Zhou Wendeng sat there and didn't react for a long time.

It's not that he is making a fuss, but because this imperial examination is the most important thing in the world, Zhou Wendeng would never have imagined that the imperial examination would be able to stop.

All walks of life in Neiqiu County, which field of life, are not affected by the imperial examination?

For example, the rice shop, cloth village, and salt and vinegar soy sauce shop on the main street, which one was not opened by a famous scholar? If you are not a showman, not a lifter, where do you dare to open a store and steal business with others?

Peers are enemies! Or let the little guy scold the street and splash dirty water, or let the familiar officials come to find your stubble, you dare to grab business with the scholars, those scholars with backgrounds naturally have a way to let you live like a year.

Unlike commercial areas such as Beijing or Tianjin, business in large commercial cities is competitive, and there are some ordinary businessmen doing business. And all kinds of businesses in Neiqiu County are monopolies, and as long as they can open their doors, they can make money. The more small counties of this kind, the more they value the power of officialdom. In the small Neiqiu County, one main street and six small streets are controlled by scholars from all walks of life. The size and scale of the shops on the main street can be said to be the power map of the Shilin characters in Neiqiu County.

This is the situation in the county.

In the countryside, it is even more covered by the characters in Shilin.

In the past, because the famous talents and people could not pay taxes, those people rushed to take the land to the gentry's house.

In recent years, the Son of Heaven has been in the north of the country, and the gentry are no longer tax-free, and their power is a little smaller. But because of the status of the gentry, the county lord is partial everywhere, and he is like a soil overlord in the countryside, and he is still in front of the back in the countryside. To put it mildly, if you offend the local powerful gentry in the countryside, Zhang San, Li Si, Wang Er Mazi in the countryside will come to you for trouble, which can force you to leave your hometown.

In officialdom, it is even more of the power of well-dressed people. Not to mention anything else, the county master himself is a jinshi.

Any county commander who comes to Neiqiu, if he doesn't do anything else, must first convene Shilin figures to meet. In the practice of officialdom, the small people in the local area seem to be not people, as if they are familiar with the local gentry as long as they are familiar with local affairs. Every year, the county magistrate has to take out the money from the fields of Neiqiu County to repair the county school and reward the motivated students.

Every month, the talents in the county hold a poetry party. Sometimes the county magistrate is happy and will personally participate.

It can be said that every Xiucai is a well-known figure in the county, and they are all characters who can speak in front of the county master. Where are the officials, officials, catchers and errands in the county town who have the opportunity to talk to the county magistrate? Therefore, in Neiqiu County, it is the officials who are rampant and domineering, but the real power is those who show off their talents and raise people.

In all corners of life in Neiqiu County, there is a lot of respect and fear for scholars. Every time the children's test list is released, the errand office that reports the news is often crowded everywhere, and hundreds of people follow the errand office, just want to see which child is showing off his talent in high school. In this one, from then on, he jumped over the dragon gate and became a human being.

As for the township test, it will be even more empty for 10,000 people. It is no exaggeration to say that wherever there is a lifter, it will be a major event that will affect the politics and economy of Neiqiu County for decades.

Today, however, Mr. Huang said it was all coming to an end.

There is no imperial examination, there is no Xiucai, there is no lifting people, and even the Jinshi master will not have it in the future.

Who will be the official in the future? In the future, won't the shops in this county lose their backers overnight? What will the ordinary people who are talking about the scholars do in the future? What will be the future of those talented men who are rampant in the countryside? Want to be retaliated against and smashed?

What is this, isn't the order of Neiqiu County going to be completely chaotic?

The more Zhou Wendeng thought about it, the more terrifying he felt, and his face became more and more gloomy.

Of course, what Zhou Wendeng is most dissatisfied with is his own investment in Huang Guiji.

Over the years, Zhou Wendeng spent hundreds of taels of silver just to invite Huang Guiji to eat and drink and visit the brothel. This is not all spent in Neiqiu County, Huang Guiji's eyes in Neiqiu County's local restaurants and brothels are too low-grade, Zhou Wendeng often rides horses with Huang Guiji to the city to spend all day drinking, not drunk.

During the New Year's holidays, Zhou Wendeng, who is three years older than Huang Guiji, always holds a younger brother salute and respectfully visits Huang Guiji's house to give gifts.

Today, however, all these efforts have been wasted.

The imperial examination is about to stop, and the Ming Dynasty is about to change.

In the future, there will be no more talents, Master Jinshi.

This Huang Guiji is not a delicate character, except for reading, he is not good at being a man, and he is very arrogant. In the future, he will have no fame, and I am afraid that he will not even be as good as an ordinary person.

Huang Guiji hadn't noticed Zhou Wendeng's face yet, and was still sighing.

"This King of Qi is really the world's... The great harm in the world, the ancestral legal system of my Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, came to the King of Qi and said that it would be changed. My Shilin people are well-dressed and famous, and they are all dung from now on! ”

Zhou Wendeng darkened his face and asked, "Is this news true?" ”

Huang Guiji smiled bitterly: "Is this still fake? The word has spread in the city, and the people have exploded, and they have gathered in the market teahouse to talk about it. It's just that it hasn't reached Neiqiu County yet, and I estimate that tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, Neiqiu County will also be blown up. ”

"Have you heard of Tianjin's public morality exam? I'm afraid that in the future, officials and even officials will have to take the public morality test! ”

Zhou Wendeng looked at Huang Guiji with some annoyance.

The current Huang Guiji is a useless scholar in Zhou Wendeng's eyes, a scholar who has spent several years of his hard work and money in vain.

Zhou Wendeng was annoyed there, when someone suddenly rushed over on the road under the window holding a copy of the Tianjin Daily.

"It's changed!"

"It's changed!"

"Listen to me! The day before yesterday, the Tianjin Daily was published! The imperial examination has been canceled throughout the country! ”

Everyone on the street looked in horror at the man holding the newspaper.

The short little trader didn't know if he was bullied by the scholars on weekdays, and at this time, he raised his eyebrows on his face, and stood at the door of the drunken guest building and shouted: "Fuck the foolish pickles, there will be no more showy masters in the future!" ”

"Even if the errand is caught quickly, you will have to take the public morality test in the future, and if you can't pass the test, you will get out!"

When Zhou Wendeng heard the last sentence, he slapped the table angrily.

He slapped the table, which immediately startled Huang Guiji.

Zhou Wendeng's face was already a little hideous, and he snorted coldly: "Huang Guiji, you also have today?" ”

When Huang Guiji heard this, he looked at Zhou Wendeng in horror.

Zhou Wendeng turned his face on himself so quickly? It's also too fast. Why is this sentence so ugly? Zhou Wenden has been dissatisfied with himself all these years?

The owner of the restaurant at the next table saw that the table was suddenly slapped here, and he also looked over in surprise. There are only a few dozen talents in Neiqiu County, and the relationship between Zhou Wendeng and Huang Guiji is well known to everyone in Neiqiu County.

Zhou Wendeng looked at the restaurant owner, and felt that he was turning his face too quickly, and it was a joke to spread out.

And I'm going to take the public morality test in the future, and I really don't know if I can continue to do this fast hunt in the future.

He snorted coldly, suppressed the nameless anger in his heart, and said to the restaurant owner with a smile: "Shopkeeper, the sky has changed, the sky has really changed, and I will talk about public morality in the future." I'm afraid that all of us will have to take the public morality exam in the future! ”

The restaurant owner's glasses kept spinning, as if he was reassessing the current situation.

Zhou Wendeng said with a smile: "Boss, I can't dominate the entire floor of the restaurant by myself, let the guests on the first floor come up to eat the bar!" ”

"Let's be happy when everyone is lively together!"