When Jin Million saw Li You bring up the county exam again, he stopped talking about his daughter's draft. For such a big matter, it is reasonable that it cannot be decided on the spot, and there is no need to force each other. And this draft lasts at least a few months, and there is no need to rush it.

However, compared with topics such as the queen's concubine 500,000 taels, what the county tried in front of him was like a sesame mung bean, and Jin Yuanwai suddenly lacked interest and tasteless.

Li You also felt the same way, and he was too lazy to go around in circles. "The last time the county tried the notice, you go back and take a closer look at the first sentence of the last paragraph, and the official will issue a new notice to explain later."

Jin Million also replied neatly: "If the Yu lady of the Du family comes to Yangzhou, ask her to go directly to the old man's house, and the old man will ask the steward to meet with her to discuss." Then he took his leave.

When Jin Million returned home, he remembered Li You's words, so he asked the scholar to bring the manuscript of the county government's notice on the county examination. Looking directly at the last paragraph, the first sentence is "Jinghe took the county examination in August of the eighth year, and Huizhou residents were forbidden to sign up".

Jin Yuanwai stared at this sentence for a moment, and then suddenly realized that he understood his son-in-law's thoughts, it turned out that he had been using this foreshadowing from the beginning... The original text of Li You's notice first said that several large sections of Hui books were unreasonable surnames in the Jiangdu examination, so that everyone who saw the notice thought that Li You wanted to completely prohibit Hui people from taking the Jiangdu County examination.

But in the end, the key place, Li You's original sentence only said that Jinghe had banned Huizhou residents from taking the county test for eight years, and others were shocked by the previous imposing paragraphs, and no one carefully observed the room left by this sentence.

Although the prefectural examination is not necessarily held every year, it is held twice every three years, and it is held in most years except for the year of the township examination. Hui people are not allowed to participate in Jinghe for eight years, but what about Jinghe for nine years? What about the eleventh year of Jinghe? What about the 12th year of Jinghe?

That sentence can be interpreted as a ban this year, or it can be interpreted as a ban from this year.

Jin Million couldn't help but sigh that his son-in-law didn't want to buy and sell with a hammer, but also wanted a long stream. The following county government is going to issue a notice explaining the surname, he doesn't need to look at it to know what the content is, it must be that the previous notice is only for this year, and each county test in the future is to be determined according to the situation.

How could this son-in-law be proficient in the art of power at such a young age? The more Jin Million thought about it, the more he felt that it was meaningful, neither completely rejecting nor letting go in its entirety, but conducting a review once a year "according to the situation", so in the future, can it be possible to make different review results according to the performance of each salt merchant?

This is like a mantra in the Journey to the West story, take it out and recite it when you need it, and leave it alone when you don't need it. It's like a blunt knife cutting meat, which not only jams the throat but also leaves a glimmer of hope, and obedience is not, nor is resistance, but I am afraid that the salt merchant will argue first.

Of course, Jin Yuanwai didn't know that Master Li, who broke his leg for the hukou problem in his previous life, was deeply touched by some things. It is not easy for a person to learn good things, but it is too simple to learn bad things.

It's definitely no problem for your own people to take the exam next year, and it's not bad for this year anyway... Jin Million came up with the dirty idea of a dead Taoist friend immortal poor Dao, put down the matter of the county test, and began to concentrate on studying another passage of Li You's words.

He found that this son-in-law's words and deeds must be studied extremely thoroughly and thoroughly, otherwise he will only be led by the nose.

For example, when he was in the county government just now, Li You casually asked: "For the sake of the concubine's position, if someone wants to share your salt affairs, or make you an enemy of other merchants, are you willing?" ”

At that time, he listened to it, and Jin Million didn't dare to answer, so he just pretended not to hear. But he understands that it is definitely full of deep meaning, which means that someone is eyeing the salt matter again!

But it is not surprising that the salt matter is being targeted, and there are more people in the world who want to divide the fertilizer from the salt industry, and their salt merchants have dealt with this kind of thing in the past few decades. After a lot of experience, I won't be too nervous to say that I am nervous.

But this time it seems to be a little different, Li Youneng linked this person to the draft, indicating that this person is mostly from the palace.

Could it be the Queen Mother or the family members around the Queen Mother? The Queen Mother deliberately demoted Li You to Yangzhou, could it be a disguise and a bitter plan?

Or is it the Son of Heaven? Li You was demoted out of Beijing because of the Son of Heaven's words, and it is normal for him to be instructed by the Son of Heaven to do something... Guessing and guessing, Jin Yuanwai, who was in the south, was not familiar with the distant Jingshi Palace, and he couldn't think of the eldest princess of Guide. But it does not prevent him from having a deeper understanding of Li You's background, and the word Tongtian is not a boast, and it is by no means an exaggeration.

But Jin Million was slightly relieved that his son-in-law still showed him a little imperceptible kindness. His words may be a warning, a reminder, or a temptation, but as long as he can deliberately show his tone, it is good.

It's just that his kindness is so awkward and hidden that a dull person can't notice it at all... Thinking of this, Jin Million couldn't help but smile bitterly. It's so rare to get some kindness from the eldest son-in-law, so rare that it seems that you should be flattered with tears in your eyes. If you talk to this son-in-law every day, I am afraid that it will take ten years to lose my life, and the people who can make a name for themselves in the court battle are all so virtuous?

Mrs. Xie, the wife of Jin Million, heard that the old man had returned from the county office, so she ran to the study and asked, "Have you told your son-in-law about Bao'er?" You can't always follow him without a name or a point. Either straighten it out, or release it back to my Jin family,"

Golden Million was speechless. Before going to the county office, his wife did explain the incident. If he had a thought before, he can't even think about it now.

There are more and more signs that the consequences of the rupture with Li You are now that he cannot afford it, not that Li You cannot afford it. Not to mention anything else, if the competition for the title of eldest daughter completely angered his son-in-law, making him ruthless and using the draft to throw his third daughter Su Niang directly into the palace as a palace maid, then he and his wife would have no place to cry.

Mrs. Xie didn't understand the reason, and she was still chattering, which annoyed Jin Million, but many insiders couldn't say it to his wife at this time, and a trace of rumors couldn't be leaked. I could only helplessly say: "I know!" You don't have to say much. ”

"You can't pull your face, and there is no result until now, so I'll say it! Isn't it okay to give him tens of thousands of taels? It's enough for him to earn ten years as an official! ”

Hearing this, Jin Million couldn't help but roar urgently: "Don't go!" What do you women know? If you dare to go to Li You indiscriminately, I will dare to divorce you! ”

Mrs. Xie was stunned at first, and then went back to her room crying. Looking at her back, Jin Million sighed helplessly, when the husband and wife were struggling to start a business, the wife could endure hardships and be considered a virtuous helper, but now the family is big, and the shortcomings of this wife's small family are revealed.

(To be continued)