Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

The place Zhu Yuanzhang chose to eat would definitely not be particularly high-end.

Finally, they found a very ordinary little inn, which was in line with Lao Zhu's personality. After they sat down, they casually ordered some ordinary meals.

Wen Gui had finished eating the candied haws, but he had to leave the second one for Zhu Yuanzhang no matter what, so he gave it to Li Xu to keep temporarily.

They waited not long before the food was served.

At this time, two people also came to the inn.

Zhu Xuan took a look and found that they were people he knew: Jian Jinzhong and Xu Fan.

"Grandpa Emperor, the man dressed more simply is Jian Jinzhong, number eight," Zhu Xuan said.

Both the grandfather and the grandson had a deep impression of Jian Jinzhong.

Because Jian Jinzhong gives people the impression that he is the kind of person who wants to do real work, and his ideas and practices are relatively pragmatic, which is exactly the kind of person that Lao Zhu likes.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang had not met Jian Jinzhong yet. Zhu Xuan had met him once and pointed him out to Zhu Yuanzhang at this time.

"it's him?"

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Jian Jinzhong standing next to him, then nodded slightly with satisfaction.

In his opinion, his first impression of Jian Jinzhong was better than Zeng Qi's. He added: "It's obvious that this man is from a peasant family. He has a poor family background. He will be an official in the future and truly serve the people!"

In Lao Zhu's opinion, only those who have truly experienced hardship will do things for the poor people when they come to power in the future.

For example, he himself is such a person. Now that he is the emperor, all he thinks about is the people.

"I hope he does."

Zhu Xuan smiled and said, "My grandson wants to support all poor scholars to take the imperial examination because he said so. If he also disappoints me, then I will be very disappointed."

Zhu Yuanzhang was still full of confidence in Jian Jinzhong, and said with certainty: "Don't worry, my dear grandson, I am very good at judging people and I will not be wrong."

He is very confident in his ability to judge people.

I believe that a person who is similar to me must have similar personal character.

"Grandpa is the best!"

Wengui echoed.

When Mr. Zhu heard this, he was delighted.

“Brother Jian!”

On the other side, Xu Fan pulled Jian Jinzhong to sit down and said with a smile: "You are on the list, shouldn't you come out to celebrate? Sit down and relax, I will celebrate for you."

Jian Jinzhong was on the list, but Xu Fan was not.

However, Xu Fan was not surprised.

He had some self-awareness of his own abilities, and he knew that he would not win, so he came to Jinling just to give it a try.

“There’s no need to celebrate.”

Jian Jinzhong only has one friend in Jinling, Xu Fan. He originally planned to just talk to Xu Fan and not celebrate. There was no need to do so.

"Celebrate, what a waste of money!"

Jian Jinzhong said again.

Xu Fan smiled and said, "I invited you. If you want to be a high-ranking official in the future, you have to give me a chance to curry favor with you, right?"

Hearing this, Jian Jinzhong sat up straight and said seriously: "Brother Xu, we serve the people, not to curry favor with others. I know that Brother Xu is joking, but you should say less such things in the future."

The voices they spoke were quite loud.

In addition, when sitting in the lobby, the tables and chairs are quite close to each other.

As soon as they spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang heard them and said with a smile: "Look, my dear grandson! I told you that I didn't make a mistake."

Seeing Jian Jinzhong's attitude, Zhu Yuanzhang was even more satisfied. This was the kind of official that the Ming Dynasty should have. If every official could think like Jian Jinzhong, the Ming Dynasty would soon enter a truly prosperous era.

"Grandpa Huang still has the best vision."

Zhu Xuan nodded.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "No, this person was discovered by my good grandson. My good grandson has a good eye."

They smiled at each other and continued to eavesdrop on Jian Jinzhong and the others' conversation.

"Brother Jian, this is too serious."

Xu Fan also knew that it was a joke and had no intention of blaming Jian Jinzhong, but he quickly added: "However, I admire and understand Brother Jian's seriousness, but today is Brother Jian's senior high school birthday. Give me a chance to celebrate for you, right?"

His face was full of sincerity, and he was sincerely wishing Jian Jinzhong well.

Those who are on the list should be blessed.

"Thank you, Brother Xu!"

Jian Jinzhong finally stopped being so serious and said with a smile, "I always feel that if we come out to celebrate right after the results are announced, it would be a bit unfair to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for being so kind to us. It would easily develop a hedonistic nature, which I just don't think is appropriate!"

Xu Fan added: "It's just once in a while, it doesn't matter."

Jian Jinzhong shook his head and said, "Don't do good deeds even if they are small, and don't do bad deeds even if they are small. But Brother Xu is my only friend in Jinling. If I don't accept your kindness, it would make me look too arrogant."

Hearing him say this, Xu Fan smiled and said, "Sometimes I admire Brother Jian's seriousness. How about we go back to your place, buy one or two pieces of braised meat, one or two bottles of sake, and eat a few potatoes to celebrate?"

“So best!”

Jian Jinzhong thought this suggestion was really good and said, "It's just that Brother Xu is wronged."

Xu Fan said nonchalantly: "Brother Jian can think this way, no wonder he was able to get into high school. If I had half of your determination, I would have gotten into high school too."

"It was just luck!"

Jian Jinzhong waved his hand modestly.

Xu Fan knew that this was not as simple as just good luck.

The imperial examination has never been about popularity or connections, but about one's own strength.

After exchanging pleasantries, the two of them got up and went back, causing the inn to lose another business.

"nice!"

Zhu Yuanzhang praised him and said, "This Jian Jinzhong is worth paying attention to. Let Jiang Li check his conduct and how he performs in the local area. If his character is good, he can be reused in the future."

If Jian Jinzhong was not pretending, Zhu Xuan actually thought that this guy was a really good person.

"Grandson will arrange it later."

Zhu Xuan said: "The scholars selected this time seem to be pretty good."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement, and then said, "It is also possible that a group of cheaters were caught by chance this time, forcing those who were ready to make a move to suppress their thoughts, so that the truly capable people can come forward."

Zhu Xuan said: "There may not be so many people ready to make a move."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think so. He shook his head and said, "Of course there are good officials, but there are also bad ones. My dear grandson, don't look at those officials in the court. They seem to be good, but when they become bad, they dare to do anything."

He never quite believed that an official was really okay.

If not, it may not have been found yet.

He can ignore some minor issues, but major issues must be severely punished and investigated to the end.

"Officials have power and influence, and they dare to do anything."

Zhu Yuanzhang added: "My dear grandson, you must be careful to distinguish and don't be fooled by them. Even Jian Jinzhong just now cannot be fully trusted. You must keep a skeptical mind." (End of this chapter)