"Hmm. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "Shi Kefa said: "Wei Gelding repeatedly asked Han Ge Lao to turn round from the middle, everyone rests on people's affairs, and the affairs of the government can be discussed and measured at ordinary times, in fact, in the tradition of this dynasty, it has always been the cabinet and the celebrant to discuss and consider the handling of state affairs, Wei Gelding presides over state affairs, and it is not considered a violation of the ancestral system, as long as it does not interfere too much in foreign dynasties and make the party run rampant, in fact, it doesn't matter what eunuch party is not eunuch. ”

"That's what you guys do." Shi Congbin commented from the perspective of a businessman: "I just want to change to a trading opponent, the price you offer, Father-in-law Wei will not accept it, and you will not accept the price he offers, this matter, it seems that there will be no game for the time being, and I don't know how long it will be a stalemate." ”

"In terms of national politics, it is actually not beneficial." Shi Kefa was young, but he sighed for a long time.

"Our uncle and nephew don't have to talk about these gossips." Shi Congbin didn't have much interest in the major affairs of the DPRK and China, waved his hand, and ordered the chief to come in and change a round of tea, and the uncle and nephew began to talk about some common things.

"There are a lot of purchases in Beijing this time." Shi Congbin pointed to the pile of silver on the table and said, "Will the scientific expedition end next year?" If so, I'm afraid you won't be able to use it enough. Take the money first, and if it is not enough, I will write a book here, and then give you a silver ticket, and if you need it, you can get the money from the bookkeeping office. ”

"The teacher said that my article is not yet old," Shi Kefa said with a sad face: "There is also a saying that the world is treacherous, and the little nephew is not yet twenty years old, after all, he is still too young, so he told me to pass another subject and then end up." ”

"That's eight years of the apocalypse." Shi Congbin counted the time with his fingers.

"Pretty much." Shi Kefa said: "In the eighth year of the Apocalypse, the little nephew will end up again, grasp it bigger, and in addition, he has been trained long enough, whether he stays as a Beijing official or puts it in a place, his self-confidence will not be at the mercy of others." ”

"Xianzhi, even now, you will not be at the mercy of others." Shi Congbin praised his nephew and said: "You have been smart since you were a child, you are much better at reading than your father, and you are not worse than your grandfather. ”

Shi Kefa nodded lightly and didn't say anything.

In recent days, there has been an endless stream of lifters entering Beijing, most of them are in Yunnan and Guizhou, and those who are far away from the two lakes in the south of the Yangtze River have also come a lot, watching a car of lifters come in from various city gates, or live in a guild hall, or live in a hostel, wandering around in groups of three or five, there are young talents in fresh clothes and angry horses, and there are middle-aged people who have repeatedly failed to pass the test with a bad face, and even over sixty years old still refuse to give up, and there are quite a few elderly people who continue to take the exam after changing their age. This group of people get together every day, drink and write poems, study the current literature together, figure out the test questions, and in the hostel where a group of people live, there is a burst of book fragrance wafting out.

There are also many lifters in the Xiangfu Hall, chanting and reciting every day, and many deacons are tiptoeing when passing by, and they speak softly and slowly...... It is a leap to raise people to Jinshi, and from then on from the people to the officials, such an important matter, of course, can not be neglected. Moreover, in the eyes of ordinary people, scholars are as noble as the stars in the sky and the stars in the earth, and reading is a mysterious and noble thing, how dare they bother.

Seeing such many situations in the eyes, it is impossible to say that Shi Kefa is not moved, no matter how it is, it is also a lift, and it is itchy in the heart after all, but Zuo Enshi repeatedly said that Shi Kefa's current level is not enough, and he is barely in the Jinshi at most on the fame of the top three, and it is okay to not win, and he will take the next exam again, but I have never heard of the re-examination after the examination, and the Jinshi and the first are extremely beautiful, but they are also extremely cruel, and it is said that it is a lifetime difference as if, the champion Sanding A directly points to Hanlin and enters the fast lane of promotion, The worst in a lifetime can also be mixed with a four-grade Jingqing, the second class is not necessarily, the one in the forefront may be Hanlin, or it may be the imperial history, to the matter, or it may be the head of the subordinate or in which cold yamen, or it can also be divided in a critical place when the county is sealed, if the ranking is very poor, then it can only be divided in a remote place, and the most in a lifetime is the state capital bureau, or even three years of the county and then three years, three years after three years, more than ten years of the county to change several places, are in the remote and poor places around, this kind of official is not as good as inappropriate, very unlucky.

The teacher has something to say, even if Shi Kefa is not convinced, he can only endure it, not to mention that he also knows that the teacher has ulterior motives, now Donglin and the eunuch party are already in the stage of fighting bayonets, no one knows how long this battle will last, if Shi Kefa in the spring of Ming Dynasty will be a jinshi and divided into court officials, can Zuo Guangdou's disciples stay out of the matter?

"It's too early or late, second uncle, you settled earlier, and my nephew has left." Shi Kefa got up and put away the silver, the silver was not very heavy, but it also weighed more than ten or twenty catties, and there were nearly two hundred taels of silver, which was enough for him to use in the capital for a while.

He doesn't have any psychological burden to take this silver, there are few big families in these years, although this silver was taken by the second uncle, there was originally a share of Shi Kefa.

"The silver ticket does need one, and the number is about a hundred taels." Shi Kefa calculates that due to the fierce party competition recently, many officials need to socialize, Zuo Guangdou was born in a Jiangnan family, and sometimes he is too arrogant, Shi Kefa's disciple has taken care of many people for the teacher, this kind of expense is much more expensive than the daily life of the family, but fortunately, there is no need to pay too much attention to these between the master and apprentice.

Shi Congbin also knew that Shi Kefa would not spend money indiscriminately, so he nodded, wrote a letter, used a private message, and handed Shi Kefa a silver ticket.

This is a complete procedure, Shi Kefa took the letter and the silver ticket, and said with a smile: "The merchant's methods are also meticulous." ”

"And that's not all." Shi Congbin said in an appreciative tone: "Their deposit and withdrawal of silver taels are also very standardized and meticulous. ”

Shi Kefa was very interested when he heard this, and said, "Please also ask my uncle to explain a thing or two." ”

……

After dark, he and Yusheng's triumvirate in the capital gathered as usual to discuss daily matters.

Looking at the account books and daily briefings, the three of them take turns to look at it, and the directors of the military intelligence departments in other places generally do not have so many things, and the audit is the business of the finance department, and if there is anything wrong, the internal intelligence department will intervene, and the military intelligence department only externally and not internally, and internal affairs do not care.

However, the situation in the capital is special, from an ordinary trading house to a giant in the capital, in fact, Li Guobin, Wang Faxiang and Liu Ji are all in the case of being suppressed by the upper echelons to make the Beijing division branch to such a scale as it is today, the three of them get along very well, Li Guobin is the main external activities, Wang Faxiang does secret business, Liu Ji guards the general number, acts conscientiously, and never makes mistakes.

From the day the semicolon opened, the three of them cooperated very happily, and then from the copper plate exchange, the Jingshi store began to grow by leaps and bounds, and finally reached the situation of the Jingshi super big business house in front of them.

"This month's revenue has risen by 30%, and I was supposed to earn an extra 20,000 yuan." Liu Ji made a calculation for a long time and said: "However, the military department asked us to do a good job in the relationship with the Chongwen Gate tax customs and the city gates, for this extra monthly expenditure of at least 5,000 to 10,000 yuan, these silver is equivalent to taking it to stuff the dog hole...... Which one is a good product, the tax collectors and the military attachés of the Beijing camp? We are the masters who give the silver, and the next ones who will bite when the silver is broken. ”

Li Guobin said with a smile: "The military department must have a plan, you see that in the past two months, more and more people in Shandong and Henan have hired mules and horses, even if they have their own cars, most of them will buy our flags and plant them, so that the income has increased a lot." ”

"Hmm." Liu Ji nodded and said: "We can only be the people who are all Heyusheng, let's contribute money and efforts, and the semicolons of Shandong and Henan will follow." ”

"Beizhi has a lot of semicolons in our name," Li Guobin said: "It's still cost-effective." ”

Wang Faxiang smiled at this time and said: "As for the Military Intelligence Department, there has been no movement recently. ”

"Nothing is a blessing." Li Guobin sighed with heartfelt emotion.

……

After the meeting, everyone dispersed, but Wang Faxiang did not go home, he changed into a pure yang scarf, wearing a royal blue fine summer cloth robe, looking like a young student taking a leisurely walk in the summer.

Recently, there are many people like this in the capital, there are many talents in the north, and those who are not qualified to participate in the examination also come to the capital to feel the rich pre-examination atmosphere, so there are obvious signs of increasing the number of reading seeds in the capital, Wang Faxiang walked all the way north from Zhengyangmen, and soon drowned in the crowd.

Turn left from Zhengyang Gate, and soon enter the big Shi Yongfang, and then the hour Yongfang, where the flow of people is gradually thinning, but there are more sedan horses.

Fortunately, there are quite a lot of people who look like scholars here, Wang Faxiang's steps are a little staggered, obviously a drunk young scholar, there are many officials living here in Yongfang, this is obviously a refuge in relatives and friends of the field, but it is not good to learn to float outside and drink, a few old adults passing by can't help but shake their heads, obviously very eye-catching.

The square of the Ming Dynasty was originally not as exquisite as the Tang Dynasty, the size of the square in the Tang Dynasty was almost equal, the streets were flat and straight, almost a square grid, the squares of the Ming Dynasty were of different sizes, fortunately, the streets were also extended in all directions, and they were quite wide.

When Wang Faxiang passed through the hour Yongfang and arrived at Anshun Fang, the darker the sky was, the fewer pedestrians got up, and then he felt that there was obvious water vapor in the wind, which made him understand that his right hand side is the city wall, and after the city wall is the Xiyuan in the imperial city, the Xiyuan Taiye Pool at that time is the largest water area in the capital, at this time at the end of summer, from the Taiye Pond from time to time to blow a cool breeze with water vapor, Anshunfang is really also the place where the nobles of the capital gather to live, and ordinary people are not qualified to live here.

Of course, the place where Wang Faxiang wants to go is not here, where he walks cautiously, and most of the occasional pedestrians pass by are nobles who go out to drink at night, or ride horses, blowing the evening breeze and are surrounded by more than ten or twenty long entourages, or sit in a sedan chair carried by four people, dozens of attachés follow, these people are not princes or marquis, at least they are also captains or earls of horses, what are the governors of the five armies, military attachés in the field are the culmination of their life's achievements, and here it is very likely that they are the leaders of a certain marquis's sedan chair who walks beside the sedan chair...... For more than 200 years, the number of military officials has been very widespread, from more than 50,000 military attaches in the country during the Taizu period, to more than 100,000 in the capital now, and more than 500,000 in the whole country, the number has increased more than tenfold.