Since I can make ice, there is nothing to say, such as smoothies, fruit ice, etc., I will make some out to coax the queen, and send some of the remaining concubines to the place. Even if the queen is pregnant, I can't eat too much, but looking at the food that Emperor Chongzhen ordered people to make, Queen Zhou was also happy.

Chongzhen’s wives were all very happy. Is there anything happier than the emperor’s heart that was thinking about him?

The people in the capital were also very happy. The expensive ice drinks sold in August suddenly increased and the prices dropped a little, which is a good thing. Especially the ice law, ordinary people cannot buy more, but they can grit their teeth and buy one and break it for the baby to eat.

Those scholars were also very happy. Because the emperor personally led the expedition, the palace examinations that should have been held long ago have been delayed again and again, and it has been August now. The preparatory officials who have not even been able to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with their families feel that with these ice, the tail of this summer is not so difficult.

But many people in the capital are unhappy. Especially many nobles and some officials and officials, they don’t know where so many bold and strong people appear, and they dare to discount the legs of so many people without any scruples, so that the bone-correcting doctors in the capital have been very popular in recent times.

But it doesn't matter, there are always courageous people who don't believe in evil.

For example, the young masters from several nationalities said that if anyone dares to touch me, I will try it.

However, reality always slaps in the face.

For example, the second son of Zhu Chunchen, the second son of the Wuding Hou family, and the youngest son of the Yangwu Hou family, were nowhere to escape. They were all broken and then thrown to their respective doors.

Zhu Chunchen, Duke Cheng, looked at his second son with a gloomy face and said angrily: "Why did I give birth to such a brainless thing? I asked you to show off outside, but I didn't let you get into such a bad temper!"

Zhu Chunchen's second son Zhu Zhengyuan looked at his father's black face that could be wrung out and said in a heartbreaking cry: "Dad, didn't you say you wanted your son to cause some small trouble outside? This is not a big deal. Now you are not making decisions for your son?"

Zhu Chunchen became more and more angry when he heard this and shouted: "Then do you know why I want you to have trouble outside?"

When Zhu Zhengyuan heard this, he seemed a little cute and asked, "Why?"

Zhu Chunchen said heartbrokenly: "A family of nobles, if there are not many prodigal sons, and the whole family is full of saints, who dares to use it? Look at the British Duke Zhang Zhiji, just a few barbarians, and look at the current situation, one family, two princes and marquis, this is the real Jian Zai Emperor's heart! But what about our Duke's lineage? If there is no improvement, I am afraid that I can only hold a title and wait for death in the future. The key is that it depends on whether the emperor wants you to continue!"

Zhu Zhengyuan wondered: "That son was causing trouble today, and his legs were all discounted. Since there was such a stain, what else could the emperor be worried about?"

I really want to stuff you back into your mother's belly! Zhu Chunchen thought hatefully: "Are you stupid? Look at how the British government does it, and then look at you idiots! Those who sell ice are obviously from the palace, and you still threaten them so obviously. Isn't this asking for death?"

Zhu Zhengyuan was stunned: "Will the child's leg be broken?"

Zhu Chunchen said in a muffled voice: "It's not just Bai Duan, I have to carry you out to parade! Let the world see that my Duke Cheng Mansion is not the kind of person who bullies others with the advantage. This will also make the emperor feel at ease. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the destiny will come to my house tonight."

After saying that, regardless of what Zhu Zhengyuan thought, Zhu Chunchen waved his hand to call the housekeeper and ordered: "I ordered people to carry the second young master without hesitation. I will walk around the city first, just say that he did something wrong and was broken by his own fault and had nothing to do with others."

Zhu Chunchen was no longer incompetent. After all, the nobles were all military rulers. After receiving the order, the housekeeper called someone to lift Zhu Zhengyuan and put him on the stretcher. He lifted him and walked towards the door of the mansion. He didn't care how Zhu Zhengyuan struggled and screamed.

So on this day, the people in the capital also watched the fun. The seven or eight nobles carried their second son and young masters, and did not cover their injured legs. They just swayed around the capital and then carried them back for treatment.

Emperor Chongzhen, who followed the news, smiled helplessly.

These nobles are too capable. They are afraid that they will not dare to use them, so they send their young sons who cannot inherit their titles to commit something. This is equivalent to taking the initiative to give the handle to themselves so that they can use them with confidence.

After all, there is no noble family that has lasted for nearly three hundred years, so it is unlikely that there will be a particularly brainless situation. Now everyone can see that the emperor values ​​military personnel, especially after the appearance of a British Duke and two Dukes and Magisters is shown, these people's hearts are even hotter.

But the problem is that the brain is a good thing, not everyone has it. The young masters from these seven or eight noble families are typical, and they cause trouble to the Dongchang. As the emperor's slave, will the Dongchang still spoil their bad habits?

Especially when the emperor valued the factory guards, it was nothing to discount the legs of the young masters of the noble family, and it was not to discount the legs of the eldest son who wanted to inherit the title.

After throwing the note sent by the Jinyiwei aside, Emperor Chongzhen no longer thought about these nobles. The people around him were all going to use these people, who would not use them? The British Duke is old and I don’t know how long it will last. I can’t rely on the British Duke and Liu Xingzuo to support the world. However, the nobles have expressed their intention to ask the emperor to take a look and ask the emperor to use us. We have handed you all the whip used to whip us.

Chongzhen felt that since this kind of beginning had already appeared, that was a good thing. Could you test the attitudes of these scholars in tomorrow's palace examination?

When it was the palace examination the next day, Chongzhen felt quite distressed when he looked at the students in the hall who seemed to be quails.

There is nothing else, the number of people is too small. Even if you can get a master's degree in any university in later generations, there will be more than this. If you admit such a few people every three years, isn't this officialdom just like a stagnant pool of water and has no competitive vitality?

But no matter how painful it is, the facts have to come step by step. I hope the palace examination will be different next year.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was thinking in his heart, cleared his throat and said, "If all students can come to this hall to participate in the palace examination, it means that you are all the best scholars and will be officials in the future."

"The emperor is the herdsman on behalf of the heavenly beings, and the official is the herdsman on behalf of the emperor. However, the character "official" has two mouths, one opening and one closing, which is related to people's livelihood. Therefore, you have to be careful when you take it."

"I will no longer test your knowledge in the palace examination today. What I want to test is your knowledge as an official herdsman. Therefore, there are only three questions, and there is no limit on the eight-part or eight-part essays. You can even answer poems."

After saying this, Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen: "I'll order someone to send the papers down."

But after these scholars got the test papers, they were stunned.

Question 1: Which prefectures and counties did you pass through when you entered Beijing? What is the population? How do you view whether a prefecture and county are rich?

Question 2: What fish do I want, and the bear's paw is what I want. You cannot have both. If you give up the fish and take the bear's paw. Now, if you want to have both, can you get the method?

There are two sheets of paper, and there is only one question on each sheet. Even if there is a word, there is no more. To put it bluntly, it is up to you to do it yourself.

Just on the first question, 90% of the students were already stumped. Damn it! I don’t know these things!

But I can’t help but not, so I have to write it out based on my rough memory along the way, and at least I can pass the test.

But what is the second question? Both Yu and Bear Paw know that this is an allusion from "Mencius". But what is the next sentence? Life is what I want; meaning is what I want. Both cannot be obtained, and that is what I want. Those who sacrifice their life to achieve righteousness.

This is the most important thing.

It is easy to sacrifice one's life and seek righteousness. What's not easy is that how to sacrifice one's life and can take righteousness is taught by Mr. Sacrificing one's life and seeking righteousness. He has never taught how to take such an intermediate route.

Even if I know, do you really dare to answer this question? But if you don’t answer this question, what kind of crime should you be punished on when the emperor’s palace exam?

Hundreds of students began to sweat ticked on their faces.

Time passed by little by little. The incense burned out at a time, and only forty-five students in the hall could answer the second question.

When these forty or fifty students saw that the others were all frowning, they felt very calm. Since the others had not answered it but had answered it themselves, they must have ranked high. The only thing they were worried about was how many scores each of these two questions were.

"Time is here!"

With Wang Chengen's long shout, the students who had been sweating coldly and had not answered the second question also breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, I no longer have to endure this inhuman torture. In the face of conscience, I really don’t know how to answer this question.

It’s not that there is no way to get on the fence, but no matter how you answer, you can’t avoid the morality.

After standing up, the students who answered this question and the students who did not answer this question were divided into two schools. After answering it, they felt that they had hope of becoming a Jinshi in the first grade.

Those who have never answered are worried in their hearts. Not to mention being selected as the third-tier, even if they are not charged with the crime of losing their etiquette in front of you today, they are afraid that they are all good.

Chongzhen had long taken the situation of the scholars to his eyes. He did not take the test paper presented by Wang Chengen, but just ordered: "Separate those who answered the second question and those who did not answer the second question."

The pick-up speed was very fast. After Wang Chengen presented it again, Chongzhen picked up the test paper that answered the second question first. He didn't read it directly, but only looked at the answer to the second question.

I only looked at the second question forty or fifty test papers, and I glanced at them briefly, and I finished it in a short while.

Chongzhen ignored the forty or fifty students below who were secretly happy, but picked up another pile of test papers that had not been answered, picked up one, looked at the answer to the first question briefly, and asked, "Yang Feng?"

Among the scholars below, Yang Feng, who was named Yang Feng, unexpectedly stood up and bowed and said, "Student is here."

Chongzhen nodded and said lightly: "Why didn't the second question be answered?"

Chongzhen's voice was inaccurate and unpredictable, making people more and more unable to guess what he was thinking in his heart. Yang Feng yelled for a long time and mustered up the courage to say, "I'll start the comments on Your Majesty, but the students don't know how to answer. Therefore, they dare not write randomly."

Chongzhen's voice still did not change at all: "It is so difficult to have both fish and bear's paws? I don't think you don't know, but you dare not answer!"

The cold sweat on Yang Feng's forehead was even heavier, but he didn't dare to reach out to wipe it. Suddenly, he heard Emperor Chongzhen's words and said with encouragement: "Even if you answer, I forgive you for not guilty."

When Yang Feng heard this, he turned his head and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Regardless of whether you have lost your manners, he mustered up the courage to say loudly: "Your Majesty, right is right, wrong is wrong. Students think there is no third way to go. Students don't know how to have both! Students will not be able to fight!"

Upon hearing this, Chongzhen smiled but did not order Yang Feng to return to the team. He just took another copy from another pile of test papers that had already answered and said casually: "Xu Yi? Let me answer, how can I have both fish and bear's paw?"

Among the forty or fifty scholars, a middle-aged man who was about 40 years old stood up and said loudly: "I'll tell Your Majesty that the students think that the word "meaning" is to sacrifice one's life and seek it, which is not too late. But when you sacrifice your life and seek it, you might as well take a step back and broaden the sky and keep a useful body to do things."

Chongzhen nodded, and did not answer, and pondered for a while.

Until the people in the hall began to be frightened, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly picked up the piles of test papers that answered the second question and started to tear them up.

After the tearing, Chongzhen did not look at the faces of the forty or fifty people below, and said directly: "Either sacrifice your life for justice, or be greedy for life and fear death. There is a second way to go? Stay green mountains and don't be afraid of burning firewood? What's this bullshit theory? When facing Jiannu, you surrender first and come back? What's the difference between it and the three-family slaves?"

"It doesn't matter if you want to be promoted and get rich. Promotion itself means an increase in salary, and I will not ask every official to be like a Yan Zi."

"It doesn't matter if you don't know how to be an official. There are some textbooks and examples for being an official in the Ming Dynasty, telling you how to be a good official who can serve the country and the people."

"But, what I can't tolerate is that I won't be a good person!"

"Two faces and three swords, three surnames slaves, which word is not prepared for such a person?"
Chapter completed!