Qing Jialu

After commenting on the answer sheet of Zhuangyuan Lang, Mr. Wu continued to talk about the point of view of the examiner.Generally, more than a dozen officials would judge the palace examination papers together, but it was not that Shen Jia said who was the number one scholar, and His Majesty only chose who was the number one scholar.

Mr. Wu analyzed: "The paper for the number one scholar agrees to open the sea, while the second place supports the forbidden sea. The officials who review the papers in this department are all flat."

Mr. Wu is one of the few honest and bold people who can criticize officials so openly.

Another student stood up and asked for advice: "May I ask Mr. Wu, if His Majesty selected Du Huan as the champion, does that mean that His Majesty prefers Kaihai?"

"Isn't this obvious?" Someone answered for Old Mr. Wu, "Didn't this man get any news from Beijing? His Majesty has agreed that Mr. Shen Ge and Du Zhuangyuan go south to inspect the coast."

The student who asked the question before suddenly realized, and clasped his hands and said, "Thank you for your answer, brother. It's because I have no information, so I have been educated."

Mr. Wu had been watching the two of them asking and answering on the stage. Then he stroked his beard and said slowly: "The era of 'keep your ears off the window and read only the books of sages' has passed. The exam questions now are in line with current affairs, and if you don’t understand some of the dynamics in Beijing and China, how will you answer the papers in the exam room in the future?”

"Students are waiting to be taught." All the students present replied in a low voice.

"Well..." Old Mr. Wu smiled with satisfaction, "Although His Majesty has agreed to open the sea, this matter still needs to be planned. Where to set up a city ship division and how many city ship divisions will be set up, these will have to wait for Mr. Shen Ge Only after returning to Beijing can we find out."

"Students have a question to ask." A young student stood up and asked, "May I ask Mr. Wu, do you agree to open the sea or ban it?"

"I have been enforcing the sea ban for many years, and there have been no major disturbances. The sea ban is conservative, and the sea is aggressive. But the benefits of opening the sea, Du Zhuangyuan has listed them one by one. But whether the harm outweighs the benefits, or the benefits outweigh the harm, The old man can’t say it well.”

Mr. Wu is old after all, and he doesn't have much confidence in Kaihai like young people.But he wasn't too rigid, and he didn't object to Kaihai, which was pretty good.

"Since His Majesty ascended the throne, there have been reforms first, and then the opening of the sea. The policy of governing the country is different from that of Hongwu and Kang Ping." A student said, "From the perspective of the effectiveness of the new policy, the benefits of opening the sea should outweigh the disadvantages."

After hearing this, everyone talked about it, but Shen Jia smiled at Xiao Yi: "It seems that there are many supporters among the people for the matter of opening the sea, but there are loud voices of opposition in the government."

"As long as the cabinet is stable, it doesn't matter." Xiao Yi dismissed the voices of those soldiers and crab generals.And Han Chang's attitude is the most important thing.

Fortunately, Han Chang is currently on Kaihai's side.

The lecture ended soon, Xiao Yi and others got up and were about to leave the academy.Just as they were going out, a boy suddenly stopped Xiao Yi, and said to him respectfully, "Sir, my master is here to invite you."

"Your master..." Xiao Yi looked back at the podium, saw Mr. Wu still sitting where he was, and nodded towards him from a distance.

Shen Jia frowned, and asked Xiao Yi in a low voice: "Mr. Wu recognized you?"

"I don't know." Xiao Yi thought for a while, and said to the crowd, "Changqing and I will meet the old man for a while, and the others go to the tea stand outside and wait."

Doctor Fan, Mu Mian and Du Huan naturally had no objection, while Shen Jia and Xiao Yi followed Xiao Tong to see Mr. Wu.

At this moment, Mr. Wu has moved to a secluded tea room in the backyard. After the boy led them in, he closed the door and retreated.Only Mr. Wu, Xiao Yi, and Shen Jia were left in the house.

Ever since Xiao Yi entered, Mr. Wu had been staring at him, and he didn't even invite them to sit down politely.Everyone was speechless for a while, and the only sound in the tea room was the "cuckoo" sound of boiling water on a low fire.

Seeing this, Xiao Yi took the lead to break the silence, and asked, "Mr. Wu invited me, what's the matter?"

Only then did Mr. Wu come back to his senses, "Ah, I'm sorry, please sit down, two distinguished guests."

Xiao Yi and Shen Jia sat down, Mr. Wu poured them two cups of tea, "I think Mr. is like an old friend of mine, who was distracted for a while, forgive me."

old friend?Xiao Yi and Shen Jia looked at each other, this old man, could it be Emperor Yongwen?

"Mr. Wu and this old friend, haven't seen each other for a long time?" Xiao Yi asked tentatively.

"It's true that we haven't seen each other for many years. He and I can be regarded as mentors and apprentices. I have taught him for several years. Later..." Mr. Wu sighed, "Hey, later he favored child molesters and abandoned him. For my studies, I was so angry that I left."

Shen Jia almost spit out a sip of tea, it turned out that it was because Emperor Yongwen favored Guo Shaochun, Mr. Wu couldn't see it, so he abandoned his official position and left.

"Are you regretting it now?" Xiao Yi asked, "Maybe if you stay by his side, he will be able to change his ways."

"The teaching is not strict, the teacher is lazy. He later made a big mistake, which is half of my crime." Mr. Wu confessed.

Xiao Yi couldn't bear to see him like this, and comforted him: "The so-called country is easy to change, but nature is hard to change. Mr. Wu has already done a good job."

"Although he committed a heinous crime, he was my student after all..." Mr. Wu lowered his head, as if he wanted to ask something but didn't dare to ask.After hesitating for a while, Mr. Wu finally asked, "His... his body..."

"Buried in the suburbs of Beijing." Xiao Yi replied.

Old Mr. Wu raised his head, looked at Xiao Yi blankly, with complicated eyes, "I didn't expect you to be willing...to leave his whole body."

Shen Jia understood that Mr. Wu had recognized Xiao Yi a long time ago, but he didn't say it clearly.

The two played riddles and knew each other well.

"The deceased is gone, please mourn." Xiao Yi stood up and said to Mr. Wu, "Farewell."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Yi led Shen Jia and left the tea room.

"Congratulations... Your Majesty." Mr. Wu knelt on the couch, kowtowed to Xiao Yi's back, and did not get up for a long time.

On the way back, Xiao Yi didn't speak much, and the atmosphere around him was a little gloomy.It was not until Shen Jia and Xiao Yi were alone in the room after boarding the boat that he asked his doubts.

"Liming, what's wrong with you?" Shen Jia held Xiao Yi's hand with a worried expression.

"It's nothing, I just remembered what happened when I was a child." Xiao Yi said lightly, "Big brother used to be diligent and studious, and he was our role model. At that time, he was very kind to the younger brothers. We brothers studied and played together. .”

"Really?" Shen Jia didn't expect that the descendants of the royal family would be like the children of ordinary people, playing and playing around.

"Brother took us with us at that time, and went around all the streets and alleys in the capital." Xiao Yi said with a smile, "Which restaurant has delicious food, which alley has fun, and which theater troupe has newcomers. Clearly."

Xiao Yi recalled the past with a faint smile on his face.It has been a long time since he thought of the interesting things in his childhood, and he almost forgot that they once had a short but precious brotherhood.

"Unfortunately, he changed later." Xiao Yi changed the topic and said, "The reason for his change is me."

"Because of you?" Shen Jia asked puzzled.

"When I was 20 years old, I made great achievements in pacifying Xiou. After I returned to Beijing, I won the sacred heart of Emperor Hongwu, and I overwhelmed my elder brother for a while." Xiao Yi explained, "Since then, my elder brother and I have been getting along gradually. Gradually, there was a gap between the brothers."

Seizing the heir, it started from such a long time ago.

"Twilight, it's all over." Shen Jia persuaded, "You also said that the dead are gone, it's useless to think about it."

"Yeah, it's all over." Xiao Yi looked out the window at the great rivers and mountains, and sighed in his heart.

If you want to buy sweet-scented osmanthus with wine, it doesn't seem like you are a teenager.