Domineering Daming

How could Queen Mother Zhang be deceived by Zhu Xu, she said firmly, "Before the end of the year, there must be someone in your palace!"

Zhu Xu had a headache, he could solve it for anyone in this world, except for his sister-in-law.

"Your Majesty, today's medicine." At this moment, Li Jieyu, who was wearing a blue-red and colored open scarf dress, walked in slowly, holding a bowl of medicine in his hand.

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Li Jieyu, her eyes lit up suddenly, her stiff expression was like a flower blooming in an instant, and she said with a smile on her face: "Miss Li came at the right time, well, the emperor's illness is not completely cured, how about it, Miss Li first Move to Jingyang Palace, it will be convenient to take care of..."

Zhu Xu was shocked, he just asked Cao Huachun to help him pretend to be sick, why did Li Jieyu come.

Li Jieyu is also a little dazed now, he doesn't know what happened, listening to Queen Mother Zhang's words, he always feels that something is wrong, and he doesn't know how to answer for a while.

Empress Dowager Zhang stood up with a smile, took Li Jieyu's hand, and said, "Jieyu, you have also seen the emperor's illness. I am really worried that you are not in Jingyang Palace..."

Li Jieyu looked at Empress Dowager Zhang, then at Zhu Xu, and said softly, "Then the girl will go to Jingyang Palace for a while, and return to the Imperial Hospital after the emperor recovers."

Empress Dowager Zhang smiled more, glanced at Zhu Xu, and said, "That's good, let's move in tonight, and I'll ask someone to pack your things for you."

Zhu Xu had one head and two big ones, but this time he couldn't see that it was clearly planned by Queen Mother Zhang long ago.

"Can't stay any longer!"

Zhu Xu felt keenly in his heart that what Empress Dowager Zhang was going to say next must be "explicit", so he stood up and said, "Sister-in-law, I still have things to deal with. You can arrange the following things."

Empress Dowager Zhang was afraid that Zhu Xu would show up again, so she said with a cold expression: "Well, I will choose a house for Xie Yu later."

The corner of Zhu Xu's mouth twitched, he glanced at Li Jieyu, turned around and walked out quickly.

Li Jieyu is also a huizhilanxin, and his pretty face turns red when Zhu Xu sees it.

"Come on, let's talk." Empress Dowager Zhang pulled Li Jieyu and walked inside.

Zhu Xu left the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and heaved a long breath. The so-called upright officials can't break up housework, it's just like that.

Cao Huachun followed with a calm expression.He knew that Li Jieyu had gone in, but he didn't have time to report.

Zhu Xu glanced at him, put his hands behind his back and said, "Go back to the palace, when Miss Li comes, she will say that I'm asleep."

"Yes." Cao Huachun replied.

Royal marriages have always been a big trouble, involving too much, even if personal emotions are not considered, the procedure is also a headache.

When Zhu Xu returned to Jingyang Palace, he still habitually went into the Imperial Study Room and flipped through the playbook.

Sure enough, not long after, Empress Dowager Zhang led Li Jieyu to Jingyang Palace in person, walked around all the places, big and small, and finally chose a side hall next to Zhu Xu's bedroom, with the reason of "serving close by".

Li Jieyu seemed mature and demure, except for his shyness at the beginning, he was as calm as water afterwards, and he didn't say anything more except "um", and was always busy with Queen Mother Zhang.

It wasn't until it was confirmed and all the things were moved that Empress Dowager Zhang took Li Jieyu's hand and said with a smile: "Jieyu, the emperor has a good face and a stubborn temper. You should persuade him more when you are by his side, and take good care of him." He, he is more random..."

Li Jieyu's ears were blushing, and what Empress Dowager Zhang said could not be more clear.She is different from Wang Yuyang in having "big ambitions". Her personality is similar to Queen Mother Zhang, or a traditional woman in the Ming Dynasty. Queen Mother Zhang is clearly a "matchmaker's words".

Although Zhu Xu pretended to be asleep, he knew everything about the outside world clearly. He pretended not to know even if he knew it.

Fortunately, Empress Dowager Zhang still cared about the face of the two "newcomers", so she didn't stay long. After making arrangements for Li Jieyu, she left Jingyang Palace.

When she left, both Zhu Xu and Li Jieyu breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Jieyu sat on the newly made show bed with a dazed expression.

The meaning of Queen Mother Zhang's words is very clear, but...how did things become like this?

There were a few maidservants standing not far away, watching from a distance, they all knew that Miss Li would soon become a concubine.

"Miss Li is really pretty, she is gentle and gentle even in a daze..."

"Yeah, I heard that after the general, he still has some martial arts..."

"Hey, tell me, will the emperor come tonight?"

Li Jieyu also heard it, and his body tensed instantly, and his heart became extremely nervous.

"What if the emperor comes tonight? It's not polite..."

"If he can really come, what should I do..."

Li Jieyu had always been calm, but now he couldn't calm down anymore, his mouth was tightly pursed, and he didn't know where to put his hands.

For the first time in her life, she felt like running away immediately.

But she knew very well that she couldn't run away.

She quickly calmed down, raised her head and glanced at the maid not far away, got up to organize the jewelry box, and said casually: "The emperor is not in good health yet, I will go to the imperial dining room to make some medicine porridge, and you will send it to the emperor later. "

When the maidservants heard this, they quickly said, "Yes."

Li Jieyu pretended to tidy up, and then, suppressing his beating heart, he left the Jingyang Palace and walked towards the imperial dining room.

In the imperial study room, Zhu Xu was still flipping through the memorial.

The one in his hand was played by Huang Chengyuan, the governor of Fujian, saying that the progress of building new colleges in various parts of Fujian is slow, the enrollment rate is extremely low, and the new courses have also been resisted by all levels. Therefore, there are fewer county colleges, and the number of students enrolled is less than one hundred!

Zhu Xu frowned. If you say that Ming's style of study is open, it is quite open. Now there are many kinds of imported products, and many scholars and bureaucrats are keen on translating Western books, which are widely spread.

It can be said that they are quite closed, at least in the class of scholars who are dedicated to imperial examinations and become officials, they all study stereotyped essays hard, and they are extremely repulsed by "pragmatic" things.

Zhu Xu has been trying to slowly change the folk customs of Ming Dynasty. The academy or the imperial examination is the most influential method. By changing the way of entering the officialdom, the scholars are forced to change their minds, change from retreat to pragmatism, and open their eyes to see the world.

But the more deeply rooted it is, the more difficult it will be to reform.

Fujian is okay, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are the top priority, but these two provinces are more special, Jiangsu was restructured from Nanzhili, where the most densely populated humanities in Ming Dynasty, the complexity is far beyond imagination, I want to move them , It is not a year or two, and reforms can be successful casually.

He intends to continue to catalyze and even force the scholars to enter the academy, but this kind of backlash is extremely terrifying, even Zhu Xu must be cautious.

What's more, Zhu Xu is still planning to clear Zhang Zhang's land. If this is added, the south will be even more alienated from the court, and the consequences will be very dangerous.

"It can only be digested slowly with time."

Zhu Xu spoke softly.

Although there is no way to force all the scholars to enter the academy, the power of the imperial examination is no small matter. In one year or two years, they may be stubborn and will not calm down, but in the third year, they cannot be controlled.

The Chinese people have always been officials since ancient times. No one asked about it in ten years, and once it was listed on the list, the world knew it.

Zhu Xu put his hand on the memorial, thought for a while and said, "Cao Huachun, go to the Ministry of Rites and the Political Yuan in person tomorrow, and add a clause in the imperial examination: the county test must be under 16 years old, the government test must be under 20 years old, and the provincial examination must be under 25 years old. The test is set at 30 years old, and the general test in Beijing is set at [-] years old, and it must be strictly enforced! After five years, you must go through the county and provincial levels, no exceptions!"

Cao Huachun's heart skipped a beat when he heard it. From Zhu Xu's words, he heard endless swords, lights and swords, blood and rain!

Cao Huachun could hear the firmness in Zhu Xu's words, but he couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, late bloomers are also common. Can this age limit be relaxed?"