Chapter 158: Circulation of Di’s newspaper and the world is uneasy
Yuqiu Station is indeed a large official station. The rooms here are better than ordinary hotels. It may be that Jia Lan took the tiger skin of the Qin family of Qin Zhong's Ministry of Industry and lived in a suite that only officials can live in.<
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In order to avoid trouble, Jia Lan did not use the banner of Rong Guofu.
"Brother Lan, look at the Di newspaper." Qin Zhong took a stack of writing paper and handed it to Jia Lan.
As an important post station, Yuqiu Post House naturally also has imperial newspapers for officials to read.
Jia Lan thanked him and took the Di newspaper and browsed it quickly, then handed it to another scribe beside him. The man glanced at the page of the Di newspaper and said with emotion: "Just looking at the date, this Di newspaper was from a few days ago.
It was just published. The transportation is very convenient in the North Station. In Guangnan, I can basically only see the Di newspaper from half a month ago."
Qin Zhong smiled and said: "Brother Zhuo Ru lives in the countryside, so the newspapers he sees will naturally be somewhat delayed. If he is named on the gold list in the future and becomes a high official, he will naturally see the newspapers in time."
After hearing what Qin Zhong said, the man's face became slightly dull, he laughed dumbly, and shook his head towards Jia Lan and Qin Zhong.
"If Brother Lang and Brother Zhong hadn't rescued me in time, I might have lost all my honors, so why would I be talking about being named on the gold medal list?"
The scribe is Liang Yong and Liang Zhuoru, a scholar from Guangnan who met Jia Lan at Diecui Academy.
In the previous Guangnan Provincial Examination, Liang Yong passed the test in one fell swoop. However, just when his enthusiasm was low, reality gave him a slap in the face.
His relatives bullied his mother and son for being helpless, and tried to seize his family's property. They were jealous of him who had achieved fame, and were afraid that Liang Zhuoru, who had become a civil servant, would come back for revenge.
As evidence, a prostitute was found who slandered Liang Zhuoru for being a prostitute.
With everyone talking, this matter went directly to the Guangnan Academic Affairs Office.
Naturally, the sophisticated academic administration can spot the clues of such conspiracies. If Liang Yong can react from the initial panic and work up and down, I am afraid there will be a turn for the better.
It's just that misfortunes never come singly. Liang Yong's incident caused a stir in Guangnan and aroused the thoughts of some people.
Especially those who ranked second in the provincial examination.
The deputy list system started in the Yuan Dynasty and inherited the system of special memorials in the Song and Song Dynasties. It is a flexible system. People who are on the deputy list of the provincial examination can be automatically added to the main list if they meet certain conditions.
Guangnan is located in the south of the sky, and is the only trading port authorized by the imperial court to open the sea. Maritime merchants gather here, and their years of maritime life have created these people's enterprising will.
The methods are also quite aggressive.
There happened to be a scholar with a maritime merchant background among the deputy list of the provincial examination. His family found out the whole story of the incident and decisively decided to intervene in the matter.
These people are very clear about the difference between a businessman's family floating on the sea and a little wealth, and having a great man who has become a prominent figure in politics.
Moreover, I am very eager.
Under the powerful offensive, Guangnan Xuezheng immediately changed his mind. Liang Yong's father died young, leaving an old mother alone. She was weak and helpless. She was about to be expelled from her position by the Xuezheng and others who conspired to conspire. At this time, Jia Lan, who had paid homage to Lin Daiyu's parents in Suzhou, came south to Guangnan. After throwing out the name of Rongguo Mansion and Jieyuan of Shuntian Mansion, Jia Lan got the chance to defend Liang Zhuoru in court.
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After learning that Liang Yong actually knew the four kings and eight princes, the people who had originally planned to assassinate Liang Yong panicked.
But in the end, they saw that Jia Lan only handed a letter to the academic administration and the local magistrate, and other than that, he just stayed in the inn all day and night. They felt that Jia Lan was just a person with a big name. After all,
He is just a child, and he has grown from evil to courage, so he plans to complete the case before telling the truth.
The academic administration was a little uneasy, but no matter how he tried, Jia Lan just hid in the inn and refused to take any action. The only action he took was to take Liang Yong out of the prison according to the rules, but he was placed under house arrest by the government.
Among the inns.
As a prestigious scholar, it was really ugly to imprison Liang Yong. Before, he was alone, so naturally no one stood up for him. But now that Jia Lan is here, the slightest change has caused fierce controversy, and the academic affairs have to be released.
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On the day of the trial, Jia Lan only said a few words to the witness who pretended to be a prostitute, and with a shocking move, the woman revealed her conspiracy to everyone.
It immediately caused an uproar among the surrounding people.
The anxious academic administrator wanted to stop Jia Lan from continuing in the name of the academy teacher, but in his panic, he forgot one thing.
Jia Lan also has an official status.
Jia Lan, who was once named a seventh-grade Wenlin Lang by the emperor for his book "Enlightenment of Sound and Rhythm", is not an ordinary white body, and naturally he is not a commoner who can be dismissed with his academic and political position.
As the prostitutes, members of the Liang family, and local officials confessed their crimes under Jia Lan's eyes, Liang Zhuoru, who was already frustrated, was dumbfounded and stood aside to watch Jia Lan change his mind.
Not only did Liang Yong win back his reputation, he also received a large sum of compensation from maritime merchants who were eager to get rid of him, and became a famous local rich man.
It's just that he felt that all this money was obtained by Jialan saving his life, so he refused to accept it.
Seeing that Liang Yong was still a little disappointed, Qin Zhong advised: "Brother Zhuo Ru, now that the tribesmen and subordinate officials who conspired to seize your family property have been brought to justice, you can prepare for the trial without any worries." p>
Then he used himself as an example, "Some things actually don't need to be thought about before and after, after all, everything has passed. Everything in the world is constantly changing and changing. Is there anything that will or will not happen for sure?" p>
After hearing this, Liang Yong was shocked. She frowned and thought for a moment. Finally, her face relaxed and she laughed and said, "I never thought that I, Liang Zhuoru, would need someone's comfort one day."
After regaining his freedom and ease, he picked up the Di newspaper on the table and started reading.
But as he read, his brows furrowed again unconsciously, with a worried expression on his face.
"There are pirates in the southeast, bandits in the Central Plains, water thieves in the Huaihe River, thieves in the east of the river, how come there are bandits in the North Canal area as well? Alas, what is going on in this world?"
Qin Zhong nodded after hearing this: "In the past year or so, the world has become more and more turbulent."
Jia Lan sat aside and remained silent, not knowing what he was thinking.
Liang Yong continued to read: "The imperial court began to clear the country's land, taking the lead in Shuntian Prefecture, Hedong, and Hebei. It redistributed the ownerless fields to the people fleeing famine, and sent personnel to the north bank of the Yellow River to recruit refugees to repair the river defenses." p>
Qin Zhong was startled, then realized: "In this way, taxes will naturally increase and the court's income will increase, so naturally there will be money and food for disaster relief?"
"The Di Bao also reported that the Taoist Sage issued an edict, strictly ordering all localities to make up for the shortfall in money and grain within a time limit, otherwise they would be severely punished according to the law! From this, it seems that the Sage and the court are still motivated."
The two of them chatted one by one about the current affairs news in the newspaper, and gradually the topic switched to the conference examination a few months later.
Like the examinations of later generations, as the examinations and palace examinations were personally set by the emperor, it was very likely that questions related to current affairs would be introduced, which is why Liang Yong lamented that Guangnan was too far away from the capital.