The next evening, the spring rain was like crisp.
Zhu Yijun had just finished a set of eight-section brocade taught by Li Shizhen in the imperial garden pavilion, and Zhang Jing came over: "Your Majesty, Zhang Jingxiu has told Mr. Yuanfu Zhang about not participating in the imperial examination, and Mr. Yuanfu Zhang also agreed. Yes, and promise him to stay in Beijing and take care of the housework."
"That's good. I'm afraid someone will make an issue of his imperial examination."
Zhu Yijun exhaled as he spoke.
The so-called health maintenance should start from an early age.
Zhu Yijun has begun to maintain his health with self-discipline.
After recuperating, Zhu Yijun returned to the palace to complete the homework assigned to him by Zhang Juzheng.
To be honest, in the past year, Zhu Yijun has become very familiar with various Confucian articles and books, and he has become more and more aware of the inner logic of what Confucian scholars of this era thought.
But what Zhu Yijun had to admit was that after he learned more about it, he discovered that there were different factions within the Confucian sect.
And all of this started in the Song Dynasty. Xinxue, Shuxue, and Neo-Confucianism became the three major branches at that time. Later, Neo-Confucianism flourished and became the mainstream learning. Other learnings gradually declined. It was only after Wang Yangming that Outside of Neo-Confucianism, a new school called Xinxue emerged that could compete with Neo-Confucianism.
But now there are many branches within these two sects.
If it is said that restructuring requires unification of thinking first, then it is not easy for today's Ming Dynasty to unify their thinking.
But for now, at least the world's bureaucrats must form a consensus that they should be responsible for clearing the land.
This is the unified understanding reached by Zhu Yijun, Zhang Juzheng and other cabinet ministers in Xinuang Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.
And Zhu Yijun just wants to know how long it will take for most of the world's bureaucrats to be willing to accept the clearing of the land.
For this reason, Hai Rui immediately left the capital after receiving the imperial edict that he was the governor-general of Nanzhili and Zhejiang with the title of left deputy censor of the capital and right minister of the Ministry of War.
He is an upright official and does not have many servants or family members, so he does not have to wait for a month before leaving the capital because foreign officials can handle various matters at home like most officials.
When Hai Rui left Beijing, Yu Maoxue, who had been arranged by Zhu Yijun to meet Gao Gong, finally arrived at Gao Gong's home in Xinzheng, Henan.
"The imperial edict says: I only care about the old ministers in governing the world. And you are the mainstay of the imperial court and the Qiancheng of the country. You were originally a bachelor of the Jianji Palace, a young master and the crown prince, and the minister of the Ministry of official affairs. Gao Gong burned the candle till dawn, and broke the He is familiar with the classics and is familiar with literature and science. Although he once deceived me when I was a child, now he regards the country as the most important thing and forgives his sins, only focusing on his ability... I specially confer you the title of Taifu and Ronglu Dafu, and enter the cabinet to participate in political affairs. Kuang Guozheng, Qin Zai."
After hearing the order, Gao Gong froze on the spot, and then he choked up and said in a trembling voice: "Old minister, I accept the order. Thank you for your kindness!"
At this time, Yu Maoxue immediately helped Gao Gong up and said with a smile: "This is a great relief to you! Your majesty has shown kindness to you, which shows your kindness. In addition, Yuan Fu did not stop you, which shows that you want to settle the old grudges with you."
He nodded high and sighed: "Your Majesty is like Yao and Shun. I was so arrogant back then that I didn't know how to respect my father!"
Although he was asked to go to the capital and be promoted to a false position, Gao Gong knew that this was better than the emperor always resenting him.
Yu Mao Xueze added: "The so-called thunder and rain are all the kindness of the emperor. The lower official knows that the father may not have any resentment towards the emperor. All the so-called injustices are probably due to the fact that all the ambitions in his life have not been realized, and many ways of governing have not been seen before. The imperial edict. Now His Majesty intends to use public knowledge to make up for the mistakes of the government, so the public should not delay, but should go to the capital immediately according to the order. The common people of the country are the most important!"
Gao Gong thought for a while and then said: "What you are admonishing is reasonable. Even if I don't give him Jiangling face, I should still show my loyalty to His Majesty."
Therefore, Gao Gong didn't stay at home for long, and really followed Yu Maoxue and took the train north a few days later.
While Hai Rui was heading south and Gao Gong was heading north, an incident in the capital was attracting the attention of thousands of people.
This is all about trying.
There are rumors that Zhang Jingxiu, the eldest son of Yuanfu Zhang Juzheng, will participate in the examination.
Therefore, many scholars are discussing that the number one scholar this time must be Zhang Jingxiu.
Of course, some people say that Zhang Juzheng is an upright minister and will not force his eldest son to be the number one scholar because of his own power.
However, some people say that Zhang Juzheng will follow Qin Hui's example and force his eldest son to become the number one scholar in order to prove his power.
For a time, there was a lot of news about whether Zhang Jingxiu was the number one scholar in this imperial examination.
As a result, Wu Rulun, a scholar who aspired to be the No. 1 scholar, said directly to his classmates in the guild hall: "Since this competition has determined that the No. 1 scholar has been decided by the rich and powerful, junior students should stop taking the exam and return to their hometowns, and take the exam again in three years!"
After Wu Rulun said that, he was really ready to leave.
Sun Jigao, who is also from Wuxi, advised at this time: "Whether it is really determined or not, we will tell after the exam. My brother's judgment is too early. Don't make assumptions in your studies and life!"
Wu Rulun was stunned for a moment after hearing what he said, and then he had to walk back: "Well, let's see if Zhang Jingxiu wins the top prize this time!"
The examiner Shen Yiguan was invited to a private residence by Zhang Siwei in front of the Tribute Academy because of whether Zhang Jingxiu would win the top prize.
"Yuan Fu's son is really qualified to be the number one scholar, and we should not let him fail."
Zhang Siwei said this to Shen Yiguan after Shen Yiguan arrived.
Shen Guanyuan nodded obediently: "Siwen's article is indeed extraordinary. But whether he will win the first place is not something I can decide."
"My lord, what are these words? My lord is the examiner. Why can't you decide? It's not like I don't know Si Wen's writing style. If you see any similar old sentences, just record them."
Zhang Siwei said.
Shen Yiguan stood up and looked at Zhang Siwei and said: "During the marking, all the ghosts and gods looked at the official. How dare the official show favoritism?"
Zhang Siwei smiled and said: "Yuan Fugong is in Sheji, so it is not selfish to recruit his son."
Shen, who was always obedient, asked: "In that case, what's the point of hiding my name on the test paper?"
Zhang Siwei asked obediently: "So, you are not willing to follow Yuan Fu's wishes? Don't you want to join the cabinet in the future?"
Shen Guanyi said: "I would rather not join the cabinet."
"Why do you have to be like this, sir? Even if you don't do this favor, Master Yuanfu can still get the first place. In this case, it is better to do it as a favor. As for the number one, it will be decided by our cabinet minister Jiu Qing."
Zhang Siwei said.
Shen Guanyi said: "Then let's read his article."
Immediately, Shen Yiguan said goodbye and left Zhang Siwei's private residence.
Zhang Siwei also came to the cabinet immediately and said to Zhang Juzheng: "Now that the big competition is coming, I heard that Mr. Xiao Ge will also end up?"
"Who cares about those things?"
Zhang Juzheng replied.
Zhao Zhenji asked Zhang Siwei directly: "Why did Ziwei suddenly bring this up? Do you still think that my uncle will ask someone to cut through the joints of his own children?"
"I have no intention of doing so. I just feel that Mr. Xiaoge's article can only serve as the leader of this term."
Zhang Siwei said.
Zhang Juzheng just smiled and didn't say much.
But Zhang Siwei seemed to be very concerned about Zhang Jingxiu's subject results. When the test results were released, he specially sent someone to check the results. After waiting for his family who had read the results to come back, he hurriedly asked: "Does Zhang Jingxiu's name exist? "
His family replied: "No!"
Zhang Siwei suddenly showed disappointment after hearing this: "Did he not participate?"
After Zhang Siwei said that, he went to the cabinet to check the room in despair.
Zhao Zhenji, who was already in the cabinet, saw that he was depressed when he arrived, so he asked directly: "Why is Ziwei looking so bad? Is it because he has failed? Then Shen Jianwu (Shen Yiguan) is too ignorant of current affairs!"
Saying that, Zhao Zhenji also looked at Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "Quuzi did not participate in this competition, so Ziwei must not have lost his soul because of Quanzi, or he was worried about the confiscation of the houses of Duke Wei and Sun."
