Similarly, there are some reasons why Zhu Yuanzhang did not say it to this little palace guard.

If the imperial court insists on this seemingly equal inequality, seemingly just injustice, even if the northerners are willing to endure it and will not rebel, it will inevitably lead to a political pattern in which the southern scholars dominate.

The southerners not only developed economically and culturally and cultivated more students, but also the actual formulators of the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty were Liu Ji and Song Yao in the "Four Sons of Eastern Zhejiang", whose examination specifications, examination scope, and examination requirements were more suitable for Jiangnan students. Every time the course is opened, the southern students are naturally "familiar with it" and will be an official if they are in the move, and the pattern of the imperial court is strong in the south and weak in the north is also forming, and now the southern students have a greater and greater advantage in the previous imperial examinations, and the northern students can only enter the official through non-imperial examination methods such as supervision and recommendation, and once they enter the office, because the number is small and they are not from the right path, they are also suppressed and discriminated against in the officialdom.

It is said that the person who is loyal to the king, but the person who is loyal to the king is not a saint with no moral flaws, how can he not take care of his fellow villagers and those who have connections? The relationship between teachers and students and between fellow villagers in the south is intertwined, and it is inevitable that they will form gangs and factions, and they will eventually become friends. This is extremely detrimental to the country, and in order to insist on the equality and fairness of the examination, the stability of the country is undermined, which Zhu Yuanzhang cannot tolerate.

What is the real purpose of the imperial examination? It is the scholars who win the world to serve the imperial court, how can they put the cart before the horse for the sake of so-called justice, and let the imperial examination become the source of provoking the confrontation between the north and the south and the chaos in the world?

As a far-sighted politician, Zhu Yuanzhang's consideration is clear, correct, and wise, but it's a pity that those nerds can't see this layer, or even if they see it, they are unmoved, and they will not deny the "Tao" in their hearts because of any external factors.

Xia Xun listened to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, and couldn't help but be moved by his good intentions, and couldn't help but say: "What the emperor said is that those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain, and those who do not seek eternity are not enough to seek a time. If any avenue is not enough for the well-being of all people, it is only a foolish and useless way. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, and he sighed: "Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain, and those who do not seek the world are not enough to seek a moment." Good! That's a good point! The civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the elite Quancui, are not as knowledgeable as your mere imperial guards! ”

"The imperial grandson arrives ~~~"

"Deng Wenkeng, the imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, arrived ~~~"

"Zheng Yi of the Ministry of Rites is still here~~"

"The squire of the criminal department is violently Zhao ~~"

After a few roll calls, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was still unsettled, smiled, nodded to Xia Xun, and said with a pleasant face: "You can step down." ”

Then he said to the waiter: "Xuan! ”

"Emperor Xuan's grandson, Deng Wenkeng, Zheng Yi, Storm Zhao, meet ~~" Xia Xun hurriedly stepped back, and Cheng Jinyu, who was standing on the right side of the door, looked at him with some envy, and wanted to ask him what the emperor told him, but unfortunately they didn't dare to talk to each other when they stood here, so they had to stand up.

The imperial grandson and others entered in turn, and Xia Xun saw the future Emperor Jianwen for the first time, seeing that he had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, polite and polite manners, and his every move was full of elegant temperament, but he also had a graceful and elegant bearing.

"Here you are, grandson, and sit down with your grandfather."

Zhu Yuanzhang and Xia Xun just complained, and their hearts were not so strong, and when they saw the emperor's pleasant face, they were also secretly relieved, and Zhu Yunwen sat down on the Jindun next to Zhu Yuanzhang as he said.

Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Yunwen: "You must already know what happened in the court today, what do you think you should do now?" ”

Zhu Yunwen pondered for a while, plucked up the courage and said: "Sun Er thinks that Liu Sanwu and Zhang Xin are right!" The imperial court opened a science and took scholars, only one article, this is the fairest, since the investigation of the case did not follow the law, then the edict should be told to the world, the list is conclusive. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's face sank when he heard this: "Open a branch to take a scholar? Why did the imperial court open a department? Isn't it ridiculous to take a taxi for the sake of taking a taxi and forgetting the purpose of taking a taxi? Yun Wenna, with such a gaze, he can only be a qualified Confucian student, how can he be a qualified emperor? ”

This is a very serious criticism, Zhu Yunwen hurriedly left his seat, bowed down to the ground and said: "Grandson is ignorant, please ask the emperor's grandfather for advice." ”

"Sit down!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to his seat unhappily, and then turned to Deng Wenkeng, the imperial envoy of the Imperial Inspectorate: "Deng Qing, what do you think?" ”

Deng Wenkeng has always been upright, jealous and hateful, and does not follow personal feelings. In March of this year, Zhu Yuanzhang's beloved daughter, Princess Anqing's concubine, Ouyang Lun, took the opportunity of being sent to Shaanxi to patrol the illegal tea on behalf of the Son of Heaven and smuggled more than 100,000 catties of tea out of the country.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, those who leave the country with private tea and do not observe the pass will be beheaded. A folk song is spread throughout Xi'an City: "Horse convoy, private tea in the collection; The yamen is sheltered, and the officials guard each other; The prince is guilty of the law, and the common people are guilty of the same crime; Once the case is filed, take the stolen goods and catch ghosts. However, because he was the emperor's uncle, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty pretended to be deaf and dumb, and only Deng Wenkeng stepped forward to impeach Ouyang Lun.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard the news, and ordered Ouyang Lun to be killed, and other relevant people were to be punished as they deserved.

But Deng Wenkeng is not afraid of power when he impeaches him for illegality, but he scratches his head very much in this case. At present, it is clear that Liu Sanwu and other examiners did not bend the law for personal gain, and should not be punished.

However, if Ding Chou's scientific investigation case fails to satisfy the northern juzi and northern officials, it is bound to cause even greater chaos.

If this case with a bad impact is not dealt with satisfactorily by all parties, the scholars in the north and the squires and landlords and local celebrities behind these scholars will all be offended, and it is a matter whether they can be stable in the future, and this is not Deng Wenkeng's strength.

He hesitated for a moment and replied: "Your Majesty, the ministers think that they may be able to send officials again to re-interrogate." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "Retrial? How long will it take? Zheng Yi, you say! ”

Zheng Yi is a bit legendary as an official, he was promoted to Beijing because of his reputation in the ears of the Son of Heaven, and he was promoted from the white-clothed status to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

He is a native of Pujiang, and his family has not been separated for more than 300 years from the time of the Song Dynasty to the present. Known as the "righteous door", a family of more than 1,000 people, young and old, orderly, love each other, live in harmony, few disputes, Zhu Yuanzhang personally gave a plaque "filial piety" Zheng Yi is one step to the sky to become the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Seeing the emperor ask him, he bowed down and replied: "Your Majesty, it is an indisputable fact that the northern students are inferior to the southern students, but the northern students are slightly less knowledgeable, and the imperial court should encourage and advocate it. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help nodding again and again when he heard this, and said happily: "What Aiqing said is reasonable, under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." Regardless of whether they are southerners or northerners, they are all my people, and as a monarch, they are like a patriarch, whose children and grandchildren are poorer and weaker, and they all want to help more, how can they let him go because he has no interest? Is there any good way for Zheng Qing? ”

Zheng Yi said: "Speaking of the north, it is not all weak places in culture and education, Shandong and Shanxi have always been outstanding in culture and education, not inferior to the south. Shanxi is less war-torn than Shandong? Although wars are frequent, the hometown of the saint, the local government has always attached importance to culture and education, and dare to relax? Therefore, in the future, the imperial court can order the government in various parts of the north to strengthen cultural and educational affairs, and the imperial court will allocate funds to build more government schools and county schools, and then invite more Confucian scholars from the south to teach in the north. ”

It's easy to say, it's so difficult to do, besides, this is a long-term plan, people often say, ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, when will the effect be seen? If there is no chance for northerners to enter the profession in the next 100 years, how many people are willing to study hard when you build a school in each village?

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said: "It's hard to help the thirst in the far water, how to solve today's situation?" ”

Zheng Yi lowered his head and said, "Minister...... Ashamed. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and paced slowly in the hall, and after a long time, Fang stood still, turned around and looked at the squire of the criminal department. Tyranny Zhao was directly awarded the post of secretary of Dali Temple at the beginning of the country, and then successively served as the political secretary of Beiping Bu to participate in politics, the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, etc., and this year he was just promoted to the criminal department of the waiter, because the criminal department waiter is old and sick, presiding over the affairs of the criminal department, known for his frugality.

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at him and said in a deep voice: "Violent Zhao!" ”

"The minister is here!"

"Liu Sanwu, Zhang Xin and others colluded to deceive the king and were obsessed, this is a big crime. When you go back, you will be interrogated severely, and you must find evidence of their crimes against the law. I must deal with them strictly! ”

Violent Zhao was stunned, but he didn't expect the emperor to severely punish Liu Sanwu and others, it seems that the emperor has made up his mind to take the heads of Liu Sanwu and others to calm the anger of thousands of families in the north. How dare Tyrant Zhao collide with Zhu Yuanzhang, so he had to agree hard.

"Alright, let's all go down!"

Several officials did not dare to say more, and retreated one after another. Zhu Yunwen, who had just been reprimanded, saw that his grandfather was unhappy, so he didn't dare to say more, so he quietly retreated.

The rain outside the hall became heavier and heavier, and the rain was as dense as a bead curtain, and it became a rain curtain along the eaves of the temple.

The sky was even more cloudy, and occasionally a flash of lightning flashed, accompanied by the sound of shaking the window lattice, reflecting Xia Xun and Cheng Jinyu, who were standing on the left and right of the gate, with blue faces, and the power of the sky was unpredictable.

In the midst of them, the dark and dreary entrance of the temple looked like the entrance to the palace of Hades at this moment.

"Karala!"

With a thunderclap, a deep and majestic voice came from the entrance of the Hades Palace: "Yang Xu, come in." ”

Xia Xun almost thought that he had misheard, and it wasn't until the second call sounded that he hurriedly turned around and entered the main hall. …！ ~！