Great Ming: I, Zhu Di, Declare My Intentions to Seize the Throne from the Start!

‘You still want to show off in front of us and make us feel uncomfortable? Don’t we want to lose face? ’

Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head and looked aside with a dark face.

If you can't afford to offend him, he can afford to hide!

Ma Xiuying looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's little movements from the corner of her eye, pursed her lips and tried to hold back laughter, "I'd better tell you good news to make you happy and give you a break..."

"Don't say it! It's best not to say it! We don't want to hear anything!" Zhu Yuanzhang still turned his head and raised his hand to stop Ma Xiuying.

"The fourth child agrees..."

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows, raised his ears and listened carefully.

snort!

Ma Xiuying was so funny that she snorted slightly and continued: "The fourth brother promised to take the college examination. From what I have learned during this period, if we, the old Zhu family, are to be tested as a scholar, it is not to say that it is a 100% success rate. As long as no one gets in the way, it will be almost impossible." There was an accident."

Zhu Yuanzhang secretly curled up his lips, immediately restrained himself, turned around, and choked out: "It is not so easy to get one out of a thousand talents in the Ming Dynasty!"

The children's examination is a passing examination.

As long as you reach the passing mark set by the imperial court for Tongsheng, you can become a Tongsheng.

But when it comes to the college examination and the scholar examination, things are different.

Scholars have political status, and all dynasties have never allowed the proliferation of scholars, so they were admitted on a merit-based basis.

When it comes to the college examination, it is the selective examination.

The Ministry of Rites sets minimum scores and admission quotas for each state in the college examination every year.

In this college examination, there are only ten places for scholars from Yingtian Mansion in the etiquette department!

Compared with the previous twenty places, it has been reduced by half!

At the same time, the minimum score line has also been raised from upper B last year to lower A!

In other words, even if the fourth child finally gets into the top ten, if his overall score does not reach the lower level, he will not be selected as a scholar!

That’s all if the difficulty of the rules increases.

He can be sure that this year, the Ministry of Rites' test papers for Yingtian Mansion will be the most difficult since at least the founding of the Ming Dynasty!

The rules are difficult and the test papers are difficult.

The difficulties are compounded. In this year's college examination, there is a high probability that the candidates in Yingtianfu will curse their mothers after finishing the examination.

This is of course Lu Ben using his power to set up obstacles for the fourth bastard, making it more difficult for him to pass the exam.

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"We didn't stop any of these things, and we even stayed on the sidelines completely!"

Ma Xiuying glared at Zhu Yuanzhang angrily. new

Lu Ben was a little annoyed.

She also understood why Chongba stood on the sidelines and allowed Lu Ben to do this.

If Chongba doesn't interfere, the higher the difficulty, if Lao Si can still be the first scholar for Lao Zhu's family.

It leaves people speechless.

Only then did Chongba feel proud.

Lao Zhu's family was proud.

"Even so, I still have confidence in Lao Si!" Ma Xiuying insisted: "You don't understand the current Lao Si at all."

"Gao Chi's cousin is Yongming, and Yuying's nickname is Qihua. Do you know where they come from?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's lips twitched and he glared at Ma Xiuying.

As his personal career developed and he later became emperor, he also read a lot.

What can be read are military books such as Zizhi Tongjian, Thirty-Six Stratagems, and history books on state governance.

"Yong Ming comes from the Book of Songs, Yong Yong Ming Goose, the rising sun begins. At dawn, a round and big sun rises slowly from the ground. A wild goose flutters its wings with the sun and makes a 'Yong Yong' call." Sound, you, a rough man, can you feel that kind of scene?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was dark, and the corners of his eyes trembled, feeling hurt again.

Although he didn't know the source, as long as he thought about it for a moment, he could paint a magnificent picture.

"Xiao Qihua's Hua comes from the explanatory text of Daya: Hua: good..."

"What does this mean?" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily.

Ma Xiuying smiled, "I'm telling you, Lao Si is knowledgeable and has extensive knowledge. Even if you haven't lived with the young couple for a period of time, as long as you spend some time with them, you can learn from Lao Si. , to detect whether he is knowledgeable or not!”

Get along with knowledgeable people, even if the other person never talks in detail.

It will also give people a very special feeling.

Because this kind of person has already integrated the wisdom learned from the book into his words and actions.

On the contrary, the kind of person who has to talk all day long.

In fact, there is often not much foundation.

'here we go again! Didn’t you just stay there for a month? ’

Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Ma Xiuying angrily, "Don't be proud, that bastard the fourth child has already bowed to us. When we return to the palace, we will prepare a decree to confer the title of two little grandchildren. When the time comes, he will dance happily. To thank us, He will take the initiative to invite us to stay in Tuqiao Village."

‘Well, when the time comes, we will barely give this bastard some face. ’ Zhu Yuanzhang added quietly.

‘The fourth child bowed his head? Canonizing two young grandchildren? Who gave you this confidence? ’

Ma Xiuying looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, dumbfounded.

I decided to wait until the two pieces of good news were finished before telling the bad news.

Otherwise, based on her understanding of Chongba, she might not be able to bear the blow of bad news.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Ma Xiuying had stopped talking, he felt that he had finally regained the victory and said with a smile: "As long as he can come back as a scholar in such a rare situation."

"Let's frame his test paper and hang it in the ancestral temple, so that one of his scholar test papers can be worthy of enjoying the glory of the ancestral temple! Let the ancestors of our old Zhu family, as well as future generations, have a look!"

Ma Xiuying glared at Zhu Yuanzhang angrily.

It was clear that Chongba wanted to show off, but he insisted on saying that this was a special honor given to the fourth child.

Of course, it is indeed a special honor for the fourth child that his scholar examination paper is worthy of being in the ancestral temple.

"As a scholar, he framed the examination paper and hung it in the ancestral temple. What will you do if the fourth child succeeds in the examination and becomes a Jinshi?" Ma Xiuying said with a smile.

"Hang! Frame them all and hang them up in the ancestral temple for our ancestors to see! If he can pass the Jinshi exam, we will take the whole family to the ancestral temple to worship our ancestors!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved proudly. .

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If the fourth bastard can really do this, he must show off.

Tell that to those self-righteous scholars in the court.

Lao Zhu’s family just didn’t have the conditions and resources before!

Ma Xiuying smiled angrily and glared, "Let me tell you another piece of good news."

He was in a much better mood, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not turn around this time.

Curiosity awaits.

"The fourth child agreed to write the genealogy, but he has strong objections to the names you gave the two children, especially the name Yuying."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned dark instantly.

‘This pair of living treasures, father and son, are really both dogs! ’

Ma Xiuying saw Zhu Yuanzhang's immediate change of face, and couldn't help but think of Zhu Di's immediate change of face.

The faces of father and son are exactly the same!

"Don't be unconvinced. You don't know how long you have been using the name Yuying?" Ma Xiuying spoke immediately to suppress Zhu Yuanzhang's temper.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he was in the wrong and was indeed perfunctory, "Who told them to keep silent and have two children in a lifetime? We were not prepared, so we had to improvise."

"In order to get the fourth child to agree, I made a compromise."

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at him. On such a big matter, how could he compromise without even informing him?

Ma Xiuying ignored Zhu Yuanzhang and continued: "Yongming is Gao Chi's cousin, and Qihua is Yuying's nickname. Just like the big name, it must be included in the genealogy. This is the final bottom line for the fourth child. If you don't agree, the fourth child I’m afraid I’ll have to set up another family tree.”

"He tasted the benefits of your unprincipled concessions and compromises, so of course he feels confident!" Zhu Yuanzhang complained and nodded helplessly.

He raised his head and said, "Tell me the bad news."

The first two are indeed good news.

First names and nicknames don't matter. As long as the fourth son is a bastard and doesn't set up a separate family tree, it's easy to talk about anything.

"Be mentally prepared." Ma Xiuying suppressed a smile and glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang sympathetically. After a kind reminder, she said, "I don't know what the reason is that makes you mistakenly think that the fourth child has bowed to you."

"But I have to tell you, it's just your own fault."

"The fourth child said that he will not accept any canonization you give to the two children until they are underage. The two children will not bear any royal obligations. The genealogy only means that we are a family. It does not mean that we are a family. The two children have royal status..."

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Boom!

Zhu Yuanzhang felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

It feels bad.

It was as if the whole person was split in the middle.

‘I think we just made a promise to Xiuying? It seems to say: Don't be complacent, that bastard the fourth child has already bowed to me. When we return to the palace, we will prepare a decree to confer the title of two little grandchildren. When the time comes, he will dance happily, and in order to thank us, he will take the initiative to invite us. Go and stay in Tuqiao Village. ’

Zhu Yuanzhang did not know the word social death.

But I deeply understand the feeling of social death.

What a bastard!

It’s all his fault that Nizi personally made him a jar of chicken stewed with mushrooms!

right! It was this can of chicken stewed with mushrooms that misled him!

Let him think that this is the fourth son of a bitch who has bowed to him for the sake of his children's future!

Can he still eat this chicken stewed with mushrooms?

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Then go back until you return to the palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say a word.

Completely autistic!

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Mingxia prepared the ingredients she had brought back and made them into dinner. She put them on the table and carefully came to the door of Ma Xiuying's bedroom. "Your Majesty, your Majesty, the dinner is ready."

Ma Xiuying put down her book, turned and looked to the side with a smile...

Zhu Yuanzhang sat with a dark face, sullen and silent.

Ma Xiuying stood up, holding back a smile and asked: "Are you going to eat it? The ingredients are all brought back from Tuqiao Village. The grilled fish, chicken and stewed mushrooms were made by Lao Si himself, and there is also a cold wild vegetable, which Biao'er made in Lao Si Under the guidance, I did it myself.”

snort!

"Let's eat what Biao'er made!" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, stood up and walked out with a dark face.

As for the chicken stewed with mushrooms.

It no longer smells good.

This dish made him stumble hard.

In front of Xiuying, I lost all my face!

After taking a seat in the outer hall.

Mingxia introduced: "Your Majesty, this cold wild vegetable dish was made by the Crown Prince himself. Everyone said that the Crown Prince made it very well."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and moved his chopsticks.

Ma Xiuying took advantage of the cloth and opened the jar containing chicken stewed with mushrooms.

The hot air carries a rich and tangy aroma that spreads instantly.

Zhu Yuanzhang was eating wild vegetables. The tip of his nose could not help but twitch slightly. He quietly raised his eyelids and looked in the direction of the jar.

Ma Xiuying took a spoon and filled herself...

The chicken soup is light and just right, the chicken legs cut into small pieces absorb the moisture of the chicken soup and the aroma of various ingredients. The juice bursts in your mouth when you take a bite, and the plump mushrooms...

Zhu Yuanzhang watched quietly and couldn't help but swallow his saliva...

When the voice came out, Ma Xiuying suppressed a smile and put the bowl in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

"We don't..."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned dark instantly, and he wanted to refuse categorically.

But then I couldn't help but think: 'We are being too sentimental. The bastard fourth brother didn't bow to me. This time I made chicken stewed with mushrooms by myself. I'm afraid it was also a full moon feast for the two children. It was happy, and it also gave Biao'er face. If we miss this time, I'm afraid we'll have to wait until the Year of the Monkey to eat it...'

Think of this.

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the bowl with a dark face.

I picked up a small spoon and scooped out some chicken soup to taste...

'Huh! So delicious! ’

Ma Xiuying and Mingxia's eyes lit up when they saw Zhu Yuanzhang, and then they immersed themselves in the work. They suppressed their smiles and looked at each other.

"It's okay, Mingxia will serve us another bowl!" Just when Mingxia lowered her head and suppressed her laughter, in just a short moment, Zhu Yuanzhang had already finished the entire bowl.

"Hey!" Mingxia responded with a smile and hurriedly served Zhu Yuanzhang another bowl.

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