Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Zhu Yunxi didn't expect that in order to save trouble, he omitted the link of body search and competed for a "female son-in-law".There are not many girls who read these days, and those who can read and have the courage to take the exam are even rarer.Therefore, Zhu Yunxi paid more attention to this little girl who was pretending to be fake, and even peeked at her name while invigilating the exam.Lu Zongfu? What the hell kind of name is this?
Because the preparation time for this exam was very short, all the candidates' resume names were filled in by themselves, and there was no certificate from the school administration or the government.This gave many people an opportunity, such as Lu Hongfu who disguised herself as a man.Lu Hongfu felt that his name was too feminine, so he made up a name for himself after imitating the names of the Lu family brothers.But under normal circumstances, no one would change their name randomly.These days, many people still believe in exams, thinking that exams can determine a person's fate.

The exam time is one morning, and the papers will be collected as soon as noon arrives.But there are many quick-witted and quick-witted people who hand in the papers as soon as the time has passed.For example, father and daughter Lu Shiyuan and Lu Hongfu.When Lu Hongfu entered the examination room, he avoided his father, but when he handed in the paper, the two happened to be one in front of the other.When Lu Shiyuan saw his daughter sneaking in, he was about to get mad at her on the spot.Seeing his father's gloomy face, Lu Hongfu stuck out his little tongue in embarrassment, then covered his face with the paper, and slipped sideways beside his father.

Lu Shiyuan saw the back of his daughter running away, shook his head with a wry smile, and then mixed with the crowd to hand in the paper.However, as soon as the two returned to the inn where they were staying, Lu Shiyuan locked his daughter in the room and punished her to copy women's rules and training on her knees.Originally, Lu Shiyuan was very excited about the exam, but after his daughter's incident, his excitement turned into anxiety.On the one hand, he hopes that his daughter can go to high school, so that the world can know her daughter's talent.On the one hand, he hoped that his daughter would not win, and completely covered up the matter.

As for his own results, he had no expectations.

He originally wanted to experience the atmosphere of the exam, and didn't really want to become an official.

The little salary given by the imperial court every year is not enough for his daughter to spend three days.

While Lu Hongfu was copying the women's rules with a bitter face, Zhu Yunxi was also checking the papers with a bitter face.

How long will it take for the more than 3000 test papers to be approved? In addition, Zhu Yunxi came here in a hurry this time, and he ran out of Beijing secretly, so he didn't bring many people here.Therefore, he could only act as the chief examiner himself, and let Zhou Zhiqing and Erhu be the deputy chief examiners.But even three people are not enough, let alone Erhu can only be counted as half a person.No way, he picked dozens of literate people from Jinyiwei to help mark the papers.

Preliminary screening: count as those that are not smeared.

Second sieve: the higher the number of unknown words, the higher the ranking.

Three screenings: It's him and the two assistant examiners.

Because there are too few restrictions on this exam, many idlers who can barely read a few words came to make up the number.

Therefore, the quality of the papers was very poor, and there were very few articles that could be written smoothly, and there were less than [-] articles with typos and smear marks of less than three characters.The rest are either illegible or illegible, or scribbled and corrected, with a lot of typos.However, even if [-] copies were selected from [-] miles, it would still be too much work for Zhu Yunxie.

There is no way, Erhu has to go through it again.Any articles that Erhu couldn't understand were thrown to Zhou Zhiqing for review.As for the articles that the two tigers could understand, they were not of any level at first glance, and Zhu Yunxi was dismissed directly.At the beginning, Zhu Yunxi asked Erhu to be the examiner for grading the papers, and Erhu was quite happy, but when Erhu saw that all the test papers he had selected were dismissed, he protested on the spot.

"His Royal Highness, you look down on people too much, why can't the test papers selected by the humble job fail?"

"Look at this article, I think it's well written!"

"real?"

"real!"

"Humble job reads to you!"

"The way to do business lies in women. As the saying goes, it is not good to have no business, and it is not good to do business without women.

"It's normal to be short of money and short of two books. It's not bad to shoddy. Buying low and selling high is the way of business.
As soon as Erhu read a few words, Zhu Yunxi and Zhou Zhiqing couldn't help laughing.

This is Erhu's vision, bizarre and weird.

"Stop reading!"

"To save face for you today, let's record this, hahaha
Zhou Zhiqing laughed for a while, covered his stomach and said
"This man is telling the truth. As the saying goes, compassion does not teach soldiers, righteousness does not teach money, how can a businessman make money if he is not a woman?" Erhu saw that his recommendation was useful, and made persistent efforts to recommend a few more to Zhu Yunxi.

Zhu Yunxi also accepted everything according to the order, which did not cool Erhu's enthusiasm.After all, this thing is just a qualification to take the re-examination, and there are still two exams before the final employment.Zhou Zhiqing will hand over the test papers he thinks are good to Zhu Yunxie, and let Zhu Yunxie have a look at them in person.However, it is too difficult to get Zhou Zhiqing to say "good". After all, he is a serious imperial scholar, how can he appreciate the articles written by these people?
Just as Zhou Zhiqing was looking at the past ten lines at a glance, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he let out a "huh" in surprise.

"what!"

"The handwriting of this article is very beautiful, it looks like a boudoir!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi hurriedly took the test paper over, and when he saw the column of the name, it was written "Lu Zongfu" three times.

The word "This test paper alone needs to be personally evaluated!
Zhou Zhiqing saw Zhu Yunxi's attitude, the corners of his mouth curled up in an ambiguous arc, and then he buried his head again in the test paper Erhu picked out.

"The way of business is to sacrifice enough and give more."

"It's interesting, this is relying on the way of business to the way of heaven!"

"The south of the Yangtze River is rich in silk, how much can the land in the south of the Yangtze River be used for? If there are no merchants traveling to various places, the silk in the south of the Yangtze River will not be exhausted even if it is wrapped around trees and paved roads."

"However, the common people raised silkworms, reeled silk, spun and weaved cloth for several months or even years, just to pave the way for silk? Seeing this, the smile on Zhu Yunxi's face gradually disappeared, replaced by a serious color.

This is a person who understands the way of business responsibility! Isn’t the so-called way of merchants the flow of goods from north to south, so that the wealth created by the people’s hard work can gain greater value?
What's even more rare is that this woman has a clear mind and a novel angle of argument. She also knows how to quote scriptures and compare them with the events of Emperor Sui Yang. It can be seen that she is also someone who has read some.It's just that the candidate's gender is a bit problematic. If he recruited a girl, would it shock the world? Zhu Yunxiu hesitated for a while, and drew a circle on the test paper, meaning to pick the right one.Just as Zhu Yunxi put down the test paper, Zhou Zhiqing handed over another test paper. "His Royal Highness, the champion of this subject has come out!"

"For the prefect of Zhou to value him so much, this person must have a good literary talent?
"This person's literary talent, even if he participated in the imperial examination, is also a talent of the top three tripods!"

"It's just that I don't know why I didn't go to the imperial court's talent promotion ceremony, but ran to our place instead.
When Zhou Zhiqing said this, seeing the empress dowager's face was not happy, he shut his mouth tactfully.

"Prefect, what you said is wrong, what's wrong with us here, we are also serious imperial examinations!"

"Yes, yes, the official made a mistake for a while, and I ask His Highness the Emperor Taisun to forgive me." Zhu Yunxi snorted coldly, and then took the test paper and began to mark it.Not to mention, the quality of the paper that Zhou Zhiqing handed over is really good, and the good handwriting alone deserves a high ranking. "It doesn't matter the way of business. The way of business is the way of humanity and the way of heaven."

"The way of people is not enough to give more than enough, and the same is true for businessmen. The poor get poorer, and the rich get richer. The richer the richer the merchant, the richer he will be for many generations."

"However, when merchants are not only chasing profits, but also selling goods to the world, this is the way of heaven."

"The way of heaven damages the excess and makes up for the deficiency."

"Therefore, if we talk about the way of business, we must know the way of humanity and the way of heaven."

Zhu Yunxi carefully read this article three times, and felt deeply inspired every time he read it.

Subconsciously, he always felt that it was wrong for Daming to emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce, and even faintly complained to Grandpa Huang, thinking that Grandpa Huang was short-sighted.However, after reading the analysis of this article, I understand that the way of merchants is not a panacea, and still needs guidance and checks and balances.

"Who is this person, I have to meet him immediately!" Zhou Zhiqing shook his head and said.

"I have never heard of this person, and this person should have never taken the imperial examination. Otherwise, with his talent, he would definitely not be unknown."

"His Royal Highness may as well wait a few more days, after the ranking is released, this person will naturally come to take the second exam after seeing the ranking.

"Meeting each other rashly at this time will make other people misunderstand and feel that this exam is unfair!
After hearing what Zhou Zhiqing said, Zhu Yunxi felt that it made sense, so he drew on the paper
After two laps, it is a high score.He had intentionally selected this as the first one, but he hadn't finished reading the rest of the papers, so he couldn't make a rash ranking.Three days later, the Department of Shipbuilding officially released the list.

Just like the day of the exam, this day the city was full of people, even more than the day of the exam.There are a lot of people selected by the Shibo Department this time, a total of 290 people.Everyone who is selected will dance in front of the list and go home happily to announce the good news.Although there will be re-examinations, interviews and other links in the follow-up.But everyone knows that as long as the gap is not bad, basically they will pass.Because the total number of people to be recruited by the emperor's grandson this time is more than 300, and the number of suitable candidates is less than [-].It was not fully recruited at all, and if it was dismissed in Daxing, it would be even more unavailable.The father and daughter of the Lu family also looked at the list. When Lu Hongfu saw that his father's name was at the top of the list, he happily jumped up and down hugging his arms.

"Father, you have won!"

"You won the first prize!"

Lu Shiyuan never worried about whether he won the prize, but he never thought that he could win No.1!
This made him very excited, and his whole body was trembling with excitement.Being able to win No.1 in the exam made him more happy than earning millions of taels! When Lu Shiyuan was immersed in the joy of happiness, Lu Hongfu grabbed his sleeve again and said bouncingly: "Daddy, I got hit too!"

"No. 12!"

Hearing this, Lu Shiyuan happily cast his eyes on No. 12, and indeed saw a name. "Lu Zongfu
"What name did you give yourself?
"Uh-huh!
"My name is too
Lu Shiyuan put his arms around his daughter's shoulders and laughed loudly.

"it is good!"

"As expected of my Lu Shiyuan's daughter, just to show our Lu parents face!"

"However, after three days, you are not allowed to mess around!"

"The re-examination must be very strict, you will be exposed as a brand name!"

Lu Hongfu's face was filled with disappointment when he heard the words, but he had to admit that his father was right.

I can get lucky once, but I don't necessarily get lucky twice.

If he did a body search during the retest, then he would be exposed.

"Daughter knows, daughter must wait for Daddy at home next time"

"wait for me?"

"I didn't say I would take the retest!"

Lu Hongfu said with a chuckle.

"Daddy can be willing to part with such a good opportunity?"

"The other side is also the grandson of the emperor. If he can win the favor of the emperor's grandson, he will definitely be able to rise to the top in the future and become a high-ranking minister. Isn't it fulfilling his father's wish to help the world?"

When Lu Shiyuan heard his daughter's words, hesitation and loss flashed across his face.

He did have this wish, but he also had to be responsible for the several thousand members of the Lu family, and he could not expose the Lu family to the court for his own selfishness. "Let's talk in three days!
"Oh
After the announcement of the list, Songjiang Mansion once again ushered in a shock.

All the country gentry and family members were shocked by the great generosity of the emperor's grandson when they learned that the emperor's grandson had admitted nearly 300 people.Combined with the exam questions this time, they had countless guesses about the grandson of the emperor.

Could it be that the grandson of the emperor wants to change the old emperor's laws and give businessmen a chance to become an official?
Or is it that the emperor's grandson wants to use this to improve the status of merchants so that they are no longer the end of the four peoples?
The Nine Great Merchant Families even held a meeting overnight at the restaurant in Songjiang Mansion to discuss the next step together.It's just that the atmosphere was a bit wrong as soon as the meeting started.

"Congratulations Brother Lu, No. 1 in the recruitment of the Shipbuilding Department of High School!"

"Uncle Lu Shi is a great talent, my little nephew is very admirable!"

Although other families also participated in this recruitment examination, they were different from Lu Shiyuan in that they did not end in person, but only sent collateral children from the clan to participate.

Listening to everyone's flattery, Lu Shiyuan regretted using his real name.

But it's too late to regret it now, so I can only bite the bullet and say perfunctory.

"Everyone, don't make fun of the old man. This old man's move is really inappropriate, and I am secretly regretting it now."

Lu Shiyuan interrupted everyone's flattery, and then said seriously

"What do you think is the purpose of the emperor's grandson's move?"

"What should we do next? Do you want to sell the emperor's grandson's face, register a few shipments in the Shipbuilding Department, and pay a tax of 80 million taels of silver to the court?"

As soon as Lu Shiyuan said this, the audience suddenly fell silent.

To be honest, 80 million taels of silver was not money at all to them.

If it is spread equally to each family, each family will only be able to afford 10 taels, which is not enough for their entire boatload of Lilan.But they are still unwilling to pay the money, for fear that after the money is paid, the court will taste the sweetness and intensify the tax collection.At that time, they will not have a good life now.

"I don't feel right!"

"Although the one million taels of silver is nothing to us, even if it is used to bribe court officials, it cannot be used to pay taxes to the court!"

"We finally managed to coax the emperor to close the Shibo Department, so that we can smuggle goods recklessly. Why do we want to break this balance?"

When Zhang Tianyou said this, he looked at Lu Shiyuan meaningfully.

"Even if the emperor's grandson intends to praise merchants, he is still only an emperor's grandson after all, and he can't yet be Daming's family. Isn't it too early for us to join him now?
These words were obviously aimed at Lu Shiyuan, and Lu Shiyuan quickly denied it when he heard it.

"This old man doesn't have the heart to take refuge in the emperor's grandson!
"The old man just mentioned it casually, if you don't agree with it, that's all."

Seeing what Lu Shiyuan said, the others immediately relaxed a lot.

They were really afraid of Lu Shiyuan's betrayal, so they wholeheartedly went to work for the emperor's grandson.

"Since brother Lu said so, I won't hide it anymore."

"I think, the grandson of the emperor really intends to praise our merchants, but he is really too young and his temperament has not yet been determined."

"Once he becomes the emperor, there is no guarantee that he will not become the next Hongwu Emperor and suppress us merchants in every possible way."

"Therefore, it's better for us to keep a little more hole cards.

"Nephew Zhang Jiaxian did a good job. He moved some of the tribe to Vietnam. It can be said that we can attack and defend. Even if we can't get along in Ming Dynasty, we can go to Vietnam and become a vassal!
It was the head of the Gu family who spoke. After the head of the Gu family finished speaking, everyone looked at Zhang Tianyou.

Zhang Tianyou smiled shyly.

"You uncles and elders know that it is not easy for my Zhang family to survive in Daming, so I have been thinking about this for a long time."

"If you are interested, we can achieve a great cause together!"

The Patriarch of the Gu family was entrusted by Zhang Tianyou. He devoted himself to plotting to build a country overseas and rebuild their Zhang family's dynasty.

However, to his disappointment, after he said these words, except for the Patriarch of the Gu family, everyone else lacked interest and did not have the slightest intention to talk to him.

Even Shen Congxing, the Patriarch of the Shen family who was tortured by the Zhu Ming Dynasty, didn't have any expression on his face, just drinking tea lightly, as if he didn't hear anything.As the so-called homeland is hard to leave, it is also true for the nine masters in the south of the Yangtze River.Except for the Zhang family, who is a natural traitor, the other big families were born and raised here, so how could they easily abandon Daming's family fortune? Besides, looking at the whole world now, there are barbarians outside of Daming, so how could they be willing? Fan of the Ming Dynasty, going to join the savages in a barbaric land?
Therefore, it is true that they are dissatisfied with the court, and there are even those who resent the court.But he never thought of rebelling against Daming, let alone leaving Daming to build a nation overseas.They have also been to many countries over the years, whether it is Japan or Pillar, or Vietnam, Java and other places where they often pay tribute.However, neither Japan nor Vietnam was as prosperous as Ming Dynasty.Unless they're out of their minds, they won't do the thing of leaving their hometown.Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit cold, Lu Shiyuan hurried out to smooth things over.

"Let's put this matter on hold for now, let's decide on the date of this year's transaction and the location of the transaction.

"Songjiang Mansion is definitely going to die, it has already been occupied by the emperor's grandson."

"But if it's not in Songjiang Mansion, then where should we settle?"

"Taizhou or Quanzhou?