Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 178 The Vested Interests of Guozijian

When the three old men saw Zhu Yunxi sitting in the carriage, they all felt that they had found the right person this time.

This child can even remember such trivial things as eating breakfast, and he deliberately got up early to pick himself up and others.

From this point of view, even if he becomes the emperor in the future, it shouldn't be too bad.

At least he can be more benevolent than the old dragon now!

Zhu Yunxi took the three old men to a breakfast restaurant, and then ordered the guards to buy all the breakfast in the street, and put the dishes on two tables.

The three old men naturally want to preach, such as not being extravagant and wasteful, being diligent and thrifty, and cherishing financial resources and so on.

But preaching belongs to preaching, but it tastes unambiguous.You serve a bowl of duck blood vermicelli, and I have a bowl of small chaotic vermicelli. It's a joy to eat.

While admitting his mistake, Zhu Yunxi looked at the duck blood fans drooling, and finally couldn't hold it back, and reached out to fill a big bowl.

Wang De watched from the side, and couldn't help reminding in a low voice.

"Your Highness, you will have to enter the palace to have a meal with His Majesty later!"

When the three old men who were eating and drinking heard this, they also hurriedly stopped Zhu Yunxi.

"Third emperor's grandson, your companion must be right. Entering the palace to accompany His Majesty to have a meal is a filial piety. How can you eat outside the palace first? This is disrespectful to His Majesty!"

Zhu Yunxi grabbed the big bowl and looked at the duck blood fans who were close at hand, wanting to cry without tears.

"I just want to try..."

"Try it..."

"Then you don't need such a big bowl, change to a smaller one."

Gao Ming snatched the big bowl from Zhu Yunxi's hand, and replaced him with an ordinary rice bowl.

Zhu Yunxi's face was full of grievances when he looked at the rice bowl which was several times smaller, it was not enough to fit between his teeth!
Although the rice bowl was very unsatisfactory, Zhu Yunxi still made a bowl, and then left contentedly.

Since entering the palace today was to accompany Lao Zhu for a meal, and to collect his official seal, imperial decree, etc., he did not bring the three masters into the palace together.

Of course, the most important thing was that he saw that the three masters seemed to dislike seeing Grandpa Huang, so there was no need for them to block each other.

When Zhu Yunxi entered Qianqing Palace, Lao Zhu had already washed up, and he was waiting for him to come in and pass on the meal.

Seeing the radiant look of his eldest grandson, Lao Zhu couldn't help but sigh in his heart how energetic this grandson was.

He learned through the intelligence system that the grandson didn't go back to sleep until the end of Haishi last night. He thought he would be late today, but he didn't expect to enter the palace so early.

"Grandfather, where is my official seal and imperial decree!"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he felt a little angry.How dare he enter the palace so early, just rushing for those two pieces of junk!

Once Lao Zhu got angry, the consequences were very serious.Originally, he just wanted to give him a few memorials, let him take them back and have a look, and experience his ruling philosophy.Seeing how energetic this grandson is now, he immediately changed "watch" to "copy".

"There are still a few memorials on the side, take them back and copy them."

Zhu Yunxi almost vomited the last time he copied Su Su's foot-binding memorial, but now he has a psychological shadow when he hears copying this stuff.

"Grandfather!"

"I'm very busy and tired, how can I have time to copy this stuff!"

"Furthermore, a memorial can contain more than 1 characters, who can finish it!"

Hearing Ni Sun's complaint, Lao Zhu secretly scolded this guy for not knowing what to do, but he still coaxed him.

"This time it's not that long!"

"The longest one is no more than a thousand words, and the sum of those few copies is not as much as last time."

"Oh?"

Unconvinced, Zhu Yunxi picked up a copy and looked through it. It was indeed much shorter, ranging from a few hundred characters to more than 1000 characters.

But when he saw the last copy, he was dumbfounded again. A memorial with only 1000 words, the answer written by Grandpa Huang was more than [-] words!
"Grandfather, do you not need to copy your reply?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he wished he could give this grandson two kicks. The purpose of asking him to copy this stuff was to let him see how we approved the memorial?
If you don't copy our reply, then what's the point of copying the memorial?
"We have to reply and copy it twice!"

"what!"

"Ah what, hurry up and have a meal, and hurry up and get out!"

"Oh……"

While agreeing, Zhu Yunxi picked up the imperial decree on the table and looked through it, only to see that it stated his duty to inspect all government-run workshops in Beijing on behalf of the emperor, and stated that the six government offices, Yingtianfu and other government offices must cooperate with their official duties.

It's just that the specific official position was not mentioned, which made him very depressed.Even if you give yourself a craftsman as an ambassador, it's better than nothing.

Full of disappointment, Zhu Yunxi picked up the official seal, and when he saw the "Wu Wangbao Seal" engraved on it, his face immediately showed joy.

It's been a month since I became king, and I finally got my king's seal!

However, when he saw the cracks on the king's seal and the broken feet, he immediately became unhappy.

"Grandfather, my king's seal is bad!"

Lao Zhu was leisurely drinking porridge, when he heard this, he looked over with displeasure.

"What's wrong?"

Zhu Yunxi took the official seal and ran to Lao Zhu to complain.

"Look here, and here, it's all broken!"

"Besides, this jade is too bad, it's been played out of the bag!"

Old Zhu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said in displeasure.

"This is the seal we used when we were King Wu!"

"It's old!"

"You are too stingy with this old one, how much money would it cost to engrave a new one, and you can't even bear this?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he almost vomited blood, wishing to knock Nisun's head open to see if the child had no brains.

The king's seal that I used when I was the king of Wu when I was young, what a special significance it is, this grandson dares to dislike it!

"If you want to dislike it, then don't want it, hurry up and let's take it underground!"

As soon as Zhu Yunxi heard this, he hurriedly hung the official seal on his waist, and made a knot on purpose, as if he was afraid that Lao Zhu would snatch it back.

"Grandson was just joking with you. Grandpa Huang can give me the king's seal he used, that is a great encouragement to me!"

When Lao Zhu heard this, his gloomy mood finally improved a bit.

"Let's eat. After eating, follow the people from the Ministry of Industry to the workshops outside the city. Don't rush to change it. Observe for a few days, get familiar with the situation for a few days, and then give us a report..."

"If you don't know how to write a report, just ask the three masters around you and let them teach you how to write."

"it is good!"

Before Zhu Yunxi had finished his breakfast, he heard the report from the little eunuch that Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Industry, was waiting outside the hall.

Old Zhu nodded towards the little eunuch upon hearing this, and the little eunuch immediately stepped back and led a middle-aged official in.

"My minister Huang Ligong pays homage to His Majesty, long live my emperor..."

"Be flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Have you had breakfast yet?"

"Come here, bring me a chair, let Huang Aiqing sit down and have dinner with us!"

Huang Ligong was stunned when he heard this, the emperor wants to invite him to breakfast?
It wasn't until the eunuch arranged the chairs that Huang Ligong came back to his senses, fell to his knees again with a plop, and began to cry.

"My minister... I thank His Majesty Long En, woo woo woo..."

"Get up, don't cry and cry, you are also an old man with us, or did we just get out of the Imperial College?"

"Your Majesty has a good memory. I am indeed from a humble background. I am just a member of the imperial education supervisor..."

"Fortunately, I had to meet the Ming Lord, otherwise I would just be a petty official in the yamen for the rest of my life. How could I be ranked in the sixth department and become a high-ranking official..."

Old Zhu nodded when he heard the words.

"It's good to know how to be grateful!"

"Our eldest grandson has taken over the workshop under the name of the Ministry of Industry. You can follow our eldest grandson in the future, and explain the doorway here for him. Don't let anyone deceive him."

"The minister obeys the order!"

"The humble servant will be crushed to pieces to repay His Majesty's grace!"

After Huang Ligong showed his loyalty, Lao Zhu hurriedly urged him to get up for dinner.Huang Ligong was no longer polite, and sat down with half of his buttocks, and then he just buried his head in eating the buns in front of him, even though the soup bowl was less than two feet away, he didn't seem to see it.

Zhu Yunxi couldn't stand it anymore, got up and served Huang Ligong a bowl of mutton bone soup, and brought him a few plates of fried dumplings and a few small dishes, and Huang Ligong was so moved that he was very grateful again.

Lao Zhu saw all this in his eyes, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

This monkey is stubborn and stubborn, but the means of winning people's hearts are not bad.

The most comforting thing is that all the actions of Xiao Nisun are not deliberately pretended, but completely sincere, which makes it impossible for people to refuse.

"Master Huang, eat slowly, don't worry, if you don't have enough, you can ask for more."

"Grandpa Xu, is there any food that hasn't been served? Hurry up and serve it up!"

"oh oh!"

Originally, Xu Xingzu wanted to say that there was no more, but seeing that Huang Ligong was almost nervous, he lied casually.

"Don't worry, there are still more than a dozen dishes that are not served, and the old slave will go to the imperial dining room to remind me."

When Huang Ligong heard that there were still so many dishes not served, he felt less panicked, and he ate slowly, and even chatted with Zhu Yunxi from time to time.

"Master Huang, are you really a member of the Imperial College?"

"Didn't you say that the Imperial College students are very miserable, how can you still be an official of the Ministry of Industry?"

"Returning to His Royal Highness the Third Emperor, it's all thanks to His Majesty's long favor, that the humble minister has the opportunity to be in the imperial class."

"Besides, the Imperial College is not considered bitter. It's just a group of lazy people maliciously attacking His Majesty. You must not believe it!"

"Your Majesty's giving money and food to the students of the Imperial College can be described as a re-creation of kindness. Only those wastes who have blackened their hearts will complain about the poor treatment of the students!"

As soon as Zhu Yunxi heard this, he knew that he was lonely. This person in front of him must be a person with vested interests in the group of Guozijian students, and he would be damned if he could speak ill of the Guozijian.

As a matter of fact, it is true that the students of the Imperial College of the Ming Dynasty suffer, but the chances of promotion are also very high.

Because of Emperor Zhu's idiosyncrasies, officials of the Ming Dynasty were highly mobile, with tens of thousands of job vacancies at every turn.

The imperial examination is held every few years, and hundreds of Jinshi and fellow Jinshi are admitted each time, which is far from making up for this vacancy.

Ever since, the Guozijian, which is close at hand, has become the main source of officials.

Many officials who only have the reputation of scholar have been promoted to a very high level through the channel of Guozijian.

Even the official who presided over the land survey of the Ming Dynasty was born as an ordinary member of the Imperial College.

In the six yamen, there are even more students from the Imperial College.

Of course, if you want to be a court official, you have to be a Jinshi.

But at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he didn't pay so much attention. Li Shanchang was just a juren, and he was once a senior official of the prime minister.

Zhu Yunxi had breakfast with Lao Zhu, and after bidding farewell to Lao Zhu, he led the old servant that Lao Zhu specially found for him out of the palace.

As soon as the two of them left the palace, Zhu Yunxi saw his three masters waiting outside the palace gate early.

And all three of them put on the red official uniforms of the second rank, and also put on the official's black gauze short-winged official hat.

This made him look very unpleasant, and he always felt that these three old men were not as eye-catching as before.

In fact, the three old men were also very unhappy.They are not so poor that they have to live on the old Zhu's family's salary, let alone this shabby official uniform.

But you can't wear it, if you annoy the evil dragon in the palace, maybe you can kill them with a knife.

"I kept the three masters waiting for a long time."

"The third emperor's grandson is polite, we haven't been here for long."

"Three masters, I'm going to the Weapons Bureau in a while, are you going to follow together, or go around together?"

"Let's go together, just talk to the third emperor's grandson about the issue of our Daming craftsman household system."

This time there is one more person, and it is not enough to ride in the same carriage.

If it is a normal ride, there is no problem with six people in a carriage.The main reason is that Zhu Yunxi is the emperor's grandson, he can only sit on one side, and no one dares to sit with him.Therefore, there were only three people in the seat opposite him.

Fortunately, Huang Ligong reacted quickly and directly said that he could ride a horse and could be with the guards, which solved the embarrassment.

However, this also stimulated Zhu Yunxie to give birth to the idea of ​​improving the carriage.

At the very least, there must be a separate carriage with an office and a reception room, and if conditions permit, a bathroom as well!
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