Chapter 302 The Imperial Examination of the Prince

According to the ceremony of the Ministry of Rites, it was already noon when Zhu Youzhan sent away the outstanding representatives of the three cadets who graduated from the first batch of the Royal Army Military Academy.

Zhu Youzhen's face was full of shame, and he hurriedly had lunch with Princess Wuniang and the dozen or so little orphans she brought over. I didn't eat lunch well, mainly because Wu Niang slowly learned to speak, and what she said alone made Zhu Youzhen have no time to move quickly. At this time, Zhu Youzhen only had the patience to listen to Wu Niang talk about his orphanage.

I don't know if I don't listen, and I'm shocked when I hear it. Just by asking the queen, Yi'an and Wang Chengen, Wu Niang's orphanages are now all over several major state capitals in Beizhili, and there are currently as many as two or three thousand people. Zhu Youzhen silently kept this matter in mind, it would be fine if the children played by themselves, but seeing that it was already huge to this point, it needed the intervention of the imperial court.

Otherwise, we will definitely go down other crooked paths in the future.

But he didn't tell Wu Niang what he thought in his heart, but just kept praising and encouraging her.

When he came out again, there was already a group of people on the main hall of Wuying Palace.

He Ruzhong of the Ministry of Rites is still there, and the rest of the people have become Kong Shangqian and Qian Qianyi.

Qian Qianyi's young temples have gray hair.

"Your Majesty, in this county school examination, there are a total of 178 Mongolian students in Beizhili, and 3,151 Mongolian students participated. The oldest is thirteen years old and the youngest is ten years old. A total of 930 of them were admitted to the county school. The highest score is Changping County Jiazi Mengxue. Mr. Du Jingsu. This year, there are a total of 120 Mongolian students, and 75 of them have been admitted to the county school. The top three are all students of the Mongolian school. ”

"After the Spring Festival, there will be the imperial examination and the college entrance examination, and Mr. Qian should also pay attention to his body. Don't you want the imperial examination to be held yet, Mr. himself is tired, has he had a meal at noon? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister knows. The minister has eaten. ”

"What to eat, why don't Qian Qianyi tell the truth in front of me."

Waiting for His Majesty the Emperor's summons is a technical job, but also a hard work. Usually the chamberlain will ask everyone to wait in the side hall an hour in advance. In order to avoid being rude in front of the palace, the ministers did not eat themselves, so they carried it hard.

"Okay, I didn't eat well, just listening to Wu Niang was dumbfounded. The boy had not spoken since his ear was broken, and now it seemed as if he was going to make up for all his previous words. ”

"Wang Chengen, let the small kitchen serve everyone a little food."

The kitchen was ready-made, and soon a mutton pot for one person with crispy japonica rice was served.

Here in Zhu Youzhen, there is no rule of sleeping, eating, and speaking. He held the rice bowl and said to Kong Shangqian:

"It's winter, and now there are more than 5,000 imperial examination scholars from various provinces in the Jingshi. I have given Mr. Kong a task here, and Mr. Hard will meet these 5,000 students one by one, and no one will be missed. ”

"I know." This is an opportunity to brush up on prestige, Kong Shangqian is not stupid, and quickly agreed. However, he was still not used to talking while eating, so he simply put down his rice bowl.

Zhu Youzhen also knew that Kong Shangqian was a scholar, and he might not be able to do it, so he turned around and said to Qian Qianyi:

"Qian Qianyi, you are now concurrently serving as the official position of the Guozijian, so it may be more convenient to speak. When you go back, you make a special trip to the household department, and I say a few things, you can remember them. ”

After thinking about it, I organized the language:

"Let the provincial chambers of commerce send people and organize them according to the provincial soldiers. Be sure to have a clear number of people, check regularly, and don't miss a person. In this way, the scholars also have a place to speak, and they know who to turn to when they have problems, and the court does not need to send additional personnel. Got it? ”

Qian Qianyi nodded, there is no problem with this, the Chamber of Commerce would have taken care of the scholars in its own province, but now it is just that the imperial court has made this clear. What's more, the household department also controls the large transactions and taxes of the chamber of commerce, and the imperial court also has the means to control.

"Old Qian goes to the household department, Kong Shangqian, you have to work harder, don't just listen to the Chamber of Commerce, go through it yourself, and you can see the five thousand people one by one." As he spoke, Zhu Youzhen looked back at Wang Chengen again.

"Companion, you should pay 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 taels of official tickets from the inner treasury. The gift of ten taels of official tickets and ten taels of silver for each of the 5,000 people is indispensable, and Mr. Kong is asked to send it to everyone in the name of the queen. ”

"The minister replaces the imperial examination scholars, and Xie Your Majesty and the Empress." Kong Shangqian hurriedly attended, that is, knelt down and kowtowed.

Zhu Youzhen beckoned and asked Wang Chengen to greet him.

"The most important thing is that those scholars who use ancient temples, Taoist temples, and farmhouses, I have heard that there are also some scholars who live in Qiaotou caves, and these people have to visit. If the environment is acceptable, that's it. If the environment is not good, you can also temporarily settle down in the official school. Among the official schools, this college has left, and a lot of dormitories have been vacated. If there is a real shortage of money, didn't I just give some money, and you can distribute it as you wish. Not too much, enough to live. ”

"I know."

"The rest are candidates from Shaanxi, Henan, Gansu, and Shandong, they are all man-made disasters, a Fu King and a Jiaozhou King, they must be too busy to take care of themselves. Mr. Kong went to tell them that the imperial court still had some land in Beizhili, and if they wished, they could settle down at the letter station and take their family and parents to settle down. ”

Meng ate two mouthfuls of rice, drank a mouthful of soup, and then said:

"The last one I just said, Qian Qianyi, you go and report to the cabinet. Look at Han Shoufu's opinion, lest I think badly. ”

At the time of the meal, I couldn't eat a few bites properly, and while I was talking, Wang Chengen came over and said:

"Your Majesty, the appointed time has come."

The process is still the same process, but this time it was Mr. Du Jingsu of Changping Jiazi Mengxue who was commended. He did not have a medal, only a certificate issued by the Ministry of Rites and a plaque written by Zhu Youzhen in four big characters for teaching and educating people.

After the award was distributed, Zhu Youzhen still said his thoughts to Du Jingsu and Qian Qianyi.

"Fighting a war is a matter for the Ministry of War, collecting taxes is a matter for the Ministry of Households, but the matter of teaching and educating people is a matter for me. Daming's current Mengxue has almost become a second place. Qian Qing's family, you have to think about it, if Mengxue reaches 10,000 families one day, and the county learns 3,000 families, who will manage these schools in the Ming Dynasty. The expenditure of a school a year is 1,000 taels, which is the expenditure of 10 million taels. ”

Qian Qianyi had no concept of numbers at all, but when the emperor said this, he was taken aback.

"Ten million taels!?"

"Yes, it's twice as much as this year's harvest." Zhu Youzhen added.

"This ...... This ...... "Qian Qianyi usually has a concept of what His Majesty the Emperor said about Mengxue, but he has no concept of this scale and investment.

"So, from now on."

Zhu Youzhen drew a circle and drew Du Jingsu, Qian Qianyi, and Kong Shangqian into it.

"My goal is that in five years, the imperial court will have an education ministry alongside the six ministries. He is in charge of Mongolian studies, county studies, colleges and imperial examinations. This department is also the majority of tens of millions of dollars a year. From the compilation of teaching materials, to the holding of examinations, to admission, to graduation confirmation. A few people, there is a long way to go, everyone should work hard. ”

After painting cakes for a few people and depicting a great future, Zhu Youzhen rushed to the city gate to meet the queen. Empress Yi'an and the old general Qin Liangyu came back, and they couldn't say that they would go out of the city gate to greet them.

It is not very obvious inside the city, and the snowflakes outside the city are already very large.

Zhu Youzhen sat in the carriage, stretched out his hand in front of the queen, and let the queen hold it gently.

"I'm the emperor, I'm worse than a farmer's donkey."

King Xin laughed again. As soon as the queen is happy, or angry, she will call Zhu Youzhen the king.

"Who compares himself to a donkey?"

"I am. This Ming millstone is much heavier than the farmer's millstone. ”

The queen also knew that the emperor had been busy recently, and she didn't speak, but just put the emperor's hand in her arms and rubbed it gently.

"Who called King Xin to become His Majesty?"

"Your Majesty said that you are going down to Jiangnan, is there still time?"

Speaking of which, Zhu Youzhen himself was a little embarrassed.

"Yes, yes, I wrapped 100,000 yuan around my waist, rode a crane down to Yangzhou, and when spring came, I and the queen went down to the south of the Yangtze River."

"Don't lie to the king."