Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 475 A piece of meat bait, the blockade of public opinion is self-defeating
Zhu Su almost fell down, this old man, he didn't even want to steal his face.Why did so many students run away from the Imperial College?Isn't it to help your old man transform literati and promote new learning?
At this time, come to dislike the Imperial College again?The millstone has not been unloaded yet, you want to kill the donkey?

It's a pity that Zhu Su's son has no right to speak, not to mention that the eldest brother Zhu Biao is also gone. It is hard to find a loyal minister like Tie Xuan in the ages. Building the sea and golden beams can ensure that the third generation of Ming Dynasty is still strong.

Of course he also wants to fight for his son.

In the end, Zhu Su had no choice but to compromise, and the result was that Tie Xuan studied with Zhu Su in the Imperial College these years, and when Zhu Xiongying grew up, he became Zhu Xiongying's accompanying student and grew up with Zhu Xiongying.With a loyal minister like Tie Xuan who is also a teacher and friend accompanying Zhu Xiongying, Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao can rest assured that Zhu Xiongying will not grow crooked like Zhu Qizhen.

It's just that the three of them, father and son, were arguing here because of Tie Xuan, but they frightened the two brothers of the Tie family to the side, so they were flattered.

Tie Xuan was even more strange: The one who made the meritorious service was obviously my eldest brother, why now it seems that His Majesty and the two Highnesses are more like fighting for me?
An illusion, it must be an illusion...

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"That Tie Xuan, is it really the Tie Xuan who sticks to Jinan and would rather die than submit?" In the harem, Empress Ma hugged Zhu Xiongying with an interested look on her face.Old Zhu smiled and said: "It must be! Sister, you haven't seen the appearance of that little doll."

"It doesn't look like much, but with that prudent demeanor, it can be seen that it is a born loyal minister and stubborn! 'The flesh of a loyal minister and filial son, why not be unwilling'... At first glance, it is a child who can say this sentence!"

"Oh, it's a pity that I'm a little younger and can't do things for us. Why are our subordinates all those bastards..."

"It's a blessing to have such a courtier in hundreds of years." Empress Ma persuaded. "In the future, I can still have Yu Qian and Wang Shouren. With these three people, it is enough to keep my Ming Dynasty safe for several generations. My Ming Dynasty is already blessed!"

"That's right." Old Zhu nodded. "You just have to be more careful and don't let such a famous minister die young again."

Zhu Di on the side shrank his neck like a conditioned reflex, feeling a dull pain in his buttocks.

"This is the first time I've seen Tie Xuan, and I feel so close to the 'history' that Xiao Wu said." Zhu Biao beside him sighed. "I don't know if my father's hard work these years has pulled me out of the abyss of history."

"It's only been two years, what's the rush?" Old Zhu was full of confidence.Zhu Biao's words also turned his attention from Tie Xuan to the current court situation.He asked Zhu Di: "Fourth, what is the origin of that Qi De who made trouble at the gate of the Imperial College, can you find out?"

"Understood, Dad." The topic finally moved away from Tie Xuan, and Zhu Di was refreshed. "That man is a servant of Zhan Tong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and he said he wanted to repay him for his kindness, so he incited scholars to go to the Imperial College to block the door."

"It is said that Zhan Tong was so worried about Enke this time that Qi De saw that his benefactor was so anxious, so he made his own decision..."

"Hmph, make up your own mind?" Old Zhu sneered disdainfully. "What a loyal minister and righteous man, since he used such indecent means, why should he pretend to be like this?"

"Fourth, you go, get Jinyiwei immediately, and immediately ransack Zhan Tong's house. If you dare to play tricks under our noses today, tomorrow you dare to ride on our heads and do your best!"

"In addition, let us inform the officials in Beijing that anyone who dares to obstruct Enke's examination will be punished by imperial edict!"

"...Yes." Zhu Di nodded, picked up the knife and went down.

"Father, punishing Zhan Tong is only a palliative after all." Zhu Biao said. "Without one Zhan Tong, there are still thousands of Qingliu civil servants."

"They manipulated public opinion and smeared Enke, and Enke couldn't do it."

"In my opinion, we still have to deal with this problem before Enke can really be done."

"It's okay, we already have a solution." Old Zhu looked confident, and even had a look of watching the excitement on his face. "We want to see if these so-called Qingliu officials can cover the sky with one hand!"

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The story of Tie Zhong fighting all the scholars alone has spread among the public, and the number of Enke registrations in the Imperial College has picked up.But it's just a warming up. After all, this story is more spread among the people at the bottom. Most of the scholars in the middle class scoff at this story and don't want to believe it.Although the common people admired this story highly and gradually began to support Xinxue, in all fairness, their support had a limited impact on Enke's number of applicants.

After all, things like scientific examinations are, to put it bluntly, more closely related to people who read, and have little to do with the illiterate common people at the bottom for the time being.

But soon, a new decree came from the palace regarding Enke this time. This imperial decree was very simple, even just a mere line of words, but this line of words caused an uproar among Confucian scholars!

Because Lao Zhu said in the imperial decree that all those who are selected by Enke this time and serve in the newly established tax department will be granted the title of tax department envoy, with a rank of six ranks!

Sixth rank official!
You must know that there are also many people who were born as Jinshi and Tongjinshi who were serious, and were thrown to work in some counties and towns.Most of them had to start as small officials of the seventh and eighth rank, and worked hard for several years before they could reach the sixth rank.

Even the number one scholar and the second place in the list can only be a sixth-rank official in the Hanlin Academy at the beginning!
What is the concept of becoming a sixth-rank official once you pass the exam?It is equivalent to that as long as you pass the Enke exam this time, you will save decades of struggle, and His Majesty has already said that the function of the tax department is to manage, calculate, and supervise the world's commercial taxes. Still above the household department.

This is the real power yamen!Once you pass the exam, you can become a sixth-rank official!
It's not a fake job!It's real power!
Those scholars who were still relegating the current affairs yesterday and criticizing Enke this time all went crazy after seeing the imperial decree.

Yesterday I was still throwing stones at those who applied, thinking they were disgraceful; today they all flocked to the gate of the Imperial College, scrambling to sign up.

I'm afraid that if I'm one step too late, I won't be able to take the Enke exam this time.

Many people were even in the tavern just now and criticized Enke with righteous indignation. After returning home and learning the contents of the imperial edict, they came to the Imperial College without changing their clothes.

There are even friends who have been friends for many years, directly in front of the registration booth, fighting for the order of the queue:

You said yesterday that Enke was degrading, why did you come here to register today?Still in front of me?
What's insulting?I'm not, I haven't, don't talk nonsense, I never said that!
In fact, as long as you are sober, you can understand the gold content of this sixth-rank official: the taxation office is a yamen that is internal but not external, and the duties of these taxation envoys are just to calculate the account books in the yamen.In Zhu Su's words, it is to be a social animal behind closed doors. As for what title is given to this social animal, whether it is a middle-level backup or an assistant to the general manager, isn't it all the same?Just paying for a worthless name.

An imperial decree and a sixth-rank official position are just a piece of insignificant bait thrown by Lao Zhu.But it's so easy to let the public opinion blockade created by these scholars work so hard to break it from the inside.

(End of this chapter)