"These two people?" Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously surprised when he heard this, "I remember that these two people were Zhang Shicheng's staff, and they also said that they gave Zhang Shicheng advice, and almost made us lose a general." ”

"It's them." Gao Qidao, "One of the two of them wrote "Water Margin", and the other wrote "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"

"The ancestral home of these two people is not in the southwest, how can they be referred to in the southwest?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"These two were worried that the emperor would settle their old accounts, so they hid in the remote southwest early." Liu Bowen said, "After the emperor implemented a series of policies to benefit the people in the southwest, the southwest is no longer sparsely populated, but prosperous." ”

"Later, when I saw that the emperor seemed to have forgotten about this, he bought a house in Chengdu Mansion and devoted himself to writing books." Gao Qidao.

"They're a bit of an eye, so we're going to talk to them about such a trivial matter?" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"After these two came to Ying Tianfu, they also visited the ministers." Liu Bowen said, "After the conversation with these two people, the minister learned that they are ready to abandon the darkness and join the Ming to serve the Ming Dynasty. ”

"They went to visit you as soon as they arrived in Yingtian?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.

"Your Majesty, these two are everyone in the literary world, and Berwyn has always admired them." Liu Bowen hurriedly said, "Therefore, there is no favoritism in our meeting. ”

"I just talked about some literature, and some ministers also tried their best to persuade them to serve the imperial court."

"I heard that they also admire you, and you can be said to cherish each other!" Zhu Yuanzhang's turbulent road.

Liu Bowen was silent when he heard this, and he didn't understand whether the emperor had any deep meaning when he said this.

"Your Majesty, the ministers and Song Lian also participated at that time." Gao Qidao.

The meeting of the three great Confucians in the world and the two writers is a grand event.

Gao Qi said this to dispel Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicions and let the emperor not suspect that there was something unsightly between them. In the emperor's view, the examiner meeting students privately will inevitably make other students criticize.

"They are going to abandon the darkness and turn to the light." Zhu Yuanzhang no longer cared about this matter, and said, "These two still have good talents, and they are afraid of being liquidated by us?" Are we the kind of people with small bellies? ”

"If we really want to liquidate them, their "Water Margin" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" will not be published at all."

"Yes, it is the two of them who live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and they don't know the emperor's broad mind." Gao Qidao. "Please forgive the previous crimes of these two people, so that they can participate in the scientific examination wholeheartedly, so that they can serve the country in the future."

"Well, let's forgive them all their previous sins and let them participate in the scientific expedition with peace of mind." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"The emperor did this because of the mind of the Holy Monarch." Liu Bowen said excitedly.

"Although these two people have some talents, it is not certain whether they can go to high school." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "After all, they just write well." ”

"What the emperor said is very true." Gao Qidao.

"In addition, there is a non-southwestern candidate who wants to participate in the scientific examination, and the two of you will arrange it." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Your Majesty, may I ask who that person is?" Liu Bowen and Gao Qi asked.

"Come out." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand behind him.

The next moment, a girl with a peerless appearance and a noble body walked out from behind, it was really Zhu Yingrao, the princess of Ningguo.

"Princess!" The two hurriedly saluted.

"Princess Ningguo is going to participate in Southwest Enke this time." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "She has been studying with Mr. Qin for a while, and it's time to test her knowledge." ”

Ning Guogong mainly participates in scientific expeditions? When Liu Bowen and Gao Qi heard this, they were dumbfounded.

Mr. Qin's students, want to compete with Luo Guanzhong and Shi Nai'an on the same stage?

"Your Majesty." Liu Bowen said, "Since ancient times, there has been no mention of women participating in scientific examinations, and I asked the emperor to take back his fate." ”

"Berwyn, are you looking down on women in the world?" Just then, a voice came from inside the door.

A luxurious and graceful figure appeared, it was Queen Ma.

"Ministers and others participate in the queen's mother." The two saluted again, and Liu Bowen said: "The minister doesn't dare to look down on the women of the world." ”

"Excuse me." Queen Ma Road.

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, the imperial court has been a harem and is not allowed to interfere in politics. The scientific expedition is a major national event for the imperial court to select talents and talents, and the minister believes that Niangniang should not participate. Gao Qiyu said.

Although he, like Liu Bowen, has great respect for Queen Ma, he still has to say some things.

After all, this is their duty, a matter of state.

"The affairs of Princess Ningguo belong to the harem, and the queen is in charge of the harem." Zhu Yuanzhang said helplessly, "Therefore, the queen can take care of the affairs of Princess Ningguo, and it is not considered to be a political interference." ”

It can be seen from Zhu Yuanzhang's helpless eyes that he should also disagree with Princess Ningguo to participate in the scientific examination. But because of respect for his sister-in-law, coupled with the queen's stubborn demands, he had to agree.

"Yes, I am in charge of Princess Ningguo's scientific examination alone, and I am not interfering in the entire imperial examination, how can it be regarded as political interference?" Queen Ma Road.

Liu Bowen and Gao Qiyan glanced at each other when they heard this, and felt that what the queen said was also reasonable.

"Your Majesty, the queen, the minister is still the same sentence, for thousands of years, there have been no rules for women to participate in scientific examinations." Liu Bowen said.

"Old rules are meant to be broken." Queen Ma's surging way.

This time, she was determined to improve the status of Daming women, so that Zhu Yingrao could participate in the scientific examination and gain fame, and even won the top prize.

became the first female champion of the Ming Dynasty and the first female champion in history.

"May I ask Lord Liu, women are not allowed to participate in the scientific examination, who is the one who stipulates it?"

"This ......" Liu Bowen was speechless for a while.

There is really no explicit rule that women are not allowed to participate in scientific examinations, it is just an unwritten rule. If you want to say who made it, there really isn't. It can only be said that it is a general phenomenon caused by social culture.

For thousands of years, the idea that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented has gradually caused the current situation.

It was not the explicit decree of any emperor, or the explicit decree of any saint.

That is, there is no trace.

"Since no one rules it, it doesn't become a rule." Queen Ma Road.

"Queen, the universal rules that everyone recognizes still have to be followed." Liu Bowen said, "If Princess Ningguo has to participate in the scientific examination, the minister suggests that the princess change into men's clothes." ”

"Why should I dress up as a man?" Zhu Yingrao said, "This princess just wants to enter the examination room as a daughter. Let everyone in the world see the name of the woman who justifies the Ming Dynasty. ”

"If the princess has to participate in the scientific expedition like this, then things will be difficult." Liu Bowen and Gao Qi's faces both showed embarrassment.

"In this way, I am afraid that all those Confucian students will have to strike the exam." Liu Bowen said.

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