Thousands of high-rise buildings rise from the ground, the foundation is not firm, the ground shakes the mountains, these basic truths, Zheng Xunrui is very clear, as a civil servant identity through the person, he has a unique opinion in this regard, dead reading is not good, reading dead books is useless, in fact, the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty also has its uniqueness, most of the Jinshi with the title of the gold list, in the end, they will abandon the eight strands of the imperial examination cleanly, when they are officials, it is another set, these eight strands of text are like a stepping stone, after the smart people use up this stepping stone, immediately abandon, From the beginning, stupid people will continue to read with the eight strands of literature, and even ask other readers to do the same.

After more than half a year, Zheng Xunrui summed up what he had done, in the final analysis, he did something that could be seen and touched, that is, to promote maize and sweet potato, of course he didn't mean to save the people from fire and water, he didn't have that ability, he was alone, and he hurried to save others, which was a joke.

Most of the seeds have been sold, and this year, the family's income has reached 60,000 taels of silver, and if the rest of the seeds are sold, the final income can reach more than 80,000 taels of silver, which is already a huge amount of money, compared to those big businessmen, it may not be nothing, but for the Zheng family, it is not simple.

Zheng Xunrui's status in the family has undergone earth-shaking changes, and his prestige even exceeds that of Zheng Fugui.

There are not a lot of seeds to make zuò, it takes time to expand the scale of the business, the family can only meet the needs of Guli Town and the surrounding Taowu Town, this kind of thing can not be rushed, there is always a process of slow accumulation, as for meeting the seed demand of the entire Jiangning County, it is estimated that the next year will be about the same, and at that time, the annual income of the family can exceed 100,000 taels of silver, so Zheng Xunrui can start to do many things.

Jiangning County planted maize and sweet potatoes in a county, the impact on the Ming Dynasty is minimal, and it will not cause too many fluctuations, the political center of the Ming Dynasty is in the north, and it is precisely because of this that Zheng Xunrui can boldly produce seeds, continue this business, and the seed production will become his cornucopia to meet his future needs.

After visiting Wang Duo, Zheng Xunrui went home and closed his door.

He is the head of a county examination, which can only arouse some people's discussions, and there are no people who really come to visit, after all, scholars do not attach special importance to the county examination, and people value the township examination, the meeting examination and the palace examination.

Behind closed doors, Zheng Xunrui did three things, these are top secret things, no one can know, including his family, so he made a rule that no one is allowed to enter the reception room, he needs to read quietly inside.

Among the three things, the most difficult thing is the first thing, that is, relying on memory, listing the major events in the Chongzhen years, until the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, this is a difficult and complex project, if it is in the later generations, you can just turn on the computer to query, but now it is not possible, Zheng Xunrui must rely on the memory of difficult memories, and then write it down little by little, it is impossible to be very detailed, but the heavy dà thing, must be recalled.

From the first year to the third year of Chongzhen, Zheng Xunrui listed a total of five major events, some of which have happened and some have not yet happened, according to his current status, he can only watch these things happen, and it is impossible to interfere.

The first major event is the Bu ceremony, that is, the cabinet minister, this matter happened in the first year of Chongzhen, Qian Qianyi was dismissed because of the Bu ceremony, the cabinet auxiliary minister Qian Longxi was reprimanded, and the Bu ceremony also caused a big shock in the cabinet, to the end of the first year of Chongzhen, the cabinet had a huge change, the cabinet first assistant Huang Liji, the auxiliary minister Zhang Ruitu Zhishi, the auxiliary minister Li Guopu resigned, the auxiliary minister; Lai Zong and Yang Jingchen were deposed, the auxiliary minister Liu Hongxun was demoted and sent to Daizhou, and only Cheng Jiming, Li Biao and Qian Longxi were left in the cabinet.

In the second year of Chongzhen, Qian Longxi Zhishi, Sun Chengzong, He Ruzhong and Zhou Yanru entered the cabinet, and Cheng Ji was appointed as the first assistant of the cabinet.

In the third year of Chongzhen, Wen Tiren entered the cabinet, became the foundation of the minister, and Zhou Yanru became the first assistant of the cabinet.

It was not until this time that the Ming cabinet entered a period of relative stability.

The second big thing is the beginning of the peasant uprising, it should be said that the peasant uprising began in the Wanli period, and the apocalypse was slightly more powerful, but the real big outbreak was in the first year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang, Wang Jiayin and Wang Zuo and other famous peasant rebel generals appeared, and a large-scale peasant uprising began to break out in Shaanxi.

The third major event is that the famine in various places began to appear on a large scale, countless displaced people appeared, joined the peasant rebel army, and the scale of the peasant uprising became larger and larger, the sixteenth century AD, was the period of the outbreak of the Xiaoice River in the world, the climate was abnormal, the impact on agricultural production was huge, this large-scale famine climate, almost throughout the entire Chongzhen period, especially the three to twelve years of Chongzhen.

The fourth big thing is that the army mutinies in various places are endless, the Ming army is the guard system, the army and the peasants are completely separated, the sergeant is also called the military household, a male in his family has been a sergeant for generations, the father died and the son inherited, the brother died and the brother succeeded, and its household registration is under the direct jurisdiction of the military department, and it cannot be changed at will, the main source of military salary is the tuntian system, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, because of the land annexation, the tuntian system existed in name only, and the imperial court had to begin to pay a large amount of military salaries, but in the Chongzhen period, the court was poor and could not take care of it. Wherever there is still money allocated to the guards, except for Liaodong, which can basically be guaranteed, the rest of the places are needless to say, often in arrears for many years, the military households are poor can not survive, only mutiny, and the vast majority of the mutinous army also joined the peasant rebel army, leading the peasant uprising to become larger and larger, and the combat effectiveness is getting stronger and stronger.

The fifth big thing is the great change in Liaodong, the Houjin continues to grow, Chongzhen two years in prison in the original military department right attendant Lang Yang Hao, because of the failure of the Salhu war was killed, the right governor of Liaodong Phi Island, Mao Wenlong, a military attache, was the military department of Shangshu, the right deputy capital of the imperial history, the supervisor Ji Liao Yuan Chonghuan was killed, Chongzhen three years, Yuan Chonghuan was also killed by the imperial court, on the one hand, the Houjin continued to be strong, on the other hand, the Ming self-destruction of the country, the guidance of the Houjin in the Guannei.

It took Zheng Xunrui nearly half a month to sort out these five major events.

It should be said that these things are still very far away, it seems that Zheng Xunrui has little to do with the current situation, but in fact there is a huge relationship, knowing oneself and knowing that the other is invincible, this is the basic law, only by fully grasping the development of the current situation, analyzing the pros and cons from it, and deciding what they should do in the future, can they seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, avoid detours, and can truly develop.

The second thing Zheng Xunrui sorted out is that the people he has met must be clarified whether they are friends or foes.

First of all, he is already familiar with Yang Tingshu, Wang Duo, Chen Hongshou, Gong Dingyu, Liu Rong and others, these people are easier to analyze, among them, Gong Dingyu is his opponent, Liu Rong is not even his opponent, it is not worth mentioning.

The second is the people who may come into contact, these people include Yang Cheng, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, Dong Qichang, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Yin Liu Zongzhou of the Yingtianfu Prefecture, and Qian Qianyi, Yang Yi, Gu Menglin, Wu Weiye, and Zhang Pu who met by chance in the Qinhuai River.

Finally, there are female compatriots, including Xu Fojia and Liu Yin, etc., this category does not need to be analyzed.

Of course, family is Zheng Xunrui's biggest support, Zheng Kaihua and Zheng Jinhong and others are his hardcore henchmen in the future and the most trustworthy people.

It's relatively simple to sort out this matter, and the entries are clearly listed.

The third aspect of sorting out is the article, which is very important, the government test, the township test, the meeting test and the palace test, all need good articles to play a role, otherwise everything is in vain.

This matter is also very painful, it completely requires memory and solid skills, Zheng Xunrui spent more than half a month, constantly relying on memory to collect and sort out articles, make appropriate revisions, and make preparations.

After doing these three major things, it is already the middle of August, and it is less than a month before the government test.

During this period, no one bothered, Zheng Fugui also told the family, anyone who came to visit, or invited Zheng Xunrui to go out to play, were all blocked outside, and said to the outside that Zheng Xunrui had gone out to travel, and planned to return home at the end of August, ready to participate in the government test, not many people came to visit, and the news about Zheng Xunrui's travel also spread quickly, and slowly no one came to visit the house, which also allowed Zheng Xunrui to get enough quiet time.

Of course, Zheng Xunrui will not forget other things, he is very sober, how to develop in the future, at present he is not able to make a complete decision, some things are not something he can make a decision, the strength represents a qiē, a weak reader, a scholar who has not yet achieved any fame, even if you are proud, even if you have a golden finger, it is impossible to play a real role, the meal must be eaten one by one, things have to be done one by one, and there is no effect in being anxious.

After crossing, either live a comfortable life, enjoy glory and wealth for a lifetime, countless beauties around you, eat fragrant and drink spicy, or change history and decide your own destiny, there is no other choice, the first Zheng Xunrui can't do it, and before he really starts to enjoy it, Daming will fall down, and at that time, what awaits him is either a knife on his neck, or he shaves his head and becomes a minion, so he can only choose the second one.

The arduous journey has just begun, Zheng Xunrui was a little stunned, he thought of a poem: Xiongguan Mandao is really like iron, and now he is stepping forward from the beginning.