Is it likely that he will win the top prize in the competition?

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he was a little surprised, so he hurriedly asked, "Who?" ”

If the world doesn't understand him and despise him now, then at least there is a Korean prince there. No matter what, he is the eldest son of the first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, even if he is a tiger father and a dog, he will not be particularly bad.

But this person is favored by others, saying that he can win the top prize in the competition, doesn't it mean that even that Li Qi can't compare to him?

Seriously, Zhang Yifan is a little curious, what kind of person could this be, who actually inserted a bar and became the second person to rob relatives?

"Mei Yin, the nephew of Hou Mei Sizu of Runan, is a native of Xiayi. is the same age as you, and the eldest princess, known as a prodigy! ”

Mei Yin, the nephew of Hou Mei Sizu of Runan?

Zhang Yifan was a little familiar with this name, thought about it for a while, and finally remembered it. This Mei Yin is also Zhu Yuanzhang's son-in-law in history, the second son-in-law, and the son-in-law of Queen Ma. According to records, Zhu Yuanzhang gave an edict to praise Mei Yin's mastery of scripture and history, and everyone in the world was proud of it.

But this person's fate is not very good, but unfortunately he is not from Jiangnan, otherwise if he knows how to water, he may not drown! However, it is difficult to say that if you have an opinion on Zhu Di as the emperor, it is not drowned, it is also possible to turn around and burn to death.

Zhang Yifan thought about this, and he was also a little puzzled, this person is so dignified, he doesn't wait for his own daughter-in-law, what is he doing when he comes to rob his daughter-in-law with him?

Although this person's praise in history is very high, Zhang Yifan is not afraid of him. No matter what, more than 700 years of his knowledge is not!

However, the appearance of this person, the most headache should be the one of the Li family!

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Zhang Yifan really guessed correctly, when he got the news, the Korean government also got the news, and he immediately had a headache.

The core members of the Li family had to gather again to discuss countermeasures.

I only heard the person concerned, Li Qi, complaining: "It's good, it's easy to beat that damn boy, but it turned out to be good, it was messed up by that Hu Weiyong, and this Mei Yin also came to get involved, what can I do?" ”

Calling it by his name means not giving any respect.

This made Hu Weiyong's niece and son-in-law Li You listen to it, and he was slightly embarrassed. However, he can also understand his cousin's mood, it is indeed Hu Weiyong's bad thing!

On Li Shanchang's side, when he heard his son's complaints, his face was also gloomy.

Because he knew very well in his heart what level his son's talent was. It is more than enough to beat the country boy who writes even words as ugly as chicken paws, but that Mei Yin has been known as a prodigy since he was a child, and many Confucians have praised him.

If his son wants to overcome this Mei Yin, it will be difficult!

Originally, even if a talented person wanted to compete with his son, he was actually not afraid, and using his influence could completely exclude these people. However, Mei Yin's background is not small, his uncle is the Marquis of Runan, or hereditary, so it is not something he can handle casually.

After a moment of silence, Li Shanchang said slowly: "Your strength lies in your rich experience, and you are better at governing the country than them. Didn't the princess shout that she would marry the person who could best help His Majesty? Then spread the news, create a situation, and force the world to think that if you don't take the policy of governing the country and the country during the palace examination, you will not be considered talented, and you are not worthy of being Your Majesty's big horse! ”

He himself is a capable person in this regard, Li Qi followed him, even if he was exposed to it, he believed that it was definitely better than those two boys who were still sixteen years old!

That Mei Yin, even if he has the name of a prodigy, this way of governing the country and the country also needs to be trained, and his uncle is only a leader in battle, what can he teach him?

"Big brother's idea is good!" Li Cunyi listened, nodded hurriedly and said, "In this way, the victory can be guaranteed, and people will not be able to gossip!" ”

So, the Li family followed this countermeasure.

They didn't know that their actions were all transmitted to the imperial front by the secret agents of the inspection school placed in the Korean government.

After Zhu Yuanzhang learned about it, he was naturally thinking about this matter.

For a long time, he did not announce what questions the temple would test when the time came.

Originally, he was going to favor the Li family's side, and he was going to marry his daughter to that Li Qi after all. However, first of all, the kid from Liujia Village actually wrote a good article that he urgently needed, which invisibly helped him a lot.

Regarding this matter, he has secretly verified, and there is indeed no possibility that anyone else wrote this article.

In addition, Zhu Jingjing's factor, he also has some considerations. Therefore, the balance in his heart is a little more balanced, and he no longer attaches so much importance to Zhu Jingjing's marriage.

Now that he knows what the Li family is doing, to be honest, he is not happy. Because Li Shanchang used his ability to influence him, which can be regarded as a kind of dealing with him.

If you want to be so sure, I might as well be as good as you want! Let me know that I'm not calculating!

This is the transformation of Zhu Yuanzhang's thinking.

Also, that Mei Yin is a student of Song Lian, he has also seen it, and he likes this Mei Yin very much. Whether it is in terms of demeanor and temperament, or in terms of literary level, it meets Zhu Yuanzhang's expectations for talents!

It's just that he didn't expect that this Mei Yin would also sign up for the selection of horses. If it weren't for Zhu Jingjing, someone was already robbing him, he would really make the decision and directly choose him as a colt.

But in today's situation, this Mei Yin has also joined the ranks of being a big colt, to be honest, he is a little entangled.

marrying meritorious heroes to stabilize the imperial rule; love for talents; The daughter's feelings, etc., are intertwined. Coupled with Li Shanchang's careful thinking, Mei Yin can also be regarded as a meritorious marriage, and Zhang Yifan does have a certain talent, these factors are mixed, and in the end, Zhu Yuanzhang made a decision.

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On this day, Zhang Yifan was tinkering with quills, and finally made three suitable ones, and the person who reported the news from Yanwangfu arrived.

"There was a big incident in the court today!"

Zhang Yifan was a little curious when he heard this, so he asked, "What's the big deal?" ”

"When the yamen in various localities presented the accounts of money, grain, revenue, expenditure, and taxes to the household department, they used empty books with official seals stamped in advance, and His Majesty was furious when he heard the report, and he ordered a thorough investigation and the arrest of the chief sealers and deputies from all over the country to enter Beijing. It is said that the main seal official was beheaded, and the deputy had a hundred canes under the army to fill the army. ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Yifan knew that the empty seal case, one of the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty, broke out.

There was actually a lot of discussion about this matter in later generations, and he happened to have paid attention to it.

In his opinion, why did this empty seal case happen in the ninth year of Hongwu? That's actually a problem!

Because according to the saying, the practice of empty printing has existed since the Yuan Dynasty, and it has been done conventionally. In other words, the Hongwu Dynasty has always been such a practice.

So the question is, how could Zhu Yuanzhang not find out about this kind of thing until the ninth year of Hongwu?

Also, there was a person named Zheng Shili who wrote a book and explained the ins and outs of the matter clearly, but Zhu Yuanzhang was still furious and seemed to be very unreasonable, and even arrested the people who were released, and took Zheng Shili, who was on the book, to labor reform.

One explanation of later generations is that Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely disgusted with corrupt officials and corrupt officials, so he went to extremes.

However, in Zhang Yifan's opinion, it is definitely a bit shallow to say that Zhu Yuanzhang is so.

Who is Zhu Yuanzhang?

started from being called Huazi and a monk, and fought step by step from the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and finally became the founding emperor. If he is prone to extremes and does not know how to be flexible, can he become the founding emperor?

Therefore, in Zhang Yifan's opinion, Zhu Yuanzhang is definitely not a hysterical person. Behind this empty seal case, there is definitely an unknown secret.

Combined with the Hu Weiyong case that happened later, as well as the news that Zhang Yifan kept learning through the Yan Wangfu after he came to the Hongwu Dynasty, he speculated that this empty seal case was related to Zhu Yuanzhang's stabilization of the Zhu dynasty in the final analysis.

This is not to say that corruption ruined the Ming Dynasty, but to deter Hu Weiyong, or rather, to declare the emperor's power. Otherwise, if it's just corruption, that Zheng Shili has explained it clearly, as for being hysterical, so that some people in later generations think that Zhu Yuanzhang is a madman?

In the case of empty seals, the killings were actually local officials. And when these magistrates go to Beijing, they will worship Hu Weiyong, the prime minister's wharf. It must be that this kind of thing has reached a certain level, beyond Zhu Yuanzhang's endurance, and he will clean up a wave with the empty seal case.

In the final analysis, this is actually a kind of struggle between the prime minister and the imperial power, but this is the first time, and the magistrate suffers. In a few years, Zhu Yuanzhang directly flipped the table and killed the position of prime minister.

For now, this empty seal case has little to do with Zhang Yifan, so he listened to it and listened to it, and he didn't care much, after all, the day of the palace exam was coming soon. No matter what, he must always prepare well, otherwise, Zhu Di will castrate him!

has been dealing with Zhu Di for a long time, Zhang Yifan understands that he is a person, and he is definitely the master who does what he says!

No, just the day before the palace test, Zhang Yifan even stayed at an inn in the city. After all, Liujia Village is a little far away from Nanjing City, thirty miles away.

In the era of cars in later generations, one foot of the accelerator arrived, but in this era, his means of transportation was just a donkey in the village, and he was afraid of delaying things.

He is an outsider, and he is not suitable for living in Yanwangfu, but Zhu Wu and them still accompany him.

When night fell, Zhang Yifan had dinner early and was ready to rest.

However, before he could rest, he suddenly heard a movement from next door. One of them had a familiar voice, the worried kind.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Yifan remembered that he was indeed an acquaintance. Listening to the movement, it seems that I have encountered a great difficulty.

If you don't know, forget it, since you hear it, no matter what, you always have to go over and ask about the situation.

So, he took Zhu Wu and the two out of the door and knocked on the door next door.

"Woo Woo ......"

There was a knock on the door, which made the movement inside suddenly silent, and then a person shouted "Who?" He opened the door.