Zhou Xingyuan was in a hurry, so he got into the carriage and left.

Han Xiufeng sent him back to the courtyard, and Pan Er asked curiously: "Fourth brother, what is Shuqi, is he going to Jiangning to be an official?" ”

"It's not to be an official, it's to be a friend of the Governor of Liangjiang, and to be a master for the Governor of Liangjiang." Han Xiufeng said with a smile while greeting He Heng, who had just come out of the room: "He has been a master for many years before he was picked up, and he is more handy at being a master than being an official." ”

"Back to your old ways?"

"It's almost, but this time it's for the governor of Liangjiang to be the master. The Governor of Liangjiang is a feudal official, if he can serve the Governor of Liangjiang well, Lord Lu will be happy, and he may really help him get rid of it forever, and maybe he will be promoted to be an official. ”

"His turtle son is too godly! Lacking so much official copper and committing such a big thing, not only was he not beheaded, but he could also be the governor of Liangjiang! ”

"It's not that he has many gods, but that other people have two supernatural powers in the same year. Master Ji said that one is to supervise the imperial history, the other is Zhang Jing of the Military Aircraft Department, and the governor of Liangjiang is also a foreign official, and he wants to tie up his two same years, and he will give him the same ice and charcoal in the same year every New Year's holiday. ”

"Officials protect each other?" Pan Er muttered.

"You just know." Han Xiufeng patted him on the arm, and then said meaningfully: "Brother Junjie, the same year of the township test is the same year, and the surname Zhou can have such a great creation, not all of it depends on his two township tests in the same year." You're not a lot of the same year, and you still have to move around when you should be moving. ”

He Heng smiled helplessly: "You think I don't want to move, but I don't have to move, I don't have to move around in the same year!" ”

Sichuan is not as prosperous as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huguang and other provinces with a prosperous literary style, thinking that it is very rare for so many people in Sichuan to be admitted to the Jinshi, Han Xiufeng suddenly realized that his township exams in the same year could not be compared with Zhou Xingyuan's township exams in the same year, and he didn't know what to say, Pan Er asked puzzledly: "Young master, I have only heard of Master Xingming and Master Qiangu, and I have never heard of Master Shuqi, what does Master Shuqi do?" ”

"The master is not only the name of the sentence and the money valley, but also the master of the book, registration, comparison and folding. The laws and criminal precedents of the Qing Dynasty are full of sweat, and those who are not guided by famous teachers and specialize in studying laws and regulations cannot be famous criminal masters, so they are known as the old masters of criminal names and the head of the friends; Qian Gu specializes in tax collection, and officials must help handle the receipt of finance, tax affairs and accounts when they arrive, and they must clear the handover when they leave office, and they need to make a four-column inventory, take inventory of silver and silver, and verify the accounts. In all the friends, the old master is second only to the criminal name. ”

Han Xiufeng walked into the flower hall, and while beckoning the two of them to sit down, he said: "Master Shuqi is in charge of the correspondence, don't look at it as just in charge of the letters, in fact, this errand is not simple. Because officialdom has the rules of officialdom, there are many particularities in correspondence, especially for bosses and officials who are popular among their colleagues, and they must write congratulatory letters on New Year's holidays, their birthdays, or their birthdays, or promotions.

A letterhead can only write eight lines, and a letterhead can only write 'yellow umbrella grid', that is, the name and official title. The salutation should be 'respectful', the top grid should be wrapped, and the eight-line letterhead should be written like a yellow umbrella. If a relative of a senior official or colleague dies, he must write a letter of condolence, and there is another set of particulars. All in all, the format is complex and demanding, and it should be written in a grand manner. ”

"The turtle son surnamed Zhou will write these?" General Pan Er was skeptical.

"This is natural, I have seen the official documents he wrote, and the small block is not only neat and aura, but also the format is impeccable." Han Xiufeng smiled and said: "However, most of those entertainment texts have a set of programs that can be applied, and there are books such as 'rulers' in the world, as long as you buy a few copies and go back to change some words and phrases." ”

"It turns out that even being a master has so much attention, and I really have a lot of knowledge." He Heng sighed.

"Brother Junjie, you are dedicated to reading the books of sages and sages, and you have never been exposed to these before. And the master usually lives in a simple place and doesn't show up, and he hasn't come into contact with them, so he doesn't know that these are normal. ”

Pan Er asked again, "Why didn't they show up?" ”

"Do you know what it means to be 'officials need to do it themselves', the eldest lord uses both people and people, not only to prevent the six-room scribe to prevent the curtain friends, but also to convey what is the whole family, the curtain friends usually can't contact the six-room scribes and even the officials. Some exquisite masters, after being hired as friends, will make a list of relatives and friends, and usually only see those on the list, and nothing else. Han Xiufeng paused, and added: "You don't necessarily believe it, I have been idle in the Yamen Gang for so many years, and I have met the master three times. ”

Pan Er didn't expect that there were so many rules for being a master, so he thought about it and asked, "What do the three masters do?" ”

"The registered master specializes in drafting, replying to official documents and going up, and issuing official documents, if the master delegates power, then the status of the registered master is very high; If he didn't delegate power, the registered master would just be a transcription scribe who was responsible for the registration of official documents. ”

He Heng's cousin became more and more sensible, and when he saw the three of them talking in the flower hall, he hurriedly carried a teapot to make tea.

Han Xiufeng took a sip of tea from the bowl, and then said: "Master Zheng is responsible for assessing and levying the field endowment, and there are very few masters, only the governor who can reach the heavens will be hired, and he will help the governor draft the recital of the emperor." Knowledgeable, familiar with the geography of mountains and rivers, astronomical meteorology, Boda political system and people's conditions, but also need to know the military, study the military book and tactics, to be able to write a small hand, the writing is dignified and elegant, the style of writing is rigorous and solemn, and the articles written must be able to run through the classics of history and history! ”

"So the master is even more powerful than the old master?"

"This is natural, but all those who can be the masters of folding are all well-educated people, and all are the henchmen of the governor and governor. Although he is not an official, he is much stronger than an ordinary official, and he can earn thousands of taels a year. ”

"Zhixing, according to what you say, even if you can't be an official, it's not bad to be a friend of the superintendent."

"That's it."

"It's a pity that I don't know how to do it."

He Hengzheng was full of emotion, Ji Yunfei, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, came in the evening, and shouted as soon as he entered the courtyard: "Junjie, Junjie!" ”

"Master Ji, I'm here!"

"It's all here, it's good to be here." Ji Yunfei nodded slightly with Han Xiufeng, who got up to greet him, and then said with a smile: "Junjie, now there is a chance to enter the office, I want to ask you if you plan to take the exam again next year, or seize this opportunity to find an errand first." ”

"What chance?"

"You should have heard of the cabinet book, that is, it is specially written, recorded, translated, and written, from the seven grades, by the examination or special gift. The emperor issued an edict this morning, asking the chief examiner to submit the proposed papers to the officials, and the list of the proposed candidates to the Ministry of Officials, who will be recruited by the Ministry of Officials. ”