After Zhu Biao finished writing, he checked it again, and then handed it to Liu Jin to send to the imperial study.

After yesterday's court meeting, the first imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty began, first held in the local township examination, and then those with excellent grades can directly enter Beijing, and now there is an urgent need for talents, and there is no time for them to come up from the layers of examinations.

Zhu Yuanzhang also attached great importance to this imperial examination, so he asked Zuo Prime Minister Li Shanchang to take the exam, and Song Lian, a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, to take the main exam.

In fact, in terms of status, it should be Li Shanchang as the chief examiner, but Zhu Yuanzhang designated Song Lian.

Zhu Biao is more leisurely, although he was not appointed, but Zhu Yuanzhang also instructed him to follow Li Shanchang to invigilate the exam, so that the students could take a look at my crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

In order to welcome the students who came to the examination, the Ministry of Engineering was also ordered to build the examination room of the Enke Palace, and the completion was ordered as soon as possible.

After Zhu Biao had eaten, he sat in the Cultural Hall and looked at the book, thought for a while and said, "Liu Jin, you go and call Quan Xu." ”

Liu Jin went as promised, Zhu Biao was very satisfied with Quan Xu, although he was promoted to the rank of Quan Xu this time, he did not receive any title, according to Quan Xu's merits, it is not an exaggeration to be crowned a national duke, after all, he is Zhu Biao's pro-army commander and a meritorious hero.

But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't give him a reward, and Zhu Biao didn't say anything to him, just to see Quan Xu's heart, if he made great contributions but didn't have a reward, would he have complaints about his superiors.

After a while, Quan Xu walked in and knelt on one knee: "Mo will see His Highness!" ”

Zhu Biao waved his hand to get him up: "Quan Xu, do you understand why you are not knighted?" ”

Quan Xu clasped his fists and replied: "His Royal Highness didn't think about it, General Mo only knew what he had to do, and as for the title, it was naturally arranged by the Holy Lord and His Highness."

Zhu Biao got up and walked to him and said, "That's fine, Quan Xu, don't worry, your father and the palace have great expectations for you, don't let it down." ”

Quan Xu's resolute face looked straight and said, "Swear to be loyal!" ”

Zhu Biao looked at him and said: "The casualties of the pro-army Governor's Mansion are a little heavy, and the Holy Lord intends to expand its scale, so you can lead your people to meet Mao Xiang, the commander of the pro-army Governor's Mansion." In the future, there will be no summons from the main palace, so you don't have to come again, and concentrate on serving the saints. ”

After hearing this, Quan Xu knelt directly at Zhu Biao's feet, and then solemnly responded with a "promise"!

Zhu Biao glanced at Quan Xu's back, this is a good hand, and Zhu Biao is also a little reluctant. But he doesn't have anything to do now, instead of letting Quan Xu stand guard in the East Palace every day, it is better to go back to the Captain's Mansion of the Pro-Army to exercise well.

This is also what Zhu Yuanzhang meant, Zhu Biao naturally knows his father's thoughts, this is to cultivate a perfect spy commander for him.

It is also convenient for Quan Xu to help Zhu Biao take over this large institution in the future, although Zhu Biao does not know the specific configuration of the pro-army Governor's Mansion, but he is not clear about the power of Jinyi Wei in the future?

Xu Da's side has also begun to return to the class, and Chang Yuchun still needs to stay in Beiping for a while, so it would be good to come back when Zhu Biao got married.

The wedding is in September, that is, there are still more than three months left, and the Ministry of Rites has begun to prepare.

Zhu Biao now pays attention to the struggle between Hu Weiyong and Yang Xian every day, and both of them are now aiming at Li Shanchang's position.

Hu Weiyong, as Li Shanchang's disciple, naturally has a slight upper hand, but Yang Xian was sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to check and balance, and with the emperor behind him, he is not afraid of them.

Among them, there are also neutral factions, such as Zhang Chang, who was an official in the previous dynasty, erudite and talented, and Zhu Yuanzhang was also quite fond of him, Yang Xian befriended him and wanted to fight against Li Shanchang's faction together.

These are already known to the government and the opposition, Zhu Biao is itching to see it, but unfortunately it is not yet time for him to end.

Zhu Biao has been very honest recently, Zhu Yuanzhang did not give him any arrangements, Zhu Biao's studies have been completed, and Zhu Di has continued to start his study career.

Although Zhu Biao was a little bored, he didn't take the initiative to ask his father for the emperor's intentions, those who become great things must endure loneliness, just like Quan Xu, he made great achievements but didn't get the reward he deserved, he couldn't bear it, and did what he should do, no one would like such a person.

is the same for Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang is also looking at him, to see if he is starting to get carried away, to see if he can endure loneliness.

A few days later, Zhu Biao was invited to the imperial study, and when he entered the house, he saw Yang Xian kneeling on the ground with his face covered and crying, and Zhu Yuanzhang was also comforting him.

After Zhu Biao entered the house, he saluted his father, and then walked to Zhu Yuanzhang and stood still, Yang Xian saw Zhu Biao also put his hand covering his face on the ground and saluted Zhu Biao.

At this time, Zhu Biao saw a clear slap mark on Yang Xian's swarthy face, Zhu Biao stretched out his hand and helped him weakly, but did not speak.

Yang Xian got up and pointed to the red slap print on his face and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is unbearable, the minister is also a dignified court official, and Hu Weiyong is a minister in the same hall, he dares to beat Wei Chen, and the minister asks His Majesty to be the master of the minister!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang also hurriedly relieved: "We must be the master for you, don't cry, what kind of system does the dignified minister of Chinese books cry and cry for." ”

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he shouted outside: "Mao Xiang, you hand over Yang Xian's recital to Liu Bowen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and let him do it again according to the law, and he can't be lenient!" ”

When Yang Xian heard this, he thanked Zhu Yuanzhang, and then retired.

When Yang Xian went out, Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the teacup and laughed, and Zhu Biao also shook his head.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked his son to sit next to him and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Zhu Biao pondered for a while and said: "On the surface, it seems that Hu Weiyong is impulsive and dares to beat his colleagues in Zhongshu Province, but Erchen feels that this is also planned by Yang Xian, he just wants to deliberately provoke Hu Weiyong and force him to make mistakes, so that Li Shanchang will not be able to push Hu Weiyong to the throne." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction: "This Yang Xian is deeply jealous, there are those who are not enough for himself, and he is a person with a strong sense of faction and power, and he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals." ”

Zhu Biao didn't expect that Zhu Yuanzhang had seen Yang Xian so thoroughly, so he asked: "Since my father has seen through Yang Xian, why do you still want to reuse him?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You know what happened in Yangzhou, right? In just two years, Yangzhou City can be described as changing with each passing day, the displaced people have returned to their hometowns and towns to recover, and a large area of land has been cultivated. ”

Zhu Biao nodded and said: "It seems that Yang Xian is indeed capable, but how difficult it is for the people's livelihood to recover, other state capitals have not recovered very well, but Yang Xian has done a good job, I'm afraid there are some strange things." ”

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