Coming out of the back hall, Jiang Liwei was still waiting outside, Liu Daxia said that he was letting him go out to do his own business, but his most important task was to cooperate with Liu Daxia and listen to orders at any time-

Waiting to accompany Shen Xi outside, Jiang Liwei sighed: "Shen Gongzi is really blessed, he still has no chance to play a game with Liu Shilang." ”

Shen Xi thought to himself: "You don't know if you don't know how to play chess?" Liu Daxia is willing to teach you the basic chess theory seriously, what else do you have to regret? ”

The group walked to the door, and there was a small sedan chair waiting outside the door, which was the sedan chair of Yu Niang. Shen Xi, on the other hand, needed to be escorted back to the pharmacy by officers and soldiers.

"Shen Gongzi, if you have time to go to the slave house to sit down, even if you are not a banquet guest, it is good to drink tea and eat snacks." Yu Niang warmly invited, but Shen Xi would rather take the risk of being questioned than confess to her just now, and Shen Xi came to the rescue before, which made her feel even more unrequited.

Shen Xi nodded in response, but there was a sigh in his heart, how could the Jiaofang Division say that it was also the place of Fengyue, what did he have nothing to do?

When he returned home, Shen Xi told him about meeting Liu Daxia, and Zhou was overjoyed: "Let's just say that Han Wa'er has the ability, he used to be the priest of the country, and now he is the household servant." Alas? Which of these two is the official? ”

Shen Xi replied: "Naturally, it is the left servant of the household department. ”

Zhou said: "Then let's hurry up and give gifts to people, such a big man is willing to sit down and play chess with Han Wa'er, what a beautiful thing is this?" No, no, I'm going to find someone to write to your grandmother and let her know that you're so capable. ”

Shen Xi smiled: "Mother, you are so rich that you are in a panic, and you have to give gifts to others when you see an official?" ”

"Isn't it strange to have many people...... Alas, forget it, I told you that you kid doesn't understand, I'll discuss it with your aunt grand. You go upstairs to study, and now you're a showman, no. In the future, we must take the examination of the people, and we must also take the examination of the Jinshi. Only in this way can he become a big official, otherwise even if others appreciate it, he is not a hairy boy who no one cares about farts? ”

Not long after Shen Xi went upstairs, before the books were opened, Lin Dai ran up and told him that Su Tong was here.

Shen Xi went downstairs, but saw that Zhou was gossiping with Su Tong, and he didn't know that he thought that the old lady had hooked up with a young offspring. is preparing to go out of the wall: "...... Oh, in the future, Master Su will take my little man out for a walk, this kid knows you, it's really his three-life cultivation. ”

Su Tong was a little embarrassed to be complimented, he came this time to inquire about the situation the day before yesterday.

Seeing Shen Xi, Su Tong hurriedly saluted and said goodbye as if he had found a savior, and pulled Shen Xi out in a panic, and couldn't help complaining after coming out: "Lingtang is really enthusiastic, so enthusiastic that I want to hit the wall next to me when I see it......"

Shen Xi laughed dumbly when he heard this.

If a beautiful woman accosted Su Tong. Su Tong must be enthusiastic, but what kind of person is Zhou, his appearance is very ordinary. And the mouth is still very broken, plus the country woman has no knowledge, and her accent is very strong in Ninghua, Su Tong can endure it for so long, it all depends on Shen Xi's face.

Because Shen Xi is now under strict protection, even if he goes out, he is escorted by two officers and soldiers, and Shen Xi enjoys the grandeur of going out with a "bodyguard" for the first time.

Su Tong called Shen Xi to a nearby teahouse and just sat down. He hurriedly inquired in detail about the situation the day before yesterday, and Shen Xi answered lightly.

Su Tong was surprised. said: "It turns out that Brother Gu Yu came with Liu Shilang of the household department!" ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, sure enough, his mood was different. The focus of obedience is different. He was obviously talking about the dangers along the way, but Su Tong focused on the big people behind Jiang Liwei, and he felt that he didn't have the opportunity to visit.

When the refreshments came, Su Tong had no appetite at all, on the one hand, because he regretted not visiting Liu Daxia, and on the other hand, because An Rusheng fell, after all, his father had a relationship with An Rusheng, and when An Rusheng arrived, he also went to give gifts and visits.

“…… It is estimated that it will be a month or two before the new prefect of Tingzhou will arrive, and I don't know who the imperial court will send. Su Tong sighed.

Shen Xi once read the Tingzhou Mansion Chronicles, and was deeply impressed by the prefect of Tingzhou Mansion in the Ming Dynasty, except for Wu Wendu, who was the prefect of Tingzhou who took office in the tenth year of Hongzhi.

Bao Kai is not a famous minister, but he is known as a virtuous person in the Tingzhou Prefecture, it is reported that he is an honest official, with outstanding political achievements, and when he left office, the people wept and sent them off. Shen Xi didn't expect such a coincidence, was An Rusheng investigated and dealt with? Originally, An Rusheng's tenure as prefect would not be until the twelfth year of Hongzhi, but he was pulled down in the tenth year of Hongzhi, which coincided with the time and place when Bao Kai took office in Tingzhou.

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Liu Daxia and Jiang Liwei mobilized officers and soldiers to escort An Rusheng and his gang to the north two days later, and when they left, they told the generals of the guard and the Qianhu office to continue to search for the remnants of the bandits in the local area, and at the same time arrange manpower to protect the inside and outside of the chamber of commerce.

Originally, Shen Xi was worried that An Rusheng's remnants would take the opportunity to retaliate, but after thinking about it, at this time, An Rusheng, the head of the thieves, was captured, and the dragons were leaderless, and those bandits had the opportunity to escape from the remote place of western Fujian, so why did they want to take revenge?

Besides, this time the merchant ship of the Chamber of Commerce was hijacked, and the Chamber of Commerce belonged to the victims, and those thieves wanted to retaliate by going to Jiang Liwei and the officers and soldiers, which had nothing to do with the Chamber of Commerce.

Thinking about this, Shen Xi was relieved. He had to prepare for the annual examination in the spring of the following year, because it involved whether he was eligible to participate in the autumn examination next year, and if he could not get above the third class in this annual examination, he would have to wait at least three years to be promoted, and he would be fifteen years old at that time.

In fact, in Shen Xi's imagination, fifteen years old, just the right age, will not be young enough to be despised, but if someone appreciates, he can also enter Taixue as a person, just like Lun Wenxu, while preparing for the exam, while doing learning, and even may become a great Confucian to be respected.

The most important thing is that in the future, his gentlemen are likely to be the chief examiners, which will be of great help to him in the Jinshi and even rank in the top three.

But Shen Xi will not slack off because of this, and he has to take the exam until he is fifteen years old, because no one dares to ensure that he can win the examination at the first time. One more chance to try can save you three years in your life. What's more, he also wanted to try his luck and see if he could have the opportunity to participate in the next year's examination, and the opportunity to know the content of the examination questions and the palace examination was rare, and it would be a shame to waste it!

End of August. More than a month after An Rusheng was arrested and questioned, the new prefect of Tingzhou arrived, and the result was that the imperial court sent the same trend as history. It is Bao Kai, a 64-year-old honest official this year.

Bao Kai, the word Shunqing. A native of Yinxian County, Zhejiang, Tianshun raised people for three years, and Chenghua eleven years of Jinshi, because he had political achievements when he was the prefect in Zhangde Mansion, Henan, and was praised by the people, and then he was idle at home because of Ding Wei.

This time he was transferred to the prefect of Tingzhou, and after the local gentry and officials learned about it, they welcomed it. This is also because Tingzhou Mansion has just produced a thief official who is connected with Jiangyang thieves, and the people are feeling that they are living in dire straits, and now a Qing official with a good reputation suddenly came, and they all celebrated.

Bao Kai was a low-key person, although he also warmly greeted the city gentry on the day he entered the city, but after that he hid in the palace and did not come out. It is also because he is old and frail that he can't go out and move around more, plus some of An Rusheng's malpractices have not been completely eradicated, and even because of the flood in the first year and An Rusheng's exploitation, the large and small money depots and grain depots in Tingzhou Mansion are now empty. He was tormented by this.

Hui Niang heard about Bao Kai's previous reputation, but this time she didn't blindly obey it, because she had just learned a painful lesson from An Rusheng.

When An Rusheng first took office. Hui Niang also regarded it as the master of the blue sky, and as a result, An Rusheng made a certain contribution to the expansion of the Chamber of Commerce, but also reaped enough benefits from it. Even so, An Rusheng wanted to kidnap her to blackmail the Chamber of Commerce, and unconsciously, she had a heartfelt resistance to the people in the government.

“…… The local gentry met and were led by the gentry and grain households, and donated money to replenish the treasury. Our chamber of commerce also wants to donate a part, but I don't know how much is appropriate? ”

Although Hui Niang is not a gentleman. But as the president of the Chamber of Commerce, she has no major events in the local area. Especially when it comes to contributing money and effort, she will be asked to participate, which is also due to her mastery of the Chamber of Commerce and the silver number, and she has always been willing to contribute generously to the local government.

Shen Xi said: "You can pay as much as you want...... There is no decree in the Ming Dynasty that says that we who are doing business have the obligation to replenish the treasury to the government. ”

Zhou stood firmly on Shen Xi's side this time: "This kid is right, last year, when the Gao Zhifu was in office, he sent a big flood, so he asked us to donate silver and food, and later the An Zhifu asked us to donate when he arrived, this is good, the situation has changed again in less than a year, when the Chamber of Commerce is the money bag of the government, how much do you want to take?" ”

Shen Xi sighed in his heart, now Bao Kai's side has not spoken, but the local gentry first used the Chamber of Commerce as an ATM, but if this kind of thing is donated, it will definitely make the Chamber of Commerce take the lead.

It was as if the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce was specifically designed to reduce the burden on the local gentry when they made donations.

Hui Niang finally asked Shen Xi: "Xiaolang, what do you think?" ”

In the past, no matter how Hui Niang asked Shen Xi's opinion, she was calm and sincere, with eagerness and expectation in her eyes, wanting to get a proper solution. But since Shen Xi went down to the river to rescue her, gave her artificial respiration and hugged her to keep warm, she didn't even dare to look at Shen Xi after that, and deliberately avoided Shen Xi when questioning.

Shen Xi spread his hands and said, "Let's wait for Governor Bao's order first...... If we donate money and food so diligently, maybe Governor Bao thinks we are going to pay bribes. ”

Hearing the word "bribery", Hui Niang became cautious.

Shen Xi had analyzed An Rusheng's case with her before, and gave her serious "advice", An Rusheng was dismissed because of the bandit case, and there was no in-depth investigation into his corruption and bribery.

Shen Xi's current idea is to take advantage of the fact that there is a virtuous official who is not greedy in Tingzhou Mansion, and quickly let the Chamber of Commerce draw a line with the Yamen. Since Gao Mingcheng wanted to use the Chamber of Commerce to make political achievements for himself, and then An Rusheng grabbed money from the Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce has been deeply involved with the government, which is a very dangerous thing.

Hui Niang nodded and said, "Got it." In a few days, the local government will hold a banquet for the Bao Governor's Mansion, and if the Bao Governor's Mansion intends to replenish the treasury, the Chamber of Commerce can come up with some money and food, but not too much. If Governor Bao doesn't mention it, we won't take the initiative to get involved, Xiaolang, what do you think? ”

Naturally, Hui Niang looked at Shen Xi as before, but when Shen Xi glanced back, she quickly looked away, and her cheeks were slightly red.

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