Another waiter, Wang Er, said: "Liu Liu, what do you care about this? Work quickly, otherwise the shopkeeper will curse again." As he said this, he walked towards a table with the rice in his hand.
Liu Liu glanced at the shopkeeper, then hurriedly took the plate and served food to the guests at another table.
The three big men finished their meal, and the man with a Kaifeng accent said: "Waiter, pay the bill."
Liu Liu happened to come over when he was free and said: "Three guests, one meat dish, one vegetarian dish and one mixed cucumber, plus six pancakes, a total of fifty-two Wen."
The big man with a Kaifeng accent said: "Why are they so expensive! In our town, these things only cost thirty yuan."
Liu Liu said: "How is it different in the town and in the county? We harvest vegetables outside the city, and the food must be more expensive than in the town. And there are no gods in the county who can take care of it?"
The big man seemed to be talking about something, but he didn't say anything. He took out money from his pocket and paid the bill. When they left, Liu Liu let out a "hum" and said to himself: "I originally thought
For those who want to get two cents out of you, I won’t spare a cent for what I say to you.”
The three big men left the restaurant and went to the drugstore to grab medicine. The drugstore clerk asked: "Why, you didn't bring the prescription? We can't just give you medicine. We are a century-old store. If you take any medicine from
What should we do if something happens to the medicine we caught here?"
The person with a slight Sanqin accent said: "We are familiar with this recipe, so we can make it without using the recipe."
The waiter said: "Then you recite the prescription again, and you are not allowed to run away." The man recited it again.
Seeing that he was reciting it very skillfully, the clerk felt that he was not reciting it blindly, so he finally gave them medicine.
The three of them thanked the clerk at the drug store and then left the city through the south gate. As they were leaving the city, one of them secretly glanced at the documents and portraits of seamen posted on the wall.
Seeing that there was no one around, the three of them walked forward quickly until they arrived at a small forest. The person with a slight Sanqin accent imitated a cat's meow twice, and several chicken crows of "cluck cluck" came from the woods.
, and then the three of them walked into the woods.
There was a big man in the woods, but he was lying weakly in the grass. A man with a slight Sanqin accent came forward and said: "Brother Chen, the medicine is here." The man named Brother Chen lying on the ground said, "Huh."
' made a sound, then opened his eyes and said in Chinese dialect: "Brother Wang, thank you for your hard work."
The man called Brother Wang said: "It's not hard, as long as I can get you back."
The man with the Huguang accent took out a clay pot and went to the river to fill it with water. He also gathered some firewood, took out a fire stick, lit the firewood and started boiling the medicine.
The big man with a Kaifeng accent said: "It's considered that we have caught the drug. All the way from Sanqin, there are sea arrest documents posted all the way. It's really, ugh."
The man called Brother Wang said: "After taking three medicines and Chen Ershe can walk, we can continue walking east. In my experience, everything will be fine after Kaifeng. We can take medicine there."
The person with the Huguang accent asked: "Brother Wang, where are we going?"
Brother Wang said: "Go to Shandong!"
The person with a Kaifeng accent said: "Brother Wang, you can't go to Shandong. We are believers in Mingjiao and worship the God of Light. The one in Shandong worships Maitreya."
Brother Wang said: "Since the fusion of Mingjiao and White Lotus, no matter whether we worship the God of Light, Maitreya or the Holy Mother of White Lotus, we are all one family. There is nothing we can't go to. It's just that we can live under other people's hands when we get there."
Listen to others. That’s better than losing your life!”
After listening to his words, the other two people thought it made sense and stopped talking about the matter. But it was too boring to wait for the medicine to be boiled. The man with the Kaifeng accent said: "Brother Wang, these portions of your
The road guides are really well prepared. They are there everywhere, otherwise we would not be able to escape. The names are also good."
Brother Wang said: "It's better to be prepared. I also put some thought into the name. I am called Vajra Slave, so I named myself Wang Yaojin. Alas, it's a pity for those brothers. I have prepared several guides for each of them."
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Hearing him mention those brothers, the other two also fell silent. For a while, the only sound of "gurgling" water could be heard in this land.
After retiring from the court, Zheng Yi, the Minister of Rites, returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites. When Zheng Yi came home from get off work in the evening, Yuan Zhi, who had spoken during the day, and Zheng Gongzhi, the editor of the History Museum, and Lou Lian, who was responsible for the affairs of the Rites Department, also came to his home.
Yuanzhi said: "Senior Zheng, why did you allow this plan to open the sea to be passed today? Opening the sea will cause all kinds of harm and no benefit, and it will definitely make the people restless."
Just when Zheng Yigang was about to speak, Zheng Gongzhi said: "Brother Yuan, you still can't see it. Your Majesty has already given permission. It's just a matter of going through it in the court."
Yuan Zhi said: "Why did your Majesty allow this?"
Zheng Gongzhi said: "Then how do we know? However, His Highness actually proposed such a strategy, which shows that he is not willing to follow the rules. In the future, after a hundred years of becoming a saint, then..."
Hearing what he said, Zheng Yi shouted: "The current Holy One will definitely live a hundred years." After a pause, he said: "Chen Xingshan always praised His Highness in the East Palace, calling him a benevolent, righteous, filial and filial king. You also
I know that Chen Xingshan is an upright person and never flatters others, which shows that His Highness is quite good."
Others did not dare to talk about this topic anymore. Lou Lian said: "I am just indignant and respectful. Han Yong and the others did not even speak out in support."
Zheng Yi sighed and said: "Since last year's 'North and South Ranking' case, although His Highness later proposed that the Chungui Ranking will be divided into the Northern and Southern Rankings, the Northern Juzi and the Southern Juzi will no longer compete with each other for the Chungui Jinshi quota.
But this Liangzi can't last for a year and a half, we have to wait until the next spring."
"And at that time, we all said: Since no fraud was found, the Chinese-style imperial examination should be recognized. But Ju Jing, Han Yong and other northerners repeatedly submitted letters until His Majesty made the final decision.
Until the decision is made. Although we and them are all gentlemen, we will not cut off our robes because of this matter, but it will always affect our friendship."
The North-South Ranking Case was the most important scientific examination case in the early Ming Dynasty. Wu Chen died of illness at the time of the Ming Dynasty, Bao Xun retired and returned home, and Liu Sanwu was the only remaining Confucian scholar. Lao Zhu then decided to make Liu Sanwu the chief examiner. As a result, this scientific examination
The first batch of 51 candidates admitted were all from the south. After seeing the results, the candidates from the north were in an uproar. They held a demonstration in the capital and jointly filed a letter accusing Liu Sanwu and others of fraud.
Under normal circumstances, if anyone dares to parade in the capital to join forces, the coffin can be prepared and used immediately. But in this matter, Lao Zhu did not dare to act rashly, and sent someone recognized as selfless in the court to investigate.
No fraud.
However, the results of the investigation showed that no one had committed fraud, and the people who investigated the fraud said that the best people in the north were not as good as the last people from the south on the list. Then someone sued these people who checked whether there was fraud.
People were not clean either. Lao Zhu finally had all the officials punished, some lost their heads and some were exiled. Then he admitted 61 northerners to the Chinese-style examination, and then passed the imperial examination and became Jinshi.
Zheng Yi and others were both from the south, so naturally they had to speak for the southerners. Ju Jing, Han Yong and others were all from the north, and there were fewer officials in the north and they were more united, so Liangzi was formed.
Hearing Zheng Yi mention the "North and South List" case, the others were silent. The imperial examination conflict between the north and the south has been around since the Tang Dynasty. It's okay if it's not obvious at ordinary times. It was so big last year that it can't be bridged in a while.
After a long time, Zheng Gongzhi still said: "It's not that the charter of the Municipal Shipping Company has not been released. We can push and pull it when we discuss the charter." But everyone knows that there is no point in finding faults in the charter. A few people
We changed the topic and discussed the meaning of the scriptures for a while, and exchanged new insights on reading the Four Books and Five Classics, and then they dispersed.
On the way back to Wenhua Hall after leaving the court, Qin Song and Yunxi said: "Your Highness really spoke well in the court today." Qin Song is a hereditary commander. Today is China and North Korea, so he can go to court.
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At this time, Chen Xingshan and others were waiting in the East Nuan Pavilion of Wenhua Hall. Yun He said: "Now the civil servants, even those who accept death, are not united because of last year's North-South issue. As long as the southerners say something, even if
Neither refute nor support. And besides the Hanlin Academy, the Ministry of Rites, and the Taichang Temple in Ming Dynasty, there are not many people who accept death. All they have to do is throw out a reason that they can't refute. Besides, there are still people who live along the coast.
People will come out to help."
At this time, the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty did not have any party disputes as in later generations. That happened after the Jiajing Dynasty. Although there were disputes before that, there were no inseparable small groups bound by geography and interests. Most of them were organized by
People with similar views form a faction. Of course, when it comes to their hometown, even people from different factions will fight for their hometown with one voice.
Qin Song said: "North and South List, how did His Highness come up with the idea of dividing it into North and South List? It is really a way to resolve disputes."
Yunxi smiled and said nothing. Lian Zining asked him once last year. Can he say that he saw it from history books? And dividing the list into north and south is not his ultimate goal. He wants to divide the admission into provinces like later generations.
In that way, the candidates in Sanqin in the north, Yunnan in the south, and Guangxi will definitely be grateful to him. So he plans to promulgate it after he succeeds to the throne, and the candidates will be admitted by different offices.
Of course, Yunxi will definitely not make the exam as unfair as the college entrance examination in later generations. The probability of a student from Peiping getting into Peking University or Tsinghua University is more than 100 times that of Yanzhao. Yunxi will definitely not allow this to happen.