"What do you mean?!"

Facing the prince's questioning, Zhao Mao stubbornly said: "What Weichen means is that he will raise his son to a higher level than college students." So in fact, this is the real result? ”

"You fart!" Zhu Zhen scolded on the spot: "The students of our university are the best students in the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"The prince's words are a bit exaggerated, right?" Zhao Mao endured the fear of the sixth child, wiped his sweat and said: "Weichen remembers that back then, the first batch of students of Guozi University were all admitted by the emperor with special kindness. At that time, Guozixue didn't want them, and it dragged on for a year, until the prince restructured Guozixue into Guozi University, and they were able to enroll. ”

"I remembered for the minister!" Zhu Shan said abruptly: "At that time, the students were all meritorious officials in Jiangxi Qingzhang, and even the account offices and brokers collected by the prince from the people. ”

"Yes, at that time, there was no one available in the imperial court, and he was taught three religions and nine streams, as long as he could write and count, he was all recruited by the prince. These people may have no problem doing things, but how can they pass the exams of the people who have been in the cold window for ten years? Zhang Pu also agreed.

"Isn't that?!" Zhu Zhen said angrily: "The group of college students who were admitted to the school by the emperor's grace did not study the Four Books and the Five Classics, and they studied engineering and household studies, and they did not fight with those people. Moreover, they have only a thousand people in the Communist Party, and more college students are seriously admitted from the local government school, and their academic attainment is better than that of their fellow villagers, and they have studied hard in Beijing for so many years, how can they fail any of them? ”

"The truth of the south orange and the north orange, the prince won't have heard it, right?" As soon as Zhu Shan was paired with the sixth child, his words became unscrupulous. "There must be something wrong with the education of Guozi University, no matter how good the seedlings are, if there is no qualified gardener to cultivate, they will grow crooked!"

"Maybe that's just the way it is." Zhang Pu also spread his hands and said: "Why can't any of my students pass the exam, the prince is afraid that he will have to go back, and find out the reason within Guozi University." ”

"Anyone can be this sacrificial wine, but not everyone can be a good one!" Zhao Mao also added oil and vinegar.

"Shut up!" The crown prince couldn't listen to it, and scolded the three of them: "The officials from Guozi University are stronger in ability and insight than others, and they are diligent and honest, which is recognized by both my father and me." Do you want to say that my father and I also have no eyes?! ”

"I don't dare." Zhu Shan raised his head and said, "But the prince, doing things and taking exams are two different things!" We're talking about exams, not doing things. ”

"The questions were all made by the prince himself, but as a result, his students just couldn't pass the exam outside, and now they blame the examiner in turn, which is as unreasonable as not being able to give birth to a child and complaining about a stable wife." Zhang Pu also said in a loud voice: "The prince and the prince don't believe it, so they will review the paper again and see whose problem it is!" ”

"That's what this means in this palace." Zhu Biao flicked his sleeves and said.

~~

So after a while, Jinyiwei carried a few heavy large boxes in, and there were seals on them that were covered with the official defense of the Ministry of Etiquette, Jinyiwei and the invigilator, which was the original paper of the candidates for the eighteenth year of Hongwu.

Zhu Biao nodded, Zhao Mao tore off the seal, opened the first box and said, "This is the exam paper for all Chinese-style lifters, please read it by the prince and the prince." ”

The eunuch brought up a long table and two brocade piers, and placed a stack of examination papers on the table for the two highnesses to review.

Zhu Zhen and the prince sat down at the table and conducted an on-site review in front of the emperor and the examiners.

The prince mainly looked at the scriptures, and saw that each article that was selected was coherent, rigorously structured, ingeniously matched, and the font was also square and large, shiny and full, and it was strictly trained at first glance.

To be fair, if it were placed in the imperial examination before the reform, each of these articles would be able to make its owner the title of the gold list.

"But now it's not enough to rely on one article......," the prince thought of this, looked at the sixth child on the side, and said in his heart, "If you are not good at mathematics, you will be finished." ’

saw Zhu Zhen's grim expression and a ghost-like expression.

The prince took the stack of papers he had reviewed and flipped through them.

Because the examiners are reviewing the copied copy papers, the marks on the original papers are all left by the sixth child.

After the prince finished flipping through a volume, he saw that there was a correct '〇' from beginning to end, and there was not a single '×'......

Look at the next volume. I flipped through dozens of papers one after another, and they were basically all full marks for all of them. Only a few minor mistakes occurred, but they were completely harmless.

Time passed little by little, and the shadow on the ground had been pulled by the elder, and at this time, Li Yuanming, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, was outside asking to see him.

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered him to come in and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Majesty, the candidates are already waiting impatiently outside the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and they are starting to ask when the list will be released?" Li Yuanming cautiously reported: "Dare to ask Your Majesty whether to let them continue to wait, or tell them to come back another day?" ”

"You wait a minute." Zhu Yuanzhang motioned for him to stand aside first. asked the prince and the sixth child: "How is your review?" ”

"Back to my father, my son read some of the Chinese-style scripture examination papers, and I didn't see any problems." The prince got up and clenched his fists and replied: "These candidates' articles are very solid, and they have real talents to learn at a glance." ”

Zhu Shan and Zhang Pu were secretly proud, this is a wave of essence that has been accumulated for more than ten years, can it not be awesome?

"What about you, sixth child?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

Zhu Zhen closed the test paper in his hand, got up and replied, "There is no problem." The vast majority of papers are perfect marks, or at least close to perfect scores. ”

"......" Zhu Shan Zhang Pu smiled even more on his face, and pricked up his ears to listen to what the emperor said.

"Do you want to continue the review?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked coldly.

"The time is too short to ......" The prince was halfway through his words, but was interrupted by the sixth child: "Big brother, there is no need to review again, the two examiners are so confident, it will be in vain for us to review again." ”

"The prince praised it falsely, we are just impartial, responsible and rigorous." Zhu Shan smiled slightly and said, "Every volume approved can stand up to scrutiny. ”

"Yes, all Chinese-style rolls will be collected into a book in the future and distributed inside and outside." Zhao Mao also echoed: "The two examiners and the same examiners dare not be sloppy in the slightest. ”

"Then put the list?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the sixth child again, and the father and son had a short and intense exchange with their eyes.

"Let's go." Zhu Zhen nodded slowly.

"Or ......" The prince glanced at him, then at his father, and swallowed back when the words came to his lips. Erchen has no opinion. ”

"Let's put it on the list." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and scolded: "Waste our day." ”

"The emperor has a decree, and he will try to release the list!" The eunuch's singing voice came out of the Golden Palace, and the honor guard outside the hall had been waiting for most of the day, knocking and beating, and sending the apricot list of Hongwu's eighteenth year of the test out of the Forbidden City.

(End of chapter)