Everyone present was aware of Zhu Youxiao's determination, but at the same time they also felt that the current emperor's reputation would probably drop to a lower level, especially among local officials.
According to what His Majesty said today, this is equivalent to tying a rope around everyone, it would be strange if they were happy.
While they are unhappy, they will not stand up and firmly oppose it from this direction, but will instead try to make trouble in another direction.
For example, they slandered the Tongzhengsi, saying that it was an office that was set up for His Majesty to monitor the world and extort money from the people. This was definitely a harsher accusation than those made by the Dongchang and the Jinyiwei.
Under such circumstances, the reputation of the Ministry of Public Administration will certainly be damaged. In addition, your Majesty's reputation will also be damaged.
Coupled with the recent security incident, some people have begun to worry.
For example, Xu Guangqi and Shen Tingyun did not expect Zhu Youxiao to be so direct.
Because before this, Your Majesty did not do things like this. Before, Your Majesty liked to hide behind the scenes and use the conflicts between the ministers to do these things; even when there were no conflicts between the ministers, Your Majesty would use one thing to stir up trouble.
They are all old officials and scholars, so they are naturally familiar with this. This is the art of power.
But now, His Majesty has obviously changed the way he plays, which makes them happy but also a little worried.
After all, they all dislike emperors who play power games, and they are also worried that if His Majesty personally takes the field, it may indicate that things cannot be changed.
Either Your Majesty is forced to make concessions, or your ministers passively accept it.
However, if you want His Majesty to make concessions, the price you pay depends on how tough the emperor is.
Obviously, His Majesty is not the kind of person who is good at retreating. Once he encounters strong resistance, His Majesty will probably just wield a knife.
Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Zhao Bingzhong quickly said, "I am willing to go."
These four words already represent everything. Zhao Bingzhong didn't say much.
Zhu Youxiao did not ask any more questions, but just nodded and said, "Then go to the Tongzhengsi in a few days."
"Yes, Your Majesty," Zhao Bingzhong agreed, then stood up from the ground.
This matter has come to an end for the time being.
Zhu Youxiao's view on this was very simple. The Tongzhengsi must grow and become stronger, and the first step was to start with the rectification of post stations across the country.
The first thing Zhu Youxiao wanted to cut was the post stations. Of course, he would not abolish the post stations like Emperor Chongzhen did, but would continue to strengthen them.
As a person from later generations, Zhu Youxiao always understood the importance of information transmission and logistics.
While this matter was being settled in the house, the examination outside was in full swing.
After Lu Xiangsheng took the test paper, he quickly glanced at it, and then his expression became strange. It was not because the difficulty was too great, but because it was too easy.
With this level of skill, not to mention a juren, even an ordinary scholar or a student could do it easily.
Lu Xiangsheng didn't expect that the exam at the Royal Academy would be so simple. Could there be some trick hidden in it?
After quickly looking through it again, he found that there were no traps, but he didn't have time to think about what the problem was, so he picked up the pen and started writing quickly.
In another room not far away, Song Yingxing also saw the question and frowned.
Is this question so simple?
After taking a look, Song Yingxing also answered quickly.
Of course, some people looked much more relaxed when they saw this title.
Next door to Song Yingxing, a young man felt relieved instantly after seeing this question. His chance had indeed come.
I never thought of such a thing before, I am really lucky this time.
This is a young man about 20 years old, with a strong face and a sturdy build. It can be seen that he is a martial artist.
He seemed a little clumsy when holding a pen, obviously not doing it all year round. The position of the calluses on his hands indicated that he must be a warrior.
So after being awakened by his appearance, many people began to look down on him.
The boy didn't care and started answering the questions quickly.
The boy's hometown was Datong, Shanxi, but the livelihood there was not good. He originally left his hometown to join the army in Liaodong, but who would have thought that he would encounter such a thing in the capital?
After hearing about this, the boy decided to stay.
Compared to joining the army in Liaodong, studying at the Imperial Academy was undoubtedly a much better choice. So the young man decisively signed up and then took the exam.
I originally thought the exam would be difficult, but who would have thought it would be so easy?
This gave the young man an opportunity, so how could he not be happy?
As he was writing, he suddenly remembered something. He seemed to have written his name on the front of the test paper, but he had forgotten!
So he didn't dare to delay, and quickly took the test paper and carefully wrote his name on it:
Cao Wenzhao.
After writing his name, Cao Wenzhao nodded with satisfaction and continued answering the questions.
At the same time, on the other side of Cao Wenzhao, there was a young man who felt the same as him.
This is also a teenager under 20 years old. He has a very distinctive feature on his face, that is, there is a scar on the lower side of his right eyelid.
The scar makes his face look a little ferocious. Judging from his appearance, he is also a warrior.
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