Now, the great scholar Xie Jin has arrived. Zhu Su highly recognizes Xie Jin's talent, and Zhu Yunwen also greatly admires him. They believe that with Xie Jin's help, the "Xiaokang Grand Ceremony" will surely become a magnificent masterpiece that will satisfy the emperor.

One Xie Jin and his numerous supervisors, presidents, vice presidents, and so on, is not enough. Simply searching through the entire collection of books in the Wenyuan Pavilion is not enough; we need even more classic texts and talented individuals.

Recruiting talented individuals is a matter of course, and the "Xiaokang Grand Ceremony" is undoubtedly a major event. In the eyes of many, it is not only about benefiting future generations and demonstrating national prestige, but also a political task.

After all, the title "Xiaokang Dadian" itself reveals a lot.

This was Emperor Hongwu's remembrance of his deceased eldest son, and Emperor Yingshi's deep affection for his late father. If this grand ceremony were not properly performed, many people would likely be punished or ostracized. Anyone who dared to be negligent in this matter would be considered disloyal and unfilial.

Zhu Yunwen said with great interest and excitement, "Fifth Uncle, Wang Shuying recommended Yang Yu from Taihe County, Ji'an Prefecture, saying that he has the talent of a historian."

Wang Shuying was also a close friend of Fang Xiaoru. Although Zhu Yunying never paid much attention to Fang Xiaoru, he did acknowledge some of Fang Xiaoru's abilities.

While Wang Shuying was sometimes similar to Fang Xiaoru in some ways, and was a rather troublesome Confucian scholar for Zhu Yunying, he was generally more open-minded, practical, and adept at summarizing historical experiences. Compared to those pedantic Song Dynasty Confucian scholars, Wang Shuying seemed more like a Han Dynasty Confucian scholar, still quite pragmatic.

Zhu Su immediately became interested and quickly asked, "Oh? If he is so talented, how come we haven't heard of him before? Which examination did he take to become a Jinshi?"

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