"Hebei is just going back, but Shandong has gone through many times of turmoil, how many people are destitute, and how can a small Tianjin Wei be able to accommodate all of them?"

Breaking the silence is Wang Qiong, the right servant of the household department, the Wang family is from the prince of Zhou Ling, the prince of Jin, Han, Jin, Sui, and Tang dynasties, and is a famous family in Jin. At the age of twenty-two, he had already become a jinshi, and he served as the director of the Ministry of Industry during the Hongzhi period, and in the process of governing Caoyun, he passed through Tianjin many times, and he also had a good understanding of the local situation, so he asked this question.

Shandong has always been a place where the folk customs are strong, and it is famous for being a hero in the green forest during the Tang and Song dynasties. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, it was used as the main battlefield of the Jingyan Battle, and the local damage was very great, even in the Zhengde period of a hundred years, it still did not fully recover.

If it weren't for this, in the history of the previous life, the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi would not have set off such a big storm, and the peasants of China have always been docile as sheep, and the Chinese bureaucrats who would sigh that they ruled the people were the most incompetent group of people.

"Tinghe is also suspicious, so he has asked Shen'er to go to Tianjin to investigate...... "Yang Tinghe has always been in the center, even when he went out of Beijing, the place where he worked was Nanjing, so he didn't know much about the local area, but no matter how you think about it, it is impossible for Tianjin alone to accommodate immigrants from the two provinces."

With the benefits of sea trade, Xie Hong may be able to get enough money, but Yang Tinghe doesn't believe that the other party put up such a big battle just to do charity to win the hearts of the people. He knows the style of this opponent and knows that he will not be untargeted.

"Went with Xiu personally? Jiefu is too cautious, right? Wang Wei was slightly stunned.

Although Tianjin is not as close as Lushun, it is also Xie Hong's territory after all, with such a big movement, they did not receive the news in advance, it can be seen that the officials in Tianjin have been intimidated by Xie Hong's Yinwei, or treacherous, or stay out of the matter.

In such a situation, Yang Tinghe sent his own son-in-law, and he dared to be at this time, which was really abnormal, and people couldn't figure out his intentions.

"Although there is some chaos in the court, the spring festival is still going on as usual, and it is good to delay the hour with Xiu Mo." Li Dongyang also chimed in.

The holding of the imperial examination as usual is both a good thing and a bad thing.

Li Dongyang has always been very worried that after the academy is established, the emperor will cancel the imperial examination and then fully implement the academy, but, at least for now, the emperor has not meant this. However, he also saw that this was not Zhengde's respect for the ancestral system, or the importance of the imperial examination, but a ploy to borrow from the east wind.

From the establishment of the academy to the present, it has only been more than a year, and in such a short period of time, even if there is a royal name, it is impossible for the world to know everything, after all, the means of communication in this era are still relatively primitive. If we take into account the obstruction of local officials and gentry, whether overt or implicit, the appeal of the academy is even lower.

From the Sui and Tang dynasties to the present, the imperial examination has a history of nearly 1,000 years, and everyone in the world recognizes this, as long as the imperial court does not postpone it explicitly, then there are scholars who have made great achievements and fame in the capital every four years.

As a result, this situation was taken advantage of by the academy, and notices were posted at the nine gates of the capital to publicize the academy; At the counters of each inn, the entrance profile of the college was also visited; Coupled with the various propaganda in popular places such as wine shops and teahouses, the propaganda of the seowon was as pervasive as mercury.

Unless it is a child of a family who has been warned in advance, and does not need to live in a guest house, and food and clothing can be solved at the hometown, otherwise, those who enter Beijing to take the exam will have to go through some brainwashing.

The lie has been told 10,000 times, and it has become true, not to mention that the benefits of the academy are also real, and it is amazing enough that it does not need to be made up. Therefore, for more than half a year, a considerable proportion of scholars have defected, given up the road of the imperial examination, and threw themselves into the arms of the academy.

Some of these people, like Li Binghe, discovered the joy of natural science; Some are like Tang Bohu, who have a personal experience of the disadvantages of the family; More often than to break through the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination, and then rise and fall in the sea for decades, in the shadow of the sword and sword, it is better to try the new bureaucratic system described by the academy.

The power of the new bureaucracy is not as great as that of the old bureaucracy, and the privileges are not as great as those of the old bureaucracy. Although you can't get all kinds of extra money, you will have a good salary, which is enough to support the family, and there is still some surplus.

Among the scholars from poor families, there are quite a few who are upright, and when they see the shortcomings of officialdom, they often make a grand wish to get rid of the maladministration before they become officials. Of course, under normal circumstances, after stepping into the officialdom, their righteousness will be crooked, and the edges and corners will be smoothed.

As a result, in the promotional materials of the college, this point was especially strengthened, and many years of lifting children were attracted to it.

Li Dongyang saw this situation in his eyes, but he was powerless, and if he wanted to change this situation, he could only cancel the imperial examination. However, let's not talk about whether this proposal can be approved by the emperor, the imperial examination is the expectation of the scholars of the world, and if anyone dares to cancel the imperial examination, he will inevitably be resented by the people of the world, and it must be a situation where people are not human inside and outside, so no one dares to mention this matter.

Moreover, the scholars were not originally a regular group, but they had the same interests in the general direction, if the imperial examination was really abolished, the scholars would immediately become a pool of loose sand, there would be no new blood in the court, and the scholars outside the government and the opposition would also find another way out.

Therefore, although he saw the pros and cons of the imperial examination, Li Dongyang was also helpless, so he could only watch, and when he heard that Yang Shen was out of Beijing, he was also a little worried, for fear that the genius boy under his door would also be abducted by the academy, or that an accident would delay the spring festival.

"Originally, the little brother didn't plan to let him go, but after he heard about it, he asked for ......his life" Yang Tinghe smiled bitterly, how did he not know Li Dongyang's worries, but when his son is older, it is not a bad thing to have an opinion, "Alas, forget it, let him go through the experience, it is not for the sake of a yellow-mouthed son to delay the time of the adults, let's continue to discuss the right thing." ”

"After subduing the British nobles, the emperor is also like a tiger, for the present...... What if it's a discussion? "Li Dongyang is helpless, the scholars have suppressed Xungui for decades, and the enmity that should be concluded has been settled, how easy is it to resolve it?

In the process of Zhengde's rectification of the Beijing camp, some people's interests were damaged, so they also expressed goodwill to the foreign court in private; When Xie Hong began to check the military tun in Jizhen, the soldiers were even more secretly happy, if they weren't afraid that it would be too obvious and show traces, they would like to give their fields to the nobles, just wait for Xie Hong to come, and then the nobles will rebound.

But who would have thought it would be like this? It's just a football game, and those people led by the British Duke have inexplicably turned over, and even the thunderbolt and fiery Dingguo Duke Xu Guangzuo didn't know what medicine he had taken, and his expression of joy and sincerity was really incomprehensible, and it could only be attributed to the smell of vulgar people.

It is really useless to just negotiate, and in the face of Zhengde's all-round offensive, the conspiracy is neither effective nor effective. Zhengde is not a strong emperor who only has military power, with Xie Hong's outline, his policies and goals are quite clear, and the conspiracy used in the founding of the country is completely unworkable in the Zhengde Dynasty today.

"Elder Wang Ge, how sure are you over there in Jiangnan?" Yang Tinghe suddenly asked Wang Wei.

"Uh......" Wang Wei didn't answer, but subconsciously glanced at Wang Qiong, all the people present were the backbone of the Shi Party, but this Wang Qiong and Zhou Jing were added later, from a certain point of view, the relationship between these two people and him is also very ordinary, because they are from the Jin Party.

Zhou Jing was the one who introduced Wang Wei to the Korean envoys, although he should not know the details, but he should have guessed in general. But Wang Qiong is different, the relationship between the Jiangnan Wang family and the Jinzhong Wang family is quite bad, how can such a confidential matter be easily said to him?

Yang Tinghe's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Elder Wang Ge, this is an extraordinary period, and the thief flame is so rampant, if we can't give up our past suspicions, how can we complete the great cause of Kuangfu Sheji?" What's more, in the opinion of Tinghe, but a force in the south of the Yangtze River, may not be able to reap the full credit, if you want to do it once and for all, you must also work together with colleagues in Shanxi to achieve great things. ”

"Shanxi fellow Daoists? Could it be ......" Wang Wei was shocked, and everyone present also changed their faces.

Winter is short, and the sky is already dark and dreary.

In the distance, there were bursts of singing and laughter from the direction of the Forbidden City, sometimes mixed with Qin Se left, obviously, Zhengde Zhang Luo's gala has begun.

But the atmosphere in the flower hall of the Li Mansion was solemn, Yang Tinghe's tone was cold, and his expression was even more gloomy, just looking at it, it already made people shudder, combined with the content of his words, a terrifying thought appeared in everyone's hearts, even the most calm among them, at this time, there was a feeling of restlessness.

"Jiefu, what are you talking about?" Li Dongyang shouted loudly: "That's a catastrophe!" Think about the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, the Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji almost overturned, how can it be like this? ”

"Brother Xiya, if not, will you just watch the Ming Dynasty sink?" Yang Tinghe's attitude was very resolute and emotional, and he said in an impassioned tone:

"Just let the faint king favor the courtiers and act perversely in the court? Now that the faint monarch has become a general trend, even if Liaodong is overturned, it will not hurt his roots. What's more, that Annihilation has always been cunning, even if Jiangnan Tongdao fights hard, it may not be able to make him the head, he only needs to flee to Liaoyang, and he will escape, so there is only one way to help Sheji, that is, a two-pronged approach, let them take care of one and lose the other! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Before Yang Tinghe's words fell, there was a loud explosion outside, and then, the gloomy sky suddenly lit up, and looking at the direction, it should be the Forbidden City that began to set off fireworks.

The scale of the fireworks was very large, and the firelight not only reflected the night, but also illuminated the flower hall of the Li Mansion, shaking everyone's faces flickering.

After a long time, a somewhat low, but very powerful voice suddenly sounded, and the person who spoke was sitting under Li Dongyang, who was the university scholar Wang Wei.

"The husband is reasonable, and the old man seconds it!"

"You can't throw a rat bogey anymore, and the lower officials also seconded it!" Xu Jin followed.

"Kuang Fu Sheji, it is the duty of our scholars, and the officials are willing to serve the power of running." Wang Qiong also stood up.

"That's right, we are all willing to participate in the grand event!" Everyone stood up one after another, and in the end, only Li Dongyang was still sitting in place.

"That being the case, the old man ......" is just a short moment, but looking at Li Dongyang's expression, it seems that several years have passed, his face is even older, and his voice is bitter and hoarse.

"At the court meeting after the year, the old man will recommend the introductory husband to the cabinet, so let's stop here today."

In the alternation of light and darkness in the capital, the third year of Zhengde, that is, the year of the chaos recorded in history, kicked off.

(To be continued)