First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 663 Returning to the Palace
If the imperial examinations continue, then the Guozijian will not change much after all. After all, the original Guozijian is just a place for imperial examination students to study temporarily, and whether they pass the imperial examinations or not will not affect their participation in the examination and official career.

After nearly two years of waiting and watching, Lao Zhu has already seen very clearly that it is difficult to rule the world with these people who only read dead books, and the troubled times are not far away. minister.

"Which class are you studying in now?"

The younger-looking student at the head was undoubtedly more prestigious among these people. He was always the first to speak when facing Zhu Biao's questions and answers, and the others did not rush to answer.

"The three students, including the student, are students of the Sincerity Hall, and Brother Zhang on the student's left is a student of the Willful Hall."

The Guozijian is divided into three levels and six classrooms for teaching. There are three classrooms for the elementary class, named Zhengyi, Chongzhi, and Guangye;

The students in the low-level hall have to be promoted to the high-level hall. The Imperial College stipulates that there are twelve exams per year, three exams in each quarter, that is, one exam every month. Students who do well in the exam get one point, middle-level students get half a point, and students who fail get no points.

Only students who have scored eight points and behaved in a safe manner without breaking the law can enter the next grade, and they must be promoted through the point system, that is, the method of accumulating credits through examinations determines whether a student can be promoted.

Zhu Biao glanced at his left hand side and asked: "Students in the willful class are about to experience things, what aspirations do you have?"

At first glance, the sex student was not a person who is good at words. When he was suddenly asked, he subconsciously glanced at the person next to him, and then said carefully: "I dare not spare my life to serve the country. I heard the scholars say that the imperial court is now There is a lack of local officials, and the students are willing to share the worries of the king with their meager strength."

Zhu Biao clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Okay, the most admired by this palace is the pragmatic minister. Although the place is not as prosperous as the capital, it is indeed a place for sharpening. How can you enter the temple if you don't go through the place?"

"How many credits do you have?"

"The student reported to His Highness that the student has been in the whimsical hall for half a year, and he has six points."

"The two points that are still missing will be waived. The disaster is raging on the King of Chu's side and there is a shortage of manpower, and it will not be easy to restore people's livelihood in the future and persuade Nongsang. How dare you go to be the parent of a county?"

The man's face flushed with blood and he prostrated himself on the ground: "I insist on what I want, I dare not ask for it!"

The rest of the people obviously didn't expect that the most inconspicuous person would get the opportunity first, and hurriedly bowed down: "Students are also willing to share the worries of the country and solve the difficulties of the king!"

They will be able to enter the willful hall in the first few months, and they will graduate with almost enough points next year, and they will be recommended by the priest industry to work in the imperial court.

Now that the imperial examination is over, their chances will naturally be more. A county magistrate is not a good way out, but can the county magistrate recommended by the Imperial College compare with the one appointed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself?

Not to mention the possibility of being caught by the county government official, His Royal Highness the King of Chu will take good care of him, and the state officials will not treat him harshly. Are you afraid that he will not have the chance to return to Beijing?
Naturally, they couldn't hide their thoughts from Zhu Biao, so they told the man directly, "Go back and clean up immediately, and leave tomorrow."

The student surnamed Zhang bowed deeply and then walked away quickly. His back showed a strong sense of joy and activity. One could tell from a glance that he was going all out to show his ability, so that he could live up to such an opportunity.

"You haven't finished your studies yet, so don't be in a hurry. If you still have the determination to take up a local post next year, I will agree."

"Students and others would like to follow His Highness' instruction."

The prince has already said so, there is no room for them to bargain, not to mention there is a chance, even if they are not as good as Brother Zhang, they are much better than other students.

After asking them to get up, Zhu Biao began to ask questions on local governance again, which is also the main teaching content of the Guozijian today. Comrade Zhu obviously believed that with their father and son, there would be no problems in the center of the court. It is grass-roots officials.

At the beginning, Guozijian managed teaching according to Lao Zhu’s ideas. It was very pragmatic, and it became more extreme after the imperial examination was stopped. Nowadays, the requirement of cultivating students is more to make them a qualified local county magistrate.

Under the dictatorship of Sacred Heart, the Four Books and Five Classics originally taught by Guozijian, as well as "Shuo Yuan", Law Orders, Nine Chapters Algorithms, "Daming Law", Huihui characters, and Wushe were all turned into supplementary studies.

The students of the Imperial College are now mainly assessed on tax collection, disaster relief and poverty relief, persuading farming and mulberry, building water conservancy, respecting the elderly, eliminating thieves, living in peace for the people, ending the prison fair, and the people without injustice.

For this reason, the imperial court also recalled some experienced county officials from the local officials who were already in short supply to teach in the Guozijian, which shows how much Lao Zhu has expectations for the Guozijian.

Zhu Biao is naturally supportive of this. The grassroots is not stable and the world is not safe. The county magistrate is no more than a small official, but in the eyes of the people, they are the parents of Qingtian. What they can do nothing to harm is the foundation of Ming Dynasty.

Today, the world is initially set to be vast and sparsely populated. The most important thing is not to rush to develop others, but to stabilize and consolidate the foundation, first to restore its vitality, and then to seek to break through the bottleneck.

Daming is now like a person who has just recovered from a serious illness. The outside is strong and the inside is empty and the soldiers are prosperous and the people are weak. The officials and gentry should be respected, and the common people should be cared for. The so-called no agriculture is unstable, no work can not be rich, no business can not live, Must go hand in hand.

Gradually, another group of people came up to express their opinions, which was lively. Zhu Biao also unknowingly expressed his attitude of attaching importance to pragmatic officials.

After a lively day of playing and playing, it was finally time to return to the capital. The sons and brothers didn't care, but for the lady in the boudoir, there were not many such opportunities, so it was inevitable to be a little sad.

Zhu Lu also pouted all the time, looking at the distance eagerly, obviously she still didn't have enough fun, since she could remember, this was the first time she was able to go out of the palace to play.

The rest of the little princesses were also average, the younger ones were already sobbing secretly, but after all, they grew up in the palace and had nanny and female officials to teach them the rules, and none of them dared to play tricks and refuse to leave.

The carriages of all the prefectures were ready, Zhu Biao led Zhu Lu to the first one, and drove straight towards the palace, followed by the carriages of the other princes and princesses.

"Brother, when will I come out again, I haven't played enough yet."

Zhu Lu leaned on her brother's shoulder and yawned. She was obviously very tired. After all, she had been running around excitedly all day, and even a child with a lot of energy couldn't stand it anymore.

Without waiting for Zhu Biao's answer, Zhu Lu fell asleep directly. The road down the mountain was uneven, and the bumps didn't affect her falling asleep quickly. Liu Jin carefully hugged the little princess, and turned around and handed it to the accompanying female officer who took care of the princess.

"Master, there's a message from the palace that several generals from the Governor's Mansion and the Beijing Camp are kneeling in front of the Jinshen Hall."

"understood."

Liu Jin didn't say much after delivering the message, but moved the pillow to the side of His Royal Highness, so as not to shake the frame and knock it.

Zhu Biao closed his eyes and meditated, thinking about how to deal with them for a while, the same sentence, this matter should not be a big deal, but what should be dealt with must be dealt with, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the Beijing Camp will never allow any more trouble to happen.

Otherwise, even if the plan is going to be messed up, Zhu Biao will build up the prison and clean up the Beijing camp. The country's major affairs are in the sacrificial and military affairs. If Hu Weiyong didn't know how to measure, he would only move a small capital. This would never be the case ending.

As dusk approached, the common people rushed home in groups, laughter and laughter could be heard from far away, the gate for them to return to the city was not the same as that of the nobles, so there was no need to avoid it.

Most of the escorting cavalry guards stopped at the gate of the city consciously, and another team took over the responsibility of escorting, and the military guards of the same government and the soldiers and horses jointly escorted the prince into the city and returned to the palace.

At the time of the handover at the gate of the city, a strong man clutching his butt came to the side of the driver and kowtowed: "The criminal will open his mouth to ask His Highness Qianqiu."

Zhu Biao in the frame slightly opened his eyes and snorted coldly: "You have a thick skin, but do you want me to reward you with another fifty military sticks?"

"Hey, the guilty general took the errand for Zhao Dong, so naturally he didn't dare to add another crime to the crime of negligence of duty. I hope His Highness will forgive me. If you beat the general at the end of fifty, you will really be on the ground."

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(End of this chapter)