It's really no wonder that Shen Bowen is full of confidence, because in their opinion, it is too simple to test the law alone, that is, rote memorization, and the scholars who followed them here are all talented and intelligent, and they will not dare to come here without a few brushes.

And those students who apply for the litigator exam are no longer full of confidence, but deeply angry, what are you, you don't need to write a few words on a paper, do you look down on us?

Or do you think we can't afford pen and ink?

You can't use the standard of a child to test us for lifting people and showing off talents.

We are not in the same dimension.

They're not really talking.

There are really many, many people who reacted to Guo Dan, saying that this type of question is too simple, and it is impossible to distinguish between the high and the low, and it is easy for everyone to get a full score.

Guo Dan also responded seriously.

I'm really sorry, the reason why such a simple question type is taken is that there are too many people who sign up, if it is too complicated, it will take a long time to review the papers, and the standard is still 90 points qualified, but if more than 200 people get a full score, then invite Baume & Mercier to come again, and take the test again by interviewing people.

This is how the anger of the people will be appeased.

Everyone has forgiven him, it's too complicated, he can't understand it himself, how can he take the test?

Children should be given appropriate understanding.

In fact, Guo Dan really doesn't know whether this volume is difficult or easy, because he doesn't know the depth of these people, he rarely pays attention to these things, in fact, he can't pay attention to them, and he doesn't have ink in his stomach, but the rotten liquid of capitalists.

However, since everyone is so confident, Guo Dan also feels that he doesn't need to do too much, finish the exam early, establish the three courtyards as soon as possible, and he will go home.

The examination room is also very simple, arranged in some large temples in Kaifeng Prefecture, open-air examination, the candidate's requirement is to bring their own pen and ink and the admission ticket issued to them when registering, this admission ticket is the candidate's handwritten household registration information.

......

Today is the day of the Litigator Certification Examination.

At dawn, there was a long queue of major temples in Kaifeng Prefecture.

"Is that all right?"

A young examinee looked at the access control officer in amazement.

"Yes."

The access control officer said loudly again: "I will be born again, we will confirm the candidates with their handwriting, which includes the handwriting on the admission ticket, the handwriting of the entry registration now, the handwriting of the questions to be written, and the handwriting of those who pass the examination to register at the litigation court." As long as one handwriting is different, it will be disqualified. ”

The examinee said, "Who told you this, I mean, don't you check if we have cheat sheets on us?" ”

As soon as you hear it, you will know that it has been in the examination room for a long time.

The access control officer said: "Originally, it was to be checked, but then everyone reacted that this topic was too simple, so our proprietor thought that everyone should not cheat, so in order to make it more convenient for everyone, so the search was canceled." However, our proprietor will arrange for many people to invigilate the exam. ”

This invigilator is Jinyiwei.

One of the candidates smiled and said, "Your proprietor is quite knowledgeable!" ”

"Yes! It's such a simple question type, you really can't cheat. ”

"Whoever wants to cheat, you can say it clearly, I won't object, and cheating can't exceed the full score anyway."

"Haha!"

.....

These candidates all looked relaxed.

"You can't say that."

I saw an old man in his early fifties, dressed in a gray cloth shirt and with a wisp of goatee, walking over and admonishing: "You are so careless, be careful of planting your head here!" ”

Many candidates looked at this old man in amazement.

Suddenly, I heard someone muttering, "Huh? Isn't that talking about old gentlemen? ”

"Aren't you talking about the old gentleman?"

"Hmm."

Many candidates with Jiangnan accents saluted the old man with respectful expressions.

The old man told himself: "You must not be careless, you must take the test seriously, you know? ”

"The younger generation should remember Mr. Tan's advice."

It turns out that the old man's surname is talking, the name is Xiu, Wuxi people, although it is a tribute student, but he has not entered the office in his life, his family has a library called "Yan'en Building", which is quite famous in the south of the Yangtze River, and many scholars have come to borrow it.

After Tan Xiu's advice, he left, but as soon as he came to the street, he suddenly heard someone in a carriage on the side of the road say: "Brother Tan Xian, don't come to harm." ”

Tan Xiu turned his head and saw a person coming out of the carriage, not Su Xu.

"It turned out to be Brother Su Xian, disrespectful, disrespectful." Tan Xiu hurriedly bowed.

Su Xu said: "I heard the words of the virtuous brother, and it seems that the virtuous brother thinks that there is a great mystery in this question type!" ”

"Maybe." On monasticism: "Because it is very suitable to use these types of questions specifically to test the law. ”

Su Xu suddenly realized: "What the virtuous brother means is that using this type of question can include more laws. ”

"Exactly." Tan Xiu nodded.

Su Xu pondered slightly: "That's fine, if you can't memorize the Da Ming Law backwards, it will be difficult to be qualified as a lawyer!" ”

Tan Xiu frowned slightly.

Su Xu asked, "Brother Xian, if you have something to say, might as well say it directly?" ”

He once became an official, was scheming, and was well versed in the way of officialdom, and Tan Xiu devoted his whole life to learning, and he knew that he was not as good as Tan Xiu in this regard.

Tan Xiudao: "The foolish brother thinks that the people who can come up with this type of question are by no means idle people, and the test questions may not be as simple as everyone thinks, but I hope those candidates can be cautious." ”

"I told them about this, and they shouldn't make careless mistakes."

Su Xu said, and smiled at Tan Xiu: "If the virtuous brother has nothing to do, we might as well find a tea shop to talk about, it just so happens that I have a lot of questions and want to ask the virtuous brother for advice." ”

......

And Guo Dan, the initiator of this qualification examination, is still sitting in the government office.

"You're not going to go to the exam room?"

Aunt Xu saw Guo Dan sitting under the big tree in the courtyard, and there was still a pile of materials on this side, and she had no intention of moving at all, so she couldn't help asking.

Guo Dan asked in surprise, "What am I going to do?" ”

Yes! What is he going to do? Aunt Xu smiled and asked again, "What are you looking at?" ”

"About the tax accounts of Kaifeng Province."

"Already worked it out?"

"It's only partial."

Guo said lightly: "After deducting all the tax-exempt land, including the tax I exempted from the people, I have collected more than seventy percent of the grain tax, you can imagine how many taxes they miss every year, and those officials can still collect so many taxes every year, which is really outrageous." ”

Aunt Xu said: "That means that the people pay more miscellaneous taxes, which is not good news for you." ”

Guo Dan had to praise: "The layman is really witty, more than seventy percent of the grain tax, but only accounted for thirty percent of the total tax income, such as the head tax of the service tax, basically all exempted, no matter how many landlords of the land, they only need to pay one service tax, and most landlords are exempt from the service tax." ”

Aunt Xu said: "In other words, there is a shortage of eight or nine hundred thousand taels in Kaifeng Mansion alone?" ”

"Almost!" Guo Dan nodded.

Aunt Xu said: "Even if the academy can make money, it will take a certain amount of time. ”

Guo Dan nodded and smiled: "Fortunately, the operation of the government is surprisingly slow now, and it will take them nearly half a year to pay the tax to the imperial court." ”

Aunt Xu said: "You plan to use this year's tax amount to make up for last year's income." ”

"Exactly."

Guo smiled lightly: "Everyone has to build an academy this year, as long as everyone finds a livelihood, then they all have to pay taxes, and I control a large number of minerals and land, minerals can be sold to Weihui Mansion, and the land is used for the academy, then it should be enough, as long as you can survive this year, it will be much easier next year." ”

He played with a time difference, he was efficient, and the government's efficiency was too slow, so he had a chance.

He didn't plan to make any money in the first year, as long as he stabilized.

Because the situation of Kaifeng Mansion is completely different from Weihui Mansion, the reason why Weihui Mansion can make a profit so quickly is because Guo Dan used Luwang Mansion to quickly make Weihui Mansion from a small peasant state capital to a capital state capital, and it is unique to the entire Ming Dynasty, which attracts a lot of investment.

The college economy and the vassal economy cannot be achieved overnight, it is a long-term layout, and this has to be done slowly.

......

The white horse passed through the gap, and the two hours passed quickly, and the candidates came out one after another, all of them were full of energy, and none of them had the slightest fatigue on their faces.

It's as easy as they imagined.

At this time, Su Xu and Tan Xiu also came to the temple gate.

"Looks like everyone did well!"

Su Xu smiled and nodded.

Tan Xiu also smiled with satisfaction, "It seems that I am too worried." ”

Su Xu waved his hand and said, "You should worry about this kind of thing!" ”

"Master, Mr. Tan."

I saw a young man walk forward quickly and give them a deep look.

This person's name is Li Ming, he is Su Xu's apprentice grandson, and he will go to the imperial examination in a few years, so Su Xun asked him to come here to experience it.

Su Xu smiled and asked, "Ming'er, how did you do in the exam?" ”

"If you go back to Shigong, it should be pretty good." Having said that, the upturned corners of Li Ming's mouth had betrayed him.

Su Xu nodded with satisfaction.

Tan Xiu asked, "Is this topic difficult?" ”

"It's not a difficult topic at all."

Li Ming said: "It involves a lot of laws, and they are all in the form of cases, but as long as you memorize the clear laws, you will not make mistakes." ”

At this moment, I suddenly saw many candidates walking quickly towards the wall on the left side of the gate.

"What are they doing here?" Su Xu said curiously.

Li Ming asked a candidate passing in front of him, "Brother Ji, why are you going?" ”

The candidate surnamed Ji said, "I heard that the answer has been announced over there." ”

"Announcing the answer so soon?"

"It seems to be saying that this is done to show fairness."

After hearing this, Su Xu said to Tan Xiu: "Then let's go over and have a look." ”

"Brother Xian, please."

Before the words fell, I heard an exclamation from the crowd over there, "How can this question be X?" ”

"How is it two? Should you choose one? ”

"I think the answer must have been published incorrectly, and many of the questions are different from my answers."

......

When Su Xu and Tan Xiu heard this, they couldn't help but tighten their faces, and walked forward quickly, and those candidates saw the two of them coming, and immediately let them debut.

"The two elders came just in time, this answer is wrong!" One of the candidates excitedly pointed to a judgment question about interest on the test paper, and said: "This question has been carefully calculated, and the creditor should be awarded fifteen taels and one yuan with interest, and the monthly interest is not more than three points, which is obviously right, how can you hit X." ”

Tan Xiu glanced at the question, and immediately glared at the examinee: "You are embarrassed to say that I know very well in the law that no matter how long you borrow, the interest cannot exceed half of the principal, and the interest here is already more than one penny, but at most you can give the creditor a sentence of fifteen taels, which is of course wrong." ”

“......！”

"It's too cunning." One candidate complained.

Tan Xiu rolled his eyes angrily and said: "You are a lawyer, and you yourself are not even clear about the laws, how can you avenge the people." There is only one penny on this question, but in reality it may be ten taels or one hundred taels. ”

The candidate muttered, "In reality, the government doesn't care about this." ”

Tan Xiu couldn't help but feel a sadness in his heart when he heard this.

He is quite right, in fact, the government does not care at all, which state capital does not lend usury.

"Ming'er, you're ......!"

Su Xu just wanted to ask Li Ming if he had answered correctly, but when he turned his head, he saw that Li Ming was sweating profusely, and he understood this without asking.

However, Su Xu was not born to blame Li Ming, because what he cared about was different from Tan Xiu, Tan Xiu was concerned about knowledge and knowledge, and Tan Xiu was more disappointed. And Su Xu cares about the power behind this, and when he sees that everyone is very depressed, he will not lose.

There is no difference between everyone doing well in the exam and everyone relying poorly.

At this time, another brocade guard came over and pasted a piece of paper, only to see that it was an analysis of the answers, including the answers to the analysis questions.

Guo Dan was afraid that they would find trouble, he had already instructed him to give the answer after the exam, don't come to me, see for yourself, Lao Tzu has no time to deal with you.

The issue of interest is just as Tan Xiu said.

There was another wail.

"It turns out... It turns out that there is still a lawsuit for trampling on crops! ”

"What is the whole lawsuit? If you don't answer this point, you won't be given points? ”

"I'm even half right, and it's okay to give half of the points!"

Many candidates cried directly.