: Admission to the Golden List

A unique palace examination came to an end in the setting sun.

Some people are already in the emperor's heart, while others are destined to live a mediocre life.

Sun Yuanying, the number one scholar in the first class;

Zhao Dezhu, second place in the first class;

Yijia Tanhua Yang Shen;

When the gold list was released, everyone was shocked. No one expected that the unknown Sun Yuanying and Zhao Dezhu would be the final winners of this big test.

Yang Shen, who was almost everyone's favorite, was just a prostitute. Tang Yin, who was deliberately targeted by Zhu Houzhao, didn't even make it to the second-class, and was not the best among the third-class.

This scientific examination was so shocking that many candidates could not accept it. Even Liang Chu, Wang Hao, and Fei Hong, who presided over the scientific examination, could not accept it. They left Yang Shen, who was outstanding in talent and learning, instead of two unknown candidates.

Isn’t it a joke that ordinary candidates are promoted to the altar?

The three people came together to see Zhu Houzhao and asked him what he thought. They hoped that Zhu Houzhao would give them a reasonable explanation. The imperial examination needed to ensure credibility that could convince the world.

"I personally selected Sun Yuanying and Zhao Dezhu as the top two in the first class. Naturally, I have my intention."

Faced with the inquiries of the three important ministers, Zhu Houzhao had obviously expected it. He took out the life information of Sun Yuanying and Zhao Dezhu, ordered Liu Jin to pass it to the three people for viewing, and asked: "What do the three beloved ministers think are different between Sun Yuanying and Zhao Dezhu and ordinary scholars?"

Where?"

Zhu Houzhao signaled the three of them to read the information in their hands before talking!

After the three of them read the biographical information about Sun Yuanying and Zhao Dezhu collected by Jin Yiwei, they immediately understood why Zhu Houzhao selected these two people as the top two in the first class.

The ministers are about to fight to the death, why does Your Majesty surrender first?

They finally understood Jiang Wei's helplessness during the Three Kingdoms period when he faced Liu Chan without any resistance and surrendered directly to the city!

Due to the scientific examination, a large number of scholars gathered in the capital. They kept shouting and demonstrating all day long, and they were determined to ask the court to cancel the establishment of the Sun and Moon Academy.

Many candidates and students were extremely dissatisfied and began to isolate Sun Yuanying and Zhao Dezhu. Even at the Qionglin Banquet, as the number one and second place winner, there were not many people around them.

Zhu Houzhao's words were full of doubts. In his eyes, Yang Shen was far worse than Sun Yuanying and Zhao Dezhu!

It's not that he doesn't know that Yang Shen is talented, but what he wants is not Yang Shen's talent and learning. His starting point for looking at problems will only be based on whether it is beneficial to his empire.

But in Kong Mansion in Shandong, Qiu Ju said calmly to Kong Wenshao: "You did a good job."

"I personally appointed Sun Yuanying and Zhao Dezhu as the top two in the first class. I want to shape them into role models so that students all over the world can look up to them."

During the palace examination, Yang Shen's performance was the best, his answers were perfect, and he had unique insights into political affairs, people's livelihood and other aspects. The number one scholar should belong to Yang Shen.

The descendant of the saint, Duke Yan Shenggong, expressed his support for the imperial court to establish the Sun and Moon Academy, and the scholars had no reason to continue to make trouble.

A vigorous public opinion war ended in such an anticlimactic manner!

From the beginning to the end, Zhu Houzhao never showed up once, but he calmed down the storm easily, making the officials sigh that the emperor was becoming more and more unfathomable.

Just because Zhu Houzhao wanted to portray Sun Yuanying and Zhao Dezhu as models, it would be too unfair to push Yang Shen from No. 1 to No. 3 overall.

"I sincerely request your Majesty to withdraw your order. The Sun and Moon Academy must not be established. The contention of a hundred schools of thought will be harmful to the country and the people. Please think twice."

A large number of scholars who were still asking the court to cancel the Sun and Moon Academy were dumbfounded. They were fighting for the rights of Confucian scholars, but as a result, Yan Shenggong, the leader of Confucianism, stabbed them in the back.

Sun Yuanying had radical thoughts. When interacting with others, he always admired Confucian generals such as Zhou Yu and Chen Qingzhi. He was a war madman in the skin of a Confucian scholar.

Some failed candidates even thought that there must be something shady about Sun Yuanying and Zhao Dezhu being the top two in the first class, and they were madly smearing the two behind their backs.

Although their status is not very high now, under Zhu Houzhao's continuous suppression, all the privileges they had in the past have disappeared, but no matter what, they still have an extremely high status.

Treat it as a literary star.

"That's the end of it!"

This era is the era of Confucianism, the era of their scholars. A hundred schools of thought contend without even thinking about it.

As soon as this statement came out, the whole world was silent!

The emperor has always disliked the scholar community, because the scholar community has a lot of problems. Now that he has encountered two beings who are very different from ordinary scholars, it would be strange if he did not vigorously cultivate and promote them!

One of these two people had radical ideas, and the other did not have the squeamishness of a scholar, which exactly met the emperor's demand for talents.

the difference?

Once the era of contention among a hundred schools of thought begins, it will be difficult for them to maintain their noble status!

Just when a large number of scholars were making a fuss, the most representative Confucian school of Shandong Confucianism spoke out!

Kong Wenshao, the head of the Kong family, said that the saint was also born in the era of the contention of a hundred schools of thought, so he had 10,000 support for the emperor to restart the contention of a hundred schools of thought.

Zhu Houzhao said calmly: "Sun Yuanying and Zhao Dezhu are indeed not outstanding in knowledge among the candidates, but their conduct is valuable."

They understood what Zhu Houzhao meant and why he did so, but Liang Chu and the others were still a little unhappy.

"The Ming Dynasty was too friendly to scholars. All kinds of generous benefits have made them forget about themselves. They are constantly suffering from problems and have given rise to various bad habits. It's time to rectify them!"

"Your Majesty, please think again."

"I think the three beauties have also figured out my intentions!"

His tone was resounding, sonorous and powerful, and extremely resolute. He knew that if Sun Yuanying and Zhao Dezhu were put on the altar, many people would be dissatisfied, but he would not make any changes to his decision.

The gold list has been released. If there are any more changes, wouldn't it be like changing it day and night, and will he lose his face?

"Your Majesty is far-sighted, yes."

They made a fuss and even got involved in the Imperial Sun and Moon Academy incident. For a time, the capital was completely plunged into a storm of public opinion.

To establish the Sun and Moon Academy and recreate the contention of a hundred schools of thought is clearly disrespectful to Confucian scholars and saints. The imperial court is trying to trample the faces of scholars all over the world and rub them on the ground.

Even if you use a saint as an excuse, it must be valid.

Liang Chu, Wang Hao, and Fei Hong were stunned for a moment. They were all scholars, so what could be the difference?

Zhao Dezhu was a student from a poor family. After studying, he would help his family farm. He was quite good at farming. He was very knowledgeable in mulberry farming and could often grow more things in his land than others.

Sun Yuanying and Zhao Dezhu became the top and second place candidates in this major exam, which caused quite a stir in the capital.

Kong Wenshao was about to cry but had no tears. If the damn eunuch Qiu Ju hadn't forced him with a sword, how could he have said such words that would destroy the Great Wall.

He is not stupid. He understands that once the era of contention of a hundred schools of thought is restarted, the status of the Kong family will plummet several times, but he has no choice. If he doesn't do what Qiu Ju said, his whole family will die.

He had no doubt whether Qiu Ju could do it. As a descendant of a saint, it was okay to scare others, but it was of no use to Qiu Ju. As long as he was disobedient, Qiu Ju would dare to dye the edge of his sword red with the blood of the Kong family.

Short-circuited thinking, just update it!
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