Several people were chatting happily in the store, but unexpectedly, the noise outside the door suddenly started, which was very harsh.

Mara was loyal to her duties and was about to go out to cook, but was stopped by Hongyi and said in a low voice: "The business has its own way of operation, you can be restless!" ”

"Huh!" Mara's obedient attendant stood aside, but she was already vigilant.

"You're ridiculous. The store is open in broad daylight, but it doesn't let us in, where in the world is there such a strange thing? "The voice should be a southern accent, not very old, although displeased, but also reserved.

"That is, we have been in Beijing for more than half a year[1], so we naturally know that you have some good books for sale in this South Paper Workshop, why don't you let us in?" Another southern accent said, the same age as the previous one, also neither humble nor arrogant.

"The two Gong Shiye, I am really offended, there are distinguished customers in the small shop today, and it is temporarily closed, can you come back another day? You can also tell the small one you want to buy the study room, books and books, and the small one tells the shopkeeper that you will give it away at 50% when you come. The young man was clever and well-behaved, and when he heard it, he understood that these two were tried, and he could not be easily offended, so he was ready to say comfort, give a small favor, and send the two away as soon as possible.

"Humph! Are you a bargain hunter? As long as we buy at the original price, how can we take advantage of you for nothing? And you have to buy it today, because you didn't close your door! The southern accent at the head said, but it was still suave and not hysterical.

……

Listening to the noise outside, Zhang Suihan finally couldn't hold it back, got up and prepared to confess to Lord Belle, and then went out to dismiss the noisy people.

"Wait, what people say is reasonable, just let them in, we are the ones who are at fault, aren't we?" Hongyi was very interested in the southern tributes who adopted this method of "civilized quarrels", and was ready to see their demeanor. You must know that since Chen Mingxia [2] was killed last year, the dispute between the north and the south between the Han ministers above the court has been reduced, but the price is that the status of the Han ministers in the south has declined sharply, and the "northerners" Shili represented by Ning Wanme, the banner officer of the Han army, who belonged to the "old people of Liaodong", and Liu Zhengzong, a Han official from the north who belonged to the "northerners", raised their heads. And these northerners more or less have some old-fashioned shili meanings. In Hongyi's subconscious, he will always think of the big name behind him, perhaps his dearest and beloved Huang Ma Ma - the Queen Mother Burbutai.

The Shunzhi 12th year Yiwei branch palace test, which will come in a few days, has always been concerned by Hongyi, one of which is to select a few new generations of liliang that he can rely on in the future.

The second is to take a look at how many southern tributes there will be in Zuihou's list, so as to predict the trend of the situation in the next few years and assess the situation of the struggle between the reformists and the conservatives in the Shunzhi Dynasty. After all, Hongyi, who came through in later generations, knew that in the future, the cultural context of the Qing Dynasty, the national policy, and even the trend of Chinese civilization in the feudal dynasty for more than 200 years would be indispensable for the participation of southern scholars.

After all, the Age of Discovery has long arrived, and the Age of Industrialization has not yet appeared, and during this period, whether the maritime traffic and trade are smooth will determine the direction of the development of a civilization. The Chinese civilization must return to the maritime trade pattern as soon as possible, and do its best to reach the top again, and now it has temporarily created a favorable condition, that is, the submission of the Zheng clan in the southeast. The southeastern coast gradually calmed down, and only then did the army move north to Lake Baikal and have a historical opportunity to compete with Russia. However, this is far from enough, and what matters most is to accumulate strength through overseas trade and expand armaments for warfare.

Third, those remnants of the former Ming Dynasty, at this moment, most of the southern scholars who are still sticking to their ideals in the south, and who are more or less influenced by them, if they can enter the official career more, they can imperceptibly influence the court situation, and they will gather the minds of these remnants earlier......

Zhang Suihan was already outside the store at this moment to make amends to the two new Kegongshi.

"The two tributes have a lot of forbearance, just now the shop has some important things to handle, which is why the two of them are in the way. But now it's open as usual, thank you two for visiting the shop, please come in. Oh, in addition, what the guy just said is not true, today the two of you can each choose an ancient book, whether it is a rare book or a single book, our store will definitely give it away with both hands, and you won't take a penny! I also wish the two students the title of the gold list of the temple test and the glory of their ancestors! ”

Zhang Suihan is worthy of being an official and businessman, and he knows the self-appointed nature of many tributes, and he came up to make amends and satisfy their vanity. Then deliberately increased the discount, and the rare book is quite tempting for these students. Then send good wishes, even if you are full of anger, it is not good to have a seizure. Moreover, the method of hanging the Zhongjin Shi test paper on the store is also too attractive! Once these two are named on the gold list, wouldn't it be better to start getting acquainted now?

"The store is kind, thank you very much! But if the two of us are optimistic about your store's things, we will pay according to the price. We, Jiangnan Gongshi, will never live up to the way of the saint with petty profits! The two of them entered the store together, and the first young man of twenty-five or sixteen years old spoke righteously, once again explaining his position that he was not greedy for cheap.

Hongyi sat on the tea seat and carefully examined the two people:

They are all capable robes and horse coats, wearing melon skin hats, black cloth shoes, and delicate sachets hanging on their waists. The two are of similar age, the older one is the one who made the representative speech just now, and the younger one is also in his early twenties, but he is more stable and calm than the leader, although he is respectful, but he is neither humble nor arrogant. Although both of them have Chinese characters and their official dialects with accents sound somewhat similar, the older ones are tall and thin, and the younger ones are a little short and fat, and at first glance the two are by no means blood brothers, but more like the same year when they entered Beijing together to take the exam.

The tall young man looked around with his hands behind his back, but the short and fat young man noticed the difference between the only "customer" in the store at the moment, the Manchurian toddler:

There were four chairs on the tea table in the southeast corner of the store, but only one or two-year-old child sat upright, and the other three men and two women all stood with their hands down, and there was no intention of sitting down even if the other three chairs were free.

The young boy in the middle was sitting precariously, with a rectangular face, a slightly pointed chin, square lips and a straight mouth, a small nose and a tall nose, thick black sword eyebrows, upturned eyebrows, full and well-defined, ruddy cheeks, two ears close to each other, and although his eyes were not big, they were shining brightly, and he was silently observing the two of them at this moment. What is particularly special is that nowadays, both Manchu and Han people, children of his age are all tied with two horns, but this one has already shaved his hair and braided [3]......

Among the people around, the leader is about thirty years old, who looks like a scholar, but he seems to have a fame; Another young man in his twenties, but he was tall and neat, and he was clearly a man who practiced martial arts and horses; The remaining fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys, with extraordinarily fine skin and tender flesh, looked at first glance as delicate as a twenty-eight girl, but he was the lowest in status, and was carefully serving the young children. The two female dependents in the back are both Manchu leaders, among which the old woman in her forties is the most elaborate in her dress and the most liberal in her behavior, but she still stands behind the young child; Another young woman in her twenties, although she was dressed as a Manchu, saw two young gongshi come in, faintly shy and flustered with some Han women, and was slowly pacing behind the old woman......

Seeing this, the short young man already had some judgment in his heart, so he hurriedly gave a half-salute to this group. The eldest official didn't say anything, but the young boy sitting in the chair bowed slightly as a salute, and said in a loud voice: "Sir, take care of yourself!" ”。

This scene further confirmed the judgment of the short young man, and I saw him turn around, walk to the tall young man, whisper a few words, and then drag him back.

"Ahem, I said shopkeeper, we also had something wrong just now, and we did disturb you entertaining distinguished guests, please ...... I beg your pardon! The tall young man was a little reluctant, but at the urging of the short young man, he finally made amends politely and politely.

After listening to him, the short young man was obviously not very satisfied, sighed lightly, and actually knelt on his knees, and said: "Student, Shunzhi 12th year Yiwei will try Gongshi Min Xu, I don't know that Lord Dorobelle is here, disturb the honorable driver, and hope to forgive the sin!" ”

After Min Xu finished speaking, he tugged hard at the placket of the tall young man next to him. Only then did he mutter something, and knelt down very reluctantly, and said so-so, very unconvinced: "Yang Yongjian, the grass people, have offended the master!" ”

Hongyi is really helpless, speechless and shameless! His body less than two years old, finally got out of the Forbidden City, came out to do a serious business and breathed by the way, I didn't want to be recognized by Zhang Suihan, who was old and greedy first, and now I was actually caught up again by the two fledgling new Kegongshi, grandma's, and the screenwriters who made up what "micro-service private interviews" in later generations, I beg you, can you not be a coarse cloth dress and be considered a micro-service? Is it a private visit without a guard of honor? Wouldn't it be nice to give it a little bit of effort! Doesn't it make me lose face!

[1] The general examination is generally held in February of the Spring Festival, while the temple examination is generally held in September in the autumn, with a difference of seven months.

[2] Chen Mingxia was the head of the Han bureaucracy in the central and southern Qing court at that time, so the Chen Mingxia case is also known as the "Southern Party Case". The background of this case is rather complicated, and the people who directly contributed in front of the scene were mainly Ning Wanme, a banner officer of the Han army who belonged to the "old people of Liaodong," and Liu Zhengzong, a Han official from the north who belonged to the "northerners," and they accused Chen Mingxia of colluding with friends and disrupting power without authority. It's not entirely false either. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the dispute between the "southerners" and "northerners" originated from the party struggle at the end of the Ming Dynasty. As the leader of the southern party, Chen Mingxia naturally could not help but recruit talented people, and "the southerners were very heavy, and they were jealous of the north", while his personality was "good for his fame," "sharp and sparse in nature," and he was overpowering others, making enemies on all sides, and the contradictions between him and the "northerners," "the old people," and even the new generation of Han bureaucrats who only came out of power after entering the Qing Dynasty were becoming increasingly intensified. But the real reason why Chen Mingxia was finally killed was probably that he was too deeply involved in the power struggle within the Manchurian aristocracy, and unconsciously became a stumbling block for the emperor. The object of "setting an example" is not limited to the north and the south, nor is it limited to the Manchu and Han dynasties, and all the Manchu and Han nobles and ministers who collude with friends and parties and seek to arbitrarily dictate power are among the precautions. Whether it is the "Southern Party" or the "Northern Party", as well as the so-called newcomers and "old people", they are all just pawns.

[3] In the early Qing Dynasty, boys were required to shave their hair and grow braids at the age of eight.