Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Spring is here, and it is a good season for all things to multiply.

The little girls in the Daben Hall who felt that they had nothing to do with the emperor's grandson cast their eyes on the young and handsome men in the Wenhua Hall.

Not only did Kong Yanjin have a confidante, but even Chang Jizu, the big fool of the Chang family, got the daughter of a humble official to greet her with care.

The official position of the imperial court can be divided into civil and military affairs, and the imperial court system can be divided into the powerful and the poor.

But love treats everyone equally...

If you look at it, you will look at it, and if you don't like it, you won't look at it even if you kill it.

In the bustling city of Jinling, there are always love stories where the man is affectionate and the concubine is intentional.

With the opening of the gate of the Gongyuan and the joining of a group of young students, this spring love game seems to have a new evolution.

The only thing that remains unchanged is Zhu Yunxi, who is busy with paperwork every day, as if he doesn't care about the affairs of men and women at all.

Except for the hostess who occasionally walks the dog and walks the dog, she seems to have no contact with the opposite sex.

This made Lao Zhu both worried and anxious, wishing he could put dozens of women in his room so that he could have a great-grandson in the new year.

However, it's useless for Lao Zhu to be anxious. If Zhu Yunxuan is not dismissed, he won't be able to take care of Zhu Yunxie's busy work.

Fortunately, after the quarrel caused by the daughter of the Chang family, Zhu Yunxi let go of Zhu Yunqi's marriage, which gave him more room to move around.

It's just that the eldest girl of the Chang family broke up with the Chang family and Zhu Yunxi, so is this marriage still worthwhile?
This rebellious grandson of my family will still be able to spare my own brother in the future for the sake of the sister of the Chang family?

Lao Zhu murmured again in his heart, feeling as if he had done something like throwing stones at his feet.

Fortunately, there are some corrupt officials who let him vent, killing a few today and a few tomorrow, and finally let him have a place to vent his anger.

Although Ming officials and gentry have ways to avoid taxes, they still have to see who they are facing.

Old Zhu didn't recognize anything, only the account book of the country's land and acres that Dasun made for him.

Although there are only the number of acres of fields in each county in the account book, it is not specific to each household.But it doesn't matter, he is taxing according to the number of acres in each county.

For example, if a county has [-] hectares of land, he will tax [-] hectares of land.

As for how the local county magistrates and low-level subordinates are scattered and sneaky, he doesn't care about them. Anyway, wherever there is a civil uprising, he will kill the officials in that place.

Under Lao Zhu's severe punishment, local officials gradually found a balance point.That is, it is possible to tolerate the flying of big families and put their own fields under the names of small people, but the number should not be too large. Once the critical point is reached, the county magistrate will intervene and forcibly withhold part of the tax in the names of big families. Down.

At the same time, the transfer of taxes has also been eased. Lao Zhu directly fixed the landlord's rent to death, and he can collect [-]% at most, which must not exceed the state's regular tax.

Those who dare to levy more privately, allow the local people to transfer the landlord to the county government for disposal!

Lao Zhu's one-size-fits-all method has many problems, but with his butcher's knife, it also makes the local awe-inspiring, and makes the entire Ming Dynasty usher in great rule.

Lao Zhu has now tasted the sweetness. In the past, he was afraid that he would fool him when he was making fish scale albums, concealing the population and land.

Now he can send someone to look at it from the sky, and it is clear at a glance where there is more land and less land, and there is no way to deceive them!
At the same time, he also realized more and more the importance of abolishing the poll tax that Dasun said, because people can move, but land can't.

As long as he stares at the land, he doesn't care where the people go!
When Lao Zhu vigorously rectified the officialdom and reformed the tax system of Ming Dynasty, the list of Hongwu's 27th annual meeting was officially released.

Qi Tai read the list several times, and confirmed that there was no partiality in this exam, and he didn't even use the little note given by the emperor's grandson, so he hurriedly took the list to the palace to meet His Majesty the Emperor.

Lao Zhu looked at the list and found nothing wrong, so he ordered him to post it outside the Gongyuan.

However, after the list was posted, it immediately caused an uproar.

Those who passed the exam were beaming with joy.Those who failed the exam were like eggplants beaten by Shuang, drooping their heads and looking hopeless.

However, they soon discovered a flaw.

"Why are all the southern scholars on the list, and none of our northern scholars?"

"It's not fair for the imperial court to recruit scholars!"

"The court officials are all southerners, and they favor the southerners!"

"Let's go to the palace to meet His Majesty and ask His Majesty to punish the scientific examination fraud case!"

Qi Tai, who was hiding in the crowd, was feeling the cheers of the scholars, when he suddenly heard doubts from the crowd, he was so frightened that he hurriedly looked at the scientific examination list.

I don’t know, I’m scared.

On the test list, there are actually all southern scholars!
Looking at the angry northern scholars, Qi Tai's mind was instantly bewildered.

This is the big case!

Once His Majesty the Emperor felt that he was partial to southern scholars and cooperating with all the examiners in cheating, then his head would definitely move.

Maybe it will implicate the three clans!
Even if His Majesty does not think that he is partial, but he has made such a big oolong and caused dissatisfaction among northern scholars, His Majesty will push him out as a scapegoat!

If there are a few villains who act according to the wind to write a letter of impeachment and expose his fraudulent appearance during the period, he will be completely speechless!
How to do!
He had to think of a suitable way before Jin Yiwei came to catch him!

After thinking about it, Qi Taisi only thought of one person.

Grandson of the emperor!
At this time, only the grandson of the emperor can save himself!
Thinking of this, Qi Tai hurriedly called a carriage and rushed to the emperor's grandson's palace in the northern suburbs.

Qi Tai was right, not long after he left, Jin Yiwei's people rushed over, and after hearing that he was going to the emperor's grandson's North Palace, Jin Yiwei chased after him on a fast horse.

Sitting in the carriage, Qi Tai kept urging the driver, fearing that Jin Yiwei would catch him if he ran too slowly.

The coachman was also afraid of Jin Yiwei, so he tried his best to drive the carriage, and finally sent Qi Tai to the North Palace when Jin Yiwei caught up.

Zhu Yunxi was discussing the improvement plan of the steam engine with a few technicians from the Hope School, when he suddenly saw Qi Tai rushing in without thinking, and he couldn't fix him.

"Mr. Qi, didn't you preside over the test for Grandpa Huang? Why did you come here?"

"His Royal Highness, something serious has happened, and His Majesty is going to kill the humble minister!"

"What's wrong?"

As soon as Zhu Yunxi asked here, he heard Jin Yiwei outside the door coming to report.

"Your Highness, the brothers of Jin Yiwei have come to report that they have come to arrest Qi Tai on His Majesty's order, please make it easier for you!"

Zhu Yunxi yelled at the door on the spot when he heard the words.

"Tell them, let them go!"

"If Mr. Qi commits a crime, Guzi will take him to surrender, and there is no need for them to arrest him!"

"promise!"

Xu Liuzi received Zhu Yunxi's reply and negotiated with the Jin Yiwei outside the hall on the spot.

"You have heard it too, our Highness has taken care of this matter, and you can just reply to His Majesty like this when you go back!"

"This……"

"Xu Qianhu, it's not that the brothers didn't give me face, it's just that this matter is too big, and it involves a fraud case in the examination room!"

Xu Liuzi was immediately unhappy when he heard the words, and snorted coldly.

"Can you use your brains!"

"Who is Your Majesty holding the imperial examination for?"

"For whom?"

"Of course it's for our Highness!"

"Our Highness is not in a hurry, you two are on errands and eat food, what kind of mind!"

"That's right..."

"Your Highness is not in a hurry, so why both of us are in a hurry!"

The two brocade guards clasped their fists at Xu Liuzi and saluted on the spot.

"We both know how to reply, thank you Xu Qianhu for pointing it out!"

Xu Liuzi sent the two away, and immediately sneaked outside the government affairs hall to eavesdrop.

"Your Highness, I swear to the heavens that there is absolutely no such thing as favoritism or fraud. Even the note His Highness gave me..."

"Cough cough!"

Zhu Yunxi coughed in embarrassment, and hurriedly interrupted Qi Tai's words.

"What note!"

"Why doesn't Gu know?"

When Qi Tai heard this, he quickly came to his senses, wishing he could slap him twice.Now he has caused a lot of trouble, if he provokes His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun again, his whole family will die!

"Your Highness, forgive me, it's because I was confused and said something wrong..."

"I swear to God, this time I presided over the examination, I absolutely did not engage in any act of favoritism or fraud!"

"However, who would have known that it was such a coincidence that all the scholars admitted by my minister were all southern scholars..."

Zhu Yunxi's heart sank immediately when he heard this, and then asked with some disbelief.

"Not a single northerner?"

Qi Tai shook his head helplessly, then hung his head and pretended to be dead.

Seeing Qi Tai shaking his head, Zhu Yunxi's heart sank even more.

"You are trying to die!"

"How can there be such a coincidence in the world, there is not a single scholar in the north who stands out?"

"Even if you say that you are breaking the sky, no one will believe you when you say that you graded the papers impartially!"

Qi Tai sighed secretly when he heard the words.

"Ugh!"

"That's why I came to look for Your Highness. I know that death is inevitable, so I just ask Your Highness to protect my family, woo woo woo..."

Zhu Yunxi is the most shameful to see people cry, especially the person in front of him who used to be his husband.

"Get up first, Guzi will think of a way for you, not only to keep your family, but also to keep you..."

"It's just that in this matter, even if there is no evidence of your favoritism and fraud, Grandpa Huang may push you out as a scapegoat in order to appease the anger of the northern scholars!"

Hearing this, Qi Tai's legs went limp on the spot, and he knelt down again with a plop.

"His Royal Highness, save this minister, woo woo woo..."

"Weichen also saw this level, so he rushed to find His Highness. Otherwise, as long as this body of Weichen enters the imperial prison, he will not be able to come out alive, woo woo woo..."

"You stay here for now, I will go to the palace to make peace for you..."

"Then thank you, Your Highness, I am here to kowtow to you..."

Zhu Yunxi ignored Qi Tai, who turned into a kowtow, and went directly to the Gongyuan with the guards, sealed all the examination papers, and then ordered all the examiners to be arrested, and they were locked in individual examination sheds for interrogation.

Some prisoners who had already been arrested in Beizhen Fusi were also forcibly brought out by him.

For these officials, they would rather be locked up in the examination shed of the Gong Yuan than in the Jinyiwei Prison.

After Zhu Yunxi gathered all the examiners together, he lectured them.

"Now something big is happening!"

"Anyone of you who cheats for personal gain, or knows the details, should stand up and make meritorious deeds!"

"Gu is here to promise you that as long as you are willing to surrender, even if you are in collusion to deceive His Majesty and Gu, Gu will protect you from death!"

When Zhu Yunxi said this, an official called Zhuang Tianqu on the spot.

"Your Majesty, let me tell you that we really did not act in favor of others for personal gain!"

"We are grading the papers this time, strictly following the imperial court system. Only after the ranks are determined, the position of the names will be revealed, and the names and places of origin of the candidates will be transcribed..."

"Before this, none of us knew who the candidates were, so how could we cheat?"

Zhu Yunxi sneered when he heard the words.

"Can obscurity prevent fraud?"

"Gu Ke knows that there is also the theory of connecting words and joints."

"As long as the examinee uses an obscure word many times in the article, someone can use these traces to determine who the examinee is, and thus select him!"

"Gu will give you one more chance at the end. If you confess your crimes, Gu will..."

Zhu Yunxi had just said this when he heard an old voice.

"Dasun, don't talk to them!"

"Let the people of Jinyiwei torture them directly, under the three trees, I don't believe they can bear it!"

Seeing Lao Zhu coming, Zhu Yunxi hurriedly stepped forward to support Lao Zhu, and then asked flatteringly.

"Grandfather, why are you here?"

Lao Zhu glared at Dasun angrily, and snorted coldly.

"You are about to smash Beizhen Fusi, can we come and have a look?"

"Dasun, this matter is too big, you'd better not interfere, let us deal with these treacherous ministers!"

In one sentence, Lao Zhu defined the examiner of this meeting as a traitor, which made Liu Sanwu and the others twitch.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are really wronged, the ministers did not commit fraud, everything is just a coincidence..."

When Lao Zhu heard this, he ran away on the spot, not only shook off Dasun's hand, but also strode forward, kicking Liu Sanwu in the stomach.

Poor Liu Sanwu, already quite old, was almost kicked to death by Lao Zhu's kick.

"What a coincidence!"

"We know that the scholars in the north are not very knowledgeable, but it doesn't mean that none of them will be recorded, right?"

"You guys are really unscrupulous enough. The imperial court opened a department to recruit a hundred or so scholars. Can't you just distribute a few of them to the northern scholars? You have to make such an ugly appearance!"

Liu Sanwu felt so wronged when he heard this, he really did not cheat, but who knew it would be such a coincidence that all the students admitted were from the south.

Now he is yellow mud falling into his crotch, not that or that.

Zhu Yunxi hurried to help his old man, and then ordered someone to bring a high chair for the old man, and helped the old man to sit down.

"Grandfather, calm down, don't get angry, if you are mad at them, who will be angry with your grandson in the future..."

Originally, Lao Zhu was quite relieved when he heard the first two sentences. He felt that his grandson had finally grown up, and he knew that he loved him as a grandpa.But when he heard the last two sentences, his lungs almost exploded!
"Rebellious grandson!"

"Are you speaking human words? Do you want to piss us off so that you can ascend the throne and become emperor!"

Zhu Yunxi laughed when he heard the words.

"Grandpa Huang, if you insist on saying that, then your grandson will take it seriously, hehehe..."

Seeing that Dasun was so dishonest, Lao Zhu could only punch Dasun and scold him.

"Virtue!"

"When we finish this case, we must find you an ugly mother-in-law!"

Zhu Yunxi didn't take Lao Zhu's threat seriously at all, and sat down next to Lao Zhu, holding Lao Zhu's hand and coaxing.

"Grandfather, grandson thinks so."

"Since this incident has already happened, we should quickly suppress the impact of this incident, and we must not cause a dispute between the North and the South."

"Uh-huh!"

"That's not bad, we thought so too."

"Tell me, grandson, do you have any good ideas?"

Zhu Yunxi continued to speak.

"Grandson thinks that we should quickly find someone to review all the test papers!"

"The reviewers should be chosen from among officials from the north and south of the DPRK. It should be half to half. It is fair and just, and no one can be wrong."

Old Zhu frowned and thought about it.

"Well!"

"This method is very good!"