First Prince of Ming Dynasty Chapter 174

  Chapter 174 Palace Examination

   It will take some time for Yan Shenggong to come to Beijing. After all, he is too delicate and expensive to travel long distances. What's more, he has to meet many literati and scholars from various places along the way to protect himself by accumulating power.

  The capital did not rush to urge, the imperial examination was about to begin, and Zhu Yuanzhang was in a good mood. He went from a beggar monk to a review of the world's scholars, and the feeling was wonderful.

Zhu Biao walked into the Zhongshu Province on this day, and now it is much quieter here. Hu Weiyong is holding his breath, Yang Xian is proud of the spring breeze, most of the things in the Zhongshu Province are under Yang Xian's control, and Li Shanchang is even more popular because of Mencius. torment.

After all, he is the prime minister of the dynasty, and it is his fault for not persuading the emperor well, but Li Shanchang never cared about these things, and he is not a filial son of Confucius, but this also gave him a good reason to stay behind closed doors, playing chess and score at home every day not happy?

  Li Shanchang is already an extremely human minister, and it can be said that there is no room for advancement. Although he is reluctant to part with the power in his hands, he can only let it go for the sake of wealth and grandchildren. Thinking about it this way, he feels a lot easier.

  Zhu Biao stepped into Zhongshu Province, and the people inside saluted one after another. Zhu Biao nodded and walked straight through, all the way to the room where Li Shanchang handled official business.

   Zhu Biao came here to ask someone specifically, and he found out that foreigners participated in the Enke University Examination, and they were Koreans, but their level was average and their ranking was at the bottom.

  Zhu Biao naturally wouldn't look at the following list. Liu Jin told him this as an interesting story. He doesn't care what Jin Tao is, but those who can study abroad must be the outstanding children of the Korean family.

  If it can directly open up a situation, it will undoubtedly make Jiang Side and Yao Guangxiao work more smoothly, so Zhu Biao is going to ask Li Shanchang to arrange it.

  Zhu Biao asked him to send him to the East Palace tomorrow, Li Shanchang naturally agreed, and then the two had a polite conversation for a while, Zhu Biao got up and went back to the East Palace.

  His wedding was also decided. Just eight days later, that is, the sixth day after the palace examination, Zhu Yuanzhang sent officials from the Ministry of Rites to worship the ancestors in Taimiao and Fengyang's hometown, and informed them of the good news.

   Then he rewarded the Kaiping Palace with nine carriages as a gift, Chang Yuchun went to the Imperial Study to thank him, and Chang Mao came to the East Palace to send some clothes made by Chang Luohua himself.

  The entire inner court and the Ministry of Rites are very busy now, but fortunately, Zhu Biao doesn't need to worry about it, as everything is handled by dedicated personnel.

The next day, Zhu Biao first asked Liu Jin to bring Monk Daoyan into the East Palace. The two talked for a while, and Daoyan's eyes lit up when he heard Jin Tao's existence. Open up the situation.

   After a while, Jin Tao came in, and bowed to Zhu Biao first: "Korea student Jin Tao is meeting His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty, His Highness Qianqiu."

  This person's official words are very good, Zhu Biao said with a smile: "Get up, you came from a long way from another country, and you can still pass the Gongsheng examination. After hearing this, I am very happy, so I specially summoned you."

  Jin Tao bowed and said: "There are many talented people in Wuhua Tianbao of the Ming Dynasty. The students are not good at academics, but they just pass the exam. I am ashamed."

  Zhu Biao purposefully said a few words of comfort in a soft voice, and Jin Tao was also very moved. What is Zhu Biao's identity? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty, the existence that the King of Korea would salute when he saw him, unexpectedly treated him so kindly.

Zhu Biao casually asked about his family background, and Jin Tao, who was already somewhat inferior, quickly explained the eight generations of his ancestry. Zhu Biao could only say that this guy was the Korean version of Yuan Shu. .

  Zhu Biao smiled with satisfaction, and Dao Yan on the side also bowed his head and recited a few Buddhist mantras. This is really a meat pie falling from the sky.

Of course, these two people also saw that what Jin Tao said was a bit hypocritical. In Gaoli, Monk Xin Jin is now in charge of the power, and he is targeting the aristocratic family, so the Jin family of four generations and three princes must be the target of strong suppression, otherwise Jin Tao I will not come to Daming for gold plating.

  Zhu Biao's identity can't be said too much. Dao Yan started talking with Jin Tao after reciting a Buddhist name. Jin Tao also respects Dao Yan very much.

  After a while, Zhu Biao saw that the rhythm had been controlled by Dao Yan, so he took a sip from the teacup, but did not put it down.

  Zhu Biao stood up and moved around, Liu Jin came back and reported: "Master, Daoyan invited that Jin Tao to study Buddhist scriptures."

  Zhu Biao nodded, and then he didn't bother to care about it. Zhu Biao had paved the way for him so much. If Daoyan still can't handle Goryeo, it would be too disappointing.

  Early the next morning, Zhu Biao got up and went to Fengtian Temple. The palace examination will be held today. Zhu Yuanzhang will select the new subjects for this year. All civil and military officials are also present. First, the Ministry of Rites presided over the etiquette of the examinees visiting the emperor.

   Then Zhu Yuanzhang encouraged them with a few words, and then distributed the examination papers. This time, Zhu Yuanzhang wrote the questions himself.

Then the **** led them to the Jinshen Hall on the side, and distributed pens, inks, papers and inkstones for them to make papers. Zhu Yuanzhang walked among them a few times with great interest, and Zhu Biao pointed out to his father the emperor before the meeting. several.

  Zhu Yuanzhang focused on Guo Chong. Fortunately, Zhu Biao had vaccinated him, but even so, Zhu Yuanzhang was a bit unacceptable. Does my first imperial examination champion in the Ming Dynasty have to look like this...

  Early before Enke, Zhu Yuanzhang specially ordered all localities to recommend young scholars to take the exam in Beijing, just to choose a young and handsome scholar as a role model, so as to inspire scholars all over the world.

  I also thought that if Zhuangyuan Lang was young, it would be good to marry a princess, but now looking at Guo Chong, Zhu Yuanzhang really couldn't bear to marry his lovely princess to him.

The emperor is on the side, these scholars are still quite nervous, Zhu Biao sees that it is almost done, so please ask Zhu Yuanzhang to wait in the Fengtian Temple, Lao Zhu also means the same, after seeing Guo Chong, he really can't cheer up, psychologically The gap is relatively large.

  Of course, there are also advantages to doing this. It shows that the imperial court's selection of scholars is based on talent and learning. As long as you are capable enough, you can become the number one scholar who is as good as a shit, and you can be named on the gold list and parade through the streets, reaching the pinnacle of life.

   After a while, the papers were finished. Zhu Biao led the staff to select the best 20 test papers, and the rest did not need to be checked by the emperor. In fact, the palace test is very simple as long as the emperor does not play tricks.

  The approximate rankings will not be much different from those in the huikao. In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang still selected Guo Chong as the No.

  The rest of the ranks need to be ranked by the ministers, and it will be completed tomorrow. The scholars have already saluted and bid farewell to the emperor.

  (end of this chapter)

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