Chapter 270 The Great Saint Zhu Qi

On this side, the Liao King Zhu Qi had just received the imperial edict from Zhu Yuanzhang and passed by Yingtian Prefecture.

The officials in Yingtian Prefecture had already received news that His Highness the King of Liao had perfectly handled the economic reform on the grassland in the north.

Those officials praised His Highness the King of Liao.

The officials of the central court had a confused expression on their faces.

Many officials who were sent to the grassland reform were all experienced officials.

But in front of the King of Liao, it seems that it is not enough to see it.

His Highness the King of Liao said that officials were to go to the people, think about what the people think, and worry about what the people were worried about.

This sentence moved many officials very much.

Although there were no gorgeous words, such simple language made the officials secretly remember it in their hearts.

To put it bluntly, are those who become officials really for the sake of the whole world? Of course not.

Since ancient times, Confucianism has been for the public and for the people of the world.

It’s just that everyone has learned this sentence, but there are not many people who really remember it.

Although His Highness of the Liao King would not be as full as they were, he really remembered this sentence in his heart.

Otherwise, His Highness the King of Liao would not have solved the economic problems of the common people on the grassland so quickly.

A rural cooperative was also established to make the people ask questions like the government office.

Not only that, I heard that His Highness of the Liao King was in the battle where Fu Youde defeated Naha.

He also made a lot of efforts. When talking about this, many officials of the central court also had a confused expression on his face.

Everyone asked, what efforts did our Emperor Liao King put into?

Someone said it.

Why didn't you put in your strength? If it weren't for the reputation of His Highness of the Liao King, Naha might have to resist with his troops.

But it was because our King of Liao that he had cursed Li Fangyuan for thousands of miles before, which scared Nahachu.

None of the soldiers from the Northern Yuan Dynasty dared to resist, and all surrendered.

In fact, he said nothing wrong with this.

After all, Nahachu was afraid of the reputation of King Zhu Qi of Liao, so he did not dare to resist.

Moreover, in everyone's opinion, the entire Northern Yuan Dynasty was also led by Liao King Zhu Qi to destroy it himself. Instead, the contribution of Lan Yu, who fought the toughest battle, seemed to be not remembered by everyone.

However, Lan Yu's contribution is obvious to everyone, but in terms of official positions, the King of Liao is naturally much bigger than Lan Yu. Is it necessary to ask who is flattering?

And now it is not only so much credit that it has been pressed on the Liao King Zhu Qi, but now His Majesty the Emperor has issued another order.

Let His Highness the King of Liao respond quickly to the presidency of the Tianfu, the most recent one, the 19th imperial examination in Hongwu.

The reform of the imperial examination was released a few years ago.

The imperial examination to be held in Hongwu in 2019 is a new type of examination.

All I learned were textbooks compiled by His Highness the King of Liao, such as mathematics, physics and chemistry, which I had never learned before.

Almost few of the old antiques who are officials in the court now understand these things.

I don’t have to be glad that I had been born for decades. If I had learned the textbooks written by His Highness the King of Liao in this era, it would have been a question whether they could pass the imperial examination.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, "Good guy, what does this mean?"

Should we let His Highness the King of Liao be the teacher of scholars all over the world?

If this imperial examination is presided over by the King of Liao, then after passing the imperial examination and entering the officialdom, aren’t they all disciples of the King of Liao?

At least they all received the favor of His Highness the King of Liao, let alone the books they read.

Mathematics, chemistry, and physics are all written by His Highness the King of Liao.

The reason why Confucius has such a high status is because most of the Four Books and Five Classics that everyone has learned are related to Confucius.

Everyone is a student of Confucius. How low does Confucius' status mean?

Now, the Liao King Zhu Qi is going to become the second Confucius and a contemporary Confucian sage.

Zhu Yuanzhang did have this plan, otherwise he would not have vigorously promoted the reform of the imperial examination.

After all, on the one hand, the talents brought by the imperial examination cannot satisfy him, but the imperial examination promoted by King Zhu Qi of Liao was a feasible plan.

At least the method, tariffs and other methods that my son thought of were all created by people who were good at math.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang was still very confident in the reform of the imperial examination.

And the second point is that Zhu Yuanzhang had a selfish intention.

That is, if the Zhu family can produce a saint, it will be really amazing.

Even if you are the one who is the emperor, you may be a little worse than that.

But the third brother became a saint and was also the supreme glory for the old Zhu family.

So Zhu Yuanzhang saw this opportunity, especially now he is about to take the imperial examination.

That's why the order was issued, asking Zhu Qi to hurried back to Yingtian Mansion to preside over the presidency.

Even if you do nothing, sit there as a mascot, and this credit must be placed on you, the third child.

Zhu Yuanzhang's meaning was already very obvious, but Zhu Qi didn't understand it at the beginning.

The more I thought about it on the road, the more I felt scared, and I couldn't help but laugh and cry. You, Zhu Yuanzhang, are so proud of your face, but you end up hurting me.

If my elder brother and I become enemies, it would be all the fault of this father.

Although Zhu Qi thought so in his heart, he still did not dare to disobey the imperial edict and rushed to Yingtian Mansion without stopping.

After hearing the news, the officials in the court didn't know what to think.

Needless to say, the princelings all turned wild.

I thought to myself that it wasn't that Emperor Zhu had an idea, and wanted to depose our prince and establish the Liao King Zhu Qi as the new prince.

If this is the case, we can't say it. We have to follow the rules of establishing the eldest son and establishing the legitimate emperor and speak carefully in Zhu Yuanzhang's ear.

Compared with the nervousness and fear of these officials, Zhu Biao is very serious.

From beginning to end, he never doubted his younger brother Zhu Qi.

What's more, now, Zhu Qi is just here to master the reform of the imperial examination, which was originally proposed by Zhu Qi.

Now a new scientific exam is about to be taken, so it is natural for him to be the chief examiner.

As for the alarmist statements of the people under his command, Zhu Biao actually didn't care much about it.

If everyone had listened to this in their hearts, I'm afraid that the elder brother would have stabbed King Liao Zhu Qi with a knife.

But he still likes this third brother very much.

The father also told him about this in private. The third brother will be his right-hand assistant in the future, but he must not ruin the relationship between their brothers just because of the people under his command.

Of course, this was just said by the father indirectly, but Zhu Biao was such a smart person, so he naturally understood what his father meant.

Lan Yu can be said to be the most nervous among these officials.

He had won a great victory in Hunyuerhai before, but his actions were clearly seen by the Liao King Zhu Qi.

Even after he captured the imperial concubine, he would have thoughts about the northern princess. This matter was under the calculations of the Liao King Zhu Qi.

He even asked Zhu Neng to accompany him and stop him in case of making a historic mistake.

Lan Yu saw this clearly.

The reason why Zhu Qi did this was to win over him. Lan Yu naturally understood it in his heart, but he was the prince's member after all, so he naturally had to think about the prince's prince.

Now, it is also for the position of His Highness to persuade His Highness to be the crown prince.

If the Liao King Zhu Qi continued to be powerful like this, although the emperor might not depose the prince and establish the Liao King now, even himself sighed that the Liao King's ability is really superb.

Even when I sleep, I occasionally think that if I defect to the King of Liao, wouldn’t it be so beautiful?

Will His Majesty the Emperor have the same idea?

If I make the King of Liao the crown prince, wouldn’t this Ming Dynasty be invincible for thousands of years?

When Lan Yu thought of this, she couldn't help but be frightened, fearing that her niece would lose her position as the crown prince because of the Liao King Zhu Qi.

But His Highness the Crown Prince not only did not have any warning, but instead repeatedly reiterated with the officials under his command that he had a very good relationship with the third king of Liao.

This is absolutely not something that will make them destroy their relationship with their brothers.

They also told them not to talk about this anymore. Although Lan Yu said it a few times, she was severely scolded by His Highness the Crown Prince.

I won’t mention it anymore, but I feel sad when I talk about this with my subordinates in private.

He even said that if His Highness of the Liao King inherits the throne in the future, let alone I, Lan Yu, have never said this.

Of course, I only knew about this matter privately, and no one deliberately spread it. Even if it was spread, it was suppressed by Prince Zhu Biao.
To be continued...