The next day, Zhu Youzhen went to the Jiale Hall as if nothing happened, which was originally used for entertaining and feasting, but has now been converted into a meeting venue.

In the style of the parliament of later generations in Su Changqing's memory, the fan-shaped venue built around the rostrum, except for the pillars in the hall, is basically no different from the venue in his memory.

A total of 38 deputies were elected, but only 14 were alternate deputies, because in addition to the provinces south of the Yangtze River, Yunnan, Guizhou, and other remote provinces could barely gather enough deputies to be elected, and there were no extra deputies to serve as alternate deputies.

On the one hand, the death of the apocalypse was too sudden, and some of the movers were not ready to go to Beijing; On the other hand, travel in this era is quite a costly thing, although there are many discounts as a lifter, but some poor people in remote places still do not go to Beijing so early.

Zhu Youzhen originally wanted to let the 38 delegates vote one by one in front of him, but Wen Zhenmeng resolutely objected, and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu came to the sect to be ambiguous.

Because of the Shunyi civil uprising, Huang Liji, Wang Zaijin, Sun Chengzong, Liu Zongzhou and others were worried, and they didn't pay much attention to this vote that would determine the success or failure of the new deal.

Wen Zhenmeng's stubborn insistence was also secretly complained by these ministers in their hearts. What they want to do most now is to get Chongzhen to promise to quell the civil uprising in the Gyeonggi area as soon as possible, instead of dwelling on some minutiae here.

But Chongzhen refused to discuss with the ministers any political matters other than whether to vote on whether or not to conduct the new policy.

Wen Zhenmeng's persistence gradually attracted the attention of the lifters in the venue, and the atmosphere in the venue seemed to be a little strange.

Zhu Youzhen quickly noticed this subtle change in atmosphere, and he didn't want Wen Zhenmeng to become a tragic hero in the eyes of Juzi.

Although these moves have the heart of fame, but after all, they have not stepped into the officialdom, and most of them have not been sharpened into sleek old fritters by reality.

"Since Wen Taichang insists on it, then follow Wen Taichang's meaning and vote anonymously. However, before voting, I have to meet with the provincial juzi alone, and Mrs. Wen will not even interfere with this, right? ”

Wen Zhenmeng didn't react for a while, and Huang Liji had already replied sternly: "Your Majesty's meeting with the princes of the provinces is the power of the king, who dares to isolate China and foreign countries, with the intention of blinding the will?" ”

With Huang Liji's questioning, the others finally dispelled the idea of opposition. In the side hall on the edge of the Jiale Palace, Zhu Youzhen began to meet with the representatives of the Juzi according to the province.

The top provinces of the Ming Dynasty are: South Zhili, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, North Zhili, and Fujian. In each imperial examination in these areas, the worst can also get about 10 jinshi places.

Shandong, Henan, Huguang, Sichuan, and Shanxi are at a medium level, and at least 3 or 4 people are selected in each imperial examination.

Shaanxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Liaodong are the most backward areas in the imperial examination, and not only will there be no harvest, but even some areas may not be able to get a single jinshi for more than ten years.

Zhu Youzhen's plan was to bring the backward provinces of the imperial examination into his side, and if the provinces in the middle of the imperial examination won half of them, they would get 19 votes with 38 votes.

With this idea in mind, Zhu Youzhen first summoned him from the status of a backward person in the imperial examination, and the conditions he proposed for the purchase were very simple and realistic.

After promoting the establishment of the Ministry of International Trade and Postal Affairs, he wanted to promote the reform of the provincial distribution system for the imperial examination quota. That is to say, the 300 jinshi places will be allocated to 10 basic places in each of the 15 provinces, and the remaining 150 jinshi places will be admitted according to the ranking.

For the lifters of Guizhou, Guangxi, and Liaodong, this has undoubtedly ensured that the lifters they came to apply for this time have been lifted. Because there are no more than 10 people in Beijing in these three areas.

For the lifters of several provinces in Shandong, it also reduced the difficulty of their entrance examination.

Chongzhen's words made these movers excited and a little panicked, they didn't know if the modification of the imperial examination method would cause Jiangnan Shilin's dissatisfaction. After all, most of today's Shilin public opinion is controlled by Jiangnan scholars.

Regarding the actions of Nanzhili, Jiangxi, and Fujian, Zhu Youzhen only gave a few words of encouragement and did not say anything.

Regarding Zhejiang's moves, Zhu Youzhen only talked about the passage of the new policy reform, and the next step is to reduce the burden of Zhejiang's white grain campaign.

As for Beizhili, Zhu Youzhen carefully inquired about the birthplaces of these lifters, and after confirming that they were all local aborigines, he seriously announced: "... If the new policy can be passed, then the quota of the children who are registered in Beizhili will belong to the original place of origin, and the quota of Jinshi in Beizhili will be owned by the aborigines who live in Beizhili within three generations. ”

It took nearly an hour for Zhu Youzhen to meet with these movers, and at the end of the morning of this day, 38 people representing various provinces stood at the meeting hall with different faces.

Zhu Youzhen proposed that Liu Zongzhou and Wen Zhenmeng supervise the votes, and the 38 lifters had already completed the vote at noon.

Zhu Youjian ordered Gao Qiqian to bring a blackboard, and then asked Liu Zongzhou and Wen Zhenmeng to open the ticket in public.

The final result was 21 votes to 17, and the establishment of the International Trade Postal Service was approved, which also meant that the previous New Deal reforms were confirmed.

Wen Zhenmeng was a little gloomy, while Huang Liji, Liu Zongzhou, Sun Chengzong and other ministers asked Chongzhen to deal with the Shunyi civil uprising.

"Why are you in such a hurry, the Imperial History of the Gate and the three Imperial Historians sent by the Queen, no news has been transmitted, how can they use the sword soldiers without permission? If you kill the mob, it's okay, but after you kill the righteous people, who will take the responsibility? Since the ministers are so worried, then Huang Shoufu, you ordered the officials who were the guarantors at the beginning to send four more people to appease the righteous people. ”

Zhu Youzhen's tone was gentle, but the ministers present felt a little chilly. For these mutants of the Smelling Fragrance Sect, Men Chen Xin and several other imperial historians may not be able to survive, and now they have to send people to go, which is undoubtedly to send these officials to death.

Wen Zhenmeng was a little excited, and wanted to leave in front of Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, now the news from everywhere has proved that this is the rebellion of the Wenxiang Sect. Now that the army is not sent to quell the rebellion, but the officials are sent to pacify it, isn't Your Majesty afraid that the Wenxiang Sect will make the rebellious people bigger, disturb Gyeonggi, and make the Gyeongshi turbulent? ”

Zhu Youzhen stopped, looked at Wen Zhenmeng, and said in a cold tone: "This is really strange, before you kept claiming that this was because Tian Ergeng poisoned the place, causing the local righteous people to rebel angrily, and now Tian Ergeng and others are still waiting in the capital for the trial of the Three Law Divisions?"

Now Wen Qing has changed his words and said that these people are the chaotic people of the Wenxiang Sect, Wen Qing is so capricious, is this thinking of himself as Zhao Gao? Or do you think I am Hu Hai? I often hear people say that great loyalty is like treachery, and great hypocrisy is like truth, but this is really insightful. ”

Chongzhen unceremoniously reprimanded Wen Zhenmeng as a capricious villain, compared to Zhao Gao, a powerful minister who tried to manipulate the emperor, which made some officials who wanted to support Wen Zhenmeng unable to speak out.

When they spoke out again at this time, they undoubtedly did the evidence of forming a party with Wen Zhenmeng and wanting to manipulate the emperor.

Although everyone thought that this was Chongzhen's momentary anger, but being reprimanded by Chongzhen like this, Wen Zhenmeng's reputation was completely ruined.

In front of so many people, being compared to Zhao Gao, a powerful minister, Wen Zhenmeng couldn't help but feel the blood surging to his head.

The estranged behavior of his colleagues to keep his distance, the surprised gazes of the people in the palace, and the emperor who bypassed him and continued to move forward, finally made Wen Zhenmeng, who was a little extreme, lose his mind.

When Zhu Youzhen was moving forward, a loud bang suddenly came from behind him, followed by a panicked exclamation.

He turned to look, only to find that Wen Zhenmeng had fainted on the edge of the pillar covered in blood, and several lifters and chamberlains were observing him.

An attendant described to Chongzhen that after Wen Zhenmeng got up just now, he hit the pillar on the side without saying a word, intending to seek death.

The attendant standing on the edge of the pillar involuntarily stretched out his hand and pushed it, so it did not cause a tragedy.

After hearing that Wen Zhenmeng still had breath, Zhu Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and then a deeper disgust rose in his heart.

"Wen Wenqi is planning to put a mean hat on me? It's really incorrigible, why are you holding on to it? Go and call the Imperial Doctor of the Tai Hospital, I'm not interested in wearing a hat like this. ”

In Chongzhen's reprimand, an attendant suddenly ran out quickly, and Zhu Youzhen instructed a eunuch to take care of Wen Zhenmeng, and then turned around and left without stopping.

Huang Liji and the others looked at each other, they didn't know how things had developed to this point. Although Wen Zhenmeng did not die, even after surviving, he had no face to stay in the court.

This champion who failed to pass ten times and finally became the best in the world, was simply forced into a desperate situation by Chongzhen.

Compared with Chongzhen's criticism of Wen Zhenmeng, Wei Zhongxian's punishment of Wen Zhenmeng's eighty court canes was simply a gentle drizzle.

Several officials who followed Wen Zhenmeng to oppose the new policy couldn't help but feel a little depressed when they saw Wen Zhenmeng's fate, and they couldn't help but feel a desire to go.

Huang Liji and several other ministers felt a chill in their hearts when they saw this scene. Chongzhen's actions today are not only a blow to the leaders who oppose the New Deal, but also a warning to them.

If they were still half-hearted as they are now, vacillating between the emperor and the courtiers, only wanting to get the benefits of the implementation of the new policy, but not willing to pay any price, it is obvious that Chongzhen will not continue to tolerate them.

After Wen Zhenmeng's incident of hitting the pillar in Jiale Palace, more than a dozen officials felt that the limelight was not good, and they all proposed to go up to the office, and the palace approved them one by one.

Wen Zhenmeng, who was denounced as Zhao Gao and his ilk, dealt a great blow to the reputation of the Donglin Party, and the people in Gyeonggi who suffered from the chaos of the Wenxiang Sect cursed Wen Zhenmeng, Men Chenxin and others who harbored the Wenxiang Sect.

The Daming Times used the recitals of Wen Zhenmeng, Men Chenxin and others to wash the ground for the Shunyi people, and after the Wenxiangjiao riots spread to neighboring areas, the people of Gyeonggi, who felt that they had been deceived, complained about these officials.