Cao Zhengchun had just walked out of the Warm Spring Pavilion when Wang Yangming arrived.
"Your Majesty, Minister of War Wang Yangming requests an audience.”
"Summon him in."
Wang Yangming bowed and entered the hall. He said respectfully,"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the results of the provincial examination have all been announced. The ten students that Your Majesty likes have all passed the examination. The number of people who took part in the provincial examination this time far exceeds the previous ones.”
Wang Yangming handed the memorial to the eunuch.
The eunuch took the memorial and respectfully presented it to the Emperor.
The Ming Empire had two capitals and thirteen provinces, and the first place in the provincial examination was Top Scorer.
Tang Yin, also known as Tang Top Scorer, was one such person.
Theoretically, after the students passed the imperial examination, they could become officials and wait for the candidates…
However, who would miss the opportunity to take the exam?
This was a carp leaping over the dragon gate!
The exam was held in the capital and organized by the Ministry of Rites. The first place in the exam was called Huiyuan.
The peak of the imperial examination was that the emperor personally set the questions for the palace examination, and the students who took the examination were called Gongshi.
Those who passed the court examination were scholars, and the first place was the top scholar.
If a person consecutively hit Jieyuan, Huiyuan, and Zhuangyuan, it would be a hat-trick for the imperial examination.
There were very few people who could hit the three elements in a row. If there were, not only would the ancestors 'graves smoke, but even the emperor would pay special attention to them.
Zhu Houzhen opened the list of candidates that Wang Yangming had sent over.
Zhang Juzheng, Jiangling Jieyuan.
Tang Yin, Suzhou Jieyuan.
……
In the roster, Zhu Houxin saw Hai Rui's name.
Hai Rui was already 42 years old and was still on the way to the imperial examinations. However, he had actually passed the imperial examinations this time.
The ten most capable officials had all passed the imperial examination. Originally, Zhu Houjin wanted to specially promote those who he liked but did not pass the imperial examination.
Now, it seemed that they had worked hard and were all genuine. Zhu Houjin felt very gratified…
It was less than two months away from the general exams, and the students were already on their way to the capital.
Because time was very tight, they had to hurry and revise the books for the imperial examination, so it was called rushing for the examination.
Zhu Houjin decided to see how they did in the examination before making a decision. If these ten capable officials were really knowledgeable and capable, then the Ming Empire's officialdom would undergo earth-shattering changes. The road of reform would also be much smoother and much faster.
Some of the conservative officials could withdraw from the stage of history one by one, which would make things much easier for Zhu Houjin.
What changes would the imperial examinations bring to the empire? How many good officials would emerge?
"Your Majesty, please decide on the exam topic.”
"Two words, reform. Let's use these two words as the topic!”
"This lowly subject obeys the decree!"
Wang Yangming left the palace after taking the exam questions.
The two words the emperor gave him seemed very simple, but it was actually very difficult.
All the examinees in the world had followed the path of Confucius and Mencius since they were young. How to write an essay?
Although there were Shang Yang's reform and Wang Anshi's reform, they were incompatible with the Cheng and Zhu school of thought…
However, according to Wang Yangming's experience, the Ming Empire was now completely different from the Taizu period. The folk customs were much more relaxed, and there were not so many rules and regulations to restrict people's thoughts.
Using reform as a test was not considered deviant.
Moreover, this was a topic personally proposed by the current emperor. The reform was strongly advocated by the current emperor!
Who would dare to openly oppose it?
Who dared to go against the Emperor?
Who would dare to brush the dragon's beard?
…………
The next morning, the capital was shocked.
The news that Zhu Hao, the Liao King, was locked up in the Ministry of Justice's prison spread like wildfire.
At the beginning of the court session, there were many ministers who continuously petitioned the emperor to cut off the Liao King Zhu Hao's head to prevent future troubles!
Zhu Houyu ordered Jiang Shujing, the minister of the Supreme Court, to be the chief judge, Mao Jinyu, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, to be the deputy judge, and Zhang Shaojun, the censor of the left capital of the Imperial Censorate, to be the supervisor.
The three divisions jointly examined the case of Liao King Zhu Hao's rebellion.
The moment Zhu Hao Xin was captured alive in the imperial prison, he knew that he was finished. When his twelve sons were shot one by one, he completely lost the desire to live.
What he was most afraid of now was being executed by the Emperor.
Ling Chi was also known as Ling Chi, which was what the people called "a thousand cuts".
The original meaning was 'slow hills'.
The term 'dismemberment' was used to refer to cutting off the flesh of a person's body when they were executed. It was a kind of dismemberment punishment.
This kind of punishment was very painful…
Two days later, the Third Division began to interrogate Zhu Hao, the Liao King.
In the hall, Zhu Hao Xin, who no longer had the desire to live, confessed everything without any explanation.
He was the one who sent the assassin Ren Woxing to assassinate the current Emperor. He also told the three imperial court officials something that shocked them. The death of Emperor Zhu Houzhao was also secretly planned by him…
However, this matter had already changed. The person who killed Zhu Houzhao had long been killed by Zhu Hao, so there was no evidence.
As for the motive of the rebellion, Zhu Hao Xin explained it very simply.
Ever since the death of Emperor Hongzhi, Zhu Youtang, he felt that he was the most suitable to rule the world in terms of age, reputation, and ability.
However, after he killed Zhu Houzhao, he was met with the young lord of the south, Zhu Houyu. He was too unwilling and could not take it anymore. He decided to take the risk and do the same thing.
He had thought that he could succeed this time, but he did not expect that the current emperor would rule the martial arts world, and he, Zhu Hao, would be drawing water with a bamboo basket.
He had lost all the wealth, connections, and reputation that he had accumulated for most of his life in one go, and he had even brought disaster to his entire family and clan…
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