Han Xu, Sun Ruyou, and Qian Qianyi never expected that the emperor would directly increase the number of admissions.
"It was okay for you to open Enke before, but now you have increased the number of admissions. Why do you always act inconsistently with common sense!"
Han Xu cried out angrily in his heart.
Qian Qianyi was also shocked in his heart: "How can your Majesty do this? While punishing those who strike out without mercy, he also increases the number of admissions. Increasing the number of admissions is equivalent to lowering the admission threshold. This is completely unreasonable. Distancing the entire scholarly community! Scholars from a poor family are suffering from the difficulty of becoming a scholar. Now the court is naturally grateful for the increase in quotas. However, a scholar from a high family will have to implicate the entire clan and even all relatives because of his resistance. This is simply extremely vicious. plan!"
Sun Ruyou even objected directly: "Your Majesty, you can't! These quotas have been established since ancient times. How can it be changed just by changing it?"
Zhu Youxiao asked coldly: "Why, Sun Aiqing still wants to block my thirst for talents and stop the world's scholars from serving the imperial court? If this is really the case, then announce today's discussion to the world! Let's! Is it appropriate for the world’s scholars to comment on Sun Aiqing’s words?”
"I don't dare!"
Sun Ruyou hurriedly replied that he did not want to be beaten to death by those who wanted to be promoted to civil servants and those who wanted to be promoted to Jinshi.
"I will prepare a decree according to this and announce it to the world. I will also publish it in the Emperor's Ming Bao to show my emperor's favor."
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said.
"I obey the decree!"
Fang Congzhe replied first.
"I obey the decree!"
Han Xu and others immediately replied.
Naturally, Han Xu, Sun Ruyou, and Qian Qianyi couldn't hide their disappointment. They didn't expect that the emperor not only didn't care about the scholars' boycott of exams, but even directly expanded the admission quota.
Fortunately for Sun Ruyou, he was just close to Donglin and was not strictly a Donglin Party official.
But Qian Qianyi is a real member of the Donglin Party, and his current intention of blackmailing the emperor by using the scholar to stop taking exams has completely disappeared.
Because most of the hundreds of scholars who are on strike this time are members of the Donglin Party or scholars who agree with Donglin's ideas. If the court instead of compromising and expands the number of admissions, then the number of new scholars entering the court will be They are mainly non-Donglin Party scholars.
This will undoubtedly further affect the power of the Donglin Party in the government.
Donglin's overwhelming advantage in Shilin cannot be turned into an advantage in the power field.
Therefore, Qian Qianyi just wants to go back quickly to persuade those Donglin scholars who want to stop taking the exams not to be so irrational.
Han Xu was also disappointed. He originally wanted to use this incident to trick Fang Congzhe, but he did not expect that such a thing would not be a problem for the emperor who held the power of the world. He even counterattacked by expanding the admission quota. .
"Uncle Uncle Zong, please inform the Ministry of Reciprocity of the news. I have already said that this is nothing. His Majesty speaks of the Constitution and is the one who makes the rules. How can you expect that things within the rules will trouble His Majesty? "
After Fang Congzhe left Zhu Youxiao, he smiled and talked to Sun Ruyu, the Minister of Rites, and also glanced at Han Xu.
Because he also said this to Han Xu, and he sneered in his heart: "Han Xu, Han Xu, you, you still want to use this scholar to stop taking the exam to punish me? I don't even think about whether you have that ability yourself. As long as I am still alive, you will always be inferior!"
Sun Ruyou and Han Xu naturally looked unhappy after hearing this.
Sun Ruyou couldn't help but said: "But Yuan Fu, the number of admissions for the provincial examination has always been a routine. You can change it just as your Majesty says. If the number of admissions is expanded, there will be more people who cheat and cheat among the filial and honest scholars in the world. ah!"
Sun Ruyou couldn't say clearly that this would make Jinshi candidates less valuable, so he reasoned that it would make many Jinshi candidates unworthy of their reputation.
"I have been raising scholars in the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years, and there are already a lot of talents. But now, the number of Jinshi is still less than five out of ten thousand. Therefore, even if we expand the number ten times, we will not make up the number."
Fang Congzhe is from Beizhili. He hopes that the expansion of the Beizhili Township Examination will allow more candidates from the north to appear.
What's more, because most of the scholars who are on strike this time are southern scholars, and the emperor also allows northerners and people other than southern Juan to fill the southern list, this is undoubtedly more beneficial to the northern gentry.
"What Yuan Fu said is that His Majesty's increase in the number of admissions for the National Examination is indeed good governance."
Han Xu is also a northerner, so he is disappointed, but he is also very willing to see this result.
When Sun Ruyou saw that Han Xu also supported it, he didn't know what to say for a while.
Qian Qianyi was a soft-spoken person and naturally did not dare to express his opinions. He said goodbye and left the imperial city after leaving the palace.
Soon, Qian Qianyi hurriedly sent his domestic slaves to summon many Donglin officials and representatives of scholar leaders close to Donglin to a secret meeting in a guild hall, and said to Chen Xiance and other officials: "Your Majesty has learned about the recent events. Thousands of scholars stopped taking exams, but His Majesty did not take it seriously."
"What!"
Chen Xiance became excited on the spot. He felt humiliated that he was not taken seriously, so he became very angry and disappointed.
"Isn't your Majesty worried that there will be no more talented people in the court? Since ancient times, all virtuous kings have been afraid that talented people will be left in the wild. Today, your Majesty is really stupid!"
Juren Miao Taiji also spoke with some disappointment.
Kong Wenzheng also looked at Qian Qianyi and asked: "Ministers, haven't you informed your majesty of your interests? After nearly a thousand exams, this is an unprecedented event for the country. Don't you worry about the unscrupulous people in the world?" Just to govern?!"
Qian Qianyi looked at Kong Wenzheng and other officials and said: "Your Majesty said that he believed that talented people who were truly willing to serve the imperial court would not give up their exams, and to show that he was still thirsty for talents, he specially issued an edict to Beizhili this time. The rural examination quota will be expanded to 50, and the National Examination will increase the quota to 100, and if there are not enough people from the south, people from the north or other places can be used to fill it."
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Kong Wenzheng shouted subconsciously and laughed: "The emperor's grace is truly so great!"
At the same time, Kong Wen thought to himself: "I didn't get the favor last time. This time I tried to expand the enrollment by so many, I should be able to get it. I didn't expect the emperor to be so generous this time."
"Indeed, this is truly an unprecedented grace. This time the examination can increase the number of 100 places, which means there are many more opportunities to pass the Jinshi. Such unparalleled grace is rare, not even in the next subject. Yes, it would be unwise to stop taking the exam at this time. I just made a mistake, the emperor is really thirsty for talents."
Qin Yuanzuo, the Northern Emperor's son, also started talking, and even knelt down towards the Forbidden City and said, "I made a mistake, please forgive me! Long live my emperor!"
Many scholars also agreed with this, saying that it was not wise to stop taking the exam this time. After all, there were not many opportunities to encounter a hundred more Jinshi admission places than before.
Chen Xiance was very angry when he saw this. He looked at Kong Wenzheng, Qin Yuanzuo and others and said, "How can you be so shameless! Isn't it just that the quota has been increased by 100 people? Are you going to be humbled by this?!"
