The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"Your Highness, Your Highness the Crown Prince," the little eunuch's voice in the Eastern Palace was not very loud, but it was definitely able to attract the attention of those who heard it. However, I didn't feel anything strange here. are used to it.

In the third year of Longqing, just after the imperial examination this year, the imperial court has produced a new batch of Jinshi. Of course, this kind of thing is not surprising. Perhaps for those ordinary people and scholars, after three years and three years, what they see It's just the appearance of those few people around me who went to Beijing to rush for the exam, but here, what I see every time is the "elite" selected from the whole country, so it's not a big deal.

And the one who was called His Royal Highness was the only son of the current Emperor Longqing Zhu Zaihou, Zhu Yijun who was only seven years old. Zhu Yijun was absolutely cute in front of Emperor Longqing, Empress Chen, and his mother. Zhu Yijun's appearance is serious, he reads seriously, and pays attention to etiquette, but when it comes to private time, he changes his appearance and is very naughty. Emperor Longqing naturally understands this, but he doesn't want to control him, so this also makes Zhu Yijun more serious. Indulge a little.

"You, you go up quickly," Zhu Yijun looked at a tree that was not too tall, and said to the trembling little eunuch standing under the tree with full momentum, "Hurry up, if that bird flies away, Look at me...how... Anyway, hurry up and help me catch it, or I will let someone use the board." It seemed that he was really angry, Zhu Yijun's pink face was flushed now, Although it was already autumn, there were still beads of sweat on his forehead. Obviously, his heart was very restless now.

"But... But Your Highness..." The little eunuch had a bitter face and was on the verge of crying, "Slave... I really... really don't know how to climb trees, just in case... if I fall..."

"You don't know how to climb trees, so I don't care about it," Zhu Yijun said with a completely non-negotiable expression, "It's so useless, if you fall down and die, that's just fine, so you can save your useless thing Wandering around me, looking upset, "

On this side, Zhu Yijun was showing his prestige to a young eunuch, and on the other side, another young eunuch came over: "Your Highness, Your Highness, it's a big deal."

"It's a big deal," Zhu Yijun frowned when he heard the wind, and asked, "What's the matter of panic? This is the Prince's East Palace. How can you be so presumptuous? It's a big deal. I don't know if Mount Tai will collapse in front of you without changing your face? Why? , What happened to the big thing, maybe the Tartars are coming, "

"No, no, it's not this kind of thing." The little eunuch who came here really didn't expect Zhu Yijun to say such "rebellious" words, with a deflated expression on his face, he said immediately, "The palace test is over just now, "

"This kind of thing," Zhu Yijun said boredly after hearing this, "What's the fuss about it, doesn't it happen every three years? It was my father's new name two years ago, so there are many people in the imperial examination. Quite a lot, but at most it’s just a few more Jinshi in the palace examination, so how can it be called a big deal?”

"Your Highness doesn't know something," said the eunuch, "This year is different, there is a champion,"

"Nonsense," Zhu Yijun scolded before he finished speaking, "Why is this different? Never was there a champion. If you talk about this again, I'll have someone beat you out immediately."

"What the prince said is," the eunuch was not in a hurry, and continued, "It's just that this year is different. It's okay for this champion to be young, but he is the first in the provincial examination, general examination, and imperial examination. , This is three yuan in a row, since the Lord Shangren Shang back then, this is the second place in our Ming Dynasty."

"What is the second place?" Hearing these words, Zhu Yijun was a little unhappy, and said with an unhappy face, "During the reign of Taizu, there was still Huang Guan, why is this the second place, and the third one? yes,"

"This..." Hearing what Zhu Yijun said, the little eunuch was immediately speechless. That Huang Guan was completely banned by Zhu Di. From then on, there was only one person from Daming to Zhang Fan, and there was no one in Huang Guan. Dare to mention it, of course, Zhu Yijun naturally has no such scruples, after all, even Jiajing and Longqing have mentioned this person, after all, they are both the emperor's prince and the royal family.

"But then again," Zhu Yijun didn't seem to want to embarrass the little eunuch too much in this matter, and continued, "Even if it is so what, at most it's just a champion who has won three consecutive prizes, and most of these people It's the kind of dead-headed person who only knows how to read and doesn't know how to adapt, but speaking of it, it's not a good thing."

"This..." The little lady overheard what Zhu Yijun said, and her face became even more ugly, but then, he also planned to expose this matter, and continued, "I heard that Xiao Shunzi who was in the palace today Said, His Majesty has decided to let the new champion to teach the prince to read, "

"What," Zhu Yijun was a little surprised when he heard the news, and after being surprised, he began to be puzzled again, "How could the father be like this?" From the eyes of others, there is nothing incomprehensible, after all, the new champion Lang, although he has not officially entered the official career, but there is one thing, his knowledge is definitely enough.

But in Zhu Yijun's view, this is absolutely unreasonable. After all, Zhu Yijun understands that his father is not a feudal emperor, but is very enlightened. The same is true for his education, unless those who have seniority in the court As a minister, Long Qing would never send a newcomer with an unreasonable mind to teach him.

"You can find out what kind of person this champion is," Zhu Yijun asked.

"Your maidservant knows a little bit." Since the little eunuch came here to tell Zhu Yijun about this matter, he naturally inquired about it beforehand. "I heard that this number one scholar is only just in his early years. The reason why His Majesty fell in love with him at the beginning He is also because of the article at the time of the examination, it is said that Mr. Zhang from the cabinet suggested it, "

"Oh, let Mr. Zhang mention something," Zhu Yijun became very interested when he heard that Zhang Juzheng had nominated him, "The number one scholar must have something to do with Mr. Zhang."

"I've never heard of this servant," said the eunuch. "Although they are all surnamed Zhang, they are not relatives. Mr. Zhang will fall in love with him because of his articles. After the imperial examination, Mr. Xu Ge of the cabinet did not recommend him. It's just that His Majesty took a fancy to his essays during the palace examination. After all, His Majesty wrote the essays for the palace examination. I heard that the essay he wrote can be regarded as written in His Majesty's heart. This time, His Majesty also ignored it. Elder Xu Ge objected, insisting on mentioning the vermilion pen, and awarded him the number one scholar."

"Oh," Zhu Yijun became even more interested when he heard this, "I can make my father stop listening to anything about Mr. Xu Ge. It seems that this number one scholar is interesting, and it may not be so boring in the future." ,"

"Yes, yes," the little eunuch echoed Zhu Yijun's words, and said, "I have also seen this number one scholar servant from a distance. She is young and looks very handsome."

"Fuck you," Zhu Yijun said with a smile before he finished speaking, "You eunuchs, why do you care about this all day long?" Obviously, although Zhu Yijun is not very old, but in the palace, these things The things are all clear, besides, he has such a father, sometimes when he goes to the Qianqing Palace to pay his respects in the morning, he will accidentally see some things that he shouldn't see at his age. He didn't care much about his own style of teaching his son, and he didn't mean to hide at all.

"No no no, His Royal Highness misunderstood." Hearing what Zhu Yijun said, the little eunuch hurriedly said with a smile, "What I mean by this servant is that this number one scholar doesn't look like those old-fashioned ones in the court, and I heard that ..."

"What did you hear?"

"I heard..." the little eunuch continued, with a rather mysterious expression on his face, "This number one scholar is from Anhua County, Qingyang Prefecture, Shaanxi Province. I heard that last year the Tartars invaded the south on a large scale. Mr. Wang Chonggu of Ningxia attacked the Tartars with his army. He was also recruited as the leader of the army to attack together. Those who have been on the battlefield should not have the kind of bookishness that His Highness hates." If these words were put on a normal day, the little eunuch would never dare to say such words, but now, in front of Zhu Yijun, he naturally wants to say things to please up.

"Been on the battlefield," Zhu Yijun was not worried about bookishness, but the word "battlefield" attracted him very much. In his opinion, the days to come will never be boring.

"Teacher..." The time went back to four years later, in the Qianqing palace.

After Zhang Fan finished the "story" just now, he remained silent all the time, while Zhu Yijun recalled the scene when he met Zhang Fan back then.

That's right, Anhua County, Qingyang Prefecture, Shaanxi Province is the place where Zhang Fan was born. Zhu Yijun knew this very well. In fact, he knew everything about Zhang Fan clearly in his heart.

And just now, Zhang Fan also mentioned the same place, the place where the younger brother who poisoned his elder brother to be inhumane after he left was Anhua County in Qingyang Prefecture, Shaanxi.

That's right, even though Zhang Fan didn't need to explain anything, Zhu Yijun already understood in his heart that Zhang Fan was talking about his own family affairs just now.

He didn't know why Zhang Fan brought up this matter, but what Zhang Fan said made him understand a lot.

Perhaps, this is the matter of Zhang Fan's ancestors. At this time, he doesn't need to worry too much, but in this land, no one dares to forget their ancestors.

Regardless of whether Zhang Fan is or not, in Zhu Yijun's view, he also carries many heavy things on his body.