Wherever the procession went through the streets, they knelt down one by one, and the people who came and went, the merchants who came and went, and the officials fell to the ground one after another, shouting long live.

Of course, this is not kneeling to Xia Yuan, the champion duke, and long live is not at him, this is worshipping the holy decree in his hand, this is the imperial power symbolized by this holy decree, and the emperor shouts long live.

Soon, the procession on the street arrived at the East Fourth Archway, and according to the rules, the champion was to be sent back to the mansion.

Of course, this is a formality, saying that it is sent back to the mansion, but in fact, it is to walk around twice in front of the mansion, and then directly turn back to the palace, after all, you have to participate in the grace banquet.

The sound of gongs and drums came from afar, and the people in the house all ran out to see, and saw the people on the tall horses from a distance, one by one, they were elated, jumping and jumping, "Look, look, it's the champion, it's the master!" ”

"Go and call Madame!"

When Xia Yuan rode his horse to the front of the mansion, a group of people had already sprung up at the door, he saw his little daughter-in-law in the crowd, Zhao Yuerong's excited little face was red, and his clear eyes were shining, and there were little stars in it.

If it weren't for the holy decree in both hands, Xia Yuan really wanted to wave at her.

Soon the scene of the stars in the eyes was gone, and a group of people fell to their knees with a hula la.

The procession of the street walked back and forth in front of the palace gate a few times, and then marched in the direction of the imperial city amid the sound of gongs and drums.

Next, there is the so-called Grace Banquet, which invites a group of new scholars.

The dishes are very rich, and the appearance is exquisite and beautiful, but after Xia Yuan ate it with full expectations, he felt disappointed, the taste was really average, not delicious, and not unpalatable.

It's hard to describe the feeling.

By about the afternoon of Shen, after the banquet was over, a group of new scholars thanked them and withdrew from the hall.

Then under the leadership of Xia Yuan, the new champion, he went out of the palace, the Huangji Gate, the Noon Gate, the Duan Gate, walked through the Chengtian Gate, and finally walked out of the Imperial City.

At this time, they should have gone back to their respective homes, but these Jinshi saw that Xia Yuan, the new champion, had turned back.

At this time, it was the end of the Shen period, that is, it was more than four o'clock in the afternoon, and it was almost five o'clock, and the time was still early.

Xia Yuan wanted to see the emperor for something, but he was about to go home, so he didn't see a holy decree read out or anything.

"I don't know if this father-in-law can report it, and say that Xia Yuan has something to ask to see Your Majesty."

The eunuch who was about to return to the palace was very puzzled, why didn't he say it when he had something to do?

But he didn't ask after all, he knew who this person was, not only was he the champion of the current department, but he was praised by the emperor himself as a great talent in the palace a few days ago.

Without getting the slightest official status, he can participate in the deliberations in the palace of the body, such a person, fools know that the future is limitless.

Who knows what he is asking to see the emperor, and he can't afford to be guilty if he delays him.

"Wait a minute, let's go and report to you."

"Thank you, father-in-law, oh, yes."

As he spoke, Xia Yuan seemed to remember something, and took out a few taels of silver from his arms and handed them to the father-in-law.

The eunuch seemed to be a little embarrassed, of course he wanted the silver for nothing, but it also depended on who received it.

After struggling for a long time, he returned the silver to Xia Yuan's hand, "Don't be like this, it's just a trivial matter, how can we be embarrassed to accept your silver." ”

"You're waiting here, we're going to report to you."

With that, the eunuch turned and departed.

Xia Yuan could only carry the silver back into his arms, but he didn't expect that there would be a eunuch with two sleeves and a breeze.

After waiting for about a stick of incense, Xiao Jing led several eunuchs out in a hurry, "Master Xia, come with us, the emperor has summoned you to the warm pavilion to see the driver." ”

Seeing that it was this Gonggong Xiao who came out in person, and he was in a hurry, Xia Yuan knew that the emperor might have misunderstood.

"That, Grandpa Xiao, I'm actually"

"Master Xia, don't tell us if you have something, we don't dare to listen."

In the final analysis, Xiao Jing is just a eunuch, and he is very clear about his position.

Usually the emperor asks for something, he helps answer 1510, and when he is fine, he pats the emperor's horse, no, dragon fart.

If you talk about some national affairs with foreign officials, it is definitely a taboo for eunuchs.

Although this champion has not yet been awarded an official and is not an official of the foreign court, it is not a big deal that pops out of his mouth.

Seeing that people didn't dare to listen, Xia Yuan had no choice but to follow him into the palace, Duanmen, Wumen, Chengtianmen, and then walked through the side door of Qianqing Gate, and then entered the warm pavilion.

Zhu Youzhu had been sitting behind the imperial case and waiting for a long time, and when he saw Xia Yuan coming in, he didn't wait for the salute, so he directly raised his palm, "Qing is exempt from the courtesy."

After that, he asked again: "I don't know what Qing asked to see me?" But about the preferential treatment of the imperial examination? ”

"It's not."

"How did that come to light? Yes, I remembered that the last time I only discussed the preferential treatment of the imperial examination, I dispersed, and I have not heard Qing talk about the rule of the emperor. ”

Zhu Youzhang's eyes were already full of endless appreciation, and there was deep emotion, he knew that this Xia Qing was a person who cherished his family and country, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

After participating in the Enrong banquet, he just left the palace, and he didn't even return home, so he couldn't wait to enter the palace to offer advice.

"Let's talk about it, I'm listening."

“.”

Xia Yuan's face twitched a little, and after being entangled for a while, he spoke: "The student's theory of governing the country is a long story, or not?"

"It's okay, what Qing Zhi said, even if I am willing to listen to it for a long time, Xiao Companion, go, find a few eunuchs to come here to write."

Seeing that the emperor was about to find someone to take notes from a small notebook, what else could Xia Yuan say, so he could only take a deep breath and talk about the so-called theory of governing the country first.

"This theory of governing the razor is first and foremost in education, and education is nothing more than assimilation through education."

"From the student's point of view, indoctrination is to let others learn our language, learn our language, let them abandon their own cultural customs, accept and live our cultural customs, until they become completely us."

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi's face was a little weird, how could such a sacred and great thing come to this guy's mouth as if it had changed its taste.

But when he thought about it, he found that this was really the case, but the rest of the scholars were far from being as straightforward as him, and they always had to use many words of praise to preach this education to be incomparably sacred and incomparably great.

But in fact, this kind of education is not to transform the people, change them into customs, and turn them into my race.

"Therefore, this education must be implemented, first of all, schools should be built in remote areas such as southwest and Guangzhou, and where there are Yi people."

"Building a school?"

"Yes, school, or school."

"I understand what Qing means, but this school needs to be funded by the imperial court?"

This is Zhu Youzhang's biggest concern, Emperor Hongzhi, or Emperor Daming, has a shortcoming, you can talk about anything, but don't talk about silver.

After all, the Ming Dynasty was a deformed dynasty where the people were rich and the country was poor, and the word poor was a black spot that the Ming Dynasty could not avoid.

Now it is the Hongzhi Dynasty, the middle of the Ming Dynasty, which is called the period of Hongzhi Zhongxing in the history books.

During such a period, the annual treasury revenue was only more than 10 million taels, and sometimes it was even less than 10 million taels.

In the later period of the Wanli Dynasty, this figure will be even more terrifying, with an annual income of four million taels, but the annual military expenditure is enough to be four and a half million taels.

When they arrived in the Chongzhen Dynasty, the poor could only hang themselves.

(End of chapter)