"Young Master, I've already inquired about the person you mentioned!"

In front, Xu Changqing relied on his tall and big horses, and rushed around in the crowded crowd, forcing a bloody path for Sheng Changquan!

"Wu Qihao is from a small county town in the south. He seems to be named Jiangning, right?"

Xu Changqing was a little confused. He thought for a while and continued to speak, "However, I have found out the situation at his home!"

"Their family is from a merchant. I heard that they are engaged in cloth business. The scale is not large, but not small. At least it is quite famous near Jiangning."

"Depending on his style, the family should be good too!"

Xu Changqing's tone was filled with a faint sense of contempt, as if he was a little disdainful of him.

However, no wonder this is the case. After all, in the eyes of everyone in today's world, merchants are the lowest industry, that is, Taizu of this dynasty is enlightened and allowed merchant families to participate in scientific research. Otherwise, those who came from merchant families would be in a more difficult situation.

Since the ascension of the throne, Taizu of this dynasty has not only paid attention to the people's agriculture, but also paid great attention to business.

He believed that the existence of merchants was like a stream of living water, which could irrigate, water the whole world, and contribute to the people's living and working in peace. At the same time, business is an indispensable part of the peaceful and prosperous times.

Therefore, since this dynasty, the status of merchants has also been improved. At least, the court allowed merchants' descendants to start the imperial examination.

However, this is not absolute!

In other words, not all descendants of merchants can be investigated, and the court also imposed restrictions.

Those who serve as merchants have innocent wealth and have no mistakes in the past five generations. They also need families with reputation for accumulating good deeds and virtues to have the opportunity and qualify for the imperial examinations of the court.

However, in addition to the second of these three items, the rest need to be measured and reviewed by the court, and at the same time, they also need the recognition of local famous gentry, clan elders and others to have the opportunity.

If one party does not agree, it will also deprive the person of the qualification to enter the exam.

Therefore, in general, the business path of this dynasty is prosperous, and although the social status of merchants is still at the bottom, it has been considered to have improved and made great progress.

"Jiangning?"

Sheng Changquan heard one of the problems.

"Don't Jiangning belong to Jiangnan?"

"How could he still participate in the Tongsheng Examination in Yin County?"

Sheng Changquan was a little puzzled: "Can he have any official relationships in his family?"

Because Tong Sheng exam was to return to his hometown to pass the exam, and Sheng Changquan's behavior did not seem to have been given guidance from someone in the officialdom, so he asked this question.

"Um!"

Xu Changqing nodded and expressed his affirmation: "Young Master, you guessed it well!"

"I heard that Wu Qihao also has an uncle who serves as an official in the court, so..."

"No wonder!"

"I guess his uncle is not from the imperial examination."

Sheng Changquan shook his head, a little funny: "Then he will be in trouble this time!"

"What?"

Xu Changqing didn't understand: "Young Master, what do you mean?"

"hehe!"

Sheng Changquan laughed loudly and explained, "I mean, this guy Wu Qihao is going to be in trouble!"

In fact, the court allowed the descendants of Beijing officials to refer to nearby, which stipulated that only the descendants of Beijing officials could be directly affiliated with them. Of course, compared with Taizu, Taizong's strict enforcement efforts, the current supervision of the court has been much looser.

Even if they are not the immediate relatives of the Beijing officials, as long as no one studies it, the court will turn a blind eye to avoid criticizing the strict laws of the court. After all, the law is nothing more than human favors!

Therefore, although Wu Qihao took a shortcut, this matter is not difficult to handle. If the chief examiner does not conduct strict investigation, it will be fine.

It’s a pity that Wu Qihao is too “arrogant”. He actually left in front of the chief examiner in the examination school, so unless he is a shocking talent, he will definitely be “harmed” by the chief examiner Cui!

Sheng Changquan talked about the passages inside while walking out along the "passage".

"So that's how it is!"

Xu Changqing suddenly realized, and then looked at his son with admiration.

"I really deserve to be a scholar who has someone in my family to be an official!"

Xu Changqing sighed secretly: "Thinking is so much!"

"Oh~"

Sheng Changquan stretched his waist to relax and flex his muscles and bones: "By the way, Changqing, have you booked an inn?"

Because the Tongsheng Examination is divided into the county examination in February and the prefecture examination in April, and only by passing these two tests can one pass the Tongsheng Examination and become a Tongsheng, and from then on, you can embark on the road of imperial examinations.

"Young Master, you've booked it!"

Xu Changqing had already taken Sheng Changquan to the carriage. He held Sheng Changquan's test basket in one hand and placed it in the carriage. He turned around and said, "I have already booked the Zhegui Inn here as you told me."

"Young Master, don't say it, the arrangements there and the food taste really good!"

"Ha! That's natural!"

Sheng Changquan smiled and shook his head, saying, "This is the inn recommended by my second brother Changfeng, and it is also the place where my second brother and his second brother lived when they took the exam for the Tongsheng exam."

To be honest, among the three sons of the Sheng family, Sheng Changfeng likes to make friends and is keen on participating in various diplomatic activities such as poetry meetings. Of course, he still has talent, but human energy is limited after all, and Sheng Changfeng is not a talented monster. So when Sheng Changfeng focuses all his attention on socializing, his achievements in studying will naturally be like that.

"So it's where Young Master Changfeng lived!" Xu Changqing suddenly realized: "That's naturally a good place!"

Obviously, Xu Changqing also knows Sheng Changfeng's abilities and tastes them very well.

"Okay, Changqing, let's go back first. I've been taking the exam for one day today, and I'm tired too!"

Sheng Changquan jumped and jumped into the carriage, quietly waiting for his return.

"Okay, young master!"

Xu Changqing replied loudly, then pulled the reins, turned the front of the car, and began to return.

Sheng Changquan planned to live in Yin County for two months this time. After the county examination and the government examination were all over, he would go back home.

...

Shengfu.

At this time, the long-awaited Aunt Wei of Minglan had not yet arrived in Beijing, and the Earl of Yongchang came over instead. Moreover, not only her, but also Mrs. Yu, the old lady's friend, happened to come over with her granddaughter.

Mrs. Yu is the wife of former cabinet chief Yu Ge Lao. Yu Ge Lao came from a poor family and met Mrs. Yu in a down-and-out manner, fell in love with each other, and they shared the joys and sorrows, coming and going in the wind and rain, from cold to warm, and until they reach their current level.
Chapter completed!