"No way!" Lord Lu's tone was a little indifferent, "The imperial court is currently in urgent need of Confucian students, some are to be sent to Goryeo, some are to be sent to Qiongzhou, some are to be sent to open the port, and some are to be sent to Tubo, to educate those barbarian people with the learning of saints." Now that even the Hanlin Academy is in dire need of manpower, it is when you scholars are serving the country, and you still want to stay out of the matter? ”

When he said that he was going to educate the barbarians, his tone was obviously proud.

It can be seen that this is the role played by Emperor Zhu sending troops to conquer Goryeo. The Ming Dynasty dared to fight, and won the war, and the people under his rule were naturally proud, and they were much more hardened when they spoke unconsciously.

He is proud of the Ming Dynasty in which he is located, and he is proud of the emperor of Shengming.

Proud of the strength of the imperial court, proud of being a descendant of Yan and Huang. With this kind of pride, once encountering foreign enemies, there will be unprecedented unity, and people with lofty ideals and those who dare to sacrifice for the imperial court will emerge in endlessly.

On the contrary, if they encounter a weak Song Dynasty, the government will still fish and flesh the people, and the people will lead the way for the aliens.

"Let's just say that, all Confucian scholars who can show off their talents in the imperial examination have something to do. It is possible to go abroad and go to a foreign country to educate them. If you can be promoted, you may be the staff of the expeditionary general, and if you can be a jinshi, you may enter the Hanlin Academy and work with Liu Bowen and others. In short, the current era is the rise of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the time for you to show your ambitions. ”

"You don't want such a difficult opportunity?"

The three of them fell silent when they heard this.

"Lord Lu, you know our situation......" Luo Guanzhong said.

It's not that he doesn't want to be a leader, his implementation of Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong, he still wants to work with today's three famous Confucians, Qingtian Liu Ji, Jinhua Song Lian, and Changzhou Gao Qi.

The shadow of the name tree, as a reader, who doesn't want to work with them?

Wouldn't it be nice to talk about literature together and serve the Ming Dynasty together?

But the two of them wanted to be loyal to Zhang Shicheng, and second, they were afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would settle old accounts with them, so they didn't dare to become officials.

"I know your situation." Lu Xiu said coldly, "Zhang Shicheng, a smuggler of salt, is it worth your loyalty to him?" He doesn't listen to advice, and he can't become a climate. ”

Tomato is free to read

"It's not worth wasting your full belly of talent for someone like that."

"Secondly, in Robben's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", didn't you talk about respecting the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty? Today's Emperor Zhu is the orthodoxy of our Han family, and if you don't serve him, you don't know the righteousness. ”

"This official knows that you are afraid that the emperor will settle your old accounts, don't worry, the emperor is not that kind of person. If the emperor really wants to liquidate you, do you think your Water Margin Romance of the Three Kingdoms can still write so much? ”

"The emperor is too short of scholars now, and he won't kill you."

Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong's master and apprentice glanced at each other when they heard this, indeed, what Lu Xiu said made sense. If Zhu Yuanzhang really wanted to liquidate them, I'm afraid they would have fallen to the ground long ago.

"When you participate in the imperial examination, you are showing the emperor that you are loyal to the Ming Dynasty." Lu Xiu continued, "The emperor is happy, and he thinks that you are talented people, maybe your sins will be forgiven. But if you still refuse to go out and don't even participate in the imperial examination, you are going against the imperial court...... Do you still remember the fate of Shandong Erxian? ”

Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong heard the words and fell silent.

"Alright, I've already informed you. When the time comes, if you don't go to the scientific examination, the official will order someone to carry you there and press you to the examination room! ”

"Master Lu, the old man is already old, so he doesn't have to participate, right?" Shi Nai'an said.

"No way!" Lu Xiu was categorical, "There are few scholars in the southwest, and it takes a thousand people to scrape together, do you still want to escape?" Besides, judging from the Water Margin you wrote, you also have a good talent. Even Cao Cao said that Lao Ji is in charge of a long way and has ambitions for thousands of miles. Jiang Ziya didn't meet King Wen of Zhou until he was eighty years old, and you can also meet Lord Ming at the age of seventy. ”

Shi Nai'an sighed helplessly.

"Okay, you go back and prepare, prepare to enter Beijing in three days, and the official is gone."

After Lu Xiu finished speaking, he turned around and left directly.

……

"Lord Lu's attitude towards us seems to have changed a lot." Seeing the back of Lu Xiu's departure, Luo Guanzhong said.

"He used to be respectful to us, and every time we finished writing a chapter, he would rush over and have a look." Shi Nai'an said, "But now that he likes to watch "Breaking the Sky", of course his attitude towards us has changed a lot. ”

"Yes, he hasn't come to urge me to write "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" for a month" Luo Guanzhong sighed: "It's really people's hearts are not ancient." ”

"We will participate in the imperial examination this time, and there is a high probability that we will not be killed by the emperor." Shi Nai'an analyzed, "As Lu Xiu said, the emperor is currently too short of talents. Every time he sent someone to conquer a place, he had to send Confucian students over, and the Ming Dynasty was really short of Confucian students at present. Pity me, an old man, who still has to participate in the scientific examination with those grandchildren of Confucianism. ”

"With the talents of the two teachers, it is easy to lift one person." Li Zi'an said.

"As it should be." Luo Guanzhong has always regarded himself very highly, and felt that he was sure to pass the examination, and said, "What I am most worried about at present is that the emperor will send us to a foreign country to ......."

"When the old man is old, he doesn't want to go to a foreign country to educate those people who are foreigners. The emperor shouldn't have sent me, and I don't have the ability. Shi Nai'an said.

"It's impossible for a teacher to be sent, I'm in danger." Luo Guanzhong said, "I haven't married a wife yet, I heard that most of the Confucian scholars sent by the emperor in the past have not married wives, and the emperor wants them to marry Fanbang women." ”

"I Luo Guanzhong don't want to go abroad, and I don't want to marry a Fanbang woman."

"I heard that those exotic women who have been young and have a beautiful national color and fragrance, their bodies and appearances will change greatly when they are older, and there is a bad smell on their bodies. And an exotic woman, her personality is not gentle. ”

"I don't want to be a teacher." Shi Nai'an said.

"What should I do?"

"Teach you a way for the teacher." Shi Nai'an said, "You don't want to finish writing "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" for the time being. The emperor should not let a work like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" go to Fanbang. ”

"Thank you for your advice!" Luo Guanzhong suddenly realized when he heard this.

"It would be great if we could be the top spot in high school this time." Shi Nai'an said, after not having the worries of being sent to Fanbang, he began to think about a bright future, "If we can go to high school, we will be able to work with Liu Bowen and Song Lian in the future." ”

"Students want it too." Luo Guanzhongdao.