The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

"...In that case, I will order the crown prince to go to the household department. The crown prince will temporarily take the post of household secretary to handle various general affairs of the household department. After finding a suitable candidate, I will hand over a suitable official to be the household secretary."

The officials in the court were arguing every day over who should replace the Minister of the Household Department. Emperor Zhaozong had already made a decision in his heart, and announced in front of all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty that the crown prince would temporarily replace the Minister of the Household Department. After a suitable official is selected in the future, someone else will be appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Households.

Apparently none of the officials expected that the emperor would make such a decision, and no one in the hall made a sound for a while.

The eldest prince who was standing behind the prince was stunned for a moment before he realized that his father was asking the prince to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to temporarily take the post of Minister of the Household Department?How can this be!It is still better to let the prince enter the household department to temporarily take the post of secretary of the household department. His eyes are fixed on the prince's back, wishing to stare at the prince's back to make a hole.

The third prince, Yang Shaokang, was also stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect that the father would let the prince temporarily take the post of Minister of the Household Department. Didn't the father never let the prince have real power, why did he change his mind now?He couldn't help feeling a great crisis in his heart.

Among the several princes, only the fourth prince, Yang Shaojian, seemed to have expected what would happen today, without showing any surprise on his face.

"Your Majesty..." The officials below all reacted, and someone made a sound.

"If you have any objections to my decision, just speak up." Looking at the people below, Emperor Zhaozong was a little dissatisfied. Why, all of these silences are the emperor's decision. Are there any objections?

After the case of embezzlement by officials of the household department, the emperor now has doubts about his courtiers, thinking that these courtiers don't know how much money they have embezzled behind his back.If it weren't for the wrong time, he would have sent someone to check the officials of the various ministries for fear of causing turmoil in the court.But these things can’t be rushed, they have to be done step by step.

As for why the prince was decided to temporarily take the post of the household department, one is that there is no suitable candidate in the court, and the other is that the emperor thinks that this is his own son, and the prince is the prince of a country, so he should be given a chance to exercise.Over the years, Emperor Zhaozong has seen how the crown prince has behaved. The emperor has no dissatisfaction with the crown prince. The only dissatisfaction is probably that the crown prince is not strong enough and his temper is too soft. How can such a crown prince protect his future success? ?

In general, it was the emperor who disliked his son for being too soft and not tough enough, so he let other brothers ride on his head.

Of course, Emperor Zhaozong would never admit it. Everyone else is still sitting on this dragon chair, and the sons underneath are all coveting the stool under his buttocks. This is not hoping that his father, the emperor, will die early so that they can inherit the throne ?In this regard, I am afraid that anyone who is an emperor will not be happy.

But now the emperor has no credible and suitable candidate to be the Minister of the Ministry of Households. It is better to let the prince go to the Ministry of Households to try it out. If it is good, then it is good; , there is a group of courtiers attacking the prince, and there is no need for him, the emperor, to spend any thought.

Yang Shaoyong glanced at an official at the side, the man caught the eyes of the eldest prince, understood, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the Minister of the Household Department is in charge of the affairs of the entire Household Department. , Worried that His Highness the Crown Prince lacks experience..."

"Your Majesty, I have something to say..."

Then several officials below came forward to speak, to the effect that His Highness the Crown Prince lacked experience and was probably not good enough for the post of Minister of the Household Department. The implicit meaning was to request the emperor to choose another more suitable person.

Then the officials from the Prince's faction immediately jumped out to argue, and asked the other party, "You think His Highness the Prince is not suitable, so tell me who is more suitable for the post of Minister of the Household Department?"

And what do you mean by that, are you questioning the emperor's decision?

It's okay for the former to question the prince's ability, but for the latter to question the emperor, if one is not good, he will be punished for losing his official position!These officials never let go of the opportunity to attack and defeat the enemy, and they seized the slightest opportunity to put the opponent to death.

"You are slandering, deliberately misinterpreting the meaning of this official."

They dared to question whether His Highness the Crown Prince's ability could be promoted to the Minister of the Household Department, but they absolutely did not dare to question whether the emperor's decision was right, because no matter what the emperor's decision was, it was definitely right.

But if this is the case, why do these officials dare to stand up against His Royal Highness the Household Department?So there is a contradiction between the two.

The officials below were arguing, and the whole court was as chaotic as a vegetable market.

"Okay, shut up everyone!" Emperor Zhaozong's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, "You are the ones who said that the post of Minister of the Household Department is indispensable. Now that you have jumped out to oppose it one by one, you are all talking about who is more suitable to be the Minister of the Household Department?!"

All the officials below shut up. Hearing the emperor's question, there was only one voice among the people below: Your majesty, dare we quarrel for so long, and you haven't heard so many officials recommended?

Of course, the emperor asked this question at this time, and he knew that the emperor was angry when he heard it. The officials below were not really stupid, so naturally they would not jump out at this time and shout that XX officials are more suitable to be the Minister of the Ministry of Households. In case the emperor is not happy, isn't this pushing his own people to bear the emperor's anger?

To say that these officials quarreled all day long, but at the critical moment they were all of one mind.

At this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stood up and saluted, "Father, my son has something to say."

"Prince, what do you want to say?" Emperor Zhaozong saw the prince standing up, his complexion was not too good, and said, "Tell me, what do you think about the fact that I asked you to go to the Ministry of Households to study?" ? Tell me, do you want to go to the Ministry of Households to learn how to do things?"

Originally, after the prince became an adult, he could be arranged to study and work in the six departments and various other institutions.It's just that before this time, Emperor Zhaozong defended his sons like thieves, because he was afraid that after his sons had real power in their hands, they would not be controlled by him as the emperor. Idle jobs, positions that don't have much real power in their hands.

But Emperor Zhaozong knew that even so, his sons had not cultivated manpower, otherwise, the officials above the court would not be divided into several factions, and they would quarrel all day long.

However, in Emperor Zhaozong's view, all of these are under his control. Even if the sons have a little connections and power, they are all under his control. He is the son of heaven and the king of Dacheng. The true master of the country.

But today, among the princes, the prince is the one who is about to enter the Six Departments, and it was their father who opened the mouth himself. How can this make the rest of the princes not panic.

"I thank my father for the trust and affirmation of my son." If the prince wants to go to the Ministry of Households, he naturally wants to, but his brothers definitely don't want him to go to the Ministry of Households.Yang Shaomu didn't know whether his father really wanted him to go to the Ministry of Households, or to test him, so he had to be cautious when speaking at this time, and it might be related to whether he could go to the Ministry of Households, If he doesn't get this opportunity, it might be cheaper for others.

First of all, Yang Shaomu affirmed that he wanted to go to the household department, and thanked the emperor for his affirmation.

As for the questioning of several ministers, Yang Shaomu expressed that he was understandable, "After all, my minister is still young and has never been to the Ministry of Household Affairs to work before. The emperor ordered my minister to study at the Ministry of Household Affairs. My son's heart is I was happy, but panicked at the same time. I was very happy that I was able to go to the household department to relieve my father's worries. What was panicking was that I was worried that I was not familiar with the affairs of the household department, so there might be some mistakes. ..."

He focused on "temporarily replacing the post of Minister of the Household Department", so another meaning of this statement is that when a suitable candidate is found in the future, he, the prince, will still hand over the position of Minister of the Household Department to the next person.

His Royal Highness spoke very frankly and sincerely, but he also wanted to fight for this opportunity to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs. This was a rare opportunity for him to exercise himself. At the same time, he mentioned Li Liuyuan , the implication is that Li Liuyuan belongs to your father, if you are worried, you can ask Li Liuyuan to assist (supervise) your ministers.

After listening to the prince's words, Emperor Zhaozong's worries were completely gone. It's just that, Xiao Liuyuan is in the household department, so it's better to let Li Liuyuan supervise the prince's words and deeds. Without Li Liuyuan, he could still send someone to monitor the prince.Moreover, there are all civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty here, and the prince's words and deeds are all in the eyes of the officials. Let the officials see how the prince is doing in the household department. Can the prince continue to be in the household department? Is it just a matter of his emperor's words?

So after making a decision, Emperor Zhaozong asked Li Liuyuan to assist His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in handling affairs.

"Prince, you can go to the household department to study students in the next period of time. Prince, you are new to the household department. If you don't understand anything, you can ask these people under you at any time."

"The humble minister leads the decree." Li Wen didn't expect that there would be any business with him today.

Well, this was all spoken by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself, and the Emperor also agreed to let him assist His Highness the Crown Prince. Anyway, there are so many officials in the Ministry of Households, and it’s not like there are no officials with positions higher than him on top of him. At that time, there will be plenty of people Rushing over to serve His Highness the Crown Prince, maybe he is useless as a little household doctor.

Anyway, no matter what, just stand up and accept the order first.

"Your servant receives the order." Yang Shaomu stood up to accept the order.

Since the prince was sent to the Ministry of Households to study, Emperor Zhaozong could not favor one over another, so he let the rest of his sons go to other departments and institutions to study for a period of time. All of them will be rewarded if they do well, and those who do not do well will be rewarded. Naturally, he will be punished.

"My son leads the order."

"My son leads the order."

However, compared with the household department where the crown prince arrived, and the temporary position of the household department secretary, there is a big gap in the errands they receive, and they are simply incomparable. People are jealous.

There are only six Hubu Shangshu among the six books. Looking at the age of the other Hubu Shangshu, I am afraid that it is possible to stay in this position for another ten or eight years. It would not be possible to be knocked down from the position of Minister of the Ministry of Finance.

If you want to go to any position, you have to be free from that position. How can you go there casually? There is also a matter of luck, and it depends on whose luck is better.So even though they were dissatisfied in their hearts, the princes would not show it on their faces, and each of them followed the order.