Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

In Guanglu Temple, Zhang Pu became famous in the first battle in the capital.

The word science began to spread under the promotion of various newspapers——

After all, Zhang Pu participated in the investigation of Guanglu Temple as a public opinion supervisor and put forward effective suggestions. Naturally, the newspaper and periodical industry must actively publicize this kind of thing that brings shame to the industry. Let people know that public opinion monitors are not useless, but necessary.

Under such a good situation, Zhang Pu must of course strike while the iron is hot and start Ming Pao as soon as possible.

In order to make "Ming Pao" more recognized by scholars, Zhang Pu, under the recommendation of Wang Cheng'en and Cao Huachun, worshiped Xu Guangqi as his disciple with great fanfare.

Xu Guangqi is also quite satisfied with this disciple. Because Zhang Pu proposed a science based on mathematics based on Prince Duanqing's "reasons are shown in numbers, and numbers are self-explanatory", which is in the same vein as his "bypassing by degrees" and "Dali by numbers". How could Xu Guangqi be dissatisfied with such a disciple?

What's more, Zhang Pu's deeds of seven recordings and seven burnings were widely circulated in Jiangnan. Many people believe that this is something that only the sages of ancient times can do.

How could Xu Guangqi not accept such a future sage who came to worship him as his teacher and promote his knowledge? How could he push him out?
Therefore, at the emperor's request, Xu Guangqi accepted Zhang Pu as his disciple with great fanfare and taught him knowledge such as "Elements of Geometry", "Measurement Law", and "Pythagorean Theory".

Now that the Mingshu Science and Technology Conference has just been held and people are paying close attention to it, this matter has attracted a lot of attention. Moreover, because of Xu Guangqi's status as a bachelor, many people believed that he might preside over the Ming Dynasty Department of Mathematics in the future, and began to respect the various mathematics books he translated and wrote.

Zhu Youjian's steps to promote science can be regarded as a small step.

However, this incident caused little commotion in the court. Except for Wen Tiren, who had long cared about Xu Guangqi and was determined to use his knowledge to occupy a place in academic circles, most officials did not care about Zhang Pu's apprenticeship.

What the court is most concerned about is the announcement of the imperial examination list and the holding of the Qionghua Banquet.

Although this palace examination was mainly about reading and judging papers, the emperor Zhu Youjian was deeply involved and took out many test papers to watch them personally.

And after the list came out, all the Jinshi who passed the exams of Mingfa and Mingshu at the same time were included in the second class.

He even selected Shi Kefa, who had passed the Mingfa and law examinations at the same time and whose name was well known to him, as the top talent, and used this method to encourage the emergence of complex talents.

As for the number one pick, it is no surprise that it is Liu Lishun. After all, Zhu Youjian specifically read his test paper during the palace examination. The official responsible for reading the papers naturally knew what to do.

Moreover, Liu Lishun was a disciple of Yuan Keli. Yuan Keli was implicitly the head of the Nine Ministers, and his status was no less than that of a cabinet scholar. The ministers responsible for grading the examination papers would naturally not quarrel with the emperor if they had nothing to do.

After choosing Liu Lishun from Kaifeng Prefecture in Henan Province as the top pick, and Shi Kefa, whose ancestral home is in Kaifeng Prefecture and now a Jinyiwei native of Beijing, as the top pick, Zhu Youjian chose Liu Ruozai, a southerner at second place, who was the top pick in history by drawing lots. This person is from Huaining County, Anqing Prefecture, Nanzhili Province, and he can write articles well. Zhu Youjian needs to choose a southerner among the top three, and Liu Ruozai as the second choice.

After the names of the top three were determined, Cao Xun, the Huiyuan who took the examination, could only be awarded the second grade and had no chance to enter the Hanlin Academy directly.

After the ranking of Jinshi is determined, a grand passing ceremony will be held. The emperor bestows the title of Jinshi to the first person, the Jinshi background to the second person, and the same Jinshi background to the third person.

The number one scholar led the Jinshi to thank the emperor for his kindness, and went from the Huangji Hall to the left gate of Chang'an to watch the yellow list hanging outside the left gate of Chang'an. This yellow list was written on yellow paper, stamped by the emperor, and was also called the emperor's list.

According to the previous etiquette, a banquet will be given to the top scholar and Jinshi in the Ministry of Rites the next day. Jinshi all wear a hairpin with a flower cut from a ribbon, with a bronze medal on it and the words "Enrong Banquet". The number one scholar's hairpin is particularly different. The branches and leaves are all silver and decorated with green feathers. The medal is made of silver and gold.

After Zhu Youjian came to power, he changed the Enrong Banquet of the Ministry of Rites to the Qionghua Banquet set up in Xiyuan, so the banquet was postponed and held three days later. The number one scholar and Jinshi first get their hairpins and ride on a tall horse to "parade the streets". The officials of Shuntian Prefecture use umbrellas to send the number one scholar home.

After three days of boasting about officials, receiving crowns and court uniforms, and going to Honglu Temple to learn etiquette, on April 9, Liu Lishun, the number one scholar, led the Jinshi to express his gratitude. Zhu Youjian hosted a banquet for the new Jinshi at Qionghua Island in Xiyuan.

Because Guanglu Temple is still under investigation, this banquet was hosted by the Inner Court's Chief Food Supervisor.

In order to reduce waste and avoid eating cold food, Zhu Youjian adopted a buffet style at this banquet.

Put various kinds of food on a large dinner plate, scald it with hot water to keep it warm, and put small plates next to it for Jinshi who want to eat.

This form was praised by many Jinshi. They thought that the banquet might be careless after Guanglu Temple was investigated, but they did not expect that the banquet hosted by Shangshan Supervisor was much better than they expected.

Especially the coal stove that always boils hot water won their praise. This was made by Zhu Youjian instructing the inner court craftsmen, and it is still under trial. It is planned to be mass-produced after perfection and promoted before winter comes.

Because there were no fixed seats at the buffet, the Jinshi gathered in small groups to have a feast. Under the opera music of Jiaofangsi and the Royal Orchestra, the atmosphere was quite cheerful.

Zhu Youjian and his ministers showed up, drank with the Jinshi, and then left here quickly. He led a group of ministers to Zi Pavilion not far away.

The renovation of the Purple Pavilion has been completed at this time. Zhu Youjian said to the ministers:

"I said last year that I would display the deeds of the heroes of the Purple Pavilion and the virtuous ministers of the Purple Pavilion."

"Xueshi Huang is the chief executive officer of "Chronicles of the Kingdom". Have the names and biographies of the wise ministers of Zi Ge been listed?"

"Chronicles of the Imperial Dynasty" records deeds before Wanli and does not cause much controversy. Huang Liji offended very few people. Those who could write biographies would write about it. Hearing this, he immediately replied:

"The minister and the vice-president came to Zongdao and others to discuss how to write a biography for more than a thousand people."

"Who can be listed as a worthy minister of the Purple Pavilion? Please ask His Majesty to judge!"

Zhu Youjian was speechless, knowing that Huang Liji, Lai Zongdao and others kicked the ball to him in order not to offend others.

But this also represented power, so he accepted it happily and said:
"Roughly rank these people according to their achievements."

"I will select people from among them as appropriate and confirm them after announcing them in the newspaper."

Huang Liji and others smiled bitterly upon hearing this, knowing that the emperor still left the trouble to them.

Although the emperor agreed to the Holy Judgment, the order of the list was what the emperor asked them to list. If some people's descendants are dissatisfied, they dare not scold themselves even if they dare not scold the emperor?
So now, they have no decision-making power, and they have to take the blame for the emperor. How could this make them happy?

However, Huang Liji thought that he had been retained in office, and the emperor had blocked the attacks of the Donglin Party for him. He had to agree to help the emperor take the blame, because the emperor kept him for this purpose. (End of chapter)