The "autumn skull" in Qi Bingrong's mouth refers to the township test, and the one who wins is lifted. And "Chunfu" refers to the examination, and those who pass the palace examination are Jinshi. The first three people, the champion, the list eye, and the tanhua, are called "Jinshi and the first", and the second class is called "Jinshi origin".

This Qi Bingrong is in the second class, it is a well-known and genuine Jinshi, Guan Zhuofan regards him as a donation class, which is a big slip of the tongue, but even if the governor is wrong, he is a six-grade official, can he still have a seizure? After whispering a sentence, he didn't dare to speak again.

Guan Zhuofan was embarrassed, so he picked up his notebook and looked at it carefully, and it was indeed written on the back.

"I'm really sorry, there are too many things, I haven't had time to take a closer look," Guan Zhuofan rounded the scene for himself, "It turns out that my brother is from the right path." I have little knowledge, I don't know what is going on with my brother and Master Xu? ”

"If you go back to Futai, Xianfeng will take the Shandong Township Test for three years, and Lord Xu will be the seat teacher of the lower officials."

In other words, Xu Tong put the main examination in Shandong in Xianfeng for three years, otherwise if it is a deputy examiner or the like, it will be called "Fang Shi".

In the officialdom at that time, the relationship between the teacher and the protégé was a very important relationship. It stands to reason that the examiner is on the orders of the emperor, and the examinee is taking the exam in accordance with the system, and it is his right to be admitted. The two are business-related, and it doesn't matter if they are gracious or gracious, but they have formed a sense of personal friendship - as long as you admit me, you will be my teacher; As long as I admit you, you are my private person.

In Guan Zhuofan's view, Xu Tong himself is not a popular official now. And Qi Bingrong is under Xu Tong's door. Naturally, he is not a red protégé. Most of them are very marginal. It's just that since there is such a relationship, it is appropriate for the teacher to occasionally take care of an undesirable protégé, and this letter of eight lines is probably not obtained by spending money.

"It turned out to be Lord Xu's high feet," Guan Zhuofan nodded and said, "With a discerning person like Lord Xu, it is natural to be able to win a talent like Brother Xu." ”

This sentence is a casual compliment. However, when Qi Bingrong heard this, his face was embarrassed again. Xu Tong's reputation in learning is really not good, and this exam also made a big joke - the main exam has to be ordered to prepare the question, and the poem title of the test post poem is "School Secret", but Xu Tong wrote the word "secret" next to the word "clothes", and it became a white character, and hundreds of candidates in the audience were at a loss and did not know what to do.

This allusion. Everyone knows, Qi Bingrong thought to himself. Lord Futai, isn't this entertaining me again? It's just that I was unfortunate enough to be a teacher, who can I blame? He was speechless for a while.

Guan Zhuofan felt strange when he saw him like this, but he didn't want to think about it, so he opened the envelope and took out Xu Tong's letter and read it. The text in the letter is really sluggish, probably Xu Tong himself knows that he has no friendship with Guan Zhuofan, and he is somewhat embarrassed to suddenly ask for such a thing, but Jiangsu is now Guan Zhuofan's world, if he doesn't come to him, who can he find?

A few words of please, but it is written very solidly, saying that this student is both highly talented and has good understanding, and it is rare that he has excellent ethics. Guan Zhuofan glanced at ten lines, looked at it in a hurry, smiled secretly, and said in his heart that he would have a seat, and quickly sent him away, he still had something to do.

"Dude has been in Zhenyang County?" This time, I looked at his notebook carefully. Zhenyang County is the first county of Taicang Prefecture, which is a good gap.

"Yes, I was evacuated later." Qi Bingrong bowed and replied.

"Oh? For what? ”

"It's for the sake of the deficit......," Qi Bingrong said hesitantly.

It turned out to be a deficit in public funds. This is a common thing in officialdom, but it is rare to be removed because of a shortfall.

"Cousin Ming has been a seal official, so he must be very capable," Guan Zhuofan said perfunctorily, "It just so happens that Suzhou is weaving the yamen, and I have to add people recently, I will go back and ask the feudal division yamen to put a sign there, let the brother go there first to bend a seat, and when there are other vacancies in the future, I will adjust the adjustment for the brother, how about it?" ”

After saying this, his hand was already on the teacup, and when he said thank you, he was about to serve tea to the guest.

"Lord Xiexie, Xiaguan...... Xia Guan ......" Qi Bingrong hesitated, and did not ask for peace, as if he was still not satisfied.

"How?" Guan Zhuofan was a little impatient, and said in his heart that you don't know how to get up and down, do you still have to make inches? "In the weaving yamen, a year's maintenance plus regulations, there are also hundreds of taels of income, and you don't have to do any work, which is equivalent to the state taking money to raise talents, what are you not satisfied with?"

When Qi Bingrong heard this, his face changed greatly, and he suddenly lowered his hand and asked for an an: "The lower official can't afford the cultivation of adults, and he doesn't dare to delay the work of adults, so he will leave." ”

With that, get up and go.

"You are presumptuous!" Guan Zhuofan was furious, and slapped the table, and even the tea was shaken, "Qi Bingrong, whose power did you use to come to me to spread wild?" Give me zhanzhu! ”

He has been commanding the army for a long time, and among tens of thousands of troops, he speaks his way, who dares to say a word in front of him? Of course, he rarely loses such a big temper on weekdays, but that is also because no one really dares to offend his authority, and now Xu Tongmen's alternate six-rank official dares to show him his face, isn't it a joke?

Futai was angry, and pointed out that he relied on his teacher and despised Shangguan, how can this crime be deserved? Qi Bingrong reluctantly turned around and knelt down, swallowed his saliva, and was about to open his mouth to distinguish: "My lord......"

"Shut up!" Guan Zhuofan didn't listen to him at all, and shouted, "Come on—"

"Huh!" Immediately, there were four Fubiao soldiers outside the door, who heard the sound and entered.

"Pick off his top!" Guan Zhuofan blushed with anger and pointed his hand. With the majesty of a third-class marquis and a provincial governor, if you don't clean up this Humpty Dumpty, what will the officialdom of Jiangsu think of yourself? At this time, no matter if it is a cronie of any elder in the DPRK and China, it must be done first, let alone a mere Xu Tong?

"Qi Bingrong, what kind of place do you think this is, come when you want, and leave when you want? You six-rank official come in, and I'll send you out in vain! ”

That is to say, not only to take off the crown, but also to consult the yamen of the feudal department when he turns back, to carry out the ministry of clerks, and to remove his official body.

Qi Bingrong's face suddenly turned white - the removal of the official body means that there is no one like you in the file books of the Ministry of Officials, which means that since the beginning of enlightenment, twenty years of hard study, ten years of hard work, and a total of thirty years of hard work have come to naught. Of course, there is also a Jinshi fame, but he can only "travel under the forest".

At such a point, it was hard for him to still be able to support it, and without waiting for his own soldiers to do it, he took off his hat, and with a trembling hand, he put the top of the hat on it and turned it into the hands of his own soldiers, his face was like ashes, he sighed, and couldn't help but shed tears.

Guan Zhuofan's few roars alarmed Qian Dingming in the next room, and when he came to the door of the signing room, he saw this scene, thought for a moment, and quietly walked in.

"Sir," he walked up to Guan Zhuofan and said softly, "Please take a break from the thunder and take a step to speak." ”

Qian Dingming is a native of Taicang, very talented, once served as the head of the household department, and later his father died, and reported Ding Wei back to Jiangsu. Guan Zhuofan served as the governor and hired him into the scene, which was very dependent. Last time, he sent a letter to Anqing to Zeng Guofan for Guan Zhuofan and invited Zeng Jize to Shanghai.

However, Guan Zhuofan refused to listen to his words.

"Mr. Dingfang, wait for me to send this guy who is devastated in public funds and has no honorable officials," Guan Zhuofan shook his head and said, "You don't have to intercede for him." ”

"Yes," Qian Dingming touched a soft nail, looked as usual, took a step back, and said to himself, "It can be seen that in these years, it is not easy to be a clean official, not only do you have to suffer losses, but you also have to offend your boss, and Zuihou can't even be an official." ”

"What?" Guan Zhuofan frowned and looked at Qian Dingming, "The person who embezzled the county treasury and lost public funds, what did Mr. Qian say about Qing Guan, is he all right?" ”

"Sir," Qian Dingming said with a smile, "Qi County ordered the queen to grow vegetables, and the lady spun cloth for clothes, who doesn't know about Taicang?" ”

Guan Zhuofan was taken aback, looked at Qi Bingrong, who was kneeling on the ground with a miserable expression, and then looked at Qian Dingming, and asked suspiciously: "Then how can you withdraw because of a deficit?" ”

"This deficit is not his own deficit, nor is it the money from the Zhenyang County Treasury." Qian Dingming sighed and said, "It's a loss of money." The amount shared by others is still transferred, he is embarrassed to transfer, and he can't afford to pay for it, so why don't he withdraw from the errand? ”

Guan Zhuofan understood, and faintly felt that he had done something wrong, and he hesitated for a while.

*(To be continued......)