The list of examiners of the township examination in the two capitals and thirteen provinces has become the most concerned thing in the officialdom of the capital nowadays, and as these news spread, it caused an uproar.

"Isn't that nonsense? The examiners of the two capitals have already made a rule! ”

"I can't say that, I think it's good to break the rules!"

"I thought that the examiner of Liangjing had the least suspense, but I didn't want to have an accident!"

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In the face of the news that came out, the officials and scholars in the capital also discussed a lot, and there were many voices for and against, and there were many who were purely joining in the fun.

Although many old-fashioned factions bombarded Lin Haoran for engaging in incidents, Lin Haoran has always presented himself as a reformist, so that he has long given people an established perception, and this matter is not too out of line, but the criticism is not very strong.

Among these voices, no one criticized Lin Haoran for favoritism. After all, Zhang Ju is Xu Jie's protégé, and Yin Shidan is Li Chunfang's friend of the same year, and both of them have nothing to do with Lin Haoran.

In fact, according to their hearts, Zhang Juzheng and Yin Shidan are both Jinshi in the 26th year of Jiajing, and they are also officials of the Hanlin Academy, and they are specifically qualified to serve as the examiners of the Liangjing Township Examination.

If the chief examiner of the Liangjing Township Examination is replaced by these two officials, although it does not conform to the consistent appointment criteria, it is not too outrageous, so that the matter has not risen to the level of principle.

It is precisely because of this that this controversy did not show a one-sided trend, but the two sides insisted on their own opinions, making the selection of the chief examiners of the two capitals a new focus of discussion.

The time has quietly come to the end of the first month, it is the cold season of spring, which makes the pedestrians on the street shiver, so the whole capital seems to be a little depressed.

Huaishu Hutong, Xufu.

A sedan chair came in from outside, and Xu Jie, who was wearing thick clothes, got out of the sedan chair, and the original plan was to stay in Xiyuan tonight, but he chose to take turns with Li Chunfang and returned to his mansion.

"Dad, why did you come back all of a sudden?" The tall Xu Fan came out when he heard the news and asked in surprise.

Xu Jie didn't respond, but went straight to the study of the back house, took the tea from the housekeeper, and then asked Xu Fan lightly who followed in: "Regarding the candidate for the chief examiner of the Liangjing Township Examination, what is the rumor outside now?" ”

"What else, naturally there are people who don't think it's a big deal and want to break the rules! According to me, you don't have to pay attention to that kid at all, how can he be so nonsense! Xu Fan sat down on the chair next to him, looking disapproving.

Xu Jie held the teacup in his hand, glanced at him and said, "What do you know?" ”

"I'm not wrong!" Xu Fan met Xu Jie's gaze and responded wrongedly.

In his opinion, Daddy is an old-fashioned school, and he has not mentioned innovation since he came to power. Now that Lin Haoran is so foolish, naturally he can't let that kid get his way, and he must have to fall on that kid's face well.

Xu Jie held the lid of the tea in his hand and lightly splashed the hot tea, and sighed leisurely: "If it's really no, I'm afraid someone will hate me!" ”

"Zhang Taiyue? He's your student, isn't he? Xu Fan knew that his father valued Zhang Juzheng very much, but he said loudly with slight puzzlement.

Xu Jie took a sip of tea, raised his eyes and said lightly: "Yin Shidan!" ”

"Yin Shidan? What kind of thing is he, just a little Zuo Zanshan from the sixth grade, we need to be afraid of him? When Xu Fan heard that Daddy was referring to such a small person, he immediately disdainfully said.

Xu Jie held the lid of the tea and splashed the tea lightly, and reminded angrily: "He is Yuwang's teacher!" ”

Yin Shidan is a Jinshi in the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, elected as a Shujishi, the first to be reviewed by the Hanlin Academy, and the current is from the Liupin Zhan Mansion Zuo Zanshan. This was naturally an unimportant official position, but he was elected as a lecturer in the Yuwang Mansion in the forty-first year of Jiajing.

If in previous years, there was no need to pay attention to this little person at all. It's just that now King Jing has been sent to the fiefdom, and although King Yu has not been canonized as the crown prince, he is already a prince in the real sense.

Although he is a high-ranking first assistant, he has to take a long-term view, so he has to make some trade-offs. Between breaking the principle of appointing examiners in the Liangjing Township Examination and offending Yuwang's teacher Yin Shidan, it is very important.

Of course, there is actually a very important reason here, and Xu Jie needs time to judge.

"Dad, I don't know when this happened! Are you thinking too long-term? Xu Fan frowned slightly, and said incomprehensibly.

Xu Jie took a sip of tea and responded firmly: "People have no long-term worries, they must have near-term worries!" Yang Jiefu is a veteran of the four dynasties and the first assistant of the two dynasties, but what kind of fate did he end up in this dynasty? ”

"Dad, did you really let that kid get his wish?" Xu Fan knew that his father had always been cautious, but he asked unwillingly.

"Let's see how things develop! In fact, Lin Ruoyu made such a fuss, it didn't do him much good, even if I agreed to this plan, there would be no loss! Xu Jie put down the teacup, looking full of wisdom and authenticity.

It was in this matter that Lin Haoran was not the biggest beneficiary, which made him hesitate. He has never been an impulsive person, and judging the situation is his forte.

Just like back then, when he saw that the emperor was kind to Yan Song, he always chose to tolerate it, and he welcomed Yan Song in every way. When he found out that Jiajing began to dislike the elderly Yan Song, he chose to act decisively.

Now, instead of making a hasty decision, he wants to see how things evolve so that he can make the most beneficial decision.

Xu Fan suddenly remembered something, and immediately said seriously: "Dad, Uncle just sent a letter, saying that a rice merchant in Guangdong suddenly purchased 50,000 stone of rice from our family, and asked if there was any big movement between the DPRK and China?" ”

"Fifty thousand stones?" Xu Jie's brows immediately furrowed, this was not an amount that ordinary rice merchants could buy.

"They originally asked for 200,000 stones, but the uncle was worried about what would happen to the court, and he was worried that this Guangdong rice merchant would rob our rice store in turn, so he only sold them 50,000 stones!" Xu Fan added again.

Xu Jie held the tea cup in his hand and thought about it seriously, faintly feeling that this matter was not simple, but he didn't know what the problem was.

"Dad, how should we reply to Uncle?" Xu Fan looked at his father silently, and immediately asked again.

Xu Jie took a sip of tea and instructed: "You write back to tell your uncle that there has been no major movement in the DPRK and China recently, but let him keep the rice, sometimes the silver may not be stronger than the rice grain!" ”

"Okay, I got it!" Xu Fan even agreed to come down.

With the rise of his father's status, especially from the tenth year to the first assistant, their Xu family has become a veritable number one family in the southeast and even the entire Ming Dynasty, sitting on 200,000 acres of fertile land and the largest weaving mill in the southeast.

Although the wealth is not better than the Yan family in Jiangxi, it is not too much worse. The Yan family's fields are mainly in Jiangxi, and many of them are thin fields, but they are not as fertile as their Songjiang fields, not to mention that their Xu family also includes almost the entire Songjiang cotton workshop.

Xu Jie put down the teacup gently, but suddenly asked, "How is the retreat garden built?" ”