Zhu Houxi threw away the imperial pen and smashed the imperial inkstone, which was not enough, so he stood up and wanted to take off the dragon robe on his body, vowing to play the hooligan to the end. The frightened and silent eunuch Bi Yun reacted at this time, and immediately pounced on him like an old hen, screaming: "Long live the anger, stop the long live master!" ”

Several little eunuchs nearby trembled and surrounded him, and the entire Wenhua Hall suddenly turned into a pot of porridge.

"Don't be impulsive, don't be impatient, everything can be discussed!" Liang Chu and other old ministers also hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade them, if the Son of Heaven took off his dragon robe and threw it on the ground in the Huagai Palace, it would be a lot of fun, and if the Son of Heaven was forced to this point, the reputation of their old ministers would not be good.

Yang Tinghe sighed and said: "The emperor is the Ninety-Five Supreme, and it is also the emperor's duty to appoint the palace to test the three tripod armor, and the ministers dare not speak again." ”

Obviously, Yang Tinghe made a gesture of concession, although he knew that the little emperor was playing hooligan, but Yang Ge Lao still had to compromise, if he really forced the little emperor to take off the dragon robe, then he Yang Tinghe would not become Wang Mang Cao Cao and the like, and would leave a stigma that could not be washed away in the history of the Qing Dynasty.

Zhu Houyu suddenly stopped making trouble when he heard this, and Father-in-law Bi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly tidied up the crumpled dragon robe for the emperor, and then retreated to the side with the dust, as for the pen and inkstone that Zhu Houyu threw on the ground, other little eunuchs had already cleaned it up, and even the ink on the ground was wiped out.

"Then I appointed Xu Jin as Tanhua, do you have any opinions?" Zhu Houxi sat back down and said.

Yang Tinghe lowered his eyebrows and said, "Wait for the ministers!" ”

Looking at Mr. Yang, who looked gloomy, Zhu Houxi couldn't help but feel weak for a while, the feeling was like a child who had done something wrong, making the elders sad and disappointed, and naturally gave birth to a sense of guilt. Zhu Houxi originally wanted to make an inch, and directly pointed Xu Jin as the champion, but at this time, he couldn't help but dispel his thoughts, nodded and said: "Then I will point Xu Jin to the third place in the first class, and Tanhua and the first!" ”

Yang Tinghe was a little cold, but at this time he finally picked up a trace of relief, although the little emperor was stubborn, he still cared about his own thoughts after all, and took care of his own face.

Although Wang Qiong was a little disappointed with the final result, she was still in a good mood, and let the cabinet chief assistant who was full of words eat a deflated once, can she not be happy? The key is to curry favor with the little emperor, and at the same time, Xu Jin has been pushed to the top of the Sanding Armor, and the goal has basically been achieved.

At this point, the other ministers could only adopt a tacit attitude, so Xu Jin's third ranking was decided.

Zhu Houxi picked up the pen and wrote down Xu Jin's name with Zhu Mo, and pointed the first place Yang Weicong as the champion, but when he was about to point Lu Li as the list eye, he paused, looked up and said: "Lu Yan is not good-looking, if it is not suitable to be the list eye, I want to point Fei Maozhong as the list eye, what do you think Aiqing thinks?" ”

Yang Tinghe had already said that he would not interfere anymore, so he lowered his eyebrows and was silent at this time. The other ministers looked at each other, but Wang Qiong immediately stepped forward to support the scene and said: "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

"The ministers seconded it!" The ministers had no choice but to agree, after all, the little emperor's reasons were very good, Lu Yan was indeed a little ugly, far less handsome than Fei Maozhong, and there was a precedent for determining the ranking by appearance.

For example, in the fourth year of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty held the first imperial examination since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and Guo Chong was originally designated as the champion, but Zhu Wanzhang thought that Guo Chong's appearance was mediocre and not enough to highlight the new atmosphere of the Ming Empire, so he pointed the dignified and majestic Wu Bozong as the champion "to strengthen the country's prestige".

In this way, Jinke Sanding Jia is freshly baked, the champion is Yang Weicong, the son of Gu'an, the list eye is Fei Maozhong of Lead Mountain, and Tanhua is Shangrao Xu Jin.

Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, frowned deeply, the second assistant Liang Chu was already ready to Zhishi, he was originally the most likely to enter the cabinet to replenish, but Fei Hong's reinstatement undoubtedly cut off his hope of entering the cabinet.

In addition, Fei Hong is a former cabinet member, and his connections in the court are still there, and his brother Fei Cai has also been reinstated to revise for Hanlin, and now Fei Hong's son Fei Maozhong and protégé Xu Jin have taken off the list and Tanhua respectively, and according to the regulations, they will immediately be appointed as Hanlin editors.

In this way, the Fei family will become a new force that cannot be underestimated in the DPRK and China, and the intervention of the new forces will inevitably have an impact on the original pattern, or even reshuffle the cards.

Mao Cheng is Yang Ting and a party, so he is naturally worried that Fei Hong's reinstatement will impact the Yang party, although the relationship between Fei Hong and Yang Ge Lao has always been good, but Yang Ge Lao is now suppressing his protégé Xu Jin, and it is difficult to guarantee that the two will not have a disagreement.

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The emperor has already ordered the three tripod armor in person, and the next thing is to write the list, a group of ministers bowed to the Son of Heaven and withdrew from the Wenhua Palace, and then returned to the East Pavilion to write the list, and arranged the next "Golden Palace" and "Grace Banquet" and other matters.

Zhu Houxi returned to the Heart Cultivation Hall surrounded by a group of eunuchs and guards, and suddenly said to Bi Yun, the celebrant and eunuch who was waiting beside him: "Did I make a little too much trouble in the Huagai Hall just now?" ”

Bi Gonggong is nearly sixty years old, honest and generous, and has no ambitions, and because of this, after the previous ceremonial eunuch Zhang Xiong was defeated, the civil official group helped him to take the position.

The power of the eunuch is very great, and he has the right to approve the book, and he is known as the internal minister, and the powerful eunuch Liu Jin of the Zhengde Dynasty is the eunuch of the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, known as the emperor.

Of course, Bi Yun didn't have Liu Jin's ambitions, and when he heard Zhu Houxi's sensitive question, he couldn't help but sweat, and said cautiously: "It is the emperor's right to appoint the three tripod armors, and the minister should not interfere, but the emperor is the son of heaven, and he is the body of ten thousand times, and he must also pay attention to some royal decency, and he must never take off his dragon robe in public in the future!" ”

Zhu Houxi frowned, nodded and said, "You guys stand down, I want to be quiet!" ”

Bi Yun retreated with a group of little eunuchs, he was an honest man and didn't know how to speak.

Zhu Houxi sat down on the Taishi chair depressedly, in fact, he didn't want to play hooligan regardless of his image, but in the face of a strong Wenchen, what else could he do but play hooligan when he had no foundation? Of course, this kind of thing really can't be done again and again.

Moreover, for Yang Tinghe, Zhu Houyu is still quite respectful, he is not a fool, he can naturally distinguish between good and bad, Yang Tinghe is knowledgeable, and his ability to govern affairs is also first-class, the key is to be loyal to the court, and now the court cannot do without him. If it weren't for Xu Jin today, Zhu Houxi wouldn't want to be tough with Yang Ting.

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Zuo'anmen, more than 300 people are still waiting for news, gathering in groups to chat and talk, so they don't know that in the Wenhua Palace, the little emperor is having the most fierce quarrel with the ministers headed by Yang Tinghe since he ascended the throne, and the final result is to take a step back.

Nearly ten o'clock in the morning, Zuo'anmen finally opened, and several officials of the imperial house walked out with the list, this is the palace test gold list, of course, this is not the official gold list, the official gold list will not be announced until tomorrow The Golden Palace will be announced, and the list in front of me is only a temporary list, used to inform the candidates.

"The gold list is here!" A group of candidates hula stepped forward, if it weren't for the Jinyi guards to stop them, it is estimated that they would have snatched the list and had a look.

At this time, the official of the system with the list began to read aloud: "Yang Weicong, the champion of the Xinsi Kedian Examination, Gu'an, Fei Maozhong, and Xu Jin, ...... on the flowers."

When this official read Xu Jin, he couldn't help but look up, the big PK of the monarchs and ministers in the Wenhua Hall just now was because of this.

The audience was silent for a moment, and then there was a coaxing of the fryer, it is not surprising that Yang Weicong and Fei Maozhong won the top two, and Xu Jin is not ranked fourteenth? How did you become a tanhua now? What happened in the Mandarin Palace?

Li Zheda laughed and said: "Haha, congratulations to Brother Ziqian for exploring flowers and first, Sanding Jia, a Hanlin editor can't run away!" ”

Xu Jin was slightly stunned for a moment before he reacted, smiled and congratulated the same year around him, he thought that the fourteen were a foregone conclusion, but he didn't expect to turn around again, and he actually explored the flowers and the first, it seems that Zhu Houxi's kid is still quite powerful!

"Congratulations, Senior Brother Xu!" Wei Yang was really happy for Xu Jin.

Fei Maozhong said happily: "Congratulations to Ziqian for becoming a Tanhualang!" ”

"Rejoice and rejoice, congratulations to the people on being on the list!" Xu Jin smiled and said, although it is a pity that he failed to win the champion in the end, but if you think about it, in fact, Tanhua is the most suitable for herself.

As the saying goes, if the water is full, it will overflow, and when the moon is full, it is not good to be too complete, if you really hit six yuan, it is undoubtedly equivalent to cooking oil with fire, and it will attract jealousy. Mu Xiu in the forest wind will blow, pile out of the shore waves will hit, this is the eternal truth, when you are still proud of the spring breeze may be fine, and once the trough comes, I am afraid that many people will be willing to take the opportunity to step on you.

Therefore, the "golden mean" summed up by our ancestors is not all unreasonable, we must be high-profile in doing things, and we still have to be low-key.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible, why am I not Sandingjia, am I mistaken?"

In the midst of this fluctuating congratulations, suddenly a crazy shout suddenly sounded, and everyone followed the reputation and found that it was the crazy Lu Yan in Zhejiang.

The official who read the list frowned and reprimanded: "Presumptuous, how can the emperor make a mistake by ordering the palace test gold list." ”

Lu Yan's face turned red, before the palace test, he said that he would take the three tripod armor, and after the preliminary evaluation results came out, he also ranked second, I thought that the three tripings were nine out of ten, but after the royal pen personally clicked, it became the fourth, but the second and third were occupied by Fei Maozhong and Xu Jin.

"This is unfair, Lu Juzhi is the second place in the preliminary evaluation, and Xu Jin is only the fourteenth, why did he end up being Tanhua and the first, but Lu Juzhi only won the fourth place?" A Zhejiang lifter loudly held grievances for his fellow villagers.

For a time, dozens of Zhejiang lifters shouted that it was unfair, and the spearhead was pointed at Xu Jin.

Xu Jin couldn't help frowning, fortunately he just took Tanhua, if he won the champion, these people would still be eager to poke a few holes in themselves?

The official who read the list was obviously a little annoyed by the questioning, and sneered: "Xu Ziqian was originally able to test for the first place, but he was ranked fourteenth in the preliminary evaluation, so you didn't count it?" Don't be afraid to say it directly, it's enough to win the champion at the level of Xu Ziqian's article, but now you only take Tanhua, what do you have to shout. ”

The four suddenly quieted, Xu Jin was suppressed by Yang Gelao, who was present who didn't know? Huiyuan fell out of the top ten, which is obviously a rule-breaking thing!

The list reader snorted coldly, rolled up the list and turned around and entered Zuo'anmen, he didn't say that Lu Yan didn't make the list because he was ugly, this is already very kind, otherwise Lu Yan is afraid that he will be even more shameless.