In the evening, Zhu Yuanzhang, who said that he would come, did not come, but only sent a eunuch to come over and say that the chapter had not been reviewed.

A few people who read the file didn't care, although it was said that there was no joke, but how many people really did it have no jokes? These scholars and the scholars of the Hanlin Academy are used to it.

When the last ray of light outside was swallowed up by darkness, and the whole land fell into endless darkness, several officials who read the file finally put down their pens and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Nearly 60 test papers have finally been read.

Liu Sanwu rubbed his tired eyes and said to the official who was in charge of sorting out the test papers on the side: "Select the ten best test papers to keep, and fill in the list for the others first!" ”

According to the practice of the palace examination, the first, second, and third places are the champions, the list eyes, and the flowers need to be approved by the emperor, while the others are ranked back in order.

And the selection of the ten best test papers is to let the emperor choose the first one from these ten people.

The first three people are called "Jinshi and the first", also known as "three tripod Jia". A number of people in the second class, accounting for one-third of the admitted, are called "Jinshi origin", and the first name of the second class is passed on. There are a number of top three, accounting for two-thirds of the admitted.

Soon the ten test papers were selected with help, and the ten test papers selected by the officials were "just right" half of the main battle and the main recuperation, but the quality was uneven, and the worst of the main recuperation was only two or three "△", while the main battle had several "\" which looked particularly eye-catching.

"Slowly, I thought that Zhu Yang's article was a strong candidate for the champion in terms of content and style, why didn't you choose him?" Zhu Biao asked with Zhu Yang's article.

"Him?" Liu Sanwu smiled contemptuously, "Your Highness doesn't know something, this article is good, but he actually talked about the opening of the sea ban in the article, you must know that the sea ban is the national policy of His Majesty's three Shen and Five Orders, this son doesn't know, as a Ming courtier, how can we let such people who don't understand the government enter the court, isn't this a joke for the people?" ”

"Really? Then I asked Bachelor Liu, what is the significance of my imperial examination? And which law of my dynasty says that if you don't understand the policies of the imperial court, you can't be the champion? Zhu Biao said.

"There is no law in my dynasty that stipulates that if you don't understand the national policy, you can't be a champion, but my imperial examination is to select the best talents in the world, and a person who doesn't read the official mansion newspaper is embarrassed to claim that he is the best person?" Zhao Mian, the head of the household, stood up and said to the prince.

Zhao Mian also remembers Zhu Yang's article vividly, this person not only wrote about the ban on opening the sea, but also wrote about vigorously developing commerce and subsidizing agriculture with high commercial taxes.

How can business taxes be raised? Zhao Mian, as the head of the household, the servants of the family have always had a deep relationship with the merchants, and the annual filial piety is enough to be worth his thirty years as the head of the household.

Recently, many businessmen have been complaining to him that the business tax is too high, so he hopes that the business tax will be lowered a little more.

As a good household secretary who worries about the country and the people, in the face of the requests of many businessmen, he naturally cannot ignore it.

Now Zhu Yang actually asked for a commercial tax increase, if His Majesty the Emperor saw it and implemented it, how could his money bag be full? How do you raise those concubines? How else to buy jewelry to make the outer room happy?

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please look at the mark on this!" Zhao Mian took Zhu Yang's test paper in his hand, pointed to the "o" and "X" on it and said, "Of the ten marking officers, only one person gave 'o', one gave '\', and the others were all 'x', how can you let Your Majesty see these papers?" Isn't this staining Your Majesty's eyes? ”

"Stained my father's eyes? Looking at it, you are blinded! If Zhu Yang's article is implemented, not only will the Ming Dynasty be able to solve the border troubles in one fell swoop, but even the burden of the people will be greatly reduced. If it's all right, then why do you need to innovate every year? Zhu Biao was furious.

To be honest, he was very disgusted with Zhu Yang's article for the first time, because there were many things in it that did not talk about martial virtues: what provoked disputes among various tribes, what invaded other countries to mobilize (slave) members (servants) the people of that country to mine, and robbed caravans of various countries on the sea, and let Ming merchants go to various countries to dump goods, etc

As a crown prince who has been nurtured by Confucianism all day long, these behaviors made Zhu Biao feel uncomfortable.

But after watching it a few times, although Zhu Biao couldn't think of the scene after the implementation, as a superior person, he had a feeling that in this way, Daming would be more powerful;

Later, after opening the seal and seeing that the author of this article was Zhu Yang, Zhu Biao abandoned all his positions: No matter what the content is, just look at the literary style, Wu'er and other literary talents, you all hit "X", isn't this a slap in the face of Lone?

Lone must be tough, even if he is unreasonable, he will make Zhu Yang a champion.

"Your Highness is cautious! Your Majesty is your father, and the son does not say anything about his father's fault! Liu Sanwu said.

"The Son does not say anything about the Father? Hahaha......" Zhu Biao laughed.

"Monarchs and ministers, fathers, fathers, sons...... When Lone first became the prince, how did you educate Lone? Zhu Biao pointed at Liu Sanwu and said, "You say that the royal family is first the monarch and then the father and son, and you also say that as the prince, you must know how to be a minister, and you must know how to be a son!" ”

"When you were studying at the Hanlin Academy, how did you educate you? Say! Zhu Biao was furious.

"Your Highness is angry!" Everyone was on their knees with their heads on the ground.

At this moment, Liu Sanwu couldn't wait to slap himself in the mouth, he didn't expect his words to make Zhu Biao, who has always been generous, so angry, and at the same time, he hated Zhu Yang very much in his heart.

"Don't say yes, then Lonely!"

"You say that you must dare to advise as a courtier alone, and dare to point out the mistakes of your father and emperor...... Now he is talking to Gu again, and his son does not say anything about his father's fault..."Zhu Biao felt a little sad in his heart, before Zhu Yang scolded him in the small courtyard and scolded the civil officials, he didn't take it to heart, because these civil officials are not as unbearable as Zhu Yang said.

Now it seems that he was very wrong.

The so-called Zi Yue is used to educate others, not to discipline oneself.

Unfortunately, as a king, he is the one who is in charge.

"Ministers deserve death!" Liu Sanwu and the others still lowered their heads, just blindly admitting their mistakes.

"Heh......" Zhu Biao sneered contemptuously, "Do you deserve to die for your crimes, it doesn't matter if you say it alone, you are also tired for a day, go back and rest, and let your father decide the matter of filling in the list!" ”

After speaking, Zhu Biao took Zhu Yang's test paper and left.

……

Looking at Zhu Biao's distant back, Liu Sanwu and the others stood up, and they glanced at each other.

"What should I do?" Shen Wei asked a little helplessly, he didn't expect the prince to be so angry because of Zhu Yang's article.

"How is it good? Of course, it was Your Majesty, kill Zhu Yang! Liu Sanwu gritted his teeth and said.

"Yes, kill him! This son just wrote an article to bewitch the prince to this point, if this son is allowed to enter the court in the future, then won't the prince be taken bad by him, where do we still have a foothold? Zhao Mian nodded.

"Okay, tomorrow morning, we will contact a few imperial historians, and we must kill this son!" Liu Sanwu was so angry that he couldn't wait to pick off Zhu Yang's skin.

"Okay, then the official will also contribute!" Shen Wei said.

"The official is also here to ......"

"The official is also here to ......"

For a while, everyone agreed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, ......" Yang Jing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, looked at the excited crowd and wanted to persuade him, but as soon as the words came out, he gave up.

"Alas......" Yang Jing sighed, shook his head, and walked out of the hall. Tomorrow he will not participate.