When Song Lian met Zhu Biao's master and apprentice, they had something special to say.
And on the other side.
Wen Yuanji and Fan Xianzu were controlled. Not long after they came out of Song Lian's house, they were directly held down by a group of guards.
Then they were taken directly to the capital prison.
No one spoke to them during the whole process, and no information was revealed.
At the beginning, Wen Yuanji and Fan Xianzu did not realize what was happening. They only felt that they were imperial officials and that the people who held them hostage were simply audacious.
But when they saw that the place they were pressed to was actually a prison, they realized something was wrong.
There's something wrong with this!
Unfortunately, Gong Weilang remained tight-lipped and remained silent.
Soon, the two were assigned to two adjacent cells.
"Master Fan, what on earth is going on?"
Wen Yuanji was relatively calm. After all, he was an official and was not easily frightened.
Fan Xianzu was a little distracted and said blankly: "Master Wen, I'm afraid that the two of us went to find Master Song, which offended His Majesty. Otherwise, why would he have sent us here directly?"
Fan Xianzu's sense of worry was obviously greater than that of Wen Yuanji.
He was the one who encouraged Song Lian to find trouble, just to prevent the matter from getting to him.
Now it seems that everything about them is under Zhu Yuanzhang's control.
Wen Yuanji was the official censor of the Censor, and Fan Xianzu was the guest of the prince. They were both East Palace aides selected by Zhu Yuanzhang personally for Zhu Biao.
Lao Zhu can choose them, and naturally he can control them.
"Why? Master Fan, we are all doing this for His Highness the Crown Prince and for the Ming Dynasty!"
Wen Yuanji said a little puzzled, with a look of indignation still on his face.
He believed that what he did was not wrong.
However, no one except Fan Xianzu could hear him at this moment.
Fan Xianzu leaned against the wall, slumped on the ground and replied: "Master Wen, it's too late to say this now."
Helpless, resigned.
This is what Fan Xianzu was thinking at the moment.
"Your Majesty is here!"
At this time, a loud summons sounded.
Wen Yuanji and Fan Xianzu were both shocked. They stood up from the cell and looked eagerly at the direction where the sound came from.
Zhu Yuanzhang came slowly and slowly.
"The guilty minister pays homage to Your Majesty!"
Wen Yuanji and Fan Xianzu both knelt down towards Zhu Yuanzhang in prison at the same time, which was quite awe.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the two of them coldly and said, "Oh, you have already claimed to be guilty, so why don't you tell me where you went wrong? Wen Yuanji, you go ahead."
In fact, the private conversation between Wen Yuanji and Fan Xianzu was not a private conversation at all. The main hall was originally a study place specially set up for Zhu Biao, and there were countless insiders inside and outside.
Even if there is something wrong in his eyes, Zhu Yuanzhang will know immediately.
Wen Yuanji and Fan Xianzu were both scholars, but they still had insufficient experience in this area.
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, Wen Yuanji raised his head.
But he didn't know how to answer for a while, because he felt in his heart that he was not wrong.
After thinking for a moment, Wen Yuanji simply replied: "The guilty minister should not speak ill of the prince."
If the king wants his minister to die, he must die.
Wen Yuanji had no reason, so he had to find one.
"You are making false claims about the prince."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wen Yuanji and said with a cold face: "Are you really just making unreasonable opinions? Or do you think I really don't know your thoughts?"
"Your Majesty, guilty minister"
"Okay, don't say any more."
Wen Yuanji still wanted to explain, but Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted him directly, turned to look at Fan Xianzu and said:
"Fan Xianzu, tell me, where is your crime?"
Fan Xianzu was obviously much more thoughtful than Wen Yuanji. He immediately said: "I should not have thought of interfering with His Highness the Crown Prince's affairs as Lord Song. I am worried about the Ming Dynasty, but I have done something wrong. Please punish me." .”
By saying this, I not only found a good reason for myself, but also didn't make my problem too serious.
"snort."
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said, "You'd better really think so."
Hearing this, Fan Xianzu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty's holy grace."
If you really want to kill them, this conversation will be completely unnecessary.
"Master Wen, please thank your Majesty for not killing me."
Seeing that Wen Yuanji did not respond, Fan Xianzu immediately reminded Wen Yuanji in the next cell.
"Thank you, Your Majesty for your grace!"
Wen Yuanji also knelt down. If he could not die, then of course he would not die.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the two of them again and said calmly: "The death penalty can be avoided, but punishment is necessary. Just stay here for a while."
After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang turned and left directly.
Fan Xianzu and Wen Yuanji still didn't dare to stand up at all, so they could only continue to kneel.
Outside the imperial prison, as soon as Zhu Yuanzhang came out, Empress Ma came up to him: "Chongba, you personally selected these people. You know best in your heart that as the emperor, you must be tolerant."
"I know, I've already let them go."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
This was Empress Ma's advice, otherwise the fate of Fan Xianzu and Wen Yuanji would not have been so simple.
It can be said that the easiest way to survive when Lao Zhu is angry is for Queen Ma to persuade him.
The content of the advice is not important, what is important is the person Queen Ma.
"That's right. Just give them some small punishment. The mistakes they made are not big."
Queen Ma felt a little relieved.
In fact, she was also thinking about Zhu Yuanzhang. Every year in the Ming Dynasty, too many officials were killed due to corruption.
But Ming Dynasty is not a small country, and it cannot be governed by Lao Zhu alone.
The assistance of ministers is also very important. Killing corruption is the principle and cannot be changed.
But in other matters, you should still be a little more tolerant towards your ministers.
Wen Yuanji and Fan Xianzu are not unknown people, they are both talented and learned.
Killing him so easily would frighten the officials on the one hand, and on the other hand, he would lose two talents.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Queen Ma and said, "Sister, it's not that we don't know this truth, but these two guys are so evil-hearted."
"I didn't have the guts to come to me, so I actually invited Song Lian to come. Fortunately, Song Lian is more knowledgeable than them."
Let's talk about Lao Zhu. Because he likes to be suspicious, he prefers people who are straightforward.
Just like Song Lian came to him many times before about Zhu Biao's affairs, he didn't get angry at all.
Just say it and it will be over.
But Wen Yuanji and Fan Xianzu wanted to cause trouble in a roundabout way.
This made Lao Zhu dislike it very much.
If Wen Yuanji had followed Wen Yuanji's idea and the two of them had gone directly to Zhu Yuanzhang to explain the situation, it might not have turned out like this.
Zhu Yuanzhang reprimanded him a few words, and that was over.
After all, Lao Zhu's wife and children are now here, and he is suspicious, but not that serious. He still has a tolerance for other things except corruption and rebellion.
When Queen Ma heard this, she joked: "So this is the reason why you can't get angry even if Mr. Su chokes you in front of you?"
Su Jing!
The exchanges between Lao Zhu and Su Jing were mostly filled with mutual hostility.
Most of the time, it was Lao Zhu who was furious, but considering his status, he couldn't get angry in person, so he could only endure it.
This made Lao Zhu jump behind his back a lot.
"Su Jing. That guy Su Jing doesn't count!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked a little ugly and said: "When one day he knows that we are the emperor, we will see if he still doesn't have the courage!"
Lao Zhu was actually looking forward to revealing his identity.
Because he didn't reveal his identity, he always seemed to be weaker in front of Su Jing.
This guy is simply talking nonsense!
Lao Zhu really wanted to see if he still had the same courage as before when he met Su Jing as the emperor.
Empress Ma covered her mouth and smiled, and said, "Okay, let's go back. It's windy and cold here, so don't freeze."
"Ah sneeze!"
In Lishui County, in another courtyard, Su Jing sneezed loudly.
"Who is scolding me behind my back again?"
Su Jing sniffed and wrapped herself up subconsciously.
Not long after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather cooled down again. It was indeed a lot colder.
"Master Su, it's cold outside, so let's go inside."
Zhu Xi said to Su Jing.
"knew."
Su Jing nodded. It felt good to be cared about by a nine-year-old child.
"How's it going? How's your design going with the experimental process I asked you to design?"
Su Jing asked Zhu Rui.
"Master Su, the student has finished, please take a look."
Zhu Ru pushed the experimental process explanation with pictures and texts in front of Su Jing.
"Okay, let me take a look."
Su Jing nodded, and then began to examine it carefully.
Because the pea hybridization experiment actually requires a very delicately designed experiment, Su Jing is already teaching theoretical experiments.
From determining research goals to postulating causes, to designing experiments, collecting data, analyzing data and drawing conclusions, Zhu Ju was taught step by step.
The progress is quite fast, but Zhu Ju's learning has not been compromised at all.
Su Jing's goal is to make Zhu Ru clear about the entire pea hybridization experiment process before tomorrow summer.
This sounds like a pretty difficult thing to do.
But with Su Jing's guidance, it's not impossible.
"Niu Su, come on, tell me what your idea is for setting up this control group."
Su Jing took the experimental process written by Zhu Xi and began to dismantle it bit by bit.
The life of the master and apprentice was so simple. Even if Zhu Biao never came back, the two of them felt nothing.
Learning is something that makes people happy.
At least for Zhu Rui, this is a very happy thing.
The master and apprentice are very happy here. In the East Palace, Zhu Biao and Song Lian are also quite harmonious.
"Master Song, you will always be my teacher, and students will never forget you."
Zhu Biao said sincerely to Song Lian.
Song Lian taught Zhu Biao his daily studies when he was still the crown prince.
It can be said that Song Lian was always around Zhu Biao when he was a child.
"It is my great honor that His Highness the Crown Prince misses me so much. Now that I see His Highness the Crown Prince, I have no regrets in my heart."
Song Lian looked at Zhu Biao, and he was quite satisfied.
He once thought that he was the only one who could teach Zhu Biao well, and that Su Jing was just a deceitful person.
Now it seems that studying with Su Jing is Zhu Biao's most correct choice.
"As for Master Song, the Ming Dynasty still needs loyal ministers like Master Song."
Zhu Biao immediately said: "By the way, Master Song, regarding the imperial examination, the student has some thoughts and would like to communicate with Master Song."
Although Zhu Yuanzhang decided to reopen the Ming Dynasty imperial examination.
But in many actual tasks, Zhu Yuanzhang still trusted Song Lian.
As a famous Confucian in the world, Song Lian's status is quite high in the minds of scholars all over the world.
It is natural that Song Lian should be responsible for re-opening the imperial examination.
"Your Highness, please speak."
Song Lian's expression immediately became serious.
The imperial examination is a matter of concern to scholars all over the world and cannot be done carelessly.
Zhu Biao said: "Master Su once discussed the imperial examination with me. He told me that the imperial examination was reopened in the Ming Dynasty, probably following the Song and Yuan Dynasties. It has a fixed rhythm, a broken question at the beginning, and a connecting question under the broken question."
"Using the content of the four books "Great Learning", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius" as the scope of the title, and using the meaning and doubts of the classics as the title of the essay, forming an eight-legged style, right?"
Zhu Biao briefly asked Song Lian what Su Jing had told him.
After hearing Zhu Biao's words, Song Lian's expression suddenly changed.
"Is this what Mr. Su said?"
Song Lian looked at Zhu Biao with shock in his eyes.
Because this is exactly the same as what Song Lian thought, and even more perfect than his.
Zhu Biao nodded and said, "Yes, this is exactly what Master Su said."
In front of Song Lian, he did not choose to hide it, not only because he believed in Song Lian, but also because the imperial examination matter was not unspeakable.
Song Lian was shocked and stood there stunned.
The resumption of the imperial examination is inevitable, and Zhu Yuanzhang will announce it to the world probably next year.
Song Lian, a lecturer on the Five Classics, naturally knew a lot and participated in a lot.
What he didn't expect was that Su Jing already knew what he and several celebrities and scholars had been thinking about for a long time.
He also explained it so clearly and thoroughly to Prince Zhu Biao, even more perfect than he thought.
this.
"Master Song."
Zhu Biao shouted, pulling Song Lian out of his thoughts.
"Um."
Song Lian said: "Your Highness, Mr. Su is truly a god, and I admire him very much."
"If this is implemented, then the appointment of officials in the Ming Dynasty will be fair and worry-free, and students all over Taiwan will also be grateful to Mr. Su."
admiration?
Gratitude?
Zhu Biao was stunned and immediately reacted.
He hurriedly said: "Master Song, this matter is different from what you think. Master Su is very resistant to this stereotyped appointment of officials. He bluntly stated its disadvantages and is absolutely undesirable."
It is not advisable to get an official position with stereotypes!
Hearing this, Song Lian was dumbfounded.
Just now, he thought that Su Jing could explain it in such detail, so he must be in agreement with the appointment of officials. Otherwise, why would he think so deeply about it.
But what I didn't expect was that Su Jing was opposed to the stereotyped appointment of officials.
Is it possible to return to the previous behavior of being filial and honest?
No, this is absolutely not okay!
Song Lian looked at Zhu Biao and said: "Your Highness, the imperial examination is an important weapon of the country. Even Mr. Su, I will definitely not agree to it."
Even though he suffered several losses because of Su Jing, Song Lian remained firm when something really happened.
(End of chapter)
