Today is the day when the emperor leaves the Taimiao. The students arrive here before dawn, and they are even more active than taking the exam, because this is a major event that is famous in history and will be remembered forever if they are not done well.

Scholars love fame the most. As the saying goes, fame and fortune, fame is even before the interests. You can imagine how rare this moment of fame is.

Why do these people dare to win fame with the emperor?

During the middle and early Ming Dynasty, no minister dared to challenge the emperor unless he wanted to die, but in the middle, the situation became a little different. Gradually, the king became weak and the ministers were strong, and the ministers dared to challenge the emperor.

Of course, part of the reason is that Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism is very confusing, and many officials are believers of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. As the saying goes, loyal words are unpleasant, and daring to directly advise the emperor is the highest level of true loyalty to the emperor.

Therefore, whether you challenge the emperor, whether successful or not, you will be considered as a true loyal minister who serves the country and the people, just like the ancestors. In other words, whether successful or not, your reputation will rise sharply. A good reputation spreads all over the world, and of course there will be more officials who support it, and the road to officialdom will naturally become extremely smooth.

Another thing is the most important thing. In the middle and late period, the emperors rarely punished these civil servants for their remarks. Even if they really angered the emperor, the punishment for him would be to have a court stick, and the person who was beaten to death might be very small. Then they would be demoted or deprived of their official position. However, after a few years of the limelight, when the new emperor ascended the throne, it was their development moment. Many officials would collectively advise the emperor and requested that the official be recalled to the court. Not only that, they would also be greatly improved.

Just like Han Du, he is a veteran of the Donglin Party. He was dismissed from office during the Tianqi period. After Chongzhen took office, we will continue to be the chief minister of the cabinet.

This is really a matter of small risks but great benefits.

In this way, it is not surprising that these scholars with fame are going to pounce on each other, right?

Yes! My Ming Dynasty is so weird. In a way, the emperor is the ultimate way to gain fame in the eyes of scholars. Whoever can make a big fame in the emperor can become a great scholar in the world. Decades later, the disciples and former officials are spread all over the world. In the Ming Dynasty, he can tremble even if he stamps his feet.

"Brother He is here?" A young man in white dress and wearing a square scarf bowed to a chubby student and said in a low voice.

"Oh! Brother Li has arrived so early. I'm not as good as my brother in admonition for the emperor." The fleshy student sat cross-legged on the ground and said politely.

Suddenly the white-clothed student sniffed. He seemed to smell a seductive scent. Finally, he determined that the source of the scent was Brother He just now.

The white-clothed student couldn't help but smell the fragrance and started to roar. He got up too early this morning to grab a good seat. Until now, the water and rice have not entered, and his stomach has been empty. Now, under the stimulation of this fragrance, he suddenly became a little hungry.

The fleshy student seemed to have felt the bad eyes of the student in white. He quickly covered the things in his arms, his face a little vigilant, as if there were jackals, tigers and leopards lurking beside me.

Seeing that Brother He had no reaction at all, the student in white who could not bear the protest in his belly coughed gently, attracting the attention of the student.

"Brother He smells the mutton pie from Youweifang in the east of the city." The white-clothed student asked knowingly.

"Ah!" The meat student looked at the white-clothed student in surprise: "Brother Li has such a nose. Youweifang's mutton pie can smell it."

"Oh, it's really there. I thought it was an hallucination caused by being too hungry in my stomach." The white-clothed student lowered his head and touched his stomach, and smiled slightly invisibly.

I understand what I said so clearly. Could it be that you are embarrassed not to share it? Thinking of Youweifang’s mutton pie, the browned crust, the tender and juicy mutton, the saliva from the white-clothed student’s mouth was flowing.

It makes you feel crisp and crisp when you bite it, and it tastes fresh and delicious when you make your mouth feel good. If you smell the fragrance, you won’t change it to an official.

Well! It's just this fragrance, it's so fragrant!

The student in white seemed to have been immersed in his mind, feeling the increasingly strong fragrance, leaning forward and gently approaching the source of the fragrance.

"Brother Li, are you like this?" A voice that seemed to be full of things interrupted his fantasy.

The student in white opened his eyes and saw that Brother He was desperately stuffing pies into his mouth. The two pies as big as faces were stuffed into his mouth and almost began to roll his eyes.

Seeing that the student in white turned his eyes to him, he immediately swallowed the pie with all his might, took out a square pie and wiped his mouth gracefully, and said to the student in white with a smile: "Did Brother Li eat it? It would be a pity if I didn't eat it. You said earlier that I still have two meat pies, and I'd like to share one for Brother Li."

The white-clothed student was immediately angry and wished he had a pig-killing knife in his hand, so that this fat man would know what a white knife was like to get into the red knife! I'll stab you in the stomach!

Then the red knife goes into the green knife! I will stab you with a bitter gall!

Looking at the instantaneous "Brother Li" with a sincere expression, the white-clothed student thought angrily.

Zhu Youxiao enjoyed lunch comfortably in the hall inside.

"How about it, are the students outside still there?" Zhu Youzhai picked up a bean sprout and asked the little monkey.

Since I learned that the students came before dawn, Zhu Youxiao was not in a hurry to return to the palace. There were so many people coming before the Yin hour, so I didn’t eat or drink water. I think you can still hold on.

Zhu Youxiao made sure that he should not let the students live a better life. Anyway, I will not suffer any pain, so why are you anxious? Just wait slowly, it's still growing.

The autumn wind was bleak and the weather was cold. Many students were already trembling at this time. They got up too early to grab a good seat, and they were afraid of leaving on the way, so they didn't dare to eat or drink. Seeing that noon had passed, they had not yet entered the water and rice, but they had not yet arrived.

Some students couldn't help but start to be angry.

"Your Majesty has returned to the palace from the side door, right?" A student with weak bones and trembling shoulders said in a low voice.

"It shouldn't be. The emperor needs the most shame. If the emperor does not give an explanation to the people of the world today, the civil and military ministers in the court will not agree." A trace of resentment flashed across the eyes of a student who knew the lip and had a little blue.

"I sigh why the emperor hasn't appeared yet? I'm weak and I'm almost unable to hold on." Another weak student complained.
Chapter completed!