You can't collect the money that is sitting there in vain.
Because he calculated that among the six people, he could only influence Deng Zhen.
It's like having no influence.
Today is different from the past. He has no real power. If he does not help others after receiving money, he will definitely be handed over to Lao Zhu.
Li Shanchang could only tell people honestly: "I really can't do anything this time."
But those people didn't believe it, so they left their banknotes, jewelry, and antiques and ran away.
Li Shanchang stared at the pile of property, pondered for a long time, and finally invited Deng Zhen over.
Although Deng Zhen is Deng Yu’s son.
However, the Deng family had a large population, and Deng Yu was absent for many years and was a hands-off shopkeeper.
Life in Deng Zhen was not so affluent.
Since Deng Zhen married Li Shanchang's granddaughter, his food and clothing expenses have gone up to a higher level than before, so he listened to Li Shanchang's advice.
Li Shanchang said: "Master Deng became an imperial examiner at such a young age. It is really gratifying and congratulatory."
Deng Zhen hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Thanks to grandpa for recommending me."
Li Shanchang said: "There are so many talented people in Ming Dynasty. If there is no one to help, it will be difficult to get ahead."
Deng Zhen said quickly: "Yes."
Li Shanchang: "The same goes for those who come to take the exam. After being selected in the provincial examination, they are all the best. There are good and bad performances in the examination room, and the personal preferences of the examiners are also different. Once the examination paper is handed in, you can only leave it to fate. Even if it is the same article
, different people will have completely different judgments when they look at it.”
Deng Zhen: "Yes, grandpa's teachings are correct. I will definitely review them carefully."
Li Shanchang said: "I have several friends whose nephews are going to take the imperial examination this time. There is no problem in passing the provincial examination, but when it comes to the college examination...if they can know the questions in advance and have more time to think about it, they will definitely be more anxious than in the examination room.
Articles written in a hurry should be more confident. You know how to do it."
Deng Zhen's heart jumped suddenly: Damn, you are asking me to reveal the topic.
If Lao Zhu catches him, he will at least be executed.
Li Shanchang saw that he was silent and smiled: "Don't be so nervous. You don't need to tell me the original question. Just tell me the direction."
Deng Zhen couldn't refuse directly, so he could only say: "I understand."
The implementation details of the imperial examinations were also sent to all Chief Secretaries at the same time.
The rural examination is scheduled to be held in the autumn of the 10th year of Hongwu.
Starting from November of this year, the ninth year of Hongwu, I started to register for official schools and prepare for the provincial examination.
Except for the examiners of the Nanjing Provincial Examination, who are appointed by the imperial court, the examiners of the other chief secretaries are recommended by the imperial censors and the censors.
The chief secretaries of various regions and state governments are also responsible for reviewing the qualifications of candidates.
The Chief Secretary immediately wrote a letter complaining: he was poor and had no money.
There are so many candidates who have to pay for their travel expenses.
The money in the state capital doesn't just fall from the sky?
The practice of the Ming Dynasty is that all local government expenditures are handled by themselves, and the court does not care.
Now the imperial court wants to select talents and ask the Chief Secretary and the state government to provide money. The Chief Secretary and the state government will definitely not be willing to do so.
This was something Lao Zhu never expected.
Without money, let alone travel expenses, there is no way to organize even the rural examination.
This problem is very serious.
At the end of November, Zhu Bo gradually sent back the people he trained from the second-level Guanyin Bureau and Guanyinzhuang.
These people took the "training qualification" certificate stamped by Zhu Bo himself, reported to the first-level official dental bureau, and started working for the second-level official dental bureau.
It happens to be the twelfth lunar month, and everyone begins to prepare New Year's goods, and goods transactions are frequent.
Once the second-level official bureau was opened, a steady stream of money was sent to Zhu Bai and the court.
Although Zhu Bai is rich, you can't always catch him and make him pay for everything.
That day, Lao Zhu read the memorial in the imperial study for a while, sighed for a while, and looked sad.
Zhu Biao asked: "Ah, why does my father look so sad?"
Lao Zhu: "Well, I guess the imperial examination won't work."
Zhu Biao was very anxious and asked: "Why?"
Lao Zhu: "The Chief Secretary said there is no money. The imperial court does not have that much money."
Zhu Biao: "Oh, I am a great Ming Dynasty, but I can't even pass the imperial examination. If I can't pass, I will make those Korean stickmen and Japanese pirates a joke."
Lao Zhu: "Isn't that right..."
Zhu Bai was cursing and writing a copybook. Listening to the father and son singing in harmony, he secretly laughed: Hey, is this a double act? You want to coax me to get money to work, right?
Haha, I am so easy to deceive?
He continued writing without squinting.
Lao Zhu cursed in his heart: Treason, if I ask you to write a word or scratch your ears and cheeks on weekdays, it feels like you have a sore on your butt.
Even though he was pretending to be so serious today, it didn't sound like we were going to spend his money.
Do you think it will be okay if you pretend to be deaf and dumb?
We're going to ask you to pay for it today.
Lao Zhu coughed dryly: "Lao Twelve, what do you think we should do about this matter?"
Zhu Bai raised his head and asked: "I don't understand, how can the state government have no money? The dividends from the survey of private houses and the official dental bureau are all money."
Lao Zhu was silent for a moment and said, "They said they didn't have enough money to hold the exam."
In fact, how could he not know the virtues of those officials? He just couldn't think of a way to force them to pay money.
Zhu Bai sneered: "It's not enough, isn't it? My father only needs to issue a decree to the first-level official bureau and ask them to check the government's accounts. One check is enough."
Zhu Biao frowned: "I'm afraid it won't be possible for the official teeth bureau to check the state government's accounts."
Zhu Bai lowered his eyes and continued writing slowly while saying: "There is a way to make them cooperate obediently without checking."
Zhu Biao asked: "Oh? What can I do?"
Zhu Bai raised his head and smiled: "As long as the father agrees that the officials and ministers will not give any dividends to the government. Within two months, they will definitely cooperate."
Second-level government offices have also been opened one after another. All the state capitals have already tasted the benefits, so how can they stop?
A fool can calculate whether the cost of the biennial imperial examination and the twenty-four months' dividends are more or less.
This is the difference between a full meal and a full meal.
Lao Zhu thought for a while and said, "That's it."
Then Zhu Bai gave an order to the first and second level government offices to stop the dividends paid to the Chief Secretary and the state government for this month.
The governors became anxious and wrote to Lao Zhu.
They did not dare to directly say that Zhu Bai was not trustworthy. Now that they had established a firm footing, they wanted to kick them away. They could only cry about how much manpower and material resources they invested in cooperating with the government.
Lao Zhu unanimously approved: "We asked him to stop it. We want the Bureau of Civil Affairs to pay for the imperial examination and rural examinations to help poor candidates go to Yingtian, so we can only stop the monthly silver for you. You want to get money but don't want to do it.
Life, how can there be such a good thing in the world?"
Then all the governors immediately replied: "After carefully checking the income and expenditure, it was found that the previous calculation was wrong. The state government has money to hold the provincial examination and subsidize the candidates. As long as the government office resumes paying monthly silver."
Zhu Bai laughed like crazy: perfect solution!
These people can never see clearly that the rich one is the one who talks!!
