The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

Xu Er had a sad face, suddenly had an idea, and said in a low voice, "Father! I didn't go out to prostitute. I went to scout for information on behalf of you."

"The 13 kinds of places, what can we inquire about?" Xu Jie didn't believe it.

Xu Er said in a low voice: "This literary meeting is organized by those people from the Zhejiang Guild Hall."

Xu Jie nodded.

Zhejiang Guild Hall is actually a guild hall established in Beijing by wealthy Zhejiang merchants to serve officials, businessmen and students of Zhejiang origin.In fact, not only Zhejiang, but also all affluent southern provinces have guild halls in Beijing.

The usual function of these guild halls is to serve as fellow villagers’ associations for officials and businessmen to connect with each other, hold dinner parties and so on. In the year of the imperial examination competition, they were temporarily changed to provide accommodation for scholars from the province to take the exam in Beijing. Rest inn.

What?Don't these scholars spend money to rent houses?

If you lived in the Ming Dynasty, you would definitely not say that.

Because the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty are really popular!

You know, every imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty, there were at least tens of thousands of candidates who came to take the exam.

They are not alone!

In drama, those who go to Beijing to take part in the examination, many are poor scholars, a poor ghost.

But this is not true.

In fact, as long as you pass the provincial examination and become a Juren master, you don't have to worry about money at all!

That is to say, you were a pauper with no family in the past. As long as you have the status of Juren, you will immediately be trampled by countless people holding land deeds and real estate money.

This is called "offering fields".Because of the law of the Ming Dynasty, 300 hectares of land in a Juren family are tax-free!

Therefore, under the name of a new applicant, even if he had nothing before, he will immediately have 300 hectares of land, which will be automatically sent to his door to obtain a tax exemption amount.

Of course, this kind of tax exemption cannot be used in vain. The price is that 50% of the tax that should have been handed over to the court will be used as a gift for the land, and will be given to the Lord Juren for nothing.Of course, the original owner's 50% tax was saved.It is equal to Juren and the original owner, adding two to one to five, and sharing the tax of 300 hectares of land.Everyone is suitable.

Even if you really have no money, you don’t bother to accept land offerings. If you want to go to Beijing to catch the exam, there will be a lot of businessmen and gentry vying to pay you and send servants for you to enter Beijing.After all, if you spend 80 taels of silver, you may be able to pay a future champion, or at least two Jinshi, this business is extremely cost-effective.

Therefore, with fame, there will be no paupers.

Of course, these wealthy Juren will not go to Beijing alone.

They usually have servants, vehicles and boats, at least two or three people.

Then one room is certainly not enough!

The price of an inn that can usually be used for three days for one tael of silver has been raised to one tael a day for the price of one month before the imperial examination!And does not include board and lodging!

Even more savvy Beijing residents, people who are close to the examination room of the Gongyuan and the Imperial College will clean their houses in advance. The monthly rent of a house is ten times higher than usual, which is enough to cover the expenses of a family for a year!

The point is, even if you have money, you may not be able to order it!

Usually one or two years in advance, all major inns in the capital are fully booked, no matter what the price, there are no vacant rooms!

If some inexperienced candidates come to Beijing temporarily, they may not even have a place to live.

Even the monasteries in the suburbs of Beijing will be occupied by these people who have nowhere to go, begging grandpa to sue grandma, just asking for a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

This is also the reason why there are so many ghosts, foxes and fairies in Mao Mingchao's novels, and all kinds of stories that have to be told with poor scholars in monasteries.

In this way, businessmen from various provinces have built guild halls in Beijing one after another. As long as you are an examinee in the province, you don’t need to spend money, and you will be provided with food and accommodation, and even provide various services for you to take the exam!

This is called vision.

Xu Jie heard that it was done by the Zhejiang Guild Hall. Thinking that the Zhejiang Guild Hall is very close to Bada Hutong, his face looks a little better.He is from Zhejiang, and Xu Er's student status is from Zhejiang, so he is also a member of the Zhejiang Guild Hall.

But he was still not allowed to go out.

Xu Er became impatient, and in order to pretend to be brave, he said in a low voice: "Father! Luo Wanhua lives in the Zhejiang Guild Hall at 320! I went there just to show you how Luo Wanhua is, and to kill him by the way." Yes! Otherwise, you think I'm full?"

Xu Jie's eyes turned cold!

Luo Wanhua is definitely one of his confidantes.

Because Xu Jie and Luo Wanhua's Liangzi are deeper than the sea.

If you still remember, Luo Wanhua is a genius student in Zhejiang. He was born at the age of 6 and was known as a young genius. Be the best man in the country!

It's a pity, because Xu Jie also wanted his eldest son, Xu Yang, to get Zhejiang Huiyuan, and sent Zhang Juzheng to make Luo Wanhua better acquainted, and to fail in the provincial examination. With ten times the strength, the article was full of flowers, and even the chief examiner who Xu Jie had greeted did not dare to deny him the first place!

(Let me explain, the previous imperial examination was very close, and it was the Enke examination by the emperor Jiaen. It is not a normal three-year competition. As the name suggests, the Enke examination is the emperor's willful, happy, and decree to hold a separate one The imperial examination, because it will take an extra 400 Jinshi, is a kind of grace to scholars, so it is called Enke.)

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Chapter 1061 Eliminate harm for the imperial court!Get rid of the thieves! 【1】

Ever since Luo Wanhua met Yuan, Xu Jie held a grudge, and finally used the authority of the Ministry of Rites to let Luo Wan change his name to Luosun Shan during the examination. He was out of 400 in the country, and he didn't even pass the examination!

And what's even more unfortunate is that in the ensuing Linyong debate, Luo Wanhua turned out to be eloquent, Ouyang Yijing, the scolding god who was still under Xu Jie's command at the time, was valued by Yan Song, and publicly expressed that he was very optimistic about you.

This time Ding Weike was recruiting scholars, Luo Wanhua made a comeback, and the chief examiner was Yan Song!

Xu Jie couldn't help being afraid.

He has seen Luo Wanhua's examination papers in the Zhejiang Examination. The four essays written in the Four Books, Five Classics, and Stereotyped Essays are colorful and well-founded. It is definitely well deserved to get the Huiyuan, otherwise he will be the one who said hello. Examiner, why don't you dare not let him get the first place!

With Luo Wanhua's strength, this time Ding Weike's selection of scholars, at worst, is within the top ten of the second class, and even hits the top three of the first class!

Maybe, Luo Wanhua will change suddenly and become the champion of the new department!

This is very possible when Yan Song is the chief examiner and takes Luo Wanhua very seriously.