There was still half a moment before the hour, and Zhang Siwei walked into the cabinet courtyard. This is the office time of the cabinet, which has not changed since the establishment of the cabinet. At the beginning of the establishment of the cabinet, the space was very small, and three or four cabinet ministers were crammed into one room to work. Later, it was repeatedly expanded to form today's scale. There are now three small buildings in the courtyard of this cabinet, and a flying corner heavy eaves in the middle is magnificent, which is the office of the cabinet ministers; The small building on the east side of the courtyard is the edict room, the west side is the system house, the south side was originally a gap land, and then because the office space is not enough, during the period when Yan Song served as the first assistant, three major roll sheds were built here, and the cabinet should be assisted by subordinate officials, all moved here.

The office building of the cabinet minister, the entrance is a lobby, the lobby is surrounded by verandahs, and the four sets of duty rooms of the cabinet ministers, the doors are all open on the verandah. The upstairs rooms, some of which are court rooms, and some of which are resting places for cabinet ministers. The first assistant Zhang Juzheng's duty room is on the south side of the hall, the window is facing the roll shed, and Zhang Siwei's duty room is opposite it. Since Lu Tiaoyang Zhishi, his duty room has been empty, and there is a lock on the door. There are six rooms in total, including confidential rooms, clerical rooms, and reception rooms.

As soon as Zhang Siwei sat down in the duty room, and before the internal servant had brewed the tea, a clerk came in and said that the first assistant was invited. As soon as he heard that Shoufu had been summoned, Zhang Siwei immediately got up and went over, only to see Zhang Juzheng sitting upright in front of the huge mahogany desk, and he could see that he had arrived at some time, and there were several folds on the table, which had obviously been read. Gao Gong pointed to a chair at the head of the copywriter and motioned for Zhang Juzheng to sit down.

"Ziwei, it hasn't rained in Baoding Liufu for a few months recently, so it stands to reason that a large number of displaced people have poured into the capital? But there was no official document from Shuntianfu. ”

Zhang Juzheng turned sideways and asked.

"There is indeed a large influx of displaced people, but now most of them are concentrated in the suburbs of Beijing and the Lugou area." Zhang Siwei hurriedly replied.

"Gathered in the suburbs of Beijing and the area of Lugou? So what do they eat? ”

The corners of Zhang Juzheng's eyes moved slightly, puzzled.

"If you don't eat, will you gather and make trouble?"

Shousuke's words made Zhang Siwei reply.

"Looking back, they gathered there because there was work there."

"Got a job?"

Zhang Juzheng wondered.

"Yes, I don't know if Shoufu can remember the coal transportation express road built by the British public?"

Now no one mentions any railways, but calls it "the fast road for transporting coal", just as Zhang Rong said at the beginning, sometimes, as long as the name is changed, you can dispel everyone's concerns and reduce the occurrence of things.

"You mean, they're all building roads there now?"

"Yes, after the increase in the number of displaced people in Beijing, the fast road was repaired to the south to Zhangjiawan, this more than 100 miles of fast road, there are thousands of people busy working for several months, although they only have 30 yuan a day, but they can also make their families wrap their stomachs, so compared to begging in the city, those homeless people are more willing to work on the construction site."

Hearing this, Zhang Juzheng nodded and said.

"It is said that it employs thousands of people, but in fact, there are no less than tens of thousands of people, and Zhang Rong does have some credit for this matter."

"Shousuke, I heard that this matter is not for Zhang Rong to do."

Zhang Siwei continued.

"I heard that Shi Yiwen did it all."

"Shi Yiwen."

Although he was a little surprised for a while, Zhang Juzheng still remembered this person after a while.

"You mean the Shi Yiwen who came back from the Old Port?"

"Yes, I heard that he is now in the coal mining business with the British Gong, and he also runs the fast road for transporting coal, not only that, but he also has an iron factory and a yarn factory by the Lugou River, and his factory is different from other places, the iron factory uses a hammer to forge iron, and the yarn factory uses a water wheel to spin yarn, and the factory employs no less than thousands of workers, and at this time he has built many houses for the workers to live next to the factory, and speaking of which, thousands of homeless people are also employed there, and tens of thousands of homeless people are employed on both sides, so that there are not many homeless people who go to the capital. If it weren't for the fact that he was hanging a brocade and guarding Tongzhi and dismissing his post, it is estimated that the Shuntian Mansion would have asked the court for a reward for him. After all, this also saved the imperial court a lot of trouble. ”

Zhang Siwei's answer made Zhang Juzheng nod and praise.

"This Shi Yiwen never thought that he was so eager for justice and righteousness, but he had some misunderstandings about him at the beginning."

After that, Zhang Juzheng looked at Zhang Siwei and said curiously.

"You found out all these things?"

As the first assistant, the most important thing is to have clear ears and eyes, although these things are trivial things, and I usually don't care much about them, but Zhang Siwei's "well-informed" makes Zhang Juzheng secretly vigilant.

Hearing this, Zhang Siwei's heart tightened, and Wei was afraid that Shoufu would be dissatisfied, so he hurriedly explained.

"Hey, I have to inquire about this there, I read it in the newspaper."

"Newspapers? What newspapers? ”

"The "Morning Post", this newspaper has been quite fashionable in the capital in the past two months, and I heard that as soon as the "Morning Post" came out, all the newspapers in Beijing have basically ceased to operate, but the "Morning Post" rarely publishes the official affairs of the newspaper, and it is a pity to focus on the miscellaneous things in Beijing."

While explaining, Zhang Siwei said again.

"Actually, when I read "Morning Post", I just read "Journey to the West", which is printed with novels, and it is indeed very fresh."

Zhang Siwei didn't know that Zhang Juzheng didn't know about the newspaper, and he said these words just to justify himself, in fact, he did have eyes and ears in the capital, but he did see this incident from the newspaper.

"Oh? Don't listen to official affairs? ”

Zhang Juzheng was surprised.

"Ziwei has this "Morning News", I will also take a look."

Of course there is, because "Morning News" is sold in the morning, and of course Zhang Siwei has it in his duty room, after all, he is indeed chasing "Journey to the West". It was just a moment of effort, and Zhang Siwei took the newspaper to Zhang Juzheng.

When handing the newspaper to Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Siwei explained.

"Shousuke, this "Morning News" will print every day the anecdotes of the capital in recent days, although it can't talk about the world's affairs, but there is "Morning News" can really understand the recent things in the capital, but most of them are small things related to the people."

"Hmmm......"

Unfolding the newspaper, Zhang Juzheng focused on the "Morning News" sent by Zhang Siwei, and the newspaper was printed with advertisements for restaurants, scissors, pharmacies, etc., and there were quite a few of them. But soon he still found the news he wanted to see, and the so-called news was indeed a trivial thing that happened in the capital.

"Hmph, there are rampant ruffians at the entrance of this vegetable market, and the people are complaining, haven't you seen it in Shuntianfu?"

Just glanced at it slightly, Zhang Juzheng's face sank, and his breath was uneven.

"This matter seems to be a trivial matter, but it is closely related to whether the people live and work in peace and contentment......

Zhang Juzheng read the newspaper for a while, and then said.

"From now on, I'll get a copy of the newspaper here every day."