Chapter 57 Give up the imperial examination!
"Biao'er, we want to go back to the palace."
Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on the bullock cart, feeling depressed and unwilling to stay any longer. He whispered and asked Jin Yi to Xiaowei drove back to the palace.
The convoy left in a hurry.
It came suddenly and left quickly.
Zhu Biao looked worried.
My father is a hard-hearted man, but the chasing of his uncle and nephew just now reminded my father of some past events, arousing some tenderness in his heart, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.
In the original plan, my father wanted to walk more among the people, take a look, and ask questions.
In-depth understanding of people's sentiments.
Now it can only be shelved halfway.
Because it is an ox cart, it cannot go very fast.
Under the cold wind blowing on his face, Zhu Yuanzhang also put away his softness, his face became firm again, and he completely calmed down.
The emperor is ruthless.
He was sitting on a bullock cart.
There was a hint of thought and solemnity in his eyes.
Is there really a problem with his philosophy of governing the country? Can he really realize the eternal life he wants?
He thought of a lot.
Especially what Baoer asked himself back then, since the fight against the Yuan Dynasty is not a matter of one battle, ten battles, or a hundred battles, what about the people?
He didn't think so at the time.
He answered directly with the taxation law. His taxation law can benefit the people from generation to generation, once and for all.
Now he started to think again.
Are fixed tax laws really enough? The fixed tax law can only guarantee that the court will be able to collect money, but the world is not static, and there are still natural and man-made disasters.
By maintaining the status quo, can the Ming Dynasty last?
Zhu Yuanzhang was shaken.
His heart is in chaos now, especially after Xia Zhibai accused him face to face, which made him a little irritated, because he can plan everything for future generations, but he cannot count natural disasters and man-made disasters.
Even less popular.
The first initiative will be punished, and the palace will be blessed.
Can we really stop people like Xia Zhibai who have different intentions and are not afraid of death?
Impossible.
With him here, Xia Zhibai is not afraid of death.
Not to mention future generations.
He is now very conflicted about how to deal with Xia Zhibai. With Xia Zhibai's desire to seek death, he would die ten thousand times, but he did not dare to let Xia Zhibai die.
Because Xia Zhibai obviously has something in his hands that can threaten the rule of the Ming Dynasty. If he doesn't get all these things, the hidden danger will be too great.
As for using Xia Zhibai, he is not willing.
He cannot trust these scholars, whether they are Yang Xian, Liu Ji or Hu Weiyong. These people all have evil intentions.
Evil intentions!
The so-called dedication is to die.
That is just an excuse made by these scholars to seek rebellion against their own power.
The sky is slightly brighter.
Zhu Yuanzhang has returned to the palace.
He had no intention of resting, so he wiped his face and concentrated on dealing with the memorial.
Looking at the table full of memorials, his irritable mood was finally comforted, and he truly felt fulfilled and satisfied.
Only at this moment.
Only then can he feel that he has the world on his shoulders.
Zhu Biao did not go back to rest, but stayed by Zhu Yuanzhang's side.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything.
He also gave some memorials to Zhu Biao for review.
The father and son were sitting like this, reviewing the memorials one after another.
At three o'clock in the morning, Zhu Biao was already feeling sleepy. After a day of hard work, he was really a little out of energy. However, when he read a memorial, he suddenly became energetic.
He read the memorial carefully, walked quickly to Zhu Yuanzhang, and said: "Father, Hua Lun, Lian Zining and Huang Zicheng, who ranked first in the examination this time, jointly submitted a letter , give up this imperial examination, and also give up the imperial examination results.”
"Father, this..." Zhu Biao looked serious and felt bad. If the first three people gave up, wouldn't this imperial examination become a joke?
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyes and just hummed. There was no other reaction.
Zhu Biao looked a little anxious. This matter is no small matter. If it is not handled well, it will be a big blow to the prestige of the court.
It’s just that he didn’t dare to speak again.
The reason why this matter ended up like this was all caused by the father. The father wanted to use this to continue to suppress these scholars and trample on their self-esteem at the same time.
Thus establishing a powerful posture.
But too much is not enough.
If the palace examination had been held on time, Hua Lun and others might have followed their father's wishes and endured it so painfully, but his father delayed it again and again.
This puts too much pressure on the three of them.
Days are like years.
After spending every day in torture and humiliation, it was actually somewhat beyond Zhu Biao's surprise that the three of them could hold on for so long.
If these three people still had the courage to participate in the future, he would be very shameless in his heart, but after seeing this memorial, he was relieved a lot. At least these scholars of the Ming Dynasty still had certain ethics and integrity. Characteristic.
Not to the point of being shameless.
He also knew why his father kept delaying, but he just didn't know how to deal with Xia Zhibai. His father wanted to kill him, but he was worried.
I am worried that if I kill him, there will be endless troubles.
Because there are too many secrets in Xia Zhibai, and it is too disturbing. But the father has been entangled for too long, and it has affected the court.
Zhu Biao pondered for a while, but couldn't help but said: "Father, this imperial examination has been postponed for a long time. I think it cannot be delayed any longer, otherwise the outside world will suspect that this imperial examination is It’s not like something happened.”
“I think it should end as soon as possible.”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, but did not speak.
See it.
Zhu Biao smiled bitterly and could only retreat.
The palace is quiet.
Not much sound.
He knew that the most difficult part now was how to deal with Xia Zhibai, and judging from his father's dilemma, Xia Zhibai was not on the roster.
And all these changes started when Xia Zhibai came back.
He shouldn't have come back.
There is no reason to come back.
To everyone's surprise, Xia Zhibai not only came back, but actually accomplished those things, which suddenly disrupted all his father's plans.
My father was at a loss for a moment.
Especially those things that Xia Zhibai took out made his father dare not act rashly, because those things could threaten the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
Until he fully understands it, even if his father wants to kill him again, he can only endure it.
Zhu Yuanzhang’s face was livid.
The mood that finally calmed down became irritable again.
He suppressed the anger in his heart.
He continued to read the memorial, and kept thinking about how to end this farce. As for the so-called external influence, he didn't care.
A long while.
Zhu Yuanzhang calmed down completely.
"Come here." Zhu Yuanzhang said to the outside world: "Call Xin Guogong Tanghe to us..."
He wants to solve the matter this time.
Hear the words.
Zhu Biao's face lit up, knowing that his father had made up his mind to end this farce.
At this moment.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know what he saw, so he suppressed his anger and could no longer suppress it, and threw a memorial on the table to the ground.
Zhu Yuanzhang cursed angrily: "You bastard, Xia Zhibai came out of Kaifeng, and we haven't settled the accounts with you yet. You bastard, you are still here to blame Xia Zhibai."
"Really stupid as a pig!"
(End of this chapter)