It will take a while for Yan Shenggong to come to Beijing, after all, he is delicate and expensive, and it is impossible for him to travel long distances, not to mention that he has to meet many literati and scholars from various places along the way, so as to accumulate great momentum to protect himself.

The capital is not in a hurry to urge, the palace test is about to start, Zhu Yuanzhang is also in a very good mood, he has gone from a monk who asks for food to now wants to comment on the world's scholars, which is wonderful.

Zhu Biao walked into Zhongshu Province on this day, now it is much quieter, Hu Weiyong is hiding his edge, Yang Xian is proud, most of the things in Zhongshu Province are now in Yang Xian's hands, and Li Shanchang is even more tormented because of Mencius's affairs.

After all, he was the prime minister of the dynasty, and it was his fault that he didn't persuade the emperor well, but Li Shanchang never cared about this, and he was not the filial son and grandson of Confucius, but this also gave him a good reason to close his door, isn't it happy to play chess at home every day?

Li Shanchang is already a very popular minister, it can be said that there is no room to go up, although he is reluctant to have the power in his hands, but for the sake of the wealth of his descendants, he can only let go, so he is a lot more relaxed.

Zhu Biao stepped into Zhongshu Province, and the people inside saluted one after another, Zhu Biao nodded and walked straight over, all the way to the house where Li Shanchang was handling official business.

Zhu Biao came to ask a person this time, and he found out that there were foreigners who participated in the Enke big exam this time, and they were also Koreans, but their level was average, and their ranking was at the bottom.

Zhu Biao naturally didn't look at the list behind, this was only known by Liu Jin as an interesting thing to him, he didn't care what Jin Tao was, but who could study abroad, it must be an excellent child of the Goryeo family.

If a situation can be opened directly, it will undoubtedly make Jiang Side and Yao Guangxiao work more smoothly, so Zhu Biao is ready to let Li Shanchang arrange it.

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

His big wedding was also set, and just eight days later, that is, on the sixth day after the palace test, Zhu Yuanzhang had already sent officials from the Ministry of Rites to Taimiao and Fengyang's hometown to worship the ancestors and present them with the good news.

Then he rewarded the Kaiping palace with gifts of nine carriages to show his favor, Chang Yuchun went to the imperial study to thank him, and Chang Mao came to the East Palace to send a few clothes made by Chang Luohua himself.

The entire inner court and the Ministry of Rites are busy now, but fortunately, there is no need for Zhu Biao to worry about it, everything is handled by special personnel.

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

After a while, Jin Tao walked in, and first kowtowed to Zhu Biao and saluted: "Goryeo student Jin Tao see His Royal Highness the Prince of Daming, His Royal Highness Qianqiu." ”

This person's official words are very good, Zhu Biao said with a smile: "Get up, you have come from a long way from another country, and you can also be admitted to the Gongsheng, this palace was particularly moved after hearing it, so I specially summoned you." ”

Jin Tao bowed down and said: "Daming Wuhua Tianbao has many talents, and students are not good at learning and art, but they can only pass the exam, and they are very ashamed. ”

Zhu Biao's purpose was naturally a few words of relief in a soft voice, and Jin Tao was also moved, what is Zhu Biao's identity, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, the King of Goryeo saw the existence of saluting, and he actually treated him so kindly.

Zhu Biao casually asked about his family history, Jin Tao, who was already a little inferior, hurriedly explained his ancestors for eight generations, Zhu Biao could only say that this guy was the Goryeo version of Yuan Shu, his family was the fourth generation and the third duke, and his protégés and officials were all over the country.

Zhu Biao smiled with satisfaction, and Dao Yan on the side also lowered his head and recited a few words of Buddha name, this is really a pie with meat filling falling from the sky.

Of course, these two people also saw that what Jin Tao said was a bit false, Goryeo is now the monk Xin Yu in charge, and the spearhead is aimed at the family, so the Jin family of the fourth and third princes must be the target of strong suppression, otherwise Jin Tao would not have come to Daming to gild.

Zhu Biao's identity is not easy to say too much, Dao Yan recited a Buddha name and talked to Jin Tao, Jin Tao also respected Dao Yan very much, he knew too well the ability of these bald donkeys.

After a while, Zhu Biao saw that the rhythm had been controlled by Dao Yan, so he took a sip of the teacup, but he didn't put it down, and the two people below got up to say goodbye, and Zhu Biao asked Liu Jin to send it off.

Zhu Biao stood up and moved, and Liu Jin came back to report: "Master, Dao Yan invited that Jin Tao to study the Buddhist scriptures." ”

Zhu Biao nodded, and then he didn't bother to care, Zhu Biao had laid so much foreshadowing for him, if Dao Yan couldn't handle Gaoli, it would be too disappointing.

Early the next morning, Zhu Biao got up and went to Fengtian Palace, and the palace examination will be held today, and Zhu Yuanzhang selected the new scholars of this session, and the civil and military officials have also arrived, and the Ministry of Rites presided over the etiquette of the candidates to pay homage to the emperor.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang encouraged them a few words, and then issued the exam papers, this time it was Zhu Yuanzhang himself who came up with the question, the topic was to ask the ancient emperors to respect the heavens and diligent people, and to ask the gentleman and the way of governance.

Then a eunuch led them to the side of the palace, and distributed pen, ink, paper, and inkstones for them to make rolls, Zhu Yuanzhang walked around them with great interest, and Zhu Biao pointed out the top few in the examination to his father.

Zhu Yuanzhang focused on Guo Chong, and he had given him a preventive shot in Zhu Biao, but even so, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little difficult to accept, did my first imperial examination champion in the Ming Dynasty have to be like this......

Long before Enke, Zhu Yuanzhang specially ordered all localities to recommend young scholars to go to Beijing for the examination, just thinking of choosing a young and handsome scholar as a role model, so as to inspire scholars all over the world.

I still thought that if Zhuang Yuanlang 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 relatively nervous, Zhu Biao is almost over, so please ask Zhu Yuanzhang to wait in Fengtian Palace, Lao Zhu also means this, after seeing Guo Chong, he really can't keep his spirits up, and the psychological gap is relatively large.

Of course, there are also advantages to this, which shows that the imperial court focuses on talent and learning, as long as you have enough ability, where you look like, you can also be the champion of the above Qu Xing, and the title of the gold list is to cross the horse and walk on the street, and walk to the peak of life.

After a while, the papers were answered, and Zhu Biao led the selection of the best twenty exam papers, and the rest did not require the emperor to pass the purpose, in fact, as long as the emperor did not act as a demon, it would be very simple.

The approximate ranking will not be much different from the entrance examination, and in the end, Zhu Yuanzhang still named Guo Chong as the new champion of Daming, Wu Bozong is the list, and Tanhua is Zhang Fan.

The rest of the people need to be ranked by the ministers, and it can be completed tomorrow, and the scholars have already saluted the emperor and said goodbye, and the people who participated in the palace examination are only ranked and not defeated, so the people who have no intention of being the champion are not very nervous.

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