Traveled through Daming, but was punished by the old Zhu Shizu

"Eldest nephew! (Master Liu!)"

Liu Xiu closed the book, rubbed her eyes, and said tiredly,

"Uncle, why are you here?"

"Hey," Liu Zhiji said with a smile while holding a roast goose, "You read books every day, and reading is the most exhausting. Isn't this here to reward you!"

Liu Xiu stared at the roast goose fascinated, and murmured,

"She told me that her father loves roast goose the most."

When Liu Zhiji heard the words, he looked at Shen Wansan helplessly. Ever since Xu Miaoyun returned to Beijing, Liu Xiu has been in a daze.

The man in front of him is unkempt, completely incompatible with that Liu Xiu who made a big fuss!

After Liu Xiu and Miao Yun grew up that night, Miao Yun left the next day, leaving a letter saying that she had to go back to Yun Yun. After that, Liu Xiu completely let go of the family business and devoted herself to the imperial examination. inside this matter.

Speaking of which, Liu Xiuben is a student of the School of History, and has memorized the Four Books and Five Classics. It is not difficult to read these, but the difficulty lies in how to write them out in a specific format.

There is also the item of poetry, now it is the Ming Dynasty, good poems are almost used, and there is no place to copy them if you want to.

Shen Wansan scratched his head, a little embarrassed, "Master Liu, although you are very powerful, you can just have a good reputation, and there is no need to use three yuan to work hard."

Before Liu Xiu could speak, Liu Zhiji became anxious, "Hey! What do you mean? My eldest nephew is more than enough to be the number one scholar, so why should he just get a good name?"

"Hey, old Liu, you don't know something. If Mr. Liu took the exam in the south, then the Sanyuan would naturally come in handy, but Mr. Liu took the exam in the north...it would be harder than reaching the sky!"

"I don't understand this. The imperial examination is about knowledge, so it has something to do with the southern and northern exams?"

Liu Xiu also looked at Shen Wansan curiously, and asked, "What do you say about this?"

"It's too big to talk about it!" Shen Wansan looked around and said in a low voice, "Whether you are a southerner or a northerner, the treatment is completely different if you take the imperial examination. Look, the imperial examinations in recent years have been three years. Yuanquan is a southerner, and there is no northerner!"

"Then my eldest nephew is the first northerner to have three yuan!"

Seeing Liu Zhiji's unconvinced look, Shen Wansan shook his head, "Old Liu, you still want to keep it simple. The style of study in the south is very good, full of aristocratic families, and the children born are naturally educated. I was in that job before, and I Familiar! The invigilator was still seriously marking papers in the early years of Hongwu, and since then, the south wall has been weak..."

"...Later, the invigilator of the imperial examination had an idea in his mind. As long as it was a southerner's paper, he would read it carefully, and subconsciously give a few more points. Then the northerner's paper, before reading it, deducted a few points in his heart. point."

"What else?!" Liu Zhiji was furious when he heard that, "Your Majesty doesn't care?!"

"Take care?! There's no way to control it! After those papers are transferred, it's true that the southerners answered better than the northerners, and His Majesty can't say anything!"

Liu Xiu was fascinated by what he heard, and thought of the North and South List case that caused a sensation in Ming Dynasty.

It turns out that at this time, the contradiction between southerners and northerners in the imperial examination was so big?

Thinking about it, if it weren't for the long-standing grievances, the North-South List case would not have appeared more than ten years later.

Let’s say that in the 30th year of Hongwu, Liu Sanwu, a Hanlin scholar, supported the palace examination. Later, when the list was published, it was found that all the people on the list were from the South, and none from the North.

Candidates from the north who failed the examination jointly sued Liu Sanwu for favoritism and fraud.

Fortunately, the southern and northern rankings were divided, but this was just an expedient measure, and the conflict between the candidates between the north and the south did not subside at all.

This is the north-south case.

"Nephew, what do you think?"

Liu Xiu came back to her senses, "Oh, I didn't think about anything. Then Shen Wan, what do you mean?"

Shen Wansan ouched, and said with a sneer, "Of course I mean that there is no need for Mr. Liu to devote all his energy to the imperial examination. Our big ship is still pointing to you to lead the way! Let's just make a name for yourself. For things, whoever wants to fight for it can fight for it!"

Liu Xiu smiled and said, "With uncle and you, why should I worry about business matters?"

Shen Wansan and Liu Zhiji looked at each other, Liu Zhiji was a little embarrassed and said,

"Nephew, there is indeed something wrong now."

Seeing Liu Zhiji and Shen Wansan's serious looks, Liu Xiu also subconsciously became serious. It might not be a trivial matter to make these two people into trouble.

"What's the matter?"

"That..." Liu Zhiji scratched his head, "Nephew, our salt sales are far better than expected, and almost every family in Yandi should use our refined salt. And according to Wudi's news, the salt in Wudi It sold out immediately, and even sold overseas!"

"This is a good thing!" Liu Xiu said puzzled.

"It's a good thing..." Shen Wansan muttered.

"What does it mean to be a good thing? What's the matter, Shen Wan, are you not happy with making money?"

Shen Wansan bitterly said, "Master Liu, happiness is happiness, but it's already autumn, and it's time to share profits..."

Liu Xiu was taken aback for a moment, and secretly said,

This matter is really difficult to handle!

The so-called profit distribution means that it is time to distribute the money to the shareholders. Lao Zhu withstood the pressure from the court to make the sale of refined salt so smooth.

Not to mention the fourth and fifth children, they also did their best.

The Liu family also followed suit.

Excluding a small part left behind, most of the money from selling salt in the past few months has entered the Liu family continuously, waiting for Liu Xiu to make unified arrangements.

And when it came time to distribute the profits, Liu Zhiji and Shen Wansan, two old foxes, were really stumped as to how to divide the money.

"Uncle, what do you mean?" Liu Xiu frowned and asked the two of them.

Liu Zhiji scratched his head and said, "What I mean is that our family's income can be ignored. In fact, the difficulty lies in whether to give more to the vassal or to His Majesty. I think we should give more to the vassal. The vassal has money. , to make and sell salt better, right?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Wansan said anxiously, "Old Liu, how many times have I told you that the feudal lord can let it go first, and must give His Majesty a big head! You don't understand Your Majesty, if you don't give it to His Majesty Big head, we don't have to do the salt business anymore!"

"But, although the income is high, look, why don't we use money to build roads and stations?"

"That won't work either! We'll be fine if we starve to death! You must give the big head to His Majesty!"

Chapter 125 The Person Who Knows Old Zhu Best

Liu Xiu pondered for a moment, but didn't say how to divide it all at once.

Liu Zhiji and Shen Wansan each have their own reasons,

Now Wudi and Yandi are both in their infancy. They earn a lot but also spend a lot. There are places where money is used everywhere, so the vassal king needs this big capital injection very much.

And Shen Wansan's worry was not unreasonable. In the final analysis, although Lao Zhu wanted to throw an iron fist at the Liu family, he almost missed it, and the iron fist did not hit the Liu family in the end.

But Shen Wansan was different, he received an iron fist from Lao Zhu firmly, so he was extremely afraid of Lao Zhu,

Liu Zhiji and Shen Wansan have also quarreled over this matter many times. Seeing that Liu Xiu did not speak, the two of them had no interest in arguing. They looked at Liu Xiu and said,

"Nephew, it's up to you to make the decision."

"Yes, yes, Master Liu, I can't sleep well, and I can't eat well with this matter in my heart, so I can let go of it!"

Liu Zhiji gave Shen Wansan a blank look, and said,

"That's why I didn't see you skipping a meal."

Liu Xiu tapped the table with her fingers, and only this voice was left in the room. After several dozen knocks, Liu Xiu asked,

"Huh? How's the war going on in Yunnan?"

The two uncles were taken aback by the question, secretly wondering what this has to do with the distribution of profits, but they still opened their mouths and answered,

"I heard that King Liang's city was broken, and the Fire Elephant Formation was used, and the city gate was as brittle as paper in the Fire Elephant Formation! Afterwards, there was only the Beiyuan one left, and the war in Yunnan is almost over."

"Haha, the Fire Elephant Formation? It's a good thing they figured it out!" Liu Xiu nodded, "Well... this battle cost a lot of money, by the way, after this wave of autumn harvest is over, His Majesty should also implement farming law."

"Ouch!" Liu Zhiji slapped his thigh suddenly, and exclaimed, "Nephew, I'll forget about it if you don't mention it! Then I understand! This is the first distribution of profits, and the bulk should be given to His Majesty." !"

Seeing a 360-degree change in Liu Zhiji's attitude, Shen Wansan asked curiously, "Wait a minute! What is this Tuntian method? It's useless to me and Lao Liu, it's not as good as the three words Tuntian method? !"

As soon as Liu Zhiji heard this, he immediately got excited, but he was not there, and he basically deduced it by combining Liu Xiu's words and Li Wenzhong's words, but this version is much more mysterious than the real situation.

"Come on, let me tell you!"

After talking for a full quarter of an hour, Liu Zhiji finally finished talking about the farming method. Shen Wansan was full of praise, and the look in Liu Xiu's eyes was even more strange.

"Three birds with one stone! Master Liu, Gao! Hey! Old Liu, we have such a good relationship, why didn't you tell me about this good thing earlier?! We also have to get involved in the matter of Shangtun!"

Shen Wansan blushed, Liu Zhiji smiled and said,

"Didn't I get dizzy from the work of selling salt? Haha, we have to make a lot of money from this opportunity!"

"Ahem, uncle, Shen Wan. It is very meaningful for His Majesty to entrust us with making money..." Liu Xiu couldn't help but say.

Liu Zhiji and Shen Wansan quickly put away their hippie smiles, and asked seriously, "Master Liu, tell me."

"It's okay for our family to take advantage of the general trend to make some money, but there is always a limit. For example, the matter of selling salt, why did His Majesty leave it to us? It is because of one reason. Our salt is cheap, which is to benefit the people." thing."

"What His Majesty cares most about is not how much money you make, but whether you can really let the people enjoy some blessings. We have done a good job in this matter. On this basis, if you can still earn money, Your Majesty will naturally be happier gone."

When Liu Xiu said this, Liu Zhiji and Shen Wansan showed a thoughtful look on their faces. After Liu Xiu asked them to think for a while, he continued,

"It's true that businessmen seek profit, but if you think that everyone is like a businessman, you are wrong. Your Majesty is considering the overall situation. Think about why your Majesty has spared no effort to engage corrupt officials before. It is because these people are a threat to the people. too big!

"Your Majesty started from a humble beginning. Naturally, he knows that public anger is enough to easily overthrow a dynasty. You seem to have offended Your Majesty frequently, but as long as we grasp the key of benefiting the people, the Liu family will survive!"

Liu Xiu's words were like thunder, and Shen Wansan chewed them several times.

"Benefiting the people...instead of harming the people..."

Shen Wansan got up and saluted Liu Xiu solemnly, Liu Xiu hurriedly supported Shen Wansan,

"What are you doing?"

Shen Wansan excitedly said, "Thank you, Mr. Liu, for explaining my confusion, otherwise I would never understand until I die, how did I provoke His Majesty!"

Liu Zhiji shook his head and sighed, he naturally knew Shen Wan's true identity, it's really not easy to be a businessman in Daming,

If you do not do well, not only will you not have a piece of land to maintain a stable income, but if you do too well, you will be targeted by the court...

"Uncle, our Liu family will go in this direction from now on."

Liu Zhiji nodded solemnly, "Nephew, I understand. We can get involved in farming, but if we want to give the land to the refugees to grow, and give them more benefits, we just need to earn less."

Liu Xiu nodded with satisfaction, "That's right, the storm is refreshing, but the long stream of water is more comfortable."

After finalizing the general development direction of the Liu family, the two of Liu Zhiji felt relieved, and Liu Zhiji couldn't help but say,

"Nephew, although I think you are sure that Sanyuan is fine, you should come out and lead the Liu family. Without you as the backbone, I really can't do it. You also know that your uncle and I are not in charge, you see My hair is all white now!"

Liu Xiu smiled, picked up a Book of Songs again, and said, "Isn't there still Shen Wan?"

"Don't, don't, don't," Shen Wansan quickly waved his hands, "Master Liu, your family is a family business, and I, an outsider, can do it, but you still let me manage things? I can't do it!"