After two days, the examination is over, and the candidates do not have to wait too long to know whether they have been selected or not, because the palace examination is held five days after the examination, so the Ministry of Rites will release the results after three days.

On the day of the release of the list, Zhu Zhen called all his proud protégés to his Chuhaidian Palace, held a banquet, and prepared several cars of fireworks, just waiting for a celebration banquet for them after the list was released.

Therefore, the college students who come to participate in the royal festival banquet are all excellent representatives carefully selected by Guozi University, and they will be 100% named on the gold list.

The college students who were selected as representatives naturally felt honored and came to the palace early to pay their respects to the sacrificial wine. Zhu Zhen was also very happy, and ordered someone to prepare rich refreshments and fruits, and chatted with them while waiting for the banquet.

Since the opening of Guozi University in the thirteenth year of Hongwu, there have been more than 2,000 graduates in two sessions. More than 2,000 college students have all entered the official career, although in addition to the group of college students who went to support Yunnan, most of them are grassroots affairs officials, but Zhu Zhen firmly believes that as long as time passes, they will grow into the backbone of the Ming Dynasty.

But difficulties also exist objectively. The student representatives generally reported to Zhu Zhen that they had been suppressed and even bullied by the administrator in the yamen.

"They change their ways to embarrass us, just send us the hardest and most tiring work, and pick bones in the eggs, and make trouble for us without anything!" A young man with a Huguang accent complained to Zhu Zhen indignantly:

"We also know why they make it difficult for us in every way, to be honest, we are not afraid of hardships and hardships, but the problem is that the evaluation at the end of the year is still a mess, which makes people think that our college students are useless!"

"That's it!" A group of young people nodded in agreement, and said indignantly: "No matter how hard we work, the administrator's few strokes at the end of the year can completely negate us, which is really disheartening." ”

"Otherwise, we won't take leave to catch the exam, isn't it just to get a jinshi, so that we can directly become a political officer, and no longer suffer from this bird's anger?!"

"......" Zhu Zhen patiently listened to the students' complaints, and Fang smiled at the young man with a Huguang accent: "You are Xia Yuanji, right?" ”

"Back to the sacrificial wine, the student is Natsuhara Yoshi." The young man hurriedly got up and clenched his fists, and said happily: "I didn't think that I still remember the name of the student." ”

"I remember a lot of your names." Zhu Zhen smiled, pointed to a bearded student in his early twenties and said, "For example, his name is Jianyi." ”

"Your name is Lu Zhen." Zhu Zhen pointed to another young man with a Chinese face.

Jian Yi and Lu Zhen were also flattered and got up and hugged their fists, they really didn't expect the prince to be so busy and still take them to heart.

Zhu Zhen called the names of more than a dozen young talents one after another, none of them were wrong, and then he said emotionally: "You are the first batch of students recruited by this king after he founded Guozi University, and you have experienced so many ups and downs with this king. Even though we have been separated from each other for these two years, the bonds between us will not disappear, and you will always be in the heart of this king. ”

"Yes, the prince will always be our sacrificial wine." The eyes of the students were red, and many of them were shallow, and they burst into tears on the spot.

"Then I, who should be a sacrificial wine, will test you, in the thirteenth year of Hongwu, this king quoted a sunspot in the first lesson he gave you in Biyong, who remembers?"

"Me, me, me!" The students hurriedly raised their hands.

"Xia Yuanji, come on." Zhu Zhen smiled.

"Returning to the sacrificial wine." Xia Yuanji got up and said in a loud voice: "All the great progress in the world often appears as a tragedy for the first time, and the second time as a comedy!" ”

"Okay, word for word." Zhu Zhen nodded approvingly, and said to the bearded young man: "Jianyi, tell me how this king explained this passage at that time." ”

"Yes, sacrificial wine." Jian Yi hurriedly stood up and replied in a slender and gentle voice:

"At that time, we were taught that although the things that are progressive are a hundred times superior to the old things, the new forces are always weak because the time is short. And the old things have been around for a long time, and the accumulated power is far stronger than the new things. Just like a newborn tiger cub, it definitely can't beat an adult wolf. ”

"Therefore, in the historical process of the new forces defeating the old forces, they must first go through the stage of being suppressed by the powerful old forces." Jian Yi continued:

However, the old forces were unwilling to withdraw from the stage of history, and the suppression of the new forces was done in every possible way, even without a bottom line, and the tragedy was born. If the Forces nouvelles lack resilience and convictions, they often retreat or even dissipate in a series of tragedies. ”

"But if the new forces can have firm conviction and firmly believe that they represent the correct direction of history, they will be able to fight the old forces to the end with perseverance. Then as time goes by, the new forces will surely become stronger and stronger. Moreover, when the new forces that are growing are stronger, the old forces will be weakened, and the historic moment of reversal of strength and weakness will eventually come! At that time, any unwilling struggle of the old forces will be reduced to a farce of clowns, and it will not be possible to change the comedy that the new forces will eventually win! ”

After listening to Jianyi's words, the students also recalled the day of the beginning of school, the prince's earnest teaching to them; Recalling how difficult it was to be born at Guozi University; I think back to those overly open guns and arrows.

"Jian Yi said it very well." Zhu Zhen waved his hand, motioned for Jian to sit down, and then said to the students: "Now we are still under the suppression of the old forces, Confucianism has been inherited for too long, and there are too many disciples. ”

"In the past, there was a school to shelter you from the wind and rain, you just need to study with peace of mind, but now you go to all corners of the world as officials, and the school can't protect you, so you have to face the wind and rain yourself." Zhu Zhen also said to his students emotionally:

"This king will naturally do my best to ask my father and eldest brother to promote and reuse you, but you also have to fight for yourself, and don't be intimidated by temporary difficulties and setbacks. Wouldn't it be just right for our enemies to get away with it? As long as we persevere, as more and more students embark on their careers, our foundation will become more and more solid, our strength will become stronger and stronger, and the enemy's strength will decline day by day - the moment of reversal of strength and weakness will eventually come! ”

"Yes! Students remember the teachings of the sake festival! The college students stood up and clenched their fists together, and they were respectfully taught. After Zhu Zhen's pointing, they were finally no longer confused, and they were full of fighting spirit again.

Zhu Zhen looked at the young faces full of enthusiasm and felt a heavy responsibility again.

Alas, with these fetters, how easy is it to leave everything in the capital behind?

(End of chapter)