The importance of the imperial examination is a major pillar of a dynasty, and it can even be said to be the most important one.

The so-called "people's heart" wins the world, and this "people's heart" is in the hands of scholars.

This reform will inevitably cause a huge wave!

Fortunately, there is the King of Trustees.

Zhu Xu now knows the principle of keeping a low profile. While silently eliminating his hat as a "willful emperor", he is constantly pushing his established plan.

Zhu Youjian returned to Wen Zhao Pavilion, sat in the class room, staring at the table with a calm face, clenched his fists tightly, making a giggle.

From the restructuring of the army, abolishing the cabinet, suppressing Donglin, changing the salt administration, personally conquering Liaodong, confiscating the land of the royal family, private property, withdrawing from Nan/Beijing, and all of them involve the Ming Dynasty's "national foundation"!

In Zhu Youjian's eyes, Zhu Xu, as the emperor, actually thought about digging the foundation of the Ming Dynasty every day and destroying the foundation laid by Taizu. It was becoming increasingly unbearable for him to bear it!

Especially today, Zhu Xu actually made up his mind to the imperial examination!

This imperial examination involves thousands of scholars, every scholar, and even everyone!

He sat there, his waist straightened, his eyes full of anger.

"Contain! Contain!"

He growled and roared.

Qian Longxi, Shi Fenglai and others were all outside, and they vaguely heard Zhu Youjian's voice, and each of them was speechless.

They became familiar with Zhu Youjian and gradually understood the prince's character. His temperament was tolerant and everything was hidden in his heart, becoming increasingly elusive.

After a while, Zhu Youjian walked out with a calm expression. He looked at the gathering eyes of the crowd not far away and said, "Call everyone in Wen Zhao Pavilion, and Wen Tiren also called him."

Qian Longxi looked at Zhu Youjian's face without a smile, and knew that something was wrong again, so he quickly arranged for someone to pass on the order.

Wen Zhao Pavilion sat in a lot this time, with three rows of chairs placed in front and behind. There were nearly twenty people from Qian Longxi and Shi Feng, to Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, and then to Fan Jingwen and others.

Zhu Youjian sat there, his eyes swept over everyone, and said indifferently: "The emperor intends to modify the imperial examination system, change it to academy, and evaluate it in a layered manner, and then take the Beijing examination, and the Wen Zhao Pavilion and the official department will be unified to exclude the Ministry of Rites."

Zhou Yanru's face changed as soon as he heard this, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, no!"

Zhu Youjian remained unchanged and said lightly: "What is Lord Zhou's opinion?"

Zhou Yanru also regretted speaking first and said hesitantly: "Prince, the imperial examination involves too many, and rash changes will probably cause a huge rebound, and the gain will not be worth the loss."

Zhou Yanru's words were very subtle. In fact, the feudal dynasty had been in the imperial examination for thousands of years and had its own system. If it wanted to break it, it was unknown how many people would be harmed, especially the bureaucratic group. This was an important means for them to control the government. How could they just lose it?

Not to mention Wenzhao Pavilion, even Jingyang Palace will not move rashly.

Wen Zhao Pavilion is so quiet that no one speaks again.

This matter is too big. If you are not careful and spread, you will be "chased" by the entire Shilin.

Zhu Youjian was extremely disappointed with the people in front of him, his face became more and more indifferent. He looked at Wen Tiren and said, "Mr. Wen, what do you think?"

Wen Tiren knew that he had fallen out of favor, and his fat face was as usual, and he pondered, saying, "Prince, this reform should be based on the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy."

Zhu Youjian was slightly stunned, then frowned and said, "Or should I shirke the responsibility?"

The people in Wen Zhao Pavilion all looked slightly moved, and their eyes flashed with embarrassment.

Wen Tiren was not affected and continued to say calmly: "Prince, the imperial examination is the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites, and it also involves the Hanlin Academy, the Gong Academy, the Admiral and the Admiral Education Administration, etc. If you want to reorganize, you must start with them first."

Zhu Youjian looked at Wen Tiren, his eyes moved, and he didn't say anything.

Most of the other people's attitudes towards this matter are silent and do not want to touch it. This is a dangerous area and will be crushed to pieces if you are not careful.

Zhu Youjian became increasingly dissatisfied with the group of people. He took a deep breath and looked up at Wen Tiren and said, "Mr. Wen is the Minister of Rites. This reform requires great help from the Lord."

Wen Tiren's expression remained unchanged and bowed and said, "The emperor is indecent."

Zhu Youjian also knew that nothing could be discussed, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, this matter is strictly prohibited from being spread, let alone mention Jingyang Palace! It's all gone."

Qian Longxi and others also knew that King Xin would take time to think clearly, and they all responded and then dispersed.

Fan Jingwen sat back at the table, looked at Zhu Youjian's back walking back to the class room, thought for a moment, picked up his pen, and planned to write a letter to Ye Xianggao.

Wen Tiren walked out of Wen Zhao Pavilion, blinked his little eyes, and the light flashed, and he walked out of the palace.

Zhu Youjian stood in the class room, opened the window, and looked outside, his eyebrows were filled with annoyance and sorrow.

Wang Chengen stood behind him, looked at the white hair that appeared between his ears, walked over and whispered: "Prince, please take care of yourself."

Zhu Youjian looked at the towering palace outside, sighed silently, and said, "The whole Ming Dynasty cannot find anyone who is loyal to the country. Everyone has selfish intentions and clearly puts them in front of me, and no one can trust..."

Wang Chengen listened to Zhu Youjian's words and said nothing.

If you are most clear about Wen Zhaoge, he, the eunuch who has been watching coldly.

"Let's go."

Zhu Youjian sighed again, turned around and was about to go out.

Wang Chengen followed Zhu Youjian and said, "Prince, where are you going?"

Zhu Youjian's eyebrows became more and more quiet, and he said indifferently, "Go to meet Zhao Nanxing and Yang Lian. Without their help, I can't do anything."

Wang Chengen knew that Zhu Youjian had always felt restricted, and he was controlled by the emperor above and the six ministries below. Even the Donglin Party could only come to ask for things.

Wang Chengen was just a slave and could not say anything more, so he could only follow him quietly.

As soon as the news came out, it was naturally in an uproar.

It spread throughout the capital almost half an hour. All scholars knew that King Xin of Wen Zhaoge attempted to reform the imperial examination system for thousands of years. A huge wave like a tide was set off in the capital, and then spread rapidly outside the capital.

There was a king of Xin in front, Zhou Yingqiu was secretly assisted, and Zhu Xu was not worried at all, and let the outside talk a lot, and rumors were flying everywhere.

Two days later, the platform.

Zhu Xu sat there, and King Lu stood respectfully in front of Zhu Xu, even feeling a little nervous.

The outsider did not know the rumors outside the palace, but he knew that King Xin would definitely not have the courage to reform the imperial examination system, let alone the ability!

"Relax, relax." Zhu Xu looked at King Lu's tense body and smiled and said, "Nothing big is going to happen."

King Lu bowed slightly, becoming more and more worried.

Zhu Xu drank a cup of herbal tea, ignored King Lu's expression, slowly slapped his legs with one hand, and said, "King Jing will be back to Beijing in a few days. I am very satisfied with his trip. It's because I used to be a little prejudiced to the royal family and have acted a little too extreme."

King Lu looked up at Zhu Xu, then bowed lower.

The emperor reviews in front of you and does not want to apologize to you. It is mostly because he asks you for help, or in other words, he has difficult tasks for you.

King Lu knew this truth well.

Zhu Xu knew very well that the King of Lu was not a simple person, and he smiled in a very gentle tone: "Uncle Ping of King of Lu said many times that King of Lu was very capable and helped him a lot in the Governor's Court."

King Lu did not speak, and the longer the cliché, the more serious the matter was.

Zhu Xu followed a few words and reached the topic, saying: "Li Jingbai, the governor of the Shandong Province, the inspector, and the Ji/Nan Prefecture are often illegal, but he is too restrictive and it is difficult to accomplish anything. He asked the court to send an imperial envoy to severely investigate and punish him."

King Lu finally understood what Zhu Xu meant. Thinking that King Jing promoted a large number of people in Nanzhili, and now he was very prestigious in the royal family, he was also a little moved and forced himself to speak.

Zhu Xu didn't say anything, picked up the teacup again and sipped it gently.

Compared with other governors, Shandong is very small, with only six prefectures and very close to the capital, so it is not difficult to deal with it. However, unlike Jiangsu/Su, this is the real abolition of the three divisions and the change of the governor system, which will have a great impact on other governors, and the rebound will increase greatly.

However, Zhu Xu now needs to centralize power and integrate all the forces of the Ming Dynasty to deal with the imminent natural disasters.

Zhu Xu gave King Lu a silent pressure and continued, "When you arrive at Shandong, I will transfer all the officials of the General Secretary and the Censorate, and the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple will also send people to cooperate. In addition, you can also mobilize the Longxiang Army of Shandong and Dongguan Yan Mingtai and Lu Xiangsheng in urgent need. If you have other needs, you can tell me."

King Lu was a little excited when he heard this. With such power, he was the only one who had the final say in the whole Shandong/dong! Of course, this was within the scope that Zhu Xu allowed.

"Back to the Emperor,"

King Lu was so excited that he said calmly on the surface: "I need a few helpers, I hope the emperor will allow it."

Zhu Xu waved his hand and said proudly, "Well, you're going to write a memorial to the entrustment, is there any?"

The King of Lu thought about it, frowned and frowned, and looked at Zhu Xu seriously and said, "Emperor, I... please return it to the Prince of Lu's Mansion."

Zhu Xu narrowed his eyes and then smiled and said, "You are the imperial envoy. I have made this request."

King Lu also took the risk to test it. Seeing Zhu Xu agreeing so happily, his heart was a little deeper.

This trip to Shandong is probably far from as simple as the emperor said that it was just to investigate and punish corruption.

First, he had no reason to refuse, second, he didn't want to refuse. He raised his hand and said in a deep voice: "I thank the emperor, I will fulfill my mission!"

Zhu Xu stood up and said with his hands behind his back, "Well, go ahead and write me a detailed memorial. I want to know what you want to do."

King Lu responded and left the palace, and buried his head in writing the memorial book, and began to secretly meet some people.

Early the next morning, King Lu's memorial was at the Sili Supervisor.

Zhu Xu smiled secretly while flipping around.

This King of Lu is different from King Jing. He thought about "sliding", first silently going to Shandong/dong, then quietly investigated, obtained evidence, and killed one blow.

“Okay.”

Zhu Xu narrowed his eyes and smiled a little weirdly.

Cao Huachun's expression on the side moved. He knew from Zhu Xu's expression that things would never develop in the direction that King Lu hoped.

"Your Majesty, this is today's memorial." Liu Shimin walked in through the side door, followed by five small eunuchs, each carrying a plate, full of memorials.
To be continued...