Cining Palace.

Empress Dowager Zhang had a cold face, her eyes were like two sharp swords.

Zhu Xu sat opposite her, dodging her eyes, and occasionally blocking her mouth with her hands, coughing continuously.

Xiao Yongning opened his eyes wide and stared at Zhu Xu and said, "Uncle Emperor, has your concubine run away?"

Zhu Xu glanced at her and secretly gave her eyes. The little guy was shocked and said, "Uncle Emperor, did you really run away?"

Empress Dowager Zhang's face turned cold, she knocked on Xiao Yongning's head and said, "Go and stay inside!"

The little guy curled his lips, grimaced at Zhu Xu, and jumped into the inside, humming the strange tone of the monster while walking "Qiuxiang, Qiuxiang, Qiuxiang..."

Empress Dowager Zhang's face became colder and she stared at Zhu Xu and said, "This kind of song is not allowed to be brought into the palace in the future, it is unstandard!"

Zhu Xu likes small love tunes, and the little guy spends more time with Zhu Xu. If you listen too much, you will naturally remember one or two sentences.

Zhu Xu's scalp was numb, he coughed, and said, "What the emperor's sister-in-law said is, I've recorded it."

Seeing that Zhu Xu was coughing constantly, although she didn't know whether it was true or not, her face slightly relieved and frowned and said, "Wang Yuyang, have you really been sent to investigate the case?"

Zhu Xu coughed and said, "Dongchang, I have handed over to the Emperor Xin Wang. The Ministry of Justice's power and responsibilities are more criminal and the affairs are complicated. I plan to establish an investigation agency directly under my jurisdiction to specifically investigate major cases."

Empress Dowager Zhang didn't care about these things at all, and still frowned, saying with a calm face: "You are the emperor, I don't care about government affairs, but... there are some things that the emperor can't do as he pleases. Wang Yuyang, you don't like them, I'll find something else for you..."

The feeling of a forced kiss.

Zhu Xu knew that he could not escape this level, and there must be something else without Wang Yuyang.

He coughed again and said, "Sister-in-law, look, it's almost the end of the year. Can this matter be discussed next year? Next year, there will definitely be someone in my palace..."

Empress Dowager Zhang was not deceived by Zhu Xu, and she said firmly: "Before the end of the year, there must be someone in your palace!"

Zhu Xu had a headache. He had a solution for anyone in this world, except for his elder sister-in-law.

"Your Majesty, today's medicine." At this moment, Li Jieyu, wearing a long dress of blue and red scarf, walked in slowly, holding a bowl of medicine in his hand.

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Li Jieyu, her eyes lit up suddenly, and her stiff expression instantly seemed to bloom like a flower. She said with a smile: "Ms. Li is here at the right time. Well, the emperor's illness has not been completely cured yet. Let's do this. Miss Li moves to Jingyang Palace first, so that it is convenient to take care of..."

Zhu Xu was shocked. He just asked Cao Huachun to help him pretend to be sick. Why did Li Jieyu come?

Li Jieyu is also a little confused now and doesn't know what happened. Listening to Empress Dowager Zhang's words, he always feels something is wrong and doesn't know how to answer for a while.

Empress Dowager Zhang stood up with a smile, pulled Li Jieyu's hand, and said, "Xieyu, you have seen the emperor's illness. I am really worried if you are not in Jingyang Palace..."

Li Jieyu looked at Empress Dowager Zhang, looked at Zhu Xu again, and said softly: "Then the young lady will go to Jingyang Palace for a while and then go back to the Imperial Hospital when the emperor recovers from illness."

The more Empress Dowager Zhang smiled, she glanced at Zhu Xu and said, "That's good, let's move over tonight, I'll have someone to pack your things for you."

Zhu Xu is one big and two big, but he can't tell anything about this time, it is clearly what Empress Dowager Zhang has designed it long ago.

‘You can’t stay any longer!’

Zhu Xu felt keenly in his heart that Empress Dowager Zhang would definitely be "exposed" in what he wanted to say next. He stood up and said, "Sister-in-law, I still have something to deal with. You can arrange the following matters."

Queen Mother Zhang was afraid that Zhu Xu would have something wrong again, so she said coldly: "Well, I will go and choose a house for Jie Yu later."

Zhu Xu's mouth twitched, looked at Li Jieyu, turned around and walked out quickly.

Li Jieyu is also kind-hearted and has a pretty face that is blushed when Zhu Xu sees it.

"Come on, let's talk." Empress Dowager Zhang pulled Li Jieyu and walked inside.

Zhu Xu left the Cining Palace and breathed a long sigh. It was not the case that the so-called honest officials could not make up for family affairs.

Cao Huachun followed by his side with a calm expression. He knew that Li Jieyu had entered, but he didn't have time to report the news.

Zhu Xu glanced at him, raised his hands and said, "Go back to the palace, Miss Li will come later, and I will say I'm going to sleep."

"Yes." Cao Huachun responded.

Royal marriages have always been a big trouble, and they involve too much. Even if they do not consider personal emotions, they are also a headache in procedures.

When Zhu Xu returned to Jingyang Palace, he still habitually entered the imperial study room and read the memorial book.

Sure enough, not long after, Empress Dowager Zhang led Li Jieyu to Jingyang Palace in person, and walked around all kinds of places. Finally, she chose a side hall next to Zhu Xu's bedroom, because of "serving close."

Li Jieyu seemed mature and quiet. Apart from the initial shyness, he was as calm as water afterwards. He didn't say anything except "Yeah". He was always the busy work of Empress Dowager Zhang.

Until he was sure and the things were brought over, Empress Dowager Zhang took Li Jieyu's hand and said with a smile: "Xieyu, the emperor is so handsome and has a stubborn temper. You should persuade him more, and take good care of him. He is more casual..."

Li Jieyu's ears were red, and Empress Dowager Zhang could not understand the words. Unlike Wang Yuyang, she had "lofty ambitions". Her personality was similar to Empress Dowager Zhang or a traditional woman in the Ming Dynasty. Empress Dowager Zhang was clearly the "matchmaker's words".

Although Zhu Xu pretended to be asleep, he knew everything outside, and even pretended not to know it. Zhu Xu looked at the memoir.

Fortunately, Empress Dowager Zhang was concerned about the face of the two "newcomers" and did not keep much. After arranging Li Jieyu, she left Jingyang Palace.

Her departure made both Zhu Xu and Li Jieyu breathe a sigh of relief.

Li Jieyu sat on the newly-made show bed, with a dazed expression.

The meaning of Empress Dowager Zhang is very clear, but... why did things turn out like this?

There were a few maids standing not far away, looking from afar, they all knew that Miss Li would become the imperial concubine in a short time.

"Ms. Li is really beautiful, even if she is nauseated, she is quiet and gentle..."

"Yes, I heard that he still has some martial arts after the general..."

"Hey, you guys say, will the emperor come tonight?"

Li Jieyu also heard it, and his body tense instantly, and his heart became particularly nervous.

‘What if the emperor comes tonight? It’s not etiquette…’

‘If he can really come, what should I do…’

Li Jieyu has always been calm, but at this moment he can't calm down. He pursed his lips tightly and didn't know where to put his hands.

She was flat for the first time and felt like she wanted to run away immediately.

But she knew very well that she couldn't run away.

She calmed down quickly, looked up at the maid not far away, got up and tidied up the jewelry box, and said casually: "The emperor is not in good health yet. I'll go to the imperial kitchen to make some medicine porridge. You will send it to the emperor later."

When several maids heard this, they hurriedly said, "Yes."

Li Jieyu pretended to pack up, then he pressed his pounding heart and walked out of Jingyang Palace toward the imperial kitchen.

In the imperial study, Zhu Xu was still flipping through the memorial book.

The one in hand is a memorial from the Governor of Fujian, Huang Chengyuan, saying that the construction of new colleges in various places in Fujian is slow, the enrollment rate is also extremely low, and the newly opened courses have also been boycotted by all levels. In the past six months, there have been only seven new colleges in Fujian, and even fewer county colleges, and less than one hundred people enrolled!

Zhu Xu frowned. If the Ming Dynasty's academic style was open, it would be quite open. There are many imported products now, and many of the scholars and officials were also keen on translating Western books, and they were widely spread.

But it is said that the closedness is also quite closed. At least in the class of scholars who are dedicated to the imperial examinations, they all study eight-part essays hard, and they are extremely repulsive of "pragmatic" things, like to talk empty talk, study scriptures, write poems and lyrics.

Zhu Xu has been trying to slowly change the folk customs of the Ming Dynasty. The college or the imperial examination was the most influential method. By changing the way of entering the officialdom, he forced the scholars to change their minds, from being innocent to being pragmatic, and to see the world with open eyes.

However, the deeper it is, the more difficult it will be to reform.

Fortunately, the two provinces of Fuzhou and Jianzhou are the top priority, but these two provinces are more special. Jiang and Su were reorganized in the Southern Zhili area. Where can they be gathered in the most densely packed humanities in the Ming Dynasty, the complexity is far beyond imagination. If you want to move them, you cannot succeed by just one or two years of reform.

He was willing to continue to catalyze and even forced the scholars to enter the academy, but this rebound was extremely terrible, and even Zhu Xu had to be cautious.

What's more, Zhu Xu is still planning to clear the land of Zhangzhang. If this is a one-plus, the south will become even more disinterested with the court, and the consequences will be very dangerous.

"I can only digest it slowly with time."

Zhu Xu whispered.

Although there is no way to force all the scholars to enter the college, the power of the imperial examination is also extraordinary. Maybe they are stubborn and will not calm down in one year or two years, but in the third year, they are unable to let them go.

The Chinese have been an official position since ancient times. No one has ever asked about it for ten years, and once they are on the list, they are the best.

Zhu Xu pressed his hand on this memorial book and thought for a while, "Cao Huachun, tomorrow you will go to the Ministry of Rites and the Political Court to add one to the imperial examination: the county examination is set to be under the age of sixteen, the government examination is set to be twenty-five, the provincial examination is set to be twenty-five, and the capital examination is set to be thirty, and it must be strictly implemented! Five years later, it must be passed through the county government and provincial level, no exception is allowed!"

Cao Huachun was frightened when he heard this. He heard endless sword lights and swords from Zhu Xu's words, bloody storm!

Cao Huachun could hear the firmness in Zhu Xu's words, but he couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, it's common for him to become a great man. Can the age limit be relaxed?"

Zhu Xu decided to popularize basic education. This kind of education is naturally the best when he was young. He shook his head flatly and said, "No need to discuss it again. The Ministry of Rites and the Council strictly enforces it. I will order the Supervisor to verify it. If there is any violation, the officials will be sentenced, and those who are in office will never be hired!"

Cao Huachun was still worried, and he didn't know where to start with thousands of words. He had to bow and said tactfully: "Your Majesty, it's the end of the year soon. Will you talk about it after the New Year?"

Zhu Xu also knew that this rule would cause endless storms again, and said with a slight nose: "Well, then let's go after the New Year."

Cao Huachun breathed a sigh of relief. With this period of time, he could slowly release the wind and deal with it softly, so as not to cause a strong rebound at once.

Liu Shimin came in through the side door, holding a plate in his hand, and said with a smile, "Master, Miss Li has sent medicinal food."

Zhu Xu looked at this bowl of medicinal food and realized the problems he was facing tonight.
Chapter completed!