Zhu Yunxi didn't expect that in order to save trouble, he saved the link of body search, and actually saved a "female horse".

There are not many girls who study these days, and there are only ones who can read and have the courage to take the exam.

Therefore, Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but be a little more interested in this fishy-eyed little girl, and took advantage of the invigilation to peek at her name.

Lu Zongfu?

What is this ghost name?

Because the preparation time for this exam is very short, all the candidates' resumes and names are filled in casually, and there is no certificate from the academic administration and the government.

This has given many people an opportunity, such as Lu Hongfu, who is dressed as a man.

Lu Hongfu felt that her name was too feminine, so she made up a name for herself and wrote it according to the names of the brothers of the Lu family.

But under normal circumstances, no one will change their name.

In these years, many people still believe in exams very much, thinking that exams can determine people's fate.

The exam will be held in the morning, and the papers will be collected as soon as noon arrives.

But there are many people who are quick and quick, and they will hand in the papers as soon as the time has passed.

For example, Lu Shiyuan and Lu Hongfu father and daughter.

Lu Hongfu avoided his father when he entered the examination room, but it was a coincidence that the two of them happened to be one after the other.

Lu Shiyuan saw that his daughter was also mixed in, and he was about to be angry with his daughter on the spot.

Lu Hongfu saw his father's gloomy face, and also stuck out his little tongue in embarrassment, then covered his face with a roll and turned sideways past his father.

Lu Shiyuan saw the back of his daughter running away, shook his head with a wry smile, and then mixed in the crowd to hand in the papers.

However, as soon as the two returned to the inn where they were staying, Lu Shiyuan locked his daughter in the house and punished her for kneeling to copy women's rules and training.

Originally, Lu Shiyuan was very excited about this exam, but after the incident with his daughter, the excitement in his heart suddenly turned into apprehension.

On the one hand, I hope that my daughter can go to high school and let the world know her daughter's talent. On the one hand, I hope that my daughter will not be hit, and I will completely cover up the matter.

As for his own results, he doesn't have much to look forward to.

He originally wanted to experience the atmosphere of the exam, but he didn't really want to be a teacher.

The little money given by the imperial court every year is not enough for his daughter to spend for three days.

When Lu Hong copied the women's rules with a bitter face, Zhu Yunxi also read the papers with a bitter face.

How long does it take to complete more than 3,000 exam papers?

In addition, Zhu Yunxi was in a hurry this time, and he secretly ran out of Beijing, and he didn't bring many people over at all.

Therefore, he could only serve as the chief examiner in person and let Zhou Zhiqing and Erhu serve as the deputy examiners.

But even three people are not enough, not to mention that the second tiger can only be regarded as half a person.

There was no way, he picked dozens of literate people from the brocade guards to help mark the papers.

Primary screening: Anything that has not been smeared is counted.

Second sieve: The more words you don't know, the higher the rank.

Third sieve: It's him and the two deputy examiners.

Because there are too few restrictions in this exam, many idlers who know a few words come to make up the numbers.

As a result, the quality of the volume is very poor, and very few can write an article smoothly, even less than 300 with typos and smears of less than three words.

[I have known an old book friend for ten years to recommend to me to chase books, @

Until the test papers he picked out were all dethroned, he protested on the spot.

"Your Royal Highness, you look down on people too much, why can't you choose the test papers from your humble position?"

"Look at this, I think it's very well written!"

"Really?"

"Really!"

"Humble duty to you!"

"The way of business lies in women, as the saying goes, no business, no women, no women, no business."

"It is the norm to be short of two pounds, and it is not a shame to be shoddy. Buying low and selling high is the way to business......

As soon as Erhu read a few words, Zhu Yunxi and Zhou Zhiqing couldn't stop laughing.

This is the vision of the two tigers, bizarre and weird.

"Don't read it!"

"I'll give you a face today and record this, hahaha......

Zhou Zhiqing laughed for a while, covered his stomach and said.

"This person is also the truth, as the so-called mercy is not in charge of the army, righteousness is not in charge of wealth, if the merchant is not a woman, how can he make money?"

Erhu saw that his recommendation was useful, so he made persistent efforts and recommended a few more to Zhu Yunxi.

Zhu Yunxi also accepted all the orders, and did not have the enthusiasm of the two tigers.

After all, this thing is only a qualification to take the re-examination, and there are still two exams left before the final hiring.

Zhou Zhiqing will hand the test paper that he thinks is good to Zhu Yunxi and let Zhu Yunxi see it in person.

However, it is too difficult to get Zhou Zhiqing to say the word "good", after all, he is a serious jinshi in the imperial court, how can he look at the articles written by these people?

When Zhou Zhiqing was looking at the past with a glance, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he was shocked.

"Huh!"

"The handwriting of this article is quite beautiful, it looks like the body of a boudoir!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he hurriedly took the test paper, and when he saw that the name column was indeed written with the words "Lu Zongfu".

"I have to comment on this test paper in person!"

Zhou Zhiqing saw Zhu Yunxi's attitude, the corners of his mouth curled up with an ambiguous arc, and then buried his head in the test paper picked out by Erhu again.

"The way of business is to lose less and give more than enough."

"It's kind of interesting, this is to lean on the way of heaven by the way of business!"

"Fu Jiangnan is rich in silk, can the land of Jiangnan be used? If there are no merchants to go to various places, the silk in the south of the Yangtze River cannot be exhausted, even if it is wrapped around trees to pave the way."

"However, the people raised silkworms and reeled silk, spun and weaved cloth, which lasted for months or even years, just to pave the way for silk?"

When Zhu Yunxi saw this, the smile on his face gradually disappeared and changed to a serious look.

This is a man who understands the way of business!

Isn't the so-called way of commerce a way to connect goods from north to south, so that the wealth created by the people's hard work can obtain greater value?

What's even more rare is that this woman has a clear mind, a novel angle of argumentation, and knows how to quote scriptures and classics, and compare with Emperor Yang of Sui, and it can be seen that she is also a person who has read some books. ….

It's just that the gender of this candidate is a bit problematic, if he hires a girl, will it cause the world to shake?

Zhu Yunxi hesitated slightly, and drew a circle on the volume, which meant to take the middle.

Zhu Yunxi had just put down the test paper, and Zhou Zhiqing handed over another test paper.

"His Royal Highness, the champion of the Imako has come out!"

"Oh?"

"For Governor Zhou to value it so much, this humanistic talent must be good?"

"This person's literary talent is to participate in the imperial imperial examination, and he is also a talent of the three tripods!"

"It's just that I didn't go to the imperial court for some reason, but ran to us......

When Zhou Zhiqing said this, when he saw that the emperor's grandson was unhappy, he closed his mouth in amusement.

"Governor, what you said is not right, what are we doing here, we are also serious imperial examinations!"

"Yes, yes, the lower official said something wrong for a while, and asked His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun to forgive his sins."

Zhu Yunxi snorted coldly, and then took the test paper and read it.

Not to mention, the quality of the volume handed over by Zhou Zhiqing is really good, and it is worth giving a high ranking just by saying that this good hand is good.

"It doesn't matter how business is, business is humanity and heaven......

"The way of man is not enough to give, and the same is true of merchants. The poor get poorer, and the rich get richer. The more wealthy the businessmen, the richer they are."

"However, when merchants not only pursue profits, but also sell goods to the world, this is the way of heaven."

"The way of heaven is more than what is damaged and what is not enough."

"Therefore, if we talk about the way of business, we must know the way of humanity and the way of heaven."

Zhu Yunxi read this article carefully three times, and felt deeply inspired every time he read it.

He subconsciously always felt that it was wrong for Daming to focus on agriculture and suppress business, and even faintly complained about the imperial grandfather, feeling that the imperial grandfather was short-sighted.

However, after reading the analysis of this article, I realized that the way of Shang Jia is not a panacea, and it still needs guidance and checks and balances.

"Who is this person, I must meet him immediately!"

Zhou Zhiqing shook his head when he heard this.

"I haven't heard of this person, and this person should not have participated in the imperial examination of the imperial court, otherwise with this person's talent, he would definitely not be unknown."

"His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun may wish to wait a few more days, and after the list is released, this person will naturally come to take the second exam when he sees the ranking."

"If you meet rashly at this time, it will make others misunderstand and think that this exam is unfair!"

Zhu Yunxi listened to Zhou Zhiqing's words and felt that there was some truth, so he drew two circles on the scroll, which was considered to be a high hit.

He has already deliberately ordered this article as the first, but the rest of the volume has not been read yet, so it is not good to rush to rank it.

Three days later, the city company officially released the list.

Just like on the day of the exam, the city was crowded with people, even more than on the day of the exam.

There were a lot of people in the city's division this time, a total of 297 people.

Everyone who is selected will dance in front of the list and go home happily to report the good news.

Although there are follow-up re-examinations, interviews and other links.

But everyone knows that as long as it's the same, it's basically going to pass.

Because the total number of people to be recruited by the imperial grandson this time is more than 300 people, and the number of people who can be selected is less than 300.

It's not full, and if it falls in the big bank, it will be even more unavailable. ….

The father and daughter of the Lu family also looked at the list under the list, and when Lu Hongfu saw his father's name at the top of the list, he happily hugged his father's arm and jumped up.

"Father, you've been hit!"

"You've hit the first place!"

Lu Shiyuan never worried about the problem of not being successful, but he didn't expect that he would be able to win the first place!

This made him very excited, and his whole body trembled a little with excitement.

Being able to win the first place in the exam made him even happier than the millions of taels of silver he earned!

Just when Lu Shiyuan was immersed in the joy of happiness, Lu Hongfu grabbed his sleeve again and said in a bouncing voice.

"Daddy, I've been hit too!"

"Twelfth!"

When Lu Shiyuan heard this, he happily lowered his gaze to the twelfth position, and sure enough, he saw a name.

"Lu Zongfu ......"

"The name you gave yourself?"

"Uh-huh!"

"My name is too ......."

Lu Shiyuan put his arm around his daughter's shoulders and laughed.

"Good!"

"It's worthy of being my Lu Shiyuan's daughter, just to give our Lu family face!"

"But after three days, you're not allowed to mess around!"

"The retest must be very strict, you impostor will definitely be exposed!"

Lu Hongfu had a heavy look of disappointment on her face when she heard this, but she had to admit that her father was reasonable.

I can get away with it once, but I don't necessarily get away with it twice.

If you do a body search during the retest, you will be exposed.

"My daughter knows, my daughter will be waiting for her father at home next time......

"Wait for me?"

"I didn't say I was going to take the retest!"

Lu Hongfu said with a smile.

"Daddy can be willing to give up such a good opportunity?"

"On the other hand, it is also the emperor's grandson, if he can win the favor of the emperor's grandson, he will definitely be able to rise to the top in the future and rank in the high position of Zaifu, isn't it fulfilling his father's wish to help the world?"

When Lu Shiyuan heard his daughter's words, a trace of hesitation and loss flashed on his face.

He does have this wish, but he is also responsible for the thousands of people of the Lu family, and he can't expose the Lu family to the court for his own selfishness.

"Let's talk about it in three days!"

"Oooh......"

After the list was announced, Songjiang Mansion once again ushered in a shock.

All the squires and families were shocked by the grandeur of the imperial grandson when they learned that nearly 300 people had been admitted to the imperial grandson.

Combined with the exam questions this time, they had countless guesses about the imperial grandson.

Could it be that the imperial grandson wants to change the old emperor's law and give the merchant a chance to become an official?

Or did the imperial grandson want to use this to improve the status of the merchant so that he was no longer the last of the four people?

The Nine Great Merchants family held a meeting in the restaurant of Songjiang Mansion overnight to discuss the next step.

It's just that at the beginning of the meeting, the atmosphere was a little wrong.

"Congratulations to Brother Lu, the first place in the recruitment of the high school city!"

"Uncle Lu Shi is talented, and the little nephew is very admirable!"

Although other families also participated in this recruitment exam, unlike Lu Shiyuan, they did not go down in person, but only sent the children of the clan to participate.

Lu Shiyuan listened to everyone's praise, and regretted using his real name a little in his heart. ….

But now it's too late to regret it, so I can only bite the bullet and say perfunctorily.

"Don't make fun of the old man, the old man's move is indeed a little inappropriate, and now he is secretly regretting it."

Lu Shiyuan interrupted everyone's praise, and then said with a straight face.

"What do you think is the purpose of the Emperor's grandson's move?"

"What should we do next, should we sell the face of the emperor's grandson, register a few ships of goods in the city, and pay a tariff of 1.8 million taels of silver to the imperial court?"

As soon as Lu Shiyuan's words came out, the audience suddenly fell silent.

To tell the truth, 1.8 million taels of silver can't be counted as money at all for them.

If it is evenly distributed to each family, each family will only bear 100,000 taels, which is not enough for their profit of a boatload.

But they are still reluctant to pay this money, but they are afraid that after this money is paid, the court will taste the sweetness and will increase the tax.

When the time comes, they won't have the good life they have now.

"I don't think it's right!"

"Although this one hundred thousand taels of silver is nothing to us, even if it is used to buy the officials of the imperial court, it cannot be used to pay taxes to the imperial court!"

"We finally coaxed the emperor to shut down the city, and we can smuggle freight unscrupulously, why do we want to break this balance?"

When Zhang Tianyou said this, he glanced at Lu Shiyuan meaningfully.

"Even if the imperial grandson intends to promote the merchants, he is still only an imperial grandson after all, and he can't be the family of the Ming Dynasty, isn't it too early for us to take refuge now?"

These words were obviously said to Lu Shiyuan, and Lu Shiyuan hurriedly denied it when he heard this.

"The old man didn't have the heart to take refuge in the emperor's grandson!"

"The old man just mentioned it casually, if you don't agree, it's fine."

When the others saw Lu Shiyuan say this, their expressions suddenly relaxed a lot.

They were really afraid that Lu Shiyuan would turn against the water, and they would go to work for the emperor's grandson wholeheartedly.

"Since Brother Lu said so, then I won't hide it."

"I think the imperial grandson does intend to promote our merchants, but he is too young and his heart is still undecided."

"Once he becomes the emperor, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not become the next Hongwu Emperor and suppress our merchants in every way."

"Therefore, it is better for us to leave a little more hole cards."

"Truong Ka Hsien's nephew did a good job of moving some of his clan to Vietnam. It can be said that we can attack and retreat, even if we can't get along in Daming, we can go to Vietnam to be a prince!"

It was the head of the Gu family who spoke, and after the head of the Gu family said this, everyone looked at Zhang Tianyou.

Zhang Tianyou smiled shyly.

"Your uncles and elders know that it is not easy for my Zhang family to survive in Daming, so I have been thinking about this for a long time."

"If you are interested, we can achieve great things together!"

The head of the Gu family was originally a trust found by Zhang Tianyou, and he was bent on building a country overseas and rebuilding their Zhang family's dynasty.

However, what disappointed him was that after he said this, except for the head of the Gu family, everyone else was not interested, and there was no intention of accommodating him.

Even Shen Congxing, the head of the Shen family who was suffering by the Zhu Ming Dynasty, didn't have any expression on his face, just drank tea as if he hadn't heard anything.

As the saying goes, it is difficult to leave the homeland, and the same is true for everyone in Jiangnan Jiu.

In addition to the Zhang family, a natural thief, several other major families were born and grew up in Si, how can they easily abandon the family business of the Ming Dynasty?

Besides, now looking at the whole world, there are barbarians outside the Ming Dynasty, how can they be willing to let the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty go to the company of the savages in the barbarian land?

Therefore, they were dissatisfied with the truth of the court, and even those who resented the court. But I never thought about rebelling against the Ming Dynasty, let alone leaving the Ming Dynasty to build a country overseas.

Over the years, they have also traveled to many countries, whether it is Japan or Siam, or Vietnam, Java and other places where they often pay tribute.

However, neither Japan nor Vietnam is far from being as prosperous as the Ming Dynasty.

Unless their brains are in water, they won't do that uprooting thing.

Lu Shiyuan saw that the atmosphere was a little cold, and hurriedly came out to play the round.

"This matter is put on hold for the time being, let's set a trading date for this year, and where it will be traded."

"Songjiang Mansion is definitely not going to work, this place has been occupied by the imperial grandson."

"But if it's not in Songjiang Mansion, then where should we be?"

"Taizhou or Quanzhou?".

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