As for whether to return to the sect, Lin Yanchao has no obsession in his heart, this is probably the idea of every traverser, the modernization process, everyone is migrating, and after taking root in which city, people in which city often have the idea of which city.

As for the next generation, they are even more indifferent to these concepts of origin.

But there is a way that the tree is thousands of feet high, and the fallen leaves return to the roots.

Why Chinese Americans who have been overseas for many years do not forget to go home to find their roots and ask their ancestors, this is probably the reason.

Therefore, when Lin Yanchao came to this era, he just followed the customs of the villagers, and he may not attach so much importance to this matter, but for the people of Linjia Village in Qiantang, they all have the expectation of returning to their ancestors in their hearts.

So Lin Yanchao agreed.

Now in the letter, Lin Yanchao already knew that the Shuixi Lin family had agreed to let the Lin family return to the sect, and the old man Lin was very happy. This time, the Shuixi Lin family had children who went to Beijing to take the exam, and the old man Lin wrote a letter to ask Lin Yanchao to take care of it.

Lin Yanchao thought that he could still take it in, but now he is a bachelor and an official in the palace, so he still has to avoid suspicion.

But it's not good to put them in a guild hall, it's not hospitality.

So after thinking about it, Lin Yanchao discussed with Lin Qianqian, it is not good to live in the house of the Lin family in Lianpu, so it is better to use money to buy a house near the left side of the residence of Guozi Prison, and prepare to be the first in the future.

Lin Qianqian agreed, and soon looked at the house and bought the land, and the new house cost more than 100 taels of silver, which was neither expensive nor cheap in Beijing.

The house is an old house, and if you want to use it as an official's residence, you need to renovate it, but if you are not serious, you can deal with it. After buying this house, tidy up a little, add some furniture or something, and let people live in it first.

This time finally fulfilled Lin Yanchao's desire to buy a house in the capital.

In case a few hundred years later, Xiao N Yanchao was at a loss for the housing prices in Beijing, and suddenly his father took a house deed and told him that our family has an ancestral courtyard in Beijing, and in Guozijian, it is the ancestral house handed down by Grandpa Zu Zu N...... The moment you heard the news, were you cool? Do you feel like you're living in a dream? Don't worry about having no girlfriends in the future?

Hey, Lin Yanchao thought to himself again, it would be good if I had such a good life before I crossed, and I still have to look at the leader's face all day long? Inexistent.

As for the more than 100 taels of silver, for Lin Yanchao, no, it is Lin Qianqian's net worth, it is not worth a few dollars at all. I don't know why Lin is shallow and picky on weekdays, but she has always been generous when it comes to investing in such fixed assets.

But these are all floating clouds, and there is a big thing to do for Lin Yanchao at the moment.

Lin Yanchao put down the letter, and someone outside came to say: "Master Guo has arrived." ”

Lin Yanchao said happily when he heard this: "Please!" ”

Lin Yanchao came out of the house and welcomed Guo Zhengyu into the house.

"Sir!" Guo Zhengyu said with a smile, "The New Year is approaching, and the students have brought some local products to the door. ”

Lin Yanchao said: "There are still so many false etiquette between you and me, by the way, did I apply the ointment I brought you last time, and did the leg pain get better when it was cloudy?" ”

Guo Zhengyu stroked his leg and smiled: "It's much better." ”

The two chatted for a while.

Lin Yanchao said with a straight face at the moment: "I have one thing I want you to do." ”

Guo Zhengyu said without hesitation at the moment: "If there is anything, sir, just say it, the student will definitely serve." ”

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but be moved, he has experienced so many things, but some people will never change.

So Lin Yanchao and Guo Zhengyu confessed.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, there are more and more students who come to Beijing to take the exam.

Lin Xin arrived in Beijing on this day, and he was holding a letter from home.

Traveling with Lin Xin, there are also two subordinates from his hometown.

Lin Xin was just raised in the autumn of this year, he is a son of the Lin family in Shuixi, and he is also the nephew of Lin Ruchu, who is now a student in Guangdong.

The subordinate said to Lin Xin: "Young master, this Lin Sanyuan heard that it is a side branch of our Shuixi Lin clan, this time after hearing that he won the champion, he returned to the sect, is he clinging to our Lin family?" ”

Lin Xin said: "It's okay for you to talk to me about this at home, but don't talk about it when you say it." Although the uncle was appointed as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites and the governor passed through the warehouse, it was already when Jiajing Ye was in time. ”

"Uncle is currently the superintendent of Guangdong, and Lin Xuegong was the prefect at the beginning, and there is no connection between the two sides.

The next said: "Young master, but I suddenly have more relatives, and I still muttered in my heart." ”

Lin Xin said: "Yes, it is said that it is already a return to the sect over there, but there has been no contact with each other for several generations, and it is inconvenient to rush to the past." ”

"Take a look, Lin Jiaken's solid hospitality is the best, if not, I will go to live in the old mansion left by Bogong when he was an official in Beijing, or live in the guild hall. It's just that there isn't much silver to bring to the capital, so you have to save some money. ”

The subordinate said in a low voice: "Young master, don't worry, I still have a few golden beans sewn in my trouser pocket, which were secretly stuffed to me by my wife when you went to Beijing to catch the exam." ”

Lin Xin smiled and said, "Okay, you, you won't tell me about this until you get to Beijing." ”

Another subordinate smiled: "He is afraid that the young master will take the money and spend it again." ”

Lin Xin snorted, and then several people came to the vicinity of Guozijian together, and then asked someone to inquire about the mansion of Governor Lin.

As soon as I inquired about it, he sneered: "There is only Shuntian Mansion Yin in the capital, where did Governor Lin come from." ”

The subordinate said: "No, the Mo Feilin family gave our young master a fake place to live." ”

Lin Xin said: "As long as your heart and eyes are crooked, ask again." ”

After asking for a long time, someone informed: "You're talking about Bachelor Lin, he is no longer the prefect, and now he is a bachelor of Hanlin Academy." ”

As soon as these words came out, Lin Xin gasped. The attendant of the Hanlin Academy talked about how to get a bachelor, and he knew it. When Lin Yanchao was the prefect, his uncle was the inspector with the same rank on both sides, but the superintendent was more expensive than the prefect.

But the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy is different, it is the noble of the noble.

He followed the guidance of passers-by to the Lin Mansion.

But seeing that the Zhu door was half-closed, there were stone lions standing on the left and right sides of the mansion, and the two men were sitting on the benches in front of the door chatting.

The subordinates on the side said: "Young master, how big is this Lin Sanyuan official, he actually has a magnificent house." ”

Lin Xin said: "Don't talk too much, this is not the hometown of the marquis, there are many high-ranking officials and eunuchs in the capital, don't be embarrassed." ”

The two subordinates didn't speak, and then Lin Xin stepped forward and handed over the post to inform him that he was a relative in his hometown, and then stuffed the door bag.

Hearing this, the subordinate smiled and said: "It turns out that someone from my hometown is here, I'll just report it, and I won't accept this bag." ”

After saying that, I returned.

Before Lin Xin went to Beijing, his family kept telling him to follow the rules, and this handing bag was one of them, but the Lin Mansion did not accept it. Lin Xin was very surprised, thinking that the atmosphere in Beijing has been practiced from time to time, or it is too little.

Soon the subordinate said to Lin Xin: "The master is in the office, he should be back soon, please stay in the hall." ”

The subordinate muttered, no one came out to greet him, and asked the young master to wait, where is this reason.

Lin Xin didn't say anything, and entered the door as he said, and his two subordinates were led to the sedan hall to rest.

Lin Xin entered the living room, and the people of the Lin Mansion immediately served him tea. He took a sip of tea, the tea was good tea, but he didn't dare to drink more. He didn't know how long he would have to wait, and if he drank too much, he would ask someone for fear of being laughed at.

It is said that he is also an otaku who studies at home all day long, and his ears don't listen to things outside the window, and it is the first time he has come to Beijing for thousands of miles, and he sees that the rules of the Lin Mansion are different everywhere, and he is also worried about being looked down upon, so he sits cautiously.

After waiting for a while, a scholar in his twenties walked in.

Lin Xin heard the voice, this person is about the same age as himself, but he is also a person, I heard that his surname is Sun, and he used to be a staff member of the Lin Mansion, and his subordinates treated him very politely.

This Sun Juren also sat down, and Lin Xin took the initiative to smile and nod with him according to the courtesy given by his family, which was considered to have said hello.

Lin Xin looked at the person in front of him, the other party was mediocre, there was nothing outstanding, and he didn't take it to heart.

Soon several people came from outside the house.

One of them saluted Lin Xin first: "Under the door of Mr. Tao Wangling, Mr. will go to the Han Yuan to discuss matters, it is estimated that there will be a while, Brother Lin is a distinguished guest from Mr.'s hometown, please sit down for a while."

Lin Xin learned that these people were Lin Yanchao's protégés, and this Tao Wangling had a great reputation, he was a famous talent in Zhejiang, and the Tao family was a generation of ministers, no less than his Shuixi Lin family.

Lin Xin immediately returned the salute and agreed, and then several other protégés of Lin Yanchao also greeted him.

Several other protégés are also dragons and phoenixes among people, which makes Lin Xin can't help but be a little fascinated, and he has the idea of 'I have been in Fujian for many years, and I have only known people when I am conceited, but today I compare with them, and I know that there are people outside the people'.

At the same time, I think that several students are like this, Lin Yanchao must be extraordinary, they are all today's scholars, if you can learn from them, your knowledge will definitely make great progress.

So Lin Xin pricked up his ears on the side and listened to what they were saying.

But after entering the door, these protégés talked to the person surnamed Sun, and they all respected this person, even Tao Wangling, who seemed to be arrogant.

Everyone in the hall was chatting a few words, not talking about the imperial examination, but talking about current affairs.

revolves around the previous flood of the Yellow River, as well as the border affairs in Yunnan, and the unquiet border of Sichuan, and everyone talks about it.

The topic is relevant to current affairs, which is a little anxious for Lin Xin, and he can't sleep and can't interject.

However, Sun Juren noticed him, so he chatted a few words about the scientific expedition.

Seeing Sun Juren asking, Lin Xin couldn't help but say: "Brother Sun, a few brothers, the disadvantages of acupuncture are really refreshing, but there is something unclear below, the spring is coming, why are you keen to talk about current affairs without using the scriptures?" ”

Sun Juren said with a smile: "Brother Lin doesn't know, I wait for Mr. Xi's learning, Mr. Xi's learning is mainly based on merit, and advocates that the scriptures should be used in current affairs and applied to the world." In fact, he was sitting in a well and watching the sky, talking about himself, and the emptiness of what he talked about made Brother Lin laugh. ”

Lin Xin said: "I don't dare to be, and my little brother doesn't know anything about current affairs." It's just that the younger brother wants to have something to say, and he is not in his position and does not seek his own politics, which is really incomprehensible. ”

A scholar on the side said with a smile: "Brother Lin's words are wrong, since he said that he is not in his position and does not seek his own politics, but why did he think about strategy in the spring?" Isn't the policy just for me and other readers to be concerned about the major issues of people's livelihood? ”

Lin Xin was silent, and the examination of strategy was a formality in the imperial examination. No one wants you to write any insights. Therefore, the lifters all worked hard in the first three days and two nights of three questions and four books, four questions and five scriptures.

Lin Xin argued with reason: "Brother Yuan, this statement is reasonable, since Wang Jinggong changed the law to use scriptures to win scholars, the imperial court has used scriptures and righteous articles to select scholars for many years, as for book judgments, strategies are dispensable. This is not to say that we do not discuss, but to discuss it for the sake of the officials, isn't it more realistic? ”

Tao Wangling said: "Brother Lin doesn't know yet, there was a saying in the newspaper yesterday that there were officials in the court who wrote to ask for it, and the change day only uses the law of the scriptures and righteousness to take the scholars, but to pay equal attention to the scriptures and righteousness, and the court ministers are already talking about it." Soon, the scholars are afraid that they will also be discussing. ”

Lin Xin was shocked when he heard this, there was still such a thing.

Indeed, such a discussion is also unfolding in the Hanlin Academy.

This matter is like this from beginning to end, just when the Chinese New Year is approaching, Guo Zhengyu, the director of the Ministry of Rites, suddenly played the Son of Heaven, and implored the Ministry of Rites next year to try to change the practice of focusing on the first game, change the third game to the second game, and then the first and second games will be repeated.

As soon as this incident came out, several officials also wrote to express their agreement.

The officials in the court also clearly saw that the people who waved their flags and shouted here were all members of the 'meritorious party', that is, young officials who talked about 'meritorious service' and 'forestry studies' in the court on weekdays.

The number of these officials is only a few, which is not worth mentioning, but since the 'forestry leader' Lin Yanchao was appointed as a bachelor, it is a little different.

However, everyone still didn't care, it was almost the New Year at this time, and no one in the yamen thought about the test in March next year, and such a discussion would probably wait until after the first month, when the yamen opened the seal.

But unexpectedly, the Son of Heaven suddenly issued an order, and the matter was discussed by the Hanlin Yuan and the Ministry of Rites, and then submitted to the Imperial Court respectively.

In this way, everyone has to pay attention to it, isn't it also the holy will here?

Therefore, on this day, all the scholars, including the Shujishi, reviewed, edited, revised, read and lectured, and all the scholars were there, and decided to discuss a constitution on this, and then report it to the Son of Heaven.

Everyone in the bachelor's hall discussed separately, and everyone Hanlin talked from time to time about looking at Lin Yanchao who was looking at the head.

Guo Zhengyu is half of Lin Yanchao's protégé, this is a well-known thing, did he make up this behind his back?

It is very likely that the idea of forestry lies in applying what has been learned, and that what has been learned can be applied to the world.

The four books and five classics in the first field are all scriptural topics, and as for the questions, they focus on application.

Therefore, if the advice can be adopted, it will definitely have a shock to the scholars of the imperial examination, which is beneficial to the study of merit, but it is not good for the scholars who were originally immersed in science.

What is the proposition of science, in the words of Donglin Academy, to explain 'non-Five Classics, the book of Confucius and Mencius is not read, and the book of Non-Lian, Luo, Guan, and Min is not taught'.

To put it bluntly, it is to pay attention to the elaboration of the scriptures, but in the history, son, and other books of the collection do not talk about, do not talk, do not learn.

So there used to be a joke about an old scholar in the Qing Dynasty, and the seventy-two disciples of Confucius were reciting backwards, but asked him who Sima Qian was? He didn't know, so he asked Sima Qian which discipline of Jinshi? When he heard that he was not a Jinshi, and after being punished, he showed disdain.

This cannot be blamed, because the historical records are not among the four books and the five classics.

The four books and five classics are the words of the sages, and later Cheng Zhu focused on elaboration or new wine in old bottles, and in a biased sentence, the ancients wrote a thousand words with their own understanding into eight thousand words.

Xunzi said that there was a queen of law, and he was scolded half to death.

Emperor Qin, Han Wu, Tang Sect and Song Ancestors are not as good as the three generations, what is there to learn? Do they have a little bit of Yao Shun?

Dong Zhongshu and Wang Anshi put forward their own thoughts, but they were almost expelled from the door, no, Wang Anshi has been expelled.

Therefore, from the perspective of Guo Zhengyu's heavy policy question, many Hanlin who are dedicated to science and religion have already smelled a hint of conspiracy.

Okay, you Lin Yanchao, at the age of twenty-five, you became a bachelor, not to mention, now you are actually in the court, by means of intervening in the imperial examination, secretly advocating meritorious deeds, and influencing the world's scholars, will you replace science in the future, seize power to replace science, and mind science will become the authentic Confucianism?

Your heart is already clear.

Are you dead when we old men are dead?

There is even Hanlin thinking to himself, any strategy is an excuse, you Lin Yanchao want to open the back door for your protégé in the exam, just say directly, don't take off your pants and fart.

In the discussion of the Hanlin Academy, there are already voices opposing the elevation of the third policy topic to the same position as the first field scripture topic. Of course, this is still due to Lin Yanchao's bachelor's status, and some people have openly opposed it on the spot.

Faced with this, Lin Yanchao sat silent on his face, and he was already a little surprised by everyone's opposition.

It was very difficult to reform and change the law, and it was also laborious to take the first small step of temptation, and he had expected such a situation.

Conservative or reform has always been a topic that cannot be escaped from politics.

There are pros and cons.

But conservatism is not necessarily bad, and reform is not necessarily good.

Chaotic reform will surely die, but if it is kept conservative, it will eventually be eliminated by the ever-changing world.

And Da Ming is facing such a situation.

Thinking of Hai Jui's original analogy, it is undoubtedly very appropriate.

The house is rotten and tinkered, it is meaningless, and it can only be remedied by changing the beams and columns, but if it is not replaced, the house collapses, not to mention, he will be stoned to death first, just like the big steps will pull the egg.

And it is meaningless to tinker with one person, and it is unrealistic to even pin expectations on the emperor, to hold up the world, count on any one person who can't do it, and if you want to find it, you have to find a group of people.

This is also the meaning of making a priest with scriptures.

And today I will break this hole and take this step! This is my territory, and I can't wait for noise!

In the face of the doubts below, Lin Yanchao's gaze swept over several Han Lin who were openly opposed in the discussion.

Unconsciously, the discussion was much quieter.

Lin Yanchao stood up and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this bachelor thinks that it is feasible to ask questions and tactics at the same time!" ”

That's right, I just threw it!

I'm here to set up a flag!

I don't dodge, I hide, that's what my opinion is?

Hanlin, who originally supported science, did not dare to look at Lin Yanchao, and several people retreated.

At this moment, a Hanlin stood up and said, "I am against it! ”