Li Shanchang was in pain.

You can't take silver with white flowers.

Because he calculated, among the six people, he could only influence Deng Zhen.

It means that there is no influence at all.

Today is different from the past, he has no real power, and if he doesn't help others if he receives money, he will definitely be arched to Lao Zhu.

Li Shanchang could only tell people honestly: "This time the official really can't help it." ”

But those people didn't believe it, and they left the silver tickets, jewelry, and antiques and ran.

Li Shanchang stared at the pile of belongings, pondered for a long time, and still invited Deng Zhen here.

Although Deng Zhen is the son of Deng Yu.

However, the Deng family has a large population, and Deng Yue has been absent for many years, and he is a hands-off shopkeeper.

Deng Zhen's life is not so easy.

Since Deng Zhen married Li Shanchang's granddaughter, his food and clothing have risen to a higher level than before, so he obeys Li Shanchang's words.

Li Shanchang said: "It is really gratifying that Lord Deng became an examiner of the imperial examination at a young age. ”

Deng Zhen hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Thanks to my grandfather's recommendation." ”

Li Shanchang said: "I have a lot of talents, if there is no one to pull a hand, it will be difficult to get ahead." ”

Deng Zhen hurriedly said: "Yes." ”

Li Shanchang: "These people who came to take the exam are too. After the township test selection, they are all the best among the people. There are good and bad performances in the examination room, and the examiners' personal preferences are also different, so they can only resign themselves to fate as soon as the exam papers are handed in. Even if it is the same article, different people will have completely different judgments. ”

Deng Zhen: "Yes, my grandfather taught me yes." I'll definitely review it. ”

Li Shanchang said: "I have several friends whose sons and nephews are going to participate in the imperial examination this time. There is no problem with the township test, but when you get to the hospital test, you can ...... If they can know the questions in advance and have more time to ponder, they will definitely be more confident than the essay written in a hurry in the exam room. You know how to do it. ”

Deng Zhen's heart jumped suddenly: Grass, this is asking me to leak the question.

was caught by Lao Zhu, at least all the doors were beheaded.

Seeing that he was silent, Li Shanchang smiled: "Don't be so nervous, you don't have to tell me the original question." Just say a direction. ”

Deng Zhen couldn't refuse directly, so he could only say, "Got it." ”

The detailed rules for the implementation of the imperial examination were also sent to the various administrative departments at the same time.

The township test is scheduled to be held in the autumn of the 10th year of Hongwu.

Since November of the ninth year of Hongwu, he has started to register for the official school to prepare for the township examination.

Except for the examiners of the Nanjing Township Examination, who were appointed by the imperial court, the examiners of the other political departments were recommended by the scholars and the imperial history.

Local political departments and state governments are also responsible for reviewing the qualifications of candidates.

The chief secretary immediately wrote to complain: poor, no money.

There are so many candidates who have to pay for the journey.

Didn't the silver of the state capital fall from the sky?

The practice of the Ming Dynasty was that all the expenses of the local government were settled by themselves, and the imperial court did not care.

Now the imperial court wants to select talents and let the political secretary and the state government give money, but the political secretary and the state government are definitely unwilling.

This is something Lao Zhu did not expect.

There is no money, let alone a road fee, and there is no way to even organize a township test.

It's a serious problem.

At the end of November, Zhu Bai sent back one after another the people from the second-level Guanya Bureau and Guanyinzhuang that he had trained.

These people took the "training qualified" certificate stamped by Zhu Bai himself, and went to the first-level official dental bureau to report for duty, and began to engage in the second-level official dental bureau.

Just in the wax moon, everyone began to prepare for the New Year, and the goods were traded frequently.

As soon as the second-level official tooth bureau opened, a steady stream of silver was sent to Zhu Bai and the imperial court.

Although Zhu Bai is rich, he can't always catch him with a sheep and ask him to pay for everything.

On this day, Lao Zhu watched the folds in the imperial study for a while, sighed for a while, and was full of sadness.

Zhu Biao asked: "Ah, why is my father so sad?" ”

Lao Zhu: "Alas, the imperial examination is estimated to be impossible. ”

Zhu Biao was very anxious and asked, "Why?" ”

Lao Zhu: "The chief secretary said there was no money. The imperial court also didn't have that much silver. ”

Zhu Biao: "Oh, I'm so dignified, I can't even do a imperial examination." Wouldn't it be a joke for those Goryeo sticks and Japanese pirates? ”

Lao Zhu: "Isn't it......"

Zhu Bai was scolding and writing a notebook, listening to their father and son singing and harmonizing, secretly laughing: Yo, is this singing a double reed? You want to coax me to take the money out and work, right?

Hehe, the master is so easy to deceive?

He continued to write without squinting.

Lao Zhu scolded in his heart: Rebel, I ask you to write a word on weekdays, scratch your ears and cheeks, and your buttocks seem to have sores.

Pretending to be so serious today, it's not that I heard that we were going to spend his money.

Do you think you'll be fine if you pretend to be deaf and dumb?

We're going to ask you for money today.

Lao Zhu coughed dryly: "Old Twelve, what do you say about this?" ”

Zhu Bai raised his head and asked, "Erchen doesn't understand, how can the state capital have no money?" The survey of private houses and the dividends of the official tooth bureau are all silver. ”

Lao Zhu was silent for a moment and said, "They said that the silver was not enough to hold the exam. ”

In fact, how did he not know the virtues of those officials? It's just that I can't think of a way to force them to pay for the money.

Zhu Bai sneered: "It's not enough, right?" As long as the father and emperor make an order, give it to the first-level officials and ask them to check the accounts of the government office. One check is enough. ”

Zhu Biao frowned: "The official tooth bureau checks the accounts of the state government, I'm afraid it won't work." ”

Zhu Bai lowered his eyes, continued to write slowly, and said, "If you don't check, there is a way for them to cooperate obediently." ”

Zhu Biao asked, "Oh? What's the solution? ”

Zhu Bai raised his head and smiled: "As long as my father agrees, the son's ministers and officials will not share dividends to the government office." Within two months, they would definitely cooperate. ”

The second-level official tooth bureaus have also been opened one after another, and all state capitals have already tasted the sweetness, how can they stop?

The cost of the biennial imperial examination and the dividends of twenty-four months, which one is more and which is less, can be calculated by fools.

That's the difference between a saturated meal and a full meal.

Lao Zhu thought for a while and said, "That's it." ”

Then Zhu Bai gave an order to the first- and second-level officials to stop the dividends to the political secretary and the state capital this month.

The government officials were in a hurry and wrote to Lao Zhu.

They didn't dare to directly say that Zhu Bai was not trustworthy, and now that they have a firm foothold, they want to kick them away, so they can only cry poor, crying about how much manpower and material resources they have invested to cooperate with the official tooth bureau.

Lao Zhu replied uniformly: "We told him to stop." If we want the official tooth bureau to pay for the imperial examination and subsidize poor candidates to go to Yingtian, we can only stop giving you your monthly silver. You want to take the money and you don't want to work, how can there be such a good thing in the world? ”

Then all the governors immediately replied: "After careful examination of income and expenditure, it was found that there was an error in the previous calculation, and the state government has the money to hold the township examination to subsidize the candidates." As long as the official tooth office resumes the payment of monthly silver. ”

Zhu Bai laughed crazy: Perfect solution!

These people can never see clearly, the rich one is the one who speaks!!