Just like Zhu Gaoxu's experience, it would be too simple to be lazy to be an emperor in the Ming Dynasty.

He always knew that the emperor personally gave questions and reviewed them in the palace examination. However, after he summoned Qi Tai, he realized that the ministers could ask the ministers to write a few questions, and the emperor only needed to choose one question.

As for how to get the No. 1 No. 1 candidate, it is even easier. There is no definite standard for this matter. The emperor can be very casual and no one will cause trouble. After all, those who participate in the palace examination will not fail. After the palace examination, they are all Jinshi, and everyone is already happy.

The emperor can judge who writes well or who looks good. For example, Wang Gen, in the Jianwen period, was originally the top scholar, but he did not become the top scholar because he was not very square. In the Hongwu period, Huang Zicheng, in the Hongwu period, was not fluent in speaking because Taizu asked him his name.

Zhu Gaoxu remembered the stories he heard before, and thought to himself that there were no wonder the Ming emperors had all kinds of weird things; some were playing with crickets, some were running prostitutes, some were illiterate carpenters, and some didn't attend court for decades, and more than one. The reason why they could do that was perhaps because the emperor didn't have to do anything, and the court could operate as usual.

He still remembers the argument in the textbook that the Ming and Qing dynasties were the pinnacle of the development of feudal autocracy. This statement should be correct, but most of the Ming Dynasty, it may not be the emperor's gathering power, but the centralized gathering power.

Some emperors had the subjective intention of asking ministers to finish their work, but they could not divide interests and power; this was the same as letting a horse run away but not eating grass. The result would only cause the officials and bureaucratic groups to hold most of the power and take away most of the benefits. So from the Yongle Dynasty, the royal family had begun to change their strategies, gradually abandoning unrealistic illusions, and instead seeking "countering and balance of power"; there were two sudden imbalances, one was Tumu Fort and the other was the demise of the eunuch party.

These are Zhu Gaoxu's own understanding of the government. But now that the pattern has begun to be reshaped, it may have become very different from history...

Zhu Gaoxu sat in the East Warehouse of Ganqing Palace for a whole morning, but still had not finished reviewing the memorials. He admired Emperor Taizu very much, and was still dictating all memorials in his seventies. Perhaps only those who started a business truly understand that the country is hard to come by.

After lunch, he asked the eunuch to send the remaining memorials directly to the cabinet of Wuying Hall, and let the cabinet and Dianbao Department handle it. He went to Rouyi Hall to read the book, and Miaojin's "Daily Records" written by Miaojin has not finished reading it.

The two yamen were initially set up temporarily because of the northern expedition, so they did not encounter any dissuasion. However, after Zhu Gaoxu returned to Beijing, he was not disbanded; he only abolished the right to make "stop decisions" for emergency affairs. After all, after Zhu Gaoxu returned to the palace, he could make an ruling of the emergency matters himself.

He had a foreshadowing that voices of opposition were brewing. In the agency "Dianbao Office" that refuted decision-making, there were several noble generals and a eunuch; it was unheard of to let these people participate in the decision-making process.

Zhu Gaoxu ignored it for the time being. He stayed in Rouyi Hall until night. The eunuch Cao Fu told him that it was Depin Duan Xue's turn to be accused of being in bed today. So Zhu Gaoxu ordered Cao Fu to summon Depin to the Ganqing Palace to serve in bed.

This is how the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was. From food, clothing, housing and transportation to major affairs of the court, even women, they could not worry about it, and everyone made proper arrangements.

But then he gradually realized that Cao Fu was originally an eunuch Shangshenjian, so why did he take care of this kind of thing? In the early Ming Dynasty, there was no special official office to set up a flipped official, and Cao Fu unknowingly occupied a power vacuum. Moreover, Zhu Gaoxu had no feelings for a long time and felt very comfortable.

Perhaps people in the imperial city are knowledgeable and often fight openly and secretly, and are afraid they are not a good-looking lamp.

When Duan Xuehen arrived, night had already fallen, but it was still early. She was wearing a satin dress with a crimson glowing a streamer. Duan Xuehen could not wear such clothes when he followed him to the north; Zhu Gaoxu was a little uncomfortable when he saw her look;

Her face was also decorated, but when Zhu Gaoxu looked carefully, she found that she only applied rouge on her lips and had eyebrows, and there was no powder elsewhere. Her skin was not as beautiful as other concubines, but she was naturally white and could not see the flaws on her skin at night. Only when she approached the light did Zhu Gaoxu see the shallow sweat velvet on her hairline.

Duan Xueheng prepared wolfberry rice wine soup. Zhu Gaoxu felt that there was no problem with his health, but he was unable to refuse his good intentions, so he didn't say anything.

At this time, Duan Xuehen suddenly asked, "The Master said that the stars and moon are very big. But why didn't they fall down?"

Zhu Gaoxu was a little surprised. He didn't expect that some of his remarks would sprout in their hearts. He was just thinking about the things that happened to be alive and was unwilling to say anything else; but this morning, he remembered a lot of things in this area, so he became a little interested.

"You go down." Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and said.

After hearing this, the female officials and palace maids bowed their knees and said, "Yes."

Zhu Gaoxu was not willing to talk about these things easily in front of ministers or irrelevant people, mainly because he was afraid of being regarded as a brainless and crazy person; however, he was not very wary of the concubines who were close to him... Just like in later generations, if someone claimed that the microscopic world and matter did not exist, it was just an illusion of consciousness, most people could not accept such idealistic remarks.

He took off the jade pendant "Heavenly Made" on his belt, found another rope to tie it, and then threw a circle in the air.

Duan Xuehen looked at him with a confused look on his face.

Zhu Gaoxu shook for a while, then put away the jade pendant and said, "Why didn't the jade pendant fly out?"

Duan Xueheng said, "There is a rope to pull it."

Zhu Gaoxu asked again: "Why didn't it run into the palm of the hand when the rope pulls it?"

Duan Xueheng: "..."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Because it takes a pulling force toward the middle when turning around the circle; otherwise, if we cut the rope, the jade pendant will definitely fly. Have you ever seen a magnet?"

Duan Xuehen nodded.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "There is no rope between magnets and iron, but there is that pulling force called magnetism; and there is a force between everything, called gravity, and the 'rope' cannot be seen.

The rotation of the jade pendant is due to the pulling force of the rope, and the gravity that the stars are circling around.

The two ordinary things seem to have no gravity, just because the things are not heavy enough, and the gravity is also very small. But our earth is heavy enough, so things always fall to the ground and will not fly into the sky."

Duan Xueheng pondered: "It's so strange..."

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said, "The earth is actually a ball. Because it is too big, the people standing on it feel like it is flat. But if you look in the sea, you can see that the sea level is arc-shaped."

Duan Xuehen said in surprise: "Why don't the person below fall down?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Everyone was pulled into the middle, and the people below thought that the sky was below."

Duan Xueheng: "..."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "The best way to confirm is to drive the boat in one direction and finally return to the original place of departure."

Duan Xuehen was stunned and didn't say anything for a long time.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at her, but didn't care much, so he took out "Daily Records" and continued to watch it. He didn't think Duan Xuehen would have any problems when he heard these words. People can't figure out too much, so they usually forget it because it doesn't affect the days in front of them. Only those who are very persistent, who always want to break the batter and ask the whole thing will keep thinking about it.

After a while, Duan Xueheng really didn't want to do it anymore. She came forward to scoo up the soup she prepared and handed it to Zhu Gaoxu for drink.

Zhu Gaoxu took the ceramic white bowl, looked at her, and thanked her.

Duan Xueheng whispered: "The Lord... can ask me to do something excessive. If others don't want it, as long as the Lord wants it, it's fine."

"What's the matter?" Zhu Gaoxu asked casually.

Duan Xuehen blushed.

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment and said kindly: "Have Xueheng let go of his past affairs yet? You have no sins, and you really don't blame you for those things. Even Duan Yang said before his death that everything is not your fault."

Duan Xuehen shook his head.

She was silent for a while and murmured: "When she was in Yunnan, the emperor treated the protection of all kinds and did not hesitate to offend the Mu Mansion. Later, I had nowhere to go, and the emperor went to the streets of Kunming City to find me. Some people said that the emperor was trying to win over me..."

Zhu Gaoxu asked, "Who said that?"

Duan Xue reluctantly answered and continued, "But after I understood, I felt more comfortable and more at ease.

Because the Lord treats me very well, I still remember that night with cold rain, which seemed to be a redundant person in the world. I don’t know the future path and where to go. Looking back on the past, it was even more meaningless. Until the carriage on the Lord appeared on the wet and dark road. I still remember that the light was very warm, and the lambskin carpet in the car was very soft, clean and white."

Duan Xuehen rarely says so many things. She is often taciturn. Zhu Gaoxu can only guess her thoughts based on her expression, behavior, and reaction. So she is willing to tell her tonight. Zhu Gaoxu acts very patient and listens very seriously, without any intention of making fun of her.

Her voice was very low, "So you want to use me or insult me, I don't hate it, but I feel better..."

Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself: It seems that some things were what she asked for, so no wonder I was.

Duan Xuehen thought for a moment and pondered: "At first, I felt guilty. When the Lord went crazy, I felt punished and could forgive myself. Later, I did let go of the Mu family affairs, but I still thought that the Lord was even more cruel to me. Perhaps the Lord should do that, so I felt that I was useful, and I had repaid your feelings and lost my debts? I couldn't explain it clearly."

Zhu Gaoxu asked, "Do I want to find a rope?"

Duan Xuehen shook his head and whispered: "The Lord can do what you want, and I'm usually embarrassed to let others do it."
Chapter completed!