Brother Jia Sheshu of the Red Chamber

"Your Majesty!" An old minister blew his beard and stared at him and said, "This matter is disgraceful to the gentlemen, and it will never work. I beg you, Your Majesty, to take it back!"

Mo Gu rolled his eyes, and asked directly: "Didn't you come in through the imperial examination? Didn't you come in through the back door?"

Otherwise, why are you so afraid of the exam!

The old minister was blown bearded and stared at by Mo Gu's questioning, "The old minister was a Jinshi in the first year of Pingkang, is it... is it..."

As a gentleman, he couldn't say the words "go through the back door".

Mo Gu said bluntly: "Since you didn't come in through the back door, what's there to be afraid of? Why did you pass the exam back then and fail now?"

What is insulting to the gentleman, it is better to say that all the things I learned before are returned to the teacher, so I dare not take the test.

"This... this..." The old minister was so distressed that he blushed and didn't know what to say. He has been in power for so many years, although he dare not forget the words of a saint, but how can a young man have such a memory?If he is a dignified minister and can't pass the exam for the new junior official under his command, he will be ashamed to death, so he still has face.

Elder Zhang Ge also bite the bullet and begged: "The old minister feels that there is no need to give the ministers another exam. After all, everyone is recruited through the imperial examination in a proper manner. There is no need to take the exam again, wasting national resources."

Even if the Zhang family is a scholarly family, but if he is asked to take the imperial examination again, he can only "hehe".

Mo Gu waved his hand, "It's just a test for a few ministers in the hall. What's the waste? Everyone takes the test on the spot, and I will review it on the spot."

Hehe, only officials of the fifth rank and above are eligible to participate in the Grand Court Meeting, but only officials of the first and second ranks are eligible to enter the palace. The number of officials in the palace is less than 50, and there are only about [-] officials in the palace. But just one day's work is enough.

The faces of all the ministers unanimously collapsed, and they even said such things as personally reviewing it, which shows that the Holy Majesty is serious.

Jia Yuan originally listened with a smile on his face, but when he heard Mo Gu say 'everyone in the hall', he looked around and saw that he was right there in the hall, and his expression changed immediately, "Your Majesty, what should we do?" General, isn't it..."

"Well, the old Rong Guogong also needs to take the test." Mo Gu comforted him: "But don't worry the old Rong Guogong, this civil and military division, I naturally won't take any Confucian and Mencius theories."

The villain in Jia Yuan's heart yelled, even if you take the test of Sun Tzu's art of war, I don't understand it!

In an instant, Jia Yuan immediately stood on the side of the ministers, "Your Majesty, the ministers think..."

"By the way, I'm not going to give you an exam right away." Mo Gu smiled and said, "Let's wait until next month's court meeting to take the exam, or..." He looked around, "Or should everyone take the exam now?"

Test now! ?The faces of the ministers were pale, and they quickly shook their heads like a drum, "No! No! Next month's exam is very good."

"Then it's settled like this." Mo Gu made a final decision and said, "Everyone will take the exam at the Great Court Meeting next month."

Mo Gu glanced at everyone in the hall, "Don't give me sick leave! Whoever dares to take sick leave, I will take the imperial doctor to visit in person later!"

What does it mean for the Holy Majesty to visit a sick person? The ministers who can reach the first and second ranks understand that the Holy Majesty will not visit the sick until they are about to die. Once they visit the sick, the minister will not be far from death.

Between taking a test and dying, anyone knows how to choose.

All the ministers looked at each other, and then unconsciously felt relieved.Hehe, those who can get into the first and second ranks are all veterans. A group of old people take the exam. I think the results of the exam should be similar here. Besides, there is still a one-month deferment period. At worst, if you work hard, you will always be able to spell decently. of the grades.

But not long after the ministers were relieved, they only heard Mo Gu say again: "I am too lazy to ask questions anymore. After everyone finishes the exam, I will use the same questions to give questions to officials below the third rank in each ministry. I hope you don't be discouraged." question."

"No! Absolutely not!" The expressions of the ministers were unconsciously a little grim. They had to pass the same exam questions to the officials below after they finished the exam?If the test is not as good as the people below...

At this time, don't talk about selling exam questions, even if it is a grandson, even if they are old, they will have face.

In an instant, all the officials had the urge to cry for Emperor Pingkang, you have always chosen a good emperor!

Everyone had something in mind, and the next few new policies of Mogu passed smoothly. First, the Budi Division was included in the Ministry of Industry, and then Mo Ming was appointed as the river governor.

These two events are both important events that are beneficial to the people's livelihood. Many of the veterans in the palace were those who followed Emperor Pingkang's southern tour, and they had personally encountered the incident of the embankment being broken. They were deeply impressed by Secretary Budi and agreed The embankment repair department was officially included in the Ministry of Industry, and a mere embankment repair department couldn't waste much money.

But let Mo Ming take over as the governor of the river...

An old minister hesitated and said: "This Mo Ming is just an officer in the Northeast Army. It may be okay to lead troops and generals, but to be a river governor, I'm afraid..."

The post of river governor can be said to be the most lucrative, such a good position, how can it be so cheap for others?For a time, anyone with a little knowledge of water conservancy was determined to compete.

Mo Gu waved his hand, "Mo Ming followed Mohe to control the water back then, and it was quite effective. Besides, I have personally inspected him, and he is indeed quite experienced in river control. I will entrust him with the water control. rest assured."

Hearing that the Holy Majesty had personally inspected Mo Ming, all the veterans immediately shut up. If there was anything in this world that they least wanted to hear about, it would be the word exam.

The first big court meeting passed smoothly. Except for the shock bomb of the exam, Mo Gu's several orders were carried out smoothly. It can be seen that although he has not formally contacted the government, he has long been in the hearts of the ministers of the court. With a certain prestige.

Although he succeeded to the throne, Mo Gu was alone and had no wives or concubines by his side, so he didn't have any wives and concubines to settle, so he let the concubines of the palaces continue to live in the original palace, and did not compete with Emperor Pingkang for the place, and chose another one. The Hall of Mental Cultivation serves as a place for daily living.

Mo Gudu moved into the palace, so it was impossible for Tu Mingye to live alone outside the palace, so he packed up the money and moved directly into the palace with Tu Mingye. There were plenty of places in the Fifth North Institute, so he picked one at random. live.

Thinking of the chaotic expressions of the ministers during the court meeting because of the exam, the corners of Tu Mingye's mouth slightly raised, and he couldn't help but laugh, "I thought you would announce that?"

Mo Gu's intention to implement a constitutional monarchy has only been revealed to him and Mo Dalue. No one else knows. He thought that Mo Gu would announce this matter impatiently, but he didn't expect that he would just mention Mo Ming as the governor of the river. .

Mo Gu shook his head, "Now is not the time."

He also really wants to throw away his affairs after the constitutional monarchy is established, but now is not the right time. When the people's wisdom is not enough, if the power is given rashly, it will cause even bigger troubles.

According to his estimation, at least we have to wait until the industrial revolution, when everyone is rich, is the right time. To put it bluntly, 50.00% of the common people are still hungry right now, so what to do Before, let's solve the poor and sickness of the common people first.

Tu Mingye raised his eyebrows suspiciously, and finally turned into a faint smile, no matter what he wanted to do, he would just accompany him.

An exam has overwhelmed most of the ministers in the court, but many messes left by Emperor Pingkang still have to be cleaned up.

First, there was the rebellion of the three sons. Emperor Pingkang intended to keep the three princes, and Mo Gu had no intention of carrying the name of murdering his brothers. Although the Zhengjiazhuang was built to imprison the eldest prince and the fourth prince, the Zhengjiazhuang is large enough to expand slightly. After that, another prince would not be a problem, so Mo Gu simply let the three princes and their wives and concubines move there.

Both the eldest prince’s uncle’s family—Ye’s family and the crown prince’s uncle’s family—He’s family were confiscated. Although their nine families were not punished, imperial examinations were not allowed within five generations, which cut off the hope of the two families’ recovery.The Mo family severed ties with the fourth prince long ago, but escaped unharmed and was not implicated. However, the Concubine De in Yongshou Palace...is not easy to deal with.

He whispered: "De Concubine...how are you going to deal with it?"

Therefore, after she came to the throne, people told Concubine De about the crimes committed by her fourth brother. After Concubine De knew about it, she seemed to be five or six years old. She stayed in the Buddhist hall for a long time, and started to eat long vegetables. If the Queen Mother hadn't been watched all the time, maybe Concubine De would have followed the path of Concubine Hui and committed suicide.

Regarding Concubine De, Mo Gu is also a little embarrassed. In all honesty, he has a very good impression of Concubine De. She is really a gentle and charitable person. I can't complain that she was born as a sinful woman but was named the first concubine. It's a pity that he happened to meet the fourth brother's rebellion, so it's not appropriate to stay in the palace any longer.

Although the Empress Dowager is currently being watched by Concubine De, if she wants to die with all her heart, no one will be able to catch her.

Mo Gu thought for a while and said: "I remember that the Fourth Prince's concubine is still staying in the Renjun Prince's Mansion because of the unstable fetal condition, and did not move to Zhengjiazhuang with the fourth brother. Why don't you ask Concubine De to help take care of the Fourth Prince? Concubine."

It can't be said that for the sake of the little granddaughter in the fourth prince's concubine's belly, it can stimulate a little bit of De Taifei's desire to survive.

Tu Mingye also agreed: "That's very good, the fourth sister-in-law is pregnant, and it's good to have an elder by her side to take care of her."

Because of the previous miscarriage of the eldest concubine, they also attached great importance to the birth of the fourth concubine. Originally, they wanted to give Zhang Ge's hometown a favor, and let Mrs. Zhang Ge go to the Renjun palace to take care of the fourth concubine's birth. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhang Ge suddenly fell ill! ?

Where does Mrs. Zhang Ge's illness come from? Mo Gu and Tu Mingye also know it well. Since the Zhang family regards their daughter as a scourge and keeps them at a distance, they are not good at forcing her. If Mr. Zhang Ge Wouldn't it be their crime to take the life of their own daughter ruthlessly! ?

So, they had no choice but to ask the queen mother to send a few nuns to take care of the fourth concubine, but this is not a good strategy after all. If Concubine De is willing to go and take care of her personally, it will solve their urgent need.

Concubine De agreed without saying a word. Her son committed this crime, and the palace is the most snobbish place. Afraid of causing disaster to his son and daughter-in-law.

How did the first concubine lose the child in her stomach? She was very clear about it. She didn't dare to bet that the Supreme Emperor would also call the fourth concubine to guard the spirit after her death, and forcibly put the little grandson in the fourth concubine's stomach. Sun lost it.

Now Mo Gu's handling like this suits Concubine De's mind. She simply collected all her private houses for many years and brought them all to the Prince Renjun's mansion. She also understands that her son's family needs everything in Zhengjiazhuang With money management, she, a mother, can't help much, so she can only help as much as possible in money.

The old mother saw that Concubine De seemed to be planning not to return to the palace, so she quickly persuaded: "Mother, the Supreme Emperor is still here, I'm afraid it's not good for us to stay outside the palace."

In this world, is there any reason why husband and wife should be separated from each other?

"The Supreme Emperor!" Concubine De sneered, "Do you think the Supreme Emperor will see me again?"

"This..." The old mother hesitated: "The Supreme Emperor will not blame the Fourth Highness's incident on the empress, maybe it will be fine after a while."

"You're wrong!" Concubine De sneered and said, "It's not that I have no face to see him, but he has no face to see me. Regarding the matter of the fourth child, it's not that he gave the fourth child hope and pushed the fourth child to win the heir. Let the fourth child fall to this point where he can't advance or retreat."

Concubine De said coldly: "Although the matter of the fourth brother is half asked for by himself, the other half is also forced by the emperor. Tell me, how can he have the face to see me?"

The old mama's face turned pale with fright, she quickly knelt down and kowtowed and begged, "Your Majesty, be careful with your words."

She paused and said: "Your Majesty, think about the little county master in the belly of the fourth concubine. She can't live without her grandmother to take care of her. For the sake of the little county master, the empress must bear it."

From the previous dynasty, for some reason, after the prince was imprisoned, he would no longer have any heirs. The little county magistrate in the belly of the fourth prince's concubine could not be said to be the only flesh and blood of the fourth prince.

The gold book of the empress title has not been withdrawn, and she is still the Supreme Emperor's Concubine De. If there is something in the future, as Empress Dowager De, she can still stand up for the little county head, but if the empress is no longer the empress, the little county head If something happens in the future, there is really nowhere to cry.

Thinking of the little granddaughter in Zhang's womb, Concubine De sighed slightly, "That's all."

Mammy was right, she had to hold back for her little granddaughter.

After Concubine De went to Renjun Prince's Mansion, she not only guarded Zhang until Zhang gave birth, and even begged the new emperor to let her move to Zhengjiazhuang with his wife and granddaughter. It's still allowed.

Since then, Concubine De has been living in Zhengjiazhuang with her son and daughter-in-law, and has never left Zhengjiazhuang throughout her life.

Because of the unexpected exam, the Jinjiang Bookstore in a street in Jinjiang ushered in a wave of buying books. Many ministers couldn't wait for the housekeeper to send people to buy books, and rushed to Jinjiang Bookstore to buy books in person.

Everyone knows that Jinjiang Bookstore is the private property of Emperor Jingrong. Although they don't know what Emperor Jingrong will take the exam, it seems that it has something to do with the books in Jinjiang Bookstore. Not only civil servants, but even generals rushed to buy books. Naturally, there is a look of embarrassment. Jia Yuan.

Everyone knew about the relationship between Jia's family and Emperor Jing Rong, so they asked Jia Yuan directly without politeness.

"Lord Jia." Zhang Gelao, who was the representative of civil servants, asked directly, "I wonder what the Holy Majesty likes? Can you tell me a little bit, so that I can prepare for it later."

If the sage likes miscellaneous books, they can read about the Spring and Autumn Period first; if the sage likes the study of Confucius and Mencius, then the Analects and Mencius must be memorized; In short, a group of old men who have fought their way through the imperial examinations and courts know best what they like.

"I don't know!" Jia Yuan, who was also an examinee, said unhappily, "I would like to ask whether I should study Sun Tzu's Art of War, or read the Legend of the Condor Heroes first."

This martial arts also has a character of martial arts, maybe it is also one of the materials that military officers must take.

"You might as well go and see Wu Mu's suicide note." Old Zhang Ge's mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but retort.

Everyone looked at Mr. Zhang Ge in astonishment, it turned out that you are such Mr. Zhang Ge! ! !

"Cough." Zhang Ge said with a straight face: "As the courtiers of the Great Jin Dynasty, we should support the property of the Holy Majesty with our own actions."

Everyone admired, no wonder the eldest daughter of Zhang Ge's family is obviously the fourth prince's concubine, but Zhang Ge is still firmly seated in the position of elder, she is really powerful, they are ashamed of themselves.

A group of people studied for a long time, but they still couldn't guess what Emperor Jingrong would take the exam. After all, Emperor Jingrong grew up outside the palace, and the education he received was different from that of ordinary princes. I'm afraid the exams were not the ones that would be taken in the official imperial examinations. thing.

In the end, it was Jia Yuan who thought that his grandson was taught by his old brother, and he would know a little bit about the emperor's preferences. So, under the leadership of Mr. Zhang Ge, a group of veterans went to the Guozijian again, and put them in pain. Jia Amnesty, who was reading, was invited out.

Jia Amnesty looked at the group of bigwigs in front of him with a dazed expression, who could shake the hall by stomping their feet, smiling at him like chrysanthemums blooming, and even his grandfather smiled kindly and strangely...

Jia Amnesty suddenly disappeared. Where am I, who am I, and what am I doing?

After learning about the civil service exam that his old brother was about to hold, Jia She gave everyone a sympathetic look, and cruelly said two words, "Take care!"

Everyone became furious in an instant. If this guy in front of him was not for the brother Jing Rong who had always loved him, everyone would have no doubt that they would not be able to resist beating Jia She.

Jia Yuan was annoyed on the spot, and he slapped his stupid grandson hard, "Speak well, what are you talking about, take care!"

It's really annoying to look down on them before taking the exam.

Jia Amnesty couldn't help crying out: "Grandfather, it's not that my grandson is pessimistic, but that my grandson thinks that it is really..."

Jia Amnesty couldn't bear it anymore and sighed again.

"Young Master She has something to say." Although Mr. Zhang Ge scolded Jia She who was obviously not optimistic about them, he still had a smile on his face and encouraged him: "We are mentally prepared. .”

Jia She thought for a while, and took out the exercises that his old brother gave him back then from the box in the study, "Adults don't hesitate to play around, these are all given by my old brother when She was young...cough, the Holy One taught me during the exam." Exam paper."

The ministers' eyes lit up, what a good thing!If they had this thing, they would also be able to understand Emperor Jing Rong's preferences.

Ever since, all the ministers happily took Jia She's childhood papers and looked at them. Even Jia Yuan took them very seriously, and then...

"What the hell is this!?" A minister who had the misfortune to get the chemistry test paper couldn't help screaming. He knew every word, but together he didn't understand its meaning.

"The thing called geography in my hand is easier to understand." A minister who got the geography test paper was slightly thankful, but then he was puzzled: "But I can still understand things like coal and iron, and what is this oil?" thing?"

Moreover, the sage Zhu Pishang also specially marked the location of the oil, which is obviously the most important thing, but why has he never heard of this thing before.

Zhang Gel glanced at it, and said decisively: "Whatever it is, I'll talk about it after memorizing it!"

Anyway, this thing is still barely understandable, let me recite it first.

The man nodded, and immediately asked Jia Yuan for a pen and paper, and carefully copied it. Originally, with their status, this kind of thing could be done by the servants, but they were afraid that the information would be spread, so they let the later The examiner did better than them in the exam, and all the old faces in this life were gone, so he didn't dare to let the servants do it, so he simply copied it himself.

His Majesty's hobbies are really diverse. Apart from chemistry, which is abandoned by everyone, there are also geography, history, physics that is similar to institutional science, mathematics that everyone seems to understand, and even law and criminal law. Yes, it is even called why health education is actually the study of medical skills.

Apart from secretly admiring everyone, they also put aside their previous contempt for the Holy Majesty. Previously, because the Holy Majesty was not educated by the prince and grew up outside the palace, everyone would inevitably look down on the Holy Majesty. Now, after seeing these examination papers, they realized that Emperor Jing Rong's profound knowledge is beyond their reach.

What Zhang Ge always took was a math test paper. He could barely understand the first few papers, but the more he read it, the more he couldn’t understand it. It was difficult to even understand the questions, let alone calculate. Besides, to put it bluntly, his mathematical ability is only at the level of addition, subtraction and multiplication, and he can't even divide, let alone more precise calculations later.

When Jia Amnesty saw this, he finally couldn't help explaining in detail, so his elder brother paid the most attention to mathematics, so among these knowledge, he learned mathematics best.

Don't look at Mo Da as a genius, but he started late, and although he is good at learning, when it comes to mathematics, I'm afraid he is not as good as him.

Originally, it was Zhang Ge who listened alone, but after hearing it, many people followed suit. Those who can get involved with the ministers of the court naturally have some sharp eyesight, although they can't understand the mathematics that Jia She said. , but it can also be heard that this Tao is profound and profound, beyond the reach of ordinary knowledge.

It's a pity that the foundations of the old people are so poor that Jia Amnesty almost broke his mouth. They can't even figure out the problem of chickens and rabbits in the same cage, let alone other things.

After listening for a long time, Jia Yuan couldn't help pointing to the paper in Zhang Ge's hand and asked, "Brother Xie, how old were you when you made this paper?"

Jia Amnesty thought for a while and said, "Probably when I was ten years old."

Afterwards, he failed the Tongsheng examination, so his elder brother learned from the pain and said that he wanted to let him concentrate on the imperial examination, so he stopped his daily classes.

The eyes of all the ministers almost popped out, ten years old!You can make this kind of paper! ?

Jia Yuan was silent for a long time, and finally touched Jia She's head, "It's my grandfather who made a mistake."

He thought Brother She was some kind of idiot before, but in fact he was so wrong, he can understand these things at a young age, his grandson is actually a genius!