First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Shuning smiled slightly, "Brother Jing, do you think it's fair now? We traveled all the way across the mountains, worked hard, and spent a lot of time on the road to come here for the exam. It can't be said that we are better than the students in Jiangxi. Bar?"

Jing Qing was startled, and smiled helplessly: "You still don't know what's going on? Over the years, places like Guizhou and Guangxi, including Yunnan, haven't had many students come out...Jimin School's rules, a province has to come out Only ten or more students can set up a separate test center, otherwise, they will go to war, carry the test papers, travel thousands of miles, and if it is leaked halfway, it will be troublesome, and no one can afford the consequences!"

Zhang Shuning said with a chuckle: "What is the meaning of this regulation, brother still don't understand? You go to the Imperial Academy to see, are there any top three Jinshi?"

Jing Qing blushed, "Don't tell me if you see it through, and if you think it's inappropriate, why didn't you tell the grand master? Ask him for help?"

Zhang Shuning shook his head and said, "Is it too much to ask my father for everything? And there are not enough candidates, so it is impossible to set up a separate test center. !"

Jing Qing was startled, "Junior brother, are you really sure that you will win ten places?"

Zhang Shuning chuckled, "Not ten, but thirty!"

"Thirty!" Jing Qing was shocked, "I said Junior Brother Zhang, don't let your cowhide explode!"

Zhang Shuning laughed, "This time, I brought students from Guizhou, Guangxi and Yunnan. We will fight for three test centers for these three provinces!"

Jing Qing was dumbfounded, what a big ambition!

To this day, Jiangxi still occupies half of the seats in Jimin School, and the remaining major cultural and educational provinces, including Yingtian, can share [-]%, and the remaining [-]% is allocated to other provinces, and even some Goryeo and Wa kingdoms. The people who come here will come to Jimin Academy and take the exam.

In places like Guizhou, no one has been able to pass the exam after so many years. The situation in Guangxi is similar. In Yunnan's best year, only three people were admitted to Jimin Academy, and they can already celebrate with drums and gongs.

It is not so difficult to get 30 people admitted at once, and there are more than ten people in each province.

"Junior Brother Zhang, otherwise, you can tell the Grand Master to take extra care of him, what do you think?"

Zhang Shuning laughed and shook his head, "No need! I just want to be as fair as possible in the exam questions, and don't use things that students in remote areas don't understand to fool things! Besides, I believe in my students, the talents of all people in the world, It makes no difference!"

Jing Qing was speechless, he understood what Liu Sanwu was worried about.

In the past few years, Zhang Shuning has been fighting wits and courage with the person who made the question, from the Ministry of Education to all schools, he has a clear understanding of it.

Don't look at him not asking Grand Master Zhang to come forward, but whoever dares to play tricks will cause more than just the wrath of the thunder.The unlucky time at Fudan School has not recovered yet.

If something goes wrong, Liu Sanwu will definitely die.

But think about it carefully, with Zhang Shuning here, how lucky are the students from these backward places, at least no one dares to play tricks.

They worked so hard, got up early and went to bed late, put in several times the hard work, traveled over mountains and mountains, and walked for more than two months to come to take the exam. If they can't guarantee the most basic fairness, then what a disappointment it would be!

So, come on!

The day of the exam finally arrived. Zhang Shuning got up early, carried a lantern, sent the students outside the exam room, and watched them enter the exam room one by one.

Similarly, there are more people who also send their children here.

To this team from the southwest, they were not so friendly. On the contrary, some people had poison in their eyes, as if they had been robbed of something.

Some people even talked about, a bunch of children in the mountains, running here is embarrassing, can you pass the exam?Wasting money for nothing, is it not good to herd sheep and feed pigs at home?

Zhang Shuning knew this very well, he even wanted to laugh three times, some people got impatient, they cursed, this proved that he did the right thing!

If it didn't affect other people's interests, if it didn't make them feel the crisis, how could they scold you!

Therefore, scolding is sometimes a more advanced encouragement!

After two days, the exam was successfully completed.

After another ten days, the results finally came out!

A total of 43 students passed the assessment in the three southwestern provinces!

Seventeen of them were from Guizhou, sixteen from Yunnan, and only ten from Guangxi, and one of them ranked first from the bottom, narrowly passing the test, but no matter what, he passed the exam in the end.

"From next year, there will be test centers in Guizhou, Guangxi, and Yunnan provinces! Your juniors will no longer have to travel all the way to take the test! You are the heroes of your hometown!" Zhang Shuning said excitedly to the students: "In the next month, I will take you to Yingtian... Everyone! Go and see the capital of Ming Dynasty!"

After a brief silence, thunderous cheers erupted among the students... Perhaps until this moment, the land in the southwest is considered to have completely returned!

Chapter 876 Good Student

Zhang Shuning bought a pair of cloth shoes for each of his students.

That's right, when they came out of their hometown, many of them wore straw sandals.

And it was the baby wearing straw sandals who passed the exam of Jimin Academy and entered the top academy of Ming Dynasty.

A new pair of shoes is a given.

But there are a few children who hold the shoes in their hands, but are reluctant to change them.

They hid them secretly, and wanted to take them home, give them to their younger siblings, or give them to their parents. After all, some people worked hard for most of their lives, walking barefoot in the mountains and fields, exhausted. All the power, tough to survive.

If Daming hadn't promoted land equalization, gave them land, and reduced most of their taxes, maybe they would never have thought about going to school, let alone going out of their hometown...

"Put it on!"

Zhang Shuning appeared in front of those children and ordered in a very serious tone.

They didn't understand why the gentle mountain leader suddenly became strict, but they still put on new shoes obediently, just like everyone else.

"Before you take the exam, you are just travelers on the road. You are in a hurry, covered in dust, with a messy face, wearing rags and straw sandals. As long as you can still read. After passing the exam, you have become different. You It is the hope of my hometown and a role model for other students... I don't want you to wear gold and silver, but I hope you are neatly dressed and dignified. Moreover, we are going to Yingtian, the capital of Daming, we must be respected The capital of the country, respect yourself... Dress well, and I will buy new ones for you if it is broken. In short, this is going to the heavens, understand?"

Several students were startled, and finally nodded vigorously. They could hear that Ying Tian did have an extraordinary meaning.

They boarded the big boat, and Zhang Shuning led them down the river to Yingtian.

There were laughter and laughter on the boat, and the children kept discussing and imagining the scene of Yingtian.

But no matter how rich their imagination was, they were still terrified by the scene in front of them.

Because just above the pier, there is a huge thing hanging in the air. Under this huge thing, there is a hanging basket. On the hanging basket, it seems that there are people waving colorful flags in their hands?

Are we welcome?

Obviously not, this is just a hot air balloon temporarily directing the ship into the port.

An invention can bring about too many changes.

Yingtian's buildings are still mainly made of bricks, tiles and wood, and there are too many firewood and sundries piled up. Fires occur almost every day. If it catches up with the Lantern Festival, the fires will be more frequent and difficult to prevent. .

But with the advent of hot air balloons, a big problem was solved.

It reduced the overall fire rate by [-]%... But this is not enough. According to the evaluation of the court, in order to solve the problem, it is best to change the firewood burning habits of Yingtian people.

In short, promote coal!

After all, this has been verified by Peking, and coal is indeed much safer than wood.

As for the coal source?

Isn't there Peking?

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, the distribution of coal in Beiping was indeed wider than that in the south... The Monan area outside the Great Wall, as well as Liaodong, were all large coal mines with astonishing reserves.

Coal mining has become another big industry in the north.

Untold amounts of coal had to be shipped south to supply the cities.

This requires a breakthrough in the means of transportation.

Moreover, the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China has issued an order that for every thousand catties of coal shipped to Yingtian, they can get a subsidy of [-] cash.

No matter how you send it over, the subsidy remains the same.

That is to say, whether you improve mining tools or invent new means of transportation...even if you continue to lack great virtue, squeeze outside coolies, and earn more profits.

All in all, want to make money?

Use your brains!

On the other hand, there are too many problems with wooden buildings, which has given birth to another wonderful idea... Can we find waterproof materials that are not easy to burn.

If there is a breakthrough, with so many cities in the south and tens of millions of people, the profit margin is unimaginable!

Yingtian at this moment has gathered too many smart people, and the big guys racked their brains and racked their brains to find a way to break through.

At this moment, Zhang Shuning arrived in Yingtian, and Zhang Chengtian and Xia Zhifeng greeted him.

Zhang Shuning came to Xia Zhifeng first, and the two of them hadn't seen each other for some time. Although they exchanged letters, how could they offset the pain of lovesickness.

At this time, Zhang Shuning had grown into a young man. He was slender, with delicate features and graceful movements... At first glance, he looked quite similar to Zhang Ximeng.

He was wearing cloth clothes and shoes, and he didn't have any decorations like jade pendants on his body, but he was so extravagant that he was pleasing to the eye no matter how he looked.

In contrast, Xia Zhifeng has also become a big girl.

She is not the kind of good-looking girl who is overwhelmed by the country and the city, and she may feel a little ordinary at first glance.But how could a woman with extraordinary intelligence be really ordinary?

She has a talent that even Zhang Shuning can't match, and she also has a self-confidence that ordinary people can't match.After all, in her field of specialization, besides the teacher, maybe she is the only one, at least she can be ranked in the top three!

This kind of industry tycoon-level figure is born to despise authority, a princely duke, passing by, only astronomy, geography, physical chemistry, and truth will last forever!

Zhang Shuning and Xia Zhifeng, two young people in completely different fields, standing there, they are so harmonious, as if they were born as a couple, there is no better match.

"Brother, Senior Sister! Don't look at each other, can we have a word? What are you having for dinner?"

Zhang Shuning turned his head, looked at Zhang Chengtian, and shook his head helplessly, "Obviously I've grown up, and I've lost weight, why don't you change your foodie habits?"

Zhang Chengtian said bluntly: "Even our father said that food is the paramount necessity of the people. Your Majesty has planted so many new crops, but it's not for the common people to eat... You finally came back this time. I'll be the host. I'll treat you to roast duck. It's authentic." How about the natural flavor?"

Zhang Shuning smiled, "That's a good deal, that's the deal."

He turned his head and shouted twice to the deck, "Come down, don't wait!"

With this voice, a large group of teenagers scrambled to get down from the cabin and ran over quickly!

Seeing this scene, Zhang Chengtian was dumbfounded.

Because Zhang Shuning was not in a hurry to let people come down, he thought he had already settled down in advance, so he made a big deal and asked for a treat.

Who knew it was Zhang Shuning's trick, he purposely asked the students to wait, and dug a hole for Zhang Chengtian.

"Thank you, Master Uncle...you don't have to be polite!"

The students thanked him with a smile, Zhang Chengtian's face turned dark.

"Brother... you, you are really good!"

Zhang Chengtian had no idea at all, so he could only hurry to the roast duck restaurant.

"There are so many people, we must give them a discount!"

But Zhang Shuning said with a smile: "Second brother, the discount is nothing, the key is to invite a few more slicing masters, otherwise there are so many people, I'm afraid I will be too busy!"

Hearing this, Zhang Chengtian almost knelt down.

Don't mention the discount, it can save people's wages, even if it is giving yourself face.

But in fact, the owner of the roast duck restaurant heard that he was a student from the southwest, enjoying the scenery of Yingtian... He took the initiative to put up a sign and refused to accept other foreigners.

Another dozen helpers were invited to work together.

When Zhang Shuning led the students over, the pancakes, duck meat, and sweet noodle sauce with shredded green onion were all ready.

Two hundred students were taken care of in every possible way.

"Shanchang, this is Yingtian! That's great!"

Zhang Shuning smiled, "That's right, this is Yingtian, it's very good!"

He turned his head again, and said to Zhang Chengtian with a bitter face: "Yes, you have made meritorious service, don't keep making a bitter face, if you love money, you can find our father to go!"

Zhang Chengtian rolled his eyelids, "I'm so impatient, I'm going to find my father? I've seen it through. In this family, I'm the one who suffers the most...By the way, brother, how are your students' grades? I, I didn't ask Passed the exam."

Zhang Shuning was stunned for a moment, "Why do you ask this? Those who pass the exam, they will definitely go to Jimin Academy to study, and what they will do in the future depends on themselves."

Zhang Chengtian nodded, "I know...I just want to ask, is there anyone willing to come to the Guard Division?"

Zhang Shuning hesitated slightly, at this time Xia Zhifeng smiled and said: "He, until now, is still a commanding officer, except for Zhu Chun, he has no subordinates."

Zhang Chengtian was in a hurry, "Sister, don't talk nonsense, I have a lot of eyeliners, otherwise I wouldn't get so much news! I am short of reliable people now, I want to be obedient, nothing to do, honest and sincere, smart and eager to learn..."

Zhang Shuning listened silently, and was actually a little tempted.

"How many of my students do you want?"

"30 people!"

"How is the treatment?"

"Compared to the treatment of the Gongwei Division, Xiaoqi starts, okay?"

"Is there a place to live?"

"Yes, a single room next to the merit camp, okay?"