The most lively thing in the capital right now, apart from the fact that Li Guangdi, the current great scholar and minister of the Ministry of Rites, was demoted three levels by the emperor, is that this rare scholar of Confucianism is rare in a century. [ ] According to incomplete statistics from the Ministry of Rites, there are about nearly a year.
Thousands of scholars and scholars from all over the world gathered in the capital to participate in the undergraduate competition. However, only three to four thousand scholars participated in the examination the year before last. This year's number of scholars was unprecedented, doubling in one go. This made Kangxi very excited, because the scholars
The substantial increase in the number of disciples not only shows that the territory ruled by the Qing Dynasty is becoming wider and more stable, but also represents the recognition of these Han people's rule by the Manchus. No matter which dynasty has the support of readers, this regime just does not want to
It must be stable. For this reason, he specially brought the prince and the emperor's eldest son to meet with dozens of Hongru representatives, and praised them very much. Even the intrigues and intrigues in the past few days were temporarily forgotten.
As the saying goes, "Long Yan is delighted".
The imperial examinations of the Manchu and Qing dynasties were held as early as the Huang Taiji period, but not often, and the examination methods were relatively simple. After entering the customs, the first imperial examination was in the second year of Shunzhi. Like other dynasties, the imperial examinations of the Qing Dynasty had two purposes.
The first is to select officials for the purpose of selecting officials. The Qing Dynasty had a vast land and needed a large number of bureaucrats to manage political affairs and help maintain rule. Selecting officials from candidates who passed the imperial examination has been the correct way to select officials since the Tang Dynasty. This approach helped overcome the problem of selection
The second is to win over Han intellectuals and ease ethnic conflicts. This purpose was especially obvious in the early Qing Dynasty. Fan Cheng, the great traitor, said: "To govern the world, you need to win the hearts of the people. Scholars are good people, and their experience will be
The people are satisfied." Therefore, the more readers who participate in the imperial examination, the more people's aspirations will be revealed. The population of the Eight Banners is already very small, only one million. With such a small number of people to rule the Han people with a population of nearly 100 million, the pressure is unimaginable. Now I
His regime could be recognized by the Han people, and the whole country responded to the encore. Naturally, Kangxi was so happy that he was even happier than when he heard that Wu Gui died of illness. He issued an imperial edict and asked the Ministry of Rites to do a good job in the examination.
The preparation must not go wrong, and must be "decent yet dignified, so that scholars and scholars can bask in the favor of the emperor."
What does it mean to be dignified? It means doing a great job, and nearly ten thousand scholars took the imperial examination. This is a scene that can only happen when the world is prosperous, a benevolent king is in power, and the world is peaceful! Just for the recognition of the Qing Dynasty by the readers of the world, the treasury
No matter how poor you are, you must spend money to supplement this year's Enke, and you must create a prosperous situation!
Kangxi's whim caused Shang Qiu Jin, the Ministry of Household Affairs, to beg his grandfather to sue his grandmother, and almost went for a high interest rate. Then he deducted some money from the money distributed to various ministries, which was not much, and made do with it.
However, Qiu Jin usually cried for money regardless of where the money was needed. If he couldn't do it, he would find a way to delay it, and even give him a pass. But this time, Qiu Jin was very active and did not ask Kangxi.
I just complained, but I got it done despite the supercilious looks of those Shang. You have to say that Qiu Jin, a Han man, was not only qualified but also excellent as a Manchu official...
Kangxi himself went to the Imperial Ancestral Temple in person to announce the good news to his great-grandfather and slave, Grandpa Taiji and Laozi Shunzhi. Finally, he prayed to heaven for blessings and hoped that the Qing Dynasty would last for thousands of years before he returned with unfinished thoughts.
Forbidden City.
Of course, Zhao Qiang didn't know anything about what Kangxi did. He only knew about Gao Shi's strange things, and he even sent someone to invite him to a banquet. The host of the banquet was Mingzhu, and the time was tonight.
Mingzhu was a very important figure during the Kangxi period. He and Suo'etu shared the government affairs equally, formed cliques for personal gain, and fought for more than ten or twenty years. One was the eldest son to protect the emperor, and the other was the prince. They fought back and forth.
Huh, everything ended in disgrace in the end. There was no heir to the throne that the two of them protected. It was a waste of all the institutions and efforts. Now is the twenty-third year of Kangxi. It is the time when the pearl is prominent. Such a big shot holds a banquet.
, Zhao Qiang was a little confused as to how he could invite a Sauron barbarian to attend.
The person who delivered the letter was Zhang Xiu, Gao Shiqi's follower. As his name suggests, he looks very handsome and has a somewhat readable temperament, which makes people fall in love with him at the first sight. Compared with those servants who rely on power, he is much better.
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It seems that Gao Shiqi had already expected that Zhao Qiang would be a little strange, so he specifically asked Zhang Xiu to tell Zhao Qiang, "You can go to the banquet as promised, so there is no need to panic. Gao has promised you to find a big patron for you, and that's it."
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After hearing this, Zhao Qiang suddenly realized that Mingzhu was definitely a big customer. If he was such a big customer, he would never lose money when doing business with him. He immediately agreed and asked Zhang Xiu to go back and tell Gao Shiqi that he would be on time.
Arrive at the banquet.
"The young one will go back now and let the master know when he comes back next time." Zhang Xiu agreed and then said: "Please the proprietor, please bring all the treasures with you. As long as my master is here, the proprietor will wait for the cashier."
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"Haha, okay, thank you." Zhao Qiang signaled Deqiu to take a piece of silver from his pocket and give it to Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu accepted it after saying goodbye and went back.
"Commander, I found out that Dai Zi's family is outside Chongmen."
As soon as Zhang Xiu left, Ge Feihu returned to the house, and the two of them bumped into each other. When he saw Zhao Qiang, he ran over quickly, with a happy face.
Zhao Qiang was determined when he asked where Dai Zi's house was, and turned around to go back to the house.
"Won't the commander go to find him?" Ge Feihu was stunned. He thought that the commander was about to go find Dai Zi. Unexpectedly, the commander said "ok" and didn't ask about it. Dai Zi
But the commander-in-chief sent people to search for several days before he found him. He knew where the person was yesterday and just ignored him?
"There's no rush. I'm going to take a nap first so that I can have enough energy to meet the big shots. As for Dai Zi, since you know where he is, are you afraid that he will run away? Haha." Zhao Qiang turned around and said with a smile.
After a while, he ignored the two of them and went straight into the house to sleep.
Ge Feihu scratched his head and glanced at Deqiu in confusion. Deqiu chuckled, pulled him and dragged him to the backyard.
Today is the day to read the academic papers of Bo Xue Hong. Suo'etu got up early, got off the sedan at Xihua Gate and handed the sign to the university. As soon as he got off the sedan, he saw Zhang Ying coming out, and Suo'etu stood up
He asked: "You came in so early? Where are you going in such a hurry?"
Zhang Yingshu was not polite and just bowed his hands and said: "The emperor ordered me to draft an edict to Shi Lang last night. Because I don't understand military affairs, I checked the historical records in the palace and was busy until daybreak. The emperor said
He still wants to stay, and orders me to go back and rest, and come back to see the Holy Spirit in the afternoon to listen to him."
Suo'etu was startled after hearing this and said: "The emperor has already arrived at the court now? Are all the ministers here?"
"Tang doesn't have to go to the Qianqing Gate." Zhang Ying said with a smile: "The emperor is in the Yangxin Hall to review the papers today. Yesterday, the prince didn't come, so the master went to Changchun Garden with Ming Xiang and Gao Shiqi, saying that he wanted to transfer some papers from the south of the Yangtze River. We spent a million taels of silver to rebuild the garden and make it a place for Lafayette to take care of him!"
After hearing this, Suo'etu was filled with jealousy. He regretted that he should have had a leisurely day and let the pearl take advantage of the emperor's opportunity, but he said: "I am too tired these days. Long Live the Lord granted me a day off. Have you been there?" "
"We have gone. There are also a group of Hanlin from the Hanlin Academy, accompanying the master to compose poems to relieve his boredom." The two of them were talking. Seeing Gao Shiqi and two boys carrying something over, Suo'etu smiled and said: "I thought I was the only one who came late! What are you carrying and covered with yellow silk?"
Gao Shiqi smiled and said: "The birthday gift dedicated to the old Buddha is nothing but flowers and grass. I am a poor man, but I can't compare to you and Ming Xiang." After that, he held the pot of flowers covered with both hands and followed. Suo'etu came to Yangxin Hall, and Zhang Ying took a sedan chair and went back home.
There was a crow in the Yangxin Hall, and Gao Shiqi quietly placed the flowers under the Danqi, and smiled at Suo'etu in a low voice: "He Mingxiang deceived us this time, and we actually had a day's rest in vain! Yesterday, I came from Changchun When I came back from the garden, the master called me Guanzi, and I didn’t go back until midnight!"
When Suo'etu heard that Mingzhu did not participate in the marking, he felt a little relieved and just smiled. Gao Shiqi had already raised the curtain, and the two of them came in one after the other.
Kangxi was holding a list, frowning and deep in thought, with three stacks of papers neatly placed aside on his desk. Below him, Alantai and Mingzhu, the censor of Zuodu, were sitting on the wooden machine quietly waiting for Kangxi to ask questions. Kangxi heard the curtain ring, As soon as he turned around and saw Suo'etu and Gao Shiqi coming in, he smiled and said: "Suo'etu came just in time. You kept Gao Jixun's paper. Is there a page missing?"
"In reply to Long Live," Suo'etu replied hurriedly: "Gao Jixun only wrote one poem, but he didn't write "Ode to Rain and Dew from the Sky", so the missing poem is so important. How can I dare to be careless?"
Kangxi looked at Alantai and said with a smile: "No wonder your list doesn't include Gao Jixun in the first, second or third ranks."
Mingzhu said: "Gao Jixun is a great scholar. He deliberately omitted the test questions and did not do it. It is really disrespectful. I think that Master A has taken him out of the waiting list, which is really acceptable."
Kangxi took a sip of tea, sat cross-legged on the edge of the kang, and said with a smile: "In these papers, some questions are missing, some have wrong rhymes, some are ambiguous, and some have insinuations. They are all contemporary scholars who have limited knowledge of the world. How can it be so?" Is there a reason why they can't write a poem and rhyme it wrongly? Huh, they didn't want to take the exam in the first place, so they used wrong words and rhymed it wrongly in the exam paper. If I were to fail according to the test paper, Ke Keer would have failed all the most famous people. After getting the ranking, who in the world will believe that his test paper is not good? Just say that I can't recognize people! If I take it in a stupid way, the scholars will secretly laugh at me because I have no practical knowledge, and I can't show the problem with the test paper. No matter what my intentions are, they will treat me very harshly. You can't make them submit just by taking a test!"
After hearing this, Mingzhu couldn't help but angrily said: "This is called ignorance of praise! Long live, please have these people's papers printed in all provinces, so that the world will know their mistakes, and any mistakes, violations, taboos, or wrong rhymes will be deposed. Can’t get it if it falls!”
Suo'etu also said: "What Mingzhu said makes sense!" But he cursed in his heart: You live treasure knows nothing!
Alan Tai sighed secretly, if that's the case, the candidates for this erudite Confucianism competition would be almost all second- and third-rate people. Right now, those who spend money to test account for only 30 to 40%. If those who are truly knowledgeable are not selected again,
, this Enke is really going to make the world laugh.
When Kangxi saw that Gao Shiqi was silent, he asked him: "Gao Shiqi, what do you think?"
"The slaves think that they should all take the exam. This was agreed before the exam. Huang Yuan knew that they were unwilling to take the exam, so they were forced to do it. How could they be in a good mood to write poems and articles? But there were also occasional clerical errors. In this way, it would be a big mistake.
All the famous people have lost their reputation. What's the difference between not building a scholarly school? How many years of hard work and preparations have been in vain? Of course they don't dare to curse when they go back, but the emperor has lost the reputation of not recognizing talents.
It is indeed a waste of talents... Therefore, we must not use the normal imperial examination system to seek full blame. Instead, all candidates have full quotas, and even those who are not ranked will be awarded officials. Those who do not want to be officials will also be given a name, and they will be dismissed..."
"That's it! Gao Shiqi, read it carefully again. Use your fingernails to mark out any absurdities. If you write well, double-circle it with a red pen! Pass the decree, Gao Shiqi writes to make up for the first-class title of Erudou Hongru Ke.
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After hearing the holy message, Gao Shiqi was shocked and overjoyed. It was a blessing in disguise, and his heart felt as if the five-flavor bottle had been overturned, with all the ups and downs. A few days ago, he was as panicked as if the sky was falling. He didn't expect the situation to change like this.
Soon, the emperor showed more favor to him. At that moment, he knelt down with tears of gratitude: "I thank you for your grace!"
Mingzhu here was also happy for him, Alantai was as calm as water, but Suo'etu was secretly resentful. Kangxi looked at the fire clearly, glanced at several ministers, and Gao Shiqi became curious, and then asked about Enke, this is what he said
For half an hour, they were not allowed to leave until noon, and they came to wait after lunch. In the afternoon, they discussed a few more things in Yangxin Hall, and they dispersed when the sun was about to set. As soon as they left the Meridian Gate, they asked for the forehead picture.
Then he took the sedan home directly without congratulating Gao Shiqi. Alan Tai said a few polite words, got off the sedan and left. In the end, only Mingzhu and Gao Shiqi were left. The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly. Mingzhu went to his sedan first.
, walked to the sedan and greeted Gao Shiqi: "I'm in front, you are following behind, and you will get drunk at my house tonight!"
"How can I not obey the good intention of the minister?" Gao Shiqi laughed, got up the sedan chair and asked the bearer to walk slowly. After the Mingzhu sedan had gone half a mile, he asked the bearer to get up and followed him from a distance.