"You said that Old Man Huang has something to talk to me about the day after tomorrow?" Zhu Yang, who was packing up his things in the small courtyard, looked at Jiang Xuan, who suddenly visited, and said.

Jiang Zhen stubbornly said: "Yes, Master Huang said that there is one thing I don't understand, so I want to consult you, but in the past two days, the border has been in an emergency, and the state affairs are busy, and Master Huang can't get out of it for a while, he said that he will come to you after these two days!" ”

"Hey, it's a coincidence that I only finished the exam on this aspect of the exam during the day, and I came to the frontier at night to report the emergency!" After listening to this, Zhu Yang did not doubt him, but sighed a little, is this God taking care of him?

If there is really a war on the border, then the mention of war and the opening (planing) of the sea (civilian) ban (ancestral grave) in his article may still be able to gain some far-sighted supporters of civilian officials.

Of course, the premise is that these far-sighted civil officials are the marking officers, otherwise it is estimated that they will still be heheda.

"Huh...... Only...... It's that a coincidence! Jiang Zhen thought that Zhu Yang had seen something, and said with a dry smile a little unnaturally.

In fact, there is no frontier emergency, only Lan Yu led the army to fight those toasts in the southwest.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Jiang Cheng's report that Zhu Yang was leaving the capital, he asked Jiang Rong to find a way to keep Zhu Yang, at least until after the imperial list was posted.

Jiang Zhen thought about it for a long time and couldn't come up with a suitable reason, so he made up such a lie.

"It's not a lie, after all, Lan Yu is also in a frontier emergency!" Jiang Xuan comforted himself in his heart.

"Okay, then I'll be here for a few days!" Zhu Yang nodded.

Zhu Yang has a great affection for Old Man Huang's father and son, especially in the rumor incident, if it weren't for Old Man Huang's father and son, he would have been skinned and cramped by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"I owe him such a big favor, it's time to say goodbye to him!" Zhu Yang said, secretly deciding to tell Old Man Huang about Zhu Yuanzhang's upcoming bloodbath in the court next year, and let him get a little closer to Zhu Yunwen and get through the "Blue Jade Case" first.

As for the future, Zhu Yang kept it in his heart and waited until Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne.

……

Zhu Yang didn't leave, and the marking of the palace examination began.

Zhu Yuanzhang transferred three more well-known bachelors from the Hanlin Academy, plus himself and the prince Zhu Biao, six Shangshu and the chief examiner Liu Sanwu, a total of 12 people who graded the papers this time.

Marking is still in Fengtian Palace, except for Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, several markers each have a table, take turns to read, each add "○", "△", "\", "1", "×" five kinds of marks, get the most "○" for the best volume.

Liu Sanwu, Shen Wei, and Zhao Mian sat down and glanced at each other before starting to read the papers.

……

The afternoon sun was exceptionally bright, but Zhu Yuanzhang's heart became more and more gloomy.

In front of him were the six answer sheets presented by the prince, which were all good articles with good evidence, from ancient times to the present, from Confucius to Lao Tzu, and various quotations were also appropriate.

However, among these six parts, five of them advocate rest and recuperation, while there are individual "△" who advocate continuing the war, and the other sixth part has only one "o", one "△", and the others are "x" because of the rhetoric of opening the sea ban.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought it was just a coincidence at first, but then he gathered all the test papers that had been reviewed by the ministers, and then found two test papers with different opinions of the same quality and put them together, looking at the "o" and "△" and even "x" on them.

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart sank completely, how could he not know the thoughts of the examiners sitting here at this time.

"Humph! What a good courtier of mine! Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and looked at these marking officers.

In fact, the main battle of the imperial court against northern Mongolia is still the main recuperation, Zhu Yuanzhang has a plan in his heart, and even if he hesitates, he will only discuss with the ministers, and let these students who have no experience in governing politics give him ideas, isn't that a big joke in the world?

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang came up with this question is just to test the student's temperament, whether it is the main battle or the imperial court to recuperate, as long as he cares about the people and has enough reasons to convince him, that is a talent.

Of course, if someone is good enough to come up with the best of both worlds, it's a surprise.

But now the people sitting here actually began to play tricks because of disagreement with their own political views when reading the papers, and pushed those students who were in the main battle to the back row.

This is not marking the papers at all, but forming a party.

Zhu Yuanzhang could think that when this group of lords and students entered the court, these powerful ministers would inevitably pull this group of people over, and finally unite to fight against the court, against him, the emperor, or when the prince succeeded to the throne, they would use the prince's benevolence to empty the prince's power.

In order to concentrate power in his own hands, Zhu Yuanzhang killed Prime Minister Hu Weiyong, and used Hu Weiyong's case to kill all threats.

Now these people are actually using the imperial examination to form a party, which has touched Zhu Yuanzhang's bottom line.

For a while, Zhu Yuanzhang's killing intent was boiling, but he didn't attack immediately, he had to wait for an opportunity.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the sixth test paper in front of him, which wrote the ban on opening the sea and invading other countries with great righteousness and righteous words, and even wanted to use the resources of other countries to support the Ming Dynasty.

To be honest, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little moved after reading it, but looking at the piercing "X" on it, Zhu Yuanzhang was angry.

"That's it!" Zhu Yuanzhang knocked on the table, he wanted to use this test paper to wipe out this group of ministers.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up, looked at the group of people in front of him, and said with a smile: "I suddenly remembered that today's recital has not been processed yet, so I will continue and come back later!" Prince, you learn here, and see how the humerus ministers read the papers! ”

"It's my father!"

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

The people stood up and saluted.

"No courtesy, all the secretaries have worked hard!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, then took a deep look at the prince, and turned to leave.

The crown prince Zhu Biao looked at the back of his father in the distance, and sighed secretly in his heart: My father is angry!

"Should I warn the group?" Zhu Biao looked at these courtiers with some struggle.

They thought that what they were doing was very hidden, if they hadn't been slow to mark the papers, and wanted to appreciate the beautiful writing, and gather all the answers of the same quality together, they really wouldn't have discovered the means of this group of people.

"That's it, maybe Zhu Yang is right, Lone is still too kind, and he has been brainwashed by Confucianism!" Zhu Biao sighed and decided not to get involved in this matter.

"I don't know how Zhu Yang's article is?" Since he decided not to participate, Zhu Biao also put out the idea of reading the papers again, and he began to look for Zhu Yang's papers in a large number of test papers to see if he, a father, could have a good idea without knowing the handwriting.

……

On the other side, Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the imperial study, where Jiang Zhen was already waiting.

"Where is Zhu Yang done?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, Zhu Gongzi said to stay a few more days!" Jiang Zhen didn't dare to hide it, and told the conversation between him and Zhu Yang one by one.

"Well, just keep him!" Zhu Yuanzhang did not blame Jiang Xuan.

"You go and help us do something......" Zhu Yuanzhang commanded Jiang Xuan.

"Yes!" Jiang Xuan's heart tightened after listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's orders, and he was even a little shocked, he saw the scene when he succeeded as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and his predecessor Mao Xiang was not spared at that time.