Chapter 2: New No. 1 Scholar (2)

Zhu Yinglong walked over, sat down beside Xiong Hu, gently stroked her slightly raised belly, and said proudly: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, it's my son who is powerful, and his mother has fallen into your father's palm, hehe!"

After hearing what Zhu Yinglong said, Xiong Hu couldn't help but blush and said angrily: "It's not you, the bad emperor, that's why people took the initiative to get into the cage!"

"Are I bad?" Zhu Yinglong said with a smirk, that is, Xiong Hugan talked to him like this, but other concubines would not have the courage.

"Li Niang, what name do you think I'll give our newborn son?" Zhu Yinglong pretended to think.

"You are so beautiful, maybe you are a daughter?" Xiong Hu gave Zhu Yinglong a sweet look.

"That's good, then what name should I give our eldest princess?" Zhu Yinglong couldn't help but think of Xu Ruying and his daughter who were wandering around. He was really a little sorry for them.

"Sister Ruying has no clue yet?" Xiong Hu asked involuntarily. When he said the Taoist Princess, it should be Xu Ying, who was born to Xu Ruying.

"Not yet." Zhu Yinglong couldn't help but look dim, "I don't know where the mother and daughter are hiding. Shadow has been searching for more than a year. I have asked Shandong Governor Zhu Tongmeng to pay attention carefully, but now there is no clue left. It's just strange and strange."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, one day the emperor will find them." Xiong Hu comforted her head and snuggled her chest like Zhu Yinglong's chest.

"Li Niang, you can talk to me without any scruples in the harem. I just like you, do you know?" Zhu Yinglong hugged Xiong Hu's delicate body and said.

"Your Majesty, will you one day get tired of Li Niang's scruples about you and knock Li Niang into the cold palace?" Xiong Hu raised his head and asked seriously.

"No. Never!" Zhu Yinglong said firmly, "I can destroy you, don't want you, or even kill you, but I will never throw you into the cold palace. I will not let my woman spend her whole life in that inhumane cold prison."

"I remember, I am so happy." Xiong Hu said with sobs.

Half a day of free time. Zhu Yinglong felt much more relaxed. After lunch, he took a break. Zhu Yinglong took Tian Shuying and Yanhong to Shou'an Palace. Zhang Yan was still the same, but he was thinner than before, as if a gust of wind could blow it to the ground. If he continued like this, I'm afraid that this Queen Yi'an would not last for three years. She is only twenty-three years old this year. She is in her great youth. Moreover, Zhu Yinglong has always kept such a place in his heart. He can have many ways to make the former Queen Yi'an die. A new Zhang Yan lives by his side again, giving her happiness and happiness. He is the emperor, who dares to say anything?

"Sister. I have a saying to you that I want to say to you. This sentence has been in my heart for a long time. Although etiquette and ancestral system cannot be tolerated, I still have to say that my heart has always been in my heart. This position has always been empty. I hope that one day the person I hope for in this position can sit up. My sister is very young and has long understood her affection for my brother. If my sister can really accompany the lonely lamp, my brother will not say this to you." Facing Zhang Yan, whose eyes were closed and her coarse nun in blue clothes, Zhu Yinglong said directly.

Although Zhang Yan's appearance is not waking, her heart is actually rolling and her delicate body trembles slightly. There are wooden fish in her hand and knocking them all at once, which shows that she is in the most intense struggle. Every word from Zhu Yinglong goes straight into her heart. What kind of love is this? What kind of love is this? What kind of consequences will it be if it is exposed to the people of the world? What kind of consequences will it have for her younger brother who has just sat on the throne?

After a fierce inner struggle, Zhang Yan returned to calm, and the wooden fish in her hand and the scriptures in her mouth also returned to stability.

"I know that my sister is worried, but I have already thought about it. I will not let my sister appear next to me immediately. I will find an opportunity to become my wife in another identity. I will give you happiness." After saying this, Zhu Yinglong stood up and walked out of the Buddhist temple without looking back.

At this time, Zhang Yan slowly opened her phoenix eyes, left two lines of tears, and murmured to herself: "Brother, why are you doing this? Sister is the queen of the late emperor. How could you force your sister like this?"

April 15, the first year of Chongzhen, this was another day of clear weather. This day was also the day when Zhu Yinglong ascended the throne and held the palace examination for the scholars. Early in the morning, the students who were given tribute students were concentrated outside the middle gate, waiting to participate in the palace examination with the emperor himself. Whether the results of the imperial examination were good or not is the emperor's name. This palace examination is crucial. Whoever can get the emperor's article appreciated and nodded as the top scholar is the top scholar, and will become the student of the emperor. What a glory this is? It depends on today's glory, so the students are all full of energy and try to have a good impression on the emperor.

The palace examination was a current policy. The emperor gave the questions himself, and Zhu Yinglong could not escape, so he drafted a "On the Imperial Examination". As soon as this question was released, almost all the students were stunned. How to write this? What was the emperor's intention? Many people were even more anxious and sweating, not knowing how to write. There were a few, such as Xia Yunyi, Chen Zihua and others, who seemed to have some understanding, seemed to have sorted out some ideas in their minds and started writing. There were no fear of cheating in the palace examination, but Zhu Yinglong made a decision this year that he could not become a Jinshi by passing the imperial examination. He had already discussed this with the cabinet ministers and wanted to put some pressure on scholars, hoping to show their real talents and learn. The palace examination was the last level that determined their future and destiny.

Sure enough, a few people thought about it and couldn't write anything, so they fainted in a hurry. Zhu Yinglong secretly scolded the fool, "You can just write the history of the imperial examination?" He was so stupid that he was so ignorant of reading. What's the use of the imperial court to ask such talents? Zhu Yinglong hurriedly waved his hand and asked the guards to drag the people out, and then announced the removal of the palace examination. These people could go home to teach, but it would be impossible to be an official to the court!

There were less than 200 tribute scholars who finally stayed for the exam. There were more than 200 people who were admitted to the subject at one time. Zhu Yinglong was quite satisfied. During normal times, the imperial court held the subject at three years to obtain the subject at one time, and it would be great if he could obtain a hundred or more people.

The work of marking papers was handed over to the cabinet. Zhu Yinglong ordered the test papers of Xia Yunyi, Chen Zihua, Xiong Rulin and others, and read their time in person. Although the papers of these people were remarkable, they always seemed a little stable. Perhaps because it was related to his own destiny, he dared not write the thoughts in his heart. Zhu Yinglong couldn't help but feel a little excited. It seemed that the imperial examination was really a system to eliminate talents. It was necessary to change, but how should it be changed?

In fact, it is not that the imperial examination is not good. In my time and space, such as the high school entrance examination, the college entrance examination, the postgraduate entrance examination, etc., isn’t it a continuation of the imperial examination system? It’s just that the targets are different. One is the entire society, and the imperial examination is single, facing the court. The imperial examination is not flexible enough, and the content of the examination is too dead. What are the bad rules for eight-legged essays? In comparison, when the imperial examination was at the beginning, it was much better than the current single-barbecued essays. In the early Tang Dynasty, the talents were so prosperous, and the imperial examination was not as boring and smelly as it is now. It was simply burying the clever talents of the people of the country, and it also buried many opportunities for rise.

After some discussion, Zhu Yinglong finally wrote about Xiong Rulin as the top scorer in the new subject, Li Erhe as the second place, Huang Dingchen as the third place, and Tanhua as the third place, the first place in the second place was given to Xia Yunyi, the second place was given to Ruihui, the third place was Chen Zihua, and the fourth place...
Chapter completed!