The four words of self-cultivation and self-cultivation are indeed rarely achieved by Wang Fulin. He pinched his fingers and calculated, except for the dark preparation period before the township exam after he got married, and the time when he was admitted to the Jinshi and waiting for the election of officials, and was slipped away by Wang Daokunti in Wang's study, helping to deal with correspondence, and dealing with those lower-level officials who came to the door to see, he seemed to be running around and causing trouble at other times - even the previous trip to Jizhen, which was relatively peaceful, didn't he encounter a lot of small twists and turns and episodes?

Therefore, since he had no choice but to agree to Wang Daoyun, he had to put his mind away for the time being and take his duties as an elder seriously. However, his Jinshi was actually obtained by luck and the surprise of the provisional examination, which was not the same as Jinbao and Qiu Feng, who had a solid foundation, and it was really higher than Ye Xiaopang's level. Especially Jinbao, who has a particularly good reading qualification, will work hard without his supervision, so he, the division commander, can be said to be very provincial. Only Ye Xiaopang was very angry and came back to Huizhou to study, but the two companions were like this, so he could only mumble and accept his fate.

And the turmoil outside is gradually subsiding. Because of Cheng Renqing's "surrender", the big mess between Wuyuan and Xiuning finally came to an end, and the Jinyi guard who blocked the door among Yu Mao's scholars did not cause much trouble because the government completely ignored it. At the request of Yao Huizu, the prefect of Huizhou, although the compilation of the enslavement book had not yet been approved by the imperial court, the Nanjing Metropolitan Court, that is, Song Yiwang, the governor of Yingtian, had already replied and approved the proposal to ask the subordinate officials of the Ningguo Mansion and the Taiping Mansion to verify the old documents, try the first evil, and at the same time formulate a compromise solution for the summer tax silk silk of the Huizhou Prefecture.

Those who set off separately were Liu Yuan, the governor of the Taiping Mansion, and Shi Yuanxi, the magistrate of the Ningguo Mansion, but their qualifications were completely different. Liu Hao was a Jinshi in Longqing for five years, and he was also the magistrate of Taiping Mansion who took office that year. Because of the long-term law, this magistrate has been an official for four years so far. And Shi Yuanxi was a jinshi in the same department as Wang Fulin last year, although he was in the top three, but he was also in the top 20, he was a native of Yuyao, Zhejiang, but he was elected as the official of Nanzhili Ning Guofu. This is still because Zhang Juzheng picked up a big stick to "kill" this year's Jinshi, so some people behind it inevitably say that this is because of the powerful Yuyao Party in the DPRK and China.

In short, the two senior officials, one old and one new, were appointed by the Nanjing Metropolitan Court to come to Huizhou Mansion to assist in handling the dispute over the summer tax silk, and they naturally understood in their hearts that this was a thankless hot potato. But let them come, and no one can pick on them. After arriving in Fucheng, they met Yao Huizu, the prefect of Huizhou, and the two of them began to look through the old documents with several scribes from Taiping Mansion and Ningguo Mansion who had been recruited. However, in the old files that were about to be turned over by capable people from all walks of life in the six counties of Huizhou, where could they find any decisive evidence, they pinched their fingers and calculated how many criminal affairs would accumulate during their departure from the government, and they couldn't help but feel resentful.

Although they didn't know each other before, they now have the same disease. The two officials had to communicate in private, and they had seen each other for seven or eight days. This matter has not yet come to an end, whether it is Liu Hao or Shi Yuanxi, they all feel anxious. Fortunately, they brought the relatives of Huizhou Mansion to inquire about all kinds of rumors, and on this day, Shi Yuanxi, who came back from the mansion in the evening, heard a familiar name from his entourage, and immediately came to find Liu Yuan.

Because there are only a few government officials in total. Therefore, the two of them, along with the scribes and retinues, borrowed a merchant's courtyard in the city, and each of them occupied a courtyard, but it was convenient to go door to door. When Shi Yuanxi entered the door, he happened to hear Liu Yuan's voice from the main room: "What did you say." At that time, the Yamen of Shexian County was surrounded by the people who were making trouble in the three counties, and it was Wang Fulin who came forward to relieve the siege? Oh my God, I'll just say, such a big thing, how could he, a disaster star, not show his head! ”

Hearing that Liu Yuan, the magistrate of the Taiping Mansion, seemed to be quite familiar with Wang Fulin, Shi Yuanxi couldn't help but be a little curious, and hurriedly walked to the door and called Brother Liu, and after a while, the thick door curtain was opened by Liu Yuan himself, and when he saw him, he smiled and said: "I was looking for you, these people around me really don't distinguish between primary and secondary, and I just found out that Wang Fulin also got involved in the dispute over the summer tax silk silk in Huizhou Mansion just now." You and Wang Fulin are in the same year, and the rankings are not far apart, you should always be familiar with him, right? ”

"On the contrary, I only know his name, but I don't know his people." Shi Yuanxi deliberately made a joke, and when he saw Liu Yuan stunned for a moment, he spread his hands and said, "What the hell is going on in the same year of the science field, Brother Liu, you are from the past, you should know, this has to be an official for a few years, and it is only important to be in the same year." And the Ministry of Rites Enrong Banquet is a table by table according to the ranking, as long as it is not a table, then basically even the face may not be recognized, I am still a dozen short of him, not at the same table, how can I be familiar? Moreover, Wang Fulin has never participated in the Wenhui Poetry Society, and he has been running for election in Beijing, so I released the Ningguo Mansion as an official early, which is even more rusty. ”

Seeing that Liu Hao suddenly smiled dumbly, he inquired with great interest: "But I just listened to Brother Liu outside, but I seem to be quite familiar with me, the top three in the same year?" ”

"It's not familiar, after all, I have been a magistrate in Taiping Mansion for more than four years, and the Huizhou Rice Industry Guild started with him as the president, so he set up a stack warehouse in Wuhu, Taiping Mansion. Although Wuhu is not the Taiping Mansion, it is more prosperous than Dangtu, and the news spreads quickly. ”

Liu Yu told Shi Yuanxi about Wang Fulin's original events in Huizhou, Hangzhou, Hankou, and Nanjing, and saw that he was dumbfounded, so he spread his hands and smiled: "At such an age of less than twenty, after tossing so many things, I can still have the ability to take the Jinshi examination, anyway, I have nothing to say." The ground in Huizhou, especially those Xiuning grain merchants and Shexian salt merchants, all regarded him as the god of wealth, but those opponents who were unlucky because of him all regarded him as a disaster. Especially he can bump into things wherever he goes, which is even more breathtaking, don't believe you look at Liaodong and Jingshi, that's no exception, this time he went back to Huizhou to raise what hellish illness, and actually had an accident again, isn't it a disaster star? ”

Although he knew that Liu Yuan's second half of the words were mainly jokes, Shi Yuanxi was really amused. He originally asked Liu Gao to sum up, whether he wanted to visit Wang's family in the name of the same year, but now Liu Gao took the initiative to mention Wang Fulin. He also made this suggestion. Sure enough, after Liu Hao groaned slightly, he immediately said with a smile: "It's okay, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, I've been hearing about his name for a long time, but I haven't seen him." Let's go and see today, what kind of demeanor is this famous disaster star Wang Xiaoguan! ”

The two pushers who said they were leaving completely ignored that they lived in Fucheng, and Wang Fulin lived in the county seat, and it was evening at this time, as long as the Desheng Gate, which was connected to the two cities of Fuxian was closed, they would not be able to come back as soon as they passed.

In the past few days, most of the time they had been in the temporary apartment and the government office in a row, although the county seat of Shexian County was just east of the city, it was the first time they came. Thinking about it, no one knows him anyway. The two jinshi who were one year away did not sit in a sedan chair, but chose to ride a horse, and each in front of them was a scholar leading a horse. When they first arrived, they thought they needed to ask all the way, but after entering the Desheng Gate, they asked the first person, and the passer-by was very enthusiastic about leading the way directly, until they were brought to the back street of the county, and then they said: "It is the Wang Mansion that is facing the back door of the county magistrate's office, and anyone who asks casually knows it." ”

Just from this one thing. Liu Hao and Shi Yuanxi really realized how famous Wang Fulin was in the county seat of She County.

Since there is such a tip. The two did not continue to ask for directions. What's more, since Wang Fulin came back again, there was a plaque of Wang's Mansion hanging in front of the door, and they would not miss it unless their eyes were too bad. Seeing that the door was unusually simple, Liu Yuan and Shi Yuanxi had just said that Wang Fulin's reputation as the God of Wealth was a little surprised. After confirming the word Wang again, Shi Yuanxi, who was two years younger, went to knock on the door in person. In a short time, a crack opened in the door, and a head with a strange hairstyle poked out to look at them, and then it widened a little. The whole person flashed out, but it was a teenager who was missing half of his ears.

"Who are the guests looking for?"

"Is this Wang Fulin's Wang Gongzi's house?"

"Yes, but Childe can't meet guests." It was Wang Siming who came out to answer the door, and when he saw the two guests outside the door, he was obviously a little puzzled, and even the two attendants who led the horses behind him seemed to be very puzzled, so he said embarrassedly, "Before, the master and the uncle went out to do errands, and the son said that he was recuperating well, but he went out twice when he didn't get along, so after the master came back, he ordered that the son should not be allowed to meet guests, let alone go out, unless there was something important on the side of the county yamen." ”

According to the rules of a large family, Wang Siming definitely belongs to the master behind the arrangement, but this is Wang Fulin who specially instructed Wang Siming to say this to the visitor, otherwise he would have to be suffocated to death by Wang Daoyun. And Liu Hao and Shi Yuanxi naturally didn't know about this joint, and they couldn't help but laugh when they heard this. In the end, Shi Yuanxi opened his mouth and said: "Then please go in and tell Master Wang, just say that it is Shi Yuanxi of the same year as Wang Gongzi, and Liu Yuan, the predecessor of the science field, came to visit." ”

After all, Wang Siming is still familiar with all kinds of Daming style and people, and he feels very unfamiliar with these two names, but what does it mean to be a senior in the same year and the science field, he still learned it at the beginning. Knowing that it was actually two Jinshi masters, he hurriedly saluted, pulled his legs and ran inside, forgetting to close the door.

Facing this interesting little porter, Liu Yuan and Shi Yuanxi couldn't help but look at each other and smile, and after a while, they only heard the sound of talking from inside, and then the black door was opened, and Shi Yuanxi, who had at least met Wang Fulin, recognized at a glance that the young man in front of him was the protagonist they talked about before. And just now, the small gatehouse followed closely, and a few steps behind, there was a middle-aged man who was somewhat similar to Wang Fulin, Shi Yuanxi and Liu Yuanqian both guessed that it was the master in the mouth of the small gatehouse.

Sure enough, when they met, Wang Fulin said apologetically: "Wang Siming was brought back from Liaodong, originally a Han slave born in Jurchen, thanks to Governor Zhang, because of his meritorious service outside Fushun Pass, his wish was fulfilled, and he followed me, and he was not very familiar with the world." If he said anything before, please don't take it to heart to the two brothers. After he finished speaking, he glanced back and said with a smile, "That's my father." ”

Shi Yuanxi had only heard Liu Yuan say that Wang Fulin's father was really "remarkable", and when he saw Wang Daoyun coming forward to greet him a little unnaturally, the two of them had to see this old man Wang. It wasn't until Wang Daoyun quickly avoided that Shi Yuanxi relied on the fact that he was the same year as Wang Fulin, and wanted to get closer, so he deliberately smiled and asked: "Brother Wang Xian, Ling Zun doesn't allow you to see guests, what kind of allusion is this?" ”

"Don't mention it, my father has always thought I'm too good at causing trouble." Wang Fulin smiled helplessly, seeing that the expressions on Liu Hao and Shi Yuanxi's faces were all very subtle, he guessed that people were probably talking about him like this behind his back, and he didn't care, and after inviting the two of them to enter the door, he said, "If it weren't for the fact that I had heard that the two of them had a dispute over the silk silk of the Xia tax in Huizhou Mansion, and told my father that you are the magistrate of Taiping Mansion and the magistrate of Ningguo Mansion, I am afraid that he will continue to prohibit me from seeing people." Having said that, the two of you came over at this time, and I don't know why? ”

"Brother Wang Xian, didn't you ask knowingly?" Although Liu Hao and Wang Fulin are not the same year, today it is clear that he can't speak without getting closer, and he is familiar with himself. At the moment, he said with a smile, "I heard that the Yamen of She County was surrounded by people, and Xue County Ling intended to throw out that Shuai Jiamo as a scapegoat, but you blocked it back, and then dispersed the chaotic people with three strokes and five divisions." If you want to say that this Xia tax silk dispute, the root is very long, no one knows the reason better than you, we really don't have a clue, so we came to you to answer questions. ”

Since he knew that it was the two pushers who came, not the expected general judgment, and after inquiring about the resumes of the two, Wang Fulin guessed that they would come to him when they had no way to solve the problem. Now that the person is really here, he will take the person to the study on the second floor of the main hall in the front yard. Liu Hao and Shi Yuanxi were very interested in this authentic pocket emblem-style house, and even stayed with interest for a while on the beauty around the courtyard on the second floor, and then entered the study. After taking their seats, they heard from Wang Fulin the complete version of Xiuning Wuyuan's successive changes, and even the origin of the Xia Tax Silk Dispute was clearer than they could see from the documents.

The most important thing is that Wang Fulin did not completely favor the people, but analyzed the changes in the amount of summer tax and autumn grain in Jiachen and Yisi in the two years, and analyzed that the eight or nine thousand silk taxes in She County may be due to the fact that all other counties have greatly increased the amount of summer tax, autumn grain, rice and wheat tax, but She County has decreased in these two aspects. Of course, Wang Fulin also pointed out the strangeness of this matter, Huizhou does not produce silk, why would it be silk, and the total amount is more than the silk tax of all the prefectures and counties of Zhejiang Province for a whole year, which is obviously unreasonable.

But whether it is Liu Hao or Shi Yuanxi, what is needed is to try those Xiuning Wuyuan's troublemakers as soon as possible, and at the same time assist the Huizhou Government to come up with a solution, not just the cause. Therefore, after the two glanced at each other, Shi Yuanxi said sincerely: "Brother Wang Xian, Brother Liu said before that you are famous in Huizhou Mansion, so do you have any solution once and for all?" ”

"Of course...... No. Seeing that the two of them were greatly disappointed, Wang Fulin smiled bitterly, "If there is, will I wait until today?" Forgive me the truth, since this matter is no longer able to be smoothed out, then there are only two ways, either to see if the people below can be fooled; Either tear down the east wall and make up the west wall, let the imperial court reduce some appropriately, and at least give a little explanation to the people of the six counties of Huizhou. Otherwise, don't look at Wuyuan and Xiu Ning have settled down, but that's because Wu Yuan has four county orders Wu Xuan, and Xiu Ning is scared by the liar, otherwise this rebound will not be able to be forced! ”

Not to mention him, even in Zhang Juzheng's position, it is impossible to achieve real enslavement fairness!

PS: Today's guests come to the house, I'm sorry, I can only change it alone, and tomorrow I will compensate for 8,000 words (to be continued.) )