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

In the teahouse private room. ☞

Mrs. Xia, Liao Miaoxian, sat opposite Xu Miaoyun, a little reserved.

She just wanted to catch up with her two children and gave the remaining vegetable cake to her husband who was about to take the scholar examination.

Didn't catch up.

I accidentally saw this young lady walking her husband into the examination room with her two infant children.

Just one glance made her a little envious.

The same family of four, the same warmth, and the same husband who has to take an exam.

The other party's husband's Confucian shirt was obviously made of rural homespun cloth, but it was brand new. She also wanted to make a brand new Confucian shirt for her husband.

But if you can't even eat, how can you think about anything else.

The young lady's clothes were quite simple, but the two infant children were dressed very delicately and elegantly.

It was obvious at first glance that this young couple was unwilling to mistreat their children at all.

At that time, she judged that the other party was not particularly wealthy, but he must be from a wealthy family with plenty of food.

It has all the fine family traditions that a warm family should have, such as hard work, frugality, and simplicity.

This kind of home is what she longs for.

So I took a second look.

Unexpectedly, this young lady would come to talk to her.

Why not come to such a high-end teahouse?

I ordered several kinds of food for them, and the food made people drool just by looking at it.

Hot pancakes with golden brown sides, filled with red bean fillings, steaming steamed buns...

Neither of these has been eaten at home for several years.

Fortunately, the two children were very supportive of her. Although they were hungry, they did not forget their etiquette because of the food.

Through chatting, she already knew.

The other party’s name is Xu Daya.

It's not a very nice name.

Da Ya's husband's name is Zhu Silang, okay... this name is also very earthy.

I really don’t know how two young people who have read books gave themselves such names.

Maybe their parents are not very knowledgeable.

Xu Da:......

Zhu Yuanzhang:......

A family of four lives in Tuqiao Village, Jiangning. Just one year after getting married, Da Ya is very powerful, silent, and has two children in her life. ♡

The flying heifer among women!

That’s awesome!

According to Daya, they got married a year ago and lived in a mud hut.

One year after getting married, Zhu Silang was farming the land and doing corvee service. He did business on the side and took the villagers to transport grain, grass and weapons to Liaodong. On the way, he received part of the reward for cooperating with the government and army in suppressing bandits.

The family gradually became more prosperous.

At the end of last year, another house was built.

Had a baby.

In short, from the way Daya treats people, we can see that she is a very remarkable woman.

If Daya hadn't deliberately exaggerated Zhu Silang.

Zhu Silang is a young man with a flexible mind who can hold a pen to test for merit and can also hold his head to farm.

When two young people become a couple, it can be regarded as a match made in heaven.

"Eat, you're welcome." Xu Huizu hugged Xiao Yongming, smiled and used chopsticks to pick up things for the Xia Yuanji brothers.

Liao Miaoxian's thoughts were interrupted. He restrained his envious thoughts and cautiously tried: "Da Ya, we met by chance..."

Xu Miaoyun smiled and looked down at little Qihua in her arms, "We are both mothers of two children, and we also have a warm family of four."

Liao Miaoxian is a smart woman who understands instantly.

"Sister Miaoxian asked me a lot and already knows my details. I wonder if I can tell you your story?"

Liao Miaoxian suddenly realized that Xu Daya was not young and careless.

The reason why people told her so much was to make her let down her guard.

She smiled sheepishly and said, "My husband's ancestral home is Dexing, Jiangxi. He comes from a scholarly family. In the late Yuan Dynasty, the war broke out and the family was destroyed by the rebels..."

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Private room next door.

Mao Aliu breathed a sigh of relief, grinned, and whispered: "Our young lady is kind-hearted. She just saw the other party's family of four, which was also very warm, but poor, so she felt compassion. There is nothing else. reason……"

"Shut up!" Zhu Yuanzhang scolded with a suppressed laugh.

Bastard stuff.

How long have you been with him?

How long has it been since you went to the fourth asshole?

Just one young master and young lady.

In just over a month, my buttocks were completely crooked!

It’s no longer a preference.

He was completely on the side of the fourth asshole.

He could conclude that if he and Lao Si had a conflict, this bastard would not turn against him again. ̾x̾.̾c̾o̾m̾

Mao Laoliu sneered and lowered his head.

Ma Xiuying looked over with a smile, and finally there was someone beside Lao Si who cared about him wholeheartedly.

The only thing she regretted was that.

Jiang Xiang took Mao Xiang's place, posing great risks to the father-son relationship between Chongba and Laosi.

No.

It would be the same for anyone.

It would be impossible for anyone like Mao Xiang to secretly do so many things for the sake of the father and son.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to listen carefully...

After Xia Shimin fled to Changsha Xiangyin, he first worked as a gentleman in a squire's family.

If he did well, the other party not only recommended him to serve as a lecturer in the county school, but also personally arranged for him to marry the woman next door who came from a farming family.

After Xia Shimin passed the Tongsheng test, he repeatedly failed the scholar test.

But his teaching ability is very strong.

No worse than the fourth child and his wife, the students they teach have a high rate of passing the exams.

After Xiangyin passed the provincial examination, Xia Shimin was recommended to the Imperial College.

This is in order.

Although there was an imperial examination, it became the main way to select talents.

However, the imperial examination system has not been completely abolished in all dynasties.

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However, in the past, the imperial examination system meant that one could directly become an official. However, in this dynasty's imperial examination system, one had to first go to the Imperial College to study and the imperial court had to inspect.

The purpose of retaining the examination and examination system is to preserve a path for some scholars who have failed in many trials but have good moral character.

His arrangement has threefold benefits.

1. Tell scholars all over the world that moral integrity is also very valuable.

2. Some capable people are not good at imperial examinations for some unknown reason. Preserving the imperial examination system can avoid the loss of truly talented people.

3. The center of the imperial court often lacks officials with swords and pens, or green-robed minor officials from the ninth rank and the like, who do not bother to do these small things.

Scholars with good moral character can take on this part of the affairs when they enter the Imperial College.

And it also eliminated the central swordsman and penman and family inheritance.

The imperial court did not spend much money, and the official positions provided were relatively low-level. Those who were truly capable and powerful would rather move to the north privately and take the Beibang examination than take the path of the imperial examination system.

This path belongs to those children from poor families who have truly good moral character.

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"Did you fail the Imperial College exam?" Xu Miaoyun asked in surprise.

The admission examination for the Imperial College.

Compared with the imperial examination, it is much simpler.

For talents recommended by the provincial government, the recruitment standards are looser and more emphasis is placed on the moral integrity of the recommended persons.

She suspected that there was something fishy in the Imperial College.

This is very possible. Some people, holding the power as small as chicken feathers, want to get benefits everywhere. Maybe Xia Shimin didn't take care of the other party.

Mrs. Xia shook her head and lowered her head bitterly.

Her husband is really very talented. Not only is he proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics, he is also proficient in mathematics, agriculture and other miscellaneous subjects.

The children who teach have a very high passing rate.

It is the most famous teaching in Xiangyin.

I don’t know how many squires hired famous teachers for their children, and even sent their children to county schools to be taught by their husbands.

It is precisely for this reason, and because everyone praises her husband for his moral integrity, that so many people are willing to recommend him to the Imperial College.

Her husband has trained more than a dozen talented people.

But he himself failed the scholar examination many times.

It seems that there is no destiny to take the imperial examination in life.

"After failing the Imperial Examination, I ran out of money and couldn't make it back to Xiangyin, so my husband decided to fail the exam in Yingtian Mansion."

Xu Miaoyun smiled, took a piece of pancake, put it in the bowl in front of Liao Miaoxian, took a piece for herself, and said while eating: "Maybe failing the exam will have unexpected consequences!"

If Xia Shimin is really talented.

There are only two reasons for repeated attempts to fail.

First, if the mentality is not good enough, they will not be able to take the exam. Many scholars have this problem and are too nervous to perform as soon as they arrive in the exam room.

First, there were too many tricks in the local college examination in Xiangyin, and Xia Shimin was unlucky. Every time he encountered hidden secret operations.

The imperial examination competition in Jiangnan was already very fierce.

Those who are truly powerful and capable quietly move to the north and let their children take the exam for the Northern Ranking.

The next best thing is to do it in secret.

There are too many reserved places, leaving fewer opportunities for candidates with no background like Xia Shimin.

The imperial court knew about this kind of thing, but there was no way to prevent it. As long as some wine bags and rice bags were not secretly included, the imperial court could only hold its nose and admit it.

But this year’s Yingtianfu Academy Examination is different.

When Shiro took part in the college examination, everyone knew that his father would keep an eye on him. Yingtian Mansion did not dare to operate secretly to make an internal decision, even if it was a shameful thing.

At the same time, the difficulty is unprecedented.

Those selected for this year's Tianfu exam must have real abilities.

If Xia Shimin had real ability, failing the exam this time would be considered a chance encounter and made a right choice.

There is a high probability that you can stand out.

Failing the exam is tailor-made for some students who have no time to return to their hometown.

But there are also some rules, such as, candidates from the south are not allowed to go to the north to fail the exam...

Of course, these rules can only restrict scholars who have no background or whose background is not strong enough.

"Sister Miaoxian, Shiro and I are teaching a group of children for free in Tuqiao Village. We need a batch of books. We want to save some money and plan to hire someone to copy the books. I happened to meet you. I wonder if you are willing to take over this job. Son?"

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Next door, Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, grinned, and murmured: "Look how good this girl is in dealing with others. She not only helps people, but also retains their dignity. Our old Zhu family has taken advantage of marrying such a daughter-in-law. We have taken advantage." …”

Ma Xiuying smiled and glared.

He reminded: "If this Xia Shimin fails the examination in Yingtian Mansion and becomes a scholar, you will have to take good care of him in the Imperial College."

The smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face gradually disappeared, "Not only the Imperial College must be rectified, but also the local examinations must be rectified!"

This Yingtianfu academic examination can be said to be unprecedentedly difficult.

There is absolutely no behind-the-scenes operation.

If Xia Shimin is admitted as a scholar.

There are too many problems exposed!

"Wait and see, wait for the results of the college examination to come out!" Zhu Yuanzhang squinted his eyes.

"If the fourth child is admitted as a scholar, and this Xia Shimin is also admitted as a scholar, we will beat Lu Ben!"

Indulging Lu Ben's personal use of official weapons before the exam does not mean that he will not settle accounts after the exam.

What's more, the Imperial College is also under the control of the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites also has the responsibility to supervise the local examinations.

Xia Shimin is the best excuse.

Is it reasonable that a person who can be a scholar in this examination cannot pass the imperial examination?

As the Minister of Rites, Lu Ben would have to bear the consequences even if he was promoted not long ago!

After all, Xia Shimin's Imperial College admission test took place after he was promoted.

If he didn't do anything, Lu Ben would just focus on the fourth child and ignore the Imperial College and the local examinations!

Of course, the premise is that the fourth child will give him a voice and pass the examination to become a scholar.

If you fail the exam and beat Lu Ben, others will say: Zhu Yuanzhang's son is incompetent and failed to pass the exam to become a scholar, so they will blame Lu Ben.

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