Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 447
"Bohu!"

"master!"

Zhu Zhishan and Shen Jiuniang screamed in shock at the same time.

Tang Yin was lying on the ground and fell to the ground.

The two hurried forward to help him up.

The small courtyard of Zhuzhishan was originally bought by a rich family, and the rooms and courtyards are very well-decorated.

The two rooms at the back are still the lady's embroidery room, and there are blankets on the floor. When Tang Bohu fell, his head just fell on the carpet on one side, so that he wouldn't hit his head.

Guan Lu also came over, and Zhu Zhishan hurriedly called a few people to carry Tang Bohu to the bed. Seeing his breathing, he must be too excited and a little confused.

He knew some medical principles, so he quickly asked someone to cook some refreshing medicinal soup, and poured two bowls for Tang Bohu, and Tang Bohu woke up slowly.

"Bohu, you're finally awake!"

Zhu Zhishan sighed.

Although Tang Bohu felt a little too excited, he was very worried that something would go wrong.

It is not uncommon for people who are ranked last in the imperial examination to die suddenly, not to mention other dynasties in history, even the Ming Dynasty. Sometimes some people just suffer.

Zhu Zhishan was sweating in anxiety, just worried that Tang Bohu's dream would finally come true, and worried that he would just burp, that would be a pity!I regretted that I was too excited to announce the good news. You must know that Tang Bohu didn't care about this exam on the surface and had let go of his previous knots, but it was a big surprise for him to pass the exam!
Who can give up the opportunity of fame and fortune, glory and ancestors?
The so-called not caring about sharing dung with showing off your fame and wealth is just an excuse that is difficult to achieve and you have to give up!

"Xizhe, I... did I really hit it?"

After Tang Bohu woke up, he looked eagerly into Zhu Zhishan's eyes and asked.

"Bohu, don't get excited. It's not easy for so many years, but now it's easy to get what you want. If you get too excited and collapse, you will lose everything. Don't forget that you still have a wife and children to take care of. Let me tell you, you passed the exam." The 58th place in the second class is even higher than Zhu Xu's, and he is 63rd, you have to be good, and the days to come will get better and better."

Zhu Zhishan looked at Tang Yin and said solemnly.

"Xizhe, don't worry, I didn't expect it before. I was too excited. I will take care of myself. I, Tang Bohu, have been wasting my time now. If I can get this Jinshi, no matter what step I take next, life is enough! The next step is to live a good life , I am satisfied!"

Tang Yin held his old friend's hand, took a deep breath and said.

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After the palace examination, the top three determined:
Hua Yao, the number one scholar in the third year of Jiajing;
Wang Jiao, No. [-] in the third year of Jiajing;
Yao Lai, who was in the third year of Jiajing.

I think Qin Shao will be very good at the test this time. Most of the top [-] with a well-done essay are young people.

After reading those articles, Qin Shao found that there are people with smart and long-term vision in any era.

Many people's ideas are very novel and outstanding, such as sailing to see the world, basically few young students object!

Young people often think about the future, and old people often pay attention to the past. A strong youth makes the country and family strong!

Young people are full of hope for the world and full of justice. They don’t have so much worldliness, utilitarianism and greed. This time, we will try to discuss about looking at the world from the outside and opposing corruption. , the discussion on these issues is getting more and more intense!

Later, the discussion extended to the frontier issue, the intrusion of the Tatars and the Mongols, the weapons of the frontier army, and the Franji issue!

Three tabloids in Beijing made special reports on the students' discussions, and invited some students with personal opinions to write articles for the discussion.

Because the tabloids are now published in various prefectures and provinces of Ming Dynasty, it soon became a big national discussion, and these questions became the content of the general examination this time. Many students from all over the place felt that this was the future trend, and they paid attention to this topic. Some private schools This topic is also introduced into the classroom.

In the third year of Jiajing, Daming seems to be experiencing a vigorous movement of new thoughts.

……

A house in an alley in Xicheng District.

"Your Majesty, the gift book we gave you is just to get some food! You have taken care of us a lot during this time in Beijing!"

Seeing how rich the food Zhu Youzhao entertained them, and Zhu Youzhao also asked people to keep adding more dishes, a general of the state of Qin from Zhou Wang's clan said with some embarrassment.

In this test, even though ten participants were admitted, Zaoyang King Zhu Youxi won No.1 in the clan group without accident.

However, the overall ranking is still ranked 150th among the top three.

Even so, the clan children who took the exam were still extremely excited!
You must know that although they are taken care of as special admissions, it is indeed a bit special, but they are several years behind those who are prepared for the scientific examination from birth.

Zhu Youzhen was able to rank among Jinshi in the general examination, even if he was a little behind, this is actually quite remarkable!
Many people study hard for more than ten years and fail!
Zhu Youzhen's grades proved that even if he was not taken care of as a child of the clan, he would still be a Jinshi. What could be more embarrassing than this?
Among the group of people who took the exam, Zhu Youzhen had the highest title at the time. He was the king of the county, with small fiefs and fields.

Most of the others are distant branches of the clan, and they usually live on the clan's annual salary. It's okay to eat and wait for death.

Fortunately, the imperial court provided them with travel expenses, and provided them with accommodation after they came to the capital.

The number of members of the clan's children was not very large, and they all lived in a rented courtyard. After a long time, Zhu Youzhen gradually became the leader of this group of people because of his strong personal ability, wealth and generosity.

Of course, there is another important reason why everyone is convinced and close to Zhu Youzhen, that is, the king of Zaoyang is close to the current emperor. It seems very familiar.

"Is it still called the king of the county? Let us all go with those titles in the future! We can be called according to our seniority! We all have new positions now, and we will be officials working for the court in the future, and we will stay away from those so-called titles in the future! However, this is a happy event. In the future, we won’t be living in a small place like a confinement and not seeing the outside world. ! Wait for us to see this great Ming Dynasty, and to be able to do things for Daming, do it!"

"Done!"

"Done!"

"Done!"

"Done!"

Zhu Youzhen's words made everyone's hearts surge.

After these people passed the Jinshi examination, they have now been assigned to various departments of the imperial court for internships, which is the so-called Jinshi who observe politics, and the Ministry of Officials will assign them various tasks.

First class is of course assigned to the Hanlin Academy.

The second class has ten people in each batch.

In the first batch, the first eight people stayed in the capital department to be in charge, and the last two went to the local area to be the prefect.

Then the next batch will be carried out, and the top eight will stay in the capital department to be the head of the department, and the last two will go to the local area to be the magistrate.

The same method is used for the top three Jinshi.But it is also possible that the top seven will stay in the capital department, and the bottom three will be assigned to the local government.

Even if they are assigned to the same department in the capital, which department they are assigned to is based on the ranking round. For example, the order of the six departments is officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers, then according to the ranking on the Jinshi list, who is the turn Who.

The clan recruited 10 people this time, which happened to be a batch. According to the emperor's instructions, they stayed in the capital for an internship temporarily.

They are considered minor officials in the imperial court now, they all have salaries and subsidies, and the unit still manages food and drink. As for the place to live, they are allowed to live in the rented house until they leave Beijing and are assigned to new positions.

Although Zhu Youzhen is the only son, it seems that there are not many relatives in the family, and there are several old Pu Cong in the family. When he came to Beijing, three of them came with him. In addition to taking care of his daily life, he also wanted another steward to see if the capital could have What business can't be done.

Previously, he lived with those clan disciples to discuss knowledge, and it would be more convenient for him to wait for the exam, but now that the exam has ended, he brought many people, and it was inconvenient to live together.

The steward found a yard for him in an alley and bought it directly.

Anyway, he has a good financial situation and bought a house. Even if he is sent elsewhere in the future, the yard can be used for him, and of course it is suitable to rent it out.

Today is halfway to his new home, he invited those people over to eat and warm the house together.

"By the way, Youyou, you have seen His Majesty, but we haven't seen him yet. I don't know how your Majesty looks like? We have been in Jingzhou Mansion for so many years, and we have never left. Not to mention me, even our King Jing has never seen the current emperor. , Speaking of which, we are also considered royal nobles, but we have never met the Holy Majesty, what a pity! I thought that I might have the opportunity to meet the Holy Majesty this time, but our grades are not good, and we have never had to enter the palace to see the Holy Face..."

A son of the clan of King Jing's lineage said with some regret.

The children of the clan were taken care of for participating in the scientific examination. To be honest, many people below had a little discussion. Fortunately, their places were not occupied, so it did not cause too much trouble.

But these clan children who participated in the scientific examination all know that although the current emperor has great power, he is actually staring at the pressure in this regard.

After all, it is really not easy to break the policy of the ancestors, and avoid dissent from the people below, level the water, and not affect the political situation.

"Your Majesty is absolutely the only monarch of the Ming Dynasty with an unrivaled demeanor, by the way! Let me tell you, who do you think I see in him?"

"Who?"

Everyone asked curiously.

"Emperor Tai Zu!"

"Emperor Tai Zu?"

"Yes, Tai Zu! Now Your Majesty has Tai Zu's decisiveness in killing. To be honest, I have met him when His Majesty was still the son of King Xing. At that time, he was decisive and had a long-term vision. What you see is not a corner case, let people see it once, listen to his talk, and you will be convinced..."

"You... When His Majesty was the crown prince, you...you all met?"

This matter seems to be a bit too exciting. Explosive.

"Eh? The son is helping Wu Zong to do things. Didn't Wu Zong go to the Jiangnan area? You may not know that Wu Zong lacks people around him. He was restrained by those people and always wanted to support our clan. King Xing and the emperor walked away together." Recently, the most supportive of the emperor, Wu Zong had met the prince at that time, and also listened to some opinions of the prince."

As a member of the New Imperial Party, Zhu Youzhen was also close to Wang Yin and the others, and they had business contacts with each other. Later, they gradually understood a lot of things.

The more you know, the more you admire the new emperor.

However, before the policy was changed, Zhu Youzhen still felt that the fact that the new emperor was hiding his identity was not very good. Naturally, he made up the matter and made some changes to make it more reasonable.

However, it is an established fact that the new emperor has an intersection with the former Wuzong.

"You said...you said that the new emperor helped Wu Zong do something?"

The crowd was amazed.

"That's natural! Wu Zong has always liked the new emperor. When the new emperor went to Jiangnan, the new emperor suggested that Wu Zong should pay attention to safety, don't... It's just that Wu Zong was a little careless. Later, he was put under house arrest by those people in the capital, and the new emperor thought about it too. There are many ways to save Wu Zong, but the power is limited! Wu Zong is really a pity! But his last wish is also that the new emperor can inherit the throne of the Ming Dynasty and lead everyone to regain the right of our Zhu family!"

Zhu Youzhen's words were very contagious. When it came to touching, everyone's eyes turned red.

"Since the new emperor came to power, he has been encouraging the imperial family to conduct scientific research. Although this policy was allowed by Wu Zong, it was actually a suggestion given by the new emperor to Wu Zong a few years ago. Now we have the opportunity to work for the court in this capital because of the new emperor. We should be grateful for the kindness of the emperor, and do our best to protect our Zhu family!"

"Yes!"

Someone responded directly, and everyone raised their glasses again and drank the fine wine in their glasses.

"Youyou, I know your ambitions, but you are the king of the county, which is different from us. To be honest, although His Majesty wants to use people from our clan, except for those of us who are far away, those with high titles have a lot of salary. For example, you , as well as fiefdoms and so many land properties, ordinary people are rarely able to give up those properties to participate in the imperial examinations. I am worried that although Your Majesty encourages them, many clan members do not actively participate in the imperial examinations because of the difference in salary. It will be difficult for us to grow. Your Majesty may Have a good plan?"

Some people are more transparent and ask questions that worry about them.

The salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty are not very high. They need to support their families and socialize, and consider their own pension after resignation.

"Don't worry, you have forgotten the exam questions and the questions discussed in this test. The issue of officials' high salaries and low cost is actually the meaning of His Majesty's detection. The seniority is counted, the higher the seniority, the higher the salary, not completely based on the position, I also heard that the old-age salary will be paid when I get old and retire!"

"Pension salary?"

Everyone was very surprised, this word is too novel.

"Did you not pay attention to today's tabloids? The position that everyone didn't pay attention to on the second page raised the issue of pensions. I think this is also a test. It means that after retirement when you are old, you will still be paid pensions. In the past, this was only for the imperial court. I heard that as long as you are an official in the future, you will have a pension when you retire! The purpose is to let everyone work hard and have no worries! This is the so-called high. Salary. Cheap, that is, salary High, without too many worries, easy to clean up!"

Everyone listened carefully to Zhu Youzhen's explanation. They arrived in Beijing not long ago, and their understanding of tabloids is not that deep yet.

But when I think about it, my salary will be higher in the future, and I will no longer have to worry about some low clan salary as before. It's good to think about such a day!
Also, their status has improved and they earn more money than those people, those people naturally think highly of them, and even if they leave the clan in the future, they will be highly regarded by three points. Thinking about this situation, everyone can't help being excited.

"Is Master Zhu here?"

Someone shouted outside!
There was a creaking sound at the door, obviously the servants of Zhu Youzhen's family went to open the door.

"I'm here to preach the imperial decree, the imperial decree has arrived!"

Everyone was wondering who was coming, when a high-pitched cry came from outside!

(End of this chapter)