In the side hall, Lao Zhu looked at Yang Xuan.
I don’t know how to describe my mood at this moment.
I thought that the method Yang Xuan mentioned before was good enough, but I didn't expect that he gave himself another surprise.
Seeing that Lao Zhu only looked at him and said nothing, Yang Xuan thought that Lao Zhu asked him to continue talking.
He organized his words in his mind and said: "Your Majesty, if this policy is implemented, it will have a great effect on balancing the cultural gap between the north and the south."
"Because each province has a fixed quota of admissions, the difficulty of competition in major imperial examination provinces such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang will skyrocket."
"As a result, many people who have moved south will find ways to move their household registration back to the north."
"We can also issue corresponding policies in response to this kind of behavior."
"For example, those who moved south within three generations can move back to the north."
"Because they moved south for a short period of time, their love for their country is still very deep."
"If it's more than three generations, I'm afraid the rural sentiment has faded away. In the last one or two generations, they have become native southerners."
After speaking, Yang Xuan stopped and waited quietly for Lao Zhu's evaluation.
After a while, Lao Zhu slapped his thigh and cheered loudly.
"Yang Xuan, we really saw you right."
Later, Lao Zhu discussed with Yang Xuan some policies on the imperial examination.
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The next day, Lao Zhu issued an imperial decree to conduct the Enke North Field.
After the imperial edict arrived in the northern provinces, local officials provided money and effort to send students from their provinces to the capital to participate in Enko even if they were tied up.
They knew how angry Enke Lao Zhu was this time, and no one dared to give Lao Zhu eye drops at this juncture.
In the capital, as soon as Enke Beichang's imperial edict came out, the excited northern students were quickly calmed down.
They all said that they just didn't perform well last time, and they would let everyone see their strength when Enke North Stadium comes.
In response, the southern students just smiled disdainfully and did not take their heroic words to heart at all.
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Wuying Palace.
Lao Zhu summoned Liu Sanwu, and Yang Xuan was already waiting here.
"Your Majesty, Liu Sanwu, is here to see you!"
"Flat body!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"This time Enke, you did this to us."
"It stands to reason that we should punish you."
"But, now we will give you a chance to make meritorious service." Lao Zhu said.
"Please, Your Majesty, please give me your permission!" Liu Sanwu said.
"We are going to appoint you as the chief judge and compile the teaching materials for the imperial examination."
"This time Enke, we have finally understood that there is a huge gap between students from the north and the south, and it has a lot to do with the teaching materials."
"So, we are preparing to unify the teaching materials."
"Yang Xuan, tell him carefully." Lao Zhu looked at Yang Xuan again.
"Yes." Yang Xuan cupped his hands, and then detailed the requirements for compiling imperial examination textbooks.
At the same time, Liu Sanwu was given examples of how to apply punctuation marks and what each symbol means.
After listening to Yang Xuan's explanation, Liu Sanwu was so excited that he immediately fell to the ground.
"Your Majesty, once this is completed, it will definitely become a major innovation."
"Students who will take part in the imperial examinations in the future will also be grateful to His Majesty."
"Hmph, stop saying these useless words, I'll only give you one year."
"In one year, we will release the new teaching materials to the world."
"For the imperial examination in three years' time, we must ensure that every student has new textbooks."
Lao Zhu said.
"I accept your order!"
"Get down!"
"I resign!"
"Yang Xuan, take Yun Wen with you and monitor their progress."
"yes."
So things were arranged.
Liu Sanwu also began to post hero posts widely and summoned famous scholars from various places.
Compiling new imperial examination textbooks was not something he could do alone.
Need help.
After all, each family has different interpretations of the words of the sage.
The focus of compiling the new imperial examination textbooks this time is to unify the interpretation of each sage's words.
The difficulty can be imagined, but as long as it is completed, it is inevitable to leave a mark in history.
No great scholar can refuse such a temptation.
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Soon, the time came to June.
Enko North End.
Lao Zhu personally interviewed and admitted 61 Jinshi.
The North-South List case also ended at this time.
The examiner Liu Sanwu made meritorious service, and other examiners also received varying degrees of punishment.
The most serious thing was just exile, not a single examiner was killed.
After all, we have to give an explanation to the students.
As for the previous Zhang Xin, he actually said that Liu Sanwu had colluded with Hu Weiyong before, and ended up in Lingchi.
What a miserable death!
The days that followed fell into calm, and Yang Xuan carefully taught Zhu Yunwen about government affairs every day.
In this way, the time came to March of the 31st year of Hongwu.
Tai. The former Jin Prince's Mansion suddenly sent someone to report the funeral, saying that Jin Prince Zhu Fan had passed away.
This news made Lao Zhu stunned for a long time.
Although Zhu Fan did a lot of wrong things when he was young, he later changed his ways and returned to righteousness. Lao Zhu was very satisfied with his son.
But she never expected that he would actually walk in front of her.
Lao Zhu did not shed tears because the pain in his heart prevented him from shedding a single tear.
In the past ten years or so, he has given away his eldest grandchild, sister, Biao'er, second child, and now his third child.
He sent Yang Xuan to Taiyuan to attend to the funeral, while he licked the wounds in his heart late at night.
But late at night, the overwhelming feeling of loneliness prevented him from falling asleep.
His physical condition deteriorated visibly.
The government affairs were basically left alone and handed over to Zhu Yunwen.
After returning to the capital from Taiyuan, Yang Xuan fell silent when he saw Lao Zhu's condition.
Because he can feel the pain in the latter's heart.
Night, Changpinghou Mansion.
Yang Xuan was telling An Qing: "These days, please go to the palace to accompany His Majesty more often!"
"He has lived a very miserable life."
"Okay." An Qing thought for a moment and said okay.
She also felt sorry for her father.
After that day, with his little daughter by his side, Lao Zhu's lonely heart felt a little comforted.
There is also a smile on my face, and I no longer often sit alone in a daze.
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One day in April, in the thousands of years of history, is just the most ordinary day, but somehow, it seems destined to be recorded in history.
Qiantang Yujia.
The old man of the Yu family was the director of the Ministry of Industry before Wenming, but he has long since retired.
You know, in recent years, the officials in the court have been changed over and over again. If Yu Wenming can live to retire, he is definitely a person with real ability.
Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that their family has always enshrined Wen Tianxiang's portrait and tablet.
That night, Yu Wenming's son Yu Yanzhao had a dream.
He dreamed of a god with scarlet robes and golden robes. The god said to him: "I am moved by your family's devotion to me, and also by your family's loyalty. So I, Wen Tianxiang, plan to reincarnate to serve you in the family." The heirs of the family.”
Yu Yanzhao was shocked when he heard this and quickly said that he didn't dare to take it seriously.
But the god in the dream disappeared after speaking.
At this time, Yu Yanzhao also woke up.
While he was still recalling the contents of his dream, a servant came to report that his wife had given birth to a big fat boy for him.
Yu Yanzhao couldn't help but think of the content in the dream.
He went to the place where Wen Tianxiang's portrait and tablet were enshrined, and worshiped seriously.
Later, he named his son "Qian", which means "despite gratitude in dreams".
This means that he has always been uneasy about Prime Minister Wen's kindness.
(This short story comes from Baidu Encyclopedia. If you are interested, you can search for Yu Qian in the anecdotes and allusions section)
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