I don't know how long it took, but he suddenly heard a loud shout: "It turns out to be, it turns out to be..." But these last few words were never uttered.
"Grandpa, who is it?" Chen Yonghua felt strange after hearing his words and asked.
After a while, Chen Baoguo came to his senses, solemnly put the jade pendant back into Chen Yonghua's hand, and said: "You must take good care of this jade pendant Yonghua. In the future, this will be your future. No, grandpa will keep it for you." Then, he carefully placed the jade pendant on the table, found a book and put it in the book, and said to himself: "It is safer to find some cotton and wrap it in it."
"What?" Yonghua felt even more confused and wanted to continue asking, but Chen Baoguo stopped answering and turned around and walked out.
Yonghua muttered to himself in confusion: "What is the identity of the person who gave me this jade pendant? Does grandpa value him so much?"
This day passed quickly. Early the next morning, Yunxi returned to the front hall of Qianqing Palace after leaving court. He saw several slightly unfamiliar faces standing in the hall awkwardly, and some of them were sweating on their foreheads. Chen Ji walked over and said a few words to them. Yunxi was too far away to hear, but they all shook their heads.
Yunxi took a few steps closer, and one of them suddenly turned his head as if anticipating his return. Then he bowed and said to Yunxi, "Your Majesty, Zhou Shu, has met."
When several other people heard this, they immediately turned their heads and saluted him: "I have seen your Majesty."
"My dear friends, please be free." Yunxi walked into the Qianqing Palace and said to them.
These people were naturally selected from among the Jinshi in this subject to serve as Zhongshu Sheren. Although the imperial examination system also led to the emergence of some people with high scores and low abilities, those who were able to pass the Jinshi all the way may be stubborn. But there is absolutely no one with high scores and low abilities, and most of them are also the most outstanding talents in the Ming Dynasty, so Yunxi has to select a few new scholars in each subject to serve as Zhongshusheren.
Yunxi said a few words to these people, to the general effect that they were all talented people of the Ming Dynasty, and they would work hard by my side, etc.
Having said this, Yunxi ordered the young eunuch to get two tables and two chairs. Yang Shiqi, Yang Pu and Wang Gen went to the outer court to serve as officials. Three tables and three chairs were vacant, and they only needed to make up for two. share.
At the same time, Yunxi sat down and took turns calling them forward to talk one-on-one to improve his understanding of them. After all, this group of people was different from the group three years ago. That group was all outstanding talents who had been tested by history. , this group of people are unknown in the history books, so Yunxi has to judge for himself.
Because the emperor's expression was kind and his tone was not harsh, a few people involuntarily relaxed during the conversation, but others remained respectful from beginning to end.
He has seen all these, and will keep them in mind for the time being, and then write them in his comments. Being an official next to Yunxi is regarded by most officials as a fast track to promotion. This is true, but if it is under his When I was around him, Yunxi felt that this person was not suitable for an official position, so he would be a lifelong Lao Sheren or transfer to the Hanlin Academy.
The last new scholar to be interviewed was Zhou Shu. Yunxi attached great importance to him. Zhou Shu's strategies for the two exams were very in line with his wishes. After asking Jin Shan and other Jiangxi fellows, he had a very good impression of him. ; Of course, the more important thing is that his younger brother Zhou Wei likes astronomy, so Yunxi Aiwu and Wu looked at him differently.
So at this time Yunxi praised him a little and asked: "I am actually a little curious. How can you solve these two three policy questions so clearly when you live in the countryside?"
"It's just a question of the Imperial Examination. Since it doesn't take long, it's not difficult for me to answer. But how can Aiqing answer the two questions of the General Examination? Even the answers given by some courtiers are different from what I thought."
Yunxi has always been puzzled by this. None of the people in Zhongshu She around him could accurately grasp his thoughts, so why could Zhou Shu grasp it? Even if it is impossible to leak secrets, the test questions were still from him in Guangzhou
When it came out, it was rushed 600 miles to the capital. It was taken out by Xiyao and handed over to the invigilator on the day when the examination began. At that time, the examiners were queuing up outside the Gongyuan, and it was impossible to understand the questions.
"Your Majesty, I won the imperial examination in the first year of Jianye. Although I was unable to come to the capital to take part in the examination the following year due to serious illness, I have always cared about it. Later I heard from my friends who came back that your Majesty was as fond of policy theory as in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and he also focused on the Five Classics.
, I then read through the Five Classics, and went to the county government office every month to copy a copy of the residence newspaper and came back to study it carefully, so I was lucky enough to answer the questions your majesty asked." Zhou Shu said.
"Even so, Ai Qing is extremely talented." Yunxi laughed after hearing this.
In fact, Yunxi did not want local scholars to care about the government. Local scholars often criticized the government just when they saw the inadequacies in the government's governance. Little did they know that people who were not in the position could not know the difficulties of the rulers. Many of them
The reason why we dealt with it that way was because we had no choice but to choose the lesser of two evils.
But since he attaches great importance to policy and discussion, it is natural for him to encourage people to pay attention to the newspaper. In order to select talents more suitable for officialdom, he cannot ignore policy and discussion for fear of choking. As mentioned above, it is the lesser of two evils.
"That day outside the palace, I saw the handwriting of Ai Qing's younger brother Zhou Wei. His calligraphy was very good. I also heard from him that your calligraphy was even better. It happened that Jin Shan went to the outer court to serve as an official. From now on, you and Chen
Let's go ahead and draft and polish the imperial edict on my behalf." Yunxi said again.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will do my best." Zhou Shu was very happy in his heart, but said it in a silent manner. The person who drafted the imperial edict can often show his face in Yunxi, which is a very good job, so of course he was happy.
Yunxi gave him a few more instructions, and Zhou Shu kept nodding in agreement. At this moment, Bao Zhaobao finished drafting a batch of memorials, came forward and put them on Yunxi's table, took out two more memorials, and first put them on Yunxi's table.
Putting the first one on the table, he said to him: "Your Majesty, this is the yamen drafted by the Literary and Selection Department this year except for Zhou Chongshu and other new scholars to observe politics. Please make your decision."
He put down the second copy and said: "Your Majesty, this is the list of promotions and demotions of officials from the fifth rank to the seventh rank who have served for three or six years drawn up by the Ministry of Personnel. Your Majesty, please take a look."
Yunxi nodded, and after Bao Zhao retreated, he signaled to Zhou Shu, then opened the first booklet and started reading.
Yunxi didn't care how other people arranged it. Only Zhou Wei's Guanzheng Yamen was important. Yunxi quickly found Zhou Wei's name and frowned when he saw that the Yamen drafted by the Literature and Selection Department was the Household Department. The Household Department was almost equivalent to the Household Department.
Later, it was a complex run by more than ten ministries and commissions, including the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs. It had many things to do and was the busiest department among the six ministries. When he became an official in this department, how could he have time to think about astronomy?
After Yunxi thought about it for a while, he crossed out Zhou Wei's arrangement and wrote next to it: "He will be in the Ministry of Works to observe politics." The Ministry of Works was relatively free and nominally in charge of Gezhiyuan, so he arranged for Zhou Wei to work in this yamen.
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He then briefly looked at the arrangements for other people, counted the number of people assigned to each yamen, folded the memorial, looked up and saw Zhou Shu, and asked him: "Ai Qing, does he know what your brother is busy with at home these days?
"He already knew Zhou Wei's attitude through Jin Yiwei, so he asked him.
Zhou Shu wanted to know which yamen his younger brother was assigned to, but he didn't dare to ask unless the emperor told him. He looked around again and saw no one around him, so he replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, my brother, these are
I spend most of my time in the public rental house assigned to Brother Chen, and I get up at night to watch the stars and record their changes."
"My brother sometimes writes calculations in the house. It seems that he wants to use calculations to figure out the laws of the movement of the sun, moon and stars. But if he does this, he will soon become very restless."
"Because Deputy Cao of the Academy is currently preparing for the Gezhi Academy, I have less time to study with him."
After hearing this, Yunxi pondered for a moment and then said to him: "Tell him when you go back and try to think about astronomical things from the perspective that the earth is a sphere."
"The earth is a ball? How is this possible!" Zhou Shu wondered whether this was the sequelae of witchcraft, and he actually thought that the earth was a ball. He was also afraid that Yunxi's "wrong" idea would delay his younger brother's research on the "correct" idea.
The theory came from him, so he just agreed lightly: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Seeing his reaction, Yunxi couldn't help but sigh secretly, and then said: "This is my order, you must tell Zhou Wei."
After ordering this matter, Yunxi asked him to step aside, and then told Wang Xi: "Go to the original Yamen of Qintianjian and instruct Sichengtang, the former deputy of Qintianjian, to collect all the existing astronomical records in Qintianjian."
Make a copy of each instrument and deliver it to Zhou Wei's residence on a date that is not noticeable."
He added: "Now that brothers Zhou Wei and Zhou Shu live together, the place is a bit small. Then instruct the person in charge of public rental housing to select two adjacent houses for the brothers to live in."
"Yes, official." Wang Xi agreed, bowed and left.
Yunxi thought for a while but still felt uneasy, so he ordered Huang Lu and others to go to the homes of Zhao Haode, the Minister of Industry, and Qitai, the Minister of Household Affairs, and told them not to ignore the need for money, food and utensils from Gezhiyuan. Both Qitai and Zhao Haode were his.
As a close confidant, he must have listened to what he said in private.
After giving instructions on this matter, Yunxi had nothing else to give, so he looked at the second memorial.
He opened the memorial which contained the list of promotions and demotions of officials from the fifth to seventh ranks. He took a brief look at it and was about to put it down when he suddenly saw two familiar names.
"Zhou Yuan, the magistrate of Jiangning County, plans to be promoted to Wailang, the Department of the Arsenal of the Ministry of War? Li Guan, the general judge of Yingtian Prefecture, plans to be promoted to lieutenant of Yingtian Prefecture? It seems that Huang Huai thinks highly of both of them, and they can both be promoted."
Yunxi had bad feelings about Zhou Yuan because of what he saw and heard when he left the palace again, and Li Guan because of the records in the history books. He felt that their character was not good, but he did not expect that Yingtian Mansion
Yin Huanghuai thinks very highly of them.
"It is said that Huang Huai came to the palace to pay an audience." Yunxi said to the young eunuch beside him.
After a while, Huang Huai entered the palace and bowed to Yunxi: "What does your majesty have to do to summon you?"
"Huang Qing, how do you evaluate Zhou Yuan, the magistrate of Jiangning County, and Li Guan, the general magistrate of Yingtian Mansion, in the past three years?" Yunxi asked.
"Your Majesty, Zhou Yuan, the magistrate of Jiangning County, has been in office for three years. He has been diligent in running errands and worked hard without complaint. I admire him very much. Therefore, I rated him as upper or lower in the first year, upper middle in the second year, upper middle in the third year, and so on.
All three years were top-notch.”
"Li Guan, the general magistrate of Yingtian Mansion, although he was greedy for power and was very keen on serving as an official, he was also very diligent in his appointment as general magistrate and did his job extremely well. Therefore, he was rated as above average in the first year, and in the second year
He was rated as above-middle, and in the third year he was classified as upper-low, and he was also promoted. It happened that Lieutenant Yingtianfu died of illness while in office, leaving a vacancy, so I discussed with Li Ren, the Minister of Civil Affairs, to promote him to Lieutenant Yingtianfu." Huang Huai
said.
He really admired Zhou Yuan, but he didn't actually like Li Guan. Although Li Guan didn't show his shameless temper after Zhu Di invaded the capital during the Jingnan Campaign, in the past three years he was passionate about
Huang Huai still disliked him for his behavior of becoming an official and becoming attached to the emperor.
A few years ago, Huang Huai would definitely not be willing to be promoted to an official position. But since he took up the post of Yingtian Mansion a few years ago, he finally understands that local affairs are not easy to do. Many times, he has no choice but to treat people badly.
The moral requirements are much lower. As long as they do not violate the "Da Ming Law" and the bottom line of being a human being, they really can't care about other things. In addition, Li Guan has done an excellent job in the past three years, and the security of Xicheng has been greatly improved.
It has been greatly improved under his management, far better than the other four cities. Letting him be the lieutenant of the mansion will make him feel much more relaxed, so he decided to promote Li Guan in this way.
Hearing his hint of this meaning, Yunxi smiled and said: "What Ai Qing said is right, but I thought wrong. In this case, I will approve the promotion details of these two people." As he said, he wrote the memorial for them.
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