Chapter 890 General Nian

Li Fan was lucky because he was the deputy chief examiner of the literary and social examination, not the martial arts examination.

Even though these angry men rushed into the gate of Li's house, there was no thing that the Li family's servants were worried about.

Yes, these people respect the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, adhere to the principle of "a gentleman speaks but not a move", and no one dares to act at will.

But every word of insult and heart-killing remark was heard by Li Fu.

Li Fu stood on the steps under the eaves, with a calm face and said nothing, but just looked at the door that had fallen to the ground due to the push of everyone.

At this moment, the servants from Shuntian Prefecture have arrived.

The leading constable saw Li Fu's replenishment clothes and trotted forward to salute...

*

In Changchun Garden, Qingxi Bookstore.

Kangxi sat on the kang and frowned as he watched the Lifan Court sending the letters from various departments in West Mongolia to request relief.

In the past two years, the northwest has been drought year after year, and a large number of livestock have died. Not only are the herdsmen hungry, but even the Mongolian nobles with titles have also lived in a difficult life.

Xi Mongolia returned to Xinjiang and Mongolia and had to be comforted. However, the Mongolians were just wolves. They would bite people if they were not fed, and they would not be restless if they were fed. How could Kangxi be happy to fill this bottomless pit?

Besides, since the 52nd year of Kangxi, tax exemptions have been reduced and exempted from various places, and the court has not been able to afford it.

Kangxi rubbed his forehead and ordered Wei Zhu, saying, "I'll send this note to the Fourth Prince of the Ministry of Revenue."

Wei Zhu leaned over to receive the letter, responded, and then retreated to the door, and heard someone saying, "Emperor, Prince Cheng and Prince Yong ask for a meeting!"

"Xuan!" Kangxi heard it in the room and said loudly.

The two of them walked in one after another with thick documents in their hands.

"Is the finish?" Kangxi waited for them to salute, glanced at the documents they brought in, and asked.

"Yes, Emperor Ama, from the sixth day of the third month, until yesterday afternoon, one hundred and seventy-three people in the test today were finished. Among them, the articles of twelve people were poor. The original papers of these twelve candidates were here, so I would like to decide the original papers." The third prince leaned over and presented the answer sheets he received with both hands.

Kangxi nodded and said, "Present!"

The third prince took a few steps forward and delivered the answer sheet to the table next to Kangxi.

No matter what the content of this article is, just talking about the font of the crooked melon and jujube caused Kangxi to frown. He picked up one of the volumes and looked at them from the beginning. Although there was no taboo, it was not good.

He put down this paper and picked up two more articles casually. He had no problem with the eight-legged essays, but they were not outstanding at all. He looked through the lower ones, and there were still a few articles with clear handwriting, the fonts were also aimed at the purpose, and the articles were also done well.

"Just find out these, there is no other problem?" Kangxi asked.

"If you go back to the emperor, according to the rules, two officials in each room must read the papers together and agree on a deal. Among these fruits, the sons and others found that there were only one person's marks for several volumes. I don't know if one person reads it alone or the two of them read it together." The third prince bowed and replied.

Kangxi looked a little slow. Although he sent two princes to investigate the matter, there was no best thing to slander the court like "Imperial Examination Fraud".

"The rest is left to the Ministry of Rites." Kangxi pondered for a moment and said.

The third prince and the fourth prince responded in unison. Kangxi waved his hand and was about to ask them to kneel down when he saw Wei Zhu coming in and said, "Your Majesty, please see the Grand Secretary Wang Xuan."

Not only Kangxi was surprised when he heard this, but even the third prince and the fourth prince were a little confused.

Although Wang Fei is still in charge of the position of Grand Secretary and has not retired, he is already 80 years old and has not been in front of the emperor for a long time. He came today, for some reason, but was he hearing the news that he was "unstable in his training"?

Kangxi spoke and said, and for a moment, he swayed Wang Shuo with Wei Zhu in, and knelt down and bowed to the position of the kang.

"Hurry up and help me!" Kangxi and Gu Xi's old minister hurriedly ordered the third prince and fourth prince who were standing beside him.

After hearing this, the two of them quickly stepped forward and supported Wang Shu.

Kangxi asked Wei Zhu to show him the seat and said, "Did you use the ginseng I gave before the year? I see that you are reluctant to look at your complexion."

Upon hearing this, Wang Fei had already stood up from the stool and leaned down on the ground, choking and said, "Your kindness is so great that you are ashamed of killing the old minister!"

Wang Yu was reinstated as the crown prince in his early years, and his relationship with the monarch and ministers of Kangxi became increasingly unfamiliar.

Seeing him so excited, Kangxi thought he was because of his early years and waved his hand: "You don't have to take your past events to heart. I am not a fool. I know that you have the country and have no selfish intentions. You are so happy to take care of your health. I am still waiting for you to be healthy. Return to the imperial front, the 70-year-old lord and the 80-year-old minister is also a good story."

The old ministers withered one after another, and Kangxi was also worried, and he looked at Wang Wei's expression becoming more gentle.

Kangxi remembers the glorious years of the past. The fourth prince looked at Wang Shu and knelt straight, but knew it would be bad.

This Wang Yan is not a "princeling party", but he flatters Confucian orthodox and attaches great importance to the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children.

After the second deposed the crown prince, he submitted several memorials to re-establish the crown prince, but he did not get convicted as others. The reason was what Kangxi said, that he did not support the second prince because of his own selfishness, but just flattered Confucian orthodoxy.

As expected, Wang Shu spoke: "Your Majesty, I am a wise king of Song Renzong, but in his later years hesitated to establish a crown prince. At that time, famous officials such as Fan Zhen and Bao Zheng all gave me advice and had to be white. I am stupid, and I believe in books too hard, and I think of imitating the ancients..."

Before he could finish speaking, Kangxi was furious and shouted: "Since he knows his kindness, this is your reward to me? Wang Xuan, I don't want to mention this matter, so I won't give up!"

"I am dead. I beg the emperor to release the second prince soon for the sake of the country!" Wang Shu leaned over to the ground, bowed his head and begged.

Kangxi's face turned red and his anger was so angry that he couldn't stop trembling.

The room was silent, with only Kangxi's breathing sounds left.

The third prince lowered his head and stared at Wang Yu's back with his eyes, hoping to swallow him alive. As a prince, especially with the highest ranking, the throne was expected. He hoped that someone would mention the appointment of the crown prince, but that person could never be Wang Yu.

In Wang Fei's eyes, only the second prince who was born in the legitimate position was the legitimate candidate for the crown prince. The other princes were ministers, or traitors with dissenting intentions.

"I'm old but I'm not dead, old man!" The third prince cursed in his heart.

The fourth prince's heart also trembled. What he was afraid of was not Wang Shu's insistence on appointing a crown prince, but the unpredictable thoughts of the emperor's father.

In the first lunar month, he ordered him to worship the tombs, and a few days ago, he issued an order to worship the Taimiao on the birthday of the Wanbao Festival. Is it really hard to do this behind the truth... or painting cakes...

*

Ministry of Revenue, this hall.

After taking the note handed over by Jiang Jian and confirming that there was no name for Cao Fu on it, Cao Yong sighed.

He asked Cao Fu how he answered on the court. Cao Fu also knew that the emperor was able to solve the problem of the original paper and answered the truth.

Due to excessive pressure, Cao Feng suffered from insomnia for a long time before leaving the field. After the field, his articles were also mediocre, which was not as easy as usual, so he thought that his designation was unsuccessful.

He said this, Cao Yong, a brother, had to worry about him, and said hello to him after finding someone, and got news of his progress.

Now, knowing that there are problems with the twelve people's papers and without the name of their cousin, it seems that they can finally feel at ease now.

When he returned to the mansion, Cao Yong sent someone to call his cousin and told him the good news.

After the exam, there were also palace rooms, first, second, and third, with different futures. Now, after listening to his cousin's words, Cao Feng finally stopped being nervous and started preparing for the palace examination honestly.

The next day, the censor impeached Li Fu, the deputy chief examiner of the Ministry of Rites and the left deputy chief envoy of the Inspectorate for the matter of gathering his sons.

Li Fu himself served as the left deputy chief censor, so he called his subordinates impeached, which caused gloating to the officials of the six ministries.

Everyone said behind their backs: "The puppy bites the big dog and barks wildly, it's so lively!"

After hearing this, Cao Yong knew that the imperial examination case was about to be held, and Li Fu was going to "take the blame" for the emperor. There must be someone coming out to be responsible for the "yellow sand covering the sun" on the fourth day of the March 1st, so as to block the world's long mouth.

A few days later, Kangxi had an order to demote Li Fu to Yongding River to serve as a craft.

The whispers in the six ministries have new content.

The twelve censors jointly requested the reinstatement of the crown prince, and the court was in an uproar. Kangxi was furious. The twelve censors did not "reprimand for words", but the Grand Secretary Wang Fei was detained for suspected "forming a clique".

Compared with others' desire to move, Cao Yong was much calmer. No matter how they were doing, the second prince could not get out. He delivered the prepared Wanbeng Festival gift to the Interior Office, and then waited for the Wanbeng Festival celebration.

Kangxi kept saying that there would be no celebration, but the 60th year of Yuyu was the first person in history, and he was very satisfied.

Therefore, the Ministry of Rites and the Office of the Internal Affairs must arrange what should be arranged.

In a blink of an eye, it is March 18th, the birthday of the Wanbao Festival.

Although there was no banquet given by the palace, all the princes and ministers in the capital, as well as civil and military officials from other places who came to Beijing to celebrate their birthdays, all came to the palace to congratulate.

In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the rituals and music are solemn and solemn.

More than ten years apart, Cao Yong met Nian Gengyao again.

There were more than a dozen foreign civil and military officials lined up, but Cao Yong still recognized Nian Gengyao at a glance.

He wore second-grade clothing, his face had lost the elegance of a literati, and he had a bit of toughness. He had governed Sichuan for more than ten years and had to obey Sichuan, which had been rioting since the founding of the country, and was naturally intimidating and killing.

Seeing Nian Gengyao holding his head up and his chest were full of energy, and he already had a bit of the momentum of "Nian General", Cao Yong was very unhappy.

Yes, very unhappy.

Cao Yong made preparations for the same year Gengyao's dispute. Nian Gengyao, who combined the Governor's Seal and the Governor's Seal, did not take Cao Yong, the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, seriously at all.

At the Ministry of Revenue, he did not show his face, but just sent two subordinates to the Ministry of Revenue to meet Cao Yong.

Since the founding of the country, Nian Gengyao has been the first to be so arrogant in the foreign governors who have entered Beijing.

If he didn't do anything about Cao Yong, he would be happy to watch the fun.

Nian Gengyao was promoted to governor at the age of 30 and was the youngest chief official in this dynasty. His political achievements over the years are obvious to all, and he has a very arrogant capital.

But opposite this arrogant person stood the youngest second-rank minister of this dynasty, and fell into the eyes of others, and there was nothing he said.

Although some people say that Nian Gengyao is arrogant and rude, many people say that Cao Yong is young and cannot convince the public.

Cao Yong was innocently a stepping stone for Nian Gengyao's "arrogance" and naturally couldn't feel happy. Although he could comfort himself, it was not a bad thing to have sex with Gengyao in the same year, but he could not erase the fact that he had been swept away his face.

In the officialdom, the most common thing is to bully the weak and fear the strong.
To be continued...