"Let me go to the Thirteenth Division of the Household Department?" Yan Song exclaimed.

Wang Yuan spread his hands: "I don't know what Your Majesty thinks, anyway, this position is a hot potato." ”

Yan Song sat there silent for a long time, and he never came to his senses. It's just a matter of letting him enter the Thirteenth Division, but it's still the Shandong Qing Division.

The provincial officials department has a concurrent scope, but the Shandong government officials department has the thickest oil and water, just because it is stained with the word "salt"!

Of course, the concurrent authority is not fixed now, and it can be swayed. Historically, it was not until the third year of Wanli that the scope of the thirteen divisions of the household department was formalized. For example, the South Division was merged into the Sichuan Division, the North Division was merged into the Fujian Division, the Guizhou Division was merged into the customs tariffs of a few banknotes, and the Guangxi Division only got the Imperial Horse Prison, the Elephant House and the Royal Zoo.

Wang Yuan said: "You were personally appointed by His Majesty, even if you plan to attach yourself to Yang Tinghe, it is impossible for the Yang Party to really trust you." ”

"I'll sort it out first." Yan Song felt that the water inside was so deep.

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "The household department has been controlled by Yang Tinghe faction, and the Shangshu Sun of the household department has resigned every now and then, and His Majesty will not allow him to become a minister." When you went to the household department, you naturally stood on Sun Shangshu's side, and you were not helpless. ”

Yan Song said: "The key is how Yang Tinghe plans to deal with me? ”

Wang Yuan analyzed: "He has two choices. First, the concurrent functions and powers of the thirteen divisions of the household department have not been strictly defined, but they have been followed according to the rules of the Hongwu and Yongle periods, but they have undergone many changes during this period. Yang Tinghe can guide the cabinet to transfer the salt tax and salt transportation functions to other departments, so that you have no oil and water to fish. ”

Yan Song shook his head and said, "This method is too troublesome, and it will also attract the wrath of His Majesty, I'm afraid it will not be easy to operate." ”

Wang Yuan said again: "Second, let you go freely, wait for you to be corrupt, and then impeach you when you are caught!" ”

"That's it," Yan Song said with emotion, "I have to tighten my money bag, otherwise I'm afraid this official won't be able to stay for long, how many pairs of eyes are staring." ”

Wang Yuan is also funny, forced by the situation, Yan Song is going to be forced to be a clean official.

Honest as water, strict and middle, it's enough to think about it!

Yan Song hugged his fists and said: "If I am empty, since I am an official of the Thirteenth Division of the Ministry of Households, I can no longer live here, and it is easy to attract gossip." After waiting for the Lantern Festival, he went to the city to find a house to rent, and by the way, he brought his wife to the capital for reunion. ”

"As it should be." Wang Yuan said.

During the ancient mourning period, it was not allowed for husband and wife to have sex according to the rules.

Yan Song went to Beijing to take the exam from the year he went to Beijing to end his mother's funeral, and he couldn't talk to his wife for seven years. Therefore, he still has no sons!

Historically, Yan Song went to report to the Ministry of Officials, was unable to reinstate the official, and left Beijing to return to his hometown in a gloomy manner, before giving birth to Yan Shifan with his wife, who should have been pregnant at this time.

If you bring your wife to the capital in a few months, you don't know if you can get pregnant, and you don't know if you give birth to a boy or a girl.

Even if he gives birth to a son and names him Yan Shifan, is that still the real Yan Shifan?

"Master, Miss Xia Chan is here." The servant came in to give the report.

Wang Yuan said, "Please let her in." ”

In the past, Xia Chan used to jump and jump when she walked, but today she suddenly became a lady. She learned from everyone's ladies to move the lotus step lightly, came to Wang Yuan, knotted her hands around her waist, curts, and said, "Bachelor Wang, be blessed!" The manuscript of this issue of "A Chinese Ghost Story" has been written, and my young lady has carefully proofread it. ”

"Thank you!" Wang Yuan took the manuscript.

Before he was officially hired, Huang E could no longer meet with Wang Yuan, and naturally he could not come over to help edit the newspaper.

In the past few days, many students have also left, and under the shortage of manpower, Yan Song has become the deputy editor-in-chief instead.

Xia Chan saluted again: "If Master Wang has no orders, the servant will retire first." ”

Wang Yuan smiled and asked, "Did you take the wrong medicine today?" How is this so behaving? ”

Xia Chan blushed inexplicably, pretended to be serious, and replied: "The maid of the waiter's family should be dignified and generous. ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "I think you're still more cute bouncing, let's go!" ”

"Really? Then I'm gone. Xia Chan became cheerful again, and her ladylike temperament disappeared instantly.

This girl ran out of the door, suddenly hid behind the wall, and secretly looked inside, staring at Wang Yuan more and more.

In ancient times, the bridal maid was to help the young lady to worship heaven and earth together, and she could be regarded as worshipping heaven and earth with the groom. In most cases, the bride maid will have sex with the groom, especially if the young lady is pregnant, and they are responsible for helping the young lady to take care of the husband.

There are only a few exceptions, such as Mrs. Nie's dowry maid, who was promised by Huang Ke to her housekeeper. There are even gifts that are very rare, first, they appear cold-blooded, and secondly, they disrespect their wives and their families.

Xia Chan is always a little shy when she sees Wang Yuan now, and her eyes are no different from looking at her future husband.

Wang Yuan and Yan Song continued to edit and review the manuscript, threw it to the students in Beijing for proofreading, and waited for the day to be printed.

Today, the sales volume of each issue of Acta Physica Sinica has increased to more than 400 copies. But because of the increase in remuneration and the salaries of editors, I have to lose money every time I issue it, so I think I lose about one or two taels.

The sales could have been higher, but they were sniped by piracy.

Bookstores in the capital that have wax printing machines often buy newspapers for reprinting, because they can still make some money without counting manuscript fees and editing costs.

I can't care!

Literally, there is no law to govern.

Wang Yuan didn't care about the money, and he didn't bother to bother with pirated booksellers.

The third day of the first month.

Gu Gao, a Henan supervisor who liked to carry the bar when Wang Yuan was teaching, came over with two newspapers and said angrily: "Sir, look, even if these booksellers pirate newspapers, they still steal them so poorly. This newspaper copied several mistakes during the engraving, and printed our physics experiments with many mistakes and omissions. The other newspaper was even more odious, directly omitting the content of the physics experiment! ”

Wang Yuan took the newspaper and read it carefully, and sure enough, he saw a lot of mistakes.

The biggest cost of these pirated newspapers is the wax paper edition. Small mistakes can be modified by melting wax, but big mistakes cannot be melted with wax, so in order to save money, they will make mistakes.

Wang Yuan ran the newspaper because he wanted to spread mathematics and physics, which is why he tolerated these pirates.

Now, I can't tolerate it.

"But in the middle, you can solve it." Wang Yuan smiled and asked Yan Song to deal with it.

In fact, it is very easy to deal with, go and borrow two brocade guards, and invite all the pirated booksellers. Jinyiwei came forward, who would dare not come?

Yan Song took out a framed calligraphy work in front of those pirated booksellers, and said with a smile: "Everyone, please take a look." ”

The booksellers' faces turned pale and sweat broke out on their foreheads.

The four big characters of the masthead "Physics News" are actually the emperor's ink treasure. It is really necessary to strictly investigate that the reprinting and piracy of the "Journal of Physics" is a crime of deception, because these words were written specifically to Wang Yuan.

Yan Song said again: "If you don't come today, please go back and tell me, if there will be any more newspaper pirates in the future, there will be many empty rooms in Jinyiwei Prison." ”

"Don't dare!" Booksellers have taken a stand.

Yan Song took the opportunity to count the sales of pirated copies, and with the addition of genuine copies, each issue could sell more than 3,000 copies of the newspaper!

The permanent population of Beijing was about 600,000 at this time, not counting the eunuchs and palace maids. There are also many people stationed in Beijing, unregistered traders, and businessmen from other places, adding up to more than 700,000 people. Based on the sales of 3,000 copies, the elderly, weak, women and children are all included, and the buying rate is about 4 per 1,000.

Compared to the literacy rate, the sales are a bit high.

Later, Wang Yuan learned that "Acta Physica Sinica" had actually been sent to other places. The officials of the Tang Bao distribution system were originally going to send out the official newspapers. They paid three cents to buy "Physica Sinica" and sold it to booksellers around the world for pirated reprinting, which was also a good income from extra money.

"Acta Physica Sinica" has only been issued for ten issues, and it has actually appeared in the state capitals of Henan, Liaodong, Shanxi, Shandong, Huguang, Jiangxi and Nanzhili, among which "A Chinese Ghost Story" is the most popular!

Of course, the progress of serialization varies from place to place.

For example, in the distant Jiangxi province, the Journal of Physics was temporarily pirated to the fourth issue, and the physics and mathematics content was deleted, leaving only poetry, prose and other parts.

As soon as the second issue of "Physica Sinica" was sent out, Huang Qiao ran over with a smile: "Brother-in-law, on the sixteenth day of the first month, Lize will hold a literary meeting in Juxian Building, and invite you to go to enjoy the lanterns and compose poems!" ”

"I don't write poetry." Wang Yuan said.

"It's okay not to write poems," Huang Qiao said with a smile, "They all think that the poems in "A Chinese Ghost Story" were written by you, the champion." ”

When Huang E wrote "A Chinese Ghost Story", like everyone else at the moment, he wrote many poems and mixed them in. Although he is still young, many of the poems are not old and spicy, but they are rare and fresh and timeless, and have been recognized by many scholars.

Wang Yuan was quite speechless: "Juxian Building is a Qinglou, how can an uncle-in-law take his brother-in-law to the Qinglou?" ”

"It's just watching the lanterns, listening to music, composing poems, and nothing else," Huang Qiao encouraged, "Anyway, there is no curfew during the Lantern Festival, and you can go home until midnight when you drink." Brother Xiu (Yang Shen) They are all going, we are now a family, and we should communicate more. ”

Wang Yuan thought to himself: It turned out to be a private gathering of young officials of the "Yang Party", this is Yang Tinghe's temptation to win over Lao Tzu, right?

"Okay, I'll go." Wang Yuan smiled and agreed, it was also a good choice to occasionally pretend to be Yang Dang.