The subordinates talked to each other and brainstormed, and finally decided to submit it to the emperor again.
They hoped that the emperor would consider the reality that it was only five months before the imperial examination was held in the second year of Hongwu and not make any changes to the content of the imperial examination, otherwise some scholars would really go crazy.
This is not in everyone's interest.
However, Su Yonglin was still inaccurate after receiving the above table.
He personally wrote a handwritten letter to the Ministry of Rites.
["Book of Rites·University"] says, "Everything in the world is constantly changing. The world is so big and changing with each passing day. If you can't even bear the changes in the imperial examination, what use will the Ming Dynasty have for such mediocre people?" ? 】
This is truly a magic war. Su Yonglin skillfully used the contents of Confucian classics to launch a magical attack on the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of Rites was unable to respond and did not know how to fight against it.
Not only that, Su Yonglin also said that he originally planned to revise the imperial examination system. He planned to reform the Ming Dynasty imperial examination into five rounds: county examination, state examination, provincial examination, general examination and palace examination, because it was considered unbearable for scholars at one time A large number of changes have been made, and it has been postponed to the second imperial examination in the fifth year of Hongwu as appropriate.
The emperor has made concessions, what else do you plan to do?
No!
When the ministers of the Ministry of Rites received Su Yonglin's order for the first time, they could only stare. They could do nothing but stare.
Then they were shocked to hear that the emperor was planning to reform the imperial examination system and increase the imperial examination to five rounds of selection!
The emperor not only wanted to bring back the rule of selecting scholars by subject in the imperial examination, but he also wanted to make some innovations in the examination rules.
Yaoshou!
Kong Zheng almost fainted. Zhou Jiang, the left servant, had quick eyes and quick hands and quickly helped Kong Zheng.
"Budou, are you okay?"
"No, not good at all!"
Kong Zheng's face was full of panic and frustration. He thought about it but had no choice. Facing the powerful emperor Su Yonglin, he really couldn't stand up and could only choose to compromise.
But you cannot let yourself say this kind of thing alone. All the officials of the Ministry of Rites must take the blame together to avoid becoming the victim of the entire Ministry of Rites in the future.
Everyone needs to take the blame, you bastards, no one can escape!
So Kong Zheng planned to ask everyone for an accurate answer.
"Your Majesty has already given in. If we continue to force it, I might make Your Majesty unhappy. If Your Majesty is unhappy, it will be our fault. Gentlemen, what do you think?"
Kong Zheng looked around at the subordinates attending the meeting and found that except for Yelujin, who looked like he was ignoring the matter, the others were frowning.
Kong Zheng felt bitter for a while.
"Servant Yelu, what do you think?"
Yelujin didn't plan to speak at first. He just wanted to watch the jokes made by Kong Zheng and others in revenge for their neglect of him since the opening of the Ministry of Rites.
Now he was happy. When Leng Buding heard Kong Zheng's question, Yelujin was stunned for a moment and immediately pretended to be distressed.
"The Ministry, I believe that the most important thing is that His Majesty is happy and His Majesty is willing. In other aspects, if we disagree with His Majesty, it is really... The Ministry, we have done our best."
Kong Zheng was so angry that he could only look at his other subordinates.
"Zizhang, what do you think?"
Kong Zheng asked Zhou Jiang.
Zhou Jiang hesitated for a long time, seeing that he couldn't hide, so he could only express his opinion.
"When a new dynasty is established and a new emperor ascends the throne, the first decree issued to the world is related to the imperial examination. Now all the eyes of the court are fixed on the Ministry of Rites. If something goes wrong in the Ministry of Rites, it will be embarrassing and make outsiders think that the Ministry of Rites and His Majesty are at odds with each other. , the problem is big.”
Kong Zheng sighed and felt that what Zhou Jiang said was indeed reasonable.
How could he let outsiders think that his Ministry of Rites and Su Yonglin were at odds?
Isn't that looking for trouble?
The world is vast, and the emperor is the biggest and most powerful. Faced with this situation, we can only die as a Taoist friend rather than a poor Taoist.
I'm sorry, all the scholars in the world, Mr. Kong did his best!
So Kong Zheng decided to comply with the order, and then asked Zhou Jiang and Yelujin to co-sign.
Yelujin was the first to go up and sign his name carelessly. He sighed as he signed, as if he was reluctant, but he didn't slow down at all and signed his name quickly.
When Zhou Jiang saw Ye Lujin coming up, he cursed inwardly, "Shameless barbarian", and then followed helplessly to sign his name. He was very hesitant when signing, but finally signed it.
The left and right ministers have signed, and this matter is recognized by the Ministry of Rites.
The Ministry of Rites decided to compromise with the emperor Su Yonglin.
After receiving the report from the Ministry of Rites, Su Yonglin sneered and handed the report from the Ministry of Rites to Tian Guizi, who came to perform.
"Guizi, look at it. The disciples of Saint Confucius in the Ministry of Rites cannot resist the threat of swords and guns and the temptation of fame and wealth. What they like most is power.
As for the teachings of saints, what do they count? Can it be used as food or as money? Or can it save their lives? Neither can, so they don't care. "
Tian Guizi took the table from Su Yonglin and looked at it briefly.
"The compromise of the Ministry of Rites is a matter of course. Alang is the founding emperor with great prestige. Outsiders regard Alang as a man of heaven and dare not disobey Alang's orders. Therefore, what the Ministry of Rites does is just a symbolic objection. In the end, we still have to compromise. of."
Su Yonglin was silent for a while and nodded slowly.
"That being said, I have to rely on this power to do things, but in the final analysis, I personally don't really want to have any words like being in the sky, praising me as the same as a god. I obviously don't want to be the emperor. You don’t want to be holy, but in the end you are more like an emperor than an emperor, Gezi, do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?”
Su Yonglin looked at Tian Guizi.
Tian Guizi lowered his head and thought for a moment.
"As Alang said before, at present, there are more people who need the emperor, and there are too few people who don't need the emperor. If Alang can become an emperor who talks about the Constitution, he can do more things and promote more changes. Therefore, I thought this was a good thing.”
"No, it's not a good thing. It's the lesser of two evils."
Su Yonglin shook his head and said solemnly: "The less anyone dares to question the emperor, the more sacred the emperor will be. I clearly want to make all the people in the world give up their blind obedience to the emperor, but I have only strengthened their obedience to the emperor.
In order to do big things and to concentrate my strength, I have to do this, but after all, this is against my original intention and is not conducive to my future actions. In the future, there will definitely be waves again, and whether the waves can be calmed down at that time is the decisive factor. The root of everything. "
Tian Guizi listened and thought for a while, feeling that what Su Yonglin said made sense.
"A Lang is thoughtful, but no matter what, I will stand by A Lang and will never change my ambition."
"That's good."
Su Yonglin smiled and nodded.
Then the two of them discussed for a while the rules and important points to note when dealing with the Metropolitan Procuratorate, before Tian Guizi prepared to leave. Before leaving, Tian Guizi looked at the chamberlain who was busy moving objects in Su Yonglin's study, and seemed to have thought of something.
"Alang, I heard that Tao Lin, the envoy of Xuanhui Academy, said in a statement that the number of chamberlains in the palace was insufficient and he hoped to increase the number of chamberlains, but you didn't allow it, did you?"
"Well, yes, I'm not going to continue using eunuchs."
Su Yonglin looked at the inner chamberlains who were busy with their work and said, "These are the young chamberlains who used to work in Jinting. There are about three hundred in number. Now the inner palace also needs manpower, so I will use them first. But continued recruitment is no longer needed.
It is common for good-looking men to be castrated. It is common for them to become neither men nor women, and become mentally abnormal. We all know what such people can do, so I don’t plan to use them anymore, so I will take the eunuchs from me. Depose it. "
