The king is not the king, the minister is not the minister

Candles flickered, sandalwood lingered, and figures overlapped and rustled endlessly.

It wasn't until late at night that Yu Zhuo pulled out his things. Xia Houzhan only had the strength to breathe, and leaned on him, not wanting to move any more.

After a long time, Xia Houzhan said: "I want to revoke the position of prime minister."

"Then what should I do?" Yu Zhuo brushed away his messy hair that was stained with sweat on his face, and said, "Without the prime minister, how will other functions and powers be implemented?"

"Naturally, to be a queen," Xia Houzhan said.

"I have a better idea." Yu Zhuo kissed the tip of his nose and said, "After the palace test, I want to see if these young handsome men have better ideas than the minister."

"So... where will Hengqing live in the future?"

"Wherever Ziwang lives, I will live."

The release of the rankings in the examination is one of the most important events in the capital. Xia Houzhan naturally picked up articles to read, and was really dizzy with his busy schedule.

After this day, a large number of students will leave Beijing in despair.

On the occasion of the palace examination, Yu Zhuo and some important officials naturally all went to the Palace of Preserving Harmony.The imperial guards surrounded the palace and the Hall of Supreme Harmony one after another.

As the invigilator, Yu Zhuo walked casually among the candidates, and from time to time cast his gaze on Xia Houzhan on the throne, trying to see his face through the crown.

Suddenly he noticed that a candidate's eyes had been lingering on him.

That scholar met him in the small restaurant, and he thought he would definitely be able to enter the Golden Luan Hall.However, the scholar could not help being shocked when he secretly saw Longyan and the rumored aura of a miraculous figure in white.

Obviously he had seen this person in that small restaurant.

Looking up at the emperor, although his face is not very clear, but now he thinks his figure is very similar to the taciturn person next to another prime minister.

At the beginning, he thought that the question he was thinking must be the test point of this policy theory, but when he saw the questionnaire, he panicked.The emperor actually listed the issue as how to balance the powers of the prime minister.

For a moment, he was a little unclear about the emperor's intentions.

The prime minister started from commanding the military and political power, and gradually divided it into only dealing with political affairs, and then set up a prime minister and divided it into various ministries.In this way, the power of the prime minister in the Jing Dynasty was much greater than that of the previous dynasties. However, within a few years, the disadvantages appeared, and the emperor thought about the power of movement.

Seeing the examinee staring at him in a daze, Yu Zhuo glanced at him and showed a little smile. The examinee only felt his heart stabilized, and suddenly he started to write and answer the question.

Xia Houzhan's eyes lingered on Yu Zhuo for a long time, and the latter also responded, so Yu Zhuo didn't pay attention to what the candidates answered.

When the papers were handed in at dusk, all the candidates were either frowning, determined to win, or didn't care.Most people are still very nervous, after all, the ranking in the palace examination often has a great impact on their official career.

After the test papers were collected, Yu Zhuo said to Xia Houzhan: "Your Majesty's question may be difficult for all the courtiers to answer. There are 320 nine candidates. Would Your Majesty be willing to review the papers one by one?"

Xia Houzhan had this intention, and said: "My dear friends, send all the answer sheets to the imperial study."

Yu Zhuo immediately noticed that the expressions of several ministers were different, so he kept his eyes open and hurriedly followed Xia Houzhan back to the imperial study.Although there are a lot of official documents, they are not important matters recently. Yu Zhuo thought of a way to call in the academicians from the Imperial Academy to sort out political affairs in turn.

The two of them didn't finish reading the three hundred papers until late at night.

"These few copies." Yu Zhuo picked out all of them with satisfaction, and then exchanged them with Xia Houzhan, who said: "Just browsed briefly, don't worry, I'll look at it tomorrow."

Yu Zhuo leaned in front of Xia Houzhan and had a messy marriage, but he was not angry, but looked at Yu Zhuo tenderly, which made Yu Zhuo want to tease him.

"During the palace examination, His Majesty kept staring at the minister. After a few days without touching His Majesty, His Majesty was itchy?" Yu Zhuo hugged the man on his lap.Xia Houzhan looked tall, and his body was extremely light. I don't know where he made up for all the food he ate all day.

Xia Houzhan's face turned red, the candle was dim, and Yu Zhuo couldn't see clearly, so he began to attack the city with his lips in his mouth, and Xia Houzhan took a long time to catch his breath.

"Hengqing, don't come here..."

"Your Majesty, keep your voice down, so as not to disturb others." While Yu Zhuo was speaking, his hands had already penetrated into the skirt of his clothes, stroking the few scars from the battlefield.

As soon as the palace examination was over, the bidding for merchant ships and the construction of warships in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were in full swing. If there were no problems, new ships would probably be seen by the end of the year.

Then came the day when the palace examination results were announced, and the number one scholar was the one who expressed his opinion in the small restaurant—Song Qishu.Young, talented in writing, unique in vision, popular among candidates.

What Xia Houzhan admired was that this examinee knew that the Zuo Xiang would mark the papers, but at the same time, he was able to propose the abolition of the post of prime minister unprecedentedly, and suggested that the Hanlin Academy should carry forward the responsibility of "taking turns to manage politics".

In just three hundred words, it expresses all the main points.

However, on this day, a major event happened.Many officials in Beijing impeached Su Qing, the imperial historian, for leaking the exam questions and deceiving the Holy Majesty.

Su Qing was also one of the original reviewers. If Yu Zhuo hadn't said that he would review the papers with the emperor, this matter would have been even more difficult.

After Zhuangyuan Lang paraded through the streets, it began to rain heavily.

"Your Majesty, you have imprisoned your teacher in Dali Temple without investigating the cause?" Yu Zhuo looked back and didn't quite understand Xia Houzhan's intention.

Xia Houzhan rubbed the center of his brows wearily, and said, "The evidence is solid."

"Why?" In Yu Zhuo's impression, it seemed that this possibility was completely impossible.

It was pouring rain outside the window, and it was extremely noisy.Such a heavy rain usually does not appear in spring, but it is like a thunderstorm in summer.

"I can't let the world see my partiality." Xia Houzhan said, "Whether the teacher did this or not, the current evidence points to this, and it is the evidence of Nan Yu Xingsi."

"The Yuxingsi is the sword in His Majesty's hand, not..."

Yu Zhuo suddenly stopped talking. Since Xia Houzhan had appointed Song Qishu as the number one scholar, he must also want to adopt his strategy.So he turned to ask: "What should I do?"

"Resign and return to your hometown, and come back after I promulgate the new policy." Xia Houzhan was also afraid of Yu Zhuo's anger, hugged his waist and said, "If Hengqing is unwilling, I will definitely accompany you."

After listening, Yu Zhuo also felt that it was no different from what he thought, and sighed: "When I go back to my hometown, where is my hometown? The only person who can be close to me in this life is Your Majesty."

"Hengqing..."

"Since this is the case, I should go back to the mansion first and give orders. What are you afraid of? If I dare to get angry with His Majesty, His Majesty will punish me for not allowing me to sleep on the bed."

Xia Houzhan suddenly blushed.

Xia Houzhan must not be forced to punish Su Qing, and he had to let those ministers who were committed to fighting against him emerge one by one.In other words, courtiers from different parties fought openly and secretly.

However, Su Shixue received this news at the first time.

Su Shixue listened to Su Qing's words very much, and would not offend anyone, but knelt outside the imperial study in the torrential rain, begging Xia Houzhan to release Su Qing first.

After all, prisons have not been a good place to stay since ancient times.

"Is he still kneeling there?" Xia Houzhan asked Eunuch Zhao.

"Yes, I have been kneeling for almost an hour."

After hearing this, Xia Houzhan walked out of the imperial study room helplessly. Eunuch Zhao quickly held an umbrella for him. The former grabbed the handle of the umbrella and said, "No need."

It is absolutely rare for the capital to have such a heavy rain in recent years.As soon as he got out of the eaves, the rain soaked Xia Houzhan instantly. He just stood in front of Su Shixue and said, "Get up."

The torrential rain above was blocked by someone, Su Shixue quickly raised her head, and said coldly, "Your Majesty, go back quickly."

"Why don't you come in?"

"I beg Your Majesty to see clearly, and Mr. Su is not in good health and the prison is dark, how can he stay there!" Su Shixue kowtowed.

At this moment, Xia Houzhan didn't speak any more, just stood quietly in front of him, as if if you don't leave, I'll be soaked too.Su Shixue was confused for a moment, then got up quickly.

Even when she got up suddenly, Su Shixue didn't stagger. Instead, Xia Houzhan was shocked by the cold rain and trembled all over when he walked in front of Eunuch Zhao.

"Oh, your Majesty, how could you do this!" Eunuch Zhao hurriedly brought him into the house, and said in a rambling manner, "If Lord Zuo Xiang finds out, I guess it's time to blame the old slave."

"He..." Xia Houzhan was still taking off his clothes, but he felt dizzy and hot all over.

"Your Majesty!" Eunuch Zhao saw the man fall into the chair all of a sudden, his face was flushed, and he hurriedly shouted to the door, "Emperor Physician, hurry up and announce the Imperial Physician."

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