Because summer is long and the night is short, and the summer flood causes the water level of the Grand Canal to rise, the journey back is obviously much faster than the dry season in winter, and the journey is also very smooth.

When passing through Nanjing, Lin Qingran chose to stay here, one was to take Hu Niu to appreciate the style of the old capital, and the other was to visit Yin Tai, the mentor of the provincial examination.

Nanjing City ranks first in the world in terms of population. It has a majestic and majestic city gate and a winding wall of about 70 miles. It took 30 years to build it, and its momentum is not weaker than that of Beijing City.

This huge ancient city is like a magnet, and people from all directions are rushing towards it and entering through the entrances of the four city gates.

There are ordinary people, rich businessmen in good clothes, students who come to study, students who take the exam, and wealthy daughters or young men who return from outings, etc. There is a long queue here.

Lin Weiran, wearing scholarly clothes, lined up with Hu Niu and others, but he lacked the majesty of the court officials and the romantic and elegant young scholars, and he still held a paper fan in his hand to drive away the heat of summer.

Looking at the official sedan chair whizzing past the side, he was not in a hurry, like a student taking the exam.

Although he could also enjoy the privilege of going directly to the city, he didn't want to be too arrogant. After all, he was on his way to Leizhou Prefecture and Nanjing City was not on the way to the post.

Ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, a scenic spot in Jinling.

Lin Qingran was somewhat expectant of Nanjing and planned to take a trip to the Qinhuai River. Listening to the conversations of people around him, he found that people in Nanjing were more keen on topics such as courtesan conferences and poetry conferences, but did not pay much attention to current current affairs topics.

There were two scholars whispering in front of him. A scholar with a gaze pussy stuffed the book into the arms of another scholar. The scholar was like a thief, looking at his left and right with a guilty look. When Lin Junran's eyes touched each other, his face turned red as if

Pork liver is average.

What a character Lin Weiran is, and his eyes are so vicious. He had already cultivated the state of "there is code in the film and the mind is uncoded" in his previous life, so he naturally knew what kind of book it was.

It has to be said that due to the reduction in printing costs, it is now the golden age of novels and the diamond era of sexual literature. For example, "The Biography of Ruyi Jun" was born in this period.

The scholar market is undoubtedly extremely hungry for works like "The Biography of Ruyijun", and its potential desire to buy must be higher than "Talking about the Ancient and the Current", and even higher than the Four Books and Five Classics.

Lin Shiran also saw this hidden market at the beginning, but he did not dare to take action in the end. Not to mention that after the matter was exposed, it would really destroy his idol status in the mind of scholars, and it would be difficult to bring him huge economic benefits and fame.

Since there is no copyright protection, a large number of pirated books will inevitably appear in the market. As for fame, this is even more impossible. Why can’t the author of "Jin Ping Mei" be found until now?

In fact, it is not only sexual literature, but even traditional novels. The author of the novel was not recognized by the mainstream at all during this period, and even received crazy blows from the defenders.

The success of the publication "Talking about the Ancient and the Current" founded by Lin Qingran was the transcendent position of the Hanlin Academy among scholars, and on the other hand, his content was able to be elegant, and the current affairs policy introduced was in line with the upper class scholars.

need.

It is worth mentioning that although the basic number of scholars at the bottom is large, the "right to speak" is in the hands of scholars at the top. The higher the scholars, the greater the right to speak, which is contrary to market demand.

It is precisely because "Talking about the Ancient and the Current" can become a holy book for scholars, while emerging novels are difficult to enter the elegant hall. Unless Lin Qingran takes the risk of making a shocking work, it is possible to break this situation.

Unfortunately, Lin Weiran does not intend to "play with fire" in the short term, and may take action after "Talking about the Ancient and the Current".

The team was slowly moving forward, and it was about to be their turn to enter the city.

"Brother, I am Deng Yongqian from Songjiang Prefecture!" Several scholars in raw clothing came over to observe the people in the front team. A scholar in the lead bowed to Lin Qingran.

"Good luck!" Lin Xuran replied, feeling that this person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him.

"This is a little bit of intention. Can you give us three positions?" Deng Yongqian swept the few people behind him and handed a tael of silver to Lin Qingran and smiled.

"Don't let it go!" Lin Weiran said with a straight face without taking the silver.

Listening to his ignorance, a scholar couldn't help but shout: "You kid, don't be ungrateful. Brother Deng is a famous talented man in Yingtian, and his father is even more famous poet Deng Changsheng!"

As soon as this said, Deng Yongqian raised his waist and showed pride on his face. However, he didn't know whether he was proud of his name as a "talented man", or proud of his father, or both.

Lin Qingran looked up at Deng Yongqian, and suddenly realized, "You are Deng Dashou's son!"

What's going on?

Everyone thought Lin Xuran would look respectful, and then hurriedly ordered his three followers to give up their positions, but they did not expect that they would react so calmly.

"Do you know my father?" Deng Yongqian did not get angry immediately, but looked at the young scholar in front of him with a gloomy eyes and found that the young scholar seemed unusual.

Lin Qingran didn't want to cause too many misunderstandings, not to mention that he respected Xu Changsheng, so he bowed and smiled and said, "Your father and I are colleagues from the Hanlin Academy. He also often mentions you, saying that you are the most successful brothers.

, And you are quite similar to your father!”

Co-workers?

The scholars who were with Deng Yongqian were stunned and could not make a turn for the time being.

Deng Yongqian looked at Lin Qingran seriously, but knew what this "colleague" represented, then bent down and asked, "Da Mingwen Kuilin Lin Luewu?"

"That's right!" Lin Qingran did not hide it and immediately admitted his identity, but did not expect that he would meet the son of Hanlin editor Deng Changsheng here, which was also a bit destined.

Deng Yongqian no longer doubted and immediately bowed and said, "See... Meet Uncle Dead!" At this time, he was not the image of a noble talented man before, and the appearance of a lively junior.

The Ming Dynasty is a country that values ​​generation. Lin Qingran and Deng Changsheng are colleagues. There is nothing wrong with the title of Deng Yongqian. In fact, he is a smart man. His father is old, and Lin Qingran is so young. If he can get in touch with each other, he will be right.

His career was of great benefit.

ah?

The corners of the scholars who were with Deng Yongqian opened their mouths wide and looked at Lin Weiran in shock. They never thought that their idol "Kao Shen" suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Who said Daming Wenkui just now, where is Lin Wenkui?"

"Brother Chen, come here quickly, Lin Wenkui is here!"

...

A loud voice in the team behind asked loudly, but after a scholar came to his senses, his eyes shone with tears.

With a huh, a group of people, "Brother Chen" walked out of the team and rushed towards here. When they saw Lin Weiran, they were full of respect and desire to be close, and they were full of images of a living brainless fan.

“Line in line!”

An officer watched the riots in front of the city gate and immediately ran over and scolded him.

The Ming Dynasty, which used civil servants to build military affairs, not only made civil servants stand up to the superiors, but also looked down on those who were in the army. It turned out to be the officer's words and continued to rush towards Lin Qingran, and dozens of people ran over.

Fortunately, dozens of soldiers came to stop these restless scholars.

It was Lin Qingran's turn. He took out the official certificate from his arms. The city gatekeeper looked at Lin Qingran, then took the official certificate and walked towards the officer, asking if the official certificate was fake. He had guarded the city gate all his life.

I have never seen such a young fifth-rank official.

The officer was also confused, but after hearing the titles of these scholars, he also guessed Lin Qingran's identity, so he personally returned the official certificate to Lin Qingran and reported to his house.

Lin Weiran bowed to the official, then hurried into the city with Hu Niu and others, leaving the suddenly crazy students. He did not guarantee whether these people would kiss him on his handsome face.

But that night, a group of scholars were walking on the street, looking for Damingwen Kuilin, a lantern.

These scholars are also very powerful and have learned that Lin Weiran was the latest appointment by the prefect of Leizhou and the Guangdong Maritime Shipin Shipin, so he guessed that he was passing by here and his identity was not bad.

The reason why they actively searched for Lin Weiran was that in addition to chasing stars, they were also left for more than a month after leaving the provincial examination. Different from the scholars in later generations, scholars of this era were still "supercreated" and believed that if they had met Lin Wenkui at this time,

You can get a little literary talent and go to high school for the provincial examination.

No matter what the intention was, when Lin Qingran entered this ancient city, the ancient city was also in full swing.

That night, the brothels by the Qinhuai River highlighted the entire riverside, and the "Mulan Ci" was endless, as if calling Lin Qingran to go and talk.

Lin Qingran actually wanted to go, but in the end he gave up, afraid that he would not be able to sleep with the courtesan, so he slept with a group of scholars.

The next morning, Lin Qingran went directly to the Nanjing Ministry of Rites to pay homage to Yin Tai.

Yin Tai was not implicated in the fraud case in the provincial examination last year. Instead, he became a blessing in disguise and replaced Wang Yongbin as the Minister of Rites and became a second-rank official in the court.

This can be further improved, but in fact, Lin Junran has made some contributions. After all, Jie Yuanlang, who was close to winning the first prize in the end, not only cleared his suspicion, but also achieved the goal of knowing talents.

Lin Weiran took Hu Niu with him, intending to let Hu Niu show her face in front of Yin Tai, and at the same time, let this girl gain more knowledge and make her the most knowledgeable little girl in the Ming Dynasty.

Hu Niu didn't appreciate it and followed reluctantly, blaming Lin Weiran for breaking her plan to buy fishing gear.

The Nanjing Ministry of Rites' Office was obviously ruined, and the front of the door seemed lonely. Even the soldiers guarding the door were very casual. When they entered, some idle officials were playing chess.

Compared with the ritual offices of Beijing, there is indeed a declining and decadent atmosphere here.

In fact, we cannot blame these officials for being lazy. Too many of them are losers in political struggles. This is basically their last stop. In the hopeless depression of returning to the capital, they can only spend their last political time here.

But I don’t know if I learned that Lin Weiran had arrived or that this was the case. Yin Tai, wearing a second-rank official robe, sat upright at the desk, his face looked rosy, and he was watching with a file.

Although Yin Tai was the Minister of Rites, he had a position but no power. If he wanted to be transferred back to the capital to serve as the Minister of the Republic, it would be difficult to ascend to the sky. On the other hand, Lin Qingran had become a fifth-rank official with real power in the court at a young age.

The future is limitless.

When the two sat together, Yin Tai did not act like superiors and subordinates, but got along more in the relationship between master and apprentice.

"You just arrived yesterday, and the whole Yingtian was sensational!" Yin Tai smiled teasingly while serving Lin Weiran.

"Student is ashamed!" Lin Qingran sat opposite the tea table and bowed with a humility.

"I won six yuan in a row, the first person in history. You are destined to leave your name in history, and you are honored to be a teacher!" Yin Tai looked at the boiling air, and his face was also red.

"This gives the teacher's wise eyes, so that the students can get Jie Yuan!" Lin Qiong praised.

"Hehe... God is also willing. Otherwise, if you are not in the ten volumes, how could the emperor order you as the top scorer?" Yin Tai poured tea for Lin Qingran, and the more he looked at him, the more he liked him.

"This matter is really a lucky thing!" Lin Qingran was also in a lingering fear. He almost missed Lian Liuyuan at the beginning.

"You don't have to be too humble. Being able to achieve such good results also proves your ability, but you are released!" Yin Tai put down the teapot and his words came to an abrupt end.

"Please teach the teacher!" Lin Qingran naturally knew the way of talking in this era, and immediately stated that he was humbly asking for advice, allowing the teacher to beat or scold him and speak freely.

"This time I put it out! It's an opportunity but it's also a Nize. Do you know?" Yin Tai picked up the teacup and blew the heat, then said seriously.

"Disciple understand!" Lin Qingran nodded and expressed his experience: "It's just that the disciple is too young. The way from the Hanlin Academy to the Ministry of Rites may not be suitable for me. It's better to just be a affairs officer and strive to do so.

The people do something practical!”

"Well, it's great that you can see through this!" Yin Tai spat a little tea, then continued with heart-to-heart: "Youth is your advantage, but it is also your weakness. Especially you are already a Hanlin lecturer, very short-term

It’s hard to get ahead any more, so it’s better to jump out now! It’s just that there are many local problems, where are you going to start?"

"Extinguish the traitor!" Lin Weiran said to his preference.

"Not appropriate!" Yin Tai put down the teacup, but shook his head directly.

"Please give me advice!" Lin Qingran was a little surprised and immediately bowed.

"After you take office, you must first clean up! The government office has many ears and eyes, so be careful! Then watch and then fight, so that you can win with one blow, and it is not easy to make mistakes!" Yin Tai pointed at his eyes and taught the truth seriously.

.

"Students receive teaching!" Lin Qingran said with politeness.

He really lacked experience after entering Leizhou Prefecture. Although he would become the "local emperor", local forces may not obediently surrender to him, and there will inevitably be disputes over interests here.

If he is just greedy for money, he can collude with local forces and live in harmony with them. If he just wants to implement government orders, he has to find a way to eliminate local forces or take them as his younger brothers.

Yin Tai was very enthusiastic and had already notified his family to hold a banquet. He took him and Hu Niu back home to enjoy lunch together. The master and apprentice continued to discuss many topics.

Lin Weiran discovered that Yin Tai was very interested in "Talking about the Ancient and the Current", but he didn't know if Yin Tai also wanted to start a publication in Nanjing, and did not retain it. He also said all the original concepts and what to do next.

After staying in Nanjing City for only two days, Lin Qingran took everyone directly to Suzhou City by boat.

It has been July since they arrived in Suzhou City. They did not stop in Suzhou City, but they did not dare to take a sea boat again and chose to take the inland official road.
Chapter completed!