() It is said that the matter has come to this point, Liu Sanwu, Zhang Xin and others relented, and then re-reviewed the test papers and admitted a few northern scholars, so that Zhu Yuanzhang could give an explanation to the scholars in the world, and there was still room for maneuver in this matter, but it was a pity that these old scholars really didn't understand the emperor's mind, and shouted that they were right.

After a strict trial, there was no confession that could be used to convict them, so a large number of people and family members who had contacts were arrested and tortured to extract confessions, and some people could not stand the torture and were beaten into confessions.

Soon, Zhang Xin's crime was to "avenge Hu Weiyong's grievances and rebel against the imperial court", and Liu Sanwu, Bai Xinju and others became Lan Yuyu's party. At this time, it has been seventeen years since Hu Weiyong's death, and five years since Lan Yu's death, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the crime was caused by Luo Weaving, but in order to crack down on the opposition of the courtiers and appease the hearts of the northerners, he still sentenced the person in the case to death. At the end of April, Zhang Xin, Bai Xinju, Si Xian, Wang Luxury, and others were executed by Ling Chi, and Liu Sanwu was spared death in old age and sent to the frontier to replenish the army. Chen An, a high school student, was suspected of offering bribes and was beheaded on the same day.

At the beginning of May, the imperial court announced the results of the review, and the newly selected 61 tributes were all northerners, with Hebei Han Kezhong ranking first, Shandong Ren Bo'an the second, and none of the southern juzi selected. Historically, it is known as the "Spring and Autumn List".

Today's imperial examination case is simply a copy of the Spring and Autumn List case of Hongwu in the past 30 years.

In February this year, after more than a month of examiners reviewing the test papers, in March, the list came out, 63 candidates in the middle of the lift, 60 of them are southerners, and the north is actually three, or the last few, this result just came out, immediately caused the northern scholars to be dissatisfied, and the joint name was sparse, suing the examiner for favoring the southerners. Nanjing officials from the north were also dissatisfied, and many of them were angry and impeached, and the city of Nanjing, which had been quiet for several years, became agitated because of this imperial examination.

It was not until two days ago that Zhu Zhanji learned that the scholars heard that the emperor intended to move the capital to Nanjing, and they stopped them one after another, and wanted to find the emperor to comment, that is, the northern scholars who returned to their hometowns also rushed to Nanjing overnight.

Zhu Zhanji was afraid that there would be a big mess, so he summoned the civil and military officials in Nanjing to make a conclusion on this matter today.

For today's conclusion, everyone in the government and the opposition is paying attention, and the people in the world who have been waiting for more than half a year are also extremely concerned, the northern scholars, since March, have been making a fuss, and now they have finally waited for today, and they have already run to tell each other, for a while, in the city of Nanjing, the scholars are surging, everyone is sitting and waiting outside the imperial city, they understand that today's result, either the prince gave him justice, or the prince also favored the southern scholars, but the latter result, they know what it means, it means that they are not convinced, continue to fight, Until the day of true fairness comes!

The civil and military officials also heard the news of the emperor's relocation of the capital, and they also knew that the prince was eager to deal with this important matter, so no one asked Zhu Zhanji for other trivial matters.

After a period of silence, Zhu Zhanji said: "Let's talk about it, at the moment of the imperial examination case, what good advice do you have for Aiqing?" “

The Ministry of Rites is responsible for this imperial examination, since March the northern scholars made trouble, has been frightened, for fear of the occurrence of Hongwu 30 years of the north and south list case, so as soon as he heard the prince's question, the Ministry of Rites Lang Hu Hu took the lead to stand up, hugged his fists and said: "I follow the Song Dynasty methods for the imperial examination, the implementation of fame and reputation, after the candidates submit the papers, after the seal, transcription, reading and other procedures, this time the examiner has not been suspected of favoritism, according to Weichen, the number of high school students in the north is less than that in the south, In fact, it is because the northerners have been ruled by the Jin and Yuan people for more than 200 years, and they do not practice education, and the north is poor in the south due to continuous wars, and the financial and material resources are slightly inferior to the south——? “

Hu Hu was a jinshi in the second year of Jianwen, and he was given the military department to the matter, and after Yongle ascended the throne, he was promoted to the household department to give the matter.

Emperor Yongle was very uneasy about whether Emperor Jianwen died, and some people accused him that Emperor Jianwen cut his hair and fled as a monk. He arrested Emperor Jianwen's chief monk Pu Qia and imprisoned him for more than ten years, forcing him to confess Emperor Jianwen's whereabouts. And sent his cronies Hu Hu and Zhu Xiang, who knew Emperor Jianwen, in the name of searching for Taoist priest Zhang Sanfeng, to visit the states, counties, townships, and towns by land to check the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen, for 16 years, he was Zhu Di's most trusted confidant, so Zhu Gaochi attached great importance to him after he ascended the throne, and according to his wishes, he stayed in Nanjing and became a guest of the prince.

Most of the Nanjing imperial examinations were made by him, so his remarks were extremely convincing.

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Zhu Zhanji nodded, and said: "Lord Hu said this, I know that I have been founded by the Ming Dynasty for less than a hundred years, and the north has been ruled by the Jin people and Tatars for a hundred years, and I have always had doubts about the establishment of our dynasty, and I have never really returned to my heart. Four years, three years in one fell swoop. The six-year decree was dismissed, and the recommendation was changed to a profession. The imperial examination was reinstated in fifteen years. Seventeen years to set the imperial examination style, the Ministry of Rites issued in the provinces, then thought that the eternal system, to the emperor's grandfather once every three years of the township examination, the examination has never stopped, even so, the northern scholars have been looking forward to the wandering, never really towards my Ming Dynasty? “

Speaking of this, Zhu Zhanji glanced at the ministers and continued: "In the case of the North and South List back then, my ancestor emperor used thunderous means to turn Liu Sanwu, Bai Xinzhu and others into the Blue Jade Yu Party, and Zhang Xin, Bai Xinji, Si Xian, Wang Luxury, etc. were executed by Ling Chi, and Liu Sanwu sent them to the frontier to fill the army, the purpose of this is to appease the hearts of the northern scholars, so that they can wait and see my Ming Dynasty, wander, and become a heavy support!" It's a pity that Liu Sanwu, Zhang Xin, Bai Xinxi, Si Xian, and Wang Hao only kept their own ways and ignored the ways of the world. Only care about the Tao in front of them, regardless of the long-term Tao, if they were back then, there would be one person who could understand the holy will of the emperor's ancestors, and from the perspective of the overall situation of the world, admit a few northern scholars, calm the hearts of the northern scholars, and not force the grandfather of the emperor to use bloody means! “

After talking for a long time, Zhu Zhanji stopped, and Chen Wu, the eunuch who served him on weekdays, hurriedly picked up the teacup from the coffee table on the side and handed over a cup of ginseng tea.

Zhu Zhanji took it, nodded at Chen Wu, frowned and blew lightly twice, raised his head and grunted a few times, drank a cup of ginseng tea, took the silk scarf handed by Chen Wu, wiped the corners of his mouth, and continued: "In this year's imperial examination, I don't know how Lone knows, there is a big cultural difference between the north and the south, but if Lone allows this southern scholar to occupy this list, wouldn't it make me Ming Dynasty abandon half of the northern country and the northern scholars, they have no hope for the imperial examination, they can't do official positions, there is no hope, can they really support my Daming?" “

These few words of thunder sounded, and everyone was shocked when they heard it, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, you look at me, I look at you, everyone nodded secretly.

"Well said, well said? The prince is really blessed by my Ming Dynasty from this perspective? “

The voice was not loud, but it was vigorous and powerful, and it did not go for a long time in the empty hall.

Zhu Zhanji glanced up, nodded, and said, "Yang Aiqing has won the award, I don't know what Yang Aiqing thinks about this matter?" “

The person who spoke was none other than Yang Shiqi, since Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, he attached great importance to this former follower, and promoted Yang Shiqi to the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of the Huagai Palace. After being promoted to young master, and ordered Yang Shiqi to concurrently serve as the secretary of the military department, and eat three parts of Yulu (cabinet, Hanlin Academy, and military department), it can be said that he was the first person in the dynasty, this time the Nanjing imperial examination case, Zhu Gaochi heard a little, afraid that the prince was young and difficult to deal with such a major event, so he sent Yang Shiqi to Nanjing to assist.

He attached great importance to this talented man who never abandoned his father, listened to his words, and was busy asking questions.

Yang Shiqi also has a good impression of Zhu Zhanji, not because he is the crown prince and the prince of the country, but because Zhu Zhanji shows the potential of benevolence, virtue and wisdom, corporal courtesy, humbly accepting advice, sympathizing with the people's feelings, and clever methods of handling government affairs, which have surpassed his father Zhu Gaochi, and these are undoubtedly the places where Yang Shiqi has a good impression.

Listening to Zhu Zhanji's inquiry, Yang Shiqi thought for a while and said: "What the prince said, Weichen very much agrees, the north has been enslaved by the Jin people and Tatars for more than two hundred years, and does not practice education, and the north is poor in the south due to continuous wars, and the financial and material resources are slightly inferior to the south, so the talent is not as good as the southern scholars, but if I don't know how to be sympathetic and turn the imperial examination into the southern scholars' imperial examination, then the northern scholars are bound to have no hope of entering the office, and they will inevitably deviate from morality, so that there is no emperor in the north's heart, no court, how can the national strength be solidified, and Maitreya is rampant at present, There are still a lot of people who have illusions about my Ming Dynasty, if they take the opportunity to use the northern scholars to deal with the imperial court, wouldn't it be very easy, now that my Ming Dynasty has just calmed down, do you still want to start the Zhu War again? “

Hearing these words, the civil and military officials nodded again and again, and even Zhu Zhanji secretly nodded: "Well said, well said, what Yang Aiqing said, every sentence is reasonable?" “

Yang Shiqi smiled slightly and said, "The prince has won the award!" After a pause, he continued: "The north has suffered from war for many years, whether it is financial, material, or cultural is not as good as the south, and the southern scholars are competing on the same stage, this is like letting a show talent compete with the generals, which is extremely unfair in itself, if it is not improved, for a long time, the northern scholars and scholars are hopeless, and all the officials of the court are from the south, try to ask me that the Ming Dynasty can still have a peaceful day!" “