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Zhu Youzhen seemed to have forgotten about this, and climbed a mound and shouted: "I have a word, please listen to the world!" ”

Although he said it politely, how dare everyone not listen, he knelt down in the dark, and he didn't even dare to come out.

"You all read the books of the sages, and you don't need a hammer to beat the drum." Zhu Youzhen said loudly, "I don't want to say those clichés, so let's just say it: Now the imperial court is in the midst of internal and external troubles, especially the construction of Liaodong is very rampant, and it is a big trouble for my Ming Dynasty." The official army was newly defeated in Liaodong, and could only retreat to Shanhaiguan, and the Tartars could enter the army at any time. It is precisely because of this that I have to spare no manpower, material and financial resources to step up the expansion of the Beijing Division as a bridgehead against the Tartars. Today, I and the Empress came to the construction site to work together with the officials in Beijing, firstly, to talk about their meager efforts, and secondly, to pay tribute to all the hard-working workers. Great work, everyone! ”

Saying that, Zhu Youzhen bowed deeply to each of the four directions, bluffing tens of thousands of workers to kneel down and kowtow repeatedly, and at the same time they were so grateful that they burst into tears.

In the eyes of the hundreds of officials and lifters, some were also deeply moved, while others were very disapproving, thinking that from ancient times to the present, only the subjects worship the emperor, but no emperor worships the common people in turn. The so-called "Three Programs and Five Constants", the first article is "the monarch is the minister's program", and now the emperor bows to the workers, isn't this the program disorder?

Zhu Youzhen saw everyone's expressions in his eyes, and continued quietly: "All the students are here to enter Beijing to take the exam. Everyone has traveled a long way, and the accommodation conditions here are very poor, which is really hard. But everyone still came, and they were all in good spirits, why? Because the imperial examination is the way for the country to select scholars, you can become an official and serve the country by passing the examination. It is the luck of my Ming Dynasty to have a large number of hot-blooded young people with both ability and political integrity like you, and it also shows that my Ming Dynasty's national fortunes are still prosperous, and foreign insults such as Jianyu will not be rampant for too long! ”

Everyone shouted long live again, Zhu Youzhen paused and continued: "But there are various forms of serving the country, and it is not only possible to be an official. Like these diggers, without their sweat to build the city, how could we read in the study and sleep peacefully at night?

"Of course, the imperial examination is to test your talents, but your talents are not limited to books. Now there are ten days left before the exam, and in this short ten days, it may not be effective to hug Buddha's feet again, according to my opinion, you might as well come to the construction site to do manual work when you have leisure during the day. First, I can help the workers and help me, and secondly, I can also adjust my mentality and devote myself to the exam with the fullest spirit. Okay, I don't want to say more, I don't have as much as the queen's car! ”

After speaking, Zhu Youzhen jumped into the pit again, and once again waved the shovel and got busy. In fact, few of those civil and military officials are willing to do this kind of work, but the emperor and empress take the lead in digging the earth, who dares to hold back at this time? Therefore, they have also joined the ranks of labor.

But these people are used to being pampered on weekdays, all of them have fine skin and tender meat, and many of them are fat people with big bellies. At first glance, after doing this heavy physical labor, some of them were panting like cattle after two strokes, and felt that their arms were filled with lead; Some of the handles grinded out blood blisters, and the pain was so painful that they inhaled cool air; Some of them simply couldn't even bend their waists, and one accidentally fell into the soil, like a big stupid pig, and couldn't arch up for half a day.

Seeing that the emperor and empress and hundreds of officials had done it, as long as they were not fools, they all understood that now was an opportunity to perform. Like that Huang Zongxi, he must have recognized the emperor, so he would be the first to jump out and talk to the emperor through labor. Needless to say, the emperor must have been impressed with him, and he will definitely get great benefits during the imperial examination.

Therefore, the people also flocked to the front, scrambling to get the shovels to dig up the earth. Some of them were slow to get shovels, and they were impatient to snatch shovels and carts from the workers, for fear of missing the opportunity to perform in front of the emperor.

As the saying goes: there is strength in numbers. Originally, there were more than 20,000 workers on the two construction sites of the expansion of the Beijing Division and the rebuilding of the Tonghui River, but now they suddenly became hundreds of thousands. Although these lifters are far worse than the workers in their work, they are better than the number of people, and after more than an hour, it is enough to withstand the workload of the workers for three days.

It wasn't until the sun was in the west that Zhu Youzhen put down the shovel and prepared to drive back to the palace. He was very satisfied with the effect of this large-scale "voluntary labor", so he announced on the spot: from today until the completion of the two major projects, he will come to work on the construction site every morning after the completion of the day.

The workers were thunderous with joy, but some of the ministers were bitter, because the emperor's implication was very clear, and they had to follow the emperor to continue to sell coolies. Even some officials of the Ministry of Rites muttered in a low voice: "Now I know why the Holy Lord let so many people refer to it at the same time." This is to let them take the exam, it is simply to use them as cows, horses and mules! ”

When saying goodbye to Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, and Wang Fuzhi, Zhu Youzhen also asked with concern: "How are the three of you preparing?" ”

The three of them hurriedly replied: "Back to the saint, the imperial examination is too difficult, there are many people who have done better than us, and the grass people can only do their best." ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled meaningfully: "This time Enke is not as good as in previous years, I hope to choose real talents who can help the world, rather than those pedants who can only do eight-share articles." Therefore, the questions of the exam will also be very novel, I can't say much about it now, and you will know when the time comes. By the way, Huang Zongxi, what's the matter with the bruises on your face? Could it be that he was drunk and got into a fight with someone? ”

Huang Zongxi hurriedly said: "Don't dare to hide the saint, the grass people are indeed fighting with people, but not because of drunkenness." ”

"What's going on?" Zhu Youzhen said.

As soon as he said this, Huang Zongxi couldn't help but blushed with anger and said, "Caomin and Gu Yanwu came early and were able to live in an inn. But every day I see a ruffian and hooligan come to the inn to collect 'example money' from the shopkeeper and the guys, and if they are slow to give, they will slap the table and smash the bench, and they are very arrogant. The day before yesterday, the grass people were really angry and wanted to reason with them. As a result, they started to do it without saying two sentences, and there were many of them, so the grass people suffered some losses. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Youzhen's brows furrowed suddenly, "Then have you ever reported to the official?" ”

"Of course, I reported to the official," Wang Fuzhi on the side said angrily, "but the officials of Shuntianfu didn't pay attention to us at all, and asked us urgently, accusing us scholars of making trouble after drinking!" ”

Gu Yanwu hurriedly dragged the two of them, which means that you don't say these bad things in front of the emperor, so that the emperor can't get off the stage. The two of them woke up at this time, but the words had already come out, and it was too late to regret it.

Zhu Youzhen's face was really gloomy, and he left the construction site without saying a word. After Long Yuan was far away from the crowd, he called Yan Ling, who was escorting, and said, "Call Yan Zhengang immediately after returning to the palace, immediately!" ”

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