Lin Haoran took a sip of the spicy water and wine, frowned with the spicy energy, and then replied: "Qin Minglei is responsible for reducing the clan's Lumi. I've been busy with the gifts recently!"

A hint of disdain flashed across Xu Wei's fat face, and he immediately commented: "I'm afraid this Thunder Champion won't be able to do this!"

Because Qin Minglei got the title of Number One Scholar because of the word "Thunder", although no one would ridicule him in person, the nickname "Thunder Number One Scholar" was widely circulated.

"How can you see it?" Lin Haoran put down the wine glass gently, knowing that Xu Wei would not be wrong, so he asked doubtfully.

Xu Wei poured the jug into Lin Haoran's wine, and explained: "He can't understand the current situation at all! The day before yesterday, he came to the inspection hall of the Hanlin Academy and asked us to publish another article on the sects and vassal abuses, saying that he was going to Encourage the scholars to create momentum for reducing the sect's Lumi!"

Lin Haoran was slightly startled, but couldn't help but laugh. He didn't expect Qin Minglei to make such a move.

Qin Minglei's focus was obviously wrong. The public opinion campaign that promoted the scholars could not influence the decision-making of Emperor Jiajing who lived deep in Xiyuan. Instead, it would increase the expectations of the scholars to reduce the vassal's lumi, which would only embarrass himself even more. .

Lin Haoran didn't want to comment too much on this colleague, so he changed the subject and said: "I heard from Wang Honghai that your authority in the editorial department of the Hanlin Academy is no longer what it used to be. You have argued with people several times over the selection of articles? "

Xu Wei did not deny it, nodded lightly, but picked up the wine glass and said to Lin Haoran: "So I got you more this time! I can take this opportunity to go out and relax, and at the same time, I can see the sea in Guangdong with my own eyes." results!"

Lin Haoran picked up the wine glass and responded, seeming to sincerely wish you: "Then I wish you a safe journey!"

The two had a drink, and Xu Wei said half-jokingly: "You really have to wish me all the best! If anything happens to me hosting the Guangdong Provincial Examination, you may not be able to get away with it!"

In the list of examiners for the rural examinations in 13 provinces in Beijing and Beijing that was finalized a few days ago, Xu Wei was designated as the examiner for this year's Guangdong rural examination and will soon leave for Guangdong to preside over the affairs of the rural examination.

Lin Haoran is originally from Guangdong, and now he has pushed his friend Xu Wei of the same year to the position of examiner of the Guangdong Provincial Examination. Once a fraud case occurs in the Guangdong Provincial Examination, not only Xu Wei will be in trouble, but Lin Haoran will also be implicated to a certain extent.

"I am doing this not only so that the scholars in Guangdong can produce some real talents, but also so that our Ming Dynasty can have more capable officials. What is the point of taking this risk?" Lin Haoran put down the wine glass and responded indifferently. .

Xu Wei was slightly moved when he saw Lin Haoran promoting himself so highly and taking on pressure to get such a good job for himself.

He silently poured wine for Lin Haoran, looked up and saw Mr. Turtle walking back alone, and immediately complained dissatisfiedly: "Why doesn't Miss Cuizhu come down?"

"Mr. Xu, Miss Cuizhu said she won't see any guests tonight! How about I replace you with another girl?" Mr. Gui suggested in a low voice with an embarrassed look on his face.

Xu Wei frowned slightly, took out a piece of silver from his arms, threw it over, and said with a stern face: "Tell her to come down quickly!"

"Mr. Xu, this is not about the silver. Cuizhu said there will be no guests tonight!" Mr. Turtle greedily took the ingot of silver, but carefully put the silver back on the table and reiterated.

Xu Wei's frown deepened, and he waved his hand and said: "Go up and tell Miss Cuizhu that I will leave Beijing tomorrow and want to see him for the last time tonight!"

Lin Haoran picked up the wine glass and looked at the scene in front of him calmly, and found that Xu Wenchang, who was usually carefree, seemed to be quite interested in this girl named Cuizhu.

"What are you doing standing still!" Xu Wei looked at Mr. Turtle standing there hesitantly, then scolded him with a stern face.

Mr. Turtle was startled and hurriedly went upstairs. Not long after, Mr. Turtle came down and said: "Mr. Xu, Miss Cuizhu said that it is not convenient to come down to meet guests tonight, and I would like to invite you to go upstairs for a chat!"

Xu Wei hesitated for a moment, then said apologetically to Lin Haoran: "Brother, please wait here for a moment. I'll go up and say a few words to Miss Cuizhu and then come back!"

"Go!" Lin Haoran glanced at him strangely and responded in a reasonable manner.

Xu Wei hurried upstairs, and it was still noisy here.

It was rare for Lin Haoran to be in a quiet environment like this tonight. He was no longer the focus of the crowd and could quietly observe the people and things behind him. He found that the old wine here tasted good, so he asked the waiter to bring it to him again.

I brought a pot and sat here alone to drink for myself.

Lin Fu was sitting at the next table with several guards, drinking and eating, pretending that he didn't know Lin Haoran, but his eyes were always paying attention to the movements around him, and suddenly he stared at the other side of the stairs.

"The current situation is no better than before. The imperial court should take measures to reduce the sects and vassals. It should be considered slowly! Like in the Chengzu period, cutting vassals was a trivial matter with just one sentence, let alone cutting off the military power of twenty-six vassal kings.

Even if I don't give them a grain of rice, these feudal princes won't even dare to fart!" The elderly scholar became active again and talked eloquently.

Lin Haoran had long known that most of today's scholars were mediocre people who were boastful, but after listening to these arguments, he couldn't help but shake his head gently.

Zhu Di also faced certain resistance when he cut down the vassal vassal. However, during Emperor Jianwen's reign, the vassal king's bodyguards had been cut down, and many vassal kings were even released from prison by Zhu Di, which allowed him to solve the problem easily.

If Emperor Jianwen had not done a lot of work in cutting down the vassal in advance, Zhu Di would have faced no less resistance than Emperor Jianwen when facing the twenty-six vassal kings with complete bodyguards, and he would have even been killed by a certain vassal king.

Over the past few days, he has often read history books, and his biggest realization is that although reforms may seem simple afterwards, they actually face great resistance during the process, and there are always voices of opposition.

Reform is all about moving forward with a heavy load.

Like the famous military reform-Hufu riding and shooting.

Because Hu clothing with narrow sleeves and short coats is far better than the traditional Chinese clothing with wide clothes and long sleeves for hunting, but when it was promoted in the army, it faced the disobedience of the soldiers and the scholar-bureaucrats who moved out of Zhou rites and ancestral clothing.

protest.

Now if we want to promote the reform of the Ming Dynasty and reduce the sects and clans, resistance and opposition are inevitable, whether during the Zhu Di period or now.

Only by carrying out the reform without hesitation, breaking through these layers of resistance and quelling these objections can the reform have a chance to succeed.

Lin Fu no longer pretended not to know Lin Haoran, but took the initiative to come over and report: "Uncle Nineteen, Mr. Xu just came downstairs, and there was a woman chasing behind him, and he turned out to be heading towards the yard behind!"
Chapter completed!