Han Lu, Sun Ruyou, Qian Qianyi and the other two never expected that the emperor would directly increase the admission quota.

"It's okay if you opened Enke before, but now you have increased your admission quota. Why do you always act like a blind eye to common sense?"

Han Yu shouted in a grievance in his heart.

Qian Qianyi was also shocked: "How can Your Majesty do this? While mercilessly punishing the candidates for the exam, he also increased the admission quota. The increase in admission quota is equivalent to lowering the admission threshold. This is completely a disagreement with the entire Shilin! The poor scholars are suffering from the Jinshi difficulty, and now the court is naturally grateful to the court for giving mercy to increase the quota. The scholars of the high-ranking families will have to implicate the entire clan and even all relatives because of their own struggles. This is simply a vicious plan!"

Sun Ruyou even opposed it directly: "Your Majesty, no! These quotas have been fixed since ancient times, so how can they be changed by saying that they can be changed."

Zhu Youxiao asked coldly: "Why, Sun Aiqing still wants to stop my desire to seek wise men and to cut off the path of serving the court by the scholars of the world? If this is true, then today's proposal will be announced to the world! Will the scholars of the world judge Sun Aiqing's words appropriate?"

"I dare not!"

Sun Ruyou hurriedly replied, "He doesn't want to be beaten to death by students who want to be a juren and those who want to be a juren."

"According to this, I will notify the world, and publish it to the Emperor's Ming Pao to show my emperor's grace."

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"I obey the order!"

Fang Congzhe replied first.

"I obey the order!"

Han Yu and others also replied immediately.

However, Han Lu and Sun Ruyou, Qian Qianyi could not hide his disappointment on his face. They did not expect that the emperor not only did not care about the scholars' suspension of the exam, but even directly expanded the admission quota.

It's okay for Sun Ruyou to be. He is just close to Donglin and is strictly not a member of the Donglin Party.

But Qian Qianyi was the real Donglin party. His intention to threaten the emperor with a scholar's examination is gone.

Because most of the hundreds of scholars who took the exam this time were from the Donglin Party or scholars who agreed with Donglin's proposal, if the court not only did not compromise but instead expanded the number of admissions, the new Jinshi who entered the court would be mainly scholars from the Donglin Party.

This will undoubtedly affect the power of the Donglin Party in the DPRK even more.

This makes Donglin's advantage in the vast majority of Shilin's advantages not become an advantage in the power field.

Therefore, Qian Qianyi just wants to go back soon and persuade those Donglin scholars who want to finish the exam and not be so irrational.

Han Yu was also very disappointed. He wanted to use this incident to trick Fang Congzhe, but he did not expect that such a thing was not a big deal for the emperor with the power of the world. He even fought back by expanding the admission quota.

"Brother Da Zong, go back to the Ministry of Rites to inform the news. I have said a long time ago that this is nothing. Your Majesty is in his mouth and is the one who sets the rules. How can you expect that the matters within the rules can stump Your Majesty?"

After leaving Zhu Youxiao, Fang Congzhe laughed and lobbled at Sun Ru, the Minister of Rites, and also glanced at Han Du.

Because, he said this to Han Du, and he sneered in his heart: "Han Du, Han Du, you, you still want to use this scholar to stop the exam to punish me? I don't think about whether you have the ability. As long as I am still alive, you will always be the second time!"

Sun Ruyou and Han Du naturally looked bad after hearing this.

Sun Ruyou couldn't help but say, "But Yuanfu, there have always been common rules for the admissions in the provincial examination. How can Your Majesty change it if you say it? If you want to expand the admission amount, there will be more people who are just filial and honest in the world!"

It is hard for Sun Ruyou to say that this will make the Jinshi Juren even more valuable, so it is said that this will make many Jinshi Juren not worthy of their reputation.

"I have been raising scholars in the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years and have been full of talents. Now I still have less than five out of ten thousand. Therefore, even if I expand ten times, I will not be able to fill the gap."

Fang Congzhe was from Northern Zhili, and he wished that the expansion of enrollment in the Northern Zhili provincial examination would allow more Northern Juren to appear.

What's more, because most of the scholars who took the exam this time were southern scholars, and the emperor also allowed northerners and people other than the Southern Certificate to fill in the southern list, which undoubtedly benefited the northern gentry.

"What Yuan Fu said is that the increase in the number of admissions for the examination this time by Your Majesty is indeed a good policy."

Han Yu is also from the north, so he was disappointed, but he was willing to see this result.

When Sun Ruyou saw Han Yu, he also supported him and didn't know what to say for a while.

Qian Qianyi was a little slight, so he naturally did not dare to express his opinions. After leaving the palace, he said goodbye and left the imperial city.

Soon, Qian Qianyi hurriedly sent his family slaves to gather many Donglin officials and representatives of scholar leaders close to Donglin to a secret meeting in a guild, and said to Chen Xianzi and others: "Your Majesty learned that nearly a thousand scholars had stopped the exam, but Your Majesty did not take this seriously."

"What!"

Chen Xiance was excited on the spot. He felt humiliated by being not valued, so he became very angry and disappointed.

"Aren't Your Majesty worried that the court would no longer have any talent? Since ancient times, no one is afraid that the talent will be left behind in the wild. Your Majesty is truly extremely stupid now!"

Juren Miao Taiji also spoke with some disappointment.

Kong Wenxiu also looked at Qian Qianyi and asked, "What about the ministers? Haven't you told Your Majesty about the benefits and harms? Nearly a thousand candidates have stopped the exam. The great matter of the dynasty has never been seen in the past, aren't you worried about the world's unscrupulous governance?!"

Qian Qianyi looked at Kong Wenxiu and others and said, "Your Majesty said that he believed that great talents who were truly willing to serve the court would not give up the exam. In order to show that he was still eager to seek talent, he issued an edict to expand 50 places in the Northern Zhili provincial examination this time, and increase 100 places in the Union Examination. Moreover, if there are not enough people on the Southern List, they can be filled with people from the Northern People or other places."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Kong Wenxiu subconsciously shouted, and laughed: "It's really a great emperor's grace!"

At the same time, Kong Wen said to himself: "I didn't win the last time, and I doubled the enrollment in this test. I should be able to win. I didn't expect the emperor to give such a big favor this time."

"Indeed, this is really an unprecedented long-loving person. This exam can increase the number of 100 places, which means there are many more opportunities to win the Jinshi. Such a unique grace is rare, and the next exam may not be available. It is not wise to stop the exam at this time. I just said nothing, and the emperor is really thinking about the virtuous as if he was thirsty."

Qin Yuanzuo, the northern lieutenant, also started to speak, and even knelt towards the Forbidden City and said: "I have made up my words, please forgive me for your crime! Long live my emperor!"

Many scholars also agreed, saying that it was not wise to stop the exam this time. After all, there were really few opportunities to encounter such a hundred more Jinshi admission quotas than before.

Seeing this, Chen Xiance was very angry and looked at Kong Wenxiu, Qin Yuanzuo and others and said, "How can you be so shameless! Isn't it just that you have to increase one hundred places? Is it because of this that you have to bow your head and serve the powerful?!"
Chapter completed!