Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 39 Reflections on the Imperial Examination

"Long live the Lord, the slaves are paying attention outside, and the scholars are preparing to gather a crowd to make trouble, saying that they want to rescue Wu Changshi, the official doctor!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard Wang Chengen's report, he immediately became angry. Remembering what Liu Weichao said, he immediately asked angrily, "But a member of Fushe?"

Wang Chengen was taken aback when he heard this, and he didn't dare to deceive Emperor Chongzhen, so he quickly replied: "The maidservant heard the news, and immediately rushed to report to the Long Live God. I still need the maidservant to check whether he is a member of the society again!"

Emperor Chongzhen entrusted Dongchang to investigate the affairs of Wu Changshi.

On Xichang's side, he only listened to the news outside the palace for him, so the news from his side didn't satisfy him, but it didn't make him angry either.

I heard Emperor Chongzhen confess with a stern look: "I will pay close attention to the matter of the restoration of the society. I will also investigate the fact that they manipulated the first-level imperial examination for children to see how many local officials are involved. in!"

"Slave obeys the order!" Wang Chengen was a little surprised that Emperor Chongzhen knew so many things he didn't know, and quickly responded, and then said a little embarrassedly, "Long live, slaves have a lot of things in their hands, especially the secret investigation of Nine Lotus Bodhisattva. One matter can only be handed over to the cronies. If we look into Fushe now, I am afraid there will not be enough manpower!"

After all, Xichang had just been established and had limited manpower, so Emperor Chongzhen could understand it.

Therefore, after hearing this, he said without hesitation: "I promise you to recruit more people, and use whoever you like!"

With these words, Wang Chengen was confident, and immediately agreed, and then retreated.

Watching him go, Emperor Chongzhen's gaze was drawn back, and he fell on the imperial case, where various memorials were piled up as high as a mountain, and his brows were furrowed.

This is not to say that Emperor Chongzhen complained after seeing so many memorials.

But at this moment, he thought of a bunch of shitty things, which upset him.

The court officials, the Emperor Chongzhen had already seen clearly that according to the standards of the Emperor Taizu, they were all skinned and used as grass;

Nowadays, these scholars don't study hard, don't want to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, but they are all focused on participating in party struggles, making troubles, and trying to rescue Wu Changshi who succeeded Zhang Pu!

If it wasn't for meeting Liu Weichao, then all these things would be the harbinger of the country's subjugation, right?

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help feeling a little sad, but also a little lucky.

Can the major affairs of the world be handled well by relying on these officials and these scholars who are the backup of the officials?

Suddenly, Emperor Chongzhen had such doubts for the first time.

In the afternoon, Wang Dehua, the eunuch in charge of the chief inspector of ceremonies and the admiral of Dongchang, came to ask for an interview, saying that the students of Guozijian had gone to Dongchang to make trouble, and they also got the support of some civil officials. When they asked him to release Wu Chang, there were a large number of people.

Wang Dehua didn't dare to deal with it privately, so he came here to ask for orders.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard the news, he was still angry in the morning. When he heard the news, he immediately became angry, and with a wave of his hand, he pushed all the memorials left under the imperial case, and shouted sharply: "What do you eat? Just such a trivial matter, do you still need me to deal with it? Do you want me to reply to all the memorials to impeach you on the ground?"

Hearing these words, especially the emperor's thunderous anger, Wang Dehua immediately knelt down, and the sweat on his forehead immediately flowed down.

Originally, he was actually taking a chance, wondering if Emperor Chongzhen would take a step back?
Unexpectedly, Emperor Chongzhen went into a rage!
With remorse, Wang Dehua left in a hurry. He knew that his move to test Emperor Chongzhen was wrong!

Today's emperor must no longer look at it with old eyes!

Not long after he left, Wang Chengen came to meet him again in a hurry, and told Emperor Chongzhen, "Long Live Lord, this servant has heard about the restoration of the society and thinks it is very serious."

"Huh?" Regarding Wang Chengen, Emperor Chongzhen's attitude was much better.

Wang Cheng'en got the hint, and immediately played: "The purpose of Fushe was originally to revive literature, but later, because most of them were formed by the children of officials and eunuchs, they used the relationship between their parents to communicate with each other, and developed to Fanfushe to participate in children's For the test, the local officials only selected people from the Fushe for the test. From the third year of Chongzhen to the present, its influence has grown from the south of the Yangtze River to the land of Gyeonggi."

After a pause, he immediately added: "As long as you find a scholar, you can ask about these things. Even...even..."

"Even what?" Emperor Chongzhen got angry when he heard it, and his tone became a lot harsher, and he asked immediately.

When Wang Chengen heard it, he didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately reported the news he heard: "Some people in the Fushe even threatened that Zhou Yanru was sent by them to the position of chief assistant. Whoever dares not join the Fushe will be punished in the future." It’s hard to move an inch in officialdom!”

"What?" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was furious and stood up.

A society not only manipulates the local imperial examinations, it is tantamount to cutting off the roots of the imperial examinations, but also affects the appointment and dismissal of the chief assistant, unknowingly treating him as a puppet of the emperor.Such news immediately enraged him.

It can even be said that this news shocked him as much as he heard Liu Weichao say that he is the king of subjugation!
At this moment, he deeply realized that the court situation is much worse than he imagined!

Although Wang Chengen also emphasized that these are just the news he heard, because he felt that it was too important, he came here to report it first, and he has not verified it yet.However, Emperor Chongzhen knew in his heart that these must be true.

Because Liu Weichao once said that Zhang Pu, the leader of Fushe, was known as the "folk emperor", which is the best evidence.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately ordered Wang Chengen to strictly investigate and restore the society!

At the same time, he also began to think about whether the current imperial examination needs to be changed?

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen remembered what Liu Weichao said. In Liu Weichao's era, everyone could study for free for nine years.

If this is the case, it means that everyone is a scholar.

In this way, even if most people are not good, some useful people can be selected, enough to help him govern the government, right?

As soon as this idea came up, Emperor Chongzhen really wanted to refer to the imperial examinations of later generations to see what was worth borrowing.
It may be that he was shocked by the scenes he saw in the afterlife.Therefore, in his mind, it feels that the future generations are all good.

Based on this idea, Emperor Chongzhen contacted Liu Weichao according to past habits before falling asleep.

When Liu Weichao heard the question from Emperor Chongzhen, he was very interested. After thinking for a while, he smiled and asked Emperor Chongzhen, "Do you remember what I told you?"

(End of this chapter)