The first thousand and thirty-four chapters turn over
Zhou Wenden sat there without reacting for a long time.
It wasn't that he was making a fuss, it was actually because the imperial examination was the most important event in the world, and Zhou Wenden never expected that the imperial examination could be stopped.
In all walks of life in Neiqiu County, which area of life is not dominated by the imperial examination?
For example, among the rice shops, cloth shops, and salt, vinegar and soy sauce shops on the main street, which one was not opened by a scholar with a good reputation? If you were not a scholar or a scholar, how could you dare to open a shop and compete with others for business?
Colleagues are enemies! You may ask a servant to scold you, or you may ask an acquaintance from the government office to find fault with you. If you dare to compete with the scholars for business, those scholars with the background will naturally find ways to make your life easier.
Unlike commercial gathering areas like Beijing or Tianjin, business in large commercial cities is competitive, and there are some ordinary businessmen doing business. All kinds of businesses in Neiqiu County are monopolistic, and you can make money as long as you can open the door.
.The smaller the county, the more emphasis is placed on officialdom. In the small Neiqiu County, one main street and six small streets, all walks of life are controlled by scholars. The size and scale of each store on the main street can be said to be
Power map of Shilin figures in Neiqiu County.
This is the situation in the county seat.
In the countryside, the figures in the scholarly community dominate the world.
In the past, because famous scholars were exempted from paying taxes, unscrupulous people rushed to bring their land and donate it to the gentry's homes.
In recent years, the emperor has evened out the land tax in Beizhili. The gentry can no longer be exempted from taxes and their influence has become smaller. However, because of the transcendent status of the gentry, the county magistrate is partial to everyone. In the countryside, he is like a local overlord. In the countryside, he still supports everyone.
. To put it bluntly, if you offend the powerful local gentry in the countryside, the country's bosses, three, four, kings and two pockmarks will come to trouble you and force you to leave your hometown.
In the officialdom, it is the power of the well-dressed people. If nothing else, the county magistrate himself is a Jinshi.
When any county magistrate comes to Neiqiu, he must first summon the gentry to meet with him. According to the practice of official circles, the local common people seem to be not human beings. It seems that as long as they are familiar with the local gentry, they are familiar.
It's like local affairs. Every year, the county magistrate takes money from the land tax in Neiqiu County to repair the county school and reward the motivated students.
Every month, the scholars in the county hold poetry gatherings. Sometimes the county magistrate will personally participate if he is happy.
It can be said that every scholar is a well-known figure in the county and can speak in front of the county magistrate. How can the officials, yamen, police officers and errands in the county have the opportunity to speak to the county magistrate? So in
In Neiqiu County, the tyrannical people are the government officials and the police, but the really powerful people are the talented people and the government officials.
Every corner of life in Neiqiu County is full of respect and fear for scholars. Every time the children's examination results are released, wherever the messengers go, there are often crowds of people, and hundreds of people follow the messengers.
, I just wanted to see which family’s children were talented in high school again. This time, I jumped over the dragon gate and became a master.
As for those who are successful in the provincial examination, it will be even more empty. It is no exaggeration to say that wherever a successful candidate is elected, it will be a major event that will affect the politics and economy of Neiqiu County for decades.
But today, Huang Guiji said that all this is coming to an end.
There are no more imperial examinations, no more scholars, no more candidates for examination, and there will be no more Jinshi masters in the future.
Who will be the official in the future? Won’t all the shops in this county lose their backers overnight? How will those ordinary people who flatter the scholars treat the scholars in the future? What will those scholarly masters who run rampant in the countryside count in the future? They will be punished.
Revenge and smashing?
What does this mean? Then the order in Neiqiu County will be completely chaotic?
The more Zhou Wenden thought about it, the more terrifying he felt, and his face became more and more gloomy.
Of course, what Zhou Wenden is most unhappy about is his flattery and investment in Huang Guiji.
Over the years, Zhou Wendeng has spent hundreds of taels of silver just on treating Huang Guiji to drinks and visiting brothels. Not all of this was spent in Neiqiu County. In Huang Guiji's eyes, the local restaurants and brothels in Neiqiu County were too low-end. Zhou Wendeng often rode horses with Huang Guiji.
Go to the city and enjoy the day and night, never stop getting drunk.
During the holidays, Zhou Wenden, who was three years older than Huang Guiji, would always respectfully visit Huang Guiji's home and give him gifts as a younger brother.
However, today, all these efforts were in vain.
The imperial examination is about to stop, and the Ming Dynasty is about to change.
From now on, there will be no more scholars or scholars.
This Huang Guiji is not an exquisite person. Apart from reading, he is not good at life and is very arrogant in his work. In the future, if he loses his fame, he will probably not be as good as an ordinary person.
Huang Guiji hadn't noticed Zhou Wenden's face yet, and was still sighing.
"This King of Qi is really the world's... the greatest harm to the world. The legal system of our ancestors in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years was changed when the King of Qi came to him. The clothes and honors of us scholars are all trash from now on!"
Zhou Wenden asked with a dark face, "Is this news true?"
Huang Guiji smiled bitterly and said: "Is this still false? The news has already spread in the city, and the people are all excited. They gather in the market teahouse and talk about it. It's just that it hasn't spread to Neiqiu County yet. I guess tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, Neiqiu County
The county is going to explode too.”
"Have you ever heard of Tianjin's public ethics exam? I'm afraid you will have to take the public ethics exam to become an official or even a civil servant in the future!"
Zhou Wenden looked at Huang Guiji with some annoyance.
In the eyes of Zhou Wenden, Huang Guiji is now a useless scholar, a scholar who has spent several years of his efforts and money in vain.
Zhou Wenden was getting annoyed there when suddenly someone rushed over from the road below the window holding a copy of Tianjin Daily.
"The sky has changed!"
"The sky has changed!"
"Come and listen to me! It was published in the Tianjin Daily the day before yesterday! The imperial examination has been canceled nationwide!"
Everyone on the street looked at the man holding the newspaper in horror.
The short peddler didn't know if he was bullied by the scholars on weekdays. At this moment, he stood at the door of the drunken guest building with a proud look on his face and shouted loudly: "Go to hell, you bastard, don't do it again in the future."
There is no such thing as a scholar!"
"Even police officers and police officers will have to take the public ethics test in the future. If they fail the test, they will all get out!"
When Zhou Wenden heard that last sentence, he slammed the table angrily.
Huang Guiji was startled when he slapped the table.
Zhou Wenden's face was already a little ferocious, and he snorted coldly: "Huang Guiji, you also have this day?"
Huang Guiji heard this and looked at Zhou Wenden in horror.
Zhou Wenden has turned against himself so quickly? This is too fast. Why is this sentence so ugly? Zhou Wenden has been dissatisfied with himself all these years?
The restaurant owner at the next table suddenly slapped the table when he saw this, and looked over in surprise. There are only a few dozen scholars in Neiqiu County, and the relationship between Zhou Wenden and Huang Guiji is well known in Neiqiu County. Unexpectedly, the imperial examination
As soon as it stopped, Wynden fell out this week.
Zhou Wenden looked at the restaurant owner and felt that his betrayal was too quick and it would be a joke if word spread.
Moreover, I have to take the public ethics test in the future. I really don’t know if I can continue to be a policeman in the future.
He snorted coldly, suppressed the unknown anger in his heart, and said to the restaurant owner with a smile: "Store, things have changed, things have really changed, and we must be more ethical from now on. I'm afraid we police officers will have to take the ethics exam in the future.
Okay!"
The restaurant owner's glasses kept spinning, as if he was reassessing the current situation.
Zhou Wenden said with a smile: "Boss, it's unreasonable for me to dominate the whole floor of the restaurant by myself, and let the customers on the first floor come up to have a bar!"
"It makes us happy when we all have fun together!"
