Chapter 601. Protégé of the Regent
When the candidates and scholars entered the venue one after another, Mao Jue was frowning in the original Sili Prison, which had been changed to the world hall.
News sent by Boss Luo Ningluo.
In recent years, whether it is Yiwu's sugar business or Hangzhou's overseas business, the Luo family has made a lot of money. In the past, many people urged Luo Ning to get married, but now, Luo Ning is 24 or 5 years old. This era is definitely a single woman over the age. Before, there were old members of the Luo family who wanted to marry Luo Ning out and freed up their position as the leader as soon as possible, but now there is no one to speak out. There are even other big clans who want to propose marriage, and these elders of the family still have to try their best to shirk them.
Everyone knows that the leader of the Luo family has an affair with a powerful man in Liaodong. Now that each family is splitting back and giving away money, it is Luo Ning's face.
It is precisely because of the stakeholders that the Luo family, as a staunch ally of Liaodong in Jiangnan, also had a very considerable return to Liaodong. This is the case with this letter. He actually asked all the news about the core of the six ministries in Nanjing.
Although it is not good news.
Like in history, the governor of Fengyang, Ma Shiying, who was holding an ice fist in the throne, finally had the last laugh. He contacted the eunuch Lu Jiude, the general of Luzhou Huang Degong, the general of Huai Si Gao Jie, and the general of Xuzhou Liu Liangzuo. The prince of Fu, Zhu Yousong, who was the first to flee south, forced the army to send Zhu Yousong to Nanjing to proclaim himself emperor when the Donglin Party was busy supporting the virtuous and Lu.
Just last month when Mao Jue entered Beijing, Nanming was officially established.
Then there was the division of the spoils. Ma Shiying took the lead and got the greatest victory. He was the Grand Secretary of the Katung Pavilion, the Minister of War, and the Right Deputy Censor. He had not yet given up his real power as the Governor of Fengyang. He could be said to have power and military power, and he was in power over the court and the country.
Moreover, the former eunuch party, Ruan Dacheng, a brother who had been idle at home, was helped up by him and served as the Minister of Revenue.
However, Donglin was also powerful enough. He supported Shi Kefa, the former Minister of War of Nanjing who was inclined to Donglin, and also entered the Dong Pavilion to serve as the Minister of Rites. Wang Qia, the former Minister of Rites, entered the Grand Secretary of Wuying Hall, Zhang Shenyan was the Minister of Personnel, and recruited Liu Zongzhou as the inspector Zuodu Censor. According to Gao Hongtu, a cabinet minister of Donglin, Zhang Shenyan said that he tried his best to make the "righteous people" hold important positions and set up a new atmosphere for the new dynasty.
As for the righteous person? The Donglin Fushe said that whoever is the righteous person is the righteous person.
There is an extra separatist regime that competes with him. Although the news is not very good, Mao Jue is mentally prepared. The capital has been in the fall for more than four months, and there are many bureaucrats in the Southern Ming Dynasty who have escaped. It would be too terrible to be unable to support the scene again.
The problem is that the Donglin Party did not take any absolute advantage in supporting her. The feeling of being aware of Mr. Mao was actually on his head again. I don’t know who took Mao Jue back to the capital and defeated Li Zicheng. The news of the Donglin Party who had just lost his skills was cheering. For several days, the Donglin people enthusiastically wrote letters to question the crime.
That's right! Just ask for the crime! I blame Mao Jue for the unfavorable crime of protecting the capital! Impeach him for his title of prince, and at the same time ordered him to send troops south immediately to welcome Emperor Hongguang to the north and return to the old capital.
The envoy who was indicted was already on the way.
When Mao Jue first saw this news, his first impression was whether the bureaucrats like Jiangnan had their heads stuck. Not only him, but the rest of the ministers looked at each other.
"The prince is here, and King Fu dares to be the emperor. It's a ruthless act! Please attack him!"
After all, he was a traditional bureaucrat and was extremely fond of his name. The first person who was furious was Hong Chengchou, Ge! You orthodox court, where did I, the Minister of War, go? His face turned red with anger. He held his fists and arched his hand towards Mao Jue.
"No hurry!"
Mao Jue was clear-headed. Conquering Jiangnan was different from conquering Japanese troops. He didn't just run away if he grabbed one, so he needed a large amount of military supplies to transport south. Before the construction of the Xulei Railway was completed, he had no plans to rush to Jiangnan.
In layman's terms, you can't just scold you, and you just go up and beat someone. Wouldn't you pull your IQ and big fool to the same level?
However, this name must not be given up. After rejecting Hong Chengchou's suggestion, his eyes fell on Song Xiance again.
"How are the princes and princes Yong now?"
"Return to the Regent, Prince Yong and the three of them did not make any changes. They lived with the old man. Since the news was always kept confidential, not many people knew about it. However, Lu Zhong wanted to control several people several times, but they were all stopped by the old man!"
"Waiting for the completion of the imperial examination, the departments are full of talents, and it is time to increase their exposure. After all, I am still the prince consort and the regent of the prince. I have to carry this big banner."
"But if someone posted the prince too close..."
Mao Jue didn't say the rest, but the pupils of several important officials and generals all showed a particularly chill. Now, the Mao family is worth the world!
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After a while, the scholars had been in their seats for a long time, Mao Jue's figure finally appeared in front of the main hall of the Qianqing Palace. Today, he was a grand python dragon king robe. The vermilion crown looked particularly majestic under the reflection of the sun.
There are eunuchs in Dongjiang now, and there are many eunuchs in the palace who are willing to use them. However, Mao Jue really doesn't catch a cold with these disabled people who are perverted and like women. So a tall and strong guard of the Liao King was taken out again. Mao Liu fisted hard on his crotch, with tears and tremors. The guard shouted like a tenor.
"The Regent is here!"
"Greetings to the Regent!"
Liu Botao immediately turned over and knelt down beside the chair, and kept kowtowing. However, when he looked at the side, he couldn't help but sweat on his back. Dong Shiyun, the frivolous young master of his family, sat upright on the chair without moving, without any intention of saluting.
Fortunately, he didn't move, and even stood up with more than one scholar. Perhaps he wanted to use frivolity to win Mao Jue's attention or simply to make trouble. There were at least one or two hundred Wensheng scholars who were not polite, and Dong Shiyun was not very prominent.
The news from the south today is bad enough. In comparison, Mao Jue was so distracted. Since the selection of scholars from the Ming Dynasty, he had already prepared for the turtle-bean mixed with mung beans. He had not seen such a thing at all for these people and started to preach quickly.
"The late emperor died and the capital was in a catastrophe. Now our Ming Dynasty is in a state of chaos. With so many talented and heroes joining, I am very happy!"
"I hope you will work hard and work hard on this examination room and show your knowledge! In the future, you will serve in the court. I will regard you as your disciples and students to protect the country together!"
The title must be decided first. It is my official who gave you to Mao Jue. You must also know who you should be loyal to!
"Thank you the Regent for the generous gift!"
He had already arranged a child care among the candidates. As soon as Mao Jue finished speaking, the scholar who had arranged it had immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily. The sound was whistling. Before the few people were making trouble, the voice was already under the hustle and bustle, and there was no chance to make trouble. When the thank you stopped, Mao Jue had no idea where he had gone.
He glanced at his young master Dong Shiyun, who was always sitting on the table. Although he didn't salute, he didn't make trouble. Liu Botao finally breathed a sigh of relief. With the shouting of the invigilator, he sat back between the seats, supported his Western glasses, and waited for the arrival of the test paper.
However, as the soldiers holding the test paper basket sent the test papers like the picture papers, Liu Botao couldn't help but stand there.
He has taken the imperial examination more than ten times, but at the end of the exam, he was really a bare-stop and could not support it. He had no choice but to give up and become a master. In the past exams, he had to take the exam in a single room, and he prepared a beautiful article for three days. The exams side by side are already extraordinary. I never expected that the exam questions were so special. Without taking the Four Books and Five Classics, the application questions that later generations were arranged one by one.
This first question alone made Liu Botao raise his eyebrows. This question was directly excerpted from the official documents of Liao Town, and asked the candidates to answer. If he was the chief official, how should he implement the requirements of the official documents?
Especially, I also filled in a few words below the test questions, which are limited to less than 100 words!
Looking further down, the following questions are either essays or counting, just like how to collect money and grain, balance income and expenditure, and some legal tests to determine cases. The contents of the Four Books and Five Classics are not without them, but only one-third of them, and each question is strictly required to add word count.
This made the Ming scholars who were used to speaking out long speeches stunned. I don’t know how many surprises and sighs sounded at the same time.
However, amid the discussion, Liu Botao suddenly picked up his pen and answered quickly. When Dong Qichang was appointed as the magistrate of Huzhou County, he was the master, and he almost took care of these trivial matters of government affairs. After the initial surprise, the question in front of him was tailor-made for a master like him!
I don’t know when I threw away all the heavy royal clothes. In casual clothes, Mao Jue walked around the back of the examination room. Although he was not very hopeful for these local scholars in the Ming Dynasty, seeing more than 6,000 people and more than 4,000 people holding pens and staring at the test paper, Mao Jue couldn’t help but shake his head in disappointment. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly turned around in surprise.
A candidate who was writing and answering quickly turned around and said, "I'm flirting with him as a regent, and a big charming look was thrown over."
"It's really a mixture of fish and dragons! Even women are here!"
Chapter completed!