1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2620
In fact, Shi Diwen had already made corresponding arrangements for the residence of Haihan senior officials who would move to Hangzhou in the future, and set aside a large area of ​​land near the planned new city for the senior officials to build their residences.

However, the area of ​​Hangzhou New City is roughly on the east side of the current city, between the Tiesha River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. It is far away from the West Lake, and naturally there is no beautiful scenery by the lake. Most of the places are still farmland, and the living environment does need to be improved.

The land that Tao Hongfang and others bought by the lake was not intended to be a long-term residence in the future, but was intended to be used to build a private resort.They inspected many times around the West Lake and found that there are actually quite a few manors like this around the West Lake, and the owners are often either rich or expensive, and many of them are even relatives of the emperor. It can be regarded as a traditional wealthy area near Hangzhou City. .

In fact, the original owner of the piece of land they bought was a former high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty who had returned from his old age. He was willing to sell the land with excellent location and environment to them. Land clings to the dignitaries of the new dynasty to find a way out for his family.

Tao Hongfang and the others have seen this kind of way for a long time, but they can grasp the measure. They should write down the favors that should be recorded first, and pay the money that should be given. Follow the normal land transaction process, and they will not fall easily. Population facts.

After completing the relevant procedures, Ning Zijing will be responsible for the follow-up design and construction matters.Qiong Lianfa had already accumulated a lot of network resources in this area during the period of purchasing the property in Hangzhou. As long as Ning Zijing went to the big shopkeeper Li Fa to say hello, he would naturally arrange people to follow up the matter.They only need to prepare the corresponding funds and choose a design plan, and they don't have to stay here to supervise the work.

Ning Zijing was quite efficient in handling affairs, and he took care of these matters on the second day after buying the land.

"I have entrusted Qiong Lianfa to invite famous teachers and craftsmen in Suzhou to design the manor, and I will pick them up from Suzhou in a few days. When we return from this mission, we should be able to see the preliminary design plan. Ning Zijing paused, and added: "Relevant expenses will be temporarily paid by Qiong Lianfa, and we will settle the settlement with us later."

Tao Hongfang said: "Then why don't we leave a sum of money here first, there is no need to ask Qiong Lian to pay in advance."

Ning Zijing shook his head with a smile and said, "Hongfang, shopkeeper Li took the initiative to take over this matter. If he politely declines his offer, I'm afraid he will be paranoid."

Tao Hongfang immediately understood: "In this case, let's wait until we come back from overseas."

For more than 20 years, the Li family has maintained a close relationship with the senior management of Haihan. Li Fa took the initiative to take over this matter not only out of enthusiasm, but also because of their identities and backgrounds. He hoped to take this opportunity to consolidate his personal relationship with them. .After all, the people who will take over the power of Haihan in the future are likely to be these young people who have already begun to show their prominence on the political stage.

Of course, Tao Hongfang was also very happy to hand over the preparation work of his manor to Li Fa, who knew the basics, and he could be sure that Li Fa would take this matter seriously, and he didn't need to worry about what might go wrong.

After arranging these things, finally ushered in the day of the township examination.With their identities, of course they don't have to go to the Gong Yuan in the east of the city to huddle with the candidates to read the list. After the list was released by the Township Examination Office, they sent someone to copy the list to Bai Letong immediately.

Compared with the previous year's admission quota of just over [-] people in the township examination, although the number of applicants has decreased this year, the number of admissions has increased greatly, reaching more than [-] people, almost reaching a quarter of the admission rate, which can be described as astonishingly high .

The reason for such a drastic relaxation of admission standards is actually obvious. On the one hand, Haihan really needs a large number of literati to enrich the bureaucratic system; Imperial Examination.

For the vast majority of scholars in this era, the ultimate goal of the ten-year cold window is to gain fame.When they realize that the imperial examinations in the new dynasty are less difficult than those in the previous dynasty, their enthusiasm for participating in the imperial examinations will also increase greatly.

Of course, the real hot spot of this township examination is not the admission rate, but the status of the newly promoted Jieyuan.

A few talents from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces who were very popular before the provincial examination failed to take the top spot, but the one who finally took the top spot in Jieyuan was a very unfamiliar name——Zhu Zian.

Just when the public was curious about the origin of his identity, relevant news spread in a timely manner. This Zhu Zian is not an ordinary scholar, but a serious former royal family member, a descendant of King De, and a county king. .Unwilling to be lonely, the little prince went to Hangzhou to take the exam incognito, but unexpectedly won the first place.

Aristocrats with special status like this are far from ordinary people in terms of background and knowledge, and taking the imperial examination is simply a blow to dimensionality reduction.However, since the number of admissions for this year's provincial examination has greatly increased compared with previous years, Zhu Zian's move to occupy a place will not be offensive, not to mention that this imperial examination was not held in Ming Dynasty, and seriously speaking, he is not the same as other candidates. the difference.

As the saying goes, there is no first in writing, and second in martial arts. This little prince can get the first place in the township examination held in the East China Sea Region. Presumably, he should be an extremely talented person.So the crowd watching the excitement followed the officials who announced the results, and went to find this former royal son who was quietly rushing to take the exam.

When I got to the place, I saw that Zhu Zian lived in a very ordinary inn. Although he lived in the Shangfang, the environment here obviously did not match his aristocratic status.

At this time, some good people began to deduce the reason. In the early years when the Qing army invaded Shandong, the lineage of King De was almost wiped out in the First World War in Jinan. Later, although a close relative was found to succeed him, his vitality was already severely injured and his family property was depleted. It just fell apart.Later, all the fiefdoms of King De were taken by Haihan, and it was even more difficult to continue, leaving only the status of a royal family member.

Of course, even if it's just an empty shell, it's still a real noble, and it's not in the same world as ordinary people.And such a big man actually came to participate in the township examination held by Haihan. If it wasn't because he was too idle, there was only one possibility. This opens the door to career.

Why do good nobles not do it, but travel all the way to participate in the imperial examination, and compete with ordinary people for a place to serve Haihan?The reason is of course obvious, just looking at the inn where the descendant of King De lived, it is probably also for a better future.This kind of speculation is reasonable, but at the moment, many onlookers felt sympathy for this down-and-out noble boy.

(End of this chapter)