First Prince of Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 104 Court battle

   After Zhu Biao finished writing, he checked it again, and then handed it over to Liu Jin and sent it to the Imperial Study Room.

  After the court meeting yesterday, the first imperial examinations in Ming Dynasty began. First, the local examinations were held in the localities, and then those with excellent results could directly enter Beijing. Now there is an urgent need for talents, and there is no time to wait for them to pass through the examinations.

  Zhu Yuanzhang also attached great importance to this imperial examination, so he asked Prime Minister Li Shanchang, the director of the examination, and Song Lian, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, to take the examination.

  In fact, in terms of status, Li Shanchang should be the chief examiner, but Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Song Lian.

  Zhu Biao was more relaxed. Although he was not appointed, Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered him to invigilate the exam with Li Shanchang, and let the students take a look at my crown prince.

  In order to welcome the students who came to take the exam, the Ministry of Industry was also ordered to build the Enke Hall exam room, and the construction was ordered to be completed as soon as possible.

  After eating, Zhu Biao sat in the Wenhua Palace and read a book, thought for a while and said, "Liu Jin, go and call Quan Xu."

Liu Jin left as promised, and Zhu Biao was very satisfied with Quan Xu. Although Quan Xu was promoted this time, he did not receive any titles. According to Quan Xu's merits, it is not too much to be named a Duke, after all He is Zhu Biao's pro-military commander, and he is also the queen of heroes.

  But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't award him a reward, and Zhu Biao didn't say anything to him, just to see Quan Xu's character.

   Not long after, Quan Xu walked in and knelt on one knee: "The last general will see Your Highness!"

  Zhu Biao waved his hand to make him stand up: "Quan Xu, do you want to understand why you haven't been knighted yet?"

  Quan Xu clasped his fists and replied: "Returning to Your Highness, the general didn't think about it at the end, Mo Jiang only knew to do what he should do, and as for the title, it is naturally up to the arrangement of the Holy Majesty and His Highness.

  Zhu Biao got up and walked to his side and said: "That's good, don't worry, both the father and the palace have great expectations of you, don't let it down."

  Quan Xu's resolute face turned serious and said: "I will be loyal to the death!"

Zhu Biao looked at him and said: "The casualties in the Duwei's Mansion are a bit heavy. The Holy Lord intends to expand its scale. You take your people to meet Mao Xiang, the commander of the Duwei's Mansion. There will be no news of the palace in the future." Zhao, you don’t need to come again, just concentrate on serving the Holy One.”

  After hearing this, Quan Xu knelt at Zhu Biao's feet again, and then solemnly answered "No"!

  Zhu Biao glanced at Quan Xu's back, this is a good player, and Zhu Biao was a bit reluctant. But he doesn't have anything to do now, instead of letting Quan Xu stand guard in the East Palace every day, he might as well go back to the military commander's mansion for a good workout.

   This is also what Zhu Yuanzhang meant. Zhu Biao naturally knows what his father thinks. This is to cultivate a perfect spy leader for him.

   It is also convenient for Quan Xu to help Zhu Biao take over this large organization in the future. Although Zhu Biao does not know the specific configuration of the pro-military Duwei Mansion, is he still unclear about the power of Jinyiwei in the future?

  Xu Da's side has already begun to return to court, and Chang Yuchun still needs to stay in Beiping for a while. It would be nice to come back when Zhu Biao gets married.

  The big wedding is in September, that is, there are still more than three months left, and the Ministry of Rituals has already started planning.

  Zhu Biao is now focusing on the struggle between Hu Weiyong and Yang Xian every day. Both of them are now aiming at Li Shanchang's position.

  Hu Weiyong, as Li Shanchang's disciple, naturally had the upper hand, but Yang Xian was sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to check and balance, and he was not afraid of them with the emperor behind him.

   There are also neutral factions among them, such as Zhang Chang, who was an official in the previous dynasty.

   All this has been known to the government and the public, and Zhu Biao's heart is itching to see it, but it's a pity that it's not time for him to end.

  Zhu Biao has been very honest recently, Zhu Yuanzhang did not give him any arrangements, Zhu Biao's studies have also been completed, and Zhu Di continued his study career.

Although Zhu Biao was a bit bored, he did not take the initiative to ask his father. Those who achieve great things must endure loneliness, just like Quan Xu. He made great achievements but did not get the reward he deserved. , doing what he should do, no one would dislike such a person.

  The same is true for Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang is also watching him, to see if he starts to get carried away, to see if he can stand the loneliness.

   After a few more days like this, Zhu Biao was invited to the imperial study, and when he entered the room, he saw Yang Xian kneeling on the ground crying and covering his face, and Zhu Yuanzhang was also comforting him.

   After entering the room, Zhu Biao saluted his father, then walked to Zhu Yuanzhang and stood still. Yang Xian saw Zhu Biao also put his hands covering his face on the ground to salute Zhu Biao.

   At this moment, Zhu Biao saw clear palm prints on Yang Xian's dark face. Zhu Biao stretched out his hand to help him, but did not speak.

Yang Xian got up and pointed to the red palm print on his face and said: "Your Majesty, I can't bear the humiliation. I am also a dignified official of the court. I am a minister in the same hall as Hu Weiyong. How dare he beat my humble minister? I ask your majesty to do it for you." The minister is in charge!"

  Zhu Yuanzhang said with relief: "We must make the decision for you, don't cry, it's not proper for the dignified Minister of Zhongshu to cry."

  After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he shouted to the outside: "Mao Xiang, you hand over Yang Xian's memorial to Liu Bowen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and let him deal with it according to the law. You must not be lenient!"

   Yang Xian bowed his head to Zhu Yuanzhang to thank Zhu Yuanzhang when he heard this, and then resigned.

  When Yang Xian went out, Zhu Yuanzhang picked up his teacup and laughed, and Zhu Biao also shook his head.

  Zhu Yuanzhang asked his son to sit next to him, "What do you think?"

Zhu Biao pondered for a while and said: "On the surface, it seems that Hu Weiyong is impulsive and dares to beat his colleagues in Zhongshu Province, but I feel that this is also planned by Yang Xian. He just wants to provoke Hu Weiyong on purpose and force him to make mistakes. In this way, Li Shanchang will not be able to push Hu Weiyong to the top."

  Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction: "This Yang Xian is deeply jealous. He always slanders those who are not good enough for him. He is a person with factionalism and a strong desire for power, and he will do anything to achieve his goals."

  Zhu Biao did not expect that Zhu Yuanzhang had seen through Yang Xian so thoroughly, so he asked: "Since the father has already seen through Yang Xian, why should he still use him?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Do you know what happened in Yangzhou? In just two years, the city of Yangzhou has changed with each passing day. The refugees have returned to their hometowns and towns have recovered, and large tracts of land have been cultivated again. We have sent people to look at it. As long as there are no natural disasters, Yangzhou will There will be a great harvest there."

  Zhu Biao nodded and said: "It seems that Yang Xian is indeed capable, but the recovery of people's livelihood is so difficult. Other state capitals have not recovered very well, but Yang Xian has done a good job. I am afraid there is something strange about it."

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