After talking about Emperor Hongzhi's illness, when Shen Xi was about to leave, Xie Qian mentioned it by the way: "You are the Hanyuan that you have not entered in the year, right?" ”

Shen Xi was a little surprised, this was obviously asking knowingly, he was the champion in his early years, of course, he was the Hanlin Academy that he had not entered in his young years. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

However, Shen Xi immediately realized that Xie Qian was not talking about it, but actually reminding him in disguise that you have been an official for almost three years, and you are about to be assessed by the officials.

There is a small test in three years, and a big test in nine years. In the Ming Dynasty, three years was the length of an official position, but after the expiration of the three-year term, it did not mean that he would be promoted, especially the Beijing official.

The three-year evaluation is just a small evaluation, from which some people with excellent evaluation results will be selected to be added to the ranks, and the nine-year big examination, as long as there is no major problem, can usually be promoted.

If Shen Xi has a good score in this evaluation, he can not only be promoted, but also win the order for Xie Yun'er, Zhou's family and even the Li family.

Shen Xi's official character is not big, but it is better to have a decree than nothing. Being an official has this benefit, and even the female relatives around him, like him, can be slowly "promoted".

After Shen Xi went home, he told Xie Yun'er about the emperor's illness alone.

Xie Yun'er said suspiciously: "Listening to what Xianggong said, Your Majesty seems to be a sign of arsenic poisoning." ”

Shen Xi nodded when he heard this.

Even Xie Yun'er could detect that this was heavy metal poisoning, and it was impossible for those imperial doctors in the palace not to find out, but it was a little difficult to treat this disease these years, and the imperial doctors did not dare to rashly blame the so-called "elixir", so that Zhu Youji's illness temporarily became an unsolved case.

"If you are not in his position, you will not seek his own government, since your husband is not serving in the Tai Hospital, whether Your Majesty is sick or not has nothing to do with us, what I can say, I have mentioned to Xie Ge Lao, Your Majesty Ji people have their own blessings, we don't have to worry too much."

Others may not care about the life or death of Emperor Hongzhi, Shen Xi wants to say that he doesn't care, it is definitely a lie, if Zhu Youzhi returns to the west a few years in advance, the political storm in the early years of Zhengde will come in advance.

According to the analysis of the current situation, perhaps it would be a good deed to let Zhu Houzhao ascend the throne ahead of schedule, Zhu Houzhao is not yet an adult, Liu Jin was transferred out of the East Palace, and most of the princes to rely on are Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Ma Wensheng, Liu Daxia, these famous ministers, and the court will develop in a benign direction.

But I am afraid that while Zhu Houzhao abandons the appointment of Liu Jin and other eunuchs, the power will fall into the hands of the Zhang family, which may be even more harmful to the stability of the country than Liu Jin is in power.

After all, Liu Jin is a eunuch, he has no strong background, he is also virtuous and virtuous, Zhu Houzhao picked up Liu Jin with one hand, and it was easy to kill Liu Jin, but the Zhang family's power in the DPRK and China was intertwined, and it would be much more difficult and troublesome for Zhu Houzhao to eradicate it.

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The Ministry of Rites will try to be carried out in an orderly manner, and Shen Xi also entered the palace to teach the prince step by step, but Shen Xi learned a piece of news from his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy and the Zhan Mansion...... The southeast coast is not peaceful!

This is a special signal!

The southeast coast has always been harassed by pirates and pirates, even if Shen Xi helped Liu Daxia eradicate Song Xi'er and others, and later thwarted the encroachment plan of the Francois in Quanzhou, but the pirates and pirates along the coast have not been cured.

“…… Sir, you said that you want me to try the imperial examination, I heard that they are now taking the examination in the Gongyuan Academy, you tell me the question, I try to do it, maybe I am more talented than them! ”

Zhu Houzhao was very stupid and naïve, thinking that he was very knowledgeable and had reached the point of being admitted to the Jinshi.

But in fact, Zhu Houzhao can't even do a good job of an eight-strand article.

"It's okay for the prince to try it, and the minister happens to know the problem, so he can tell you now. This first question is 'It's fun to have friends from afar', and the prince asks to answer the question. ”

Shen Xi took advantage of the free time during the class break to give Zhu Hou a question.

Zhu Houzhao was very happy when he heard it: "That's it? How difficult can it be to take the top prize? Doesn't that mean I'm happy to have friends from afar? Hey, sir, is it possible to get the champion if you answer it like this? ”

Shen Xi shook his head: "The prince wants to use this as an article." ”

"Writing? How happy am I to write? Or did I write a few friends......" Zhu Houzhao rushed to ask, and saw that Shen Xi was reading the book, ignoring him, he immediately shook his head, and said listlessly, "I don't prompt anything, so how should I do the article?" ”

Shen Xi said: "The significance of the imperial examination lies in this, if you can prompt how to write, wouldn't everyone be the champion?" ”

Zhu Houzhao pouted and said: "I don't believe that my article is bad, look at my ......."

Zhu Houzhao waved his pen and began to make his "eight-strand text".

Shen Xi was not interested in this, and after half an hour, Zhu Houzhao wrote the article and handed it to Shen Xi and said, "Sir, look at the article I wrote, can you win the top prize?" ”

Holding the article in his hand, Shen Xi almost didn't vomit blood.

The bear child did make the article, but it was not an eight-strand essay at all, it was completely a primary school student's composition, or the level of a first-grade composition.

“…… There were two friends outside the palace, one tall and one short, I was very happy and invited them to dinner, they said that the food in the palace was delicious, and I also invited them to enjoy the singing and dancing......"

Shen Xi asked, "Where did Prince Wenyi learn?" ”

Zhu Houzhao shook his head dumbfounded.

"When the prince writes an article, can he learn to solve the problem, undertake the topic, start to talk and other formats?" Shen Xi asked again.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes widened: "Mr. Shen, what are you talking about, I don't understand." Just tell me how I wrote this article. ”

"It doesn't make sense." Shen Xi made a decision directly.

Zhu Houzhao pursed his lips and protested dissatisfiedly: "Hey, sir, can you not demean me to worthless?" It's not easy for me to write an article, so if you write well, you can come...... Ah no, sir, you have won the champion, of course it is well written, you are compared with me is to bully the small! ”

At this time, the bear child has learned to be smart, and he knows that it is humiliating to compare talents and strategies with Shen Xi, and he doesn't even know what to write, and he is not comparable with Shen Xi at all.

"Whatever."

Shen Xi said, "The minister teaches the history of the twenty-first year, and is not responsible for the teaching of the prince's art, the prince wants to learn the Bagu Wen, or go to Bachelor Liang and Bachelor Wu!" ”

Zhu Houzhao was indignant and did not say anything, because of the matter of writing the article, the bear child seemed to be sulking, and when he went to class in the afternoon, he didn't say a word.

It wasn't until the end of class that the prince was slightly relieved and asked Shen Xi, "Sir, what other games did the ancients have besides juju, polo, and weaving?" I'm either playful, or I want to learn more about how the ancients used to pass their boring time. I heard that staggered before, what happened? Is it fun? ”

is a big ghost, and it is Zhu Houzhao of this age who is talking about Zhu Houzhao, who spends his days thinking about nothing else except thinking about how to play. Such a bear child allows him to be in charge of national politics, can he be responsible for the people of the world, and work hard?

"It is a kind of wine vessel, and the chip is the bargaining chip of the wine order, and the staggered meaning of the wine cup and the wine chip are placed in a mess, describing the lively scene when many people gather to drink, and the Northern Song Dynasty Ouyang Xiu's "Drunken Man's Pavilion" is spoken...... If the prince wants to pass the time, he can study piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Shen Xi said.

"Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting? That's boring, it's a little more fun to play chess, but I can't play well, that thing sits down for a long time, I don't know how to lose it, and over time those gentlemen don't bother to teach me. Zhu Houzhao said depressedly.

You don't have the heart to learn, and of course you don't learn well!

Even if you are talented and smart, you can't do it without a teacher, you want to play chess well, and you don't want to study yet, so you think this is letting you play flying chess?

Thinking of flying chess, Shen Xi suddenly seemed to understand something.

In the past, I always taught this bear child to play some things that the ancients used to play, but even if it is Keju, the bear child will definitely get tired of playing for a few months, so I might as well teach him some ways to play that will only exist in later generations.

At this time, it was time to get out of class, the officials of the Zhan Mansion and the attendants and eunuchs of the East Palace dispersed one after another, Shen Xi looked at it and found that no one was paying attention, so he walked quickly to the prince and said: "If the prince wants to learn to play chess, the minister knows a kind of chess, and the prince can try it." ”

"Oh!? Mr. Say quickly, don't be black and white, it's too troublesome. ”

Zhu Houzhao's eyes were full of anticipation, but also a little distrustful, because Shen Xi hadn't taught him a new way to play for a long time, and he was afraid that Shen Xi would be assimilated by those sour old pedants, because Shen Xi always likes to press him with big truths when he speaks recently.

Shen Xi found a pen and paper, drew a grid on the paper, the grids were connected together, like a long snake, meandering, many grids were marked with words, and finally Shen Xi added a few arrows, and a simple "chessboard" was drawn.

"What is this, sir?"

Zhu Hou looked at it for a long time, but he didn't understand what kind of chess this thing was.

Shen Xi's drawing is just the simplest flying chess, generally children have played, shake the dice, is a few points to go a few squares, some squares will be set a few steps forward, a few steps back, two or three people, even five or six people can get together to play, whoever reaches the end first will win.

Waiting for Shen Xi to explain the rules of the game, Zhu Houzhao scratched his head and said, "What are dice?" ”

"Because of the hasty preparation, the dice can only be found for you next time, now use bamboo sticks and sticks instead, draw a few, just take a few steps."

Shen Xi asked the eunuch to bring a stick holder, and put six bamboo sticks in it, each with a number, a total of six numbers, representing one step forward to six steps.

After writing it, the two began to "play".

asked Zhu Houzhao to play Go, Zhu Houzhao's personality was uncertain, he couldn't sit for a long time, and he didn't bother to use his brain to study. And playing this kind of checkers, it takes almost no brains, just draw a bamboo stick and go forward.

"Sir, you're too slow, haha, I'm going to win soon."

Zhu Houzhao was proud, and suddenly walked to a regressive grid, about to take more than a dozen steps back at once, and instantly fell much behind Shen Xi, he shouted: "How can this be? ”

Shen Xi said: "There are gains and losses, the prince must remember, even if it is smooth sailing, you must be aware of the possible risks in the future, and it is the right way to fight steadily." ”

The two continued to play against each other, and in the middle and late stages, Shen Xi was cunning and cunning, and he had already memorized the six bamboo sticks, and he could get a few if he wanted to.

Originally, there was no need to play checkers with children, but Shen Xi wanted to use this to educate Zhu Houzhao.

The two played to the back, Zhu Houzhao was a little anxious, and as a result, he couldn't get out of a small area, while Shen Xi walked to the end smoothly.

"Prince, you lost." Shen Xi smiled.

"Don't accept it, come again, I know how to play now." Zhu Houzhao has a spirit of not admitting defeat.

Shen Xi said with a smile: "It's getting late, the minister is about to quit the palace, the prince still plays with the people around him first, and then competes with the prince next time the minister finds the dice!" ”

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