Wang Zhihe was shocked, and he hurriedly asked, "Could it be..... Jin Wangfu? ”

Wei Lun nodded slowly, "I received a letter from my second uncle, he told me that this group of people who bought the boat were envoys sent by Guo Song and asked me to help them, and my father also wrote to me and asked me to help them with all my might." ”

Wei Lun's second uncle is Wei Qing, the assassin of Puzhou, and his father is Wei Lian, the head of the Wei family, the former Shangshu of the imperial court, and the current Shangshu of the Criminal Department of the Tang Dynasty.

Wei Lun also has an uncle Wei Gao, who also served as the envoy of Jiannan Festival in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and his position is extremely powerful.

In fact, many state and county officials in the Central Plains have an inextricable relationship with the Chengdu Imperial Court, but Zhu Zhu has no choice, he really has no one to use, as long as these officials are honest officials and manage the people for him, he will not ask for trouble.

Wang Zhihe's heart was a little confused, it was obvious that the Wei family had fully fallen to Taiyuan, but the head of the Yang family did not write to tell him that this was not the Yang family's loyalty to Zhu Zhu, Zhu Zhu was a chaotic minister and thief, and no family was willing to be loyal to him.

The Yang family did not write to themselves, but only explained that the Yang family's presence in Taiyuan was too low, and they did not know about buying a boat.

He bowed his head and muttered for a long time: "Can you wait for me for two days, I will write a letter to ask the head of the family." ”

Wei Lun smiled bitterly and said: "I'll tell you the truth, this batch of ships must leave tonight, I have already received the news, Han Tingshi will come to Chenliu tomorrow, although he is not here for the fleet, but he will definitely pay attention to this batch of ships, and then it will be troublesome, I am anxious, so I came to find the county monarch tonight." ”

Wang Zhihe thought about it again, in fact, the Yang family allowed his master to go to Taiyuan to serve as a doctor of Guozixue, and it was already very clear that he could do this matter first, and then report to the head of the family.

But tomorrow, when Han Assassin comes, how should he explain?

Wei Lun seemed to understand Wang Zhihe's thoughts, he took out the seal of the county from his arms and put it on the table, "I will bear all the consequences, if Han Tingshi asks, he will say that I took the boat to Jianghuai without authorization." ”

Wang Zhihe was taken aback, "You want to abandon the official?" ”

Wei Lun nodded, "If I go to Taiyuan, I should be able to get a half-official position." ”

Wang Zhihe felt a little bitter in his heart, in this way, isn't the credit for sacrificing the boat all his Wei family?

He had to nod silently, "You can take the boat away overnight!" I won't approve that document. ”

Wei Lun stood up and said: "Please rest assured, I will definitely tell His Royal Highness the King of Jin that these ships have the credit of the county monarch, and the Yang family is behind the support!" ”

Wang Zhihe was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly got up and bowed deeply, "Brother Xian is willing to say this, the Yang family must be grateful!" ”

.........

In mid-November, thousands of tankers from the Central Plains arrived in Taiyuan one after another, and the last fleet of 1,300 ships came from Chenliu County, and the person who escorted the ships was none other than Cheng Weilun of Chenliu County, who had resigned from his official position and went north.

On the wharf, Guo Song led a large number of officials to visit the grand occasion of the fleet, and the Fenshui River was full of dense boats, all of which were cargo ships of 500 stones, which could stretch for dozens of miles with iron chains.

Guo Song pointed to the last fleet and said with a smile: "That should be the fleet of the salt and iron supervisors, and there is a white word 'tax' on the hull, I escorted this fleet back then, and I still remember it vividly!" ”

At this time, Pan Liao brought Wei Lun up and smiled at Guo Song: "This young talent is Cheng Wei Lun of Chenliu County, the nephew of Wei Tingshi of Puzhou, in order to send us a boat, he abandoned his official position and went north. ”

Wei Lun hurriedly saluted, "See His Royal Highness the King of Jin!" ”

Guo Song heard Pan Liao say that this person, the third son of the head of the Wei family, was born in Jinshi, worked as the chief bookkeeper for three years, and worked as a county clerk for two years, with a good background, a high starting point, and rich experience at the bottom, and more importantly, he has good courage, will seize the opportunity, and is a malleable talent.

"Being able to kidnap 1,300 salt and iron prison boats, Wei Gongzi has made a great contribution!"

"Back to His Royal Highness, the great merit is Chen Liuxian Ling Wang Zhihe, the two of us jointly planned, the humble position is gone, but he stays to take the risk, he is the first merit, and the humble duty is ashamed."

Guo Song was even more appreciative, and he groaned and asked, "What is the background of this Wang County Order?" ”

Wei Lun explained: "Wang Zhiwen is a protégé of Hongnong Yang, and he has also been entrusted by the head of the Yang family, and his master is Zhou Wei, a doctor of Taiyuan Guozixue. ”

Guo Song nodded, "I remember this person." ”

He asked Wei Lun to take him to the pavilion to rest, and Wei Lun saluted and followed the officials.

Pan Liao saw that Guo Song admired this Wei Lun very much, so he smiled and said, "Why don't you arrange for him to join the army for a few years in Tiance Mansion first!" ”

Guo Song thought for a while and said, "Let him be the judge of the White Tiger Hall, and then release him as a state official in a few years." ”

The White Tiger Hall is the confidential place of the Tiance Mansion, which is responsible for reviewing the various decrees issued by the Prime Minister's Office.

The decrees issued by Changshi Pan Liao and various ministries and departments to the states did not have to be approved by Guo Song, ordinary decrees were generally issued directly, and only important decrees were issued after being reported to Guo Song for approval.

The same is true for the army, many ordinary orders in military affairs are directly issued by Zhang Qiu'an and Liu Cao in the army, but important military orders must also be approved by Guo Song.

But which military-political orders are ordinary? Which military and political orders are important? The body responsible for reviewing government decrees is the White Tiger Hall, which is composed of the chief judge, the judge, the counselor, and the officials, the chief judge is called the chief judge of the White Tiger Hall, and there are three subordinate judges, a military judge, a political judge, and a general judge, and the counselor and the practitioner are responsible for transcribing and sorting out documents.

In addition, Guo Song issued an order to go to the White Tiger Hall first, and the White Tiger Hall had to conduct a compliance review, and the order issued by Guo Song could not contradict the rules set by himself, and then the White Tiger Hall was left behind, and then copied to the Changshi, Sima and the ministries, if it was found to be in conflict with the existing regulations, the order should be returned.

At present, the chief judge of Baihutang is Liu Zi, the assassin of Shazhou, and the three judges are still missing a general judge, Guo Song is looking for a suitable official, and it just so happens that he admires Wei Lun more, so he asked him to be the general judge.

The judge of the White Tiger Hall is equivalent to the court official system, who is responsible for reviewing the will and has great power.

With the arrival of thousands of ships, the problem of transportation has basically been solved, but it is already the middle of November, and it will soon freeze, and the fleet can only wait for the spring of next year to go to Hexi to transport grain and grass materials.

Guo Song looked at the half-built new warehouse, and saw that none of the craftsmen were building it, and it was obviously stopped, so he asked puzzledly: "Why has the new warehouse been stopped?"

Pan Liao hurriedly explained: "The Gongyuan is rushing to repair the new examination room, and there are not enough craftsmen, so all the craftsmen here are seconded, and it must be completed by the end of January, and the warehouse here will be completed by the end of next year, so the Gongyuan will be repaired first." ”

So that's the case, Guo Song smiled happily: "I happened to pass by the Gongyuan when I went back, let's go by the way to check the progress." ”

Previously, the Tribute Examination Department proposed to build a large camp as an examination room, but Guo Song did not agree, and still asked them to expand the Tribute Academy, and specially approved 30,000 yuan for the construction and renovation of the Tribute Academy.

Everyone left the dock and returned to the city, Guo Song Shundao inspected the Gongyuan that was being expanded, the Gongyuan is the examination room of the imperial examination, almost every state has it, the Gongyuan in Taiyuan is the largest one in the entire Hedong Province, the scale of the Gongyuan is quite large, can accommodate 15,000 candidates to take the examination at the same time.

But the Gongyuan that accommodates 15,000 candidates is obviously not enough, there is a large abandoned vacant land to the west of the Gongyuan wall, usually overgrown with weeds, many surrounding people grow vegetables here, a month ago, Guo Song ordered the expansion of the Gongyuan, the vacant land was bulldozed, and thousands of construction craftsmen began to be busy.

Yan Shuo accompanied Guo Song to inspect the expansion site, and he pointed to the wall that had appeared in the distance and said: "We are considering building according to the new drawings and using the two-end method to build the number building, so that at least 40,000 candidates can be accommodated to take the exam at the same time, and strive to complete it by the end of January next year according to the schedule." ”

"What is the two-headed method?" Guo Song asked puzzled.

"In the past, the number room was a single row of single rooms, and a number room only accommodated one candidate, but now it has been changed to a single row of double rooms, and one room can accommodate two candidates, they are back to back, of course, there must be a wall in the middle."

"And what about the current house?" Guo Song asked again.

"The current number house is also being renovated, please go to the scene with your humble duties to take a look."

Guo Song nodded happily and followed Yan Shuo towards the existing examination room of the Tribute Academy.