Domineering Daming

After eating, Zhu Xu walked slowly in Xingyuan with his hands behind his back to understand the layout here.

Cao Huachun followed behind and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Bi Ge has already left. Mr. Fu Ge in Beijing has completed this year's imperial examinations. He has drawn up a list and will submit it soon. Mr. Fu Ge and others discussed and decided on a large-scale Expand the number of candidates, and plan to increase it to 700 to 1000."

Zhu Xu didn't care, and said, "How many people are there unexpectedly?"

Cao Huachun looked up at Zhu Xu and said, "There are less than ten people."

With hands behind his back, Zhu Xu looked at the path covered with green trees, and his heart wandered.

The textbooks of the Faculty of Political Science are biased towards "reasoning", which are basically an introduction to mathematics, physics and chemistry. Although Confucianism is still the focus, it has been greatly weakened.

The questions of the exam are naturally from officials of the Faculty of Political Science, so it is really extraordinary that someone other than the Faculty of Political Science can pass the exam.

After walking for a while, Zhu Xu said, "How about the boycotted imperial examinations this year?"

Cao Huachun said: "Scholars are very angry about the teaching materials of the political science department and the imperial examination questions, and filthy words are flooding the public. Most of the stupid people follow each other, and it has not decreased."

The last few sentences are obviously not spoken language, they are the words of the Supervisory Council from the Supervisory Council.

Zhu Xu nodded, not surprisingly, Confucianism is considered to be the last peak at this time, and the stubborn forces are too strong, and it will not be able to reverse it for a while.

Remembering the previous conversation with Bi Ziyan, Zhu Xu said again: "Reply to Mr. Fu Ge, leave a hole, and let Mr. Bi Ge deal with it when he returns to Beijing."

Cao Huachun responded, and continued: "The account books of the Shenlong Mansion for the first half of the year have been calculated, and the accumulated profit is 200 million taels of silver. There are still some goods that have not been counted. In the second half of the year, the ships from Xiyi will arrive one after another. Shenlong The government estimates that this year's profit may exceed 3000 million silver, but the payment may be slower, and with the 2000 million expenditure, this year's profit will be much lower than last year..."

Zhu Xu also expected this, and said: "Tell Shenlong Mansion that the cabinet will approve their request for opening in September at the latest. From Vladivostok to Shunlong in North Annan, open twelve ports in one go, and hand them all over to Shenlong Mansion. Operation..."

Cao Huachun remembered the sound, looked up at Zhu Xu, and said, "Ms. Chen has a message. May I ask, when will you send His Highness the Third Highness back to Beijing?"

His Highness the Third Highness, that is, Zhu Ciyi, he has been playing in Shenlong Mansion for several months.

Zhu Xu heard the implication of Bumbutai's words, that is, when will she return to the palace?

As for the Shenlong Mansion, Zhu Xu couldn't let go of it yet, and definitely couldn't hand it over to the imperial court. After looking all over the Ming Dynasty, he really couldn't find a second suitable candidate.

Zhu Xu thought for a while, and said, "Send Yi'er here first."

The meaning of this sentence is to suspend the matter of Bumbutai and discuss it later.

"Yes." Cao Huachun said.

As soon as he finished speaking, a guard hurried over, knelt on one knee and said, "Report to the emperor, a woman came outside the door, calling her Zhu Zonghan's concubine, begging to see the emperor."

Zhu Xu frowned, and looked at the door with deep eyes.

Cao Bianjiao's face changed even more, and he said directly: "Let Cao Commander, Su Duwei come over immediately, Xingyuan be on guard!"

Zhu Xu waved his hand and said with a smile: "You don't need to move, a woman will scare you like this, let her come in."

Chapter 1278

The person who came was dressed in plain clothes, with a high bun, and a calm and calm expression.

This is a woman from the water village, charming, quiet, with courage and determination in her eyes.

From far to near, she came to Zhu Xu, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said, "I beg you to die with your husband, my majesty!"

Cao Huachun, Cao Bianjiao, Su Yinyin and others stood beside Zhu Xu, listening to this woman's words with strange expressions.

Zhu Xu looked at this woman and said, "Are you Zhu Zonghan's woman?"

The person who came was Chen Rujiao, she knocked her head on the ground, and said: "That's right, the concubine. If you die, you will be fine, and the concubine begs the emperor to make it happen."

Zhu Xu didn't know that there was a woman in Zhu Zonghan's paralyzed face, touched his chin, and said, "I'm looking for him too, why are you here?"

Chen Rujiao, who was kneeling on the ground, was taken aback for a moment, straightened up, looked at Zhu Xu, and said for a moment: "Did the emperor deceive the concubine?"

Zhu Xu laughed and said, "Do I need to lie to you?"

Chen Rujiao looked at Zhu Xu, then at the people beside him, bit her lip, stood up suddenly, and slammed into the pillar beside her.

Su Yinyin's eyes were sharp, and the short arrow on her arm shot out, hitting Chen Rujiao's calf.

Chen Rujiao let out a cry of pain and fell to the ground.

With a wave of Su Yinyin's hand, several female guards rushed in, directly held Chen Rujiao up, and then quickly searched her body.

After a while, a female guard raised her hand and said, "Your Majesty, she has no murder weapon on her."

Zhu Xu stood up, came to Chen Rujiao, and said thoughtfully, "Zhu Zonghan asked you to come? What message do you want to tell me?"

Chen Rujiao's face was covered with cold sweat, her pretty face was deformed by the pain, she looked up at Zhu Xu, bit her lip, and refused to say a word.

Zhu Xu lifted her chin, looked at her beautiful face like a flower, and said, "You are Zhu Zonghan's woman, you should know how Jin Yiwei interrogates people, how much do you think you can endure those severe punishments?"

Fear flashed across Chen Rujiao's eyes, but she still gritted her teeth without saying a word, her expression firm.

Zhu Xu became more and more interested, and said: "I will put you outside the gate and torture you publicly. Guess, will Zhu Zonghan come from the net?"

Chen Rujiao's pretty face changed suddenly, she bit her lip, and said, "Sir, he said that he will come to see the emperor in person, and he will die if he does."

"Oh?"

Zhu Xu became more and more interested, and said, "He wants to negotiate with me? What are they talking about? What does he want to do?"

Chen Rujiao looked at Zhu Xu, and said: "The concubine doesn't know, the concubine just wants to die with the husband, share the same acupuncture point."

"Infatuated woman..."

Zhu Xu looked at Chen Rujiao, praised him, and said, "If you come here, he will know soon. I am very curious about what he wants to talk to me about, and what chips he has in his hand..."

Tears welled up in Chen Rujiao's eyes, she gritted her teeth, her face was full of worry.

Zhu Xu waved his hand, and Su Yinyin ordered Chen Rujiao to stay.

Zhu Xu sat down on the chair again, looked at the three people in front of him, and said with a smile: "You said, Zhu Zonghan negotiated with me with his death, what leverage does he have, so confident to persuade me?"

Before Cao Huachun and Cao Bianjiao could speak, Su Yinyin said coldly: "A rebellious person, death is not a pity!"

Knowing that she was always cold, Zhu Xu didn't care, looked at Cao Huachun, Cao Bianjiao.

Cao Huachun hesitated for a while, and said: "I don't know what Zhu Zonghan's purpose is, so I can't guess."

Cao Bianjiao was always silent, he didn't take another step, he didn't say a word, Zhu Xu asked, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Since Zhu Zonghan is not even afraid of death, he must have a big plan, and it has nothing to do with him. He came here with his arms in his arms, so there should be hope." Convincing the emperor, I believe that it is mostly a matter of military affairs, but the specifics... I can't guess."

Zhu Xu glanced at Cao Bianjiao, nodded slightly, and said, "Jinsheng said something useful, I'll wait and see what Zhu Zonghan uses to convince me, and what he wants to plot with death..."

Su Yinyin listened, and said, "I'm going to arrange another defense."