Pei Fu.

During this time, there was no war in the imperial court, and the affairs of the Privy Council were not so busy, and Pei Rong rarely had a meal with his family.

However, Pei Rui was late, which made Pei Rong a little unhappy.

"Pei Rui, what's the matter with you? Don't have time to eat? Do you have to let someone urge you? Pei Rong frowned.

"Brother Rong, I'm sorry for the delay. It's not that I saw that it was your birthday in two days, I thought about it to see if there was a suitable gift, and I heard that Yan Zhenqing's true works appeared in Dongshi, so I went to see them, and they were really genuine, if it weren't for Brother Rong, you were in too much of a hurry, I really had to bargain. Pei Rui complained.

"Yan Zhenqing's real handiwork?" Pei Rong couldn't help but put down his chopsticks, and he was also a little moved, not that he liked Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy, but that the emperor liked calligraphy, "How much did you spend?" I'll go to the account office later, and I'll have another use for this book. ”

What Pei Rong said was of other uses, Pei Rui guessed it at once, after all, there are not many people who can let Pei Rong send Yan Zhenqing's authentic works.

Pei Rui said with a smile, "Brother Rong, you don't have to worry about this, it didn't cost much." No, I opened a few shops with others, and the business was okay, and I had some spare money. ”

"Who are you doing business with? It's time for the scientific examination again, if you don't prepare for the Jinshi exam, it's really not good, it's okay to take the Ming Jing and Xiucai, and it's okay to ask for a better errand for your brother in front of His Majesty. Pei Rong was a little angry.

However, he has no relatives in this room, otherwise Pei Rong would not be so concerned about this cousin.

Pei Rui snorted, "Brother Rong, don't worry, isn't this the price of grain in the river high?" The price of grain in Shannan West Province and Sichuan Province is low, so I pull grain from the south into the river and sell it. ”

"In the river?"

Mentioning this, Pei Rong thought of Li Zhen who went to He Dong, and then looked at his cousin, it didn't seem like it would have anything to do with this.

And Pei Rui was a little panicked when he was stared at, "Brother Rong, if you have something, just say it, you are staring at me like this, I am panicking." ”

Pei Rong said without saltiness, "Just talking about the river." Jinyiwei commanded Li Zhen to inspect the river on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and his brother knew the character of His Majesty and Li Zhen, and someone must have committed an accident in the river, and the matter was not small, which alarmed Li Zhen, who was the commander of Jinyiwei, to go out in person.

You happen to be in the middle of the river, so you haven't done anything illegal, right? Otherwise, if you are found out when the time comes, you won't be able to protect you as a brother! ”

Pei Rui panicked in his heart, Li Zhen went to the river? Did that be known? It can't be such a coincidence, right?

Pei Rui's head shook like a rattle, and he smirked, "Brother Rong, although I don't have much potential, I still know what to do and what not to do, how can I touch the law." ”

"It's good if you don't have it, just a reminder."

Who is Pei Rong, it is an old fritter in officialdom, Pei Rui obviously has a ghost in his heart, but he has no evidence, and the other party will not admit it, so naturally he will not expose it.

It seems that someone has to find out what this cousin has been doing recently, don't really cause trouble, and pay yourself in.

In the later meal, Pei Rui was obviously absent-minded, which made Pei Rong more and more sure that the other party had a problem.

"Master, are you suspicious of the second child?"

Pei Rong's quietness can hide from others, but he can't hide from the pillow person who has been with him for many years, and when no one is around, Mrs. Pei can't help but ask.

Pei Rong nodded, "Pei Rui's reaction is a little strange, since His Majesty sent Li Zhen to the river, the matter must be not small, if Pei Rui is involved, it will indeed be a little troublesome." ”

"Master, what now?"

For Pei Rui, Mrs. Pei actually doesn't have a good impression, but the other party is her husband's cousin, so she is more concerned.

But the other party is really not angry, he doesn't want to participate in the imperial examination, but is obsessed with businessmen, not to mention that even her own son is not as good, let's just say that the second son born to her husband's concubine is also harder than Pei Rui.

Although there is no saying that 'everything is inferior, only reading is high', but now the imperial court has expanded its enrollment and the chances of winning the imperial examination have increased.

Last year's scientific examination, Jinshi, Mingjing and Xiucai recruited 15, 35 and 100 people respectively, but this year it has increased a lot, becoming 30, 50 and 220 people.

In addition, a separate Ming Law Department was opened, and 50 people were recruited.

This means that a total of 350 people will be recruited for this year's expedition, 200 more than last year.

Although there are still very few people recruited by Jinshi, everyone knows that the starting point of Jinshi and the first is higher than that of Ming Jing and Xiucai, and the career is farther, but it is very difficult to get it.

This has a great impact on the children of the poor family, but for the powerful and the family, there is not much difference.

It's like if Pei Rui is only admitted to one showman, but with Pei Rui serving as a privy envoy in the court, he will definitely go farther than the Jinshi from a poor family in terms of career.

But the premise is that you have to be admitted, not to mention Jinshi, you have to take the test to show talent or Mingfa, you can be regarded as having this qualification.

Do you really think that everyone is a person like Li Zhen who is not a good person and becomes a high-ranking official?

"Later, I will send someone to find out what Pei Rui is doing during this time, if he really does something illegal and undisciplined, it will be okay if it is not serious, if it is involved in Jinyiwei's case this time, I can only take him to His Majesty to ask for guilt, maybe I can save him!"

Of course, Pei Rong didn't say that the adverse effects of this would be minimized on him.

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For Zhu Yourang, Chang'an is a good place, full of business opportunities.

Bianzhou is different, although it is located in the Central Plains, it is also a place of four wars, and it was besieged by Qin Zongquan for several months before, and the city was almost broken.

Although Zhu Yourang is a small and small wealthy businessman in Bianzhou, when he arrives in Chang'an, he is nothing.

Chang'an, as the capital, backed by Shudi, radiates the entire Guannei Road, and now with the restoration of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, it has also opened up the trade route to Hexi, and the Silk Road is open again.

From the news of the establishment of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, several caravans set foot on the trade route to Longyou and even Hexi every day.

Although there are not many of them, these are all powerful caravans, so they have the courage to open up new trade routes and withstand losses.

It is conceivable that as the situation in Longyou continues to stabilize, there will be more caravans embarking on the trade route to Hexi, and the scale will not be large.

At that time, it will no longer be a large caravan alone, and many small and medium-sized caravans will also join it, and the starting point of this trade route is Chang'an City.

If it weren't for the identity of Zhu Wenyizi, Zhu You would not even be able to afford this kind of businessman in Chang'an, after all, his business strength would not even be in the top twenty.

Although today's Chang'an is not as prosperous as the Tang Dynasty, it is much better than a few years ago, and even more prosperous than during Li Yu's reign.

Chang'an itself is a big market, so there are many businessmen here who are relatively powerful.

In addition to the two imperial merchants representing the royal family, other families and merchants who moved from Shu gathered here.

The more representative ones are Jingzhao Wei's, Jingzhao Du's, etc., which are the representatives of the family, relying on nothing more than being an official in the court, plus the family tree has deep roots and a close relationship network.

Of course, these do not represent the merchants of the entire Chang'an, after all, these families have suffered a great loss in strength after the Huangchao Rebellion and several subsequent turmoil. On the contrary, some ordinary businessmen took the opportunity to grow and gradually developed into big businessmen.

As an outsider, if Zhu Yourang didn't have the identity of Zhu Wenyizi, it is estimated that it would be difficult to even gain a foothold in Chang'an.

Since he came to Chang'an, Zhu Yourang naturally will not miss the opportunity to enjoy.

Holding the concubine who had just been admitted to the room, accompanying the other party to enjoy the flowers there, and rubbing the oil from time to time, it was extremely comfortable.

Just when he was happy, someone came to interrupt his good deed, and the butler hurried over.

"What's the matter? Don't you know if you'll bother me later? ”

"Master, Pei Rui from Pei's Mansion is here, as if he is in a hurry, urging him to see you, master."

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