Twenty-fourth of the lunar month.

The scholars who were closer to Beijing had already returned to their hometowns, and there were still more than 20 members of the Physics Society of Guozijian and Shuntianfuxue who remained in the capital and did not leave.

Anyway, Wang Yuan's house was also deserted, so he simply called them for the New Year, and they could eat here from the New Year to the Lantern Festival.

Yan Song went to the Hanlin Academy to check in, chatted with the same time, and then came back with nothing to do, and said to Wang Yuan: "If you are false, Jiang Bin has been impeached!" ”

"When will Jiang Bin not be impeached?" Wang Yuan said with a smile.

Yan Song explained: "This time is different. The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Military Department jointly impeached Jiang Bin for killing good and risky deeds, and even the names and origins of the deceased were clear, and the evidence was ironclad, and there was no way to quibble. ”

Wang Yuan asked, "How did Your Majesty deal with it?" ”

Yan Song sighed: "Only a one-year fine." ”

God was fined for a year, and Zhu Houzhao was determined to spoil Jiang Bin.

Jiang Bin's crime is not only to kill good and take meritorious deeds, but also to fear and avoid the enemy. For example, in Sutian Village, Xinhe County, he witnessed thieves looting the village without saving him. After the thieves had robbed the village and left, Jiang Bin led his troops into the village to "suppress the bandits" and killed 41 surviving villagers.

Well, the thieves didn't finish killing, Jiang Bin helped slaughter the village.

There are still some survivors hidden in the village, I don't know that Jiang Bin didn't go far, and he came out to plow the fields the next day. Jiang Bin found that there was still a living mouth, so he sent troops to summon the peasants for questioning, and killed nine more people.

Fifty villagers were killed by Jiang Bin in this way, and their heads were cut off as anti-thieves to repay their merits. In order to extinguish the mouth, he led the troops back to the village again and searched before leaving.

There were still a few villagers hiding in the shadows, and they didn't dare to report to the officials, and they were only found out after a few months.

This is only one of the cases in which Jiang Bin killed Liang and risked his merits, and there are several cases like this, so he should naturally be punished for his crimes, and he was only fined for one year.

Sometimes Wang Yuan felt that he knew the emperor very well, and sometimes he wanted to split the emperor's head to see what was inside.

Yan Song said with emotion: "Civil officials form a party to seize power, military generals disregard people's lives, countless displaced people from all over the country, and thieves are everywhere, what will this tomorrow become?" ”

After listening to this, Wang Yuan wanted to say: Weizhong, you are a traitor, did you get the wrong line?

Wang Yuan got up suddenly, looked at the flying snow in the courtyard, and said: "When I enter the pavilion, I will definitely sweep away the demonic atmosphere in the world, and return a Lang Lang Qiankun in Shenzhou!" He turned around and asked Yan Song, "Can you trust me?" ”

"Convinced!" Yan Song immediately got up and clenched his fists.

If you don't believe it, you have to believe it, Yan Song has no other way in the court, and he must rely on Wang Yuan if he wants to get ahead.

And Wang Yuan is indeed worth attaching, the more than ten years old Hanlin Academy Bachelor and Zuo Chunfang Zuo Yude, blind people can see that Bachelor Wang has a bright future.

Wang Yuan admonished: "In the next few years, you and I must be patient. When the hearts of the Yang Party are lost, and when the Jiang Party is boiling and the sky is rising, we can take advantage of the situation. If you don't covet the nobility of the Hanlin Academy, I can find an opportunity to send you to the Ministry of Officials for training. ”

Yan Song was puzzled: "I won't covet any nobles, but why do I want to go to the Ministry of Officials to practice?" ”

Wang Yuan explained: "If you go to the ministry, don't object to anything, and don't offend the officials. It is only necessary to secretly observe the officials in various places, from the political envoys to the magistrates, and write down those who can really do things. Don't look at the official reputation, and don't look at any political achievements, these can be deceitful, it depends on what they are doing as officials! ”

"Elect a competent officer?" Yan Song asked.

"Yes, it is a capable official," Wang Yuan said, "many times, people with a very bad official reputation are real capable officials!" If I am the first assistant, I will be the minister of the society, so that the people of the world can be fed and clothed. But this is very difficult, it will not work without reform, and reform requires a large number of capable officials! ”

Yan Song was quite excited, and immediately said: "If I have such ambition, although I am not talented, I am willing to follow the work of dogs and horses!" ”

The barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, Yan Song has nothing now, of course he is willing to follow Wang Yuan to do big things. He was born in poverty, his parents died, although after the Zhongjinshi, there are also villagers who invest in the land, but he can only take a part of the land income.

Such a poor and white man has no resistance to reform, but wants to kill those guys who have countless fields!

Wang Yuan continued: "Go to the Ministry of Officials, write down the list of capable officials from all over the country, and your task will be completed." I will make friends with a few imperial histories, and these imperial histories will be able to get more detailed information by visiting various places. ”

Supervising the imperial history, Wang Yuan only knew one, that is, Zhang Yu, who was in charge of the Yunnan Township Test. This gentleman is honest and upright, but unfortunately he has a grudge against Yang Yiqing - he has just impeached Yang Yiqing's son in his hometown of Yumeat, Yunnan.

In addition, there is a trial of imperial history, that is, Zheng Yichu, a student of Wang Yangming. This gentleman is also incorruptible, there are only two dilapidated houses in the family, and the old mother does not even have a maid, and when he is old, he has to spin hemp himself to subsidize the family. Although it is only a trial of imperial history, with its qualifications, it will soon be able to turn positive.

Wang Yuan smiled and asked, "Do you know Zheng Yichu?" ”

Yan Song said: "I naturally know that he is the same scholar as me, and he was summoned by His Majesty alone. ”

Yan Song is not only in the same department as Zheng Yichu, but also in the same department as Zhan Ruoshui, and Zhan Ruoshui is the same brother as Wang Yangming.

This relationship is relatively chaotic, among the three people in the same department, Zhan Ruoshui and Wang Yangming are the same generation. Zheng Yichu became Wang Yangming's disciple, and Yan Song also had a relationship with Wang Yuan's peers, and was taken advantage of by Zhan Ruoshui.

Wang Yuan said: "Zheng Yichu and I are in the same family, and we can make more friends in the future." ”

Wang Yuan wanted to reuse Zheng Yichu, but in history, Zheng Yichu died of illness in Yunnan, and there were less than two years to live. I don't know if the butterfly wings are flapping, whether this gentleman can live for a few more years, and if he doesn't go to Yunnan, he probably won't get sick.

"Brother Huang and Little Sister Huang are here!"

Gewutang suddenly became lively, but it was Huang Qiao and Huang E, brothers and sisters, who brought two large boxes of flat food.

Flat food, i.e. dumplings.

Seeing Wang Yuan and Yan Song appear, Huang E suddenly smiled and said, "Yesterday, I couldn't come over to celebrate with everyone, so I made some flat food and sent it today." ”

Huang Qiao said to everyone: "My second sister got up on the fourth watch, took the maid and noodles with her own hands, and was busy until now to finish the flat food. ”

The beings were quite moved, and they all stepped forward to thank them, and Wang Yuan asked the servant to take the dumplings into the pot to cook.

Sitting at three full tables, everyone ate dumplings and talked about wine, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Most of them are math and physics enthusiasts, with common interests and no conflict of interest, and this feeling is the purest. Now that the Spring Festival is approaching, everyone sits together and eats dumplings, feeling like family.

Wang Yuan got up to toast, said some auspicious words, and warned the students: "Don't wait for next year to come too hard, especially the students of Shuntianfu, there is only more than half a year left before the township exam, and you must study hard." The same is true for Guozi prison students, who will take the exam in one year, and they should not delay the imperial examination because of the study of physics. ”

"Sir is right, I will work hard to learn!" All beings raised their glasses.

After a feast and drinking, I drank crookedly.

In the evening, Wang Wensu, Bao Chaozhen and Du Jin came to this trip together. Their family is in Nanzhili, and they will go back after a few days by boat, of course, to celebrate the Spring Festival with their families.

Du Jin slurred: "Sir, my father is also a businessman, can I do cotton spinning business?" ”

"What's so embarrassing about that? Can I still stop it? Wang Yuan replied with a smile.

Du Jin said: "I want to use the spinning wheel improved by my husband. ”

Wang Yuan said: "After the improvement of the loom, a large amount of cotton yarn is needed as raw materials, and I can't wait for more people to spin cotton yarn." If Ling Zun does this, it is better to build the workshop in Tianjin, next to my factory. He can also buy his own land, rent land from me at a low price, spin cotton yarn and sell it directly to me, and he can also save a lot of transportation costs. ”

Du Jin said: "If you build a workshop in Tianjin, I'm afraid it will not be easy to recruit people. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "It's just about to expand the scale, and I have already contacted the local governments, and they will send a few groups of homeless people over and distribute some to your family." ”

"So, thank you, sir!" Du Jin saluted.

Bao Chaozhen also said: "Although my family does not do business, it has a lot of land. When I returned to my hometown this time, I asked my father to have more kinds of cotton, and he could also collect cotton and sell it to the two. ”

Wang Yuan said happily: "Great goodness! ”

Suddenly, the servant came in and reported: "Master, someone from Guizhou said that it is the master's family!" ”

Wang Yuan called someone in to take a look, but it was Yuan Da, the second son of the Yuan family.

"Yuan Er, why did you come to Beijing?" Wang Yuan was very happy and patted Yuan Da's shoulder and laughed.

Yuan Da was already tall and big, and grinned: "Brother Yuan...... Ah, no. Master Wang, your house is really big, I will definitely get lost if I walk alone. ”

"Don't be so angry, just call me second brother," Wang Yuan patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Have you eaten?" You must be tired from the journey, go have a meal first, and then go take a shower. ”

Yuan Da took out an oil-paper bag from his arms, which contained more than 20 letters, handed it to Wang Yuan and said: "I came specifically to deliver letters, I walked on the road for many months, and I also killed two thieves. At that time, I was staying in a village, and the thieves of the heavenly gods came to raid them, and there were so many of them that I had to hide. Bad luck, I was found by the thieves when I searched the house, I killed two and grabbed the horses and ran. ”

"Where did you meet the thief?" Wang Yuan asked.

Yuan Da said: "Huguang. It seems that the remnants of Liu Liu and Liu Qi were driven from Henan to Huguang by the official army, there were hundreds of them, and they were all on horseback, and I was almost caught up when I fled. ”

Wang Yuan asked the servant to take Yuan Da to dinner, while he checked the letters.

There are letters written by parents, as well as by toasts and officials, and the largest number is letters from classmates and friends, and of course Song Linger also has one.

Wang Yuan took it apart one by one.

The letter from his parents was written by the eldest brother, saying that everything was fine at home, and he and Abba were both officials. He also studied very hard, and he had already been read by "Hundred Family Names" and "Thousand Character Text", and he also read a few books on how to be an official. Let Wang Yuan not worry about it and be an official in the capital.

By the way, his parents urged Wang Yuan to get married, saying that there were many officials and wealthy gentry in Guizhou who wanted to marry the Wang family. The letter was attached with several pieces of girl's information, all of which were about the birthday, and their appearances were dignified and beautiful.

Song Linger's letter was very brief, just a few sentences, which roughly meant: "Wang Yuan, I won the battle, isn't it very powerful?" Also, I don't dare to go into battle myself now because I have a baby in my belly. Are you married to Huang E? If you are not married, I will marry someone else with your children! ”