Wanli became more and more displeased and snorted coldly: "I'm not old, but my tone is quite good. You defend Guo Zhiyuan so much, I must have known him very much. I have received a lot of memorials impeaching him, saying that he is entrenched in the East and has no court. Tell me about what kind of person Guo Zhiyuan is?..."

This question was a bit heartbroken. If Hong Chengchou directly helped Guo Zhiyuan to argue, it would only add Emperor Wanli’s suspicion of Guo Zhiyuan, and at the same time it would be more likely to make Emperor Wanli angry at him. However, Hong Chengchou did not want to say something against his will, so he hesitated and said: "The teacher is respected, and I am not qualified to evaluate the mountain leader. I only know that the mountain leader has always taught us to study for the rise of China, and also engraved this sentence on the gate of the academy for us to remember it all the time..."

"Study for the rise of China?" Emperor Wanli raised his eyebrows in a little surprised. People in this era have a relatively vague concept of China, so Wanli also took it for granted that the Chinese that Guo Zhiyuan said was the Ming Dynasty. Guo Zhiyuan actually regarded the saying "Study for the rise of China" as the motto of Dongfan Academy. Could it be that he really misunderstood Guo Zhiyuan?

Thinking of this, Wanli's expression relaxed a little more, and he said slowly, "I have read your articles and I have some insights. Let's go to the Hanlin Academy to practice..."

Generally speaking, after the palace examination, the first three people will be awarded immediately, the top scholar will be awarded the editor of the Hanlin Academy, the second scholar will be awarded the editor of the Hanlin Academy. If the second and third scholars want to be awarded the position and become an editor of the Hanlin Academy, the second scholar will be awarded the editor of the Hanlin Academy. If the second and third scholars want to be awarded the position, they will have to go to the Hanlin Academy again in the Baohe Palace, and comprehensively follow the examination results before and after, and choose the best candidates to be admitted to the Hanlin Academy as a Shujishi, which is commonly known as the "Dianhanlin". It can be said that being able to enter the Hanlin Academy is the dream of every scholar in this era, and it is also an important qualification for entering the official career. It is difficult for people who have not entered the Hanlin Academy to enter the central government and become important officials of the court!

Emperor Wanli asked Hong Chengchou to go directly to the Hanlin Academy to be equivalent to having classified him as one of the three, which shows that he also loved Hong Chengchou. Unexpectedly, Hong Chengchou declined without hesitation: "I am calling the emperor, the minister is not talented and knowledgeable, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to be qualified for the Hanlin Academy. I beg the emperor to beg him to let the minister let him go..."

When Emperor Wanli heard this, a glimmer flashed in his eyes. Hong Chengchou actually put the great opportunity to enter the Hanlin Academy and did not ask for help. It was too abnormal! If such a talent is only loyal to Guo Zhiyuan and cannot be used by him, it would be too dangerous! Thinking of this, Emperor Wanli suddenly had a murderous intent in his heart and asked with a gloomy face: "Do you want to let go? Then I will let you go back to Dongfan to be an official?"

Hong Chengchou felt a trace of murderous intent from Emperor Wanli's words, and knew that Emperor Wanli was deliberately testing him. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly that the mountain leader was really a clever idea. If the mountain leader had not asked him in advance, he would have fallen into the trap of Emperor Wanli's temptation. He hurriedly said: "I don't want to go back to Dongfan. There is a mountain leader in Dongfan, and it is useless to go. I heard that Shaanxi has been famine in recent years and refugees are flooded, so I want to ask the emperor to beg him to give me permission to release him to Shaanxi. Perhaps I can show my ambitions when I get there, and better serve the court and share my worries for the emperor!"

Emperor Wanli was stunned when he heard Hong Chengchou's request to send out of Shaanxi. In recent years, Shaanxi has repeatedly requested disaster relief from the court. Many local officials in Shaanxi have submitted resignations to the court and asked to resign and go home. It can be seen that the environment in Shaanxi is harsh. Hong Chengchou took the initiative to ask to go to Shaanxi to become an official? But this is good. All of Guo Zhiyuan's favorite disciples were sent to remote provinces to become officials. Regardless of whether they can achieve success, it will also weaken Guo Zhiyuan's power and will not become a major concern for the court.

Thinking of this, Emperor Wanli waved his hand lazily and said, "It is rare that you are so loyal and willing to share my worries. I will approve what you report. The specific arrangements will be discussed by the Ministry of Personnel!..."

The Donglin Party members wanted to take the opportunity to get Guo Zhiyuan eye drops and suppress the other Dongfan scholars on the list. Emperor Wanli yawned and waved his hand impatiently, "Let's do it, I'm a little tired. You can discuss and decide the result of this palace examination. Don't bother me again, please step down!"

When they met such a lazy cancer severely ill emperor, everyone could only stare at each other and retreat helplessly. In the end, Hong Chengchou was sent to Luochuan, Shaanxi to be the magistrate, and the other Dongfan scholars who passed the palace examination were also sent to remote provinces such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Guangxi to serve as officials.

Neither Emperor Wanli nor the Donglin Party members expected that their behavior of weakening Guo Zhiyuan's power had made Guo Zhiyuan. These Dongfan scholars who were released from abroad brought the influence of Dongfan and Guo Zhiyuan's new ideas to all parts of the country, and later gradually formed a powerful grassroots official force. Although Guo Zhiyuan's original intention was not to use this to form cliques, this grassroots official force indeed later became Guo Zhiyuan's strong support in the political arena, which made the Donglin Party gritted its teeth and called it the "Dongfan Party"!

Through this palace examination, Dongfan Academy has completely gained its reputation throughout the country and has become one of the most famous academies in the country. Not only the southeast coast, but also the scholars from inland provinces have come from thousands of miles to visit, which forced Guo Zhiyuan to expand the scale of Dongfan Academy. In terms of scale alone, Dongfan Academy is already the well-deserved first academies in the country!

Three years and three years, in the blink of an eye, it was the tenth year that Guo Zhiyuan traveled to this time and space. Not only did the scale of Dongfan Academy expand, but the strength of Dongfan in all aspects was increasing day by day. In addition to Beigang, Keelung and Grandmasters, Guo Zhiyuan built two new port cities, Kaohsiung and Hualien, immigrated 200,000 from the inland again, and initially opened up land transportation between Dongfan and the south, truly turning Dongfan into a treasure island suitable for human habitation!

Xu Xiake, who was sent by Guo Zhiyuan to find minerals in the inland, lived up to his trust. In a few years, he helped Guo Zhiyuan find eight high-quality iron ore, ten high-quality coal mines, and more than ten other metal mines. Guo Zhiyuan bribed the local government through Zhang Cheng's intelligence network and mined them in the name of local powerful forces. However, he secretly transported these precious mineral resources to Dongbo, providing a steady stream of resource guarantee for the great development of Dongbo!

It was not easy to transport these mineral resources to Dongba, but now Fujian Governor Chen Zizhen has been completely pulled into the water by Guo Zhiyuan. The more greedy he is, the more courage he is, naturally, it is a convenient door for Dongba. He doesn’t care about anything that is not prohibited or not. In addition, the high emperor of Fujian is far away, and the party struggles between major forces in the court are getting more and more intense, and they are busy fighting for power and profit, so they are not taking this far into consideration. This provides Guo Zhiyuan with a rare opportunity to strengthen his own power!
Chapter completed!