Although Gaoyao County is adjacent to the chaotic Lushui County, Wang Fulin only brought a dozen people at the moment, of course, he would not rashly go deep into the tiger's den, but left Gaoyao County directly, and did not even stay in Sihui County, but quietly walked around the surrounding towns and towns, and after inquiring about the local officialdom and people, he immediately returned to Guangzhou City. Because he moved very fast, he didn't even alarm the local county magistrate at all.

It took less than eight days to go back and forth, and for him it was just the first round of the process of taking office — meeting with his nominal boss and getting a first glimpse of his precinct — but for others, that was not the case. Others only saw a patrol who immediately ignored the chief secretary and then contacted the envoy and the governor alone after the chief secretary showed his indifference, and well-informed people even knew that the envoy called people to go to a small restaurant for dinner, and the governor Ling Yunyi allowed people to stay in the governor's palace for five full days!

As a result, except for the capital secretary, whose position is becoming more and more embarrassing and his authority has almost been usurped by the general army, the political secretary can be said to have been isolated all of a sudden. The two political envoys can still bear it, but the prefectures and counties below are different. In their opinion, even if Wang Fulin, the inspector of the imperial history, is unprecedentedly young, but his authority is genuine, and after he has met the envoy and the governor, if they still sit firmly in Diaoyutai, will they go back and leave a strong mark on the impeachment of others? However, before they could make a choice between the Chief Secretary and the Imperial Governor, the Secretary quietly sent a letter to him.

So, on the day Wang Fulin returned to the procuratorate, he ushered in a visit from Zhao Haitao, the commander of Nanhai County. followed by Panyu County Ling Yu Chenghui. These two men ruled over half of the city of Canton and the vast people in their respective jurisdictions. In addition to expressing my apologies for not coming to see you in time. There is only one theme left, and that is to cry poor!

And after them, after the visit of Pang Fuzun, the prefect of Guangzhou, he also cried poorly, and Wang Fulin really felt inexplicable. Not to mention anything else, judging from his feelings about entering and leaving Guangzhou twice, the word poor is really far away from Guangzhou. Otherwise, where did the thousands of boats on the Pearl River come from?

"Wang Xun pressed, I can't hide it, this is the home of Guangzhou Mansion. It's really hard to be. Outsiders say that Guangzhou Mansion is the first capital in Guangdong, so whether it is summer tax and autumn grain, sitting party and annual office, all of them are the first part of the whole Guangdong, and the people have long been complaining. I heard that the Huizhou Mansion where you are located has just had a dispute over the silk of the summer tax? This similar thing is a lot of Guangzhou Mansion, and it makes me have a headache all day long! Moreover, as soon as you come to Guangdong, you will find that this language barrier is the biggest problem for officials who come to Guangdong to take office......"

From Pang Fuzun's babbling words, Wang Fulin no longer understands why this crying poverty comes from. Then he's a pig brain. In the final analysis, it is because I am afraid that the apportioned military expenses collected together with the summer tax and autumn grain this year will not be collected. The evaluation will be inferior! You must know that the evaluation of magistrates is certainly different from that of Jingcha, and the higher level is responsible for the evaluation of the lower level, but the people who are to be impeached according to the imperial history cannot escape this catastrophe by waiting for leisure. But if there is a patrol to intercede according to the imperial history, although some of the reproaches will not be completely alleviated, it will at least be easier to pass.

But God knows that he still has a bigger burden on his back, where can he still have time to help others speak!

After crying poverty, he talked about the achievements of local education, and finally invited Wang Fulin to visit Lianxi Academy, vigorously advocating the strength of the teaching staff and the excellent quality of the students. Seeing that Wang Fulin really expressed his interest, and even finalized a time with him to go over to have a look, he felt that he had gained a lot from today's trip, and immediately agreed. When Wang Fulin actually sent him to the gate of the procuratorate, his feeling of being valued was even stronger.

"This little Wang patrol press is much stronger than the previous Shi patrol press, kind, and can be a man!"

And Xiao Wang, who was called a harmonious person by Pang Fuzun, appeared at the Lianxi Academy at the foot of Yuexiu Mountain early in the morning on the day of the agreed meeting. The so-called Lianxi Academy is not only in the city of Guangzhou, there are also academies of the same name in other places in Guangdong, and there are even more Lianxi Academies in the whole world. Of course, these academies of the same name are not chain educational institutions, and the reason why they were named when they were built was to commemorate the great Confucian Zhou Dunyi of the Song Dynasty. Zhou Dunyi, the originator of science, is not to mention many works for the time being, but an Ailian theory is familiar to later generations.

The Lianxi Academy at the foot of Yuexiu Mountain has only a history of more than 50 years since it was built, and its predecessor, that is, the academy in the city, was changed to the Guangdong Education Department after ups and downs, and it was rebuilt in the second year of Jiajing. Every spring and autumn, this Lianxi Academy will hold a big sacrifice to Zhou Dunyi, and there are often officials such as the prefect and even the prefect and the county order to officiate, so it has a strong semi-official nature, and scholars who come to Guangdong will not come here to give lectures. The recent lecture here is Wang's Xinxue ****, that is, Wang Ji, the leader of the Central Zhejiang School.

To be honest, Wang Fulin really didn't expect that Wang Ji, who was seventy miles away, would be so interested and come all the way from his hometown in Shaoxing to Guangdong. Although he admired this old man of Xinxue, he was not a philosopher, and he was also half-witted in his studies, so he did not plan to visit Wang Ji first, but went to them first under the pretext of visiting the Chen brothers. Because he was wearing a blue silk shirt, at first glance he was at most an ordinary talent, very inconspicuous, so the enthusiastic students in the academy only regarded him as admiring him and enthusiastically led the way.

When he followed someone to find the room where the Chen brothers stayed, and knocked on the door after thanking the people, Chen Hongchang, who was the elder brother, couldn't help but be surprised and happy and said: "Brother Wang, you are really here!" ”

"What, do you think I lied to your brother before?"

Wang Fulin greeted the two with a smile, and saw that there were six narrow beds in a very small room, each bed was less than three feet, compared with the student dormitories of later generations, that is, there were no bunk beds. As for the wooden desk placed at the head of the bed for each person, it is all polished to a smooth and smooth surface, which is obviously due to the fact that many people have used it from generation to generation. Because it is a bungalow, in the house, at this moment, except for the Chen brothers, the house is damp, and there is an indescribable musty smell. In addition to the Chen brothers, there are two other people in the house, who seem to be not young anymore.

Seeing that the Chen brothers had visitors, the two exchanged two sentences in extremely fast Cantonese, and one of them said in official dialect: "Mr. Longxi is going to give a lecture today, and it is said that the Fuzun will also come to listen, and we will discuss a few questions about asking Mr. Longxi at that time, if you want to receive guests, go elsewhere, don't affect us here." ”

Chen Bingchang saw that his brother Chen Hongchang seemed to want to theorize, so he hurriedly grabbed him, smiled apologetically at Wang Fulin, and hurriedly walked out. Seeing that Wang Fulin also followed, until he got out of the house and left a little far, this younger brother said embarrassedly: "The room is cramped, everyone is usually like this, Brother Wang, don't be weird......"

"The room is cramped, but when they usually bring guests back, they always use the excuse of discussing something important to expel us, and now we have guests, but they drive people away, aren't they bullying us for coming from out of town?" Although he is an elder brother, Chen Hongchang's temper is more urgent than that of his younger brother, and he can't help but be indignant at this time, and said to Wang Fulin, "They usually only speak the unintelligible Cantonese dialect among themselves, and I don't know what they are talking about, and they are always bullied when they come and go......."

Regarding Chen Hongchang's complaints, Wang Fulin saw that Chen Bingchang wanted to speak and stopped, and seemed to disagree, he remembered his enthusiasm for leading the students when he copied a Cantonese dialect before, so he just comforted people in general, and then changed his words and said: "Where is the place where Mr. Longxi gave a lecture today, can you allow outsiders to listen to the lecture?" Can I go and hear it? ”

As soon as it came to Wang Ji's lecture, Chen Hongchang immediately forgot to complain, nodded without thinking about it, and said: "Of course, although there is still at least one hour, Mr. Longxi will give a lecture every time, so it's better to go early!" ”

When Wang Fulin was in Xuancheng, he once visited the Zhixue Academy where Luo Rufang and Wang Ji had lectured, that is, Luo Rufang chose the place to rebuild because there were too many listeners, and now this Lianxi Academy is on par with the Zhixue Academy in terms of regulation, as for the large lecture hall, it is the same simple, except for the first row of ten or twenty chairs, the rest is a row of benches. It was still early at the moment, and the chairs in the first row for entertaining those VIPs were all empty, but the stools in the second, third, fourth, and fifth rows were already occupied, and Wang Fulin followed the Chen brothers and finally found a seat at the edge of the sixth row.

And they had just sat down, and the two or three rows behind them were also filled. In this crowded environment, Wang Fulin immediately felt the heat, and because there were too many people, all kinds of smells came to the nostrils, which was really enough for people to drink a pot. In order to divert his attention, he could only continue to chat quietly with the Chen family brothers, and gradually, his original idea became clearer.

This younger brother, Chen Bingchang, seems to be a good candidate for staff - even if he is a little younger, but he is better than simple and cautious, and unlike his brother, he seems to know the local language. Anyway, he's not a magistrate, he's already slippery enough, and he doesn't need those old oily masters!

I don't know how long this kind of gossip lasted, and he suddenly heard a low shout from behind him: "Chen Da Chen Er, give up your seats!" (To be continued.) )