"Yes, yes, a little further to the left...... Right! That's it! ”

In the early morning of the second year of junior high school, with the hearty nod of a young man, two red lanterns were also hung on a courtyard gate in Donghetun amid his shouting.

The young man was dressed in a round-necked robe, and although it was just an ordinary silk cloth, it was very decently worn.

Behind the red lantern, the word "Lu Yuan" behind the lintel made him smile on his face.

"Big brother, this lantern costs a lot of money, right?"

Carefully descending from the bamboo ladder, the young man asked his eldest brother, and his eldest brother was Lu Yu, who had dragged his family with a bunch of younger brothers and sisters in the almshouse two years ago and came to settle down in Donghetun in Luzon.

"It's not expensive, not many people go to the street on the second day of the first month, and the lanterns are cheap."

Lu Yu replied with a smile, and some farmers passed by on the street behind them, laughing and teasing: "Lu Tongsheng, don't you want to hang lanterns at your age to find relatives?" ”

"What did my sister say, who doesn't know Lu Tongsheng's fame in these ten miles and eight towns, and the women who came to the door almost flattened the threshold."

"Yes, yes, Lu Tongsheng, my daughter's ......"

"You guys are ......" Lu Yu couldn't cry or laugh, and his second brother took the third brother to pick up the bamboo ladder and pulled his eldest brother back to the courtyard.

Before closing the door, the second child of the Lu family stretched out his head and swore an oath: "My eldest brother wants to marry a beautiful girl, don't think about it." ”

"Huh! How can Lu Hun Ling speak! I ......"

Before the two women finished speaking, Lu Hun closed the door, and all this was clearly seen by Lu Yu.

The young man who used to have a yellow face and thin muscles, now after two years of hard work, not only supported his younger brothers and sisters, but also studied in the official school in the town, ranking among the best, this year he is preparing to sign up for the imperial examination and take the opportunity to participate in the children's examination.

A person who only entered a serious government school at the age of 16 and was ready to apply for the children's examination at the age of 18 would inevitably be ridiculed if he was placed elsewhere.

However, in a place like Luzon, where almost all poor people migrate to earn a living, this represents a certain ability.

Since Luzon is only a propaganda department, it is still relatively difficult to hold a children's examination, and the official schools in each town and county are not able to sign up to participate in the children's examination, but must first be assessed by the local government school, and then be recommended before they can participate in the children's examination.

Generally speaking, the number of places for the children's examination in the official schools of each town is very limited, so it is not an exaggeration to say that a person like Lu Yu who can obtain the qualification to participate in the children's examination after two years of study.

"These women love to chew on the root of their tongues."

Lu Hun patted the non-existent dust on his hands, and Lu Yu smiled warmly when he heard this.

In the courtyard where the two brothers stood, Lu Yuan, which used to have only one main house, now has a left and right ear house, as well as two inverted seats by the courtyard gate.

The land in the courtyard was paved with concrete and smoothed with enough cement plaster.

There are also stone tables and stone piers on the side of the patio, and there are many expensive furniture in the main house.

These things are all things that the town and county rewarded him after Lu Yu showed his ability.

Today's Luzon Propaganda and Comfort Division has three counties, from north to south, Jinshan, Luzon, and Dongming counties, with a population of more than 100,000.

Donghetun is subordinate to Gaoshan Town under the rule of Luzon County, and Gaoshan Town is one of the seven villages under its jurisdiction.

"Big brother, after the Lantern Festival, I have to go to the town to participate in the children's test, right?"

Lu Hun asked his eldest brother, and Lu Yu nodded when he heard this: "We will start on the twentieth day of the first month, after all, the children's test will only start on the first day of the second month." ”

"After the exam, I guess I can go home for a while, and after I finish my farm work with you, I will go to the official school to study and check the results at the same time."

Lu Yu said everything with a smile, but Lu Hun said nervously when he heard this: "Big brother, are you nervous?" ”

"I think you're nervous." Lu Yu quipped, and then heard a female voice behind him:

"Big brother, second brother, you go to the vegetable garden to get some vegetables and come back, and go to the field to find the fifth brother and them back!"

"Good!" Hearing his sister's words, Lu Yu responded, and he was about to go out without the slightest shelf.

Lu Hun was about to follow, but Lu Yu raised his hand to soothe: "You help the third sister cook at home." ”

"Okay......" Lu Hun nodded, and after seeing his eldest brother leave, he went to the backyard to help.

Closing the gate, what appeared in front of Lu Yu was a rammed earth road and a concrete courtyard built along the street.

There is no style in the architecture of the whole village, after all, all the people who came here back then only need a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

Therefore, their houses are basically concrete walls and bungalows.

Except for the architectural pattern and furniture that are in line with this era, none of the others are in line with the aesthetics of this era.

"If I have money in the future, I'm afraid I'll move out of here."

Standing at the door of his house and scanning around Donghetun, Lu Yu had such an idea in his heart.

Of course, the places he wanted to move to were not Guangdong and Fujian, but Gaoshan Town, Jinshan County or Luzon County.

After all, in those places, it is much more convenient to live and study.

Although this Donghetun helped him start a family, it was too remote after all, and he had to walk twenty miles to get to the town, which was extremely inconvenient.

So many of his younger siblings didn't study except for him.

The reason for this is also because the previous situation in the family could only provide one person to study.

He chose to study on his own because he knew that he was the oldest, and he could only change the situation at home after studying, rather than leaving it to his younger siblings to bear the pressure.

He slept only three hours a day, and spent the rest of his time reading.

In addition to farming and harvesting, he will return home to help, and at other times he will leave the affairs of the family to the second Lu Hun to do.

Because of this, his actions made the entire Donghetun and Gaoshan Town say that he was selfish and disregarded his younger brothers and sisters at home.

It's just that all this has changed since he became the first in his grade last year and was recommended to take the children's exam.

People who once said that he was selfish, after learning about his recent situation, all changed their tunes and praised his decision.

If he didn't have the previous experience, then I'm afraid he would feel that he was surrounded by good people at this moment.

Walking on the rammed earth road out of the village, the scenery in front of Lu Yu gradually opened up.

What was once a land of grass and wood ash has now been opened up into acres of mature fields, and you can't see the edge at a glance.

The Lu family's field is not far from the entrance of the town, because there are ploughing cattle and there are not many stones in the local area, so in two and a half years, the brothers have cultivated six acres of arable land, plus the grain issued by the imperial court, it is enough to eat.

Of course, such a life is not easy, it is still tight, otherwise it would not be enough to afford only one person to study in the government school.

But now it's okay, as long as Lu Yue can get results in the children's exam, there will be more people who will support their family.

Although Lu Yu knew that all this funding needed to be reciprocated, in order for his family to live a better life, he could only accept all the subsidies, and then work hard to be admitted to the Juren and even Jinshi......

"Old Five, it's time to go home for dinner!"

Walking to the edge of the ridge, Lu Yu saw his brothers pulling weeds in the field.

As soon as he called, several of his younger siblings immediately got up and trotted towards him.

"Let's go, let's go home for dinner."

After an explanation, Lu Yu took the brothers on the road home.

When I walked into Donghetun, I happened to run into Liu Quan, a clerk who was carrying a bunch of things.

"Mr. Liu......"

When Lu Yu saw Liu Quan, he immediately bowed respectfully.

He still respects Liu Quan very much, in the past two and a half years, it was Liu Quan who took care of them and reminded him to go to the village to study official school, only official school can change the fate of their family.

At the same time, Liu Quan has also participated in the imperial examination over the years, and often solves his doubts in his spare time.

It was precisely because Liu Quan felt that he had the qualifications to participate in the children's examination that he dared to sign up in the official school.

Now that Liu Quan's term of office has expired, it is estimated that it will be very difficult to see him again in the future.

"Get up, don't be so respectful."

Sitting on the donkey cart, Liu Quanzhen motioned for Lu Yu to get up, and at the same time said:

"I'm going to Luzon right now to report on my work, and there will be new officials after the Lantern Festival."

"I will also participate in this imperial examination, and I hope to hear good news from you."

Liu Quan spoke concisely as always, and after saying everything he wanted to say, he sat in the car and looked at Lu Yu quietly.

Lu Yu wanted to speak and stopped, and finally started with a pretentious gesture.

"Thanks to Mr. for taking care of me, if I can embark on a career in the future, I will be more willing to be with Mr."

"If you were my companion, I would look down on you." Liu Quan shook his head, he looked at Lu Yu coming, knowing that it was not easy for him.

Walked out as a nursing home, and also had to support a bunch of younger siblings at home.

Thanks to these obstacles, he was able to qualify for the children's examination in just two and a half years.

With such a performance, as long as he plays normally, Liu Quan even feels that Lu Yu is likely to be the first jinshi to come out of Luzon.

Of course, even if you are a high school jinshi, it will be a few years later.

But as long as he can pass the exam, his life before and after is also heaven and earth.

"Let's go, let's go home for the New Year."

Shaking the reins, Liu Quan set up the donkey cart and left Donghetun, where he had been with him for two and a half years, while Lu Yu took his younger brothers and sisters to bow to his back, and only slowly got up and walked towards home until he could no longer see him.

A few days passed in a flash, and after Liu Quan returned to Luzon City, he handed over all the "Yellow Book" and "Fish Scale Atlas" of Donghetun to the county government.

After summarizing, the county government finally sorted it out and submitted it to Xu Chailao's desk.

"One hundred and thirty-nine thousand five hundred, huh...... Not bad! ”

In the yamen of the Xuanwei Division, Xu Chai Lao looked at the growing Luzon, and couldn't stop being happy.

In particular, the "Fish Scale Atlas", which recorded the amount of land, made him happy to close his mouth.

"More than 517,600 acres, this merit is enough for me to be rated a first-class this year, right?"

Xu Chai smiled and showed off to Jiang Gui who was sitting in front of him, but Jiang Gui frowned when he heard this: "The rebellion in Huangshan a few days ago was not small. ”

"Don't think about the first class, thank God for being able to evaluate the second class."

Jiang Gui saw very clearly that the impact of the Huangshan Rebellion was very bad, and even affected the situation of immigrants.

Under such circumstances, it is impossible for the two of them to get any good grades last year, and it is already very good to get a second class.

"These barbarians, what a bad thing!"

Seeing Jiang Gui mention the matter of the natives of Huangshan, Xu Chai Lao only felt very unlucky, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel a trace of revenge.

"I heard that the Cochin side received a ship of the advance team from the West Ocean to Dongzhou, and there was a medicinal herb on it that could cure malaria."

"You said that if we have these medicinal materials, can we go deep into the mountains and forests and solve these barbarians?"

Xu Chai didn't reflect on himself because he didn't feel necessary.

Instead of reflecting on yourself, it is better to wipe out the barbarians in the south.

"If it really works, then I should be able to drive them to the southernmost point little by little with my troops, and then wipe them out together."

Jiang Gui thought for a little and gave an affirmative answer.

Xu Chailao, who heard this, was very happy: "Then I'll ask the court for a while, if there really is, let the court transfer some to us first." ”

"There's no rush yet." Jiang Gui interrupted Xu Chai Lao, leaned forward and frowned and asked, "How is the situation in Jinshan?" ”

Jinshan is the harbor city of northern Luzon where gold and copper are mined, but the difference is that it is garrisoned by Luzon Wei and mainly managed by Xu Chailao, and the Han people are scarce in number, mostly Turkish prisoners of war.

There are more than 100,000 of these prisoners of war, and if something happens, even Jiang Gui will find it a little tricky.

"Don't worry, after the Huangshan Rebellion, I lowered the standard for them to become citizens, and gave them two cents a day as wages."

"Now they are busy saving money and waiting for a good life after becoming a citizen."

When Xu Chai Lao said that one person had two pennies a day, a look of pain appeared on his face.

Obviously, in his heart, the labor of the natives is only worthy of free, but every penny is a great expense.

"What about gold, silver and copper mining?"

Jiang Gui leaned back in his chair when he heard this, and asked absentmindedly about the mining of gold, silver and copper.

"There are more gold mines, and now they can produce more than 800 taels per month, and this year's output of 10,000 taels of gold is estimated to be no problem, and the associated silver output is relatively small, at most 30,000 taels."

"As for the copper mine, it can smelt 50,000 catties of copper ingots every month, the number is too small, and at least 50 more pits must be opened to reach the amount of one million catties of copper ingots promised to the imperial court."

"Fifty mines, at least another 20,000 or 30,000 people need to be made."

"In addition, there are at least 7,000 natives who have become citizens this year, and we have to prepare early."

The preparation in Xu Chai Lao's mouth is nothing more than to let Jiang Gui capture more natives.

At present, the rapid development of Luzon is based on the gold, silver and copper mines worth more than a dozen or even hundreds of thousands of yuan contributed by these natives every year.

Once the rate of mining slows down, so does the development of Luzon.

In the mine in Jinshan County, the surface of the mountains is full of mining holes, which are densely packed and make people's scalps numb.

Despite the concrete and stake reinforcement, no one knows when it will collapse.

Xu Chai Lao doesn't care about this, he just hopes not to delay his chance to be promoted, you must know that he is fifty years old this year, this age has entered old age in this era, it is not bad to live to sixty, seventy is an unthinkable existence.

Because of this, he was ready to finish his work in Luzon, and after being promoted, he proposed to be a scholar and lead a casual step back to his hometown in Fujian for retirement.

"I'll figure it out, and you can find a way to see if you can get the kind of medicine that can treat malaria."

"I'll do it, don't worry."

Jiang Gui got up and walked out, not forgetting to explain.

Xu Chai Lao replied to him with a smile when he heard this, and after he left, he hurriedly wrote to Nanjing.

At the same time, Jiangnan, thousands of miles away from the sea border, became lively.

"Bang!"

"Jin Yiwei is handling the case, dare to ask which one is Zhang Kuang in the matter of the former household department!"

In Jintan County, Changzhou Prefecture, as the door of a mansion was violently slammed open, brocade guards with gloomy faces poured into the front yard of this mansion, and the number of dozens of people was enough.

Although it is only the front yard, the area of this yard is enough acres, and there are many Taihu Lake stone carvings as decorations.

Such an environment is not something that a seven-rank official can afford to live in.

The people in the house were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and soon an old Confucian in his sixties and gray beard walked to the front yard with a cane.

"The old man is Zhang Kuang, I don't know what happened......"

Zhang Kuang's expression was ugly, but he was already trying his best to suppress his temper.

He has been in office for nine years, and he has not made any major mistakes during this period, and he thinks that he has no handle in the hands of Jinyiwei.

"In the thirtieth year of Hongwu, Zhang Kuang and Ni Ying, the head of the household department, privately revised the household registration of Jintan County and changed the thirty-seven upper households to middle households, can you plead guilty to this matter?!"

The Jinyi Wei Baihu official took out a post, and this post was the driver's post issued by the Criminal Division.

With it, Jinyiwei can arrest people unscrupulously.

"Ridiculous, this is just a false accusation!"

Zhang Kuang was flustered, but he still retorted strongly.

"Since it's a false accusation, then please come with us."

The hundred household officials put away the driving post, and then the left and right Jinyi guards stepped forward to set up Zhang Kuang.

"What are you doing?!"

"You dare to treat me like this, I must start Your Majesty and let Your Majesty punish you!"

"Put me down! Put me down......"

The scene of Zhang Kuang being put into the carriage was seen by his neighbors, and the people who could live in his neighborhoods were all powerful figures in Jintan County.

Seeing that Zhang Kuang was arrested, many of them who had anything to do with Zhang Kuang couldn't help but feel empty-hearted.

This kind of weakness of heart is not without reason, because since the comprehensive new policy of the six prefectures in Jiangdong, most of the people who were taken away by them have confessed and confessed to many people involved.

For a time, there were a large number of arrested wealthy families in Jiangnan, and the books handed over to Zhu Gaoxu's desk were constantly refreshed at a rate of tens or hundreds almost every day.

Such a situation naturally caused dissatisfaction among the ministers.

"There are many unjust cases in the six prefectures of Jiangdong, which are widely implicated, and Jinyiwei abuses lynching, causing many ministers to die and be wronged......"

"Ma Ying, the head of the Ministry of Ministers (Imperial History Chen Mengxu), implore Your Majesty to punish the crime and discipline and stop the new policy!"

Outside the West Corner Gate, more than 100 officials knelt down and made their voices rumble.

Looking at their righteous appearance, I didn't know that I thought they were all saints.

In the face of their forced palace, Wang Yan in the West Corner Gate slowly walked out with more than ten brocade guards.

He held the decree in his hand, and after a short time unfolded it, he immediately sang:

"Ma Ying, the head of the household department, supervised the household registration in Jiangnan, concealed the report to the 72 wealthy families such as Gao Meng, the Changzhou Mansion, and tampered with the document book privately, and exiled Barbarian Mo according to the "Da Ming Law!"

"Yushi Chen Mengxu took bribes and perverted the law, concealed the murder of Li Zhao, a wealthy man in Zhenjiang Mansion, and secretly stole silver taxes, according to the "Da Ming Law", exiled Barbarian Mo!"

"Wang Yan, have you also deceived the Holy Hearing?!"

When Wang Yan finished reciting the holy decree, Ma Ying and Chen Mengxu pointed at him and began to scold, but their scolding did not have any effect on Wang Yan.

Under Wang Yan's gaze, they were taken out of the palace by the Jinyi guards, and the rest of the officials were like frightened birds, waiting for Wang Yan to speak.

"Isn't it bad to be doing what you're still doing here?"

Wang Yan spit out these words with a gloomy face, and saw that in the next second, the group of courtiers got up one after another, lowered their heads and scattered away.

Such soft bones have always been looked down upon by Wang Yan, after all, he is also a person who has followed Zhu Di to fight in the south and north.

After solving this farce, Yisha turned around and walked into the West Point Gatehouse.

In the gatehouse, a huge sand table with a length and width of two zhang was placed in the middle, and Zhu Di, as the emperor, was looking at everything on the sand table.

At this moment, he has devoted himself to it, and Wang Yan did not disturb him for the first time after he returned.

After a while, Zhu Di came back to his senses and asked, "Are you all gone?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, they were all driven away." Wang Yan replied respectfully, and Zhu Di stroked his beard.

"Well, this group of people is really bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and they don't dare to go to the second child to intercede, so they come to me to force the palace."

Zhu Di seemed to be saying that his side was a soft persimmon, but Wang Yan smiled after hearing it:

"They were frightened by His Highness, but they forgot that Your Majesty, you are also a strong man who walked out of the sea of corpses and blood."

"Haha! You're right! ”

Wang Yan's words made Zhu Di's heart flutter, it is true that he has been used to being a good man over the years, but this does not mean that he is good-tempered.

Most of the people killed by Ji Gang and Chen Ying were killed by him.

It's just that in front of Zhu Gaoxu, a guy who wants to connect hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of people at every turn, Zhu Di seems amiable.

"Your Majesty, this group of people is expected to come back tomorrow, you see......"

Wang Yan suggested carefully, but Zhu Di interrupted him and said: "Don't worry about them, tell Li Shi and Wang Zhong that the army will go north tomorrow." ”

"During the Northern Expedition, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Crime, and the Ministry of Rites were all sent to the Chunhe Palace, and the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, and the Governor's Mansion of the Six Armies copied two copies, one was sent to the Chunhe Palace, and the other was sent to the army."

"In addition, summon scholars Jin Youzi, Hu Guang, Huang Huai, and Yang Rong, together with the six left attendants, to accompany the army to the north."

"Yes!" Hearing Zhu Di say this, Wang Yan hurriedly responded, and then said: "Then the slave maid went to talk to His Highness, so that His Highness could be prepared." ”

"Well, go ahead!" Zhu Di waved his hand, and Wang Yan also went to the Chunhe Hall in person.

But after he left, Zhu Di glanced at the eunuch on duty beside him.

The eunuch was about thirty years old, obese, and looked harmless to humans and animals.

Looking at him, Zhu Di said: "You go and tell Ji Gang to let him take the opportunity to deal with those people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate." ”

"Slave and maid command!" The eunuch on duty hurriedly withdrew from the Chunhe Palace, and Zhu Di also stroked his beard when he saw this, and said as if teasingly:

"Second brother, you can't be too comfortable these days, you have to take care of some things for me."

Today's second watch is between 4 and 5 p.m.

Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow I have to be busy with my grandmother's funeral.,As I said before.,The update for these two days is a chapter a day.,And the update time is a little uncertain.。

It's also the first time I've been busy with these things, and it's estimated that it will be a bit procrastinating, and the update is estimated to be either in the afternoon or in the evening.

After the burial, the 22nd resumed two watches, thank you for your understanding.

(End of chapter)