Spring has arrived, and it is a good season for all things to multiply.

The little girls in the main hall who felt that they had no relationship with the imperial grandson set their eyes on the young and handsome people in the Wenhua Palace.

Not only did Kong Yanjin have a confidante, but even Chang Jizu, the big fool of the Chang family, also got the daughter of a humble official to ask for warmth.

The official positions of the imperial court can be divided into civil and military, and the imperial court system can be divided between the powerful and the poor.

But Aiqing treats everyone equally......

If you look at it, you will like it, and you can't look down on it if you don't like it.

In the bustling city of Jinling, love stories of Lang and concubines are staged all the time.

With the opening of the gate of the Gongyuan and the joining of a group of young students, this spring-filled love game seems to have a new evolution.

The only thing that remains unchanged is Zhu Yunxi, who is busy with the case every day, as if he doesn't care about the affairs of men and women.

Except for the occasional dog walk, the hostess who walks the dog by the way, doesn't seem to have any contact with the opposite sex.

This made Lao Zhu both worried and anxious, and he couldn't wait to stuff dozens of women directly into his house, so that he could hold his great-grandson in the New Year.

However, even if Lao Zhu is in a hurry, it is useless, if he doesn't send Zhu Yunxi, he can't take care of Zhu Yunxi's affairs.

Fortunately, after the Chang family's daughter, Zhu Yunxi let go of Zhu Yunxi's marriage, giving him more room to maneuver.

It's just that the eldest girl of the Chang family has a falling out with the Chang family and Zhu Yunxi, so is this marriage still useful?

This rebel grandson of his own family, in the future, can he still see the face of the sister of the Chang family and spare his own brothers? Lao Zhu muttered again in his heart, feeling as if he had done something to move stones.

Fortunately, there was a corrupt official who asked him to vent, kill a few today, kill a few tomorrow, and finally let him have a place to put out the fire. Although the Ming officials and gentry have ways to avoid taxes, they also have to see who they are facing.

Lao Zhu didn't recognize anything, so he recognized the national acres account book made for him by his eldest grandson.

Although the account book only shows the number of acres in each county, it does not specify each household. But it doesn't matter, he just taxes the number of acres in each county.

For example, if a county has 10,000 hectares of land, he will levy a tax of 10,000 hectares.

As for how the local county orders and low-level officials flew and sent tricks, he didn't care about it, anyway, wherever there was a civil uprising, he would kill the local officials.

Under Lao Zhu's harsh laws, local officials gradually found a balance. That is, it is tolerable to the big households to sprinkle and hang their own fields under the name of the small people, but the number cannot be too much, once the critical point is reached, the county order will intervene and forcibly deduct part of the tax in the name of the large family.

At the same time, the matter of tax transfer has also been alleviated, and Lao Zhu directly set the landlord's tenant rent to death, and he can collect up to 20%, which must not exceed the state tax.

If there are those who dare to levy taxes privately, the local people are allowed to send the landlords to the county government for disposal!

Lao Zhu's one-size-fits-all approach is of course problematic, but with his butcher's knife, it also makes the local area solemn, and it also makes the entire Ming Dynasty usher in great governance.

Lao Zhu can be regarded as having tasted the sweetness now, in the past, he was afraid that he would fool him when he made a fish scale atlas underneath, concealing the population and the land.

Now he can send someone to see from the sky, where there is more and less at a glance, and there is no door to deceive him!

At the same time, he also became more aware of the importance of the abolition of the poll tax, as mentioned by the eldest grandson, because people can move, but land does not.

As long as he stares at the land, it doesn't matter where his people go!

When Lao Zhu vigorously rectified the officialdom and reformed the Ming tax system, the list of Hongwu's 27th year examination was officially released. Qi Tai read the list several times, confirmed that there was no bias in this exam, and even the small note given by the imperial grandson was not used, and hurriedly took the list to the palace to meet His Majesty the Emperor.

Lao Zhu looked at the list and didn't find any problems, so he ordered him to post it outside the Gongyuan. However, after the list was posted, it immediately caused an uproar.

The eyebrows in the exam danced, and they were happy. Those who didn't pass the test were like frosted eggplants, wilting and brain-nurturing, a pair

There is no love in life.

However, it didn't take long for them to spot the slot.

"Why is it that the list is full of southern scholars, and we don't have any northern scholars?"

"It's unfair for the imperial court to open a department and take scholars!"

"The court officials are all southerners, and they favor southerners!"

"Let's go to the palace to meet Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty to punish the case of fraud in scientific examinations!"

Qi Tai, who was hiding in the crowd, was feeling the cheers of the scholars, when he suddenly heard doubts in the crowd, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly looked at the scientific examination list.

I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it.

On the list of these exams, there are really all southern scholars!

Qi Tai looked at the angry northern scholars, and his mind was clouded in an instant.

This is a big case!

Once His Majesty the Emperor feels that he favors the southern scholars and colludes with all the examiners to cheat, then his head will inevitably move.

I don't know if I will implicate the three tribes!

Even if Your Majesty doesn't think he is biased, but he makes such a big oolong and causes the dissatisfaction of the northern scholars, His Majesty will push him out as a scapegoat!

If a few more villains who see the wind and rudder go to the letter of impeachment and expose his fraudulent shape, he can be described as speechless!

What to do!

You have to think of a suitable way before Jinyi Wei comes to arrest him!

After thinking about it, Zitais only thought of one person.

Imperial grandson!

At this time, only the imperial grandson can save himself!

Thinking of this, Qi Tai hurriedly called a carriage and galloped towards the palace of the imperial grandson in the northern suburbs.

Qi Tai was right, not long after he left, Jinyiwei's people pounced, and after hearing that he went to the emperor's grandson's north palace, Jinyiwei chased after him on a fast horse.

Qi Tai sat in the carriage and urged the coachman vigorously, for fear that he would be caught by Jinyiwei if he ran slowly.

The coachman was also afraid of Jinyiwei, so he used his strength to catch up with the carriage, and finally sent Qi Tai to the North Palace when Jinyiwei caught up.

Zhu Yunxi was discussing the improvement plan of the steam engine with a few technicians from the Hope School, when he suddenly saw Qi Tai break in without a head and brainless, and he couldn't fix him.

"Mr. Qi, didn't you preside over the test for the imperial grandfather, why did you come to me?"

"His Royal Highness, something has happened, Your Majesty is going to kill Weichen!"

"What's wrong?"

As soon as Zhu Yunxi asked this, he heard the brocade guard outside the door come to report.

"Your Highness, the brothers of the Jinyi Guard have come to report that they have come to arrest Qi Tai on the orders of His Majesty, and please make it convenient!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he roared angrily outside the door on the spot.

"Tell them, let them go!"

"If Mr. Qi is a female offender, Lone will take him to surrender himself, and there is no need for them to arrest people!"

"No!"

Xu Liuzi got Zhu Yunxi's reply and negotiated with the Jinyi guard outside the hall on the spot.

"You have all heard it, our Highness has taken this matter over, you can just reply to Your Majesty when you go back!"

"This ......"

"Xu Qianhu, it's not that the brothers don't give face, it's really too big a matter, and it involves a fraud case in the science field!"

Xu Liuzi was immediately unhappy when he heard this, and snorted coldly.

"Can you use your brains?"

"For whom is Your Majesty holding the imperial examination?"

"For whom?"

"Naturally, it's for our Highness!"

"Our Highness is not in a hurry, what kind of heart do you two have to do when you are eating food!"

"Yes to Ha ...... too"

"Your Highness is not in a hurry, why are we in a hurry!"

The two brocade guards hugged their fists at Xu Liuzi on the spot and saluted.

"We know how to reply, thank you Xu Qianhu for mentioning it!"

Xu Liuzi sent the two away, and immediately slipped outside the government affairs hall to eavesdrop.

"Your Highness, Wechen swears to heaven that there is absolutely no favoritism

Fraud. Even the note from His Royal Highness to Wechen......

"Ahem!"

Zhu Yunxi coughed awkwardly and hurriedly interrupted Qi Tai's words.

"What a note!"

"Why doesn't Lone know?"

Qi Tai hurriedly woke up when he heard this, and he couldn't wait to give himself two mouths. Now that he has caused a lot of trouble, if he annoys His Royal Highness the Imperial Prince again, his whole family will die!

"Your Highness's forgiveness, it is because Weichen was confused and said the wrong thing......

"Wechen swears to heaven that Wechen will host the exam this time, and there will be absolutely no favoritism!"

"However, who knew that this matter was such a coincidence, and the scholars admitted by Wechen were all southern scholars......

Zhu Yunxi's heart sank immediately when he heard this, and then asked with a little disbelief.

"Not a single northerner?"

Qi Tai shook his head helplessly, and then he pulled his head and pretended to be dead.

Zhu Yunxi saw Qi Tai shaking his head, and his heart sank more and more.

"You're going to die!"

"How can there be such a coincidence in the world, and none of the northern scholars stand out?"

"Even if you say that you are unbiased, no one will believe you!"

Qi Tai sighed secretly when he heard this.

"Alas!"

"This is the reason why Wechen came to His Highness, Wechen knew that the death penalty was inevitable, and he only asked His Highness to protect Wechen's family, woo woo..."

Zhu Yunxi couldn't cry the most, especially the person in front of him who used to be his husband.

"You get up first, Lonely will find a way for you, not only to save your family, but also to save you......

"It's just this matter in front of you, even if there is no evidence of your favoritism, Grandpa Huang may push you out as a substitute for the dead ghost in order to appease the anger of the northern scholars!"

Qi Tai's legs softened on the spot when he heard this, and he knelt down with a thud.

"Your Highness, save Wechen, woo woo woo ...... "

"Weichen also saw this layer, so he hurriedly came to find His Highness. Otherwise, Wei Chen's body and bones, as long as he enters the edict, he will not be able to come out alive, woo woo woo ......

"You stay here first, go to the palace alone to make peace for you......

"Then there is His Royal Highness Lao, Wechen is here to kowtow to you......

Zhu Yunxi ignored Qi Tai, who turned into a kowtow worm, but directly took the guards to the Tribute Academy, sealed all the examination papers, and then ordered someone to arrest all the examiners and lock them in one examination shed for separate interrogation.

Some of the prisoners who had already been arrested in Beizhen Fusi were also forcibly brought out by him.

For these officials, they would rather be locked up in the examination shed of the Gongyuan than in the Jinyiwei prison.

After Zhu Yunxi gathered all the examiners together, he lectured them.

"Something big is happening now!"

"If any of you have cheated for personal gain, or know any details, please stand up and make meritorious contributions!"

"Lone is here like you to promise, as long as you are willing to turn yourself in, even if you collude to deceive Your Majesty and Lone, Lone will not die!"

When Zhu Yunxi said this, an official on the spot called out to hit the sky.

"Your Highness, we really don't have any pretense of public welfare or favoritism!"

"We marked the papers this time, and we strictly followed the imperial court system, and only after the ranking was arranged did we reveal the vague position and record the names and origins of the candidates......

"Before this, none of us knew who the candidates were, so how could we cheat?"

Zhu Yunxi sneered when he heard this.

"Can a foolish name put an end to fraud?"

"Lone knows that there are still words and joints."

"As long as a candidate uses an obscure word multiple times in the text, someone will be able to determine who the candidate is through these traces and thus select them!"

"Lone finally gives you another chance, if you confess your crimes, Lone will ......."

As soon as Zhu Yunxi said this, he heard an old voice.

"Grandson, don't talk to them!"

"Directly let the people of the Jinyi Guard torture them, under Miki, I don't believe they can bear it!"

Zhu Yunxi saw that Lao Zhu was coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Lao Zhu, and then asked with a flattering face.

"Grandpa Huang, why are you here?"

Lao Zhu glared at the eldest grandson angrily, and snorted coldly.

"You're about to smash Beizhen Fuji, can we come and take a look?"

"Eldest grandson, this matter is too big, you'd better not interfere and let us deal with these female cadres!"

Lao Zhu defined the examiner of this examination as a female cadre in one sentence, and Liu Sanwu's face twitched when he heard it.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are really wronged, the ministers have not cheated, everything is just a coincidence......

When Lao Zhu heard this, he went on the spot, not only shook off the eldest grandson's hand, but also strode forward and kicked Liu Sanwu in the stomach.

Poor Liu Sanwu, who was already a lot old, was almost kicked by Lao Zhu and returned to the west.

"What a coincidence!"

"We know that the scholars in the north are almost literate, but it's not like they won't record any of them, right?"

"You guys are really black-hearted enough, the imperial court has opened a hundred or so scholars, can't you just give a few of them to the northern scholars, you have to make such an ugly appearance!"

Liu Sanwu was so aggrieved when he heard this, he really didn't cheat, but who knew that things could be so coincidental, and the people who were admitted were all southern scholars.

Now he's yellow mud falling into the crotch of his pants, and it's not that or that.

Zhu Yunxi hurriedly went to help his old man, and then ordered someone to bring a chair to the old man, and helped the old man to sit down.

"Grandpa Huang's anger, don't be angry, if you are angry with them, who will be angry with your grandson in the future......

Originally, Lao Zhu was quite relieved to hear the first two sentences, and felt that his eldest grandson had finally grown up, and he knew that he felt sorry for him, the imperial grandfather.

But when he heard the last two sentences, he almost didn't blow up his lungs!

"Rebel Sun!"

"Are you talking about human words, do you want to be angry with us alive, and then ascend the throne as emperor!"

Zhu Yunxi said with a smile when he heard this.

"Grandpa Huang, if you have to say that, then the grandson can be taken seriously, hehehe......

Lao Zhu saw that the eldest grandson was not doing right, so he could only hammer the eldest grandson and scold.

"Virtue!"

"When we finish this case, we'll have to find you an ugly aunt!"

Zhu Yunxi didn't take Lao Zhu's threat seriously at all, and sat directly next to Lao Zhu, holding Lao Zhu's hand and coaxing.

"Grandpa Huang, that's what my grandson thinks."

"Now that this matter has come out, we should hurry up and suppress the impact of this matter, and we must not cause a dispute between the north and the south."

"Uh-huh!"

"That's true, that's what we think."

"Tell me, do you have any good ideas?"

Zhu Yunxi continued.

"My grandson thinks I should find someone to re-examine all the test papers!"

"The people who will read the file this time should be selected from the officials of the north and south of the DPRK, half to half, fair and just, and no one can make mistakes."

Old Zhu frowned and thought about it when he heard it.

"Hmm!"

"That's just right!"