My life skills in Daming Liver

He took out the red envelope and sent the clerk who sent the post. Su Ze accepted everyone's congratulations, and then sent someone to send the good news to Changning Wei. After a busy day, he stopped.

Hai Rui was also in a good mood. Two of his students passed the county examination, which was considered his achievement, but thinking of Xiong Yue made Hai Rui feel a little uncomfortable.

After the rankings were announced, there were naturally those old students who had failed the exam several times crying and weeping bitterly, and the lucky ones who had passed the exam once sang loudly.

Although it is only the first test for a boy, there are already merchants who are ready to catch a son-in-law.

There was a scholar in his thirties who had no background at first glance, not even a book boy, and squeezed himself in to read the list. After shouting "I got it, I got it", he was hired by a merchant in Nanping County. They were tied up and brought back to get married.

As for whether this marriage can be accomplished, it depends on whether the scholar has a wretched wife, and whether the merchant's dowry is rich or not.

Chen Chaoyuan was about to cry too. After years of waiting, he finally passed the county examination. At least he could continue the imperial examination.

Lin Qingcai looked a little lonely, but he adjusted quickly. It was his first time this year to take part in the county exam, and it was normal to pass the exam for the first time. It was a special case like Su Ze who passed the exam for the first time. The one who wins the test is the monster.

Chen Chaoyuan said: "After many years of imperial examinations, I finally have an explanation to my family."

Those who have passed the Tongzi test are called Xiucai. In fact, they can be called Tongsheng before Xiucai.

In the era when the imperial examination was further introverted, only those who had passed the county examination could call themselves Tongsheng.

In other words, Su Ze and Chen Chaoyuan can call themselves Tongsheng.

Tong Sheng has no political privileges, but he is already considered a leader among scholars.

The style of imperial examinations prevailed in Fujian. Large clans all had social schools, guards all had hygienic schools, some villages also had township schools and village schools, and rich families had private schools.

With the qualification of a child student, one can work as a private school teacher. The annual salary is one or twenty taels of silver, and there are gifts on New Year's Day, which can be regarded as a well-off life.

And if you pass the county test, you can directly take the government test in the future. Nowadays, there are more and more scholars, so it is always good to get the admission ticket early.

Yu Zongyuan didn't know where he got the news, and he also rushed back from Fuzhou Mansion, and took Su Ze to Yaoyue Tower for a drink.

In addition to congratulating Su Ze for winning the county test case, he also poured bitterness on Su Ze.

Fuzhou's kilns are expensive, and eating and drinking are expensive. In short, it is a "living in Fuzhou is not easy".

Su Ze was speechless. You, the general banner of Fuzhou Zuowei, shouldn't you live in the barracks? Why do you eat, drink and have fun in Fuzhou City every day?

It's no wonder that Yu Zongyuan paid money to the store several times. It turned out that the gold sales cave in Fuzhou was too expensive.

Su Ze thought of something, and asked Yu Zongyuan about the attitude of the Fujian Army's yamen towards the "Deer King".

Even after Zong Yuan finished speaking, Su Ze was also speechless. It seems that he still underestimated the ability of officials in Fujian to accept the reality.

Now the merchant ships in the sea area of ​​Fujian are all ships with the sign of Yuegang.

Lin Mojun will also "sample-check" the ships with the moon port mark at sea, and if they are fake moon port ships, they will also be robbed.

But the maritime merchants in Fujian soon discovered that the sea area of ​​Fujian was suddenly easy to go.

The reason is also very simple. With the "Deer King" in charge, the little Japanese pirates in the Fujian sea area have disappeared. You must know that the "Deer King" will fight directly as long as you don't have a Yuegang flag, regardless of whether you are a Japanese pirate or not.

With the "Deer King" in charge, some merchant ships who often pretended to be pirates did not dare to "go to sea" to rob at will, and everyone became a sea merchant honestly.

As a result, the entire Fujian sea area is in great order, and the sea is orderly.

Fujian officials also noticed the order at sea. As long as the "Deer King" does not land, the result seems to be not bad?

There are no Japanese pirates on land, and as long as there are no warships lost at sea, there are no Japanese pirates.

Merchants continued to do business at sea, and those maritime merchant families in Fujian continued to make a lot of money.

Some businessmen even felt that it would be great if such an order could be maintained forever!

Moon Harbor quickly recovered its prosperity.

Yu Zongyuan put down the chicken legs and said: "The news from the Ministry of War is that the Japanese pirates destroyed Deqing in Zhejiang Province and surrounded the city of Hangzhou. Now that eastern Zhejiang is rotten, Fujian is really a pure land compared to it!"

Su Ze also got the news from Changning Guard that at the beginning of the first lunar month, a Japanese pirate named Xu Feng appeared on the East Zhejiang Sea and led his troops to besiege Ningbo and Hangzhou. The Japanese riots in Zhejiang intensified.

Chang Ningwei and Yu Dayou also cut off correspondence, and they don't know where he led his troops to garrison.

I heard that the imperial court dismissed Nie Bao, Minister of the Ministry of War, because of the intensified Japanese invasion in the southeast.

After Emperor Jiajing dismissed Nie Bao as Minister of the Ministry of War, his attitude towards the letters submitted by the ministers was also very strange, that is, "not to report".

When the emperor issued a memorial to his ministers, he wrote the word "wen", which is called "reporting news". It means that what is played is known.

Failure to report means that the emperor read the title book of the previous memorial, but did not give instructions or return it, which is a state that has been read and cannot be returned.

Now the opportunists in the imperial court saw greater hope.

It has not been read back, which means that the emperor attaches great importance to this matter, but is not satisfied with the previous inscription.

So as long as he can impress the emperor, won't he be able to gain the dominance of the Pingwa policy?

As a result, these top Ming writers were all holding back writing memorials at home, hoping to be like Zhuge Liang in "Longzhong Dui", to become known to the world with one performance, and to make a policy a national policy.

Faced with such large and small letters, Emperor Jiajing still refused to report all of them, but the imperial court issued an order to let the Zhengyin officials in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and other Japanese-infested areas also write letters, talking about the pacification of the Japanese.

You must know that it is the right of the officials of science and Taoism to report to the emperor. Ordinary local governors can only talk about the affairs of their own tenure when they submit the memorial to the court, and they cannot just talk about it in vain.

Even a big boss like Liubu Shangshu, unless it is something within his own duties, he can't just discuss it on the topic.

This is also the reason why although the Kodao spokespersons are low-level, they have great energy. They are actually members of the decision-making department.

Government officials outside the official system have only the right to implement the policies of the above, but not to discuss the policies.

Even if you are dissatisfied, you must strictly implement it first, or ask if you are afraid of passing the exam.

But the officials are different. They can discuss all major and minor matters, from the emperor's family affairs to state affairs.

But whether he will suffer court battles depends on the emperor's mood.

This time, Emperor Jiajing rarely asked the government officials of the provinces affected by the Japanese invasion to write a letter about the Japanese invasion, which also made the entire coastal officials excited!

This is a chance to get ahead!

If the written Pingwa policy is adopted by the imperial court, it may be awarded an important position, and it will be a step up to the sky!

In Nanping City, the only ones who are qualified to submit the memorial and inscription are the two Zhengyin officials of Fangzhifu and Baizhi County. At this time, they are all huddled in the study, thinking about how to write a letter to impress the emperor.

But all of this has nothing to do with Su Ze, he is not even a scholar, and has no right to worry about these big things.

The date of the government exam has also been set, which is March 10th. After the county exam, it will be February 20th, and now there are only 20 days before the government exam.

The seven counties under Yanping Prefecture are Nanping County, Youxi County, Jiangle County, Sha County, Shunchang County, Yong'an County, and Datian County.

The government test is an exam that all candidates who have passed the county test in Yanping Prefecture take together. Some candidates who live in remote areas have come to Nanping County to adapt to the environment in advance, and the entire Nanping County inn is full of people.

There is no room to stay in the inn, and there are still some monasteries outside the city that open single rooms. These rooms are temporary residences for wandering monks in the monasteries.

Compared with the prosperity of the city, the temple is cleaner, and you can also have fast meals with the monks of the temple, the main point is that it is economical.

There are already many Buddhist temples in Nanping County, so many people crowded in at once, and the streets of Nanping County were visibly bustling.

Chen Chaoyuan heard the news from his clan brother that there were 1,500 students participating in the government examination this time. He hurried back to the editorial office and informed Su Ze of the news.

"Why are there so many people?"

Chen Chaoyuan also frowned and said: "Every year, there are fifty people who pass the county examination without counties. These are all accumulated over the years."

Su Ze understood now that the boy had three exams, and as long as he passed, he would not have to take the exam next time, and went straight to the next exam.

For example, Su Ze passed the county test this year, so next year the boy will only need to take the prefectural test after three tests.

Sure enough, the imperial examination is the cruelest exam. With so many people taking the exam together, if the previous exam failed, they had to take the exam together with the next one.

Chen Chaoyuan said enviously: "Ru Lin is the head of the case in Nanping County this year, and you will definitely pass the exam."

Lin Qingcai was even more envious. It was also the first time to take the imperial examination, and Su Ze had already made two reservations. Everyone took classes at Hai Rui together. Why is there such a big gap between people?

But what Su Ze didn't expect was that the most lively part of the government test this time was the products brought by these candidates who were rushing to take the test.

Scholars rushing to take the exam from various counties brought their own specialties and sold them in the streets and alleys of Nanping Prefecture.

They are scholars, and they have passed the government examination, and no one collects taxes when they enter the city.

For many scholars, selling goods is more important than taking the exam when they go to Nanping to catch up for the exam.

Taking advantage of the gathering of scholars from all counties in Nanping, Su Ze decided to reprint 200 copies of "Surprise" and all of them were sold out.

On March 1st, all the children from various counties who rushed to Nanping arrived, and the commercial atmosphere in Nanping City reached its peak. Almost every street was full of scholars setting up stalls. Even Su Ze, who was studying behind closed doors, couldn't help it. , and went out with Chen Chaoyuan and Lin Qingcai to see what local products brought by scholars from various counties.

"Jianle Baibu! Jiangle Baibu!"

Most scholars are still embarrassed to openly sell, but there are some exceptions. I saw a young man shouting loudly about the goods he sold, which attracted many passers-by to watch.

Chen Chaoyuan is from Nanping County, so he is no stranger to this kind of scene. Every time the government examination is like this, the streets and alleys are full of scholars who sell them.

"Jiangle County's cotton cloth is well-known throughout the province, and it can even be exported to Southeast Asia."

Su Ze walked over, and sure enough, the white cloth sold by Tong Sheng was smoother, whiter than ordinary Gebu, and it was already comparable to the cloth woven by Changningwei's loom.

"Are there any cotton fields in Jiangle County?"

Hearing Su Ze's question, the Tong student said with a smile, "Jiangle County is full of cotton fields, and my family alone has 20 acres of cotton fields."

Twenty acres of cotton fields, it seems that he is a landlord.

Su Ze looked at the scholar, only to see that he was wearing an indigo-dyed robe, but there were patterns on the robe, so he was the son of a rich family.

Modern printing and dyeing patterns are not complicated, but in ancient times, if you want to print patterns on clothes, you need to use beeswax to draw patterns on white cloth by hand with a wax knife.

The beeswax is used to seal the gaps between the cloths before printing and dyeing. After all the cloths are dyed, the beeswax is boiled with hot water to obtain a patterned cloth.

So the poor can't afford patterned fabrics at all.

"Qiulun in Xiajiangle County, brother, do you want to buy cotton?"

Qiu Lun also saw Su Ze's extraordinary bearing, and also saw that he asked about the cotton field, so he also wanted to make friends.

The circulation of goods is not frequent these days, and it is not easy to find big customers. Scholars make contacts, sometimes just to sell goods.

Su Ze cupped his hands and said, "Su Ze, Nanping County, my family has opened a weaving workshop and a dyeing workshop, and I want to buy some cotton."

The weaving industry in Changningwei is getting bigger and bigger. Under Lu's organization, women from Changningwei have joined the weaving workshop.

The cotton purchased from Zhang Haihu has been used up, and all the cotton from the Beishan Chen family has been sold to Changningwei, but there is still a gap.

Hearing about the cotton produced in Jiangle County, Su Ze immediately became interested.

"Is it Su Rulin who wrote The Peony Pavilion?"

Qiu Lun asked quickly.

This is the benefit of being famous, Su Ze nodded,

Qiu Lun said quite familiarly: "Brother Su, if you go to Jiangle County, you must stay in a humble house! The matter of buying cotton is easy to talk about. My family has been dealing in cotton for generations. Brother Su just needs to say a number!"

Su Ze was also overjoyed. He was worried about the source of cotton. He didn't expect that Jiangle County had so many cotton fields. He said a number. Qiu Lun looked up at him and said:

"I didn't expect Brother Su's weaving workshop to be so big. Disrespect and disrespect."

The Qiu family also produces cotton weaving, but there are only a dozen workers in his weaving workshop, and the weaving is almost finished, and the remaining cotton has to be sold.

Qiu Lun also heard that a large weaving workshop with hundreds of people in Songjiang consumes a lot of cotton every month.

But I didn't expect Su Ze to ask for so much cotton in one go. I knew that Su Ze's industry was huge, and I wanted to make friends in my heart.

Qiu Lun immediately exchanged greetings with Su Ze, and the two parties agreed to have a drink after the government test. Su Ze also said that he would go to Jiangle County after the test to discuss the long-term purchase of cotton.

Su Ze also saw various sellers of local specialties, medicine, fruit, and honey. The most outrageous thing was that someone brought chickens, ducks, and geese to Nanping to sell them.

Su Ze bought some spring bamboo shoots that are in season, and his "Valuation" and "Business" skills have all been brushed to Lv2, so he reluctantly went back.

On March 3rd, the government office issued a list, and the government examination registration work began.