Seeing Zhu Jun keep saying "father", Zhu Yuanzhang felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
He still likes Zhu Jun to call him 'Dad' in private.
But there are some things he can't say. Maybe a certain distance is right.
Now that Zhu Jun has grown up and is capable, if he is too nice to him, it will not only make others think too much, but they may also pay attention to Zhu Jun.
As soon as he thought about it, he didn't correct Zhu Jun's title.
"Well, go ahead and get busy." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.
Zhu Jun turned around and left. These days, he was too tired and had to bear too much.
At this moment, he felt a sense of relief.
The next autumn...
He patted his head and said, "I have been busy these days and forgot that the examiner should resign. However, the eldest brother is in a bad situation now. Song Lian's resignation failed, so it is better to do more than to do less."
When he returned to the mansion, several women gathered around him.
"How is brother?" Xu Miaojin has a big belly. She is still one month away from the due date. She is not as easy to move as before. Moreover, her belly is larger than that of ordinary pregnant women. The government doctor diagnosed that Xu Miaojin may be pregnant with twins.
"You have difficulty moving. Didn't the doctor tell you to lie on your side to rest more?"
"I can't sit still!" Xu Miaojin couldn't help but feel happy when she felt Zhu Jun's thoughtfulness. However, she was not that pretentious person. She had practiced martial arts since she was a child, which also made her physical endurance stronger than ordinary people.
Zhu Jun hurriedly helped her sit down, "You are a big treasure now, so you can't make any mistakes."
As he spoke, he explained: "Brother's side is now stable, and the operation was successful, but the specific situation depends on the later recovery!"
"That's good!" Xu Miaojin nodded. Zhu Jun had not been home these days, and she felt empty in her heart.
Guanyinnu's frowned brows also relaxed, "It's been such a troubled time. Fortunately, my eldest brother Jiren has his own destiny."
Zhu Jun smiled and took Da Niu from her hand. The little guy was chubby and indescribably cute.
There are also two oxen, two brothers who are exactly the same.
Of course, what he likes most is the apple of his eye. The little girl's skin can be broken by blows, and her big eyes look like Qinghe. She combines the advantages of her parents, and she will definitely be a great beauty in the future.
Surrounded by his wife and children, Zhu Jun couldn't help but feel better.
At the same time, the list of examiners has been released. There are eight examiners, and the chief examiner is Zhu Jun. In addition, there are eleven "outer curtain officers" who are promoted and supervised outside, exactly twenty people.
Originally, it was planned to let Song Lian and Zhu Jun serve as examiners together, but Zhu Jun was so powerful that no one dared to take on the task.
Song Lian's resignation at this juncture was unsuccessful. How could the court let him leave at this juncture?
For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang severely scolded Song Lian and others.
Zhu Yuanzhang also knew very well that Song Lian knew that he would not let him go at this time, so he acted in order to highlight his importance.
Liu Ji was also invited to serve as deputy examiner again.
The main reason is that he is afraid that Zhu Jun will act arbitrarily. After all, the examination questions are the top priority.
Generally speaking, there are taboos when asking test questions.
One, avoidance.
The examiner is responsible for setting the questions, but the questions often touch on the emperor's name, reign number, etc., and not only the current emperor, but also the previous one.
Therefore, they have to be extra careful, and when they encounter a taboo that needs to be avoided, they can solve it by reducing the number of writing strokes.
Second, pick and use.
Some exam questions are taken from classics by the examiner. In this case, just use them honestly and do not add any subjective words.
Otherwise, some candidates will answer questions in order to please the examiner, and some candidates may fail the exam because they have different views from the examiner. This is unfair.
Third, avoid politics. Although there is no clear rule that the questions cannot involve current affairs, but generally the examiner can still avoid it, otherwise it is easy to cause problems.
It's fine if you write well, but if you don't write well and someone reports you, you're just waiting to go to jail. There's no sense in it at all.
In the Hanlin Academy, Liu Ji came here and discussed with everyone, "This is roughly the process of the examination. Is there anything else to add?"
"It's better to be more rigorous in everything, and avoid taboos that should be avoided!" Tong Zhan said.
"Agree!"
Everyone nodded.
Liu Ji thought for a while, "Who will invite King Wu here? He is the examiner. His opinion is the most important. He will ultimately choose the examination questions."
In order to prevent cheating, Liu Ji asked everyone to take three test questions, which turned out to be dozens.
It doesn't matter whether you choose it or not, it's just to confuse others and prevent some people from colluding with the candidates to cheat.
A few years ago, there was a similar incident where examiners secretly gave questions to candidates.
Song Lian's face was expressionless, and he knew that the ten friends of Beiguo came to apologize.
But he didn't go.
Firstly, he felt embarrassed, and secondly, he was deeply hurt. Although he didn't want to admit it, when he saw Zhu Jun now, he always felt that he was inferior.
The most important thing is that he feels that Zhu Jun is hiding his clumsiness and must have evil intentions, but he dare not say anything now. If he does, others will think that he lost the bet and will not accept it.
So in the past few days, he had been suffering a lot, and he was a little dazed.
Other Hanlin officials were unwilling to come forward.
Seeing no one answered, Liu Ji sighed, "That's fine, then I'll go to Prince Wu's Mansion myself."
In fact, he had long wanted to meet Zhu Jun alone.
This crazy prince from the past is now so sharp that he is so stunning that people dare not look directly at him.
"Then I'm sorry to bother you, Uncle Cheng!" Everyone thanked him one after another.
Liu Ji waved his hand, "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and after the Mid-Autumn Festival is Autumn. Time is tight, so we can't afford to be lazy!"
After leaving the palace, Liu Ji came to Prince Wu's Mansion.
At this moment, Zhu Jun was at home with his lovely wives. When he learned that Liu Ji was visiting, Zhu Jun frowned.
Xu Miaojin said: "If you have something to do, please hurry up. We are just playing mahjong!"
Mahjong has been around since ancient times, but Zhu Jun made some small changes to make it more playable.
In this era, women's lives are actually extremely boring. Even if they go shopping every day, they don't have much to choose from.
You can't imitate men, fight cocks, walk dogs, drink tea and go to brothels, right?
Either stay in the backyard and embroider, or go shopping, or at most go out for an outing or something.
Now that mahjong is available, their lives have been enriched a lot.
Just as the girls were having an intense game of mahjong, Zhu Jun came to the main hall and said, "Uncle Chengyi, I've been waiting for a long time!"
Speaking of Liu Ji, Zhu Jun particularly admired him. This man was very smart, strategic, and good at writing and calculating. Lao Zhu was able to make decisions. This man made a great contribution.
He is an inevitable person when the great cause of founding a country comes.
But Zhu Jun was wary of him and had never had a direct conflict with him.
I just don’t know why he came here today!
