When Wang Wei arrived at the palace, it was already very late, and the palanquin man was still very curious, what was wrong with his master, entering the palace so late, wouldn't he be afraid that he would not be able to close the door at night and not get out, which means that he had to enter the palace tonight, not tomorrow.

However, Wang Wei didn't have time to answer these palanquin drivers, he was now holding a candidate's test paper in his hand, and he had to find Zhu Yuanzhang, otherwise he would decide to raise people, and the consequences would be very strict.

On the way there, Wang Wei was still guessing which candidate this test paper belonged to, and he was too bold to dare to directly criticize Zhu Yuanzhang. Although Wang Wei admired the courage of this candidate, he didn't dare to make his own decisions, and he still had to find Zhu Yuanzhang to decide.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was watching the recital in the imperial study, which was his habit of being an emperor for decades, and he felt uncomfortable if he didn't watch the recital for a day.

Next to him is a eunuch waiting, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang is old, and his body is not as good as before, if there is any emergency, it is good to have someone to take care of him.

At this time, a guard walked in outside the door and said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "Emperor Qiqi, at the request of Tianfu to learn from Wang Wei, he said that he had something important." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his eyes, put down the fold in his hand, looked up at the guard, and muttered in a low voice, "Mention learning? Why did you come to the palace at this time? ”

"Biography." Zhu Yuanzhang was a little curious, it stands to reason that a scholar is not qualified to come to see him directly, and he must have the permission of the first assistant of the cabinet.

If even the Cabinet thinks this matter is important, it will have to be seen.

Within a moment, Wang Wei came to the imperial study, and said very respectfully, "Weichen Wang Wei, see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." ”

"Get up." Zhu Yuanzhang coughed, then picked up a bowl of ginseng soup next to him and drank it. said to Wang Wei.

"Your Majesty." Wang Wei bowed and stood up, and then he was a little hurried, he didn't know how Zhu Yuanzhang would react after reading this test paper, whether he would cut himself in anger, then he would be a little wronged.

"It's so late, why did you come to see me?" Zhu Yuanzhang put down the ginseng soup, wiped the corners of his mouth with a silk handkerchief, and asked Wang Wei quietly.

"Back to the emperor, Weichen was reading the paper today and found a test paper. But I don't know how to decide, so I want to ask the emperor to decide. Wang Wei said loudly, and then raised the test paper high above his head with both hands.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wang Wei curiously, although the township test is very important, it has not yet reached the point where the emperor wants to read it, and only when it comes to the palace test is the emperor personally reading the papers.

Now the test paper of a township examination has to be read by itself, is it a test paper that is shocking and crying?

This fully aroused Zhu Yuanzhang's interest, and he was a little annoyed to watch the concert this day. It's not bad to look at this candidate's exam paper.

So Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand to the eunuch next to him, and the eunuch walked down the steps, came to Wang Wei's body, and took the test paper to Zhu Yuanzhang's hand.

Zhu Yuanzhang first glanced at Wang Wei. Then he slowly opened the test paper, and his expression began to be similar to when Wang Wei read it.

At first, there was no expression, because the beginning of this paper was no different from other papers. But later, Zhu Yuanzhang found that this volume was indeed outstanding. It seems to be very passionate, and the candidate who answered this paper must also be a passionate person.

Although the writing does not look very gorgeous, it does not hinder Zhu Yuanzhang's preference for volumes.

Wang Wei cautiously looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang's expression. He knew that Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't seen the back yet, otherwise he wouldn't have such an expression.

Sure enough, as soon as Wang Wei finished thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang's face changed, and he directly blackened his face.

"Presumptuous!" After Zhu Yuanzhang finished reading the test papers, he slapped the table and knocked over the ginseng soup on the table, which shows that he is really angry.

"Weichen should be damned!" Wang Wei was taken aback, and felt guilty on the ground.

The eunuch next to him also made a big jump, he has followed Zhu Yuanzhang for so many years, and he has never seen Zhu Yuanzhang so angry at all, and now this test paper has made Zhu Yuanzhang angry like this, this test paper must have said something that should not be said.

The eunuch hurriedly came over and beat Zhu Yuanzhang on the back, so that Zhu Yuanzhang could be smooth, if something happened, it would not be good.

"Come on, drag this Wang Wei out!" The eunuch shouted, and two guards immediately poured in outside the imperial study, trying to pull Wang Wei out.

"Wait." Zhu Yuanzhang stopped coughing and waved his hand at the two guards.

The two guards understood, and then withdrew.

At this moment, Wang Wei felt that he had walked around from the ghost gate, Zhu Yuanzhang launched a threat, and it was definitely full of corpses, the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty were all Zhu Yuanzhang's handwriting.

"Wang Wei, let me ask you, what do you think of this test paper?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked Wang Wei while asking the eunuch to beat his back, holding the test paper.

"Back to the emperor, it is precisely because Weichen does not dare to make a decision that he will enter the palace to ask to see the emperor, so that the emperor can make a decision himself." Wang Wei is very smart, he doesn't comment directly, because what is written in this test paper is good, it is advice, and if it is not good, it is a big rebellion. He is not stupid, so he will wait for Zhu Yuanzhang to evaluate himself.

"Hmph, I didn't expect that there were such people in this tribute courtyard, I was really impatient!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted, I don't know if it's this candidate or Wang Wei.

"The emperor is not angry, it's not good to be angry." The eunuch comforted Zhu Yuanzhang while comforting Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Hmph, the current candidates are really getting bolder and bigger, thinking that I have stopped for a few years, and I dare to say anything!" Zhu Yuanzhang was still angry, and said while coughing.

"The emperor is not angry, just ask someone to arrest this candidate and put him in prison." The eunuch next to him built yì said.

He was very curious that this candidate had written it to make Zhu Yuanzhang angry like this.

"Wang Wei, tell me, how should this candidate be handled, he dared to scold me in a roundabout way." Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly to Wang Wei.

Wang Wei knew that he couldn't escape anymore, so he had to reply stubbornly, "Back to the emperor, I see that this candidate has no malicious intentions, he just wants to build a building for the imperial court, and he has no intention of insulting the emperor." ”

"Hmph, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooking such words. is still discussing the four major cases, doesn't this mean that Sang scolded Huai, saying that I was mediocre and killed loyal ministers? Zhu Yuanzhang shouted, pointed to the test paper and said.

It turns out that this set of test papers is a candidate's strategy, and this year's exam questions are very broad, and candidates can play at will, but this set of test papers has chosen to be loyal to the good future to discuss.

At the beginning, it is no different from other people's policies, that is, loyal ministers and good generals are the pillars of the imperial court and are very important to the country.

In the middle, it impassionedly describes the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty. The sentence does not reveal the specific thoughts of the candidates. When Zhu Yuanzhang first started reading it, he thought that this candidate gave these four examples to say that the people in these four cases were not loyal ministers and good generals, but innocent of death.

But seeing the words behind him that the cunning rabbit died and the lackey cooked, Zhu Yuanzhang instantly understood that this candidate was not the one who wanted to talk about the four major cases at all, but wanted to talk about him as the emperor.

said that he indiscriminately killed loyal ministers and good generals, and when the country was stable, he would kill the heroes. How did he not get angry.

And Wang Wei brought this test paper to Zhu Yuanzhang because he thought that this candidate was reasonable. In the four major cases of that year, Lan Yu, Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang and others were all founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty, but they were all beheaded by Zhu Yuanzhang on various charges.

"Go back to the emperor. I'm afraid this candidate doesn't have this intention, he may just want to objectively express the four major cases. Wang Wei said respectfully.

He remembers the four major cases of that year clearly, and the Lanyu case has only been a few years ago, and now there are still people in the court who are panicking. For fear that someone would frame him as a fellow party member of Lan Yu, he would be punished by Zhu Yuanzhang at that time.

"Don't mean that? Lord Wang is a great Confucian, so it is impossible not to even see this vague meaning, right? Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wang Wei coldly. He knew that this Wang Wei took this scroll into the palace, and I am afraid that he was indirectly admonishing himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he had raised these four major cases, and many people in the court were not convinced, but for the sake of his own country, he had to do it. Maybe this candidate is right, he is a cunning rabbit to death, a lackey to cook, a bird to fly, and a good bow to hide. But he never regretted that those people staying in the court would be a threat to his country and his descendants.

At the time of the incident, there were people in the court who kept pleading with the main culprits in the four major cases, but Zhu Yuanzhang dealt with those people together with a thunderbolt.

Therefore, since the Lanyu case, no one in the DPRK and China has dared to speak out. But Zhu Yuanzhang knew what was going on in the hearts of the hundred officials, and this Wang Wei came with this volume, I am afraid that he just wanted to sue himself, and it was time to stop.

"Sue sù, among the hundred officials, how many people think the same as you." After Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, he slowly closed his eyes, stopped the eunuch from beating his back, and then said to Wang Wei slowly.

"Wechen doesn't know what the emperor means, Wechen came this time, just to ask the emperor if this volume can be listed as a list." Wang Wei didn't dare to say it clearly, who knows what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking in his heart, and if he said too much, he would lose his head.

"If you don't say it, you think I don't know? You officials, all day long, speak ill of me behind my back, thinking that I have removed the Jinyi Guard, so I don't know your words and deeds? Zhu Yuanzhang opened his eyes abruptly and said viciously to Wang Wei.

"Weichen doesn't dare!" Wang Wei hurriedly knelt down, it was better not to talk back to Zhu Yuanzhang at this time.

"Hmph, I want to see which candidate is so desperate and dares to be so rebellious!" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Wang Wei coldly, and then asked the eunuch to bring a knife and prepare to unpack the package next to the roll.

Because the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty was a paste, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see the life of this candidate, and he had to open it to see it.

However, when Zhu Yuanzhang saw the name, his eyes flashed a few times. Then he slowly put the knife on the table, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Come on, go and call Ruan An to me." ”

Wang Wei below is very curious, what did Zhu Yuanzhang do when he called Ruan An at this time? He is a house repairer, could it be that when Zhu Yuanzhang deals with this kind of thing, he will still listen to Ruan An's opinion?

In fact, Wang Wei didn't know who the candidate who wrote this test paper was, but looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's appearance, he guessed that this candidate should not be simple.

After that, Wang Wei kept kneeling on the ground, and he didn't dare to get up without Zhu Yuanzhang's words. But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't seem to have the intention of letting him go, so he could only keep kneeling like this.

After a while, Ruan An rushed over. He didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang had called him to do, you must know that he didn't know anything about government affairs.

"Slave Ruan An, see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." Ruan An came to the imperial study. Say hello to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Okay, don't be polite, come over and see if this person is the person you said." Zhu Yuanzhang asked Ruan An to come to the side, and then took the test paper to Ruan An and asked him to take a closer look at the name.

"Gu Yue Hu, Huo Huaye, Hu Ye, but they are the ones recommended by the slave to the emperor, I don't know what happened to the emperor." Ruan An looked at the names written on the test paper. The word Hu Ye was clearly written, and he said affirmatively.

"What's the matter? Take a look at his article for yourself. Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly.

Ruan An curiously began to read Hu Ye's answer sheet, but his face changed after reading it, so obviously referring to Sang and scolding Huai, not to mention those literati, even students who have been in private schools for two years can understand it.

"Your Majesty, this ...... This. Ruan An said incoherently.

"This is a good talent you recommended to me!" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly.

Ruan An was startled, and quickly knelt down for Zhu Yuanzhang and said loudly. "Slaves deserve to die, slaves deserve to die."

When Wang Wei heard Hu Ye's words, he remembered the candidate who entered the Tixue Academy more than ten days ago. Looking back now, he couldn't believe it. A twelve-year-old doll dared to write such an article. He hinted that he wrote a little excitedly, but this was too violent, and he fired directly at Zhu Yuanzhang.

He finally understood why Yan Shenggong wanted to write to him saying that this Hu Ye was not simple. It seems that it is really not simple, can anyone who dares to criticize Zhu Yuanzhang like this be simple?

Zhu Yuanzhang looked coldly at the two people kneeling in front of him. Then his eyes softened a little, "Alright, let's all get up and talk." ”

"Your Majesty." Ruan An and Wang Wei said in unison, and then they both stood up tremblingly, not daring to breathe.

"What do you think now?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the two and said slowly.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't seem to be as angry as just now, although Ruan An doesn't know why, but he still plucked up the courage to say, "Your Majesty, I don't think this Hu Ye has any other meaning, maybe he just wants to show off." ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Hu Ye's literary talent is acceptable." Wang Wei avoided the important and did not talk about Hu Ye's attack on Zhu Yuanzhang, but directly talked about literary talent.

"It seems that you two love this Hu Ye very much." Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly, so that Ruan An and Wang Wei couldn't guess what he was thinking.

"Then do you think I should arrest this Hu Ye and put him in prison, or should I let him be promoted?" Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the two were silent, so he knocked on the table and asked the two of them.

Ruan An and Wang Wei still didn't dare to say anything, to say that Hu Ye was imprisoned was not what they wanted to see, but to say that Hu Ye was lifted, it means that they agreed with Hu Ye's point of view and thought that Zhu Yuanzhang's four major cases were wrong.

No matter how they answered, they could only choose to remain silent and let Zhu Yuanzhang make this decision.

There was another silence, and Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was also a little entangled.

There has never been a candidate who dares to say that he is right or wrong like this, which can only show that this Hu Ye is not only knowledgeable, but also very courageous. Regardless of whether the four major cases are unjust or not, Hu Ye's courage is appreciated by Zhu Yuanzhang, not to mention that Ruan An said that Hu Ye is only twelve years old.

What's more important is that as soon as Hu Ye came to participate in the township test, he actually targeted himself like this, indicating that although he was by Zhu Di's side, he was not an internal response sent by Zhu Di. It's very simple, if you want to do internal response, how can you be so high-profile? Aren't you worried that you'll cut off his head in a fit of rage?

And when he did this, he must have seen the shortcomings of the imperial court over the years, and wanted to alert himself to the fact that if he continued to slaughter like this, the Ming Dynasty would be in danger.

So after so many years of reflection, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that what Hu Ye said was the truth, but it was impossible for him to admit it like that, otherwise where would he put his old face.

After a long silence, it was Zhu Yuanzhang who opened his mouth to break the silence, "This Hu Ye does have some courage, but his heart is too high, and he needs to be honed." ”

Ruan An and Wang Wei were both surprised, how did this emperor's attitude change so quickly? Didn't you just say that you were going to take Hu Ye to prison? Why do you say you want to hone it now?

"Wang Wei, give this Hu Ye a background with a person, let him go to Yingtianfu to be a pawn, and hone in Yingtianfu for two years." Zhu Yuanzhang said after thinking about it.

The two of them were even more shocked, is this still a punishment? Although the warden is just a petty official who is not in the stream, he is also an official, although he can be an official, but there is no one who has just been promoted to be an official.

Also, what does it mean to be the same person, is it similar to the same jinshi? And directly let Hu Ye be an official, do you want Hu Ye to participate in the later imperial examinations?

This series of questions lingered in the minds of Ruan An and Wang Wei, but they didn't dare to ask, Zhu Yuanzhang never dared to ask more about things, they just needed to implement it seriously.

"Wechen obeys." Wang Wei said respectfully with many questions.

"Okay, you guys go down, I'll keep this volume." After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he waved his hand at Ruan An and Wang Wei and asked them to retreat.

Even if Ruan An and Wang Wei were very confused, they had no choice but to respectfully withdraw from the imperial study, and they couldn't guess Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts.

"Come, pass the decree, all over the country, all the generals who joined the army in the twelfth year of Yuan Zhizheng and were officials before the twelfth year of Hongwu must rush to the capital before September 20, and I will reward them." Zhu Yuanzhang made a lot of determination, and now there is a little doll who has reminded him that it is time for him to give some comfort to those soldiers who have worked hard for him. (To be continued......)