The Gongyuan is about to be released.

Xu Qiong ordered the paper to be sealed, and the deputy examiner immediately ordered someone to copy the answers, and the examiners copied the answers one by one overnight, and the three answer sheets were all read, naturally it was not a day or two days to complete, and the list would be released in a few days.

The few answer sheets they were looking forward to appeared on the first class again, in addition to the number, the name can only be seen when the list is released, and this time there are many good answers.

Remember, Zhu Houzhao explained that whoever is closest to answering the question will choose the best in turn, and the rest will not be considered.

In the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, on August 11, on the eve of Enke's release.

Xu Qiong and several deputy examiners, marking officers, circulation officers, opened the paste one by one, Enke will take the exam, first place, Zhu Shou, Zhu Hongbi review first, second place, Liu Zizhang, third place, Yan Song.

In order, it is the champion, the eye, the flower, the jinshi and the first.

The next one on the list is Tongjinshi.

If there was no Zhu Houzhao to intervene, Liu Zizhang would be the champion in Jinke, not the leader, and the exam questions this time were completely prepared for him, if he knew, he didn't know whether to thank the Son of Heaven for his kindness, or to lament secretly.

The top three on the list will go to the temple in the end, and the Son of Heaven will personally select the palace test.

If the three of them are not better than Yan Song in the article, just his handwriting will make the examiner Xu Qiong amazed and praised again and again.

"Zhu Shou?" An examiner muttered to himself in a low voice, the name was so familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.

Someone whispered in his ear; "My lord's move, isn't it the one that Lord Wang Qiong told me to observe?"

Wang Qiong? Yes, I think about it, it seems to be the day before the exam, but now the person who was explained by Wang Qiong actually won the first place, what should I do? No, now this matter is no longer something that you and others can deal with, although it is Enke, but it is not something that anyone can mess with, the lightest mess is also a loss of official and imprisonment, and if it is serious, you have to lose your head, so let's handle it according to the rules.

After a few people discussed, they still selected the rankings in turn, and then reported to the deputy examiner, and then, Zhu Shou's name surprised them again, and the hesitant Zhu Bi didn't know whether to point or not.

The two deputy examiners remembered that their son faintly mentioned this son, but forgot why he was unhappy, now, it's a little tricky, if you really change the Zhu pen, it's not very difficult, as long as you secretly pull out this volume, although the examiner copied a copy, but it doesn't matter, as long as you haven't entered the library of the Tribute Academy, you can get it, but it's okay if you don't find it in this way, if you are discovered, hehe, I'm afraid that in the Tianzi No. 1 prison, they will have to go through, as for whether they can come out, it depends on Your Majesty's mood.

"This article is very high-minded, the first place is well deserved, this official was appointed by His Majesty as the deputy examiner of the examination, how can he cheat for personal gain, for his own selfishness, and ruined his future, report it." Zhu Shou's name stirred up a ripple, and disappeared again, and the two deputy examiners also escaped, maybe there is really a providence in the dark, who called people originally the Son of Heaven, this luck, it is really speechless.

Xu Qiong saw Zhu Shou's answer sheet, looking like a ghost, Wang Qiong came to look for him that day, and specially mentioned Zhu Shou's name, Xu Qiong is also no stranger to this name, the two are friendly, and he also knows Wang Qiong's personality, so he still remembers this name until now, how unbearable this son is, let him secretly pay attention.

In his mind, such a bad personality is a person, and it is naturally impossible to be on the list, but he didn't expect that for so many days, the answer he was looking forward to was actually done by this person, and the red was still the first name he personally selected, and the old man was wrong.

Is it possible that a person with a bad character, who is rude, and arrogant, can give such a good answer?

Xu Qiong was stunned for a while, looked at the two colleagues, and saw a depressed face.

"The two, play the Son of Heaven, the list will be released tomorrow, so let's release the list here." Xu Qiong, as a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, naturally has a temperament that is not comparable to ordinary people, Zhu Shou gave him a bad impression before, but now this almost perfect answer sheet shocked him, remembered His Majesty's explanation, and did not dare to slack off.

"The lower official will order to go down."

If it weren't for His Majesty's explanation, in fact, whether it was the marking officer or the two deputy examiners, they all had Yan Song's answer in their hearts, with beautiful words and good handwriting, this is the champion candidate in their hearts.

Palace.

"Your Majesty, the list will be released tomorrow, slave maid, I wish Your Majesty to suppress the sons and win the championship in one fell swoop." Liu Jin said flatteringly on the side.

Zhang Zhong turned his head to the side disdainfully, he is the shadow of His Majesty, he doesn't need to speak to please, and no one cares about his existence, except for a Liu Jin, who often provokes him, but he is very disdainful, Liu Jin can't beat him.

Zhu Houzhao heard this, and said with a smug smile; "Dog, you can talk well, but what you say makes sense, and let's see if Xu Aiqing does what I tell you to do."

Although he was proud on his face, he was also looking forward to it in his heart, champion, although he cheated, but who can blame him, he has the memory of the eighth life, and he was a professor in his previous life, if he can't get a champion in this way, it will really take advantage of this big advantage in vain.

For a long time, Fan Ting and Mu Bin, who did not enter the palace, entered the palace at the same time, and the investigation seems to have results.

"Slave maid, Dongchang Admiral Fan Ting, see Your Majesty."

"Weichen, Jinyi Guard's commander Mu Bin, see Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao said lightly; "Get up, but there's a result?"

Mu Bin looked at Fan Ting and motioned for him to say first, after all, the East Factory was still nominally above Jinyiwei.

Fan Ting knew that His Majesty still valued Jinyiwei, but since Mu Bin was modest, then our family would not be polite.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are results, this is the collection of Dongchang these days, please look at it." Fan Ting bowed and held a notebook.

Liu Jin took it and sent it to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao opened it and looked at it, the names, and a string of numbers, gave him a headache, but he was short of breath, there were millions of taels in and out of this day, this is just the merchants in the capital, if there are many in the entire Ming Dynasty, the store with the highest daily income will have tens of thousands of taels in a day, it is simply a gold-swallowing beast.

Look at it, look at it, who said that the Ming people were poor, who said that the poor were me, on this information, what surprised him even more was that there were as many as ten billionaire businessmen with a family property of more than one million, and those worth more than 100,000 taels were even more than 100.

There are eight restaurants opened by the imperial family, and there are as many as fifteen civilian merchants, including imperial merchants, grain merchants, salt merchants, restaurants, restaurants, antique stone workshops, brothels and teahouses, all dabbling, the names behind them, there are Shangshu Shilang, as well as the emperor's relatives and relatives, to the military generals who are not ashamed of the literati and ink writers on weekdays, to none of them.

Zhu Houzhao said coldly: "My good ministers, one by one, are clamoring to petition for the people, preventing the imperial court from collecting business taxes, and competing with the people for profit? Okay, I want you to take a good look, who are the people? With whom does the court compete for profit? ”

When the first emperor was alive, he was frugal, and even the queen mother set up a loom and weave cloth in the palace to reduce the pressure in the palace, and look at the records above.

Another so-and-so adult, entertaining friends at home, killing ten donkeys alive, three hundred birds, taking donkey lips and tongues to make soup, spending a thousand taels of silver, there are more than a dozen cooks alone.

Look, even I have never been so extravagant, finch tongue, donkey lips, good guy, I really know how to eat, I enjoy it, I tried it that day?

Zhu Houzhao's face was gloomy, and he said in a deep voice; "Mu Bin, what are your results?"

Mu Bin bowed down and held the song of the road; "Wechen is ready, please Your Majesty." He knows very well his identity, he is the knife of the Son of Heaven, and he will deal with whoever the Son of Heaven wants him to deal with, so Zhu Houzhao is angry, and he is also angry, just waiting for His Majesty to give an order, he will take someone to prison and raid his home.

Zhu Houzhao turned Liu Jin to hand over the notebook, his eyes became colder and colder, and his face gradually became like frost, his notebook was roughly the same as that of Dongchang, but it was more detailed, from the account to the account, who participated, how much silver flowed in the capital every day, how much money each family had, very detailed, and it also proved Mu Bin's intentions.

A few days ago, he was arrested by His Majesty, and His Majesty took advantage of this to make a big claim to the world, and it was a ruffian hooligan of the entire Ming Dynasty who disappeared for it, and the people praised the Holy Lord of Ziming today, and the cavalry of Jinyiwei shocked the world again, who brought these things, naturally His Majesty today, Mu Bin deeply admired it from the bottom of his heart.

In his opinion, His Majesty's every move has a deep meaning, which is incomprehensible, and can often have an unbelievable effect, Ning Wang and his party were killed by His Majesty in this way, this time His Majesty is going to move the business tax, and it seems that he is also confident before making a move, so he naturally has to do his best.

"Mu Bin, you have done a good job in this matter." Zhu Houzhao praised, but his face was not very good.

Fan Ting sighed in his heart, our family still hasn't entered His Majesty's eyes, it seems that our family has to work harder.

Liu Jin couldn't see His Majesty like this, this appearance made him want to kill people, and he didn't know when he started, he was really impressed by Zhu Houzhao, and he was determined to be a loyal dog eunuch.

"Why should Your Majesty be annoyed by that team of ministers, what is the difficulty of collecting business taxes, the slaves and maids are willing to share the worries for Your Majesty, and no one can say no." Liu Jin bowed and said.

The others looked at him, this flattering Liu Jin, I don't know what bad ideas he has, is the business tax so easy to collect? See what you can do, and then let's talk about it.

Zhu Houzhao said "oh", looking at him curiously, in fact, he also had an immature idea, the things in his hand were blocked by him to block the mouth of such a civil and military minister, now since there is no military minister to do anything, then it is much easier to do, since he doesn't need to come forward, Liu Jin is willing to take the blame, then you come, I will not mix, I am determined to be a Ming Jun and a saint, these things that offend people, you Liu Jin is more suitable, you come, you do it boldly, I support you spiritually.

Liu Jin glanced at Fan Ting and Mu Bin proudly, and then looked at Zhang Zhong, who was super nonexistent, before turning his head to curry favor with him; "Your Majesty, all the needs in the palace are provided by the imperial merchants, so that he can be used as an example to pay commercial taxes first, and then gradually progress with this, first the first good place in the capital, let them pay, and then, and then popularize all the northern prefectures and cities to set up political envoys, implement this policy from top to bottom, and Dongchang cooperates with Jinyiwei to exert pressure again, and this matter can be done."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Liu Jin, the dead eunuch, really, he, mother, talented, starting with the imperial businessman, he also thought of it, but Liu Jin's method was more trouble-free, with his previous idea, he planned to use the imperial merchant first, and then, he quietly joined in, and then took some time, stood firm, and then took the initiative to pay business taxes, and drove the entire merchant with himself, but the time may be a little longer, what he lacks most is time, in history, Zhu Houzhao died at the age of thirty-one, and he has time to consume.

This is a piece of his heart, so Zhu Houzhao can't wait to treat one day as two days, thinking about things all day long.

As soon as Liu Jin spoke, Fan Ting and the others couldn't help but look at him, dumbfounded, thinking about it carefully, it is really possible for him to succeed, the imperial merchant is not something that ordinary people can be, not only must he have connections in the court, but also have strong strength, and have a good record of accumulating supplies to the palace, but even the eighteenth generation of the ancestors must be investigated clearly, only such people can enjoy the convenience and privileges of the imperial merchants.

In fact, the imperial merchant is not only a thankless business, but also subject to the palace purchase, but there is no businessman who does not want to become an imperial businessman, the benefit, is not a little bit, becoming an imperial merchant means having privileges, entering and exiting the pass unimpeded, the south and the north do not check, the imperial businessman, smuggling must have a golden signboard.

Liu Jin's method is good, if you don't want to do it, it's okay, a lot of people want to come in, isn't it a business tax? As long as you pay some money to go out, you can get this golden signboard, which ensures that the world's wealthy businessmen and giants are vying for it.

Zhu Houzhao just thought about it for a while, and he understood the trick, what a Liu Jin, worthy of being a fighter among the eunuchs who left a name in history in his previous life.

"Okay, let's handle it accordingly, this matter will be handed over to you, and I will do it well, no matter what happens, I will carry it for you." Zhu Houzhao promised satisfactorily.

Then, he looked at Fan Ting and Mu Bin again, and said; "You two good students cooperate, this time the matter is very good, I am very satisfied, the business tax matter, before there is no eyebrow, if anyone leaks out, I scrape whom, understand?"

"The slave obeys."

"Wechen obeys."