Crescent City, the capital of Nanyang Province.

Liu Jin was wearing a crimson robe and was quickly in the examination room.

Looking at the candidates in front of him, Liu Jin couldn't help but want to laugh.

This may be the group of candidates who are the least like scholars.

Most of these people were not scholars before, and even if they were studying, they could only be considered as wild ways. Many of them were accounts, crew members, etc.

It can only be said that they know the words and know how to write. If they really want to ask them to do some eight-legged essays, they will not be able to do anything.

In view of this, the topic of Liu Jin, the chief examiner, was relatively simple and there were no requirements for this Nanyang Province imperial examination.

Anyway, the quotas for winning the examination are fixed in the provincial examination. As long as you can get into the quota, you can be considered a juren before. In this place where the exam is dominated, such as Jiangxi, Nanzhili, and Northernzhili, you may be full of knowledge and talent, but if you are strong, you may find it difficult to pass the exam.

This is the first time a place like Nanyang Province has taken the exam. In Liu Jin's opinion, as long as someone can write a smooth and reasonable article, he will basically be able to pass the exam.

Actually, this is also considered an injustice.

But this is relatively fair.

Perhaps there is no absolute fairness in this world.

Liu Jin quickly thought a lot.

Before traveling through time, Liu Jin also took the college entrance examination. Compared to the imperial examination, the college entrance examination is nothing. The imperial examination is really a one-plank bridge that can be crossed by thousands of troops. Everyone who can pass the exam is a very awesome person.

“Native natives?”

Soon, Liu Jin's eyes were also fixed on a row of candidates.

These candidates have dark skin, short stature, hair, face shape, etc., which are very different from those of the Ming Dynasty. They are typical people from Nanyang.

But at this moment, like other students, they were all wearing long robes and scholarly hats, and holding brushes in a pretty good manner to scratch their heads and ears.

Liu Jin walked over with a smile, wanting to see what articles these natives could write.

The Ming Dynasty ruled in Nanyang for a short time. Although it has been vigorously promoting Han culture, the time is short and the effect is definitely not ideal.

"Students have met adults!"

Seeing Liu Jin coming, Tian Muming stood up quickly and saluted the student very respectfully.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty imperial examination, the students who took the imperial examination were considered as students of the invigilator, so he also performed student etiquette, although Tian Muming seemed much older than Liu Jin.

“No need to be polite~”

Liu Jin smiled and looked at his test paper casually, without too much communication. This is the examination room, and there have been many rules in history.

However, just a very casual scan, Liu Jin saw that his test paper was almost blank, and he only wrote some crooked words at the beginning.

"I don't know if I will be impeached to death if I win the imperial examination."

Liu Jin couldn't help but shake his head in his heart.

Since some natives came to take the imperial examination, in order to show the court's gift, Liu Jin must have ordered a few people to be juren, but if this level is really ugly, Liu Jin would probably be scolded to death.

However, even if you are scolded, you still have to do what you should do.

The stability of the imperial court in the Nanyang region is the most important, and it is naturally the best for these natives to be obedient.

Now we have begun to change the Han surname on a large scale, respect Confucianism and Taoism, and popularize the Mandarin of the Ming Dynasty. Compared with some local provinces in the Ming Dynasty, this place may be more unified in the future.

Because the Ming Dynasty Mandarin is promoted here, dialects do not exist, and everyone speaks Mandarin.

The exam time is boring, and Liu Jin also did other things.

"Your Majesty actually agreed to go to sea with the vassal king. What's even more incredible is that he actually allowed this vassal king to establish a country overseas and treat it as a vassal state."

Liu Jin received the news from the capital and was slightly surprised.

To be honest, it is no surprise that Emperor Hongzhi would agree to the vassal kings going to sea.

Because everyone knows the benefits of going to the Ming Dynasty to go to sea, and then this opportunity to get the vassal kings out, the Ming Dynasty would be like getting rid of an increasingly heavy burden.

What really surprised Liu Jin was that Emperor Hongzhi actually allowed these vassal kings to establish a country overseas, which was different. This colony was completely different from the vassal state.

Although they are all the same in essence, a colony is a colony, and a vassal state is a vassal state. With a national character, the difference is very big.

"This should be to encourage these vassal kings to go to sea."

"Your Majesty must have wanted to solve the problem of the vassal kings for a long time. Just now, taking this opportunity to encourage these vassal kings to go out to sea. I guess this world will be built by the descendants of their Zhu family in the future."

Thinking of this, Liu Jin couldn't help laughing.

It is a good thing for the vassal kings to go to sea, but it is definitely a great thing for the Ming Dynasty.

Once this policy of going to sea for the vassal kings was released, the vassal kings from all over the Ming Dynasty would definitely not be able to sit still.

These vassal kings will definitely go overseas desperately. Even if they are unwilling to leave now, their descendants will probably go out.

No one wants to be locked up in a small place and raised like a pig.

What's more, Emperor Hongzhi clearly wants them to go out. If you are willing to go out, he will find a way to force you out.

The vassal kings of all sizes will inevitably lead another wave of people to go out to sea, which will greatly accelerate the development of colonization, which is a great thing for all aspects of the Ming Dynasty.

Just when Liu Jin was thinking that there would be vassal states in the world in the future, someone came over to Liu Jin and said, "Young Master, King Ning sent someone here, hoping to borrow 10 million taels of silver from the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty."

"Borrow ten million taels of silver?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he was slightly stunned.

Ten million taels of silver is not a small amount, it is an extremely huge amount of funds. You should know that the current treasury income of the Ming Dynasty is about 80 million taels a year.

King Ning opened his mouth and wanted to borrow 10 million taels of silver. He really dared to speak out.

"Yes, the matter is too big, and the bankers can't make the decision, so King Ning sent someone to Nanyang to find you, the young master."

The visitor nodded and said.

"King Ning is so fast moving. He came to borrow money just as the news came out. It seems that he has been preparing for a long time."

"What did he use to mortgage it?"

After thinking about it, Liu Jin also asked.

"When the young master said, King Ning said that he used the minerals and taxes of the vassal states he established overseas."

"Miniums, taxes?"

"Where is he going to build a vassal state?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately laughed. King Ning was really a talented person. He actually knew to take out the things that were not yet visible as collateral to borrow money. This was a typical example of making money from nothing, and this was also tied to Liu Jin.

"Africa!"

"Africa?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately laughed, thought for a while and said, "King Ning has such a big appetite."

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Nanchang Ning Prince's Mansion.

"Prince, I don't know if Liu Jin will agree to the loan to us?"

"By relying solely on the financial resources of our royal palace, I'm afraid we can only buy more than twenty ships by then, and even people cannot transport them to Africa at one time."

Liu Yangzheng, Li Shishi and Zhu Chenhao were studying the world map constantly.

Emperor Hongzhi and His Majesty allowed them to build vassal states overseas, which made them excited as if they were injected with chicken blood. The entire Ning Palace began to get busy.

"We should lend us some more. There are not many boats. You can rent them if you don't have enough. You can hire them. The key is to bring more people and supplies."

"This Africa is far away from our Ming Dynasty, and it is extremely inconvenient to travel. Even though the sea transportation is developed now and there are a large number of merchants walking to the West, it is still too difficult to travel once."

Liu Yangzheng thought about it and said.

"Mr. Liu made a reasonable statement. He contacted more businesses as much as possible to help transport people and goods. If you can owe money, you should owe money first. We have limited funds, so we should try our best to save money."

Zhu Chenhao nodded solemnly, and he was very energetic. Looking at the map of Africa, he was fantasizing about the scene of occupying the entire Africa in the future.

He was extremely ambitious and naturally he was not satisfied with occupying only a small place. He fell in love with Africa.

"Prince, I have sent messages to all parts of Jiangxi and Huguang. As long as I am willing to go out to sea with the prince, I will be rewarded with thousands of acres of fertile soil and hundreds of slaves."

"The soldiers who were willing to fight for Africa for the prince had high officials and generous salaries, tens of millions of fertile land, and countless slaves."

Li Shishi also reported to Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao.

Obviously, this is writing a short check again. Ning Wang didn’t even have a piece of land and dared to shout such a generous reward. The short check is really amazing.

"How many people have you recruited?"

Zhu Chenhao nodded with satisfaction. If he didn't write a blank check, who would want to go overseas with you? I don't know what will happen if I go overseas.

"There have been recruited 3,000 heroes and 15,000 entourages. There are still many people willing to follow the prince to Africa."

Li Shishi hurriedly said that the heroes were naturally used to conquer Africa, and their followers were ordinary people, and they followed them to Africa to carry out construction and immigration.

"Okay~ Continue to recruit. The more people the better. It is best to recruit some skilled people, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, etc. When we arrive in Africa, we must build ships, guns, etc. so that we can be self-sufficient without relying on the Ming Dynasty."

When Zhu Chenhao heard this, he immediately said happily.

"Yes, Prince~"

"I have always focused on recruiting these craftsmen, and I have made private decisions to promise these craftsmen high-ranking officials and generous salaries."

Li Shishi nodded quickly.
Chapter completed!