Chapter 316: Township Exam Begins
Liu Jian and others also looked at each other.
It shouldn't be, just such a mess, you wrote a letter too?
Liu Jian said seriously: "The Eastern Palace fleet is not a Ming flag."
Emperor Hongzhi felt a little nervous, but in fact he almost felt soft-hearted.
But when Liu Jian reminded him this, he remembered it instantly.
The fleet of the Ministry of War is under the banner of the official fleet of the Ming Dynasty. If the emperor gave the ship number, wouldn’t it be the same as the identity of the court?
Fang Jifan is really thief, and he actually wants to use this method to get a title.
Emperor Hongzhi smiled faintly, intending to put the memorial on the shelf, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was inappropriate. After all, Fang Jifan worked hard and made great contributions, and it would be a bit unreasonable if he did not respond directly.
After all, they are also working for the court. Can you ignore it?
Emperor Hongzhi shook his head, smiled bitterly, and then personally picked up the red pen and criticized the memorial: "You will punish me."
After saying that, he clicked the memorial: "Just send it out with this."
The so-called self-destruction is certainly not the way to self-destruction, but only vulgar people would understand it so.
This means, Fang Jifan, make your own decisions, you can do whatever you want.
So Fang Jifan went directly to find Zhu Houzhao with His Majesty's order.
Zhu Houzhao is also very interested in going to sea.
In fact, there is nothing Zhu Houzhao is not interested in anything that can make a name for himself.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty's intention is here." Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao with a grave sting.
Zhu Houzhao's eyes suddenly shone.
"Old Fang has a solution, why did he guess that his father would let us commit suicide?"
Fang Jifan said with a stern face: "Your Majesty is arbitrary, and the saint is unpredictable. How can his thoughts be guessed by his subordinates? Your Highness should not wrongly accuse the ministers like this."
Zhu Houzhao glanced at him and said, "Lao Fang, is it okay to speak well?"
Zhu Houzhao gave Fang Jifan a blank look and looked very excited with her hands behind her back.
He paced back and forth and said, "There are four ships in total, which are a little smaller, but they are also sea ships, right? What is the name of this main ship? General?"
Fang Jifan also wanted to roll his eyes, so he couldn't be a little new?
He shook his head and said, "It sounds not good."
"Champion Hou's title?" Zhu Houzhao thought for a while, and seemed to think that the champion Hou was more in line with his wishes.
"..." Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao in a steady state and said, "Your Highness, I actually think that we should use some more elegant ship names. After all, this is the first time we set sail after voyage to the West, after dozens or hundreds of years, we will definitely be named after the first time we have left in history."
Zhu Houzhao frowned and said, "How come the champion Hou is not elegant? What a good name! Good, don't compete with you, I will think about it again..."
"Why don't you, please come and get one." Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao with a smile.
Zhu Houzhao stared at Fang Jifan, looking at him with a stern look.
Fang Jifan said word by word: "It is better to call it: the scum of the world... the king... not the official... the official... the name..."
"What?" Zhu Houzhao was confused: "Wang... Wang Bushi, it should be his personal name. Who is this? What kind of grudge does he have with you?"
Fang Jifan said seriously: "How can your highness guess what you are about to do in this way? I just think that this name is both shocking and majestic. There is indeed someone who is not aware of it, but I don't recognize him. What kind of hatred can I have?"
Zhu Houzhao was obviously a little disbelief. She looked at Fang Jifan suspiciously for a while before squinting her eyes: "This guy is good, at least fresh, and it is more impactful than the champion Hou!"
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In the Hanlin Academy, the atmosphere has become much more active recently than before.
Xu Jing, a Shuji Shi, finally left and was about to go into the sea! In private, there were rumors that this might be because someone impeached Xu Jing, so the palace simply let him suffer a little.
Going into the sea.
Who doesn’t know what the risk of going into the sea? Now that I get into the sea, I’m most likely not going back.
The Hanlin Academy is a place where rules are followed, how can it allow people to fight against their Shangguan?
So, Wang Bushi, the attendant of the Museum of Literature and History, was proud. He was like Xianglin Sao. He complained first when he caught someone, Xu Jing... is really not a thing. He is arrogant and domineering. I don't care about him... But is this official afraid of him? No, he wanted to do something wrong, but he stood up and was beaten by him. Such people are really crazy and have no politeness.
But I am not afraid of him. I am a Hanlin, a Hanlin, and a Qingliu. Humph, these people are like his mentor...
When he said this, Wang Bushi always had to look around and make sure there was no one else, and then he continued righteously: "Sooner or later, he will be infamous, not only harm others, but also harm himself."
The colleagues all sympathized with him and nodded in agreement.
Wang Bushi was even more excited and continued to catch people and said over and over again. He rolled up his sleeves and revealed the clear bruise for people to see: "This is what Xu Jing beats. He doesn't know how to respect the elderly, and there is no magnanimity in his eyes..."
After cursing enough, I finally felt much more relieved. Wang Bushi's mood gradually became a little happy. In any case, although I suffered a loss from Xu Jing, I was not wronged. Humph, I really thought that scholars were easy to bully and scold me. I, Wang Bushi, will scold you to death in this life and teach you that you will be ruined.
"Prince...Prince..."
But at this moment, a clerk came in his office in a hurry, looking very frightened.
Wang Bushi seemed distracted and said calmly: "What's the matter?"
"What happened...that big happened..."
Wang Bushi said lightly: "What a panic? The sky cannot fall. If you have something to say."
"This is an edict issued by the Eastern Palace, which ordered the Ministry of Revenue to allocate some ship workers and entourages to board the ship... You... take a look first..."
Wang Bushi was able to obtain the edict and looked down. The edict... seemed nothing special.
But... when he saw the boatman who was raising a 70-strong man, he went to the "King of Scum on Earth" to practice and prepare to go to sea...
Wang Bushi's face suddenly turned red.
"I...I...I*he*88th generation!" Wang Bushi broke out and finally cursed words that he could not scold in the first half of his life.
Impotence, what is missing from great virtue?
Wang Bushi could almost imagine that in the actual record, this voyage would be recorded in its original form, and this "Human Scrap xxx" will remain until the sea is gone.
Wang Bushi hugged the desk and cried loudly.
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The original provincial examination was held in August and was called the Autumn Examination.
It’s just a pity that because of the different weather conditions now, the imperial court delayed the time by three months in order to sympathize with students, especially various remote students who went to the provincial capital to take the exam.
At this time... on the first day of November, the autumn examination for the thirteenth year of Hongzhi finally began.
Early in the morning of this day, the sky was still hazy.
Liu Jie, with Kao Lan, quietly disappeared into the vast snow outside Liu's mansion.
He did not go through the middle gate, but went out through the small gate of Liu's mansion.
Liu Jie didn't even remind the people in the mansion to wait. After he tiptoed to pack up, he went out.
It is nothing for ordinary students to have repeated tests, but it is extremely embarrassing for the only son of the prime minister of the dynasty!
After a famous family, he failed to even pass the provincial examination. Liu Jie has been under too much pressure over the years.
In fact, everyone in the mansion knew that he would take the exam today, but everyone tried their best to avoid touching this matter. Liu Jie set out from the small door and intended it! He was afraid that he would meet too many people from the mansion, and even compliment others, saying that the young master must be in high school, he felt that it was harsh.
He just hopes that he will take the exam quietly. After that, everyone will think that it has not happened. Even if he fails as usual, he will feel a little better.
However, when Liu Jie had just tiptoed away, Liu An, the manager of the Liu family, hurried to the study.
There was no candle in the study room, and Liu Jian was sitting there withered, as if waiting for something.
Liu An gently opened a crack in the door and saluted, "Master...Young Master is out."
"Oh." Liu Jian sighed: "He has enough clothes."
"Well, enough. The young master walked from the back door, Master..."
Liu An, who was in charge, seemed to want to say something, but Liu Jian pressed his hands down and said, "This is why I told you that I would pretend not to know anything, and I would like to warn the people in the mansion to never mention the provincial examination in front of him. He is a virtuous person, but unfortunately... his qualifications are too poor and he failed repeatedly. He should feel more uncomfortable than me and the pressure is too great."
"Yes, the young master has been silent all these years..." Liu An also sighed: "The villain watched the young master grow up. When he was young, he was not like this. He liked to visit friends everywhere and always loved to laugh, but later he became more and more withdrawn and even less willing to contact others."
Liu Jian stood up, with a little loneliness on his face and said, "I won't say this anymore, this is fate! Go and change my husband's clothes. It's getting late, and it's time for me to pay."
However, Liu An looked at Liu Jian with concern and said, "Master, you haven't slept all night, so let's take a nap first..."
Liu Jian shook his head and said, "Official affairs are important. I will take a nap when I am in the sedan chair later."
In this night, Liu Jian actually didn't dare to sleep, so he sat in the study room until Liu Jie took the Kao Lan and set off before he felt more at ease.
He was complicated inside. He knew that if he went to send Liu Jie to the provincial examination himself, his son would be under greater pressure. However, he would not be able to sleep peacefully. He was old and stayed in this study all night, his face turned a little blue. Even when he struggled to stand up from the chair, he couldn't help but feel frivolous and he was heavy in his head.
But deep down, I don’t know the pain in Liu Jie’s heart.
Chapter completed!