The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Wang Shouren said respectfully: "Prince Ning wants to meet Brother Gao, why does he need to be introduced by an official?"

"This, this person seems to be a little cautious. If you bring me to see him, he will not have any grudges in his heart." Zhu Chenhao thought to himself that with Wang Shouren's relationship, it would be easier to bring Yan Chengjin into the account.

Starting an army and starting a business requires resourceful and good ministers. He took the initiative to visit, so what about the courtesy and virtuous corporal?

Wang Shouren fell into deep thought.

It is not difficult for Prince Ning to inquire about Brother Gao's residence and visit him. If Brother Gao readily agrees, Prince Ning will not come to him.

Now, King Ning is under the scrutiny of the vassal king, but he still comes to look for him.

He must have looked for Brother Gao, knowing that he would never meet him.

"I will ask the prince, but Brother Gao is not hospitable, so please don't have any expectations."

Wang Shouren came to the small courtyard next to the Yamen in Liangxiang. Yan Chengjin avoided questioning by officials and took a few days off.

"Brother Gao, Prince Ning wants to see you."

Yan Chengjin was not surprised. He had long heard from Jin Yiwei that Prince Ning's housekeeper came to inquire about him and asked for directions to the alley in front of Yan's mansion.

"not see."

Wang Shouren bowed his hands slightly and went back to report.

…

In early October, it was snowing and windy in the early morning.

Winter is about to begin, and the ministers are so cold that they cannot stand upright and sit in the duty room holding hot water bottles.

The feudal king's plan has been going on for a month.

"Today, I'm afraid the officials will be impeached again." Liu Jian said while looking at the weather outside the window.

In previous winters, many refugees would freeze to death on Qianmen Street and Chengxian Street in the capital.

Nowadays, the refugees are resettled in Liangxiang. They cannot see it, but they can also imagine the scene of hunger and cold in Liangxiang.

"Well, the weather is getting colder. If it continues like this, some people may freeze to death. It's time for the vassal king to return to the capital." Li Dongyang said.

The three of them took the fluorene tablets and came to Zuoyemen to prepare to go to court.

The road was slippery when going out on a snowy day, and there would be officials worried about the comfort of the vassal princes. Yan Chengjin originally wanted to take a day off.

However, Emperor Hongzhi did not allow it...

He even sent someone to tell him that he would go to court today.

"What are you going to report today? Let the officials come first. I'll listen."

Ma Wensheng held the fluorene card and took a step forward: "Three years are here again, and the preparations for Baiguan's big plans for the year are about to begin."

The last time was the 12th year of Hongzhi, and now it is the 15th year of Hongzhi. The year is approaching, and it is time to decide on the appointment and promotion of hundreds of officials.

When the ministers from the Sixth Ministry and the Metropolitan Procuratorate heard this, they were in high spirits. It was time to make some achievements.

"Your Majesty, it's getting cold. The Ministry of Rites in Nanjing has sent a bullet, begging your Majesty to return the feudal prince to his fiefdom."

"The same is true for the Nanjing Ministry of Industry."

"The same goes for Tobe."

Since summoning the vassal king to Beijing, Emperor Hongzhi has been under tremendous pressure.

He also wanted to put the vassal kings back, but he couldn't help but hope that the vassal princes would wake up, be frugal and love the people.

"The Yan Qing family, can the vassal king's plan be over?"

Yan Chengjin lowered his head and rummaged through the assessment book in his sleeve. There were so many bullets and magazines that he couldn't find them for a while.

"The top-rated people have been born, and several vassal kings have improved. Do you really want to recall them?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked up and saw Yan Chengjin holding a booklet in his hand. He was slightly excited.

Li Dongyang and Liu Jian turned around and looked at the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

All the officials looked suspicious. Could it be that practicing what Wang Shouren said was really effective?

"Who is the person who deserves the superior evaluation?" Liu Jian asked eagerly.

"It's the prince!"

Wow~

The officials are in a commotion. The prince has always been violent and dandy. Is your assessment false?

"How could it be the prince? It should be King Ning and King Yi!" Xie Qian was puzzled.

"Your Majesty can ask the Jinyi guards and secret agents." Yan Chengjin continued: "By the way, please also ask Your Majesty to issue an order to recall the prince."

Sure enough, no one cared about Zhu Houzhao.

…

Liangxiang,

Zhu Houzhao was fighting cocks at the end of the street. There were so many ways to make money that he just couldn't make enough money.

"Mighty General! Peck it to death!"

Mou Bin could no longer survive in Liangxiang. He thought about returning to the capital every day and night, but His Highness the Crown Prince was having a great time.

A secret agent came to report: "Sir, your Majesty has given orders to allow His Highness to return to the palace."

Mou Bin's nose was slightly sore, and the hard days were finally over. He rushed forward and grabbed Zhu Houzhao, who was dancing happily, and whispered: "Your Highness, you can go back to the palace."

"Go back to the palace? I don't want to go back to the palace. I have to be assessed as inferior. How can I return to the palace?"

"His Royal Highness has received a superior evaluation and can return to the palace."

"Have I received a superior rating?" Zhu Houzhao was stunned.

Mou Bin knew that Zhu Houzhao had agreed with Yan Chengjin that he could only be rated inferior.

It seems that I can only return to the palace to report to His Majesty.

Liangxiang, handed down to the School of Science.

Your king, Zhu Youzhen, took three taels of silver in his hand and said to the scholar beside him with shame: "Brother Li, this is the one tael of silver that I owe you. Please pay it back in full."

"Brother Zhen, you're welcome!"

It was too easy for Zhu Youzhen to become a Mandarin engineer in Liangxiang.

Zhu Youji had only been a vassal for one year, and his fiefdom was in Henan, very close to Liangxiang.

When he was in the capital, he liked the strange and strange objects in Liangxiang. Due to the palace ban, he was not allowed to leave the capital privately.

After the vassal, he bought things in Liangxiang on a large scale. This time he went to Beijing. Thanks to the lord's plan, he finally had the opportunity to visit Liangxiang.

"Except for Mandarin engineers, all other engineers are extremely difficult. No matter how hard you work, you won't be able to pass the exam," Li Zengguang said to Zhu Youji.

Zhu Youzhen didn't take it seriously and continued to read physics books.

The spy hurriedly reported to Yan Chengjin: "Sir, the prince of Ru wants to take the engineer exam in Liangxiang."

There were ten vassal kings' exam rosters on the desk. Yan Chengjin opened the prince of Ru's exam roster. Among the ten vassal kings, the prince of Ru, Zhu Youqi, had the easiest life.

As soon as he arrived in Liangxiang, he took the Liangxiang Mandarin engineer exam and received three taels of silver per month.

"If he is not allowed to take the exam, did he pass it?"

If this guy has two iron rice bowls as an engineer, wouldn't it become a loophole in the prince's plan? How can he experience the suffering of the lower-class people if he lives a comfortable life?

The spy saw that Yan Chengjin's face was not right, and hurriedly said: "Not yet, prepare for the exam in Liangxiang."

Not afraid that the prince of Ru will not pass the exam, but afraid that the prince of Ru will pass the exam. Yan Chengjin left the palace and took a carriage to Liangxiang.

When he arrived at the College of Science, Zhu Youqi was in the corner of the teaching building, flipping through Song Jingxin's annotated Song's Tiangong.

"Zhu Youjie?"

"It's me, what can I do for you, brother?" Zhu Youjie stood up and bowed like a scholar.

"I am the supervisor of the vassal king's plan. Your king has violated the rules by relying on engineers to take shortcuts."

Yan Chengjin wanted to personally set the test questions beyond the syllabus so that no one could pass the exam, but this would waste the hard work of the children of refugees and clerks who studied hard.

"I don't care about the ranking. Please report to His Majesty." Zhu Youjie wanted to take advantage of this vassal king's plan to study science in Liangxiang.

Yan Chengjin was in a dilemma. If someone doesn't want a ranking, can you force him to participate?

"The examination papers are reviewed and graded by me, and you, the prince, will not pass the exam."

"You! That's unfair!"

"Then I will be fair once and test you on a science question. If you can't answer it, you can give up the exam. How about that?"

"Okay, you tell me!"

Yan Chengjin thought about it, and with the mentality of testing Zhu Youqi to death, he finally came up with a question: "One hundred taels of silver and one copper coin, which one will land first?"

"One hundred taels of silver is heavier, so it's naturally one hundred taels of silver." Zhu Youqi smiled contemptuously, a little doubting Yan Chengjin's ability as a grading officer.

"Your Highness got it wrong, they landed at the same time."

Zhu Youqi's face froze, as if a bolt of lightning had struck his mouth, and his chin almost dropped.

"Your Highness, go back."

Yan Chengjin was too lazy to explain to him, and he quickly.

Zhu Youqi stood there like a wooden chicken. He had read seven or eight out of ten science books, so how could they land at the same time?

He didn't believe it, but he didn't have a hundred taels of silver.

Stones!

Stones can be used to replace one hundred taels of silver.

Back in the courtyard, Yan Chengjin hadn't even warmed up his drum when he heard the spy running in in a panic to report: "Master Yan, it's not good. Prince Ru climbed up to the eaves of the fifth floor of Qingshan Library and wanted to jump down and die. "

Yan Chengjin was shocked. He didn't expect Zhu Youqi to be so persistent.

Under the Qingshan Library, there were a lot of people looking up.

Zhu Youqi climbed up to the eaves from the window on the fifth floor of the library. The wind was strong, blowing his clothes and making a rustling sound. His legs kept shaking.

The spy on the ground was so frightened that he said, "Jump quickly... No... Go to the palace and report to His Majesty!"

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