Wanli Youming

Chapter 49 Zhang Siwei Disappointed

In the evening of the next day, the spring rain was like crisp.

Zhu Yijun had just finished a set of Baduanjin taught by Li Shizhen in the imperial garden pavilion, when Zhang Jing came over: "My lord, Zhang Jingxiu has already told Mr. Yuanfu Zhang that he will not take the imperial examination, and Mr. Yuanfu Zhang also agrees." I agreed, and promised him to stay in Beijing to take care of the housework."

"That's good, I'm afraid someone will make a fuss about his imperial examination."

Zhu Yijun let out a breath after speaking.

The so-called health preservation should start from an early age.

Zhu Yijun has already begun to maintain his health with self-discipline.

After the regimen was over, Zhu Yijun went back to the palace to complete the homework assigned by Zhang Juzheng.

To be honest, in the past year, Zhu Yijun has read all kinds of Confucian articles and books thoroughly, and he has become more and more clear about the inner logic of Confucian scholars in this era.

But what Zhu Yijun had to admit was that after he got to know it in detail, he discovered that there were also sects under the Confucian sect.

And all of this started in the Song Dynasty. Xinxue, Shuxue, and Neo-Confucianism became the three major branches at that time. Later, Neo-Confucianism flourished and became the mainstream knowledge. Outside of Neo-Confucianism, there emerged a new school of psychology that could compete with Neo-Confucianism.

But now there are many branches in these two sects.

If it is said that the reform needs to unify the thinking first, then it is not an easy task for the current Ming Dynasty to unify the thinking.

But right now at least the bureaucrats of the world must form a consensus on being the clearest farmland.

This is the unified understanding reached by Zhu Yijun, Zhang Juzheng and other cabinet ministers in the Xinuang Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.

And Zhu Yijun just wants to know when most of the bureaucrats in the world are willing to accept Qingzhang Tianmu.

For this reason, Hai Rui left Beijing immediately after receiving the imperial decree from the governor of Nanzhili and Zhejiang as the left deputy capital censor and the right servant of the Ministry of War.

He is a clean and honest official, and he doesn't have many servants and family members, so he doesn't need to be delayed for a month at the earliest before leaving Beijing like most high-ranking officials because the foreigner handles all kinds of family affairs.

When Hai Rui left Beijing, Yu Maoxue, who was arranged by Zhu Yijun to meet Gao Gong, finally arrived at Gao Gong's home in Xinzheng, Henan.

"The imperial edict said: I only pay attention to veterans in governing the world. And Qing is the mainstay of the court and the backbone of the country. Eryuan Jianji Temple, a master, a junior teacher and a prince and grand teacher, and a minister of the official department. Juan Tongjing, familiar with literature and science, although he once deceived me when he was young, but now he regards the country as the most important thing, forgives his crimes, and only talks about his ability... I hereby grant you the title of Taifu and Doctor Ronglu, and enter the cabinet to participate in political affairs. Kuang Guozheng, Qin Zai."

Gao Gong froze in place after hearing the decree, then choked up and said in a trembling voice: "The old minister accepts the decree, thank you Your Majesty Long En!"

At this time, Yu Maoxue also immediately raised Gao Gong and laughed, "Your Majesty is a great consolation! Your Majesty has shown kindness to you, which shows that he is lenient, and Yuanfu did not stop him, which shows that you want to settle the suspicion with you."

Gao Gong nodded and sighed: "Your Majesty has the posture of Yao and Shun. It is the old man who was arrogant and didn't respect the emperor and father!"

Although it was to let him go to Beijing to be promoted to a first-rank vain position, Gao Gong knew that this was better than the emperor always hating him.

Yu Maoxue said again: "The so-called thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king. The officials know that the father may not be resentful towards the father of the king. All the so-called injustices are probably due to the unfulfilled ambitions of his life. Many ways of governing have never been seen in The decree. But now His Majesty intends to use public knowledge to make up for the government's failures, so the public should not delay, but should immediately follow the decree to enter Beijing, and the society and the common people are the most important!"

Gao Gong thought for a while, then said: "What you said to the remonstrance is reasonable, even if the old man doesn't give him Jiangling face, he should show his loyalty to His Majesty."

Therefore, Gao Gong didn't stay at home too long, so he really followed Yu Maoxue and went north by car after a few days.

But when Hai Rui went south and Gao Gong went north, the capital was attracting the attention of thousands of people for an incident.

This thing is to try.

It is rumored that Zhang Jingxiu, the eldest son of Yuanfu Zhang Juzheng, will take part in the examination.

Therefore, many candidates are discussing that Zhang Jingxiu must be the champion this time.

Of course, some people said that Zhang Juzheng was a minister of integrity and would not force his eldest son to be the number one scholar because of his own power.

However, some even said that in order to prove his power, Zhang Juzheng would follow Qin Hui's example and forcibly make his eldest son the number one scholar.

For a while, there were many rumors about whether Zhang Jingxiu was the number one scholar in this imperial examination.

As a result, Wu Rulun, who was aspiring to be the number one scholar, said directly to his classmates in the guild hall: "Since this competition, the number one scholar has been determined by the sons of the rich and powerful, I will give up the exam and go back to my hometown, and I will take the exam after three years!"

After Wu Rulun finished speaking, he was really ready to leave.

Sun Jigao, who is also from Wuxi, persuaded at this time: "Is it really decided? Let's talk about it after the exam. Brother's judgment is too early. Don't make assumptions when you are a scholar!"

Wu Rulun was taken aback for being obedient, and then had no choice but to walk back: "Forget it, let's see if Zhang Jingxiu is the champion this time!"

The chief examiner, Shen Yiguan, was in front of the tribute courtyard, and Zhang Siwei invited him to his private house because of whether Zhang Jingxiu would win the first prize.

"Yuanfu's son is indeed the capital of the champion, and it is fair not to make him lose the rank."

Zhang Siwei said this to Shen Yiguan after Shen Yiguan came.

Shen Yiguan nodded obediently: "Siwen's article is indeed extraordinary. But it is not up to me to decide whether it will be ranked first."

"What kind of words are you saying? You are the chief examiner. You can't decide. It's not that you don't know the style of writing. If you see similar old sentences, just record them."

Zhang Siwei said.

Shen Yiguan got up and looked at Zhang Siwei and said, "When reading the papers, ghosts and gods all looked at the lower officials, how dare the lower officials show favoritism?"

Zhang Siwei said with a smile: "Yuan Fugong is in Sheji, recording his son is not for selfishness."

Shen Yiguan asked obediently: "In that case, what's the point of blurring the name of the test paper?"

Zhang Siwei obediently asked: "So, do you want to follow Yuan Fu's wishes? Don't you want to join the cabinet in the future?"

Shen Yiguan said: "I would rather not join the cabinet."

"Why do you have to be like this, even if you don't do this kind of favor, Mr. Yuanfu can still win the first place. In this way, it is better to be a favor of Shun Shui. As for the champion, our cabinet ministers and nine ministers will decide."

Zhang Siwei said.

Shen Yiguan said: "Then read his article."

Immediately, Shen Yiguan said goodbye and left Zhang Siwei's private house.

Zhang Siwei also came to the cabinet immediately, and said to Zhang Juzheng: "Now that the big competition is coming up, I heard that the elder Xiaoge will also end?"

"Who cares about his affairs?"

Zhang Juzheng replied.

Zhao Zhenji asked Zhang Siwei directly: "Why did Ziwei suddenly mention this? Do you still think that the uncle's meeting will let someone make joints for his children?"

"I have no such intentions, I just think that Xiao Ge's article can only be the leader of this session."

Zhang Siwei said.

Zhang Juzheng just smiled and didn't say much.

But Zhang Siwei seemed to be very concerned about Zhang Jingxiu's academic performance, and when he waited for the examination results to be released, he specially sent someone to read the list, and when the family member he read the list came back, he hurriedly asked: "Do you have Zhang Jingxiu's name? "

His family replied: "No!"

After hearing this, Zhang Siwei's face suddenly showed disappointment: "Did he not participate?"

After Zhang Siwei said it, he went to the cabinet to check the house in a daze.

Zhao Zhenji, who was already in the cabinet, saw that he was depressed when he came, so he asked directly: "Why is Ziwei so pale? Could it be that Siwen has failed? Then Shen Jianwu (Shen Yiguan) is also very ignorant of current affairs!"

With that said, Zhao Zhenji also looked at Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "Gouzi didn't participate in this big competition, so Ziwei didn't lose his soul because of Gouzi, or worried about the fact that Wei and Sun Ergong's house was ransacked."

(End of this chapter)