On March 13, everyone went out.

On the second day, the Chinese-style lifters rushed to the Ministry of Rites to gather and listen to the ritual officials Shilang Zhong preach to them the process of the next day's palace examination.

The palace test is in the forbidden palace, and it is presided over by the emperor himself, and a slight mistake is a sin of disgrace in front of the king!

At the same time, the officials of Honglu Temple have already set up a 'strategy plan' in the east room of the Huangji Palace, and Guanglu Temple has placed 403 test tables in the east and west rooms outside the hall.

In addition, the brocade guard is furnished in front of the golden palace, and the brocade guard is furnished under the eaves of the golden palace and Shao Le, and the Danqi Dale is displayed under the north corridor of the Huangji Gate.

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Wenyuan Pavilion is in the first auxiliary room.

After an afternoon of deliberation, Xiao Ge Lao and Zhang Juzheng formulated four policy topics.

Although the palace examination questions should be drafted by the emperor, the main examiner, since the beginning of the Zhengde Dynasty, the cabinet has basically drawn up four or five questions first, and then sent them to the emperor to approve.

Because Li Chunfang served as the main examiner of the examination, Chen Yiqin needed to avoid it, and this year's exam questions were handled by Xu Gelao and Zhang Xianggong.

Of course, Xu Gelao's work is usually done by Xiao Gelao.

Lao Shoufu will be sixty-five years old in the next year, and the braincase pain of looking for chapters and sentences and quoting scriptures and classics will finally be checked.

"Not bad." Xu Jie carefully looked at the topic proposed by the two of them again, and took off his tortoiseshell glasses. "Send these four questions to the Qianqing Palace."

"Yes, Minister." Zhang Juzheng put the book in his sleeve, and was about to retreat, but he heard the report of the scholar outside:

"Qi Yu Yuanfu, the master of ceremonies Teng Gonggong is here."

"Oh, please." Xu Jie frowned slightly.

The celebrant is specially used to check and balance the cabinet. The chapter sent by the General Administration Department is usually read by the celebrant for the emperor first, and then the important ones are told to the emperor before sending the cabinet votes.

After all, the cabinet was still nominally the emperor's secretarial body, not the real prime minister.

The scholars could not reply directly on the cantata, but could only pre-write the reply drawn up by the emperor with an ink pen on a small piece of paper called a 'ticket signature'. Then the ticket is affixed to the concerto, and then the concerto is sent back to the celebrant.

After the emperor saw that there was no problem, he copied it by the eunuch of Bingbi and Zhu Pen, which is the so-called 'batch red'. Finally, the palm seal eunuch used the seal to formally form the emperor's will.

Therefore, the relationship between the cabinet and the celebrant is very delicate.

During the Jiajing Dynasty, both the cabinet and the celebrant were all vying to flatter the emperor. In addition to having a beard, a scholar is no different from a eunuch, and the relationship between the two sides is naturally very harmonious.

But in the Longqing Dynasty, the cabinet changed its style. In order to reshape his image, Xu Ge Lao began to take the initiative to keep his distance from the emperor, and often protected the officials who attacked the eunuchs.

Teng Xiang, the palm print Da Jue, naturally has an opinion on Xu Ge's old stomach.

Xu Ge knew that this old eunuch had spoken ill of himself in front of the emperor. But now that he has put down the shelf to curry favor with the lieutenant, he no longer bothers to do it.

It is a year since the two sides have been in contact with each other.

Teng Xiang suddenly came over today, which naturally made Xu Ge Lao think a lot.

After a while, Gonggong Teng, who was dressed in a big red python coat and wearing a steel fork hat, came in and saluted Xu Jie's forked hands, and he didn't talk nonsense.

"Yuanfu, there is a decree in all saints, and he will come out of tomorrow's temple exam questions by himself."

"Oh?" Xu Jie couldn't help but be stunned and said: "This matter has always been handled by the cabinet......

"You've always said it's a substitute. Long live said, you cabinet elders have worked very hard, this time I will not bother you ministers. ”

Teng Xiang stopped talking, and Ma Li said goodbye: "It's okay, our family has returned to the Qianqing Palace." ”

"Uncle, send Grandpa Teng." The palm seal of the celebrant is 'Inner Minister', and he can fight with the first assistant when he is bullish. Although Teng Xiang is not very useful, Xu Ge Lao is not good at losing his manners.

When Zhang Juzheng sent Teng Xiang out, Xu Fan immediately whispered: "Father, something is wrong." ”

"What's wrong?" Xu Jie looked at the red glow outside, and suddenly a sentence popped out in his heart, 'The sunset is infinitely good'.

"I'm afraid that we will pass on the test questions."

Xu Fan's forehead was bruised, he had already promised to say more than a dozen, and when he went back, he told them the four questions from the cabinet.

The emperor suddenly came to this scene, did he think about where to put the face of the old man in the small pavilion?

"Who did you promise again?" Sure enough, it was the son of Mo Ruo's father.

"No one. What's the use of saying all of that now? Xu Fan suppressed his irritability, and said in his heart, why is this year's big competition so unsmooth?

"If you don't say, how does a father know who to choose?" But I heard Xu Jieyu say.

"Oh?" Xu Fan was overjoyed when he heard this, his father has always cherished feathers and leaves do not touch his body.

These messy things are all done by him.

Now that my father is willing to help, what more exam questions do I need?

Although my father was nominally only the chief reading officer, he was the one who usually ranked all but the top ten.

Even if the top ten are actually selected by Xu Gelao, the emperor just ranks them.

"Since my father is willing to help, it will be much easier." Xu Fan said happily: "My son is a seal official, I will read their papers tomorrow, and I will tell my father in detail in the evening." ”

"Hmm." Xu Jie nodded, and suddenly said in a low voice: "Give favors as you want...... It is estimated that in the next big competition, even if the father wants to help, he can't help. ”

"Huh?" Xu Fan was stunned when he heard this, and said for a while: "Father really wants to retreat bravely?" ”

Obviously, this is not the first time that a father and son have talked about this kind of topic.

"Let's retreat early, I don't know how to advance or retreat." Xu Jie smiled self-deprecatingly: "Didn't you see that Gonggong Teng's face was full of His Majesty's impatience with being a father?" ”

"So what? His father is a patriarch who cares about his life, and he has the support of hundreds of officials behind him, and the emperor replaces his father, who will govern the country for him? ”

Of course, Xu Fan didn't want to see this scene, because that was also the moment when he lost power.

"You always have to retreat, and you won't be able to stay in love until Yan Ge is more than eighty years old? Laughing in vain. ”

Xu Jie shook his head and said unmoved: "I'll tell Your Majesty when I turn around, so don't worry." In two years at most, when he learns to be the emperor, I, an old minister who cares about my life, should also return to my hometown. ”

"......" Xu Fan secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, two years later, there is no need to bother talking about it now, maybe in a year and a half, the old man himself will change his mind.

He picked up the four exam questions on the table and glanced at them, crumpled them and threw them into the wastebasket.

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In the meantime, Zhang Juzheng sent Teng Xiang out of Wenyuan Pavilion.

Before he was about to raise the public opinion, Gonggong Teng suddenly gave him a look.

Zhang Juzheng nodded slightly, watching his palanquin disappear into the vast twilight.

In fact, Teng Xiang doesn't need to draw snakes. Seeing him come this time, Zhang Juzheng knew that Emperor Longqing had listened to his suggestion - to use tomorrow's palace test to gather a group of fresh blood who was willing to maintain imperial power!

But obviously, this is contrary to Xu Gelao's interests.

Therefore, His Majesty is going to break his wrist with Yuan Fu in the palace test tomorrow.

Zhang Xianggong gently stroked his silky long beard, not knowing what kind of tricks His Majesty would make......

I think there are still some small expectations.

ps. Chapter 1, ask for a monthly pass, a recommended ticket~~