After three days of short training, Xia Xun finally mastered his position, position, and procedures for going to the court, and today is the first time he has accompanied the court.
Xia Xun stood on the left side of the throne, standing upright with a knife, next to him was an eleven or twelve-year-old little yellow door with clear eyebrows and persistently brushing the dust.
Normally, when the civil and military officials went to the court, they would not pay attention to those warriors and eunuchs at all, but this time it was different, they already knew that Yang Xu was a third-class guard with a sword in front of the emperor, and almost everyone in the court, whether it was a civil minister or a military general, no matter which faction it was, had to look at him attentively.
These are all big people who are stomping their feet and trembling in all directions, any one of them can be above Xia Xun, but here, in the Jinluan Palace, there is only one core of power, that is, Zhu Yuanzhang, standing next to him, from the deterrence of others, it seems that none of them exist.
The position where Xia Xun stood, Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, also stood, and he was the guard in front of the palace, Niu Qianbei, who was not a relative of the emperor and a son of a meritorious hero.
Now the three guards standing in the rest of the triangle of the throne are also relatives of the emperor, Xia Xun can get this position and stand at the front, just because Zhu Yuanzhang wants to demonstrate to the courtiers.
Zhu Yuanzhang is sitting on the dragon chair, many times, he will hand over some state affairs to the imperial grandson, and then comment on the gains and losses of his opinions, this is his conscious cultivation of a successor, but he has to grasp the major events himself.
What we are going to discuss today is a major matter that has a bearing on the fortunes of the country and must be grasped by him.
Hundreds of civil and military officials, honors and national relatives, the emperor is promoted, sitting, hundreds of officials, three long live, neat, strong and powerful.
The tiger is old, but the majesty is still there, Zhu Yuanzhang sits on a high throne, and his old face still shows confidence and perseverance to dominate everything.
Meritorious generals, veterans, upstarts of the imperial court, thinkers and talents of the Ming Empire, and the elites of this great era are all prostrate at his feet, shouting long live and worshipping.
They stood very neatly, and they also gave people a sense of unity and majestic mountains and rivers, but Xia Xun, who had experienced so much, stood here, looking at the civil and military officials who controlled the entire empire, but he had a completely different view and interpretation in his heart.
The officials either admonished or greeted, their opinions, positions and interests, each other's disputes, run-ins and calculations, as well as the size and all aspects of the imperial affairs, as well as the divisions and combinations, intrigues and intrigues between many officials in the court and various factions, this is the largest vanity fair and hunting ground in the world.
Today, Zhu Yuanzhang wants to personally come to the court to listen to the government, for this year's scientific research case.
In February this year, the spring meeting was held, when Xia Xun was on his way back to Jinling.
In March, the list came out, and the 51 candidates for the middle school were all southerners, and the northern lifters made a big uproar and jointly signed a letter to accuse the examiners Liu Sanwu and Bai Xin of favoring southerners.
The imperial historian from the north was even more angry and impeached, accusing the examiner of corruption and soliciting bribes, and for a while the north and the south were opposed, and the whole city was shaken.
Such an examination result is indeed unprecedented, unheard of, Zhu Yuanzhang became suspicious, and could not help but suspect that the three chief examiners from the south had the possibility of favoritism and fraud.
He was born in poverty, and what he hated most in his life was "corruption, personal fraud".
For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang specially ordered 12 people, including Zhang Xin, Dai Yi, Wang Junhua, Wang Junhua, Si Zhilang, Zhang Qian, and the school secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs, to re-read the examination papers, and all the officials involved in the case were grounded in the palace and waited for the results of the investigation.
Among these 12 people, Zhang Xin, who was also an official who suspected the examiner of fraud, Yan Shuzai, Dong Guan, and others were known for their erudition, and Zhou Heng, Huang Zhang, and others were known for their loyalty and outspokenness.
Today's survey results are being watched by everyone in the government and the opposition, and the whole world is waiting.
Since mid-March, when the emperor ordered the investigation to be re-examined, the northern juzi has been suppressing the anger in his heart, and has been waiting until today, and the results of today's investigation will either be a rain to extinguish the fire in their hearts, or prompt them to explode, driving the entire northern scholar clan to rebel against the imperial court, bringing incalculable consequences.
This is the early dynasty, everyone knows to discuss this important matter, and all other things that are not very important will make way for it, so no one does not know each other, make some messy things to ask the emperor, and the eunuch who stands on the shift said, "If there is something to play early, there is nothing to retreat from the court" just shouted, and Zhang Xin went out of the class to stand still, hugging the wat Shili: "Minister Zhang Xin, I was ordered to investigate the Chunqiu scientific examination case, and today I will reply to the decree." ” Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Qing was ordered to re-read the test papers, what is the result?"
Zhang Xin saluted again, inserted the wat board into his belt, turned around and took out a few test papers rolled into tubes from the arms of another re-examiner, held them in his hand, held them high, and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court takes the test, only determines the merits of the article, and seeks justice, so as to serve the world, and the ministers and other twelve people, follow the emperor's will, carefully review, pay special attention to the test papers of the northern lifters, after repeated tasting, find out these seven test papers, the articles are smooth, the Tao is feasible, can be called the best among the northern lifters, can become the country's talents, with its talent, The ministers thought they could be lifted. ” There was a stir in the Jinluan Palace, and everyone thought that even if only one person could be lifted, it showed that the examiner was biased, and the emperor hated officials the most for bending the law for personal gain, not to mention that this matter had caused a sensation all over the world, and there was no reason for severe punishment, I am afraid that it would be bloody and bloody again, and it would be wantonly killed Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly when he heard this, and said in his heart: "There are only seven bachelor's degrees and fifty-one people, and the northerners only occupy such a small number of places, how can the people in half of the north of the Yellow River be convinced?"
Unexpectedly, Zhang Xin followed up with a sentence, almost flashing Zhu Yuanzhang a big heel, Zhang Xin handed the papers to the little chamberlain, and took out a stack of exam papers from the arms of another official, and said: "Your Majesty, there are still seven test papers here, which are the last seven test papers among the southern scholars on the list.
The last article of the list is far higher than the best among the northern students, the emperor, the opening of the branch should be based on the article to determine the merits and disadvantages, the ministers and other deep body long live the meaning, although the seven articles of the northern Juzi show talent, its people can also be used by the imperial court, but the number of scholars in the imperial court is limited, ignoring the student status, only according to the results, ministers and other survey results, the former list is fair and selfless, should not be changed, the northern scholars who should take the examination in this subject, should indeed be off the list. ” This sentence was like a thunderclap on the ground, and everyone was stunned.
Zhu Yuanzhang was also surprised, and he was stunned for a long time before he sneered, picked up a letter on the case, and said angrily: "Zhang Qing is really fair and clear, and when you take someone to read the test papers, I received a secret recital, saying that you colluded with the former examiner Liu Sanwu, because you have always walked beside me, I still don't believe it, and I can't imagine that it will be as he said."
Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the royal case and was really angry.
It's not that Zhu Yuanzhang saw that he didn't go along with his own wishes and found a name to run Zhang Xin at will, but that someone did accuse Zhang Xin of fraud, and the whistleblower was Yang Dao, a native of Henan, who was an official from the north, and the northern officials were already mad because of the exclusion of the northerners by the northerners in this scientific expedition, which aroused the resentment that their northern officials had always been rejected by the southerners in the court.
At first, Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect that Zhang Xin would make such a result without understanding the holy will, so he did not take this report letter to heart.
Zhang Xin was shocked and angry, and hurriedly defended: "Since the minister was ordered to review the file, he has not had any contact with others with all the examiners, and the inside and outside of the Gongyuan are heavily protected, how can the minister collude with Liu Sanwu to cheat?"
"Your Majesty, this is a deliberate slander" A gray-haired official snorted and jumped out.
This person has white hair and is already seventy-eight years old, and he is Liu Sanwu, the chief examiner of the current branch of Chunqiu.
Liu Sanwu is a contemporary Confucian, who served as a scholar in Guangxi during the Yuan Dynasty, and became an official of the Ming Dynasty after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and has made a lot of achievements.
The regulations of the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty were formulated by him, and the criminal law of the early Ming Dynasty was also prefaced by him, in addition, he also edited the Huanyu Tongzhi, and Wang Rui, Zhu Shan and the three people called "the three elders, generous, without a city, self-named Tan Tan Weng, can be described as a Shilin leader with good character and learning."
Lao Liu was impassioned and said angrily: "The minister was reprimanded by the emperor, confined to the mansion, and never left a step, how to collude with Lord Zhang Xin The northerners can't be on the list, it's not for us to cheat, there are actually three reasons." ” Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "What is the reason, you can tell me." ” Liu Sanwu said: "First, the northerners were ruled by the Jin people for more than 100 years, and then by the Yuan people for more than 100 years.
Second, they are poor, compared with the south, the northerners are mostly poor, unable to study, unable to study, so they are more and more weak; Third, northerners are not familiar with the imperial examination system.
Yanjing is in Jinling, and the southern people are familiar with the requirements and rules of the Bagu Scholars, and the northerners do not understand it, do not learn the skills, and even if they have real talent and real learning, it is difficult to write high-scoring articles that meet the standards. ” Zhu Yuanzhang smiled angrily: "Since Mr. knows this, why don't you specially select a few northern scholars to encourage the hearts of northerners?"
Liu Sanwu replied: "The ministers are only based on the quality of the text of the test papers, not on the basis of southerners and northerners, regardless of the root cause of their weakness. ” Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to soften his tone and discuss: "Sir, in my opinion, you might as well choose a few of the northerners to calm people's hearts and calm down the anger of the people, so it is better to add these seven people to the list, how about" Liu Sanwu held on to the "truth" and shouted angrily: "The list of candidates has been decided, and the elected person is worthy of his name, how can he be replaced?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Mr. insists on not changing, how can there be no selfishness in it?"
Liu Sanwu was not convinced, stalked his neck, and said in a loud voice: "Then please ask the emperor to send a third group of people to investigate, even the old ministers to check together, the ministers are bright and fair, what are you afraid of?"
To be continued: