Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 588 Please look for Xishan Academy

Hearing Ma Zheng, Liu Jie was silent for a moment: "The student has raised horses, learned riding and archery, swordsmanship, and also learned some mountain and river geography. Ma Zheng, the students dare not understand."

  Everyone nodded, they are also versatile.

   At least better than the vast majority of scholars in this world.

  Zhu Houzhao nodded and nodded: "You are quite modest."

  All the disciples and grandchildren were silent.

  Zhu Houzhao said: "Then I will test you. If I want to rectify the horse administration, how should I rectify it?"

Zhu Houzhao paused: "Let's take this memorandum as the title. The prefect of Jinhua and Jinhua's Beiwawei are in collusion. Jinhua, where did the Japanese pirates come from? Nine out of ten, they are the ones who killed the good and pretended to be meritorious. Jinhua's Beiwawei, According to my palace, it has long been up and down, all rotten to the root. From this corner of Jinhua, looking at the whole world, it can be seen how many officers and soldiers in the world are depraved, and how many soldiers are kept by the court. The power of war has been contaminated with countless bad habits. If the imperial court wants to clean up, how should it be done? Let this be the topic, and if you can’t write it out for an hour, just sit here and kneel down.”

   There are no other resources in the Zhenguofu, but the latest memorials transcribed from the court, as well as the drafts of the cabinet ministers, the emperor's instructions, and even the minutes of the court's discussions on this issue, these... have everything.

  Zhu Houzhao ordered people to copy them all down early, and there are everything that others know or don’t know.

   It is still a routine of brushing questions.

  For Fang Jifan, teaching and educating people may require instilling various knowledge and expending a lot of energy, taking them to see the customs of various places, and teaching them a lot of knowledge.

   But if you are dealing with exams, there is nothing you can’t solve by brushing the questions. Brushing, one question a day, one test every five days.

  Someone has already brought in the copybooks, and the disciples and grandchildren have long been used to writing questions, but they have changed from writing stereotypes to writing policy theories. What's the matter? Well experienced everyone.

  As Liu Jie said, he can ride and shoot, swordsmanship, and has studied astronomy and geography.

The most important thing is that he really went deep into the lives of ordinary people. He once ate and slept with farmers in Xishan, knew how ordinary people lived, and also knew what military households were in the eyes of ordinary people. It looks useless, but once it's time to use it, you know it right away.

  Everyone started to write, and after more than an hour, a policy paper was accepted.

   Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan circulated them one by one, comparing some of the champion, second place, and third-ranked articles hand-picked by Emperor Hongzhi before.

   Immediately, start scoring. This scoring is based on a 100-point system. By scoring, it is determined whether this article is valuable.

Scores are actually very important. Although there are only two grades in Ming Dynasty's imperial examinations, neutral and non-successful, but now it is teaching knowledge, teaching knowledge, and it is necessary to let the disciples and grandchildren know how bad their level is and where they are. So, This scoring system came out.

At the end of the day, they made a paper on policy, and asked them to delete, delete, and modify it three times. In the evening, it was a night class. Wang Shouren and the others had already prepared countless pieces of classic papers on policy, and then began to explain the issue of the imperial court's military equipment. , and these problems are actually not made up by brains. They are officials of the Imperial Academy, and they have access to a large number of official documents. The imperial edicts are all backed up and archived. There are backups.

   Keep these things in mind, and then list a few issues that both the emperor and the Ministry of War worry about, and finally, find a solution from them.

   This lecture lasted a whole night.

Not only that, several imperial officials had to get together after class, trying hard to figure out what questions were most likely to be asked in this imperial examination. Of course, his guess is only in one direction. For example, the question proposed by His Majesty this time may be about enlightenment or horse politics.

  After having a general direction, it is towards this direction, and some more related questions will be asked. Other questions will still be asked, and will be taught, but it is not the focus.

  The entire Xishan Academy has a set of special mechanisms, which are completely tit-for-tat for the imperial examinations. Every pain point of the imperial examinations is identified, and then resources are allocated and matched efficiently. The purpose...of course is to transport talents for the imperial court.

  A great chivalrous man is for the country and for the people. This has always been Fang Jifan's motto.

  In contrast to other Gongsheng students, some reluctantly searched for some old policy topics, some excerpted some mansion newspapers to read, and some still read the articles, thinking that if the diction is beautiful, they will be especially favored by the emperor.

   As everyone knows, this imperial examination is the Ming Dynasty’s line of defense against stereotyped essays. If you only know how to do stereotyped essays, you will be allowed to be an official, but if you don’t know anything about economics and people’s livelihood, the emperor is not a fool. Why use you?

  …

  Kunning Palace.

  Calm has returned to the palace. His Majesty's one-month cultivation in Xishan has not only restored his body, but his energy is also stronger than before.

  Empress Zhang sat in the bedroom, facing the bronze mirror, that girl Zhu Xiurong took Fang Xiaofan to play in the imperial garden again. Just at this moment, Liu Zheng, an **** from Kunning Palace, came in, knelt down, kowtowed, and saluted: "Your servant has seen your mother."

  Queen Zhang remained silent.

Then Liu Zheng opened his mouth: "Last night, the maidservants inquired from Zhang Yong in the East Palace. His Royal Highness had the honor of two beautiful girls. In addition, from the end of last month to now, there are eleven beautiful girls who have been lucky. A total of thirty-nine times..."

  Empress Zhang in the bronze mirror couldn't help trembling.

Liu Zheng glanced at Empress Zhang cautiously: "All the beautiful girls who are in touch have their pulses quietly, especially those who have been in luck before. The pulse is controlled by Yuyi Wu, who is a master of gynecology. Regarding this, It's the best."

   "And then?" Empress Zhang looked forward to it.

   "There is no pregnancy yet."

  Empress Zhang said lightly: "Understood, go down."

  Liu Zheng could see the disappointment from the empress.

  Yeah, I finally had some hope, but there is no light around here. These days, the empress is always asking, and I am almost stationed in the East Palace: "Servant...retire."

  Just as Liu Zheng was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something: "That's right."

   "What?" Queen Zhang looked back.

   Liu Zhengdao: "That Wu..."

   "The gynecologist you mentioned?"

   "That's right." Liu Zheng said admiringly, "It's this gynecological expert Wu Yuyi: "I learned from him that Renshou Palace..."

  Queen Zhang understood: "I told him something, too?"

   "Yes." Liu Zheng said with a smile.

   It seems that the Empress Dowager is also in a hurry.

  Queen Zhang said: "Understood, tomorrow, give this holy hand twenty taels of silver and let him take good care of it. Don't make any mistakes, and the holy hand has become a severed hand."

  Liu Zheng's heart trembled, and he understood the meaning. Rewards, of course, should be given, and people have to work hard.

   But, don't mess things up, you won't be able to see the pulse when you have a happy pulse, it's just depressing.

   If the Master fails, Queen Zhang will naturally not be polite.

  Although Empress Zhang usually has a good temper and is easy to talk, she still depends on what is going on.

   Just like today's incident, it is bigger than the sky. Whoever dares to make a mistake, it will be over.

   This is not only a warning to the master of gynecology, but also a warning to myself, so I must not make a mistake.

  Liu Zheng retreated.

  Empress Zhang still sat in front of the mirror, frowning slightly.

The nanny at the side seemed to see through Queen Zhang's thoughts, and comforted her: "Your Majesty, there is no rush for such matters, Your Highness, that, that... How long has it been since the circumcision, and after the wound heals, it is only about twenty What about the day..."

   "Yes..." Queen Zhang said: "You are telling the truth. But, our Ming Dynasty, and the ancestors in the sky, have waited for him for three years..."

   Mammy was speechless.

  …

  The day of the palace examination has arrived.

  Fifteen Gongsheng students put on their new clothes early in the morning.

   And all the talents lined up early in the morning.

  In the words of Fang Jifan, today is a day of great joy for the Gongsheng students.

   Also let their juniors see the demeanor of these senior brothers.

   After all, writing questions is hard work, so don’t let people look at them, let them know what happiness is like for people with fame, and how can people endure such loneliness.

   Liu Jie is the leader, and the rest are lined up according to the results of the examination.

  Fang Jifan gave a few words of encouragement to those who were in the front row.

The eyes of the last six people were all red with tears in their eyes. In the eyes of others, they were Gongsheng masters who were ranked in the middle and upper middle. wash off.

   All their eyes are extraordinarily red, and they are more ruthless in brushing questions than others.

   Seeing the master walk in front of them with his hands behind his back, the six people's eyes became redder instantly, their heads were lowered, not daring to speak, just like a man who has been captured.

  Fang Jifan smiled at them, with a happy face: "You have to work hard, don't let Master down."

Listening to Master's gentle words and exhortations, their hearts suddenly warmed up a bit. They thought they would be scolded again, but now after listening to Master's exhortation, the contrast is too great. They are so moved that their hearts almost melt. , The six of them suddenly lost control of their emotions and bowed down together: "Master, the students are sorry for the master, and now they are sharpening their knives, and they are ashamed, please wait and see, if there is any mistake, the students wait, and they will no longer have the face to see the master. "

Fang Jifan waved his hand: "Go ahead, what are you talking about, beat those same-year-olds who are not promising, let them know how unfortunate they are, let them hate their parents if they want to, and want to study, They don’t even want to pay the entrance fee of a hundred taels of silver, so they deserve it if they didn’t do well in the exams! If they don’t get into Xishan Academy, they’ll be worthy of Cheng Zhu’s studies, take stereotyped essays, win Jinshi, and enter Hanlin?”

  (end of this chapter)