Zhejiang Chengxuan political envoy Wenzhou Mansion to Beizhili Shuntianfu by land about 4,000 miles, Zhang Bin and his entourage from Wenzhou Mansion, along the official road all the way to the north, through Nanzhili, over Shandong Chengxuan political envoy Division, after more than 50 days, finally entered the Shuntianfu boundary.

Along the way, Zhang Bin did not rush with people, because this year there are not only Jingcha and big plans, but also the examination and the palace examination, which starts on the ninth day of the first month of February and ends on the fifteenth, and the list of tributes is announced at the end of February.

That is to say, from the beginning of the first month to the end of February, thousands of candidates will gather in the capital, plus the officials from the nearby state capitals who will report to Beijing, adding up to tens of thousands of people, and it will be difficult to find a place to live.

Besides, generally the years when the Beijing inspection and the big plan overlap have to be pulled back and forth for half a year, and the local officials don't care, anyway, it is not the focus of the contention, and it has been delegated early, if you want to stay in the capital to serve, it will be good to have results in May.

Therefore, Zhang Bin is slow and leisurely all the way, never beating horses and galloping, and driving dozens of miles a day, so that the horses are not tired, and the people are not tired, and they rushed to the capital, which happened to be the end of February, and the candidates who failed the list have left the capital, and the place to live can be a little more comfortable.

On this day, the capital was already in sight, Zhang Cha and others got off the horse early, Xie Zhenggang and Zhang Bin also got off the carriage, and the group led the horse slowly to the Guangning Gate in the west of the outer city, and Zhang Bin was escorted in the middle to move forward.

Although this Guangning Gate is on the west side of the outer city, there are a lot of pedestrians coming and going, and Zhang Bin and his party are not very conspicuous in the bustling flow of people.

At this time, the drought in the northwest has not yet broken out, and Houjin is also blocked by Sun Chengzong, a scholar of Dongge University and a scholar of the military department, on the front line of Guanningjin, and the capital of Daming does not feel any threat, and it is still quiet and peaceful on the surface.

Zhang Bin walked in the crowd, looking at the tall and magnificent, boundless city wall, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Daming used to be so strong, Taizu eight expeditions to the Northern Yuan, Chengzu seven to the West, all countries to the dynasty, invincible, even later, after the change of the civil fort and the loss of Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty is still amazing.

Just like the magnificent city in front of him, the Mengyuan Tile Spur Department did not break through, and the Houjin Emperor Taiji did not break through, so how could it be ...... in the end.

Zhang Bin was sighing there, and suddenly a loud shout came from the front: "Stop." ”

He lowered his head and saw that the carriage had been stopped by a group of soldiers defending the city.

The officer who led the team stepped forward and said sharply: "Where did you come from, why did you enter Beijing?" ”

Seeing this, Zhang Bin stepped forward and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "This official is the magistrate of Pingyang County, Wenzhou Prefecture, and he was ordered by the Ministry of Officials to go to Beijing to report on his work. ”

When the officer heard this, his face softened, and he stretched out his hand and said, "Kanhe." ”

This seems to be a routine inspection, after all, their group is armed with weapons, and it is not surprising that they were stopped, Zhang Bin calmly took out the order issued by the official from his own bosom and handed it to the officer.

He originally thought that after seeing Kanhe, he would be able to enter the city, but he never thought that a person suddenly came up next to him and asked arrogantly, "From the south?" ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he turned his head to look, and his eyes suddenly narrowed.

Flying fish suit, embroidered spring knife, is a brocade guard!

These guys are lawless lords, and they can't be provoked, Zhang Bin hurriedly replied honestly: "Yes." ”

The brocade guard asked again, "Do you know Gu Dazhang?" ”

What kind of words are this, the one coming from the south must be the Donglin Party?

Zhang Bin shook his head lightly and said, "I don't know." ”

The Jin Yiwei continued to ask, "Do you know Huang Zunsu?" ”

Zhang Bin can already conclude that this guy is deliberately provoking trouble, and if he doesn't answer well, I'm afraid there will be trouble, although he has been vigilant in his heart, he still said lightly on the surface: "I don't know." ”

The brocade guard was about to ask again, but the officer guarding the city next to him pulled his sleeve and said with a low smile: "My lord, this county magistrate is from the Fujian Dusi Dajin Institute." ”

The brocade guard said arrogantly: "What's wrong with Dajinsu? ”

The officer still smiled and said, "His father is a thousand households of the Dajin Institute. ”

That brocade guard frowned, what the hell, this guy turned out to be the son of a thousand households, he himself is just a small banner, and he is 108,000 miles away!

However, what about Qianhu, you are just a guard, Lao Tzu is a Jinyi guard, he snorted, raised his head, and asked again, but the officer pulled him and persuaded: "My lord, my own people, my own people, you wait, wait a minute." ”

After that, he directly handed Kanhe to Zhang Bin, and said with a smile: "This lord, from the Dajin Institute, the ancestor also went to crusade against Annan with Grandpa Guo, right?" “

When Zhang Bin heard this, he hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, my ancestor had the honor to follow the grandfather of the country to crusade against Annan. ”

He knew that the grandfather of the country that the officer was talking about was the British Gong Zhang Fu, and the current British Gong Zhang Weixian was his backstage, and the officer meant to tell him that everyone was his own people.

The officer smiled again and said, "You dozen or so people have come all the way to the south, it's quite hard, right, you have to spend a lot of money, right?" ”

Zhang Bin is a little inexplicable about this, spending money? What money to spend?

Along the way, he lived in a post station, ate the emperor's grain, signed and drawn, he was on business, there was a ministry, and there was no need to spend money.

He was wondering, but he found that the officer was glaring at him, glancing at the horse they were riding, at the carriage in which he was sitting, and then with his eyes turned back, and his fingers were still secretly counting the coins.

This expression is rich, it is comparable to the actor.

However, Zhang Bin understood what he meant, it turned out that they were a group of people who were horses and carriages, too public, and they were targeted by the brocade guards and wanted to blackmail him for money.

You must know that at this time, due to the Houjin Koubian, the Mengyuan tribes are swaying, and the cost of purchasing horses from the Mengyuan tribe has skyrocketed, and a war horse is about to rise to fifty taels of silver.

It seems that he was too careless, the so-called wealth is not exposed, and it is really inconsiderate to take a group of people to ride a tall horse so swaggeringly.

Of course, it's too late to regret it now, it's already been seen by others, you can't hide it if you want to, more is better than less, it's hard to get into trouble with Jinyiwei, Zhang Bin directly took out a silver ingot of five taels from his arms, held it in the palm of his hand, held the officer's hand, and said kindly: "It's not hard, it's not hard, it's hard." ”

The officer didn't answer, but smiled and nodded, and then turned and left, and as he passed by the brocade guard, his hand seemed to put on the brocade guard's hand.

The brocade-clothed guard Xiaoqi took the silver ingot, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he waved his hand without thinking about it: "Let's go, let's go, let's be honest when you enter the city, don't run around." ”

This level is over, Zhang Bin breathed a sigh of relief, bowed his hand politely, and then led everyone to the city.

Entered the Guangning Gate, went to the east, passed through the Guangning Gate Street and Caishi Street, walked about two or three miles is the Chongxing Temple, the south of the Chongxing Temple is the Nancheng Terracotta Division, it is the British Gong under the command of the people, so, the general British Gong people come to the capital, are settled in the Chongxing Temple.

Anyway, why did Zhang Bin live in the temple, is the hotel in the capital so expensive that he can't afford to live in it?

Of course not, this is the custom of the Ming Dynasty, in the Ming Dynasty, officials from other provinces generally do not live in hotels or guild halls when they enter Beijing to do business, because, in the Ming generation, at least at the public level, the income of officials is low, and it is not easy to maintain the life of a family, where can I get the spare money to live in a hotel?

If you stay in a hotel, it proves that you are corrupt!

Besides, the Ming Dynasty hotels are often mixed with teahouses, wine shops and other leisure and entertainment places, and the dignified court officials come and go in and out, it is inevitable that they will not be pointed at and passed to the ears of the imperial history, is there a good life?

Therefore, it is common for officials from other provinces to live in temples when they enter Kyoto, saving them trouble.