The shopkeeper Luo said the reason why he recruited scholars on behalf of the family, this statement can be understood if you think about it carefully, since ancient times, those who have become great things must pay attention to talents and love the crippled jaw The Luo family may not want to rebel, but just want the family to continue to prosper, which is roughly the same as the eloquence of Cao Cao, Li Shimin and others, but they can also do whatever it takes to recruit talents because of this small abacus, and they can be regarded as having extraordinary vision

While showing his family's ability, this Luo shopkeeper did not say the specific example of committing a traitor, anyway, he pushed those shady means to a long time ago to let people know but could not verify it, unlike some people who in order to boast of their ability, they also pulled things that had nothing to do with themselves on themselves, and they also said that they had noses and eyes, time and place were clear, and when they met someone with a heart, they couldn't get out of it as soon as they reported it

Qian Qianyi didn't take it to heart about the plausible words of the shopkeeper Luo, scientific research fraud was a major feature of the Ming Dynasty in the past, and even Qian Qianyi himself had rumors that his fame was bought for tens of thousands of taels, and Qian Qianyi didn't care about these unsubstantiated words, he didn't bother to pay attention to the things related to him, he didn't want to take care of others, and naturally he didn't want to care about others, Qian Qianyi was only interested in the Luo family's vision of recruiting talents, and of course he was more interested in their mission this time

The main purpose of Qian Qianyi and Zhou Yanru's visit to Nanjing this time is to understand the actual process of electing officials, as well as the pros and cons, and they can't hear any real words while sitting in the yamen, as long as they go deep into the people to understand, Shopkeeper Luo himself may just be a rich man, but his family should have a certain influence, so Shopkeeper Luo's words will also have a certain representativeness

Qian Qianyi politely declined the invitation of the shopkeeper Luo, but the shopkeeper Luo was not very unhappy, but continued to ask if there was anything that needed help, and Qian Qianyi still admired the demeanor of the shopkeeper Luo, and he said to the shopkeeper Luo: "The shopkeeper Luo has a high opinion of me, I am now nearly fifty years old, and I have not yet been hit, and we have also thought about taking a new path, that is, according to the new regulations of the imperial court, learning practical knowledge, full-time auxiliary officials, this way, at the beginning of last year, the imperial court in addition to the practice of taking an examination every three years, in addition to the practice of opening a department, In addition, a new subject has been added to test the practical skills of civil use, I heard that in addition to those exams, there are also opinions on the situation in various places, can the shopkeeper Luo help one or two? ”

Shopkeeper Luo nodded slowly and said: "Mr. Qian can be regarded as able to adapt to changes if he has this heart, doesn't he just want to start a family and live a safe life in the world?" It doesn't have to be the ultimate goal to go to the pavilion to worship the prime minister, although I am not the head of the Luo family, I can't do a word, but I can recommend one or two people to do things in the Luo family, because I often walk outside, so I also undertake a lot of foreign affairs, like this time I go back to my hometown to worship my ancestors, it is by me to come to Mr. Qian, it is successful in his studies, and he is willing to come to my Luo family, and it doesn't matter if he wants to find another high, even if we make friends, the two gentlemen have something to say, although they ask, it is"

After listening to Shopkeeper Luo's words, Qian Qianyi didn't say anything, Zhou Yanru asked first: "Shopkeeper Luo said that you are going back to your hometown to worship your ancestors this time, could it be that the Luo family was originally from the north?" It is said that during the Jiajing period, there were several major families here because of a royal case, which caused the suspicion of Emperor Jiajing, and then forced the family to move south, including the Luo family and the Lin family. ”

Shopkeeper Luo stretched out his thumb and said to Zhou Yanru: "Mr. Zhou can tell the truth when he listens to the words, and he is so knowledgeable and even remembers the things of a hundred years ago, if you are so mistaken in the Bagu text, don't say that you are in the top three in high school when you go to participate in the scientific examination in the coming year, even if it is the champion, it is not impossible not to hide from the two gentlemen, the Luo family in Nanzhili is from here, and the ancestral hall is not far from me just on the boat, but it is a pity that the prosperous place of the year has now fallen to such a situation."

Qian Qianyi said in his heart, Lao Tzu didn't know what the Luo family and the Lin family were, and it didn't prevent him from taking the exam that year, and remembering those bullshit things was probably related to the champion, but Zhou Yanru did win the champion that year, and I thought about it for a while Qian Qianyi asked: "I don't know about the Luo family, can the Luo shopkeeper tell me what the situation is?" And what's going on with the Lin family? ”

The shopkeeper Luo shook his head and said: "That is what some ancestors did back then, it is said that one year Shandong and Zhili were hit by a disaster, the imperial court sent a disaster grain to open a warehouse for disaster relief, and at the same time called on all major households to open a warehouse for disaster relief, my Luo family and the Lin family and other major families are also in this list, if it is perfunctory, there will be no such thing, who knows that a few of the ancestors are kind-hearted, in addition to giving the disaster people porridge but also white bread, which is a taboo and was given to the emperor on a book, Said that several major families privately bought the people's hearts to plot against the Jiajing Emperor was suspicious and immediately sent Jinyi Wei to lock people up and investigate, although there was no evidence in the end, but there was no explanation, and finally sent people to be stationed nearby to monitor, several families in order to avoid family suffering, but also because of business reasons, most of the families moved south"

Zhou Yanru asked: "Shopkeeper Luo began to say that you are here to worship your ancestors this time, do you still have to go north to worship the ancestral hall every year?" ”

The shopkeeper Luo shook his head and said: "It's not every year, after the separation a hundred years ago, the Luo family was divided into two sects, the north and the south, and the north and south sides have their own ancestral halls to worship each other, and this year is the death anniversary of a Zhongxing family master in the family, so the north sect invited the south sect to come together, and my family head has no time to come so let me come instead."

Although the words of the shopkeeper Luo are not much, they also reveal a lot of information, one is that the southern sect of the Luo family is now living in a rich land, the family is very prosperous, the northern sect may be declining day by day, and wants to get closer to the relationship by sacrificing to the ancestors, encountering such a big event, the head of the southern sect said that there is no time to doppelganger, and only sent a Luo shopkeeper to come, it seems that the people of the southern sect are not very concerned about the old relatives in the north, and secondly, it can be seen that although the shopkeeper Luo is not the leading figure in his family, he also has a certain weight, otherwise the head of the family will not send him to worship the ancestors. Those who do not enter the stream cannot take on such a heavy responsibility

At this time, everyone can also understand why the shopkeeper Luo put the concubine he just bought on the ship, worshipping the ancestors is a solemn event, no matter how ridiculous it is, you can't take a Qinglou woman to worship the ancestors, even if you spent 300 acres of land when you bought her, on the other hand, being a woman is also a kind of sadness, even if a man values you again, but you are nothing in the interests of the family and face, it can be seen that those words that do not love the country and love the beauty are deceitful lies

Shopkeeper Luo also felt a little strange that both of them were asking questions about him at this time, so he asked, "Why are Mr. Qian and Mr. Zhou interested in the affairs of the Luo family?" ”

Qian Qianyi was afraid that the shopkeeper Luo would misunderstand, so he said: "Shopkeeper Luo, don't misunderstand, we don't have the idea of being unfavorable to the Luo family, at the beginning, I have already said that now the scientific examination every three years should be tested twice, the first is the traditional scientific examination is to test the eight shares of literature, and the second is to test the understanding and strategy of civil affairs, we want to make a two-handed plan, that is, to understand the things that the court is concerned about first, it is said that the imperial court is now doing the matter of elected officials in the north and south, I don't know if the shopkeeper Luo knows about this, what do you big families think about this matter?" ”

Shopkeeper Luo smiled: "It seems that you are pedantic in reading, since ancient times, officials have been in charge of the people on behalf of the emperor, how can it be possible for the people to choose officials?" I don't know much about the elected officials, but I've heard some things, I don't know who brought it up, it's really naïve and ridiculous, just in the county where my family is located, half of them are tenants and tenants of my Luo family, and if you really want to be selected by head, is it not up to the head of my family to decide? If I really want to be elected as a county official in the future as those gentlemen in the county said, I can still be elected as the county magistrate, if that is the case, can the emperor in the Jinluan Palace like it? ”

Qian Qianyi frowned and said, "Do you mean that whoever your head of the family asks others to choose, they don't have their own opinions?" ”

The shopkeeper Luo said: "If you serve my family's bowl, you have to be under the control of my family, and if the people in the family don't listen to the words of the head of the family, they will be warned at least and removed from the family tree, and they will not be allowed to enter the family ancestral hall if they die, and other tenants and tenants will be even more so, don't say that you don't listen to the head of the family, even if he doesn't listen to me, you can no longer rent the land to him next year, of course I won't do this, but do those people dare not think so?" ”

After talking to the shopkeeper Luo for a while, it was time to eat, the boss of the boat, Lao Wu, asked people to bring out a table of meals, and the shopkeeper Luo invited Qian Zhou and the entourage to eat together, and the two did not shirk and asked everyone to sit down to eat, and the dishes of the people on the boat were naturally indispensable to fish, plus the fresh vegetables and vegetables sent by the relatives of the shopkeeper Luo, although the cooking was not very delicious, but it could also be eaten, and the green vegetables and vegetables were more difficult to be valuable in winter

After eating, Qian Qianyi and his entourage said goodbye and returned to the room, although the shopkeeper Luo was not finished talking, but he did not keep much, and also went back to the room to accompany him to the concubine of 300 acres in exchange for Qian Qianyi sat in the room and remembered the words of the shopkeeper Luo, and said in his heart, since the shopkeeper Luo said so, then the results of the election in the previous months may not be good, the emperor means to choose a person who is satisfied with the top and bottom, before the top was satisfied and the bottom was not satisfied, and now it seems that the selected people should be satisfied below and may not be satisfied with the top

Zhou Yanru saw that Qian Qianyi was concentrating on things, and knew that Qian Qianyi was thinking about the words of the shopkeeper Luo, so he said: "Brother Qian, don't think about it too much, what he said may not be true, don't you know much when you don't see him?" Even if what he said is true, we have found the problem, at most go back and slowly find a way, this thing is not afraid of exposing the problem, we are afraid that there will be a problem and not exposing it, now we already know that the big households in various places will have an impact on the election, and some will be encountered slowly in the future, there is really such a thing, the water comes to the earth, in a word, it must be in accordance with the principle of unanimity of the emperor."

Qian Qianyi nodded and said, "I'm wondering if we can change the election by person to the election by family, a family can only count one vote, what do you think?" This will prevent the big families from bullying each other in the election."