My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 377 Conflicts of Interest
Zhu Zhanhe stood on the Mingyuan Building behind the inner door of the Gongyuan, and couldn't help smiling when he looked at the scholars outside who were discussing lively around the list.

"Zhan He, judging from the reactions of these candidates, there should be quite a few people signing up. With these candidates taking the lead, it will be much easier to recruit some scholars and young students."

At this time, Zhang Zhong, who was standing aside, also said very excitedly.

"The posted bulletins have already been distributed to the yamen of various prefectures, and I will trouble you to go to Nanjing to sit in town!"

Zhu Zhanhe said to Zhang Zhong with a smile.

"No problem, I've been waiting to collect all the people, so I can go to Tianzhu as soon as possible!"

Zhang Zhong patted his chest and assured.

The status of these candidates is too high, even if some people sign up in the end, it is estimated that there will be only a few hundred people, and the rest will need to be recruited from scholars and children from various state capitals.

And the recruitment list has been distributed to the state capitals. At that time, these scholars and children can sign up at the state government office, and then escort them uniformly. Among them, the northern state capitals will be escorted to Beijing, and the southern state capitals will be escorted to Nanjing. Therefore, Zhang Zhong I am going to pick up someone in Nanjing.

After all the people are recruited, Zhu Zhanhe will transport the people from Beijing to Suzhou by sea, and Zhang Zhong will also take people to join them in Suzhou. At that time, he will not return to Beijing, and will directly set off from Suzhou Go to Tianzhu.

"Zhan He, this move of yours is quite ruthless, and you will directly poach most of Daming's scholars away!"

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhu Zhanji, who had been standing by the side without speaking, suddenly walked over and said.

Zhu Zhanhe returned to Beijing some time ago, ready to get married, and the official wedding will be held in a few days.

"Brother said that, most of the scholars who are willing to sign up to go to Tianzhu are those who have no hope in the imperial examination and can only spend their whole life in the future. It is useless for them to stay in Daming. It is better to go to Tianzhu to play their residual heat."

Zhu Zhanhe raised his eyebrows and argued with a smile.

In fact, what he said is also true, but most of those who feel that they have hope in the imperial examination are unwilling to leave Tianzhu.

For example, taking the outsiders as an example, the most heated discussions are those older ones. Although the younger ones are also discussing, their expressions are very leisurely, as if they have nothing to do with themselves.

"That's true, but the reason why the imperial examination can select talents is because Daming has a large number of scholars. If a large number of scholars go to Tianzhu, it will definitely affect the imperial examination of Daming."

Zhu Zhanji spoke again.

"Grandfather, what you said is wrong!"

Before Zhu Zhanhe could speak, Zhang Zhong beside him suddenly laughed.

"The King of Han is the son of His Majesty, the younger brother of the Crown Prince. Both His Majesty and the Crown Prince have no objection to this matter, which naturally represents Daming's attitude!"

Zhang Zhong's words were soft but hard. First, he pointed out that Zhu Gaoxu was Zhu Di's son, and he should have a share in this Ming Dynasty. Moreover, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi didn't say anything, so it was naturally not Zhu Zhanji's turn to make irresponsible remarks.

Hearing Zhang Zhong's words, Zhu Zhanji looked at him in surprise, and then smiled slightly: "It seems that overseas is really training talents. I haven't seen you for a long time. Brother Zhang, your eloquence is much sharper!"

"Grandfather's praise, I'm just talking about the facts!"

Zhang Zhong replied calmly.

Hearing Zhang Zhong's answer, Zhu Zhanji stared at him for a while, and then said to Zhu Zhanhe: "Second brother, I still have to prepare my own marriage, so I'm leaving!"

"Brother, walk slowly!"

Zhu Zhanhe saw off with a smile.

Looking at the back of Zhu Zhanji leaving, the smile on Zhu Zhanhe's face also slowly subsided.

"Zhan He, it seems that His Royal Highness is very unwilling to share his property with us!"

Zhang Zhong said with a smile at this time.

"It's human nature, but I didn't expect that my uncle couldn't help it before he said anything."

Zhu Zhanhe also sighed at this moment.

Originally, the relationship between him and Zhu Zhanji was quite good, but this time because of the recruitment of officials, the two parties had differences in interests.

In Zhu Zhanji's view, the scholars of Daming are all private property of Daming, and Zhu Zhanhe and the others recruit scholars to rob Daming's property, so naturally they are unwilling.

"The grandson of His Highness is far less generous than His Highness the Crown Prince. Next, we have to immigrate from Daming to Tianzhu. I'm afraid he will be even more opposed by then."

Zhang Zhong also shook his head at this time.

Now they are only recruiting officials, but in order to strengthen their rule over Tianzhu in the future, they must start immigration. After all, Han people are Zhu Gaoxu's basic base. If only a small number of Han people rule a large number of foreign races, it may not take long before the upper-level Han people will be corrupted. depraved.

Zhu Zhanhe's heart sank when he heard Zhang Zhong's words.

Zhu Di is getting old, Zhu Gaochi is not in good health, and he has only been emperor for ten months in history. If Zhu Di is gone in the future, Zhu Gaochi dies early, and Zhu Zhanji succeeds to the throne, then he will definitely not be like Zhu Di. Strongly support their immigration.

"It seems that this matter has to be hurry up!"

Zhu Zhanhe whispered to himself, it is best to move a large number of immigrants to Tianzhu during Zhu Di's reign, so as to avoid future accidents.

Of course, there is no rush to immigrate, the most important thing now is to recruit officials.

Since the announcement of recruiting officials was posted, it immediately aroused heated discussions among the scholars in the capital.

And in the afternoon of that day, Zhu Zhanhe asked someone to set up a registration point at the gate of the Gongyuan, and anyone who wanted to go to Tianzhu could come to register.

As a result, in one afternoon, hundreds of people came to sign up.

Of course, almost all of the applicants who signed up were older, most of them were in their early fifties, and the youngest was in their forties.

During the registration process, some unpleasant things also happened. For example, some old Juren who were over 60 years old also wanted to register to go to Tianzhu, but the requirement on the list was that they should be under [-] years old. Obviously not eligible.

As a result, after these old candidates were rejected, they cried bitterly at the gate of the Gongyuan. They had been in the exam for a lifetime, and basically had no hope of taking the imperial examination. They finally had the opportunity to become officials overseas, but they were too old to do so. How could they not feel sad?

Zhu Zhanhe also sympathized with these old Juren who were rejected, but there was nothing he could do. He recruited officials to work, not to let them retire. Juren in their 50s can still work for about ten years after going to Tianzhu, but If an old man in his 60s goes, he may die within a few years.

Half a month later, the final palace examination of the imperial examination was over, and Zhu Di personally selected the number one scholar, the second place, and Tanhua, and all the Jinshi in the new department were assigned official positions. up.

At this time, another group of Juren signed up to go to Tianzhu. After all, they were still hesitating before, and when they were about to leave Beijing, these hesitant people finally made a decision.

What Zhu Zhanhe didn't expect was that there was actually a Jinshi on the list who gave up his official position in Ming Dynasty and also signed up to go to Tianzhu.

(End of this chapter)