Five-year enthronement three-year simulation

The farce-like Autumn Hunting Ceremony finally came to an end. During the period, the two most show-stoppers were Prince Yu's son who had hunted the autumn antelope, and the other was His Royal Highness Ninth Princess who discovered the white fox spirit beast.

——Heavenly auspiciousness, this not only represents the benevolence and holiness of the monarch, but also a sign of good weather in the coming year, the prosperity of the country and the people of the country!

Once the news of the white fox's existence was publicized, it spread throughout the entire capital in a short time.Countless people talk about the auspiciousness, and the streets and alleys are full of joy. Even at the stalls eating a bowl of Yangchun noodles, you can hear many people talking about it.

At this time, it was the time of autumn, and there were many talented students who had studied, and they were sitting in the banquet with noodle bowls, citing classics and talking about it.

"There is a saying in "Book of Songs": 'White fox, the king's benevolence and wisdom are the best'. Today there is a white fox in the Dongfeng paddock. It really is His Majesty's political achievements that have reached the heavens. Give me the blessing of heaven!"

"Today, Zixiong is talented, wise and benevolent. He has made great achievements since he ascended the throne. In this dynasty, he can be regarded as a prosperous government. Naturally, he deserves the auspiciousness from heaven!"

"There were two severe droughts in Yuanzhou before, and many people used this to attack His Majesty, threatening that there is no way to govern the country now... Huh! Now it seems that their throats are hoarse, and they dare not say those presumptuous words anymore! "

"Didn't the imperial envoys arrive in Yuanzhou a month ago? I heard that as soon as Lord Zhong and Lord Wen arrived, they immediately ordered people to open warehouses to store food, set up tents in various streets to distribute porridge, and even under the scorching sun personally supervised—— This move has saved the lives of many people in Yuanzhou!"

"That's right! Throughout the ages, which disaster relief has been so efficient? What's more, the two imperial envoys didn't just distribute food for relief—only a few days later, new crops were planted in the fields of Yuanzhou. The seedlings brought by the imperial envoys from the capital are growing very well, much better than rice, wheat, and millet!"

"Hey, brother Li, you don't know much about this news... My cousin just married to Kunzhou last year. When she wrote to her mother's house, she told her that the seedlings that can survive in Yuanzhou are actually not someone else. , it was Princess Yonghui who sent people to collect and cultivate them in Kunzhou, then transported them to the capital, and then let the imperial envoys take them to Yuanzhou to plant them!"

"Huh? Princess Yonghui? Could it be the one who is used to being domineering and domineering in the palace, who kills people and has a reputation for being violent..."

"Oh, brother, are you bored in the room reading and reading stupidly, and you still believe in this rumor? No one in the capital knows that Princess Yonghui, who walks nine in the palace, is a well-deserved benevolent person! "

"Yes, yes, she personally took over the imperial army, improved the training method, and made the entire capital more stable than before; later, she recommended two imperial envoys to find suitable crops and find a new way of life for the people of Yuanzhou—then The domineering rumor that is widely spread in the market is just a means to discredit His Highness the Ninth Prince, and it has been clarified several times!"

"Princess Yonghui was the first to discover the auspicious appearance this time, and she is currently being raised by her own hands... If she is really a villain who murdered the palace servants, how could the beast be so close to her? It can be seen that the rumors are true. Gullible."

"Prosperity in the capital, disaster relief and relief to the people, auspiciousness from the sky... In this way, Princess Yonghui is really the lucky star of my dynasty!"

……

"Fu Xing?"

He stretched out his hand to feed the little white fox a strip of meat, and let it roll in his arms for a long time, rubbing his white hair, before Ming Tan gave it to Mallow to take it down, and sat back on the table Before him, he rolled his eyes, held the vermilion pen and stroked the paper under his hand, and immediately drew a long red mark.

"How can a lucky star live such a hard life, studying here every day the real exam papers of the college entrance examination over the years..."

"Ok?"

When she spoke, her voice was extremely low, and Lin Shurong, who was drinking tea at the side, couldn't hear her clearly, and looked up at her suspiciously, "What did Your Highness just say?"

"...No, it's nothing." Ming Tan slumped his shoulders, turned the vermilion pen in his hand, and pushed the paper in front of the person decisively. He tapped the red line he had just drawn with the stick, and asked lazily, " What is this written about? It’s actually at the level of Yayuan in the provincial examination?”

"Hmm." Lin Shurong took a quick look, raised his eyebrows, and said, "I did drop a lot of book bags, but I can see that I am quite familiar with the classics and history collections. I think it happened to be the examiner's favorite."

As she spoke, she took another copy from the stack of papers beside her hand, handed it to Ming Tan, and waved her hand to signal her to comment on another article. Look at this? It was written by Tan Hualang, who was in the middle of the Jiachen year, and the whole story is realistic, and I think it will be more to your taste."

Recently, autumn is just around the corner, and learning has become popular all over the capital. I don't know where Lin Shurong's interest comes from, but he also joined in the fun, collecting all the articles of the rural examination in the past ten years, and insisted on asking Mingtan to review and study them. Fan.

Ming Tan has been working on government simulation books for many years, and his thinking is biased towards practical work. He has long forgotten the Four Books that he had memorized back and forth when he was a child, and he started to have a headache when he saw the "sage cloud".

But now, even though he was already yawning from reading the article, but when he heard that the name "Jiachen Year Tanhua" was recommended by Lin Shurong, Mingtan became more interested, and reached out to take the piece of paper with chic handwriting, Look through it with interest.

"If a peach tree blooms, it is for the purpose of bearing fruit, and the husband is a minister, then you should know that it is the king's concern..."

"Looking at the past and present, what is the responsibility of the imperial court? Farming, water conservancy, military affairs, culture and education, etc. are the most important..."

"With regard to the grain tax system in the Jiachen year, I think there are still some inadequacies, and it should be so..."

Ming Tan blinked and read more and more vigorously until he finished reading the whole article, then he put down the paper with unsatisfied intentions, and said to Lin Shurong with his chin in his hand: "I remember that Tanhua Lang in Jiachen Year was born in a poor family, but he was knowledgeable and far-sighted. Not inferior to the aristocratic family, the palace examination is even more calm, so that even the emperor admires him," she paused, and asked curiously, "Qingqing, do you know what his name is? How is it now? How much do you live in?"

However, after hearing these questions, Lin Shurong was not in a hurry to answer, but just smiled, which was a rare trick for her, "His Royal Highness also knows this person, why don't you make a guess?"

"I know him too? Is it a Beijing official who went to court?"

Ming Tan was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Then at least you have to go up to the fourth rank, right?"

Lin Shurong smiled and nodded.

The officials of the fourth rank and above are all important figures in the court!

Ming Tan showed a shocked expression, subconsciously lowered his head and glanced twice, and counted with his fingers: "Tanhua in the Jiachen year... If this person's age is not ridiculously old, then at most he is just past his thirties... ...so young and promising?"

She frowned and thought for a moment, then ruled out all the old men who crossed her mind, and then compared the rest of the candidates with the writing style and concepts of this policy theory, and eliminated a lot of cowards and bastards who played cotton.

After thinking about it for a while, she suddenly paused and came up with a familiar name.

"……No way."

Ming Tan sat up straight, a few drops of cinnabar from the tip of the pen splashed out, and asked in disbelief: "Could it be that the underprivileged Tanhualang in the year of Jiachen...is the current official minister——Wen Chao? !"

"Yes, it is Mr. Wen."

Seeing that her guess was accurate, Lin Shurong didn't hide anything, and nodded directly: "After the imperial examination, His Majesty favored him and directly arranged for him to enter the Ministry of Officials, even skipping the steps of obtaining qualifications in the Imperial Academy; And Mr. Wen is quite competitive, he is like a fish in water in the court, and he has been seated as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials in just a few years... He is still only [-] years old, but he can actually be a second-rank Beijing official, which is enough to be called The past shines through the present!"

"So that's how it is..." After Ming Tan let out a long "ah", he was silent for a while, and his mood gradually changed from pure surprise to deep regret.

"If you look at it this way, Wen Chao was a good official with a heart for the people and a heart for serving the country." She shook her head and sighed. Are you involved?"

"It is said that in the autumn court that year, because of its unique style and exquisite words, this article once attracted the examiner's love." Lin Shurong also sighed, and said, "But I didn't expect that no matter how worried about the country and the people The strength of character, after all, is no match for the impermanence of the world..."

Ming Tan pursed his lips, and involuntarily clenched his palms with his fingertips.

"Perhaps," she paused, and said lightly, "he also wanted to find a way out for himself in this ups and downs of the officialdom."

Hearing this, Lin Shurong couldn't help being slightly taken aback, and almost instantly understood the deep meaning of Ming Tan's words.

——Humble family.

This is a shackle tied to countless officials, and it is also their biggest weakness after entering the officialdom.

"..."

After figuring this out, Lin Shurong couldn't help sighing deeply, and raised his eyes to look at the gloomy-faced Ming Tan.She wanted to say something, but before she opened her mouth, she felt a lump in her throat. Those comforting words reached her lips, but she couldn't utter a single syllable for a long time.

She is also a family member.

She is also very familiar with the methods of embracing the unity faction and fighting dissidents.

But fortunately, Mingtan is also well aware of the other party's difficulties, so he didn't talk too much about this topic, but waved that Zhang Tse Lun aside, twirled the vermilion pen three times on his fingertips, and said complainingly: "No! As a side note, let me say that the few articles I read before are really not as good as Wen Chaoyuan! Some of them only talk big words and empty words, and some of them are even inaccurate in quoting famous allusions. It's really difficult for the examiners who grade the papers every year."

"Strategies are inherently pragmatic, and the propositions in recent years have become more and more tricky. Those scholars who read dead books can't answer them, so they can only use some sage words to fill up the space." Lin Shurong also shook his head and said, "And this This kind of situation is unavoidable even in the palace examination. There are so many Jinshis who are speechless when His Majesty only needs one question..."

Ming Tan looked at a policy commentary that he had marked with red crosses all over the side, and immediately wrinkled his face into a ball.

"Horrible." She sighed, "Father is really not easy."

"..." Lin Shurong thought that the other party would continue to regret the rare talent, but never expected that she would only care about empathizing with His Majesty. After being silenced for a moment, Lin Shurong continued, "Actually, in my opinion, the reason why This happens, one is because these candidates have never had pragmatic thinking, and the other is because...their books are still not read enough."

"what?"

As a scumbag student who was masked in pain every day in the study room, after hearing such an inhumane speech, Ming Tan almost stared out his eyes, and said in shock: "The Four Books and Five Classics have a total of more than 40 words, isn't that enough— —”

"Naturally not enough."

After Lin Shurong gave a crisp answer, he suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Ming Tan who had a face full of "Is this the world of the strong?" A brilliant idea suddenly popped up in his heart.

——How about... just persuade His Highness to compile a book?

Starting from the Four Books and Five Classics, and then gradually expanding the scope to a series of technical books such as "Tiangong Kaiwu", "Mengxi Bi Tan"... In this way, it will not only improve the current situation of empty talk in the imperial examination, but also provide the Nine Princesses in the world. Accumulating prestige among scholars, why not do it?

As soon as this idea appeared, it quickly ignited Lin Shurong's enthusiasm for learning with the momentum of a single spark.

"Your Highness."

She called softly, looked into Ming Tan's terrified eyes, and showed a deep and meaningful smile.

"Nowadays, the east wind of auspiciousness is coming, and your reputation among the people is rising...then why not, we seize this opportunity and start compiling books and compiling ancient books in the name of Princess Yonghui—what do you think?"