Liang Chu did well as a Beijing official, especially as an examiner. In the eleventh year of Hongzhi's reign, when he was presiding over the provincial examination in Nanjing, he began to recommend Tang Bohu to his friends.
Tang Bohu's fate was changed by Zhu Houzhao in the twelfth year of Hongzhi.
He was beaten to a broken arm. Although he was unable to participate in the imperial examination, at least he was not involved in the imperial examination fraud. However, even so, during the Renxu talent selection in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, the court did not allow him to pass the exam.
The main reason was that Emperor Hongzhi did not let him pass the exam.
Because this person is indeed a conceited and crazy person, not to mention his wild behavior. Every time he takes an exam, he feels that he will definitely pass it, and everyone else becomes a foil.
In addition, after all, Tang Bohu had something to do with the deaths of Marquis Jianchang and Marquis Shouning, and now Empress Dowager Zhang hates it when she mentions this man named Tang.
The Emperor Hongzhi at that time did not want to cause unrest in the harem, so he continued to block him from the gate of Jinshi.
However, this time in Yi Chou Branch, he came again.
Moreover, Liang Chu also served as a deputy examiner. Zhu Houzhao frowned slightly when he read the imperial examination papers.
Among the people who took the imperial examination in the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, there were three names that concerned him.
One is Tang Bohu.
The other one is naturally Mr. Yan Song.
There is another person who has something to do with the current political situation. This person's name is Xie Pi. Historically, his future official position will not be low. But at this time, Zhu Houzhao took care of him because of his identity.
He is Xie Qian's second son.
Of course, there will also be chief assistants in this department in the future, such as Gu Dingchen and Zhai Luan, but with Zhu Houzhao's historical knowledge, he probably doesn't know these two people.
In the Qianqing Palace, Li Dongyang, Liang Chu, and Yang Tinghe are all present. They are all examiners, and now it is time to sort the scholars.
This was Zhu Houzhao's first official appointment after he ascended the throne, but he had done this before when he was supervising the country, so it was nothing new.
"Is it the same opinion among the three of you to take Tang Yin?"
"Your Majesty." Li Dongyang replied: "Tang Yin is indeed talented, and his writings and sentences are excellent. Tang Yin's failure in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi has already aroused discussion among scholars. If he does not win the Yichou Division, I am afraid that he will criticize him. many."
Zhu Houzhao didn't want to have trouble with Tang Bohu.
Maybe he still had some special feelings for celebrities when he first came here in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, but he no longer has them now. In his eyes, he was the emperor and Tang Yin was a judge. Whether the court takes it or not depends on whether it is useful.
Or to put it more bluntly, what the Ming Dynasty needed was Wang Shouren and Yang Tinghe. Even if it needed a general like Xu Guan, it would not need a scholar who liked to visit brothels.
"But I heard that he was wandering around Jiangnan, and even broke off friendship with his friends after being persuaded by them. After taking him away, what should he do? Manage the Jiaofang Department?"
Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu have always been steady people, but they couldn't help but laugh when the emperor said this.
Li Dongyang was also a little embarrassed, "This person... Hongzhi said he made a lot of corrections after he failed the exam fifteen years ago."
"Corrected? It's easy to change a country, but it's hard to change one's nature." Zhu Houzhao still disagreed, but he didn't seem to hold on to this, "That's all. As Mr. Li Ge said, the appointment of officials in the imperial court must always be fair and follow the path of the imperial examination. Well, since other people’s articles are good, I can’t be unbiased. It’s up to you to rank them.”
….
The top pick, the second pick, and the top pick are all appointed by the emperor, and the other emperors cannot rank them one by one. Moreover, the emperor did not understand whether the article was good or bad, and it was not up to the ministers.
"yes."
Li Dongyang also sighed, not expecting that Tang Yin had such a bad impression in the emperor's mind.
But in fact, Zhu Houzhao also meant to do this for Empress Dowager Zhang to see.
This means: Tang Yin wants to take it, otherwise someone outside will talk, but if he takes it, the emperor will not like it.
In this way, Queen Mother Zhang finally felt somewhat comforted.
"Xie Yizhong (Xie Pi) is the son of Mr. Xie Ge, right? The tiger father has no dogs, but he is good at giving birth."
Mentioning this, Zhu Houzhao became happy again. And because of this, Xie Qian was not the examiner in Yichou Ke.
In fact, sometimes emotions, joy, anger, sorrow, and joy are also tools to express political attitudes.
"He is the second son of Mr. Xie Ge. He is only twenty-four years old. He is young and promising."
"Is there any precedent in our country for a father and his son to win the top prize?"
"There are some who are all Jinshi, but there is no such thing as the number one scholar."
Xie Qian was the number one scholar, but Xie Pi was ranked third in history.
Zhu Houzhao didn't know this. In fact, according to his original intention, he wanted to name a person named Lu Shen. This year's policy topic was economic, which is why the national fiscal revenue was so high in the Song Dynasty as mentioned earlier.
Looking at the depth of policy theory, Lu Shen writes the best. It may be related to his family background, because his father is a small businessman.
But at the moment, the court is involved in the matter of the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian.
Sending Wang Hao and Wang Shouren, ten of them were good, but one was unavoidably bad.
In the cabinet, the political status of Li Dongyang and Xie Qian is very embarrassing.
There were two major affairs of the imperial court, one was the retrieval and the other was the opening of the sea. The retrieval was the responsibility of the Military Aircraft Department, and the opening of the sea was the most critical for the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian. As a result, they were not involved in either of the two major events.
In addition, Liu Jian also went to Shandong.
Do you think this is life-threatening?
But from Zhu Houzhao's point of view, it was impossible for him to continue to drive Li and Xie somewhere in a short period of time.
1. These two people are already very cooperative.
2. They are all temporary ministers who are needed by the court. Why should they be driven away?
3. He is the new king who has ascended the throne. Liu Daxia and Liu Jian have had troubles one after another, and the court is in turmoil. It will take at least two years to stabilize.
So he wanted to keep these two pavilion elders, but the development of the situation made it necessary for him to send Wang Hao.
So even though he didn't want to exclude Li and Liu from the court in his heart, the actions he made were like this, and others would not care what you think, they would only watch what you do.
As soon as the imperial edict from the Governor of Zhejiang and Fujian came out, countless people wanted to submit a memorial to these two pavilion elders, because they received the message that the emperor wanted to touch them both.
In this case, if someone gives up his position, why not cooperate?
As long as the old people don't leave, the new people won't come in. This is a simple truth.
So after arranging Wang Hao and Wang Shouren, Zhu Houzhao was actually considering this move. He wanted to maintain the balance of the court.
Xie Pi is a leverage point.
"From what you can see, Xie Yizhong's answer sheet, can he be the number one scholar?"
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When the emperor asked this question, Li, Liang, and Yang were not very good at answering. Because according to reality, not only are there talented people like Tang Bohu, the former top pick Gu Dingchen, and the second pick Dong Qi, but also Yan Song, Lu Shen, and Cui Xian are actually no worse than Xie Pi.
Xie Pi is excellent, but it is far-fetched to say that among so many talented people, he is directly recognized as the number one scholar, and no one else is worthy except him.
But there are some words... I don't know if I will offend Mr. Xie Ge if I say them...
Probably only Li Dongyang dared to say it. He said: "Xie Pi's talent is true, but some ministers think it is rare to win the title of number one scholar. Moreover, Xie Pi is the second son of Mr. Xie Ge, so his reputation is not worthy of his name, which is even worse."
Isn’t it good that it doesn’t live up to its name?
Zhu Houzhao's mouth curled up. He said that it was not good for Xie Pi if he did not live up to his reputation. He would bear the title of relying on his father to become the number one scholar in the future, but he was very good at the current situation of the court.
When the emperor did such a thing at this time, it was clear that he was looking out for Mr. Xie Ge's face.
Moreover, the matter of two champions, a father and a son, has never happened before. It will definitely cause widespread discussion after it comes out. The ruling and opposition parties feel that while the old favor of Xie Ge is still there, they will also ignore some embarrassing issues of the cabinet status.
In modern political terms, this is called shifting contradictions.
So what's wrong?
Zhu
Houzhao picked up the ink pen and asked before he started writing: "Is it because I have appointed him as the number one scholar that there will be people sitting in meditation at Chengtianmen tomorrow?"
How could such a rebellious thing happen? Li, Yang, and Liang all shook their heads.
Liang Chu said more clearly, "Your Majesty is serious. That will not happen. But...if Xie Pi's father is not Mr. Xie Ge, it would not be a bad idea to appoint him as the number one scholar."
That's it.
Zhu Houzhao thought, in Xie Pi's original history, he was also Tan Hua Lang.
If someone can get this ranking, who can say that there is something wrong with his article?
Now it is just a slightly unconvincing problem. Compared with the awkward position of the cabinet, this problem is simply not a problem.
So Zhu Houzhao didn't care about so many things, and wrote directly on it with a red pen the words "First Class".
Li, Yang, and Liang were all a little suspicious, but the emperor never did anything without reason, and they knew this. So now that it’s settled, don’t fight.
"Let Gu Dingchen and Yan Song take second place and third overall."
Gu Dingchen's article is well done, and Mr. Yan Ge is also looking forward to it. As for Lu Shen, as long as he is in the second-tier A, there will always be a chance for him.
"yes."
Having settled the matter, Zhu Houzhao sat down cross-legged, blowing the slight breeze, and said slowly: "I have issued an imperial edict. Attendant Shi Fengxi went to Fujian to serve as chief envoy, and Guo Shangkun also followed him to Yingtian Governor's Yamen. In this way, there will be a shortage of people in the attendant's room. When the gold medal list of the palace examination is announced, Mr. Li Ge, remember to remind me and let Xie Pi fill in the attendant's room."
Li Dongyang was even more confused. What did the emperor mean by suddenly showing kindness to the Xie family like this?
"Yes, Wei Chen understands."
After Feng Xi and Guo Shangkun left, Jin Gui and Wang Xian were left in the attendant room. Jin Gui is an old man from the original East Palace. His personality is too quiet, so it would be good for him to do some writing work.
Wang Xian's presence is even lower, but he is recommended by Wang Hao. When Wang Hao spreads the theory of "applying wisdom to the world and applying it to the world," he learns best from this person.
These two people didn't report to Zhu Houzhao originally, and they didn't seem to want to do it themselves. Unlike Fengxi who still wanted to show off, Jin and Wang just immersed themselves in their work, somewhat like the secretaries of Fengxi and Guo Shangkun. Organizing the court documents, recording the tasks issued by the emperor, and issuing reminders at the appropriate time, that's all.
But based on seniority, they should be the ones standing in line.
After Xie Pi came in, there was actually one less person.
Zhu Houzhao rubbed his fingers and thought silently, maybe he could ask Yan Song to come over and try...
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