When Xu Jie told Zhang Siwei about the regulations, Xu Jie called Yan Ne because of the plan, and it was destined that the matter of the plan would not be a secret.

By the end of the evening, the news had spread throughout the streets and alleys of Beijing, and it immediately became the hottest topic.

Since this year is the year of the big competition, not only the candidates who took the township examination, but also many scholars will also come to the capital to join in the fun, and these idle scholars have heated discussions in restaurants, restaurants and inns.

Faced with this regulation, which Xu Jie regarded as clever, the scholars' reactions were mixed.

"Just cut off their titles, why bother and give them compensation, this plan is really fucked!" This is standing and talking without backache.

"If you want me to say, this Lin Shilang is still too conservative, why do you want the sect people to be willing to cut off a batch directly, and dare to say nothing after giving them compensation?" This is for fear that the world will not be chaotic.

"I can't say that, this is a tricky matter, and now is the best solution that can be accepted by both parties!" This is a profound righteousness.

This is the case many times, and some people naturally hope that Lin Haoran can make bold moves, and take it for granted that they should do what to do, but only by being in that position can they understand the difficulty of doing things.

Just like the trolls of later generations, as long as they catch a point that they think is right, they will attack wildly. As everyone knows, many things that seem imperfect are the result of compromise after many wrestles.

Lin Haoran's ability to go from "not cutting the knight" to "indirectly cutting the knight" is already a great progress, and it is also a full embodiment of his ruling wisdom.

"You only know how to fart, you can really cut the knight, and Lei Zhuangyuan won't be disgraced! The plan proposed by my teacher is 10,000 times stronger than what your pig's head thinks! ”

In public opinion in the capital, there must be not only reason, but also people.

Whether it is Lin Haoran's image as a model for the world's scholars, or his reputation as a bamboo gentleman, or his group of disciples in Shuntian Mansion, he is not short of people.

After taking advantage of the reason, although some people wanted to fan the flames to attack Lin Haoran behind their backs, they were fiercely pushed back by the scholars led by Meng Zhao and other disciples.

It is precisely because of this that when Lin Haoran threw out a new plan, the expected public opinion offensive did not appear, or was strangled in the cradle by Lin Haoran and his disciples.

However, whether this plan can pass the cabinet or not, there are already certain variables in the matter, and the result of the discussion between Xu Jie and Yan Ne is unknown, and no one knows whether Xu Jie will send the plan back to the Ministry of Rites.

As night fell, the lanterns in front of the Lin Mansion were already hung high.

As long as Lin Haoran is at home, there is almost no free day. For some old acquaintances, even if they don't have time to meet tonight, they have to be postponed until tomorrow night to find some time to meet.

In this era, the housekeeper actually plays the role of a secretary, arranging who will come to see him when he will come, and Lin Jinyuan's status has risen.

Because they are all members of their own family, and the Changlin family has a large amount of collective wealth, even if Lin Jinyuan does not accept bribes, he is quietly stuffed with tens of thousands of taels of silver and many objects.

Lin Jinyuan led the two merchants dressed in silk and satin to the study, and the two of them respectfully bowed, and then stood down carefully in their seats.

The people who came were Li Yunhu of Shuyazhai and Huang Dafu of Zhujiang Clock, who were resolutely the number one businessmen in the capital.

Li Yunhu's Shuyazhai relied on the east wind of "Talking about the Past and the Present", coupled with the financial support of the United Business Group, its stores have spread to all important prefectures and cities in the Ming Dynasty, becoming the largest chain bookstore in the Ming Dynasty.

In terms of content construction, it has always been a fifty-fifty share for the original creator. As a result, many scholars devoted themselves to creation, and they were proud to cooperate with Shuyazhai, and many scholars became "ten thousand two households".

In terms of printing quality, it is a few streets away from other bookstores, and the copper printing that costs more than 100,000 taels has always been something that Guozijian Engraving Workshop is proud of, but Shuyazhai's copper plate printing is stronger than Guozijian Engraving Workshop.

Huang Dafu handed over the business of Guangdong salt to his younger brother to take care of, and he saw the opportunity of the "divine object" of the Pearl River clock, but he personally took up the business of the joint business group.

After easily opening the Guangdong market led by Guangzhou and Leizhou, he chose to quickly expand the market in the north, not only bringing Zhujiang watch stores to Hangzhou, Suzhou and Yangzhou, but also personally coming to the capital to open up the market.

The price of clocks and watches is often thousands of taels, and the most expensive ones reach 10,000 taels, which is not something that ordinary people can afford. Although Jiangnan is very wealthy, the largest market for clocks and watches is still in the capital, and these powerful officials and their children are potential customers.

Thanks to the publicity effect of King Yu's summoning of the Nanyang envoys, the monthly sales volume of Zhujiang watches reached more than 100,000 taels, and the income from maintenance and other activities also reached tens of thousands of taels.

Lin Haoran, who was wearing home clothes, didn't talk too much about business matters, but more often met and chatted with each other, but took the initiative to say with concern: "Li Siguang is in time, right?" ”

"Lord Laurin is concerned, he has sent a letter a few days ago, and he has returned to Guangzhou safely and soundly, and the letter says that he has passed the scientific examination!" Li Yunhu arched his hand, looking a little proud.

Later generations thought that the children of merchants could not participate in the imperial examination, but there was actually a deep misunderstanding.

Zhu Yuanzhang divided the people of the whole country into people, soldiers, craftsmen, stoves, etc., but did not set aside "merchants", and the provisions of the "Da Ming Law" are: prostitutes, excellent, subordinates, pawns and their descendants are not allowed to enter the examination and donate to prison.

It is precisely for this reason that the Ming Dynasty did not explicitly stipulate that "the children of merchants cannot participate in the imperial examination", but it drilled this loophole for businessmen.

The status of merchants is low, which is actually relative to ordinary people, but their money plays a lot of roles, and it has already affected the local palm seals.

They only need to bite the fact that they are "people", then their children are naturally eligible to participate in the imperial examination, and even local officials cannot prevent them from participating in the imperial examination.

Like Wang Chonggu and Zhang Siwei, they are both children of Jin salt merchants, but they have not been harassed, even if they have become officials, no one has made a fuss about this identity.

Lin Haoran nodded lightly, but said with emotion: "According to your situation, Li Siguang shouldn't have made such a trip, but the law of the imperial court is like this, and this official can't help!" ”

"Your Excellency doesn't have to take it to heart, the legal system of the court is like this, we should follow it! It's just that the Ming system does add problems to our merchants, if Li Siguang has any accidents on the way, what do you say I should do! Li Yunhu patted the palm of the other hand with one hand and shook his head helplessly.

"This official has thought about compiling people like you into business registration, so that your children can participate in the local imperial examination, but ......" Lin Haoran took a sip of tea and said seriously: "If this case is opened, I am afraid that many people will take advantage of this loophole, and then go to other places to participate in the scientific examination in a high-sounding manner, thus losing the principle of local fairness!" ”

Nationality actually has two meanings, nationality refers to the place where you pay grain and labor, or the place where your profession bears the salt tax and the silver of craftsmen; Guan, refers to the place where your family has lived for generations.

The imperial examination has a very strict review system for the place of origin, especially the difficulty of the imperial examination in the two provinces and thirteen provinces, and the Northern Zhili will prevent candidates from impersonating the Southern Zhili, Zhejiang and Fujian.

Li Yunhu has been operating in the capital for two generations, his wife is a person from Beizhili, and his son Li Siguang grew up in the capital since he was a child.

However, according to the current system of the Ming Dynasty, Li Siguang could only return to Guangdong, where he was from his hometown, to participate in the imperial examination, which not only aggravated the cost of the imperial examination, but also increased the great risk.

"A man is a man of great wisdom! Unless the adult is in the auxiliary position, the implementation of this law now will definitely give someone a loophole, but it is very inappropriate! Li Yunhu arched his hand towards Lin Haoran, but glanced at Huang Dafudao.

Huang Dafu has been beside him, watching Li Yunhu glance at him, and immediately complained: "Shopkeeper Li, what do you think I do?" ”

"Do you still want to keep it a secret?" Li Yunhu's face was slightly cold, but it was authentic.

When Lin Haoran heard this, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Huang Dafu, only to see that Huang Dafu looked very twisted, but he didn't know what Huang Dafu was hiding from him.

"I ......" Huang Dafu was originally a bold salt lord, but at this time he looked like he was spitting out, and finally said with a heart: "My lord, I didn't let my son Huang Xiaoguan go back to Guangdong to participate in the imperial examination, but let him ...... I'm impersonating in Suncheonfu! ”

Impostor, this is not a new word.

Due to the serious imbalance in educational resources in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and the Ming Dynasty's adoption of the north-south roll model, scholars from many provinces with rich educational resources repeatedly went to remote provinces to impersonate their nationality.

Like Zhejiang, where the prodigies grab a handful, there are many scholars like dogs, and Xu Wei has repeatedly failed, but some remote provinces can be literate and hyphenation, and the threshold for lifting people is even more abnormal and can be used in high school.

Not only is the township test in front of you, but when it comes to the entrance examination, if the province of impersonation belongs to the northern volume, there is no need to compete with the group of academic tyrants in the southern volume, and the probability of the middle jinshi will be greatly increased.

Although the competition in the Shuntian Township Examination is not small, there are 135 people in its quota, and the degree of competition is lower than that of Nanzhili, and it belongs to the northern volume in the examination, so Beizhili is a high-incidence area of impersonation.

Lin Haoran heard that Huang Dafu actually asked his son to impersonate himself to participate in the Shuntian Township Examination, but he couldn't help but smile slightly bitterly.

When he was appointed as the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, he had actually noticed this situation, and found that the capital had already formed a perfect gray industrial chain, and many people made profits through this kind of thing.

The people who run this thing are all local landlords, who make up their identities through certain villages, forge identities for scholars from other places, and then make registers in Wanping and Daxing counties.

"My lord, I just want my Huang family to be able to raise people, and even be able to enter high school, so that the lintel can be glorious...... We will be able to help you in the future! Huang Dafu knew that it was inappropriate, but he explained carefully.

Li Yunhu had long been dissatisfied in his heart, and at this time, with Lin Haoran's power, he condemned: "You are clearly Hu Lai, I have harmed your son like this, it is better to get him a donation!" ”

"Donating a life will be looked down upon, and it won't help adults!" Huang Dafu glanced at Lin Haoran cautiously, watched Lin Haoran sipping tea, and immediately muttered.

Li Yunhu looked at him and still did not repent, so he continued to preach: "You are doing this to give people a handle, if your son really wins, and people use this to blackmail you, what should you do?" ”

When Lin Haoran heard this, he looked at Huang Dafu thoughtfully.

Li Yunhu's words are not alarmist, like Zhang Jian, an industrialist in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, because the Qing Dynasty imperial examination stipulated that "cold nationality is not allowed to enter the office", at the age of fifteen, through the arrangement of his teacher Song Chen, he got acquainted with the Zhang family in neighboring Rugao County, and the Zhang family agreed that Zhang Jian pretended to be his own heir to sign up for school status.

Subsequently, sixteen-year-old Zhang Jian was admitted to Xiucai. In the days that followed, the Zhang family used this to threaten each other and continued to extort money from Zhang Jian's family, which made the Yin Shi family into debt.

At this time, Zhang Jian decisively chose to "surrender" to the official, demanding that his talent and fame be canceled and let him return to his hometown of Nantong.

"I ...... I'm sure I'll settle this matter! Huang Dafu was born in a salt lord, and his eyes flashed with a fierce expression.

Li Yunhu looked at him like this, but asked, "How do you settle it?" Are you trying to kill someone? Or do you want to give enough money to someone's house? ”

"I'm not reconciled, everyone else can impersonate, why can't I do it?" Huang Dafu is from an out-and-out poor background, but he has always had the idea of training his son to be an official in his heart, but he kept his head down.

When Li Yunhu heard this, he sighed secretly in his heart, this is actually the truth, and the phenomenon of impersonation in Beizhili is very common.

"He must have passed the scientific examination, right? I don't know if he took the test himself, or did you get it? Lin Haoran saw the obsession on Huang Dafu's body, so he asked seriously.

Huang Dafu's old face blushed slightly and said, "I...... In the name of my son, I gave Xu Yi silver! ”

When Li Yunhu heard that it was a scientific examination that he had only passed with money, his heart couldn't help but move slightly. Even if Huang Xiaoguan is allowed to participate in the Shuntianxiang exam, he will not be able to pass the exam, and Huang Dafu should figure it all out by then.

"I understand your thoughts, but this move is really inappropriate, it's not that you are wrong to do this for your son, but you are doing this to Huang Xiaoguan! It is very difficult to take the Tianxiang test and the Guangdong township test, if you don't want to be motivated, you won't be able to pass the test anywhere! If he can work hard, he will be able to win six yuan in a row like me! It's just that you did this, in case he raised six dollars in a row, what do you think will be the final result of this matter? Although Lin Haoran understands the thoughts of these people, after all, the fathers in this world are all looking forward to their sons Jackie Chan, but this is undoubtedly breaking the fairness of the imperial examination, but it is a firm position.

Huang Dafu was the most convinced of Lin Haoran in his life, and when he heard Lin Haoran's explanation, sweat flowed down his forehead, but he said in hindsight: "My lord, I know that I was wrong!" ”

After sending the two away, it was almost curfew, and no one usually came to visit again.

Lin Haoran arrived in the west courtyard, Hua Yingrong's interest seemed to be good, and she was stroking the qin to the moon in the pavilion. Since no one came to disturb again, people brought refreshments, and the two chatted with Yue.

Since both of them are smart people, they can talk from the tea table to the bed.