"Lord Wang, people have brought it." Not long after, Yun Na led a young man dressed as a simple man into the door and bowed to Li Yuntian, who was sitting behind the desk and reading official documents.

"Villain Li, knock on the prince." The young man then walked a few quick steps, knelt down in front of the desk, and held a piece of paper in his hand with both hands, "Lord Wang, this is a petition from seven hundred and six students in Seoul who are taking the examination, hoping that Lord Wang can abolish the miscellaneous subjects in the Korean imperial examination, so that we can participate in the liberal arts examination like the great Ming scholars, serve the country, and serve His Majesty the Emperor." ”

Due to the years of scuffle between Li Ji and Li Jue, the imperial examination in North Korea was also suspended, and it was not until the arrival of Li Yuntian that the Korean parliamentary government restarted the imperial examination, and later handed it over to the newly established political envoy Si Yamen to follow up.

Li Yuntian attached great importance to the imperial examination of the Korean state, so he posted notices in the eight provinces of the DPRK, hoping that the students could come to Seoul to take the examination.

Considering that the winter in North Korea is extremely cold, and heavy snow often closes the roads, Li Yuntian set the time for the imperial examination in August, so that it is convenient for students to come to Seoul and leave.

Therefore, at this time, Seoul gathered many Korean Badao students who came to take the exam, so Li Yuntian specially allocated a batch of materials to settle those students who came from afar and solve their worries about food and accommodation.

After all, most of the students from other places are born in poor families, and it is very rare to be able to come to Seoul to take the exam, where is there extra money to solve the problem of food and accommodation, you must know that the living conditions in Seoul are the highest in North Korea.

In fact, those students who came from afar were basically funded by the local Ming army, and Li Yuntian hoped that these people would become talents in governing Korean government affairs after the annexation of the Korean state into the Ming Dynasty, so he issued an order to subsidize the Ming army in various places, and allocated the corresponding funds, in his opinion, the money was well spent.

It is precisely because of this that the students of the eight provinces of Korea were able to come to Seoul to participate in the imperial examination in this field, and it was claimed that thousands of people took the examination, which was unprecedented.

Originally, these students from other places didn't have any other thoughts, and honestly took the miscellaneous exam.

But who would have thought that just when these students were preparing for the exam with peace of mind, all of a sudden, Li Xuan announced that he had written to the orthodox emperor and implored North Korea to be incorporated into the Ming Dynasty.

Everyone knows that the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty does not distinguish between liberal arts and miscellaneous subjects, and the students who should be examined are treated equally, and then the marquis is worshipped.

Obviously, there is a chance that Li Xuan's letter will be approved by the orthodox emperor, the reason is very simple, the loyal king of the Ming Dynasty is in Korea, and Li Xuan's letter must have been approved by Li Yuntian, so the orthodox emperor will not reject it.

Although the will of the orthodox emperor will come sooner or later, those students who take the miscellaneous subjects can no longer wait, once the will of the orthodox emperor cannot be reached before the imperial examination, they can only take the miscellaneous subjects, and miss out on the liberal arts.

Even if the will of the orthodox emperor can be delivered to Seoul before the imperial examination, due to the tight time, there will be no change in the imperial examination of North Korea, after all, the annexation of Korea to the Ming Dynasty is not a simple matter, there are many things to be solved, the most important of which is undoubtedly the status and power of the two classes of nobles in Korea in the future.

In fact, Li Yuntian did not have a good impression of these two classes of magnates, such as the Ming Dynasty's military system made the military attache hereditary for the Ming Dynasty's military affairs, while the two classes of nobles in the Korean State were purely a class system formulated by the Korean Emperor Li Fangyuan in order to consolidate his rule and hinder the development of the Korean State.

Li Fangyuan's father, Taizu Li Chenggui, favored the side room Shende Queen Kang, and immediately supported Kang's after the death of Li Fangyuan's mother, Queen Shenyi Han, and made Kang a princess, and canonized Kang's youngest son, Yi'an Maharaja Li Fangshuo, as the son, causing dissatisfaction among Li Fangyuan and other monarchs.

After Kang's death, Li Fangyuan and others planned the "First Prince Rebellion" and killed Li Fangshuo and others.

After Li Fangyuan succeeded to the throne, in order to avoid the recurrence of such a coup d'état and cause national turmoil, everyone was divided into four classes for the purpose of management, and these four classes all had clear regulations that no one could transgress unless there were special circumstances, otherwise they would be severely punished.

The four classes formulated by Yi Fangyuan made the common people lose hope of advancement, and the state power could only be controlled by two classes of nobles, which was obviously not conducive to the development of Korean society.

Therefore, in Li Yuntian's view, after the annexation of the Korean State into the Ming Dynasty, the four major strata formulated by Li Fangyuan must be broken, but after all, this involves the dominant foreman and aristocracy of the Korean State, and how to break it is a tricky matter.

Li Yuntian's method of acting has always been soothing, and he likes to simmer slowly over low heat, so that he can gradually eliminate the hidden dangers buried under the surface, so he should give grace and power to the two classes of nobles, step by step.

It's just that those students in North Korea who took the miscellaneous examination can't sit still now, and they all look forward to changing their fate through the imperial examination, and even become a new two-class noble.

Therefore, those students naturally didn't want their fate to be delayed by this stumbling block, so they secretly gathered together, wanting Li Yuntian to change their fate and enable them to participate in liberal arts that they couldn't even think of before.

Li Yuntian had already received the news that the students who came to Seoul to participate in the miscellaneous events were in turmoil because of the annexation of North Korea to the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't expect that they would actually recommend Li Yi to jointly write a letter, wanting to change their fate and future.

Because what these students do is not in accordance with the rules, and without the rules, there is no square circle, which disrupts the normal operation order, so with Li Yuntian's character, he should refuse to see Li Yan.

However, what Li Yan did this time was very special, and it was closely related to how Li Yuntian solved the problem of the two classes of nobles, plus Li Yuntian was unwilling to chill the hearts of those students, after all, these people were all officials used by the Ming Dynasty to govern North Korea in the future.

Therefore, Li Yuntian decided to see Li Yan after some careful consideration, and he needed to appease the anxious state of mind of those students who were taking the miscellaneous science exam.

"Li Yan, this king asks you, do you know that looking for this king to write is a lawsuit for overstepping the level, and according to the law, you should be punished with thirty boards first!" Li Yuntian glanced at the joint book that Li Yan was holding in both hands, and asked quietly at Li Yan.

"Back to the prince, for the sake of seven hundred and five eagerly awaited students, the villain is willing to be punished!" Without the slightest hesitation, Li Yan touched his head to the ground and said to Li Yuntian in a loud voice, putting on a righteous posture.

"Li Yan, this king wants to tell you now, I'm afraid that you will suffer this board in vain this time, and you will return empty-handed with nothing." Looking at Li Yan, who looked at death as if he were at home, Li Yuntian couldn't help but sigh in his heart that he was young and frivolous, and he didn't know how to write the word "afraid", so he said after a deep sigh.

"Lord Wang, are you afraid of those two classes in Seoul?" Li Yan couldn't help but raise his head when he heard this, and looked at Li Yuntian in surprise.

"As the prince of the Ming Dynasty, who is there in North Korea who is worthy of the king's fear?" Li Yuntian did not answer Li Yan, but asked proudly after smiling slightly.

"That'...... Then the prince wants to say that the villain wants to be beaten for nothing? Li Yan was stunned for a moment, with a thoughtful look on his face, and then asked puzzledly.

Although the two classes of nobles of the Korean State are powerful in the Korean officialdom, they are really not worth mentioning in front of Li Yuntian, as long as Li Yuntian is willing, he can easily abolish the privileges of those two classes, and those two classes have no power to fight back.

"If the name is not right, it is not good, the emperor's decree on the annexation of Korea to the Ming Dynasty has not yet been issued, how can this king intervene in the affairs of your imperial examination? Wouldn't this be a 'bully'! Li Yuntian stared at the puzzled Li Yan for a while, and then said expressionlessly.

"Yes...... His Majesty the Emperor will definitely grant the request of His Royal Highness, and now that the imperial examination is imminent, the prince can make the decision to change the rules of the imperial examination. ”

Li Yan was stunned again, realizing that there was something wrong with his behavior, if Li Yuntian interfered in the imperial examination before the orthodox emperor's holy decree was delivered, it would be a teacher, which was contrary to the benevolence, righteousness and etiquette that the Ming Dynasty had always advocated, so Li Yuntian would never do this, but he was not reconciled, and after thinking about it, he said:

"If it is inconvenient for the prince to come forward, you can ask His Royal Highness the Lord to do it on his behalf, and His Royal Highness will definitely not refute the face of the lord."

"Do you want this king to force the king of Joseon to issue an edict to change the rules set by your king Taejong? Do you know that you are unfaithful and unrighteous, and you have read the books of your sages in vain! Li Yuntian's brows suddenly frowned slightly when he heard this, and he scolded coldly.

The reason why he said that Li Yi was disloyal and unrighteous was because Li Yan, as a subject of the king of Joseon, allowed himself to force the king of Joseon to make an edict, which was disloyal, and it was unrighteous to let the king of Joseon overthrow Li Yuanfang's ancestral teachings.

"Lord Wang, the villain said something rebellious in a hurry, I hope the prince will forgive his sins!" Seeing that Li Yuntian's face became cold, Li Yan immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly touched the ground to plead guilty, and large beads of sweat couldn't help but ooze from his forehead, and Li Yuntian's eyes made him feel huge psychological pressure.

"This king knows that you are quite dissatisfied with the division of Korean literature into liberal arts and miscellaneous subjects, but this is the rule set by your Korean king Taizong, and this king and Ming will not interfere before Korea is annexed to the Ming Dynasty, so as not to attract criticism."

Li Yuntian stared at Li Yan for a while, the expression on his face became slightly calmer, and he said with a serious expression, "Besides, there is not much time left before the scientific examination, even if the emperor's decree is given, it is too late to prepare, so this imperial examination can only be maintained as it is!" ”

Li Yan couldn't help but raise his head when he heard this, his eyes were full of gloom and loss, which meant that they could only take the miscellaneous subjects this time, and they could not touch the core power in the political arena.

"Lord Wang, I don't know when we will be able to participate in the literary exhibition like the students of the Ming Dynasty, and we no longer need to divide liberal arts and miscellaneous subjects?" After hesitating for a moment, Li Yan couldn't help but ask, his eyes were full of a look of expectation.

He has already decided that he is ready to give up North Korea's miscellaneous examination of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise his career in this life will be ruined, since North Korea has been incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, then they should also have the right to take the imperial examination like the Ming students.