Hu Niu turned her head a little proudly, cocked Erlang's legs and said crisply: "Of course I know, didn't I invite the former Chef Zhang back?" That Chef Zhang secretly heard it, and he told me secretly again today. ”

When Lin Haoran heard this, he immediately realized in a trance, and all the mysteries were suddenly revealed. Previously, he had been wondering why the shopkeeper suddenly changed his attitude and was willing to sell the restaurant to Tiger Niu at a relatively low price.

Now it seems that the dragon shopkeeper is for his son to be able to be lifted and gain fame. Compared with his son, a small restaurant is really nothing.

As for where the joint came from, the answer is also about to come out, and it must come from Dai Shuisheng, the son of the right man of the Ministry of Works.

In fact, in the township examination, it is quite difficult to buy the chief examiner of the township examination.

After all, these people are serving in the Hanlin Academy, which is known as the "prime minister", and they will have the opportunity to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister in the future, so they will generally be relatively high-minded and will not take this risk.

The general interests will definitely not be able to impress this Qing official of the Hanlin Academy, and it is impossible for the candidates to get too attractive benefits, after all, what they get is only fame.

It's just that this time the person who presided over the township test was the person from the Hanlin Academy in Nanjing, so everything is another matter.

Compared with the scenery of the courtiers in Beijing, Nanjing is actually a place of retirement, no matter how high your position is, you can only drink tea and listen to tunes here, and kill the rest of your time.

This matter has to start with Zhu Di's relocation of the capital!

Since Zhu Di, the king of Yan, usurped the throne of his nephew Emperor Jianwen, he moved the imperial city to Beijing, and Nanjing became the capital of Liu.

In addition to the cabinet, a set of government agencies, such as the Zongren Mansion, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, the Sixth Ministry, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the General Administration Department, the Dali Temple, the Zhan Mansion, the Hanlin Academy, the Guozijian, etc., have also been retained in Nanjing.

Nanjing sounds better, it is the capital of the city, and it is the reserve court of Beijing, but in essence, it is a place for the elderly. Although the two prefectures have the same level, Nanjing has no power here.

Therefore, a large number of officials who have been excluded or have no backing have been assigned here, and they only have money and no power, which can be regarded as the end of their careers.

Of course, there are also cattle people who can jump out of the backwater of Nanjing. Like Zhang Xuan, who supported Emperor Jiajing in the Great Rites Conference, this second-class jinshi was assigned to Nanjing as the head of the criminal department, but later returned to Beijing and eventually became the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that for the vast majority of officials, this is the end of their political careers, and the Nanjing Hanlin Academy is undoubtedly the same, all of them are frustrated people in the officialdom.

Now these frustrated people are the chief examiners of the township test, and if there is a force to conquer them, the difficulty will naturally be too much reduced. Even if it is only to be transferred out of Nanjing Hanlin Academy, it is a big temptation for them.

Lin Haoran knew that Dai Shuisheng's father was the right man of the Ministry of Industry in the current dynasty, and he was said to be a member of the Yan Party. If he wants to get a joint for his son, it doesn't seem to be too unimaginable.

Coupled with what he had seen and heard before, Dai Shui was afraid that he really got the "clearance byte", and then resold it to Long Tengfei, the son of the dragon shopkeeper. It's just unfortunate that Chef Zhang heard this, and Chef Zhang seemed to be intentionally selling him such a favor.

Now it seems that the imperial examinations of this era are not as fair as imagined, and I am afraid that this will be the case in other places.

What to do?

Lin Haoran's heart moved slightly, even if he weighed the pros and cons of things. Now in front of his eyes, there seem to be three options, one is indifference; the second is to denounce their evil deeds; The third is to envisage getting to clear the bytes.

Hu Niu listened to Lin Haoran and didn't move, just looked at him quietly, until he sighed, she opened her mouth and asked, "Brother, what is the joint?" ”

Hey?

Lin Haoran glanced at her in surprise, but was quickly relieved. After all, this is still a little girl, and it seems normal to treat the joints as things, and I'm afraid many adults don't necessarily know what's going on.

Through the joint, it refers to secretly entrusting the powerful to collude. The Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu once voted his "A Fang Gong Fu" to the courtiers at that time, and was unanimously praised by more than 20 ministers.

However, because the top few in the exam had already been determined as the children of the powerful, Du Mu was only ranked fifth in the end.

Later, in order to prevent these ministers from being "jointed", the Song Dynasty imperial examination introduced two anti-fraud measures: "fame" and "transcription".

However, the candidates immediately figured out how to crack it. Candidates usually mark the end of the paragraph with imaginary words such as "也矣", "也欤", "也哉", or use specific rare words in the text.

In this way, the examiner will be able to find the candidate's paper from among the many examination papers, thus achieving the purpose of cheating.

Lin Haoran told Hu Niu about the doorway to the joint, and Hu Niu immediately said excitedly: "Is that if you have a joint, you will definitely be able to be a lifter, or let's go to the dragon shopkeeper to buy one?" ”

"You have so little faith in your brother!" Lin Haoran looked at her with a wry smile and said.

"Oops! Of course I'm confident, but it's safe! The tiger girl learned that he put his hands on his head and said with a serious face.

"It's safe!" Lin Haoran nodded, but said worriedly: "But if your brother passes the exam like this, it is even very likely that he will get Xie Yuan through this, but he will also be pinched by them." ”

"Yikes! It's so serious, so what should I do? Hu Niu's eyes widened, but she asked worriedly.

"Tomorrow, you ask Wu Daoxing to help me calculate a hexagram, I can't make up my mind!" Lin Haoran hesitated for a moment, and then made up his mind.

"He's been so inaccurate lately!" Tiger Niu frowned, and said her little concern with some frustration.

……

The next day, Lin Haoran used his prestige to invite all the members of Gaozhou Mansion to Shangshi Restaurant, which was regarded as a strong momentum for the opening ceremony of the restaurant.

Of course, this is an act on the surface, but in fact, he already has a countermeasure in private, so he secretly pulled some scholars to say something.

Hu Niu didn't care about it, she carried a stool and stood in front of the counter, letting the old Taoist priest and the little golden monkey help greet the guests, and she took on the position of the shopkeeper of the restaurant.

I don't know if this combination is festive, or if this restaurant has accumulated a lot of customers, the business on the opening day was very hot, so that Chef Zhang's wife smiled so much that the corners of her mouth reached the root of her ears.

Hu Niu is very busy collecting accounts and looking for money at the counter, not to mention going outside to visit Guangzhou Mansion, even if there is no time to drink water. But she enjoyed it and seemed to enjoy the position.