Zhu Biao asked Zhu Bai: "What's wrong? Don't my twelfth brother also dislike Li Shanchang? Now that he has retired and returned to his hometown, he can no longer bring harm to the court. Why are you unhappy?"
Zhu Bai smiled: "Happy. Happy."
In fact, whether Li Shanchang can leave or not has little to do with him.
Because even if Li Shanchang is here, it can't hinder him.
However, it may not be a good thing that Hu Weiyong now loses Li Shanchang's constraints and checks.
If Wang Guangyang is really that powerful, how could the Chief Secretary of Guangdong become like that?
It was obvious that he was no match for Hu Weiyong.
Can an old fox like Lao Zhu not see this?
Moreover, Wang Guangyang was a Jinshi in the previous dynasty and was very knowledgeable. It was not surprising that he was appointed as the chief examiner.
For someone like Hu Weiyong who came up through bribery, Lao Zhu actually asked him to be the examiner of the general examination, which seemed a bit "spoiling".
So if Lao Zhu is not confused, he is playing a bigger game.
No matter what, it was still important for him to make money with peace of mind.
Zhu Bai made up his mind and handed over to Zhu Biao: "Brother, I'm going to inspect the Guan Ya Bureau and the Five Cities Military and Horse Department."
He went to the Guan Ya Bureau to have a look, and after dealing with some things, he put two more books on the table as usual, and went to Xie Cheng to learn kung fu.
Xie Cheng stopped talking today.
Zhu Bai said, "Master, if you have any questions, just tell me."
Xie Cheng sighed: "I heard that Princess Jin wrote back and said that King Jin has been a little too presumptuous recently. She can't persuade her and is very worried. I would like to ask your highness to help persuade her."
Zhu Fan said that the food there was not to his taste.
Lao Zhu transferred his most trusted chef to Zhu Fan.
Zhu Fan hit and scolded the cook at every turn, flipped the table and threw bowls.
If this matter reaches Lao Zhu's ears, it will be troublesome.
If Zhu Fan is punished, Princess Xie will definitely not get any good results.
I can’t tell Lao Zhu about this yet.
Zhu Bai said: "I told my eldest brother to persuade him. The third brother is more obedient to my eldest brother."
In fact, Zhu Bai had heard a little bit about Zhu Fan's behavior. Zhu Fan was just dissatisfied with Lao Zhu's indifference to Concubine Li Shu. When he learned that Concubine Li Shu was being bullied by the palace people, he was worried and angry. He had nowhere to vent. He couldn't tell Lao Zhu, so he could only vent his anger by beating Lao Zhu's favorite cook.
Now that Concubine Li Shu is back in power, Zhu Fan will naturally not be angry.
Xie Cheng breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, Your Highness. It would be better if His Highness the Crown Prince would help to persuade me."
Zhu Bai smiled: "Master, you don't have to be polite about trivial matters."
Xie Cheng: "If one day King Jin makes a mistake and makes the emperor unhappy, please, for the sake of our master and apprentice, please help King Jin to intercede. Now the emperor only listens to the words of Prince Jin and King Xiang." ”
Zhu Bai nodded: "Yes, I will do it even if Master doesn't tell me. That's also my third brother."
Xie Cheng hurriedly saluted: "Thank you, Your Highness."
Zhu Bai said: "Master has a lot of etiquette today."
Xie Cheng nodded: "Okay, okay, I won't be polite to His Highness. Let's continue practicing martial arts."
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He finished correcting the paper in three to five days, and then Chen Nanbin submitted the top twenty answer sheets of the Yingtianfu Township Examination to Lao Zhu for review.
After Lao Zhu got it, he looked at each one carefully and asked Zhu Biao and Zhu Bai to take a look.
Zhu Biao and Zhu Bai exchanged thoughtful glances when they saw Ouyang Lun finishing second.
Although the two of them didn't like this person, they couldn't interfere with the decision of the provincial examination examiner just because of their personal preferences.
This violates the justice and fairness of the rural examination.
And they compared the test papers, and Ouyang Lun deserved to take second place.
Next there will be the guild test and the palace test.
If Ouyang Lun can go all the way to the end, they will be convinced, and at worst they will not need him in the future.
After reading all this, Lao Zhu was still not satisfied, so he asked the other thirteen protégés d'état to deliver their top twenty answer sheets to him from the Bureau of Civil and Dental Affairs.
The number of candidates for the Provincial Secretary-General varies from country to country, and Lao Zhu has already discussed it with the Ministry of Personnel and Rites based on the population, property, wealth, etc. of a province. It cannot be increased or decreased arbitrarily in various places. There are more than 100 chief secretaries in the major, and there are also 70, 80, or 400 or 50 people in the middle and small chief secretaries.
Then Juren, who was far away from Yingtian, started to rush to Yingtian in order to participate in the examination held in early March, also called "Chunwei".
Zhu Bai asked people to arrange the unused rows of buildings in his name all over the city, buy beds and desks, and prepare them for accommodation specifically for candidates attending the examination.
It is called "Yingtian Juren Inn No. 1", "Yingtian Juren Inn No. 2" and so on.
Only then did everyone realize that he was planning to close the small buildings when he saw them and the townhouses when he saw them.
People can only move in with their transcripts.
Zhu Bai also has a compiled list of candidates from various places, so it is impossible for anyone to fake it.
And the room you get is not based on who pays more, but based on performance.
The top ten chief secretaries of each party can live in the Tianzi-sized room on the top floor, the 11th to 20th person can live in the Di-coded room on the next top floor, and so on.
If the No. 1 inn is full, go to the No. 2 inn. Anyway, they are everywhere in the city.
In fact, the interior layout of various room types is similar, with the only difference between double rooms and single rooms. Except for the different charges for single and double rooms, everything else is the same.
If your family is really poor and can't afford the rent, you can still get relief.
It is a reward for outstanding students.
Juren, who originally lived in Yingtian or had relatives who came to join him, saw this and came to stay at the inn. After all, this was a once-in-a-lifetime honor.
Moreover, everyone is a scholar, has similar knowledge, and most of them are about the same age, so we can get together to talk about life, drink wine and write poems, which is very enjoyable.
In order to meet everyone's needs, Zhu Bai also set up stone tables and chairs in the courtyard surrounded by rows of buildings to facilitate people's gatherings.
If this is done, no one will be willing to stay in another inn.
The shopkeepers of other inns were filled with hatred, but there was nothing they could do.
Li Dacai also opened an inn. He originally thought he could make a lot of money during the trial, but he didn't expect that Zhu Bai didn't even leave the dregs for them.
Li Dacai's wife sighed: "Fortunately, this 'little king of hell' is only in the business of raising people. If it is stipulated that guests from the Guanya Bureau must also stay in his inn, there will be no way to survive."
Li Dacai's hair stood up: "Bah, crow's mouth, stop talking nonsense."
This is nothing.
Each first-level government bureau posted an announcement announcing that from the end of September to September next year, it would undertake the task of escorting examination candidates to and from the airport on an unlimited basis.
Charges are based on distance traveled.
For example, from Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places in the southwest to Yingtian, the one-way fee is 10 taels per person, and the round-trip fee is 16 taels of silver. You can take a horse-drawn carriage on the official road or the boat canal, and stay at the Guanya Bureau Inn along the way. You must pay for your own meals.
Line up in order of payment and get on the bus.
During the Chinese New Year, there is a break from the first to the 15th day of the year, and no trains depart. At other times, there is only one train every day.
