Lin Haoran took a sip of spicy water and wine, frowned with this spicy energy, and then replied: "Qin Minglei is in charge of the matter of cutting the rice of the sect, and I have been busy with the matter of cultivating the rites recently!" ”

Xu Wei's fat face flashed with a hint of disdain, and he immediately commented: "I'm afraid this Lei Zhuangyuan can't do this!" ”

Because Qin Minglei picked up the title of a champion because of the word "thunder", although everyone would not ridicule him in person, the nickname of "Lei Champion" was widely spread.

"How so?" Lin Haoran put down the wine glass gently, knowing that Xu Wei would not be untargeted, and asked suspiciously.

Xu Wei poured the wine jug and poured wine for Lin Haoran, and explained: "He can't tell the current situation at all! The day before yesterday, he also came to the repair and inspection hall of the Hanlin Academy, asking us to post another article on the disadvantages of the sect, saying that it was to encourage the scholars to build momentum for the reduction of the sect's domain! ”

Lin Haoran was slightly stunned, but he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, he didn't expect Qin Minglei to make such a move.

Qin Minglei's point of force is obviously wrong, and the public opinion of the scholars will not affect the decision of Emperor Jiajing, who lives in Xiyuan, at all, but will push up the expectations of the scholars to reduce the rice of the sect, which will only make him more embarrassed at that time.

Lin Haoran didn't want to comment too much on this colleague, so he changed the topic and said: "I heard Wang Honghai say that your authority in the editorial department of the Hanlin Academy is not as good as before, and you have argued with others several times because of the selection of articles?" ”

Xu Wei didn't deny it, nodded lightly, but picked up the wine glass and said to Lin Haoran: "So this time it's more than you!" I can just take this opportunity to go out and relax, and at the same time I can see the results of Guangdong's opening of the sea! ”

Lin Haoran followed with a glass of wine in response, and said with a sincere wish: "Then I wish you a smooth journey!" ”

After the two of them drank wine, Xu Wei said half-jokingly: "You really have to wish me a smooth and smooth life!" If something happens to me presiding over the Guangdong Township Trial, I'm afraid you won't be able to get out of it! ”

In the list of chief examiners of the township examination in the two capitals and thirteen provinces finalized a few days ago, Xu Wei was designated as the chief examiner of this year's Guangdong township examination, and he is about to leave for Guangdong to preside over the township examination.

Lin Haoran was originally from Guangdong, and now he has pushed his friend Xu Wei in the same year to the position of the chief examiner of the Guangdong Township Examination. Once the fraud case is found in Guangdong Township, not only Xu Wei will be in trouble, but Lin Haoran will also be implicated to a certain extent.

"My move is not only for the sake of Guangdong's scholars to produce some real talents, but also for my Ming Dynasty to have a few more capable officials, what is it to bear this risk?" Lin Haoran put down the wine glass and responded indifferently.

Xu Wei watched Lin Haoran lift himself up like this, and even more pressured to get this good job for himself, and his heart was also slightly moved.

He silently poured wine for Lin Haoran, and when he looked up, he saw Gui Gong walking back alone, and immediately complained dissatisfiedly: "Why hasn't Miss Cuizhu come down yet?" ”

"Master Xu, Miss Cuizhu said that she would not see guests tonight! Why don't you change the little one for another girl? Turtle Gong's face showed embarrassment, and he proposed in a low voice.

Xu Wei's brows furrowed slightly, he took out a silver ingot from his arms and threw it over, and ordered with a calm face: "Let her come down quickly!" ”

"Master Xu, this is not a matter of silver, Cuizhu said that there will be no guests tonight!" The turtle prince greedily took the ingot of silver, but carefully put the silver back on the table and repeated.

Xu Wei's brows furrowed even deeper, and he waved his hand and said, "You go up and tell Miss Cuizhu that I will leave Beijing tomorrow, and I want to see him for the last time tonight!" ”

Lin Haoran picked up the wine glass, looked at the scene in front of him quietly, and found that Xu Wenchang, who was usually very arrogant, seemed to be quite interested in this girl named Cuizhu.

"Still standing and doing something!" Xu Wei looked at Gui Gong standing hesitantly in place, and even lowered his face and scolded.

The turtle man was taken aback, so he hurriedly went upstairs, and it didn't take long for the turtle to come down and say: "Master Xu, Miss Cuizhu said that it is inconvenient to come down tonight to meet the guests, and I want to invite you upstairs to talk!" ”

Xu Wei hesitated for a moment, and said apologetically to Lin Haoran: "Senior brother, please wait here for a while, I will go up and say a few words to Miss Cuizhu and come back!" ”

"Go ahead!" Lin Haoran glanced at him strangely and responded with a reasonable appearance.

Xu Wei hurriedly went upstairs, and it was still noisy.

Lin Haoran is rarely like he is in a quiet environment tonight, he is no longer the focus of the crowd, and he can quietly observe the people and things behind him. found that the old wine here tasted good, so he asked Xiao Er to send another pot and sit here alone and pour it himself.

Lin Fu sat at the adjacent table with a few guards drinking and eating, pretending not to know Lin Haoran, but his eyes were always paying attention to the movements around him, but he suddenly stared at the side of the stairs.

"The current situation is not as good as it was at the beginning, and the imperial court's reduction of the rice of the sect should be slowly figured out! For example, in the Chengzu period, cutting the feudal domain was a small matter in one sentence, not to mention cutting off the military power of the twenty-six feudal kings, even if they didn't give them a grain of rice, these feudal kings didn't even dare to put a fart! The old scholar came alive again, and was there again talking loudly.

Lin Haoran knew that most of the current scholars were mediocre people who talked about it, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head gently.

Zhu Di's reduction of the feudal domain also faced some resistance, but during the period of Emperor Jianwen, the guards of the vassal kings had been cut, and even many vassal kings were released by Zhu Di from the prison, which made it easy for him to solve this matter.

If Emperor Jianwen had not done a lot of work to reduce the feudal domain in advance, Zhu Di would have faced no less resistance than Emperor Jianwen in the face of the twenty-six vassal kings with a complete guard, and he would even be killed by a certain vassal king.

In the past few days, he has often looked through the history books, and the biggest experience is that the reform that seems simple in hindsight is actually facing great resistance, and there are opposition voices all the time, and the reform in each period is moving forward with a heavy load.

Like the famous military reform - Hufu cavalry shooting.

Because the hunting battle of the Hufu with narrow sleeves and short jackets was far better than the traditional Chinese clothing with wide clothes and long sleeves, when it was promoted in the army, it was faced with the disobedience of the soldiers and the protest of the scholars and doctors who moved out of the Zhou rites and the ancestral system.

Now if you want to promote the reform of the Ming Dynasty and want to reduce the rice of the Zongfan, whether it is in the Zhu Di period or now, it is impossible to avoid the resistance and opposition voices.

Reformers can only have a chance of success if they carry it out without hesitation, break through these layers of resistance and quell these opposing voices.

Lin Fu no longer pretended not to know Lin Haoran, but took the initiative to come over and report: "Uncle Nineteen, Lord Xu has just gone downstairs, and there is a woman chasing behind him, and he has already gone to the courtyard behind!" ”

Lin Haoran's brows immediately frowned, and he put down his wine glass and said, "Let's go over and take a look!" ”