Chapter 323: The Old and the New Take over, Who Will Rule Haijin?

Xu Hong swallowed hard, and his eyes were filled with jealousy.

Zhang Sui was promoted from an unknown Liaodong censor to the governor of the Ming Dynasty because he sent back a fat grass carp and had some military merits last year.

Although so many people present had a great chance to become the governor, Zhang Sui only took one year to achieve it, and was promoted by His Majesty himself. This potential is unmatched.

But he still couldn't understand why Zhang Sui's grass carp could grow so big in one year, and where did he feed the grass carp last year?

Zhang Sui found that happiness came too suddenly, and he immediately stepped forward to thank him solemnly: "Your Majesty is very appreciative of me. I am willing to work hard for Your Majesty and go through fire and water for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty!"

From an ordinary military family son, he has now become a high-ranking governor. Even if he has experienced all this, he feels like he is dreaming.

Although the Luzon governor does not have much real power, and is completely different from the Yingtian governor, it is known that this position actually has greater responsibilities.

According to his analysis, the country's strategic focus will shift to Nanyang. Although he does not know how the emperor wants to layout Nanyang, he, the Luzon governor, will definitely not be a virtual position and will bear a heavy strategic role.

Today's spring is bright and beautiful, and Tingchao Pavilion stands on the east side of the 800-acre Taiye Lake.

"I am not a harsh and ungrateful king. I hope that you will do your job well! In my place, merits should be rewarded and faults should be punished. As long as you can make contributions to the Ming Dynasty, I will never treat you unfairly!" Zhu Youtang walked slowly to the guardrail, basking in the sun and encouraging the ministers below.

Xu Hong and other officials have also realized that they are indeed a wise monarch who rewards and punishes clearly, and they immediately expressed their opinions together in a disciplined manner: "Ministers will remember it!"

"Retreat!"

Zhu Youtang glanced condescendingly, and then ordered lightly.

He knew that if an empire wanted to be truly strong, it had to know how to use its subordinates and constantly cultivate talents, after all, talents were the cornerstone of a country's prosperity.

After this test, Liu Cunye, Qian Fu and Jin Gui were all mediocre people who were not fit for great use, and the shrewd Jin Gui would only become a politician who talked about his ambitions in vain, but this section also produced practical talents such as Zhang Sui, Xu Hong, Yu Ming and Qian Sen.

In theory, the governor of Luzon should be selected from senior officials, but after more than two years of governance, he knew that those senior officials were good at maintaining the status quo but not good at pioneering.

Like Huang Fu, the former governor and censor of Jiaozhi, who had served in Jiaozhi for 19 years, it cannot be said that Huang Fu was not a good parent official, but he had no idea of ​​the national mission he was carrying.

Zhu Youtang knew that it was a risk for him to boldly use Zhang Sui, but instead of handing over the situation in Luzon to Huang Fu and his ilk to make a good reputation, it would be better to choose to trust Zhang Sui, who was brave and sharp.

Luzon is not only an important step for the Ming Dynasty to move towards the South Seas, but also an important springboard for taking the initiative to attack the sea.

Zhang Sui and others were fortunate to see the emperor with golden light all over his body. They only dared to take a glance, and then bowed and followed the eunuch to leave in an orderly manner.

The imperial examination is the most important way for the empire to cultivate talents.

Due to the connection between the special examination and the regular examination, although a champion was born last year, this year's champion has also begun to be nurtured.

History seems to have gone through a reincarnation!

Just as Zhang Sui and the other twelve people walked towards the Xiyuan Gate, they were met with twelve new tribute scholars, and the faces of these twelve tribute scholars looked nervous and excited.

Liu Cunye and others saw these twelve high-spirited figures, but they knew that this group of younger generations came to participate in the Xiaochuanlu, and different reactions surged in their hearts.

Liu Cunye and other frustrated people wished that time could come back, but they couldn't be so reckless when facing the Xiaochuanlu test questions. Although the answer may not satisfy the emperor, at least it can keep the top ranking.

Zhang Sui and other proud people were more of a feeling at this time, as if they had participated in the Xiaochuanlu just yesterday, and they were lucky enough to stick to their hearts when facing the Xiaochuanlu questions.

The twelve seeded players didn't understand why Liu Cunye and others appeared here together, and immediately made way and bowed to these seniors.

There is no wall that is impenetrable in the world, and the questions about the Xiaochuanlu of the Enke last year are no secret.

Just when those new Gongshi with extraordinary backgrounds were full of confidence, this year did not use last year's test questions, but twelve tables were arranged in front of Tingchao Pavilion, with a test paper on them.

This was like a recruitment site in the future, and the first question of the exam was: On a night of lightning and thunder, a little prodigy asked his grandfather: Are there ghosts in this world? Grandpa said that there are no ghosts in the world, why ask this question? The little prodigy answered: I just heard it from my nanny. Grandpa's face suddenly changed, and he asked the little prodigy to leave quickly, there is no nanny in our family. The little prodigy ran into the room and found the nanny who was doing needlework and asked: Who are you? Grandpa said that there is no nanny in our family. The nanny said: Your grandfather has been dead for four years. Have you seen your grandfather? The little boy screamed in fear. The neighbor who came back from drinking outside was immediately frightened: "Is this house haunted? No one has lived in this house for two years!" If there is a ghost here, who is it?

At the Xiyuan Gate, Chang Feng led the Jinwu Guards to guard here strictly. Even as a royal relative, they also conscientiously stick to their posts.

Liu Cunye and his group walked out smoothly, but after experiencing the ups and downs of the officialdom just now, everyone's expression was different.

Zhang Sui was supposed to walk to the front, but Liu Cunye and the other two seemed to think that they were Hanlin officials, and they still walked to the front without hesitation.

Qian Fu, who had been holding his breath, finally couldn't help it. As soon as he left the area of ​​Xiyuan Gate, he complained: "The grass carp is raised in a bathtub, and you all take care of it with all your heart. Why do you want to demote the three of us? This is unfair!"

Liu Cunye and Jin Gui didn't say anything, but they agreed with Qian Fu's words in their hearts.

The three of them may not have done well enough, but this treatment did not make them convinced, and they even secretly hated the tyrant who controlled their wealth and glory.

Now, the three of them have gone from the extremely noble Hanlin officials to the local sesame officials, and Jin Gui is not even a sesame official. This gap is not acceptable to ordinary people.

That's why the three of them couldn't change the result, but they were very dissatisfied in their hearts.

"Unfair? You are still not convinced until now. Don't you understand where you are wrong?" Qian Sen, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, heard the words and said contemptuously.

Zhang Sui and others didn't want to ride on Qian Fu and others' heads, but at this moment, they all frowned, and they couldn't allow others to question the current emperor.

Liu Cunye held his breath and defended himself indignantly: "Where did we go wrong? We chose to keep the fish around us, which was loyal, but the grass carp died due to acclimatization, and the crime was not enough to be exiled!"

In his opinion, their choice last year was not wrong, but they couldn't be blamed for not being able to keep the grass carp alive, and they shouldn't be exiled because of this.

"Have you ever thought that you might have had a better way to deal with it at that time!" Zhang Tai, the head of the Ministry of Justice, was already a middle-aged man in his forties, and he expressed his opinion very seriously at this time.

As soon as this was said, it immediately attracted everyone's attention and confusion.

A better way to deal with it?

Xu Hong kept the grass carp in the pond of Qian's house, where it was enough for the grass carp to live happily, so there was no such irritability, so he turned his head and looked at Zhang Tai in confusion.

Qian Fu saw Zhang Tai, who was much older than him, and suddenly reacted: "Zhang Tai, I remember you kept it in a footbath, how come you are fine this time?"

Huh?

Xu Hong and others suddenly realized that if a bathtub couldn't keep a grass carp alive, then a footbath would be even more impossible, and they couldn't help but look at Zhang Tai, the oldest, in confusion.

"I guess it was because when Zhang Tai and I saw that the grass carp was dying, we returned it directly to Taiye Lake, and Zhang Tai chose to release his fish directly, so His Majesty didn't hold us accountable!" A young man with a similar situation reacted and immediately expressed his opinion.

Qian Sen, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, was good at summarizing and analyzing, and nodded as if he had realized something: "This analysis is very reasonable. The reason why His Majesty exiled Liu Zhuangyuan and the other three was probably because they watched the grass carp die in the bathtub!"

They encountered similar situations, but because the two groups of people did things differently, they got different results.

Zhang Tai and the other three were not convicted for releasing or returning the grass carp, but only the three Hanlin officials who let the grass carp die were convicted. The truth is clear.

It was not that the emperor did something different, but that Liu Cunye and the other two had their own faults.

Qian Fu realized that the root of the problem might be here, but he still argued unwillingly: "It's just a grass carp, how much is it worth? I think this time it's clearly making a fuss, deliberately targeting the three of us!"

"Is it just a grass carp? That's the fish that your majesty gave us to take care of!"

"If you can't keep it alive, you can return it or release it immediately, and your majesty won't blame you, but what did you do?"

"It's not terrible to do something wrong, what's terrible is that you choose to make mistakes to the end, this is the real reason why your majesty demoted you!"

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Faced with Qian Fu's light-hearted defense, Xu Hong and others were also ignited, but they no longer indulged this runner-up, and they all found their own opinions.

Although they did not quite understand His Majesty's approach earlier, after some analysis, they now realized that there was nothing wrong with His Majesty's treatment of Qian Fu and the other three.

"Have you three ever thought that if the grass carp were ordinary people, would you still think that this exile was unfair?" Zhang Sui, who had been silent all the time, looked at the three people and was completely unaware of their mistakes, and asked them soul-searching questions.

Others might just think it was an insignificant test question, but the questioner was a rare wise monarch in a century, and asking them to raise grass carp was essentially to test their ability to "take care" of the people.

The terrible thing about Liu Shouye and the other two was not their incompetence, but that they did not have the courage to admit their mistakes, but chose to go the wrong way all the way.

If the emperor entrusted such people with important tasks, they would eventually harm the world and become another scourge of China.

From this, it can be seen that the emperor actually knew how to use people well. Even if Liu Cunye and the other three had good articles, they were indeed not qualified candidates for the position of prime minister.

"We are officials because the emperor has entrusted the people to us, right?"

"If you can't do it, and you keep making mistakes and let the people die, how can His Majesty use you?"

"You three should go back and reflect on yourself! His Majesty has already been merciful to you by banishing you three!"

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Xu Hong and others sorted out Zhu Youtang's logic for banishing Qian Fu and others, and they were no longer polite in preaching to these three former high-ranking Hanlin Academy members.

Qian Fu suddenly felt like a deflated ball, and he also realized that he had indeed handled the situation improperly. In fact, he had thought about letting them go, but he still boiled the "people" for some unknown reason.

Jin Gui was originally a politician who knew how to be patient, but at this moment he couldn't help but say: "Does the life and death of the people matter? This is clearly an excuse. In which dynasty did the promotion of the ministers of poetry be based on loving and protecting the people? We can only say that we have met an unreasonable king!"

In his opinion, although many important ministers claimed to save the people of the world, they only served the emperor. As for them, the ministers of poetry only need to learn how to govern the world, and they should not be assessed at all whether they love the people.

Now they were demoted for not taking good care of a grass carp, and he was demoted to the ninth-rank ambassador of the warehouse, but he was a hundred times dissatisfied in his heart.

"Now it seems that His Majesty is very wise to demote you to the ambassador of the warehouse. People like you are not worthy of being an official in the same dynasty as me!" Yu Ming, the head of the Ministry of Industry, was full of disgust on his face and directly scolded.

You...

Jin Gui had never suffered such humiliation before, and immediately looked at Yu Ming with resentment.

"Jin Tanhua, I don't care how you look at the people! If you dare to oppress the people in the future, even if the local governor does not punish you, I will never sit idly by!" Xu Hong knew that the man in front of him was a hypocrite, and he also found it and warned him sternly.

"Jin Tanhua, think twice before doing anything, otherwise don't blame me for not thinking of the friendship of my peers!" Qian Sen and other officials realized that the Tanhua Lang in front of them was not a fellow student, and they also issued a warning.

Facing the stern warnings from his peers, Jin Gui realized that he was no longer a promising Hanlin editor, but had been demoted to an insignificant ambassador.

"Falling flowers are not ruthless, they turn into spring mud to protect flowers! Liu Zhuangyuan, do a good job as a local magistrate, this is an official position that can truly care for the people!" Zhang Sui thought that he was from the same hometown as Liu Cunye, and warned him before leaving.

Putting aside the importance of the official position, in fact, the emperor did not kill Liu Cunye and the other two, and even gave Liu Cunye and Qian Fu a chance.

Liu Cunye still couldn't accept this gap, and responded unhappily: "Zhang Sui, since the county magistrate is so good, why don't you ask His Majesty to be a county magistrate?"

"I am the sword of the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty placed me in Liaodong for experience. Now I am more suitable to be the governor of Luzon!" Zhang Sui bowed solemnly in the direction of Tingchao Pavilion, as if it was a matter of course.

After this reshuffle, the top three Jinshi in the Hongzhi Dynasty all fell, and Zhang Sui, the governor of Liaodong, became the most dazzling existence in the Jiyou Enke.

While arguing here, the gears of fate were quietly turning. The new Gongshi who was answering in front of Tingchao Pavilion faced the last question: "There are mines overseas, with millions of gold. If my people find them, who will they belong to?"