As a Confucian scholar, Shen Jin receives a lot of greetings every day, and all the scholars in Hangzhou are eager to be received by him.

The reason is self-evident, as long as the young students can step into the threshold of the Shen family with one foot, even if they can't get half a sentence of guidance from Shen Butang, they will still "benefit a lot".

Don't look at Shen Jinfu at home, his energy is also not to be underestimated, God knows what height his colleagues and old friends, the same year as each list, and his protégés have climbed to what heights in the officialdom now? And in the future, how many people will become the six departments and nine secretaries, and how many people will be in important positions------ these are immeasurable variables.

Under the imperial examination system, the civil and township parties were all over the world, so for the officials of the Ming Dynasty, it was not terrible to dismiss the officials and return to their hometowns. Those who have no intention of going to court can be a squire landlord with peace of mind; Those who covet power can find a job after a few years. Not to mention more, when the mountain rises again in the future, the official quality will only be high and not low, at least it will be an official reinstatement treatment, of course, this is not without difficulty.

However, in the Hongwu years of "officials are not bored", there are many people who want to return to their hometowns------ this is really not a joke, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there are tens of thousands of people who have been killed for corruption and bribery alone, and the officials who can survive the expiration of the state government can be said to be outrageous. These officials who can survive should simply burn high incense and thank the gods and Buddhas for their protection------

It is no exaggeration to say that since the beginning of his ascension to the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang has been fighting corruption with a cool wrist, killing a man with a rolling head, but the wind of corruption is still prohibited. What Lao Zhu couldn't understand was that the amount he gave to officials was not too little, on the contrary, if it was measured only by the way ordinary people lived, the official salary he gave was quite high, why should these people be greedy?

Obviously, he ignored one point, one person is an official, and the official salary in his hand is not just for his own expenses, but with a group of servants and miscellaneous servants under his hands, coupled with the inherent ushering in the officialdom, that meager salary is really a drop in the bucket.

This is the biggest contradiction between Zhu Yuanzhang and his courtiers, at first he had clearly stipulated that officials who embezzled sixty taels would be killed, but later because this law had little effect, after killing a batch, a group of ------ would quickly emerge and a group of old Zhu was angry, so he made it clear in public that in the future, all those who embezzled and accepted bribes did not need to be limited to sixty taels, and they were all killed------

However, the officials were almost "sent by the court, and corrupted at night", so Hong Wuye also kindly sent them to the immortal realm.

According to historical records, there was such a comical phenomenon during the Hongwu period, a group of 364 Jinshi and prisoners who were awarded officers at the same time, six were killed a year later, and 358 people were punished with capital crimes and crimes of exile------ referred to as the total annihilation of the whole army.

What does it mean to "wear the sin of death and act in vain"?

The gist is that this person has been corrupted and has been confirmed and sentenced, but there is no one to work? It doesn't matter, Lao Zhu came up with a way to use waste, first pull it down and hit dozens of boards, and then bring it up to continue to deal with official business------ so when the prisoner passes through the court, he can often see that a certain official who is trying the case in the court is also wearing shackles like himself------

In fact, after a serious analysis, at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were so many people killed for corruption and bribery, which is obviously not normal, and what Zhu Yuanzhang adopted was a "zero tolerance" policy.

In fact, in the early days of the founding of the country, no dynasty was too corrupt. Relatively speaking, there are serious corruption, but there are not too few officials who are relatively clean, but almost all of these people died indiscriminately under Lao Zhu's ruthless butcher's knife.

Therefore, it is not too much to describe Hong Wunian's officialdom as an official who is not living well, except for those innocent and unlucky people who are unfortunately involved in the major cases of rebellion, there are still many officials who have simply died in office, and most of them died of corruption and bribery. Therefore, there are many people who want to return to their hometowns, but Lao Zhu does not agree.

There has been a large number of resignations before, but Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The traitorous and unblessed villain, so he slanders and says that it is difficult for court officials to do." You see, resignation? Grumble? A big hat that slanders the court can immediately buckle your head, do you dare to go and try one?

Of course, there are many people who want to resign, and relatively speaking, there are actually more people who want to become officials. There are four walls of wine and wealth, and there are not a few people who want to drill into officialdom, although they are about to face the most severe monarch in history.

If a literati wants to be promoted quickly in the officialdom, they can only rely on their own fame, or by relying on the fame of others. Among the young scholars, there are very few people who can become famous through themselves, and Li Qian is obviously an outlier.

Then, it has become an inevitable means to have a relationship with the famous Confucians. Not to mention the old man who is already qualified to be an official, it is many scholars who have not even been admitted to the show, and they are eager to see Shen Wei.

Of course, this is also very easy to explain, so let's plan ahead. Since you have chosen the path of the imperial examination, you will always want to be an official in the future, if you can't take the exam for 20 years, 30 years, you will be admitted one day------ if you are lucky enough to get the support of Confucianism, then the list is simply a matter of minutes, how can they not squeeze their heads and ask to see Shen Wei?

Every day, there are so many people who vote for a prayer post outside the mansion, and then wait patiently for a reply, Shen Jin naturally can't meet them one by one, and he returns to his hometown this time, he is planning to live for a long time, where is there so much effort to promote the backwards? Therefore, there is no one at all, but there is still an endless stream of people who do not give up.

However, in the past two days, Shen Jin could obviously notice that there were many fewer visits, and he lived in seclusion, so he didn't know what was happening outside in the past few days.

Just when he was slightly puzzled in his heart, Shen Tianyou, the son who had moved to Deqingfang to be a neighbor with Li Qian, came back.

"Dad, there's something big going on outside!" As soon as he entered the door, Shen Tianyou roared loudly.

"What's the big deal?" Shen Jin frowned, "How much does it have to do with you?" ”

"Hey------" Knowing that his father had seen through his thoughts, Shen Tianyou scratched his head and sneered: "It has a little bit of a relationship, but it really doesn't have much to do with it." After a pause, he explained, "Brother Li asked me to help." ”

"Oh?" Shen Jin's eyes froze, and then he smiled again: "This kid, do you have something to ask me for?" ”

"I can't hide anything from my father------"

"Don't pat me on the back!" Shen Jin smiled, and said solemnly: "Tell me, what's going on outside?" ”

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