Zhu Di's idea still did not come true.
Because Xu Miaoyun had informed Empress Ma and requested to follow the army.
Empress Ma agreed.
Zhu Di tried to dissuade him many times, but to no avail.
The King Yan Residence was also empty.
After Zhu Bai hid for a few days, he had nowhere else to go.
He could only return to the Imperial Academy.
Early morning.
Zhu Bai carefully came to the library.
Along the way, he avoided people.
Many of the Hanlin scholars saw him and also walked in a hurry.
He cupped his hands and left after saying a few words.
This made Zhu Bai a little uncomfortable.
Wang Gen sat down in the library as well.
He hurriedly put down the teapot and was about to leave.
"Wait, did something happen recently?”
Wang Gen replied.
"Your Highness, His Majesty is expanding the imperial examinations this year.
Originally, there were only ten Jinshi each year.
Now, the number of people would be tripled, and thirty-six scholars would be admitted.
Everyone has been busy with this recently."
Hearing this, Zhu Bai also thought of this.
The scale of the imperial examinations in the past few years had never been large.
The current 36 was the scale of the imperial examination.
"Then what do I need to do?"
Until now, Zhu Bai still didn't know what he, a professor of the Five Classics, wanted to do.
The Imperial Academy did not assign him any duties.
Wang Gen also thought about it.
"Your Highness, Lord Song didn't make any arrangements.
If you want, I can tell Lord Song.
I'll let you collect the questions or review them later.”
Hearing this, Zhu Bai hurriedly waved his hand.
"No need, it's fine now!"
Wang Gen nodded and left.
Although he wasn't in charge of setting the questions, he and the other Hanlin scholars were still in the same position.
He had to collect a large number of question banks and present them to this year's head examiner, Song Lian.
He didn't have to choose from all of them. He mainly wanted him to use them as a reference.
The imperial examination questions had always been the most important.
The head examiner, Song Lian, was in charge of setting the questions and marking the papers.
President Liu Bowen was in charge of the exam.
The two of them had clear responsibilities, but they also supervised each other.
"It's good."
Zhu Bai knew that the Imperial Academy had arranged for him to be a doctor of the Five Classics in order to let him talk about the study of the heart.
He would definitely not arrange any specific matters for him.
Of course, Zhu Bai was still happy to do so.
At least for the next month or two, he would be very free.
No one would disturb him.
Wenhua Hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were sitting beside the dragon table, handling government affairs.
Zhu Biao looked up and asked when he saw a memorial.
"Imperial Father, isn't it a little too much to execute the two sages of Shandong?”
He seemed a little hesitant.
However, when Zhu Yuanzhang heard these two people, he could only vent his anger.
"Hmph, these two people would rather starve to death than be officials of our Ming Dynasty.
He was loyal to Northern Yuan.
Alright, let's make them pledge their loyalty to the underworld!”
Zhu Biao couldn't bear to do so.
However, he felt that there was something hateful about these two people.
Last time, Zhu Yuanzhang had ordered that the official robes and official seals be given to the two sages of Shandong.
However, the other party would rather break his index finger.
He expressed that he could no longer hold a pen and use this to reject the recruitment of the Imperial Court.
He also showed his determination.
Zhu Yuanzhang explained after a pause.
"Biao 'er, the current Great Ming doesn't lack these two people to be officials.
However, the Huang father and son had once been prime ministers of the Yuan Dynasty.
Recruiting them was just for the world to see.”
Zhu Biao also understood the reason, but he was worried about the consequences of killing.
"Imperial Father, these two deserve to die.
However, they had quite a bit of prestige in the local area.
There were countless old friends in Shandong.
Your son is worried that the imperial examinations next month will be affected.”
Shandong was the hometown of Confucius, and since ancient times, it had been filled with talents.
Every year, they would participate in the imperial examinations.
Zhu Biao was worried about the death of the two Sages of the Huang family.
As a result, scholars in Shandong did not dare to come to the capital to take the imperial examination.
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was quite reasonable.
But now, he had already been killed, and there was no turning back.
Moreover, many people in the court expressed their support for this.
It had been almost ten years since the Great Ming Dynasty had been established.
There were still some stubborn people who were loyal to Northern Yuan.
To these people, Zhu Yuanzhang would invite them several times and promise them high positions and generous salaries.
But if he was still unwilling.
Zhu Yuanzhang could only raise his butcher knife.
After the raid, they also found evidence that the two Huang Sages were still in contact with Northern Yuan.
They didn't blame him for their deaths.
……
The days passed just like that.
The imperial examinations began.
It was rare that Zhu Bai wasn't reading in the library.
They were watching the show in front of the examination hall.
Before this, he could not leave the palace and could not see this.
The students who rushed to the capital from all over the world wore different clothes.
Some of them were dressed in embroidered clothes. One look and one could tell that they were descendants of Jiangnan families.
Some of them were dressed in plain clothes, presumably from the Humble Class.
However, their identities today were the same.
They were also examinees of the imperial examination.
They formed a long line, waiting to enter the examination hall.
This scene reminded Zhu Bai of his previous life.
He was rather touched.
He had once experienced this scene.
The officials at the entrance of the examination hall showed no mercy.
Very quickly, he found a few examinees who had stolen goods.
The people who were caught immediately felt like they had lost their parents.
He cried and begged the other party to give him another chance.
However, someone immediately took him away and disqualified him from the exam.
"Tsk tsk!
This method is a little old."
Wang Gen stood next to Zhu Bai and commented on his methods.
"Your Highness, there are many people like this every year.
A few years ago, some people even put a small note in the steamed buns they brought.
Later, when they entered, the officials would break the steamed buns one by one.”
Zhu Bai said indifferently.
"You're a scholar, but you can't even understand this logic?
You can bet on the middle school examination questions just by bringing a few slings?
If he really had the time, he could have just memorized it.”
Wang Gen explained with a smile.
"Your Highness is right.
However, the examinees from all over the world were mixed.
Some of them were knowledgeable and had studied hard for more than ten years.
Some of them were just scholars who had spent money to get through connections.
Therefore, some of them would come here to try their luck.
If he hit it, it would be smoke rising from his ancestral grave.”
Towards this, Zhu Bai only shook his shoulders.
He knew what it meant in this world.
Just by becoming a scholar, one had the privilege of not kneeling in front of the county magistrate.
Not to mention the High Scholar.
After the time for two incense sticks to burn.
All the examinees entered the venue.
The examination hall was also closed.
Zhu Bai was about to leave when Crown Prince Zhu Biao came to patrol.
He pulled Zhu Bai along to patrol the area.
"Twelfth Brother, you're talking about these examinees.
If he knew that you became a Hanlin at the age of nine, would he be mad?”
Zhu Biao was in a good mood today and even joked about Zhu Bai.
"Big brother, you're laughing at me too!"
Zhu Bai deliberately didn't wear that official uniform today.
He was only wearing casual clothes.
Otherwise, he was afraid that he would attract everyone's attention.
Zhu Biao smiled and patted his head.
"Big Brother is happy for you.
Back then, when Big Brother was nine years old, he was still being slapped by Song shi.
You're good. You've directly become a Hanlin."
The more Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Bai, the more he liked him.
Two days later, the imperial examination ended smoothly.
All the exam papers were pasted with names, leaving only the seating order.
The people from the Hanlin Academy also began to read the papers intensely.
Song Lian repeatedly reminded.
"Everyone must choose the best and not slack off.”
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