In the afternoon, Lin Haoran arrived at the Dianbai County Ya, and the new magistrate Liu Jiyu led his subordinate officials to wait here.

Liu Jiyu is a Jinshi of Jiajing for 35 years and a native of Gao'an County, Jiangxi. Although he is over 30 years old, he has fair skin, slightly chubby, and a serious appearance, so he is generally calmer.

In fact, this is the person arranged by the future father-in-law, and the ability must not be too bad. What made him excited was that Liu Jiyu recognized him for building Leizhou Mansion into a new cotton weaving center and said that he would fully cooperate with the work.

Dianbai County was the last stop of this inspection, and I thought that Lin Haoran would return to Leizhou City. To his surprise, he chose to continue eastward and head towards Guangzhou.

The time quietly came to November, and the city of Beijing ushered in a heavy snowfall.

Snowflakes fall from the sky like goose feathers, covering the ancient city with a thick white quilt. After some cleaning by the people of the city, straight roads were cleared for carriages, palanquins and pedestrians.

Even though it is bitterly cold, the city of Beijing is still lively, and the laughter of restaurants, green buildings and guild halls is endless. Candidates from various provinces have come to Beijing one after another, and these people have status and wealth, so they naturally try to find fun.

It's just that it is different from the previous editions, in the past, everyone was keen on new works at various literary conferences, but now the focus is "Talking about the Past and the Present". Now, if you don't have the latest copy of "On the Past and the Present" in your hand, you may be despised by everyone.

In the call for papers for "Talking about the Past and the Present", these candidates for the exam also racked their brains, hoping that the article could be published in "On the Past and the Present", and at the same time became famous, they also hoped to be favored by the big shots.

Like Cai Maochun's "On the Way of Soldiers", after it was published, his reputation immediately soared, and then he was invited to the mansion by the right attendant of the Ministry of War. I heard that the squire of the military department intends to recruit Cai Maochun as his son-in-law, and wants to marry the beautiful little daughter to him, which is really envious of others.

It is precisely under everyone's popularity that the highest sales volume of a single issue of "Talking about the Past and the Present" went straight to 200,000 copies, second only to the Four Books and Five Classics.

Hanlin Temple is a clear water yamen, I am afraid it is already in the past tense.

Every time it is time to release the office, a sedan chair waits outside the door to pick up the poor Hanlin in the repair hall one by one. Because although these Hanlin do not have the right to decide, they have the right to recommend.

There are hundreds of lifters in each province, and at least half of them have submitted articles.

In the face of such a huge amount of manuscripts, the repair and inspection hall of Guer Hanlin Academy has formed a fixed pattern: ordinary Hanlin recommends articles, which is equivalent to the same examiner; Xu Wei and the other three were screened, which was equivalent to the deputy chief examiner; The selected essays are handed over to Wu Shan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, which is equivalent to the chief examiner.

Hanlin is undoubtedly the best scholar in the world, and they continue their studies in the Hanlin Academy, even if they are not absolutely authoritative, but they are much stronger than those who praise each other in the Wenhui, so they have easily become the most authoritative grading agency in Shilin.

Wu Shan appeared in the Hanlin Courtyard early in the morning, let the subordinate officials make ginseng tea, and then sat in the main hall and drank it slowly. He drank very slowly and gently, even if he poured the tea, he was very careful, and he definitely did not spill the tea.

Elegance is a sentiment, and it is also a kind of pride for Daming readers. Even the Mongolian aristocracy only knew how to drink wine and eat meat in large bowls, and they did not know the beauty of elegance at all.

It's just that what makes him helpless is that these rude barbarians put Da Ming in danger. As soon as the southeast Japanese invaders stopped, the Mongol cavalry went south again, and they simply regarded the Ming Dynasty as their granary.

Nowadays, the ministers of the imperial court seem to be numb, or avoid talking about this issue.

He can still maintain his anger, and even hope to regain the prestige of the Ming army, but he is still the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he seems to have unlimited scenery, but he has no real power.

"The student has seen the teacher!"

Xu Wei's body was fat, but he was more afraid of the cold, so he wore thick clothes inside, and came to the hall to respectfully salute Wu Shan.

Wu Shan looked at Xu Wei, who had a little bloodshot eyes, nodded slightly, and said, "The article was picked out?" ”

"Yes, it's all here, please decide!" Xu Wei presented the article and said respectfully.

Picking up the lamp to review the manuscript was Lin Haoran's last resort before, but now it has become a common practice. Xu Wei and the others stayed overnight at the Hanlin Academy last night to make a final effort to finalize the manuscript, and then submitted the selected articles to Wu Shan early in the morning.

"Hmm!" Wu Shan nodded lightly and began to review the article.

Although Xu Conglong discussed the rules at the beginning of the year, and it was also highly valued by the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Households has not come up with a feasible plan so far.

Fang Yu, the former secretary of the household department, and Jia Yingchun, the current secretary of the household department, both sent officials from the household department to conduct a detailed investigation into the corruption of the Caoyun Yamen, but they investigated and punished several officials.

However, the cost of transportation is still high, and the cost of transportation is more than eighty percent.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of taels are invested in the maintenance of the Grand Canal, and the ships produced by the shipyard cannot withstand the wind and waves, but there are more and more locks that collect "water money", and the problem of the canal has not been solved.

In the same way, Wu Shan chose the topic of cao's cheats.

It's not that I really hope to find a real solution from it, but I hope that I can put more pressure on those people through "Talking about the Past and the Present", so that their appearance will not be too ugly.

Hey?

Just opened the first article, but he was slightly stunned, and then read it carefully word by word. When reading the whole article, he let out a long sigh and found that it was really terrifying.

I thought that these people would only be repeating the same old tune, but he didn't expect that there would be a new idea, he raised his head slightly, and found that Xu Wei was still standing here, so he asked suspiciously: "Wen Chang, do you still have something?" ”

"Teacher, in the past, I went to the exam with Brother Ruoyu, and I discussed with him the disadvantages of Cao Yun, and he said at that time that the best policy is shipping, and the middle policy is this method!" Xu Wei saw Wu Shan's reaction in his eyes, and he honestly gave his hand.

Wu Shan didn't expect that future son-in-law to have such insights, so he glanced at the article on the desktop again and said: "The resistance of shipping is too great, and once something happens, even Yan Ge Lao can't afford this responsibility, this proposal is impossible to pass!" ”

"If Brother Fool does this, I'm afraid there will be resistance, right?" Xu Wei asked with concern in his eyes.

"Although there is resistance, it will not be too big! Those people are afraid that they know that the imperial court is dissatisfied with Caoyun's greed for ink, and this will partially convert Caoyun's grain into silver, which can be regarded as a step back for both sides, and I can push it! Wu Shan said optimistically.

Just as he spoke, he looked up into the courtyard and into the sky to the south. Suddenly, he found that this future son-in-law was even more powerful than he imagined, and he was indeed the future talent of Zaifu.

Perhaps the heavy responsibility of saving Daming has nothing to do with him, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and can only fall on the shoulders of this future son-in-law.