"Don't the poor scholars still have the left-ranking imperial examination?"

Su Dongpo also frowned, and he could understand what Su Che said. Wu Haogu’s trick to the government soldiers was essentially changing troops with officials. Because the right-list Jinshi had to take martial arts, it would inevitably block a large number of poor scholars who could only study the Five Classics hard. Entering the Imperial College and Yuntai Academy was undoubtedly the only way for poor scholars to take the right-list Jinshi.

When the Imperial College was originally divided into Imperial College. When the Imperial College and the Wushu, in addition to the Imperial College being a backdoor for the N generations of officials, the Imperial College and the Wushu are mainly aimed at the children of poor families, at least in theory. In particular, the Imperial College with the best future not only requires recommendations from the state government schools, but also has admission assessments, and also ruled out that the children of middle and senior officials were admitted, which was a complete way for the promotion of poor students.

But now, once you use help recruiting soldiers in exchange for the quota for the new Imperial College, the Imperial College will inevitably become the back door for the rich and noble sons. Although this move can allow the court to obtain a large number of "compulsory soldiers", it has turned the sacred Imperial College and the imperial examination (right list) into places for trading between the state and the wealthy families.

"Ziyou," Su Dongpo spread his hands and smiled bitterly, "There is now abolition of the imperial guards and cannot fight, and they spend too much money, so the country must rely on the government soldiers to protect them. When recruiting government soldiers, it is necessary to provide their efforts. If they do not provide them, they will work for nothing. If they do not work, they rely on the current local officials' ability to handle affairs. How can the government soldiers be successful?"

"You are right," Su Che shook his head, "but he was giving someone a handle after all. Not only will the treacherous party in Xining not let you go, but even the old minister Yuanyou will not support you.

By the way, do the other magistrates in the court know?”

Su Dongpo nodded and smiled, "Everyone knows, Han Shipu didn't say anything, Cai Yuanchang supported it with all his might, Wen Yubi also supported it, Xu Chongyuan complained a little, only Li Qingchen clearly opposed it."

"Han Shipu is too weak. Cai Yuanchang looks at the face of the official family. Wen Yubi is the same as Cai Yuanchang. Li Bangzhi opposed it because he was not in harmony with you. Only Xu Chongyuan is the public opinion. Unfortunately, he is old..."

Su Che shook his head while commenting. Now the gentlemen in the court are almost gone. They either want to protect themselves or are keen on political struggles. Their brother is aggressive in reforming, which is almost a copy of Wang Anshi.

He sighed: "I won't go to muddy waters anymore. If you think I can still support the common people, let me go to Hebei East Road to be a pacifier."

"Okay." Su Dongpo nodded, "The Liao people like you very much. If you go to Hebei East Road, you can definitely keep the two countries safe."

...

Haizhou Bay is the time when the autumn wind is refreshing. With the autumn wind, there are also merchant ships coming from the Liao Kingdom, Goryeo Kingdom and Jiehe Market in the north. Hundreds of ships are crowded in the bay, showing infinite vitality and prosperity.

This is also a good season for travel. In addition to merchant ships, there are also many beautifully decorated pleasure boats on the sea, which are traveling between the land of Qushan County, Haizhou and the Immortal Island of Yuzhou. The sound of silk and bamboo is scattered and drifts with the wind on the sea.

One of the particularly huge and sturdy pleasure boats and a group of soldiers guarded the sea. Although they were all holding useless spears on the sea, the formation made the surrounding ships avoid it.

Inside the cabin, there are silk and bamboo singing and dancing. Six good-looking men are singing and dancing to the music. The gorgeous and moving dance postures make the passengers sitting in the cabin smile.

The people sitting on this boat were amazing. There were two leaders who had been in the court for decades, Zhang Dun, deputy envoy of the Wuchang Army Jiedu, Zeng Bu, the Grand Secretary of Guanwen Hall, the governor of Haizhou, Lu Jiawen, who had become a wealthy man in Haizhou, and Jian Xuchen, the son-in-law of Lu Jiawen, and Jian Xuchen, the six-way shipping envoy, who had made contributions in the pilot project of the Jingzhao Prefecture, and became a Beijing official. After becoming an eighth-rank Chengwulang, Ji Yi, who asked for leave to go home to visit his mother, would have overturned, Wu Haogu would definitely be very grateful to the Dragon Prince!

But such a good thing is really hard to encounter...

The ship will not overturn, and the people on the ship are still discussing how to get along with Su Dongpo, Wu Haogu cannot be compared!

"Using the quota of students from the Imperial College to exchange for the soldiers in the government... Fortunately, Su Dongpo and Wu Haogu could think of it! They don't take scholars from all over the world seriously!"

Just like the one who is talking about Wu Haogu's rival, Lu Jia, asked that his business is getting bigger and bigger now. He not only makes charcoal, but also bought pig iron pots from the master of the Liguojian of Xuzhou to sell them to salt farmers in Haizhou to make more than 100,000 yuan in sea salt a year. It is safe to make money! This ability to do business is really catching up with Wu Haogu.

However, Lu Jia asked not the person who made the most money on this ship, Ji Yi was! Ji Yi had earned at least 300,000 yuan in the past year! However, he had not done any business in the past year... and had earned 300,000 yuan without doing anything. This is the real genius!

What made Ji Yi transfer so much money was of course the increase in land prices in Haizhou. When Ji Yi was in Yuanfu, she asked her family to go to Haizhou to buy land in a large amount. Not only did she buy it south of Qushan County, but she also bought it in Tianya Town and near Tianya Town. She invested more than 500,000 yuan!

These lands have risen sharply in the past year, with an increase of at least 300,000... However, Ji Yi seems not satisfied with such a return on assets, because his brows are getting tighter and tighter.

Zhang Dun saw his face and asked, "Yizhi, what do you think?"

"It may not be a scholar in the world," Ji Yi said. "Scholars on Shaanxi Sixth Road, Hedong Road, and Hebei Two Road may not be dissatisfied!

For example, how many Jinshi have only been produced in the sixth rank in Shaanxi? Now 500 soldiers can replace one Imperial College student, and two Imperial College students can produce at least one Jinshi... The people in Shaanxi are very brave, and it is not a big problem to recruit tens of thousands of government soldiers a year? In the future, the right-list Jinshi will probably be indispensable."

"Welcome the Western Army?" Zhang Dun raised his eyebrows.

Ji Yi nodded: "Not only the Western Army, but also all scholars who are everywhere in the military palace can benefit. In addition to the sixth routes in Shaanxi, there are also Hedong, Hebei and Henan Prefectures, which are all mixed places of the old party forces.

For those aristocratic families, it would be too cost-effective to work for five hundred strong men for five years to get a quota for the Imperial College student.

Moreover, those strong men who act as soldiers in the palace can also get the benefits of exempting labor service for life, and the government will give some rewards, which is profitable."

In fact, Ji Yi was completely overthinking. Wu Haogu and Su Dongpo didn't think about this at all. They just couldn't help strengthening their men... Lantian County's method is only effective in Lantian, and more attractive conditions have to be given elsewhere.

So after racking his brains, Wu Haogu sent Su Dongpo such a recruitment for the six routes in Shaanxi, Hedong, Hebei and Henan Prefectures, and was forced and tempted by the landlord Laocai to join the army. The children of the landlord Laocai took the quota for students from the Imperial College to study military affairs and become officers in the future. It looked quite reliable.

Zeng Bu touched his beard, "No wonder those people from the old party didn't speak out much..."

Zhang Dun smiled, "The government will definitely support it... Follow Su Dongpo and Wu Haogu's path. If you have soldiers and generals, it won't cost much money. How great is it?"

"Are we just looking at Su Dongpo like this, Wu Haogu and the other thieves were proud?" Lu Jiawen said hatefully.

"Of course not," Zhang Dun smiled, "Although Su Dongpo's move has pleased scholars from Shaanxi Sixth Road, Hedong Road, Hebei Second Road and Henan Prefecture, scholars from other places must be dissatisfied.

And those who please the giant family and suppress the poor can't escape! Even the old party members must have been dissatisfied with him. Moreover, "Theory of Heaven and the Theory of Empirical" will eventually cause great controversy among the Confucians. Therefore, Su Dongpo and Wu Haogu will definitely not have a good life in the future!"

"But now?" Lu Jia asked, still looking itchy, "Are you just looking at them proudly?"

Zhang Dun smiled: "Now I have to rely on you, Brother Wang!"

"Damn me?" Lu Jia asked, "What can I do?"

"You can do business!" Zhang Dun looked at Ji Yi again, "Yizhi, your family is also a huge businessman. You can't watch Wu Haogu make all the money, right?"

"My father-in-law means..."

"I can manage it when I visit you. Why don't you join together and do some big business and grab Wu Haogu's wealth?"

"Doing business?" Ji Yi frowned. He was harsh in order not to do business and studied for the Jinshi. Why did he go back to trading now?

Zhang Dun smiled and said, "I have watched coldly these days and found that the secret of Wu Haogu helping Su Dongpo to the throne and to please the officials is that the government and businessmen join forces! This businessmen... can not only make money, but also do things.

If we want to get back to the situation, we cannot just be noble, and we must learn from the ancient times from the martial arts!”

"But... father-in-law, what business should we do?" Ji Yi asked hesitantly.

"Looking at Wu for ancient times!" Lu Jia asked, "What kind of business does he do, we will do the same business."

"Then he is doing it now..."

Ji Yi thought to himself: Others can't do business such as Christie's, Huagu's, and Jiuzhongxian in Wu's business! As for the real estate in Kaifeng Prefecture, it's a big deal, but with the help of the government, how can I do it here?

"Make a business market!" Zhang Dun smiled, "Wu Haogu's biggest reliance is not the Republic, but the Jiehe Business Market! If he can have a Jiehe Business Market, we can't just follow the examples?

Idiot, what do you think? If it works, we old men will help you exercise a training session."

Ji Yi asked: "Which Maritime Master Yue wants his son-in-law to recommend him to the Maritime Master?"
Chapter completed!