The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 605

[605. Chapter 587 A great victory]

Fang Jifan was shocked.

This… is really a man.

As expected, all the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were heroes.

You can almost imagine that when Emperor Hongzhi and Zhu Houzhao happily sipped the hot pot and praised the deliciousness of the hot pot, Liu Jin, who was standing in the distance and waiting, dropped his tongue to the ground like a curtain of water.

One can also imagine how Liu Jin was impatiently waiting for His Majesty to move away. When Zhu Houzhao and the other two went to send it off, they rushed to the hot pot. Without saying anything, they picked up the pot and took a sip.

Liu Jin…it seems like he hasn’t tasted chili peppers yet.

This is really not even the Hunan people dare to play like this, but our Liu Jin did it.

Liu Jin licked her neck, lay down on the ground, and began to roll around, making a hoarse voice: “The soup is poisonous…poisonous…”

Liu Jin usually speaks in a sharp whisper, like a woman, but today she has recovered. The true nature of a man, that rough voice, and that howling like a slaughtered pig…

Fang Jifan shook his head, softened his heart, and said hurriedly: “Hurry, get water…”

Liu Jin began to pour water desperately, until he even vomited out bile. , and then it eased slightly, and hey, hey, he was carried down.

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Emperor Hongzhi came to court. When he appeared in Jinshen Hall in high spirits and with a red face, all the ministers quietly observed his majesty’s complexion and were filled with surprises. It was reported that his majesty was seriously ill, and then it was reported that he was seriously ill. There were countless pieces of news that were hard to distinguish between true and false. These news made many ministers suspicious for a long time.

Every time His Majesty is seriously ill, many rumors will inevitably spread inside and outside the house. This is already a matter of habit.

Only when His Majesty appeared in person at the Jinshen Hall and accepted congratulations from all the officials did everyone feel relieved.

So the ministers were overjoyed. When the court meeting was almost over, Emperor Hongzhi’s face glowed brightly: “I have been feeling unwell recently, and all the ministers have worked hard to share my worries. I am seriously ill and have missed the imperial examination. I have chosen early next month. “Three exams to teach new Gongsheng students.”

All the ministers said yes.

This year’s examination is very disappointing.

The Xishan Academy is a group of beasts that can eat people alive. Almost all the ministers, as raw materials, thought that they would be successful, but many of them failed directly. Even if they were successful, their rankings were not obvious.

Although His Majesty was extraordinarily merciful and ordered fifteen more people named Luosunshan to serve as tribute, we have only heard of the birth of Ci Tong Jinshi, but not of the birth of Ci Gongshi.

At this time, someone slowly stood up and said: “Your Majesty, I have a message.”

Emperor Hongzhi looked and saw Yang Tinghe, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy.

Yang Tinghe said: “Your Majesty, it has been a hundred and twenty years since the eight-legged essay method was used to recruit scholars. There are quite a few disadvantages in using this method to recruit scholars. If we continue to use this method to recruit scholars, I am afraid…”

As soon as Yang Tinghe spoke, countless shouts came from the palace. Whisper.

In the past, I never thought that stereotyped writing was bad for getting scholars. After all, the vast majority of people got there by taking the stereotyped writing test. Even if they felt there were disadvantages, they would only talk about it privately.

Now that Yang Tinghe has said it directly in the temple, it can be seen that a considerable number of people have doubts about the eight-legged essay selection.

Emperor Hongzhi was noncommittal.

More people expressed silence.

Yes, there are drawbacks to the stereotyped approach to recruiting scholars, but can the court change it? cannot!

You want all the scholars in the world to study hard for ten years and then go back to learning a new subject? Aren’t you afraid that things will turn upside down?

Of course, there are also people who are full of complaints about the stereotyped recruitment of scholars, thinking that this stereotyped recruitment of scholars has been taken advantage of.

But everyone is more helpless. They are dancing within these rules. The rules are originally biased towards the Cheng and Zhu Confucian scholars in the world. Even Cheng and Zhu are not as good as those new Confucian students. This is obviously not the problem of Xishan Academy. , but it’s your problem.

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said nothing, only nodded: “I understand.”

All the ministers were speechless, and no one seemed willing to follow up.

Yang Tinghe, on the other hand, obviously had no entanglement.

It is said that in Xishan, the balloon with outstanding achievements, by the way, called the bad guy Xinshu and Tingyang, has now been retired from the flying team and has become the main tourist facility of Xishan Farmhouse, with hundreds of people visiting it every day. People lined up to board the bad guy Xinshu Hetingyang, which slowly rose into the sky. People were on the ground, watching in amazement the huge “Hetingyang” rising up. The tourists in the baskets screamed in surprise. It’s lively.

Yang Tinghe is still alive and strong. He naturally knows that he has become infamous and is known all over the world. People always like to study the stories behind familiar words from familiar words, and the allusions of He Tingyang are spread everywhere.

Yang Tinghe naturally also knew that there was no way to change the eight-legged scholar selection. This matter affected the whole body, not to mention that he was a mere lecturer and a nominal Zhan Shifu. Zhan Shi could not be shaken. Even the emperor or the Ming Dynasty could not change it. There is absolutely no one who dares to operate on the Eight-part Writing System, which is the foundation of the country and the foundation of hundreds of thousands of scholars, candidates and scholars in the world. When there is no Eight-part Writing System to obtain scholars, or the Eight-Part Writing System is not considered a measure of talent and learning. When standards are met, what do the hundreds of thousands of officials, gentry and scholars in the world count?

If you lose this legitimacy, see if all the scholars in the world can beat you to death.

The foundation of the imperial court is to maintain the talents of the world. Each era has different standards for who is a talent. For example… in the Sui and Tang Dynasties and before, it was a family. For example, now, it is a family that can support their children to study. The Ming Dynasty is If you want to rule the world with scholar-officials, let them find another way out, or tell them, “I have decided that what you have learned in the past does not count. Believe it or not, they dare to ruin your court.”

Yang Tinghe naturally understood this. He was just complaining, which meant that those people in Xishan Academy who took advantage of the loopholes were nothing special.

He was a broken man and fell in love with the people from Xishan Academy.

And everyone knew this, so no one said anything.

Emperor Hongzhi just smiled, then stood up and stopped courting.

The ministers resigned.

Liu Jian remained silent from beginning to end. As for Yang Tinghe, he had sympathy in his heart. They were both scholars and officials in the same dynasty. Yang Tinghe became He Tingyang. It is true that people can feel his frustration, but you Yang Tinghe What’s going on, smashing the pot on my son? My son is from Huiyuan, and he passed the examination in an upright manner. Who do you think is the elder?

Naturally, with Liu Jian’s self-cultivation, he would not be able to quarrel with Yang Tinghe, the dignified chief minister of the cabinet.

There was a lot of public discussion about this imperial examination, and there was indeed a lot of doubt.

Hmm… Let’s watch the palace exam. I think there are many people waiting to see the joke.

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Xishan Academy, even if the imperial examination is about to take place, the fifteen newly promoted Gongsheng students of Xishan Academy still have to learn new skills and riding and shooting as usual. Fang Jifan even packed two balloons himself and took his disciples and grandchildren with him. , boarded the balloon and let it float, allowing them to see the vastness of this world.

Naturally, for two hours every day, they would close the door, and then His Royal Highness would take out some memorials copied from the palace for everyone to simulate and discuss.

Next, Zhu Houzhao sat in the Zhenguo Mansion as the ’emperor’, the fifteen tribute students were ministers, and Fang Jifan, Wang Shouren and others served as the chief assistant bachelor of the cabinet.

After closing the door, a letter of memorial was taken out, and Liu Jie and others were immediately asked to express their opinions on these memorials.

The so-called palace examination is a policy discussion. The essence of a policy discussion is actually that the emperor asks questions about politics and asks a question, such as where there is a flood, and lets the Gongsheng students give their opinions to see who can answer it better.

Zhu Houzhao took out a memorial, which was the latest memorial sent to the palace. Then, the memorial fell into the hands of Fang Jifan. Fang Jifan read: “Liu Jiajin, the magistrate of Jinhua Prefecture, said: Recently, more than a hundred Japanese bandits have appeared in Jinhua Prefecture. , ran rampant in the countryside, and the Japanese guard command Liu Qing was ordered to pursue them. When they arrived at Hengdian Township, I led 700 officers and soldiers to join the strong local officials and fight fiercely with the bandits, killing dozens of Japanese bandits. Liu Qing was unstoppable and took the lead. He chased and killed the poor bandits all the way, risking his own arrows and stones. , fighting to the death, some ferocious Japanese pirates took advantage of him to be alone and surrounded him. Liu Qing took his bow and shot down three Japanese pirates three hundred feet away. Fighting with fists and feet, a Japanese pirate came with a sword. Liu Qing was so powerful that he lifted it like a tripod and tore it apart… The leader in this battle was commanded by Liu Qing…”

Hengdian was victorious.

This command is even more remarkable. He raised his bow three hundred feet long to kill the enemy, but he still hit the target with every shot. He actually tore the Japanese pirate in two with just his hands.

Fang Jifan read out such a tragic scene calmly without even twitching his eyebrows.

Just kidding, this young master has never seen anything in the world. Killing an enemy at 300 feet is nothing. I have seen a Japanese from 800 miles away with my own eyes, even though it was only on TV.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jie and others with a smile: “What do you think?”

Liu Jie and others just looked at each other, and then one of his disciples said: “This good news must be a fraud. The prefect of Jinhua Prefecture is colluding with the local Japanese guard commander. Collusion with each other and taking credit for it. Students have learned how to use bows and horses, and they know that bows and arrows cannot kill enemies at a distance of three hundred feet. As for tearing people apart, this is even more ridiculous.”

Zhu Houzhao nodded. He was a martial artist and was proud of his proficiency in bow and horse. Naturally, he knew that the prefect of Jinhua had gone too far in taking credit.

He asked: “Why do you, the prefect of Jinhua, dare to boast about such a seaport?”

His disciples and grandchildren scrambled to be the first, and Liu Jie responded this time: “The literati do not know the military affairs. They are flattering others with their merits, but they have no idea of the actual situation, so they only rely on themselves. “

Imagination and random boasting have always been the biggest drawbacks of the government. Military officers cling to civil servants, but civil servants neither bother to understand nor bother to understand military matters. They rely solely on their own likes and dislikes and do whatever they want, leading to such things. What a joke.”

Zhu Houzhao smiled and stared at Liu Jie: “So, do you know Ma Zheng?”

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Chapter 1 delivered.

(End of chapter)