Emperor Hongzhi sighed when he saw Wang Guang not speaking.

Then, he said, "Okay, the Qing family still has made contributions."

After all, he couldn't bear to pursue it.

What's the point of pursuing these?

Wang Guang has already done his best within his knowledge.

This is already a parent official with outstanding political achievements. What should I blame?

If you want to blame, no one can blame it.

These eight-legged essays were originally the national policy of the Ming Dynasty, and were decided by Emperor Taizu Gao. Now we can't blame the local parents for looking at these eight-legged essays too important.

only……

Emperor Hongzhi was flipping through these examples.

These are all kinds of flowers and clever articles with extremely neat parallelism. Emperor Hongzhi thought in his heart... What are the benefits of these things to the country now?

The world has changed.

The responsibilities undertaken by the government are becoming heavier and heavier, which can be seen from the prefectures and counties in the new government.

The issues involved are all kinds of tricks. Can people who only know how to be a essay by just one sentence can be managed?

Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi cheered up.

This time, he looked at Fang Jifan: "Fang Qing's family..."

"The son is here."

Fang Jifan kept silent. In fact, he was too lazy to say anything because... he was hungry.

With His Majesty's serious temperament, he could not predict when he would be able to have a meal with His Majesty. The smartest way at this time is to speak less, consume less energy, and retain more physical strength in case of emergency needs.

Fang Jifan's prediction was correct.

Your Majesty has no intention of having a meal now.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "I heard that Nantong is also working on new policies?"

Tongzhou is divided into Nantongzhou and Northern Tongzhou. Northern Tongzhou connects the northern section of the canal, close to the capital, while Nantongzhou connects the southern end of the Grand Canal, close to Nanjing.

This Grand Canal is the most important artery of the Ming Dynasty. The two Tongzhous connected this canal and were both important places for the transportation route.

Because of this, Nantong Prefecture is a key place, with merchants gathering and countless goods gathered here, and countless taxes in Jiangnan were distributed. They also set off here and sent to the capital. After the new policy began to penetrate, Nantong Prefecture became the most eye-catching place. Some strategies of the new policy began to be piloted in Nantong Prefecture. The appointed magistrate of Nantong Prefecture was named Zeng Jianwen. This person's origin was different from other places. He was not an official who obtained scholars through the eight-legged essay, but a civil servant promoted by Ouyang Zhi in Baoding Prefecture and was promoted step by step.

This person is almost like a small and transparent person in the temple. No one mentioned him in the temple and was regarded as an air-like existence.

Now Emperor Hongzhi suddenly talked about Nantong Prefecture, Fang Jifan said: "Your Majesty, that is, Nantong had already begun to implement the new policy three years ago."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said, "You might as well go and have a look."

It seems that Emperor Hongzhi will become interested in any place where the new policy is implemented.

This is understandable.

After all, Nantongzhou is the first pilot project in Jiangnan and has a great impact. If Nantongzhou cannot be done well, then it will be insufficient to promote it to the entire Jiangnan.

Going to Nantong again?

Fang Jifan was speechless, but he did not dare to neglect and said honestly: "Yes."

Emperor Hongzhi looked back at Wang Guang: "Your family will also go with me, and the director will be notified here by the mansion."

After hearing this, Wang Guang didn't know what Your Majesty was thinking: "Does Your Majesty also want to see the education of Nantong Prefecture... This Nantong Prefecture was a Jinshi and had no high school last year... This education is at the bottom among the prefectures of Nanzhili."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled slightly: "You will know if you go and take a look."

As long as he leaves the palace, Emperor Hongzhi always has infinite energy and is not afraid of any trouble.

"Your Majesty..." Wang Guang thought for a while and said, "I'm brave enough... I want to know what your Majesty is looking for when visiting the government privately? Can you make it clear?"

Emperor Hongzhi decisively: "Hope..."

hope……

Wang Guang was stunned.

...

Emperor Hongzhi did not choose to eat in the prefect's yamen, but rushed to Tongzhou every night.

Therefore, the emperor was found here. When a large number of guards from Fengyang arrived, everyone was stunned again, Your Majesty... left again.

This is thanks to the carriage and horses. Because the carriage and horses are comfortable, the long journey was not wasteful for Emperor Hongzhi. He only sat on the sofa, used some pastries, or repaired them.

Fang Jifan cannot always be in the same car as His Majesty, and can only go when His Majesty summons him.

Because there were not enough cars and horses, he had to be in the car with Wang Guang.

Wang Guang set out with the sage in confusion, but... Before leaving, the magistrate in the mansion called him aside and whispered: "Your Majesty's sage today is very strange. He suddenly came to ask about education. Is this sermon related to the rumors in the capital?"

"Rumor?" Wang Guang looked at the magistrate in surprise: "What are the rumors in Beijing?"

"It is reported that Your Majesty was instigated by the Duke of Qi to abolish the imperial examination."

Buzzing...

Wang Guang's mind suddenly buzzed. His legs were weak and he was about to collapse. He opened his eyes wide and said, "Is the news reliable? Will it be just a false statement?"

The judge said, "How can there be groundless things in this world? There are rumors in the capital. Now Your Majesty suddenly worships his ancestors again, and then we came to our Luzhou Prefecture, the lord and the officials thought that this was almost the same."

Wang Guang was shocked and felt that the sky had fallen.

It is already a terrible thing to abolish the imperial examination.

If His Majesty came to Luzhou before abolishing the imperial examination, it would inevitably lead to many unreasonable speculations, and he might have become a great sinner.

At this time, he was full of dismay. Although he was in the same car as Fang Jifan, Fang Jifan was sitting on the sofa in the middle and Wang Guangjing was with the last seat, but he was absent-minded.

Fang Jifan was too lazy to pay attention to him.

It’s not true that Wang Guang is not true that he doesn’t know how to be honest.

He stared at me for a day and was stunned for a while. The next day, Wang Guang couldn't help it: "The Xiaguan heard a lot of rumors in Beijing. I heard... the imperial court intends to abolish the imperial examination? I wonder if the Duke of Qi heard about it?"

Fang Jifan said: "Who said it's not my business anyway. Why? You still want to throw dirty water on me? How many heads do you have?"

Wang Guang: “…”

If it wasn't for Fang Jifan's instigation, then who else could it be? There must be someone, right?

I think of His Majesty who actually went to Nantong Prefecture and took me with me. I was a parent official in the place. How could I leave my post without permission? What is the intention of His Majesty's move?

Wang Guang was worried and forced a smile, then said, "Duke Qi, don't be angry, please... the official means... this matter is very important. Will it be just a rumor in the market and not trustworthy?"

"have no idea."

Wang Guang: “…”

Obviously, he still did not intend to give up and continued: "If the imperial examination is abolished, the problem will be serious. Think about it, how many scholars have maintained their wealth and life on this, this is no joke."

Fang Jifan showed some impatientness and said coldly: "Why are you so long-winded? Shut up."

Wang Guang thought about it and it seemed that if he really abolished the eight-legged essays, he might be crushed to pieces. But this is a matter for the future and is better than death now. It is better to keep a useful body and wait for hope to be real.

Emperor Hongzhi arrived in Nantong.

He was still the same as before, leading the people and pointing to a neighborhood. Xiao Jing first stepped forward to slap the door, but the one who opened the door was still an old woman.

At this time, most men went to work and explained their purpose. The old woman became very enthusiastic: "It turned out to be the teacher in the school. Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, sit in it. Is my Huzi naughty again?"

Emperor Hongzhi listened behind him and looked surprised.

Because looking at this family, life may not be good, and the living conditions are not much different from those neighbors in Luzhou Prefecture.

But some people in this family have entered school.

Then, with the enthusiasm of the old woman, everyone entered in a crowd.

Then, as Emperor Hongzhi expected, it was indeed the case.

This family can be said to be a bare-sized house with almost no commendable utensils, only a few made wooden chairs and a square table.

The woman hurriedly took the veil and wiped the wooden chair, so that Emperor Hongzhi and others could sit down. The woman also brought a few cups of white water, all of which were boiled. Obviously, she couldn't afford to drink tea at home.

Such a family, even in the wealthier Nantong Prefecture, is definitely at the bottom.

At this time, the woman said, "I have a pound of bacon in my family, so I might as well cook it for several gentlemen today."

She could see that Emperor Hongzhi and others looked like gentlemen, and there was no too much doubt.

Then, he turned around and was about to enter the kitchen.

Emperor Hongzhi hurriedly called her and said, "No need to worry, just come and sit down. Your family... Hu Zi, you can enter school."

The old woman nodded and said, "That's right, since she entered the school last year, she is very naughty. Every time she comes back in a mess. After studying for a year, she only recognizes a hundred words. The gentlemen are so angry that they vomit blood. They have come a few times. The gentlemen should be from the school."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and smiled intimately: "Yes, I'm here..."

"I'm here to visit my home!" Fang Jifan said casually.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "We heard that Hu Zi's family is in trouble, so we came to see. Old man, I saw that your family is indeed a bit down, why are you willing to send your children to school?"

"If you don't study, can you give people strength for your whole life?" The old woman seemed ashamed, afraid that the school would not want their children, so she said carefully: "The child's father is the one who sells strength. He works hard at the dock, and is so tired that his back is sore. Every month, it is only two or three taels of silver. Those who have studied, have done accounting and have medical treatment, are not very leisurely, and seven or eight taels of silver are recorded every month, which is less. So my man said that even if we are poor and starved, we must study. We can endure hardships. Children cannot endure hardships. They cannot be like his father who is ignorant of big words. I heard that... If you have studied well, you can also recommend to Xishan Academy in the future. If you go to Xishan Academy, it is amazing. You have followed the Duke of Qi. Duke of Qi, do you know?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard the three words "Duke of Qi", he subconsciously glanced at Fang Jifan.

The lights were dim, but Fang Jifan's expression could not be seen very clearly.

But Wang Guang didn't understand why His Majesty said so much to a wild woman, but when he heard the woman talk about Duke Qi, he muttered in his heart that this Duke Qi is famous for being apart. This woman must have nothing good to say about this person to His Majesty. This is good, and it will also make His Majesty know more clearly what kind of person Duke Qi is, so that His Majesty can be wary of it so that he will not listen to him making trouble all day long.
Chapter completed!