Unofficial History of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty

Emperor Zhengde counted all the bribes given to Jiang Bin by the cabinet, and all of them were merged into the small treasury. As for the bribes given to Zhang Rui by the "Seven Tigers", Emperor Zhengde didn't bother.At this point, Jiang Bin finally understood that Emperor Zhengde wanted King Ning to bribe the official list and his intention to investigate private mines and private stores.

At this point, Jiang Bin finally understood Emperor Zhengde's intention to ask King Ning to bribe officials and investigate private mines and stores.He originally thought that Emperor Zhengde wanted money.Later, I thought that what Emperor Zhengde wanted was power.But it turned out that Emperor Zhengde planned to have both fish and bear's paw.

Afterwards, Wang Qiong, the newly appointed minister of the Ministry of War, did nothing for a month, and the official said that he had nothing to do. Even so, the eunuchs and civil officials were very relieved of him.

However, Emperor Zhengde was forced to give up the idea of ​​rebuilding the Qianqing Palace, and the reconstruction of the Qianqing Palace was more luxurious than before.Emperor Zhengde watched the Ministry of Households pay the money, and the Ministry of Industry was busy, so he spread his hands and personally appeased Gu Dayong who stayed up late to build the tent. Gu Dayong could only bite his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

Emperor Zhengde had a leisurely time, and then he ushered in the palace examination.The imperial examinations in this dynasty were divided into township examinations, general examinations, and palace examinations.The township examination is presided over by the southern and northern Zhili and the chief envoys, and is held every three years in the Zi, Wu, Mao and You years.The general examination is presided over by the Ministry of Rites, and it is held in the second year of the rural examination, every year of Chen, Shu and Wei.The palace examination was presided over by the emperor and was held on March [-]th of the year after the general examination.

In the palace examination held in Fengtian Palace, there is only one strategy question.Gongshi did not fail in the palace examination, and only Emperor Zhengde and the ministers who invigilated the examination re-arranged their rankings according to the palace examination.Gongshi entered at dawn, went through the etiquette of roll call, unrolling, praise, salute, etc., and then issued policy questions.

The title of the policy issued by Emperor Zhengde is as follows: "I have heard that the one who should follow the law of the emperor is the heaven and the ancestor. The kings of the three dynasties of Tang and Yu all followed the law of the ancestors of heaven to achieve prosperity, and the scriptures can be tested. There is a saying: Heaven is called Xiantian, and it is called Getian; there is a saying: Leading the ancestors, saying looking at the ancestors, saying reminiscing the ancestors, is it the same? Huh? Since the Han, Tang and Song Dynasties, there are almost no ones who follow the way of heaven. How can they be governed? Or there are also those who follow their ancestors. , but the destiny is the measure, the ancestral precepts are the formula, and there are still those who are not easy to follow. The way of heaven is broad and great. I don’t know what the law should be today. Is it possible to give birth to those who imitate the sky? My Taizu Emperor Gao’s founding, Taizong Wen’s lineage, and the sages who governed by law are distributed in the world in the classics and books. I don’t know what is happening today. When it comes to the law, which one is the first? And there is an urgent history that says: uprightness and self-improvement, respect for morality, and integrity, so as to be in harmony with the ancestors, is it feasible? I want to promote Taoism and administration, and I will look up to my family and prolong it for hundreds of millions of years. Zuo, Zi Dafu should have someone who can assist me in the future, and his respect should not be ignored."

To put it simply, it is: "A man should follow the example of heaven and ancestors like Yao and Shun, but who did the Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Chengzu Zhu Di who took the lead in the rebellion follow? Without them, there would be no Ming Dynasty today, so I conscientiously follow the example of heaven and ancestors. Is it feasible?"

After the test paper officer of Zuo Shaoqing Zhang Yuchong of Dali Temple finished reading the questions, the tributes who finally came here after several layers of screening held the papers and sweated profusely.Take a look at Yang Tinghe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Liang Chu, the scholar of Jinshendian, the official secretary, Jiang Mian, the Zuoshilang of Zhan Shifu, the official official department and the academician of the Imperial Academy, Fei Hong, the Shaobao Jian Yang Yiqing, Minister of the Ministry of Officials of the Crown Prince Taibao, was calm.

But what they don't know is that Emperor Zhengde's outrageous policy problem was repaired by Yang Tinghe, Yang Yiqing and others. Originally, Emperor Zhengde almost asked "whether the rebellion is justified".

The palace examination is limited to one day and must be handed in before sunset.When I got here, I had to bite the bullet and write hard.They are all outstanding, and it is not a problem to quote a thousand words from the classics.Some answers were answered first, and they checked repeatedly with their heads down, not daring to submit them first.After the incense burnt, the examiner in charge of the six subjects will send the test papers to the examiner, who will send the test papers to the examiner, who will transfer them to Dongge for review by the examiner.

The next day, the examiners finished reading the papers and handed over the papers and their comments to Emperor Zhengde.Emperor Zhengde was full of enthusiasm for this, and he didn't need others to read the papers.

First look at the three first-class answer sheets selected by the examiner who was born as a Jinshi. They are all beautiful in writing, neat in words and sentences, and quoted from classics. However, in the eyes of Emperor Zhengde, they are empty words, so he personally read the remaining answer sheets.It was not until sunset that Emperor Zhengde ordered someone to call Jiang Bin back from his sister-in-law.

Jiang Bin glanced at the paper, only to see four big cursive characters on it: "Win the king and lose the bandit".

The whole complex is oblique, as graceful as a crow in the wind.It's as if the wine is in full swing, and it's done by splashing ink with your hands and swiping the brush.It is indeed courageous to be able to write these four big characters so chicly in the palace examination.Turn over the name on the scroll and see that the owner of this scroll is actually the son of Yang Tinghe——Yang Shen.

Yang Shen was very intelligent since he was a child. He was able to write poems at the age of 11 and literature at the age of 12. His "Yellow Leaf Poems" was greatly appreciated by Li Dongyang, the chief assistant of the cabinet at that time, and he was admitted to his disciples.Yang Shen is now a weak crown, but his reputation has spread far and wide, and he is known as "reading without books".Today, the four characters that deviate from the scriptures seem to be a provocation to Emperor Zhengde.Since you want to be in a difficult situation, I will explain this mystery to see who can't end it.

Emperor Zhengde couldn't help smiling when he recalled Yang Shen's indomitable appearance in the hall to the answer sheet.

Those who deviate from the orthodoxy and rebel and succeed are orthodox and masters.Nothing to do with heaven, nothing to do with ancestors.This is something that civil officials who are familiar with poetry and books and practice Confucianism dare not, and cannot say.

When the list was released the next day, Emperor Zhengde overturned the No. [-] nomination of the examiner, and named Yang Shen the No. [-] scholar.It stands to reason that, as the son of Yang Tinghe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Yang Shen, the number one scholar, is somewhat imaginative.But just like Yang Tinghe had been recuperating in the mansion for more than a year but no one cared about the vegetarian meal in the place of the dead body, those officials who usually dig out trivial matters to make a big fuss have remained silent on this matter again.

This made Jiang Bin speculate whether this was another chess game arranged in advance by Emperor Zhengde. Emperor Zhengde pointed out: "If the question was proposed by the cabinet, he must be the champion. But this question was drawn up by me. He dares to answer it. Read the paper." The officials dare not point him out."

So, are you trying to sell Yang Shoufu a favor?

Emperor Zhengde didn't say much, but instead said, "What do you bring to congratulate?"

Jiang Bin has never had any contact with Yang Tinghe, but the invitations have been sent, who can not give face to the chief minister of the court?

The congratulatory gift Jiang Bin entrusted his own accountant and Lu Qing to buy it together, and Lu Qing returned the rest of the silver without revealing the money.This made Jiang Bin a little embarrassed, and forced him to give him an emerald chilong waist pendant, and took him to the banquet with him.

Yang Tinghe's mansion is located in the bustling part of the capital. There are five halls and nine frames. The roof is decorated with tiles and beasts. The hanging mountain tops were all built according to the regulations of the dynasty, which can be called a model of ritual observance.

Jiang Bin got off the sedan chair, and together with Lu Qing and the bearers came to a three-room third-floor independent hanging flower door, and met Yang Tinghe and Yang Shen who were here to welcome guests.

Yang Tinghe still looks like he doesn't eat the fireworks of the world. Even if he is in the market, his coldness is unapproachable.And Yang Shen, with hairpin flowers pinned to his black gauze cap, although he inherited his father's appearance, he showed his sharp edge and was very aloof.

Jiang Bin handed over the gift list to the person in charge, led Lu Qing forward, and said some words of congratulations to the father and son.Yang Tinghe thanked him politely, with a faint smile that couldn't penetrate his eyes.Yang Shen beside him only raised his eyebrows and looked at Jiang Bin with a little disdain on his face.

After all, Jiang Bin was a military officer, and he was a military officer who relied on the favor of Emperor Zhengde to ascend to the sky. Yang Shen, a champion with a bright future, naturally looked down on him.

Jiang Bin didn't say much, and led Lu Qing to the main hall with the guide.Lu Qing talked about Yang Shen's arrogance all the way, Jiang Bin smiled and patted his arm to comfort him.

Along the way to the main hall, people came up to greet Jiang Bin from time to time.Even with Jiang Bin's good memory, there are quite a few faces that don't match his name.

The entire Yang Mansion was decorated with lanterns and festoons, and a stage was set up in the courtyard, where singing, singing, comedians and comedians laughed and played.

Jiang Bin felt a little sleepy, so he found a corner where no one was paying attention and took a nap.

On the frontier, the man wearing the bronze mask took the lead to kill the enemy.Good news spread frequently, and the spring breeze returned triumphantly, but he didn't see that dark face in the crowd that greeted him, which was blamed for his recklessness.

During the few springs and autumns when we didn't communicate with each other, the black-faced man was promoted to the magistrate, and there was a thunderclap on the way, and he heard from the streets and alleys that the brave general had died of illness the night before.

I rushed to Chenzhou overnight, but only saw the tomb in front of the locust tree.With numerous victories and numerous praises, he was left in a miserable state of death without a corpse.The monarch who listens to slander is still singing on the platform.He sneered from under the seat, his dark face was like a ghost...

Jiang Bin was sobered up by the gloomy gaze, and when he opened his eyes, he heard someone chanting: "The Yangtze River is rolling in the east, and the waves have wiped out the heroes. Whether it is success or failure is turning around, the green hills are still there, and the sunset is red for a few times. White hair Fishermen and woodcutters on the river are used to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze. A pot of turbid wine is happy to meet each other, and many things in ancient and modern times are all laughed and talked about."

The number one scholar Yang Shen, who wrote a lyric on the spot under the booing of the crowd, cast an arrogant glance.

Jiang Bin turned his eyes away, and saw the man staring at him.Such a correct Jiang Bin remembers that Hongzhi was awarded the second-class Jinshi edited by the Imperial Academy in 18 years, and Yang Tinghe's promised student-Yan Song.