Chapter 618
"You have never entered the palace, so you have to listen to me in everything. If you are rude, Grandpa Huang will be angry. If Grandpa Huang is angry, he will eat people. It's very terrible."
Zhu Zhanji tried hard to scare Yu Qian, with a stern face and stared at him, making a scary look. But in Yu Qian's eyes, there were only two words left: childish! It was as if the cute little cat was trying hard to bare his teeth, pretending to be a tiger.
Is the emperor amazing?
I always run to my master's house if I have something to do, and I'm tired of seeing it.
Moreover, it seems that His Majesty the Emperor is not very smart Yazi... Master clearly has so many books, and with a little snack, he can find the answer, so he insists on asking for his master.
In Yu Qian's opinion, the emperor was nothing but yelling and scaring people. He was a completely paper-paste dragon. As for the grandson of the paper dragon, it was even less worth mentioning.
So, you should save money!
In this way, Yu Qian, surrounded by eunuchs, came to Fengtian Palace openly.
The eunuchs were also surprised. Just such a small thing, she was so handsome, neither humble nor arrogant... You know, even if many ministers and famous scholars received the order for the first time, they were still frightened and afraid that there would be any mistakes. Compared with this kid, they were completely different from that kid.
Is this little thing seven or six?
Why don’t you even have any fear?
What a strange thing!
"Report to Your Majesty, bring it to you."
Zhu Zhanji quickly knelt down and greeted Zhu Di. Yu Qian also followed behind and said that he was a wise man to pay homage to the emperor.
Zhu Di looked at his dark grandson and looked at Yu Qian who was too white. Zhu Di wanted to convince himself that a good boy should be like a grandson, dark and strong, and his grandson was the best.
But Zhu Di had to admit that the apprentice that Liu Chun chose was really nothing... not right! Zhu Di suddenly remembered that Yu Qian's father Yu Yanzhao had discovered it himself.
In fact, Yu Qian should be his own person, why should he push him to Liu Chun? It should be that Liu Chun trains talents for him. Can I, Zhu Di, even the heart of a child?
Thinking of this, Zhu Di squeezed out a smile and waved to Qian quickly, "Come here."
Yu Qian had no choice but to step in front of Zhu Di with his short legs.
Zhu Di laughed loudly and reached out to bring him over.
"I know you! Your father has arrived at Halie. He just sent him an urgent report. He did a good job. Your father is my class Dingyuan!"
Faced with praise, Yu Qian was calm as usual, "My father is loyal to His Majesty, and this is his duty. All the subjects in the world are looking forward to serving Your Majesty!"
He was really good at speaking, Zhu Di grabbed Yu Qian's arm and said happily: "If it is as you said, I can rest assured."
Zhu Zhanji saw that the emperor's grandfather was very close to Yu Qian and forgot him aside. He didn't know what to say. Does even the emperor's grandfather want to be himself?
The black boy feels wronged.
Fortunately, Zhu Di also called him over at this time. Two little babies stood beside Zhu Di, one left and one right. Zhu Di chatted casually. At this time, Liu Chun had already sorted out the test papers with some people.
His question was not complicated this time, and he did not need to have a long discussion. Each question was only a few dozen words, so it was very simple to determine the paper.
I found more than a dozen eunuchs from the inner school and according to the standard answer, the sentence was quickly completed.
After the results were summarized, Liu Chun was stunned.
I was really stunned!
He had long had no hope for the quality of Ming officials.
Of course, there are many geniuses among officials, but there are common subjects. Because they studied hard since childhood and then took the imperial examinations and became officials, they were wandering around in the officialdom, which made a large group of people lack common sense. It sounds good to say that they are not diligent in their four bodies and are not divided into five grains.
Today's test tore the bottom of these people apart.
Seeing Liu Chun hesitating, Zhu Di thought that the officials performed too well, so he didn't know what to do!
"Bring it!"
Liu Chun gave the summary form to Zhu Di, "Please read the emperor."
Zhu Di glanced over and said that the first question was to ask the thirteen governors and envoys of the Ming Dynasty. It was very good, and all the officials answered correctly.
But it is not worth being grateful, because the Censorate has thirteen censors and the Ministry of Revenue has thirteen Qing officials and officials, almost everyone has to deal with every day, how can you not know!
But the next second question will be a problem.
It was obviously a free score question, but it actually tested more than a dozen fools!
Zhu Di's forehead was bulging with blue veins, his fists were clenched, and his teeth were chewing.
He suddenly turned his head and looked at Yu Qian, "The Ming Dynasty has a nine-sided important town, do you know?"
Yu Qian did not hesitate and said loudly: "After Emperor Taizu recovered Beiping, he established four towns in the north, including Liaodong, Datong, Xuanfu, and Yansui. Soon, he established three towns in Ningxia, Gansu and Jizhou. Later, Shanxi Towns were governed by the three gates of Bitou, and Shaanxi Towns were governed by Guyuan, also known as Taiyuan and Guyuan two towns, collectively known as Jiubian. Jiubian started from the Yalu River in the east and went to Jiayuguan in the west, stretched for thousands of miles, stationed one million troops, preventing the invasion of the Tartars and protecting the people of the Central Plains, which is crucial."
Yu Qian's voice was loud and his words were clear, neither too fast nor too slow, and he clearly explained the origin of the Nine Borders.
Some people were already sweating in the pile of civil officials.
Zhu Di nodded happily, "You answered very well, but... among the ministers, some people didn't know the Nine Borders, so they all stood up for me!
The emperor roared, and the courtiers were like women who had just wrapped their feet, twisting and squeezing, step by step, with their legs weighing a thousand pounds, and stood out among the talented people.
One, two, three... more than a dozen people stood up and looked at their identities carefully. There were three Hanlin people, two censors, and some officials from the Imperial College and the Zhanshi Mansion... They all have a common identity, that is, the so-called Qingliu!
These people have always despised the martial arts. They would rather go to the Qinhuai River to talk about poetry than to learn more about military affairs. Nine Bians often say it, but they can't answer what it is. Some people can only barely write four or five.
But since it is nine sides, how can I not count enough?
In desperation, someone wrote "East, south, north, west".
Faced with such a weird answer, Liu Chun didn't know what to say.
I even answered the scores wrong. I really don’t have to make any effort to harm you. We are not from the same dimension at all.
Zhu Di's anger was indescribable, but he didn't want to have an attack yet. After all, there were more questions waiting! Zhu Di glanced at the dozen people fiercely, which scared them to tremble all over and sweat, which was so embarrassing.
Zhu Di was too lazy to talk nonsense, "You all stood here and waited for the end!"
Let’s look at the next question, whether it is the distance between Yingtian and Peiping or the same geography question.
For scholars in the Ming Dynasty, there is generally a lack of geographical knowledge. Perhaps they know very well, but how far the two cities are really stumped by a large area.
The answers are also strange. Some people write about more than a month apart, some people write about ten days apart, and some people write about high mountains and long roads, but fortunately they know they can't get there in one day. More than 30 people were wrong with this question, and some people mistake two in a row.
"Zhu Zhanji!"
Finally, he was named by the emperor's grandfather. The black boy was so excited that he finally had a chance to perform.
"Do you know how far apart Peking and Yingtian are?"
"I know, it's more than 2,300 miles. During this period, I have to cross the Huanghuai Yangtze River and there are canals connected to each other. You can choose to take a boat, ride a horse, and ride a car."
Zhu Di nodded, "That's right, the road of more than two thousand miles is not far away, and it has not yet reached the end of the world. I have been on the verge of restoration. This journey took three years, and tens of thousands of soldiers died in the battlefield before they reached Yingtian." Zhu Di clenched his teeth and clattered. How could the world that had been conquered with hard work be ruined by a group of idiots!
I will never let you go if I don’t give them a little color this time.
Let’s look at the next question!
This question is about asking about the cost of the three halls. Zhu Di just ascended the throne and ordered the reconstruction to be rebuilt. It took more than a year to build the three halls, and it took less than a year to use them.
All the ministers were in court in the three halls, and they were no longer familiar with each other.
How much does it cost to rebuild the three halls?
Look at the answers of these ministers!
More than one-third of the people who made mistakes were actually wrong.
Some people simply spend countless times writing, while others write millions of them. What’s even more outrageous is the pile of gold and jade, which is difficult to measure... Zhu Di simply wanted to capture these people and tie them to the pillars of Fengtian Palace, so that they could take a good look at how much I spent!
"Yu Qian, do you know how much the three halls cost?"
"The three halls project cost 870,000 taels of silver, but the three halls project have produced many new technologies, especially technical specifications for cement buildings. This part is worth about one million taels. At the same time, based on the three halls project, a new procurement method for each department has been prepared, which stipulates that the expenses of each department's office must be purchased publicly and comply with the standards. If there is any private authorization and acceptance, once verified, it will be severely punished."
Zhu Di smiled happily. The thing he was most proud of was that he not only did not spend money on building the three halls, but instead made a small profit!
"Where did you know?"
"Reply to Your Majesty, this matter was not only published in various places last year, but also published in many newspapers, so the people have read this."
Zhu Di became more and more pleased, "Do you, a child, read newspapers every day?"
"When you go back to Your Majesty, although Caomin is young, he knows that it is not easy to live in Chang'an, so he dare not ignore it."
Zhu Di nodded slightly, turned his head suddenly, glanced at the ministers, and his dagger-like eyes scared the people, especially those who answered the wrong answer, were extremely frightened!
Zhu Di sneered, "I know that many of you don't care about how much you spend. As long as you build a large scale of construction, you will pretend to be compassionate and say nothing is costly and you need to rest and recuperate. When will you know how much experience you have accumulated in a three-home project! The use of cement does not have to transport wood from the mountains of Yunnan and Guizhou, and how many people will benefit? Also, in the future, the future management of the Huanghuai River will be inseparable from cement... When will you open your heart and truly understand my hard work?"
Chapter completed!