Guzi is a big deal?

As long as there is a place where he can express his grievances, he will not go to Chengtianmen to knock on Dengwen's drum.

Hu Wei stood up and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, according to the instructions of the Ming ancestors, after the Dengwen drum is sounded, no one is allowed to inquire. Let this Li Sui go to the hall to speak."

This is to prevent someone from threatening the complainant at the last moment.

"That's right, Lord Xuan Sufferer." Zhu Qiyu nodded and said.

Li Sui was waiting outside the door. After he beat the Dengwen drum, he was protected by Jin Yiwei. No one spoke to Li Sui during this period.

Wearing a tattered Confucian robe, Li Sui walked into the Fengtian Hall, knelt down three times and kowtowed five times, and made a big salute with a shout of long live.

Zhu Qiyu sat up straight and said: "Today is the day when the list is released, don't you go outside Donghua Gate to read the list?"

Li Sui knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "The grass people are afraid that after becoming a Jinshi, they will not dare to speak."

Zhu Qiyu looked at Li Sui, it seemed that this Li Sui was very proud, he felt that he was sure to hit, and he had a precise grasp of his own strength.

"Pingshen, get up and answer."

Li Sui shouted loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty Long En."

"Tell me what it is." Zhu Qiyu put down his water glass and asked quite seriously.

Li Sui took out a thick memorial and said: "The grass people complained for the people of Caotang, Sichuan, for the people of Zhenxiong Mansion, Sichuan, and for the people of Sichuan."

Zhu Qiyu took the memorial from Xing'an and read it for a long time.

Li Sui belongs to the Caotang Appeasement Department and is under the management of Zhenxiong Mansion.

What Li Sui is talking about is a common phenomenon in Sichuan, which is called 戥头.

The difference between the head and the insufficient weight of the sub-scale.

Specifically, when the local government collects taxes, it is common to add a copper nugget to the other side of the balance, and the common people will have to pay more food with the weight of this copper nugget to pay taxes.

This part is called the head. In the Qing Dynasty, this thing was called fire consumption.

Zhu Qiyu passed on Li Sui's melody for everyone to read.

There are really too many names for the head, but Li Sui calculated it based on the price of grain in the capital, and each household is about one cent and eight cents silver, which is 45 catties of rice beams.

The two taxes in summer and autumn are ninety catties of grain.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, three rates were levied. At the highest point, it was nine per mu of land.

If it is calculated on the basis of ten acres of land for a farmer, it is nine cents of silver. If it is calculated on the basis of eight hectares of land for a rich household, the wealthy household pays seven taels of silver.

This is one cent and eight cents per household, which is a huge expense for any lower and middle peasants.

Jin Lian looked at it for a long time, his complexion changed drastically, and he said angrily: "Your Majesty, the national treasury may not have received this part of the high tax. They are using the name of the court to enrich themselves! It must be strictly investigated!"

Dare to use the name of the Ministry of Households to set up a name, and the notoriety belongs to the Ministry of Households, but the money has nothing to do with the Ministry of Households. Jin Lian's first reaction was anger.

The main levy is simply too much.

His Majesty's city shipping department pays [-]% of the tax and pays only [-]% of the silver.

They actually wanted one cent and eight cents per household, much more than what His Majesty charged!

Zhu Qiyu didn't blame Jin Lian. This part of the apportionment has little to do with the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Li Sui continued: "Caomin ran away from the Caotang county government office because of this matter, went to the Zhenxiong government office, and also went to Sichuan to find the chief envoy. Because of this matter, the Caomin lost their fame."

"Wang Shangshu?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Wang Zhi with some doubts.

This Li Sui has already been expelled from fame, how did he take part in the examination?

Wang Zhi bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, Sichuan has indeed handed over the old notice to get rid of Li Sui's fame, in the name of collecting money."

"But I checked for a long time, Li Sui went to Beijing, went bankrupt and traveled five thousand miles, and did not make any money."

Hu Wei hurriedly said: "Imperial examinations, to obtain scholars for the country, naturally can't be trifling. This is still under investigation. Since I went to Beijing for reference, I dare not be private. Five thousand miles away, the journey is far away, so I let him enter the Gongyuan and participate in the exam." Will try."

The removal of Juren’s reputation in the Ming Dynasty also had to go through a process. This process also had to be checked and supplemented. In addition to going through the Ministry of Officials, it was also passed by the Ministry of Rites.

If it is placed in the orthodox year, some means can be used to expedite it, such as giving more filial piety, sending a message to the same teacher from the same hometown.

All in all, it's human.

Obviously, neither the Ministry of Rites nor the Ministry of Officials intends to abolish Li Sui's fame.

So Li Sui's reference is in line with the rules.

How much would it cost to buy a scholar of the Ming Dynasty in silver taels?

Jinhuayin is 1000 taels, and at least 500 taels for cheating in the exam.

Juren is not something money can buy.

"The grassroots found the Sichuan supervisory censor to make a statement, but the Sichuan supervisory censor always shirked it. Today he said something happened; tomorrow he said he didn't hear the details, so he couldn't get involved later; the next day he said that the grassroots took the opportunity to make trouble." Li Sui continued. Said.

He found it layer by layer, and he couldn't solve it in the local area, so he planned to go to Beijing to find a solution.

Dali Temple Minister Xia Heng hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, this matter belongs to the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it is the duty of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to inspect all officials."

Yu Shiyue's face became more relaxed. Today, the Dengwen Drum rang suddenly. It was an appeal for grievances. Can he escape from the criminal department?

The result was not an unjust case of punishment and prison, he secretly called it a fluke.