The emperor not only issued an edict to open Enke next year, but also remembered that the scholars of Jiangsu and Anhui could not take the township test because of the fall of Jiangning, and kindly allowed the two provinces of Jiangsu and Anhui to play the school and government, and borrowed the Zhejiang Gongyuan to open the department and take the scholars.

This is great news for the scholars of the world, but Xianfeng in the second year of Renzi Enke, Xianfeng in the third year of the Chou Branch, Xianfeng in the sixth year of Bingchen Branch and last year Ji Wei Ke, not only did not pull down all the exams Ren He, not only was he disheartened by the imperial examination, but he didn't even want to participate in the big challenge.

Seeing that Zhuzi wanted to go back to Ba County, he also had the idea of retreating.

Han Xiufeng also felt that a man like him couldn't make a name for himself in the capital, so it was better to go back to his hometown to find a academy to teach, or to be a leisurely gentry in the township, so he not only agreed, but also gave a Cheng Yi like Wang Qianli and others.

The commissioner is just an errand, not an official shortage, so he doesn't need to go to the relevant yamen to resign, so he packed his luggage, took his wife and children to say goodbye to his fellow villagers and friends in Beijing, and then embarked on the road back to his hometown with the pillar.

Because I had a family and a lot of luggage, I had five big cars in the cage alone, and I couldn't leave this way.

The pillar was like an arrow, but he was embarrassed to urge, so he could only walk slowly with his family, and it took two and a half months to rush from the capital to Chengdu.

I thought I didn't need to go into the city, so I just found an inn outside the city to rest, and I continued to hurry early in the morning.

Unexpectedly, Ren He jumped out of the car, caught up and said apologetically: "Brother Zhuzi, I know that you are like an arrow, Keba County is so far away from the provincial capital, it is not easy to come to the provincial capital, can you enjoy the light and go to the city to live in the cold house for a few days?" ”

The pillar was stunned, and suddenly reacted: "Brother Xing, are you planning to go back to Ba County?" ”

As the saying goes, Ren He didn't want to go back to his hometown, but he didn't have the face to go back, and said with a little embarrassment: "Ren has been displaced for so many years, and he has achieved nothing, and he has no shame to see his hometown father." ”

"What's embarrassing, if you want to say that there is no Chinese style, there are many people who don't have Chinese style, and it's just you!"

"Brother Pillar, I'...... I want to go and meet my father-in-law first, not to mention that Chengdu is a provincial city after all, and I want to see if I can find a living in the provincial capital. ”

Thinking that his father-in-law was a well-known rich man in Chengdu, Zhu Zi smiled and said, "Okay, then let's say goodbye here." I'll go to a random inn in front of me to rest, and I'll leave early tomorrow morning. ”

"Let's go into the city and sit down."

"Don't bother, let's meet again!"

Liu was well-informed and wanted to get out of the car to save it, but he thought that this was going back to his parents' house, not his own house, and he was worried that the pillar was uncomfortable, so he could only lie on the window and wave goodbye.

……

Just when Zhuzi took two fellow villagers who went to the capital with Han Xiufeng from Hubei to return to his hometown in Ba County along the starry night of the "Dongda Road", a major event happened in Beijing.

The head of the household Shangshu Sushun found that the treasure banknote was in arrears at Yuzi No. 5, which did not match the archives of the General Administration of Official Money, and after a thorough investigation by the emperor's permission, it was found that many people were implicated, including Prince Gong, six or seven princes and more than a dozen Shangshu servants in Weng Xin's existence were inseparable, and they couldn't go on after checking.

Just when Su Shun made up his mind to prepare to investigate to the end, the household yamen actually ran out of water, and the fire burned from noon to late at night, and so many officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion tried their best to save it.

The fire burned from the manuscript library to the lobby, the second hall, the second gate, the Eight Banners and the north and south stalls, and from the north and south stalls to the secretary hall, the autumn examination office, the official ticket office and the four divisions of Shaanxi, Huguang, Zhejiang, and Shandong, more than 300 halls and rooms were burned to ashes along with many documents and books!

Han Xiufeng hadn't been in the city for a month, and he had a very leisurely life these days, listening to Xiao Shandong, who hurried back from the city, reported the news, and was in no mood to read anymore, so he suddenly got up and asked, "Are there any dead people?" ”

"It's also evil to think about it, the fire is so big, and the fire is so fierce, but the old men and scribes who are on errand in the yamen are all fine, and no one is dead, it seems that only a few scribes were burned while fighting."

Seeing that Han Xiufeng was silent, Xiao Shandong took out a piece of paper from his sleeve again, looked at the crooked words on it, and said cautiously: "There is a lot of discussion in the city here, there is everything to say, and someone has written a poem, which is a little interesting for me to listen to, so I quickly borrowed a note." ”

"Read!"

"Money is running out of money, and money is urgently needed. The little officials are unscrupulous, and the guards are polluted. He Xing was imprisoned, and the jade was burned together. God ordained that there would be no remnants of ......"

Han Xiufeng took the poem from Xiaoshan's hand, thought about it and asked, "Does the emperor know, what is the current situation of the various ministries?" ”

"The entire household yamen has been burned to the ground, who dares to hide such a big event from the emperor, listening to the auspicious lord said that the emperor was angry, not only did not blame Lord Sushun, but also ordered Lord Sushun to investigate thoroughly, he must have felt that this water went strangely. The ministries and courtyards are now panicking, and even Master Ji, who doesn't go to the yamen much on weekdays, went to the Hanlin Academy early this morning. ”

"Got it, you go and rest first."

"The little one obeys."

As soon as she was sent away from Xiaoshandong, Ren Yu'er walked in gently with the door frame, and said to the door: "Fourth master, I heard it all, I think this must not be a natural disaster." ”

"Do you need to say this, there must be someone who is worried about being investigated, so they set fire to it, as for whether anyone instructed it, I don't know." Han Xiufeng thought for a while, and said solemnly: "Su Shun is forcing those people into a desperate situation, otherwise those people will never dare to make such a move." ”

In Ren Yu'er's opinion, Su Shun was a good official, and couldn't help asking: "Fourth brother, now that all the official documents and books have been burned, can Lord Su Shun still check it?" ”

Han Xiufeng pondered for a moment, and said helplessly: "Even if those documents and books are not burned, he can't check them. ”

"Why can't you check it out if you have solid evidence?"

"Politics is bribed, do you think it's just a joke? From the princes and ministers to the officials in the county government, who is not greedy? If you are not greedy, just relying on that little bit of official income, more than half of the officials in the world will starve to death. What's more, if you don't go through the door, don't give money, and you can't be an official. Han Xiufeng sighed lightly, and continued: "The ancients said that 'the sky does not change, and the Tao does not change', those bad rules and even corruption in the officialdom have accumulated too much, and Su Shun alone has no power to return to the sky. ”

"Fourth brother, are you saying that even if Lord Sushun finds out the evidence that Prince Gong and them are full of private money, the emperor will not investigate Prince Gong?"

"The expenses of those palaces are bigger than the other, if they are not greedy, if they don't collect other people's money, how can the princes maintain their dignity. As for Weng Xincun and other important ministers, the same is true. Even if there is solid evidence, the emperor will only punish them, and will not ask for their heads, after all, they can't punish the doctor. ”

"But ......"

"Yu'er, you can think about it the other way around, if you kill all the corrupt princes and ministers, who will the emperor use?"

Ren Yu'er reacted and said with a bitter face: "Fourth brother, according to what you say, no matter how Lord Su Shun checks, it's useless?" ”

"Although it can't cure the root cause, it can also cure the symptoms, at least it can make those princes and ministers more restrained."

Thinking that it was too frustrating to talk about this, Ren Yu'er hurriedly changed the topic, looked at the book he had just put on the desk and asked, "Fourth brother, what book are you reading?" ”

Han Xiufeng glanced back and said lightly: ""The New Chapter of Senior Administration", Yu Qinghuai asked someone to bring it from Hubei, he was worried that he would be found by the official along the way, and he also tore off the cover. ”

"Who wrote "The New Chapter of Senior Administration", why haven't I heard of it?" Ren Yuer was really interested in this, and picked up the book curiously.

"Written by Hong Renxuan, the brother of the thief leader Hong Xiuquan, it can be said to be an anti-book." Han Xiufeng sat down, picked up the teacup and said: "According to Yu Qinghuai, who worked for Zeng Guofan, this Hong Renxuan was exiled to Hong Kong a few years ago, and he didn't rush to Jiangning until this spring. ”

"The long-haired military advisor ......" Ren Yu'er looked at it, and actually raised his head and said: "Fourth brother, don't say it, this Hong Renxuan has a bit of knowledge, and the way he said in the book is to manage people, especially this sentence 'The country takes the legal system first, the legal system is based on compliance, active compliance and then the legal system, and then the legal system and then the country', looks a bit like the practice of foreigners." ”

"He believes in foreign religion, and he has been staying in Hong Kong a few years ago, so it is reasonable that his thoughts and thoughts are similar to those of foreigners."

"But now he is the god king of Long Hair, and he is also the prime minister of Long Hair's government, if he really implements this set of ......"

Without waiting for Ren Yu'er to finish speaking, Han Xiufeng said coldly: "You don't have to worry about this, many things may not be able to be done, even if you are in a high position." For example, Su Shun is powerful enough, but can he do what he wants to do? Speaking of long hair, they have long said that 'all the people in the world plough together', and what do they say, 'there is land and ploughing together, there is food and food, clothes and clothing, money and work, everywhere is uneven, and no one is not full and warm', but have they done it? Not only did they not do it, but those who were named kings and prime ministers were more greedy than the other! ”

"According to what you say, this Hong Renxuan is not a matter of concern?"

"It's not just not a matter of worry, I don't think he'll be able to do it for long."

"Why didn't you do it so long?"

"Whether it is Shi Dakai or Li Yucheng, who has just been crowned King of England, it is all because of his military exploits that he can be in a high position. Hong Renxuan has been hiding in Hong Kong all these years without making an inch, and suddenly he is in a high position, why should he serve the public? What's more, Jiangsu's long hair is repeatedly tugging with the official army in Pukou, the long hair of the strongholds in Anhui is being uprooted one by one by the reorganized Hunan army, Shi Dakai fell out with Hong Xiuquan again, and he didn't catch it well in Hunan, just like a rogue who fled to Guangxi, and they don't know how long their 'heavenly kingdom' that has fallen apart can survive for a long time, and how much else can he Hong Renxuan do. ”

"Fourth brother, in this way, long hair is not a concern, and foreigners are a big problem?"

"But now that the court is healed, the scars have forgotten the pain, and in the matter of foreigners, it is important to say it, but don't do it. Han Chen sent a letter yesterday, saying that the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners Green Battalion stationed in Tianjin were a little carried away after winning the battle, and the food and salary began to be in arrears as before. ”

Ren Yu'er asked in horror: "How is this good!" ”

Han Xiufeng said helplessly: "People are soft-spoken, and it's useless to be in a hurry, so you can only plan for the worst." ”

Ren Yu'er realized why he was reluctant to enter the city these days, and was silent for a long time, pretending to smile lightly: "Fourth brother, don't talk about these unhappy things, don't you like to eat Western dim sum, I'll do it for you." ”