The emperor's worries, in the eyes of the cabinet ministers, were a great good thing.
"Your Majesty." He Ben, the cabinet scholar, said with his hand, "We can add a talent selection option to the talent show, so that beautiful women can participate in the harem literary selection."
"Isn't that the general who is selected from among you?" Emperor Jing He felt that this man was fooling him.
"Where is the best girl?! I want to choose the best girl to be my daughter-in-law!"
"..." Upon hearing this, all the ministers looked at each other one after another, muttering to themselves in unison.
They didn't propose the women's imperial examination.
"Your Majesty, unless girls are not allowed to serve in the imperial examination, otherwise the best girls will naturally want to compete with the men in the examination room." Among the cabinet bachelors, there is a minister who is famous for his outspokenness. His name is Luo Fei Fei had just stepped down from the position of supervisory censor and was about to take up his post at Dali Temple.
If others were to tell him, Emperor Jinghe would definitely think that he had the intention to subvert his decree.
However, Luo Feifei, whose name means "neither is right nor a human being," may simply want to refute it.
"Then let the girls with a good reputation run for the election! If they are not selected, it will naturally not affect their consideration of becoming an official. If they are selected, they will no longer be considered! Those who pass the Jinshi examination will cancel the other party's quota and let the person who comes after them make a by-election. "
Emperor Jinghe's idea made the ministers want to curse.
The tug of war throughout the afternoon has returned to the topic.
"Your Majesty, all the progressive scholars among the scholars have never wanted to be attached to the royal family, so there are only a few who compete for the prince's consort or the prince's horse." After Yan Yuan said this, he said no more, giving Emperor Jinghe ample space to think.
"..." Emperor Jinghe is in a dilemma!
Taking a look at these droopy-headed ministers, he was so angry that he couldn't help but feel angry.
How did the father and the ministers coexist harmoniously?
He has only been on the throne for more than four years, and he already wants to beat up his ministers!
Is there anyone who can serve as a servant like this?
The emperor was in a dilemma. Not only did everyone rush up to help him solve his problems, at least they shouldn't act like they were looking at a Western scene!
What's going on? Look at his jokes!
"My dear friends, can you find a way to have both?" Emperor Jinghe looked at everyone with a half-smile.
"Your Majesty." Luo Feifei stood up again.
Emperor Jinghe was overjoyed and said in his heart, Luo Aiqing has indeed lived up to me!
Luo Feifei lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, there is actually no need to worry. The three dynasties of Yan, Chen and Chu have always required beautiful girls to be selected from official houses of fifth rank and above. This does not hinder the scientific examination of civilian girls. Girls who want to come to the backyards of civilians and officials are all Having outstanding talents does not affect His Majesty's choice of a good woman as his daughter-in-law."
"..." Emperor Jinghe felt that his joy just now seemed to be a little choking.
The jade tablets in the hands of the cabinet ministers below were trembling slightly.
Luo Feifei hadn't finished her words yet: "Your Majesty can also issue an edict to only select civilian women for the draft..."
"Luo Qing, stop talking!" Emperor Jinghe decided to let him go and quickly cut off the other person's words.
Luo Feifei's words stopped abruptly, and he smacked his lips, as if he had some unfinished thoughts.
Seeing this, Emperor Jinghe became more and more relieved: "I have no intention of changing the precedent, so it is better not to disturb the people about the beautiful girls, otherwise I am afraid that the local government will make its own decisions and cause trouble!"
Think he is a fool. If the draft is conducted with women from the private sector, the women's imperial examination will probably become a place exclusively for officials and officials to exercise power in the future.
Haha, my father is indeed right. You can listen to the ideas of these ministers, but you cannot listen to them all. They dig holes for the emperor anytime and anywhere, undermine the imperial power and enrich the ministers. They wish they could use the emperor as a mascot.
"The talent show will not be selected unless it is a scholar!" Emperor Jinghe didn't bother to argue with them, and directly said, "Everyone should know that there is no limit on the number of places for county examinations and government examinations, as long as they are proficient in arts and sciences; for government examinations, it is also for college examinations. It’s hard for anyone to fail the selection, as long as the college examination is a little stricter, if you can’t even get into the prefectural and county schools, how can you talk about entering the royal family? Is it possible that my harem and the prince’s clan are only qualified to choose idiots?!”
Emperor Jinghe said that he became even more unhappy.
This does not mean that we must choose talented women, but who wants to be a harem concubine when a girl can study and take exams?
The concubine is ignorant of arts and science!
When Emperor Jinghe said this, he was afraid that the ministers would continue to nag him, so he quickly added: "Of course, after participating in the election, the unsuccessful ones can continue to take the exam, while the selected ones will stop taking the child student examination and will not be allowed to hold official positions in the previous dynasty in the future."
After hearing what he said, the ministers hesitated a little and couldn't help but look at where the chief minister was.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Yan Yuan was silent for a moment and saluted.
At this point, all the ministers saluted with him: "Your Majesty, you are wise!"
…
"Old Yange." Liang You, the Minister of Punishment, caught up with Yan Yuan, raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, do you really not consider selecting girls from among the people?"
Yan Yuan smiled and stroked his beard: "Your Majesty is kind and does not want to disturb the peace of the people."
Liang You hesitated to speak after hearing this, and after a while he whispered: "Sir, my younger brother Xiaguan only has one posthumous daughter... It's not that Xiaguan is boasting, this niece of Xiaguan is ice-snow smart and extremely talented in reading. It turns out that The women's imperial examination is about to begin, and my father wants to use this opportunity to keep his niece in the Liang family and give his younger brother, the lower official, a successor to the Liang family to continue his legacy, but this..."
Yan Yuan thought of the young husband of the Liang family, and couldn't help but feel a little soft: "We'll talk about the future in the future. We may not be able to sort it out now. Let's see how the girl's results in the first exam are! If your father is willing to train me, let your niece just concentrate on her studies. That is, don’t fail on purpose. You must know that those who are admitted to the talent show may not be able to pass the draft.”
That's all he said. He could only say so much because he had a desire to become a disciple of that young man of the Liang family.
…
"You said that the candidates must have the reputation of being a scholar?" Mrs. Liang looked at the grandma who came back from the Liang family and said in surprise, "When did there be such a rule? So, among the nine girls in the house, only the girl from the third room Might these two girls be eligible to run for office?!"
Forget about the bigger one in the third bedroom, the smaller one is the least of it.
To say she has a bad temper is just to compliment her. This girl doesn't distinguish between friend and foe at all, and she doesn't discriminate between young and old when it comes to attacking people.
However, the prince of the country took her as a treasure, and he didn't even look at the good things about the little playboy who was always flying around! How can Sister Qiang be even half as good as her?
That's right, if the Duke of Guo had good eyesight, he wouldn't prefer the surname Chang!
"Old madam, otherwise... let's talk to Mr. Wu! The draft is held every three years. Girls can be from thirteen to twenty-three years old. Our sister Qiang still has a chance."
Mrs. Liang hesitated for a moment: "You asked people to keep an eye on Anhe Hall to see how Chang works. There is no way there is no news about her granddaughter who is being raised in the palace, right?"
…
In the flower hall of the side courtyard of Anhe Hall, Mrs. Chang looked at the third wife He who was no longer as bright as before, and said in a low voice: "I am not only the third wife, but you are also more than the daughter of Sister Han. If you have time, take a closer look." Take good care of the child, Sister Yun is so well-behaved, isn’t she worthy of your consideration?”
He lowered his eyebrows and softly said yes.
Mrs. Chang couldn't help but sneer softly when she saw her like this: "Remember, you have never received a message from the palace."
He trembled when he heard this.
