Chapter 23: The Grandfather and Grandson Fight
"Your Majesty, Cao Guogong is back."
At dusk, when the voice of the celebrant and eunuch sounded in the Wuying Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather and grandson, who were dealing with the music at this moment, raised their heads one after another.
"Pass him in." Zhu Yuanzhang put down the pen in his hand, and at the same time looked at Zhu Yunwen on the side:
"Listen to Gao Xu's answer......
"Yes......" Zhu Yunwen said respectfully, and at this time, footsteps sounded in the hall.
Li Jinglong walked into the hall with the eunuch in the palace, and the eunuch also held a wooden plate in his hand, on which were placed the exam questions and answer sheets.
"Li Jinglong, the minister of Cao Guogong, pay homage to Your Majesty, the grandson ......"
As soon as Li Jinglong entered the hall, even though he bowed five times and bowed three times to Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson, Zhu Yuanzhang's mind at the moment was all on Zhu Gaoxu's answer.
"Get up, and let me see what this kid has to say."
Zhu Yuanzhang beckoned to the eunuch who was holding the answer, and the eunuch quickly stepped forward when he saw this, and presented 32 answers and answer sheets.
For these answer sheets, Zhu Yuanzhang flipped through them one by one, and Zhu Yunwen also got up and walked to his side to check Zhu Gaoxu's answer sheet with him.
Zhu Yunwen didn't understand the previous thirty-two questions very well, but he could see from Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes how Zhu Gaoxu answered.
Right now, there was a touch of love in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, and it was obvious that Zhu Gaoxu answered well.
Of course, compared to this, Zhu Yunwen wanted to know how Zhu Gaoxu answered the last question.
It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't look at it quickly, so he could only wait patiently.
It was Li Jinglong, who was standing at the moment, his eyes and nose were looking at his nose and his heart, and it was obvious that he was very relieved about Zhu Gaoxu's answer.
"Gao Xu, this kid, is a good answer."
After watching it for more than a quarter of an hour, Zhu Yuanzhang finally said the first sentence of evaluation, and this evaluation also determined Zhu Gaoxu's future.
Even if you don't look at the answer sheet of the last policy, Zhu Gaoxu has already cleared the customs when he is here.
However, when Zhu Gaoxu's last answer sheet appeared, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but have a new expectation in his heart.
He unveiled the question and revealed the answer sheet behind him, and Zhu Yunwen, who was watching at the moment, also set his eyes on the answer sheet.
Zhu Gaoxu's response to the question was not much, only one page and more than 300 words.
But these more than 300 words made Zhu Yuanzhang's heart flutter, and at the same time, Zhu Yunwen's heart tightened.
"Good!"
Looking at this answer sheet, Rao is Zhu Yuanzhang's long-dormant heart couldn't help but be a little excited.
Zhu Gaoxu's answer sheet is simply the best answer to the question in his heart.
Not only does it preserve the wealth of its children and grandchildren, but also prevents them from threatening orthodoxy, this answer sheet is very good!
"Someone! Frame this answer sheet for me and send it to Chunhe Palace for the grandson to hang up. β
Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with Zhu Gaoxu's answer, so he couldn't help but have this answer sheet framed and sent to Zhu Yunwen's bedroom.
In this way, Zhu Yunwen's face was moved for a moment, but he quickly recovered and congratulated everyone at the first time:
"Grandpa Huang, Gao Xu is so talented, he should be rewarded with something."
"Reward!" Zhu Yuanzhang put down the answer sheet and said with a hearty smile: "The household department allocates twenty horses of silk and five hundred bills to this kid!" β
"Grandson takes the order......" Zhu Yunwen opened his mouth to respond, and at the same time motioned to the celebrant and eunuch to draft the decree.
"This kid ......" Zhu Yuanzhang happily walked back and forth, stroking his beard all the time, and his happiness was still uncontrollable.
Seeing this, Li Jinglong didn't say anything, but quietly waited for Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangement.
However, Zhu Yunwen smiled and said: "Since the imperial grandfather thinks that Gao Xu is talented, why not let him return to the north and guard the frontier for the imperial court?" β
"Huh?" Hearing Zhu Yunwen's words, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head with a smile and nodded with satisfaction:
"That's a good thing, but this kid is still young, and he doesn't have any teacher to teach him, so I have to find him a teacher first, teach him for a year or two, and then send him back to the north."
"Yun Wei, you go to the Hanlin Academy to find a few talented bachelors."
"Yes......" Zhu Yunwen heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, and immediately smiled in return, and then withdrew from Wuying Hall with the celebrant and eunuch.
At the same time as he withdrew, Zhu Yuanzhang also looked at Li Jinglong: "Okay, you step back first, let people continue to keep an eye on this kid." β
"Yes, the minister will retire...... Li Jinglong saw this and retreated, and Zhu Yuanzhang also watched him withdraw from the Wuying Hall little by little, and the smile on his face did not diminish at all.
It's just that when Li Jinglong withdrew from the Wuying Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang's face stiffened suddenly, his expression slowly became flat, and finally he was even a little gloomy.
He turned around and glanced at the remaining thirty-two exam questions, and he was completely unhappy with Zhu Gaoxu's performance a second ago.
Looking at his state, a military attache standing in the corner, wearing a bullfighting suit, also walked up.
"Gao Xu, this kid, seems to be worthy of my trust, he and the fourth child are good."
Zhu Yuanzhang put his hands behind his back and walked calmly to a window in the Wuying Palace.
In his eyes, the backs of Zhu Yunwen and Li Jinglong leaving were very eye-catching, and the military attache behind him also bowed down:
"Your Majesty, Your Highness's behavior is normal, since he entered the barracks, he has not been involved with officials in the DPRK and China, but he has only met with Wei Guogong three times."
"Hmm...... I know, Yungong I'm still relieved, as for this kid......"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked up at the clear blue sky, his eyes were a little dazed:
"If he can write such an article, I am not afraid that he will be like the third and fifth, this kid follows his father...... Obedient. β
Although Zhu Yuanzhang said this, his feelings still told him that something was wrong with this matter.
"Are you sure there is no problem with the answer sheet?"
Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head sideways and asked again uneasily, and the military attache nodded and responded without thinking:
"The soldiers who followed Cao Guogong had brothers, everyone watched, and His Royal Highness also opened the window of the study when he answered the questionnaire, and the brothers had an unobstructed view."
"Wait a minute......" Zhu Yuanzhang reacted: "Open the window? β
"Back to Your Majesty, yes, Your Highness answered the questionnaire with the window open, but this is not surprising, His Highness will close the window except after dark, and the window will be open the rest of the time, even if it rains."
The military attache carefully answered all of Zhu Yuanzhang's doubts, but Zhu Yuanzhang's face still became serious.
Jiangnan is humid, what will happen if it rains all year round and opens the window, it is impossible for Zhu Gaoxu not to know, he is doing this just to make himself public.
Zhu Yuanzhang's feeling told him that his grandson was not simple, as can be seen from the answer sheet of cutting the domain.
In the face of such a not simple grandson, Zhu Yuanzhang has his own way.
"How are Ying Guogong and Song Guogong doing?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked the military attachΓ©, and the military attache also answered: "Live at home, shut up." β
"Shut the door and don't come out ......" Zhu Yuanzhang tightened his hand: "I look at them, and I am still dissatisfied." β
"But it doesn't matter if they are dissatisfied, as long as they don't implicate King Jin and King Zhou again, I can still forgive them."
During the conversation, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Gaoxu's thirty-two answer sheets again.
As far as the content of the answer sheet is concerned, Zhu Gaoxu's writing is decent with a hint of brilliance, from the text, Zhu Yuanzhang can see that Zhu Gaoxu is an adventurous person, but he suppressed this adventure in this examination and chose to use a safe answer to get through this difficulty.
"Adventure ......" Zhu Yuanzhang thought of Zhu Gaoxu's innate divine power, and at the same time, a figure from a long time ago rose in his heart.
Feeling that figure, the corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth slowly raised:
"Since he likes to take risks, then I'll find a few people to suppress his spirit......"