In the residence of Huaihua Lane in Northern Zhili.
Scholarflower Alley was very famous in the capital, and many noble families lived here. Yang Tinghe was currently living here, but he had yet to enter the Imperial Academy and was only a scholar in the small Imperial Academy.
Two years ago, one of the three great talents of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Shen, was born in the Huaihua Alley.
Li Mingshan lived in the residence of Scholarflower Alley, which had a strong cultural atmosphere.
At this moment, High Scholar Li Mingshan was curled up in his residence. His face was pale as if he had just seen a ghost, and his entire body was trembling in fear.
Emperor!
He was actually the current emperor!
Li Mingshan shuddered when he recalled the young Langjun at the stall yesterday.
Zhu Youtang's words still echoed in his ears. I said you definitely won't get in!
Li Mingshan suddenly shivered.
Now, there were rumors in the streets and alleys. Because there was a scholar who said with certainty that he had memorized all the eight-part substitutes, when the Emperor went out to patrol incognito, he heard about this matter and was furious in the Palace of Heavenly Purity. As a result, he changed the focus of the examination papers!
If there was a lift…wouldn't that mean that he was talking about himself?
Li Mingshan had a long face. At this moment, his face was already pale from fear. He had given up on this examination. He only hoped that the imperial court would not remove his status as a High Scholar.
Thinking of this, Li Mingshan spent the past few days in fear, depressed and unable to rest.
Zhu Youtang naturally wouldn't stoop to the level of such a small figure. He was concerned about the world's scientific examination talents.
……
Ever since the Song and Ming Dynasties, the imperial court's intention of selecting officials through examinations had become less and less.
The talents selected for the imperial examination were becoming more and more rigid and useless. As long as they learned the eight-legged essay well, they could easily become officials. As for how to govern the country, they did not know anything.
Zhu Youtang had the intention to reform this kind of fatigue, but suddenly eliminating the eight-part essay would not only arouse the fierce opposition of the officials, but also make the world's students criticize.
This kind of thing couldn't be done too forcefully. It still needed to be done step by step.
Therefore, within the rules, Zhu Youtang made changes to the imperial examination.
The eight-part exam was normal, but the examiners paid more attention to policy theory. With such a smooth transition, the students would not have too much complaints.
Over time, the eight-part essay would gradually be eliminated.
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It is located on the southeast coast of Ming Dynasty.
The manufacturing of the Great Ming iron ships also began to proceed in an orderly manner. This was a secret among secrets.
Qi Jingtong placed great importance on the Great Ming's naval power. The coastal waters of the Ning Bo Wei extended to Daqu Island and Chenqian Island, and had already been designated as a military important area by Qi Jingtong. No fishing boats were allowed to approach the coastal waters, and those who violated the rules would be killed on the spot.
In March of the third year of Hongzhi.
the hexagram on the sea indicates the west wind.
This was the season when pirates and pirates ran amok on the sea.
Qi Jingtong was prepared to order three Great Ming cruisers to patrol the sea to defend the sovereignty of Great Ming.
"Report, report, report!"
"Reporting to Commander Qi, sixty nautical miles northwest of the Great Ming, several ships have been discovered patrolling the Malacca Strait.”
At the beginning of the 16th century, which was the early years of Hongzhi, the straits were still under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, Guangzhou. In other words, it was an affiliated island of the Ming Dynasty.
This sea channel was an important trading port for the Ming Dynasty's coastal trade. After the Ming Dynasty opened the shipping company, silk, porcelain, tea leaves, spices, etc. from Guangzhou were shipped from here to Europe.
The economic significance of this place was self-evident!
Qi Jingtong laughed coldly,"Truly rampant!" I haven't even gone into the sea, and someone has already taken the initiative to provoke me? Send me three Guangzhou ships and set sail at full speed!”
"Yes!"
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A melodious horn sounded, and the three ships of the Great Ming that covered the sky and the sun quickly set sail sixty nautical miles northwest.
In the front row were three extremely fast cruisers, and behind them were three Ming Treasure Ships that spanned a thousand feet.
……
"Oh my god! Look, what did I find?"
"There's too much wealth here, too much jewelry!”
"Snatch, snatch all of them and mark the coordinates!”
A group of pirates slowly sailed into the Strait of Malacca and stopped near the shore, intercepting a few Roman merchant ships.
The Roman soldiers knelt on the deck and let the pirates loot.
"Woo!"
"Woo!"
A strong horn sounded from afar.
The pirates were all at a loss. They looked up and saw three huge ships slowly approaching from the sea!
"Oh my god! Look!"
Many of the pirates 'eyeballs were about to pop out. Looking at Da Ming's treasured ship in front of them, it made them feel an extremely strong sense of reverence for the first time in their lives.
"Boom!"
A cannonball was launched in the coastal waters without any reason, setting off a shocking wave!
Qi Jingtong stood on the deck with a pair of binoculars in his hand, looking ahead.
"Shout!"
After he finished giving his orders, a marine of the Great Ming Dynasty stood on the deck and shouted hoarsely,"You have entered the Daming Sea. Warning, warning, please kneel on the deck and surrender!”
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three heads and eighteen cannons emerged from the ship. The black hole seemed to carry a great threat. The pirates felt their scalps go numb just by looking at it!
Back then, the Franc warship and Da Ming were both beaten up, not to mention the few 'small fishing boats' of these pirates.
In front of the Great Ming Fleet, they were even inferior to fishing boats.
"Surrender, surrender! Kneel down!"
The pirates raised their white flags and knelt on the deck, looking very respectful.
The Great Ming Fleet had already closed in on a few pirate ships.
Qi Jingtong waved his hand.”
Hundreds of skilled and skilled Great Ming soldiers jumped onto the pirate ship with guns in their hands and controlled all the pirates.
Of course, there were those who were not afraid of death and wanted to resist.
Bang!
With a single shot, his head popped out.
Big Ming was tough. He didn't even ask what country the other party was from or what powerful backing the other party had. Whoever dared to move would be shot without reason!
Qi Jingtong looked at the hijacked merchant ship and then at the group of Roman citizens who were kneeling on the ground, crying and thanking the heavens.
"Let them go!" he waved his hand.”
"Search! Let's see if there's anything useful and move them all onto the Guangzhou Ship!”
In a short while, many boxes were moved onto the Great Ming Battleship.
Needless to say, gold, silver, and jewelry, what interested Qi Jingtong the most was the gray and red plaything in his hands.
"Ask them what this is."
After a while.
"Commander Qi, they said that these are called sweet potatoes and potatoes.”
Qi Jingtong didn't know what this thing was. Anyway, no matter what it was, he just had to pay it!
"Tell them that if they dare to approach the Daming Sea Region again, it won't be so easy next time!”
Qi Jingtong did not kill them mainly because he wanted to intimidate this group of pirates on the sea, so as to prevent these insensible fellows from causing trouble on the sea when merchant ships traded with Great Ming in the future.
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