I want to ruin the country

When the news reached the ministers, they panicked. How could this be tolerated?

If no one takes the exam, how can officials be selected? Without officials, who will govern the country?

Besides, where would the emperor put his face?

Everyone wrote letters and made impassioned speeches, asking the emperor to listen to the scholars' opinions and quickly select a new Yansheng Duke.

Memorials flew into the palace like snowflakes. Zaiyuan was also frowning, but Yining smiled after reading them.

He touched his nose and said with a smile,

"Damn it, I, Grandpa, finally got rid of this tumor, why would I invite another ancestor back?

Master Du, please issue an imperial decree to reprimand the Kong family. They have brought such great shame to Confucius. Instead of reflecting on their mistakes behind closed doors, they are trying to threaten me through the mouths of the scholars. No way!

Let me just say that I have investigated and found that there is no one among the descendants of the Kong family who can compare with Confucius, so I will not confer a new Duke Yansheng for the time being!

As for when to confer the title, when someone can truly rival the Great Sage Teacher, you can come to me, and I will confer the title after I have examined them and found them to be qualified!"

Du Shoutian grinned after hearing this. He was comparable to Confucius, who only appears once in thousands of years!

Who dares to stand up and say that I can compare with him? Judging from the emperor's attitude, I am afraid that there will not be another Yansheng Duke for decades!

Despite his thoughts, Du Shoutian began to draft the decree without hesitation.

He now understood that even if all these ministers were put together, they could not match the emperor's wisdom, and any difficulties could be easily solved by the emperor.

Following an emperor like this means you can have meat to eat. If anyone disagrees, come and try.

The emperor had made up his mind, and Zaiyuan had no other choice but to secretly pray to all the gods and Buddhas for protection, hoping that this time the imperial examination would not fail!

When the imperial edict came out, the whole country was in an uproar, and the scholars became even more agitated. Without Duke Yansheng, we would have no backbone.

Since ancient times, Confucius has been the pillar of support for scholars. No matter what difficulties they encounter, as long as they shake their heads and quote a sentence of the sage, everything will be solved.

Now the emperor has actually brought down the Kong family. What should we do? How can we continue to be saints in the future?

Without the words of the sages, many things would lose their persuasiveness. I have studied hard for ten years, hanging my head on the beam and piercing my legs with a needle, just to one day make a leap forward and become a superior person, right?

Now that the emperor has touched the Kong family, he has touched our ancestral tombs!

No, the emperor is absolutely not allowed to do this. We cannot allow those ordinary people with a head full of sorghum flowers to ride on our heads and bully us!

We must fight against the emperor!

The struggle needs a leader, and of course the Kong family is the best candidate.

But when they found the North and South Zong of the Kong family, they were dumbfounded.

Whether it was the Northern or Southern factions, they actually refused to cooperate.

It’s not that the Kong family has really become honest, but that none of them thinks they can compare to their ancestor.

Since I can't compare to Confucius, I can only stay here honestly, otherwise I won't be able to complain to the emperor.

The emperor is using an open conspiracy, there is no solution!

Yining was happy. As long as the Kong family behaved themselves, that would be fine. If they didn’t, they would be dealt with!

He didn't mind copying the Southern School as well, but he heard that the Southern School didn't seem to have much money!

Let the scholars make a fuss, they don’t have to work in the fields anyway!

As for not coming to take the exam, you can come or not. There are only a few more times for this exam anyway.

When various universities are established in the future, the examination system will be gradually abolished. By then, you will not be able to take the exam even if you want to, and you can only miss it!

It must be said that the current vigorous anti-corruption efforts have brought huge benefits to Yining.

After these officials fell, their homes were searched, stolen goods were recovered, and their property was sold, resulting in a total of another 150 million taels of silver entering the imperial treasury.

Yining is really rich. With more than one billion taels of silver in his hands, it is enough to do anything!

We have money to buy warships, money to mine gold, and money to build nursing homes and orphanages!

There is money to house the palace maids and eunuchs and build a hotel chain, and there is money to build a toothpaste and toothbrush factory!

Zhang Zhidong has the funds to build an arsenal!

Chen Fuen can buy grain with confidence. No matter how much he buys, we have plenty of silver. After the relief is completed, we will fill up the government warehouses. As long as there is grain in the warehouses, there is no need to worry!

A large sum of silver was also allocated to Zeng Zhenfan and You Zongtang. The army is built with silver, and less money is not enough!

Next, we need to prepare for the shipyard. Building ironclad ships is where the real money is spent!

Ruijin's eyes turned the color of red jade. The emperor was so rich, but she was still poor!

However, after being scolded by the emperor, he no longer dared to ask for money openly, and could only run to the emperor every day for no reason.

He either looks sad or sighs, and even turns his face away from me from time to time!

Yining was delighted watching his performance. How ridiculous it is for an old man to act like a little woman in front of you every day!

One day, Yining couldn't help but said,

"Don't give me the cold shoulder every day, isn't it just for some money?

I have done so much for you, do you have any idea of ​​it?"

Ruijin said with a bitter face,

"Your Majesty, I just feel it's unbalanced. You're enjoying the best food and the best drinks here, while I'm struggling to make ends meet every day. I'm so stressed out that I don't even dare to stay in the government office!"

"Who forced you to do that?"

"Every department has them, but the military department is the one chasing the hardest!"

Yining asked,

"Is it Senglinqin? How much do you owe him?"

"We still owe half of last year's military budget!"

Yining pondered for a long time. He thought that the more than one billion confiscated funds had gone into the treasury, and it was really unreasonable to owe military expenses.

"I will transfer this money to you first, but you have to tell him that I will go to his military camp to take attendance when I have time!

If there's one soldier missing, or if the barracks are filled with the elderly, the weak, and the sick, watch out for his head!"

When Ruijin heard that he would be given money, he immediately became happy, but he still asked,

"Your Majesty, why don't you say it yourself?"

Yining Road,

"I don't want to give it to him. I even want to disband the Eight Banners of Han!"

Ruijin didn't dare to say anything. It was obvious that the emperor was extremely disappointed with the Han Eight Banners soldiers, and the Han Eight Banners were led by Senglin himself.

He didn't care about anything else and just took the silver and went back.

Originally, after the downfall of Mu Zhang'a and Qi Ying, Yining was in a very happy mood!

That day, the court meeting resolved the issue of two ministers of state, which was an unprecedented victory.

Thinking of Senglinqin, I felt a little angry again. Until now, there has not even been a letter of apology. Do you really think that I know nothing?

However, Senglinqin, the Minister of War, was capable and had a strong character, but he was a little unruly.

Yining is not afraid of being unruly, as long as you have the ability!

He is afraid that you are greedy, incompetent, and occupying the toilet without doing anything!

This time, we gave him money for the sake of Ruijin and see what Senglinqin will do. If he still refuses to change his ways, we will have to replace him!