reborn monarch

In the spring of the sixth year of Qiyuan, the imperial examination was held again.

Gu Lan, the eldest son, has already entered the imperial court to handle errands. Standing on the Fengtian Hall at this moment, he is sweating for his friend Xie Shixi, hoping that he can go to high school.

Emperor Qiyuan pointed out the papers of the Three Ding Jia, which were unsealed by a small official of the Imperial Academy, and then sang the list.

"No. [-], Xie Guang; No. [-], Jiang Luofu; Tan Hua, Hai Ming."

After listening to the singing, the prince showed an indistinct smile on his face, and all the ministers whispered immediately, lamenting that the brothers of the Xie family, one of them is a prostitute and the other is a champion. It is really a good feng shui for the ancestral grave to smoke. Hearing that Master Xie said this He won the battle again, and he might be able to be promoted when he comes back. Xie Guang, the younger brother, entered the court at this time, and he leaned against the big tree to enjoy the shade.

It is said that he was finally able to be promoted, but in fact, in the past three years, His Majesty's arrangements for Mr. Xie are confusing.

Mr. Xie stayed in the Ministry of Officials for more than a year, and was transferred to the Ministry of Industry. He stayed in the Ministry of Industry for a year and went to the Ministry of War. He stayed in the Ministry of War for half a year. There was news of war in the Northeast. Tsarist Russia joined forces with the Jurchens to attack and beat Miyunwei and Longmen. The guards retreated every day, Emperor Qiyuan was furious, Master Xie was ordered to lead the Jinwu Guards to go out, regained the lost land and confiscated troops, and advanced all the way to Jurchen. In the past six months, there have been frequent successes, and everyone in Kyushu knows the prestige of the "White-haired God of War" .

One and three people entered the Fengtian Temple to face the saint.

The number one scholar is Xie Shishi. He has grown a lot in the past three years, he has been diligent in exercising, and his temper has become calm.At first glance, it looks like Xie Jiuyuan, who is one size smaller, but if you look closely, you can see that the two brothers have completely different temperaments. Xie Jiuyuan is romantic and chic, while Xie Shishi is gentle and serious. It can be seen that the past three years have worn away a lot of impulsiveness and impatience .

Haiming is the youngest son of Haitu, the leader of the old guard. He was the old guard who called Gu Lan "Your Highness" back then. He had a smile on his face, but he was actually very talented. Last year, I was jealous of the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Luo Shi, in the Yaoxian Pavilion, brawled openly, was beaten up by Haiti, shut up at home and thought about it for a year, and was released after the imperial examination. He didn't squint, but his eyes kept rolling, and he even blinked at Gu Lan.

As soon as these three people entered the palace, Jiang Qi, the servant of the Ministry of punishment, broke out in a cold sweat.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty wondered whether they were too stupid back then. How come since Emperor Qiyuan opened the imperial examination, the two rankings, the top three and the first ranking are younger than the first ranking?Xie Guang has just turned 23, Jiang Luofu is only [-], and Hai Ming is a bit older, but only [-]. It is really scary for young people.

Emperor Qiyuan looked at Xie Shishi as if he was looking at his own children, and was gentle with Haiming, but when his eyes fell on the second person, he cooled down, and after a moment, he returned to his smiling appearance.

"The No. [-] scholar is still young, and the three-yuan ranks first," Emperor Qiyuan boasted, "The second place and Tanhua are also young talents. I am so outstanding as a young man in Dachu, which makes me feel very comforted."

The officials echoed and praised, and the three of them knelt down to thank him humbly.

Emperor Qi Yuan smiled, suddenly his face darkened, and said: "Jiang Shangshu, I see that you are restless, but you have something to play?"

Jiang Qi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, turned pale, and knelt on the ground when he came out of the class, pleading guilty: "Your Majesty, I have no way to teach my daughter, and I am ashamed of my Majesty."

As soon as he said this, all the officials were puzzled. It was not until the second place Jiang Luofu knelt down reluctantly that everyone suddenly realized that this "Luo Fu" was "Luo Fu". A "The Consort"?

Emperor Qi Yuan couldn't see any emotion on his face, and said coldly: "The second place seems to be unconvinced, the crime of deceiving the emperor, do you have something to say?"

Jiang Luofu said eloquently: "Your Majesty, is there a clause in the "Great Chu Law" that says 'Women are not allowed to take the imperial examination'?"

"No."

"Then, I have never cheated, relying on my own knowledge, and also relying on the second place in the splendid article, just because I am a woman, this achievement does not count?" Jiang Luofu argued.

She was so bold that she even called herself a "chen", which really made the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty look sideways.

"That makes sense," Emperor Qi Yuan nodded, "Men study hard in order to become an official in the imperial court. What is your purpose in entering the imperial examination?"

As soon as Jiang Luofu bowed to the ground, he said in a loud voice: "I have no one in my eyes, and I don't want to be a mediocre | man | wife. I wish to never marry for life. I ask your majesty to treat everyone equally and let me enter the court as an official like my peers!"

Jiang Shangshu was sweating profusely, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty! My little girl does not know the heights of heaven and earth, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Qiyuan closed his eyes slightly, thinking of his previous life, he originally thought of a woman who had a rare ambition to be a career leader, so he let Jiang's daughter enter the Imperial Academy. The city was full of wind and rain, and although she was dissatisfied with the Jiang's daughter's reneging on her promises, she also took pleasure in other's misfortune.

Unexpectedly, Jiang's daughter couldn't ask for it, so she hated Xie Jiuyuan. At that time, Xie Jiuyuan stayed in Yaoxian Pavilion for a long time in order not to be forced to marry the daughter of a powerful man. A group of women in the Xiange Pavilion stripped their clothes and tied them up to parade in the streets. They are all singing singers. How could they have suffered such insults? They all hung up their white silk that night, and the tragedy shocked the capital.

Just because they are brothel women, they are rootless ducklings, and no one can seek justice for them. After several days of discussion among the people in the city, the matter was finally settled.Gu Zhen was amazed by Jiang's daughter's cruelty, so she dismissed Jiang's daughter, and Jiang Shangshu quickly married her off.

Later, Xie Jiuyuan bought a special cemetery for the women who died tragically in Yaoxian Pavilion, and even wore white clothes to send their coffins to the coffin, which was ridiculed by the world.

After the two got to know each other, Gu Zhen asked Xie Jiuyuan, and Xie Jiuyuan confessed that he had never had any relationship with them, but he just stayed at the Yaoxian Pavilion and deliberately made a romantic reputation to avoid the marriage contract, but he did not expect them to die tragically. Feeling guilty, sometimes I can't sleep at night when I think about it.

She was not the only talented woman in the Qiyuan Dynasty with the height of a woman, but because of her, the female number one scholar was not able to enter the court as an official, and was treated harshly after she married. It is a pity that his talent and insight are several times better than those of Jiang's daughters.

"I can't bear to take away Qing Yunzhi who is second in the list. I don't care about the crime of deceiving the emperor." Emperor Qi Yuan sighed, "A woman obeys her father at home. Jiang Shangshu, it's up to you as a father to decide."

Jiang Shangshu heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately said: "I beg your Majesty not to count the names at the second place, and add another one to complete the top three. I will take the little girl home and teach her strictly. I will never let her behave like this again!"

The Jiang daughter still wanted to argue, but her father glared at her, and immediately frowned aggrievedly, and stopped talking.

"Then Jiang Shangshu will take his daughter and retreat first," said Emperor Qiyuan.

Jiang Shangshu bowed gratefully, and immediately took his daughter out of Fengtian Hall.

Emperor Qiyuan pondered for a moment, and declared: "The number two in this list is vacant, and names and surnames are not counted, and they will not be filled. In the future, if there is a girl's high school, those who can enter the first class will be approved by Gao Tang at home, and they can enter the court as an official."

"This move is unreasonable, Your Majesty, please think twice!" Several ministers objected.

It is false to disagree with reason, and it is true to lose face.

Emperor Qiyuan said: "Which reason is inconsistent? How many women in the world can read? And how many of them can get into the examination room? They can't pass the exam, and why should they say that it is inconsistent?"

The ministers thought about it, that's right, the examination room should be searched more strictly, women can't enter the examination room, isn't this sacred edict just like a fake?There is no longer any debate.

At this time, the Three Treasures came forward and whispered that there was a good news. Emperor Qi Yuan smiled and said loudly: "Quickly pass it on!"

The soldier who reported the letter went to the hall and announced the good news loudly: "Your Majesty! General Xie led the three guards of Jinwu, Miyun, and Longmen to repel Tsarist Russia, and then went to the second Jurchen Ministry to take back Hai|Shenwei! The map of Chu, the teacher is expected to return to the court next month."

What a big tone!The ministers murmured in their hearts, but facing Xie Jiuyuan's solid military achievements, they couldn't even utter a single objection.

"it is good!"

Emperor Qiyuan greeted him first, and the officials immediately congratulated him, praising General Xie as a great general of Chu.

Qin Jian counted the food, grass and soldiers' pay, and his grief came from it. He also counted this year's tea horse, salt and iron, and maritime trade. Xie Jingqing of "Big Boss".

A piece of good news has just been reported, the Miao | people's mission arrived, and they came to submit the consent form.

In the past three years, Emperor Qiyuan promoted commerce and Sinology education in the frontiers, and gradually brought some autonomous capitals of minorities into the localities, and merged them into the three-level local system of provincial capitals and counties to facilitate unified management, not to mention Local governors are still left to them to choose by themselves, instead of appointing Han people, there is only one condition, that is, they can read and write Chinese.In this way, if something goes wrong, you can handle it yourself, and you can report it to the higher authorities, so you won't be fooled at will like before.

This move adheres to a voluntary and willing implementation method, so it has not been resisted, but it has been implemented very smoothly.These Miao|people are the village elder representatives or Miao|ren|kings of various Miao villages. After submitting the consent form and changing the county when they go back, they can elect the county magistrate by themselves.

Emperor Qiyuan saw a familiar figure among these Miao||people, and remembered that he was one of the members of the mission that followed Bu Xiduo three years ago, and it turned out that he took over Bu Xiduo's position.

Thinking of Bu Xiduo, who is currently serving as a general under Xie Jiuyuan's account, called Xie Jiuyuan's master, Emperor Qi Yuan felt a little jealous, and made up his mind to wait for General Xie to return to the court before making a settlement with him.

After Ada came to Beijing, he found out that Bu Xiduo was in the Jinwu Guard, and he was more jealous than Emperor Qiyuan. He didn't plan to go back when he came to Beijing this time, he came after someone.

When the Miao || envoys retreated, the minister of the Ministry of Industry stood up and reported the progress of the construction of the big ship. In order to make up for what happened just now, Minister Jiang Qi of the Ministry of Punishment, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry also went out of his way to please Emperor Qi Yuan, saying: "Waiting for the general to thank you When we return to the court, the big ship can be launched, and with this big ship, our Great Chu will be even more powerful in foreign sea trade!"

Emperor Qiyuan heard his careful thinking, but he didn't care, he said two words "good" repeatedly, and Qin Shangshu also showed a smile. After all, the profits of sea trade are high, and most of them have to go to the treasury. How can he not happy.

It was all good news, but in the end, the Minister of the Ministry of War came forward to report his concern, saying that after the new king of the horse clan, A Guhuan, came to power, he repeatedly harassed the border, which seemed to mean making trouble.

Emperor Qi Yuan frowned slightly, but he knew that the horse clan's real rebellion was not now, and he was not overly worried. He only asked General Yuan to be more vigilant, and the Minister of the Ministry of War agreed.

It was nearly noon in the early morning, and Emperor Qiyuan announced his withdrawal from the court.

After retiring from the court, a small banquet was held in Wenxiang's mansion, and the banquet was naturally the new Jinshi who came to join Wenxiang.Now the position in the imperial court is clear, except for the Wen Party and the Imperial Party, with the rise of a group of young officials such as Xie Jiuyuan and Jiang Zaidao, it seems that they are already fighting against the court, so these Jinshi naturally have to choose sides as soon as they enter the court, otherwise they will be defeated. It's not good that you don't even have to be an official.

Mei Ziqi shamelessly entered Wen's mansion under the banner of "Great Disciple of Wenxiang", clearly observed the enemy's situation, and made Wen Jinli feel bad, but he couldn't cut off contact with him for no reason, so angry She blushed, and was praised by a short-sighted Jinshi as "good-looking", her face became even more rosy, and Mei Ziqi laughed in her heart, laughing that this person has no chance to enter the imperial court.

Wen Chongde has become more and more unruly in the past two years. At this time, he was sitting alone in the pavilion with a pot of wine. At this time, I was tired, and I hid in the pavilion because I wanted to be quiet, but I bumped into Wen Chongde accidentally.

Mei Ziqi sneered: "Young Master Wen is very elegant."

Wen Chongde snorted and said lazily, "Master Mei is really a character."

Jiao'er was talking about an actor, which was ugly, Mei Ziqi's expression changed, he didn't answer, and it was even worse when he said it.

There was a moment of silence in the pavilion.

Wen Chongde took another sip of wine, suddenly coughed uncontrollably, covered his heart and frowned, Mei Ziqi saw that he was coughing really badly, and asked, "Are you okay?"

Wen Chongde shook his head, stopped his cough, and took another sip of wine.

"Wine is not a good thing, and I have never heard that Mr. Wen likes this kind of thing in the glass before," Mei Ziqi couldn't help but persuade.

Wen Chongde sneered, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter, Qianqing?"

It's hard to persuade the damn ghost, Mei Ziqi got angry and left.

The people in the pavilion were still drinking, and didn't even give Mei Ziqi a look, as if they were indifferent to foreign things.

Haiming was hit by Tanhua, and now he was elated. At night, he purposely walked around in front of his father Haitu before going out. Gu Lan knew that Mrs. Xie must have prepared good food at home, so she invited Xie Shishi out at night To celebrate, Haiming followed, pretending that he was also celebrating for himself, very cheeky.

They are all young people, no matter how calm they are, they are passionate and vigorous. During the meeting, the three of them talked about the horse tribe's harassment of the border. They were filled with righteous indignation, and they also talked about Xie Jiuyuan's success. Almost like family.This made Haiming suspicious, "Master Xie is his brother, not your brother." Haiming bit one chopstick, pointed at Xie Shishi with the other chopstick, and said to Gu Lan, "Why are you so proud?" do what?"

Gu Lan's answer was very high-sounding: "Master Xie is the pillar of the country. As a son, I am proud that Da Chu has such good generals. What's wrong?"

Haiming suddenly realized that Shi Zi had such a big heart, he patted Gu Lan's shoulder vigorously, looking very moved.

Xie Shixi took a sip of wine. In the past three years, he either studied at home or went to the northwest with his uncle. He didn't see much with Haiming. At this moment, he felt that this flower exploration was really interesting.However, thinking of the difference between monarch and minister, Gu Lan's admiration for his elder brother has not changed, which really moved him a little.

Gu Lan raised her glass and said with a smile: "One champion, one third, this is also a deer banquet. I wish you two can display your knowledge in the officialdom in the future. I will drink a cup of tea, and you can accompany me with a glass of wine."

Haiming bluffed, "Your Majesty is so deceitful", and he did it. Xie Shishi was a little embarrassed, but he also had a drink, and he lay down on the table after a while.

"How?" Gu Lan looked at Haiming.

Haiming showed a cunning smile, squinted his eyes and said: "He really is a pure and kind person."

He followed Gu Lan, and he vaguely guessed that the relationship between His Majesty and Lord Xie was unusual, but this brother of Lord Xie didn't notice it at all, and didn't hear his implication at all. Haiming was so innocent that he was almost moved to tears. .

Gu Lan threw the chopsticks and ordered: "You carry him on your back, and we will send the number one scholar home."

Haiming was stunned for a moment, pretending to be wronged, and said: "Why do you want me to recite it? I am also the candidate in today's competition, master, you are really partial."

"Who made you open your mouth?" Gu Lan lowered her voice slightly, and raised her eyes to look at him, showing a bit of majesty.

Haiming's heart trembled, and he immediately became obedient, and put Xie Shishi on his back, but he still couldn't hold back his yawning, and whispered "Let's drive~" in a low voice.

Gu Lan couldn't laugh or cry.

In April, Emperor Qiyuan drove to the suburbs of Beijing and led a hundred officials to welcome Jinwu General Xie Jiuyuan back to the court.

The author has something to say:

*Let me tell you, the former dynasty I pinched is about equal to (Ming and Qing), but there is no history of the late Qing Dynasty

*There is no traversal in this article, the identity of "impermanence" will be unlocked in the next chapter or the next chapter

*In the next chapter, His Majesty Xiao Gu wants to give General Xie a promotion, and then he has to settle the score wwww