Domineering Daming

Liu Shimin knew about this a long time ago. Zhu Xu stopped castration when he came to the throne, and there has been no new castration in the past eight years, and this time it was just a formal decision.

Liu Shimin thought about the impact and possible disadvantages, and said: "It's better to take it slowly, the outer court is very turbulent now, so we can't provoke them."

Cao Huachun looked at the busy inner eunuch and said, "You can handle this matter according to your needs. Is there anything special about the imperial examination?"

This incident looked calm on the outside, but for some reason, Cao Huachun always felt a little uneasy.

Liu Shimin shook his head and said, "As long as the Qinhuai River is calm, there will be no troubles in other places. Most of the applicants for the test this time are from the Political Council or are taking the test, so they should be safe."

Cao Huachun was thoughtful, Nanzhili had killed enough and ruthlessly this time, and few people could jump out again, but it gave the imperial examination a space of peace.

When the inner court and the outer court were transferred to the newly built two halls, the imperial examination was also in full swing.

The Royal Political Academy, several teaching buildings, etc. were sealed off, and the classrooms were full of modern scholars.

The method of the imperial examination this time is different from the past, and the test questions are completely different.The students of the Royal Political Academy are writing like a wind, writing like a god.But the scholars outside the Royal Political Academy looked at the examination papers with a confused face.

There are no research questions, no classics and meanings, and no poems and songs. More "science and engineering", understanding and analysis of natural science, and some simple government affairs knowledge, economic laws, etc.

Naturally, the students of the Royal Political Academy were handy and devoted themselves to answering the questions, but some outsiders were completely unable to answer.

Even if some people have read a lot of miscellaneous books and can understand a little, they still can't answer the questions, and the brush in their hands can't be dropped for a long time.

"What kind of question is this..." Suddenly, a young man was dripping with sweat and asked with a wry smile.He has worked hard to study for more than ten years, just waiting for this time, but he didn't expect it to be like this, and he was full of bitterness.

He was meant to be a desperate self-deprecating, but immediately struck a chord with the others.A scholar threw his pen violently, stood up and shouted: "What kind of question is this? It's clearly fooling us! In all dynasties, when will there be such a test question!"

"That's right! The imperial court has fooled us, so we won't take the exam!"

"No more exams!"

"No more exams!"

Some scholars threw away their pens, some kicked over their chairs, some directly overturned their tables, and yelled loudly.

The invigilator was a professor from the Royal Academy of Political Sciences. He was not in a hurry and was calm. Seeing five or six people making noise there, he immediately rang the bell on the table.

In fact, he hadn't shaken yet, when a group of guards guarding the Royal Political Council came in, the leading captain looked around and said coldly: "You violated the exam regulations, come with us now!"

Speaking of which, a group of soldiers rushed in, holding waist knives in their hands, with a murderous look.

These rioting scholars were furious, and they didn't care about the soldiers, and they shouted even more: "What kind of test question is this, it is clearly prepared for them...Why can't we, they will!"

"This is malpractice for personal gain, officials and officials are protecting each other, you are all in the same group!"

"What is fair, what is just, it is all fake, we are still not allowed to take the exam, and we are still going to be kicked out!"

The team leader would not listen to their nonsense, and said indifferently: "Take them all away and hand them over to the chief examiner of the official department."

This group of soldiers rushed over like wolves and tigers, and all the troublemakers were knocked down, and then dragged out abruptly, no matter how much they yelled and screamed.

They were all taken away, and the examination room calmed down, but the rest of the people looked at each other in blank dismay, a little unnaturally.

The professor invigilating the examination stood on the stage and comforted him: "Anyone must abide by the order of the invigilating examinations, and there must be no chaos. Otherwise, the qualifications for the examination will be disqualified and handed over to the chief examiner of the official department. Continue the examination."

Only then did the scholars who took the exam relax and focus on answering the questions again.

There are a total of forty classrooms in a building where exams are taking place. From time to time, people are taken out of the room, escorted out, and sent to the main building, the temporary class room for the chief examiner of the Ministry of Officials.

"Maliciously slander the imperial court, do not abide by the examination discipline, and have no character or morality. How can such a person enter the imperial court as an official and plead for the people? All are recorded in the record, and the examination is banned for three years to see the effect!"

The chief examiner of the Ministry of Officials decided against the case, and the notice was posted directly outside the gate of the Royal Political Council, and all the scholars who were banned from the examination were kicked out.

These scholars were already angry, and now they are getting more and more angry.

"Damn! Fenmin is playing tricks on us, it's already been decided by default!"

"That's right! All the exam questions are inexplicable, leaking the questions! They must be leaking!"

"Purchasing officials! It's not the first time the imperial court has done this! The 'New Deal' and the 'New Imperial Examination' are all fake, to fool us!"

"I won't take the exam, and I won't take the exam in my life!"

"We don't take the exam anymore. We will go home and see what the court can achieve!"

"The ancestral system does not exist, and the ten thousand ways collapse, alas, how sad the soul of Taizu Taizong is in heaven!"

Zhao Han was in the Royal Political Academy at the moment, and Song Yingxing was standing beside him. The two looked at the noise at the gate with different expressions.

When they were all driven away by the guards, Zhao Han shook his head and said: "Hundreds of boats compete for the current, big waves wash away the sand, and it's nothing more than that."

Song Yingxing has done the most research on "science" and was a little more rational. He said, "What your lord said is true. I just hope that they can wake up in the past three years. Now that they are young, there is still time."

As the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Zhao Han grew up in a family of officials. He knew the Shilin family best, so he directly denied: "I'm afraid it will be difficult. Things are not decided by themselves. This is the case in the whole Ming Dynasty. If you want to reverse it, you have to do it." One year, or even ten or twenty years.”

Song Yingxing also understood it, and said: "The emperor once said that 'it takes ten years to grow a tree, and a hundred years to grow a man'. If I want to realize my great wish that no one in Ming Dynasty has many books, no one is illiterate, and there are no poor people in the world, I still have to uphold it." Be unwavering and unwavering!"

Chapter 1092 Everything is ready

This kind of farce is just a drizzle for the Ming government and the public, and no one needs to care about it.

Zhu Xu is currently looking around his new office with great interest, looking at each one from beginning to end.

Sun Chuanting, Zheng Youyuan, Cao Huachun, Liu Shimin and others were behind him, making introductions.

Liu Shimin had already stepped on the spot before, and said beside Zhu Xu, "Your Majesty, the one in the middle is your imperial study room, which has been enlarged after the small study room in the cabinet. There are also study rooms, bedrooms, and bathrooms inside..."

Zhu Xu was walking around, very satisfied, this hall is indeed magnificent, and the layout is exactly what he wanted.

The only downside is that you have to rely on your legs up and down.

Arriving at his new imperial study, Zhu Xu stood inside the desk, looking around the huge room, with his desk and bookcase on the front, and small meeting rooms and lounges on the left and right sides, both majestic and friendly.

"Not bad!" Zhu Xu sat down and said with a satisfied smile, "The layout, decoration, and arrangement are all very good, as I like."

The Ministry of Industry was responsible for the construction of these two halls, and the cabinet and supervisor supervised them, which took more than half a year.

Seeing that Zhu Xu was not dissatisfied, Sun Chuanting said with a smile, "I haven't done any construction work in Ming Dynasty for a long time, and the Ministry of Industry is cautious. If the emperor is satisfied, they will surely breathe a sigh of relief."

Zhu Xu laughed and said, "Okay, let's stop here and talk about the outside things."

Sun Chuanting saw Zhu Xu like this, so he followed suit and said, "Back to the emperor, Mr. Bi Ge wrote that he is about to go to Fujian. The situation of the 'New Deal' in various places is not ideal, and the resistance is very strong. I am deeply impressed. The last stop is Huguang. After that, I will return to Beijing, and I will make a detailed report to the emperor. Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs is still in Shandong. The report said that the people in Shandong are stable, but the progress of the "New Deal" is not ideal, and the place is too messy. It's like a mess, entangled, without strong intervention, the place can't struggle at all. The Ministry of Industry also submitted this year's "project progress", and roads, bridges, rivers, etc. in various places are rushing to work, and it is expected to be completed by the end of next year. , but the shortage of money and food is still about 1000 million taels of silver, please ask the cabinet to allocate it as soon as possible..."

Zhu Xu listened, and habitually reached out for tea, only to realize that there was none.

Seeing this, Cao Huachun quickly ordered someone to pour it down.

Zhu Xu thought for a while at this moment, and said: "It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. This is a famous saying. We sit in the capital and look at the world like a frog at the bottom of a well. We are still trapped in this small palace. After Mr. Bi Ge comes back, you have to go out for a walk. The place is complicated. If you are not a local, you may not be able to see the whole picture. You need to understand it in depth. Don’t rush to make a decision. You must find out and treat the disease Get rid of the roots. The progress of the 'New Deal'... The cabinet has to control this matter, and I have done everything I can do. The following is fine work, which needs to be promoted and controlled by your cabinet. As for the affairs of the Ministry of Industry... Yinzi's words , think of a way, can't delay, the Ministry of Industry has fed millions of disaster victims in the past few years, releasing them all at once, the gains outweigh the losses, and those projects can't be abandoned halfway, when the court slows down, they have to continue..."