Longevity Begins with Jinyiwei

Zhaowu three years, July 18.

The voice of reform is still the main body of public opinion in the world, but in the capital, the attention of the government and the opposition has already been placed on this first palace examination since the founding of the country.

At Mao Shi, 408 Gongsheng, led by the servant of the Ministry of Rites, passed the Thousand Steps Corridor and gathered outside the Chengtian Gate.

The Daheng Dragon Flag was fluttering, and the soldiers of the Royal Camp were wearing armor and sharpening, and the entire Chengtianmen Square was under martial law.

It is worth mentioning that not all of those who participated in this palace examination were all the Gongsheng who participated in the examination in the third year of Zhaowu. According to the practice of previous dynasties, if any of the former Gongsheng were unable to participate in the palace examination of that year due to Ding worry or illness. , can be transferred to this palace test.

And this time the palace exam was postponed for this reason.

Some courtiers remonstrated that the emperor had a special order to be gracious, so the palace exam was postponed to give the former tribute students time to prepare.

After the search was over, all the tribute students, also led by the servants of the Ministry of Rites, passed through the Chengtian Gate, then through the Meridian Gate, and finally, in front of the Palace of Chengtian, in front of Dan Bi.

Outside the Chengtian Hall, the reading and receiving officers headed by the cabinet ministers and dozens of deacons stood on the Dan, and after accepting the visit of the candidates, they waited for the arrival of the emperor.

At this time, the emperor was still in the Qianqing Palace, under the service of the palace maids, wearing the emperor's robe.

Hengcheng Ming system, according to the Ming Hongwu year system, the emperor's robe, Xuan Yi and yellow clothes, twelve chapters, the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the dragon, and the Chinese insects six chapters are woven into the clothes, Zongyi, algae, fire, powder The six chapters of rice, silk and silk are embroidered on the skirt.

Ming is the virtue of fire, and constant is the virtue of water. Therefore, except that the overall color of the Gon suit is changed from bright yellow to black, the pattern of the twelve chapters, which means the supreme emperor of the emperor, is still embroidered as usual.

Gongfu Huazhong is solemn and solemn, and it is not a sacrificial ceremony, and it is not on major festivals such as Zhengdan. Today, the emperor, even if it is an ordinary dragon robe, is often displeased.

Now that Daheng is having his first palace exam, the Son of Heaven expresses his importance, and it is also the first time since his enthronement that he wears this extremely cumbersome 12-chapter uniform of the Son of Heaven.

Several maids were busy for nearly a quarter of an hour before they were able to wear this uniform.

"Your Majesty, it's almost time."

Wang Wu stepped forward quickly and reported in a low voice.

"Row."

The emperor nodded, feeling the restraint of the robe on his body, he couldn't help frowning, and glanced at the tall and straight body in the mirror, the emperor turned around slowly, but when he walked outside the hall, the emperor suddenly stopped. pace.

Wang Wu was startled and looked in the direction the emperor was looking at, but in the square, a few dirty children were holding small wooden knives and running around shouting, dozens of eunuchs and palace maids, just like tails , followed carefully, but did not dare to step forward.

Seeing this scene, Wang Wu immediately retracted his gaze, as if he hadn't seen it. There is no doubt that only the little princes dared to be so reckless in the palace.

He knew that, under the emphasis of the emperor many times, several concubines did not dare to disobey, and they all let go of the control of the little prince.

No, let it go, it's like this...

He didn't dare to say more, and in the whole palace, no one dared to say more.

Looking at the little prince and the little princess who looked like a dog, the emperor couldn't help but twitch a few times.

After a while, the emperor retracted his gaze and asked casually, "How old are the princes?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Jing is already two years and one month old, His Royal Highness Prince Huan is also one year and eight months old, His Highness Prince Yu, already..."

The emperor nodded and glanced at the few little princes and princesses who were like the devil of the world. In the twinkling of his eyes, he also set foot on the imperial chariot. Then, with a loud shout, the imperial car set off towards Chengtian Hall.

"See your majesty, long live my emperor, long live!"

When the Son of Heaven arrived, the minister Gongsheng entered the temple, paid homage and shouted.

"You are exempt from courtesy!"

The voice of the Son of Heaven, although seemingly insipid, but when it spread to the ears of the ministers and Gongsheng, it was like a bell, and everyone stood up and thanked them again.

Immediately, the chief assistant of the cabinet came to Zongdao, holding the imperial edict, and stood in front of the tribute students, reading the emperor's holy will and the questions of the palace examination.

The emperor sat upright, listening to the slightly excited voice of Laizong Dao, but his eyes were on the Gongsheng.

According to the usual practice, it is rare to admit so many Gongsheng in one examination, but this time, under his personal intervention, it was more than 30% more than in previous years.

The reason is naturally simple, Daheng is short of officials, extremely short of officials!

When Chongzhen came to the throne, there were more than 50,000 civil officials in the Ming Dynasty, and there were as many as 110,000 military officers.

And with the years of wars and turmoil, as well as repeated purges, the change of dynasties, the rebellion of King Shou and the trend of reform, and this major taxation case, the total number of officials in all parts of Daheng, even if they include the warriors serving as herdsmen in various places, is the total number of officials. It has also dropped to more than 10,000 people, and the number of military attachés with more than 100 households has also dropped to less than 20,000 people.

Even if the recent large-scale transfer of officials to be elected by the Ministry of Personnel, and the addition of officials from the Civil Affairs Section of the Military Academy, they still cannot keep up with the speed of the officials being sacked, or simply resigning and heading south.

According to rough statistics, since the Shou King Rebellion, there have been no less than 500,000 gentry merchants who have moved to Nanming.

Such a large-scale loss, in fact, if it weren't for the current Daheng, the whole is still in a state of military control, and the overall deployment of this Qianzhuang business, the entire Daheng, I am afraid that it would have been crumbling long ago.

And these tribute students in front of them are the fresh blood that Daheng desperately needs to fill the vacancies and survive the fittest.

After the reading of the Dao of Lai Zong, all the tribute students also sat down at each table in an orderly manner, and began the first palace examination since the founding of the Daheng Dynasty.

According to the previous practice, the emperor would mostly stay for more than half an hour before leaving, but this time, the emperor obviously did not follow the practice of the previous dynasty.

After about two hours, the emperor actually got up from the dragon chair and walked to the hall, obviously wanting to inspect the posture. The three cabinet ministers looked at each other and tried to dissuade them, but in the end, they still did not dare to say it, honestly. The truth followed behind the emperor, patrolling the temple.

Obviously, the movement of the emperor also surprised and delighted all the candidates, especially the few candidates who were quite close to the emperor, their hands trembled uncontrollably.

The emperor frowned, but he didn't stop, he was still strolling in the hall, his eyes were also wandering on the answer sheets of the candidates.

The questions of the palace examinations are mainly based on policy thesis, and the policy thesis is mainly based on reform.

Just as the Son of Heaven attaches great importance to things at the grassroots level, he also attaches great importance to these tributes.

Many times, in the middle of the game, no matter how clever and clever, no outsider can see it thoroughly. At this critical moment, the emperor of UU Reading www.uukanshu.com does not want to miss anything that can make him see more thoroughly.

Of course, the intention of this move is to avoid the tricky grading after the palace exam.

After all, at the end of the palace examination, the grading of the papers is instructed by the reading officer. After the merits are determined, the cabinet will review and select the top ten papers, and then the emperor will review and decide the top three.

That is to say, of the more than 500 examination papers, he, the emperor, could only see ten.

The seemingly rigorous system, in which it is not difficult for people who really want to make something tricky.

Now at this critical moment, the first imperial examinations of the state, and there was a scandal, it would be a real scandal!

As for his own reading of the papers, such stupid acts, as long as his head is not flooded, he will not do it.

The emperor's pace was not fast, so he stopped from time to time and stopped to watch for a while. It took more than an hour to look at the scrolls of hundreds of tribute students.

There is no doubt that those who can pass through many tests and checkpoints, and sit in this Hall of Chengtian to participate in the hall test, are all elites among the elites.

Mind, talent, talent, and luck are all indispensable.

Of course, what the Son of Heaven is most concerned about is the hundreds of tribute students this time, more than half of them from poor families.

This alone is enough to prove that Daheng already has the foundation of a prosperous world!

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