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The Lu family was in contact with the Japanese and sold illicit salt, and the news soon spread in Jiangling City.

The prefect Li Daren arbitrated the case and ordered the arrest of all the men, women and children of the Lu family, and all the family property was confiscated.

This move was praised by the elders of Jiangling, and while throwing vegetable leaves and spitting at the gate of Lufu, they had already enshrined Governor Li as the Great Master of Qingtian.

Of course, Governor Li can take people, but he can't really order the execution of the Lu family.

This matter is very important, and Governor Li wrote a note as soon as possible, and asked someone to take the post road to urgently submit it to Beijing.

Even with the fastest stagecoach, it takes ten days for each post station to change people and horses to Beijing. It will take at least a month to wait for the imperial court's approval to be sent back to Jingzhou.

Before that, what Governor Li had to do was to strengthen vigilance and ensure that there would be no problems with the prisoners.

After all, the Lu family is secretly with the Japanese invaders, although the eighteen Japanese have been killed, but who knows if there is any remaining party?

In case the remaining thieves are determined to try to rob the prison, it will be troublesome.

Therefore, Governor Li transferred some manpower from the county government to inspect the front of the prison with the government officials, working three shifts a day to ensure that nothing would go wrong.

Ning Xiu was more relaxed. After sending Qi Ling'er and Qi Baoguo away, he studied at home with peace of mind.

Anyway, now that the business is on the right track, it won't be much of a problem to have Shichiro and Shiro look at it. And Wen Shu is urgent. Next August will be the township test, and before that, there will be a scientific test. If he didn't get excellent results in these two exams, he would have to wait another three years, which he would never allow.

He is now not only fighting for himself, but also for Ling'er.

He personally promised Ling'er that he would marry her when he became a jinshi in the middle of the year. If you don't have Dengke, this face will be lost.

As for Sun Wufan, he went back to Wuchang. He stayed in Jingzhou for too long, and the family's business was short of people to take care of, so he went if he couldn't keep it.

Ning Xiu's only concern was the ledger.

It can be seen that a large part of the reason why Chu Wanglun is ruthless to tie him up, in addition to revenge, is for that account book.

If it was just an account book, he wouldn't be so afraid, like facing a great enemy, right? Could it be that there is another mystery in this ledger?

Ning Xiu would take out the account book every day to take a look, but no matter how he looked left or right, he couldn't see anything special.

Alas, let's put it aside for the time being, maybe I'll find it when I don't care?

Reading is about calmness, in other words, reading is about attitude.

Ning Xiu didn't have much of a problem with this, after all, he was a doctoral student in his previous life, and if he couldn't sit still, he wouldn't have been able to achieve such an achievement.

In addition, Xiao Xiucai left a solid basic skills, what Ning Xiu has to do is to strengthen his understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics, the words of the sages, and find a good angle to solve the problem, and write new ideas to the greatest extent.

Novelty is so important. The questions of the imperial examination are already fixed, and the scope of the questions is too small, so it is normal for duplicate questions to occur. Everyone's essays are the same, and it is naturally difficult for the examiner to choose.

If you can make a novel and unusual article at this time, it can definitely be a blockbuster.

Ning Xiu has an advantage in this regard. Good ideas are not something that can be imagined behind closed doors, but need to be well-informed.

And Ning Xiu is a traveler, and his knowledge of history and the world is higher than that of these Ming natives.

In addition, his mental age is much older than his peers, and he looks at problems more maturely. It's easy to come up with a good idea.

Of course, he still can't underestimate the enemy. After all, some views are very correct in the eyes of modern people, but they are not acceptable in feudal society. A person who accidentally writes a shocking opinion may have to be dissected as a demon vivisection.

Ning Xiu is not the kind of character who is not shocking and endless, everything still requires stability, at least it must be in line with the values of the Ming people.

Loyalty to the monarch and patriotism is the general policy that cannot be deviated from, and there will certainly be no problem in interpreting and extending around this theme.

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Kyoshi, Cabinet.

In the room, Zhang Juzheng was holding a piece of music and watching it. After a long time, he sighed and said to Zhang Siwei beside him: "Ziwei, take a look." ”

"Yes."

Zhang Siwei cautiously took the music and unfolded it.

The first few sentences were also stable, but the more he looked at it, the more shocked he became, and after reading it, his forehead was already full of beads of sweat.

"Taiyue Gong, if this matter is true, it can be regarded as the first major case after His Majesty succeeds to the throne."

Zhang Juzheng bowed his head slightly and said: "Yes, since the last year of Jiajing, I haven't heard any news of the Japanese invaders for more than ten years. Unexpectedly, in Jingzhou Mansion, far from the coast, there would be 18 vicious Japanese robbers. ”

Zhang Juzheng sighed with emotion, Jingzhou is located in the hinterland and not near the sea, and the fact that the Japanese can sneak into Jingzhou is enough to prove that the checkpoints in the Ming Dynasty are in vain, and the armor protection system exists in name only.

If it weren't for Ning Xiu being tied up this time, I'm afraid no one would have known that the Lu family had raised more than a dozen widows!

Zhang Siwei said with a sad face: "If what Li Rui said is true, then Lu Youan really deserves to die." He not only fornicated with the Japanese coquents, but also bribed the officials of the salt factory to resell and sell illicit salt, and disrupted our Ming Salt Law, which is an unforgivable crime! ”

Zhang Siwei hurriedly expressed his attitude, but Zhang Juzheng did not answer.

He got up and paced a few steps with his hands behind his back, and then said quietly: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh." It seems that a simple thing is really difficult to deal with. ”

He shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Everyone says that I am Zhang Jiangling in the limelight, but who knows that I am anxious." ”

Zhang Siwei hurriedly said: "Taiyue Gong take care of your body, you are the minister of the Ming Dynasty, and the court can't do without you!" ”

"What about Ru Mo, why haven't you seen him come to the cabinet recently?"

Zhang Juzheng suddenly changed his words and talked about Shen Shixing.

Before he returned to his hometown in Jingzhou in March to bury his father, he recommended two people to the Son of Heaven. One is Ma Ziqiang, and the other is Shen Shixing.

Among them, he is more optimistic about Shen Shixing.

Today, the son obeyed Zhang Juzheng's words and happily allowed the two to enter the cabinet.

At first, Shen Shixing was awarded the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials and a scholar of Dongkaku University, while Ma Ziqiang was awarded the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Wenyuange University. Ma Ziqiang is still above Shen Shixing. But Ma Ziqiang was not angry, and he died of illness not long after entering the cabinet.

Shen Shixing was re-elected as a scholar of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Wenyuange.

Coupled with Lu Tiaoyang Zhishi, after Zhang Juzheng returned to Beijing, only Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Siwei, and Shen Shixing were left in the cabinet.

The reason why Zhang Juzheng recommended Shen Shixing before leaving was that he was not at ease with Zhang Siwei. Although Zhang Siwei was very respectful to him, Zhang Juzheng faintly noticed something strange and left a hand.

Shen Shixing is an eyeliner that Zhang Juzheng has placed in the cabinet, and if Zhang Siwei has any misdeeds, Shen Shixing will report to him as soon as possible.

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