It's just that whether this honesty is a superficial submission or a true honesty, no one else knows except the mother and son themselves. But for Huang Qiong, although Concubine De was temporarily suppressed by Concubine Shen, she was not happy at all. Without him, he was locked up tightly in the palace. When he slept alone every night, he missed the girls at home very much.
Especially He Yao, who is pregnant, is what worries Huang Qiong the most. Although the girls also asked people to send messages telling Huang Qiong that everything was fine in the house and that he should not worry, Huang Qiong was still a little uneasy. However, the emperor would not let her go. No matter how much Huang Qiong missed the daughters at home, she could only stay in the palace honestly. Living a life of going to bed later than a dog and getting up earlier than a chicken.
Every day, I feel lonely and cold looking at the piles of memorials. Although the emperor also assigned him twenty maids to take care of his daily life, facing those flowery maids, he wondered if this was another trap set by his father, the emperor. Huang Qiong, who was even more worried that the grape trellis at home would fall over after touching it, was not interested at all.
Although the clothes on those palace maids are thin, it is easy for people to think of Feifei. But Huang Qiong made up his mind and never touched any of them. As for the palace maids who looked over, they even pretended not to see anything with some sad eyes. During this period, Concubine Shen also sneaked over twice and wanted to recommend herself to the pillow mat, but was frightened away by Huang Qiong's cold eyes.
However, although the days were a little difficult, Huang Qiong took advantage of the rare free time at night to practice internal skills every night. At the same time, I also used my little free time to think about the restructuring of government-run workshops. During the previous chat with Sima Hong, Huang Qiong knew that those government-run workshops had great disadvantages, and had even reached the point where they could not do anything without changing them.
However, these practices have been passed down for thousands of years and have existed in workshops for more than a hundred years. How to change them is a matter of great skill. He has been thinking over and over again, trying to find a stable way. At least it cannot cause turmoil in these workshops. After all, there are huge invisible interest groups behind these government-run workshops.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, and even some masters and princes in the palace were all involved. A Jun kiln can almost overthrow the crown prince of a country, and it can make a prince earn hundreds of thousands of dollars every year, even more than the annual income of the imperial court. There are so many government-run workshops in the world, how many people's interests will be involved once they are restructured? Cutting off someone's wealth is like killing one's parents.
If you cut off other people's wealth, some people will dare to cut off your livelihood. Who cares if you are a prince, a prince, or even the king of a country? Since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, are the emperors and kings who died in mysterious circumstances really all died in accidents? I'm afraid not necessarily. The king of a country is probably nothing in the eyes of some people whose eyes are red.
If you are in a hurry, you may not dare to take action openly, but it is not too difficult to do something in private to make your death unclear. Sima Hong once told Huang Qiong that Emperor Duanzong of this dynasty had planned to change the government-run workshops to private ones because the government-run workshops were too costly and too inefficient, as well as overstaffed.
It also plans to abolish the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which has excessive authority and is somewhat difficult to control. Twelve yamen were established to take charge of various affairs in the palace. The authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Bureau of Shanggong was distributed among the twelve yamen. But the final result was that Emperor Duanzong, who had never had any physical problems after taking the throne for less than five years, died suddenly on his concubine's bed without any warning.
After a hurried investigation, the Taiyuan Hospital gave an immediate conclusion without even asking the eunuchs around Emperor Duanzong. By the time the ministers of the court received the news and rushed to the palace, several eunuchs in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs had already joined forces with the Queen Mother to support King Su, who was staying in the palace that night by coincidence. He was also the later Emperor Lizong. .
Emperor Lizong's succession to the throne has become a fait accompli. In order not to cause turmoil in the world, even though they were not convinced in their hearts, the ministers in the court had no choice but to acquiesce. After Emperor Lizong ascended the throne, all the restructuring ideas of Emperor Duanzong turned into empty talk and phantoms. Not only has the Ministry of Internal Affairs not been abolished, but its power has been strengthened to a certain extent.
Until Huang Qiong's grandfather, in order to usurp the throne, installed cronies in the palace and almost killed all the eunuchs in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the name of interfering in politics. After Huang Qiong, the emperor, took power, he again restricted the power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and assigned chief eunuchs to each palace. The Ministry of Internal Affairs was only managed as a palace procurement and imperial workshop. This way, the eunuchs of the former Tang Dynasty did not interfere in politics. ’s mistakes.
When Sima Hong said this at first, it was just a casual chat. After all, how exactly did Emperor Duanzong die? It has been decades. Who can really tell clearly? If it doesn't happen immediately, who can provide evidence? It's just that Sima Hong was the speaker without intention, but Huang Qiong was the listener with intention. Therefore, Huang Qiongcai was very cautious about the restructuring of the imperial workshops.
He is not afraid that someone will attack him because he has touched their interests. But he was a little worried that he would make too many enemies for himself at this time. But thinking of the conversation with Sima Hong, Huang Qiong immediately thought of Sima Hong's daughter-in-law, who always made her feel a little itchy. On the contrary, it made me even more lonely and sleepless.
Fortunately, no matter what, although this period of time is a bit difficult for Huang Qiong, it will eventually come to an end. February 20th was the day of spring this year. On the first day, Huang Qiong, accompanied by two deputy examiners and a chief promoter, entered the Gongyuan Courtyard used for the examination. Looking at the huge and regulated Gongyuan in front of him, he knew that he could go back home after completing the test.
Huang Qiong, who thought she was finally coming through, almost didn't laugh out loud on the spot. Without him, these sleepless days were really hard for Huang Qiong, who was used to having people around him. Coupled with the fatigue caused by working as a cow during this period, Huang Qiong really looked forward to returning home as soon as possible, taking a hot bath and having a good sleep with his beloved wife.
Looking at Huang Qiong with a strange expression, it was the first time for a prince to be the examiner in this dynasty. The several deputy examiners who did not know his character and were a little uneasy at the moment could not figure out what was wrong with the British king. I simply thought that this was the first time for the British king to preside over such an important event, and he was somewhat excited.
Although the imperial examinations of this dynasty were extremely strict, once cheating was discovered, the punishment was extremely strict. But because the fate of life is at stake, there are always people who find ways to cheat. Especially those from aristocratic families who don't study hard on weekdays can always find ways to rely on their family background, and even have people take the exam for them. The last time the imperial examination questions were leaked, more than 70 candidates were found to have cheated.
Not only were these cheaters stripped of their honors, but after discovering that the exam questions were leaked, they neither terminated the exam nor changed the examiner in time. Not only did they lose their heads, but their family members were also sold into slavery by the officials. He even affected his own family and was dismissed from office. Two deputy chief examiners and one promotion were exiled to Qiongzhou together with their whole family.
The 200 sergeants of the Eighth Yulin Army who were responsible for the search and entrapment were all sent to Yanshan Mansion to do hard labor and were not pardoned. With such a lesson learned from the past, coupled with this year's examiner, he killed more than a hundred civil and military officials in Zhengzhou Prefecture, as well as the murderer of scholars and scholars. If something goes wrong, although it is not possible for him to lose his head, the board will still hit him in the end.
He is a dignified prince, and he still stood beside the emperor on the day of the court meeting, which is enough to illustrate the subsequent status of this British king. If something happens, they won't take responsibility. Therefore, after the three people looked at each other, they still gathered their energy to check the test papers in case there was an impostor.
When the day of the February 20th competition arrived, Huang Qiong finally had a good sleep. Jiang himself had come out early and had obtained the emperor's consent. In order to avoid leaking the test questions, he had always carried them with him. After worshiping various gods according to customization. Then he stood at the gate of Gongyuan and looked at the examination candidates who were passing the inspection outside the gate.
With the sound of a door being opened, people who passed the various selections to obtain qualifications for the examination began to pass the body search in order to enter the examination room. The imperial examinations of this dynasty were strictly customized. When entering the examination room, candidates were not allowed to bring any words other than pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Once you are found to be carrying something with writing on it, whether it is related to the exam or not, even a banknote is considered cheating.
The officers and soldiers responsible for the search were all illiterate ordinary soldiers drawn by the imperial court from the Eighth Army of the Imperial Forest. In order to make the imperial examination more fair and prevent cheating. It also stipulates a strict system of sitting together, and if anyone is found to be cheating, he will be rewarded consistently. If the entrapment is not detected, the officers and soldiers responsible for the search will be punished for at least 70 years, and in serious cases they may even be beheaded.
In addition, there was a prince sitting in the examination room this time, so the officers and soldiers responsible for the search were particularly careful. All applicants who take part in the examination must not only search themselves, but also unbutton their clothes to check if they are under their clothes, and write down any cheat sheets. Looking at the dissatisfied expressions on their faces as they were being searched one by one, Huang Qiong didn't say anything.
When the state opens courses to recruit scholars, it selects talents, not slaves. It is not a ladder set up for those who usually refuse to work hard to study, but resort to various means and find ways to cheat when the situation arises. It's not impossible to cheat and mess around, but you can do whatever you want, don't even think about it with him. If you get that kind of person, it will be a disaster for the country, not a blessing for the country.
Therefore, facing the rude soldiers from all over the country who always thought they were well-educated, they were searched one by one by the rude soldiers who always looked down on them. Except for a few who were calm and expressionless, most of them had indignant expressions on their faces. Colorful actions. Huang Qiongquan pretended not to see it, and not only did he pretend not to see it, he also caught two fish that had slipped through the net.
Just when these candidates were searched and verified one by one, they entered the Gongyuan. Huang Qiong found a man who had passed the inspection and was walking inside with a basket containing pens, ink, paper and inkstones. His hair was combed in a weird bun. The bun wrapped in a square scarf is obviously a bit big. He raised his hand and called the man over, asking him to open his bun for inspection.
This person, who looked confused after being called out by Huang Qiong and clearly had something in his heart, dared to really open his bun and check it? But before the man could protest, Huang Qiong waved his hand, and two wolf-like soldiers stepped forward, tore off the scarf that was wrapped around his head and scattered his bun. As a result, the bun crackled when it was opened, and a lot of small notes fell out.
Huang Qiong picked up a rolled up piece of paper and opened it with a thin string to read it. I found that the content on this note was actually the content of the Four Books and Five Classics. The Four Books and Five Classics are the most basic knowledge points that all students must learn when studying. This guy made a cheat sheet of the Four Books and Five Classics, which only shows that this guy has not mastered even the most basic things.
