On the fifteenth day of the first month, Shuowang Dynasty.

All officials who should be above the ninth grade of Tianfu are wearing the corresponding grade of official uniforms, enter the Hongwu Gate, take the royal road, pass through the six departments on both sides, Taichang Temple, Zongren Mansion and other official offices, and go forward is the outer five dragon bridges.

Officials above the third rank walked on the outermost two bridges, the prince and prince walked on the middle two, and the most central bridge could only be walked by Emperor Hongwu alone.

Officials below the third rank can only detour from both sides.

After crossing the bridge, enter the Chengtian Gate, then enter the end gate, then enter the noon gate, and then cross the inner Wulong Bridge, before coming to the front of the Fengtian Gate.

In the Fengtian Gate, in the center of the huge square, the magnificent palace facing south from the north is the Fengtian Palace.

Nearly 1,000 civil and military officials in Yingtianfu stood according to their ranks, and the guards of the Yiluan Division wore gold armor and golden helmets, and lined up all around.

After the whip is sounded, the ceremonial department leads the hundred officials to bow and bow, and the rituals such as praising and singing "holy bow and ten thousand blessings" are completed.

The four or five officials stood outside the Fengtian Palace, and vaguely heard His Majesty's voice coming from inside, and after a while, there was a commotion in the hall.

They couldn't help but be surprised.

The Shuowang Dynasty only worships the saints, and does not discuss matters, and the ceremony will end when it is over, and they will all leave in order after His Majesty leaves.

How is it different today?

Moreover, there was a commotion in the temple.

Soon, the holy will came out, and it was praised and sung by the ceremonial department, and it reached the ears of more than 1,000 officials in Fengtian Temple Square layer by layer:

"I accept the mandate of heaven, Zhaoji Jiangzuo, sweep the heroes, set Huaxia, and the subjects recommend it......

In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, the Quartet was safe, the thieves held their breath, the year was more abundant than the harvest, and the people were happy.

Heaven is in remembrance, and there is a real person in Chu. A person who is a noble Taoist, lives in the mountains and forests, has pure spirit, can make thunderstorms, eyes and golden light, shoots and fights the Doufu, the form and spirit are wonderful, the deification is incomprehensible, the magic is difficult to measure, and its power is ......"

After traveling to Yingtianfu, he saw that the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, the dragon was steaming in the palace of the Ming Dynasty, and the national fortune was long, so he met the emperor of the Ming Dynasty with the immortal method, and gave treasures, fresh fruits, maps, etc.

“…… Respect Chu Zhenren as the true monarch of the Ming Dynasty and the protector of the country, above the prince, and not bound by secular etiquette. ”

After hearing this, nearly a thousand officials of Ying Tianfu were not shocked, and their hearts were really like this.

Chu Zhenren's deeds have spread, and the concubines, princes, and princesses in the palace have all eaten fresh fruits, making them greedy.

It is not surprising that he is above the prince and prince, but it is "not bound by secular etiquette", so they can't figure out why this sentence is added.

In addition, what reward should I give to Chu Zhenjun? Which yamen is in charge, whether it will be in charge of the Taoist temples in the world, or in charge of the sacrifices.

That's the point!

However, none of them.

The praise of the ceremonial department only sang: "Circulate the map given by Chu Zhenren to the hundred officials!" ”

Map?!

In the Fengtian Temple, the commotion was even greater.

The officials of the fourth and fifth grades heard the exclamations of the ministers in the palace, and saw them craned their necks to look, but the ceremonial department did not reprimand them for transgressing the courtesy.

Soon after, four eunuchs walked out holding a large map, each holding a corner of the map, two squatting and walking, and the other two standing and raising their hands to make the map fully visible.

"This is the Ming Dynasty?!"

"It's so clear!"

"Each province is distinguished by a different color?!"

"The island in the lower right corner is Xiaoliuqiu?! How is it bigger than the Great Ryukyu Kingdom? ”

"It's like a rooster with its head held high, Xiaoliuqiu and Nanhai Qidian are chicken feet."

"This map includes the northern Mengyuan and Yuan, and even Liaodong and Yunnan are also included."

"Is Your Majesty's intention ......?"

Just when the officials were shocked and discussed, Zhu Yuanzhang made a final decision:

"This is the map of the Ming Dynasty in the future!"

After a while, the officials knelt down to congratulate them.

Immediately afterward, a dazzling number of decrees were issued.

"Strike the Zhongshu Province, promote the six departments, change the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and announce it to the world."

"Abolish the pro-army Governor's Mansion and the Yiluan Division, place the Jinyi Guard, rank from the third grade, and take Mao Xiang as the commander of the Jinyi Guard."

"Change the imperial history platform to the Metropolitan Inspectorate, the chief is the left and right imperial history, and there are deputy imperial history and the imperial history of the capital."

"On the day of the spring equinox, the sea is closed, and the people are allowed to go to sea to do business, and all merchants can prepare merchant ships."

"In April, the imperial examination was reopened, and the palace examination was divided into two lists in the north and south by region, and there was also a grace list, and each of the three lists took a number of jinshi. The imperial examination is added to arithmetic, and those who are not good at arithmetic will not be hired, and it is hoped that students from all over the world will prepare early. ”

"Abolish the prime minister system, place the cabinet, set up Huagai Palace, Wuying Palace, Wenyuan Pavilion, and East Pavilion scholars, move Hu Weiyong to Huagai Hall University Scholar, and concurrently serve as the Ministry of Officials, Li Shanchang is a Wuyingdian University Scholar."

“……”

Inside and outside the Fengtian Palace, the hundred officials listened to it and their hearts were stirred.

Except for the fact that the sea ban is a trivial matter, the rest are earth-shaking changes.

Who would have thought that after Prime Minister Hu was released from prison, he only served as the prime minister of Zhongshu Province for one day, and he would be dismissed from his post by the saint, reappointed, or demoted to a member of the Cabinet Huagai Temple.

If he hadn't concurrently served as the secretary of the ministry, Hu Weiyong could have fallen to the bottom.

Also, the imperial examination was reopened in April, divided into north and south and Enbang, and imitated the Tang system, adding a subject of Ming arithmetic.

The specific content of the exam has not yet come out, but the saint has already told the students of the world in advance to learn arithmetic as soon as possible, otherwise even if your article is written in a frenzied manner, you will not be able to win the jinshi, at most you will be a lifter.

"Your Majesty has another will." The praise of the ceremonial department sang again: "A poem was added to the imperial examination, and the name was: "Wen Daming Collects the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun". ”

Officials were again shocked.

What do you mean?

Why did Your Majesty leak the question in advance?!

The Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun have already been recovered, and now let the courtiers write poems to praise them?

How to write poems on this topic?

Could it be that His Majesty wants to recover Liaodong?

Many officials can compose poems to a greater or lesser extent, but they can't guess the mind of the saint.

I only know one thing, in the next three months to a year, the Ming Dynasty readers will have to rack their brains and think about how to write this poem in advance.

What's even more incredible is that students who take the exam can ask someone who is good at composing poetry to compose a good poem first, and then write it directly after entering the examination room.

Cheating above board.

"Bye!"

The ceremonial department praised and sang, and the hundred officials knelt and bowed, and after the end, they dispersed.

After withdrawing from Fengtianmen, the discussion of the officials suddenly became intense, and they speculated about the content of the imperial examination, and what the three lists were divided into, and some Jiangnan officials were overjoyed about the opening of the sea ban.

While they were discussing, they suddenly heard a message:

Guangji Ku lifted Shen Mao to be summoned by the Holy Mission!

……

Canopy Palace.

"Minister Shen Mao, see Your Majesty!"

Shen Wansan's eldest son, Shen Rong's son, Shen Mao, who was raised by Guangji Ku, bowed respectfully.

"No courtesy."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to get up, and wanted to ask him something directly, but suddenly thought of something, so he turned to ask: "I remember that you served as the Guangji Treasury?" ”

The Guangji warehouse is one of the inner warehouses, which stores sulfur, saltpeter and other materials.

"Back to Your Majesty, exactly!"

"Well, take care of it, sulfur and saltpeter will be used in large quantities soon."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Shen Mao was flattered, it was already a big accident that he was summoned as a petty official, but he didn't expect His Majesty to care about his small work.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "Is your grandfather old this year?" ”

Shen Mao's heart trembled, and his expression was in a trance, before he replied, "Grandfather Chen is seventy and eight this year. ”

"Seventy-eight...... It's almost old age. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "Back then, I led the troops to fight Zhang Shicheng, and your grandfather committed an accident and was punished by me to go to Yunnan to guard the border." ”

Shen Mao knelt down and pleaded guilty.

"Now that it is all over, I have forgiven your grandfather's sins and allowed him to return to his homeland."

Zhu Yuanzhang's words made Shen Mao overjoyed, and he kowtowed tremblingly, "Minister Shen Mao, thank Your Majesty for your grace, acting grandfather Shen Xiu, thank Your Majesty for your kindness!" ”

Even if his grandfather died on the way back, it is still a great grace for His Majesty to forgive him and allow his grandfather to be buried in the ancestral land.

"Don't be in a hurry to thank you, I still have something for your Shen family to do." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Your Majesty, please command, the Shen family will never give up!"

"I want to open the sea, but there are many overseas thieves, and many maritime merchants have trade with Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen, and the Shen family has a certain prestige in Jiangnan, I will appoint you as the Jinyi Guard, what official position has not yet been decided, you secretly find out for me, who are the people who collude with the Haikou in the end."

Jin Yiwei had just come out, and his official position had naturally not yet been decided, but Shen Mao already roughly knew why His Majesty had summoned him.

"Minister, obey!"

Shen Mao received the order.

He is not the head of the Shen family, and he can't be the master, but he can let his grandfather return to his hometown from the Yunnan border, not to mention being a dark line of the imperial court, even if he is willing to scatter all his family wealth.