Next, a famous private doctor privately hired by the palace at an exorbitant price came to diagnose the Ping'an pulse for Princess Qi and her son.
Zhu Qiyu made an exception and allowed several famous doctors to conduct inspections and interviews, and finally confirmed that the mother and child were in good health and there were no problems at all.
After the famous doctors gave very definite answers, Zhu Qiyu was overjoyed and ordered a heavy reward. He also asked the famous doctors to inform the imperial doctors waiting outside the palace gate of the pulse and diagnosis results, so that they could be recorded in the records.
The medical officers of Tai Hospital have never seen Princess Qi and the prince from beginning to end. Under the "kind and friendly" persuasion of Liu Chang and the internal guards, the imperial doctors obediently took notes, received generous silver rewards, and returned to Beijing happily.
The ministers on duty were told to stay for dinner, and the emperor would have something to say later.
Another half hour passed, and after Zhu Qiyu coaxed Lin Xiangyu, mother and son to sleep, he took the time to meet with the minister.
When the monarch and his ministers met each other, they were all overjoyed.
After everyone celebrated, they started talking about business.
First of all, it was a show. Zhu Qiyu proposed to confer the title of county king to his newly born son, and at the same time establish him as the heir apparent of Prince Qi.
This is also to show the government and the public that he considers himself a prince and has no intention of changing the prince's mind.
No matter what the situation is in the future, at least we still need to make a gesture now.
And even in the future, it would only be Prince Zhu Jian who was so infatuated with the Wan family that he took the initiative to abdicate and exchange his position as prince for a matchmaking marriage with the Wan family.
Anyway, you have to be at least a generalist.
There were many princes in the Ming Dynasty who first became county princes, then were established as crown princes, and finally succeeded to the throne of princes.
Zhu Qiyu first made his eldest son the county king, and then made him the crown prince. Although it was not in line with the rules of the court, the problem was not too big.
No one would take it seriously with the emperor over such a trivial matter.
Especially the emperor's faction, from now on, will definitely be worried that the emperor will change the prince, so the emperor will make his eldest son the county prince and establish him as the prince of Qi. It is too late for everyone to welcome him, so how can he dare to provoke the emperor again.
If the emperor is really pissed off and proposes to change the crown prince on the spot, then the fun will be great.
The ministers present were all smart people, and they naturally understood the emperor's thoughts, so they had no objections to the emperor's arrangements. Wang Wen asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, what title do you want to give the prince?"
Zhu Qiyu had already thought about it, and immediately replied without thinking: "King Jiaodong."
After everyone heard the words, they all thought about it and praised it for its goodness.
This Chun Chun was just deliberately teasing the subjects who were dissatisfied with the emperor.
Jiaodong is subordinate to Qi, and there seems to be no problem in establishing the King of Jiaodong under the Qi vassal.
But anyone who has read a little bit knows that Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was first named King of Jiaodong.
Before he came to the country, Liu Che was changed to the crown prince and the Jiaodong Kingdom was eliminated.
So the meaning here is self-explanatory.
But even if the ministers of the Emperor's faction knew it in their hearts, they couldn't openly say it. To say it openly is to make a heart-breaking criticism of the emperor.
From a legal perspective, no one can convict the emperor based solely on Liu Che's precedent of King Jiaodong.
Zhu Qiyu continued to give instructions: "The palace examination will officially begin tomorrow. Before these Jinshis enter tomorrow, each of them will be given one hundred taels of silver as a reward."
Although the palace examination has not yet been held, it is not a big problem to call these candidates Jinshi.
Because according to the rules, the palace examination only determines the ranking, not elimination. Under normal circumstances, as long as the candidates do not commit suicide, they will not be deposed in the palace examination.
The candidates all need to thank Zhang Yuan for the formation of this system.
During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, Zhang Yuan passed the provincial examination, but was deposed in the palace examination. Zhang Yuan was so angry that he defected to Xixia and eventually became the prime minister of Xixia.
From then on, the palace examination only determined the rankings, and no one would be bored and dismiss candidates.
Therefore, the candidates who take the palace examination tomorrow are all determined to become Jinshi. The only difference is the first, second and third grade.
Zhu Qiyu very considerately ordered people to arrange for Wang Wen, He Wenyuan and others to stay in the palace, and they would just preside over the palace examination tomorrow.
A night of silence.
Early the next morning, Zhu Qiyu and his ministers all got up early and came to the Qingyuntai Hall.
This group of candidates was also unlucky. All the three main halls of Fengtian were burned to the ground. It would be particularly shameful to take the exam in the square in front of Fengtian Hall.
Moreover, the emperor lived far away in the western suburbs and refused to enter the capital easily.
So everyone had to go to the palace for the palace examination, which sounded a bit weird.
Fortunately, when I actually entered the square in front of Qingyun Temple, the impression was pretty good.
Qingyun Hall has a tall platform and is as majestic as Fengtian Hall. The main hall, platform base and square are all made of white marble.
The entire palace area is integrated, and against the blue sky and white clouds, it looks like a fairy palace in a painting.
Zhu Qiyu sat on the high platform and accepted the candidates' worship. Then Wang Wen read out the imperial edict, officially announcing to the world that the emperor had obtained his eldest son.
This aroused a lot of discussion among the candidates. Unexpectedly, the day before the palace examination, the emperor was happy with his eldest son. This was a double happiness and a great good omen.
Could it be that the current emperor really has a destiny and is deeply favored by the emperor?
Zhu Qiyu didn't care about this and just signaled to Wang Wen that the exam would start immediately.
Today's exam is still three strategic questions, which can be answered in one day.
After answering the questions, this imperial examination is officially over.
In fact, during the palace examination, the emperor could visit the examination room in person, or he could entrust full authority to the examiner.
This time, Zhu Qiyu sat upright throughout the whole process and stayed with the candidates until the afternoon. The candidates also answered roughly 7788, and were about to start handing in their papers one after another.
At this moment, a sudden change occurred.
For no reason, a whirlwind blew up.
Many candidates' answer sheets were blown up by the wind.
Wang Wen, He Wenyuan, Huang Pu, He Yi and others quickly went over to pick up the examination papers.
Most of the test papers were rescued.
Only Wang Yue was unlucky. His answer sheet was lifted high by the wind and fell to the Kunming Lake a mile away.
Now it's better, now I can't get the answer sheet back.
Whether it was Wang Wen and other ministers, or Wang Yue and other candidates, they all looked at the emperor.
This situation was so rare that the examiner did not dare to make an independent decision as the incident happened in a hurry, and only the emperor could give an explanation.
Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly in his heart, the world is so wonderful, and as expected, what was supposed to happen still happened.
But Zhu Qiyu had a look of kindness and concern on his face, and he told Wang Wen: "Give him paper and let him rewrite. Don't worry, write slowly, we have plenty of time."
Wang Yue kowtowed to thank him, and then continued to write.
Two hours later, the other candidates handed in their papers one after another and left the examination room.
At this time, only Wang Yue was left, still writing furiously.
Although Wang Yue's answer sheet was blown away by the wind, he seemed a little unlucky. But a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise.
After the other candidates left, Wang Yue was surrounded by a group of important officials of the imperial court like stars holding the moon.
Even Zhu Qiyu stepped down from the high platform and held the lamp with Wang Yue personally.
After all, Wang Yuegang was in his twenties, so it would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous.
Zhu Qiyu even comforted me with a very gentle word: "My dear, don't be anxious, just write slowly."
The more the emperor said this, the more nervous Wang Yue became.
Fortunately, the answer was almost complete before. Now I have to rewrite it again and just polish it a little more. Therefore, the crowd of people watching did not affect Wang Yue's performance.
(End of chapter)
