In front of the Meridian Gate, Hongzhi Zhu Houzhao, who had run all the way from the East Palace, had just recovered his breath and subconsciously looked up.

The moment he saw Zhengde Zhu Houzhao, his pupils shrank and he took a few steps back.

Then, he became furious instantly.

"Who are you? How dare you pretend to be me!"

Fourteen-year-old Hongzhi Zhu Houzhao raised his finger and pointed at the Meridian Gate Tower and shouted loudly.

This reminded him of the passage about real and fake monkeys that he had heard from scholars on weekdays (Journey to the West was written during the Wanli period, but the passages in it were already available in folk storytellers).

Zhu Houzhao, the virtuous man on the Meridian Gate Tower, stood up and looked at his other self under the door, keeping silent.

"I am you, you are me."

One word.

All the officials were confused, and Hongzhi Zhu Houzhao was even more confused. He bravely climbed up to the Meridian Gate Tower and stared at Zhengde Zhu Houzhao at close range, but couldn't find anything wrong at all.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly started to untie Zhengde Zhu Houzhao's belt.

"What are you going to do?!"

Zhengde Zhu Houzhao was stunned, thinking that when he was young, he was not as good as Long Yang!

And for Long Yang himself, does this count as a moral disorder?

On second thought, Zhengde Zhu Houzhao knew what Hongzhi Zhu Houzhao wanted to do and wanted to verify the mole on his hand.

"Okay, you and I don't need to dwell on this issue anymore. You will understand later. The first priority right now is to kill our good uncle first!"

Before the immortal master left, he gave a wind chime to Zhengde Zhu Houzhao and asked him to give the wind chime to Hongzhi Zhu Houzhao.

Hongzhi Zhu Houzhao paused. Rather than verifying the fact that he had one more person, he really wanted to see his two uncles chopped into two pieces.

After all, this is my dear uncle and second uncle.

"Cut."

The two Zhu Houzhao fell in unison.

…………………………

Hongwu time and space, the main hall of Zuixian Tower.

On the podium, Ji Boying glanced at Lao Zhu and the other emperors and princes who were bowing their heads in thought. He gave everyone a quarter of an hour to think about the question on the rice paper on the panel.

Swish.

Two figures suddenly appeared next to the podium.

It was the two Zhu Houzhao who came from Hongzhi time and space, with their eyes full of excitement.

"Sit back to your seat."

Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen, the newly appointed squad leader of the second division, spoke up as soon as he saw the two Zhu Houzhao.

In the second training class, apart from Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Qiyu and Zhu Zhanzhen, who has a very low sense of presence, Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen is the highest in seniority.

Zhengde Zhu Houzhao was naturally familiar with the road, so he bowed to his grandfather Chenghua, who was two years younger than him.

Then he returned to his own "Guiyi" position.

Hongzhi Zhu Houzhao looked confused.

Just a moment ago, he was happily looking at half of his uncle crawling on the ground.

The next moment, I appeared in such a strange place, and at a glance, these people were all wearing dragon robes.

"Huzhao, come here."

After a quarter of an hour of secret observation, and humbly asking for advice from the Emperor's grandfather, the Orthodox Fortress, Emperor Hongzhi probably figured out what was going on. He was shocked and at the same time marveled at the mystery of Shinto.

With a confused look on his face, Hongzhi and Zhu Houzhao quickly came to the "Ren Er" seat designated by Zhu Youtang and sat down at his father's greeting.

Lying on the table, with his head slightly buried, his eyes looked around, and finally landed on the line of words on the rice paper on the panel.

Standing on the podium, one hand is behind the back and the other is holding a ruler.

Ji Boying swept across all the emperors and princes.

"Who can tell me, what is the core of the imperial examination system since the Sui and Tang Dynasties? And why is the imperial examination system implemented?"

One word.

We are all accustomed to the old rules in the classroom. Whether they know it or not, the eyes of most emperors and princes immediately fall on the top student, A Biao.

But this time, before A Biao could say anything, young Zhu Houcong had already taken the lead.

"The purpose of implementing the imperial examination is to select talents."

After saying this, young Zhu Houcong's face was filled with confidence, and he was very satisfied with his answer.

Immortal Jiajing glanced at his young self. Others, including Lao Zhu, Lao Zhu Di, A Biao and others, also nodded secretly without any objection.

This question is actually not difficult to answer. Just pick any person present and you can answer it.

"Wrong."

One word sounded faintly.

The young Zhu Houcong was stunned, and the other emperors and princes were also stunned.

Wrong? What went wrong?

Isn't the purpose of implementing the imperial examination to select talents? Could it be for other reasons?

"In other words, the answer is too superficial."

"However, the courage to answer questions in the first class is still worthy of praise. The students in the second period should learn more from Gui Er."

Ji Boying gave young Zhu Houcong a look of affirmation, then continued.

"The core of the imperial examination system lies in the appointment and removal of civil servants, the avoidance of hereditary inheritance, and the continuous flow of people from the bottom into the temple to impact the inherent layout of the temple, prevent those in power in the temple from building clans, and thus protect the imperial power."

One word.

These emperors and princes were all dazzled by the fact that the imperial examination could actually protect the imperial power. They really didn't think about this carefully in the past.

They are not fools. If they think deeply about this sentence, they will naturally understand its meaning.

Especially the new students in the second training class, such as Emperor Chenghua, Emperor Hongzhi, Emperor Zhengde, Emperor Jiajing and others, were shocked to hear this.

This was their first time listening to Ji Boying's lectures. Originally, they only listened with respect for the immortal master. They felt that this should be very different from the lectures of those old masters, and they did not hold out much hope.

But at this moment, they suddenly woke up.

Immortal masters are completely different from those old masters!

Those old masters taught the emperors how to be a good emperor who satisfied the civil servants according to their rules.

What the Immortal Master teaches is the correct way to reform and strengthen a country. Every sentence goes straight to the core of the system!

In an instant, everyone sat upright naturally and listened to the immortal master's teachings.

"Very good."

Ji Boying could clearly see that after he said these words, the eyes of these emperors and princes changed.

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It shows that the introduction thrown out has had the desired effect.

Next, it’s time to get some dry stuff.

"Now, let's quickly review the selection methods of talents in past dynasties."

"Before the pre-Qin Dynasty, the world was famous and the world was famous."

"Qin's military merits are rewarded with titles, and its retainers support scholars."

"The inspection and promotion of the Han Dynasty, and the system of the Nine Ranks of Wei and Jin."

"From then on, the imperial examination was started in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, passed down to the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, and has been followed to this day."

Everyone is listening carefully, for fear of missing a few words from the immortal master's mouth.

At this point, Ji Boying paused for a moment.

"There is one thing I want to emphasize and you should keep in mind."

"There is no problem with the imperial examination system itself. What we want to change is not the imperial examination system, but the content stipulated by the system."

"For example, the content scope of the test questions."

When he said this, Ji Boying glanced at Lao Zhu, and Lao Zhu's heart skipped a beat.

‘It’s definitely our ancestral system that’s coming back.’

As soon as Lao Zhu started thinking about it, Ji Boying's voice rang out.

"You must not use ancestral rules to limit examination questions."

When Hongwu opened the imperial examination to recruit scholars, Lao Zhu established the ancestral system. All questions in the imperial examination must be taken from the Four Books and Five Classics.
To be continued...