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Chapter 22 Who Is My Capable Minister
What's more, it is said that the times make heroes, and the strong and fierce people are made by history, or whether they can perform normally at any time, Zhu Youxiao is not sure.

For example, Sun Chuanting, a fierce general in the late Ming Dynasty, but the time to make achievements is not now.

Whether the current Sun Chuanting already has that kind of awesome ability is still unknown.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao wrote down Sun Chuanting's name, and he had to examine it before deciding whether to reuse it.

In other words, he is going to give Sun Chuanting space in advance so that he can grow up as soon as possible.

After finding Sun Chuanting, Zhu Youxiao felt that he had gained a lot and was very happy.

Although there may still be talents on the list, he doesn't know them, so he can only feel wronged and suffer slowly, looking for opportunities to shine by himself.

Manchu civil and military, who is available, who is not available, who will be a loyal and capable courtier that he can reuse and rely on?For Zhu Youxiao, this is the big problem to be solved at present.

As an emperor, it would be fun to overwhelm the officials, dismiss them if they refused to accept, or even kill and replace them indiscriminately like Chongzhen, but the result may not be optimistic.

According to statistics, during the 17 years of Chongzhen's reign, seven governors and eleven governors were killed, and seventeen ministers of the Ministry of War and fifty cabinet scholars were replaced like a revolving lantern.

In Zhu Youxiao's view, it is right to kill those bastards who disregard the overall situation and only care about party struggles and power struggles.But indiscriminate and indiscriminate killings will endanger the foundation of the regime.

Chongzhen killed so many people, is there a person who "supports the crisis and stabilizes the situation"?

Facts have proved that not only did it fail, but the situation went from bad to worse, and it became a complete confrontation with the officials.As a result, when he hanged himself on Meishan, there was only one eunuch by his side.

Even if you are the supreme emperor, you can speak well and speak clearly, you can kill whoever you want, and you can do whatever you want, but it is still difficult to save the Great Ming from danger by yourself.

Where and who are the honest officials?Where and who is the famous marshal and fierce general who is loyal and courageous and turned the tide?

Those who want to be killed and those who want to be replaced, Zhu Youxiao has already recorded many names in a small notebook.But who could come up and update the weather really gave him a headache.

My confidants, my ministers who can rest assured to entrust important responsibilities, my capable generals who can entrust the hope of victory, my white jade pillars that lift the sky, and the purple gold beams that frame the sea, why are there so few of them?

"Long live the report, Wei Zhongxian, Eunuch Bingbi, Superintendent of Rites and Superintendent of the East Factory, see you outside." The little eunuch's message interrupted Zhu Youxiao's thoughts.

Wei Zhonggou has come to report on his work. This is related to whether the anti-corruption storm that I am brewing can blow up, and how strong the wind can reach!

Zhu Youxiao ordered Wei Zhonggou to come to the imperial study to play something.

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Huguo Temple was first built in the Yuan Dynasty and was originally called Chongguo Temple.It was the former residence of Tuoketuo, Prime Minister of the Yuan Dynasty.

In the fourth year of Xuande in Ming Dynasty (1429 A.D.), it was renamed Dalongshan Temple. In the eighth year of Chenghua in Ming Dynasty (1472 A.D.), it was named Dalongshan Temple and Huguo Temple.

I don't know when temples and temple fairs have been linked. In addition to offering incense and worshiping gods, taking advantage of Buddha to travel in spring, bazaars and transactions have also emerged as the times require.

There are various stalls in the Huguo temple fair, such as silk and satin, cloth, clothing, porcelain, antique calligraphy and painting, fans, cooking utensils, medicine, food, flowers and trees, word testing, performing arts, juggling and so on.

There are many stalls, so there are naturally many goods. "From inside the mountain gate, there are stalls lined with support sheds, with miscellaneous goods, and tourists are so crowded that they can't stop."

Don't look like a grocery market, but there is a lot of consumption.

There is a poem as evidence: "The East and West temples are full of goods, and can spend millions of dollars a day. How many nobles come here, and the fragrance of clothes still carries the smoke of the imperial furnace."

And among the crowd visiting temple fairs, there are those who can take part in the examination from time to time.The hospital examination and the rural examination have been completed, and the general examination will be held by the Ministry of Rites after the beginning of spring, also known as Chunwei and Liwei.

The date of the examination is basically fixed, and the time is the ninth, [-]th and [-]th of February.

The admission time for the general examination is February 27, and the list is released on February 28.Those on the list are called "Gongshi", and No.1 is called "Huiyuan".

After the general examination is the palace examination, and the date is set for March [-]th.After the palace examination, the top three and the yellow list are produced, that is, the top scholar, Tanhua, second place in the list, and other Jinshi rankings.

Limited to the transportation and road conditions in ancient times, students from Fujian and Guangdong in the south of the Yangtze River or even farther away often embark on a journey just after finishing the provincial examination.

As for the students from Jiangbei, due to the relatively short distance, they usually start their journey after the end of the year, and arrive in the capital in the middle and late first month of the first lunar month.

Of course, most of the candidates who will take the exam will come to the capital ten and a half months in advance. After settling in, they will either review their homework, visit relatives and friends, post posts to visit celebrities, or come to a party to recite poems and write anti-acids. a sour.

There are people in the court who like to be officials, the law has not changed through the ages.

Even if you fail the exam, you still have the qualifications to be an official.If you make friends with the dignitaries in the court, or the children of famous families, it would be a pleasure to let it go.

Of course, it is also reasonable for a foreigner to come to the capital to see the prosperity of the metropolis under the emperor's feet, as well as the local customs and customs.

Wandering around the temple fair, tasting local delicacies, a few acquaintances were talking and laughing on the way to the temple fair.

"The style and appearance of this capital city is really eye-opening. I wait for everything fresh, and only Brother Wen is calm." Wang Juzi said to Wen Zhenmeng while admiring the restaurants and teahouses beside the street.

Wen Zhenmeng shook his head with a wry smile, pointed at the white hair on his sideburns, and said mockingly: "I have already failed ten times in the test, and I am very familiar with this capital, so naturally I don't find it novel."

Another candidate, surnamed Chen, hurriedly comforted him: "Brother Wen has a wide knowledge of classics and history, especially in "Spring and Autumn", and he has experience in the examination, this time he will definitely be able to enter high school."

"That's right, that's right." Wang Juzi, who just said that Wen Zhenmeng was calm, knew that he had made a slip of the tongue and touched Wen Zhenmeng's pain point, so he quickly nodded in agreement.

Wen Zhenmeng is already in his forties and mature, so naturally he will not be entangled in this matter.

The time was not long, and everyone was talking and laughing freely, chatting about everything.

"I heard that this test will focus on policy questions, and the Holy Majesty will come up with the test questions himself!" Wang Juzi said uncertainly.

Juzi Chen surnamed slightly lowered his head and said, "It's not surprising that the Holy Majesty paid attention to the first test after he ascended the throne. It's just that it's not easy to guess the test questions?"

Wen Zhenmeng thought for a while, and said: "The two virtuous brothers have read yesterday's imperial court report that the emperor decreed to reopen the martial arts, and used internal funds to give money to those who entered Beijing to participate in the martial arts, and allowed them to stay in the posthouse. .”

"Hey, Pan Feiyin is given to Wuju, this is a treatment that I have never had before!" Wang Juzi let out a sound of surprise.

To take the imperial examination, the journey is long and difficult.It's okay to say that it's close, but it's thousands of miles away, and it takes several months to walk, and the cost of food, accommodation and transportation is expensive.

(End of this chapter)