Chapter 248 Jiangdu Army holds the first imperial examination
The three of them walked quickly along Minghu Street, passed an intersection, and walked north for about two miles. A public office appeared on the right side of the street.
There is a stone archway standing outside the office, with the six characters "Yangzhou Military Academy" written on it. There are sergeants stationed at the door, and the security is tight.
After Zhang Biao entered the college, Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou sat down and waited at a tea shop opposite.
Guo Tianxu asked curiously: "Uncle, what is the Military Academy? Why have I never heard of it?"
Zhang Tianyou frowned and said: "I haven't heard of it either. It may be a military yamen like the Privy Council."
Guo Tianxu nodded.
At this moment, three generals were seen running from a distance, and one of them was still cursing: "It's all your fault, I was almost late!"
Another person shouted: "What do you mean, you didn't teach us many words in one night. You should have known that we would go to ask the master, right, Geng San!"
"That's right!"
"Fart! I kindly taught you how to read, but you still blame me!"
Zhang Tianyou met these three people when he was on a mission to Jiangdu. Knowing that they were all important generals of Jiangdu's army, he hurriedly greeted one of them, a bearded man.
"General Wang, hello!"
Wang Da turned to look at him and glared: "Who are you? Do I know you?"
Zhang Tianyou said: "I am a subordinate of Marshal Guo, Zhang Tianyou!"
When Wang Da was about to speak, Monkey and Geng San in the distance shouted: "Wang Da, hurry up, the exam is about to start!"
Wang Da waved his hand and said, "I'm in a hurry and don't have time to talk to you." He turned around and ran towards the college.
Zhang Tianyou had no choice but to return to the tea shed and wait.
After more than an hour, I heard a burst of noise, and a group of generals came out of the academy gate. These generals had loud voices, and their discussions spread throughout the street!
"Damn it, some sour scholar gave this advice to the king. I don't even know what the test is about, how can I answer it?"
"Idiot, shut your mouth quickly, this is the king's own idea!"
"Haha, your Majesty is so wise! I was just trying to study and learn to read, and he gave us a place to learn to read!"
"Sun Hu, are you disgusting? The king is not here, who are you trying to flatter?"
"I heard that the king himself serves as the dean of the college, and the princess serves as the teacher..."
"Teaching Director!"
"Yes, director of instruction! The owner of the venue is responsible for equestrian instruction!"
"Do we need to be taught equestrian skills? We can ride horses!"
"Idiot, the field master's tactics are cavalry tactics!"
Zhang Tianyou's eyes swept across the group of discussing generals, searching for Zhang Biao's figure.
Suddenly, Guo Tianxu pointed in a direction and said: "Uncle, look, isn't that General Zhao?"
Zhang Tianyou looked in the direction and saw Zhao Desheng's black face. He hurriedly waved from a distance: "General Zhao, General Zhao!"
When Zhao Desheng heard someone shouting, he turned around and immediately saw Zhang Tianyou.
He hesitated for a moment and said to Chang Yuchun who was beside him: "Brother Chang, please go back first. I met an acquaintance!" He walked towards Zhang Tianyou.
"General Zhang, why are you here?" Zhao Desheng asked after approaching.
Zhang Tianyou smiled bitterly and said: "General Zhao, you should have heard about the situation of our army. The two of us have something urgent to ask to see His Highness the King of Chu, and I would like to ask General Zhao to recommend him!"
Zhao Desheng thought for a while and said: "The most I can do is inform you. As for whether the king will see you, I can't guarantee it!"
Zhang Tianyou said with great joy: "Thank you, General Zhao!"
Zhao Desheng led the two of them towards the palace. After the announcement, Zhao Desheng entered the palace first and returned to the gate of the palace a quarter of an hour later.
"Come in, the king promises to see you!" He waved to the two of them.
The two of them followed Zhao Desheng all the way to the palace's study. After the announcement, the three of them entered the study together and saw Zhang Yangquan sitting behind the desk, writing something.
Zhang and Guo both saluted and said: "Meet His Highness the King of Chu!"
Zhang Yangquan raised his head and said: "You two don't need to be polite. I have also heard about your army. This is a grudge between you and Tianwan's army. If I intervene, it will probably cause internal strife in the rebel army, so there is nothing I can do about it."
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Zhang Tianyou said hurriedly: "We are not asking the king to send troops to rescue Wuwei!"
Zhang Yangquan said in surprise: "Then what are you doing here?"
Guo Tianxu rushed to say: "We want to dedicate Wuwei to the king!"
Zhang Yangquan stared at the two people silently for a while and said, "Is this what Zhu Yuanzhang meant?"
Guo Tianxu said hurriedly: "No. As long as the king says a word, we will persuade the father to rebel, seize Zhu Yuanzhang's military power, and join the king's command!"
Zhang Yangquan remained silent. If Zhu Yuanzhang came to vote, he would be a little tempted. Let alone the Guo family and his son, and they would not be able to defeat Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhao Desheng suddenly said: "Zhu Yuanzhang has always been loyal to your father. Now that he is under siege, you are discussing how to deal with him behind his back. This is unreasonable!"
He had a good impression of Zhu Yuanzhang, so he despised the despicable behavior of the two.
Guo Tianxu said anxiously: "General Zhao was deceived by Zhu Yuanzhang. He respected my father as a commander in name, but in fact he began to act arbitrarily! My father wanted to be king many times, but he refused to agree!"
Zhao Desheng said: "You only have so much territory, it's a little early to become king!"
Guo Tianxu said: "I will not mention the matter of becoming king, but Zhu Yuanzhang did another thing. He clearly wanted to kill my father and become the coach himself!"
Zhang Yangquan wondered: "What did he do?"
Guo Tianxu cupped his hands and said, "Does your Majesty know about Sun Deya?"
Zhang Yangquan glanced at Zhao Desheng and said with a smile: "I know, he crossed the border to pursue your father, but was disarmed by General Zhao!"
Guo Tianxu said: "Yes, he wanted to hide the matter at first, but later he let Zhao Junyong know about it. Zhao Junyong was very angry and wanted to kill him, so Sun Deya led his army to defect and turned into a bandit!"<
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Zhang Yangquan asked: "What does his being a bandit have to do with Zhu Yuanzhang?"
Guo Tianxu gritted his teeth and said: "You don't know something. That Sun Deya fled all the way to the west, wanting to join Xu Shouhui, but when he entered Wuwei, Zhu Yuanzhang found out, and Zhu Yuanzhang actually went to recruit him!"
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Zhang Yangquan smiled and said: "It's understandable that Zhu Yuanzhang is currently weak and eager to expand his strength!"
Guo Tianxu said bitterly: "That Sun Deya is the person my father hates the most in his life. Zhu Yuanzhang recruited this person just to make my father angry!"
Zhang Yangquan said blankly: "Then what was your father's reaction when he found out?"
"My father was furious and wanted to kill Sun Deya, but Zhu Yuanzhang sent people to protect Sun Deya and advised his father to put the overall situation first. Since then, my father has been depressed and his health has been deteriorating!"
Zhang Yangquan was silent for a long time and said: "Our army's current goal is Jiangnan, and I don't want to get into trouble with Xu Shouhui because of inaction."
Guo Tianxu asked anxiously: "Then if we seize the military power, we will bring everyone to Jiangdu to vote for you?"
Zhang Yangquan shook his head and said: "Zhu Yuanzhang's men and horses were all pulled up by him. It is difficult for your mutiny to succeed. Instead, you will die in vain."
Guo Tianxu said in confusion: "Does your Majesty look down on us two?"
Zhang Yangquan said: "If you want to join Jiangdu's army, I will naturally welcome you, but there is no need to mutiny."
Now Zhu Yuanzhang has lost the opportunity for development and has become a buffer zone between Jiangdu Army and Tianwan Army. If he remains, he can contain Xu Shouhui.
Therefore, Zhang Yangquan does not want Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou to hinder Zhu Yuanzhang from behind.
Zhang Tianyou tentatively said: "We heard that if we don't bring troops to join us, we can only start with ordinary soldiers!"
Zhang Yangquan suddenly said: "Have you read the book?"
Guo Tianxu hurriedly said: "I have read that my father invited me to have a wife since I was a child!"
Zhang Tianyou also said: "I will also read through the Four Books and Five Classics!"
Zhang Yangquan smiled and said: "In ten days, I will hold an imperial examination in Jiangdu, and a large number of scholars will be admitted and directly appointed as officials. Since you can read and write, you can all try!"
Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou looked at each other, both a little uneasy. Although they had read books, they were far from the level of taking the imperial examination.
Zhang Yangquan saw what the two were thinking and said with a smile: "My imperial examination this time is very different from the Yuan Ting's imperial examination. In addition to poetry, it also involves arithmetic and physical education. You two should have a chance to stand out!"
Zhang Tianyou hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, what is physical education?"
Zhang Yangquan smiled and said: "This is to test your physical fitness. I don't want a weak scholar who can only write and write!"
Seeing Zhang Yangquan say this, the two of them immediately gained more confidence, bowed together, and left!