After noon, the footsteps at the entrance of the Hall of Mental Cultivation did not stop.
More than 40 officials lined up to wait for the sanctuary.
However, most of them were things like which house was stolen or which official robbed the widow, and it was almost finished by You Shi.
Xiao Yu rubbed his brows and was about to return to Jingren Palace, only to hear Sheng Gong just say: "Your Majesty, Xu Bowei, the censor of the left capital of the Duchayuan, has something to play."
"Let him in."
A book was handed over, and the surroundings suddenly became silent.
The disasters in Weinan and Huaiyin are serious, and 80% of the grains will not be harvested next year. Xiao Yu just discussed with the cabinet yesterday that the taxation of the disaster-stricken counties will be exempted, and then the tax revenue of Zhejiang this year will be used to fill the shortfall.
Something happened to Zhejiang Weaving Bureau.
Xu Bowei reported that three million greedy ink was found in the Weaving Bureau in Zhejiang alone, not to mention the river dam project.
three million.
Xiao Yu got up and slammed the book on the table with a slam, and said in a cold voice, "Three million, the entire Zhejiang has only five hundred and forty-five thousand stone, three million, they are really bold! "
Xu Bowei bowed and said, "Your Majesty calm down."
It is said to be anger, but Xu Bowei knows that the deeper the current court digs, the more unable to quench his anger.
Twenty years after Yongchang, Da Zhou has already reached the point where it is difficult to return.
In the past three years, Rao is the new emperor who has made great efforts to eradicate the accumulated abuses, and has restored the court to a certain degree of vitality, but freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and the roots and veins are already rotten, how can it be decorated with new leaves
Xiao Yu has been dealing with corruption for the past three years. At first, he wanted to kill chickens and monkeys. When he found one, he investigated and punished the other without mercy. But a year later, he couldn't help but sigh: "If we continue to investigate like this, will anyone still go to court?"
"Xu Bowei."
"The minister is here."
"This matter is handed over to you to handle this matter. The money that was not confiscated must be taken to the disaster-stricken county as soon as possible. There was another earthquake in Weinan, and all the houses previously built collapsed. Xiao Yu took a deep breath and said, "Also, take out the extra satin silk, grain, and wood in the imperial warehouse, household department, Guanglu Temple and other yamen."
Xu Bowei's throat was sour, and he said, "The minister leads the order."
When Xu Bowei left, it was Hai Shi.
Xiao Yu looked at the book in front of him, his brows furrowed, the disasters one after another, the endless embezzlement, and the shortage of food for the frontier soldiers every year...
His chest hurt suddenly, and his body shook.
Eunuch Sheng was shocked, "Your Majesty!"
"I'm fine." Xiao Yu whispered.
Eunuch Sheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Ning Yuan is saying that the injury on your body has not been healed since three years ago, and the weather is the most unbearable. Otherwise, Xuan Yuan should come and take a look."
Xiao Yu said: "When is it now?"
Sheng Gong said: "Hai Shi Mo."
"I'll ask Ning Shengfu to come over tomorrow morning. I'll go to Jingren Palace first, so I don't have to ask anyone to follow me."
Jingren Palace was silent, Zhu Xin saw the emperor, immediately bowed, and said in a low voice, "This servant has seen His Majesty."
"Can your master rest?"
"Yes." Zhu Xin paused for a moment and said, "This servant will call Jieyu to get up."
"No need." Xiao Yu raised his hand and pushed open the door, only to see that there was no one in the hall, his right hand trembled slightly, and said, "Where is the person?"
Zhu Xin hurriedly said, "Jieyu is resting at the First Prince's tonight."
Xiao Yu was stunned, and then walked towards the yard next door.
He pushed open the door and entered, only to see that one large and one small in the curtain fell asleep. He sat quietly on the round stool and watched for a long time.
He was planning to sit for a while and then leave, but Xiao Yun arched his body in the middle of the night and said in a milk voice, "Auntie."
Xiao Yu frowned upon hearing this title.
Qin Yan immediately woke up when she heard Xiao Yun's voice, squinted and patted his back, "Are you thirsty? Huh?"
Xiao Yun hummed.
Qin Xie stood up and said in a daze, "Wait, A-Niang will go and pour water for you."
The man pursed his lips and tightened his chin.
Qin Yan yawned and stepped down to the ground. Before she could touch the teapot, she heard the sound of pouring water...
Qin Jie raised her beautiful eyes, which happened to meet Xiao Yu's eyes. She couldn't help staggering a step and stumbled: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"
Xiao Yu hummed.
Then he got up and sat down beside Xiao Yun with a cup.
Xiao Yu helped his son to sit up, dragged his little face with his palm, and said, "Drink water."
However, the little prince could drink with his eyes closed. After gulping down, he pouted the corner of his mouth and lay down straight again.
Qin Jie looked at the man in the white dragon-patterned robe in front of her, her heart pounding along with her, and she pondered over the place where she might have made a slip of the tongue.
She was completely awake.
She whispered: "Your Majesty... When did you come here?"
Xiao Yu looked back at her and said slowly, "It's been a while, come here."
Qin Jie walked to his side.
Xiao Yu took her hand, stroked her cold fingertips, looked into her eyes and said, "Are you scared?"
Qin Xie nodded and said truthfully, "It's a little bit."
After speaking, she shook the emperor's hand back and said softly: "Your Majesty is down, why is there no sound? But you want to rest here?"
Xiao Yu looked at her, his heartbeat gradually calmed down, and after a long silence, he said, "You rest, I have something else to do, come back another day."
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As soon as February arrives, I will try it.
This year is quite special. The imperial examinations are only three days apart, which can be considered to be held at the same time. Xiao Yu personally appointed two chief examiners of the imperial examinations, with 18 examiners; Eighteen examiners.
The same as the hometown exam, there are three exams in total.
The first test is to examine the Four Books and Five Classics, the second is to examine official documents and judgments, and the third is to examine policy questions.
Everyone knows that the new emperor intends to promote the poor, and he is thirsty for talents, so this year's candidates are also the largest in the past, with a full 6,000 candidates.
The more students there are, the more difficult the questions will be.
No, most of the candidates who came out of Gongyuan today shook their heads.
The man in the brown cloth snorted and said, "This year's questions are really difficult, especially the verdict of the second game. Does this require someone to memorize the entire Great Zhou Law?"
Tang Wen also sighed.
He patted Huaijing on the shoulder, "Huai Jieyuan! How did you do in the test?"
Huai Jing said: "It's still good."
"It's still successful?" Tang Wen said: "Are you sure you can pass the jinshi exam?"
Wu Yangyang was surrounded by people, Huaijing coughed lightly, and said in a low voice, "No."
Tang Wen instantly felt that he had met a confidant, he slapped his mouth and said, "Today..."
Since he has been practicing mandarin recently, he changed his tone and said, "I'll go drinking with you today! We won't return if we're not drunk! It's a long time to come to Japan, who said that once you get there, you have to go to high school! Isn't it!"
Huaijing subconsciously touched the tip of her nose, nodded, and made a low hum.
In addition to 20 examiners in this year's imperial examination, there are also 300 examiners, so the speed of ranking is also faster than usual.
For fair selection, in order to prevent candidates from marking the papers, all the papers seen by the examiners were re-transcribed by the scribes, called Zhu Juan.
Only when it is time to fill in the first list, will the red scroll and the ink scroll be opened together.
On February 14th, all the examiners gathered together to fill out the first-ranking list. Except for the top three, the ranking order was in the hands of the chief examiner.
Only the top three will need to discuss together before writing.
Almost every year, even in the Yongchang years, these examiners have to fight to the death, but this year is more harmonious.
The Minister of Rites stroked Zhu Juan and said, "Huaijing, Zi Sibo, where is he from?"
"Looking at the Yellow Book, it's from the Huai clan in Shandong. I remember that the Huai family was also a jinshi in his early years, and he could write poetry."
"This official wants to see what kind of character he is."
On the day the list was released, the scholars arrived at the gate of Gongyuan early in the morning. Before the clerk who made the list posted the list, they tore off the wanted notice in front of the gate and threw it on the ground.
Another person said, "Why did you tear up the portrait of that chaotic courtier and thief?"
"Hey, it's okay, it's all over the capital, I remember his face more familiar than my wife's, he stands in front of me, I can see it at a glance, it's the same whether it's posted or not, don't let the gold list get bad luck ."
"Come, come, let it all go."
The Golden List is like a picture scroll slowly unfolding in front of everyone.
Tang Wen's eyes went straight to the last one, and when he saw no, he couldn't help but let out a thud, and then he went up, and the third from the bottom was his name!
He laughed three times and said to Huai Jing, "Brother Huai! I've been hit! I've been hit!"
Huai Jing said: "Congratulations."
"What about you?" Tang Wen turned back and continued to look upside down, his heart was already cold when he saw No. 5, his eyes turned upward, and he hit Huaijing's arm, "You shouldn't go out to drink every day! If you..."
Huiyuan: Huaijing.
Tang Wen's voice rose in an instant, "This is called a success? This is called unsure! Brother Huai! This is Hui Yuan!"
The little official who just made the list stepped on the portrait of Su Huaian, looked at Huai Jing and said, "Congratulations!"
Huaijing looked at the words "Re-offending Su Huai'an" at his feet, suddenly laughed softly, raised his eyes and said, "Thank you."
Before the Gongyuan published the list, the Hall of Mental Cultivation received the list of Jinshi this year.
After a while, Lu Ze walked in.
Xiao Yu looked at him and said, "How's Wuju over there?"
Lu Ze was one of the chief examiners of this martial arts competition, so he naturally knew who the emperor wanted to ask, so he said directly: "Qin Suizhi's skills are better than what the ministers thought, bowing horses, riding archers, and foot archers are not the best. Excellent, but they are all passed in one go, and in the infield, it is the literary test, and he will have no problem."
After that, Lu Ze coughed lightly: "Can you send the list of Jinshi from the Ministry of Rites?"
Xiao Yu threw the book to him.
Lu Ze took it with both hands, lowered his head and sighed, as expected.