When the Louvre meets the Forbidden City

After half a month, it will be the opening day of the Examination of Erudition and Confucianism, which was added by Kangxi this year.

The Qing Dynasty inherited the old system of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and in addition to the normal imperial examinations, additional subjects were added to obtain scholars.There are erudition and Confucianism, special economics, filial piety and honesty, etc.Erudite Confucianism, also known as Erudite Hongci, candidates for the test, whether they have been in office or not, are recommended by officials of the third grade or above in Beijing, governors, governors and other big officials abroad, and then gather in the capital for a unified imperial examination. Will be awarded the official position of the Imperial Academy.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime event, and everyone who participated in the test gathered in the capital early, ready to use what they have learned all their life when the day of the test arrives. Step into the official career, honor your ancestors.

Kangxi felt that if he didn't go out to relax, he would be pissed to death by some daring bastard who had no father, so he asked Prince Yu to accompany him out of the palace.

The two changed their clothes, walked through the Palace of Preserving Harmony and left the palace from the Xihua Gate. Standing outside the Xihua Gate, Fuquan remembered to ask, "Where does the Emperor want to go?"

Kangxi hadn't figured it out yet, he wasn't always detained in the palace with little experience, so he wasn't interested in messy and lively places like restaurants, flyovers, etc. Now it's late autumn, it's chilly, and it seems like going out for a walk far away It's also inappropriate, so he asked back, "Second brother thinks where is the best place to go, I'm just a little bored, I want to go out for a walk, it doesn't matter where as long as it's not too cluttered."

Prince Yu immediately used his brain to find a place for his younger brother to relax. If someone else asked this question, he would give seven or eight suggestions casually, such as listening to music, watching operas and pushing Pai Gow, or going out of the city to let eagles go for a walk Ma, isn't it easy to relax, but this is Kangxi's question, and he has to be extremely cautious when answering. After the emperor went to the place he proposed, even if he only scratched a layer of oily skin, he would have to bear the responsibility of the boss.

Thinking of scratching the oily skin, he couldn't help but look at Kangxi's face again, thinking that there are exceptions, maybe the emperor is not as majestic as he looks on the outside, isn't it okay for the boy surnamed Wei to fight with him? If it was his brother who made a small mistake unintentionally, he should be fine.

That's what he said, but Fuquan didn't have the guts to try it. After careful consideration for a while, he chose the safest place to go, "I'm about to start the examination of erudition and macroconfucianism. At this time, there are many scholars in the capital who are taking the examination. For a few days, someone came up with a topic every day and gathered a crowd to write an article, and then invited famous and well-educated people to comment on the spot, and also selected one, two, three or four, and had the right to practice before the exam. Very interesting."

Kangxi immediately became interested, "Okay, let's go and have a look."

Most of these candidates are recommended by high-ranking officials, and generally have some wealth background. A group of princes and dignitaries in Beijing are willing to entertain these people at home for a poetry and wine party. An official scholar.

Therefore, Prince Yu directly led Kangxi to Mingzhu's home.

In the early days of the San Francisco rebellion, Nalan Mingzhu, Minister of the Ministry of War, strongly advocated the withdrawal of the San Francisco rebellion. After that, he worked hard day and night for the court's suppression of the rebellion. In addition, he was shrewd and good at figuring out what he wanted. He would never say anything against Kangxi's wishes. , so he was more and more valued by Kangxi, and he was promoted to the University of Martial Arts Hall a few days ago, and he was crowned as the prince and tutor.

When the elites gathered, Mingzhu naturally couldn't fall behind. She let go of this great opportunity to recruit talents, and the house has been bustling these days.

Fuquan ordered people to ride a horse to Mingzhu's mansion first to send a message for Mingzhu to pick him up, so that he would not be in a hurry after Kangxi left.Disturbing his whole family and panicking is the second thing, it's not good to spoil the emperor's happiness.

Kangxi and Prince Yu also changed into regular clothes. Duolong, the head of the imperial guards, brought a large group of guards who were covering up and accompanied him. As soon as he turned the corner of the street, he saw Mingzhu standing beside the big stone lion in front of his house respectfully. Only two servants followed behind.

Kangxi laughed, and said to Fuquan, "Look at Mingzhu like this, standing upright at the gate, and there are not two more people behind her, just like a gatekeeper."

Fuquan also laughed, "If you don't say it, you don't think it, but it really looks like it when you say it."

When he came to the front while talking, Mingzhu came up to meet him, and because Kangxi was in casual clothes, he only bowed deeply, "Master, you are here, please come inside."

Kangxi was also not polite, and said directly, "I heard that your son gathered a group of literati who came to take the exam to give lectures in the mansion, and I came to join in the fun on a whim."

Mingzhu understood, bowed and said, "This little incident in the minister's house has alarmed the emperor, and the minister is really terrified." Knowing that Kangxi came for the group of literati who were reciting poems in the back garden of his house, she tactfully compared Kangxi to the emperor. Prince Heyu led him over.

Kangxi came to Mingzhu Mansion for the first time, looked around along the way, and saw that the front of the mansion was magnificent and luxurious, the more you walked to the back, the more delicate the layout was, known for its quietness, beauty, exquisiteness and elegance, he nodded secretly, the person who built this mansion had a deep heart, Very educated.

He used to think that although Mingzhu had good abilities, but she was too slick and philistine, so he mostly relied on Mingzhu in government affairs, and at other times he would inevitably feel a little disgusted. Now, seeing the style of Mingzhu's family, he nodded secretly. Mingzhu can raise Nalan Xingde Such a talented son is no accident, he is indeed a capable person with both shrewdness, knowledge, elegance and ingenuity.

A few people walked through a water pavilion hung with green gauze curtains, and saw a rockery piled up of Taihu Lake stones beside the pool separated from the water. There were a few tables and tables beside them, with paper and pens on them. There are several charcoal stoves around, with hot water simmering on them, and the servants nearby can pour out hot tea at any time.

At first glance, there are quite a lot of people, there are dozens of young people sitting or standing, chatting together in groups of twos and threes.

Kangxi glanced briefly, his face darkened, "Mingzhu, your place is really lively!"

I saw that little Guizi who had been summoned by him many times and said that he was not sick, and who almost killed him, was standing with Nalan Xingde beside a desk with a big face, surrounded by a few people, who was writing to Nalan. Comments about something.Looking so refreshed, even the symptoms of exuberant anger mentioned by Liao Yuan's judge could not be seen at all.

Mingzhu didn't know what he was looking for, and thought that His Majesty thought that there were too many court officials gathered here, so she carefully explained, "Because Gouzi specially invited a few famous literati to write poems today, so Prince Gong and Gao Waiting for the waiter, several courtiers who usually like poetry and prose also rushed over after hearing the news."

Only then did Kangxi realize that Prince Gong Changning was also there, squinting at Fuquan, Fuquan smiled dryly at him.He secretly scolded Chang Ning, the guy who caused him trouble!

Obviously, it was only yesterday night that he stayed in his mansion drinking too much and refused to leave, saying that he fell in love with a woman who made him fall in love with him, but it's a pity that the beautiful woman is already famous, and as a prince, he can only look forward to it and sigh. My heart is really irritable.He caused himself to block the errand for him in front of the emperor today on the grounds that he was interested, so why did he come to play in the Nalan mansion the next day, and was bumped into by the emperor.

Kangxi snorted softly, flicked his sleeves and stepped forward. Chang Ning happened to be the closest, with sharp eyes, and was the first to see him. Zhong was stunned for a moment and hurried forward, making a gesture to greet him, but was stopped by Fuquan, "The emperor made an impromptu decision today. When I came out of the palace, I just came to see it when I heard it was lively here, it would be meaningless if you yelled so that everyone knew about it."

Chang Ning guessed that it was the same thing, straightened up and smiled, "You came at the right time, Nalan just presented a topic to everyone, everyone has already finished the article by now, and is about to receive an invitation Waiting to read and judge."

Gao Shidu's name was Gao Shiqi, who was the secretary of the cabinet at that time. He lectured and commented on calligraphy and painting for Emperor Kangxi every day. He was very knowledgeable, capable of poetry and prose, and good at calligraphy.

Kangxi nodded, "I'll take a look too."

Chang Ning showed his wit and diligence that he only had in front of the Empress Dowager and Kangxi, first went over and quietly instructed those who could recognize the emperor to keep quiet, and then came back to invite the emperor to go over.

Wherever Kangxi went, he was the only one, and he didn't know what humility was. After he passed, he naturally pushed Gao Shidu aside, and it became a situation where everyone accompanied him to read the articles of the scholars.

Because there was something on his mind, Kangxi didn't pay much attention to it, and tried to control himself not to look around. After reading several articles, he only glanced at Wei Xiaobao from a distance, seemingly unintentionally. Seeing Wei Xiaobao as if he hadn't seen him coming, he was standing upright under a willow tree whose leaves had all fallen out, with his hands behind his back, listening intently to a good-looking person beside him talking in his ear, answering a few words from time to time.

Kangxi is secretly angry, what are you doing, you can bet on this point if you are angry with me!Come here and say a few words, I will naturally give you a good look, and we will be able to get together!

The author has something to say: There are a lot of things going on recently, and there is not much time for coding, and it is very slow, forgive me!