After the news of the victory of the First Northern Expedition reached the Beijing Division, the Beijing Division was jubilant. The Ming Dynasty successively won victories in foreign wars, which made the confidence of the empire high. As a result, the "Ming Imperial Daily" was once again out of stock.

"Spread the decree to set up Kaiping Mansion in the original Kaiping Wei, and distribute the newly acquired land to the families of the Mongolian soldiers and the local Han people." Zhu Youxiao made an order. Zhu Youxiao also wanted to implement the reform of the land and return to the stream in Kaiping Mansion, and from then on, Kaiping Mansion only had the imperial court, and there was no so-called Great Khan. The land obtained this time, Zhu Youxiao not only had to distribute it to the new army, but also prepared to distribute it to the Mongolian army in Liaodong.

"Your Majesty, Admiral Chen asked, should the captured Mongols be disposed of?" Zhang Weixian asked.

"All of them will be sent to repair the fortress." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

"Your Majesty, how can Chen Si, Zu Dashou and others be rewarded?" Zhang Weixian then asked.

"Chen Si and Zu Dashou can be named barons, and the rewards for the rest of the people will be discussed and decided by the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War." Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said. The current title is different from before, the title does not have too many privileges, it is more of a symbol of honor.

"No."

……

The news of the Ming Dynasty's defeat of the Eastern Tumut Department also spread throughout the steppe, following the last defeat of Lin Dan Khan in Datong, the Ming Dynasty once again defeated the Mongol cavalry in the field, and all the tribes in the steppe must start to review the combat strength of the Ming army again. The Dongtu Mut Department, which was closest to the Ming Dynasty, was under the greatest pressure, and Bu Lost Rabbit once again sent an envoy to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as the war of Kaipingwei ended, the Ming Dynasty ushered in the triennial palace test. To tell the truth, even if Zhu Youxiao presided over the Three Realms Palace Examination, he still didn't like to preside over the palace examination, and even the policy questions were issued by the cabinet, Zhu Youxiao only selected one of the policy questions as the palace examination question, but "Lin Xuan asked the question, and the Son of Heaven would personally preside over the palace examination", and Zhu Youxiao had to personally preside over the palace examination.

The palace examination and the meeting examination of the Ming Dynasty were held in the Huangji Palace. The main examination of the palace examination is only one day, but the ceremony is very grand, the civil and military officials must wear court clothes as usual to serve inside and outside, the emperor ascends to the palace, firecrackers are fired, the deacon raises the policy question into the hall, and the inner attendant puts the policy topic on the case. Gongshi performed five bows and three bows. Then, the hundred officials withdrew, and the exam officially began.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao has no role here at all, he is not responsible for all the things that are asked, invigilated, and marked, and his biggest role is to reflect the royal family's attention to the imperial examination, but now Zhu Youxiao is bent on abolishing the imperial examination, which makes it very contradictory.

Zhu Youxiao is not a person who can sit still, he always likes to move around. Zhu Youxiao's movement formed a huge pressure on the candidates present. Zhu Youxiao also knew that his movement would bring great pressure to the candidates, but he wanted to see if this group of candidates could perform at their level under pressure.

At dusk, it is the time to hand in the papers. The examiner is responsible for receiving the papers, and then sends the test papers to the seal officer, and the test papers of the palace examination do not need to be transcribed, and then the examiner will send them to the examiner for review. In order to prevent cheating, the reading officer has two days to mark the papers, and the reading officer is located in the East Pavilion, and he is not allowed to leave in the middle, and can only stay overnight in the Ministry of Rites.

There is also a set of completed procedures for the selection of the first and third ranks. Zhu Youxiao had to go to the Wenhua Palace, and the examiner reported the marking situation to the emperor, which was also the process for the emperor to read the examination papers and decide the ranking of the first and third places. Reading the paper is a hard thing, the official must kneel in front of the emperor to read, and after reading, Wang Liqian will put the test paper on Zhu Youxiao's imperial case. After the first examiner has finished reading, it is the second examiner's turn to read the second paper.

In the first two palace exams, after reading the three volumes, Zhu Youxiao did not ask to read it again, but this time he heard the name of a traitor, and he actually visited the flower. Zhu Youxiao unceremoniously asked to read it again.

The fourth test paper is Guan Shaoning's, Guan Shaoning Zhu Youxiao has heard of it, this person looks very ugly, but he has great national integrity, refused to shave his hair and lowered his hair, and was later beheaded by the Qing people.

"He Ruizheng is boastful, embarrassed, and put at the bottom of the top three." Zhu Youxiao said coldly. He Ruizheng descended to Li Zicheng, and then descended to Qing, Zhu Youxiao was angry when he saw such a person.

"No."

"Summoning Liu Ruozai, Cao Xun, and Guan Shaoning to Wenhua Hall to play right." Zhu Youxiao made an order.

Zhu Youxiao didn't call for the first two times, that is, the interview, and this time Zhu Youxiao wanted to meet these three people. According to historical records, these three people have a good reputation. Historically, Shi Kefa was recommended by Liu Ruozai, and it is said that the earliest prototype of the book "Golden Vase Plum" came from his hands. Cao Xun is also known in history.

……

The three of them came very quickly. Liu Ruozai and Cao Xun are still talents, but Guan Shaoning is really a bit miserable.

"I need someone to serve as the prefect of Kaiping Mansion, but is anyone willing?" Zhu Youxiao didn't play his cards according to common sense at all, and directly prepared to release them.

Zhu Youxiao's question was indeed a bit cold, and the three of them didn't react for a while. Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao said impatiently: "Why is no one willing?" ”

"Yes." Guan Shaoning bowed and said.

"Very good, let's go to the place to experience the experience first. Kaiping Province has just been pacified, the area is huge, but the population is very small, there are many things to do to change the land and return to the stream, and make achievements. I only talk about the result. Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"No." Guan Shaoning said.

"Mengyang and Mengmi also need prefects, so you can choose one of the two." Zhu Youxiao said.

"It's all at Your Majesty's command." Liu Ruozai and Cao Xun bowed down and said.

"Liu Ruozai went to Mengmi, Cao Xun went to Mengyang, the situation in these two places is similar to the situation in Kaiping Mansion, and I only look at the results." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

……

After seeing the three of them, Zhu Youxiao directly marked the "first first, first place" in the upper right corner of Guan Shaoning's test paper, Liu Ruozai was the second, and Cao Xun was the third.

After Zhu Youxiao completed the first and third papers, all the test papers were collected by the cabinet, and the second and third class test papers were split and filled in the list with the East Cabinet. But before the announcement of the list, there was also a ceremony to pass the ceremony, and this time the emperor was going to Fengtian Hall to meet with the first three people. After the roll call was completed, the deacon officer held the yellow list and hung it outside the left gate of Chang'an.

After the palace test was released, the palace test was not over, and there was a grace banquet. At the Enrong banquet, there was a Dingjia parade street that was seen on TV in later generations. It's just that this time the appearance of Zhuang Yuanlang is not flattering, and when he was parade in the street, he was robbed of a lot of limelight by Liu Ruozai and Cao Xun.

This is also an era of looking at faces!

On the fifth day of the palace test, the emperor gave a reward, Zhu Youxiao was more stingy, so he gave the champion a crown and a court dress, and the rest of the people were rewarded a little.

(End of chapter)