After the spring of the 15th year of Hongzhi, two things were hotly discussed.√

One is the palace examination in the year of Renxu, and the other is the book "The Ming Hui Dian".

Chen Xi did not personally participate in this examination and palace examination. With his official position and qualifications, he was not qualified to be a palace examination reading officer. However, Xie Qian, one of the three cabinet ministers, became a palace examination reading officer without surprise.

The book "The Ming Hui Dian" has a close relationship with Chen Xi, because Chen Xi was one of the editors of "The Ming Hui Dian", and his achievements were relatively top-notch. Thanks to his writing of the rules and regulations at the end of Hongwu and the beginning of Yongle, even Emperor Hongzhi could not deny his status as the editors.

If it weren't for Chen Xi, a lot of content would be submerged by history and would not exist in the world.

The court's official awards were not given, but depending on the situation, we should wait until the palace examination is over and the list of new Jinshi students will be given before the awards will be given.

However, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy have already formulated a list of commendations and promotions for meritorious personnel and submitted them to Emperor Hongzhi for the imperial examination, which was personally approved by Zhu Youzhang.

Emperor Hongzhi had just recovered from a serious illness. Although his physical condition was not as good as before, he was able to handle government affairs himself.

Emperor Hongzhi intended to reward the editors of the "Da Ming Hui Dian". In addition to demonstrating the court's attention to standardizing rules and regulations, he also wanted to use this to promote a group of officials to lay a solid foundation for the prince to serve as the emperor as an adult and even ascend the throne to rule in the future.

In the list of meritorious deeds and commendation plans formulated by the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy, the promotion rate of officials was not large. Emperor Hongzhi directly called back and asked the three yamen to re-plan, which was a worry for a while. Even experienced old ministers like Ma Wensheng, the Minister of Personnel, did not know whether Emperor Hongzhi thought the promotion rate was too large or too small, or perhaps some people should not appear on the commendation list?

There were many different opinions about why Emperor Hongzhi had to return the credit book.

The current helmsman of the Hanlin Academy is Liang Chu, the helmsman of the Ministry of Rites is Fu Han, and the helmsman of the Ministry of Rites is Ma Wensheng, the helmsman of the Ministry of Personnel. The three of them didn't know what to do. Finally, after asking Ma Wensheng for instructions, Ma Wensheng went to the palace to meet the saint, preparing to ask what was going on.

As a result, Emperor Hongzhi did not give him a message on the grounds of being unwell.

There was no other way, so Ma Wensheng had to go to the cabinet and discuss with Grand Secretary Li Dongyang and Xie Qian.

Originally, it was best to ask Liu Jian about this kind of thing, but now Liu Gong is not in good health and is confused about his work. He answers the questions that he asks him in any way.

Ma Wensheng was older than Liu Jian. He understood that Liu Jian was deliberately shirking responsibility and involved the issue of asking for rewards on the matter of merit. Liu Jian did not want to interfere too much in the emperor and his subordinates' meaning, so Liu Jian chose not to ask.

Ma Wensheng found Li Dongyang and Xie Qian. Among the top civil officials in the court, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, who were in their early fifties, both belonged to the "young and strong school", and their opinions were crucial.

But Li Dongyang and Xie Qian's views are completely different.

Li Dongyang believed that the number of officials who were asking for rewards in the memorials should be too large, and there were not so many official positions for promotion under the Hanlin system, so Emperor Hongzhi came back and re-programmed.

Xie Qian's opinion is exactly the opposite.

Xie Qian believes that the list of some meritorious personnel should be added, and it is best to list all the people involved in the Hanlin system who participated in the book review, and each person will be promoted to the next level at least.

Ma Wensheng didn't say anything, but Li Dongyang and Xie Qian started arguing first. The closest friends in private actually turned red because they figured out the emperor's wishes.

Originally, Xie Qian was not qualified to argue with Li Dongyang, because Li Dongyang ranked second among the senior officials and senior officials, and he was only ranked third. The rule was that the senior officials would kill people, and subordinates could only obey their superiors' opinions.

But now Xie Qian is not convinced that he is the third brother. In the past two years, I have been very grateful to the emperor. Do you think I am third? Why can't I be the assistant?

In Wenyuan Pavilion, Ma Wensheng, who was watching from the side, was really helpless.

As the Minister of Personnel, Ma Wensheng was considered a minister of the government, but now the situation in the Ming Dynasty is that the status of the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet is gradually becoming prominent, and even the status of the Minister of Personnel is inferior to that of the cabinet minister.

But in this matter, Ma Wensheng had never participated in the book review, and the credit had nothing to do with him. Although Li Dongyang and Xie Qian did not participate much, they were called the president and had to be among the meritorious personnel who had been drafted in the final form, and they were definitely a first-class merit.

It was originally not as good as a cabinet minister. After Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were rewarded again, Ma Wensheng would be even more inferior. But now Li Dongyang and Xie Qian are still arguing there.

"The two cabinet departments are not sure why, so I should go back to the yamen to discuss with Shangshu Fu before making a decision." Ma Wen rose up and said goodbye, regardless of Li Dongyang and Xie Qian's reaction.

Xie Qian came out of Wenyuan Pavilion angrily. He used to be a cunning person who took a step back and broadened the sky. He would not take the initiative to argue with Li Dongyang. However, after presiding over the cabinet affairs for a period of time before the New Year, Xie Qian was a little unwilling to be inferior, and even became angry when facing friends like Li Dongyang.

When I got home, I happened to see Shen Xi reading a book in the study. Then I remembered that I had sent someone to ask Shen Xi to discuss the matter before.

After Xie Qian mentioned the content of the previous argument, Shen Xi thought for a while and replied: "Gei Xie, the student doesn't understand what is going to argue about. Isn't it better to ask His Majesty himself?

"You are just talking lightly. Your Majesty has just recovered from a serious illness. Now there are very few outsiders. If Your Majesty was in the prime of Spring and Autumn Period, how could there be so many things?"

Xie Qian started to vent his anger at Li Dongyang on Shen Xi, but he also knew that this matter had nothing to do with Shen Xi and did not vent his anger.

Shen Xi said: "Even the Master of the Pavilion said that Your Majesty is not prosperous now. Wouldn't that mean that Your Majesty is actually planning for future matters?"

Xie Qian narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, saying, "I have also talked about what you said, but he always believes that to commend meritorious people, we must first set good rules. There are so many people who have been promoted at one time, which is probably a traitor to the court."

The two Grand Secretary are both objects of respect and praise from outsiders, but they are fighting hard. I really don’t know who ignores the morality.

"What about the final result of the two cabinet masters' discussion?" Shen Xi asked.

Xie Qian shook his head: "The matter has nothing to do with us. It is the responsibility of the Ministry of Personnel. What is the result? After all, it depends on the intention of Shangshu Ma."

Such a debate is even more unnecessary for something that is not under his control. But Shen Xi also felt that Xie Qian was no longer just the "You Kankan" who was following the crowd in the impression of outsiders. As his status in Emperor Hongzhi became stronger and stronger, Xie Qian was unwilling to fall behind Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, and now he was also working hard to improve.

But Chen Xi still heard a familiar name from the person who reported the good news, which made Su Tong and Zheng Qian feel a little embarrassed... It was not someone else, but Wu Shengyu, who was considered an "old friend" with them.

Wu Shengyu ranked 65th in the second grade, and was considered a "Jinshi".

"But unexpectedly, the talented man of Wu actually passed the Jinshi, which is considered to be a young man." Wu Shengyu is now 19 years old, the same age as the second-ranked Sun Qing.

While the few were talking, Zhu Qi hurried upstairs and said happily: "Master, please go back to the house and take a look. The person who will announce your promotion and good news has arrived at the door of the mansion."

ps: The sixth update is here!
Chapter completed!