In the imperial study, Wu Yingqi and Wu Shifan walked in and told Yongli, who was sitting in the imperial study reading a book, about Kangxi's entry into Beijing, and they also told Yongli that Kangxi was now being imprisoned in the dungeon of the palace.

"What?" After Yongli listened to Wu Yingqi and Wu Shifan's words, he was so shocked that he almost stood up, "Two Aiqing, why did you put Kangxi in the dungeon?" ”

Wu Shifan knelt on one knee, arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, this Kang Mazi is the enemy of Weichen who killed his father!" This revenge for killing his father, how can he not take revenge! ”

Yongli shook his head, and said with a solemn face: "But I listened to the southern envoy's performance, and wanted to canonize Kangxi as the prince, let him conquer the countries of the Western Regions, and expand the territory for my Ming Dynasty, and I also agreed." We Ming should convince people with virtue and educate barbarians, if Kangxi is killed with a knife, then who will obey us in the future? ”

Wu Shifan said: "Your Majesty, killing Kangxi will not affect the canonization of the Qing Dynasty!" This Kangxi has a concubine who is pregnant and is still in Nanjing, and his other princesses and sons have been sent to the capital. Weichen wants to avenge his father and kill Kangxi and his son. As for that concubine, naturally someone will send her to the far north, and his son will be the prince of Qing. If you give birth to a daughter, it is better to canonize a queen. ”

"Your Majesty!" Wu Yingqi also bowed his hand and said, "That Nanwang is not a kind person, and almost all of the Aixinjue Luo clan were wiped out by him, leaving only a few straw bales. As for Kangxi's concubine, the ghost knows whether the child in the womb is Kangxi's or Nanwang's! ”

Yongli said helplessly: "Since this is the case, then Kangxi will leave it to you to deal with." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wu Yingqi and Wu Shifan saluted at the same time.

Wu Yingqi continued: "Your Majesty, in fact, if you want to execute the Tartar puppet emperor, you should also let the world's scholars come to Beijing to take a look!" Your Majesty can let the world's scholars enter Beijing in the name of entering Beijing to catch the examination. The execution of the Tartar puppet emperor was announced before the exams. When the time comes, Ling Chi will execute the Tartar puppet emperor in front of those scholars, so that it can also shock the scholars. ”

"It's okay, then I will order the world's scholars to enter Beijing to take the exam." After all, Yongli didn't have many opinions, so he agreed.

The fast horses in the capital went out of the city one after another, and the holy decree of the saint was announced to the world by the messenger, and the list of entering Beijing to take the exam was issued in various places. After all, this is Yongli's first entrance exam in Beijing after returning to the capital, which makes many scholars see hope. Since the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, only the south has had examinations, but the imperial examinations in the south have only reached the level of lifting people, and the south not only examines the traditional imperial examinations such as the Four Books and the Five Classics, but also holds the examinations for craftsmen and military schools.

In the north, there had been no exams for many years, and those who had read the Four Books and the Five Classics all their lives during the Manchu reign felt hopeless and felt that they had no chance of getting ahead.

Now that the entrance examination is open, they will naturally see hope again.

It was also when the examinations were held in various parts of the north that Wang Yu's fleet returned to Nanjing.

As soon as Wang Yu returned to the palace, Chen Yonghua, who was in charge of intelligence work, came to the palace to report: "Dashuai, the north has opened another examination." However, this opening exam is very strange, after Kang Mazi entered Beijing, he was detained by the Wu family, as if the Wu family was preparing to execute Kang Mazi when the lifters entered Beijing to catch the exam. ”

"The Wu family wants to see how many scholars in the world oppose the execution of Kang Mazi." Wang Yuyou immediately saw the essence of the problem.

Huang Zongxi asked: "Could it be that the Wu family wants to use the topic to play and kill a group of scholars who oppose him?" ”

"It's a possibility!" Wang Yuyou stroked his beard and nodded, "But those scholars who would oppose the execution of Kang Mazi are not good people!" The thieves came, and these scholars took refuge in the thieves, but unfortunately the thieves didn't accept them! The Tartars came, and the scholars turned to the Tartars again. ”

"It's good to kill a batch!" Wang Yu suddenly laughed and said, "Those gentry in the north who are desperate to do things for the Tartars, we can't deal with them, since the Wu family wants to use knives against them, it also saves us trouble." ”

Wang [Fu] asked anxiously: "Marshal, I don't know when we can send troops to the Northern Expedition to quell the rebellion?" The last general can't wait! In this battle of Manila, the last general was the land division, and he didn't have a chance to go, and the opportunities were given to Emperor Hude. ”

Wang Yu laughed: "Don't worry, there is a chance, now wait for the Wu family to do it!" If he wants to go his own way, then the time for our Northern Expedition to quell the rebellion is also fast. In the future, there will still be battles, and after pacifying the Wu family in the north, we will send troops to the west. If India is to be destroyed, it cannot be done with the navy alone, and it must also rely on the army. ”

Wu Yingqi instigated Yongli to open the examination in the north, and now he has only just started the township examination, and after the township examination is completed, he will give the scholars a period of preparation time to let them enter Beijing to catch the examination. However, these things are not for Wang Yu to consider, what Wang Yu wants to consider at present is to let Wu Yashi, who is already pregnant, give birth to a child smoothly. If he gives birth to a son, he will be canonized as king after Kangxi's death; If she gives birth to a daughter, she will be crowned queen.

In the streets and alleys of Nanjing, people are talking about it.

"I heard that there is going to be a college exam in the north? Take the township test first, and then enter Beijing to take the Jinshi exam? A 40-year-old reader said.

"Hahaha!" Another scholar laughed, "Do you think that if you are admitted to the Juren, you will be able to be admitted to the Jinshi?" I'm afraid you won't even be able to pass the exam, right? ”

Another scholar on the side looked at the first reader in his forties: "Fan Jin, if I'm not mistaken, it seems that you haven't even taken the Xiucai exam, just an old boy, right?" Don't you know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and you want to be admitted to the Jinshi? ”

"Hahaha!" All the readers laughed.

The scholar named Fan Jin was embarrassed and his face was red, but he still defended himself: "Who said that? In the past, when the Manchu Tartars were there, the imperial examination was not good, and the Tartars appointed banner people to suppress the Han people. ”

A young scholar on the side laughed: "Fan Jin, but how many years has the Ming Dynasty captured Jiangnan?" It is much easier to take the Xiucai exam, and if you pass the exam, you can enter the yamen to do things, although it is the most basic petty official, but there is still a chance, no matter how bad it is to enter the national school to teach, you will also have the opportunity to be promoted. Tell me, how many years have you been in the exam, have you been admitted to Xiucai? ”

Fan Jin's face was red for a while and white for a while, and he defended weakly: "It is precisely because Xiucai can be an official, so it is much more difficult to take the exam, even more difficult than the Tartar period, if I go to the north, I will definitely be admitted to the ......."

"Hahaha!" The surrounding readers burst into laughter.

A scholar said: "Although the north and the south are all Ming Dynasty now, they are not actually a country, so why should we take the imperial examination in the north?" Isn't life better in the south than in the north? ”