Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 174
I want to rest for another two days, but I really can't. I think about a lot of things to do. If I don't do them, I feel like I can't sleep well.

In the early morning of the next day, he personally arranged for He Xuan to go to the palace to deliver the presents mentioned yesterday. This was prepared overnight the night before, and Zhu Yuan then left the lake through the back door of the mansion to meet with Minister of Rites Qian Yongrenhe Tao An, a Hanlin scholar, made an appointment in advance, and his destination was Jinling University at the eastern foot of Hongdong Mountain.

Today is September nineteenth.

There are only ten days before the time of the scientific examination determined by Lao Zhu. Since he was appointed as the chief examiner, although the Ministry of Rites has been doing many things, Zhu Yuan still wants to arrange it himself to be at ease.

Among the scholars from various provinces who were summoned to the capital, most of them lived in a large number of dormitories newly built by Jinling University this year, except for a few who found their own accommodation.

Because it is free, the official also includes three meals.

Moreover, after the exam, most of the scholars will directly study or teach at Jinling University.

Zhu Yuan had already thought about it a lot in advance.

The scholars who came to Beijing this time, as long as they can read and write, they are not too sloppy, and they have no bad deeds. They will basically stay and make various arrangements according to their age and seniority.

The first one, 30 years old, is a hurdle.

Thirty and standing.

Of course, after all, the country has just been founded, this time... or in the next few years, it will not be too strict, but the rules still have to be gradually established.

Basically, those who are over 14 years old and under 30 years old are given priority to enter school according to their test scores. Relatively speaking, the younger they are, the more they will focus on training.

Among them, starting at the age of 14 is based on the three-level education system proposed by Zhu Yuan to Lao Zhu before: primary school, middle school, and university. From the age of 7 to 10, elementary school, 11 to 14, middle school, 15 to 18, university, each stage is four years.

In the initial imperial examination requirements, the starting age was 16 years old, and it was gradually relaxed to 14 years old. In terms of education, it was so low that it was said that as long as you could read and write.

This is Zhu Yuan's proposal.

In this day and age, as long as you can read and write, it is very useful, and you don't need to be too knowledgeable at all.

The key is how to use it.

Then there is the test content.

Mathematics must be one, and Zhu Yuan had already drawn up the papers when he returned.

Then there is policy theory.

However, it is not the traditional policy theory that gradually emerged in the Song Dynasty. Zhu Yuan's proposal to Lao Zhu is still two words, practical.

There should be something to say, not all kinds of clouds and mountains and mists.

On the way back, I read those previous imperial examination articles that Xue Shu had chosen for me. They were too simple to comment on.

In this regard, Zhu Yuan also proposed a topic, intercepting a sentence from last year's Northern Expedition "Edict to the Central Plains", "Expel Hulu, restore China", the question is, how to "restore China", please put forward ten specific suggestions.

There is another requirement: within 3000 words.

It is absolutely impossible to give me [-] words of long-winded words and only see the content in the last few hundred words.

Speaking of which, after reading those imperial examination articles before, Zhu Yuan also understood where the 1-word bookish joke in Lao Zhu's biography came from.

Fault!

Zhu Yuan wanted to limit it to 800 characters.

Come to think of it, 800 words is really not enough to write.Although this is the college entrance examination, it is not the later college entrance examination after all.

In short, this time there are two exams, one essay and one theory. As for other types of poetry and books, forget it, two exams are enough to see the general level of scholars.Any more, waste of energy.

Inside the mansion on the back lake.

After seeing off his little officials, Xieyi and the others also started to get busy.

Xieyi and Liubai arranged various housework, while Luoshui and Qingniang were in charge of sorting out some drawings that their little officials had just produced last night, saying they were going to build a steam engine.

Everyone knows the steam engine.

After all, many manuscripts in that picture album were drawn by them, and the painting skills of their own petty officials... average.

I used to think that those things were like artifacts.

How can it be easily made?

I was talking and drawing last night, but I felt, it seemed, it was not difficult.

After all, it is really difficult to make a steam train in one step. If you just want to realize the basic function of a steam engine, there are only a few things, a boiler, some pipes, and a cylinder.

that is it.

Find a good craftsman, these can indeed be made by hand.

The problem is mass production.

If it cannot be mass-produced, it is meaningless.

After putting away those sketches, Luoshui came to a courtyard in front of the garden on the west side, where Shanshanshuishui and the others lived.

Schedule tasks.

Previously, women made a pinyin dictionary based on "Shuowen Jiezi". This time, they want to go a step further and make a "simplified pinyin dictionary"

What are simplified characters?

The kind written by my own petty officials every day, lacking in pen and drawing, that's it.

Zhu Yuan wrote too many manuscripts by hand every day, so he can just refer to them directly.

It is required to be completed within one month.

After finishing talking here, before Luoshui and Qingniang left, a girl ran up to pick mulberries, saying that... Qingniang's daughter had arrived and came to visit her mother.

Seeing Qingniang almost froze, Luo Shui almost laughed.

At first...

Thinking that the green tea girl was actually two years older than her petty official, Luo Shui wanted to laugh.

However, Luo Shui, who is well-versed in human feelings, of course wouldn't really laugh, but just said nonchalantly that he would leave first, and Qingniang could go to see the guests.

When Luoshui left, Qingniang grabbed the handkerchief and dawdled for a while, then followed the mulberry picking to the west garden behind, and told Xieyi that the green tea girl had been led here.

A daily leisure flower hall in the south of the garden.

As soon as Qing Niang entered the door, a tall girl sitting at the table immediately stood up, took two steps forward, and called out: "Mother..."

Seeing her daughter whom she hadn't seen for a long time, Qing Niang subconsciously took a step forward, but then stopped, looked her girl up and down, saw that she seemed to have grown taller again, and was dressed decently, she felt relieved, but couldn't help avoiding her eyes , Nane said: "Cha'er, you...why are you here?"

Even though I can feel that a certain little man doesn't mind too much, age has always been a thorn in Qing Niang's heart.

Thinking about the past half a year, and even thinking about the warmth of last night, she really didn't want to lose all of this, and she didn't want to go back to the past.And in front of her... If it's just herself, that's fine, if a petty official sees it, what will she think?
Definitely wanting her past.

The green tea girl didn't seem to feel the indifference of her mother, she stepped forward and took Qing Niang's arm: "Cha'er is here to visit my mother..." She said and motioned to the two girls who were standing next to her just now: "You go out first stop."

When they left, the green tea girl also pulled her mother to sit down at the table, and asked pleasantly, "Mother, how is everything?"

Qingniang hummed in a low voice, she really wanted to open her mouth to say something, but she couldn't say it, her thoughts turned and turned, and finally thought of one, she raised her head and asked her daughter: "You...are you short of daily use?"

Beside Zhu Yuan, Qingniang's monthly allowance is the highest because she has confirmed a certain identity, plus those jewelry, she has saved a lot of money in the past six months.

If she could send her daughter away quickly with money, she would rather give it all.

"There is no shortage of daughters," the green tea girl was still holding her mother's arm. Seeing that Qingniang was not in high spirits, she paused for a moment, then turned to the topic, and said, "Mother, it is... it is my daughter's marriage. I want you to help me take a look at it." .”

marriage?

It is related to her daughter's life, Qing Niang also has to cheer up, but she still can't help saying: "Here, let you... your aunt, help me to watch, there must be nothing wrong."

"What kind of knowledge does she have?" The green tea girl muttered without concealing her disgust, shaking her mother's arm: "Mother, actually...in the past year, many people have come to propose marriage, yes, even daughters don't like it, you , can you ask the little prince to look for it for his daughter."

little prince?
Qing Niang was momentarily confused.

Who is this?
Suddenly remembered that His Majesty the Emperor had publicly recognized his status as a small official, and the women privately said that when they completed the recognition of their ancestors in recent days, they would be formally enshrined in the future, and that would be the county king.

The king of the county... the little prince.

It can be matched.

After straightening things out like this, Qing Niang subconsciously shook her head.

How can this be!

Qingniang hoped that her little man would never think of the fact that she had a daughter who was older than him, and who would be willing to let him choose a husband for his daughter, not his own father.

Turning her head around a few times, Qing Niang finally said: "Cha'er, you... this is not suitable, your surname is Gao, yes, you should find your father... this is not good, you, better go back."

After mustering up the courage to say this, Qing Niang wanted to get up.

I dare not even look at my daughter.

I couldn't stand up because my daughter was still holding my arm.

After a little stalemate, Qingniang heard a choking sound.

The green tea girl held her mother's arm tightly, wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief in one hand, sobbed a few times, and finally whispered: "Mother is so cruel, she has developed herself, and she even killed her daughter." It doesn't matter...does mother want to see her daughter get married to random and settle down?"

When her daughter cried like this, Qing Niang, who had hardened her heart just now, suddenly softened. She raised her hand to help her daughter's tears, but found that her right arm was still tightly grasped. While wiping, he said, "You... what do you want?"

The green tea girl sobbed for a while, and finally stopped, looking at her mother with tears in her eyes: "Mother, my daughter... my daughter doesn't want to marry at all, my daughter does, I want to move here, serve my mother, and do some filial piety."

……

After arranging the daily life in the huge mansion, Xinyi and Liu Bai had just returned to the inner mansion when they saw Qingniang standing at the porch with a handkerchief, waiting for a long time.

Thinking of last night, Liu Bai couldn't help but feel a little sour, and stabbed: "What are you doing standing here, are you a door god?"

Qingniang lowered her head in embarrassment, then looked at Xieyi again after thinking about it.

Xieyi stretched out her hand and lightly pinched Liu Bai's face, and sent her to leave first, while stopping, she asked: "What's the matter, um, did the tea lady leave, why don't you arrange a table for you and talk slowly?"

Qing Niang didn't answer this question, and hesitated for a while before she could speak clearly.

After listening to a certain green tea girl's request, Xieyi raised her eyebrows, feeling like she was about to laugh.

Still have to hold back.

With a sullen face, he scolded freely: "Why are you so confused, let her live in, and live in with what identity, she came in, do you want to stay?"

Qing Niang just bowed her head.

Seeing this, Xieyi also realized that this woman was so doughy, what's the use of talking to her, she breathed a sigh of relief, and Xieyi said in a slow tone: "You go back to the inner house, I will send the tea lady away. From now on... Sister, my sister sincerely advises you, go out less and see people less."

Hearing what Xieyi said, Qingniang was not angry, instead, she nodded subconsciously like a child seeing a parent who can make decisions for herself.

if……

From now on, I don't want to see you anymore.

Qing Niang also knows her temperament, but she is not really that stupid.

At least... my daughter was not close to her before, but she was sold... I didn't get to see her for the last time, and suddenly I got so close... But, she is a mother after all, and she is not close to her daughter. How can it be?

It's just right to come forward with freehand brushwork.

Seeing that Xie Yi was about to leave, Qing Niang hesitated a little, but couldn't help but said: "Xi Niang..."

Freehand stop.

"Yes... I have saved some money in private, can you wait a moment, just, just bring some tea?"

Xie Yi wanted to say that she didn't need it, and she had noticed this matter in private. The Gao family is not a commoner family, and there is no shortage of these things. It's just a girl who doesn't know how to advance or retreat and wants to climb higher.

However, after thinking about it, I agreed.

After waiting for a while, he took the silver jewelry sent by Qing Niang, opened it freely and looked at it, picked out a few of them that were not suitable, and brought the others to the West Garden together.

She dismissed a certain green tea girl with a few polite words, but unexpectedly, that girl was also stubborn, she insisted on not asking for those money and jewellery, she didn't say anything rude, she just cried all the way out the door, which almost made Xieyi feel soft-hearted .

However, it is impossible to let the other party enter the door.

It's ridiculous.

Zhu Yuan didn't come back at noon, the women ate lunch by themselves and continued to take care of various things.

So at the end of the day, someone came to the door.

To be precise, it was He Xuan who returned from the palace and brought back his adoptive father and internal envoy Supervisor He Shou.

He Shou came to send someone off.

Twenty eunuchs, plus another twenty beauties.

The eunuchs had obviously selected them, and they were all quite young. When Xie Yi accepted them, he couldn't help but think that this must be He Shou's intention. After all, if he picked someone who was more mature, he might threaten his status as a godson. .

A wise man.

That's right, Xieyi thinks, if there are more calm and courteous ones, petty officials will also need them in daily life.However, this is not something that a girl like her can say.

Whatever the palace gives, of course it wants.

This is what my little official ordered.

In addition, twenty beauties made Xie Yi even more speechless.

Mainly... at this age, I met the group who were named by my petty official's "frontier poem" last time. This time, the age... is from Luoshui to Nuanniang.

The petty official laughed at himself in private, so what, weakness, weakness.

Did not expect it.

Is this being watched?

I also asked a few more questions. When the small officials explained before, they said they were all from the Yuan Dynasty Palace, but this doesn't look like it.

I only found out after asking.

There are palace people and relatives of sinners.

Anyway, they are all literate, and they are all selected to look the best. Others, according to He Shou's original words, where do they need to be clearly distinguished?
(End of this chapter)