The next day, the third day of the second lunar month, was the opening day of the martial arts hall. Although Yunxi had been troubled recently about who to choose as the marking officer, he still attended the opening ceremony.
When Jin Chun, the vice-principal of the Jiangwu Hall, was speaking, Yunxi looked at the young faces below and couldn't help but think of those familiar people when he first established the Jiangwu Hall.
Guo Wei, Yu Hui, Geng Fu, Tong Yong, Chen Ting, and Qin Song were all the first batch of students at Jiangwu Hall, and they were also the first military talents he recruited in the army. Unfortunately, during the Battle of Mobei
Zhong Guo Wei, Yu Hui and others died in the battle to protect themselves. Although Geng Fu survived, he also lost an arm.
Yunxi also thought of those who were disabled in the Ming Dynasty's previous battles, people he either knew or did not know. For these people, dying in battle was not a terrible thing, but being disabled would become a huge drag on the family.
Yunxi then decided: 'We must give them a way out.'
After attending the opening ceremony, Yunxi returned to the palace. It was already noon, and the fourth auxiliary officers had already gone to dinner. Yunxi asked Xia Yuanji to send over the memorials reviewed by the fourth auxiliary officers for review, and casually asked what was going on today.
matter.
Xia Yuanji said: "Your Majesty, Chen Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites wants to enter the palace today. Please decide on the candidates for the examiner and reviewer. I informed him that your Majesty is not in the palace today. Chen Shangshu asked me to inform your Majesty about this."
Xia Yuanji originally thought that Yunxi would immediately make a decision and tell who should be the examiner and examiner, but Yunxi didn't seem to hear his words and said: "Draft the decree, and Huang Huai, the magistrate of Shangyuan County, will be the one to respond."
Tianfu Yin."
Xia Yuanji drafted the imperial edict with great confusion. After Yunxi read it and stamped it, he sent it to the General Affairs Department.
Afterwards, Yunxi thought for a while and didn't know what was going on before he said, "You just said that Chen Di wanted to know the candidates for the marking officer and question setting officer, right?"
Yunxi thought for a while and said: "Xie Jin has recently taken over as the assistant official of Dong, and he has to compile the "History of the Yuan Dynasty". I'm afraid I don't have time."
"The officials who set out the questions were Chen Di, the Minister of Rites, and Dong Lun, the minister. They wrote the questions on the meaning of the scriptures."
"Graduator," Yunxi said here, raised his head and smiled at Xia Yuanji: "Are you willing to be a grader?"
"Are you the examiner?"
He swallowed back the words he was about to blurt out, bowed and said, "I want to go."
How could he not be willing? This is the examiner of the imperial examination. Although it is impossible to compare with the previous examiner and deputy examiner, as a examiner, he can be regarded as half a master.
Of course Yunxi understood what he was thinking, smiled and said: "In that case, I will use you, Su Youxue,... as the reviewers."
"With Lu Shiyuan of Hanlin Academy...ten people as the reviewers of classics and meanings."
"All of the above people should move to Gongyuan immediately after getting the news without delay."
Yunxi turned to Xia Yuanji and said, "You and Su Youxue don't need to be together, but we will also move to the imperial city."
Xia Yuanji bowed and said: "I accept the decree." After a pause, he then said: "Your Majesty, what is the topic of this policy?"
"I will personally come up with ideas and discuss the topic," Yunxi said.
Then Yunxi didn't know what he thought of, and said: "Call Li Bo."
Xia Yuanji accepted the order and retreated.
He first followed the usual practice and called for the palace guards. He found twenty palace guards and asked each of them to notify a question maker or reviewer. Then he said to Li Bo: "Guard Li, His Majesty wants to see you."
When Li Bo followed Xia Yuanji to the palace where Yunxi was staying, Yunxi was criticizing the memorial, and Li Bo and Xia Yuanji were standing aside waiting.
The two of them waited for a while. After Yunxi finished criticizing the memorial in hand, he looked up at the engraving and said to Xia Yuanji: "Send these memorials to the General Affairs Department for distribution. Then tell the fourth auxiliary officer that I have something to do this afternoon. Not in Qianqing Palace."
Xia Yuanji took the order and stepped forward to receive the memorial, then turned to go to the General Affairs Department. Just before he left the palace, he heard Yunxi say to Li Bo: "I am going to Gongyuan in the afternoon..."
Before Yunxi could wait for Xia Yuanji to go out, he said to Li Bo: "I'm going to Gongyuan in the afternoon to see what the examination place for the candidates is like." He had not been to Gongyuan yet.
Li Bo replied: "Yes, Your Majesty." Then he was about to go down to get ready, when he saw Yunxi had already stood up and asked Huang Lu to prepare casual clothes for him to leave the palace, and said: "Your Majesty, you are leaving the palace now to go to Gongyuan. "Huh?" Of course he saw that Yunxi hadn't taken a lunch break yet, so he asked.
Yunxi said: "It's almost time. Let's go now."
Now that Yunxi had decided, Li Bo stopped talking and hurriedly went to prepare. Yunxi took a piece of rice paper with writing on it and walked out.
After a while, a carriage marked with the royal emblem, but not particularly luxurious, drove out from Xihua Gate, with dozens of guards guarding it on both sides.
Yunxi doesn't like too much ostentation, but if it's too simple, his life safety will be in question, so if he doesn't need to walk on the street when leaving the palace, he usually dresses up as a member of a certain clan, so that it can be justified. Using guards, the ostentation is not too big.
The carriage arrived at Gongyuan in a short while. Yunxi looked over from the carriage. At this time, there were not many candidates who were going to take part in the examination at the gate of Gongyuan, but there were often guards patrolling the walls around Gongyuan.
Yunxi asked Li Bo, and Li Bo said: "Your Majesty, this is to prevent someone from trying to bury the book in the Gongyuan in advance to prevent cheating."
"If it doesn't snow or rain a few days before the scientific examination, the examiner will patrol around the Gongyuan before the start of the examination to see if there is any fresh soil."
Yunxi nodded and motioned to Li Bo to open the door of Gongyuan.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!" Li Bo walked to the gate of Gongyuan and kept knocking.
With a "squeak" sound, the door was opened. The officer who opened the door saw a stranger in guard uniform and said with some surprise: "Who are you? What do you want to do in Gongyuan?"
Li Bo said: "I am the bodyguard of Prince Wu's Mansion. Your Majesty is bringing His Royal Highness Prince Wu to inspect the Gongyuan."
The officer asked respectfully but without giving in, "Do you have an edict from His Majesty?"
At this time, without His Majesty's order, not to mention the prince, even the Supreme Emperor would not be able to let him in.
Of course Li Bo had an edict, and Yun Xi certainly would not miss this. He just asked Li Bo to test the officers. Now that the test results have been obtained, Li Bo took out a copy with a jade seal that Yun Xi often used. He handed the imperial edict to the officer.
The officer looked at it carefully and then opened the door to let them in.
Yunxi walked into Gongyuan and first looked at Mingyuan Tower not far from the entrance of Gongyuan.
Mingyuan Building is the place where the general examinations and provincial examinations are held. It is a two-story building where the proctors invigilate the entire exam. In the entire Gongyuan, only Mingyuan Building is a second-story building. It is the commanding height of the entire Gongyuan, so it is most suitable as an invigilator.
The place.
Just as Yunxi was about to walk in, a group of people suddenly walked over from the side. Yunxi looked sideways and saw that the first person was the promotion officer appointed by Yunxi this time, Guanglu Temple Shaoqing Liao Sheng.
Liao Sheng came over. Before he could see who was in front of him, he hurriedly said: "I have met His Highness King Wu. Your Highness..."
When he said this, he raised his head and suddenly saw that the person in front of him was the current emperor. He was suddenly stunned, with a look of panic on his face. Although the weather was still very cold, fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
8 He immediately knelt down and said, "I have seen your Majesty!"
When the people behind him heard this, they all knelt down in surprise or fear and said: "The common people have seen your majesty, long live your majesty!"
Yunxi said: "Everyone, get up." Then he said: "Don't reveal my identity."
Everyone made some confused promises.
Then Yunxi asked Liao Sheng to lead the way and patrol the Gongyuan.
First, I looked at Mingyuan Building, and then followed the path, aisle by aisle.
When Yun He walked to the first aisle, he could smell the stench coming from not far away. The closer he walked, the stronger the stench became.
The servant on the side hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, over there is, yes,"
In addition, the junior official who was usually in charge of the Gongyuan saw that he was stumbling and talking unreasonably, so he said to Yunxi: "Your Majesty, there is a bad trumpet over there. I'm afraid it will stain your Majesty's nose. Your Majesty should take a detour."
"What's the bad name?" Yunxi asked.
"Your Majesty, the bad number is a convenient place for the candidates who come to take the exam." The man explained.
Yunxi thought about what he meant and said, "That means there is no toilet here?"
The man was stunned for a moment before he realized that the 'toilet' refers to the latrine, and said: "Your Majesty, there are no toilets in this tribute courtyard, only a smelly toilet."
Yunxi immediately said: "How can this be done? How can there be no toilet?"
Then he ordered: "Immediately find someone to dig a toilet in the Gongyuan for the convenience of the candidates."
Everyone did not expect that the first thing the emperor would talk about when he came to Gongyuan was the toilet. They felt a little slanderous, but they did not dare to go against Yunxi's words and agreed.
Yun He didn't dare to walk into the smelly house, he was just passing by.
After that, Yunxi had no problem and just looked at the room calmly.
Yunxi looked around the place and was about to leave. Suddenly, the door opened and a person walked in. Yunxi looked closely and saw that it was Dong Lun, the Minister of Rites. They, the marking officers and question makers, had been notified.
They came one after another.
Dong Lun came in and saw Yunxi here, and he knelt down and saluted. Yunxi smiled and asked him to stand up.
Then Yunxi suddenly remembered something, took out a piece of rice paper and said to Dong Lun: "I have discussed with the members of the royal family these days and have come up with a few questions about the classics and meanings. Take a look at them and use them as exam questions if they are useful."
Go ahead."
The questions that Yunwen came up with were pretty good considering Yunxi's shallow knowledge of classics and meanings, so they were sent as part of the exam questions.
