When Zeng Xian returned home, his father had just returned from the countryside. is taking off his robe and handing it to the little adoptive mother of the family to take to the yard to shake it clean.

Zeng Xian also patted his clothes before entering the room, it hadn't rained for a few days, and his body was covered with ash when the wind blew.

Zeng Xian's father took two sips of herbal tea, "Han Xianggong's cousin is here, brother, did you see it at the academy?" ”

Zeng Xian was a little surprised, "How did Daddy know about Lu Dao?" ”

"Feng Daguan of SF Line has arrived in the town, which of those shops on Hengjie can still sit in the store?"

"Did the big proprietor who was traveling with the wind see them?"

"Seet the fart!" Zeng Xian's father spat at the yard, "If you sell catty, you have to pee first and add two or two servings, and Feng Daguan will take care of them?!" The black letters on Li Mazi's face are not the ink treasure of the official family, and the gold belt on Li Heigou's waist is not given by the official family, so they can also meet the cousin of Han Xianggong's family? ”

Zeng Xian picked up the teapot and filled his father's empty teacup: "Daddy is right." ”

Who let Li Mazi, who sells rice and noodles, and Li Heigou, who sells southern goods, not be the same team as their own support?

Zeng's family lives in the east of the town, and the side of Hengjie belongs to the west of the town, and there is a team on each side, which plays several games every month. Over the years, the fans of the two teams have become enemies, even though they are only separated by a street in the middle of the town, and they don't look up every day.

"When Feng Daguan came back, he didn't know who in the academy was going to be unlucky. When he came back, the king's account room went to the Western Regions with his family. The last time he went to the old Wang's account room, he hanged himself happily, but unfortunately his family was still sent to the Western Regions, Wen Mingfu said well, since the greedy money was used together, of course he had to punish the crime in one piece, and he dared to commit suicide against the king's law, and he was even more frustrated, and he couldn't help but deal with it severely. ”

Zeng Xian responded with uh-huh, and sorted out his notes in today's class, and he knew that his father would be endless. However, he knew better that Feng Congyi came to Hengqu Academy after a year, and the housekeepers in the academy who were related to the accounts were all worried and couldn't sleep.

I don't know how many people I have to send to the Western Regions, Zeng Xian thought, this is very important.

……………………

A group of people stood tremblingly in front of Feng Congyi.

Feng Congyi was talking and laughing with Su Xun in the opposite way, and his face sank.

There are many people who want to curry favor with Han Xianggong in Beijing, so there are many people who donate to the academy. The members of the Yongqin Chamber of Commerce, or the backstage of the members, each of them is not stingy, and the number of donations is as small as a few hundred or as many as thousands. This is not a small amount, hundreds or thousands of acres of land in a year.

Feng Congyi is the God of Wealth of the Academy, and Han Gang is a very close cousin, so although he is just a businessman, Su Xin still has enough respect for him. Naturally, this is also because he has a good personality and is good at making friends with people.

These donations were used to purchase land, and the real estate of the academy was more than half of the land in Hengqu Town. The daily expenses are obtained from the production.

In the college, in order to facilitate the daily operation of all the chores outside of teaching, are handled by external staff, from daily food, to cleaning in the college, and collecting the accounts of the fields. In addition, there is also a special account room to manage finance, and teachers and students do not get their hands dirty.

Every month, the account book will be published on the wall of the college, and at the same time, whether it is teachers, students, or donors, they have the right to check the accounts at any time.

Among them, the vast majority of donors never check the account books - they donate money just to make friends, and then check the accounts after donating, that is to offend people - many students and teachers will not care about the accounts, and feel that they stink of copper. But every time Feng Congyi came, he would ask his subordinates to check it carefully, because he represented Han Gang, because Han Gang hoped that the money he donated could be used where it should be used.

Now as soon as he is in charge, he is in front of Feng Congyi, trembling and panicking.

So far, even if they only accept kickbacks at the time of purchase, what awaits them is the punishment of the fire. If your reputation is ruined, you won't want to find a good job again for the rest of your life. If it is more serious, it will be reported directly to the official, and there are two account offices that were sent to the Western Regions by Feng Congyi, along with their families, all of them were exiled to foreign lands. Even if the corruption is not excessive, it will not involve relatives, and the person who committed the crime will be sent to the Western Regions.

In the past ten years, Yixian County, to which Hengqu Town belongs, has three consecutive magistrates who have been students from Hengqu Academy. If it is in their hands, the result is certainly doomed. Especially now, in order to better control the Western Regions, even if it is a petty crime of theft, as long as it is a recidivist, it will immediately be before the Beiting or Anxi Army. Anyone who wants to scrape money from between the teeth of the teachers and students of Hengqu Academy must think carefully before reaching out.

After waiting for half an hour, Su Yu waited until Feng Congyi came back.

"How?"

"This time it's good, they've all learned smart." Feng Congyi said indifferently, "But Zhou Chong, who is in charge of purchasing, still resigned." ”

"Do you want to be dismissed?" Su Yu asked.

In Su Yu's impression, Zhou Chong is a very honest person, otherwise he would not let him take care of the purchase. But Su Xun trusts Feng Congyi's audit more, and there is no better room in the world than their eyes in the accounts of SF Express.

"It's not that extent, last winter, the academy distributed winter clothes, and the tailor brought by Zhou Chong used the leftover fabric to make two sets of clothes for his children."

Two sets of clothes have to pick people up, and according to the usual standards, it is too strict. Not to mention the employees in the academy, it is a house slave who has signed a deed of sale to buy it for the master's family, and it is natural to take a kickback of one or two percent, and the master will not say anything if he knows the way.

In the past, when such a standard was used to open up employees of the academy, Feng Congyi replied to Su Xun's question, saying that things should be prevented. also asked rhetorically, why did Ji Zi see that King Xuan received a pair of ivory chopsticks, and immediately ran away?

Now Su Yu doesn't ask anymore, he is used to it.

But Feng Congyi would always explain a few more words to Su Xin: "The salary given by the academy is 20% more than that of the same helpers in other places, and the clothes and rewards for the four seasons and festivals are more than those in other places. ”

"But how did you know about this?"

Su Yu was quite puzzled, a very secret thing, Feng Congyi knew the Tao as soon as he came. If it weren't for the fact that Han Gang's cousin had a seven-trick exquisite heart, he might have thought that he had planted eyes and ears in the academy.

"Someone is the first to take the lead."

Su Xin's face changed, "This person can't stay." ”

If a person is upright in receiving an advantage, he should be corrected to his face. If it is a faithful person, it will also be reported in time. Don't say it in person, and don't report it in time, but hide it and wait for the opportunity to denounce it, such a person has a despicable character, even worse than receiving kickbacks, and the academy can't ask for it.

"Bring SF Express. Such a person is indeed not suitable to stay in the academy, but those of us who do business still have to have a few eyes and ears. There are some twists and turns, and it can also let him know what to do in the future. ”

"It's fine."

Su Yu didn't want to be entangled in these worldly worlds, so he set a list of reforms, and put it down directly. With Feng Congyi staring, no one should think of having bad thoughts.

It's just that I can't help but sigh again, "The academy is a place of education, but even the nearest hired worker can't be educated, and it is a negative saint's teaching." ”

Feng Congyi didn't care at all, Su Yu had never been a nerd, and now he was just whining.

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"Only two."

Zeng Xian returned to the academy the next day, and a classmate came up and whispered the latest news.

"Distribution?"

"Kaige!"

"Isn't there a shortage of people in the Western Regions?!" Zeng Xian reacted very much, which is related to the gambling of semi-co-money.

Han Gang values the gains and losses of the Western Regions, and everyone knows about it. Therefore, whenever there is an opportunity, many officials will send people to the Western Regions. Regardless of whether it is a prisoner or not, as long as there are Han people who occupy the land there, it is fine—if it is not my race, its heart will be different. Even the prisoners of sin are far more reliable than the barbarians.

Zeng Xian thought that he would not lose this vote, but he didn't expect it to change this time.

"It's much missing." The classmate who hit the cold laughed and said, "But you can't 'abandon the ashes and abandon the market'." I took two pieces of clothing. ”

"How?" Zeng Xian asked.

After getting the details from his classmates, Zeng Xian made a bitter face, and sighed for a long time: "The Tao is virtuous, the way is polite, shameful and qualified." ”

"Zeng Xiaoyi, if you lose, you will lose, don't lose if you can't afford to lose." The classmate who won the bet said with a smile, "Seriously, it is better to go to the Western Regions if you are expelled, but it is just a change of place to farm, and the imperial court is actually very lenient." ”

"There is no one in the west out of Yangguan."

"It's better to be a person without a reason than not to be a person yourself. I'm hungry, but I'm going to be a ghost. ”

Zeng Xian pursed his lips, but he no longer argued.

That's what is taught in the academy. Food and clothing are sufficient to know honor and disgrace, and Cangqiao knows etiquette.

Qi is in the same vein, never talking about benevolence and righteousness. In their hearts, the people are fed and clothed, and only then can they have the basis for knowing etiquette and shame.

A spoonful of food, a scoop of drink, in the alleys, what does not change is to restore the saint's face, and you can't take the standards of the saint to ask ordinary people.

Therefore, if scholars want to practice the four sentences of Hengqu, they must start from practical things first.

Be realistic and pragmatic.

It is the purpose of Qi science.

"Not to mention that if you and I go to the Western Regions, we will immediately become an official, and in a few years, we may be able to enter the stream."

The news in the academy is very well-informed, and in the library, there is even a Tang newspaper sent by the imperial court to the county.

Of course, Zeng Xian also knew that if he was willing to go to the Western Regions, even if he couldn't become an official immediately, after a period of training, he still had a high chance of becoming an official with good fortune.

But this determination is not so easy to make. went to the Western Regions to serve as an official, and it is difficult to say whether he can return to Middle-earth in this life. Everyone in the world yearns for the Central Plains, and no one wants to be an official in the Four Wildernesses, so once an official takes up his post in Lingnan, he will have to spend his life outside the sea and sky, and even Jinshi cannot guarantee that he can return to the Central Plains to serve. The current situation in the Western Regions may be the same as that of Lingnan.

As a last resort, Zeng Xian didn't seem to be gambling on his future.

"Alright. Little B. A hand stretched out in front of Zeng Xian, "I am willing to gamble and lose." ”

Zeng Xian sighed, and then resigned himself to his fate and began to take out the money bag in his arms. As soon as I found a few golden money, I saw a person walking slowly.

Seeing the young man dressed in plain clothes, Zeng Xian hurriedly put the money back into his arms and bowed, and beside him, someone had already bent down and bowed.

"Zeng Xian has seen a teaching assistant." "Zhao He has seen the teaching assistant."

The man smiled and returned the salute one by one, exchanged a few pleasantries, and then took his leave and left.

Looking at his back, Zhao He was at a loss, "A spoonful of food, a scoop of drink, and I won't change my pleasure." ”

"The son of Master Wencheng, as long as he goes to Tokyo City, which sect dares to stop him? Yan Zi, Assistant Teacher Zhang can do it if he wants to, and don't do it if he doesn't want to. ”

Mr. Hengqu Zhang Zai Zhang Wencheng's son Zhang Yin.

Zhang Yin is a special student in the academy. While studying, he also assists in teaching, and is a teaching assistant.

Zhang Yin is Zhang Zai's only son, when Zhang Zai died, he was still an adult, because of Zhang Zai's bequest, so he was taken care of by Zhang's disciples. A group of disciples, led by Han Gang, donated money and land one after another, making Zhang Yin the largest landlord in Hengqu Town except for the academy.

When Zhang Yin became an adult, he donated most of his family's land, most of which was used as the academy's learning field, and a small part was reserved for the clan's sacrificial fields. Only 100 acres were reserved for himself to support his mother and his own education.

In the academy, ordinary students either studied righteousness and theory or learned to govern affairs, but Zhang Yin paid equal attention to both, studying Zhang Zai's works the one hand, and learning natural mathematics and physics on the other, but had no interest in the imperial examination.

In the first two years of the big examination, Zhang Yin was in the forefront, and the mountain chief Su Yu said excitedly, 'Shakya does not pass on to Rahu, Lao Dan does not pass on to Zizong, and Confucius does not pass on to Boyu. Qi science is in one vein, and the sub-sect can be passed on. ’

So in the academy, Zhang Yin was respected by teachers and students not only because of his father.

"I heard that Feng Dongjia of SF Travel came back this time, and he was ready to invite Assistant Teacher Zhang to go to Beijing together, but Assistant Teacher Zhang refused again." Zhao He said softly, full of envy.

"Not everyone wants to go to Beijing."

Zeng Xian clapped his hands, there is a backer behind him, he doesn't worry about food and clothing, he doesn't worry about the future, he does what he wants to do with peace of mind, but what to do in Beijing on such a day?

If he had Zhang Yin's conditions, he would definitely stay in the academy and build those machines. Watching a huge machine spin is far more interesting than reading a book.

It's a pity, Zeng Xian thought that he would never be able to have Zhang Yin's conditions, and the future was still vague.