Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 570: A huge sum of money for horse bones, the whole country is boiling (please subscribe!!)

"Biao'er, is Ouyang Lun praising us?"

Zhu Yuanzhang quietly asked Zhu Biao.

"Father, I think it should be!"

Zhu Biao wasn't too sure either.

"Ouyang Lun, since you already have the result, just announce it immediately!"

"We are anxious to see the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway!"

Zhu Yuanzhang urged.

Although it is only the beginning of the railway construction, and even after the talents are selected, the railway will not be built immediately, but Zhu Yuanzhang still urged Ouyang Lun with the idea of ​​building it faster!

In Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, he did not doubt Ouyang Lun's ability, but he knew very well how lazy Ouyang Lun was, so he had to keep an eye on him. If it were not for the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway, Zhu Yuanzhang would not come for such a thing as meeting talents!
"Brother-in-law, father is right. If there is a result, just announce it directly. Your judgment is the most important!"

"it is good!"

Ouyang Lun nodded slowly, then looked at the ten talents below and said, "After seeing your answers, I want to say that you are worthy of being the top ten among the seven million candidates in the Ming Dynasty. Your answers satisfy me!"

After hearing Ouyang Lun's words, the ten talents' expressions calmed down a lot and they became even more excited.

Prince Consort Ouyang just praised them!

This undoubtedly gave them more confidence.

Ouyang Lun slowly stood up from the chair, walked down from the platform, and came to the front of the ten people.

"I had prepared for the worst, but you guys surprised me a bit!"

"Of course, since it's an exam, there will naturally be good and bad people. I have already selected the best among you!"

quiet--

When Ouyang Lun said this, the scene suddenly fell silent.

All ten talents held their breath, waiting for Ouyang Lun to announce the name of the most outstanding person!

This recruitment examination caused a sensation throughout the Ming Dynasty. Its scale was even larger than the imperial examination. Both the candidates themselves and the common people compared this examination with the imperial examination. Many people have even likened this recruitment examination to the engineering imperial examination!

Since it is an imperial examination, many people want to know who the top scorer is? !

Recruiting exam champions!

And he was the first number one scholar.

If this is accomplished, it will surely go down in history!!
At this moment, even Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao looked at Ouyang Lun with curiosity. They also wanted to know who was the best person in this exam?

Could it be that they both made the same judgment?
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Ouyang Lun stopped talking and said, "Ahem, let me announce that the most outstanding person in this recruitment exam is Zhao Hun!"

Zhao Hun!

It turned out to be Zhao Hun!
As Ouyang Lun finished speaking.

Everyone at the scene was shocked.

The people at the scene were not unfamiliar with Zhao Hun. It was not because Zhao Hun was so outstanding. After all, Zhao Hun ranked ninth in the national unified examination, barely making it into the top ten. However, Zhao Hun was from Liaodong Province, the only candidate in Liaodong Province who was in the top ten, and also the only one in the top 100.

But they never expected that Zhao Hun was selected by Prince Consort Ouyang as the most outstanding candidate in the recruitment examination.

As the person involved, Zhao Hun's head was buzzing at the moment.

He also didn't expect that he would actually become the real number one.

It seems that my judgment was correct!!
After announcing the result, Ouyang Lun's eyes fell on Zhao Hun, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and then he walked in front of Zhao Hun and said with a smile: "Zhao Hun, your answer makes me very satisfied, and it also makes me firmly believe that the future of the Ming Dynasty will definitely be even stronger!"

"You will soon receive a formal employment notice from the project department!"

"More complicated and difficult things will be waiting for you next, come on!"

"Yes, I obey your command!" Zhao Hun bowed excitedly.

"Do you still call yourself a commoner in front of me?" Ouyang Lun asked with a smile.

"Students must listen to the teacher's instructions! Students must work hard and not embarrass the teacher!" Zhao Hun said even more excitedly.

"Haha, good, I am very happy that you have this intention!"

Ouyang Lun had a smile on his face.

In the past, the top scholar chosen by the emperor could call himself the emperor's disciple. Now the recruitment examination was presided over by Ouyang Lun, and Zhao Hun was also chosen by Ouyang Lun himself. Ouyang Lun's words just now clearly meant that he wanted to accept Zhao Hun as his disciple. After Zhao Hun was stunned for a moment, he immediately reacted.

Of course, Ouyang Lun was not impulsive in accepting a disciple this time. He already knew the basic information of the top ten talents!
He had to admit that from the very beginning he was impressed by Zhao Hun, a man of ordinary background but unwilling to be ordinary. Those who save themselves will always be saved by others. Not only this, even the people he sent to various parts of the Ming Dynasty to recruit talents wrote letters to recommend Zhao Hun.

After seeing the boy's answer, Ouyang Lun favored Zhao Hun even more, which was also the reason why Ouyang Lun chose Zhao Hun.

"Zhao Hui, hurry up and pay your respects to His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty the Retired Emperor!"

Ouyang Lun said.

"Student pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty the Supreme Emperor!" Zhao Hun knelt down and saluted very sincerely.

"No need to be polite!" Zhu Biao nodded. "Zhao Hun, you were chosen as the first by Prince Consort Ouyang. This is due to your ability and luck. I hope you can make your own contribution to the construction and development of Ming Dynasty in the future!"

"The Ming Dynasty will never treat any meritorious official unfairly! As long as you work hard enough, wealth, power and status will definitely be yours! Get up!" Zhu Yuanzhang said it very bluntly.

"Yes!" Zhao Hun then slowly stood up from the ground.

The other nine talents looked at Zhao Hun with envy.

Ouyang Lun patted Zhao Hun on the shoulder, looked at the other talents, and said loudly: "Although Zhao Hun is ranked first, you are also very good. I will announce all the rankings later!"

"The rest of you have also been accepted by the project department. You just need to follow the arrangements. Everyone will be assigned to the position that suits you best. If you do your best, you will also have a bright future!" "Thank you, Prince Consort!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Your Majesty!"

Although they didn't get first place, the others felt relieved after hearing what Ouyang Lun just said.

As long as I can enter the project department, why would I worry about having no future?

Afterwards, Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang took turns speaking and bestowing many rewards.

At the same time, the news that Emperor Zhu Biao, Emperor Retired Zhu Yuanzhang, and Prince Consort Ouyang Lun met with the top ten candidates in the recruitment exam and once again gave a question to pick the first place, also spread, and all major media newspapers rushed to report it!
"The recruitment exam is over, and the top engineering student has been decided!"

"I never thought that he would be the top scorer in engineering!"

“I will tell you the story of a top scholar who came from a remote area!”

"Breaking News! Breaking News!! The biggest dark horse of this recruitment exam has been revealed, Zhao Hun has been chosen as the number one!"

"Who is Zhao Hun? He is the most talented person in Liaodong!"

Zhao Hun’s story spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, and many people regarded Zhao Hun as an idol! !

There is no way, Zhao Hun’s story is so inspiring. His father died in the war when he was young and his mother was seriously ill, but he still insisted on studying under such circumstances and finally made a comeback!

Zhao Hun has also become a template used by many elders and parents to educate their children.

"Look at Zhao Hui. He was able to become the top scholar in engineering despite such difficult conditions!"

"Our family has given you such great resources, but you don't even study hard and cherish them!"

"Dad doesn't ask you to become the top scholar in engineering like Zhao Hui. It's enough for you to be in the top ten. If that's not possible, the top 100 is also fine!"

The imperial court attached great importance to this recruitment examination. Not only did it rank all the candidates nationwide, but it also ranked the candidates according to their scores in each province, and gave rewards to the top ten in the country and the top ten in the province.

What surprised everyone the most was that the reward was not only money, but also citizens!

The top ten in the country will be directly awarded the status of Jinshi, and the top ten in the province will be awarded the status of Juren. In other words, as long as you rank among the top ten in the province, you can become an official!
It is precisely this point that made the people of the Ming Dynasty pay more attention to the recruitment examination. In the past, everyone read the Four Books and Five Classics and learned to write sage articles on state governance. Even after the full promotion of nine-year compulsory education, there are still many people who choose to study literature. The reason is simple, that is, because the imperial examination can gain fame!

Nowadays, one can gain fame through recruitment examinations, and what one learns is more practical, and people’s concepts are also changing dramatically!

After the palace examination, the Ministry of Rites arranged for Zhao Hun and ten other people to take a horseback tour of the capital. Just like the top scorers in the imperial examination, they were wearing big red flowers, riding tall horses, and had yamen runners holding signs and ringing gongs to clear the way.

Enjoying the welcome and cheers from the people.

Since the project department was still in preparation, Ouyang Lun directly gave Zhao Hun and ten other people a long vacation, allowing them to return to their respective provinces, prefectures, and counties, allowing them to return home in glory. At the same time, it was also to promote the project department and make everyone pay more attention to the engineering imperial examinations!

The engineering imperial examination was so popular this time, and indeed many talents were selected. This made Ouyang Lun decide to continue the engineering imperial examination for a long time!

It is not enough to cultivate talents, there must also be a mechanism for selecting talents, and the engineering imperial examination is undoubtedly a good way to do this. By ranking through exams, talents can be brought together. Only competition can cultivate better talents.

This method is absolutely effective, and many historical facts have proven this.

Although Ouyang Lun himself does not like internal competition, he can only let the people of the Ming Dynasty compete. It is not a bad thing to compete. If you don’t want to compete, you can just lie down. This is also power.

After getting the vacation, Zhao Hun was very clear about his mission of returning to Liaodong Province this time, so on the day he received the news, Zhao Hun prepared to take his mother back to Liaodong.

When he came, he and his mother took the bus to Beijing. Now that he has achieved success and returned to Liaodong, the court directly assigned Zhao Hun personnel according to the scale of imperial envoys. First, Zhao Hun was given the official position of a sixth-rank Hanlin scholar.

Although this official rank is not high, it has great symbolic significance. Generally, only the top scholar in the imperial examination can be directly appointed as a Hanlin scholar, and the Hanlin Academy is known as the cradle of prime ministers.

When an official from the capital goes abroad, his official rank is at least three levels higher, and when a Hanlin scholar goes abroad, it is at least four levels higher!
Even the provincial governors did not dare to neglect it easily.

In addition, a team of ten soldiers was arranged as guards to escort Zhao Hun. These soldiers were selected from hundreds of thousands, and it was no problem for ten people to deal with a hundred people. It was a military escort, and ordinary people did not have this treatment.

The last part came the ceremonial guard, the latest red flag carriage, complete with attendants and maids. The number of people in the entire convoy was close to a hundred!
The other talents are naturally inferior to Zhao Hun in all aspects, but their fleet is still very luxurious!
When ten convoys set out from the capital city and headed for various provinces of the Ming Dynasty, they beat drums and gongs along the way, attracting many people to watch.

"Look, look, the number one scholar is here!"

"Isn't it the imperial examination this year? How come there is a top scholar?"

"Old man, you don't know this, right? The imperial court organized a national recruitment exam to select talents. It is said that several million people participated, and in the end, ten people were selected!"

"The imperial court has bestowed honors on these candidates who have performed well in the exams. The first place winner is the well-deserved champion. We all call him the champion of engineering!"

"I see. That's why I said this number one scholar looked so extraordinary!"

It took Zhao Hun's caravan three full months to return to Liaodong Province from the capital.

The governor of Liaodong Province had already been waiting in Liaodong Province with officials of all levels.

"The champion's motorcade is here!"

"Play music! Cheer!"

The next second, the entire road was filled with the sound of gongs and drums and firecrackers!
Zhao Hun also came out of the carriage early at this moment. He was riding a tall horse, wearing a brand new official suit with a big red flower on his chest. In addition, Zhao Hun was very handsome, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

There were also many candidates around who had taken the recruitment exam together. Among these people, some took the exam carelessly, some just thought it was fun, and some were not well prepared. To put it bluntly, they did not take the recruitment exam seriously enough, and naturally did not achieve any good results in the end.

At first they just thought that this was simply an exam to recruit talents. Although the scale was large enough, it could not be compared with the imperial examination. At most, it was the same as the civil service examination for state-owned enterprises!
But the results showed that they were wrong, and they were extremely wrong!

Seeing Zhao Hun so honored, these people felt deeply regretful. If they had worked harder, they could at least be in the top 100 or top 10 in the province, not to mention being as honored as Zhao Hun. That would also be a great achievement!

It’s too late to regret now!

After seeing Zhao Hun’s glory, more people secretly made up their minds that if there is another recruitment exam, they must give it their all!
Interests, the most intuitive interests, are always the best motivation to drive people forward.

Ouyang Lun and the court did not say much. Just letting these talents return home in glory was enough to arouse the attention of the entire Ming Dynasty.

In the past, everyone was proud of the imperial examinations, and the days when one could achieve success and fame just by writing beautiful articles are gone. Now the country pays more attention to engineering, and what one learns must be truly used in development!

This is really a huge investment for a horse's bones!
(End of this chapter)