I'm really not the carpenter emperor

A Jin Yiwei was about to step forward, but Tian Ergeng stretched out his hand to stop this vicious woman, who was no less vicious than Xu Wenjue.

Tian Ergeng took a step forward, pinched her neck tightly, and stared at her struggling in his hands with interest, the more intense she struggled, the more excited he was.

Knowing that his death was imminent, Qian slapped Tian Ergeng's hand frantically, but Tian Ergeng's hand was like an iron tongs, the more he struggled, the tighter he pinched.

Soon, Tian Ergeng lost interest and exerted a little force.

With a "plop", the woman's body fell on the couch.

Before Tian Ergeng left, he made some arrangements to avoid being found out that Xu Wenjue had been killed the next day, which would arouse unnecessary suspicion.

As for the autopsy people, Zhu Youxiao had already arranged up and down.

The news circulating in Nanjing the next day was only what Zhu Youxiao wanted to hear.

Early in the morning, the servants of Duke Wei's mansion walked into the bedroom, and the scene in front of them was unforgettable for the rest of their lives. Although they were shocked, they looked at each other, but there was a kind of secretly delighted feeling.

At Ding'an Gate in Nanjing, Zhu Youjiao set off for Beijing amidst the flowers and crowds.

Just then, a message came.

According to the official coroner, Xu Wenjue died immediately on a stormy night, Qian's whereabouts are missing, and the Jinling government is looking for Qian's.

Zhu Youxiao sighed, unbearable in his eyes, and slightly wiped away the non-existent tears.

He promised in front of everyone that Qian's crime does not involve his family members, and only Qian is wanted. If the government finds out where Qian is, he will be executed on the spot and his head will be hanged for three days!

Chapter 338 There are talented people in the world!

Although Emperor Apocalypse was not in the capital, Apocalypse's three-year examination was still presided over by the Ministry of Officials, and it was held in the capital as usual. Zhu Youxiao was busy with various government affairs and conspiracies in Nanjing, and he didn't know the details.

I just heard from Wang Chaofu on the way back to Beijing that since the imperial court implemented the Southwest New Deal, the competition between students from the north and the south in the examinations has become more and more fierce every year.

Less than a month after the end of the general examination, Jingzhong is still preparing for the palace examination after Emperor Tianqi returns, and the students who pass this general examination will compete for the gold list.

Just after the General Examination and the Palace Examination has not yet started, the Jiangnan students who participated in the Tianqi Three-year Rural Examination in August have already gathered in twos and threes and hurried to Beijing.

Doing special things under special circumstances is also to win the hearts of this new batch of scholars.

Zhu Youxiao specially ordered the local government to arrange an additional official road for students from all over the country who went to Beijing to rush for the exam and returned home from Beijing, and provided board and lodging arrangements for some scholars who did not have enough money.

On both sides of the official road and at the intersection of the road, government sentry posts should be set up to protect the safety of the scholars along the way. If something happened to the scholars going to Beijing or returning to their hometown, they would ask the local officials for questioning.

With this kind decree, the hearts of the Xinke scholars were allied, and the officials felt uncomfortable. Even the local garrisons were mobilized and set up checkpoints along the way.

Some people are even more extreme, with the permission of the Ministry of War, they directly use the garrison to start a blanket sweep of the lairs of bandits, and deserters over the years have also been liquidated and checked.

Wherever Zhu Youxiao went, there was a peaceful scene.

On the way back from the army, it is common to see scholars coming and going in twos and threes.

Even Zhu Youxiao had to sigh with emotion, no matter what other people preach, there are not a few people who want to be officials in this world. Ordinary people may be easily deceived, but they are not fools.

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Shandong, Jining, on both sides of the official road through the city.

Five or six scholars who went to Beijing to participate in the provincial examination in August this year gathered here. After each meeting, they all bowed and bowed, following the etiquette of the Han family.

"It's true that it's like old friends at first sight. I'm Chen Mingyu, Shaoxing Prefecture paid tribute to Yongping Prefecture in the north of Zhili, and should go to Beijing for the Tianfu Township Examination."

"My surname is Feng, my first name is Dunhou, my ancestral home is Jiaxing, and I was born in the Imperial College."

The two handed each other, expressing disrespect to each other, Fang went hand in hand, walking on the official road specially prepared by the government for scholars traveling from north to south, watching the students from all over the world smiling and laughing, and feeling very moved.

"Brother Dunhou, the world is different now. The imperial court attaches great importance to imperial examinations. Today's emperor dares to break the ancestral system and benefit the people! We can be regarded as having a bright future!"

"In the next year's palace examination, you and I both need to be named on the gold list!"

Chen Mingyu said, panting heavily.

For him, a scholar who has been studying hard at home all year round, this traveling between the north and the south to rush for the exam is really hard work.

Like him, the group of scholars who were traveling with him were not very strong.

Feng Dunhou took it very seriously, and felt that he was hungry, so he turned around and took out a white bun and handed it to him, then took one himself, and said while chewing:

"Do you still remember that Lu Zhenfei who scolded the eunuchs for being in power two years ago, and the people's lives are in dire straits?"

He hung his appetite for a while, and seeing everyone looking sideways, he sneered and said:

"He went to the Southwest to give lectures for less than three years, and he actually filled the vacancy ahead of time, and went to the newly established Counselor and Mechanical Affairs Academy in Nanjing to serve as the governor of the Privy Council!"

"It is said that Lu Zhenfei is now working under the prince's family, the Minister of Military Aircraft. It can be said that he is very prosperous..."

Feng Dunhou's tone contained a little bit of jealousy and unwillingness. The prince in his words was naturally Wang Zaijin, who was widely rumored not to form gangs and cliques, and was deeply relied on by the emperor.

In the Jin Dynasty, Wang was first ordered to check the warehouses in Beizhili, and then ordered to promote sweet potatoes in Huangzhuang in Beizhili. Now he has the approval of Emperor Tianqi and stayed in Nanjing as the Counselor and Prime Minister of the Machinery Academy.

The emperor's trust in him is evident from this.

"What's so strange about this!"

There were five or six people around, all dressed as Confucian scholars, carrying all kinds of food they carried with them, and eating as they walked, someone shouted directly:

"The current emperor divides Nanzhili into two provinces, Jinling and Jiangbei, and sets up a Counselor's Institute in Nanjing, with the prince as the chief minister. No one in the world refuses to accept it!"

Another person nodded and said:

"Nanjing was restructured, and a large number of old officials in Nanjing lost their official positions. Counselors and officials from the two provinces were scarce. Naturally, they had to choose the best from the Southwest to fill the vacancies."

"It's not a big deal, I guessed it a long time ago."

"It is said that the ministers of the Privy Council of the Counselor and Mechanical Affairs Bureau all have a recommendation rank for joining the cabinet. As long as His Majesty approves, they can directly join the cabinet!"

"real or fake……?"

Then someone shouted.

"I am not talented. There is a poem about this matter. Listen to it, everyone."

The scholar was wearing a green Confucian attire, cleared his throat, and said:

"The holy dynasty specially ordered the reform of Nanjing, the Jinling River was born in Beikong, the southern tour team went to Jiangnan, and the palace arranged new state affairs. The court will be arbitrary, and the new reform system will be decided, and the old articles will be arranged from the inside to the outside."

Speaking of this, the scholar pondered for a while, then suddenly said:

"Back then, I, Zhou, was ashamed to enter Donglin. Today, I think about eating the national food and worrying about the king. It's not that the system was changed once, but it's really a change of past mistakes!"

"Hahahaha!"

When all the scholars heard the flattery behind them, they all laughed so hard that Feng Dunhou and Chen Mingyu looked at each other and smiled, but they didn't speak.

They are also people who are rushing to take the exam, so they cannot avoid this custom.

In this world, there are not many people who are so noble that they don't want to be an official. Of course, it's a different matter if they are an official somewhere. To be an official of the Ming Dynasty and to honor the lintel of the family is their lifelong pursuit.

But if he was a barbarian official like Fan Wencheng, he would be infamous for thousands of years!

An elderly Confucian scholar who was over forty years old, I don't know which nerve was touched by the young scholars, stroked his beard with one hand and sighed:

"A bunch of little dolls, what are they laughing at? Everyone has their own aspirations!"

"Didn't the sub-assistant Gu of the current court also retreat bravely and ask himself to return to his hometown in order to oppose the reform? This is the integrity that ordinary people rarely have!"

What the old Confucian scholar was talking about was that Gu Bingqian, a senior member of the eunuch party and the second assistant of the cabinet of the current government, asked his hometown to serve as a pensioner because of the restructuring of Nanjing.

This incident indeed caused an uproar in the official circles and the people at that time.

"That's right, it's indeed a festival of integrity!"

Chen Mingyu ate the white buns in his hands. He didn't know whether it was approval or what it meant. He turned to abandon the topic and smiled at everyone:

"After you all went to Beijing, you and I and Brother Dunhou searched for a home inn. The house was full of friends and everyone talked about their aspirations. Whether we want to make money or become magistrates, we can talk freely!"

"it is good!"

Everyone agreed a few times, and walked towards Jining City along the official road.

At this moment, there was a commotion from behind. They turned their heads to look, and they were all shocked. They saw the Great Ming Dragon Flag being raised in the distance.

A team of cavalry from the Yuqian Yongwei Battalion was led by Liu Yuanbin to Jining in advance, and urged the local government to disperse the pedestrians on the road so that they could line up on both sides of the official road to greet them.

Everyone looked at each other, with quick eyes and quick hands, grabbed a seat in the front, and immediately put aside the matter of rushing to Beijing, and made plans to watch.

After all, in life, apart from being able to get close to the emperor in the palace examination, there are few other opportunities to see him again.

And not everyone is confident that after taking the provincial examination this autumn, they can also stand out in the Tianqi four-year general examination and be able to participate in the palace examination.

For many people, being a Jinshi in the palace examination is still an unattainable supreme honor, such as the elderly Confucian scholar, who stretched his neck even more.

He was over [-] years old and was still taking the provincial examination. He knew in his heart that it might be impossible for him to be selected as a Jinshi by the emperor in the palace examination.

Amidst the discussions of various emotions, Zhu Youxiao, dressed in golden armor and riding a tall horse, appeared in front of everyone.

He stared and glanced in front of his eyes, stayed on Chen Mingyu, Feng Dunhou and his party for less than a second, then tightened the reins slightly, and entered Jining City.

At the gate of the city, the local magistrates, magistrates, censors and other officials were all lined up, waiting respectfully outside the gate, waiting for the army to pass through Jining.

The cavalry infantry of the Yongwei Battalion followed closely behind their emperor, their tiger eyes kept looking at the surrounding crowd, exuding a chilling murderous aura all over their bodies.

Chapter 339 The Kulun Department Was Destroyed

Jining city is busier than usual.

In addition to traveling business travelers and scholars, there were Yangko teams and lion dance teams from other places, and opera troupes also staged a show in the most prosperous part of the city.

This is not an ordinary wild stage opera, not even those opera troupes in prefectures and counties. This is the most famous Julong troupe in Shandong.

Hearing the news that Emperor Tianqi was going to pass through Jining on his return to Beijing, Julongban dropped his trip to Denglai Second Mansion and came to Jining instead.

The owner of Julongban understood very well that the emperor was only passing through the city from Jining, but the city of Jining would be lively for at least half a month.

Jining, originally developed into the prosperous place in Shandong closest to the south of the Yangtze River due to the flow of canals, this time Zhu Youxiao returned to Beijing, which greatly promoted the prosperity of commerce and trade in this place.

In the past half month, Jining has been a gathering place for all kinds of businessmen and literati, and the harvest of performing on stage is far higher than that in other places.

Zhu Youxiao and the civil servants and military generals behind him all slowed down their horses, held the reins with one hand, and walked along the official road through the city of Jining.

It is not only to enjoy the lively scene that is rarely seen in front of the court, but also to be afraid of hurting the children frolicking along the street.

Zhu Youxiao set an example and made the whole team, from the steward in charge of the imperial court, the important ministers of the cabinet, to an ordinary escort cavalry, become cautious.

It is also a great honor for everyone to ride on horseback or walk in the middle of the wide street.

On both sides of the street, the four towns and eight villages, the prefectures and the prefectures, and even the surrounding villages and towns within a hundred miles were all swept away, and the common people came early with chairs in their hands to occupy the space.

One is to get to know the current emperor, and the other is to watch the big drama of Julongban.

Zhu Youxiao was holding the rein with one hand and the emperor's sword on his waist. As soon as he entered Jining City, he heard the sound of firecrackers that could only be heard during festivals.

The sound of firecrackers thundered in my ears, together with the sound of gongs and drums, the sound of suona, and the noise of chariots and horses in the city, the sound of buying and selling, shouting and bargaining, and the voices of calling for children and girls, all merged into one piece, until Zhu Youxiao's horse forward.

Because there was a special decree before, saying that the royal driver passed by along the way, and the common people and business travelers did not need to salute and wait, but could do their own thing.

What Zhu Youxiao saw was a scene of serious folk prosperity, which was completely different from the late Qing Dynasty depicted in the textbooks of later generations. Their eyes exuded vitality, and there was a sea of ​​people in front of them.

Of course, the nervous ones belong to the local governments.

But the military and political leaders in Jining suffered a lot. This time Emperor Tianqi passed by here, and they held meetings for several days.

Not only do we need to contact the garrison at the guard station to clear out the bandits' lairs in advance, but we also need to dispatch all the officials on the same day to try our best to maintain order.

In order to prevent some people from entering the queue and bumping into the royal driver.

Coming to the most prosperous central street in Jining City, Julongban's opening scenes such as "Lucking Wealth and Fortune" and "Opening the Door to See Happiness" in the traditional sense have all passed.

When Zhu Youxiao came, he saw "The Legend of Yue Fei" being performed on the stage, and he immediately smiled.

Perhaps it was news from the palace that he liked to read Yue Fei's books and listen to Yue Fei's plays when he was in the palace, and this spread among the people.

But this is not a big deal, Yue Fei's fight against the gold is just in line with the current situation of Ming Dynasty, and it is also a good thing to cultivate the hatred of Jianyi among the people.

With just this smile, the local officials remembered Julongban's performance this time.

As for whether Julongban will be called to cooperate with the government in the future, or how to reward them, these are the affairs of local officials.

Zhu Youxiao didn't stay for half a minute, and led the brigade of troops and horses straight through the city. In the distant capital, they were waiting for him to go back and preside over the overall situation.

Although Emperor Tianqi's imperial horse had traveled quite a distance, the escorting horse team still entered the city from the south gate, and there was no end in sight.

As the cavalry passed by in Jining City, the atmosphere reached its climax. At this moment, in Liaodong and Fuyuwei, the generals of Ming Dynasty, Mongols, and Jurchen are also fighting for each other.

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