Seeing Lin Jin holding the list of old members who had risen and rejoined, Wu Jiugong teased: "What are you still looking at with this list?" The people in this, I guess you don't know anyone except Jia Yucun who once taught you, and because most of these people are the same as Jia Yucun, they have been dismissed for a short time, so you haven't heard much about them before, and besides, this list is just a transcription of the newspaper distributed by the imperial court, and there is no faction marked, so you can't get any information from it. ”

In fact, the reason why Lin Jin's eyes stayed on the list for a long time was because he saw that after Jia Yucun recovered, he still sought the official position of Jinling Yingtianfu, which made her think of the first case he tried when he took office was the murder case of Xue Pan, but now Zhen Yinglian is now at her house, so she omits a thing that makes Jia Yucun flattered and makes him more important in the eyes of the Jia and Wang families.

However, she couldn't tell Wu Jiugong about this idea, so she thought for a while and said with a smile: "I actually took a few more looks at this information, and I didn't want to collect information, I was just thinking, are there any people who have been co-opted by our Chamber of Commerce?" ”

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, the people here are not of much value in the eyes of the Chamber of Commerce because of their resignation, so they didn't win them over before, and this time the resurgence, I also told you, it was the court's important ministers, Jinshang and the emperor and other forces competed for it, and the small arms and legs of the Chamber of Commerce were not strong enough, so it was very prescient and did not get involved.

However, if you haven't tried to win over this old member before, and you haven't been involved, it doesn't mean that the Chamber of Commerce won't do anything after the list is decided. As I said earlier, for these reinstated veterans, in addition to factors such as background, backers and connections, and luck, they also fight for financial resources.

After this resurgence, even if these old members have a lot of money in their pockets, after heavy bleeding, their purses have deflated a lot, not to mention, some of these people are not very wealthy, and they have tried their best to make this resurrection. They even owe debts, so when the official hat is in hand, they will have to make up for this loss, so it's time for our Chamber of Commerce to come out. ”

After listening to Wu Jiugong's words, Lin Jin not only did not feel happy that the Chamber of Commerce could win over officials, but said resentfully: "After becoming an official again, I wantonly looted the people's fat and people's ointment, and I don't know how many Li people will suffer, such officials, what else does the court use them for?" They shouldn't be reinstated at all, they deserve to be in the midst of disgrace and dismissal for the rest of their lives. ”

Wu Jiugong looked at her, smiled and sighed: "You have a heart that worries about the country and the people, but unfortunately, you are not an official." And not only are you not an official, but you don't even want to take the imperial examination, so your current approach is to say that you are worried about the people if you are far away from the rivers and lakes; The unpleasant way of saying is, is it your turn to use people in this court? It's really salty and don't worry about eating radish! ”

"Just because I don't take the imperial examination doesn't mean I can't be an official." Before, Lin Jin knew that she was going back to Gusu for the imperial examination, so she had the idea of cheating, but she couldn't find a suitable candidate for the exam, but now that she has found it, her idea can be implemented, so she revealed one or two to Wu Jiugong: "Besides, I am now preparing for the imperial examination." ”

"Huh? Why did you suddenly change your mind, you know, before, whether it was your father or me, no matter how much you persuaded you, you didn't agree, why did your son suddenly want to open it? Hearing this, Wu Jiugong asked in surprise.

"There's no why." Seeing that he couldn't come up with a reason, Wu Jiugong seemed to have the intention of getting to the bottom of it, Lin Jin simply said very reasonably: "I'm still a child, isn't it common for children to change their orders every day?"

There's really no reason, it's just that I suddenly want to try to take the test. If I get in, everyone will be happy; If I fail the list, I don't seem to have anything to lose except to prove that I am not the material for the imperial examination, so I think I can still take the imperial examination. ”