The mansion that Jin Chengbi bought is not big, only divided into front and back yards, but it is enough for him, he is alone and has not married a wife or concubine, plus a few people live very spacious.

The courtyard in the backyard is naturally small compared to the Jin Mansion, and the lights in one of the rooms are on, Jin Zongrui saw this and walked straight over and stretched out his hand to open the door, and then stunned at the door.

In the room, Jin Chengbi sat cross-legged on the wooden floor, leaning over to read the books in his hand, and from time to time leaning over to write and draw on the paper with the quill pen in his hand, looking very focused, not noticing that Jin Zongrui entered the door.

Jin Zongrui was stunned, took off his boots and walked into the room, and came to Jin Chengbi to take a look, only to see that he was writing some strange symbols on the paper.

As for the quill pen in Jin Chengbi's hand, he has seen it, it is a unique equipment of the martial arts, it is very simple and convenient to use, and it can write dozens of words with ink once, and the Ming army troops in Seoul like to use it very much, but I didn't expect Jin Chengbi to write very skillfully.

"Yu'er, put the soup there first, and I'll drink it after I finish the question." Perhaps vaguely sensing that someone was coming, Jin Chengbi said without raising his head, and leaned over to write and draw on the paper intently.

"I heard that you gave up this imperial examination?" The expression on Jin Zongrui's face became a little complicated when he heard this, and then he asked quietly.

"Father?" Jin Chengbi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly raised his head to look at Jin Zongrui's face with a look of great surprise, and then knelt on the ground and said, "Father, the child is not giving up the imperial examination, but to take the Ming Enke, to prove the strength of the child to the outside world, even if he does not rely on his father's protection, he will gain fame and glory to his ancestors." ”

"Do you think the imperial examination in North Korea is inferior to the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty?" Jin Zongrui couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart when he heard this, he was both pleased that Jin Chengbi had lofty ambitions, and he was worried about Jin Chengbi's arrogance, so he asked coldly.

"Father, the Ming Dynasty is the suzerain of North Korea, and His Royal Highness the Lord worships the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty as the emperor, so it is a fact that the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty is higher than that of North Korea."

Jin Chengbi groaned for a moment when he heard this, and then raised his head and looked at Jin Zongrui solemnly, "Father, compared with the Ming Imperial Examination, North Korea's liberal arts only allow two groups of disciples to participate, which is undoubtedly unfair and difficult to select materials for the country." ”

"The reason why the child wants to participate in Daming's Enke this time is that he wants to prove himself, and secondly, he wants to do his part for the future of North Korea." Saying that, Jin Chengbi kowtowed to Jin Zongrui, "I hope my father will be fulfilled!" ”

Jin Zongrui wanted to refute Jin Chengbi, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't open his mouth anyway, Jin Chengbi was right, the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty was originally higher than the imperial examination of North Korea, and the most important liberal arts in the imperial examination of North Korea limited the source of candidates, making it lose the original meaning of winning officials for the country, and gradually became a stepping stone for the two groups of brothers to enter the officialdom.

After all, Jin Chengbi is no longer a child with his own judgment on things, and Jin Zongrui knows that with Jin Chengbi's character, he can't force him to submit, so there are some things that he can't say, and even if he says it, Jin Chengbi can't listen to it.

"You've already decided to take the Daming Enke? Now no one knows whether the Ming Emperor will lower the decree of opening the imperial examination in North Korea, once you miss this North Korean liberal arts, it is not so easy to step into the official career! ”

After staring at Jin Chengbi for a while, Jin Zongrui said with a serious expression, he wanted Jin Chengbi to know that Jin Chengbi could easily embark on his official career through the liberal arts of North Korea, while the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty was much more difficult, and even high-ranking officials and magnates could not interfere, otherwise they would be severely punished by the emperor.

After all, the imperial examination is for the emperor to select courtiers, how can others be allowed to get involved? Wouldn't that be tantamount to rebellion!

Therefore, Kim Zongrui hopes that Kim Seungbi can be admitted to North Korea's liberal arts, so that it is easier to step into the official career, and it can be regarded as he paved a career path for Kim Seungbi, and does not want Kim Seungbi to take risks.

"Father, people say that the two teams of disciples in Seoul are not unlearned, and they can enter the official career by virtue of the grace of their ancestors, and the so-called liberal arts imperial examination is just a pedal for the two teams to enter the officialdom, and the child wants to be admitted to the Ming Dynasty's Enke to prove that not all the two teams are gentlemen."

Jin Chengbi naturally knew what Jin Zongrui meant, and after a deep sigh, he looked at Jin Zongrui confidently and said, "The child has learned a lot in the secretary of the martial arts hall over the years, and he is confident that he will be admitted to the Ming martial arts hall and become a court official with both civil and military skills!" ”

"Both civil and military!" Jin Zongrui's brows furrowed again, and then a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Although he didn't want to admit it, the military attache of the Ming Lecture Wutang can indeed be described as both civil and military, as far as he knows, all the military attaches from the Lecture Martial Arts Hall and the subordinate colleges of the Lecture Martial Arts Hall are all scholars of the Ming Dynasty, and they all have the ability to gain fame in the Ming Imperial Examination.

Therefore, the military attachés who came out of the Ming Dynasty can be both civil and martial, and their comprehensive quality is much higher than that of the civil officials who were born in the Ming Imperial Examination, especially the ability to manage government, and those officials who were born in the Wenju can not be compared with the military attachés who have received systematic training and lessons.

This is also the reason why the imperial court used military attachés to govern in the remote areas of Jiaozhi, Liaodong, Xiaoliuqiu, Mongolia and the Western Regions, except that those civil officials from Wenju were unwilling to serve in such remote and wild places, and their ability was not enough to enable them to gain a foothold in the local area.

If those civil officials were forcibly allowed to go to the frontier area, there would be a chance that the rebellion in Jiaozhi would occur back then, so the military attache of the martial arts hall was obliged to take over this task and silently contribute to the Ming Dynasty.

"Do you have a connection with the Daming Martial Arts Division?" Subsequently, Jin Zongrui realized something, and couldn't help but look at Jin Chengbi with some surprise, he never knew that Jin Chengbi had something to do with the Hancheng Department of Jiangwutang.

"Father, not only the child, but also the son of Lord Du Yushi and the son of Lord Inspector have also been taught a lot in the Martial Arts Hall Office over the years."

Jin Chengbi knew that he couldn't hide it now, so he said honestly, "This time it's not just the children, they will also give up the North Korean liberal arts to take the Daming Enke!" ”

"What?" Jin Zongrui was taken aback when he heard this, he never imagined that Huang Xi and Liu Shangmin's sister-in-law were also involved in the Hancheng Division of Jiangwutang, and they were also closely related, so they wanted to give up the liberal arts arranged by their families to take the exam for Daming's Enke.

As a result, the three Joseon prime ministers were all on fire in their backyards over the Korean liberal arts, and the class system they worked so hard to maintain was challenged by the younger generation.

Needless to say, Li Ji's concubine Li Yan openly went to the Hancheng Office of the Ming Dynasty to present a joint petition to Li Yuntian to abolish the privileges of Korean liberal arts, and now the sons of Huang Xi and Liu Shangmin are also going to give up Korean liberal arts, which is a huge irony of Korean liberal arts.

"Is there someone secretly instigating you?" After the initial shock, Kim Jong-seo looked at Kim Seungbi with a blank face, believing that the people who taught martial arts deliberately co-opted them as young people, and then instigated them to become enemies of their families.

"Father, no one instigated us, we just opened our eyes in the lecture hall, knowing the broad culture of the Ming Dynasty and the vast world outside, so we want to enter the lecture hall to see the world."

Jin Chengbi shook his head when he heard this, looked at Jin Zongrui seriously and said, "Father, do you know how vast the territory of the Western Regions is that the yellow sand west of the Ming Dynasty is covering the sky? How many countries with different customs are there on the other side of the West? Why can iron boats walk in water? All of this is of interest to the child. ”

"Father, the child hopes to govern the civil affairs well, so that the people can live a happy and comfortable life, the child and others feel that the martial arts hall can realize the children's dreams, so they want to be admitted to the martial arts hall." As he spoke, Jin Chengbi kowtowed to Jin Zongrui, "I hope my father will be fulfilled." ”

"Iron ships walking in water?" Jin Zongrui was stunned when he heard this, Jin Chengbi's previous words made him a little confused for a while, he didn't know the situation in the Western Regions and the Western Ocean at all, so he naturally couldn't answer Jin Chengbi, and he was even more surprised by what Jin Chengbi said about the iron ship, wouldn't the iron ship be about to sink in the water?

"Father, if you put a whole piece in the water, it will sink to the bottom, but if you increase the volume of the iron block so that the weight of the water it discharges is greater than its own weight, then it will float in the water, and this is the effect of buoyancy." Jin Chengbi saw that Jin Zongrui's eyes showed a blank look, and hurriedly explained.

"Buoyancy?" It's good that Jin Chengbi didn't speak, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Jin Zongrui suddenly became even more confused, it was the first time he had heard of buoyancy, and what did it have to do with the iron ship?

"Father, wait a minute." Jin Chengbi knew that he couldn't explain it clearly to Jin Zongrui, so he got up and left in a hurry.

Seeing Jin Chengbi leaving, Jin Chenggui, who was following Jin Zongrui, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, according to his understanding of Jin Chengbi, this kid definitely took the opportunity to slip away, so as not to be repaired by Jin Zongrui, to be honest, he was taken aback when he learned that Jin Zongrui actually gave up the liberal arts exam, thinking that Jin Chengbi was simply messing around.

You must know that this Korean liberal arts is likely to be the last, and after the annexation of North Korea to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Emperor will definitely cancel the imperial examination of North Korea and implement the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty instead, so that those children of the two classes of nobles will not have the slightest advantage at all.

Jin Chenggui knew very well that the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty was extremely strict and there was no distinction between the ranks, and students from poor families could also take the examination, and those high-ranking officials and nobles of the Ming Dynasty who dared to meddle in this matter would be severely punished.

Therefore, Kim Seung-gyu hopes that Kim Seung-bi can catch up with the last liberal arts mixed official in North Korea, and he will be able to step into the official career in the future.

Who would have thought that just when Kim Seung-gyu was thinking about how to persuade Kim Zongrui, Kim Seung-bi actually went and returned, holding an iron boat in his hand, followed by two servants carrying a large wooden basin, and the wooden plate contained a lot of water.

"Father, this ship is made of iron, and it's large enough to float on the water." After handing the iron boat to Jin Zongrui for inspection, Jin Chengbi said in a deep voice while putting it into the water of the wooden basin.

Under the surprised gaze of everyone, the iron boat floated steadily on the water, which made everyone at the scene feel very strange.

It is worth mentioning that this iron boat was the first gift Jin Chengbi received from the secretary of the lecture hall when he was a teenager, and it was this gift that made him full of curiosity about the lecture hall, and gradually got closer and closer to the lecture hall, and now he seems to be half of the person in the lecture hall.

"I hope you know for yourself!" Jin Zongrui looked at the iron boat that was floating safely in the water, groaned for a while, and then walked away, he knew that he had no way to make Jin Chengbi change his mind, so he could only let him go.

To be honest, Jin Zongrui has very big expectations for Jin Chengbi in his heart, hoping that he will be able to get ahead and shine in the court.

"Thank you, Father!" When Jin Chengbi heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly kowtowed to Jin Zongrui's back, which meant that Jin Zongrui would not stop him from giving up North Korea's liberal arts examination Daming's Enke.

Kim Seung-gyu shook his head a little helplessly, got up and followed Kim Jong-seo, he really couldn't believe that Kim Seungbi would give up the nearby North Korean Jinshi.

Not only Kim Seung-gyu, but many people can't understand the mentality of Kim Seung-bi, who is dedicated to taking the Da Ming Enke exam, and everything can only be verified by time to verify whether their choice is right or wrong.