"What are you doing standing still? Take it out quickly." Zhu Yuanzhang urged: "If you don't know Yu Xing's word "熂", the character is pronounced 'qi'."
Zhu Zhen thought to himself, "How about "play"? He happened to have learned this word in Guozixue, oh yeah!
Of course, he did not dare to correct his father. This old thief was narrow-minded and might allow him to study at the Imperial Academy for a few more months and learn a few more words. That would cost him his life.
So he didn't say anything, calmed down, and quickly found the box labeled "Yu Ji of the Official Book" and pulled out the small copper drawer. Inside was a stack of "Ri Cheng Memorial" of Jin Yiwei.
Zhu Zhen took out the pile of sun memorials and presented them to the emperor.
"Let's take a look." Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly.
"Yes." Zhu Zhen flipped through the dates and read from the earliest one.
Starting from the eighth day of last month, Yu Budang's detailed words and deeds from morning to night every day were exposed to him at a glance.
It's so detailed that it's so detailed - from when Yu Ji got up, what he had for breakfast, what he said to his family, to what was discussed at the Yamen, and when he met those people alone, and then when he went home at night , what was served for dinner, what personal words were said to the wife, which concubine did he sleep with, how many times did he have sex at night, what positions were used, what props were used... everything was recorded in detail and clearly.
I don’t know how other people would feel when they saw this, but Lao Liu was horrified anyway. If he was being watched so closely, then if he scolded the old thief every day in private, would he be... beaten to death?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva. It seems that he will have to be more careful in the future...
"Yu Ji is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. He is in charge of the promotion and removal of officials all over the world. The position is too important, so I let your fourth brother take care of it. Is it reasonable?" Seeing the shock that could not be concealed on Lao Liu's face, the old thief I was a little embarrassed, so I said haha.
"It's reasonable, very reasonable..." Lao Liu quickly covered it up: "He quite likes to play chess with Wang Guangyang."
"Wang Guangyang, I thought he was ruined, but I didn't expect him to be dishonest..." Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes narrowed and he said in a deep voice:
"We thought he was the mastermind at first, but later we found out he wasn't. He was just someone they tried their best to win over. In order to restore the imperial examination, these people really did everything they could."
"After all, he is also a dignified Prime Minister and a loyal and Qin Bo. Even if he has been slacking off in the past two years, his influence is still there." Lao Liu smiled and continued to read. He saw the record on the sixth day of this month - Yu Budang invited The conversation between Chen Qianfu, the teacher at that time and assistant Guozixue teacher, when he came to play chess at home was as follows...
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That day in Yu Mansion's study room, Yu Ji and Chen Qianfu were playing chess.
After losing a son, Chen Qianfu, who was white-haired and very good-looking, smiled and said:
"Now that the public opinion has been laid out, Shigemoto, you have nothing to worry about now, right?"
Mao is originally the Chinese character for Yu Heng. He has sharp eyebrows and starry eyes. He is handsome and handsome. He looks less than forty years old.
He is indeed very young.
Yu Ji was the son of a tweezer in Kunshan, but he was rarely talented. He traveled from Yin Kui and Chen Qianfu, and became proficient in the study of "Spring and Autumn". In the fifth year of Hongwu, he was recommended to the imperial court by Yousi. After the emperor's personal examination, he showed great merit and was awarded Chengchilang. After the establishment of the General Affairs Department, he served as a counselor, and last year he was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Personnel...
Although the Ming Dynasty officialdom was frequently reformed, officials in this era were often promoted, but it was still rare for him to be appointed as Otsuka Prime Minister as quickly as he did. If he was not universally praised for his ability and character, even if Boss Zhu was partial to him, he could not be ignored. mentioned in such an important position.
Yu Ji also knew that his foundation was shallow, so he kept a low profile. He was usually honest and self-sufficient, cautious in his words and deeds. Therefore, even if it was the request of his mentor, he was still very cautious and did not agree to it.
But at this time, Chen Qianfu came to visit for the second time, and brought the news that all the Guozi scholars jointly impeached Song Ne. If he refused to agree, it would be really unjustifiable.
After pondering for a moment, Yu Jiluozi said:
"Teacher, don't worry. It is the rule of the imperial court to reach the official position at the age of seventy. Normally, the officials should be transferred to the Song Dynasty for wine."
As he spoke, he smiled and explained: "It's just that officials of Song Jijiu's level are required to give a speech as a rule. If the emperor wants to retain him, the staff will be powerless by then. So we need to create public opinion first. Get up, then the emperor will be less likely to retain him."
"Well, I will continue to mobilize the officials from the Yushitai and attack them in groups." Chen Qianfu nodded.
"Okay, in two days I will arrange for the examination department to write to him and order him to take office as scheduled." Yu Ji nodded and said: "Then who will take over? Does the teacher have someone to choose?"
"Just Wang Siye." Chen Qianfu gave birth to another child.
"This guy is not very good. Not only his abilities are mediocre, but he also likes to mess around and make a mess wherever he goes." Yu Xu said with a bitter smile: "I really don't know how he gets better and better the more he messes around."
"Because he is from western Zhejiang." Chen Qianfu smiled faintly, glanced at Yu Xu and said, "When we old guys recommended you to become an official in the court, I told you that only people from the same country are our own. .”
"Yes. Master has taught me that in the imperial court, no one can be relied upon, only fellow countrymen." Yu Xu nodded helplessly. Although he was an upright official, his father and brother had been poor all their lives. How could he resist the temptation? He had been there for a long time. Under the arrangement of a wealthy family from the same town, he lived a life of debauchery and debauchery.
Therefore, whether it was morally or realistically, he could not refuse the other party's request. Yu Xu sighed softly: "Teacher, don't you have any other candidates? I have to use this kind of person as a sacrificial wine."
"It is only with this kind of people that we can completely destroy Guozi studies. Only if Guozi studies are ruined can our grand plan be realized." Chen Qianfu said unmoved.
"If a scholar fails in his studies, can the imperial examination be resumed?" Yu Xu smiled bitterly and said, "I'm sorry."
"Definitely." Chen Qianfu nodded heavily and said confidently: "There are three main ways to select talents as officials in our court - recommendation, imperial examination and school."
"Now the recommendation is rotten. Talents like Liu Bowen and Song Qianxi can no longer be recommended, and even talents like you, Maomoto, are gone.
"Those so-called village sages who have been recommended over the years are sweating coldly and unable to speak when they arrive at the Golden Palace, just like Qin Wuyang meeting the King of Qin. Moreover, they have very little experience. Even if the emperor gives them official positions, they will not take it seriously."
"That's true. In the past few years, the worst performance evaluations have been made by the recommendation officials." Yu Xun nodded and said, "I don't know why."
"What other reasons could there be..." Chen Qianfu chuckled and said, "The emperor has broken the rules. Back then, he killed Gao Qi who refused to serve as an official. How could the world's most famous scholars be willing to serve him again? That's why.
Xia Boqi's uncle and nephew in Jiangxi Province, in order to refuse to be recruited by the imperial court, each had his left big finger amputated and mutilated himself to avoid becoming an official."
"Hmm..." Yu Xu nodded. How could he not know about the scandal involving Xia Boqi's uncle and nephew's finger-cutting case, which caused a lot of commotion back then.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang later cut off the other nine fingers and heads of the two people, it had a great impact on the Ming Dynasty scholars. It also worsened the relationship between the two parties, which was already disgusting with each other.
