In Guangzhou in August, the cinnamon is fragrant. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoWalking on the street, there are bursts of osmanthus fragrance coming to the nose, this season in Guangzhou, the temperature is still very high, but the autumn wind blows, the humid and hot situation is greatly improved. The sun is shining and the sky is cloudless, which is a rare good weather for Guangzhou.

This kind of weather is very suitable for parties, making poems and drinking flower wine by the way. In particular, the official army won a great victory in Luoshan, and they wanted to set up Zhili Prefecture and open gold mines. In short, there are a large number of good topics here, so why should it be lively. However, the news of Hai Rui's imminent return to his hometown was like a lump of ice falling from the sky, cooling people's enthusiasm in a timely manner.

For a person who dares to carry the coffin to admonish the king, everyone is a little weak in their hearts. Worried about being accused of being imprudent in their study style, the reference students are studying hard behind closed doors in their residences and no longer come out to socialize. I don't dare to do anything wrong or fight again. Most students study hard behind closed doors to make the final sprint for the exam.

As a township test site, the Gongyuan is the focus of attention of scholars at this time. Those who have already been sent are pointing outside the Gongyuan, explaining the layout and secrets, and showing their rich experience in front of those students who have not obtained the qualification for the entrance examination. A few scholars who were about to die took their parents and relatives to kneel under the old banyan tree outside the tribute courtyard to burn incense and pray, praying for the blessing of the gods, promising to give the tree god some supplies after they were won. The green smoke wrapped the body of the tree, and the bark was smoked and blackened, but fortunately, the mentally abnormal candidates are still a minority at the moment, otherwise most of the students in the next subject will have to worship the dead tree.

In the past, the door of the Gongyuan was locked and not opened, and no one cared, and it was not impossible to go in a hurry to be a toilet here. But now, this has become a key protection area, the officers and soldiers wearing mandarin duck jackets and the bright yellow armor and brocade guards, surrounded the Gongyuan, anyone who tried to approach the Gongyuan would be scolded or even expelled with a leather whip.

Although the status of scholars is transcendent, relying on the large number of people is even more domineering. However, in different parts of the Gongyuan, once you bear the suspicion of cheating, it may hinder your reputation. So at this time period, they are still relatively weak in front of the field guards. What's more, as the inspector Mei Chun, who is a prison officer, has already settled in the Tribute Academy, the scholars must be more cautious, so as not to be remembered by the officials, then they will not die and shed their skin.

Under the shade of the tree, some scholars whispered about the situation of this subject, analyzing who might be promoted and who might be able to get the solution.

"Chaozhou Lin Mengchu, he has at least eight points to grasp the solution of the yuan. A few days ago, at the literary meeting held by Mr. Zhou's family, someone challenged him, and he made an article on the spot, and no one spoke at the whole literary meeting. That text is really a whip and a mark, a slap and a palm of blood! If you want me to say, he is the only one who has the solution to this subject. ”

"You can't say that, Shunde Huang Can is called a ghost and has the best chance of winning, and he is also very hopeful about this Xie Yuan."

"Don't forget, there are also people from the Hai family. Although Haibi Jia is only a lifter, his family's knowledge is very solid. Hai Zhongping, who ended in this subject, is the nephew of the sea pen stand, and it is said that his homework was opened by the sea pen frame himself. I've seen his window draft, the text is simple and thick, and he is a scholar, maybe he is a Xie Yuan. ”

"Yes, I heard that Lord Hai's ship is about to arrive in Guangzhou, although he is evil Shoufu has to pay tribute, but the court has to talk about the dignity and honor, he is the general constitution from the South China Sea, and even Grandpa Shizong was scolded by him back then. Our officials in Guangdong always have to take care of his decency, and the hope of Xie Yuan in the sea is indeed very great. ”

"Haigang Peak...... I heard that he was in Yingtian and did not allow others to eat geese. When he comes back this time, what if we are not allowed to eat lotus paste cakes and double skin milk? I don't like him coming back very much, not to mention that the sea is flat, how is Fan Jin? ”

Several scholars shook their heads, "He...... Forget it. Every day, I either open a restaurant or write words, and I haven't seen his articles for a long time. As for the head of his South China Sea case...... The article is good, but it's just good, compared with those few, it's a big difference, Xie Yuan doesn't need to think about it, that is, it can be lifted. The most powerful thing for him is to do things with Ling Zhijun, but now that the sea pen holder is coming back, does the examiner still dare to let go of friendship? Is it really a fake? No matter how much you don't like him, you have to admit that this old man is a ghost suppression talisman, as long as he is there, no one dares to show favoritism. ”

At this moment, there was a loud laugh, followed by the sound of running footsteps. The vicinity of the Gongyuan has always been serious, not to mention that the main exam is inside, and no one dares to make a noise, and this laughter is very abrupt. A few people looked over, but saw a young scholar, laughing and joking with a martial artist who was surrounded by short fights, running over, and passing by several people again. The scholar who was criticizing Fan Jin was lightly touched by that martial artist, only to feel a burst of aroma wafting by, and couldn't help but say, "It's so fragrant." ”

"This is? Which martial artist from the Haiyan class, right? I didn't see it clearly, but I saw that he was running with kung fu, and most of it was eating this bowl of rice. Really, why do you have to run to the gate of the Gongyuan to make trouble, or is it a scholar, you are really not allowed to prepare for the exam? ”

Another scholar said, "That scholar ...... It seems to be Fan Jin? He doesn't study, and he still comes here to accompany the little girl? ”

The two people who were discussed had already run out of the road at this time, ran through the Gongyuan, and then there was a relatively secluded alley. Lin Haishan, who was running ahead, stopped, threw and caught a money bag in her hand.

"This scholar says bad things about you, I should have asked my subordinates to beat him with a sack, and only took him a wallet, it was too cheap for him. I said, you don't have a good reputation, everyone is saying that you are not good. Why are you also the head of the South China Sea case, how can you not be hit? ”

Fan Jin leaned against the wall, shook the folding fan and said, "What do you care about these people, you can't beat them." In the final analysis, it's not all deliberately air, I want people to know that I am not good at learning, my articles are sparse, and it all depends on the face of the army. Now that Hai Rui is back, no one dares to let go of friendship, and I am not sure. This kind of statement has no basis, it is purely fabricated out of thin air, but once the pressure of public opinion is formed, it may force the examiners to be careful when recording me, and they will not dare to record it if they want to. ”

Hai Jui...... So powerful, huh? I originally only knew that he was a Qing official, and I didn't want to ruin your reputation? ”

"They just say so, Hai Rui can go from lifting people to the general constitution, looking at the country and not being a second person, where will there really be a tendon? He scolded the emperor at the beginning, and that was because he thought that the emperor was too disagreeable and unbearable. This guy is actually very smart. I heard Ling Zhijun say that after he arrived in Nanjing, he found that no one planted the official fields in Nanjing because of the heavy taxes, and the common people went to cultivate the private fields. even colluded with the officials to change the official land into private land, and those that did not change became barren land. After his old man took office, he revised the yellow and white album and changed all the official fields in Jiangning into private fields, so that there were people who could plant those wastelands. Think about it, how can he be really unreasonable when he is such a person? ”

"Oh...... If so, then you don't care. But what about Chen Ziweng's grandson, and what about that Zhang Deer? They all rely on your help to be able to win the test, and when Hai Rui comes, isn't there no hope? ”

"No matter how powerful the sea pen frame is, he can't fight against the people of a city. You must know that those scholars have been working hard for three years, waiting to be released for a term to earn money, and there are also those officials below, some of whom are all counting on errands to pay off their debts. At this time, he really jumped out to hinder something, which was the public enemy. This is his hometown, and if he becomes a public enemy in his hometown, life will not be easy. He won't be short of flexibility, and he's certainly not going to make things stiff. As a person, he has never liked to use officials to suppress people, so how could he make such a big fuss about his return? It's just that even if I spread the word, I, Hai Rui, are going back to my hometown, and everyone can do ghosts, but don't go too far, otherwise I won't agree. ”

Lin Haishan nodded and said, "So that's the case, then it's nothing." ”

"It's fine. They orchestrated my lies to ruin my reputation, and the root cause was because of a whiplash. And Hai Rui was in Nanjing back then, but he had a whip, do you think he really looked at me unpleasantly? ”

As he spoke, Fan Jin raised his eyes and looked into the distance, leaned his back against the brick wall, and took a deep breath. "Those officials originally thought that if the army went to Zhaoqing this year, they would be able to do a few more articles. He didn't want to keep me here, he was just an overseer, and now Hai Jui is back. Whoever wants to be full, he has to weigh his own weight, in case he is touched by this old man, he can't stand it. Although he was not right with Zhang Jiangling, his return to his hometown this time helped Jiangling a lot and saved me a lot of trouble. But you have to get out of the way, just in case Hai Jui knows you're in the city...... That's dangerous. ”

Lin Haishan nodded and said, "I know this old man is not easy to mess with, he comes to avoid me, and he will leave tonight." So this day, you're mine! I heard that there is a pineapple temple in Guangzhou, which is dedicated to a black-faced Yiren as the god of the sea, but Daming is such a temple for such a black-faced god, take me to see! She turned her head to look in the direction of the Gongyuan again, and her big eyes turned back and forth: "Then the Gongyuan is usually empty, right?" Do you want to wait for the exam to be over and we jump in and do it once? Will there be a champion? ”

"Or maybe he was killed directly by lightning! Don't think about it in Guangzhou, in the future, when I release the official, we will go to the yamen to do a good job. As for now, let's go to the black-faced god first! ”

The two laughed and walked towards the dock, Fan Jin knew very well in his heart. Half a year since Luoshan, although he is still white in terms of identity, but in terms of mentality, he will no longer regard himself as a common person. has seen the killing, and is facing the people at the level of the governor day and night, and has been arranged to be a simulated governor. With such an experience, it is actually difficult for him to think like a scholar.

Because of a whip law, many people in Guangzhou hated themselves to the core. In the past, Ling Yunyi was in the city first, and then there was the big hat of the Luoshan War, and whoever attacked him might lose his life, so no one dared to act rashly. Now that Lingyunyi is finally stationed in Zhaoqing, and Hai Rui has returned to his hometown, Yu Lingyunyi's authority is also a big check.

This change in the situation has given these people a glimmer of hope, and they have made these tricks difficult for themselves in the imperial examination, which can be regarded as a bad breath for themselves. If he wants to fight back, it's not without chances, but ...... It's too much of a waste of energy.

Why delay your time for the sake of the clown's trick? After talking with Sa Shizhong, he believed that the strength of Jinyiwei was enough to minimize these damages. Huabiao Stone's chiseled moment is his most effective weapon, and under one blow, all the ghosts and spirits will turn into powder.

Of course, there are also many variables in the field, such as the attitudes of Pang and Wu, and the question of whether a fellow examiner in the field recognizes his article. After all, there is no paper in the field, and Shanyin Xu Wei is talented, and the result is the same in the field. But in any case, compared to those who burn incense to the banyan tree and ask for blessings, he always has too many advantages, and if he has to be distracted by those small characters at this time, it will be useless.

He will enter Beijing one day, and Guangzhou cannot do without Lin Haishan's support, whether it is a restaurant or other business, it will need to cooperate with the Lin fleet in the future. This relationship must be maintained, and accompanying this female pirate for now is his first priority.

On the dock in Guangzhou, a thin old man walked slowly with the support of a middle-aged man. The middle-aged man was burly and strong, the old man had bright eyes, steady steps, and great energy. Dressed in a white-washed gown, there are still a lot of patches on the shoulders and elbows, and the square scarf on the head has long been tattered.

I don't know how many such people there are in Guangzhou City, so they are not noticeable. The old man's interest was very strong, he turned a few tooth shops, and then transferred to Qianzhuang, nodded incessantly, and said in an official dialect with a strong local accent: "A whip in Guangzhou is better than I imagined, at least at the moment, the officials and businessmen are not too harsh on the exploitation of the people, and I am engaged in a whip in Nanzhili, but it is not as good as here." ”

"Uncle, the little nephew thinks that Ling Zhijun just wants to make meritorious contributions, and doesn't think about the situation. This thing was done in a hurry, and he was only afraid that people would go to politics in the future. ”

The old man shook his head and said, "It's not that he's in a hurry, it's that the court is in a hurry." When Gangneung was in power, he was anxious to achieve something, and he not only implemented the new law, but also forced him to pass the exam, and the people below had no choice but to harm the people. In the long run, it will cause strange disasters, and the people below may not be able to see that this is wrong, but no one dares to say it. In the past, Gaoxin Zheng was the country, and what he did was more than Xinzheng, and Jiangling was more than Xinzheng, but I am afraid that it is more than that. Zhongping, I won't let you go in this section, I just don't want you to listen to this kind of power, you won't blame me, right? ”

"Where's the word from uncle? Our Hai family rules, the elders have orders, and the juniors can't help but listen, how dare the little nephew blame the uncle? ”

"It's useless for you to blame me. The whole Ming people know that your uncle is a stubborn old man with a strange personality, so I have to show them again. I'm not going to delay your fame for the sake of the so-called fame. It's just that this Jiangling prince is also going to end, he met in Beijing on the other day, do you have to marry him in the same year? I don't want you to be the subordinate of the minister, and I don't want you to have a relationship with the children of the minister. Now the lord is suspicious, and the power can be the country, but when His Majesty grows up, how can Jiangling deal with himself? Whether or not he can die well at that time is also between the two, and it is not good to be too deeply entangled with him. You should study at home for a few more years, and it will not be too late for your majesty to become an adult. ”

"What my uncle ordered, but why does my uncle have to bear his reputation for protecting his reputation and not allowing his nephew to end?"

The old man smiled open-mindedly, "Your uncle has already carried a lot of stigma of being unkind in his life, and he doesn't care about these two things." I don't let you go for this reason, but also to set an example for the officials of the world and tell them to know how to be ashamed! There are not many opportunities for poor children to change their courts, as an official, how can he bear to let his children and nephews compete with poor families for this opportunity? Zhang Jiangling wants his son to take the exam, I won't let my nephew enter the school, who is right and wrong, he has his own public opinion every day, and the old man believes that justice is in the hearts of the people. Moreover, I express this attitude to remind the students of this subject that I will not interfere too much in this subject, as long as they are not excessive, I should not see it. But if what they do is too rebellious, the old man will not be spared! ”

"Uncle, what about Tao Lao?"

"Yang Zhai is a good man...... It's a pity that he's just a good guy. Although his own body is upright, he has no room for others, and there is no big pattern. Indulged in Taoism and unable to recognize reality, it would be best for such a gentleman to be a scholar, but he would be a little reluctant to do so. He said that Fan Jin was a misfortune, and the old man didn't seem to be like this. He built a salt factory in Qiongzhou, which was beneficial to the country and Sangzi. Although the credit is on Ling Yunyi's head, but who did this, I know very well in my heart that I don't think it will be a misfortune for such a person. If you want to say that it is wrong, it is nothing more than writing a fifteen times and making me the chief judge, which is not a bad thing. Although my uncle is not the prime minister, I always have this mind. Moreover, just for a few words, it will ruin the reputation of a student, how can it be done by Hai? Hai is not afraid of power and is not greedy for money, but he will not be fooled by others, thinking that Hai is stupid is the real stupid! Don't pay attention to him, and follow me to visit Guangzhou, I haven't come back for many years, I want to take a good look this time, if there are any shortcomings, it is better to explain it to Ling Yangshan, and make corrections as soon as possible, so as not to make losses for the people. ”