Yan Hong looked at such a maid who was usually infinitely warm, and at this time he actually said the truth, he couldn't help but laugh, nodded her forehead with his hand and said, "Little girl, you are kind, you know that you can say good things for others." I'm afraid your young lady won't have so many good things to say about you. Tomorrow, remember to bring delicious food to my uncle. Uncle, I haven't eaten enough today. ”

As he spoke, he licked his lips with his tongue deliberately and obscenely. What does it mean to not be full, the two of them naturally understand, and they can't even lift their heads when they are ashamed.

After eating some snacks here and tasting the sweetness of the maid's pendant, Yan Hong was in good spirits and sat in a small teahouse on the street for half an hour. When he returned to Guozijian in the afternoon, Yan Hong thought that he would have to endure boring coursework professors, but this time he had to give a lecture (that is, classwork).

Hu Fuzi handed out the paper, and the topic of this assignment was "The Analects. Interpretation of "Eight Hundred". It's a pity that if you take the "Analects" test "learn and learn when you learn it", Yan Hong can still rely on a little impression in the middle school classroom to make a few nonsense, now this topic is laid down, he only recognizes one eight characters, and he doesn't even know what to read, how can he write?

This Yan Hong waved the embroidered spring knife casually in the past, although he didn't have any clever knife skills, but it was not difficult to play, and he could also make his own routine. Today, this brush is in my hand, but I feel that it is heavy. After staying for a whole hour, I didn't know what to write, and I didn't dare to draw Wang Ba, so I had to hand over the blank paper.

Looking back left and right, although more than a dozen classmates also had expressions of taking medicine, some of them wrote three pages, some wrote two pages, and the most of them also wrote a hundred crosses. It's really unique to hand in the blank paper like this.

That Hu Fuzi took Yan Hong's white scroll, but his face did not change. He took the papers handed over by everyone and walked out, and came in later, but said to Yan Hong: "Master Yan, Zhang Siye is invited." Come with me. He led Yan Hong out of the hall of spontaneity. Yan Hong thought to himself, could it be that my level is too poor, and Teacher Zhang wants to expel me from school immediately? Okay, yes, hurry.

The two came to the front of Yilun Hall, the door of Zhang Juzheng's official room. Hu Fuzi said loudly: "Xiaosheng Hu Tu, bring the prisoner Yan Hong to see Si Ye!" Inside, Zhang Juzheng said lightly: "Please come in." ”

Pushing the door in, Yan Hong saw that the display in the room was not complicated, there were countless books on several rows of bookshelves, and there were a few good incense sticks burning in the incense burner on the table. Facing the door, Zhang Juzheng was wearing a gauze hat and round-necked regular clothes, sitting behind the table. On the table, there is a blank piece of paper. Yan Hong saw at a glance that it was his own "masterpiece".

When Yan Hong entered the house, Dr. Hutu quit. Yan Hong didn't dare to slack off, and knelt down to give salutes according to the etiquette of his disciples. After Zhang Juzheng calmly accepted the salute, he smiled and said, "Please get up, please get up." In the future, if the son wins the imperial examination, he should worship the master and the master again. I'm a teacher, but I'm nothing. Our Guozijian is no more formal than officialdom, so there is no need to be too formal. ”

Yan Hong actually didn't take the identity of Guozijian seriously at all. Since he couldn't study, he never thought about taking the imperial examination from the beginning. Being an official is indispensable. Even if you are an official, you would rather choose to be a military attache in brocade clothes with a high degree of freedom in the content of your work, and even some challenges and excitement, rather than those civil servants. However, as long as Zhang Juzheng was concerned, he wanted to pay homage to this teacher.

At that moment, Yan Hong smiled and said, "The teacher is laughing." What qualifications the disciple has, he knows in his heart. After winning the first place in the imperial examination, I am afraid that the disciple will be hopeless in this life. Those Five Classics, Four Books, Eight Articles, and the Words of the Sages are all related to the disciples. The disciple is in prison, and I am just waiting for Elder Gao to expel me out of the prison and never be allowed to come to the prison. However, a teacher for one day is a father for life. Even if you can be taught by your teacher one day in this country, you will be grateful to your disciples. ”

As the saying goes, a thousand wear it, but you don't wear it. Although Zhang Juzheng was a big bull in the Ming Dynasty, after listening to Yan Hong's words, he was still quite useful. Especially in Yan Hong's previous life, after all, he was used to insurance sales, and patting on the back is not simply a matter of singing praises of virtue. This time, he mainly focused on self-restraint, and secretly praised Zhang Juzheng's flattery, which was very exquisite.

Zhang Juzheng smiled and looked at Yan Hong. His eyes are not as sharp as Lu Bing's, but they are like needles in the cotton. At first glance, there was nothing abnormal, but after looking at each other for a while, Yan Hong felt that the other party's gaze was directly into his body, making people have nothing to hide. Fortunately, his flattery is also sincere, and he is not afraid that Mr. Zhang will find out that there is fraud.

But he heard Zhang Juzheng say: "Master Yan, according to the rules of my country's sub-supervisor, there will be an exam every month, one point per month, and those with eight points will be allowed to be released from prison and given their origin." It's just that now that the supervision rules are lax, if you have to follow this rule, it will add a lot of trouble. Moreover, the son originally had the influence of Yan Ge's hometown, and he had made meritorious contributions in Jinyiwei, and Zhang also admired it very much. I think, I'll come up with a question today, and Childe will try to answer it. If the answer is out, this point will be given to you. ”

As mentioned earlier, the Ming Dynasty pursued a system similar to that of later universities. Students take the exam once a month, with a maximum score of 1 point, and graduate with a maximum score of 8 points. However, if the assessment is carried out in strict accordance with the requirements, it is estimated that even if the rice worms of the current group of Guozijian are sixty years old, few of them will be able to pass the prison and give their background. Therefore, in practice, most of them are merciful to the examiner when judging the papers. Anyway, now that Guozijian has graduated from this background, he only has the capital to be an official in theory, and it is actually difficult to directly exchange official titles, and he is not afraid of flooding.

Yan Hong didn't know much about the Guozijian system, and when he heard Mr. Zhang's exam, he had a point and was overjoyed. He hurriedly said: "There is a question from the teacher. ”

Zhang Juzheng pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "I'll ask you." Today, there is an official, who is in charge of the banknotes of the country. He is an honest and self-disciplined official, and there is no greed for ink. Three months after he took office, the taxes collected were enough to reach the amount customized by the imperial court. So the official simply opened the banknotes, no longer collected taxes, and allowed the merchants to come and go at will. If you are now in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and the officials in charge are promoted, appointed, and dismissed, how should you evaluate this person? ”

Yan Hong was originally apprehensive, afraid that Zhang Juzheng would ask him to make a couplet, or make a poem or something. He can't do any of these two, unless he is lucky enough to encounter "rain hitting the beach and ten thousand pits". But when it comes to asking about this, he is not afraid. First, Yan Hong is nurtured at home every day, and he knows a little about officialdom. The so-called family environment education of the second generation of officials is, after all, not comparable to ordinary poor families.

More importantly, Yan Hong himself is from the 21st century, has received classroom education in history, political economy, legal foundations, etc., and has participated in the key committee on the Internet, and has thought about national affairs in the basement. All of this made his basic literacy in some aspects far superior to that of the average rich child of the Ming Dynasty. Before preparing for the civil service examination, I found some so-called treasure books and golden keys to see. If these books say that they can guarantee the test, it is a fart, but the type of strategy and analysis questions that are often found in the exam can indeed help people master the commonly used ideas of discrimination and analysis.

So Yan Hong thought for a moment and replied: "If the student is an official of the ministry, although it cannot be said that this Qing official will be immediately imprisoned and punished, he must also be removed from his official position and reappointed to the position of scholar and teacher. If someone else is promoted, then it is reluctant to serve as a student official, or to be the head of the Ministry of Rites. In such a place, the country and the dynasty must not let him stay. ”

When Zhang Juzheng heard this answer, he was a little surprised. In this exam, he actually went through the motions, giving Yan Hong a point in vain, and sending the plague god to heaven as soon as possible. After all, this son-in-law has just been here for a day, and he has already made trouble in class and has a spring dream, and his classmates are afraid of him like a tiger.

If he stays in, the ghost knows what will happen. Although Guozijian is already very degraded, he and Gao Gong still want to clean up in the middle of the garbage heap, if Yan Hong continues to make trouble, this little plan will be destroyed. Therefore, it was their previous consensus to fool Yan Hong into graduating earlier. Gao Gong was upright, and he already had a prejudice against Yan Hong, so he kicked this errand to Zhang Juzheng. And Zhang Ju happened to have a little relationship with Yan Fu, so he took over the job as a matter of course.

Zhang Juzheng's question, of course, also has its intentions. He himself had a relatively alternative standard answer to this question, but he didn't plan that Yan Hong would be able to type it. Little Yama is so sassy, he is less than 20 years old, what can he understand? If this guy can say a few nonsense words such as "good official, upright, love the people like a son, and promote", even if his central idea is positive and progressive, and his intention is correct.

But he never expected that Yan Hong would give such an answer, which was secretly in line with Zhang Juzheng's own standard answer. At that moment, Zhang Taiyue became interested and asked, "Why is this?" This official did not take bribes or harm the people, but opened the money gate in a big way, allowing the people to come and go, and making the people praise each other. Such a good official, why not promote him to his official position, but instead dismiss him and reappoint him? ”

Yan Hong knew that the person opposite was a figure at the level of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, and he also had a lot less scruples. At least the other side is known for its reforms, not for its pedantic conservatism. Not to mention being able to talk eloquently in front of such a big person, it also satisfies the pride in my heart. At that moment he arched his hand and said:

"Graceful teacher. The taxation of the imperial court is related to the rise and fall of the country and the survival of the imperial court. The establishment of banknotes to collect taxes was originally an economic law taken from the world and used by the world. The people traveled all over the country to do business for profit, and the court took a cut of it. The silver taels obtained were used by the imperial court to raise soldiers and train soldiers and guard the frontier; It was used to purchase grain and grass to enrich the treasury, build ordnance and firearms, and distribute money to support hundreds of officials. These are normal and reasonable conditions. If it is said that the court is a person, then the money is blood, and if a person has no blood, how can he live? Therefore, the position of the banknote is very important, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is related to the rise and fall of the world. ”