Zhu Youzhen took the articles he got back from Zhu Yourong and called them by name to meet with these prisoners one by one.

The first article that Zhu Youzhen read was written by a prisoner named Yan Shiqi, and after he skimmed it, he smiled and said to the old prisoner in his 40s: "Yan Prisoner's article is well written and very emotional. This housekeeper is indeed to be careful in budgeting, and you can be said to have three flavors of throttling. ”

Yan Shiqi trembled and couldn't even speak clearly, he had always been obsessed with words, and he was also at the bottom of his talents. His father had opened a pawn shop to earn some money, and he wanted to train a scholar, so he supported his eldest son at the age of fourteen to study.

Yan Shiqi, who was called a genius in the pawn shop, was enlightened and educated, but he became an old boy with bad luck until he was 27 years old, but his father's pawn shop was getting better and better.

From Xiucai to the step of lifting people, Yan Shiqi has not advanced an inch in five years. His father thought that he had spent so much money, if Yan Shiqi still couldn't be an official, wouldn't he have lost all his money. So after thinking about it, he was ruthless, spent a lot of money to get through, and sent Yan Shiqi to Beijing Guozijian, hoping that he could get an official position and glorify his ancestors.

However, not long after Yan Shiqi entered prison, his father's newly married stepfamily gave birth to a son. This Yan Shiqi's younger brother is smart and cute, he can read and write at the age of three, and he looks like a bit of a reading seed. Compared with the eldest son who spent a lot of money but still had no hope, his old father naturally transferred his love to his younger son.

In this way, the money and food supplied to Yan Shiqi by the family inevitably decreased. This Yan Shiqi ran a pawn shop with his father when he was a child, and he knew that it was not easy to make money, so he was a thrifty character. At this point, he went one step further and became a well-known miser in the country's prison.

There is neither talent nor silver in the prison. This Yan Shiqi can only go back and forth between the two halls of cultivation and sincerity, and he is famous in the prison for his miserliness, and even his friends are extinct. Even Yan Shiqi himself knew that it was hopeless for him to become a leader in this life.

But Yan Shiqi also knew that no matter how down-and-out he was in this capital, he was still a prisoner. Even if the old father doesn't want to see him again, he still has to give some silver. If he can't survive and goes home, not to mention that Erniang, who has long regarded him as a thorn in his side, will not see him, even the younger brother who has already entered school will use this to laugh at him.

Rather than being sent to other places to work as a bookkeeper after going back, Yan Shiqi would rather work hard in Guozijian.

Yan Shiqi, who originally thought that there would be no more future, did not expect that today's emperor would come up with such a strange topic when he inspected the country.

Yan Shiqi thought about it for a long time and decided to honestly write about his hobby. His hobby is how to save money in his daily life, such as reading at night with an oil lamp with only one straw.

But unexpectedly, the article that he thought he would not be looked at by the emperor actually had an accident. When Yan Shiqi stood in front of the emperor, his two feet seemed to be stepping on a pile of cotton, and the whole person was still dizzy.

Seeing Yan Shiqi's stammering appearance, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but smile and stood up from the throne, he stepped down from the high platform and stood in front of Yan Jiansheng.

Yan Jian Sheng, who seems to be in his 40s, does not seem to be much taller than Chongzhen because of his perennial groveling.

But when Zhu Youjian stood in front of Yan Jiansheng, he found that this Yan Jian was a head taller than him.

He raised his head slightly and looked at Yan Jiansheng and said, "Don't worry, speak slowly, take it easy." ”

The reason why Zhu Youzhen took a fancy to Yan Jiansheng's article was not because of how he wrote about how to be frugal in life, but because at the end of the article, he complained about some wasteful situations in Guozijian.

The expenses of the Guozijian belong to the imperial court, and the servants in the Guozijian and the consumption of various materials are all borne by the imperial court.

Although the salaries of the officials and servants in the Guozijian were low, as the highest institution of learning in the country, the supply of various materials was not lacking, or even greatly exceeded. As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water.

The officials and servants of the Guozijian relied on reselling these surplus paper, pen and ink and other materials to supplement their households. And Yan Jiansheng saw this, and he was too distressed about this kind of waste, and he couldn't help but complain a little for a while.

Under Zhu Youzhen's encouragement, Yan Shiqi finally stabilized his mind and slowly explained what he was thinking about when he wrote the article.

After Zhu Youzhen listened, he was only silent for a while, and then asked Yan Shiqi: "If I ask you to manage the use of this country's eunuchs, do you think you are competent?" ”

Yan Jian Sheng immediately stammered and replied, "The minister will definitely do his best to complete His Majesty's important task." ”

Zhu Youzhen beckoned to Liu Jiancheng, and only after Liu Yourong came over did he say: "I don't want to pursue the previous affairs of Guozijian, but after Guozijian is changed to a university in the future, it will definitely not be the same as before." This Yan Jian Sheng's idea is very good, and he is from the Guozijian, so I plan to give him a chance to do things, so let him learn to manage the use of this material in the Guozijian first. ”

Although Liu Yourong secretly hated Yan Jiansheng for revealing the shortcomings of Guozijian, he didn't dare to show it now, so he could only nod yes to Chongzhen's orders.

Yan Shiqi didn't expect such a big pie to fall on his head, and he said with a little dizziness: "Your Majesty is loved, and the minister is flattered..."

Zhu Youzhen looked at Yan Jiansheng and suddenly asked, "Yan Jiansheng is Guigeng this year?" ”

After Yan Shiqi's incoherent words were interrupted, he replied a little at a loss: "Don't be noble, the minister has wasted his time for forty or three." ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Yan Shiqi, sighed and said: "Life is too short, Yan Jiansheng has been thrown into the imperial examination for most of his life, do you still plan to spend the rest of your life in this small school?" It's time to come out and do something, and you can't be called a prisoner when you're old, right? ”

Zhu Youzhen's words hit Yan Shiqi's heart, although after entering Biyong, these 47 prisoners were exempted from kneeling by Zhu Youzhen. But at this moment, Yan Shiqi felt that the emperor cared more about him than his relatives, and he couldn't help but kneel down to Zhu Youzhen with tears in his eyes, and seriously performed a courtesy of a monarch and a minister.

Zhu Youzhen did not evade it this time, because this is not an ordinary etiquette, but a etiquette to determine the status of a monarch and a minister. From this moment on, this lonely and stingy strict prisoner in the country's prison has truly become his courtier, not an ordinary subject.

Looking at the appearance of the strict prisoners, some of the older prisoners couldn't help but feel the same way at this moment.

After Zhu Youzhen helped up the strict prison student, after a few words of kind words of comfort, he encouraged him: "You have just taken over the affairs of this national prison, and you may not be without mistakes. But there must always be a mature process of doing things, as long as you do things out of public intentions, I will always hold on for you. If there are some problems that you can't solve, you can also write a note and give it to me, and I will give you ideas. ”

Chongzhen's words not only moved Yan Jiansheng even more, but also extinguished Liu Yourong on the side, wanting to give this Yan Jiansheng a little bitter thought of making a small report to the stage.

With the beginning of Yan Jiansheng, Zhu Youzhen's conversation with some of the next prisoners was relatively smooth. However, in addition to letting the strict prison students come out to manage the use of the national eunuch, other prisoners who also wanted to get a position did not get Chongzhen's promise.

But even so, the ** fire ignited in the hearts of these prisoners because of Yan Jian has not dimmed. Even the prison students, who have no advantages other than their age, can be assigned a position, and these prisoners who think that their talents are higher than those of the strict prison students are even more hot.

Zhu Youzhen flipped through the article and walked in front of a little fat man who promised to stand up. This inmate, who is about 20 years old and somewhat obese, is gorgeously dressed. But his face was shy, and he looked like a rich kid who had not been deeply involved in the world.

"Your name is Tian Wenming?" Zhu Youzhen's face was a little exciting, looking at this little fat man who was very different from the name, he couldn't help but confirm it.

"The minister is Tian Wenming, please Your Majesty Hadith." Tian Wenming blushed and replied in a soft voice.

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said: "Tian Jiansheng's handwriting is Juanxiu, this warp weaving is your own observation?" Or did you memorize the article from there? ”

The emperor's words were not very harsh, but in Tian Wenming's ears, they were like thunder. He immediately knelt on the ground in a bluff, and hurriedly distinguished himself: "The minister's articles are all the minister's observations on weekdays, and the minister is willing to explain them in detail for His Majesty." ”

Tian Wenming said, and did not wait for Zhu Youzhen to speak, just like counting pearls, he told the shape, size and living habits of famous insects such as green hemp heads, butterflies, praying mantises, oil tarts, and green silk foreheads in the weaving.

At first, Tian Wenming was still a little trembling when he spoke, but seeing Zhu Youzhen's interested look, his courage finally increased, after all, it was what he liked, and what he depicted was painting and coloring.

It is estimated that he can talk about promoting weaving so freely in the Guozi Prison, and it is also the first time for Tian Wenming, when he said that when he rose, he involuntarily took out a cricket jar from his arms, and wanted to show the emperor what it means to be oily.

Xu Guangqi couldn't bear it anymore, he didn't want Chongzhen to be seduced by a prisoner in Guozijian to play with the evil road of weaving, which was not a good thing for them to show their strength and educate future Western scholars here.

Xu Guangqi coughed, stood up and severely reprimanded the prisoner who was demoralized by the plaything and brought the cricket jar with him. This frightened Tian Wenming, in the past, for him, Liu Jiancheng was already a great official, and now the newly appointed official of the Ming Dynasty was attacking him, and he was suddenly frightened so much that his face was like earth, and he bowed his head and did not dare to speak.

Zhu Youzhen watched Tian Wenming tremble with fright, but he always held the cricket jar and didn't knock it over, and immediately knew that this was actually just an idiot.