The examination process of the township examination is just like that, highlighting a hard and simple, which is really lackluster.

During the process, there will be three exams, the first on August 9, the second on August 12, and the third on August 15.

Of course, we all know that the most important thing in the township examination is only the first Jingyi Baguwen, and the admission basically only depends on the performance of the first game.

As for the strategy of the next two scenes, official document writing, poetry and songs, etc., they are all just a formality.

But even if it was a formality, it was very hard, and I had to get up in the early morning to enter each show, and then sit in a small broken single room with a length and width of only three feet, which leaked both wind and rain, until dusk and darkness.

At the same time, you also have to complete high-intensity writing, such as writing three questions and four book questions, four questions and five scripture questions on the first day, a total of seven articles and eight strands!

Therefore, the township examination is really not easy, and it is a high-intensity torture for the candidate's physical strength and energy. After many scholars finished the exam, they fell seriously ill.

It is very difficult to endure, scholars have to go through this process, and the worst thing is that the person who has gone through ten or eight township examinations and still failed is Wen Zhengming, a big man in the Suzhou literary circle.

But being able to endure so many township trials also proves from the side that Wen Zhengming has an excellent physique, and it is not for nothing that he can live to be ninety years old.

On August 15, the sixteenth year of Wanli, the last test of the Wuzike Township Examination in Nanzhili was completed, and the scholars who walked out of the examination room were exhausted.

But as long as they are given a little time to breathe, they will immediately be resurrected with full blood and enter the state of carnival after high-pressure relief.

Before the announcement of the township examination list at the end of August, thousands of scholars were still equal, with no failure, no sadness, and no review.

After handing in the papers at dusk, Lin Tailai and his friends walked out of the dragon gate together to discuss the arrangements for the evening.

Jin Shiheng, who felt like he had been in prison for a few days, was listless, and for Lin Tai: "Maybe we can get together again tomorrow?" I just want to lie flat tonight. ”

Lin Tailai snorted coldly: "With weak and powerless insects like you, how can you better serve the country with your body?" ”

If others dare to ridicule themselves like this, Jin Shiheng will definitely spray back, but Lin Tailai can say whatever he likes.

After all, Lin Tailai is a ruthless person who has taken three exams in armor, and his burden is heavier than that of any other candidate, so he can't accept his physical strength.

At this moment, a middle-aged man dressed as a servant suddenly rushed over and shouted to Lin Tailai:

"Master Lin! I am the tolerance of Suzhou Prefecture! Fuzun asked me to report to you urgently! ”

Lin Tailai frowned and said, "What happened?" ”

The official hurriedly reported: "Su Song has been raining for more than ten days in a row, and there is a lot of water!"

At the end of last month, a strong wind suddenly blew in Susong Erfu, and the waves of Taihu Lake were two feet high. Later, in the past ten days, the heavy rain in Susong Erfu has been endless day and night, and now the flood is spreading, countless grass seedlings are rotting, and the house is drifting! ”

it! When Lin Daguan heard the news, he couldn't help but be surprised.

Although he is a traverser, it is impossible to remember the climate disasters of a specific year, and the average liberal arts traveler does not study the climate.

Most of the scholars around Lin Tailai were from Suzhou Mansion and Songjiang Mansion, and they were all a little panicked at this time.

I didn't expect that during the exam, my hometown was hit by a catastrophe!

Many people are even more surprised that after the flood in Suzhou Mansion, Fuzun immediately thought of reporting to Lin Tailai, what kind of place is this?

Lin Daguan suddenly raised his arms and shouted angrily: "If the imperial court had listened to me and re-dredged the old road of Wusongjiang, why would this be so!" ”

The crowd didn't react, but they didn't know what was going on.

Then I heard Lin Tailai ask the officer: "What is the price of rice in Suzhou now?" ”

The official replied, "Before the villain came, the price of rice had risen to two taels per stone, four times the usual amount!" ”

In front of everyone, Lin Tailai instructed loudly: "You go back immediately and tell the government that there should be 80,000 stone rice in the Suzhou City United Jinong Warehouse, and not a single grain is allowed to be sold, all of which will be used for disaster relief!" ”

Although many people around didn't understand why Lin Tai had the final say in the Jinongcang jointly run by the government and the people, it did not prevent Lin Tailai from praising Lin Tailai's righteousness at this moment.

According to the current market price, 80,000 stone rice can be exchanged for more than 100,000 taels of silver as soon as it is sold, although most of the property rights are in the government, but how can private individuals pocket tens of thousands of taels of silver!

To be able to resist the temptation of such huge profits and use all 80,000 stone rice for disaster relief is really benevolent and righteous.

Although the surnamed Lin is rampant, extremely vicious, tyrannical, and evil, he still keeps the bottom line in the face of major rights and wrongs.

Lin Daguan said to his friends: "I can't get together tonight." Then he turned around and walked away without hesitation.

Jin Shiheng hurriedly asked in the back, "Where are you going?" ”

Lin Daguan replied: "I'll go find Hai Qingtian!" ”

Everyone: "??? ”

What did you do when you suddenly went to Hai Rui? Could it be that you want Hai Jui to be in charge of disaster relief?

After walking through two intersections in a row, Lin Daguan looked left and right, and made sure that no acquaintance followed.

He quickly said to Zhang Wen, the left protector: "You should immediately set off for Suzhou and bring back my instructions in person, which cannot be written in writing." ”

Zhang Wen responded seriously: "Sit in the hall but speak." ”

Lin Daguan said again: "First, start the grain loom plan!" Ten stone meters for a loom, how much can be changed. ”

According to the price of Suzhou in a normal year, the price of a loom would be equivalent to thirty or forty stone meters.

"Second, workers in the industrial park and those who are willing to enter the industrial park can borrow three months' rations from Jinongcang interest-free!

Third, after meeting the above two requirements, Jinongcang tried his best to relieve the victims, but he could only borrow one month's rations! ”

After Zhang Wen listened to Lin Daguan's instructions, he turned around and left, and went back to Suzhou City to convey the implementation.

Then Lin Daguan continued to walk north of the city, he really wanted to visit Hai Qingtian.

Hai Qingtian lives in the official residence, and the dignified residence of the right capital of the second grade is just a small courtyard with two entrances.

Now Hai Qingtian's health is deteriorating, and he can only lie down at home to recuperate most of the time, and he can no longer pay close attention to style and discipline, which makes the whole Nanjing officialdom breathe a sigh of relief.

In the original history, Hai Jui should have passed away last year, but under the strong stimulation of the butterfly effect of this time and space from time to time, Hai Jui has survived until now.

Lin Tailai asked his entourage to wait outside the door, and entered Hai Rui's house alone.

Seeing Lin Tailai, Hai Qingtian, who was half-lying on the sickbed, couldn't help but sarcastically say:

"It's a pity that I'm in my last years, and I'm often bedridden, so I can't personally arrest you for cheating in the imperial examination."

Lin Tailai didn't answer this, and said to himself: "Do you know, boss? There was a big flood in the whole territory of Susong, and you are to blame for cutting off the lower reaches of the Wusong River in the first place. ”

Twenty years ago, when Hai Rui was the governor of Jiangnan, he cut off the lower reaches of the Wusong River and rerouted it into a tributary of the Dahuangpu River.

Hai Rui's qi cultivation kung fu is very strong, but he can always be inexplicably angry by Lin Tailai, and immediately said angrily: "It's nonsense!" Don't blame the old man for everything!

The flood has reached this point, and the lower reaches of the Wusong River have not had much impact!

Even if the lower reaches of the Wusong River enter the sea unimpededly, floods like this will happen this year!

In the final analysis, the Wusong River is just a river, and it can't afford the flood that spreads throughout Susong! ”

Lin Tailai sighed, "Your old man is so old, why don't you know the truth of changing when you know your mistakes?"

In your lifetime, it is only right to make up for the mistakes of the past years!

Taking advantage of this flood, you can write to the imperial court and ask for the re-dredging of the old road of the Wusong River, expand the passage of the Susong waters into the sea, and reduce the flood disaster in the future. ”

Hai Qingtian said firmly: "The old man is not wrong, and he doesn't need to make amends."

The purpose of diverting the Wusong River to the Great Huangpu River was to prevent the Haikou from driving directly to the hinterland south of the Yangtze River through the Wusong River. ”

Consolidating the sea frontier and eliminating hidden dangers is the law of eternity!

"I see!" Lin Tailai seemed to suddenly realize, "You have to protect the interests of the only remaining Guangdong City Bosi!" ”

Hai Qingtian: "??? ”

He Hai Rui has a fart relationship with Guangdong City?

At the beginning, the imperial court set up three city divisions, one each in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong. However, after the Jiajing Rebellion, the city divisions in Zhejiang and Fujian were abolished and have not yet been restored.

Therefore, at present, the Guangdong City Ship Division is the only remaining City Ship Division of the Ming Dynasty. I heard that the Fujian side has been actively seeking to restore the city in recent years, but it has not yet received the approval of the imperial court.

Lin Daguan opened his eyes wide and said nonsense: "The boss is from Guangdong, so you don't want to let the Wusong River open to the sea and affect Guangdong's foreign trade!" ”

"Nonsense!" Ha Ruiden felt angry and coughed violently, and he suspected that he was going to cough up blood.

You have to pay attention to reasonableness in nonsense, what are you Lin Tailai talking about?

Although his hometown Qiongzhou Mansion belongs to Guangdong, it is on Hainan Island, and it is not the same thing as Guangdong itself, especially Guangzhou Mansion!

So how did you become a Cantonese? Are you geographically illiterate?

Lin Tai said: "Then the old man should make a note to the imperial court and ask for the re-dredging of the old road in the lower reaches of the Wusong River, so as not to let me continue to misunderstand." ”

Previously, Lin Daguan found out that he was talking about a serious matter, as long as he didn't directly scold and mediate the mutiny, no one paid attention to it, and he didn't even discuss it, and he regarded himself as a young man who didn't have anything to do with his mouth.

But Hai Rui's weight should be enough to attract attention, at least to arouse a wave of attention and discussion, right?

Hai Qingtian wanted to jump up from the sickbed and beat someone, but the old sick body already made him feel weak.

He couldn't help but think of a poem he saw inadvertently on that sunny afternoon at the age of twenty - the children of Nancun bullied me for being old and powerless, and I could endure being a thief on the other side.

Lin Tailai persuaded hard: "It's just for you to play a trick, and the court may not allow it."

What is the efficiency of our court, don't you know, boss? So why be so stubborn? ”

Hai Qingtian gasped for breath, as if he was regaining his breath.

Lin Tailai finally said: "So be it! As long as you agree to this note, I will use all the grain stored in Suzhou Jinong Warehouse for disaster relief!

Not a single grain will be sold to the market, and it will never be used to resell it to make a fortune, and it will be directly lent to the victims without interest!

In today's world, how many people in the world can do this? ”

"I see, get out." Hai Qingtian now just wants this demon to disappear in front of his eyes.

Then he added: "I can see that you are not greedy for money, but I can't see what you want to do." ”

Lin Tailai responded: "Then you have to take care of your body, otherwise you can only look at the beginning and it will be gone." ”

A big flood in Susong made the scholars in the two places like arrows, but they had to wait in Nanjing City to release the list.

The scholars in these two places don't have much to do with the carnival, even if there are those who have no heart and lungs, they must be honest at this time.

So I could only wait in torment, until the morning of August 28, when the gate of the Gongyuan was opened again, which announced that the list would be released.

The township test list was placed in the color pavilion, carried by the messenger, and had to be carried from the tribute courtyard to the Yingtianfu Mansion.

The trial release of Nanzhili Township is a very lively thing in Nanjing City.

Countless men, women and children followed the Caiting Pavilion, forming a grand procession through the streets.

When Lin Daguan and his friends heard the news of the release, they hurriedly came out of the old courtyard of Qinhuai and gathered at the Wuding Bridge.

Jin Shiheng analyzed to everyone and said: "The township test list will be hung on the shadow wall of the government office, and there will be countless people crowded there to watch, and the scene will be chaotic."

It's also insulting for us to go and crowd with traffickers, pawns, and house slaves, and we don't necessarily crowd others."

Lin Tailai said disdainfully: "That's because you can't squeeze others, don't take me." ”

Jin Shiheng ignored Lin Tailai to interrupt, and continued: "So it's better to find a restaurant near the mansion and wait for it according to the old practice, and then send the servants to see the list of returns." ”

What Jin Shiheng said is all clichés, and ordinary scholars do it like this, unless they are so poor that they don't even have a servant, so they can only go to see the list in person.

"It's just too much!" With a wave of his hand, Lin Daguan directly rejected Jin Shiheng's proposal.

Then he looked around and said, "I have two hundred warriors by my side, and I am afraid that others will come against us?" Don't be afraid, just follow me! ”

So everyone followed Lin Tailai, and there were 200 big men around them, and they chased the color pavilion together.

From south to north, we crossed Sanshan Street and came to the government office.

The street in front of Yaqian was already crowded with people, but it didn't matter, two hundred big men drank together, and directly cut out a passage from the crowd.

No one expressed dissatisfaction, even those who were pushed down smiled very kindly and were very generous.

Lin Tailai and a dozen or so people walked along the continuously extended passage until they came to the shadow wall of the gate of the mansion.

Finally able to see the words on the township test list, everyone raised their heads together, their eyes quickly patrolled, and carefully searched for their names.

"Holy!" Lin Tailai directly burst out of foul language!

He was the first to speak up, because his name was the first on the list, so he was the first to see his name.

The township examination list reads: "First place, Lin Tailai, a student of Suzhou Prefecture, I Ching." ”

This result was completely unexpected, Lin Daguan originally just wanted to make a name for himself, and he didn't pursue the ranking at all.

Anyway, at this time, Lin Daguan's whole person was numb, and he kept scolding and scolding in his heart, this examiner was crazy, right?

(End of chapter)