The lights that are going on and off in front of him make Xu Yuanzuo feel like watching an old-fashioned movie. And this kind of lens language always makes people feel desperate and depressed, but fortunately, Xu Yuanzuo has a strong psychological endurance, and he can still keep a smile on his face to face his allies, who are also righteous brothers, and will be a very important political spokesperson in the future.

Xu Yuanchun saw the two uncles come out dejected before, and then saw his father come out with a blue face, and he was quite worried about what was going on in the study. He was afraid that his father would be angry. If you scold Xu Yuanzuo, it means that there is nothing wrong, but it hasn't come out for so long, what if Xu Yuanzuo is expelled from the Xu family?

It's so rare to have a like-minded and capable brother.

"Father scolded you?" Xu Yuanchun saw Xu Yuanzuo's strong smile, and said in a low voice: "As long as he is willing to scold, it means that he has high expectations for you." ”

Xu Yuanzuo shook his head: "The eldest father explained some things for me to do, and I was a little sad." "It's always a good thing to have errands, Xu Yuanchun is completely relieved. Xu Yuanzuo said again: "How are you doing with your schoolwork?" I think I'll be able to go to high school this fall. ”

Xu Yuanchun moved his stiff neck slightly, and said: "Their "Ancient Training Collection" was not compiled, but it saved me a lot of time on the road, and this time I can try to go back to my hometown." ”

Xu Yuanzuo said with a smile: "I have no intention of inserting willows into the shade." ”

Xu Yuanchun also smiled.

The student qualification examination is not a national talent selection ceremony, so all aspects are not very strict. There are even some people whose papers are not good-looking, but the examiner is very satisfied after the interview, and they will also give a student status. Xu Yuanzuo also belongs to this list. However, when it comes to the township examination, it is the real national talent ceremony, once fraud is discovered, from the examiner to the candidates, no one can escape, and it will even affect the future success rate of the county's students.

I think those examiners are all nobles in the court. Who is likely to be in charge of the cabinet, who is willing to risk his future for the sake of a small student? What's more, the face of the township exam must be transcribed, and the examiner can't see the candidate's handwriting. If you play those tricks that hide the prefixes, and wait for the middle school test paper to be sent to the Ministry of Rites, everyone is from a literary background, and whether the writing tone is sluggish. You can see it at a glance. If the whole text flows smoothly, and suddenly an obscure word is used on a certain sentence, it will immediately be suspected.

As long as the wind spreads, I don't know how many people are waiting to make waves. I think that Tang Yin and Tang Bohu were involved in this kind of non-existent fraud case, and they were removed from their reputations, returned to their hometowns lonely, and died alone. Well, there was a classmate next to him at that time, surnamed Xu Mingjing. He was also implicated and revoked his fame, and after returning home, he worked hard and became a powerful party, but because of the stimulation of the fraud case, his children and grandchildren were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination - he was Xu Xiake's ancestor.

All in all, the township examination can only come out by relying on real talent and real learning and luck in the examination room. Real talent and luck in the examination room, but not just by reading. In addition to being able to read, you also have to be able to take exams. This requires students to travel everywhere. Interview the seniors of the department and ask them to pass on their experience. Inquire about the examiner's preferences, political affiliations, and ideologies.

In the case of inconvenient transportation, this is very time-consuming, although you can enjoy the mountains and rivers, but it also delays your homework.

Because Xu Jie presided over the compilation of the "Old Training", he wiped out the erudition and Confucianism in Jiangnan. Please come to your home. These people have not yet made a dictionary dictionary, and two or three poetry collections and prose have already been produced. Because of this, Jiangnan students went to Huating to seek teaching, and for a time Huating County was piled up into a literary highland.

Xu Yuanchun was the first to get the moon near the water, and his own talent and character were quite good. Coupled with Xu Jie's intentional care, he was soon favored by many Hongru, who answered all questions and said endlessly.

"For a long time, I felt that I was today and not yesterday, and I felt like I was a big day in my studies." Xu Yuanchun said happily. He immediately thought that Xu Yuanzuo couldn't get out before he was twenty years old, so he forced the topic to change the topic naturally in another direction.

"The younger brother has also gained a lot recently, and he is in charge of the machinery factory." Xu Yuanzuo said: "After this factory is made, the cost of looms and spinning wheels can be reduced to about three taels, and well-off families can buy them." ”

"It doesn't seem expensive." Xu Yuanchun said: "During the Chinese New Year this year, my father gave me one hundred taels of silver, but now the silver is worthless?" ”

Xu Yuanzuo smiled dumbly: "Because last year, the family received 240,000 taels, and all the accounts were covered by the Guangji Association." ”

"This one out and one in, there is such a large sum of money at home!" Although Xu Yuanchun was not good at money, he was still taken aback: "Jing Lian is really ...... It's really Tao Zhu in the world! ”

"Actually, it's nothing." Xu Yuanzuo smiled, and said secretly in his heart: I have put my hand into the tax area, if I can't make money like this, isn't it too incompetent?

Xu Yuanchun still couldn't help but praise a few words, and then pulled Xu Yuanzuo to eat. There is a certain amount of drinking at home, and the two also divided two taels of yellow wine and chatted with each other about school things. It just so happened that Xu Yuanzuo needed Xu Yuanchun's help to think about whether anyone would pose a threat to his qualifications.

"If someone thinks about you, that's inevitable." Xu Yuanchun thought for a while and said, "Your reputation is so great and so extreme, it is inevitable to talk to people." But you don't have to take these things to heart, if you really want to change your reputation, you can only report to the county to raise your education. Even if you come to Huating to take the exam, or hang my Huating students, you have to listen to the county's statement. ”

Xu Yuanzuo finally relieved himself, and said secretly in his heart: I still have to visit Mr. Zheng before I leave tomorrow, big gifts are not easy to bring, and valuable and elegant things always have to be brought.

In order to prevent magistrates from abusing their power for personal gain, the dynasty did not allow magistrates to establish properties in their jurisdictions, including heavy gifts, which would also be impeached by the imperial history. With such a three-foot method hanging high, timid officials can actually stand obediently outside the red line.

Xu Yuanzuo asked Yuanchun for two Xu Jie's characters, which are both elegant and affordable, and Mr. Zheng will definitely not want them. The ink treasure of the former first assistant, even if Zheng Yue is in a high position in the future, is worth passing on to his descendants and treasures.

When Zheng Yue saw Xu Yuanzuo this time, his face was ruddy and his complexion was excellent. It's not just because I'm in a good mood, it's because my life has improved a lot.

Yu Linglong is no longer a freelance writer who pays for 100 words and 100 articles. Xu's Bookstore signed a contract with her to buy out her pen name for five taels of silver per month, and the manuscript fee was doubled.

Yu Linglong is Zheng Yue's concubine, and her income is Zheng Yue's income. With income, Zheng Yue naturally knew how to improve his life, and he no longer needed to carefully calculate the little rice in the imperial court. and student gifts.

Xu Yuanzuo chatted with Zheng Yue for a while, and was about to leave, but saw Li Wenming come in.

Since Li Wenming found more than a dozen masters from Shaoxing for Xu Yuanzuo, the relationship and bond between the two have become closer. When he saw Xu Yuanzuo, he gestured with his jaw head, and stepped forward to Zheng Yue and said, "Dong Weng." An official letter came from Suzhou, which was sent to the government office, which was a matter of grain transfer. ”

Zheng Yue did not shy away from Xu Yuanzuo, and asked the master: "What do you say?" ”

Li Wenming replied: "The ministry means that Su Songcao grain will be transported to Huai'an, and Huai'an will go to sea. ”

Zheng Yue said: "Originally, the grain tax in Songjiang was going to enter Huai'ancang, but isn't it more convenient for Caojiang grain to go to sea directly from Taicang and Liujiagang?" He knew that his students were in favor of shipping, and that shipping was indeed beneficial to the national court, and he was justified in supporting it.

"Hai Gangfeng's meaning, probably also counting on this batch of grain to have some other uses." Li Wenming looked at Xu Yuanzuo. replied to Zheng Yue in a low voice.

Xu Huai mutinied and civil unrest, and Hai Rui bore the brunt. The imperial court added to him the words "prime minister's grain reserves, admiral military affairs", and now he is equal to the military and government in one hand, and he has to take care of everything. Speaking of which, it is easy to deal with the affairs of the victims, just give them food and live in a place. The rebellious soldiers are also simple, and they are used to suppress and appease, promising not to blame the past. Zhao'an came back and continued to eat. Then kill the two leaders, and the top and bottom will be satisfied.

But the key to these measures lies in two words - money and food!

What can you do without money and food?

Harry thought about it. First of all, it is inevitable to open a position to help the people. However, it is definitely not enough, so I have to use my brains to see if I can borrow part of the money and food to come out for emergencies. It happened that the imperial court was going to open the sea, so it was understandable to ask Su Songcao to transport the grain to Huai'an to the sea, and whether it could be fully transported to Tianjin Wei at that time. That's hard to say.

"Hai Gangfeng is not afraid of the Holy Son of Heaven!" Zheng Yue was terrified when he heard this: "The newspaper said that the officials in Beijing and the expenses of the inner palace all point to the grain!" ”

"If he is afraid, it will not be Haigang Peak." Xu Yuanzuo smiled: "He probably still thinks that the people in this world are all holy." So what's wrong with saving the holy people with holy bread? He also gave Zheng Yue Hai Rui's difficulties one by one.

Zheng Yue himself is also a herdsman official, and his eyebrows are tight when he listens, but what can he do? This kind of major event is not something that a small county can decide.

Li Wenming broke the cold scene: "Jing Lian must have an idea." ”

Xu Yuanzuo saw that the teacher also looked at him, so he had to say: "Now the handicraft industry is not developed enough, and it is still necessary to rely on land to digest the disaster victims and rebels." ”

"This earth did not fall from the sky, where can I find it?" Zheng Yue said.

"Actually, there is a place that you can't try." Xu Yuanzuo said.

"Where?"

"Shandong."

Zheng Yue shook his head: "If it's in Jiangnan, it's better to say that if you want to send the disaster victims to Shandong, how can people be willing to accept it?" ”

Li Wenming also said: "The flood in Xuhuai, Shandong will not be better." I'm afraid they are more difficult than Su Song. On the one hand, it is a flood, and on the other hand, it is necessary to ensure the amount of water in the canal, and it is not possible to irrigate the fields with boiling water. ”

Xu Yuanzuo said: "That's Shandong on this side of the sea, and the students are talking about Shandong on the other side of the sea." ”

Zheng Yue was confused.

Li Wenming's eyes rolled a few times, and he was not very confident and said, "What is Jing Lian referring to...... Gold covers the sea? ”

Xu Yuanzuo smiled and bowed his head, implying praise.

Li Wenming was also a little proud, and said secretly: Fortunately, the old man reads a lot and learns a lot, otherwise it really makes you stumped! He said to Zheng Yue at the moment: "Dong Weng, in the early years of the Dynasty, Liaodong also had Fuzhou County, which was under the command of the Shandong Political Envoy. In the tenth year of Hongwu, the whole Liaofu County was abolished and all of them were changed into health posts. At that time, Jin covered the four states of Hai, which is now the four guards of southern Liaoning. ”

Zheng Yue said: "The guard is under the orders of the capital division, and the capital division is under the orders of the five military governors. The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies obeyed the orders of the Holy Son of Heaven, and even the secretary of the military department could not speak. How do they take care of the victims of the Huai'an disaster? ”

"People have legs, and the victims run over, reclaim the wasteland, and pay the same grain, who can say anything?" Xu Yuanzuo said: "The key is to see if there is the ability to accept the victims. I read ancient books, and at the time of the Song and Jin dynasties, the population of Liaodong was as high as one million. At the beginning of the dynasty, the population of Liaodong was only tens of thousands, and even if it is now recuperating and the population has recovered, there should still be vacant land. At least it won't be more crowded than Jiangnan. ”

Jiangnan is a land where every inch of land is valuable, and it must be a vast and sparsely populated area in the north, but the migration of disaster victims cannot enrich the three sides. Because Huai'an is going north to the border town, it is bound to pass through Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, and Beizhi provinces. Large-scale migrations, if monitored by guards, will only increase the cost; If you don't monitor it, what if someone instigates you to make a riot? These are the heartland of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Xu Yuanzuo's proposal to immigrate to Liaodong has a great geographical advantage. The victims of the Xu Huai disaster went directly to the sea from Huai'an to the landing of Jinzhouwei, and there would be no turmoil in between. Even if someone were to cause trouble on a ship, it would not be widespread.

The only thing to consider is whether there is enough land to settle in the Golden State.

"Jing Lian, what benefits do you want from proposing this strategy?" Zheng Yue looked at Xu Yuanzuo with a smile.

Xu Yuanzuo was quite insulted: "Students only share their worries about the teacher, but why are they suspicious!" If you talk about the benefits, all these victims come to Songjiang, which is the biggest advantage for the students: they can hire weavers cheaply, not to mention the daily income, it is always a million profits. ”

Zheng Yue thought about it, laughed, pointed at Xu Yuanzuo and said to Li Wenming: "This kid really can't stand teasing!" ”

Li Wenming's cold sweat came down: You don't know that "this kid" can swallow most of Huating in one bite!

Xu Yuanzuo was just helpless. Master and apprentice, father and son, what can you say? And to say that he has no selfish intentions is absolutely false. During the Wanli period, the northern goods business had a total economic volume of millions. Now the northern route has not been opened, Jiangnan can't see the northern goods at all, if they can control the northern goods channel, this is a lot of income.

Now that the southern winters are getting colder, fur is sure to be a big hit. Fur aside, there is also a specialty of ginseng in Liaodong.

Nowadays, it is a trend to eat ginseng in Jiangnan, but it is Shangdang ginseng, referred to as codonopsis. This kind of Codonopsis is different from the Platycodon of the Platycodonaceae in later generations, and it is completely two plants.

Because the medicinal value of Codonopsis was known from the beginning of the Song Dynasty, so that later the government and businessmen invaded each other, which made the ginseng farmers miserable and gave up the cultivation of Codonopsis. In addition, Shangdang is an important forest area in the north, and the demand for timber is quite large, so that Codonopsis has lost a suitable growth environment and eventually becomes extinct.

If a large number of sea cucumbers can be introduced in this time period, it will definitely be very profitable.

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