Zhu Houzhao finally returned to the city from the mountains. He had to preside over the palace examination and wait for the number one scholar to be selected.
Although the emperor set the questions for the palace examination, the examiner mostly did it for him. Historically, the question for this year's palace examination was written by Zhang Cong, and the key words were "protect the country and the people." Now it is changed to Yang Tinghe, and the key words are almost the same.
It becomes "governing the country and bringing peace to the people".
Jiajing's "protection of the country and the people" stemmed from the fact that there were Mongolia in the north, Japanese pirates in the south, rebellions in the country, and natural disasters for several consecutive years.
Zhengde's idea of "ruling the country and bringing peace to the people" stems from the frequent rebellions and frequent natural disasters that have occurred for many years.
The questions in the palace examination closely follow current events and are not randomly chosen.
The questions are similar, and the rankings of the candidates are also not too far apart: Luo Hongxian, Cheng Wende, Tang Shunzhi, Yang Ming, Chen Shu, Ren Han...
When the names on the answer sheet were revealed, all the examiners were dumbfounded. Yang Tinghe was so depressed that he didn't even want to talk.
Luo Hongxian, the number one scholar, was a direct disciple of Wang Yangming.
Cheng Wende, second in the list, is Wang Yangming’s direct disciple.
Tanhua Tang Shunzhi was a direct disciple of Wang Yuan.
Yang Ming, the first in the Erjia class, is Xi Shu's nephew (the two families have been married for generations). Xi Shu is Wang Yuan's mentor and Wang Yangming's good friend. At the same time, Yang Ming is also a student of Wang Tingxiang, who is Luo Qinshun's academic confidant (Qiology).
The four great masters: Luo Qinshun, Wang Tingxiang, Wang Shangzhen, and Yang Shen). Wang Tingxiang also had a bad relationship with Yang Tinghe.
The second person in the second class, Chen Shu, was a fellow Zhejiang native of Wang Yangming. Although he was not a disciple of Xinxue, he was Dong Guan's son-in-law and had close contacts with Xinxue disciples. Dong Quan belonged to the literary retro school and had a bad relationship with Yang Tinghe, as did his son-in-law Chen Shu.
The new elite of the retro school strives to carry out ideological reform in the field of literature.
The third person in the second class, Ren Han, was a student of Wang Yuan's student Nie Guang (the one who was engaged in flight testing), and was Wang Yuan's second disciple.
A group of palace examination examiners stared at the answer sheets after the names were split, not knowing how to evaluate them.
Yang Yiqing sighed: "Xinxue is flourishing!"
Everyone was silent, but this is not because the Xin Xue is booming. If the school of physics is also classified as Xin Xue, then four of the top six Jinshi scholars this year are descendants of Xin Xue.
There are two left, one is a successor of Qi science and the other is a literary retro sect. Their respective teachers and father-in-law are actually at odds with Yang Ting.
Yang Tinghe almost spit out his blood. He came up with the questions for the palace examination, and he also presided over the grading of the palace examination. What the hell were the results? This thing has not been avoided yet, because the palace examination is about policy theory, and the candidates stand between the emperor and the ministers.
Looking at the question from the perspective of the subject, it basically does not involve key words such as "to bring conscience", and it is impossible for the marking officer to tell the candidate's background from the article.
For Yang Tinghe, this year’s Jinshi list exploded!
Moreover, the top six are all young talents, aged 25, 32, 22, 24, 21, and 28. The average age is only 25. These are the top six youngest Jinshi since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
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Historically, the official careers of these six people were not very smooth.
One of them resigned, was reinstated, and was dismissed; two were released from prison and never hired; one resigned, was reinstated, dismissed, and then resurrected because of the Japanese war, and died of illness on a warship; one was demoted and sent away, and asked to resign.
To no avail, he drank and coughed up blood and died; one person was imprisoned and demoted to the end, but was finally promoted back to the central government, and because Qingci offended Jiajing, he was thrown to Nanjing by the emperor. He was demoted again and again, and was demoted to serve the people.
Half of these six people were offended by Zhang Cong, Wang Hong, and Zhang and Wang. Reform must exclude dissidents, and their methods are extremely radical. If they don't adhere to them, they will leave or be idle. It is difficult for centrists to do that. Wang Hong also likes to exercise power.
He served as two ministers and was impeached the most. Every time he was impeached, he was promoted. He casually counterattacked and had the official who impeached him imprisoned.
The other half was to offend the emperor. Jiajing's nerves were very sensitive and he delayed in establishing a prince because of superstition. Once Jiajing fell ill and ignored the court for a long time, Luo Hongxian and Tang Shunzhi asked him to establish a prince. Jiajing felt that this was a curse on himself, so he dismissed the two from office.
This approach is simply insane. His biological son has grown so big. What is wrong with officials asking for a crown prince? Even if they are unhappy, they cannot dismiss officials because of this. Otherwise, who will dare to tell the truth in the future?
Yang Ming was the most unlucky, as he offended both the emperor and Wang Hong.
The reason was that a comet appeared in Beijing, and as a rule all officials had to report something. Because of this kind of thing, Zhu Houzhao and his close officials were criticized numerous times by civil servants. You can criticize them all you want, but I won't listen.
When they arrived at Jiajing, Yang Ming said that the comet appeared in the capital because Jiajing had improperly hired people.
Jiajing was unhappy, but he verbally praised him in an attempt to lure the snake out of his hole. Yang Ming was encouraged and impeached the nobles and Taoist priests, subtly intending to persuade the emperor not to indulge in Taoism. Jiajing became angry and had Yang Ming imprisoned and tortured. Wang Hong took the opportunity to say something about Yang
Ming is from Sichuan and is a remnant of Yang Tinghe. In fact, Yang Ming has nothing to do with Yang Ting and Baganzi.
Yang Ming was tortured almost to death, but he would rather die than accuse others. He only said that the draft of the impeachment memorial was shown to Cheng Wende. Cheng Wende was also taken into prison and tortured. Two officials petitioned for Cheng Wende's release, and they also
He was imprisoned and tortured. Yang Ming was exiled to the army and released a year later, but was never hired again. Cheng Wende did nothing but read the draft of the memorial and was directly demoted from Hanlin Editor to Classical History.
What is this thing called?
From the very beginning, the political struggle in the Jiajing Dynasty was very fierce. With an emperor who liked to play with power, officials changed very quickly, and the cabinet and the six ministers were frequently appointed and removed. Ordinary officials who offended the emperor were often punished by the imperial staff, imprisoned, or demoted.
, dismissal from office, or even impeachment of cabinet ministers and ministers will be punished with imprisonment.
The instability in the court will be very harmful, as it will be difficult to implement national affairs, and it will lead to serious corruption. After Zhang Cong left office, no one could control the situation. Officials were thinking about fighting for power all day long, and the emperor was reaping the benefits.
, local military and political affairs were simply in chaos.
Comparing the two, the Zhengde Dynasty after Liu Jin's death was simply a paradise for civil servants, and Zhu Houzhao never behaved like that no matter how much he did.
Yang Tinghe should feel lucky that he met Zhengde and was not working under Jiajing in this time and space. Of course, it can also be said that Jiajing's suspicion and suspicion were forced out by Yang Tinghe.
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After the imperial examination, Wang Yuan became busy again. He needed to arrange roll calls and other matters.
After being posted on the imperial list, the Xinxue disciples rejoiced, and the Xinxue that had been spread for many years finally exploded in the imperial examination.
Wang Ce was not discouraged when he failed, but asked: "Father, why are four of the top six Jinshi disciples all disciples of Xinxue?"
Wang Yuan explained with a smile: "The top six Jinshi scholars have four mental studies, one Qi study, and one literary retro school. You still can't summarize the rules?"
Wang Ce immediately understood: "Innovate with the old and bring forth the new!"
"Exactly, you can see clearly." Wang Yuan smiled in approval.
The content of traditional Neo-Confucianism, no matter how you take the exam, the articles are all the same old routines. However, the Xinxue, Qi studies, and literary retro schools have jumped out of the Neo-Confucianism mold. The academic reform has brought new thinking, and the policies and answers are novel and meaningful, so naturally you can
Stand out from thousands of scholars.
The ideological movement of the Ming Dynasty was undoubtedly revealed in this imperial examination.
Once the Jinshi list spreads across the country, scholars all over the world will know that the traditional Neo-Confucian approach is useless, at least not competitive when taking the Jinshi exam.