Li Weijin pricked up his ears to listen to the conversation in the courtyard.

"I'm his wife, what's the matter with your husband?"

"It turned out to be Mrs. Li, we came from Chang'an, and we wanted to talk to Li Zhiling."

came from Chang'an, Li Weijin was thrilled in his heart, and he didn't care about his health, so he quickly got up and put on his coat.

Yang had already invited the two guests to sit down in the room, and asked Ah Chun to boil water.

At this time, Li Weijin walked out quickly, and Yang was startled, "Husband, you are not well yet, hurry back and lie down." ”

Li Weijin waved his hand, "I'm fine, don't worry!" ”

The two officials stood up and saluted, and introduced themselves: "We are from Chang'an, I am Zhang Jinguang, a member of the Recommendation Department of the Ministry of Officials of the Jin Dynasty, and this is Yao Min, the chief secretary of the Guozi Administration, who made a special trip from Chang'an to visit Li Zhiling. ”

"It turned out to be two officials, rude and rude, please take a seat."

The three of them sat down, and Zhang Jinguang asked with concern: "I heard Mrs. Zun say that Li Zhiling is sick, but does it matter?" ”

Li Weijin sighed and said: "Actually, it's not a serious illness, it's just that the family has been embarrassed recently, the pressure is too great, and the worry has become a disease." ”

He is already surrounded by four walls, and his wife is wearing patched old clothes, which can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, and there is nothing to hide.

Zhang Jinguang nodded, "In the past two days, we have visited several officials, and the family is very poor, and no one can bear it if they don't pay for a few months!" His Royal Highness the King of Jin also learned about this situation, and he planned to give a little living allowance to the incumbent officials in Chengdu, about two yuan per month, which will be sent down this month, and the money is not much, which can be regarded as a little bit of His Royal Highness the King of Jin to the officials. ”

"That's great!"

Li Weijin was suddenly surprised and delighted, he could pay the rent and afford rice with two yuan.

He hurriedly instructed his wife, "Go and boil water for the guests." ”

"Ah Chun has already gone, I'll urge again."

The Yang family was also overjoyed, and hurriedly went out, Li Weijin said apologetically: "There is really no tea at home, so I can only drink some white water." ”

Zhang Jinguang waved his hand and smiled: "Don't bother, we came to the door to find Li for an important matter." ”

"What's the matter?" Li Weijin asked.

Next to Yao Min said: "That's the case, according to the requirements of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the Guozi Administration began to implement reforms, Guozixue continued to teach Confucianism, and Taixue changed to professional schools, such as medicine, arithmetic, astronomy and geography, agriculture, water conservancy, metallurgy, textile and dyeing, weapons, etc., after the officials were divided into civil officials, military attaches and full-time officials, full-time officials must be proficient in the profession, but also to train some masters who can invent and create, now the biggest problem of Taixue is the lack of teachers, we have selected a group of outstanding officials from the world, wanted to hire them to teach in Taixue, and Li Zhiling was also among them, specializing in teaching metallurgy. ”

Li Weijin was stunned, he was not mentally prepared at all, and after a while, he stammered: "I'm afraid I'm just a shallow learner......"

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Zhang Jinguang interrupted him with a smile, "Everyone says this, it's too modest, we have a strict selection method, the list has been approved by Du Sima and Pan Changshi, I want to make it clear to Li Zhiling, not to leave the officialdom as an external professor, Li Zhiling will continue to serve as an assistant professor from the seventh grade, and the salary will be determined according to the official rank of the seventh grade, and then add a Taixue subsidy of five yuan per month, adding up to about fifteen yuan per month, and there is an official residence covering an area of two acres........"

'Bang! ’

There was a sound of bowls and basins overturning outside the door, and Yang's face was swollen and red, and he said repeatedly: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I missed, I boiled water again. ”

"Madam, don't bother any more, we drank a day's worth of water today, and we're so full."

"Then I'm sorry!" Yang hurriedly gave her husband a look.

Li Weijin sighed and said, "You sit down for a while, and I'll go for a while." ”

When he came to the courtyard, Yang grabbed her husband's hand and said excitedly: "Husband, quickly agree, this opportunity will be gone." ”

"Don't worry, I'll ask clearly, it's a good thing, and I will definitely agree."

"Well, you have to think about reading for the child!"

Li Weijin was awe-inspiring in his heart, his son was still out of school at home, he nodded, "I know!" ”

Li Weijin came back again, and at this time Zhang Jinguang had already taken out the two documents and put them on the table, and said with a smile: "One is the appointment letter of the Ministry of Officials, and the other is the letter of appointment of the State Administration, which has the seals of Pan Changshi and Du Sima. ”

Li Weijin was still in a state of confusion, he looked at the four documents, the clerk's clerk's office was appointed as a professor of metallurgy, this is a specific position, and there are the seals of Sima Duyou and Changshi Panliao below, as well as the official seals of the Ministry of Officials and the State Administration.

After a while, he gradually regained his senses, and he pondered for a moment and said, "In principle, I accept the appointment, but what about the official position here?" ”

Zhang Jinguang said with a smile: "You will write a letter of resignation for the official position here, and we will arrange for it to be handed over to your boss, this time it is not only you, a total of seventeen people have been hired, and everyone is willing to go to Chang'an to serve, so we also acquiesce to Li's order to go, if there is no problem, please sign and draw, and we will take two copies." ”

Hearing that there were sixteen others like himself, Li Weijin breathed a sigh of relief, he took pen and ink, signed his name on the two documents, and pressed his fingerprints.

At this time, he suddenly remembered an important question, his family was not entangled at all, and he still owed five months of rent, how to go?

Li Weijin's face was hot, and he squeaked: "Can you advance a little money first?" ”

Zhang Jinguang laughed, quickly took a wooden box from the outside, put it on the table, opened the box, and it was full of silver ingots, "This is three hundred taels of silver, it is for you to settle down with silver, every official who goes to Chang'an has it, and then I will talk about how to go, tomorrow morning we will gather at the Gaosheng Inn outside the north city, and set off together at noon." ”

"Leaving tomorrow?" Li Weijin was surprised.

Zhang Jinguang nodded, "We have been here for several days, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, since we have decided, we will set off immediately, the departure matters are all ready, you pack your luggage tonight, try to bring a little less luggage, and throw away the worthless ones!" After returning to Chang'an, there were furniture, daily necessities, bedding and the like in the official residence, all of which were new. ”

"Will it be intercepted?" Li Weijin asked hesitantly.

"Don't worry! We have all arranged it, and a dozen petty officials will not make a big deal about it, and we have also explained it to Song Chaofeng. ”

Zhang Jinguang saw that the other party's expression was different, so he explained with a smile: "I'm not saying that we have anything to do with the eunuchs, but we are pinching Song Chaofeng's handle, he doesn't dare to go too far, as long as we stop in moderation, I believe he will turn a blind eye." ”

Li Weijin suddenly nodded and said, "I understand, let's pack my luggage." ”

Zhang Jinguang and Yao Min said goodbye and left, Li Weijin was still holding the appointment letter and appointment letter in a daze, he felt like a dream.

At this time, Yang tiptoed into the room, and saw the silver box on the table, she exclaimed, and rushed forward to ask, "Husband, what's the matter with this silver?" ”

"This is the settling-in fee, every official has it, a total of three hundred taels of silver, you have to pack it up quickly, tomorrow morning we will go to the Gaosheng Inn outside the city to meet."

"Leaving tomorrow?"

Li Weijin nodded, "Maybe Chang'an is in a hurry, and I'm afraid that there will be many dreams at night, so simply clean up, don't want anything worthless, let's go back to Chang'an and buy it again." ”

Yang sighed, where are the valuable things in their house, they have all sold out.

At this time, there was another knock on the door in the courtyard, this time it was the voice of the landlord, only to hear him say in a vicious voice: "Your rent must be paid today, if you don't pay it, I will find someone to kick you out tonight." ”

Yang had three hundred taels of silver to support her waist, so she didn't worry anymore, she took a silver ingot, about ten taels, and walked out quickly, "We will pay the rent now, and you can find five taels of silver for us." ”

.........

In the north official room of the palace, Song Chaofeng sat at the table in a daze, and there was a letter on the table, which was written to him in the name of Guo Song, the king of Jin.

Song Chaofeng is a native of Gaoling County, Jingzhao Prefecture, originally surnamed Du, entered the palace at the age of ten, and made a righteous son to an old eunuch surnamed Song, so he changed his name to Song Chaofeng, but he also has two brothers and parents at home.

In this list, the burial of his parents, the names of his two brothers and several nephews, and even his private residence in Chang'an, a manor in Pizhou, as well as the 100,000 yuan he had in the treasure cabinet and a large amount of treasures, etc., were all listed in the list, and Song Chaofeng was sweating.

Song Chaofeng has no heirs, but his little nephew in his hometown inherited incense for him, which is his biggest secret, and this letter is also pointed out.

Song Chaofeng was very frightened in his heart, what did Guo Song want to do?

At this moment, a little eunuch said at the door: "Chao Weng, Zhang Xiangguo is in a hurry to see!" ”

Zhang Xiangguo is Zhang Yansheng, the leader of the hundred officials of Nanya, Song Chaofeng didn't want to see him, but after thinking about it, he didn't know what urgent matter he had, Song Chaofeng still instructed the little eunuch: "Please sit down for a while, I'll come!" ”

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