After discussing with Su Shun for a while, he returned to the Yamen of the General Administration Department, and the porter said that Gu Jinyan had moved to the Wengu Hall.

Rushed over to see that Xiao Shandong and Yu Youfu were actually there, one chatting with the two soaps guarding the door, the other sitting on the steps at the entrance of the lobby and eating melon seeds, and Gu Jinyan was sleeping on the chair in the public room on the left side of the lobby because he was too tired and sleepy.

The two soaps didn't know how respectful they were, they didn't know how enthusiastic they were, Han Xiufeng asked what their surnames were, and then turned around and asked, "Uncle Yu, Xiaoshandong, how do you know that I have entered Beijing?" ”

Yu Youfu said excitedly: "Fourth Master, the news of your transfer to the General Administration Department has spread outside, Master Huang knows, Master Ji knows, Master Ao knows, Master Jiang not only knows that he has been here in the morning." Even Director Zhang went to the hall to ask you when you were free, saying that you were transferred to the General Administration Department for such a happy event, and the provincial pavilion should also set up a few tables of banquets for you. ”

"Fourth Master, Master Huang, Master Ji and Master Ao are all waiting for you in the guild hall, just now I sent someone to ask when you can return to the guild hall, if you are not free today, let me go back to report the news quickly." Xiao Shandong also said excitedly.

"Let's go to the guild hall now," Han Xiufeng looked at Gu Jinyan, who had just woken up, and said with a smile: "If you want anything here, you can't go to the guild hall." ”

"Great, I hired the car, and the car is outside."

"Don't hire a car, we have horses."

"Fourth master, we know that you and Mr. Gu have horses, but how to feed them here, didn't Master Ji send his family to ask when you will return to the hall just now, Uncle Yu made the decision and asked Master Ji's family to help bring it back first."

Thinking of the box containing the folding pieces resting in the public room on the left, Gu Jinyan subconsciously said, "Fourth master, I'll lock the door." ”

There are a lot of thieves in the capital, but Han Xiufeng doesn't think that there will be thieves who are bold enough to come here to steal official documents, but thinking that those folding pieces really can't be lost, he smiled and nodded: "Go ahead, lock the door and go to the guild hall together, eat something, take a shower, change into clean clothes, and sleep well." ”

"Fourth master, why are you in such a hurry to come back, I looked at it just now, and I didn't bring anything." Xiao Shandong couldn't help but laugh.

"yes, this time it was a bit of a rush." Han Xiufeng walked out of the Dengwen Drum Hall surrounded by everyone, looked at the carriage parked in the corner diagonally opposite and the horseman squatting by the carriage and dozing off, and suddenly turned around and said, "Uncle Yu, Xiao Shandong, I will go back to the hall with Shen Zhi first, and you will help me do a few things." ”

"What's the matter?" Yu Youfu asked subconsciously.

"Hurry up to Nancheng to find Yongxiang, just say that I want to discuss something with him, invite him to the guild hall, and bring Guisheng and Changchun with me by the way."

Wang Guisheng, the third eldest of Wang Jingcheng's family in the county yafang of his hometown, and Zhou Changchun, the nephew of Zhou Jingcheng of the provincial bureau, went to Zhili with Yu Youfu to defect to Han Xiufeng, and at first let the two of them go to the camp office to follow Cui Hao to handle money and food, and later Yongxiang and Datou led the troops to serve in front of the battle, and along the way to Fucheng, including Fucheng, no one could handle the food, so they also followed.

Later, Yongxiang sent troops back to Beijing, and saw that they could not only write and calculate, but also be shrewd and capable, so he took them to the patrol camp together. Now a soldier in charge of the Nanying roster and money and grain account book, and a person in charge of criminal nouns and lawsuits, has become Yongxiang's right and left hand, although he is not an official, but he is more nourishing than the general general or even the thousandth general.

Yu Youfu didn't expect Han Xiufeng to suddenly think of the two boys who were like fish in water in the patrol camp, and what made him even more unexpected was that without waiting for him to speak, Han Xiufeng said again: "Uncle Yu, after finishing this matter, I have to bother you to go to Gu'an, help me find Su Jueming and Yun Juren, and ask them to enter Beijing immediately, just say that I have something important to discuss." ”

It is normal to discuss important matters with Yun Juren, a student of Master Ji, but what important things can be discussed with Su Jueming, Yu Youfu was puzzled, but he still bowed down and said, "Okay, I'll go!" ”

"Fourth Master, what about me?" Xiao Shandong asked eagerly.

"Didn't Fugui come back from Yangzhou a few days ago, you go and help me call Fugui, just say that I have something urgent to find him." Han Xiufeng paused, and then said: "Besides, Cui Hao has never been to Gu'an since he returned to Beijing, so he only asked someone to bring me a letter, saying that he was recuperating in the Suzhou Guild Hall, and if you go to the Suzhou Guild Hall after you find your wealth, you will say that I have an urgent matter to find him." ”

"Okay, let's go, little one."

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Seeing the two of them gone, Han Xiufeng called Gu Jinyan to climb into the carriage and motioned for the coachman to go to the Chongqing Hall.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he lay down, Gu Jinyan smiled bitterly and said, "Fourth master, the yamen in this capital is really not the same as the local yamen. ”

"What's different?" Han Xiufeng closed his eyes and asked with a yawn.

"If you are a magistrate, the scribes, soaps, porters, and servants in the yamen must give money to the officials. But as a Beijing official, not only can't stand their silver, but wants to reward them! ”

Han Xiufeng reacted suddenly, and couldn't help but open his eyes and smiled: "Patronizing the errand assigned by the emperor, I actually forgot about it, did those scribes, soap subordinates and servants give you a look?" ”

"I didn't understand this, I didn't care about it at first, I just thought they were coaxing. Later, Master Jiang came to the yamen to take care of you, and when he saw that they looked wrong, he asked me if I had given them a reward, and I knew that there was a rule for officials to give them a reward. Gu Jinyan paused, then wrenched his fingers and said: "Three thousand yuan each for the Qi Concert Department, the manuscript room, the official's room, the ceremonial room, the upper room, and the fire room, one thousand yuan for the concierge, three thousand yuan for the soap room, and two thousand yuan for the tea room, I will help you reward according to the rules." However, I heard Master Jiang say that this is only in office, and in the future, as long as it is a New Year's holiday, you will have to give a reward! went to other places to be an official to make money, but I didn't expect to lose money when I came here to be an official, and no one believed it when I said it. ”

"Tell your uncle, your uncle won't believe it nine times out of ten, but everyone in Beijing knows it."

"Fourth master, how can you say that they are so bold and dare to ask for the official master's money!"

"Everything in the capital is expensive, and the little food and silver issued by the imperial court, let alone supporting their families, I am afraid that they will not even be able to support themselves, not to mention that most scribes not only have no food and silver to receive, but even have to bring their own pen, ink, paper, inkstone and candles. They don't ask for money from the officials, so who cares if they ask for money? ”

Han Xiufeng smiled and continued: "Some officials don't eat their set, they just don't give rewards, but they have to be honest after a while." Because so many official documents have to be copied and reviewed, they can't do without them. If you really offend them to death, then you will be unlucky in the end, because it is too easy for them to do something with official documents. ”

"Fourth master, do you mean that other yamen are the same, and the officials and masters are all bullied to the head by a group of officials?"

"It's the same with other yamen, not to mention people like me, even Shangshu and squires have to reward them, anyway, there aren't many, so why bother with this. Therefore, when Jiaqing Ye was in power, he once said that the Song Dynasty shared the world with scholars, and my Qing Dynasty shared the world with Xu officials, so it can be seen that even the emperor has nothing to do with them. ”

Gu Jinyan didn't expect that the scribes of the various ministries and institutes in the capital were more powerful than the scribes of the local yamen, and he didn't know what to say, Han Xiufeng suddenly smiled and asked, "Shenzhi, how much silver did you bring with you this time?" ”

"Fourth Master, what are you asking for?"

"Don't worry, I won't borrow it from you."

Gu Jinyan realized that Master Han was not joking, and hurriedly said: "Fourth master, I brought five hundred taels from home, and my uncle gave me another two hundred taels. ”

"Six hundred taels is not enough, how can you get fifteen or six hundred taels if you count the road expenses. Otherwise, I'll lend you a thousand taels first, and then help you talk to our provincial pavilion Director Zhang, Ming'er will take you to the household department to donate a crown earlier, and then ask him to take you to the provincial pavilion in Jiangsu to find Jiangsu compatriots to help you with insurance, and then bring a donation license to the ministry to confess. ”

Gu Jinyan came out this time to seek an official, but he never expected it to be so soon, so he couldn't help asking: "Fourth master, it's not that I don't want to donate an official to do, but I'm worried that even if I donate, I won't be able to become an official." ”

"It's normal for you to worry about this, after all, it's easy to donate officials to fill the vacancy, but now there is a shortage, you just need to hurry up and donate a nine-grade top, and I'll help you find a way to do the rest."

"Missing?"

Han Xiufeng weighed it and looked at it with a smile: "Would you like to go to Tong'an County to do an inspection or a history?" ”

"Where is Tong'an County?" Gu Jinyan asked eagerly.

"In Fujian, it's a bit far away from home, but now it's not easy to fill a gap, and this official can do it for three years, acting in the first year, and actually teaching in the second year, and you can be promoted after three or five years. As long as you don't make people angry, whether it is the county lord or the mansion, it is the domain of the Taiwan, and you don't want to move your nest within three years! ”

Gu Jinyan didn't expect that there would be such a good shortage, and said happily: "Fourth Master Xie is willing to help." ”

"Then this shortage in Tong'an County is so decided," Han Xiufeng smiled, and then changed his words: "Be cautious, it's not difficult to find this shortage, but this official is not so easy to do, what should I do I will go back to you in detail, and then when you take office, you will go home by the way, and select a few reliable and capable villagers from the Baojia Bureau to go to Fujian to take office with you." ”

Gu Jinyan realized that it should be related to the errand that Master Han was doing, and couldn't help asking: "Fourth master, is Tong'an County on the seaside, and are there any foreigners in Tong'an County?" ”

He reacted so quickly, Han Xiufeng, who was very relieved to him, was even more relieved, and said meaningfully: "There are five ports of trade, one of which is called Xiamen, and Xiamen is in Tong'an. ”

"Fourth Master, are you planning to let students go to find out about Yiqing?"

"You know, don't tell outsiders." Han Xiufeng patted him on the shoulder, stared at him and said, "Strive to complete the matter of donating the crown and surrendering within two or three days, and leave the office when you receive the official certificate." I won't be lonely on the way to office, I plan to help Jueming find a vacancy, and then you will go out of Beijing together. ”

"Jueming also goes to Fujian?"

"I plan to let him go to Shanghai, which is naturally better than going to Fujian, after all, it is close to home. But let him go to Shanghai and let you go to Fujian, not because he has been with me for a long time, but because he is familiar with Shanghai and has to be handy when he runs errands. And he can only go to Shanghai, like him, if he goes to a place where he is not familiar with the place, whether he can stand firm is not a matter of whether he can stand firmly. ”

"Fourth master, I'm not envious of him, I just asked casually."

"I know," Han Xiufeng smiled, and said with emotion: "Dean Gu would be very happy if he knew that you were an official, and your father and mother would be even happier." ”

"Fourth Master Xie, if it weren't for the Fourth Master, how could I be an official!" Gu Jinyan was so excited that his blood boiled, and after thinking about it, he said with an embarrassed face: "Fourth Master, if I am not in a hurry, I want to go to Zhuozhou, you have helped me so much, I can't care about you borrowing silver anymore." ”

"Are you going to find Chisato, are you going to borrow from Chisato?"

"I ...... I also want to say goodbye to Master Wang and Chen Hu, and by the way, ask them if they want to send a letter to their hometown. ”

"Don't take the matter of silver to heart, as for the matter of saying goodbye and carrying letters, I will go by the way when the official is out of Beijing to take office."

Gu Jinyan really wanted to borrow money from Master Han, and made up his mind to go to Zhuozhou when he went out of Beijing to take office, and asked Wang Qianli to help pay back the silver that Master Han had advanced first. As for the good thing that owes Wang Qianli, the Gu and Wang families are not only world friends, but also in the same town, and when they return to Hai'an by the way, they will raise some money to return to the Wang family.

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PS: The update is late, please forgive me brothers and sisters.

Then we will work hard from tomorrow and watch two shifts a day.

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