At seven o'clock in the morning of the 19th day of the first month of the 34th year of Taiping.

Zhu Jingyuan said goodbye to his parents and left home, leaving Chunxiang and Qiuyue, two personal maidservants, at home, who had already begun to study in the craftsman school.

The salute prepared by his parents for him was escorted by two teams of soldiers under Guan Tianpei's department, and they were first sent to the Jingshi Old City Railway Station.

Escorted by Guan Tianpei, he went to the palace to bid farewell to the old emperor.

Different from the previous days when he came to the early dynasty, this time Zhu Jingyuan went directly to the emperor's bedroom, Qianqing Palace.

Walking into the lobby of the Qianqing Palace, the first thing I saw was the old emperor, who was already sitting on the throne in his regular clothes.

At the second glance, I saw my ninth uncle, Zhu Jianfeng, standing sideways under the throne, and his spirit was better than a few days ago.

Zhu Jingyuan originally thought that he had come early, but he didn't expect that the ninth uncle Zhu Jianfeng was already inside.

Although he had expected it and knew that he would have to come over to resign, seeing the other party directly in this situation, Zhu Jingyuan still subconsciously stopped.

Then subconsciously looked around, and found that there was a middle-aged man with an elegant appearance standing opposite Zhu Jianfeng, wearing a three-grade civil official uniform.

Zhu Jingyuan followed his father to see him and knew that he was the Shaoqing Shenfu of Honglu Temple.

Now Honglu Siqing is at the same level as Shangshu, and Shaoqing is at the same level as Shilang.

Next to Shen Fu were two young men in their twenties, both wearing brand-new scholar's clothes.

Graduates of Daming National University, after passing the special completion assessment, can get the "Xiucai" merit certificate, as well as the status of "scholar".

Similar to the degree certificate of later generations and the status of a cadre.

Nominally, they can all be directly officials, but in fact, only a very small number of very good ones will be directly assigned to be grassroots officials.

Ordinary scholars have to register with the subordinate institutions of the Ministry of Officials by themselves, and once again pass the special assessment of the necessary part before they have the opportunity to become grassroots officials.

All officials started from the fame of showing off their talents, and they all started from the official position of Jiupin.

Those who show their talents and fame can be county-level officials at most, and if they want to continue to be promoted, they must continue to be promoted while being an official.

If you pass the exam, you will not be directly promoted, but you can increase the upper limit of promotion, and you can be the head of the state government at most.

If you continue to take the entrance examination to the rank of Jinshi, you will be able to become the chief official of the political envoy at most.

Only those who are among the best in the jinshi have the opportunity to become scholars, university scholars, and military ministers.

Shen Fu and the two young scholars saw Zhu Jingyuan coming in, and immediately bowed to this side together.

The old emperor seemed to have been waiting for a while, and at this time he also got up and got down from the throne directly.

Now it's not the last dynasty, it's talking in his own bedroom, so the old emperor speaks a lot more casually:

"Let you go to Honglu Temple to study if you have nothing to do, but you didn't go once, and you haven't said hello to Shen Shaoqing until now?"

Zhu Jingyuan hurriedly saluted the old emperor first, then saluted his ninth uncle, and finally returned to Shen Fu and the two scholars, and at the same time casually explained:

"Grandpa Qiqi, I have to be searching for ideas for more than a month, and it is completely enough to study on the road, and there is nothing to do on the ship anyway.

"These days of staying in Jingshi, I will arrange other things as well as possible, so as not to make mistakes after leaving.

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"My grandson and Shen Shaoqing met in Honglu Temple, so I didn't go on a special trip."

The old emperor was noncommittal, but he smiled and said:

"What His Royal Highness the Great Food King said is that the journey is boring, just looking for something to do."

The old emperor waved his hand and said:

"Shen Shaoqing doesn't have to get used to him, take out the teacher's frame on the road, and discipline him seriously if he doesn't study hard."

Shen Fu smiled and arched his hand:

"Your Ministers obey."

The old emperor looked at the two of them and said hello, so he stretched out his hand and pointed to the other two young scholars:

"These two scholars were the most among the graduates of Beijing Normal Taixue last year, Lin Zexu and Niu Jian.

"Now when you join the office, start with your staff, and if you have anything in the future, you can discuss with them."

Zhu Jingyuan listened to these two names, and immediately glared.

I just arranged Guan Tianpei for myself a few days ago, and Lin Zexu is here again today? And Niu Jian, the emperor of Daoguang and Xianfeng?

Guan Tianpei is twenty-four years old this year, and Lin Zexu seems to be only twenty years old this year!

The public collective schools in Daming are five years of primary school, five years of middle school (regardless of junior high and high school), and four years of university, for a total of 14 years.

There is currently no compulsory education, so the imperial court does not limit the age of schooling, and if you start school at the age of six, you will graduate at exactly twenty years old.

After the Renwu Dynasty, the staff was also incorporated into the state official system, and officials were not allowed to hire their own staff, but had to be arranged by the Ministry of Officials.

So the old emperor arranged these two for himself?

When Zhu Jingyuan was stunned, the two young scholars bowed to Zhu Jingyuan again:

"The students have seen His Royal Highness the Great Food King."

They now have no rank, and they are commonly known as non-entry, so they can only use the identity of scholars, calling themselves students, not lower officials.

Zhu Jingyuan quickly adjusted his identity, although these two have rich experience in history, they are now both young people in their prime.

Fang has just joined the company, and he must regard this job as a very important starting point for his career:

"The two gentlemen don't need to be polite, and this king will rely on the help of the two in the future!"

was called Mr. by a prince, and the two young people were a little excited, and they didn't dare to be called even busy.

The old emperor arranged this side, and then finally focused on the other side and looked at the son he valued the most:

"Lao Jiu, Jingyuan, Shen Shaoqing, the three of you are fine, the general direction of the negotiation and the regular decision-making power are controlled by Jingyuan.

"The specific details of the negotiation are planned by Shen Shaoqing, Jingyuan, you must also listen carefully to Mr. Shen's suggestions, and you must not be reckless.

"Lao Jiu, as the representative of the clan and the royal family, supervises the behavior of the mission, does not insult the majesty of the Ming Dynasty, and does not harm the national interests of the Ming Dynasty.

"In addition, the royal children of the Taixi countries are all dealt with by Lao Jiu, and take out the majesty of the Ming Dynasty, I know you are good at this."

Zhu Jianfeng lost his previous seriousness, and at this time he smiled and said:

"My father still understands me, and I promise to do this."

Zhu Jingyuan and Shen Fu also bowed down at the same time and agreed:

"Yes."

The old emperor nodded lightly, held Zhu Jianfeng's hand, and patted the back of his hand gently.

Then he turned around again and gently patted Zhu Jianfeng's shoulder.

Then he returned to the middle of the lobby and exhaled vigorously and said:

"Alright, let's go."

"Wait for the resignation!"

Zhu Jingyuan, Zhu Jianfeng's uncle and nephew, Shen Fu, Lin Zexu, and Niu Jian's three courtiers, bowed down together and slowly withdrew from the Qianqing Palace.

After going out, Zhu Jingyuan turned around, and Zhu Jingyuan subconsciously distanced himself from Zhu Jianfeng.

Zhu Jianfeng didn't care at all, shook his head with a smile and walked directly outside the palace.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't care what Zhu Jianfeng thought, he didn't plan to have too much contact with this ninth uncle.

deliberately distanced himself and walked with Shen Fu.

Shen Fu used to be his father's staff, and Zhu Jingyuan was still quite familiar.

Lin Zexu and Niu Jian followed behind their chief officer, and the two of them subconsciously looked at each other when they saw this situation.

The two people who don't understand the situation of the court are subconsciously guessing that the relationship between the uncle and nephew is very bad.

Although the direction of thinking may not be right, the result is not problematic.

Both of them regarded it as a great blessing to follow Zhu Jingyuan to the peace talks as the starting point of their careers.

But now there is a vague feeling that this peace talks will not go too smoothly.

The five people walked out of the palace gate with their front and back feet, and came to the outside of the noon gate square again, and the representatives of all aspects had basically arrived.

Shen Fu joined the staff of Honglu Temple and led the representatives of the court of other government offices together.

Wang Lai of the Ship Department of the Ministry of Industry, with the craftsmen of his own department who designed cutting-edge battleships, joined the craftsmen of the Royal Shipyard to design large aircraft carriers.

After everyone gathered, they took the large official car of the imperial court and then went to the train station together.

Zhu Jingyuan did not stay, but according to Guan Tianpei's prompts, he took two staff members to take a step forward and went directly to the train station by car.

The railway station of the old city of Daming Jingshi is located in the southeast corner of the outer city of the old city.

Between the southeast outer wall of the old city of Jiajing and the southeast outer wall of the outer city of Renwu, the inner city wall is extended outward to the outer wall of Renwu.

In this way, the entire station is enclosed in a separate area.

The usual inspections are extremely strict, but today they are completely closed.

There was not a single passenger in the whole station, and on both sides of the road, there were guards on one side and brocade guards on the other.

Guan Tianpei's more than 400 naval guards also sent half of them to inspect the railway station and the train that Zhu Jingyuan was going to take in advance.

After Zhu Jingyuan arrived with the two staff, he went directly to the separate carriage that had been specially prepared and inspected.

In the front and rear compartments of the carriage, there were two teams of a total of fifty soldiers, and the other four hundred soldiers were left in the front and rear carriages.

Lin Zexu and Niu Jian, two graduates, followed Zhu Jingyuan to the carriage all the way, and they all felt greatly shocked.

The two of them have already judged with great certainty that this Prince of Great Food is definitely not an ordinary imperial grandson.

Before, the two of them only learned that this imperial grandson could directly be crowned prince, which already felt very special, but now it seems that the previous expectations were completely insufficient.

Now the security level is too high, and it is almost like directly monopolizing a train, which is the treatment of the emperor when he goes out on patrol.

Zhu Jingyuan was also quite emotional, the old emperor was too careful with himself, and he was really afraid that something would happen to him.

Although the carriage I am in is luxurious, all kinds of facilities are very exquisite.

But at the same time, it is very simple, stand up from any place in the carriage, and the environment in the entire carriage can be seen at a glance.

There are no cabinets with large sizes, and all the cabinets and under the seats are integrated and staggered grid structure, so you can directly see what's inside.

In the front and rear compartments, there were a total of more than 50 soldiers, and there were more than 400 people in the four carriages in the front and rear.

Anyone who enters this room has to pass through them, and the mere momentum of these soldiers can make many people feel pressured.

In such an environment, Zhu Jingyuan also relaxed a little.

Sit on a chair and wait for Shen Fu and the others to arrive, waiting for the train to leave for Tianjin to go to sea.