"Young master, Lord Patrol really came from Yunyang." At night, in Li Hongyu's bedroom, Rou'er said excitedly while giving Li Hongyu wide clothes.

Although the patrol of the imperial history is only a civil official of the seventh grade, but the duty is to patrol on behalf of the Son of Heaven, "major events are judged, small things are decided", and the power is very great, also called "patrol party imperial history", commonly known as "eight government patrols".

Generally speaking, the inspector of the imperial history is responsible for local supervision matters, ignoring other affairs, which can be said to exercise the power of supervision on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and can "supervise the big with the small" and "supervise the respect with the humble".

According to the Ming Dynasty's customization, the term of office of the patrol according to the imperial history is one year, usually from August to start patrolling a province, because a province has many state capitals, so its itinerary is arranged in advance, and it will not change easily.

It is worth mentioning that the officials who served as the inspectors of the imperial history were all from the Ming Metropolitan Inspectorate, and were served by the supervision of the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, which is often called the "imperial history", and the official position of the seven products.

Don't look at the level of the imperial history is not high, but with the Hanlin Academy, the six departments are all Ming officials, have the power to supervise and impeach civil and military officials, and are close ministers around the Son of Heaven, usually served by the Jinshi above the second rank of the gold list, which can be described as the best among the doctors of the Ming Dynasty.

It was the noble status of the patrol and the tight schedule that Rou'er was surprised that the patrol lord who was supposed to go out to patrol Yunyang Mansion suddenly came to Xiangyang Mansion.

This means that the patrol press attaches great importance to Niu Feng's case, and Niu Feng is just a small Zhengbapin county, so it is worth the patrol to change the itinerary of the adult?

"Niu Feng hit the muzzle of the gun this time, in August, the term of office of the inspector will expire for one year, from the news from the inquiry, he has not investigated the case of the official's embezzlement of ink, the two cases of corruption of ink in his hands are the officials of the county government, and now the term of office of the inspector is about to expire, and he will definitely not be soft when a corrupt official of the eighth grade is sent to him, this is a real political achievement."

Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, and was not surprised at all by the change of itinerary of the patrol press, and said to Rou'er with a smile:

"Corruption cases are usually very widely implicated, if there is no detailed report, no one is willing to investigate this kind of case, God knows which force will be involved, even if it is investigated, it is usually to sell a favor to the other party, which is also what people often say about the protection of officials and officials, after all, no one wants to make enemies in the officialdom for themselves, unless the other party has no foundation or fights against dissidents."

"I see!"

Rou'er nodded thoughtfully when she heard this, and then her eyes lit up, and she looked at Li Hongyu with some excitement, "Judging from Niu Feng's official position, he should have no foundation in the officialdom, and he will not cause any trouble if he moves, and at the same time, it is a political achievement, and there will be no worries when the inspector investigates it." ”

"This time, thanks to Secretary Xu, otherwise it would be difficult to catch Niu Feng's incriminating evidence, and he would not have attracted the inspector." Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, and then his eyes flashed coldly, "Niu Feng must have done a lot of dirty things on weekdays, as long as the patrol press wants to investigate, then not only will he be greedy for other things will be poked out, and he will definitely die at that time!" ”

"Young master, now that I think about it, the second lady is also quite powerful, and I actually thought of dealing with Niu Feng from the patrol according to the imperial history, and also pulled Xu Siyi into the water, if it were me, I would definitely let people go to the government to complain."

Rou'er remembered something, and praised Qin Yue with a smile, Qin Yue's method of dealing with Niu Feng coincided with Li Hongyu, if he said that he was smart, he would not have a deep city.

"The government is the head of the county government, if something happens to the county government, the government will also be implicated, and it is difficult to escape the blame, if you want to expect the government to take Niu Feng, it is too difficult, Niu Feng's level of officials and their business connections are usually in the government."

Li Hongyu heard the meaning of Rou'er's words, and showed a helpless look on his face, if Qin Yue knew that she had calculated her affairs and became angry, God knows what drastic moves she would make, and then cheered up and said, "This is also an important reason why the emperor wants to send a patrol to go out on patrol, it is unrealistic to expect the local yamen to punish corrupt officials and corrupt officials." ”

Rou'er bowed slightly when she heard this, and agreed with what Li Hongyu said, she also heard that greed for ink was rampant in the official mansion, so there must be someone in the government who received Niu Feng's black money, and naturally he would protect him in every way.

The next day, Li Hongyu slept until three o'clock in the morning before getting up, for him the imperial examination in Xiangyang Mansion was over, so he could relax.

At the same time, in the examination shed of the Fuxue, the scientific examination to obtain the qualification for the township examination is in full swing, and hundreds of Xiucai from Xiangyang Mansion are making a last ditch effort to go to Wuchang Mansion.

It must be pointed out that the fame of the students is not lifelong, and when the probationary officer is in office, he will conduct two assessments on the students within the jurisdiction of the state government, one is a scientific examination related to the qualifications of the township examination, and the other is an annual examination related to the fame of Xiucai.

The annual examination, also known as the annual examination, is the first year after the arrival of the school officer to conduct examinations for students in various places to check their academic performance, and the epiphytes, hyperplasias, and students of the prefecture, prefecture, and county schools must participate.

The annual examination implements the "sixth-class dethronement method", that is, the examination results are assessed as sixth-class, and the identity of the student is dethroned according to the results, such as hyperplasia, epiphysia is supplemented for the birth of the student, and the birth of the student is reduced to the growth of the student, epilife, etc.

In addition, for those who are ranked fifth and sixth in the examination, there are two kinds of punishments: Tsing Yi and Fa She.

The blue shirt is a symbol of the status of the student, even if the punishment of the "Tsing Yi" is changed to Qingshan, called "Tsing Yi", and the "development society" is from the county school to the township social school, the most serious punishment is to depose the people.

Therefore, in order to maintain the fame of Xiucai, the students must take the annual examination at least once every three years, and once they miss the exam or their grades are too poor, they will be removed from the merit and become civilians again.

This is invisibly a huge constraint on scholars, so that those local students are usually useless except for studying hard to maintain their fame, and they waste their lives, and then they are ridiculed by people as "useless scholars".

As idle as Li Hongyu is Zhao Xin, but Zhao Xin did not sleep lazy, and got up early in the morning to follow Zhao Deyi to visit the famous businessmen in Xiangyang City.

After all, the foundation of the Zhao family is in the shopping mall, and Zhao Xin's entrance examination is just a pastime, and sooner or later she will have to take over the family's business, and take the opportunity to expand her business contacts at the end of the college examination.

Yang Renxiao is much busier, the Yang family is a famous family in Xiangyang City, so it is natural to follow the elders of the family to visit relatives and friends, he is a famous rising star in Xiangyang Mansion Shilin, although he lost to Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin in the hospital examination, but it is very promising to be crowned in this year's examination, and he will be promoted in the examination.

In the township test, it is called B list, also called B Branch, and when the list is released, it is the osmanthus fragrance, so it is also called Gui Bang.

After becoming a lifter, there are no restrictions when you are a student, you must know that this is a lifelong fame, and you don't have to go through the annual examination when you are a student, even if you don't pass the exam, you have the opportunity to be an official.

"Young master, someone came to report just now, this morning the patrol press suddenly came to the county office, not only interrogated Niu Feng but also sealed the county government house, and now the county government has become a mess."

At breakfast, Rou'er excitedly told Li Hongyu a good news, judging from the vigorous posture of the patrol lord this time, Niu Feng was obviously going to be unlucky.

Li Hongyu smiled when he heard this, and he was not surprised by this, the key to investigating the case is nothing more than "fast, accurate, and ruthless", and the patrol press will naturally not wait for Niu Feng to destroy the evidence after he realizes his intentions.

"Where's the second miss?" Then, he remembered something, and couldn't help but ask Rou'er, as if he hadn't seen Qin Yue's figure much in the past few days.

"The second lady seems to be busy buying land, and the students can be exempted from eighty acres of land according to the law, and the young master will study in Fuxue in the future, so the second miss will first set down those fields for the young master's expenses in Fucheng in the future."

Rou'er thought about it when she heard this, and said to Li Hongyu with a smile, "The second lady didn't mention to us the matter of the silver used to buy the land, so she should have put it on the young master first." ”

"When she comes back, you can return the money you paid for the field to her, so that outsiders will not criticize her." Li Hongyu was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly felt a trace of embarrassment in his heart, how can he use Qin Yue's money well before he and Qin Yue got married, so he said to Rou'er.

"Young master, I'm afraid the family doesn't have enough money to pay back to the second lady." Rou'er groaned for a moment and shook her head at Li Hongyu seriously.

"Don't we still have more than four thousand taels in our account?" Li Hongyu's face suddenly showed a look of surprise, although it cost hundreds of taels to find the Bai family some time ago, the rest of the money was more than enough to pay for the eighty acres of land.

"Young master, the good fertile land in our Xiangyang Mansion is fifteen taels and one acres, and the ordinary fields are ten or twenty-one acres, and the second lady will definitely buy good land."

Rou'er saw Li Hongyu's surprised expression, so she smiled and explained, "If the second miss only buys eighty acres of fertile land, of course we can afford this money, but the second miss has been busy with the field recently, presumably for the sake of the young master's future affairs, so we can't afford to pay this money." ”

"What happened after the lift?" Li Hongyu's brows couldn't help frowning slightly, and he didn't understand the meaning of Rou'er's words for a while.

"If the young master is a lifter, according to the "New Regulations on Preferential Exemption" issued by the imperial court in the 38th year of Wanli, the unsuccessful person can be exempted from 1,200 acres of land, and the second lady seems to have to buy a lot of land in Xiangyang, otherwise it will not be a waste of the young master's fame."

"Exempt 1,200 acres?" Li Hongyu was taken aback when he heard this, he never expected that there would be such a high salary for lifting people, no wonder those scholars cut their heads one by one and wanted to be promoted, not only have the opportunity to be an official, but also bring huge economic benefits, and become a local rich man.

For example, after a scholar from a poor family becomes a Xiucai, those relatives in the family who are well-off will hang the land property in his name, so that he can not pay the land tax in the yamen and be exploited by the yamen, which will naturally give the Xiucai a lot of benefits, at least worry-free food and clothing.

When they become a lifter, then not only the relatives of the family, but also the local clans will come to them and ask for the land to be put in their names, so that the benefits will be even greater.

In other words, fame and fortune will be achieved after fame, and this is the goal that the world is chasing.