At three o'clock, before dawn, Datou, He Heng, and Liu Shanyang's three family members got up to make a fire and cook. As soon as the hired carriage arrived yesterday afternoon, Pan Er took one of them to the northern half of the alley to pick up Master Hanlin.

Han Xiufeng was busy packing up the incense case and placing the offerings, and the seven lifters including Fei Erye and He Heng also got up, first sent the bundled covers to the carriage parked at the door, and then went back to the room to check the items in the ticket and examination basket.

The big head just sent the pastries and freshly heated zongzi into the hall, Wen Youyu and other seven businessmen arrived, and as soon as they entered the courtyard, they wished a few people to go to high school, and after saying auspicious words, they honestly guarded outside the hall. They are neither officials nor famous, and they cannot and dare not enter at this juncture.

The northern half of the alley is not far from the hall, and Ji Yunfei will arrive after a while, and after a few words of greeting with Fei Erye and other candidates, he turned into a master of ceremonies and asked the seven candidates to worship with incense.

After worshipping the saint Confucius and all kinds of immortals, he beckoned everyone to eat at the table.

Even Han Xiufeng didn't sit at the table, Wen Youyu and other businessmen didn't dare to go inside, but fortunately, they only ate today and didn't eat wine, and Fei Erye couldn't eat in a hurry to go to the tribute courtyard, so they ate a small piece of pastry and a zongzi, and walked out of the courtyard with their respective examination baskets and got into the carriage hired by the guild hall for them.

He Heng and Liu Shanyang have families, so they don't need to be sent by others.

Second Master Fei and the four candidates who came after him didn't bring their families, Han Xiufeng was wondering whether to send it, Wen Youyu suddenly said: "Master Han, you want to accompany Master Ji, you have to help Master Qian find a house when it is dawn, or don't go, we will help you send Second Master them." ”

Everything is inferior, but reading is high.

Han Xiufeng just donated the Jiupin candidate for inspection, and he didn't want to join in the excitement of this scholar, so he simply came to push the boat: "Since a few people have this heart, this will bother a few people." ”

"It's not tiring, it's our blessing to be able to send a few masters to take the exam, Master Ji, Master Han, let's go first."

"Go ahead, leave us alone."

As soon as Ji Yunfei's words fell, Pan Er couldn't help but ask, "Young Master, why don't I and Datou also go and send it off?" ”

Han Xiufeng knew that the two of them wanted to see the excitement, so he couldn't help but smile and said, "Go, go early and come back early." ”

"I'll let go of that string of whips first."

"Leave it alone, I'll put it away."

Han Xiufeng took the incense from the big head, walked to the door to light the firecrackers, and hid to the side and shouted: "I wish the seven masters of Chongqing Mansion a success, and the title of the gold list!" ”

Fei Erye, who was sitting in the first carriage, arched his hand and said: "Borrow Zhixing brother Ji Yan, Ji master, Zhixing brother, I'm waiting to go to the Tribute Academy." ”

"Let's go, Bowen awaits your good news." Ji Yunfei arched his hand, and then nodded to Pan Er, who was standing next to the first carriage.

"Let's go!" Pan Er shouted and walked ahead to clear the way for the convoy.

Looking at his villain's triumphant appearance, Han Xiufeng couldn't help but smile.

Ji Yunfei kept sending the seven carriages to the entrance of the alley before turning around and asking, "Zhixing, just now Shopkeeper Wen said that you want to help Qian Junchen find a house?" ”

"Wasn't he selected to be the same examiner, and when he came out of the Gongyuan, he was the master of the house, and there was no house for him to let the Chinese-style candidates in the room go to meet him. So I asked Mr. Huang to bring me a letter and asked me to help him rent a yard nearby. Thinking of the more qualified examiner in front of him, Han Xiufeng was a little embarrassed.

Ji Yunfei groaned: "I won't release the list until the twenty-first, so I don't need to be in such a hurry."

"yes, there's no hurry." Han Xiufeng didn't want to open which pot to mention, so he hurriedly greeted: "Master Ji, the big head got up early in the morning and made a big table of dishes, the second master they can't eat us, they can't drink and we drink, and there are two jars of 'Wen Yongsheng' in the old cellar." ”

"It's okay, it's okay today anyway."

……

When they all went to the Tribute Temple, there were only two of them left in the hall, and they didn't have to worry about spreading the word no matter what they said.

After a few glasses of wine, Han Xiufeng couldn't help but ask: "Master Ji, others can't talk to Lord Zhuo, you must be able to speak." Lord Zhuo is the president of Enke this time, why don't you want to find a way to get an errand? ”

"Looking for a fellow examiner?" Ji Yunfei put down the cup and asked.

"Master Ji, I know that you are an honest official and don't want to go to the camp, but ...... But ......"

"Zhixing, I know what you want to say, and I can indeed talk to Lord Zhuo. It's just that now is not as unpredictable as before, and it is better to be still. ”

Han Xiufeng thought to himself what this had to do with the Korean situation, and he was stunned for a while.

Ji Yunfei looked at him with a blank look, thinking that there were no outsiders here, he simply explained: "Lord Zhuo entered the cabinet to worship the prime minister, and the official residence is a good product, which seems to be a holy family, but in fact, it is like walking on thin ice. ”

"Walking on thin ice?"

"Princes have teachers, do you know which prince's teacher Lord Zhuo has been?"

"Which prince?"

Ji Yunfei smiled bitterly: "Lord Zhuo has been the teacher of the Six Princes, that is, King Gong, Lord Zhuo has been recommended by Kedao to a scholar of Wuyingdian University, he is upright, filial piety, and sincerity with others, but he is not as good as Lord Du Shoutian Du in terms of being a teacher. ”

Han Xiufeng subconsciously asked, "Which prince's teacher is Lord Du?" ”

"Today."

"Ahh

Ji Yunfei sighed lightly and said solemnly: "The emperor's ascension to the pole and the opening of Enke to take the scholar is a major event of the country. It's best if nothing happens, but if there is another fraud case in the science field, Lord Zhuo, as the president of the examination, will be unable to escape the blame. ”

It turned out that Lord Zhuo and that Lord Du had both been the prince's teachers, but the prince taught by Lord Zhuo did not sit on the throne, and the prince who was taught by others became the current emperor, and the current emperor naturally would not take Lord Zhuo as a confidant. It's just that not long after he ascended the throne, there are still bandits and bandits in Guangxi, and it is an eventful time, so it is not easy to move old ministers like Lord Zhuo. Thinking of this, Han Xiufeng muttered: "Once a son of heaven and a courtier, it is not appropriate to tie up Lord Zhuo now, and you can't even get too close." ”

Ji Yunfei likes him, a little fellow who can understand a little, but he doesn't want to talk about this topic anymore, so he suddenly changed his words: "Zhixing, didn't Jiang Haoxuan ask you to help persuade the PLM officer in Yunnan, the case of the PLM officer's lack of copper catties, I don't think he can investigate and handle it well, and it is estimated that he will not be able to investigate it soon." ”

Han Xiufeng asked puzzledly: "Why can't the investigation continue?" ”

"The day before yesterday, Qian Liang gave a fold of "Heavy Copper Politics to Eliminate Disadvantages and Neglects" in the matter, bitterly showing all kinds of shortcomings of copper politics, saying that there are two kinds of fatigue of Yunnan Provincial Transporters: one is in Yunnan, and the other is in Beijing. In Yunnan, there are often many people who are short of copper transportation, and they hope to deduct their freight and even copper catties to make up for the deficit. When he was tired in Beijing, the officials of the two bureaus of household and labor needed to ask for it, and made it difficult for the officials to transport them in every possible way, and they could only enter the bureau after agreeing to pay bribes.

Mr. Zhang, who was the political envoy of Yunnan, also wrote a "Copper Political Discussion", saying: Fudian is a remote area, and there are only 600,000 registered households, and his cattle and horses are eleven or twelve. These 600,000 households belong to eighty-seven counties, and they are bound by twelve or three ears for transit. In other words, there are only 60,000 or 70,000 cattle and horses in Yunnan, and only 20,000 or 30,000 cattle and horses to transport copper......"