First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Liu Bowen really felt sorry for this former student, and even blamed himself for not teaching him well.

Yang Xian was very proud of himself at this time, and it also proved that no matter how smart a person is, when his mind is blinded by desire, he is nothing more than that.

From the corner of his eyes, Li Shan glanced at Yang Xian, who was only half a body slower than himself, and without saying anything, cheered up and bowed to the heroic young man in front of him: Veteran, see Your Highness.

Yang Xian on the side also bowed and saluted: I haven't seen Your Highness for a long time, Your Highness is forever.

Zhu Biao smiled and stretched out his hand and said: You two, please excuse me. Today, I am here to ask about the imperial examination.

Yang Xian continued: His Royal Highness is so concerned about the imperial examination, I think those scholars will be grateful when they know about it.

Li Shanchang nodded and said: That's exactly the case. The imperial examination is to recruit talented people for the country and to cultivate new officials for the court. In the future, these people will serve the Tian family. It is their luck to have His Highness take care of them.

Zhu Biao walked forward, Li Shanchang and Yang Xian hurriedly followed, Zhu Biao looked at the distance and asked behind him: Have all the scholars from various places arrived?

Yang Xian lowered his head slightly and replied: All the scholars from various places should have arrived. After all, the day of the exam is not far away. Those who haven't come should have given up.

Zhu Biao nodded: Where are they all, have you counted all their hometowns?

Yang Xian didn't know about this, Li Shanchang replied: The imperial court has arranged and registered, but I'm not sure if there are any omissions.

Zhu Biao frowned: How are the scholars arranged? Doesn't the court have a unified arrangement?

Li Shanchang had just said the word this before being interrupted by Yang Xian: As far as I know, the imperial court did not arrange uniform board and lodging for the scholars, so Li Xiangguo was not sure about the statistics of the scholars.

Zhu Biao frowned: This is not good. Scholars have come from far away, why the court didn't even arrange basic board and lodging, what if some poor families can't afford board and lodging!

Li Shanchang immediately bowed and said: This is indeed the negligence of the old minister, please punish the crime, Your Highness.

Zhu Biao couldn't say anything: Zai Fu is busy with government affairs, and I can understand it, but the matter is really not detailed enough, so I should take it as a warning in the future!

After Li Shanchang agreed, Zhu Biao told Yang Xian: Immediately arrange a unified board and lodging for the scholars. If you can't find a place for a while, then settle in a larger inn first. Make sure that the scholars have a good life. state to take part in the imperial examination.”

Yang Xian immediately agreed. At this time, Li Shanchang said: If you want to arrange it as soon as possible, you need some money, and you need a set of procedures from the Ministry of Finance to withdraw it from the household department. It would be a waste of time. Why don't you ask His Royal Highness to help you.

Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: That's okay, Yang Xian, then you can go to the East Palace to get some silver, and then arrange this matter.

After Yang Xian promised, he glanced at Li Shanchang, cursed the old fox in his heart, and then followed a eunuch to the East Palace.

He couldn't say that he didn't need His Highness the Crown Prince and the Ministry of Households to pay for the money, and the minister could just put this small amount of money on his own.

He only has a salary a year, and if he spends so much money in such a grand manner, it is not easy to tell the Holy One that I have been corrupted.

Zhu Biao looked at Yang Xianyuan's back and said, It's a big taboo to use my own money to arrange board and lodging for the scholars who are about to take the imperial examination.

Li Shanchang bowed and said: If this matter is done by the minister or other princes, they will inevitably bear the thunderous wrath of the Holy Majesty. Only if His Highness does it, the Holy Majesty will only be happy, and will not be punished at all.

Zhu Biao shook his head: Being favored by my father's kindness, I should do my duty and obey the rules. How can I be proud of being favored? I will go to ask my father tonight.

Li Shanchang didn't say anything either, the Holy Majesty asked the prince to follow him to take charge of the imperial examination, in order to give the prince praise and wings, now it is a rare opportunity for the prince to show favor to the scholars, so naturally he should not let it go easily.

Li Shanchang looked at the calm Zhu Biao and nodded in his heart. According to the favor of the Holy Majesty, it is not surprising that the prince is proud and domineering when he is young.

However, the prince was calm and decisive in his actions, and his advances and retreats were well-founded. He said just now that he wanted the prince to pay. If the prince was cautious, he should refuse, but the prince agreed decisively.

It can also be understood that the prince knew that the emperor would not blame him, so he agreed, but he still said bluntly that he would personally apologize when he went back at night. This is to know the rules, so the emperor will only be happier.

It's really rare, just look at Yang Xian, he has already started to drift off wherever he goes, he has really lived for more than forty years, compared with His Royal Highness, it is a world of difference.

Zhu Biao led the people to Li Shanchang's official office, surrounded by people from the East Palace, there is no need to worry about being loyal, and it was arranged by Zhu Yuanzhang himself to be by his side.

Zhu Biao said with some regret: Yang Xian seems to have exposed his true nature, but how he speaks and does things is not as good as before. When he was in Yangzhou, he was still an official and capable minister, but now...

Li Shanchang comforted him and said, Your Highness, why should you feel sorry for this kind of person? Yang Xian is a cruel official who is narrow-minded. He doesn't have the bearing of being a prime minister. In the future, the imperial examinations will provide His Highness with a steady stream of talents.

Zhu Biao nodded and didn't bother to entangle Yang Xian: How many Jinshi quotas has the imperial father set for this time?

Li Shanchang opened his mouth and replied: Because it is the first imperial examination in the founding of the country, the Holy One has kindly expanded the number of recruits, and recruited a total of 300 Jinshi.

Li Shanchang thought for a while and said: After they pass the palace examination, they will determine their rankings, and they will be admitted as my Daming's new Jinshi. There are 36 people in the first class, and the top three will be the number one scholar. Sixty-four people from the top class will be awarded Jinshi background, and two hundred from the top three will be awarded Jinshi background, and the Holy Grace has granted them two years of examinations, and if anyone fails the examination, they will have another chance next year.

Zhu Biao nodded, 300 people is not too many, but it is not a lot, not to mention there will be Enke next year, but Daming now let alone 300 Jinshi, even 3,000 people can eat, it is really everywhere There is a shortage of manpower.

Li Shanchang looked at Zhu Biao's face and knew that he was a bit too small: Your Highness, since the imperial examinations were opened in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there have only been more than 100,000 Jinshi, and 100,000 of them are Jinshi from the Song Dynasty.

Zhu Biao nodded. Song Dynasty Chongwen, there were eight or nine hundred candidates for each subject, no wonder there were so many Jinshi.

Li Shanchang said: My Ming Dynasty is in short supply of people, so is the talent. The reason why the veteran didn't suggest that the Holy Majesty grant more quotas is because he was afraid that some of them would fill up the quotas.

Zhu Biao replied: That's true. I'm afraid there are people who are not capable enough among the first three hundred people.

The two of them talked about this new class of Jinshi, and they went all the way back to the official office where Li Shanchang worked.

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