[Qing Chuan] Mu Emperor's Grace

On the day when the exam results were released, as He Shen expected, no official sent to announce the good news.Liu Quan waited for half a day, reluctantly dragging He Shen to see the gold list.

Unexpectedly, he looked back from the first name, and after searching for a long time, there was no He Shen's name. When he saw the last column, he couldn't help feeling a little discouraged.Just when he was about to give up, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the word "和" on the last person on the gold list, his heart trembled, and he hurriedly pushed aside the person in front, and looked carefully.

"Master, you passed the exam, you passed the exam!" Liu Quan turned around and shouted at Heshen full of joy.

He hit it again!He Shen looked at the name at the bottom of the gold list and smiled knowingly.Since someone is willing to put Gongshi's name in his hand, he naturally has no reason to refuse.

Passing the general examination means that you have to participate in the palace examination.The examination questions of the palace examination were ordered by the emperor himself, and the examination questions in the Qianlong Dynasty were a question about current affairs policy with hundreds of words in length.After the candidates are finished, the marking officer will select ten papers from the high-scoring essays, and hand them over to the emperor to point out: the top three, ranked first, second, and third, are called "Jinshi Jiji"; Jinshi origin"; there are several top three names, which are called "same Jinshi origin".

After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the number of students from the Eight Banners who passed the Jinshi examination could be counted on one hand.Emperor Qianlong was familiar with a subset of classics and history, and highly respected the knowledge of the Han people.If He Shen can become a Jinshi in high school this time, his future will be limitless.

Here, Heshen won the tribute, which is the time of the spring breeze; over there, Hongli was so angry that he fell down in the imperial study.

"Ah Gui...Look...this is my canonized official of the frontier. If it wasn't for Fu Ling'an's book, I really wouldn't know that Yang Yingju is so courageous!"

A Gui, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, bowed forward, picked up the folders that fell on the ground, and glanced at them roughly, with a look of surprise on his face, he said in a trembling voice: "This... this... Yang Yingju is really audacious, such a deceitful king!" Those who lie to others should be severely punished to serve as an example to others.”

What Agui had just read was the record of the impeachment of Yang Yingju, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou by Fu Ling'an, the commander-in-chief of Yongbei Town, Yunnan.In the first battle between the Qing Dynasty and Burmese State, the Qing army's attack on Mubang was frustrated, and the Burmese soldiers who went south from Xinjie cut off their retreat and suffered heavy losses.However, the governor Yang Yingju lied about the great victory in the note to Hongli, disregarding the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers on the border.

Hongji stared at the border map for a long time. Tongbi Pass and Tiebi Pass, as the gates of the border to defend against the enemy, have now all been breached by the Burmese army.Longchuan was at stake, yet Yang Yingju lied about the military situation.Hongli slammed his fist on the picture, and said bitterly, "How dare he!"

"Decree, quickly arrest Yang Yingju and bring him to the capital, and hand him over to the Ministry of Punishment." Hongli's face was livid, and he looked at Agui with his eyes downcast, and asked in a deep voice: "Aiqing has been on the battlefield for a long time and has made outstanding achievements in battle. Given the situation in Yunnan, who should be appointed as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou?"

Agui thought for a moment, then replied respectfully: "This servant has the courage to recommend a person to the emperor, Yili General Mingrui."

Hongli was taken aback when he heard the words, then frowned, and tapped on the imperial case with his fingertips, as if he had thought of something.

Hongli didn't know that the nephew of the great scholar Fu Heng, the current general of Yili, Mingrui, was a fierce general.But Hongli also clearly remembers: In his last life, Mingrui died in the post of governor of Yunnan and Guizhou because he carelessly underestimated the enemy.

After Mingrui left, Hongli ordered Ah Gui to be the deputy general, and Fu Heng to be the strategist. He sent troops to conquer Burma again, and then concluded a peace treaty with Burma.

Agui saw what the emperor had written on the paper, put it in an envelope and handed it to him: "Let the Military Aircraft Office send a letter to Mingrui, and Mingrui will be transferred to the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou from now on. Attach this letter and be sure to hand it over to Mingrui." To Mingrui's hands."

Agui accepted it as promised, and then presented a document: "Your Majesty, the list of candidates for the Chunwei election has been sorted out. The Ministry of Rites will arrange a palace examination in the Hall of Preserving Harmony in two months. Please have a look at it."

Hongli opened the folder and looked carefully from the beginning. Seeing the emperor's brows gradually furrowed, Agui felt uneasy.

But Wu Shulai understood that Lord Long Live was looking for a name, and he didn't know how that son named He Shen had caught the emperor's eyes.

Just as he was thinking, Hongli finally found He Shen's name at the end of the book, and he couldn't help laughing out loud: "Three hundred names, it's really enough ups and downs." He recalled that Agui was still there, and then he restrained his smile Meaning: "I'm thinking about changing the format of this year's imperial examination. Instead of writing policy essays, I want to test them myself."

"This...the timeline of the imperial examination...is a rule set by the ancestors." Ah Gui wondered.

"Ah Gui, you are a marching man, so you naturally know how to adapt to changing circumstances. Could it be that being a minister of the Ministry of Rites makes you a corrupt scholar? The palace examination will be held as scheduled, or it will be held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Then I will personally go to examine the students .”

"Slave complies with the order." Agui exited the imperial study room, walked a certain distance on the palace road, and just took out the list of candidates in his sleeve, found the [-]th, and secretly remembered the name: Niu Hulu·Heshen.

In early April, Heshen stepped into the palace gate for the first time as a tribute.The vermilion palace walls make people involuntarily feel awe. Unlike the Palace Museum, which is full of tourists in later generations, the Forbidden City, which was still an imperial inner garden at that time, exuded a natural solemnity.He Shen was at the end of the line and followed the reception officer from the Ministry of Rites to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The expected spectacular [-]-table case did not appear, and there were only bright yellow thrones and imperial cases in the hall.He Shen raised his head in doubt, and saw that all the candidates were also puzzled.

During the silence, a thin voice was suddenly heard: "The emperor is here." Seeing that the leading reception officer had already knelt down, the disciples knelt down on the ground as if they had just woken up from a dream.

Hongli glanced over the kneeling crowd, and saw He Shen at a glance.Today's He Shen is wearing a light blue Gema robe, which makes him even more handsome.

"Stay flat." Hongli sat on the throne, and said loudly: "This time the imperial examination does not examine current affairs policy. I will give you a question, there is no right or wrong, everyone can express their opinions."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone under the steps looked at each other in blank dismay.The palace examination does not test current affairs policy, which has never been done since the founding of the Qing Dynasty.It is said that everyone expresses their own opinions, but there are some cowards who can't even speak a word in front of the emperor, and those who are hunched over, have extremely poor eyesight, and stutter, and they are doomed to fail before the exam begins. .

When everyone was panicking, two guards carried a huge scroll to the hall.Hongli waved his hand, and Wu Shulai sang from the side: "Open the question."

I saw two guards slowly unrolling the scroll, and on the snow-white scroll were written two large characters: Zheng Myanmar.

Heshen's heart was shocked, the Qing-Myanmar War was one of Emperor Qianlong's ten complete martial arts, the most untrue one.Although Qing and Myanmar finally signed a contract, the loss of Qing Dynasty was huge.Not only are the people living on the Yunnan-Guizhou border devastated, but also the state treasury is empty.What was originally a small friction on the border became more and more troublesome due to the reckless behavior of the border governor.The Qing court sent troops four times to restore the diplomatic relations and tribute trade system with Myanmar, which can be described as a waste of money.

The examinees under the steps were trying to figure out what the emperor was thinking, and Hongli was also observing their expressions: some of them could not restrain their brows, some of them were frowning, and some of them were so expressionless that people couldn't see clearly depth.He Shen's expression is different from the above three types. If he must use one word to describe it, his expression can be called dignified.

"I might as well give you the bottom line. The men led by Yang Yingju suffered a defeat in Burma. I have already appointed Mingrui as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. Do you want to fight this battle? How to fight it? Let's talk about it. I think it will be fought to the end. If you want to talk, stand on the left side of the steps; if you think you want to talk about peace, stand on the right side of the steps."

For a while, most of the lifters stood on the left side of the steps.Some unidentified movers, seeing everyone standing on the left side, also walked to the pile on the left side.In just tens of seconds, He Shen was the only one left in the middle.All eyes were on him, and he hesitated for a moment before standing on the right side of the steps.

Hongli looked at the disparity in the number of people on both sides, then glanced at He Shen's dignified expression, and inexplicably became interested: "Talk about your reasons."

The one on the left took the lead: "Students think that my country is strong in the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong was prosperous, and the products are abundant, so why should I be afraid of the small Burmese state? I am a civil and military official in the Qing Dynasty. Hundreds of tricks, why worry about not winning this battle."

All the students echoed: "Myanmar is located in the southern barbarians and has not yet been civilized. I have a vast land and abundant resources. It is unreasonable to send troops at this time."

Hongli didn't speak, but turned his gaze to Heshen.He Shen bowed to Hongli first, and then asked Juzi on the left: "Do you know how much money will be spent on the battle in Yunnan?"

"This..." This question stumped those students who kept their ears off the outside world and only read sage books, and no one answered for a while.

"In the battle of Yunnan, without 800 million taels of military expenditure, we couldn't win at all. Then, what is the current annual income of the imperial court?"

Everyone was still silent, only listening to He Shen: "The annual income of the imperial court is about 7000 million taels in a good year, and about 5000 million taels in a bad year."

"Students dare to do some calculations for everyone. Among the treasurers of the household department, the 1000 million taels of treasury silver cannot be moved. That is the rule set by the ancestors, and it is prepared for emergency needs such as disasters. Liu Zao and Yang Yingju were defeated twice, during which they spent at least 500 million taels of silver. For the remaining 500 million taels, 800 million taels will be allocated to Master Mingrui for the military expenses for the Burmese conquest. What do you think? , Excluding the military expenditure and various expenditures of the court, how much silver is left in the treasury?"

Among the crowd, some had already begun to wipe off their sweat, while many more hung their heads in silence.

"Don't you all think that the money in the treasury was born by yourself?" He Shen's originally gentle tone was tinged with a hint of sharpness.

Hongli frowned, and said in a cold voice: "He Shen, are you crying poor with me? Could it be that in such a great country, in a peaceful and prosperous age, I can't even come up with 800 million taels of silver?"

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