The weather at the end of May was like a brazier, the whole Bianjing became drowsy and not energetic under the heat of the brazier, there was no rain for several days, the dust was raised in the dry weather, Bianjing became a gray world, looking like a dirty earth beast. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoqВ5、\

Although the New Army's salaries have increased a lot, in the face of nature's cruelty, no amount of food can replace their avoidance of the heat.

"It's boring, it's really boring, no matter how you look at Bianjing now, it's lifeless, look at the trees outside the barracks, they are all listless, and those animals, even the cicadas are so weak, when will it rain?" Zhao Lei, who was dressed in a silk robe and held a cold jade folding fan, sat in a room with good heat separation, and muttered in annoyance.

If someone sees Zhao Lei's current situation and what he said, they will definitely take a knife to kill him angrily, because the place where Zhao Lei lives now is a narrow stone house surrounded by several century-old trees, the giant trees block the scorching sun, and the two huge ice blocks in the stone house exude a cool breath, controlling the temperature of the entire stone house at about 25 degrees, and it will not feel any heat at all.

In the cool stone house, in addition to Zhao Lei, Su Xun, who was dressed in a light blue robe, sat at the desk with a grim face, holding a brush in his hand, flipping through the various official documents piled up on the desk.

Su Xun heard Zhao Lei's complaints, smiled and said, "It's so luxurious here. It can already make countless people's eyes red, and adults still complain like this, and they are not afraid of attracting the wrath of heaven! ”

Su Xun is now serving as the head of the new army, which is different from other Yamen landlords, and has no official position, just like the staff master in the yamen. is just Zhao Lei's private secretary, and all the money is paid by Zhao Lei, and it has nothing to do with the imperial court.

"The imperial court is really, what a rule, at this time, they don't let go of their official positions, and they also procrastinate in adding an official position in the new army, and they don't spend the money of the household department!" Zhao Lei said to Su Xun guiltily that last time he went to the ministry to ask for an official for Su Xun, but he was pushed by Wang Su, saying that the imperial court stipulated that he could not release officials for two months. Angry, Zhao Lei was furious, but there was no way at all, and in the end he could only let Su Xun be his private secretary.

"There's no way, there will be no shortage every three years and two months, after all, when it comes to the performance review, although there will be no changes in the upper echelons of the court. But there is a storm below, many people are going around for this opportunity to go around to prepare for a fat shortage, and there will be turmoil in the lower echelons of the court, and there will definitely be no vacancy, and after the performance review, it will be the August provincial examination and the October palace examination. There must always be enough real vacancies for newcomers, and it is estimated that the court will be in chaos for a while during this time. After all, Su Xun is a native of the Great Song Dynasty, and he is more familiar with the affairs of the imperial court than Zhao Lei, a halfway monk. So he didn't care at all and said indifferently to Zhao Lei.

"Performance review! It's really interesting, I first came to Bianjing three years ago, and it was just in time for the performance review, but at that time I was sent to the prison, and I didn't know anything, Brother Mingyun, what is going on with this performance review? Although Zhao Lei knows that the triennial performance review is to promote officials, he is not very clear about the specific things, and now there is a Su Xun who is familiar with officialdom. Immediately asked.

"This kind of thing is a promotion channel specially provided for officials with three grades and one grade, as long as there are enough political achievements within three years, such as Fan Zhongyan Fan's feat of dredging the five rivers, it is enough to promote official wealth, although officials above the third grade also participate in the performance review, but the official position will not rely on this promotion, the only place that can be promoted is just a title!" Su Xun faced Zhao Lei's question and replied carefully.

"Oh! So, I also have the opportunity to participate in the performance review this time? Zhao Lei asked curiously.

"Of course, and I'm sure that your lordship's political achievements in the past three years are definitely second to none among the hundred officials, and the merits are enough to be promoted to marquis." Su Xun nodded and said affirmatively.

"A man is born in the world, and he should be a strong man. There is a meritorious deed in war, but how can you keep the old hill. Recruited to Jimen, the army could not stay. A thousand gold buys a horse whip, and a hundred gold is loaded with a knife head. Luli sent me off, and my relatives embraced Zhou. Spotted white is on the top list, and the wine is drunk. The young man has no gifts, and looks at Wu Hook with a smile. Hearing Su Xun's words, Zhao Lei laughed and chanted Du Fudi's "Out of the Stopper".

After reading Du Fu's "Out of the Plug", Zhao Lei smiled slightly and asked Su Xun: "A man is born in the world, and he is a strong marquis!" After this performance review, wouldn't I have become a marquis? ”

"My lord thinks about it, Du Zimei's "Out of the Stopper" in the marquis refers to the marquis before the Tang Dynasty, the marquis at that time was second only to the prince and minister, and it was a very noble title, but after the Tang Dynasty, there were ten orders of titles, which were princes, heirs, county kings, county princes, county dukes, county marquis, county marquis, county marquis, county males, and county sons ten ranks, and my Great Song Dynasty inherited the Tang Dynasty's knighthood system, and canceled the hereditary replacement, the titles are all lifelong, and the death of the lord is excepted, and the adult is now the founding county man, but it is the eighth order, and then the first level is just the founding county marquis, The title of the seventh order is still far from the marquis in Du Zimei's "Out of the Stopper"! Su Xun looked at Zhao Lei, shook his head and explained with a smile.

"The Marquis of the founding county is better than the men of the founding county, and the food will increase a lot! According to the regulations of the Song Dynasty, one household is equal to one tael of silver, and every month in the future, you can get a few hundred taels of silver. Hearing Su Xun's words, Zhao Lei, who was full of pride and thought that he was a high-level minister, was hit hard, and said with a wry smile and self-deprecation.

"The founding county is two hundred food, the founder of the county is three hundred food, to the founding county of Hou, it is estimated that it can be increased to five hundred food, the adult as the new army training envoy, is the real shortage of the three products, plus the prince and the prince of the official position of the second grade, after this performance review, the official family will definitely give the adult the honor of a scholar, and another false title of the third grade, a third-grade official position of one hundred and twenty taels per month, two is two hundred and forty taels, plus the second-grade official position of two hundred taels and five hundred taels of silver, together, Your Excellency will have nine hundred and forty taels for the next month. It is one of the highest officials in Bianjing, and it is not much more than a few ministers, and the trust and grace of the official family can be seen! Su Xun took the brush, counted Zhao Lei's fortune on the rice paper in his hand, and finally said to Zhao Lei in surprise.

Hearing the precise numbers calculated by Su Xun, Zhao Lei began to convert in his heart. One penny in the Northern Song Dynasty is equal to five cents of the descendants of the Yuan, one tael of silver is equal to the consistent money, that is, 770 Wen, which is equal to 385 yuan, and 940 taels of silver, which is 361,900 yuan.

Unexpectedly, he actually became a senior worker with an annual salary of more than 4 million in the Northern Song Dynasty! Zhao Lei thought happily in his heart.

Just when Zhao Lei was happy, Su Xun suddenly handed him a piece of rice paper with a depressed face, and then said sarcastically: "Adults are too indulgent to the officials of the New Army, look at these just a few days." Ding Du, Zeng Gongliang, Xue Xiang, Han Qi, Yang Zun, Gao Zunping, and Shi Yuanchun, the seven generals and officials of the New Army, asked for a thousand taels of silver from the logistics yamen of the New Army, and they openly explained that they were adding objects to their homes. ”

Su Xun's angry words were very naïve in Zhao Lei's eyes. Zhao Lei believes that the water is clear and there is no fish, so he also got a lot of benefits from the new army, such as the food and cloth eaten by everyone in the Zhao Mansion, and some medicinal materials in the Zhao family's pharmacy, Zhao Lei never embezzled the cash of the new army. But there is no shortage of things to do with the sheep, and in his opinion, the two million taels of silver that the new army earns every month, if they don't use it. It is inevitable that he will be blackmailed by the official family under various excuses, and there is no need to use the psychology in vain, Zhao Lei not only takes the sheep by himself, but also affects all the officials and generals of the New Army, but these things are not of high value, and they are only 10,000 taels of silver per month, compared to the millions of taels extorted by the officials from the New Army at every turn, it is nothing at all, so Zhao Lei has no guilt at all. In addition, it is often said in the official family that many people in the New Army are poor and need subsidies.

"It doesn't matter, it's just 10,000 taels of silver a month, the work of the new army is not easy, there are so many things, the salary is not high, it is better to subsidize their land a little, and they are more serious when they work." Zhao Lei said indifferently.

"But!" Su Xun couldn't get used to this situation, and he didn't persuade Zhao Lei once or twice, but in the face of the persistent Zhao Lei, he had no choice.

"Don't say anything, by the way, is there any new information on the battle situation in Guangnan?" Seeing that Su Xun was about to make a long persuasion again, Zhao Lei hurriedly diverted the topic and asked.

"Yes! General Sang Yi has already led the army to fight a battle with the wingman rebels, but he has encountered more than 100 wingman rebels, caught dozens of them, and the rest of them are all scared away. Su Xun heard Zhao Lei's question, skillfully took out a thick document from the desk, handed it to Zhao Lei, and said.

As a result, Su Xun handed over the official document, and after Zhao Lei read it, he said with a strange expression: "30,000 people ambushed more than 100 rebels, and Sang Yi is really a fierce general among the soldiers!" Sure enough, it's extraordinary! ”

Hearing Zhao Lei's sarcastic words, Su Xun could only be helpless. Bitter smile, in his opinion, the war in Guangnan is a joke at all, tens of thousands of soldiers in Sizhou fled in fear in the face of the attack of the wingmen, the unexpected victory made the wingmen inexplicable, the wingmen did not occupy the four states at all, but retracted their stockade, in the face of Sang Yi's army, the wingmen did not even have the intention of facing the battle, Su Xun estimated that this was not a rebellion at all, if the truth of the matter was revealed, the court would have a lot of fun.

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The performance review of the Ministry of Officials lasted half a month finally ended, and it was natural that Zhao Lei relied on the Ming sores vaccine, the treatment of the prince Xin, the prediction of the flood of the Daimyo's Mansion, the defeat of the Western Xia and the Qiang invasion army, the formation of the new army, the Ming and new weapons, etc., far ahead of other officials in the performance review, but he was already a member of the three grades, there was no possibility of promotion, only the life of entering the Jue Cai, as Su Xun expected, the official family ordered Zhao Lei to enter the Jue Founding County, and crowned the Longtuge University Scholar, and at the same time rewarded ten taels of gold and one thousand taels of silver, There are also silk and cotton silk and other things, but although Zhao Lei did not fall into the big benefit, his wives got great benefits because of his merits, Tian Lan and Bai Xinlan, the two eldest and second ladies of the Zhao Mansion, were all named the third grade of the Lady, and the Zhao Mansion in Bianjing was full of glory for a while.

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