Just like in this era, when farmers buy things, most of them have to settle accounts after the autumn. The meeting between Shen Mo and Cui Xiushan was also the time when the Xu Party and the Jin Party settled accounts and paid their remuneration after the autumn. The Xu Party achieved an extremely important victory with the help of the Jin Party, but at the same time it had to pay a high price... In addition to Yang Bo, who could only choose between the governor of the three sides and the secretary of the military department, the Jin party demanded that Wang Chonggu be transferred from the governor of Shandong to the governor of Fujian; Zhang Siwei was transferred from the prefect of Hanzhong in Shaanxi to the prefect of Ningbo, Zhejiang, and the remaining seven local officials were transferred from the north to the southern coastal areas, including two prefects and five prefects.

The requirements for the transfer of these ten personnel will undoubtedly show the demeanor of the old Xi'er of the Jin Party... First, they did not ask for any position in the court, and even Yang Bo, who was highly respected, abandoned the military department and chose three sides, with no intention of getting involved in the struggle of the court; The second fortune is important, after seeing the ban on the opening of the sea, silver rolled in from overseas, and the Shanxi people, who had occupied the trade of Huaiyang salt and the northern borderlands, extended their tentacles to the southern coast...... Although he avoided the confinement of Xu Ge Lao and Shen Mo... South Zhili, but to Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong wantonly layout... These fellows with superior financial quotients obviously realized that as Su Song became rich in the world because of foreign trade, the southeastern coastal provinces, which had a better geographical location and a longer history of maritime trade, would inevitably ask for the ban to be lifted one after another to get a share of this great increase in wealth.

As far as Shen Mo is concerned, he is naturally reluctant to enter the party and Jin Shang to dye the guide party, but this kind of thing is not his turn to decide...... In the letter Xu Jie wrote to Yang Bo, he had promised to give him ten official quotas, so although Shen Mo felt deep pain, he still had to agree generously.

Seeing that all the requirements were met, Cui Lao was very happy, twisted his beard and said with a smile: "We Shanxi people will always be friends of adults, and please tell Xu Kuo Lao that if there is anything in the future, just inform us, and we will definitely go to the soup and never give up." ”

Shen Mo nodded and smiled: "I'll bring it." Saying that, he got up and said, "It's not a short time for us to come out, and it's time to go in." ”

Cui Xiushan slowly got up with a crutch, and said with a smile as if he remembered something: "Look at my memory, and a gift to adults, 4" Intentions, not respect, please accept it." Without raising a trace of fireworks, he took out an envelope from his sleeve, gently rested it on the table, and floated away.

In order to avoid suspicion, Shen Mo did not go out with Cui Xiushan, but sat down by the stove again, played with the envelope for a long time, and said in his heart that it was so heavy and thick, how many silver tickets did it cost? I tore open the seal and took out the contents of it, but it was not the imaginary silver ticket, but the deed-like thing. When I opened it, it turned out to be a half-cent dry stock called 'Riyilong Ticket Number'... Shen Mo is very familiar with this ticket number...... At the beginning, Ruohan integrated the Suzhou ticket number pawnshop and created the Huilian number, and the Shanxi businessmen in Huaiyang wanted to spend a huge amount of money to acquire the Huilian number, but Ruohan resolutely refused. Subsequently, when the business of Huilian was in full swing, a money bank named Riyilong was also listed for business, whether it was the business scope or the means of service, all of them were exactly the same as Huilian, and they were jointly guaranteed by the eight major Jin merchants! Relying on the deep influence of the Jin merchants in the north of the Yangtze River, the trading of the day is booming, and the Huilian number is divided into the north and the south, at least on the surface.

This Cui Xiushan's identity on the face is the 'owner of the house' in the Xuanda area... Only the five most important places, such as Beijing, Yangzhou, Taiyuan, Jinan, and Xuanda, have shareholders to sit in town, supervise and guide, and solicit customers.

Now Cui Xiushan has taken out five thousandths of the shares of Riyilong, which is definitely a big deal, even with the most conservative algorithm, it can be worth 300,000 taels of silver, and it is an annual dividend and an endless ...... Of course, there is a premise for this, that is, the business of the day will continue to flourish forever.

"These old Xi'er, the abacus is ringing." Shen Mo handed the deed to Sanchi and said, "It seems that we are going to march into Jiangnan in a big way, so I will give me these five points of dry shares first." I feel that in order to get rich, I will not embarrass them. "As long as the business is prosperous, this thing will continue to increase in value and dividends every year; If business is bad, it will depreciate or even be worthless...... Therefore, in Cui Xiushan's opinion, in the competition with Huilian in the future, Shen Mo will at least not favor the latter, and a bowl of water will be flat.

"It seems that they also think," Sanchi carefully put away the deed, and chuckled, "My lord also takes dry shares in the Huilian." ”

"Hehe," Shen Mo smiled, and suddenly said, "Don't Madame know about this." ”

Sanqi was stunned and said, "Is it a matter of collecting shares?" ”

"Hmm." Shen Mo nodded, and said with a little emptiness: "You put it away, and when the time comes, you will directly open your account, and the dividends will also exist directly in the future, don't Mrs. know."

"Oh......" Sanchi said suddenly: "Adults want to save private money?" ”

"you," Shen Mo rolled his eyes, "It's called...... This is called mobile funds, do you know the three holes of the cunning rabbit? ”

"Got it." Sanchi nodded in response, and said in his heart that this is still private money? But he asked worriedly: "If you become their shareholder, will you speak for them?" ”

"Ball!" Shen Mo scolded with a smile: "If I dare to help them, I'm afraid I won't even be able to enter the house." As he spoke, he lowered his voice and said, "I will plan this way, and you will understand it in the future." ”

After the feast, the banquet was dispersed, and it was time for Shen Mo to return to Beijing, but before leaving, he walked to the Jinyiwei stronghold, accompanied by Nian Yongkang, to the backyard, a separate small courtyard.

At this moment, the snow is sunny and the haze is beginning to open, and Shen Lian, father and son, are holding bamboo brooms, sweeping the snow seriously............ Because the father and son have been executed by the emperor, they must wait for an amnesty to regain their freedom, and all that silence can do is to improve their living environment as much as possible.

Seeing Shen Mo come in, Shen Gon saluted respectfully; "Lord Shen."

Shen Mo smiled awkwardly, "Senior brother, let's call me junior brother." Saying that, he saluted Shen Lian respectfully: "Master." ”

Shen Lian nodded and said softly, "Let's talk in the house."

Shen Mo said to Shen Gon and Nian Yongkang: "Come in."

"You're waiting outside." Shen Lian said.

Shen Mo had no choice but to enter the room alone, facing his enlightened teacher, this decisive official, as if he had returned to the time when he was in the Shen clan, calmed down, sat upright, and peeked at Shen Lian, but saw that he seemed to be much older, although his waist was still straight, but his hair was gray, and more importantly, the cynicism that always hung on his face had disappeared.

"Teacher......" Seeing that Shen Lian was also looking at himself, he silently clicked softly, "You have suffered."

Shen Lian shook his head and chuckled, "I have such a good student, I am very blessed."

Shen sighed silently: "Let the teacher stay here for six years, and the students will be ashamed." As he spoke, he said, "As soon as the matter is over, the student will immediately send someone to pick up the teacher and go back to Shaoxing." ”

Shen Lian smiled and said, "You are wrong, for the six years that you have been in Baozhou, you have lived and worked in peace and contentment, and you are very happy." Saying that, he sighed lightly and said, "I don't plan to move anymore, I will live in Baoan Prefecture for the rest of my life." ”

"Teacher......" said silently, "Do you have any difficulties?" Just say to the students "No," Shen Lian shook his head and smiled: "Don't think too much, if you have the opportunity, you can go to the new security guard to have a look, where the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and you can sing and sing, isn't it also fast?" Yan Zhao is heroic, swordsmanship, happy life, not fast? He smiled and said, "I think it's a better place for me than in the south, which smells of fat powder, rancidity, and copper." ”

"But?" Shen Mo asked softly, "What about my two senior brothers?" And the little junior brother, what should they do?" In this era, you can only go back to your hometown to participate in the imperial examination, of course, at the level of silence, it is possible to take advantage of the loopholes in the household registration system to allow candidates to participate in the imperial examination in other places, but with Shen Lian's character, he will never agree. Therefore, Shen Gon and Shen Bao will either not participate in the imperial examination in the future, or they will have to go back to Shaoxing to take the exam, where the quality of teaching is a hundred times stronger than that of Xuanda.

"They can go wherever they want, they can do anything." Shen Lian said: "There is only one case, my Shen Lian's descendants cannot be officials...... So it doesn't matter if you don't go back to your hometown.

"Can't be an official?" Shen Mo was surprised: "Why? ”

"This ...... Of course Shen Lian can't say... I feel that being a clean official is too hard, being a good official is too tiring, being a faint official corpse is a vegetarian meal, being a corrupt official to disgrace the ancestors, being a bad official is difficult to escape death, think about it, being an official is not a job that can be both at ease and at ease, if you don't get it right, you will be ruined and ruined, and your children and grandchildren will be ruined?

After all, silence is an official.

Shen Lian smiled awkwardly, and diverted the topic, "Humble words, you have done enough for the teacher, from now on, don't worry about me, I won't make trouble for you anymore." ”

"Teacher, where are you talking about this?" Shen Mo said softly, "Your kindness, my father's life is not over." ”

"Being a good official and doing more good things for the benefit of the country and the people is the best reward for being a teacher.

The corners of Shen Mo's mouth flashed with a wry smile: "The student is just a national priest, even if he wants to do things, he doesn't have a chance." ”

Shen Lian said in a deep voice: "The Yan Party is about to lose power......

"Oh? How does the teacher know? "Silent heart said, has it become a well-known secret?

"Stinky boy, look down on me!" Shen Lian scolded with a smile, regained some of his former vigor and said: "The Yan Party wants to kill me, but you can take me down, and you can also take down the Xuanda Governor of the Yan Party directly, these obvious phenomena, don't they explain the problem?" ”

"The teacher is wise." Shen Mo smiled: "Yan Dang is indeed almost finished."

Shen Lian's face sank, and he asked lightly, "What did Xu Jie tell you?" ”

After pondering for a while, he still said truthfully: "He told me that although the Yan Party will not die out immediately, it is a foregone conclusion that the river will go down, and I can do something appropriately." "After a pause, he said softly;" He told me that he was going to let me go to Jinan to serve as the governor of Shandong, and then hone my qualifications...... He said I was too young and it wasn't good to be in a high position. Saying that, he looked at Shen Lian and said, "What does the teacher think?" ”

"Your biggest weakness now is indeed too young, you became a fourth-grade high-ranking official at the age of twenty-five, which is both your luck and your misfortune." Shen Lian looked at Shen Mo and said slowly, "Why is it lucky, why is it unlucky, why is it unlucky, do you understand?" ”

Shen Mo shook his head lightly, although he didn't know it at all, he just liked to listen to Shen Lian's teachings, so he listened to Shen Lian and said, "Generally speaking, people who have achieved the rank of a four-rank high-ranking official have gathered a certain garden around them, and this garden is composed of all kinds of people, who may be older than him, or smaller than him, who may meet him all day long, or who may not be related...... That's what we often say... Force, a person's power, can be left and right, in order to do a great cause!"

Shen Mo nodded, a pensive expression on his face. Listen to Shen Lian continue: "Didn't you find that it is difficult to gather such a number of people around you, except for your fellow villagers and friends, and the same list of jinshi, all of whom are polite and even respectful to you, but they refuse to have a deep friendship with you, let alone introduce you into his own garden, right?" ”

Shen Mo's face became heavy, and he nodded slowly, "What the teacher said is good...... I asked myself how much I cherish my reputation, treat people sincerely, act generously, never take care of things, and never offend my colleagues, but the kindness released is always treated negatively, especially the officials of the Taoist language, who seem to be very reluctant to deal with me...... "Except for those brothers who are in the same department in the same year, there are only some Taoist priests, eunuchs, spies, etc., and there are very few serious court officials."

This made Shen Mo feel very frustrated, and said: "Let's take the events of the previous months, the Yan Party attacked me, not only did no one help me, but they also fell into the well one after another, almost ending me." As he spoke, he looked at Shen Lian and said, "Teacher Zhu solves the doubts of the students?" ”

"Hehe......" Shen Lian smiled comfortingly: "If you are not twenty-five years old now, but fifty-two years old, sitting in the same position and encountering the same encounter, even without the protection of the emperor, it is very likely to save the day...... There is a way that is a fence with three piles, a hero and three gangs, everyone has helpers in the court, but you don't, of course you will suffer. He sighed and said: "No way, people in this world are not poor but suffer from inequality, at your age, you should be obscure, serving tea and water in the yamen, and waiting for a small role, but now it is famous all over the world, and the official position is too high, so that people can't catch it for a lifetime." For the vast majority of officials, this is too uneven!" He pointed at Shen Mo and smiled: "So people don't like you, that's reasonable, no matter how much people hate you and how they deal with you, you have to accept it, you have to get used to it." ”

After a moment of silence, he asked softly, "Then the teacher said, what should I do?" ”

"One word, boil." Shen Lian said: "Boiled slowly, but you can't boil it in a mess, you have to boil it with your heart, boil it carefully, and boil it carefully, so that you can get through, boil out, and get things done!"

"Wrong." Shen Lian shook his head and said, "If you want to boil your qualifications, it is not the same thing as going out to Shandong...... Can't you survive in Beijing? ”

"If I'm in Beijing, I'm going to be a squire now." Shen Mo said softly: "It's too conspicuous." ”

"Why do you have to go up?" Shen Lian said in a deep voice: "Remember, the first assistant of the cabinet is your goal, and for the sake of this lofty ideal, even temporary patience, stagnation, and regression are acceptable." ”

"What do you mean, teacher?" Shen Mo said softly.

"The idea is also a bachelor of Hanlin!" Shen Lian waved his hand, and said with some annoyance: "If Yuan Wei refuses to give it to you, you have to get a bachelor's degree, teach Shu Jishi, stabilize your mind, and teach him for two terms in a down-to-earth manner, which is enough for you to benefit for a lifetime!" said with a happy smile: "Six years later, your fellow villagers in the same year should also be promoted to the fifth rank or above, and your students have begun to take root in the court, your foundation will be consolidated, and your age will not be so abrupt, you can try to enter the cabinet, and then ...... Keep boiling. Speaking of this, he was a little discouraged and said: "Nei Yan doesn't look at ability, in terms of seniority, if you enter the cabinet one day later, you have to be behind others, and you have to wait for the front to retire before you can take the position." ”

"But you don't have to be too discouraged." Seeing Shen Mo shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Shen Lian shook his head and said: "The status in the cabinet depends on who has a good relationship with the emperor, who has influence in the hundred officials, and who has great ability. ”

"Hehe, I'll talk about that then." Shen Mo smiled: "The student still entered the pavilion first, and then Ba Shen Mo poured a cup of tea for the teacher and said: "Then what's wrong with going to Shandong?" From the bottom of his heart, he is more eager to go out, to be a feudal official, the governor of a province, he can get the power he desires, and do something he wants to do in his dreams.

"It's true that it's good to go to a place, if your goal is only to benefit the people......" Shen Lian glanced at him meaningfully and said, "But if you want to enter the cabinet, or even become the first assistant, you must not let it out." Saying that, he waved his hand irritably and said: "In short, in this matter, Xu Jie's job is not authentic, he just wants you to suffer a dark loss, and you have to be grateful to him." ”

"Why?" No one had ever told him this, and he asked silently.

"Let me ask you, have any of the first assistants of the previous cabinets been political envoys, governors, or even governors?" Shen Lian asked rhetorically.