General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 172 Returning to Xishan
As the singing of cicadas fades away and the ears of wheat in the suburbs gradually turn yellow, the college examination, which was originally caused by the drowning of the "sage" in Xishan, also started. Qiu Wei.

The revocation of the exam did not happen, but the number of students participating in this subject decreased a lot.

It is comparable to Qiuwei in the same year.

Many scholars in Nanzhili who were supposed to take the provincial examination this year were expelled because of the Lu Huai case.

If this is an ordinary province, it may not have much impact.

But this is the holy place of culture and education in Ming Dynasty, and it is a place where talented scholars are half the world. The lack of so many Jiangnan candidates in the Gengxu Division in Jiajing 29 is destined to have a major impact on the admission results of this subject.

After the autumn, in the south and the north of Daming, two people, one civil and one military, will embark on the road to Beijing to prepare for the next year's spring.

The name of the Wenju from Hainan who was influenced by Jiangnan's examination case was Hai Rui.

The Shandong Wuju native who was affected by the Jiyou Rebellion was named Qi Jiguang.

As the autumn harvest was approaching, the number of merchants gathering in Jinling also increased significantly. After all, only Xishan practiced the whipping method, and the rest of the counties in the south of the Yangtze River were still receiving people's compensation. Therefore, after a month or two, Huguang, Sichuan, Jiangxi, etc. All the fleets escorting grain from the province will travel up the river to Jinling.

At that time, it will also become one of the two most lively periods of the year in Jinling.

"Zhang Butang, Mr. Ji Yang is dead?"

Ning Jue was bored looking at the empty yamen gate, while Zhang Jia, the subordinate staff in command of the two military yamen, hung a sign in the yamen.

"It's on the left, all right, it's straight, let's hang it up."

"Ke Zhong, are you still expecting Mr. Ji Yang to come to your account?"

Ning Jue glanced at the wooden plaque, only to see the words "Strictly Forbid Colleagues to Fight Each Other" on the wooden plaque with six vigorous characters.

"Then you can't get two slaps and let it go?"

Zhang Jia glanced at Ning Jue and remained silent.

Why hang this plaque?
Isn't it because I'm afraid that this matter hasn't passed yet!

Anyway, it's also one of Daming's six films, how many people come to fight in it every day?
It wasn't until Ning Jue tapped on the desk with the newly ordered chao wat out of boredom, and reviewed the progress of the Xishan Whip Technique.

For the past few days, Ning Jue has been looking at various official documents of Xishan every day.

It was only then that I realized that this whip technique was indeed terrifying.

The frightening thing is that he knew he had a big bug, but he ran steadily in Xishan, and even the people of Xishan still praised him.

"Zhang Butang, do you know where Mr. Jiyang's home is?"

Zhang Jia glanced at Ning Jue warily.

"Ke Zhong, if you call the door again, it will be too much."

Ning Jue pinned the wat board on his back, then got up and said: "Don't worry Zhang Butang, the autumn harvest is coming, I have to go to Xishan again, I must go to see Mr. Jiyang before I leave."

"really?"

"really."

Seeing what Ning Jue said, Zhang Jia told Ning Jue He Qian's address.

Before leaving, Zhang Jia pulled Ning Jue vigilantly and said, "Ke Zhong, you must not be impulsive!"

"I know."

"What I mean is, if you are impulsive, don't tell others that I told you the address of the He family."

Ning Jue was speechless.

Then he searched for the address of the He family by himself.

After all, he was also a third-rank member of the imperial court, and the He family was located on Liren Street after the Ministry of War went west across the Dazhong Bridge.
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"If you don't just report it, it's Ning Jue who visited Mr. Jiyang!"

"What about the servant of the Ministry of Punishment? Don't you have such a little courtesy? At least give me a cup of tea!"

Ning Jue knocked on the door of He's house several times.

The concierge didn't even show his face.

Ning Jue didn't expect He Qian to be so open-minded.

I even sent it to my door by myself, even if you asked two people to trick me, who would know this? !

Ning Jue finally understood that this group of people are used to being listless, and after being slapped twice, they would just hide and wait for the sinner.

Before Ning Jue could turn around, a soft voice came from behind.

"Officer? What are you doing here?"

Ning Jue looked back and saw that it was Gu Qingnong, with a little maid following behind her, she hadn't seen her for a few days, and Gu Qingnong even matched the maid.

With the support of the old lady of the Gu family, Gu Kexue really treated Gu Qing as his own family.

Then he pointed to the door of the house and said: "This He Jiyang is not a son of man. I came to see if his injury is healed, but he didn't even open the door for me!"

"It's too much, the He family is also a big family, how can they be so rude, at least there should be an explanation!"

"Well, it's not unreasonable."

"I didn't even say anything about keeping guests away."

"His injury was caused by me."

The words that Lu Qing got out of his mouth were suppressed by Ning Jue's words.

You're a 50-year-old man, why are you here after beating someone up!
What Ning Jue didn't know was that since returning home that day, He Qian had directly reported illness, and spent the whole day writing something in the study, and sometimes until midnight, the servants of He's family could still vaguely hear it. The sound of abacus coming from the study.

From time to time, people will be sent out to inquire about news.

Ning Jue looked at the little maid behind Gu Qingnong with some doubts.

"Who is this……?"

The servant girl hastily bowed her body and performed a Wanfu salute.

"The servant girl pities the moon."

This little maid looks like she is only about 14 years old, and her appearance is not bad.

Gu Kexue, an old man who doesn't do business, is not doing business, but his aesthetics are excellent.

Seeing Ning Jue staring at Lian Yue in a daze.

Gu Qingnong also had a smile on his face: "The officials are looking for Lian Yue? How about I ask Lian Yue to be your roommate?"

Hearing this, Lian Yue's little face turned red immediately.

"What did my sister say?"

Ning Jue shook his head and said solemnly: "You have a Xishan accent, where are you from Xishan?"

"From Taibo Township, Xishan."

Ning Jue frowned thoughtfully for a moment.

"You and Zou Donghu are in the same place."

"Yes."

During this period of time, Ning Jue didn't do anything else, except to get to know the customs of Xishan.

"Haven't been home for a while."

Lian Yue raised her head suspiciously.

"I haven't been home for more than half a year. There is a lot of work in the house, and I only have two days of leisure with my sister."

"How about I take you... two back to your house?"

Lian Yue glanced at Gu Qingnong in astonishment.

"Go back to my house?"

Ning Jue frowned, lowered his head and said, "The whip is imminent, everything in Xishan is going too smoothly."

"Success is not good?"

"Some things can't be seen on the official letter. I have to go to the bottom of Xishan to have a look."

Lian Yue looked at Gu Qingnong in confusion.

Gu Qingnong immediately took out a piece of loose silver and handed it to Lianyue.

"Take it, I'll talk to Mrs. Tai."

"Miss Xie."

"Tomorrow, we will still take Zhu Xizhong's boat."

The south of the Yangtze River is no better than the Beijing Normal University, which is just a lonely big city at the foot of the Great Wall.

In addition to the capital, Baoding Mansion can barely be seen further south, and only the military town is left in the rest of the city.

Jinling is completely different. It is a cluster of rich and large counties, and it also has a dense water network, and the traffic is several times smoother in the north.

This time, Zhu Xizhong's cruise ship did not stop at the pier where it docked last time, but traveled along the canal of Xishan County for another section until it arrived at Taibo Township, fifty miles southeast of Xishan County.

Taibo, namely Wu Taibo.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the founding king of Wu State established his capital in Taibo Township, hence the name, and then dug the Bodu River to divert the water from Taihu Lake to irrigate the fields, and now the Bodu River has become a part of the Grand Canal.

After Zou Wang started his family, he also built a water terminal in Taibo Township. Of course, the most fundamental thing was to facilitate the transportation of the Zou family's goods.

This is also cheaper for Ning Jue, saving a lot of things.

To Ning Jue's surprise, many Lifus were hiding in the shade of trees on the supposedly busy pier.

And the granaries that were originally packed to the brim will become empty now, and many warehouse chains are too lazy to lock them, so they just leave the doors open.

"Where's the food in Taibo Township?"

Lian Yue also looked at the granary in front of her with a puzzled expression.

"Although the autumn harvest is coming, it shouldn't be like this."

Ning Jue also sensed something was wrong, but didn't say anything, just followed Lian Yue's ass and walked towards their house.

The village of Lianyue's family was not far from the wharf, so instead of taking a boat, they found a bullock cart along the way. After giving a dozen copper coins, they agreed to take a group of three people with them. The bullock cart with two neighbors Lifu of the village.

As soon as you get out of the pier, you seem to have come to another world.

The dense buildings on the pier also disappeared, replaced by golden rice waves and canals.

There are still many farmers working in the field.

There are dark-skinned sharecroppers or self-cultivators, as well as some whiter ones. They are small landlords with little land in their families, and they have to go to the fields to help at such times.

But many people still have smiles on their faces.

After all, the caning method was tried out in Xishan this year, and everyone said it was a good and virtuous method.

At least stronger than before.

But one of them, Li Fu, couldn't help but sighed deeply.

"Ugh."

Ning Jue probed suspiciously and asked, "Why is Big Brother sighing?"

"There's no work on the pier, can't I just sigh?"

Ning Jue smiled and said, "The crops in Xishan are growing well this year, so it shouldn't be a problem if you don't have work, right?"

Na Lifu shook his head.

"Growth is good enough for ass, at most it won't starve to death, alas."

Gu Qing asked suspiciously: "With more food, can't we also sell more money to supplement the family?"

When the two Lifu heard this, there were some wry smiles on their faces.

"Sister, guess why there is no rice on this pier?"

"Why?"

"As soon as the court's decree was promulgated, Zou Yuanwai hurriedly cleared all the rice warehouses and sent them to Yangzhou to exchange salt."

Gu Qing asked suspiciously: "But what does this have to do with your family's autumn harvest?"

Na Lifu was obviously confused by Gu Qing.

"If I knew this, would I still be able to carry bags on the pier?"

"Since Zou Yuanwai has done this, wait until this new or old law is implemented."

"The result must be that Zou Yuanwai made money again for some reason, and those of us who planed in the fields lost money for some reason."

As he spoke, Na Lifu wiped the sweat on his head.

"Either he is an outsider!"

"Damn it, if I knew it, I might as well not go to the pier. I would be as happy as them at home if I didn't make this trip. At least these two days are very happy."

(End of this chapter)