Although due to the appearance of Zhong Jinwei, the Qin peasant army suffered a fatal blow at the beginning, and Li Hongji was severely wanted, the name Li Zicheng still appeared. If Zhong Jinwei knew about this, he would probably express some emotion.
However, the appearance of time travellers, and they are still big butterflies like Zhong Jinwei, is still huge. The wind blown by Zhong Jinwei has blown to the Jiangnan area and is slowly affecting everything here.
Unlike in history, the Jiangnan Township Examination was held in Yingtianfu half a year in advance. Scholars from Jiangnan set out to take the exam one after another.
Yingtianfu, commonly known as Nanjing and Jinling in ancient times, was the capital of the Ming Dynasty and the capital of Southern Zhili. For a time, scholars gathered in the restaurants and brothels of Nanjing, and from time to time you could hear the recitation and singing of poems and songs from these places.
There are eloquent talks about current political affairs.
The Qinhuai River, which is ten miles away, is the most prosperous place in Jinling. There are many brothels and brothels along the river, with golden terraces, row upon row; painted boats, the sound of boats and lights, a gathering of humanities and merchants.
In this April, willow trees are budding, peach trees are blooming, and a painted boat is parked on the bank of the Qinhuai River among the red flowers and green willows.
There are several red lanterns hanging on the bow of the boat, with the word "王" on them, indicating that this painted boat is owned by Wang Xiaoda, a famous courtesan in Jinling and a good peacemaker at the "Heqi Soup".
Wang Xiaoda was not an ordinary promiscuous woman. She was born in a famous family, but due to the changing world, she fell into prostitution. Therefore, she was both talented and beautiful, and she did her art without selling her body, which attracted the pursuit of a group of literati.
No, the voices of some scholars could be heard from time to time in the boat, which sounded like they were reviewing articles.
However, when they heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the shore, they hurriedly came out of the boat to welcome him. Sure enough, it was the person they were expecting. They quickly bowed and said, "I would like to give my best regards, Mr. Xizhang."
This Mr. Xizhang quickly turned over and dismounted, allowing people to see clearly. They saw this man with a majestic body and a majestic appearance. His eyes were like stars, and his eyebrows were as thick as paint. No matter who saw him, he would secretly praise him as a handsome man.
He threw the reins directly to the accompanying servants, walked into the boat with a smile on his face, and returned the favor with his hands in hand: "I have kept you waiting for a long time."
This person is Zhang Fu, the leader of Fushe, and the four people who greeted him, Zhao Zixin, Wang Jiaying, Zhang Yi, and Cai Shen, who are known as the four partners of Fushe, are all presidents of various places in Fushe. They are Zhang Fu's
A capable person who has been committed to the expansion of Fushe.
After the five people entered the boat, the boat left the shore and sailed into the Qinhuai River.
Zhang Fu's big horse sat down in the master's seat, and his master Ma Xiaoda was waiting beside him. The four wives were separated on the left and right, looking at Zhang Fu. The other servants, singers, etc. all exited the cabin.
"How are you doing with your affairs?" Zhang Fu asked, sitting upright and looking at his four wives on his left and right.
Zhao Zixin was the first of the four concubines. He was the first to answer: "Mr. Hui, the students have widely publicized the Jinling Conference after the provincial examination. Some celebrities have also sent invitations, and most of them happily accepted."
Zhang Fu nodded and looked at the next one.
"Mr. Hui, the number of students in the student branch has expanded to more than 200. Especially in recent times, children have signed up to join our resume club." Wang Jiaying replied respectfully.
"Children's examination is the appeal for the rise of our society, but you can't limit it to the increase in the number of children. You should also pay attention to opening up more relationships with counties and governments so that all the lists we submit to them can obtain the results of the childbirth examination."
Qualifications." After hearing Wang Jiaying's answer, Zhang Fu frowned slightly and suggested loudly.
Wang Jiaying knew in her heart that Zhang Fu was right, because as long as she passed the child examination and had the status of a scholar, she could be exempted from corvee service, did not have to kneel down to officials, and would not be punished. Therefore, even though she has not yet become an official
Qualifications, but there are still many people who want to get this student status.
Fushe, or Yingshe, the predecessor of Fushe, saw this clearly, and then focused on controlling Tongshi, becoming the largest cooperative in Jiangnan, and finally merged with other societies to form Fushe.
The examinations in the imperial examination era included four levels of examinations: children's examination, rural examination, general examination, and palace examination. Among them, the provincial examination and above were attended by important officials of the imperial court, so they were difficult to control.
Only the children's examination is conducted by local officials. Fushe uses money, beautiful women and various connections to bribe local relevant people. In addition, there are many people in Fushe who are capable, and various exam templates will be given in advance for them to study.
.Therefore, anyone who participates in Fushe has a greater chance of becoming a scholar than others.
"The students understand that it is just that the funds are insufficient, so the relationship with the county and government is slightly unsatisfactory." Wang Jiaying lowered her head and explained in a low voice.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Fu reached out and took out some banknotes from his sleeves, divided them into a small stack, handed them to Wang Jiaying and said: "Funding is not a problem, but it must be used to its advantage. Do you understand?"
Wang Jiaying immediately stood up, stretched out her hands and respectfully took the banknote from Zhang Fu's hand, and agreed: "Sir, please rest assured, the student understands."
Zhang Fu nodded after hearing this. He was quite confident about Wang Jiaying's ability, so he just gave this explanation and never did anything like checking the accounts.
The reason why he did this may be because the money was not his own, but came from the salt merchants anyway.
At that time, he was full of energy, and together with his fellow villager Zhang Cai, he entangled many students and criticized the remnants of the eunuch party. The former chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, Gu Bingqian, who resigned and returned home at that time, widely published propaganda to expose his crimes, broke into his mansion, and looted
property and set fire to it. This attracted the attention of the salt merchant and he was selected as his agent.
From then on, with the money subsidized by the salt merchants and his own skills, he worked hard to achieve great success. Nowadays, only the scholars of the Ming Dynasty dare to call him Mr. Xizhang in front of him.
However, Zhang Fu was not satisfied with this. One of his greater ambitions was to control the affairs of the Ming Dynasty for his own benefit.
Zhang Fu is not a person who is used to daydreaming, because according to his plan, it is really possible that he will realize it one day after a few years.
In history, he was known as the "Emperor" of the Ming Dynasty among the people, and he was even more powerful than the real emperor, Emperor Chongzhen.
Just imagine that the officials of the Ming Dynasty are either Jinshi or Juren, and Jinshi and Juren come from Shengyuan. If one day comes, most of the Shengweng in the world are Fushe people, then in a few years, Jinshi and Juren will not all be
Have you returned to society?
"Sir, sir?" The fourth wife of Fushe saw a slight smile on Zhang Fu's lips, but did not respond to Zhang Yi and Cai Shen's reports, so they had to call softly.
Wang Xiaoda had already been Zhang Fu's pillowman. Seeing this situation, he knew that Zhang Fu was distracted, so he stretched out his delicate hand and pulled Zhang Fu's sleeve corner.
Zhang Fu was pulled by Wang Xiaoda, and he woke up from his memories, but he did not show any embarrassment, and said to the fourth wife: "Very good, very good, I am very satisfied, but please don't forget two things.
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"Sir, please give me instructions." The four wives asked respectfully in unison.
"First, we must continue to maintain relations with counties and governments at all levels to ensure that those who are restored to society can pass the child examination; second, we must recruit more prestigious scholars and work together to strengthen the restoration of society."
"Yes, sir." The four wives replied in unison.
"I also have some good news to tell you. This is of great significance in attracting celebrities to join our Fushe. You can take advantage of this occasion when scholars gather in Jinling to reveal a few things to them when attracting those celebrities." Zhang
Bie declared proudly.
When the four wives heard this, they were all a little surprised. They stared at Zhang Fu, waiting for his next words.
"Sir, what's the good news?" Wang Xiaoda asked the fourth wife.
Zhang Fu stretched out his hand and patted Wang Xiaoda's beautiful face gently, and then said: "The important minister sent by the imperial court to Jiangnan to preside over the provincial examination is the cabinet minister Zhou Yanru. I have a very good relationship with him..."
When he said this, he said nothing more. It was already obvious what he meant. When the four wives heard this, they were overjoyed. They all congratulated Zhang Fu and wished that the Jinling Conference would be a great success.
Zhang Fu was not humble and smiled proudly. Then he carefully arranged some preparations for the conference for his proud general, and then went off to hang out with Wang Xiaoda.