Looking at his son's back, Yang Tinghe knew that he didn't understand what he meant.
After the new king ascended the throne, Yang Tinghe felt increasingly exhausted mentally and physically.
Liang Chu has shown his talents, Jiang Mian is wavering, Fei Hong and Yang Yiqing are all on their way back to Beijing, and there is also Wang Shouren who is preaching the theory of mind in the south.
He failed to organize Chaogang as smoothly as he expected two months ago, and his son, who became famous at a young age, is still so frivolous today.
Silence returned to the study room, and the dancing candlelight illuminated Yang Tinghe's face.
The determination I had just made was shaken a bit because of my son.
If he really tried this hard, would Yang Shen be able to stand firm after he left?
Yang Tinghe closed his eyes and sighed tiredly.
At the end of the month?
By that time, some people will arrive in Beijing one after another.
He had to read papers tomorrow, so Yang Tinghe stood up holding the desk.
There was still no word written on the paper that had been laid out all night. Yang Tinghe silently stared at the white paper.
Why is it so difficult to write?
In his original expectation, the Ming Dynasty at this moment should be like a piece of white paper, on which he could express his long-cherished wishes.
But things were different now. The new king he had chosen had already built a network around him within a month.
Using the principles of the monarch and his ministers, using the guise of the monarch and his ministers being united, and using Yang Ting and Chi Chen to be loyal to the country.
It doesn't matter. If the emperor has always been modest and prudent in listening to politics, listening to lectures and advice, then it really doesn't matter. Take your time. Many things come slowly like this.
But why do people have to use Yu Qian's matter to discuss privately? Is it saved so that everyone can talk about the reform to build momentum and then follow the trend and actually implement the new law?
That is really going to destroy the foundation of Ming Dynasty!
First, you have to declare legal authority, and then focus on military power. Now you want to enrich the country and reform the law, and you want all the subjects in the world to be as capable as Yu Qian, who can be civilized, military, loyal and honest. Can you control all this?
Many things are simply not safer if you listen to the opinions of a few more people and appear cautious!
What goes up brings results. Behind the emperor who took the lead in the charge when he debuted, now there are opportunists like Yan Song.
What kind of loyalty is it if you only know how to flatter someone?
At the end of the month?
Yang Tinghe scratched his fingers on the table and his eyes became firm again.
Jade is not cut, not a device.
The same is true for his son, and the same is true for the new king!
Then at the end of the month!
…
May 19th, reading volume.
More than 300 palace examination papers sealed the first night were delivered to Wenzhao Pavilion, known as Wenlou.
Now, seventeen record readers are here.
Four cabinet bachelors, the four ministers of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Hubu, five senior bachelors of the Hanlin Academy including Shi Jue, Yan Song, Liu Long, Zhang Bi, and Yang Shen, as well as Xia Yan, Xie Changjie, and Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Industry Wu Tingju and Guozijian offered wine to Jia Yong.
The lineup is complex and intriguing.
Yang Ting and his son are both record readers. The emperor's kindness is too great, and Yang Tinghe is now indifferent.
The holy will given before cannot be persuaded.
However, Yang Shen's qualifications in the Hanlin Academy are indeed sufficient, and he was the number one scholar that year. There are sufficient reasons for choosing him.
Yang Tinghe increasingly felt that the emperor was putting him on the fire.
He and Mao Ji really wanted to elect many backbones as file readers, but most of them were not selected.
Now these seventeen record readers are vaguely divided into three factions: Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu, and Yuan Zonggao each have some people under their command.
But for someone like Yan Song, who was both Yang Tinghe's disciple and now His Majesty's close minister, he could be said to swing between the two sides.
As for Liang Chu and Wang Qiong, it was just because they were attacked together before, so they are currently staying together.
It is already complicated enough, but after yesterday, new camps may be divided due to the signal that the emperor wants to implement new laws.
Yang Tinghe was too lazy to care about this. When reading the paper today, he didn't want to think about who recognized whose handwriting and who chose whom.
So what about the top pick? It was just a matter of entering the Hanlin Academy first.
Liang Chu and Shi Yue, who had gone through many readings, looked at each other in shock: this may be the most harmonious and least controversial reading in history.
Basically everyone is absent-minded.
You know, the palace examination does not specifically copy test papers. In the past, Xinke Gongsheng students submitted poems and essays everywhere on the pretext of asking for advice. One of the functions was to show off their calligraphy handwriting.
When I was reading the exam papers, many of the high-profile Gongsheng students had their names sealed, but they were actually transparent.
Township party members, disciples, old friends... When did reading the paper not involve arguments and compromises between each other?
Now Liang Chu has placed Huang Zuo in the upper class, Shi Yun has placed Zhang Cong in the upper class, and Mao Ji has maliciously placed Fei Maozhong in the upper class.
"I think this article should be at the top of the list."
Yang Tinghe heard Mao Ji's voice, went over to take a look, and then remained silent.
Liang Chu and Shi Yue looked at this article strangely: Is it funny? Aren't you afraid that the emperor will scold the examiners?
But... this seems wonderful.
So Liang Chu nodded, and Shi Yue also nodded.
Anyway, it was Mao Ji who was charging.
Liang Chu, who was extremely familiar with Yang Tinghe, felt something was wrong. What was this old rival thinking about when he was so silent today?
They designated this article as the first to be submitted to the emperor for his decision. Was it to test something?
On May 20th, the Three Cauldrons were ordered.
In the Wenhua Hall, Zhu Houcong was sitting on the throne, with an answer sheet placed in front of the case.
What I got here were ten first-class answer sheets that were "jointly reviewed" by seventeen examiners.
Yan Song, Liu Long, Yang Shen, Zhang Bi and others read an answer sheet one by one, and then Zhang Jin would send it to Zhu Houcong for him to look at again.
According to the unspoken rules in the past, generally only the first three copies were read. In most cases, the emperor did not bother to change the ranking assigned by the reader.
This time, Yang Ting and the others were mentally prepared that the emperor would listen to ten answers, and even ask people to get the second-rate answer sheets for review, which would greatly disrupt the previous rankings.
But it’s unusual.
"Thank you for your hard work, sir. The three tripod armors will be decided accordingly. The rest of the rankings can be judged by the ministers. Please fill in the list, use the seal, and make the edict."
Liang Chu stared blankly at the emperor who got up and returned to Qianqing Palace.
Don't you want to select the talents in your mind when you are asked to take the exam together in Beijing?
Aren't you curious about who the top pick is, and you don't even wait to open the scroll and take a look at the name?
Was it in this inexplicable atmosphere that the Three Tripods A and Two and Three A of the 16th Year of Zhengde were decided?
Alarm bells rang in Liang Chu's heart.
The Minister of Rites was Yuan Zonggao. It was impossible for the emperor not to know the rules hidden in the imperial examination papers.
Are you not worried at all about what the cabinet minister is doing inside?
Liang Chu, who thought he already knew a little about this new king, looked at Yang Tinghe and was no longer happy about Huang Zuo getting this ranking.
Something is wrong with Yang Tinghe.
Something is wrong with the emperor too!
Why can't anyone suddenly understand anyone's thoughts?
