Then, the lifters relented.

Especially the Chinese-style lifters such as Huang Zicheng and Lian Zining, they intuitively felt that this was a conspiracy of the sixth child, and the purpose was naturally not to let them participate in the palace examination three days later.

So Huang Zicheng and the others whispered to persuade the surrounding people: "Everyone, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan." Wait for the temple test and then slowly settle accounts with them. ”

"Don't be fooled, those stinky fish and rotten shrimp don't need to be tried in the palace......"

"Let's go home and drink, and we'll be bitten by a dog."

So the lifters shrank back, and dispersed. The ability of the literati to bend and stretch is vividly expressed.

"Gone, it's not lively." The fun also dispersed.

Only then did Zhu Zhen glance at the imperial list on the south wall of the Ministry of Rites, and then turned around and went on the golden bridle.

~~

When they returned to the palace, the student representatives were still waiting in the hall.

The dishes on the table were already cold, but no one moved a single chopstick. The atmosphere in the hall was suffocating, and it was completely heaven and earth in the morning.

Seeing Zhu Zhen come in, the students stood up in unison, and wept before they spoke.

Zhu Zhen raised his hand to prevent them from kneeling, and then said softly: "Everyone is tired today, go back and rest early." The king of tomorrow will go to Kuniko University and talk to you again. ”

"Yes, Lord Wang......" The students bowed in shame and bowed their heads.

"Heads up!" Seeing this, Zhu Zhen scolded: "I just said that I want to be indomitable, and when I encounter such a setback, I will wilt again?!" ”

"Yes!" The students hurriedly raised their heads and lined up with red circles under their eyes.

~~

Sleepless nights.

Early the next morning, Zhu Zhen drove to Guozi University.

When he came to the foot of Jiming Mountain, he found that the huge horizontal stone engraved with the words "Guozi University" had been splashed with ink overnight, and large characters were written.

The university faculty is struggling to purge them, but they can still see sarcasm such as 'rooster crows and dog thieves' and 'no learning skills'.

"It's really abstract......" Zhu Zhen shook his head, he was used to being hacked, and his mood barely fluctuated.

But when his car drove into the mountain gate and entered the campus, he saw all the teachers and students of the school kneeling on the ground.

"What is this for? Hurry up. Zhu Zhen said in a deep voice.

Seeing that the teachers and students still couldn't kneel, he forcibly helped up Song Pu, the right secretary of the Guozijian who was kneeling at the front. "Get up for me!"

Song Pu, a weak scholar, was picked up by him like a chicken.

"What the hell are you guys doing?" Zhu Zhen frowned.

"We are sorry for the prince, we have failed the expectations of the emperor and the prince, and we have disgraced Guozi University." Song Pu burst into tears and said: "It's really shameful to be humiliated, and I can't do anything more, I can only ask the prince for my guilt first, and then ask for my own dismissal, and I will never be out of office." ”

"I'm waiting to ask the prince for his guilt, ask myself to be dismissed, and go home to farm......" A group of teachers and students also echoed with tears.

"Why, when you encounter such a setback, you want to be a deserter?" Zhu Zhen scolded with a cold face, but he was secretly ashamed in his heart, he was not the same, he wanted to go back to Yunnan if he was a little unsatisfactory, how could this mentality defeat a strong enemy?

"What did this king teach you? Be indomitable and never give up! He raised his voice, both as a lesson to the teacher and student, as well as to admonish himself:

"Why are we all scholars, our enemies are persevering and going forward one after another. A group of people in front were killed, and the people behind were on top? But when you encounter a little setback, you want to give up? ”

"We don't want to give up at all, but as soon as the results of the examination come out, the reputation of Guozi University will be seriously damaged, and if we don't carry out drastic reforms, who will apply for Guozi University?" Song Pu wept and said:

"Then fire us and let Guozi University start anew."

"Ridiculous!" Zhu Zhen pointed at Song Pu, and said angrily: "You all leave, this king will also return to Yunnan, who will Guozi University hand over?" Surely it's still those sub-civil officials, isn't that just fulfilling their wishes? ”

"That's what the prince said." The teachers and students said in their hearts that Guozi University had poured their efforts into it for many years, and they were also deeply branded by Guozi University, and they would definitely not be able to hand over this position to others.

"But the problem is, this time we have made such a big scandal, the emperor will definitely reorganize Guozi University with a heavy hand, it's not that we can keep it if we want to."

"It's not something you should worry about!" Zhu Zhen said categorically: "This imperial examination is very deep, and it is far from the time when the dust has settled. These days, you strictly follow the school rules and study with peace of mind, and things may change. ”

"Yes, the sacrificial wine ......," the teachers and students obeyed.

"Now all of them, stand up and take them back from each class!" Zhu Zhen gave the order, sent the teachers and students back to the classroom, and asked Song Pu again: "What about Old Song, why don't you see him?" ”

Guozi University now has the surname Song on the left and right, and Song Ne is over the age of Song, so it is called 'Old Song'. Song Pu, who is in his early forties, is naturally 'Little Song'.

"Lao Siye was already in poor health, and when he heard the bad news yesterday, he vomited blood and fainted." Song Pu replied gloomily: "It took a lot of acupuncture and moxibustion from the doctor of the Imperial Medical Department to save him, and he took a calming medicine, and I don't know if I woke up at this time." ”

"Don't say it sooner!" Zhu Zhen sighed. The other party was his own teacher, and he didn't want to scold his mother, so he had to say in a muffled voice: "Look at him." ”

"It's not like thinking that the prince must have been anxious yesterday, so he didn't add any more chaos." Song Pu hurriedly followed, and explained: "This is also what Lao Siye meant. ”

"Alas, it's really a house leak that has been ......rained overnight," Zhu Zhen shook his head. The two walked along the stone road up the mountain for a while, and Zhu Zhen suddenly asked, "What do you think about this matter?" ”

"There must be a problem." Song Pu said without thinking.

"How?" Zhu Zhen's expression moved, his teacher was very insensitive, but he didn't expect that even he would be sure that there was a problem.

"Did the prince notice a little," he heard Song Pu ask in a deep voice: "This time, not only was our Guozi University shaved head, but none of the northern lifters were on the list?" ”

"Really?" Zhu Zhen was surprised: "I really didn't notice it." ”

"Xia Guan also found out about this later after being reminded of it." Song Pu said softly: "Then I went to the Ministry of Rites overnight to look at the list, and there was really not a single northerner among the four hundred and seventy Chinese-style lifters, and of course there was no one from Guozi University." ”

"The ...... case of the North and South List" Zhu Zhen couldn't help blurting out.

"The North and South List Case?" Song Pu was stunned when he heard this, and then added to his mind: "The prince named this case like this, it is really clever!" In this way, it is possible to divide the north and the south, so that they are no longer monolithic. ”

"No, I didn't mean that." Zhu Zhen shook his head and said, "I just remembered a story." ”

(End of chapter)