Emperor Sui Yang

These scholars who are recommended by the following are called Juren. After passing the examinations of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy, they will enter the palace examination.

The current imperial examination in Da Sui has also been improving. Yang Ming has never been idle, because he knows that the imperial examination is the most important thing.

Under his continuous reform, the imperial examinations in the Sui Dynasty have gradually become more complex and diverse. In addition to ten subjects for obtaining scholars, twelve subjects were added: Mingfa, Xiucai, Mingjing, Jinshi, Sanchuanke, History, Tongzike , Calligraphy, Mathematics, Agriculture, Engineering.

Among them, Jinshi is the first among all subjects, because in addition to the examination of scriptures, it focuses on the examination of poetry and fu and current affairs policy, that is, the main examination is the level of literature and opinions on governing the country and the people.

In addition, the newly added agriculture and engineering have never been done before. Agriculture is farming and planting technology, and engineering is civil engineering. These two technologies have always been controlled by major families, but there are also many folks. Literally relying on practice, special talents who have accumulated a lot of technical experience.

For example, the samurai Xun is an expert in timber tree species. Although he is a businessman, there are not many people who know more about timber than him, and he also understands engineering construction. This is a dual talent in agriculture and engineering.

Yang Ming could see that the yamen of the Ministry of Industry must have some fresh blood mixed in, otherwise it would be people from those families from top to bottom.

This year, a total of [-] scholars went to Beijing to take the exam, the most since the founding of the Sui Dynasty.

Of course, Yang Ming contributed a lot to this, because in the previous years' scientific examinations, some people were indeed arranged, which gave hope to all the scholars in the world. In today's Sui Dynasty, being an official is the ultimate choice.

There is nothing more promising than being an official.

When these 6000 people came to Beijing, more than 6 people were brought in. One person brought ten servants, which is [-] people. Daxing City has never been so lively as it is now, and the sea of ​​scholars who have no place to sleep has gone.

"Say hello to the Chang'an County and Wannian County Government, and allocate some public houses to accommodate candidates. We can't let the scholars even have a place to sleep."

In Daxing Hall, Yang Ming is presiding over the court meeting.

Public houses are some ownerless houses that belong to the county government.

There are not many of these houses, but if you convert all the houses into Datong shops, it will be able to accommodate many people.

Although many scholars are from aristocratic families, they have never slept with others before, but after coming to the capital, you have to bear no matter how hard it is.

Today, Wei Yunqi is here for an audience. With his identity, he can attend Yang Guang's court meeting, but Yang Ming's court meeting, he is usually not qualified.

And he also likes this, because the court meeting is just a meeting, and he has nothing to do when he is idle, but he has to hold his eyelids for an hour or two, which is boring. It is better for the prince to attend the court meeting. Just click it, and you can go back to sleep.

"The public security pressure in the capital has been very high recently, and I request the court to allocate some manpower to assist Huqi Mansion," Wei Yunqi said.

The Hussar's Mansion in the capital is very special. This yamen actually doesn't have much power, because most of his soldiers come from the left and right Yiwei, the left and right Xiaowei and the left and right Wuwei among the twelve guards who changed defenses. The Sifu is the forbidden army.

Those who came in to guard the capital after changing defenses were also called Wuhouwei, which can be understood as the forbidden army in the capital, which is different from the forbidden army in the palace.

As for the Wuhou Guards who were actually stationed in the capital, there were no more than 6000 people, and Wei Yunqi could only move these people at his command.

In fact, it is defense and decentralization, and the capital is an important place. It is certainly impossible for any one person to control the entire capital's guards.

Wei Yunqi's suggestion is actually for power, because in name, he is in charge of the security of the capital, but in fact, there are too many people in charge.

How could Yang Ming tell him: "For this matter, you go to Li Yuan, and he will help you coordinate the guards."

Li Yuan is Jing Zhaoyin and the Duke of the state, so he can attend the court meeting, but he is too busy recently, so Yang Ming excused him from the court meeting and asked him to maintain the capital properly.

After all, the two county offices of the capital are under his control.

What else could Wei Yunqi say?He had originally looked for Li Yuan, and Li Yuan also helped to greet Yin Shishi, Xue Shixiong, Shi Xiang, Xin Shixiong, Cui Hongsheng, and Li Jing, but these six people didn't pay much attention to Wei Yunqi, nor did they How can you take Li Yuan's words to heart?

But now that the prince has let go, the six people have to listen.

In the final analysis, each is maintaining its own power. Once you get hold of power, you won't be able to let it go.

After Wei Yunqi left, Yang Ming looked at Xuangan, frowned and said:
"Why do I feel that you are not working hard at all? There is no trace of fatigue on your face."

Is Xuangan tired? Really tired. The imperial examinations are under his control. He is already in a state of exhaustion, but he is good at pushing work. He has pushed half of the imperial examinations to the Imperial College, so that a group of old men in the Imperial College are exhausted. On the contrary, the Ministry of Rites relaxed a lot.

"I have worked very hard, but no matter how hard or tired I am, I can't show it in front of Your Highness. To tell you the truth, I haven't slept well for ten years," Xuangan said aggrieved.

Yang Ming and Yang Yue couldn't help laughing at the same time.

Yang Yue said with a smile: "The fact is true. Xuangan has worked very hard during this period. There are more than 6000 scholars, with a total of 22 subjects. I feel dazzled and dizzy when I see those names."

He was dizzy because there had never been such a large-scale selection of scholars in the Sui Dynasty. In the past, he just went to the official department to line up.

The current situation is equivalent to mixing in some people who are not qualified to line up in the queue, and speeding up the queue. As long as the exam is over, who can be an official and who can't be an official will have a result.

As for cheating in scientific examinations, it is really unavoidable right now.

Aristocratic families are all relatives connected to relatives. Among the [-] scholars, only half of them can reach Shang Shusheng's relationship. Can you stop it?
Can't stop it.

Therefore, Yang Ming could only do his best to let those people who are not well connected come in and become officials.

After the court meeting was over, Yang Ming returned to the East Palace, while Yang Yinjiang was entertaining an old friend, Mrs. Shen from the Shen family in Jiangling.

"My concubine pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Upon seeing Yang Ming, Shen's eyes became wet, and she hurriedly saluted.

Yang Ming stepped forward and said with a smile: "Madam, get up quickly. I haven't seen you for many years. Madam's hair has grown. It's touching. Don't be restrained. Sit down."

The Shen family in Jiangling is in the Jingzhou area, and it received the most support from Yang Ming. At that time, Yang Ming was still the manager of Jingzhou, and he became acquainted with a painting by Zhan Ziqian. Since then, the Shen family has risen rapidly in the Jiangling area, controlling After entering Jingzhou Water Transport, most of his children became officials, and the family power was in full swing.

This is all thanks to Yang Ming, because everyone in Jingzhou knows that the backer of the Shen family is the current crown prince.

And Mrs. Shen, regardless of her being a woman, is now called Mrs. Shen in the Jiangling generation. She is not qualified enough to be called Mrs., but that's what the crown prince calls her.

In the Sui Dynasty, in fact, only the wives of officials above the fifth rank could be called madam.

Ever since she saw Yang Ming, Shen has been wiping away her tears. This is showing her true feelings. She knows better than anyone else that the situation of the Shen family today is all due to this benefactor in front of her.

She is very close to Yang Ming.

When Yang Yinjiang was in Jingzhou, she often dealt with the Shen family. Seeing this, she stepped forward to appease the other party, and then smiled at Yang Ming:
"Madam's two sons have both entered Beijing this year, and they are currently placed in Jinyang Building. They also have to take part in the scientific examination."

In the past, Yang Ming sent books to the Shen family, and those books were the main question bank for the Great Sui scientific examination.

"You should lead them into the palace and let me see how old they are."

Shen said with a happy smile: "His Royal Highness, the eldest son Shen Tong is 21 this year, and the second son Shen Shu is [-] this year. The second son is a commoner and should not enter the palace."

"Is it useful in normal times?" Yang Ming asked.

Shen said honestly: "They are not easy to learn, but under my concubine's supervision, they are still proficient in Confucian classics. This time the scientific examination, my concubine does not have high expectations, I just want to take the opportunity of going to Beijing to see the prince Tianyan. "

"It's good to know the name, don't worry, it will be arranged for your two children," Yang Yinjiang said with a smile.

Shen was shocked and said: "It's absolutely impossible. The Han family has the crown prince hanging down the curtain, so today is the day. There is no way to repay God's grace. How can we continue to receive grace?"

Saying that, Shen bowed to Yang Ming and said, "This concubine has absolutely no intention of asking to see Your Highness, and please don't give preferential treatment to Your Highness."

Yang Yinjiang winked at Yang Ming, which probably meant that she was not lying.

In fact, even if Mrs. Shen really came to ask Yang Ming, Yang Ming would still agree. After all, this is his biggest supporter in Jingzhou area.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, it's rare for you to come to the capital once, so let Yuan Wendu's wife accompany you for a stroll," Yang Ming said with a smile.

The earliest backer of the Shen family was Yuan Wendu's father Yuan Xiaoze, so the relationship with the Yuan family has always been very good.

Every year, the Shen family only gave gifts to two people from the capital, one was Yang Ming and the other was Yuan Wendu.

After Shen Shi left, Yang Ming called Xuan Gan again.

Yang Ming took the list of scholars, found the list of candidates submitted by Jiangling County this year, and drew two circles on the names of Shen Tong and Shen Shu.

Xuan Gan understood at a glance: "Your Highness is really kind to the Shen family."

Yang Yinjiang frowned and said, "What? Are you envious?"

"How do you say that? Can I envy them?" Xuangan rolled his eyes and said, "You can also tease me every day."

Yang Yinjiang snorted coldly and said, "I asked you to watch Dian Yinghui, what do you think? He even met the head of the Changsun family, and even went to Jinyang Tower, do you know that?"

"I know, what's the matter?" Yang Xuan said with a sense of emotion: "Ying went back to see that eldest grandson Anmin, and he gave him a face. As for the Jinyang Tower, it was just a young man's curiosity. He drank some wine. It doesn't matter."

"He hasn't returned to the palace until now, you go and bring him back to me," Yang Yinjiang said.

At this time, Yang Xuangan noticed that Yang Ming gave him a wink, and immediately understood, saying:

"I'm still busy presiding over the scientific examination, how can I have the time?"

Yang Ming immediately said: "National affairs are the most important thing, so hurry up and make no mistakes."

Yang Xuangan took the opportunity to slip away.

Yang Ming didn't care about his son playing outside for a few days. When he was young, he often went to the city to play. This was normal. Keeping Yang Rui in the palace was not good for his growth.

Boys, let's stock up.