Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 587 Great Victory

  Fang Jifan was shocked.

  This... is really a man.

  The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were indeed all heroes.

   It is almost conceivable that when Emperor Hongzhi and Zhu Houzhao were enjoying the hot pot happily, boasting that the hot pot was delicious, how Liu Jin, who was standing far away serving him, dropped himself to the ground like a water curtain.

   It is also conceivable how Liu Jin waited impatiently for His Majesty to move. When Zhu Houzhao and the two went to send them off, they suddenly rushed to the hot pot.

  Liu Jin...it seems that I haven't tasted the taste of chili yet.

   This is really not even the Hunan people dare to play like this, but our Liu Jin, he did it.

  Liu Jin rubbed her neck, lay on the ground, began to roll, and made a hoarse voice: "The soup is poisonous... poisonous..."

  Liu Jin usually speaks in a high-pitched voice, like a woman, but today she has regained her true colors as a man, with that hoarse voice, and howling like a pig...

  Fang Jifan shook his head, his heart softened, and he hurriedly said: "Hurry up, get water..."

  Liu Jin began to pour water desperately until she even vomited bile, and then she eased up a little, and she was lifted down.

  …

When Emperor Hongzhi came to the court, when he appeared in Jinshen Hall in high spirits and with a red face, all the officials quietly observed His Majesty's complexion, and were full of surprises. Earlier it was reported that His Majesty was seriously ill, and then there were countless rumors of truth and falsehood. Difficult news, these news made many ministers suspicious for a long time.

   Every time His Majesty is seriously ill, there will inevitably be many rumors spreading from inside to outside. This is already a matter of habit.

   Only when His Majesty appeared in Jinshen Hall in person to accept the congratulations from all the officials, did everyone feel relieved.

So the ministers were overjoyed, and when the court discussion was almost over, Emperor Hongzhi's face was full of red: "Recently I feel unwell occasionally, and you have worked hard to share my worries. I was seriously ill and delayed the imperial examination for this subject. I have already chosen early next month." The three exams teach new tribute students."

   All the ministers said yes.

  This year's exam is very hopeless.

  The Xishan Academy is a group of animals that can swallow people alive. Almost all the ministers, the raw materials think that they must be talented, but many of them directly fail the rankings. Even if they win the rankings, their rankings are not obvious.

  Although His Majesty was extra merciful and ordered fifteen additional candidates who had lost their names in Sun Shan to pay tribute, but they only heard of Ci Tong being born as a Jinshi, but not those born as a Ci Gongshi.

  At this time, someone slowly stood up: "Your Majesty, I have a message."

  Emperor Hongzhi looked, but it was Yang Tinghe, a scholar of the Imperial Academy.

  Yang Tinghe said: "Your Majesty, it has been a hundred and twenty years since the eight-legged selection of scholars. Among them, there are quite a few disadvantages. If you continue to use this method to obtain scholars, I am afraid..."

  As soon as Yang Tinghe spoke, countless whispers came from the hall.

  In the past, I didn’t think stereotypes were bad for taking scholars. After all, most people got out of stereotyped exams. Even if they felt that there was something bad, they only talked about it in private.

   Now that Yang Tinghe directly said it in the temple, it can be seen that a considerable number of people have already raised doubts about the stereotyped selection of scholars.

  Emperor Hongzhi was noncommittal.

  More people expressed silence.

  Yes, there are disadvantages in selecting scholars based on stereotyped writing, but can the court change it? cannot!

  You let scholars all over the world study hard for ten years, but learn a new knowledge? Are you not afraid of turning the world upside down?

  Of course, there are also people who are full of complaints about the stereotyped selection of scholars, thinking that the stereotyped selection of scholars has been taken advantage of.

But everyone is more helpless, but they are dancing within the rules. The rules are originally biased towards Cheng Zhu Confucian students in the world. Even Cheng Zhu is not as good as those new Confucian students. This is obviously not the problem of Xishan Academy , but your problem.

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled, did not make a sound, only nodded: "I see."

   All the ministers were speechless, and no one seemed willing to follow up.

   As for Yang Tinghe, he obviously wasn't entangled.

It is said that in Xishan, the balloon with outstanding achievements, by the way, is called Bad Heart Shu and Ting Yang, but now, it has retired from the flying team and has become the main sightseeing facility of Xishan Farmhouse, with hundreds of people every day, Lined up, boarded the He Ting Yang, and slowly rose into the sky. People were on the ground, watching the huge "He Ting Yang" rising slowly, and the tourists in the baskets screamed, very It's lively.

  Yang Tinghe is still alive and strong. He naturally knows that he has become notorious and well-known all over the world. People always like to study the stories behind the words from the familiar words, and the allusions of He Tingyang are spread everywhere.

Yang Tinghe naturally also knows that there is no way to change the stereotyped selection of scholars. This matter affects the whole body, not to mention that he is a mere a scholar of the servant and a nameless Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi, even if it is the emperor or Ming There is absolutely no one who dares to take a knife against stereotyped writing. This is the foundation of the country and the foundation of hundreds of thousands of Jinshi, Juren and Xiucai in the world. When there is no stereotyped writing, or stereotyped writing is not considered a measure of talent and learning When it comes to standards, then what are the hundreds of thousands of officials, gentry, and famous scholars in this world?

   Losing this legitimacy, you can see if the scholars in the world will smoke you to death.

The foundation of the imperial court lies in maintaining the talents of the world. What is a talent? Each era has different standards. For example... in the Sui and Tang Dynasties and before, it was a family. For example, now, it is a family that can support its children to study. The scholar-bureaucrats rule the world, you let the scholar-bureaucrats find another way out, or tell the scholar-bureaucrats, I have made a decision, what you have learned in the past does not count, believe it or not, they dare to smash your court.

  Yang Tinghe naturally understood this point, he just complained, meaning that those people who took advantage of loopholes in Xishan Academy were nothing special.

  He was like a broken pot, and he got married with the people from Xishan Academy.

   And everyone knew this very well, so no one said anything.

  Emperor Hongzhi just smiled, then got up and left the court.

   All the ministers resigned.

Liu Jian didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. Yang Tinghe, he was sympathetic in his heart. He was both a scholar and an official in the same dynasty. What's going on, smash my son's pot? My son is Huiyuan, and he passed the exam in a dignified manner. Who are you?

  Naturally, with Liu Jian's self-restraint, it's not enough for the majestic cabinet minister of the First Assistant University to tear himself apart with a mere Yang Tinghe.

  This time the imperial examination, there was a lot of discussion, and there were indeed a lot of doubts.

  Hmm... Let's watch the palace test, I think there are many people waiting to see the joke.

  ...

Xishan Academy, even if the palace examination is coming soon, the fifteen new tribute students of Xishan Academy still have to learn new learning and riding and archery as usual. Even Fang Jifan personally wrapped two balloons, took his disciples and grandchildren, and boarded the balloons. Let the balloons float, let them see the vastness of the world.

  Naturally, there are two hours every day, they will close the door, and then His Royal Highness will take out some memorials transcribed from the palace for everyone to simulate and discuss.

   Next, Zhu Houzhao sat in the Zhenguo Mansion as the 'emperor', and the fifteen tribute students were ministers, and Fang Jifan and Wang Shouren were the first and assistant scholars of the cabinet.

  Close the door, take out a letter of memorial, and then let Liu Jie and others express their opinions on these memorials.

  The so-called palace examination is policy theory, the essence of policy theory, in fact, is that the emperor asks about politics, asks an exam question, such as where is the flood, and asks the tribute students to come up with ideas to see who can answer better.

Zhu Houzhao took out a memorial, which was the latest memorial sent to the palace. Then, this memorial fell into Fang Jifan's hands. Fang Jifan read: "Liu Jiajin, the prefect of Jinhua Prefecture, said: Recently, more than a hundred Japanese thieves have appeared in Jinhua Prefecture. , Running rampant in the township, Liu Qing, the commander of the Japanese guards, was ordered to pursue him. When he arrived in Hengdian Township, the minister led 700 officers and soldiers to fight fiercely with the local strong officials and bandits, beheading dozens of Japanese pirates. There were ferocious Japanese pirates who surrounded him while he was alone. Liu Qing took a bow and shot down three Japanese pirates from a distance of three hundred feet; Fighting with fists and feet, a Japanese bandit came up with a knife, Liu Qing was so powerful that he lifted it up like a tripod and tore it apart... In this battle, Liu Qing is the commander of the top performer..."

  Hengdian victory.

  This command is even more amazing. He raised his bow three hundred feet to kill the enemy, and he was able to hit a hundred shots. He actually tore the Japanese pirates in two with his hands.

  In such a tragic scene, Fang Jifan read it calmly without even twitching his eyebrows.

   Just kidding, this young master has never seen anything in the world, killing an enemy at three hundred feet is nothing, I have seen a devil eight hundred miles away, even though it was only on TV.

  Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jie and the others with a smile: "What do you think?"

Liu Jie and the others just looked at each other, and then, a disciple said: "This good news must be a fraud. The prefect of Jinhua Prefecture colluded with the local commander of the Japanese Guards and pretended to be meritorious. Bows and arrows can't kill the enemy at three hundred feet, and tearing people apart is even more absurd."

  Zhu Houzhao nodded and nodded. He is a martial artist, and he is also proud of his proficiency in bowing and horses. Naturally, he knows that the prefect of Jinhua has taken too much credit.

  He said: "But why, the prefect of Jinhua, dare to boast such a big mouth?"

The disciples and grandchildren rushed to the first place, and Liu Jie rushed to answer this time: "The literati don't know about military affairs. They are bragging for others, but they don't know the actual situation at all. Therefore, they only rely on their own imagination and brag. Civil servants, but civil servants neither bother to understand nor are they bothered to understand the affairs of the military family, they all rely on their momentary likes and dislikes, and do whatever they want, so that they make such jokes."

  Zhu Houzhao smiled and stared at Liu Jie: "So, do you know Ma Zheng?"

  ...

  The first chapter is delivered.

  (end of this chapter)