The storm came down overnight.

No one would have thought that things would be so bad, when the palace decrees came out, and it was rumored that Yang Shiqi entered the palace to meet and discuss the imperial examination, everyone was stunned.

The incident came too suddenly, and it was already a big disappointment for everyone if His Majesty did not ban Chen Xue, but what happened next was enough to surprise people, and many people realized an extremely strict problem.

The reason for releasing the north-south list is to take care of the candidates in the north, because the students in the south often do better than the north.

But the problem arises again, the south is divided into southeast and southwest, the territory of the south is so vast, and not everyone is a test master, so the people in Fujian, Guangdong, Sichuan and Guizhou and other places are tragic, in the face of those such as the forest of Jiangxi and Zhejiang test masters, where will they have any opportunities, many scholars are reluctant to mix up a person, show talent, and no longer think about the business, and even some people secretly do business is not a few, so that those places, education is not good, and even many rich families may not have the tradition of letting their children study.

In those places, there are poor mountains and bad waters, and there are so many people who come out every three or five times, according to this view, the gentry of the big clan are not keen on educating their children, so the people there are not only strong, but also the local gentry may not be willing to cooperate with the government, and causing trouble is a common thing.

Now His Majesty proposed to solve this problem, but it did not make people feel gratified, but after thinking about it, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

On the one hand. There are many officials in the court, especially important ministers, in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The vast majority of these people are people who are in power and the opposition, and since Taizu, the examinations of several subjects, almost from the champion to the second-class jinshi, the vast majority have been covered by people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. If we want to solve the problem of the imperial examination in the southwest now, it will inevitably greatly threaten the interests of scholars in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

After all, the Jinshi admitted by the imperial court. After all, there are only so many places, once a southwest list is divided, then the number of places on the south list must be divided into two, and the number of places will be greatly reduced. And some people with a heart. But I realized it. At this time, His Majesty suddenly became interested in Chen Xue, so would the southwestern provinces choose another subject and conduct an exam.

This is the most alarming problem, once this is the case, then Chen Xue will really make a career, which is enough to compete with science.

Many people are uneasy, but for the ministers. But it's all suffering.

Early in the morning, His Majesty called Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong to go. Xie Jin, on the contrary, did not even have the qualifications to discuss the matter, and Hu Yan and Huang Huai also sat on the cold bench.

Yang Shiqi has always been reconciled, but Yang Rong is a native of Fujian, and there has always been a gap between him and the cabinet in Jiangxi.

He never imagined that things would deteriorate step by step, but he learned some news from the palace, first Zhao Zhong's death, Zhao Zhong's death, so that Xie Jin realized where the problem was. Originally, it was a big deal to be suspicious, it was a big deal to clean up Zhao Zhong, and it was a big deal to let Chen Xue go, but just after the dispersal of the dynasty, another incident happened, an inexplicable eunuch ran to the prince to 'inform', the prince was not light, but it was too late to clear the suspicion, the little eunuch who was informant, it is said that early this morning, he had taken it to the edict, saying that it was Zhao Zhong's party, but Xie Jin understood that this meant clearly that this was the prince's party.

Xie Jin's first thought was that the prince and himself were tricked, but the problem is that this kind of thing can never be explained, the more you distinguish, the more ill-intentioned you are, the more you want to clean yourself, the faster you will die, the only way is to knock out the front teeth and swallow it in the stomach, even if there is a great grievance, you can only pretend not to know.

Xie Jin simply locked himself in the public house every day, and did not go out of the door, and did not step out of the second door.

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Compared with the three of Xie Jin, Huang Huai, and Hu Yan, Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong are clearly much more tormented.

Right now, they are facing a crucial problem, and one wrong step can be shattered.

The Son of Heaven has just met with Hao Fenglou, and Hao Fenglou proposed something, but it taught Zhu Di a little fresh, he had already had a little draft in his heart before, and now he has some initiatives from Hao Fenglou, which makes his thoughts and ideas clearer.

Zhu Di glanced at the two cabinet ministers, and said with a smile: "Two Aiqing, what do you think of this Chen Xue?" ”

Yang Shiqi lowered his head, as soon as he heard this, his heart became alert, combined with His Majesty's previous actions, Yang Shiqi knew that this was a special test, but if there was any mistake, it might lead to fire.

Yang Shiqi said: "The point of view is novel, but Weichen has only read one or two things, and many things may not agree." ”

This sentence has a little ambiguous meaning, he can't say that Chen Xuexue is good, and he must not say that Chen Xuexue is bad, if Chen Xueqi is good, then he Yang Shiqi will become a street rat, if he says a bad word, he can't help but dislike it.

Yang Rong replied: "Weichen wants to read it and see what this Chen Xue is talking about, but unfortunately he is busy with official business and can't let go for a while." ”

Yang Rong is also smart, so he simply sued him that he hadn't read it, and since he hadn't read it, he naturally didn't know whether it was good or bad.

Zhu Di smiled and said: "I see, you have to read it, read it well, of course, this is a digression, just Hao Fenglou said, saying that although the north and south imperial examinations have solved many shortcomings, it is still too hasty, that Hao Fenglou was in Langshan, familiar with the customs and customs of the southwest, saying that the education there is always not good, the reason is nothing more than two, one is the poor mountains and bad water, this day is not a day clear, the land is not three feet flat, the land is barren, can not grow food, this person is poor and short-minded, naturally all over the Diao people, Yang Rong, You are from Fujian, Fujian is roughly the same, you can tell me, is Hao Fenglou right? ”

At this time in Fujian, except for the Quanzhou area, other places are indeed poor, so that many people really can't survive, and have to violate the imperial court ban, sail to the sea, or leave their hometowns and move overseas, or do some shady things. Yang Rong nodded again and again, and said, "What Hao Fenglou said is not bad. ”

Zhu Di said slowly: "The second is that the scholars there, although they also study hard, but after all, they can't reach the candidates in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which inevitably teaches them to be a little discouraged, this person is discouraged, and they will inevitably get tired of this scripture, and if they can't do it, they have to find another way, so there, there are very few people who are willing to study, and if it goes on like this, how to promote the education of the imperial court?" ”

Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong said yes again and again, but they were thinking in their hearts, His Majesty said this, is it for them? When they thought of some rumors outside, they couldn't help but be a little worried, for fear that His Majesty would be like the rumors outside......

Sure enough, Zhu Di smiled slightly and said: "If it goes on like this, it's not a way, now that the imperial court has taken over Jiaozhi, this southwest is also half of the country, how can it be allowed to festering like this, I thought about it and decided to set up a small list in addition to the north-south list." ”

Small list......

Yang Shiqi lamented in his heart, the time to come has finally come.

However, Yang Rong was expressionless, in fact, he was also very dissatisfied with the situation in the temple and half of Jiangxi, he was a Fujianese, Fujian, there were few talents, and there were not many Fujianese in the court, so he couldn't help but be weak, he also knew that if it went on like this, it would only make it quite rampant, if it was really possible to set up a small list, and Fujian could add to the small list, it didn't seem to be a big deal, and even speaking of it, it could be regarded as making a little contribution to his hometown.

The ancients were most nostalgic for the hometown, because of the inconvenience of transportation, once you came out of the township, especially people like Yang Rong, who came to Beijing to be an official, then it was possible, only when the gray hair was gray and the old man was drooping, he could tell the old man to go back, this farewell, that is, decades, decades of time, have long forgotten some unhappiness in the township, but turned the little things into wisps of worry.

"Two Aiqing, what do you think?"

Yang Shiqi said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this matter is a matter of importance, and it cannot be done overnight, and it should be considered in the long run." ”

Yang Rong was silent on the side, making his own calculations.

Zhu Di couldn't help laughing, and said: "If it is a long-term discussion, why do I want to summon Erqing here to discuss, this matter, I have made up my mind, and I must start handling it immediately, I also have an idea, that is, in the southwest and Fujian and Guangdong provinces, Chen Xue is quite popular, this Chen Xue is also a Jingyi article, and it is also the study of Confucius and Mencius. ”

When Yang Shiqi heard this, he almost didn't sit on the ground all of a sudden. As for Yang Rong, at the beginning, he was still making small calculations to make benefits for his hometown, but as soon as he heard Chen Xue, his face suddenly collapsed, this ...... It's crazy.

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I got up at noon, dizzy, and my head was swollen, eh, yesterday's New Year's Eve, I seemed to have drunk some wine, so I slept late, and I sent it to my classmates, and I gave a guaranteed monthly pass, thank you. (To be continued......)