Seven days later, inside the Yamen of Foshan. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

On the table of the Eight Immortals in the study, four ingots of horseshoe gold were neatly stacked there, exuding light. These four ingots of gold are about 200 taels of gold, which can be exchanged for nearly 800 taels of silver at the current price of silver in Guangdong, which is enough to cover all the belongings of a middle-class family. Even if Foshan is full of subway factories and the iron smelting industry is developed, few people can take out such a large amount of gold.

Looking at the disciple's generous filial piety, Hou Shou did not have a little joy on his face, and Fan Jin's gaze was also quite complicated.

"Fan Jin, I remember that you were from a poor background, when the official first saw you, you were still a poor kid with nothing, and you didn't see you for a few days, so you made such a luxurious move. Your pencil shop seems to have just opened, and no matter how good the business is, it is impossible to come up with such a large sum of money. Could it be that Nanao Island is really so rich and wealthy, and there is such a large amount of money in the account after walking around? ”

When the war in South Australia is over, the work of the warriors can basically be declared complete, and the rest is the work of the literati. Originally, Yin Zhengmao was willing for him to stay and get a share of the profits from his exploits out of appreciating talents and making up for Fan Jin's mediocrity, but Fan Jin himself had no intention of doing so.

There is not much intersection between himself and Yin Zhengmao's circle, and those scribes and those who can write in the army are counting on those who can reap the benefits of this great achievement, and if they participate in it, it will become a merit. And he didn't want to have any development in the field of the army, and the stolen merit didn't help much, so after providing some suggestions such as epidemic prevention, proper disposal of corpses, and avoiding plague caused by mass destruction, he drew a picture of Pingkou's victory and a portrait to Yin Zhengmao, and left.

Hou Shouyong's official transfer document has been issued, so Fan Jin did not return to Guangzhou, but first went to Foshan to see off his teacher, and these four ingots of gold were the gifts he gave to his teacher. Regarding Hou Shouyong's questioning and even estrangement, Fan Jin's mood did not fluctuate, but smiled:

"The teacher doesn't know that Nanao Island is indeed a blessed land, not to mention the gold and silver seas, it is not much worse. After all, compared to farming, it is still more profitable to trade in the sea, not to mention this business. There are fifteen urns of pirate gold alone, and the value is not hundreds of thousands of gold. He was loved by the army and rewarded his disciples with one hundred taels of gold, and the other one hundred taels were the filial piety sent by the Lin pirates before to seek recruitment, which was also a clear account that the army knew. The teacher entered Beijing to give advice, which was a clear and beautiful choice, and he had a good reputation, but his life was also very hard. As far as the disciples know, the six departments are called rich and powerful, the poor and lowly, and the criminal department is a well-known poor department. This bit of gold is the settlement fee that the disciple sent to his teacher, and it is also the disciple who fought hard to come back from South Australia, and he is not afraid of being checked, even if the old man asks, he doesn't have to worry about anything. ”

Hou Shouyong looked at the gold, then at this disciple, and said with a long sigh: "Your matter in Nanao, the teacher has heard about it, and it can be regarded as a life of nine deaths, if you don't contribute in the middle, the imperial court will not be as easy as it is now, gambling your life and making great achievements, two hundred taels of gold is not too much." I have been an official for more than ten years for the teacher, and I am not an unreasonable person, and I don't think that it is wrong for people to do things and take money. Moreover, they are not afraid of checking. However, being a counselor is different from being a pro-people official, and the requirements for the two are different. ”

He looked at Fan Jin, and then at Jinzi, "Fan Jin, Qingliu officials do lack filial piety, but it is not difficult to get rich." Moreover, Yanguan was also born in a wealthy businessman's family, even if he helped him with gold and silver in his family, he would not be poor. But they can't get rich. The so-called clear stream, since it is the first character, it must bear the corresponding price. There are reasons for this, too. The imperial history does not eat geese, can it be that the royal history of the imperial history really can't afford to eat geese? Of course this is not the case, but to be a speech official, you must first learn to control your own jade hope. If the court is compared to a scale, Kedaoyan's official position is inferior and powerful, and it is a stone used by the heavenly family to restrain the ministry and balance the government. If there is a problem with the stone, the scale will lose its accuracy, and there will be no justice in the world. If a person in the clear stream can't keep his poverty, it means that he can't control his jade hope, and he can't even control his jade hope, so how can he maintain his public heart? When doing things for the teacher, you can make your life more comfortable, and Bailihou should be decent. But after doing a clear stream, I have to be a poor official with peace of mind, which is the rule of being a speech official. ”

Fan Jin was thoughtful, and said after a while: "What the teacher said made the disciple suddenly, do you mean that what official you are to be like is what kind of official?" ”

"In his position, he seeks his government, that's all. When I do it, I can make it convenient for you to test your fame and deeds, and I can tolerate Hong Chengen and others running rampant in the township, as long as my officials can continue to do it, these are nothing, and the people in the world are like this. But to be a rumor-clearing official, you must have an iron heart and an iron backbone, which is the duty of a spokesperson. This is the case with all the people in the world, and I should follow the crowd. ”

Fan Jin said with a smile: "The teacher's sentence of conformity is like an initiation, and the disciple understands." But now the government is not comparable to the previous dynasty, even if it is Qingliu, it is indispensable to socialize with colleagues, and these envoys will always have to be paid. Besides, when the teacher enters Beijing, he always has to find a house to live in, and he also has to buy some household goods, which are inseparable from silver taels, and he must always leave some gold and silver for emergencies. ”

Hou Shouyong pushed the three ingots of gold towards Fan Jin, "I accepted one ingot of gold, which is considered to have accepted your mind, and it is also to pay the necessary expenses, and you can keep the rest yourself." You have different ideas and desires from the teacher, young people have good food, good clothes, and good beauties, all need gold and silver, and the teacher does not have these three good, and one ingot of gold is enough. Moreover, Foshan is different from the South China Sea, where iron is smelted and agriculture is light, merchants are developed, and there is no shortage of publicly-funded silver in the yamen. ”

Seeing that he was resolute, Fan Jin couldn't insist anymore, and Hou Shouyong said again: "I heard that Tao Jianzhi's expulsion is not a fight between the teacher and him in the final analysis, but a whip method that will be practiced in Guangdong. His personality will definitely hinder the implementation of this Fa, so I will transfer him away first, and if the teacher knows, a whip has something to do with you? ”

"Sort of, the disciple mentioned a few words from Dazhongcheng, wrote a gift and reported it to the court, but I didn't expect the court to approve it, and this thing really happened."

"A whip...... Do you know how difficult it is to advance this Fa, and how much it will cost? The chief of the grain in a province in Guangdong, all expect to eat some envy to make a living, you do this way, they have little room to do things from it, without these hands and feet, the errand has become a unprofitable thing, what do you say they still have to do things? ”

"The disciple has already thought about what the teacher said, but no matter what he does, there will always be people who are unhappy. Either the officials or the people, it is better for the officials to be unhappy than the people to be unhappy. ”

"If the officials are not happy, it will be difficult for the people to be happy, and any new law will always have to be implemented by the officials. As long as they are a little easier, or they are not a little easier, and they only follow the rules and refuse to be accommodating, the life of the people will not be able to live. Wang Jinggong of the previous dynasty implemented the new law, but it was not to save the Great Song Dynasty and save the people. But the green seedlings protect the armor, and in the end it becomes a government that harms the people, who is responsible for this? In the people? In Jing Gong? Or is it in the Xu Officials? I have been doing this for so many years, and I don't know the harm of the officials exploiting the people, but I can finally maintain the situation, so that there will be no chaos, and the country will be peaceful. As long as the country is peaceful, the people can still live if their lives are more difficult. This whipping method is too radical, like a long-term sick person vainly using the medicine of a tiger and a wolf, saving or killing lives, but now it is difficult to decide. ”

Fan Jin smiled, "What the master said is extremely true, it is the disciple who thinks things simply. In the future, he could not listen to the training in front of his teacher, and the disciple regretted it very much, so he only asked to enter Beijing as soon as possible and ask the teacher for advice. ”

"Yes, we don't know when we will see each other again, you are now serving by the side of Dazhongcheng, saying that you are teaching, but in fact, this is too much to promote as a teacher. Whether it's in learning or doing things, I'm afraid it's hard to teach you anything, but the separation is imminent, and I will say a few words to you from the bottom of my heart, just treat it as a few nonsense. Fan Jin, your future is always in fame, no matter how much merit you make, how many things you do, in the end, you have to be born in the field, then as a teacher, I will ask you, what do you think of the eight shares? ”

Fan Jin was stunned for a moment, and then said after a long silence: "The disciple thinks that the eight strands are rope and ink, rules, and a frame for officials. ”

Hou Shouyong nodded, laid out a piece of paper, and picked up a pencil. Due to the cooperation of Jinyi Wei, pencils have become popular in the yamen near Guangzhou, especially for bookkeeping and other work, pencils have begun to be used. Hou Shou drew a box on the paper with a pen, and then said:

"Those who are officials are selected by the imperial examination, which is a matter of the previous dynasty, and the imperial examination is made by eight shares, which is the first in this dynasty. Scholars must first do a good job of eight shares before they can become officials, and their intention lies in the two words rules. When we do learning, there will always be a box in our hearts to tell us what the topic is, and we can't invade it, we can't commit it, and we can't miss it...... When we remember these rules firmly in our hearts, and even obey the rules in every word and deed, this frame is considered solid, and we can become officials at this time. ”

He drew another frame on the paper, which was larger than Fang Cai's box, and put the original box in it, and said:

"Being an official is the same as making a fuss, and the most important thing is the rules. You have to make others follow the rules, and you have to follow the rules yourself. The people who are officials have great power, and the rules are broader than the rules of making a fuss, because after all, there is no examiner in the officialdom to dismiss our papers. Only when you learn the eight strands first, control yourself with rope and ink, and become an official, can you restrain your words and deeds and not break the rules. The biggest role of studying first and then becoming an official is actually to discipline oneself, not others. Some people say that the Bagu article is not pragmatic, but in fact, what you have to test as an official does not have to be related to practice, what is really related is your own heart. Only if you have a heart to abide by the rules can you ensure that you will not exceed the rules at any time. Originally, you failed in the imperial examination, so you should study hard behind closed doors in order to get off the high school. But by chance, you just want to close the door now, and you can't be afraid that you can't, this self-discipline is difficult to do by reading, only by relying on your self-examination! ”

"What the teacher taught is that the disciples must remember the teachings ......"

"You had a grudge with the Hong family that day, and it is not impossible for the teacher to help you knock the Hong family. But if you want to stand out for you, you have to break the rules in your heart, because you think that the teacher is unwilling to do it, and you don't dare to do it. What I am afraid of is that once people get used to breaking the rules, they will no longer take the rules seriously, and their hearts will break through the cage, and it will be difficult to catch them back. And those who do not abide by the rules will harm themselves, and those who are officials will harm the world. ”

"Your future as a teacher is not limited, I just hope you remember one thing, no matter when it comes, don't forget your original intention, and don't forget that we are scholars. Scholars must teach others to abide by the rules, and they must also abide by the rules, when everyone in the world abides by the rules, it is a peaceful and prosperous world, otherwise the world will be in chaos! ”

He looked at Fan Jin and asked, "Have you not picked up the words yet?" ”

"Exactly."

"In that case, I'll give you a word for the teacher. Reflection...... Fan Jin, the word retreats. In the future, if you think more about the words I gave you, you will know what you expect to be a teacher. ”

Fan Jin also understands that Hou Shouyong is not a clean official in the traditional sense, but he is also not a cool official or a corrupt official. He is more like most bureaucrats in this era, acting according to the standards of officials, not seeking merit, but seeking no fault, and pursuing a stable and stable landing. The things that destroyed the Hong family and made a fortune on Nanao Island, in his opinion, have actually exceeded the bottom line.

What is even more serious here is a whip law, and the new law, which was abolished as soon as it was pushed and abolished during the Jiajing period, naturally has a lot of negative views among the people and the grassroots, otherwise it would not have been impossible to carry it out. He carried Ling Yunyi to implement the new law, and even Tao Jianzhi's gauze hat was knocked off. No matter how unpleasant Hou Shouyong looked at Tao Jianzhi, this kind of method was something he didn't like. The word "send yourself" is also reminding yourself to think more about the way out.

However, being able to mention points proves that you still regard yourself as a disciple, if you are a passerby, you can't even mention points. The separation was imminent, and Fan Jin had no intention of arguing about anything, so he only saluted solemnly: "Disciple, thank you for the words." ”

"You and I belong to the master and apprentice, there is no need to say thanks, as long as you can think more about what you say for the teacher. As a teacher in the capital, wait for your high school news, he will be an official in the same dynasty every day, and don't forget this conversation between you and me today. ”

Ten miles of official pavilions, wine and vegetables are cold, Hou Shou rode with his own family, his family carried his bags and led the horses in front, Fan Jin and a cadre saw off the official office looking at the county order in the distance, and sang praises and congratulations. Looking at Hou Shouyong's distant back, Fan Kou gently recited the poem composed by Master Hongyi in the later generations,

"Outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road, the grass is green...... The end of the sky, the corner of the earth, the acquaintance is half scattered. A pot of turbidity sprinkled with all the joy, don't dream cold tonight. ”