The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Fu Nanshe gave Wang Shouren a great shock. He seemed to have realized something and remembered what Brother Gao said, "It is easy to defeat the thieves in the mountains, but it is difficult to defeat the thieves in the heart."

He sat quietly in the camp for three days and three nights.

On the fourth day, Li Kang was worried about his health and personally brought tea and food to the camp, but heard:

"There is no good or evil heart in the body, but there are good and evil intentions. Knowing good and evil is conscience, and doing good and eliminating evil is the study of things..."

Li Kang was like a revelation, and the tea and food fell to the ground, listening quietly to the words in the barracks.

Half an hour later, Wang Shouren walked out of the camp with an extremely clear look in his eyes.

Li Kang's body trembled with excitement: "Brother Bo'an just said the truth, what book is it from? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Wang Shouren said: "This is the truth I have realized, naturally there is no book record, let's call it the study of the mind."

Li Kang stared at Wang Shouren with wide eyes, his eyes suddenly changed, as if he had heard something shocking and was so excited that he couldn't help himself.

"I want to worship Brother Bo'an as my teacher!"

Wang Shouren was slightly surprised, but Li Kang said: "The wise are respected, I hope Brother Bo'an will not refuse!"

Wang Shouren nodded slightly.

"What about the Li people? I want to give a lecture."

It was difficult to deal with these Li people, whether to kill or keep them, Xu Jinzhong placed them at the foot of Chengji Mountain, and they haven't killed them yet.

...

At the dock of Guangzhou Prefecture,

a small boat floated gently, and the spy brought an urgent report to the government office to find a fast horse, but ran into Zuo Zongyi who was preparing to go to Hainan.

Has the Li rebellion been quelled?

Only a month has passed. What kind of a master is Wang Shouren...

Zuo Zongyi read Wang Shouren's memorial carefully, and his mood turned from excitement to anger. The officials in Hainan tyrannized the villagers, which led to the Li rebellion.

"You don't need to deliver this urgent report. I will do it!"

"This..." The yamen runner was embarrassed. He spent one or two taels of silver to get this opportunity. If he delivered it to the palace, he would usually be rewarded.

"Humph! You still don't trust me? The victory reports from the northwest were all delivered by me!" Zuo Zongyi was a little angry.

Afterwards, he took out five taels of silver from his pocket, sent the yamen runner away, and rode a fast horse to the capital.

...

It was the end of July.

There were still two months before the autumn examination. All the scholars who were going to take the examination gathered in the capital.

Fengtian Hall,

The important matter of today's court meeting was to select the chief examiner of the autumn examination.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Li Dongyang: "How about the Li and Xie families preside over this year's exam?"

"I'm afraid not. My son Zhaoxian will also participate in this autumn exam." Li Dongyang's face was full of smiles.

Speaking of which, he was a little happy.

My son Zhaoxian's body was getting stronger and stronger, and he could finally participate in the autumn exam.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, my son Xie Pi will also participate in the imperial examination, but I'm afraid he can't be the chief examiner." Xie Qian said.

The ministers were watching the excitement, and everyone was happy. The sons of the two cabinet ministers were all participating in the imperial examination in Beizhili. Who would be the first place?

Yan Chengjin wanted Song Jingzhong to be the first place. In this way, it would be of great benefit to the development of the Ming Dynasty.

The Renaissance in the West should be very prosperous now, right?

All aspects of the Ming Dynasty were still extremely backward.

The fleet had not yet been built, and at this time, the Portuguese had already plundered silver overseas.

Emperor Hongzhi said with a smile: "I wonder who will win the title of Jieyuan, the son of Li Qing or Xie Qing?"

"I am ashamed. Zhao Xian is ill and has been recuperating for some time. I am afraid that his ranking will not be very good." Li Dongyang said with a bow.

"Xie Pi is naughty and still in Liangxiang. To be honest, I don't have much hope." Xie Qian sighed.

Yan Chengjin also knew it after a deep understanding.

My brother-in-law is really a scumbag...

It was only with the grace of Li Dongyang that he could enter the Imperial Academy to study.

At this moment, a bright but not harsh voice sounded: "Your Majesty, how about I invigilate the exam?"

Whose voice is this, why is it so familiar?

When they reacted, Li Dongyang and others were shocked and kowtowed, saying: "Your Majesty, you can't!"

"Your Majesty, you must not let Yan Chengjin take the position!"

"Your Majesty, we will die!"

Han Wen and others seconded.

Yan Chengjin looked at them angrily, and was a little angry. What's wrong with me invigilating the exam? Did I eat your rice?

Our team of the Censorate is still united.

Dai Shan's old face twitched slightly, but he didn't say much.

Emperor Hongzhi turned his head slightly and looked at Yan Chengjin: "In this case, the Yan family should give up this idea."

Yan Chengjin stood back in the team.

"Today's imperial examination officials will be Zhang Sheng and Wang Hua from the Ministry of Rites."

Zhang Sheng is the Minister of Rites, and the imperial examination is originally under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites. Wang Hua is the Shao Zhanshi of the Zhanshi Mansion, and his talent is outstanding.

It is worth mentioning that both of them are the top scorers.

The ministers had no objection.

"Lao Gao, my father has increased my monthly salary by ten taels." Zhu Houzhao said like showing off.

When other children were still complacent about ten taels of silver, he had already earned a thousand taels of silver a month.

Yan Chengjin didn't want to discuss this topic with Zhu Houzhao, for fear that he would laugh out loud.

"How is your highness's rice flower business?"

"Of course it is booming!" Zhu Houzhao said happily.

He made golden rice in the palace and asked Wang Bushui to come and take it. The rice and sugar in the palace did not need silver.

So, there was no cost...

If you sell it, you will make a profit.

Zhu Houzhao's mood became better, but he did not spend money recklessly, but learned the financial management method of Emperor Hongzhi.

Save it all.

"Why do you have something on your mind? Tell me."

Yan Chengjin was worried about Hainan and the autumn exam. He wondered if Song Jing could pass the exam.

Zhang Sheng and Wang Hua were not the examiners in the 14th year of Hongzhi. In other words, the questions he knew were completely useless.

It was not easy to help Song Jing get the title.

Yan Chengjin decided to go to Liangxiang.

When they arrived in Liangxiang, Song Jing and Xie Pi were studying hard in the library.

"Students greet adults!"

Xie Pi and Song Jing bowed together.

Yan Chengjin nodded, wrote a few questions on the desk, handed them to Song Jing and Xie Pi, and said, "You two should do these questions."

Song Jing and Xie Pi sat down, looked at the questions for a while, thought for a while, and soon began to answer them on paper.

The questions Yan Chengjin gave them included the questions of this autumn exam and the questions Wang Hua had given when he was an examiner.

He walked past the two and took a look at the answers.

Although both of them answered well, Xie Pi's answer was obviously better than Song Jing's.

Yan Chengjin ordered people to give their answers to Wang Yue, Zeng Jian and Han Wen for comments.

Wang Yue, Zeng Jian and Han Wen were all great writers and officials in the court. Their vision and talents were much broader than those of Song Jing and the others.

He sent the feedback back to Song Jing and the others.

Song Jing and Xie Pi suddenly became enlightened.

In just a few days, they gained great insights.

In the next few days, Yan Chengjin mixed the questions of the Hongzhi and Zhengde autumn examinations together and wrote them to the two of them in turn.

Finally, he gave them to Wang Yue and the other two, and repeated them...

The autumn examination was getting closer and closer.

Li Zhaoxian also joined the team of question-answering. You don't know until you take the test that his brother-in-law is a fighting scum...

"Why does Lord Yan look like this? But I didn't do it right?"

"Don't give up, keep answering."

Back home,

Li Dongyang saw his son's essays and asked, "Who wrote these essays?"

"It was Lord Yan." Li Zhaoxian answered honestly.

How come this kid has so many different styles of questions? Upon closer inspection, it doesn't seem to be written by one person, and Li Dongyang is a little puzzled.