Zhu Biao, Wang Gong and others quickly picked up the examination papers for the Beiping Prefecture Examination and looked at them for a long time, and then picked up other examination papers for comparison.
Immediately, everyone couldn't help but look weird.
"Father is wise, although the contents of the examination papers of these Beiping Prefecture candidates have their own opinions, the strategies they wrote, whether they are breaking the topic, carrying the topic, starting the lecture, entering the topic... are all similar!"
Wang Gong's expression changed drastically, and he quickly knelt on the ground with fear on his face.
"Your Majesty is aware that Wei Chen and others dare to guarantee with their lives that no one will reveal the test questions to those Beiping Prefecture officials!"
Lao Zhu smiled softly, "Wang Qing, there is no need to worry, we did not tell you to disclose these test questions to those candidates from the Beiping Prefecture.
After all, Wang Qing and all the examiners are almost all from the south.
How could it be possible to disclose these test questions to the Northern Juzi? "
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Wang Gong quickly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and did not bother to refute Lao Zhu's words that implied that he would prefer the south to raise his son.
Lao Zhu smiled faintly and asked Erhu on the side: "Are those people outside still causing trouble?"
Erhu hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, even though you have the comfort of all the great scholars, those southern officials are still very angry!"
"snort!"
A sneer appeared on Lao Zhu's face, "Do they think that in the entire Ming Dynasty, only their southern peers are talented?"
"Your Majesty, calm down. These actions are young and energetic, and I can't understand them for a while. As long as I go out and explain them to them, they will all understand!"
Wang Gong said quickly.
Lao Zhu didn't say much, and slowly waved his hand, "I will follow Wang Qing's instructions and post all these test papers so that the candidates can take a good look.
Let them know that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world.
The talents of the Ming Dynasty were not limited to those in the south. "
"I obey the decree!"
Wang Gong responded and quickly retreated.
Naturally, as Lao Zhu said, as the test papers were posted, the troubled southern students gradually calmed down.
They have no shame in making trouble!
…
And in Fengtian Hall.
Only Zhu Biao and Lao Zhu were left.
Zhu Biao couldn't help but said with a strange expression on his face: "Father, these Beiping Prefecture candidates have achieved such dazzling results this time. Is it possible that it is because of the small classes set up by the great Confucians that the Fourth Brother invited in the academy?"
"That's how it should be!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly, with a wicked smile on his face.
"These examination papers answered by Juzi from Beiping Prefecture, from solving the questions to entering the questions, are all the same. It is like a guard station fighting a war, whether it is a thousand households, a hundred households, a small flag, or an ordinary soldier , they all use the same tactic.
Although we don't know how the great scholars in Laosi Academy taught these Beiping Prefecture candidates.
But this time, those southern scholars, and even the entire southern scholar community, had to break their teeth and swallow it. "
Zhu Biao frowned, "Father, is there something wrong with the fourth son asking these Beiping Prefecture officials to be so cunning?"
"inappropriate?"
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Biao strangely and shook his head slightly: "Biao'er, it would be inappropriate if every time, the Southern Juzi accounted for more than half of the Jinshi, while only a few people from the Northern Juzi could obtain the title of Jinshi."
“Those candidates from the Beiping Prefecture also relied on their true talents and practical knowledge to answer questions word for word.
If those Southern scholars, who have thousands of volumes of classics hidden in their homes and have prosperous scholars, still cannot pass the Northern examination, it’s because they are incompetent..."
"Moreover, they have only passed the Jinshi examination, and have not yet taken the imperial examination.
In the end, who will be named on the gold medal list and become a first-class Jinshi or a second-class Jinshi depends on whether they have a wealth of acrylic poems and books, or whether they have real talents and knowledge that can govern the world for us..."
"My son, I understand!"
Zhu Biao nodded slightly and responded.
"Um!"
Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded slightly, and then ordered to Er Hu on the side: "Er Hu, you secretly sent someone to Peking to find out for us how the great scholars at Laosi Academy have taught in the past few months. Those actions can actually bring about such a big change in them!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Erhu quickly accepted the order and went down.
…
at the same time.
With the release of the Chunwei list, the name of Huiyuan Huang Boqian spread to all states and counties in the Ming Dynasty at an extremely fast speed.
Less than three days.
Everyone in the Peking Mansion knew about Huang Yuanwai's son. Huang Boqian was admitted to Huiyuan, and Zheng Yuanwai's son came second in the examination.
The twelve candidates from Beiping Prefecture have all been admitted to the rank of Fellow, and they are all among the top 100.
Even Liu Jiawulang Liu Jiezhai from Shunde Prefecture also passed the exam and ranked seventh...
The gentry and officials who knew about the conditions of some small classrooms in the academy were all shocked.
Especially Du Qiu, Liu Huiyuan and others who were still in the academy were trembling with excitement.
"My Northern Shilin is finally saved!"
"Mr. Shuiyuan has found a good son-in-law!"
"Hahaha, this matter is not only due to Ning Yi, but also to all the gentlemen!"
"Everyone, this matter must be kept secret and must not be disclosed to the Southern Scholars!"
"That's right, that's right!"
"..."
Soon, the Huang family, the Zheng family and other gentry from Beiping Prefecture gathered in the academy building.
"Everyone, in order for us in the north to produce more Jinshi in the next few decades, so that our northern scholars will no longer be trampled under the feet of those southern scholars, all the inside information about the academy must not be revealed to the outside world!"
"Please rest assured, gentlemen, we will definitely not reveal anything to outsiders!"
"Anyone who violates this rule will be punished by the Northern Scholars!"
"Together punished..."
…
then.
Neither Nie Zishi, the chief envoy of the Beiping Prefecture, nor Lu Xiang, the inspector general, nor the academic officer of the Beiping Prefecture could find any information.
I just know that the reason why the twelve candidates in Beiping Prefecture were able to pass the Jinshi examination was due to the careful teachings of the academy's Jijiu Du Qiu, Liu Huiyuan and other northern scholars.
Even the people from the Erhu Sect didn't get much information.
In this day and age, if the gentry in a government were to unite and keep a secret, Lao Zhu would have to go on a killing spree.
Otherwise, it would really be impossible to find out.
At the same time, the academy directly welcomed a number of study trends.
This time, it was not just the gentry from Datong, Yongping, and Baoding Prefectures surrounding Beiping Prefecture who were competing to send their children to the academy.
Even some gentry and wealthy businessmen in Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan provinces are looking for various connections to send their children to academies.
It is a pity that although when the academy was first built, Guo An built the academy very big.
However, he still did not expect that within a few years, the academy would be so popular.
Nowadays, many northern students cannot enter academies even if they spend thousands of taels of silver.
At the same time, the prices of hundreds of houses around the academy increased two or three times again.
…
When Beiping Mansion was noisy.
The capital's imperial examinations have also begun.
Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty personally set the questions and served as the invigilator.
Huiyuan Huang Boqian, as well as 120 Jinshi including Zheng Fan, Ren Xiangtai, Tang Zhen, etc., participated in the imperial examination in Fengtian Hall.
Among the three first-class Jinshi, Ren Hengtai's policy theory was deeply loved by Zhu Yuanzhang. He praised Ren Hengtai for his detailed strategies and taking the world as his own responsibility. He was promoted to the first Jinshi, that is, the number one scholar, and was awarded the official title of Hanlin Compiler.
Later, Huang Boqian and Zheng Fan's articles were also quite pragmatic. They were ranked second and third overall, respectively, and were edited by the Hanlin Academy.
Roll call in the Golden Palace!
As for the remaining second-class Jinshi and third-class Jinshi, no one pays attention to them.
As the yellow list was posted in the busiest part of the capital's streets, the whole capital was in a state of excitement.
Huang Boqian, Huiyuan of Beiping Prefecture, turned out to be second on the list.
Zheng Fan is actually the top pick!
Not to mention how shocking those southern candidates were, the northern candidates in the capital were overjoyed.
This time, although the Northern Examination did not win the top prize, they have already obtained two First Grade Scholars.
At the same time, the fast horses announcing the good news were running like crazy towards Beiping Mansion.
The second place and the top spot are both from Beiping Prefecture.
Your Highness, King Yan, is wise! Guo Changshi Yingming, Du Jijiu is worthy of being a famous scholar in Shanxi...
As soon as the news reached Beiping Mansion, the entire Beiping Mansion became excited again.
Especially the Huang family and the Zheng family were directly decorated with lanterns and festoons.
There were only a few other families, all of whom were born in the second grade of Jinshi. Each family was very happy and distributed tens of thousands of dollars to the surrounding neighbors.
Later, several families joined forces, beat gongs and drums, and sent generous gifts to Prince Yan's Mansion, Guo Mansion, Academy, Chief Envoy's Department, Inspector's Envoy's Department, Capital Command Department, and even the Yamen of Beiping Prefecture.
At this time, the academy's reputation was completely overturned.
Some scholars from the south also came here because of its reputation.
It's a pity that students from the north can't even get a place in the academy, and those students from the south have no chance!
…
While everyone in Beiping Mansion was celebrating.
Thousands of miles away, Goryeo was engaged in an encirclement and suppression war.
Tens of thousands of Korean soldiers, led by two thousand Yanshan guards, surrounded the large island five miles away from the coast.
Each of the ten thousand Korean soldiers held a rocket in their hands and shot toward the island.
Around the big island, there are hundreds of ships docked densely.
Under the ignition of the rocket, those ships suddenly burst into flames.
Seeing this, thousands of Japanese pirates on the island shouted angrily, "Baga, flax falls"...
Unfortunately, this time the disparity in strength was more than five times, and there were still two thousand Yanshan Guards holding down the formation. Those Korean generals seemed to have eaten something "bear heart and leopard courage", and had no fear of the Japanese pirates on the island.
Even without orders from Wu Yuanhe and Qianhu, those Goryeo generals dared to advance by boat.
Soon, the arrows burst into the big island.
The Japanese pirates left some corpses behind and began to retreat deeper into the island.
A quarter of an hour later.
The army landed on the big island.
Just after landing, some Japanese pirates suddenly came out.
Some Goryeo soldiers were frightened and the army was in chaos. Fortunately, Yanshanwei counterattacked in time.
Blast the Japanese pirate army into confusion.
Immediately, there was a unilateral massacre.
With armor and grenades in hand, whether Yanshan Guards faced Goryeo soldiers or Japanese pirates, they would massacre them unilaterally without any suspense.
An hour later.
The army escorted more than two hundred Japanese pirate prisoners and headed for Ganghwa Island.
And the big island was already burning with raging fire.
A few days later.
The army returns.
After the more than 200 Japanese pirates were interrogated one by one, many of the castrated Japanese pirates became long-term workers in cement workshops.
During the more than a month that Guo An inspected Goryeo, the identity plaques for the entire Yan Kingdom had been completed.
There are more than 60,000 people in Kaesong, more than 12,000 people in Ganghwa Island, and more than 26,000 people in Yan'an County.
…
(End of chapter)
