Bachelor

Chapter 376
Old Yang Ge was very angry, he had always been very optimistic about Sun Dan's talent.

This talent does not refer to Sun Dan's poems and essays. In Yang Tinghe's view, these romantic things are usually elegant and elegant. They can be used to test for fame during the imperial examination, but they are of no use to the country and the people.

Yang Tinghe is optimistic about Sun Dan's political ability, and appreciates the tax reform he proposed.I once thought about pulling him into my camp, and then affecting the emperor, making a major change to the court structure, streamlining the structure, and eliminating redundant officials.

Of course, neither Sun Dan nor the emperor approved of such a radical political reform.

Later, because of the political turmoil in the discussion of rituals, Yang Shoufu and the emperor also had fierce conflicts, so that's all.

However, Sun Dan played the role of soy sauce in this. He didn't point fingers at the emperor's exam because he was a close minister of the emperor. Is a pure person.

In fact, the palace examination is just a formality, ranking the Gongshi who passed the examination.

Sun Dan has already won the first place in Huiyuan, and if there are no major accidents, the top three in the first class will not be able to escape.If you write this policy theory with your heart, it will be easy to be a champion.

What is the number one scholar? This title has special meaning for all scholars.

What's more, Sun Dan knew Yuan and Huiyuan in one breath before, and now he wins another champion, wouldn't it be three yuan in a row.Coupled with his own outstanding talent, the future is naturally bright.

But now, Sun Dan got up to hand in the paper before his butt was hot in the examination room.This... is too casual, and doesn't take the palace test too seriously, right?

He doesn't need to be the number one scholar, but if he misses this opportunity, even if he enters the Hanlin Academy in the future, he will have to stay for many years before he can be of great use.If you have the title of No. [-] Scholar, you can save ten years of struggle. Today's cabinet is already old and needs fresh blood.He, Sun Dan, and his son Yang Shen will both join the cabinet in the future, and they will share the worries of the country and the emperor a year earlier, and Elder Yang Ge will relieve this heavy burden earlier.

The country's finances are already showing signs of collapse, and if it is not broken, it will not be able to stand up.A radical reformist like Yang Shen and a progressive moderate like Sun Dan are needed to preside over the political situation. In this way, I, Yang Tinghe, will not die after my retirement.

Sun Dan, oh Sun Dan, why can't you understand my painstaking efforts?

Yang Tinghe suddenly felt a little heartbroken.

After all, he is a veteran minister and chief assistant, so he can't control so much. He strode to the emperor, took the paper of Sun Dan from the emperor's hand, and put it on Sun Dan's case, and said in a low voice: "examination room Candidates are not allowed to leave without a reason if they haven’t finished the test! Sun Dan, pay attention to your manners.”

This sudden change caused the heads of hundreds of candidates to turn around at the same time.

Candidates are a little confused, do not understand what happened.

The emperor was also taken aback by Yang Tinghe's move. He recently had a very unpleasant quarrel with Mr. Yang Ge, and he couldn't talk well, so he just stared at Mr. Yang so angrily.

Yang Tinghe was not afraid, and stared back.

The atmosphere in the examination room suddenly became tense.

Sun Dan was amused when he saw the blush between Lord Shoufu and the emperor, and he was also secretly surprised.Lao Yang in front of him was not polite to the emperor at all. It seemed that the two of them had completely turned against each other because of the questions in the emperor's exam.

It was not easy for him to join in, so he just said to Yang Tinghe in a low voice: "Mr. Deputy Chief Examiner, student Sun Dan has finished the questions, please collect the paper."

Yang Tinghe snorted angrily: "I don't think it's worth anything if it's done in a hurry." He sighed in his heart, Sun Dan, Sun Dan, if you don't cherish your own fame, I can't care so much.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, he took Sun Dan's paper, and while holding it to read, he walked towards his examiner's seat.

Seeing that Yang Ge let him go, Sun Dan breathed a sigh of relief, and bowed to the emperor.

The emperor looked towards the side hall and gave Sun Dan a wink.

Knowing that Jiajing asked him to wait beside him, Sun Dan understood, so he walked carefully towards the side hall.But as soon as he reached the entrance of the main hall, he heard a bang.

Although the sound was not loud, it can be said that Baohe Hall is the place where the palace examination is held. It is the place where the emperor receives foreign envoys and the queen's coronation ceremony. It is one of the most solemn and solemn places in the country, which is equivalent to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in later generations.

Candidates are naturally under great pressure when they enter here. They are all trembling and afraid to sweat, and even their breathing is a little less than usual.

The sound suddenly sounded like a thunderbolt on the flat ground, and even Sun Dan was shaken.

He looked back, but it turned out that Yang Tinghe happened to bump into a candidate's case.It hit him so hard that he stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

After a few circles, Old Yang Ge stabilized his figure.

But the candidates' examination papers are all specially made, not high, only less than one meter, and very light.When he hit it, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk fell to the ground, and thick black ink splashed everywhere.

The atmosphere in the examination room was already tense, and the nerves of the candidates were all tense.Old Yang Ge bumped his head against the examination paper, the examinee next to him was startled, he just froze for a moment, suddenly rolled his eyes, and fainted on the ground.

As a result, the examination room suddenly became chaotic, and some candidates shouted: "Dead, dead!"

"Everything is quiet, everything is quiet, there can be no chaos!" Yang Tinghe yelled, after all, he is the chief minister of the court, with his own majesty, and a first-class famous scholar, who has a high reputation among scholars. Quiet.

Yang Tinghe: "Everyone continue to do the papers. This examinee must be tired. The imperial physician, the imperial physician, come over and feed him some righteous energy water, rest for a while and he will be fine."

Because the palace examination is a national ceremony, it is very important. The imperial physicians from the imperial hospital have long been waiting by the side, and the medicine has also been prepared.Hearing Yang Tinghe's cry, they all rushed out, pinching people, pouring medicine on them.After a moment, the fainted examinee woke up faintly: "Am I dead or alive?"

Yang Tinghe snorted: "Alive, get up and answer the questions."

"Yes, yes, it turns out that I was in the palace examination. It turns out that I have won the Gongsheng. So I am not dreaming. I really participated in the palace examination." The examinee suddenly burst into ecstasy, and picked up his pen again to answer the questions quickly.

Everyone in the hall sighed in their hearts: This damned imperial examination has made people abnormal.This Gongsheng dreamed that he would take part in the palace examination in his dreams, but when he really took part in the palace test, he thought he was in a dream.Zhuang Zhou's dream of a butterfly is probably like this!

Sun Dan watched for a long time, seeing that everything had returned to calm, he just smiled and went into the side hall of Baohe Hall with the eunuch who came to guide the way, and waited there with a cup of tea.

He still didn't understand what happened just now, and what happened to Yang Shoufu.

While Sun Dan was thinking about it, Yang Tinghe was also very annoyed. He blamed himself for being attracted by Sun Dan's article just now, so he bumped into an examinee's desk, and greatly lost his position as the chief assistant of the cabinet. decent.

It turned out that like Emperor Jiajing, he was completely attracted by Sun Dan's article after only one glance.

Yang Ge has been an official all his life and has presided over the cabinet for many years. It can be said that the affairs of the Ming Dynasty are all in his heart. How can he not see the hidden meaning in Sun Dan's article.

This guy is determined to implement his tax reform. Through this method, it can be said that all the officials in the world have been kidnapped.

However, this is good governance, which is of great benefit to the country, the people, the monarch and the officials.

It seems that it is an unstoppable trend to use silver as the settlement unit of taxation and to abolish real tax and corvee.

This method is not bad.

but……

Yang Tinghe was fascinated by it, but suddenly remembered an important thing. The country’s mines only produce a little silver every year. If all silver is used, at least 3000 million taels of cash will be needed in the market. But where do we get it? So much money coming out?

Is it really necessary to ship by sea and find a way from overseas?
You can find a way to get silver from overseas, but you need equivalent items to exchange.Is the silk produced by Jiangnan and Fangshan Weaving Bureau enough?
It seems that the tea production in Jiangxi, Fujian Province will not be successful this year.

As for porcelain, it is still stable.

……

He was so engrossed in this thought that he bumped his head into it, almost making a big fool of himself.

Of course, the emperor must be very proud.This young prince, I'm afraid his heart is already full of joy at this moment.He hates me, Yang Tinghe.

After returning to the examiner's seat, Yang Tinghe looked at Sun Dan's paper again, and handed it to the other two cabinet ministers.

Mao Ji and Jiang Mian glanced at each other, exchanged glances at the same time, then nodded and said in a low voice, "It's time to judge."

Yang Tinghe: "Please."

Mao Jidi drew a small circle on one of the sentences with a cinnabar pen, indicating that this sentence can be regarded as excellent.

Jiang Mian also drew a small circle on two of the sentences.

Then several other examiners read the paper, and each drew a lot of small circles on it.

In the assessment of the palace examination, if a good sentence is encountered, the examiner will draw a circle on it as a mark.In the end, the one with the most circles will naturally be the champion.

Yang Tinghe suddenly laughed and discussed with the other seven people in a low voice: "This paper has not been sealed, so it is not in accordance with the rules."

"Otherwise, the emperor will be the examiner himself, and he has already read the papers just now, so let's follow the authority." The meaning of everyone is very clear. Since the emperor does not follow the rules, there is no need for everyone to abide by the palace examination anyway. It's just going through the motions and setting a ranking for everyone.The emperor is the biggest, and his rules are naturally the imperial court's regulations.

After this review, Sun Dan's paper was naturally full of red circles.

The number one scholar in this subject will not be able to escape.

But Sun Dan was sitting in the side hall waiting at the moment, so naturally he didn't know all this.

He waited for a while, but saw Jiajing walking in.

Sun Dan hurriedly stood up.

The emperor waved his hand: "Excuse me, the matter is urgent, and there is no need for so many etiquettes. You go out of the city and go to Tongzhou immediately."

Sun Dan: "May I ask what your Majesty asked the minister to do in Tongzhou?"

Emperor Jiajing: "My mother's queen has arrived, and now she is staying in the Tongzhou palace and cannot enter the city. You go there, I have something to do for you."

(End of this chapter)