Father can be an enemy to the country

May 25th is the day of the palace examination in the eighteenth year of Hongwu.

At dawn, the Chinese-style ministers, dressed in the blue official robes newly issued by the Ministry of Etiquette, wearing black gauze on their heads and court boots on their feet, lined up outside the palace gate for the first time in their lives.

Although it was their first time entering the palace, and there were still palace examinations to take part in, their mood was far more relaxed and joyful than when they entered the Gongyuan.

Because unless there are special circumstances, candidates will not be dismissed from the palace examination. In other words, all the candidates present are actually Jinshi. Although ranking is also important, reaching this point is enough to honor the ancestors.

After a while, the princes, nobles, civil and military ministers also arrived one after another, and they also lined up outside the palace gate. But today's protagonists were undoubtedly the candidates who participated in the palace examination, and the princes and ministers were just foils.

As soon as Mao hour arrived, solemn bells rang from the Wufeng Tower, the heavy palace door slowly opened, and Luan Yiwei in golden armor filed out holding various ceremonial guards and lined up in groups.

After the candidates who took the examination followed the civil and military officials and passed through the deep palace gate, the magnificent square in front of Fengtian Palace suddenly came into view.

The princes saw that the square was full of sergeants and eunuchs with bright armor. They lined up neatly and drove in front of the palace. There are even four elephants that have only been seen in books, arranged on the left and right sides of Danqi. The solemn and majestic scene makes every first-timer feel extremely shocked and extremely glorious.

They finally understood deeply what it means to be a farmer in the morning and ascend to the emperor's hall in the evening. Although none of them are farmers' sons...

Under the guidance of the officials of Honglu Temple, they passed the civil and military officials and came to Danbi. They were arranged into two teams according to their examination rankings, with single names in the east team and double names in the west team.

Only those with the rank of governor, minister, or above can stand beside Danqi. The rest of the officials can only stand on Danqi below. It can be seen that the imperial court attaches great importance to these 'disciples of the emperor'.

But in the eyes of civil servants, these descendants who are about to become new scholars are the result of more than ten years of hard struggle and their greatest contribution to the survival of the Holy Religion.

Zhao Hao, Liu Sanwu, Zhu Shan and others happened to be standing together. Looking at the winner's settlement scene in front of them, their eyes were red and they whispered to each other: "It's really not easy."

"We have reached this point, there should be no changes, right?" Zhu Shan whispered, he was really under great pressure these days. Especially after the confrontation with Lao Liu the day before yesterday, he was even more afraid of retaliation.

"We have tried in the capital hall, what else can change?" Liu Sanwu was full of confidence, pointed slightly at the front row with his chin, and said proudly: "Didn't you see that the sixth one didn't come?"

"Haha, what is he here for, to be tortured in public?" Zhao Hao smiled faintly, and the three of them couldn't help but raise the corners of their mouths.

At this time, a whip cracked in everyone's ears, and everyone couldn't help but bow their heads, not daring to take a breath.

When the eunuch holding the whip blew his whip three times, drums and music began to sing in the square, the emperor ascended to his throne, and all the ministers knelt to greet him.

Then Eunuch Wu read out the edict in a long voice:

"Since the Yuan Dynasty, I have unified Huayi, my officials have followed the ancient system, my laws have imitated the old regulations, and I have diligently sought talents..."

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Eunuch Wu was reading an imperial edict full of nonsense, but Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the throne, turned his eyes to the opposite side of the square.

I saw a tall, sea-blue figure walking into Fengtian Gate with his head held high, striding through the huge square and walking towards him quickly.

The prince, who was standing next to the dragon chair, also saw the figure and couldn't help but smiled bitterly: "There is no leap month in a leap year. It was hard to be late for the court last time."

"Going to court? It's more like ruining the place." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "It seems that yesterday's hard work was not in vain."

"..." The prince knew that he could not hide anything from his old father, so he hurriedly replenished the pot for Lao Liu and said softly: "Lao Liu and my son have already said hello in advance."

"He told you that he was going to cause trouble today?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, his eyes never leaving Lao Liu.

Zhu Zhen was seen walking straight through the court, causing the officials who were bowing and kneeling to look furtively.

"That's not true." The prince smiled bitterly. It could be seen that Lao Liu had been holding back a lot of evil fire. He would not be able to get through today without making a fuss.

"Come on, remember what you eat and not what you eat..." Zhu Yuanzhang cursed vaguely, and he didn't know whether he was scolding Lao Liu or who he was.

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Eunuch Wu finished reading the imperial edict, but did not hear the ministers responding in unison to accept the edict. He raised his head in astonishment and saw His Royal Highness King Chu standing in the center of Danbi at some unknown moment, with his right hand raised high.

When the ministers looked at Lao Liu's posture, they knew that something big was going to happen, and they even accepted it.

Zhao Hao and Liu Sanwu turned pale. They knew that the Sixth Prince was very tough and tough, but they didn't expect that he could be this tough and tough. Everyone thought he had given up, but he was holding back his ultimate move.

As for those Chinese-style Juren, with the real protagonist on the stage, no one cares about them at this time...

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"Lao Liu, what's the matter with you? Can't you wait until after the palace examination?" At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang asked, but he did not pursue Zhu Zhen's behavior of trespassing on the court meeting at all.

"Reply to my father, because after the imperial examination, it will be too late!" Zhu Zhen raised his voice and said: "I was planning to beat the drum, but I was afraid that it would be too late, so I thought it would be faster to come in and complain."

"What's the big deal?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.

"Reporting to my father, I have initially found out that there is extremely serious fraud in this examination!" Zhu Zhen said, turned around and pointed at the 470 candidates who were about to participate in the palace examination, and said word by word:

"Every one of them is suspect! You cannot take part in the palace examination until the problem is found out!"

"ah?!"

"What?!"

"Isn't that too exaggerated?!" The Fengtian Palace Square exploded. The examiners felt as if they were struck by lightning, and the Chinese lifters were so frightened that they almost fainted.

Those civil servants who would rebel against Liu Dao naturally refused to believe his "nonsense". Several officials jumped out on the spot and accused Lao Liudao harshly:

"His Royal Highness, King Chu, you have gone too far! There must be a limit to being arrogant and arrogant! It is too lawless to try to stop the country's talent promotion ceremony with empty words!"

"That's right, you can't eat the porridge yourself, and you can't just smash the pot!"

"I think you are just unwilling to give in and intend to take revenge!"

Zhu Zhen looked at those fly-like officials coldly and said in a deep voice: "Is it just the Guozi University family that can't eat porridge? Look carefully at the admission list for the general examination, there is not even a single candidate from the north! Is it possible? Do southerners even bring the pot to the table?"

"Really?" Zhu Yuanzhang really didn't pay attention to this.

"That's right." The prince nodded and said softly: "Chinese style moves do come from Zhili and southern provinces."

"That's awesome." Zhu Yuanzhang praised with a half-smile.