Although Zhu Xu has carried out large-scale civil engineering projects for several years, road construction is the focus, which greatly improves traffic conditions, but the backwardness of transportation cannot be changed in a short period of time.

The carriage is very fast and is not afraid of wind and rain. But the speed of the horse is still limited. In addition, it is also carrying an army, so the speed is naturally much slower. If you want to arrive in Fuku, it will not take ten days or half a month.

The cabinet's actions were quite sharp and quickly formed a group. Zhou Yingqiu, Chen Xun, and Xu Dahua, with three waves of people, left Beijing the next day. They not only wanted to promote the "new policy", but also examine the disaster situation in various places and observe the summer harvest this year.

At the same time, the court's firm attitude towards the imperial examination completely angered the current imperial examination candidates, the Ministry of Personnel, the former Imperial College, and the current royal courts were full of angry scholars. They tried their best to explore the foundation and find out what this year's imperial examination was like.

Cao Dingjiao, Wei Xuelian and Meng Zhaoxiang gathered in the teahouse. They were reunited after a long time of separation and were chatting happily.

Cao Dingjiao was the county magistrate in Wanping County. He took off some of his immaturity and showed his ability and energy. He said in a high spirit, "Now the reform is in full swing, and I am also asking the Ministry of Personnel to go to Beijing to report my duties, otherwise I would have missed it."

Wei Xuelian looked listless, looked at the two of them and shook his head and sighed: "A senator in Shanxi is suspected of corruption. I personally took people to investigate, but the result was a large number of them. Shanxi Governor wrote a letter to Prince Jing, saying that Shanxi is promoting the "new policy" and it is not appropriate to make a big move. Prince Jing repeatedly tried and called me back, not allowed to investigate, now 'rest'..."

Meng Zhaoxiang is now in the Ministry of Personnel, and is a small official in the Wenxuan Department. Hearing the two of them happy and lonely words, he was humble and said with a smile: "You don't know. I am struggling in the Ministry of Personnel now. The predecessors can't stand the things we have learned. I am almost isolated, thinking about whether to take the opportunity to transfer to the place..."

After hearing this, Wei Xuelian hurriedly said, "Don't, look, Lao Cao seems to be proud. That's because he was appointed by the emperor and a member of the Cao family. Everyone has to give him some thin face, let alone the magistrate of Wanping County, even Shuntian Mansion will give him three points. How can he not do things well? If you and I get to the place, let alone isolating, I guess they will have to resign from their posts and go home in a few days..."

Cao Dingjiao smiled awkwardly, and there was no way. His uncle and brother were all celebrities around the emperor. Even if he didn't want to rely on his family background, others could not care.

Meng Zhaoxiang looked at Wei Xuelian, his mouth moved, and he made a speechless argument. He was calm, but now he couldn't help but sigh.

These people are the people who became monks halfway through the Royal Court. They have learned most of the "new learning" and focus on "practical" solutions. There are naturally conflicts for those old scholars who handle government affairs by the way. They are young and energetic, and they think that their methods are better, so this kind of conflict is even more inevitable and cannot be resolved. However, they are alone and have no prestige in their youth, so they should be isolated and put on the bench.

Among the three, Wei Xuelian was the one who was isolated the most serious. He offended so many people in the Anti-Corruption Bureau under the Governor's Court. Just talking about the case of "Shanxi" made him offend all the people. The adults in the Governor's Court who were in a serious and conscientious manner also thought that he was "overwhelmed and not safe enough". They were deliberately suppressing him, and even told him earnestly in person, waiting for him to wake up and be grateful.

Wei Xuelian looked up at Cao Dingjiao and Meng Zhaoxiang, and said with a heart moved: "Old Cao, Lao Meng, we can't fight alone like this. There are many seniors and juniors in the Zhengyuan. Although we can't be like others, we have many friends and it's easier to do things. Do you think we should go around and contact one or two..."

As soon as this statement was made, Cao Dingjiao and Meng Zhaoxiang frowned. Now the entire Ming Dynasty was fighting fiercely. If they accidentally stepped on the world, even Cao Dingjiao would not have a good result.

Wei Xuelian looked at the expressions of the two people and immediately thought of them, saying, "Don't think so much. We are not forming a party for privacy, we just make government affairs smoother, and we will not be isolated and do nothing..."

Cao Dingjiao and Meng Zhaoxiang could see that Wei Xuelian probably suffered a lot of anger. This was a suffocation of being held back and wanted to turn over.

Cao Dingjiao thought about it carefully, but shook his head and said, "It's still inappropriate. Why don't we find an opportunity to visit Mr. Bi and ask him to think of a solution."

Meng Zhaoxiang nodded. The Royal Court graduated more than 200 students every year, and these students will be flooded in every corner of the Ming Dynasty officialdom. If someone forms a clique, it would be terrible.

Wei Xuelian was a little unwilling to give up, but he still couldn't let go of the mountain. The corruption case in the west always felt strange. Seeing that neither of them supported him, he sighed in his heart.

"Go away quickly, you must give me an explanation!"

"That's right, if we don't give an explanation, we will smash the Ministry of Rites!"

"Mr. Wen just went out, let's stop the sedan!"

Cao Dingjiao, Wei Xuelian and Meng Zhaoxiang were stunned and stood up quickly. Wei Xuelian stopped him and said, "What happened to the brother?"

The person who was stopped was a young man in his early twenties. He looked at the three of them and said anxiously: "You don't know yet, right? The Ministry of Rites posted a list of people who violated the ban on Jinke. Most of them were on the list. Now everyone is angry and is going to intercept the sedan chair of the examiner Wen Tiren this year. You can go too..."

As the man said that, he broke free from Wei Xuelian's hand and followed the crowd and ran over.

"Have you heard that? There are more than 2,100 imperial examination candidates today, and more than 1,800 people have been banned..."

"I heard that there is also Lord Shen Xun's son and Lord Yuan's grandson. The court has taken ruthless action this time..."

"No, otherwise those bans will be empty text, "Jing Zheng New Policy" is real..."

Cao Dingjiao, Wei Xuelian and Meng Zhaoxiang all shook their heads secretly when they looked at the hurrying crowd.

Meng Zhaoxiang said: "It has been more than two years since the 'Nine Bans'. There are so many people involved. The prestige of the court has been lost to this extent. No wonder the emperor and the masters of the cabinet have to strictly implement it."

Wei Xuelian's eyes lit up and said, "I smelled the silver. This time I will definitely catch a big fish. Maybe I can restore my official position..."

Cao Dingjiao looked at the two of them and smiled helplessly, "I don't care about myself, you two can just relax now."

Both of them were slightly stunned, and then they all moved their lips and looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Cao Dingjiao was right. So many people were excluded from the imperial examinations, and I don’t know how big the storm would happen. These little fish and shrimps were probably busy and they were in a state of turmoil.

Although the cabinet decided to "do not care," the scholars would not give up.

Wen Tiren's sedan chair was blocked on the road, with scholars all over the country, and the crowd was excited, looking like they were about to take action if they had disagreements.

Wen Tiren only brought two servants and a few sedan chair servants. Looking at the angry scholar with a red face, he looked calmly and with his hands behind his back, and said lightly: "Why, do you have to add a charge of beating the imperial court official. Is it a charge of the chief examiner of the current department?"

The leader was named Zhou Zhaoyan. He looked excited and approached Wen Tiren. His eyes widened and said loudly: "Mr. Wen, you should explain it to us clearly. So many people are prohibited from taking the exam at once? Is the court going to drive away the scholars of the world? Or is the admission list already planned, but it is just a formality that there is no need for so many people to take the exam at all? Save the trouble..."

Zhou Zhaoyan was extremely smart this time. He did not mention the ban at all, but only focused on arousing the anger of the scholars.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, a huge noise sounded from front to back, and came like a wave.

"Mr. Wen, give us an explanation. What does the court mean?"

"Is it the imperial examination that the dynasty, which has been more than two hundred years ago, is about to end?"

"Have all the admitted people already decided? Is there anyone cheating?"

Wen Tiren's expression remained motionless, and his eyes were full of indifference. He seemed to have heard of the roars of the scholars on both sides.

Zhou Zhaoyan stared at Wen Tiren, his eyes flashing with flames. Without waiting for Wen Tiren to speak, he choked: "Mr. Wen, have you really hit it by me? You dare not speak anymore? Could it be that you are one of them, how much money did you collect??"
Chapter completed!