The civil servants regretted that Shuntian was not as good as Jinling in everything. Regardless of its prosperity, the harsh natural conditions alone made them miserable.
How could a spoiled civil servant have suffered like this, but...it was too late to regret it.
You have come, but it is not so easy to leave.
After studying hard for ten years, I finally became an official. No one wanted to give up. The civil servants complained, but no one resigned.
In a blink of an eye, it's the day to issue the 'year-end bonus' again.
Yongle's 19th year, the first day of the Lunar New Year.
The annual meeting of the Ming Dynasty Company was held. At the meeting, Zhu Di summarized the current situation, looked forward to the future, and drew a big pie for the ministers.
He also knew that the officials were in a mood. In order to appease these people, Zhu Di doubled the year-end bonus, and all the officials in Beijing received big red envelopes.
Being short-handed and soft-spoken, most officials kept their mouths shut. However, in the eyes of officials from aristocratic families, this small amount of money was not worth mentioning at all.
But once the official shut up, they couldn't launch a public opinion offensive, so they had to be patient for the time being and wait for the opportunity.
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After the implementation of clearing the land and dividing the land into acres, the Ming Dynasty's finances were greatly relieved. The state treasury was out of the dilemma of making ends meet and began to have savings.
Xiaopang's pressure has been greatly reduced, Xia Yuanji has a smile, and Zhu Di no longer spends money lavishly. Except for the mood of an official from Jiangnan, everything else is good.
In February, at Xiaopang's suggestion, Zhu Di issued an edict. The court allowed officials in Beijing to bring their wives and children over and provided travel expenses.
Zhu Di further calmed the officials' emotions. The country cannot function without its ministers, and he did not want these people to govern with emotions.
After this move, the court gradually became calm, and the opposition of the officials to moving the capital weakened a lot.
At the same time, Zhu Di postponed the morning court time and changed it to three quarters after Mao hour. (5:45 a.m.)
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On March 15th, Zhu Di took off his regular clothes and put on a brand new dragon robe. He looked in the mirror again and again, stroking his beard and straightening his imperial crown. Today he was very careful about his image.
Today is a special day, the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty is today.
"Grandpa is even more wise and powerful today." Zhu Zhanji licks the dog every day, like a spare tire for a goddess.
"You are getting old after all!" Zhu Di sighed and glanced sideways at his eldest grandson, "I'll be with grandpa later."
"Ah? This..." Zhu Zhanji was ecstatic and said reservedly, "Is this okay?"
Zhu Di sneered and looked in the mirror again, "Let's go!"
Licking the dog, licking the dog, licking everything until the end... Zhu Zhanji bowed his hands and followed Grandpa Huang.
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During today's palace examination, Zhu Di canceled the noon court, and there were only six ministers, ministers, and bigwigs from the Imperial Academy and Hanlin Academy in the Fengtian Palace Square.
When the emperor arrived, the officials saluted, and the candidates imitated the same example, and all their faces turned red.
"Long live my emperor, long live my prince, and my prince a thousand lives...!"
"Flat body."
Zhu Di waved his sleeves and sat on the dragon chair. Zhu Gaochi stood on the left side of the dragon chair, and Zhu Zhanji stood on the right side of the dragon chair. The three generations of his grandfather and grandson showed a concave character.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The candidates stood up with the officials, unable to conceal their excitement.
Li Qing looked at these undergraduate Gongsheng students with great interest. The undergraduate Gongsheng students who could participate in the palace examination were all born with the same Jinshi status and could become officials.
The undergraduate tribute students of this era are not comparable to the undergraduates of later generations. Only these more than a hundred people were selected in the entire Ming Dynasty, which was much more difficult than it was for later generations to go to the Qing Dynasty.
Next, Zhu Di set out the questions, and the candidates wrote vigorously.
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It takes a certain amount of time for candidates to answer their papers, so Zhu Di naturally couldn't wait forever. He only walked around the temporary examination room and then left.
Then, Xiaopang also left. He still had official business to attend to.
You two have left, so let me go too... Li Qing was bored and was about to take the opportunity to run away, but was held back by Zhu Zhanji.
"What are you doing?"
It's not the afternoon, do you care... Li Qing opened his mouth and said, "Look for the prince."
"I think you just want to be lazy." Zhu Zhanji pulled him to the side and whispered: "Uncle Qing, Grandpa Huang asked me to monitor the examination room."
"so what?"
"Do you think this is Grandpa Huang's intention to cultivate me and bring me closer to these people?" Zhu Zhanji asked in return.
Li Qing nodded: "But...what does this have to do with me?"
"..." Zhu Zhanji said angrily, "I... trust you!"
"Thank you." Li Qing bowed his hand, "However, I am already this old and I won't be able to work for a few more years. You'd better win over the newcomers."
After being punished last time, Zhu Zhanji has matured a lot, but after all, he is still young and yearns for power too much.
"Uncle Qing, this is the information about the candidates." Zhu Zhanji took out a letter, "Please help me pick a few. Grandpa Huang asked me to train some of my own people first."
"You make your own choice." Li Qing rolled his eyes, "Besides, the results haven't come out yet, does this make sense?"
"Achievements do not represent ability." Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said, "The main thing is to recruit some of your own people first, and win over them before the results come out, so that you can get closer to each other. How many favors can you get by adding icing on the cake?"
Li Qing frowned, "You're not the prince yet, why are you in such a hurry?"
"Isn't this for my dad?" Zhu Zhanji said, "Grandpa Huang is still strong now, so nothing will happen to him, but if one day... do you think my dad can handle it alone?
With his good-natured character, it would be strange if he would not be bullied when the time comes. This is what Grandpa Huang meant. "
Li Qing said 'hmm', and then said funnyly: "It's like guessing a riddle, no matter who picks it, it's the same."
"Uncle Qing, you eat more salt than I eat rice, and you must have better taste than me." Zhu Zhanji flattered him.
Li Qing knew that this grandson wanted to win over him and cultivate political power, but he had never been interested in empty promises.
So he took the trick and said, "That's because I have a strong taste."
Zhu Zhanji: -_-||"Uncle Qing, do you hate me?"
"It's nothing." Li Qing shook his head.
"Then you..." Zhu Zhanji said resentfully, "I have always regarded you as one of my own, but you treat me... we are so familiar with each other, what's wrong with you?"
Li Qing rolled his eyes, "I'm familiar with it, your attitude of letting people do things... Uncle Qing doesn't like it very much."
I don’t want to ask around, but I, Li Qing, always take money to do things, but you are better off. I still want to do things without taking money... Li Qing just has the words "I have to give gifts" written on his face.
Zhu Zhanji also knew his virtue and promised: "Yongqinghou Mansion will definitely be the first to be completed."
Li Qing smiled and nodded, taking the list and reading it.
There are more than 150 people, and nearly 120 of them are from the south. Jiangxi Province alone accounts for 42 places, and the number of candidates from the north is not as large as the number of candidates in Jiangxi Province.
The difference between the north and the south is too obvious... Li Qing sighed secretly and picked out all the candidates from Hebei and Shandong provinces.
The reason why these two provinces were selected is that they are northern provinces and are very close to Singapore. Candidates from these two places have a natural affinity for Singapore.
Li Qing said: "You can suggest the emperor to keep all these people in the capital."
Zhu Zhanji understood everything at once and praised: "Uncle Qing's move is wonderful."
He drew inferences from one example and said, "These people should enter the Sixth Section or the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Their presence can offset some of the public opinion against moving the capital."
"Not bad." Li Qing nodded and was about to return the list to Zhu Zhanji when he was suddenly attracted by a name in the corner.
——Yu Qian!
Li Qing was very familiar with this name. Even though he didn't know much about the history of the Ming Dynasty, after so many years, he still remembered this person's deeds immediately.
He was from Haining, Zhejiang Province, in the 19th year of Yongle; his place of origin and timeline match, so he must be right... Li Qing took a deep breath and became more serious than ever before: "You have to get a hold of this person!"
This was the first time Zhu Zhanji saw him like this, and he immediately became interested. When he saw Yu Qian's place of origin, he frowned again: "He is from the south!"
"He is an exception." Li Qing said seriously, "Uncle Qing will not cheat you, just use him."
Zhu Zhanji didn't know what was going on, but he still nodded and agreed, "Well, I will be interested in this person. Uncle Qing, do you know him?"
"I don't know." Old God Li Qing said, "Intuition."
"..."
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"Your Majesty, I want to have someone with you."
"Who is it?"
"Yu Qian!"
Zhu Di was stunned and racked his brains for a long time, but still couldn't figure out who this person was.
Nervously said: "Who is Yu Qian?"
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ps: Thanks to the master of "Spicy Potato Lover" for the certification x2 (*^▽^*)
