Road to South Africa

It took almost two months for the imperial examination to go from the courtyard examination to the tribute examination. Almost all the students in the former Shangtong Academy were expelled, leaving only half of the students who were secretly sent to the Gongyuan. Only ten students remained, and the rest were also dismissed. The last test was the palace examination.

Not many people were left behind in this imperial examination, but there were only fifty people in the area, which shows the rigor and difficulty of the imperial examination this year. Thousands of students were eliminated in turn, but only 50 people could pass the imperial examination. It is not bad to be able to enter the palace examination, at least you will be reserved for control, but how long you can stay in this officialdom depends on personal nature.

In Zheng Guogong's mansion, seeing the palace examination getting closer, Zheng Hun's heart became colder and colder, because in order to be able to marry himself, the emperor had already prepared the dowry. You can get married immediately in the mansion!There is absolutely no need to prepare.

In the garden, Zheng Hun crawled on the stone table like a pool of stagnant water, wanting to cry without tears.

Zheng Yuan came over with the wine jar, looked at Zheng Hun's face about to die, smiled and stepped forward to pat him on the head: "You bastard, are you reluctant to part with me when you're getting married?"

"Get out!" Zheng Hun gritted his teeth: "You really are not my own father, aren't you pushing me into the fire pit? The emperor's brother doesn't know what he thinks, but he still follows you!!!"

"I'm not your real father!" Zheng Yuan smiled smugly, and patted Zheng Hun's head: "Don't worry, I will watch by the side during the palace examination tomorrow. If the new champion is really that bad, I will definitely I won't promise you to marry him! But..." Zheng Yuan squinted his eyes: "If the new champion is really long, so elegant and suave, I will definitely pack you up and send you with both hands!"

Zheng Hun glared at him: "Then what if the champion of the new division already has a family?"

Zheng Yuan patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I will arrange for you a powerful dowry mother, who will help you pull down that family and help you get up!"

"Get out!" Zheng Hun burst into tears, when will his father be normal again.

Zheng Yuan laughed loudly, and seeing his son's worried expression, he thought for a while and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I asked the emperor before, and he knew what the new champion was. Oh, the imperial examination or something, but I just want to try this person in advance, it’s all a formality, so don’t worry.”

Zheng Hun pointed angrily: "You guys are cheating! Abusing your power! Working in collusion! Working for a tiger! Fake public affairs for personal gain!!!"

Zheng Yuan raised his eyebrows, and the bandit anger of the past came out again: "I am willing! The emperor is happy! Do you have an opinion? If you have the ability, go and blow up the imperial study!"

"..." The arrogance of the bandit father is really not comparable to that of ordinary people.

Zheng Hun didn't want to see him, so Youyou went back to the room sadly alone.

So this time the palace examination was obviously for the number one scholar, but in fact it was the emperor who picked a man for Zheng Hun.

There is a courtier who has a bad temper and loves to play, let alone Zheng Yuan, who is a father, the emperor actually has a headache.

In the blink of an eye, the day of the imperial examination has arrived. Inside the hall, Zheng Nanjun stood with his head bowed in the center of the hall. Standing in rows on both sides of the hall were the ministers of the imperial court. Sitting high above the hall was the new king of the dynasty, the king of great merchants. He is young, but he came out of the battlefield after all. He is sitting upright, wearing the dragon robe of the Ming emperor, wearing a crown on his head, and the bead curtain on the crown is shining dazzlingly. He is more majestic for the emperor. With just a glance from a distance, I already feel that the new emperor is really extraordinary, and just a single figure already exudes a terrifying majesty.

Ji Changxin stepped forward, said a series of words in a high-pitched voice, and finally ordered people to light incense and time, and let all the tributes take their seats to officially start the exam.

Nan Jun spread out the examination paper, only to see that there was only one topic on the examination paper: essays.

Seeing it suddenly, Nan Jun was taken aback for a moment, his eyebrows furrowed lightly, and he didn't write until the incense burnt down.

Among the courtiers, Zheng Yuanli found Nan Jun's figure from a distance at the first sight, squinted his eyes and looked at it unscrupulously, but felt that only one side seemed not enough. When this thought fell, Nan Jun seemed to have a feeling , turned his head immediately, and caught Zheng Yuan's sight suddenly, Zheng Yuan was taken aback, thinking about the sharp reaction of this number.Ji Changxin's voice came from above the main hall: "Don't look around! If you violate it again, the palace examination will be canceled and you will be excluded! You will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination in the future!"

Nan Jun was stunned for a moment, exclaiming in his heart that it was dangerous, and he no longer cared about the scrutinizing gaze behind him, but let him look at it openly, and then continued writing after a while, but the fragrance hadn't come yet. After the burning, Nan Jun was about to stop writing and handing in the paper.

Zheng Yuan couldn't stop exclaiming in his heart when he saw it, did he think he died too slowly to be the first to hand in the paper so early?Why not write more and leave it until the last one! ! !

But Nan Jun obviously wouldn't hear his roar, so he put down his pen, and a little eunuch stepped forward to take the test paper and hand it in to Ji Changxin.

In the end, Ji Changxin was about to hand it over to the emperor, but the emperor didn't say much, he just signaled Ji Changxin to put the paper away.

Nan Jun's handing in the papers brought a lot of pressure to the rest of the tribute examination. No one handed in the papers until the incense was almost burned out, and finally the incense was burned out, and everyone had no choice but to break the words and stop writing.

The test papers were collected, and Ji Changxin was in charge of collecting all of them. Immediately, the tribute examiners got up and stood in a team in the center of the hall, waiting for the emperor to speak.

The emperor only glanced at the crowd, and then the clear, elegant and majestic but pleasant voice suddenly echoed in the hall: "I have a concern, let's see who can return to me at the moment. At the beginning of the country, it is important to prioritize the internal and external, or Light on the outside and light on the inside”

The voice seemed to carry an echo echoing around in the hall, extremely gorgeous, and when the words fell, no one answered for a long time in the hall.

"When maintenance ends with the people"

A moment later, in response to the emperor's voice, it echoed among the tributes. The voice was steady and steady without any panic. Everyone turned their heads and sideways to move away. It was Nan Jun who spoke.

The emperor asked again: "Why do we stop at the people?"

Nan Jundao: "The root of the people is the root of the country. If the root is solid, the interior will be safe. The country will be clean and the interior will be cleared. After the clean-up, why worry about external disturbances? It's not in danger!"

The emperor asked again: "There were four righteousness in ancient times, so we can know what the four righteousness are?"

This time, Nan Jun did not hesitate: "Practice the righteousness of the country, and the righteousness of the king, and the righteousness of the people, and then the righteousness of filial piety."

"Oh?" This answer seemed to make the emperor quite interested: "Why don't you uphold the righteousness of the monarch and practice the righteousness of the country?"

Nan Jun answered neither humble nor overbearing: "The righteousness of the country, the family, the righteousness of the country does not exist, where is the righteousness of the monarch? If the country is destroyed, how can the ruler come?"

Hearing Nan Jun's words, Zheng Yuan's heart trembled with fear. Although he had made a decision by default, don't be so rampant. Just say a word, what if the emperor settles accounts after autumn?Although the little emperor won't...but...it's hard to guarantee that he won't be made a ghost by villains in the future.

Sure enough, the next moment, the emperor's voice became much colder: "Do you know that just based on your words today, I can convict you of deceiving the public?" Every sentence is inseparable from the destruction of the country. Is this a curse?

Nan Jun smiled lightly, without any fear: "The students know that the emperor will not." Nan Jun clasped his fists: "The emperor is a wise king, and he will never kill innocent people. What's more, the students are just answering the emperor's questions today."

Hearing this answer, the emperor was silent for a while, before speaking again: "Zheng Nanjun stepped forward to listen to the order."

The sudden change made Nan Jun startled, and he took a long time to step forward to brush his clothes and knelt down: "The student is here!"

The emperor said: "Today I hand-picked Zheng Nanjun as the No. [-] Scholar in the new department of the Great Merchants, and granted him the residence of the No. [-] Scholar. I will marry Zheng Hun, the son of Zheng Guogong!"

"Your Majesty!" Nan Jun was amazed, he never thought that there would be such a thing.

The emperor ignored him at all, and only called out loudly: "Where is Zheng Yuan?"

"The minister is here!" Zheng Yuan strode forward.

The emperor said: "Today, Zheng Hun is specially conferred the title of royal younger brother, the title of King Hun, and we will marry Xinke champion Yu Zhuangyuan's mansion five days later!"

Zheng Yuan thanked Lord Long En.

The emperor looked at the rest of the people and replied: "The rest of the people go back to their residences to wait for orders, and leave the court!!!"

Once the resolute emperor decided to collude with his ministers, he would not give Nan Jun a chance to speak at all, and it would be impossible to resist the order. It was a sure thing, this bastard little prince Nan Jun was destined to marry.