"In that group of people, there are talented people who have fallen off the list, and scholars who have lost their souls, and the warriors are also trapped in building a foundation, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve success, but they have heard Gongzi's lectures now, and there may be some changes in the future. As Dai Guo shook his head, the group of three people marched slowly and disappeared into the distance.

The road ahead points straight to Xingjing.

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Following.

Darui's political center, Xingjing, is changing because of the upcoming examination.

It is said that it is because of the examination, but in fact it is not accurate, mainly because the people who gathered from all over the country, as well as their subordinates and families, opened up the hidden danger of Xingjing.

The most obvious table is that the price of grain has skyrocketed, and the grain rice of forty or fifty wen per bucket has now risen to nearly 100 wen!

Directly double!

This means that if you take the same amount of money to buy grain, you will only get half of the original amount.

The huge contrast even affects the rich families of the eunuchs, after all, it costs a lot to maintain a large family, and it costs a lot of money every day, plus interpersonal contacts and up and down, this money is not too much.

As for ordinary people, not to mention, the life is already tight, and the price of goods has risen, and the wealth of the family has shrunk rapidly, and the impact can be described as far-reaching.

In ancient society, people regarded food as their heaven, not just food, and when the price of food rose, other prices would also rise, doubling the cost of living and making life difficult.

Living in the capital of the dynasty, although every inch of land is expensive, the houses they live in are light and difficult to realize, and they are subject to household registration restrictions, so the households cannot move to places with low living costs, because the people here do not live well.

However, since ancient times, no matter who you are, when you encounter a bad situation, you always have to find a target of hatred, not to mention, this price is not something that small people and small households can control. It is also difficult for others to understand the mystery, and the people of the capital naturally want to find a specific target to transfer their hatred to the past.

This is not some kind of bad nature, in the face of a difficult situation, people will always have to resist, it is impossible to be willing, but in this way, it will suffer others.

The target of hatred of the people of Xingjing today is the one who came from afar.

The most direct expression is that every person who enters the city lifts people. will enjoy the "attention ceremony" all the way.

"Brother Luo, how can these people in Xingjing be so strange, their eyes seem to be full of malice when they look at us?

At the south gate of Xingjing City, two people who were looking at the city were walking slowly, and the two could see the obvious age gap, the younger one. While walking, I felt the eyes of the people along the way, and couldn't help but say a word.

"Don't hide it from my brother, I feel the same way as my brother. The older scholar glanced around, with a slightly unnatural look on his face, "Xingxing Xingjing people are like this, we are the masters of Jiannan Road." is respected, but in this capital, there are big officials and rich people everywhere. The people here are well-informed, so how can they take the little people to heart? Not to mention this, let's hurry up and find an inn to settle down. ”

"That's right. The young scholar nodded.

The two of them were simple, there were no scholars or servants to follow, but each with a book, so they walked the streets with unfriendly eyes, and after a few inquiries, they finally came to the door of an inn.

"This inn looks a little shabby, I should have some thoughts. The young scholar muttered and entered with another person, but was immediately taken aback when he asked the price.

"Why is it so expensive? The price of this night, in other places, can stay for ten days and half a month. ”

"Can this be the same as other places?" The shopkeeper behind the counter didn't think so, he didn't coax people, he obviously saw too much, he looked at the two scholars in front of him with a look of contempt, "This is the national capital! Our price is already low, you two go a few steps further into the city, which one will be higher than this price!"

The elder scholar couldn't help but say: "I asked the price in the villages and towns outside the city, but it is only one or two times more expensive than other places, how can you directly increase it tenfold like this?"

"Can it be the same outside the city and inside the city?" the shopkeeper looked at the two of them contemptuously, raised his hand and pointed towards the lobby, "We have a lot of people who are rushing to take the exam, you live here, you can communicate with them, understand the situation, if you live outside the city, there is no such convenience, and this is not far from the inner city, well-informed, any news, you can get it at the first time." ”

Just as the three of them were talking, another Confucian came in from outside the door, not tall, with a hooked nose, and a gloomy face, he came to the cabinet, took out a few Jiaozi from his arms, and slapped them on the case.

"Shopkeeper, open a room!

"Yo, Childe is back? What's the matter, the old man didn't lie to you, the inn inside can only be more expensive. You see, there's three rooms left, and if you come a little later, they're gone. As he spoke, the shopkeeper deliberately glanced at the two scholars on the side.

When the hook-nosed scholar went upstairs with Xiao Er, the two scholars at the beginning discussed it and came over, saying that they wanted a room.

"The two of you, just live in one room?" The shopkeeper showed a look of disdain, and the two people who saw it looked ashamed, but they didn't say much, took a pen and wrote a few words in the book, and then asked, "Report your name." ”

"Do you want to report your name?" both scholars were stunned for a moment.

"This is natural, you are here to participate in the examination, when you pass the Jinshi examination, on the big list, someone is going to come to report the good news, I don't know the name, how to report the good news?" ”

"Do you want identity documents?" the two scholars hesitated, this document is their identity certificate, ordinary people walk the world, enter the city to pass the customs, have to show the road guide, often to a place, to re-open the bill, very troublesome.

And the famous scholars, as long as they have identity documents, can be unimpeded and study at will, which is a very important thing, and they cannot leave their bodies.

"What's the matter? I'm afraid that the old man won't be able to deceive you? What am I going to do with your papers? and I can't use it myself?" said the shopkeeper and stopped writing, "If you don't believe it, you can leave and go to other inns to ask, but when the time comes, our place is full, and you will regret it." ”

"This ......" the two scholars looked at the shopkeeper for a moment, and finally lost the battle, "I believe it." Then he reported his name.

Luo Jiayun and Zhou Guan...... Oh, from Jiannan Road, coincidentally, the cook of our inn also came out of Shuzhong, and he cooked a good dish, but he worshipped a strange god. ”

Luo Jiayun, an elderly scholar, said: "It should be to worship Zao Gong, almost every inn and teahouse in Jiannan Road worship Zao Gong, even ordinary people, there are more and more people who worship Zao Gong, and they can keep their families safe." ”

"Stove Gong?" the shopkeeper frowned, did not answer, and then asked for the paperwork of the two, and urged them to go up to see the house.

After the two of them left, the hook-nosed scholar walked out again, glanced at the shopkeeper, showed a tacit smile, and walked out of the inn.

"I deceived two more, just by looking at the spirit, I knew that these two scholars were pure-minded and were rare reading seeds. The shopkeeper looked at the paperwork in his hand, lowered his head and sniffed hard, revealing a look of intoxication, "Even if Xingjing has many restrictions such as dragon qi and official spirit, you can still smell the kind of wish and thought that has been pinned on the cold window for ten years, which is really delicious." ”

Thinking about it, he beckoned a servant, handed over the paperwork, and instructed him to "go quickly, go back quickly", and sent the servant away.

A quarter of an hour later, Luo Jiayun and Zhou Guan came down from upstairs, returned to the lobby, found a table and sat down, and they didn't ask for food, so they sat down, listened attentively, listened to the conversation of everyone in the lobby, and wanted to know about the situation in Xingjing.

However, it sounds like there is not much to do with the imperial examination, and most of the people around it are talking about topics such as "changing the law", "grain prices", and "northern captives".

"How's the war going in the north......"

"It is reported that the market law will be promulgated in the near future......"

"The city change law is to reform the lives of Beijing businessmen, causing them to make a desperate bet, raise food prices, and want to help each other, which has caused the current situation, but let me and other people who are rushing to take the exam carry the black cauldron. ”

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"I heard that this imperial examination was personally inquired by Wang Xianggong, but I don't know what will be examined? Will it be the same as before, mainly based on classics and scriptures, or will it involve the new learning advocated by Xianggong? I am not familiar with the new learning. ”

After listening to Luo Jiayun and Zhou Guan for a long time, they finally came across something related to the imperial examination, and immediately pricked up their ears.

Not only them, but also the other people at the table also stopped talking and turned their eyes over.

The man's companion also lived up to expectations, and replied: "It's not easy to say, Xinxue has been advocated for a few years, even if Xianggong is anxious, he should not directly replace the scriptures with Xinxue, but looking at the current situation, the new law is in power, and the question of this meeting may be related to the situation of the country." ”

"The situation of the country and the dynasty? Is it not the sudden rise in grain prices? If you want me to say, the rise in grain prices is not a bad thing, and the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants, and it is good to be a little more expensive......

"Luo Gan, your family is in business and resells grain, of course you say so. ”

"Actually, there is a reason for this......

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And the crowd began to talk again.

"Is there a price for grain?"

Luo Jiayun chewed these words, and his eyes inadvertently swept over a person, and found that his face was disdainful, as if he didn't look down on the candidates in the room.

Next to him, Zhou Guan said: "The black-faced minister will personally ask and try, then you have to think about it carefully, the new law has also been implemented in Jiannan Dao, and we also have personal feelings, so we might as well study it." ”

"That's exactly how it should be. Luo Jiayun nodded, retracted his gaze, and his mind fell on the imperial examination again, but suddenly said, "I don't know if I have also arrived in Xingjing, and I have to inquire." ”

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At the same time.

In the inner city of Xingjing, in the imperial city, in the political hall, there is an old man slapping the table and roaring.

"I think Wang Heimian is crazy! The imperial examination is a major event of the country, how can it be changed every day!" (to be continued......)

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