Early in the morning, Li Ye was running outside the Ganlu Hall for exercise.

As for Li Ye's habits, the prison guards and soldiers who were separated from the Jinyi Guard have long been accustomed to it, and they are not surprised, just do a good job of guarding.

As the weather warmed up, Li Ye was sweating profusely before he reached half a lap.

The Manna Hall is not small, and according to the length of the later generations, it should be three or four hundred meters. Li Ye's physical fitness, running ten laps is not a big problem, but generally he will not run for so long, depending on whether there is enough time.

Everyone else thinks that the emperor is good, and it would be good if he was really good. If every emperor is like Li Yi, the country will have to die after a few tosses.

Now Li Ye feels that he doesn't have enough time every day, in addition to ensuring enough sleep, he has set aside time to deal with government affairs, leaving him not much time to exercise. Therefore, it is imperative to reshuffle the cabinet, otherwise if he persists for a few years, he will sooner or later become old and decrepit, and he doesn't want to have gray hair in his twenties.

Li Ye has had plenty of time in the past two days, so he plans to run more today, although he doesn't have to go to the battlefield now, but it is still necessary to maintain good health.

After running five laps, Li Ye stopped to rest for a while, saw Li Zhen waiting in the distance, beckoned, and motioned for the other party to come over.

After Li Zhen came over, Li Ye wiped the sweat on his forehead and cheeks, and gasped, "Is there anything wrong with Aiqing?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty. His Majesty had asked his ministers to pay attention to the actions of those ministers after the reform of the imperial examinations, but he found some things. These ministers had been in close contact with each other during this time, and their remarks more than once criticized the reform of the imperial examination system implemented by His Majesty. With that, Li Zhen handed a letter to Li Ye.

Li Ye took it and looked at it carefully, threw it aside, and snorted coldly, "A group of old stubborns!" If it weren't for the fear that the imperial court would not be able to cause any more great turmoil now, I would have relegated them to those places in Lingnan. ”

In the report presented by Li Zhen, it was said that Kong Mian was visiting relatives and friends everywhere during this time, and his words were full of thoughts that the number of recruits in the Ming Jing Department should not be reduced and the Xiucai Department should be added.

Although Kong Mian is not the contemporary patriarch of the Confucian family, but this branch, a family of three champions, his connections in the court are not bad, even if the court has experienced several major turmoil, but there are still many friends of the three brothers of the Confucian family. Moreover, the identity of the Confucian family itself is relatively special, and the status of scholars is extremely high.

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"Your Majesty, Kong Wei's eldest son is going to take the imperial examination this year, should he be disqualified from the examination?" Li Zhen proposed.

Li Ye glanced at the other party, "Li Aiqing, be a little more generous." ”

"Your Majesty is taught!" Li Zhen broke out in a cold sweat, knowing that he had said the wrong thing.

"Okay, just pay attention to it later." Li Ye said lightly, "Do you think this imperial examination reform is right or wrong?" ”

"Nature is right." Li Zhen replied without hesitation, if among these ministers, who supports the reform of the imperial examination the most, it must be Li Zhen.

As a person who has repeatedly failed the imperial examination, Li Zhen has indescribable dissatisfaction with the previous imperial examination system. In the past, there were only a few people who entered the imperial examination every year, and there were only thirty or forty people, and most of them were occupied by the children of the family, and few of the children of the poor family could pass the examination.

It's not just Li Zhen who is dissatisfied with this phenomenon, but the children of the poor families in the whole world are the same.

In history, why the family disappeared in five dynasties and ten countries, war is one reason, and the reason is that those children of the poor family who hate the family have risen, and they are naturally ruthless to the family.

Li Zhen in history, but persuaded Zhu Wen to kill all the ministers in the late Tang Dynasty, which shows how much he hated these ministers from families. So that night, when Du Rangneng and others rose up to oppose the reform, Li Zhen was the first to come out to refute it.

"The previous imperial examinations were all controlled by the family, and for a long time, it was extremely unfavorable to the imperial court. And today, there are many feudal towns, and most of the people who give advice to the feudal towns are the children of the poor families, why is this so, it is nothing more than that there is no hope of entering the government and resentment towards the imperial court, so they take refuge in those unscrupulous feudal generals.

Therefore, the reform of the imperial examination must begin as soon as possible.

Your Majesty, in troubled times, you should use heavy codes, if the ministers of the court and the central government are all against Your Majesty's will, how to pacify the feudal town? ”

Listening to Li Zhen's murderous words, Li Ye was also hesitating in his heart.

In troubled times, he naturally knew that he would kill too hard, which would lead to a fault line in the court's talents.

"Keep an eye on them, and let them all jump out, lest they go looking for them one by one."

Li Ye's words can be said to have announced the death penalty to these people, although he may not necessarily kill them, but when the rumor passes, he will definitely liquidate these restless courtiers.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Just after Li Zhen retreated, he saw Xiaoyue coming.

Of course, Xiao Yue did not enter the range of the Liangyi Palace, but sent someone to pass it on. Although the Ganlu Hall is not a place like the Liangyi Palace, where Li Ye handles government affairs on a daily basis, under normal circumstances, these concubines will not break in directly.

Xiaoyue came at this time, obviously there was something, but she was afraid of annoying him, so she asked people to come over to report.

This is the Ganlu Palace, Li Ye didn't care too much, so he asked the other party to come over.

I saw Xiao Yue, who had a green hairpin on her head, walking under the embrace of the palace maids, lifting her skirt lightly, swaying her steps, and then came to Li Ye and bowed, "Your Majesty!" ”

Looking at the plainly dressed Xiao Yue, Li Ye smiled and said, "Why did you remember it?" ”

"The concubine heard that His Majesty was exercising, so she asked someone to cook something and send it." Saying that, Zhang Yue took a food box from the palace maid next to her, and then handed it to Zhang Wei.

After Zhang Wei opened it, Li Ye saw what was inside, which turned out to be white fungus soup.

"What are you looking for here?" Seeing that the other party was a little hesitant, Li Ye smiled and said, "After following me for so many years, I still don't know your character, just say it." ”

"Your Majesty, the concubine knows that Your Majesty is busy with government affairs during this time, and she doesn't want to disturb Your Majesty, but it is about the concubine's brother-in-law.

After the concubine entered the palace, the younger brother was taken care of by the brother-in-law. Yesterday, my brother-in-law asked my brother to bring a letter, saying that he wanted to ask His Majesty about his concubine, he wanted to take the imperial examination, what should he report. ”

Saying that, Xiaoyue couldn't help but glance up at Li Ye's expression, and found that the other party was also looking at her, so she lowered her head in fright.

Li Ye couldn't help but be dumbfounded, he thought it was a big deal, it was such a small thing to engage in for a long time, Li Ye took a step forward, helped Xiaoyue up, and said with a smile, "I really thought it was something, that's it, as for making you so spittering?"

Isn't your brother-in-law talented? I'm not mistaken, the other party used to be like a jinshi, why is he not confident now? It can't be that you want to do something, right?

Where are the others? ”

Li Ye turned his head and asked Xiang Linke, the other party should be on duty today, and he wants to know.

"Your Majesty, Yang Shengtu is outside the Taiji Palace." Link replied.

If it is usually held at the time of the court meeting, even if Yang Wending is Xiaoyue's uncle, he will not be able to enter the Taiji Palace. There is no court meeting today, and the other party can enter the imperial city, but it is only limited to staying outside the Taiji Palace, not inside.

Although Yang Wending is a relative, it is impossible to enter and leave the forbidden palace casually, let alone enter the scope of the harem. Unless it is a prince, princess or harem concubine, even other royal families cannot come and go at will, this is the rule.

"Let him in!"

Li Ye also wanted to see what the situation of this cheap uncle was, if the other party really wanted to let him help him, then don't even think about it.

However, like Yang Wending, there are a lot of hesitants about what subject to apply, but the registration time is closed on May 1, and you can't register again after that, so before that, you must choose what to take the test.

In the end, the number of applicants for this imperial examination reached Li Ye's desk, and 15 people were recruited for the Jinshi examination, and 2,395 people registered; 35 people were recruited by Mingjing Branch, and 1,722 people were registered; Xiucai recruited 100 people and 889 people signed up.

A total of 150 people were recruited for the imperial examination, and a total of 5,006 people signed up, with a ratio of about 1:33.

This ratio may not be anything in the national examination of later generations, but what kind of competition is this.

But this time is different, not everyone can take the imperial examination. Either it is a township tribute, that is, a candidate who has passed the state and county exams; The students are mainly recommended by the state and county schools and the schools under the jurisdiction of the Guozijian.

Generally, there are more of the latter and less of the former.

In the past, there must have been more than 5,000 people taking the imperial examination, but now that the imperial court is in decline, coupled with the division of feudal towns, many scholars cannot reach Chang'an to participate in the imperial examination.

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"Senior brother, where are you pulling me to? I also have to prepare for the imperial examination, and this year I must be a high school jinshi. ”

In the southeast of Chang'an City, in the Confucian Mansion, a man about forty years old and a slightly sloppy literati was dragged by another man of the same age wearing an ordinary robe to the brightly lit Confucian Mansion in the distance, but this sloppy man was a little unwilling.

"Brother Zheng, it's just one night, and I can't delay your exam. I'm here for your own good, do you know who is presiding over this banquet tonight? His Royal Highness King Ji and Kong Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, if it weren't for me and Kong Shaoqing being the same Jinshi, I wouldn't be eligible to participate in this banquet. The man surnamed Gao strongly persuaded.

"Brother Gao, what do you want to do? Do you dare to attend the banquet held by King Ji? The sloppy man surnamed Zheng looked around and said in a low voice.

His Majesty is not in the right position today, even if the Emperor Taishang abdicates, it is also because it is the turn of King Ji, but His Majesty today forces the Emperor Taishang to abdicate by force.

Unlike King Mu who is the younger brother of His Majesty today, the relationship between King Ji and His Majesty today is not good, plus the factor of God's throne, coming to participate in this banquet at this time, isn't it that the old birthday star eats arsenic and lives impatiently?

"It's just one banquet, and we don't do anything else. Do you know who was in attendance? Even if you pass the Jinshi examination, if there is no one to support you, you will not be satisfied in the officialdom.

For example, I, in the middle of the three years of Qianfu, has been eleven years, and I am only a layman from the sixth grade. This opportunity is hard to come by tonight, come in with me! ”

In the end, the man surnamed Zheng was still drawn closer to the Confucian Mansion by his friends, and not far away, Jinyiwei's secret agents recorded the people who entered the Confucian Mansion one by one.

(End of chapter)