Zhu Youxiao felt that there would be a lot of excitement in the next period of time.
Zhu Youxiao waved his hand gently and said, "Send this memorial to the cabinet and let them carefully draft it. Just let them keep an eye on it. I'm a little sleepy and I'm going to go to the Queen's place to rest."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Hong quickly agreed respectfully.
In the cabinet.
The four ministers are also very busy.
After all, it's the end of the year and a lot of things need to be taken care of. However, I have some extra income this year, so I am relatively well-off financially.
This made them feel a little relieved, but they were still very nervous.
The so-called abundance is simply the absence of debt.
After being busy for a while, the four people came to the duty room, sat down and started drinking tea and eating snacks.
This is their lunch. After a rest, they will continue to be busy in the afternoon.
Taking out two pieces of osmanthus cake from his arms, Xu Guangqi broke off a piece and put it in his mouth, then picked up the tea and took a sip, nodding with satisfaction.
Han Yu looked at Xu Guangqi's osmanthus cake and suddenly felt that the white flour bun in his hand was not fragrant at all. He chewed it dryly for a few bites and put it aside.
Soon everyone finished their meal and started drinking tea and chatting.
For a while, the atmosphere in the cabinet was harmonious.
As they chatted, the four of them turned to politics.
The first to start was Xu Guangqi.
He glanced at Han Yu and the other three and said slowly, "The New Year is coming soon, and spring will come after the New Year. Next year will be the year of the big competition. Shouldn't we discuss it?"
After hearing what Xu Guangqi said, the expressions of Han Yu and the other two became serious, and their hands holding the teacups slowed down when drinking water.
The imperial examination in the second year of the Tianqi reign was a very important year for them. They needed to recruit their own people and arrange matters related to the imperial examination. To put it bluntly, it was an opportunity to recruit new disciples.
No one has mentioned this matter yet, and the reason is very simple. Next year's imperial examination is clearly a trap.
The Imperial Academy, which had been in turmoil for so long, was now back on track, with quite a few students already enrolled this year. These people would definitely take part in next year's imperial examinations, so how would they be admitted then?
If fewer students are admitted, won’t scholars all over the world say that the Royal Academy is useless?
If we admit too many students, what will the scholars think? Will they think there is something fishy going on?
That's why the four cabinet ministers have been avoiding talking about it, thinking it's a trap.
Another point is that Xu Guangqi now controls the Ministry of Rites, and the Minister of Rites, Shen Tingyun, is his man.
There was also a Han Yu who had a hand in this. Feng Congwu is now in the Royal Academy and is the chief academic officer of the Royal Academy.
It is said that Feng Congwu preached his doctrine of restoration in the Imperial Academy all day long. Although everyone deliberately avoided it, the fact existed.
Therefore, the issue of the chief examiner regarding next year's imperial examination is very serious.
Sun Chengzong wanted his own people to be the chief examiners, and Han Yu naturally wanted to arrange his own people; and Xu Guangqi naturally would not give them the opportunity to interfere, and wanted Shen Tingyun's people to do this.
This is a point of contradiction, and the only one who doesn't want to get involved is probably Huang Kezun.
Or maybe it's not that Huang Kezun didn't want to get involved, but that he didn't have the qualifications to do so. Or it could be that he and Han Yu were in the same boat, and if Han Yu got involved, it meant that he had to get involved too.
No one expected Xu Guangqi to propose a big competition year at this time, so there was some hesitation.
"I'm afraid this matter will require the decision of His Majesty." Sun Chengzong glanced at the crowd and said first, "It's probably inappropriate for us to discuss this privately. It won't be too late to discuss it after we report back to His Majesty."
When Han Yu and Huang Kexun heard what Sun Chengzong said, they felt as if they had eaten a fly.
There's nothing wrong with just discussing it. If we discuss it and then go to His Majesty, it can be considered as a preparation in advance. After everyone has reached an agreement on the distribution of benefits, they won't bring the matter to His Majesty.
But now that Sun Chengzong had said this, the others naturally had no words to speak.
"That's fine." Han Yu smiled, stroked his beard, and said, "Then we'll discuss this after reporting to His Majesty."
As he spoke, Han Yu picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, stood up and slowly walked inside.
As he walked, he said without looking back: "It's almost time, let's finish today's business first."
Since the Prime Minister had already spoken, the other three naturally couldn't just sit here and drink tea, so they stood up and followed him over.
In the West Garden, in the warm room.
Zhu Youxiao was wearing a newly made cotton-padded jacket and drinking tea and eating snacks.
At the same time, he thought of one thing, which was about greenhouse cultivation. He didn't know how the experiment was going at the imperial farm, so he had to go and take a look someday.
Zhu Youxiao ordered people to produce a large quantity of frosted glass to be used as glass for greenhouses.
This kind of glass can be sold to people to make window glass at a good price; but it seems a bit wasteful to use it to make greenhouses.
But that's not how it works.
First of all, greenhouses can accommodate many people, especially those who do not have land. They can let these people work in greenhouses. At the same time, the price of vegetables grown in winter is naturally very high, and selling vegetables also requires people, which has led to the development of an industrial chain.
Compared to simply making and selling glass, this industrial chain is extremely important because it concerns people's livelihood.
Besides, only Zhu Youxiao knew the real price. This thing really wasn't expensive. If you really felt you were losing money, you could just sell the vegetables at a higher price and hire some people to promote them.
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