My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 369

Yao Guangxiao's relic was buried in Fangshan County. Zhu Di ordered people to build a tomb tower there, and at the same time built a temple to worship and protect Yao Guangxiao's mausoleum from being disturbed.

Zhu Zhanhe rested in the capital for a few days, met some relatives and friends, and even went to accompany Chang Sining for a day. Speaking of which, the two of them were already engaged, but Zhu Zhanji was the boss, and he was not married. It is also inconvenient for the second child to marry first.

Through the conversation with Zhang Zhong, Zhu Zhanhe also had a deeper understanding of the situation on Zhu Gaoxu's side. Now Zhu Gaoxu is the same as when he first conquered Kyushu, and his men are seriously short of people.

So Zhu Zhanhe drove into the palace again this afternoon, intending to have a good chat with Zhu Di about this matter.

On the way, Zhu Zhanhe opened the car window, looked at the bustling crowd on the street, and couldn't help showing a bit of nostalgia. He went to Japan for more than half a year, and during this half year, the city of Beijing also changed a lot.

After all, when the capital was first moved, Beijing was still a bit depressed, but now with the influx of people, the population of Beijing has more than doubled, and the buildings in the city have sprung up like mushrooms. A familiar street only needs a few If you don't go for a month, you will almost be unrecognizable when you go again.

Not to mention that Zhu Zhanhe has been away for so long, and now that he returns to the capital, many places have changed drastically. If he is asked to get out of the car and walk by himself, he will probably get lost very soon, and he will not even be able to find his home.

"Why are there so many scholars?"

Zhu Zhanhe looked at the crowd on the street, and suddenly whispered to himself.

I saw that many of the passers-by on the street were scholars in Confucian shirts. These people were young or old, calling for friends in small groups, admiring the scenery of Beijing city with various accents. Obviously, many of them were outsider.

This moved Zhu Zhanhe's heart, he calculated the time secretly, and then suddenly realized that the day of the imperial examination was coming again, no wonder all these scholars gathered in the capital.

Soon the carriage came to the imperial city, and Zhu Zhanhe walked to the Hall of Martial Heroes, where he saw Zhu Di drinking tea and resting.

The reason why he chose the afternoon was that Zhu Zhanhe knew that Zhu Di was dealing with government affairs in the morning and usually had nothing to do in the afternoon.

"Meet the emperor!"

Zhu Zhanhe stepped forward and saluted.

"No need to be too polite, how are you resting these days?"

Zhu Di smiled and waved to Zhu Zhanhe, and pointed to the place beside him.

Zhu Zhanhe was not too polite, stepped forward and sat beside Zhu Di, poured himself a cup of tea, and then replied: "It's okay, but I occasionally think of the days when I was with the young master."

Zhu Di's expression darkened when he heard the words, why didn't he often think of Yao Guangxiao?
"Grandfather, I have met many relatives and friends in the past few days, and I also met Zhang Zhong. Through him, I learned a lot about my father's situation in Tianzhu."

Zhu Zhanhe suddenly spoke again.

"Do you want me to recruit some officials for your father to go to Tianzhu to help him?"

Zhu Di knew what Zhu Zhanhe was going to say as soon as he heard it, and asked him immediately.

"Grandpa Huang is wise, I just want to talk about this matter. When I was in the Japanese province, I also suffered from insufficient manpower. Now my father has built a larger territory in Tianzhu and needs more manpower. All the stewards sent by the honorable families have been requisitioned, but there is still a big gap."

Zhu Zhanhe nodded and said, only Zhu Di can help Zhu Gaoxu solve this matter.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Di sighed after hearing this, and then explained: "Zhanhe, although I am the emperor, I can't do whatever I want, such as the matter of recruiting officials. After all, the Japanese province was the territory of our Ming Dynasty before, so I A group of officials can be mobilized and let them manage the place."

Zhu Di paused at this point, and then said: "Although Tianzhu was brought down by your father, it no longer belongs to Ming Dynasty's territory after all, and the distance is too far away. Even if I want to recruit officials, I will find them." There's no good reason."

Zhu Di was indeed in a difficult situation on this matter. Although Zhu Gaoxu was his son, he left overseas, which was equivalent to separating from Daming, and the land he laid down no longer belonged to Daming, so the officials of Daming had no obligation to go so far away. The place.

Of course, Zhu Di can also be recruited by force, but this will definitely arouse strong opposition from officials. For these officials, he was an official in Daming, but he was ordered to go to the distant Tianzhu by an imperial decree, and he might never come back. I am afraid that no one will agree.

Hearing this, Zhu Zhanhe also understood that people in this era pay attention to returning leaves to their roots. Although the Ming Dynasty has regulations that officials cannot be officials in their hometowns, as long as they are still in Daming, they can also return to their hometowns when they grow old.

But if you go to Tianzhu, it will be completely different. Maybe you will be buried for a lifetime after you die, and you may be buried in a foreign country after death. Moreover, compared with Daming, the conditions in Tianzhu are definitely much worse. Personal safety cannot be guaranteed, so it is normal for officials not to go.

"Grandpa Huang, I think you've misunderstood. In fact, you don't have to send officials."

Zhu Zhanhe suddenly said with a smile.

"If you don't send officials to send anything, you can't send a few businessmen, how can they know how to govern the place?"

Zhu Di was taken aback for a moment, then asked back.

"Grandpa, think about it, my father is short of manpower, and even recruited all the stewards sent by the nobles. According to Zhang Zhong, those stewards performed quite well. vigorous cultivation."

Zhu Zhanhe paused while speaking, then continued.

"Officials have high status and are unwilling to leave Daming easily. We don't have to force this, but we can definitely find someone who can replace them. After all, there are still many people in the world who want to be officials!"

"The person who replaces the officials? The officials in my Ming Dynasty are selected after thousands of selections. How can they be easily replaced?"

Zhu Di still didn't understand what Zhu Zhanhe meant.

"Grandpa Huang doesn't know something. I think there are two kinds of people who can replace officials!"

Zhu Zhanhe said confidently.

"Which two kinds of people?"

Zhu Di asked curiously.

"Today is the year of the imperial examination. Examiners from all over the country gather in the capital to take part in the imperial examination. However, only a small number of them can pass the imperial examination every year, and most of the rest can only fail the examination. They are inferior in talent, learning or luck, but if they enter the official career and become officials, their performance will not be much worse than those Jinshi, they are the first type of people."

Zhu Zhanhe replied with a smile.

"Impossible, even if you fail the exam, at worst, you can just take the exam next time. How could you easily give up the opportunity of the imperial examination and go to Tianzhu to become an official?"

But Zhu Di shook his head and said, thinking that Zhu Zhanhe was a little whimsical.

(End of this chapter)