I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 58
"How will we live the next day? His Majesty let our clan fend for ourselves! We can only receive another year's salary and Lumi."

As soon as Zhu Shunxian's father came home, he complained sadly.

"If you want me to tell you, Your Majesty was deceived by those ministers. How much money do we spend each year? Although the salary and Lumi are a little less in the past, we can barely make ends meet, but now..." Zhu Shunxian's mother said , I couldn't help feeling sad, weeping.

Zhu Shunxian and his lineage are the offshoots of King Hui's Mansion. Usually, when receiving Lumi, Prince Hui's Mansion collects all the money and food in advance, and then distributes it to the offshoots below. In this process, it is inevitable that there will be embezzlement and difficulties, so every time After Zhu Shunxian's father went to the master's house to collect the salary and Lumi, he would lose his temper when he returned home.

Right now Prince Hui's Mansion is being raided by the Jin Yiwei, the salary and Lumi are naturally lost, and they can only rely on the food stored in the family to survive. The food stored in the family needs to support a family of four, and Zhu Shunxian has a two-year-old brother.

"Father, didn't your majesty say that the clan is allowed to choose their own occupations? We can also learn from those ordinary people in farming or doing business?" Zhu Shun, who was studying in the house, heard the complaints from his parents outside, put down his books, and came out of the house, wondering.

"Hmph, what do you know? Our family is a royal family! How can we be like those ordinary people..." Zhu Shunxian's father turned dark when he heard his son's words, and sneered.

"Father, please forgive my child for being presumptuous. It doesn't matter whether this royal family has a title or not."

"You bastard, what did you say?"

"Every time we offshoots go to the master's house to collect the salary and Lumi, we will always be made things difficult by the steward. The number of my clan in the Ming Dynasty is in the millions. My child thinks that the title of royal family and noble is not precious. But when you are in a high position and have enough ability, the title of royal family and noble is even more precious."

"So the child wants to participate in this year's children's test!"

"What? You're going to take the imperial examination!" Zhu Shunxian's father couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard what the child said.

"Yes, the child wants to try it anyway!"

As the clan of the Ming Dynasty, it is not allowed to engage in other industries, so most of the clan members are idle all day long, looking for fun in different ways, either hanging around in gambling houses, or staying overnight in brothels, and they can regularly receive enough money from the court. Money and food to support the family, without the pressure of life, it is easy for a person to degenerate like this.

However, because Zhu Shunxian liked to read, he was regarded as a different kind by the rest of the clan members and was rejected. They called him a bookworm behind his back. What's the use of reading so many books?You can't take the imperial examination, let alone be an official!

Therefore, Zhu Shunxian didn't have many friends, so he could only study hard at home every day.

"Okay, if you want to take the imperial examination, then prepare well! Let outsiders see, my clan in Ming Dynasty is not all loungers." After seeing the resolute expression on his son's face, Zhu Shunxian's father said, Sighing, he didn't stop anymore.

……

Forbidden City, Cabinet.

After correcting the memorial in their hands, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, called out the little official, and sent the memorial to the Supervisor of Rites for approval.

"Speaking of which, I will try it in a few months, right? This winter is almost over." Yan Song said, putting his hands on the stove to bake.

"It should be held in March next year. By the way, the candidates for this year's examiner haven't been decided yet?" Xu Jie took the conversation, wondering.

"No, no one is willing to be the candidate for the chief examiner. Usually, the Ministry of Rites will select candidates, and this year the Ministry of Rites is not willing to select candidates." After his palms warmed up, Yan Song rubbed his hands together, then picked up his teacup and began to sip.

"I remember that when I was the chief examiner, I got an article by chance. The rhetoric was so gorgeous that I was shocked by heaven, but the article was wrong. In desperation, I was killed. There is nothing good about being the chief examiner. I just sat there. For a few days there, my nerves were tense, and I couldn't even sleep well." Xu Jie also picked up his teacup and took a sip, as if recalling.

"Well, according to the practice of previous years, the candidate for the chief examiner should have been decided long ago! No one is willing to be the chief examiner now, among other things, few people can resist the temptation alone." Yan Shifan was also nervous. Then he sighed and complained.

Everyone in the room understood what Yan Shifan was referring to. Last year, some well-connected candidates wanted to buy test questions through layers of connections. They were later discovered by the court. From the beginning of self-examiners, none of them escaped, and they all went to prison. Those candidates were also severely punished and banned from taking the imperial examination.

During the chat, a new memorial was handed up, and everyone stopped chatting immediately and continued to immerse themselves in the review.

"Eh, the land measurement in Zhejiang has been completed?" Xu Jie looked at the memorial in his hand and asked.

"The progress is so fast?" Yan Song said, taking the memorial from Xu Jie's hand.

"I heard that the person in charge of land surveying in Zhejiang was personally recommended by Mr. Xiaoge. It seems to be Gao Hanwen, right?" Xu Jie asked, turning his gaze to Yan Shifan.

"Yes, Gao Hanwen is my student." Yan Shifan replied.

"Xiao Ge really has a discerning eye, and recommended such an efficient, shrewd and capable official to the imperial court!" Xu Jie praised with a warm smile on his face.

"Xu Ge is just joking, this guy is so stupid, it's embarrassing to use! That's why I sent him to do such trivial things as measuring the land." Yan Shifan couldn't help but raise his vigilance when he heard Xu Jie's words, and said slowly.

"No matter how talented you are, it's great to be able to do things step by step! Right now, the imperial court lacks such capable officials, right, Mr. Xiaoge?" Then added a sentence.

"What Xu Ge said is true." Yan Shifan had no choice but to agree.

……

At night, the Forbidden City, the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Report to Your Majesty, Mr. Yan Ge, please see me!" After Jiajing got out of the sedation state, an eunuch came in to report.

"Let him in." Jiajing waved his hand and said calmly.

"Yes!" The eunuch who came to report the news quickly bowed and left.

"Old Yan Ge, please come in, His Majesty is waiting for you inside."

"There is Mr. Lao."

Immediately afterwards, with the support of a young eunuch, Yan Song tremblingly stepped up the stairs and entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"My humble minister Yan Song, see Your Majesty!"

"Wai Li, get up, I'm looking for you so late, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, the land in Zhejiang has been measured, please take a look at it!" Yan Song said, knelt down on the ground, and held up the memorial.

"Oh, so fast."

As Jiajing said, he took the memorial from Yan Song, read it carefully, and then put it aside.

"Since the land has been measured, how soon can we change rice to mulberry?"

"Your Majesty, the autumn harvest is almost over now, and the people have a surplus of food. When the weather warms up, half of the fields in Zhejiang can be used to officially plant mulberry trees! If I have to ask for an exact time, it should be February next year."

"Is it February next year? I'm sure! In addition, I will inform you that we must do a good job of publicity, so that the neighboring provinces will also prepare food in advance, so that it will not change at that time."

After listening to Yan Song's report, Jiajing pinched his chin and ordered.

(End of this chapter)