Five years of garrison on the border, shocked Zhu Yuanzhang who went south to inspect

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Zhu Tuo, Lu Qing, and Xia Jing walked along the river, passing through the scattered buildings. On a riverside, a painting boat stood there, with the breeze blowing and a faint fragrance floating in the air.

Lu Xiaofeng said: "Rouge fragrance?"

Zhu Tuo became inexplicably excited and laughed loudly: "Hurry up, hurry up, I can't wait."

Not long after, Zhu Tuo raised his head and saw the three words "Xiaoxiang Courtyard". When he came to the door, a turtle servant came forward to greet them and led the two of them inside.

People in this industry have good taste. Although Zhu Tuo is not very flashy, he is a prince after all, and every move he makes carries a sense of majesty.

"Please come inside, please come inside." The turtle servant walked in with Zhu Tuo and others, with a smile on his face.

"Okay, Lu Qing, take it!"

Zhu Tuo waved his hand, and Lu Qing took out a ten-tael gold coin and stuffed it into his pocket.

The young man saw that it was ten taels, he was overjoyed, his eyes lit up, and he was even more sure that this Zhu Tuo must be a rich man.

Led by the turtle servant, a group of people entered a hall. Seeing this scene, Lu Qing frowned.

Lu Qing looked around, the whole hall was full of some scholars who thought they were chic, and some rich people with their stomachs sticking out.

What level is this? Could it be that King Su wants to sit at the same table with them?

Lu Qing looked a little ugly and said in a low voice: "Is there a private room?"

There was a look of embarrassment on the man's face, and he sighed and said: "My lords, this is our tradition in Xiaoxiang Tower. We have always made friends through writing. If you can write well, you will not only be accompanied by beauties, but also And also get some flings."

Hearing this, Zhu Tuo's eyes flashed, "I have plenty of money. Call that brothel girl over and let me have a good talk with her about piano, chess, and painting."

The turtle man explained respectfully: "Master, our Xiaoxiang Tower takes poetry as the first topic. If we can impress the girl in the boudoir, the girl will take the initiative to throw herself into his arms, even without asking for money."

Zhu Tuo suddenly realized.

This kind of brothel was not what he imagined.

In that case, it will look high-end and classy.

It’s even more varied.

At the same time, there was an additional shopkeeper on the second floor, and his eyes swept over the candidates.

He said: "Today our Miss Su is here. Her appearance is outstanding, and her skills in music, chess, and calligraphy are all her rivals. Young masters, you have to appreciate her."

Zhu Tuo asked again: "Who is Miss Su?"

"This is a newly recruited brothel girl in our house. I haven't met her yet, but my subordinates have heard of her. She is an old man, so she was sent to our house. She has a very cold personality. "

Zhu Tuo nodded: "I understand."

At this time, the steward glanced at the candidates present and said with a smile: "The topic this time is "love". Please write a good poem within half an hour, and you will be able to compete with Miss Su." have dinner together."

While talking, maids one after another came down from the second floor and quickly placed square pieces of wood on the table. On the wood were placed the Four Treasures of the Study, which were used as answers.

The word "love" has almost become a buzzword. This time, it depends on who is more creative.

Each candidate seemed to want to show off their talents as they spoke to each other.

The warrior said from the side: "Sir, many literati have come here recently, from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to northern Shanxi, they are all quite prestigious."

"Why are you in the capital?" "Of course it will be in the spring of next year." The warrior chuckled: "This scientific examination is a grand event that occurs only every three years in our Ming Dynasty. If anyone can participate in this scientific examination, To stand out in the exam is to be proud and proud."

Only then did Zhu Tuo realize that the three-year exam was finally about to begin.

If he remembered correctly, there should be a big event happening in this imperial examination, and that was the ranking of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

For the imperial examination in February, Liu Sanwu was the chief examiner and Zhang Xin was the assistant examiner. After many screenings, a large group of scholars were selected.

Because the ten scholars in this literary test were all from Jiangnan, on the sixth day after the results of the literary test were released, those northern scholars who failed to pass the literary test united one after another to protest to the Ministry of Rites about the favoritism of the examiner Liu Sanwu Favoring others, many scholars on Yingtian Street even complained all the way, blocking the opportunity to petition in official sedan chairs.

Afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang became furious and ordered an investigation. The results of the investigation were even more shocking. The students from the south defeated the students from the north with their absolute ability, without any favoritism.

However, this result did not make everyone happy, especially those officials from the north, who felt that this was a cover-up.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang dug up the old stories of Liu Sanwu and determined that Liu Sanwu was a member of Hu Weiyong's faction. He demoted Liu Sanwu to the northwest, and other ministers related to him were also demoted there.

Hu Weiyong didn't expect that he could still explode with such powerful power even after he had been dead for more than ten years.

It was not until the Ming Dynasty that the divisions of the south and the south were established.

Zhu Tuo said shamelessly: "Actually, this competition is not necessary at all. After all, in the end, I still need Miss Su to accompany me."

The waiter was speechless, but he saw a young scholar of sixteen or seventeen years old walking up to the Four Treasures of the Study, looking like he was about to write a poem.

The boy stretched out his hand and said, "Look, sir, this is the young master of the Wang family in the south of the city. This man has outstanding literary talent. He once ranked first in the county governor's house and is quite famous in the entire Yingtian City. His poems , and even received praise from great scholars all over the world."

"This is Mr. Li from the east of the city. His family has been in business for three generations. There are many books in his family. Together, they can fill the entire city."

"And this man, whose surname is Zhang, comes from a poor family, but he is good at writing music. Every time he comes out with a new song, girls from the Qinhuai River land will flock to him. Even many girls are willing to go to bed and beg him for a song. "Okay Okay, okay, no need to introduce them to me anymore. In my opinion, these people are trash. "

Zhu Tuo waved his hand, looking indifferent.

They had never seen such an arrogant person.

To be honest, this was the first time he had encountered such an arrogant person.

"So when will the young master plan to show up?"

Zhu Tuo was full of confidence, smiled at the candidates in the audience, and said, "Let them do it again."

One person came out, and then another person came out.

The poems and essays they wrote were all of an above-average level. Whenever they finished a poem, they would be read aloud by servants for the many students present to comment.

Most of these people were acquaintances, so they began to compliment each other.

Seeing that there were not many people left, Zhu Tuo waved his hand, "Okay, okay, compose a song for me."

"small?"

"Yes, it's you!"

Lu Xiaofeng said: "Aren't you going by yourself?"

"It's just a poem, why should I do it myself? Who do you think I am? Am I similar to the clown just now? Isn't this too embarrassing?"

(End of this chapter)