Father can be an enemy to the country

Then, the candidates became timid.

Especially the Chinese-style candidates Huang Zicheng and Lian Zining, they intuitively felt that this was Lao Liu's conspiracy, and the purpose was naturally to prevent them from participating in the palace examination three days later.

So Huang Zicheng and others whispered to the people around him: "Everyone, if you can't bear it, your plans will be ruined. Wait for the palace examination and then settle the accounts with them slowly."

"Don't be fooled, those rotten fish and shrimps don't need to take the imperial examination..."

"Let's go home and drink, and treat it as if we were bitten by a dog."

So the disciples shrank back and dispersed. The literati's ability to bend and stretch is vividly expressed.

"Let's go, there's no fun anymore." The fun people also dispersed.

Zhu Zhen glanced at the imperial list on the south wall of the Ministry of Rites with an expressionless face, then turned around and got on the golden chariot.

~~

When we returned to the palace, the student representatives were still waiting in the palace.

The dishes on the table were already cold, but no one touched a chopstick. The atmosphere in the main hall was stagnant and suffocating, completely different from that in the morning.

Seeing Zhu Zhen come in, the students all stood up and shed tears before they opened their mouths.

Zhu Zhen raised his hand to prevent them from kneeling, and then said warmly: "Everyone is tired today. Let's go back and rest early. The king will go to Guozi University tomorrow and have a good chat with you."

"Yes, Your Majesty..." The students bowed in shame and filed in with their heads lowered.

"Lift your heads!" Zhu Zhen scolded when he saw this: "I just said that I would persevere, but when I encounter such a setback, I wilt again?!"

"Yes!" The students quickly raised their heads high and lined up with red eyes.

~~

Sleepless night.

Early the next morning, Zhu Zhen drove to Guozi University.

When he arrived at the foot of Jiming Mountain, he found that the huge horizontal stone with the words 'Guozi University' engraved on it had been splashed with ink and written in big characters overnight.

The university staff are working hard to clean, but you can still see sarcastic words such as "cocks crowing and dogs are stealing" and "ignorant and ignorant".

"It's so damn abstract..." Zhu Zhen shook his head. He was used to being hacked, and his mood barely fluctuated.

But when his car drove through the mountain gate and entered the campus, he saw all the teachers and students in the school kneeling on the ground.

"What are you doing? Get up quickly." Zhu Zhen said in a deep voice.

Seeing that all the teachers and students were still unable to kneel down, he forcibly helped up Song Can, the right secretary of the Imperial Academy who was kneeling at the front. "Get up!"

Song Zhen, a weak scholar, was picked up by him like a little chicken.

"What the hell are you doing?" Zhu Zhen frowned.

"We are sorry, Your Majesty. We have failed the expectations of His Majesty and His Majesty. We have brought shame to Guozi University." Song Can said with tears streaming down her face: "It is so shameful to hold such a humble position, and there is nothing more I can do. I can only plead guilty to Your Majesty first, and then ask for help yourself." If you are fired, you will never be an official again."

"We will plead guilty to the prince, ask for dismissal, and go home to farm..." All the teachers and students also cried in agreement.

"Why do you want to be a deserter after encountering such a setback?" Zhu Zhen scolded with a cold face, but secretly felt ashamed in his heart. He was not the same. He wanted to go back to Yunnan even if he was not satisfied. How could he defeat a strong enemy with this kind of mentality?

"What did I teach you? Be persevering and never give up!" He raised his voice, not only teaching teachers and students, but also admonishing himself:

"Why are we all scholars, yet our enemies persevere and advance one after another. A group of those in front are killed, and those behind take the lead? But you encounter some setbacks and just want to give up?"

"We don't want to give up at all, but once the results of the general examination come out, the reputation of Guozi University will be seriously damaged. If drastic reforms are not carried out, who will apply for Guozi University?" Song Can said with tears:

"Then fire us and let Guozi University start over."

"Absurd!" Zhu Zhen pointed at Song Zhen and said angrily: "You all leave, and I will go back to Yunnan. Who will I leave the Guozi University to? It must be those civil servants. That won't fulfill their wishes." ?”

"What the prince said is true." All the teachers and students agreed in their hearts. Guozi University has devoted their efforts for many years, and they have also been deeply branded as Guozi University. They must not leave this position to others.

"But the problem is, this time we have made such a big mistake, the emperor will definitely take heavy action to rectify the Guozi University. It is not something we can keep if we want to."

"This is not a problem that you should worry about!" Zhu Zhen said categorically: "This imperial examination is very deep, and it is far from the time when the dust has settled. These days, if you strictly abide by the school rules and study with peace of mind, things may change. "

"Yes, sacrificial wine..." the teachers and students obeyed the order.

"Everyone is here now, stand up and form a team and bring them back to each class!" Zhu Zhen gave the order and sent the teachers and students back to the classroom. He asked Song Can again: "Where is Lao Song? Why can't he be seen?"

The current left and right ministers of Guozi University all have the surname Song. The left minister Song Ne is over seventy years old, so he is called "Old Song". Song Can, who is in his early forties, is naturally ‘Little Song’.

"Lao Siye was already in poor health. He vomited blood and fainted immediately after hearing the bad news yesterday." Song Can replied sadly: "The doctor from the Imperial Medical Office saved him after a lot of acupuncture, and gave him some soothing medicine. I don’t know if I’m awake now.”

"I didn't tell you earlier!" Zhu Zhen sighed. The other person was his teacher, so he couldn't scold him, so he could only say in a low voice: "Look at him."

"Isn't this just because the prince must have been very anxious yesterday, so he didn't cause any more trouble?" Song Can quickly followed up and explained, "This is also what Lao Siye meant."

"Oh, it really rained all night because of the leak in the house..." Zhu Zhen shook his head. The two of them walked along the stone road going up the mountain for a while. Zhu Zhen suddenly asked, "What do you think about this matter?"

"There must be something wrong." Song Can said without thinking.

"How do you say it?" Zhu Zhen's expression changed. He was a teacher with a keen sense of sensitivity. Unexpectedly, even he insisted that there was something wrong.

"Have you noticed something, Your Majesty?" Song Can asked in a deep voice: "This time not only our Imperial College has had its head shaved, but also all the candidates from the north have not been on the list?"

"Really?" Zhu Zhen said in surprise: "I really didn't notice it."

"Xiaguan only discovered this after being reminded by someone later." Song Can said softly: "Then he went to the Ministry of Rites all night to look at the list. It was true that among the 470 Chinese-style candidates, there was not a single northerner, and of course there was no one from the north. People from Guozi University.”

"The North and South List Case..." Zhu Zhen couldn't help but blurt out.

"The North and South List Case?" Song Can was stunned when he heard this, and then thought: "Your Majesty, it is really clever to name this case like this! This can divide the North and South Lists, so that they are no longer monolithic."

"No, I didn't mean that." Zhu Zhen shook his head and said, "I just remembered an anecdote."