After living in the Hu family's compound for a few days, He Jing always wandered around as if no one was around, and he also wanted to see clearly what kind of luxury the mansion that claimed to have cost three million silver.

The more he looked at it, the more he couldn't help but love it, and he thought that if he could retire and be buried in such a mansion, it would be a great blessing in his life, and he didn't live in vain.

It's a pity that no matter how good it is here, it is not his, and he does not dare to force the Hu family to give him this compound.

As the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, he concurrently served as the governor of Fujian, the minister of shipping of Fuzhou, and the general of Fuzhou, and he also had to manage the island of Taiwan and the coastal defense of the southeast.

Compared with Zuo Zongtang, he is much busier.

After playing in Hu's house for nearly half a month, He Jing finally reluctantly left and returned to Fuzhou to continue to be his governor of Fujian and Zhejiang and the governor of Fujian.

Almost the same night, Yan Shizhang finally came back from the capital, and he went back to Qingyatang to find Hu Chuyuan, only then did he know that Hu Chuyuan had moved to Baishi Tower.

Baishi Tower is the real hall of the Hu family, located in the center of the Hu family compound, from the second gate of the compound to the Baishi Tower between the paved a road more than 30 meters long, more than six meters wide, pure Han white stone.

There are only three rooms on the first floor of Baishi Building, with a living room in the middle, a study on the east side, and a flower hall on the west side, which is the traditional layout of "East Study and West Flower Hall".

Hu Chuyuan is usually in the east study these days, and the shopkeepers come to him when they have something, and they also go directly to the study to talk.

Hu Chuyuan has money, and he can't get along with himself, let alone be hypocritical enough to live a frugal and simple life.

The east study he used was ridiculously large, more than 200 square meters, and it itself had a library and a noon room, and in the middle was a large mahogany desk, with a table top nearly two and a half meters wide and five meters long, and a whole board of high-quality black-branched mahogany.

The black branch grows very slowly, and a whole board can be used to make such a large desk, which has a lifespan of at least a thousand years.

At present, there are only the Hu family in the whole Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and other large families also have black-branch mahogany furniture, but they are much smaller, and a table like this costs 30,000 taels of silver for wood alone, which can definitely be handed down for 500 years.

Good protection, frequent waxing, thousands of years will not be broken, hundreds of years will still be the same as new.

Yan Shizhang hurriedly ran in and saw Hu Chuyuan sitting at this desk reading a book, and there were a few sheets of paper on the desk for practicing calligraphy.

As soon as Hu Chuyuan raised his head, he also saw Yan Shizhang, and immediately smiled: "Mr. Yan, you are finally back, I thought you ran away with the silver ticket!" ”

Knowing that he was joking, Yan Shizhang smiled, and was about to sit down on the side seat next to the desk, but at a glance he saw that the wooden table in front of Hu Chuyuan was made of a whole mahogany ebony plank, and he couldn't help but secretly tongue in his heart, thinking that Hu Xueyan's extravagance could be seen.

There is no table like this in the yamen of the governor of Liangjiang, that is, those iron-hat princes in Yanjing City can see it.

Extravagant!

Hu Chuyuan and Yan Shizhang asked, "How are things in the capital dredged?" ”

Yan Shizhang said: "Because Wan Lao Shangshu insisted that I stay at his house for a while longer and study the calligraphy together, it was delayed for more than half a month." However, we finally found out the ghostwriter of the ink treasure, it was none other than Zhao Zuo. Therefore, it is almost worth three thousand five hundred taels of silver, and Wan Lao Shangshu likes it very much, so he accepts it. ”

Hu Chuyuan frowned slightly, and said, "Didn't I ask you to buy a new authentic painting?" ”

Yan Shizhang said: "I did buy another one, but Wan Lao Shangshu didn't want it, he thought I wanted to re-emerge, and he felt that it was too difficult to accept it." I said that it was to dredge it up for you, and he said that he had received it and was willing to help, but he was old and would soon resign and return to his hometown, so I asked me to give Mobao to Sun Jianai. Sun Zhuangyuan is the emperor of today, and he is deeply loved by the queen mother of the two palaces, and he has a bright future. ”

That can be said, but Sun Jianai wants to climb out, so he has to wait!

When he crawled out, the daylily was cold.

Hu Chuyuan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Did Sun Jianai accept it?" ”

Yan Shizhang said with a smile: "Dong Qichang's ink treasure, which one doesn't want it, Lao Shangshu already has a few authentic paintings, although he likes it, he doesn't think it's expensive." Sun Jianai didn't have it yet, of course he was very happy. ”

"That's good!" Hu Chuyuan smiled, he was not very happy in his heart, and he always felt that the money was not spent on the blade.

Sun Jianai will have to wait at least a few more years before he can grasp the real power, and it will be too late to dredge him when he can.

Yan Shizhang said: "Dongjia, I have actually met some people in the capital these days, I didn't want to see them at first, but they were all secretly recommended by Wan Lao Shangshu, so I had to see them." Most of them are Jinshi from Hunan and Hubei, and there are also people from Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, who are currently doing revisions in the Hanlin Academy, and a few have mixed up with the idle work of the heads of various departments. ”

"Oh?" Hu Chuyuan was a little curious and asked, "What are you doing when you see them?" ”

Yan Shizhang said: "The owner doesn't know that the imperial court holds a meeting every three years, but whenever the emperor is enthroned, newly married, and the queen mother has a big birthday, this must add an Enke test." More than 300 jinshi will be selected for each examination, but there are so many vacancies in the world, and almost half of the jinshi can't find real vacancies, so they can only wait in the capital. If you have some money at home, you may be able to get a position as a Beijing official by dredge and bribe officials from various ministries, and you can get a county magistrate by dredged up local officials. Most of the people that Lao Shangshu introduced to me are young and strong, with great ambition and talent, but they have not yet taken the turn to vacancy. ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded silently, and generally understood what Wan Qingquinoa meant.

He immediately asked Yan Shizhang, "Do you want to help these people find a real errand?" ”

Yan Shizhang bowed slightly, and said: "Sending charcoal in the snow and seeking things for others is better than rebuilding." I have sorted out all the information of these people, and I have also secretly made observations, there are two Jinshi from Zhejiang, and I have paid for them to dredge to the household department. In addition, there are 12 Jinshi from Lianghu, 4 Jinshi from Jiangxi, and 7 Jinshi from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, these people can only be arranged to the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Hearing him say this, Hu Chuyuan understood more in his heart.

Zhejiang is from the same township as him, Lianghu belongs to the Hunan family, and Jiangxi belongs to the fellow villagers of Wan Qingqui and Mei Qizhao.

In the Qing Dynasty, when officials and people worked, fellow villagers were inevitably the most important force, supporting each other, supporting each other, and calling themselves one party.

Hu Chuyuan nodded, asked Yan Shizhang to hand in the list, and carefully browsed everyone's information.

He roughly counted a total of 23 people, and there were seven people who were listed as first-class talents by Yan Shizhang, namely Huo Hongji, Zhang Baixi, and Tu Renshou from Hunan, Dai Hongci from Guangdong, Liao Zhongshan from Jiangsu, Tang Jingsong from Guangxi, and Liu Hongxi from Jiangxi.

In addition, there were sixteen people, from which Hu Chuyuan discovered Luo Dayou, a native of Jiangxi, and Huang Jiaju, a native of Hunan.

At this moment, he trembled.

Rebirth?

Take a closer look at the information, the two of them are both Tongzhi ten years Xinweike Jinshi and the first, Huang Jiaju is the seventy-first in the second class, and Luo Dayou is the third and first. (It is indeed true, this Luo Dayou later served as the prefect of Tainan in Taiwan, died in office, and a Luo Gong Pavilion was built to commemorate him!) ）

Tremble!

Hu Chuyuan immediately waved his hand, beckoned Yan Shizhang over and asked, "What are the abilities of these two people?" ”

Yan Shizhang said: "There is more than one Daotai, but not enough to serve as a governor, and the seven people I listed can all serve as governors." Among these people, Huo Hongji's talent is even higher, and the owner must recommend it to Zuo Zongtang Zuo. If such a talent stays in Jingshi, it will be a waste. ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded silently and said, "Okay, you write a few letters of recommendation for me, Lianghu nationality is recommended to Lord Zhongtang, Huo Hongji, Dai Hongci and Jiangsu nationality and Jiangxi nationality are recommended to Master Mei Qizhao." ”

"Good!" Yan Shizhang immediately took the pen and ink, and said: "Actually, I have another person to recommend, this person is from Yantai, Shandong, has lived in Beijing since childhood, and now he is in charge of the household department, his grandfather Wang Zhaochen was the governor of Shanxi, and his father Wang Zuyuan is now in Sichuan Chengmian Longmao Daotai. ”

Hu Chuyuan asked, "What is it called, and what are your specialties?" ”

Yan Shizhang said: "Wang Yirong, diligent since childhood, knowledgeable, has the ability to never forget, is very good at identifying antique cultural relics, calligraphy and gold and stone attainments in Beijing is quite famous. The specific provenance of Dong Qichang's ghostwriting work has not even been identified, so he was asked to judge, he is only thirty-three years old, but he can see the difference between Zhao Zuo and Shen Shichong's calligraphy at a glance, which is really a valuable genius! ”