The next day, Jia Dairu began to entertain guests, and his uncles Huang Jin, Jia Yun, and Jia Qin also followed suit, helping to entertain guests.

The people of the east and west will naturally not be left behind, Jia Zhen, Jia Rong, Jia Qiang, Jia Huan, Jia Cong, and Xue Pan are also here.

Although Jia Yu and Jia Zheng did not come, one of them sent 20 taels of silver.

The last time Jia Rui died, they also gave 20 taels of silver, and then Jia Rui came back to life, and the 20 taels of silver were not returned. This time, I gave another twenty taels, which is quite generous.

The ancestor was happy and also gave twenty taels. Wang Xifeng found out that Ping'er was sent and sent twenty taels, Aunt Xue asked Xue Pan to bring twenty taels, Li Kun also sent ten taels, and other clansmen, or five taels, or one, two, two, two, and so on.

It's all about human relations, but in fact, it's just a passing God of Wealth, and if there is anything to do with other people's families in the future, what you have received will have to be returned.

If you win the show, you will be eligible to participate in the autumn examination, that is, the township examination held in August, and you can take the exam.

Just as Jia Rui was about to storm the field again, something suddenly happened.

If he wanted to take the township exam, he couldn't take the exam in the Shuntian Mansion in the capital this time, and he got the Yingtian Mansion in Jinling to take the exam.

Over the years, there has been controversy in various provinces about where Xiucai participated in the township test, and there has been a lot of trouble.

Again, the root cause lies in the uneven level of educational resources and the limited number of posts in the provinces.

Like Shuntianfu in Beijing, Yingtianfu in Jinling and some places in the south of the Yangtze River, the economy is developed, the number of princes and nobles and civil and military ministers is large, the education level is high, and there are many scholars.

Although the number of lifters in these places is already quite large, it is still far from meeting the needs. They feel at a loss.

If you can't get into the exam in these places, you may be able to pass the exam easily in some poor provinces in the northwest and southwest.

Those poor provinces are also not satisfied, saying that our places are already poor, and there are many frontier areas, and they need talents even more, and we have too few posts, so we should be given more posts.

For this matter, various provinces often quarreled, and the Ministry of Rites in charge of the imperial examination had no choice, so they pushed the matter to the emperor.

The emperor also had a headache, and in the end he didn't know who gave a bad idea, and the emperor ruled that from this year onwards, all students will return to their hometowns to participate in the scientific examination.

The Jia family's original place of origin was in Jinling, and when Ning Guogong and Rong Guogong followed Emperor Taizu to fight the world and made contributions, they moved to Shenjing City. Now there are still some clansmen in the Jia family who live in Jinling's original hometown.

The ancestors of the Jia family and the old houses of the two mansions are also in Jinling, where there are still some land, shops and other industries, which are taken care of by the clansmen.

Hometown is where grandpa was born.

Jia Dairu was born in Jinling, and according to the new rules, Jia Rui should return to Jinling to take the exam.

The Jiangnan literary style is more prosperous, and the difficulty of the scientific examination is greater than that of the exam in Shuntianfu. From this point of view, Jia Rui has suffered a loss this time.

"The emperor has made a decision, and there is no change to it. If you want to take the exam this year, you can only go back to the south. As for what the future holds, no one can say. However, since it was set by the emperor, it is impossible to change the decree overnight, and it is estimated that within a few years, it will be like this. Brother Rui, are you going? ”

Jia Dairu's "return to the south" is the saying of the Jia family in the capital, which means to return to the hometown in the south.

"In that case, I'll go back to the south to take the test. If it is okay to change it back in a year or two, I am afraid that if I don't change it, wouldn't it be a few years of delay in vain? ”

Jia Rui thinks that it is better to participate in the scientific examination as soon as possible, and the family is not short of money at present, even if he fails the Jinling exam, he will change it back in the future, and he will not delay the re-examination here.

Besides, he is still relatively confident.

"The second master also means this, taking advantage of your current momentum, you will work hard, and maybe you will be admitted. There are still people in Jinling's hometown, which is also more convenient. The second master said, Jia Yucun is now the prefect of Yingtianfu, you go to him when you arrive, maybe he can take care of you. ”

Jia Yu Village? Forget it.

This white-eyed wolf relied on the power of Jiafu to get up, and when Jiafu was in danger, he stabbed Jiafu in the back and pushed Jiafu into the abyss.

Jia Rui doesn't want to deal with such a person, and he is even more unwilling to accept his favor and owe favors.

"He can't actually help much, after all, he still has to rely on himself."

"It's good to do this, so you don't owe favors. There are also a few things that are meant by the house. ”

"What's the matter?"

"First, your second brother Lian sent Miss Lin back to Yangzhou and never came back, presumably because the aunt of the Lin family is no longer good. The old lady means that she will ask you to take advantage of the return to the south to take advantage of the scientific expedition and help deal with the affairs of the Lin family by the way. If my aunt doesn't use it, after dealing with the aftermath, I will bring Miss Lin back as soon as possible. ”

"Isn't this matter being handled by Second Brother Lian, why are you still asking me to go?"

"You don't care so much, that's what the old lady meant."

"The second thing is that both the eastern and western prefectures have a lot of industries in Jinling. A few years ago, they all paid money here, and in the past few years, it has been said that the harvest is not good, and the business is also poor, the old lady and your eldest brother Zhen mean, tell you to check it out and see what is going on? ”

"Second Brother Lian is in Jiangnan, why don't you ask him to check by the way?"

"If they could, they would have told you to go? It's not just you who goes, the two governments will also send stewards to follow you, but you will preside over it. ”

"Grandpa, this is an errand that offends people."

"I also want to shirk it, but the old lady and your big brother Zhen have to ask you to go, and I can't help it."

There may be two reasons why Jia Lian can do something, but he is not asked to do it.

First, Jia Lian's ability is not good, and the ancestor and Jia Zhen feel that Jia Lian can't do these things.

The second is that they don't believe Jia Lian, and they are worried that Jia Lian will do something in it, making money and releasing water by themselves.

The clansmen who stayed in Jinling with the Lin family and the two mansions had no contact before, and they would not be trapped by human favors, and they could let go of things and find out the truth.

From this point of view, those clansmen in Jinling are probably not clean in terms of money.

It's not a good job.

Whether it is the Lin family or the people of the Jia family, they are all local snakes, which are deeply rooted and intertwined in the local area. If an outsider goes there to check on them, it's not just as simple as offending people. If you don't get it right, it's possible to put your life in it.

As for sending a butler, Jia Rui didn't think it would make much of a difference.

The first is the question of how much ability the housekeeper has, and Jia Rui does not report any optimism on this point.

The second is that the housekeeper is a slave after all, although he represents the master of the house, but when he gets there, the clansmen may not buy the housekeeper's account.

The third point, and actually the most important point, is whether the steward is loyal. Since there is a problem in the south, they are likely to buy the steward.

When the housekeeper gets the benefit, nine times out of ten he will collude and join forces to deceive his master.

However, the old ancestor and Jia Zhen spoke, which represented the attitude of the Jia clan. Jia Rui couldn't refuse.

Although the task is relatively difficult, Jia Rui does not think that he has no way to solve it.

Fortunately, it's a challenge. If these two things are solved, and he also proves his ability, he will have a lot of weight when he speaks in the Jia family in the future. It's also good for your future.

"Okay, grandpa go tell the ancestor and Brother Zhen that I will do these two errands."

"Alas, it has to be like this, except for you, I'm afraid that no one can do this, I'll tell you about the situation in the south, and I'll go back to the mansion tomorrow to see the accounts over there."

There is some truth in this, except for me, the Jia family probably can't find anyone who can solve this problem at present.