As soon as the decree was issued, all the people were excited.
"Tax reduction for three years... My God, the current emperor Jian Shou is a benevolent king. During the war, he actually reduced taxes. This is something Jian Shou has never done before!"
"The emperor is only eight years old and is a child. The book says that people are inherently good at first. The emperor is kind and cares about poor people like us. He is a good emperor."
"I heard that the reason why we were able to win the Dongling Kingdom was because the emperor came up with a good idea. It is said that the emperor's idea cost money and the Ministry of Revenue refused to pay for it. It was the emperor who wanted to donate to his private treasury that impressed all the civil and military officials. Money makes weapons, otherwise this battle cannot be won.”
"The emperor really cares about the people. We are lucky to have such an emperor."
"Who says it isn't?"
“……”
With the victory and the tax reduction decree, the new emperor's prestige suddenly increased.
In such an atmosphere, the spring palace examinations ushered in. Those who passed the Gongshi examination at the end of last year entered the palace together to participate in the final round of assessments.
Generally speaking, the emperor sets the questions for the final palace examination, with a total of three questions. However, the new emperor is a child and it is impossible for him to take the exam. Yun Chu asked the five ministers of the auxiliary country to discuss the questions together.
With more than a hundred people standing in the main hall, the scene was quite spectacular.
The most important ministers in the court stood in two columns and made some suggestions for the final result.
"Meet the Emperor!"
Everyone saluted.
Chu Hongyu raised his hand and said: "You are all excused. You are all our future pillars of the Jin Dynasty. The country of the Jin Dynasty depends on you. Now I will give the last three questions. After you complete them, they will be handed over to the regent for review, and then they will be handed over to the regent. Read it with other adults.”
The tributes sat down one by one.
Chu Hongyu followed the instructions and read out the three big questions, two simple questions and one policy essay, and they just needed to be completed within the specified time.
Yun Chu sat behind the bead curtain and saw Meng Shen and Yun Zhenjiang. These two children were only in their early ten years old this year. Because they were from aristocratic families, they did not need to take the preliminary examinations such as the college examination and the provincial examination. They took part in the joint examination for the first time and their scores were good. Okay, if you pass the Gongshi exam, you can take part in the final palace examination.
There is also the husband of her concubine Yunran, the second young master of the Dai family, Dai Hong, who is twenty-one years old this year. This age is much older than Meng Shen and Brother Jiang, but looking at all the tributes, this age is only average. , there are older people above, some from three to ten years old.
and Nie Meng, the eldest son of Nie Zhou of the Nie family.
Nie Meng was writing with his head lowered, his face was clear, and there was no sign that he had just experienced the pain of losing his father.
Soon, Nie Meng completed the test questions and was the first to complete it. He handed the file to the young eunuch and then was handed it to the regent.
Chu Rui took a look and was a little surprised. This article was written with Nie Zhou's character.
He actually didn't want to kill Nie Zhou, but Nie Zhou was stubborn and had to give up.
Immediately afterwards, tributes continued to hand in files, and Chu Rui looked over them one by one.
He had to admit that that idiot Princess Qinghua was very good at raising a son, and Meng Shen's talent ranked among the top three.
But how old is Meng Shen? Does he just want to be the second best pick?
Wouldn't it mean that Yunchu would continue to be powerful?
Chu Rui held the signs in his hand, and finally placed one of them on Nie Meng's file.
He killed Nie Zhou and owed it to Yun Chu.
Then, repay it to Nie Meng and let Nie Meng be the top pick.
Then the ministers circulated it, and each put the sign on the file of the number one scholar they thought, and finally sent it to the emperor for the emperor and the queen mother to make a decision.
Chu Hongyu glanced at it and then gave it to Yun Chu.
Seeing the word Nie Meng, Yun Chu seemed to see the word Nie Zhou. Both father and son looked proud.
This case file has the most number of names on it, and it is the number one candidate that the public expects.
But Nie Meng was only sixteen years old, still a child, and she did not want this child to be involved in court disputes.
In the same way, no matter how outstanding these two children are, Meng Shen and Yun Zhenjiang, she will not let them stand out in this palace examination.
Yun Chu put down his sign.
Chu Hongyu's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw the top three candidates in Yun's primary election.
He cleared his throat and said to the important ministers and tributes: "Where is the candidate Feng Quanyi?"
Feng Quanyi came out: "The students are here."
He is a member of the former Empress Dowager's natal family. At that time, the Empress Dowager rebelled, and the entire Feng family was sentenced to exile. After the regent came to power, the Feng family was exempted from punishment, returned to the capital, and lived in the original Feng family. The Feng family also received Got the imperial examination quota.
"Feng Quanyi is loyal and honest, and his articles are steady and profound, which make people think deeply. I am very pleased with them." Chu Hongyu picked up the brush and wrote in person, "Feng Quanyi, No. 1, No. 1."
As soon as this statement came out, the entire government and opposition parties fell silent.
They all knew who Feng Quanyi was, a blood relative of the Regent, but they didn't know which article was written by Feng Quanyi just now.
Even if it was written a little better, they could still have some impression, but now they can't remember it at all, which means that Feng Quanyi has no talent. It should be said that among so many outstanding candidates, Feng Quanyi is not outstanding.
A person who is not outstanding becomes the top scholar in this subject?
Isn't this child's play?
Feng Quanyi was also stunned.
He was indeed a scholar before, but after two years of exile and experiencing unprecedented pain, he had long forgotten everything in the book. He came to take part in the imperial examination simply because the regent gave him such an opportunity, so he came to give it a try.
He never dreamed that he would become the top pick after just giving it a try.
Of course, he didn't think that he had any real talents, but that the regent worked from it, so that the little emperor had to appoint him as the number one.
He couldn't help being ecstatic and knelt down: "Kowtow to the emperor, long live my emperor!"
Chu Rui narrowed his eyes.
He didn't understand what Yun Chu was doing.
During the three-year palace examination, shouldn't she take the opportunity to promote her own people and place them in various places in the court? Why should she promote Feng Quanyi?
But soon, he understood why.
Because the first and second place is from the Lin family, Lin Qiang's younger brother, who is also a person with not outstanding talents.
For these two people, he planned to rank them in La Liga, and it would be enough if they could serve as officials in the court.
Unexpectedly, one became the top pick and the other became the second pick.
Yunchu wanted to flatter him and kill him!
Chu Rui looked up high, and his eyes fell on Yun Chu through the bead curtain.
Yun Chu looked at him with a smile on his lips.
Now Li Shoufu is busy uniting with hundreds of officials to depose the regent, but many people are wavering, fearing that the deposition fails and they will be retaliated by the regent.
That's why she decided to promote the Feng family and the Lin family.
Let those who are wavering make decisions quickly.
"Nie Meng, first and third."
Chu Hongyu personally wrote the name of Sanding Jia with his royal pen.
The courtiers couldn't help but be in an uproar and couldn't help talking in low voices.
"Nie Meng has the talent of number one, but he ranks third."
"It's enough to be inferior to others, but it's Feng Lin and Feng Lin. How can these two have any real talent?"
"Master Nie died tragically, and his eldest son lost the top prize. It's so sad. The emperor is too young and doesn't know people well."
"Don't you understand? It was clearly the regent who asked the emperor to appoint these two as the top two. The regent is the head of the assistant ministers, and the emperor can only listen to him."
"Prince Regent...hey..."
Everyone shook their heads.
