Daming: I became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son

Li Shanchang listened carefully at first, but gradually he felt that this matter was too nonsense.

Zhang's parents, Li Jiashou, have three toads and five eyes. Isn't it too wrong to trouble King Dingyuan with such a thing?

Unexpectedly, Zhu Tao listened very seriously, and the last person gave them ten taels of silver before sending them away politely.

Li Shanchang was a little confused, knowing that if ten taels of silver were exchanged for rice, the whole family could eat for more than three years.

But Zhu Tao is not a poor man, so he didn't worry about it any more. After the person sent him away, he closed the door, and his tears fell instantly.

"King Dingyuan, I have come to ask you for help. If you don't save me this time, I really have no way out."

After finishing speaking, regardless of his own status, he immediately knelt down in front of Zhu Tao. Now, Zhu Tao can't be punished.

This is Li Shanchang, who was the Prime Minister Zuo of Zhongshu Province, and now he is kneeling in front of him, asking him to save his life.

Zhu Tao said quickly.

"I said Li Xiangguo, you don't usually look like this, you have a seat in front of His Majesty, and you can't afford to kneel with me. What do you look like?"

Li Shanchang still didn't get up, he just shed tears, then wiped the corners of his eyes, and told Zhu Tao.

"King Dingyuan should know that His Majesty has just opened Enke because of the Queen's birthday, and wants to select some literati, and all the tests are based on your theory of mind."

Zhu Tao scratched his head after hearing this, he was really embarrassed about this whole thing.

The so-called theory of mind is actually Wang Yangming's theory, which was directly adopted by Zhu Tao. This is indeed a bit of greedy work.

However, he has no way to tell Li Shanchang in front of him about this, but if Daming puts his heart into studying the textbooks for the imperial examination, it will always be much better than the Four Books and Five Classics.

"Li Xiangguo, just say it clearly. Is there anything wrong with this matter? Is there any problem with the study of mind as a subject of the imperial examination?"

Li Shanchang just shook his head, and then said with a look of frustration.

"Your Majesty is angry about this matter. When the list was announced, 55 Jinshi were admitted, all of them were from the south, and there were none from the north. Now they are about to cause trouble."

After Zhu Tao listened, he immediately reacted, and even blurted out.

"Could it be that the North and South List incident happened so soon?"

In fact, this incident has long been recorded in history, and Zhu Tao knows it quite well.

The so-called north-south list incident is because of the imbalance in education, resulting in the overall quality of southern students being much higher than that of northern students.

So when the rankings were released, it was natural that the northerners were not selected, but the students didn't think so. They thought the examiner was cheating, and even sued the examiner Liu Sanwu directly.

If Liu Sanwu is good or bad, it has nothing to do with Li Shanchang's pain, but after all, this Li Xiangguo is the appointed director of Enke.

In other words, as long as Enke commits fraud this time, Li Shanchang will definitely not be able to get away with it. If Boss Zhu gets angry, he will probably be dismissed from office, or even have a deeper punishment.

Zhu Tao thought about it carefully, and then said.

"Actually, this matter is very simple to say the least. It's just that the students from the South are better than the North in terms of overall strength. Even if it is a re-examination, based on strength, the North still has no room for a comeback."

Li Shanchang nodded and said helplessly.

"It is precisely because of this that things are very complicated. If this is the case, if it is fair, then students from the north cannot be admitted to become Jinshi, but if no one from the north is admitted, wouldn't there be only half of the world left in the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Tao sighed again, he had no choice but to teach this method to Li Shanchang.

"Let me tell you, in fact, the most important thing is not whether the imperial examination is fair, but the proportion of students from the north and the south to be admitted in this exam should be balanced. Dad just wants to use Enke to appease the scholars. Heart, as for whether he has real talent and learning, it is not the most important thing for him.”

This may sound absurd, but upon careful consideration, it is exactly the case.

Li Shanchang said to Zhu Tao as if he suddenly realized.

"King Dingyuan really can understand His Majesty's Sacred Heart, but since you already know the whole story of this matter, you will definitely have a way to help me tide over the difficulties."

Zhu Tao glanced at Li Shanchang, coughed and said.

"I said Li Xiangguo, can you get up on the ground first, I feel awkward talking like this, don't you think the ground is cold and uncomfortable?"

Only then did Li Shanchang realize that he had been kneeling on the ground for a long time, but now he couldn't care less about face.

"If you don't teach me, let alone kneeling, even if I can't afford to kneel here, I should."

Zhu Tao scratched his head and went over, pulled him up and said.

"It's a simple thing, but you made it so complicated. Since the talents and abilities of the students from the north and the south are not even, then it's better to separate the exams. Set up the southern and northern exams separately. Students from the south of the Yangtze River take the southern exam. , students from the north of the Yangtze River take the Beibang Examination, even if the bottom one in the South Ranking is better than the No.1 in the North Ranking, you will not be able to become a Jinshi! , also has the life of Jinshi!"

Li Shanchang pondered Zhu Tao's words carefully, and at first he felt a little deviant, but after much deliberation, it seemed that there was no better way than this idea.

It seems that only Zhu Tao can come up with such a method. No wonder this young man who is not yet 20 years old has already been named the county king and chief assistant.

However, Li Shanchang felt a little fortunate in his heart. After all, Zhu Tao was a rather lazy person. He only wanted to be a salted fish, eat, drink and have fun, not to achieve a career.

If it weren't for this, I'm afraid that the ministers in the court would not need to come to stand on duty again, and let this young master hold up half the sky by himself.

He hastily bowed deeply and said to Zhu Tao.

"This matter has troubled me for a long time. I didn't expect you to dismiss it in a few words. This is really a good strategy. I will report back to the palace immediately."

Zhu Tao shook his head, he didn't take it seriously at all, he just smiled and said to Li Shanchang.

"Li Xiangguo, the two of us get along quite well. You see, I also gave you an idea. How about you doing me a favor?"

As soon as these words came out, Li Shanchang was a little flattered, after all, this is His Majesty's most beloved adopted son, and he was able to ask himself.

Even if Zhu Tao had something to do by himself, he would not refuse.