Chapter 158 Jiangnan Scientific Expedition Case (1)

On the ninth day of August, once every three years, the township examination (also known as Qiuqiu), which has attracted the attention of the whole country, was held in the provincial capitals of various provinces. [-No pop-ups, permanent URL:,!]

The reason why the township examination is so eye-catching is that after winning the examination, you have the identity of lifting people, and only after you can take the national "sex" examination, and even if you fail to pass the examination, you also have the qualifications to be an official.

The imperial examination is divided into three poles, the hospital examination, the township examination, the general examination and the palace examination. Those who are eligible to participate in the township examination are all students of Fuzhou County School, tribute students of Guozijian and prison students. The chief examiner and deputy chief examiner of the township examination are all sent by Kangxiqin, and the examination is also proposed by the chief examiner, and the school officials of various provinces and school districts are not allowed to participate.

The township examination has a special examination room, that is, the tribute institute set up separately in each province, but Jiangnan is slightly different, Jiangnan Province was divided into Jiangsu and Anhui provinces in the sixth year of Kangxi, but the geographical view of the two provinces is still called Jiangnan, and the township test of the two provinces is still merged in the Jiangnan Gongyuan in Jiangning, so the Jiangning Gongyuan is the Jiangnan science field.

'Pond House' backyard,

When all the people were paying attention to the township test, Tuo Heqi, Qi Shiwu, Geng Er and several others took the opportunity to quietly gather together, and with a glass of wine in their stomachs, Tuo Heqi sighed, "Two years of hard work, the emperor played a little, and it was all in vain." ”

Qi Shiwu stared at Geng and asked: "Lord Geng, you are the secretary of the military department, what do you think of the emperor's frequent transfer of the generals of the Eight Banners of Manchuria?" ”

Geng said with a deep groan: "There will be a transfer like this every five to eight years, and this transfer has been six years since the last time, and the military department is not surprised by this. After a pause, he continued: "However, there are two special things about the emperor's transfer this time, there are many transfers between Manchu and Mongolia, and there are many transfers of the generals of the guard battalion. ”

Tuo Heqi also stared at it, and said in a deep voice: "You mean ......." ”

"The Manchurian and Mongolian reversals are completely that the generals don't know the soldiers, and the soldiers don't know the generals." Geng said in a heavy tone: "The meaning of the transfer of the generals of the guard battalion does not need to be repeated. ”

"The emperor has noticed something." Tuoheqi muttered.

The three of them were speechless for a while, and after a while, Geng Ecai said: "It may not be true, this transfer, there are not many commanders close to us. ”

Qi Shiwu said in a deep voice: "The emperor should only be aware of it, but he doesn't know the details, and this move may also be a precautionary measure." ”

"I hope so." Tuo Heqi said: "The prince went to Rehe with his car, and it is inconvenient for information to come and go, so we don't dare to make a slight difference." ”

Qi Shiwu sighed lightly, "Let's wait and see, according to the custom, the emperor will return to Beijing in early September." ”

Since May, the rain in the northern provinces has also been sufficient, and the crops that have been sown in various provinces have begun to gradually enter the harvest period, and in addition to the new grain flowing into the market, grain prices in the provinces have begun to fall steadily.

Shi Shilun, who was in charge of promoting high-yield drought-resistant crops in the north, was originally like other ministers, and he didn't have much hope for these foreign crops sent by Yinzhen, but after going to a few places to inspect it in person, his heart was full of surprises.

The sweet potatoes are not yet ripe, and the situation is not yet certain, but the potatoes have been harvested, and the yield is really good, and they taste good, but they are planted too little.

He was most pleased with the corn, which was in a very good situation, and although it was still a little longer than the harvest, the harvest could already be preliminarily estimated, much higher than that of millet, buckwheat, sorghum, beans, and the like.

And corn can be planted with winter wheat, and winter wheat can be planted just after harvesting, but there are not many places where he runs, only in Zhili, and what about other places has to wait for reports from all over the country to know.

Shanghai

Seeing that the price of grain has begun to fall steadily, Yinzhen couldn't hold it back, and began to pay out of his own pocket to plan and transform Shanghai, the initial plan is to transform the county, and connect Honggang with the county seat of Shanghai, this task naturally falls on the two of Yan Haifeng and Xu Shizhen.

As soon as this project started, it was supported and praised by all the people in Shanghai, although Yan Haifeng and Xu Shizhen were bitter and tired, they were full of energy, and the fourteenth master paid money to help them make political achievements, this kind of good thing is rare and unavoidable, even if it is hard and tired, the two of them are gritting their teeth and resisting, and they are full of energy every day in the county to command.

On the ninth day of September, Kangxi finally returned to the capital from Rehe.

On the same day, it is also the day of the Jiangning urban and rural trial list, a group of showmen have been looking forward to this day for a long time, early in the morning, the place where the list is released is crowded with all kinds of "color" people, etc., of course, the most is still worried, anxious Xiucai, in the ardent expectation of a lot of people, the dragon and tiger list was finally posted.

A group of Xiucai hurriedly surrounded them, anxiously searching for their own or their friends' names on the list, and the names on the list were naturally ecstatic, some danced, some cheered loudly, some cried with joy, and those who fell to Sun Shan looked gloomy and silent, and some sighed and wailed sadly.

Township test, the number of people in each province is fixed, and there are only more than 200 on the list, and the vast majority of the show is destined to fall to Sun Shan, just when the first show is depressed and ready to turn away, suddenly someone shouted loudly and angrily: "How did Wu Yu get on the list?" ”

Most Xiucai don't know Wu Mi, when they see this situation, they can't help but inquire around, Wu Mi is the only son of Wu Zongjie, a salt merchant in Yangzhou, with a wealthy family, pawnshops and money villages all over Jianghuai, but he is a straw bag with no ink. is also a person in Yangzhou, knowing that he is not a few, and under word of mouth, a group of people who are falling into the first show immediately became a sensation.

Soon someone shouted: "There is also a Cheng Guangkui here, who is also a straw bale, the son of a Suzhou salt merchant." ”

This time, all the showmen hula and stepped forward to look at the list, this time not to see if they were on the list, but to find out if there was a straw bag they knew on the list, and soon someone shouted: "There is no reason, Yu Jizu is also on the list." ”

Soon, the children of the salt merchants and nobles on the list were found out one by one, and at this time, no one asked whether these people had real talents, but on the list of more than 200 people, there were more than 40 people who were the children of the rich salt merchants and nobles.

A group of originally lonely Luo Di Xiucai suddenly became inexplicably sad and angry, and they immediately rushed down the street in groups, and in less than an hour, the rumors of fraud spread to every corner of Jiangning City.

In all the teahouses, restaurants, and green buildings in Jiangning City, there are indignant talents who are wantonly scolding, and the dissatisfaction soon spreads.

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