Ji Qingwen said with a little pride: "This is all the old yellow calendar." Now that Emperor Chongzhen has purged the eunuchs, even the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian committed suicide in fear of crime, not to mention other small fish and shrimp? No, in Xia Ji Qingwen, there is no one who has not been on the list in this department, and the emperor sent me to be this Suzhou weaving, and I don't use eunuchs anymore. ”

"Song Xiaolian" listened to Ji Qingwen introduce himself, and he was also busy: "Student Song Yingxing, the word Chang Geng, the ...... of Wanli forty-three years"

Ji Qingwen's eyes lit up when he heard this, and asked, "Song Yingxing?" I've heard of this name, you wrote the book "Heavenly Creations"? ”

Song Yingxing's surprise was no longer under Ji Qingwen at all, and he stammered: "This ...... This...... How did Mistress Ji know about this? The book "Heavenly Creations" is still being drafted by the students, and has not yet been printed and published, and only a few close relatives and friends know about it. I don't know how it got to the ears of Lord Ji? ”

Only then did Ji Qingwen realize that he had used the knowledge of later generations, but now that so many others were present, he could not take back the words that had been spoken, so he simply said bigger: "I remember that there is a question in this year's examination question, called 'The way of the university, in Mingmingde, in the people, in the perfection'." What does it mean to be close to the people? What does it mean to stop at perfection? Isn't it just to help the people through the world and let the people be fed and clothed? Song Xiaolian's "Heavenly Creations" records how many farming, weaving, and smelting techniques are the real talents and practical learning that can really make the people fed and clothed, which is called being close to the people, and this is called stopping at perfection. How could I not know such a great thing? ”

Hearing this, tears suddenly oozed from Song Yingxing's eyes, and he said: "I took the third place in the Jiangxi Township Examination ten years ago, but in order to compile this "Heavenly Creation", I don't know how much energy was spent, and it has been failed three times in the current subject. Originally, the students wrote this book just out of interest, but after today's guidance from Master Ji, I realized that this is really useful knowledge, and it is really a Daigo empowerment, a Daigo empowerment! ”

Ji Qingwen cried with joy when he saw him, and hurriedly relieved a few words, diverted the topic from "Heavenly Creations", and asked: "I want to come to Song Xiaolian is also famous, I don't know what to do in this weaving workshop?" ”

Song Yingxing said: "Students like the things of machinery and equipment, and they think that these looms for weaving the yamen are all state property, and they can't bear to damage them for no reason, so they often volunteer to come over to repair them." It's a pity that I went to Beijing for the examination this time, and it has only been more than two months since I left, and it is a pity that so many looms have been damaged. Hum! It's all to blame for this gelding dog who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to maintain and repair! ”

As he spoke, Song Yingxing glared at the eunuch Guo Jing fiercely.

Ji Qingwen also glanced at Guo Jing and said, "That's how you are the Suzhou weaving admiral?" Well deserved! Look at me in the future, and see what the Holy will do with you! ”

Guo Jing, who was originally quite tall, was stared at by Ji Qingwen and shrunk a whole circle, and said busily: "It's not a miscellaneous family, it's a miscellaneous family." Please also ask Lord Ji to be merciful and merciful! ”

Ji Qingwen ignored the former weaving admiral, and instead said to Song Yingxing: "Since Song Xiaolian is very familiar with this place, why don't you ask Xiaolian to take me on a tour?" ”

Song Yingxing immediately agreed, led Ji Qingwen and Li Yan with a familiar car, inspected the entire weaving workshop one by one, and introduced: "This weaving workshop has a total of 197 looms, and next door is the dyeing workshop and embroidery workshop, because there are no machines there, so the students don't know about it." As for the weavers, there were seven hundred and sixteen. ”

Song Yingxing is not a person who works in the weaving house, and it is not easy to understand this level.

Therefore, Ji Qingwen praised a few words without hesitation, and asked: "Then how much silk can these machines and craftsmen make in a year?" ”

Song Yingxing hadn't answered yet, but Guo Jing interjected: "Lord Ji, Suzhou Weaving produces a fixed number of silk every year, and it produces 1,672 horses every year, one horse is not much, and one horse is not ......."

Song Yingxing said: "Lord Ji, don't listen to this gelding nonsense, if the annual output of Suzhou weaving is less than 2,000 horses, you pouted my eyes!" ”

Two thousand horses of silk and silk are more than three hundred horses higher than the imperial court quota, which is not a small number.

Therefore, when Guo Jing heard this, he quickly denied it: "My lord, don't listen to this Song Xiaolian's nonsense, he is not a person who weaves the yamen, how can he understand these things?" ”

Li Yan on the side interjected: "This Song Xiaolian is a scholar and knows how to repair looms, how can he not know the doorway?" ”

Guo Jing hurriedly said: "This must be Lord Ji's master, right?" If you are suspicious of miscellaneous families, it is easy to do. The rough accounts, fine accounts, flow accounts, and summary accounts in the weaving yamen are all clearly written. If the gentleman doesn't believe it, why don't you just check the accounts? If one more piece of cloth is produced, the miscellaneous family would rather die. ”

The weather in Jiangnan was already a little hot in May, Li Yan tore open the folding fan in his hand, fanned his face, and said: "Since you are willing to let us check the accounts, then this account must have been done by you steadily, and there will definitely be no problems." In fact, I don't have to check your accounts, just look at how your huge Suzhou weaving yamen was built, and you will know that there must be something strange in it. ”

Guo Jing continued to argue: "Sir, that's not what you said, how can you ...... nonsense without real evidence?"

Before he finished speaking, he heard Ji Qingwen say: "Before this official left Beijing, I heard the emperor say something like this: Long live the lord is not afraid of listening to good words, nor is he afraid of listening to bad words, he is afraid of listening to lies. It's the same with this official, the people below who hate me the most coax me! ”

Ji Qingwen mentioned the emperor's own quotations, and everyone present stood and listened quietly.

I only heard him say again: "In fact, you are only an official for money, and you eunuchs have no children to support the elderly, so it is understandable that you should be greedy for some silver taels in office, and this official is not intolerant." But you Guo Jing just said that you are more incorruptible than Hai Rui, then you are looking down on me. If you look down on me, then I don't need you on my side. Okay, I don't need you to serve here, you can step down! ”

Guo Jing was stunned for a moment and wanted to refute it, but Ji Qing's words were reasonable, so he couldn't think of half a sentence of self-defense, so he had to arch his hand, turn around and walk out stupidly.

Seeing Guo Jing's lonely back, Ji Qingwen suddenly remembered what Sun Chengzong said to him before leaving: Your weaving admiral is hand-picked by the emperor, you are the Lord Qincha, the emperor is in charge of everything, as long as you are out of a public heart, everything can be done boldly.

Thinking of this, Ji Qingwen's body was suddenly full of strength, and he scolded Guo Jing's back: "You, and all the soldiers, masters, and account offices in the yamen now, won't have to go to work tomorrow!" ”

This sentence, Ji Qingwen didn't know how many people he had heard from the boss of the company before he crossed over, but now that he said it from his mouth, he suddenly felt a sense of accomplishment, and his heart was indescribably happy.

Over there, Song Yingxing said: "I, the people of Suzhou, have been bullied by the geldings since the incident of resisting the eunuchs and arresting the Donglin Party in the sixth year of the Apocalypse. Today, Lord Ji was able to expel Guo Jing in his responsibility, which can be said to be a bad breath for the people of Suzhou. ”

Ji Qingwen knew about the six years of the Apocalypse, and later the Suzhou literati wrote a "Tombstone of Five People" in order to commemorate this incident, which was passed down to later generations into middle school textbooks and required to be memorized - in order to memorize this article, Ji Qingwen did not know how many brain cells died.

So Ji Qingwen asked tentatively: "I don't know where the tombs of the five righteous men in the sixth year of the Apocalypse are?" When I'm free, I'm going to pay a visit. ”

Song Yingxing shook his head and said: "These five righteous men were originally convicted of treason, and the family members were just careful to worship them, how dare they openly build a tomb with a monument!" ”

Ji Qingwen suddenly realized that this was a good opportunity to buy people's hearts, so he said: "It's better than this, I am willing to pay to build a cemetery and an ancestral hall for these five righteous men." However, I am a newcomer to Suzhou, so I will trouble Song Xiaolian to help organize this matter, how about it? ”

Song Yingxing agreed without thinking about it, and asked again: "Lord Ji, many literary scholars in Suzhou also admire these five righteous men, so it is better to ask someone to write a "Tombstone of Five People", and the stele will be passed on to future generations. ”

As soon as he mentioned this "Tombstone of Five People", Ji Qingwen thought of the embarrassment of scratching his ears and cheeks when he recited the article in later generations, and suddenly felt shuddering, and said: "This and this, even if the cemetery ancestral hall is built, don't write the article, just write it, and write it shorter......"