Chapter 629 The Battle of the Palace Examination 【Part 1】
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Seeing this, the queen had to follow his wishes and move to the rickshaw little by little, and said, "Why should your Majesty be anxious for a moment? Even if she refuses to listen to the words of us women, she should always ask her confidant ministers to discuss it."
The emperor stopped again and turned around and asked, "You mean..."
"I have ordered someone to summon Jiao Jiji. He said before that he was afraid of bringing the sickness into the palace and asked to postpone the teaching in the palace before the end of the month, but now it is almost the end of the month... and the palace examination was what he said at the beginning."
Emperor Longyuan pondered for a while, raised his elbow that was resting on the queen's shoulder again, pointed to the imperial throne in the middle and said, "Help me go over."
The queen then breathed a sigh of relief and thought that Jiao Changqing's name was indeed the most useful at this time.
When he helped the emperor sit on the dragon throne, the queen and Concubine Rong found a few pillows and guarded him around the emperor, so that he could maintain a half-lying and half-lying position.
Concubine Rong was worried that her intentional craftsmanship had left a bad impression on the emperor, so she was particularly attentive at this time. Because the soft and hard pillows were not very suitable for the emperor's wishes, she volunteered to take off her thick-soled embroidered shoes, walked a few steps to the back of her knees, and held the back of the emperor's head with her heart.
If it were in the past, such interest would have been exchanged for a few words of teasing and appreciation for the emperor.
But now, Emperor Longyuan just hummed twice and then there was no more information.
On the contrary, not long after, he couldn't help asking Jiao Shun's actions, and then repeatedly sent someone to supervise him.
It took another half an hour before I saw Jiao Shun quickly stepping into the palace to worship.
"Let's go flat."
The emperor raised his hand and subconsciously corrected his body. Concubine Rong hurriedly followed him with her chest, but after hearing Emperor Longyuan, he said with concern: "Is my beloved, my body is better?"
Jiao Shun had just gotten up from the ground, and heard this, he hurriedly bowed and said, "I asked Your Majesty to Hong Fu, I have recovered a few days ago. I am afraid of leaving any sickness, so I dare not enter the palace without any chance."
While speaking, he secretly glanced at the emperor's complexion, but unexpectedly, what caught his eyes was the lust.
This glance was like the emperor had three heads!
Jiao Shun hurriedly lowered his head and didn't dare to look at it again.
But the emperor asked again: "Do you know what I have called you into the palace today?"
"I don't know."
Jiao Shun had already guessed that the emperor announced that he had entered the palace at this time, and there were only two possibilities: one was for the palace examination, after all, the ranking of the palace examination has not been announced until now; the second possibility was for the Wang Ziteng's business.
However, seeing that the emperor cared about his condition as soon as he came up, it was obvious that the former was more likely to be - after all, the emperor knew very well about the origin of his own family and the Wang family. If he was summoned urgently for Wang Ziteng's affairs, even if he was not vented his anger, he would not have been so caring.
Upon hearing this, the emperor immediately said to Dai Quan, who had been standing silently in the corner: "Go and get that list."
Dai Quan bowed and responded, quickly walked back to the back of the curtain, and soon carried a scroll out from it and sent it to Jiao Shun.
The emperor ordered again: "Put it open and take a look."
Jiao Shun then took it and carefully expanded it.
Sure enough, this is the ranking of the palace examination. In addition to the names and hometowns, the top candidates also have a small comment, and the main ones are the issues related to the new policy.
If you look closely at the top scorer of the first place, the second place, and the praises of Tanhua are all strategic articles on "A Trial of the Why is Wuxi Country stronger than the World".
Jiao Shun couldn't help but complain secretly that he had offered advice to Emperor Longyuan to take the opportunity to take the new policy, but he didn't expect that the emperor would simply determine the ranking in this regard, and even wanted to take over the Three Tripod Armors.
If you release this ranking, you will be furious again in the court.
But the emperor definitely didn't like to listen to this. So he could only pretend to read it carefully while thinking about how to explain the advice.
Soon after, the emperor was impatient and said again: "I had already prepared a list five days ago and transferred it to the Supreme Emperor for review. As a result, the Supreme Emperor retreated again two days ago - I thought the Supreme Emperor was unclear at the time, so I added a comment, but I expected it to be returned again today!"
Speaking of the second half, his half-paralyzed face became more and more distorted.
Jiao Shun thought that the emperor called him to help him evaluate the ranking, but then he realized that he had hit a wall with the Supreme Emperor.
Fortunately, luck!
He said two good news, then he turned his eyes away from the list, and asked calmly: "Your Majesty really wants to get talent for the new policy?"
The annoyed emperor was stunned when he heard this, and then frowned and said, "Isn't this your advice?"
"Why did Your Majesty put these people in the first place?"
Jiao Shun immediately hit the snake and flicked his fingers on the list, saying: "According to the convention, all the officials who do not have to take the court exam and go straight to the Hanlin Academy - it is rare among the civil officials who have such unique insights. His Majesty asked them to go to the Hanlin Academy to be officials. Isn't this a secret bead?"
Emperor Longyuan had not considered these things. He shook his head stiffly and said, "I'm worried too much. Hanlin people often had part-time jobs in the Tang and Song dynasties. I want to imitate the ancient style and I will entrust them with some other errands related to the new policy."
"this……"
Jiao Shun pretended to hesitate for a moment, then said tremblingly: "I think you should not act too quickly. You should listen to his words and observe his actions and confirm that you can integrate knowledge and action, and then you can entrust an important task."
"Um……"
Emperor Longyuan frowned again when he heard this and said hesitantly: "Are you afraid that they will do one thing? You have to be careful. So, with the opinion of your dear minister, how should you act?"
"In my humble opinion, instead of making an exception and imitating the ancient style, it is better to follow the old rules of this dynasty and send them to the Ministry of Education to look at politics and then become more effective in the Ministry of Education. By then, there will be no need to occupy the existing official positions of Education, and it will also facilitate long-term school entrance exams and survival of the fittest."
"Yeah~"
The emperor pondered and said nothing. Most of the so-called Jinshi of the Six Divisions of Political Consultative Affairs were not admitted to the Hanlin Academy and the Inspectorate. They were the second choice. In other words, most of them were ranked among the middle and the upper-ranked people - those with the lower rankings were basically the option of being placed outside.
Therefore, according to Jiao Shun's intention, not only did he give up the first-ranked No. 1 No. 1 Tanhua, but even gave up the second-ranked No. 2, which made Emperor Longyuan somewhat difficult for him to accept.
However, if you think about Jiao Shun's method carefully, it is undoubtedly more reliable and easier to achieve than Hanlin's part-time job, and it will not attract too much resistance. It can be said that it is a way to win multiple goals in one fell swoop.
The emperor was wandering between the inside and the face for a while, and suddenly heard Jiao Shun say: "As for the Supreme Emperor returning this list in its original form, it seems reasonable in my opinion."
"Um?!"
Emperor Longyuan immediately put aside the hesitation in his heart and looked at Jiao Shun with displeasure. That is, Jiao Shun. If someone else was changed, he would probably think that the other party had a second thought.
After a while, seeing Jiao Shun was not at all abnormal, Emperor Longyuan snorted and asked, "How do you say this?"
I heard Jiao Shun answer calmly: "The Supreme Emperor is the assistant to the government, not the head of the government. It is the Supreme Emperor who drafted a ranking, and then His Majesty finally took the final control. I guess the Supreme Emperor was concerned about this."
"this……"
Emperor Longyuan was stunned and Zhan Yan nodded: "This statement makes sense!"
This sentence hit the emperor's knot, and made him extinguish the idea of going to Renshou Palace to theory - he first handed the list to the Supreme Emperor for review, and then ran to argue with reason. Isn't this obvious that he was bent down?
Although it is a common principle in the secular world that my son takes the initiative to see me, it is absolutely not advisable to put it in the royal family, especially now!
Zhengjue's heart was bright, and he saw Jiao Shun bowing again and said, "This matter has been delayed for a long time, and it is really undesirable. I would like to see the Supreme Emperor and ask the Supreme Emperor to draft the palace examination ranking as soon as possible and submit it to His Majesty for the imperial examination."
"Okay, OK, OK!"
Emperor Longyuan said three good words in a row, but felt that most of the depression had disappeared over the past few days, so he immediately ordered: "Dai Quan, you will take Jiao's beloved to meet the Supreme Lord!"
After Dai Quan led Jiao Shun out of the bedroom, Emperor Longyuan was very happy. He leaned against the pillow and sat up straight, saying to the queen who had always been silent on the side: "Thanks to the queen's reminder, Jiao Aiqing was invited to discuss, otherwise I would have been almost confused."
At this time, the queen also vaguely understood some of the tricks and thought that Jiao Shun was indeed a little talented and wise, no wonder the emperor believed him more than him.
but……
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid I will succeed if Lord Jiao goes here..."
"It will definitely be successful!"
Emperor Longyuan subconsciously raised his hand, and the back of his head immediately crashed into Rong Fei's arms. He held up again with some displeasure and said confidently: "Jiao Aiqing will not let my wishes down!"
Concubine Rong was hit and grinned. Although she didn't dare to cry out for pain, she secretly complained. She thought that she could not get a good word for her so flattery. Instead, Jiao Shun said a few words of white teeth, and she was so favored by the emperor. It was really unfair.
However, she also knew that for the current emperor, besides the queen of the Lord of the Six Palaces and the Concubine Wu who gave birth to the crown prince, all the concubines in the harem were far less than Jiao Shun's weight.
If I can try to win over this person...
Just as he thought about some things, he heard the emperor in a good mood say to the queen: "You must keep those two memorials properly."
I heard the queen answer again: "I took it back and put two locks on it. I checked it every day and there will be no omissions."
"Check it? I'm afraid I'm not flipping through it?"
To Rong Fei, the emperor's voice suddenly became more familiar, as if he was having a stroke and was teasing himself.
She subconsciously observed carefully and saw that the queen's face was blushing inexplicably, and she stomped her feet and said "Emperor". The posture of the young child was very different from the usual dignity and gentleness.
What kind of memorial was the memorial they said?
What exactly is written in it?
Why did the queen suddenly become like this?
Concubine Rong's two almond eyes were dripping around, and she felt that this matter seemed to be related to Jiao Shun, or even had a great relationship, but she could not understand the Zen strategy in the words of the emperor and the empress.
Chapter completed!