Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

Chapter 206: It's hard to get a son from a poor family!The princess knelt down and begged for mercy!The sublimation of love transcends life and death!
"You said that it is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son?"

On the last point, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly. In the past, he always noticed that there were too many differences between the students from the north and the south, so he didn't notice this.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was a person who was willing to ask for evidence, and he waved: "Come here, go to the household department to check, the family of the candidates who passed the imperial examination last time, come and report quickly."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

An eunuch walked in outside, and immediately retreated after receiving the order.

Ah this
If the next investigation reveals that they are all from poor families, wouldn't that be a slap in the face?

Li Xiao murmured in his heart, his idea was based on the last trip to the south of the Yangtze River, those students wearing green shirts can often go to high-end restaurants and flower houses, so Li Xiao concluded that there are no poor people who can study and get famous. .

But this is all conjecture.
"Let's just sit and wait."

Zhu Yuanzhang called everyone to sit down, and said with a smile: "We are all a family, why are you so tense? It doesn't matter even if Li Xiao is wrong, he dares to speak, we dare to listen."

"Yes, Father."

Zhu Di winked, and Zhu Gaoxu immediately brought tea to Zhu Yuanzhang.

A few people sit down and drink tea,
We chatted about other things to ease the atmosphere.

An hour later.

The eunuch came over with the account book that he had consulted, and said:
"Your Majesty, of the 22 Jinshi recorded in the 930nd year of the Hongwu Imperial Examination, 760 were gentry surnames, and 130 were from two generations of unofficial scholarly families or descendants of famous eunuchs. The remaining 38 people were downcast for generations and had no fame. The poor family."

The voice fell.

The results came roaring out.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little silent, but he didn't expect it to be exactly what Li Xiao said.

Most of the officials are from the noble families, and it is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son.

But fortunately, 38 people were also counted.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Xiao and said, "How did you notice it?"

Li Xiao answered truthfully: "This is my guess when I visited the south of the Yangtze River with Princess Yong'an this time and found that most of the students in the south are rich.

If you want to learn stereotyped essays well, you must go to a school to get the guidance of a famous teacher. If you don't have money, you can't afford to read books. As time goes by, your fame will be monopolized by the big family.Even when the examiner asks a question, the well-informed family can guess the examiner's preferences and get a head start.

For example, the leaked exam questions this time must have conflicts of interest.

Even if there are some children from poor families, the cost of going to Beijing to rush for the exam is very high. If you want to get the fee by fame, you can only accept the support of the local landlord class.

Over time, it is difficult for these poor children to get out of the mud without being stained.

When these poor children are admitted to fame, they can be exempted from taxes. The land of these landlords is often entrusted to the students to evade taxes. In short, it is not good for the country.

The most frightening thing is that even if these poor children become officials, they will have to move closer to the powerful circles in the court because of their poverty. They are often used as spearmen and cannot display their true talents at all. "

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded thoughtfully, "It's no wonder that most of the candidates from the north and the south are from the south. That's why, Li Xiao, you have good observation skills."

After a pause, Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "But what you said later is a bit alarmist. Can they hug each other? How dare they?"

"dare"

Li Xiao thought for a while, and said: "I have a plan, Your Majesty will find out after trying it."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Let's listen."

Li Xiao said: "Your Majesty, as long as you move the interests of the officials, they will come out to stop you, and they will form a group to stop you."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly.

And Li Xiao looked at Zhu Di and said, "Didn't Your Highness say before that you need to raise military expenses if you want to send troops to Beiyuan?"

Zhu Di nodded: "That's right, Li Xiao, do you have a good idea?"

Li Xiao said: "The only way is to increase the tax."

Zhu Di said: "It's difficult to increase taxes. I haven't figured out where to start. People's lives are not easy. You can't ask them for money."

Li Xiao said with a smile: "That's not good. I think it's time to collect taxes from the rich. Iron mines, salt mines and other folk kilns are big producers of money. Why not raise taxes on these people?"

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and he said, "That's a good idea, you mean, all the officials will stop Gu?"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang also understood Li Xiao's intention, and said: "Li Xiao, I understand what you mean, most of those folk kilns are the property of the gentry, you mean, if we raise taxes, these officials will Come out and stop us??"

Li Xiao nodded: "In this way, we can see that there are still groups in the court. They usually keep their sleeves clean and don't do corruption. That's because their family has fertile land and property, or they belong to relatives. , or from a good friend’s family, it’s not in their name anyway, but the benefits will eventually flow into the family’s hands.”

After finishing speaking, Li Xiao said: "I have one more sentence, I don't know if I should say it or not."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Speak, I will speak thoroughly today!"

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Then I just said it. I said something outrageous. It is true that there is one emperor and one courtier. But no matter how the court changes, the big family can always stand firm. They have become giant beasts. Shake, even if the dynasty changes, they can follow the rules and adapt, their property will always be protected, and someone from their family will always be an official in the court."

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised. He had already seen this, but Li Xiao dared to say it.

He blew on the tea soup in the teacup and said, "Fourth, let's try it."

"correct."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Xiao, "You have said so much, and you said that there is something wrong with our stereotyped selection of scholars, so what's your opinion?"

Li Xiao thought about it. Looking back on this period of history, the reason for the abolition of stereotyped selection of scholars was that it restricted the thinking of talented scholars, which was not conducive to the cultivation of innovative talents, and it also restricted all candidates from content to form, making many Most talented scholars do not pay attention to practical knowledge, and the harm of modern China is also great.

But it was abolished on September 1905, 9. On this day, Zhang Zhidong and Yuan Shikai played together to ask for the immediate suspension of the imperial examination. The Minister of Foreign Affairs promptly issued various textbooks.

If stereotyped writing is to be abolished, there must be a corresponding test method to replace it, and the test must be supported by education, which is not something that can be changed just by changing it.

Li Xiao feels that although there are many harms, it is too difficult to change, and it is easy to mess up if you take a big step. This is not something that you can do successfully.

In the end, Li Xiao still shook his head: "I don't have any good solution right now, I just saw something wrong and haven't thought of how to solve it yet."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "."

Zhu Di: "."

Zhu Gaoxu: "."

Zhu Gaosui: "Isn't this taking off your pants and farting, what an unnecessary move?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly, stood up, looked at Li Xiao and said, "Li Xiao, get up."

"what?"

Li Xiao got up suspiciously.

"Ouch~~~"

Li Xiao felt his ass was kicked, it didn't hurt, but he still pretended to show his teeth and flew out.

Zhu Yuanzhang kicked Li Xiao to relieve his hatred, cursing and saying: "You brat, you have lectured to us for more than two hours, and our group listened to your analysis for two hours. In the end, you said there was nothing you could do??? You The kid is talking nonsense!"

Zhu Di was overjoyed, and his father kicked Li Xiao's ass, and he looked furious, but in fact it was just a show, which was a kind expression on the contrary.

If you are really angry, don't hit you, don't scold you, don't say a word to you, don't say your right or wrong, then you are really dead.
Zhu Di hurriedly coaxed Zhu Yuanzhang, saying: "Father calm down, this kid Li Xiao has this kind of virtue, he can talk to you for a long time, but it turned out that this is just a joke."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Li Xiao again, showing a stern look, and scolded: "Li Xiao, don't pour tea for your imperial grandfather yet, so as to calm him down."

"okay."

Li Xiao jumped up, patted the dust on his buttocks, smiled, poured tea and passed it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty, you are the hero. If I point out the problem, you will definitely think of a solution. Don't worry about it."

Li Xiao said this, thinking to himself, I have already thrown out the problem for you, I want you to realize this problem, and you should find a way to solve it yourself.

After all, I can't do anything about such a big problem that affects the roots of the world's gentry
Zhu Yuanzhang took a sip of tea and said, "You boy, can't you let us have a good rest? We are planning to ignore the government affairs, and you have raised such a big question again. Whatever you say, you have to say something. .”

Li Xiao thought for a while and said: "I think that there should not be too many changes. The imperial examinations are as usual, but the content can be slightly changed and relaxed. It is not limited to the four books and five classics and the stereotyped style. It is even possible for the officials of the six departments to come up with some questions. Let’s test their practical ability.”

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said, "Let Zhu Di think about it."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhu Di and said, "Fourth brother, go and have a try and see if these guys are like what Li Xiao said. Let the news out now that the imperial army is going to conquer Beiyuan, and the mining tax will be levied. I will mention it to you tomorrow morning and see how the officials react. If it is really like what Li Xiao said, they were huddled together, then there is really something wrong with this stereotyped selection of scholars."

After the tax is increased, you can go out to fight. Zhu Di was overjoyed and cupped his hands: "Yes, father."

Li Xiao cupped his hands, ready to resign and run away.

Zhu Yuanzhang came over and said in a low voice, "You're a rogue, just now we kicked you with a little bit of strength. How can you fly so far?"

Li Xiao chuckled: "Your Majesty, the sword is not old, but it has great strength!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said unhappily, "Go, go, tomorrow morning, remember to come."

Li Xiao cupped his hands: "Your minister leads the decree."

on the way back.

The two rode on horses and walked towards the mansion in the capital.

Li Xiao thought about what happened today, looked at Zhu Gaoxu, and said, "Isn't it too abrupt for me to say this today?"

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, and said: "I don't think it's offensive, brother-in-law, to be honest, I agree with your idea very much, scholars are a group of people who harm the country and the people, pointing and pointing all day long."

Li Xiao held his forehead, feeling that if he asked, he didn't ask.

This Zhu Gaoxu is a military general, so he naturally doesn't deal with civil servants.

As the saying goes, husbands and wives should discuss matters more, so Li Xiao still plans to discuss it with Zhu Ningyun after returning to the mansion.

After returning to the mansion, it was already evening.

The fire clouds in the sky dyed the sky egg yellow.

Today Zhu Ningyun went shopping with a few young princesses, bought some clothes for Li Xiao, and asked someone to prepare a meal to welcome the two of them.

"Xiaolang, you've worked hard today, why did you stay all day?"

Zhu Ningyun welcomed Li Xiao in with a smile, and introduced him: "Xiaolang, several princesses are visiting the mansion today, this is Princess Nankang, this is Princess Yongjia, this is Princess Hanshan, this is Princess Baoqing, this is Jiangdu Princess."

There are a few little girls standing in front of them, all of them are Zhu Yuanzhang's daughters, about the same age as Zhu Ningyun, the youngest, Princess Baoqing, is only seven years old, and they all look good, after all, they were all born by the concubine behind, so they are not bad in appearance.

In fact, most of them came here with a purpose, because other dignitaries couldn't make friends with Li Xiao. After being named Duke, these days, countless dignitaries visited Li Xiao with generous gifts, but Li Xiao refused them all.

Several people came to visit the mansion together early in the morning, and then invited Zhu Ningyun to go shopping and play together on the grounds of showing him Nanjing City.

At this time, several princesses saluted one after another: "I have seen Duke Yongle."

Li Xiao smiled and cupped his hands, jokingly said, "Then should Li Xiao be called aunts or princesses?"

"Calling my aunt looks old, it's good to call her a princess."

The princesses covered their mouths and laughed, looked at Ning Yun and said: "Ning Yun, the Duke is really as you said, humorous and handsome, I really envy you."

Zhu Ningyun smiled like a flower, and said modestly: "Where is it."

In fact, most women are vain. Although Zhu Ningyun never pays attention to these things, she is delighted to be praised so much.

"Ouch."

Zhu Gaoxu came over: "Several little aunts, are you here to see the king?"

The little girls all gave him blank glances, which made Zhu Gaoxu feel bored.

Afterwards, Zhu Ningyun invited everyone in, and everyone ate and drank. The princesses were all extraordinarily enthusiastic. They kept promoting Zhu Ningyun, saying that she was naturally beautiful, and praised Ningyun for her good eyesight. He had the opportunity to introduce them as well.

Li Xiao became interested and said, "This is quite possible. There is a general in Beiping named Zhang Fu who has made two meritorious service and has been named Marquis."

As soon as the words came out, the princess pestered Li Xiao and asked him to mention something to the emperor.

"Mr. Yongle, I really envy you. You can see Emperor Father every day. Unlike us, you haven't seen him once in several years."

Speaking of this, the little girls looked at Li Xiao enviously.

Ah this
Li Xiao also didn't know how to answer, no wonder the ancients said that poor women always suffer bad lives, especially the ruthless emperor's family.

It's really pitiful that I can't even see my father several times a year.

Li Xiao felt that he could indeed meet Zhu Yuanzhang every day now, but he didn't know if it was good or bad.

"A companion is like a tiger, so you don't have to envy me. Your father kicked my ass today, and it still hurts." Li Xiao had no choice but to comfort me like this.

hear this,

Zhu Ningyun was startled, and hurriedly asked: "Xiao Lang, are you alright?"

Li Xiao smiled and waved his hands, "It's okay, luckily the kick wasn't too hard. I'll tell you about it tonight."

Only then did Zhu Ningyun feel at ease, thinking that according to the emperor's grandfather's temper, kicking his ass would be regarded as one of his own, and his father also loved Li Xiao so much, so nothing would happen.

It took nearly an hour and a half for the banquet to disperse slowly.

Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun sent everyone out of the house, after all they are aunts, so they should be courteous.

After sending several people to the carriages of their respective palaces, Li Xiao and the two were about to turn around and go back to the mansion, but in fact, one of the carriages did not leave at all.

After everyone left, Princess Nankang who was on the carriage suddenly came down.

This Princess of Nankang is twenty-one years old. Just now, Li Xiao noticed that her clothes were worse than others, and she didn't wear gold hairpins or other jewelry, so she looked plain.

What Li Xiao didn't expect was that she suddenly knelt in front of Li Xiao.

Zhu Ningyun was startled, she hurriedly helped her up, and said, "Aunt Yuhua, what are you doing, get up quickly."

But Princess Nankang didn't get up, but looked at Li Xiao, choked up and cried, and said: "Mr. Yongle, please consider my relationship with Ningyun, and help my husband-in-law Hu Guan to plead with His Majesty , spare his life, I know it's rude, but I really have no other way, please"

After listening to the words, Li Xiao roughly understood that this Hu Guan is the son of Dongchuanhou, and Dongchuanhou is also part of Lanyu's party. This time, all of them were thrown into prison by the Holy Lord, and his family was implicated. He probably would not survive.

"Princess Nankang please, you have to ask for this matter yourself."

Li Xiao helped her up, but she knelt and refused to get up, so Li Xiao had no choice but to say: "Forgive me, there is nothing I can do."

Princess Nankang begged: "You are the celebrity in front of His Majesty, you must have a way."

Li Xiao didn't answer, he thought for a while, his intercession might be useful, but it would only consume his relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang, so he decided not to do it, besides, he had no relationship with Princess Nankang either.

Zhu Ningyun took a look at Li Xiao and knew what her husband was thinking, so she pulled Princess Nankang up forcefully, and said, "Aunt Yuhua, you heard that today, Duke Yongle himself was kicked and punished by His Majesty. It’s very helpful, you’d better think of another way, go and beg the Holy Spirit yourself.”

"But I can't see my father at all," Nankang Princess Zhu Yuhua cried.

After a few words of persuasion, Princess Zhu Yuhua of Nankang looked at Li Xiao's indifferent expression, had no choice but to wipe her tears, and left on her own.

Looking at that lonely back, for a moment, Li Xiao suddenly felt that this woman was a bit pitiful, but he was also helpless, there were too many helpless things in the world, and it was better for him not to interfere with the affairs of the emperor's family.

After Princess Nankang left, another person came from the dark and knelt down in front of Li Xiao. Li Xiao felt a little helpless, as if he had become a sweet potato now?

"Duke Yongle, I beg you to intercede with the sage, please spare my brother, my father demoted him to a commoner and exiled him in Yunnan. He was pampered and spoiled since he was a child. I'm afraid he won't survive if he goes away."

The crying little girl is Princess Jiangdu, the eldest daughter of Prince Zhu Biao, and granddaughter of Zhu Yuanzhang. She is about the same age as Ningyun, and she is Ningyun's cousin.

"Are you Zhu Yunqi's younger sister?" Li Xiao asked.

The little girl nodded and begged again.

At the dinner table just now, the little girl seemed preoccupied all the time, so she also came to plead for mercy.

"Forgive me for being helpless." Li Xiao shook his head helplessly.

Zhu Ningyun persuaded the person away after some persuasion.

Looking at the lonely back, Zhu Ningyun couldn't help but sigh:
"Hey, although the emperor's family is born with wealth and honor, who can understand the pain in it?"

This sentence surprised Li Xiao again. Damn, why do I feel that what I did during the day is a bit bold.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao asked: "By the way, Ningyun, how are Ma and the shipyard doing?"

The ship still needs to be done, and if something goes wrong one day, he will run away immediately, find a place to become the king, establish a country, and enshrine Ning Yun as the empress.

Zhu Ningyun was a little puzzled and said, "Why did you bring this up suddenly? A few days ago, Mahe wrote to say that he has called up more people to start preparations."

Li Xiao nodded.

Zhu Ningyun pulled Li Xiao back to the mansion, and said, "Xiao Lang, do you have something to tell me?"

Li Xiao then told what happened today.

"You said that the stereotyped selection of scholars is not good for the country? The dispute over the fate of the country is a dispute in the world?"

Zhu Ningyun looked at Li Xiao in surprise.

Li Xiao was taken aback, then nodded truthfully, there can be no secrets between husband and wife.

"Xiaolang, I don't even know how to express my thoughts."

After Zhu Ningyun finished listening, she threw herself in front of Li Xiao and hugged Li Xiao tightly.

A sense of admiration emerged in my heart. The meaning of that admiration is beyond words. It is a love that transcends the ordinary world. The love between the two is sublimated at this moment.

Among them, it includes the connection of the two people's lofty ideals, the most beautiful appearance of family, country, righteousness and love, and the pursuit of common ideals.
Jun Moyan, there are few people who can speak, the beauty of love cannot be conveyed in words, but it can shake mountains and rivers.After farewell, don't ask me, you can't say anything about infinite things.

Li Xiao was slightly surprised and said, "Ningyun, you don't seem to blame me?"

He thought that his actions during the day would make Ning Yun worry.

Zhu Ningyun: "Fool, why should I blame you?"

In her heart, Li Xiao became the hero she admired.

Li Xiao: "So."

Zhu Ningyun: "Actually, I have long felt that stereotyped selection of scholars is a disaster for the country and the people, but I can't do anything. I'm just a woman, but Li Xiao, you are different. You are a man. You obviously have power and wealth that ordinary people are amazed at. You You have everything, but you dare to do what ordinary people can’t do.”

Li Xiao: "What is different about me, I feel that I am just an ordinary person, some ordinary people who don't know the heights of the sky and the earth"

Zhu Ningyun smiled: "You are different. You keep saying that you are doing these things for me, so that I can see the prosperity of Ming Dynasty. But I know that you have already regarded this matter as one of your goals without knowing it. Maybe I changed you, didn't I?"

Li Xiao nodded: "Maybe."

Zhu Ningyun: "You have also changed me. I have never had such an idea before. I have read thousands of volumes of history books. I didn't know until I stepped out of Yanwang Mansion with you, walked into the world, and saw all kinds of things in the world. What can you do for this world, how great it must be, it’s not in vain to go through this world, you have changed me.”

Li Xiao said with emotion: "Maybe it's mutual change."

Zhu Ningyun: "I support you, let's work hard together, think about it, now the emperor is our grandfather, the prince is our father, the emperor's grandson is my younger brother, and you are the prince, in this world, except for them , There is no one more powerful than us! If no one does some things, then no one will really do them. And we have such ability, why not do it?"

Hearing these words, all the doubts in Li Xiao's heart were slowly being resolved.

Yes, I always said that I wanted to leave something for this world and the long river of history, but in the end I was timid, and I was not as clear as Ningyun.
Li Xiao suddenly recalled a great man, a great man.

In this world, if that person didn't stand up when tens of thousands of people are in danger, would there really be another person like that?

In the future, will China still stand on top of the world?

Maybe not at all. As Zhu Ningyun said, if no one does some things, then no one will really do them!
Fortunately, he was born in China.
There is also Qin Shihuang, an emperor through the ages.

The land of China, because of the existence of Qin Shihuang, unified the land of China.

Because of him, the ambitions of successive emperors will always be unified, and only then will there be a vast land of China, the southern regions and the northern borders, all of which have changed dynasties.
On the other side of the European continent, it is precisely because there is no such great person that it will be divided into countless small countries. If the Chinese land did not have the appearance of the first emperor and the Qin country that survived the sixth life, would it still be the Seven Kingdoms now? , and even several countries are in constant disputes?

Some people will definitely say that without his appearance, there will be other people appearing, and the times make heroes.

But such a historical trend, without the appearance of this person, there will be no second person!
In an instant, Li Xiao thought clearly, looked at Ningyun and said: "Ningyun, I understand what you said, I understand your ambition, our ideals are the same, and we are working hard for a prosperous Ming Dynasty."

Two people with infinite lifespans, why dare not make such great ambitions?
Zhu Ningyun smiled and said: "That's right, Xiaolang, you can do it with confidence, I will always support you silently, your father is the prince, why should we worry? The emperor's grandfather also trusts you very much, so what are you worried about? Take ten thousand steps back, with the two of us' abilities, the world is so big, where can we go? We can control our own destiny!"

Li Xiao: "Yes, the world is so big that there is nowhere to go, I realized it. Thank you, Ningyun."

Zhu Ningyun: "Thank you, Xiaolang."

The two embraced each other, and the love at this moment surpassed everything in the world.

At the same time, a long-lost melody sounded in Li Xiao's ears.

【Ding!You have given birth to higher ideals, intertwined souls, and resonated dreams, which have surpassed the eternal love in the world, and no one in the world can match it.When Ningyun's favorability towards you is +0.1, the current favorability is 99.1.Please keep improving.When the favorability reaches 100, you will get an ultimate gift pack. 】

(End of this chapter)