For a while, Xu Shijian also laughed.

When the three of them sat down again, and the little guy changed the tea again, Gu Yanzhang briefly explained the situation in the capital water prison.

Xu Shijian heard that he was asking about the water work, thought about it for a while, and said lazily: "It's been many years ago, if you want to talk about it in detail, I really don't remember it clearly." I was just going to take up a temporary post, and I was still among the three divisions at that time, and I rarely went on duty, and I only responded every day. ”

When he said this, he saw that Liu Boshan was already staring at him with raised eyebrows, and said more seriously: "But there was a time when I heard that it was the three-year examination of hydraulic engineering, and one person only made half of the questions wrong, and another person made two mistakes, which shocked the water supervisors." ”

On the side, Liu Boshan explained to Gu Yanzhang: "In the past, the capital water prison took the exam every three years, as long as you can enter the top three, and the assessment is not bad in the year, you can be promoted to a higher rank." Most of the questions in the examination are water conservancy and hydraulic engineering, which is not only very large, but also extremely difficult. ”

Gu Yanzhang hurriedly asked, "I don't know what the names of those two people are, but they are still in the capital water prison right now?" ”

Xu Shijian shook his head and said, "I haven't been in Beijing for many years, and I don't know them, I just hear about it occasionally, how can I remember?" ”

Gu Yanzhang said: "Even so, it is also a great help. ”

As he spoke, he solemnly thanked Xu Shijian, and waited until there were no other clues before leaving.

Regardless of the place on the side, many people in the water supervision department are always dealing with water conservancy matters, and they must have their strengths if they can surprise everyone.

When Gu Yanzhang rushed back to Dushui Prison, he also had an idea in his heart.

- If you really can't find a good one, it is better to learn from the previous three years of exams, get papers, and do a few times for the plumbers.

Thinking like this, when he entered the public hall, he called the master of the capital water prison over and asked, "Last time, I asked the water workers in the capital water prison, and you recommended three people, are these three people here?" ”

The main book is the master book of He who stood on the boat when Zhang Hu used the Junchuan to pass the canal that day, he heard Gu Yanzhang's question, and hurriedly said: "All are here, they are all old people in the water prison, one is surnamed Zhang, one is surnamed Zhou, and the other is surnamed Tian, and it is customary in the prison to add a 'work' word after the surname, if you want to see them on official business, I can call them over, and they will be called Zhang Gong, Zhou Gong, and Tian Gong." ”

Gu Yanzhang was not in a hurry to see people, and said again: "I heard that Master He has been here for more than 20 years, and he has a lot of history, and he is very familiar with it. ”

Then He Zhushu said with a smile: "I don't dare to boast, but this is not the same as the supervisor next to it, but it is somewhat similar to Qin Tianjian, Tai Hospital and other places, you can enter the door, and it is difficult to get out, so you can only do it here honestly, for a long time, I know a few people, I know a few things, if you have something to ask about business, the lower officials will know everything, and you will say everything." ”

Gu Yanzhang pointed to the chair opposite and said, "Let's sit down, it's nothing important, it's just that I heard the old man say that in the past, there were three annual exams in the water prison, yes or no?" ”

Master He was stunned for a moment and sighed: "Do your homework well, there is indeed one, but every two years when I come in, it will no longer be set up." ”

Gu Yanzhang asked, "Why not?" ”

Master He's eyes flashed slightly, and he said: "At that time, the officials have only entered the water prison, but I don't know the reason. ”

Since he didn't know, Gu Yanzhang didn't ask anymore, he only calculated the year in his heart, mentioned it, and said, "Are you still in the capital water prison that year?" ”

Master He hurriedly said: "It's free." ”

Gu Yanzhang said again: "I heard that in the current year's exam, there are two people who are very powerful, one person only got half of the questions wrong, and one person only got two questions wrong, I don't know who the surnames of these two people are, but they are still here?" ”

Master He was originally sitting on the chair with a courteous smile on his face, but for some reason, when he heard Gu Yanzhang's question, the smile froze on his face, and after a long while, he replied: "These two people are no longer in the capital water prison." ”

He wanted to perfunctory the past, but when he looked up, he saw Gu Yanzhang's eyes like a sword, staring at him, he couldn't help but shudder behind his back, and had to reply: "One of these two people is called Shen Cunfu, and the other is called Gao Ya......"

***

It's been too long, and I can't find the exam papers for the day.

However, Gu Yanzhang found the annual examination record of the capital water supervisor from the file room, and sure enough, the ranking of the current year's examination and the situation of each person were recorded.

But the strange thing is that I heard Liu Boshan say in the morning that if you can get the top three in the exam, once you have no bad evaluation, you can be promoted to the rank of official, but for some reason, these two people did not move in rank when they were young. Not only that, but after checking the situation, for many years, but the qualifications are maintained step by step, and even slower than ordinary people with qualifications.

I checked all the way, but I found the last year, and in the year-end evaluation, there are still two deeds, and the year is only a few months old, why is it not in the water prison?

Looking at the roster that was reported to Liunequan and the Ministry of Officials last month, the column recorded as a hydraulic engineer clearly found the names "Shen Cunfu" and "Gao Ya" on it.

Master He stood aside, and Gu Yanzhang didn't bother others, so he took the scroll down and asked, "These two were still here last month, how long has it been, why are they not there?" ”

Seeing that he couldn't hide it anymore, Master He had to say: "Because of the matter of Junchuan, Shen Cunfu left his post without permission, and Gao Ya made a mistake in his actions, originally he just made a small mistake and asked them to review it, who knew that these two people were too angry, and they didn't come to respond to it one after another......"

When he said this, he first glanced at Gu Yanzhang's expression, and then said cautiously: "At that time, it was still Zhang Gongshi, he heard that Shen Gong and Gao Gong did not complain, so he disappeared directly, and he was very angry, saying that this matter violated the rules and regulations of the DPRK and China, so he called down and went to the names of these two people, and was waiting to be sent to the Ministry of Officials and Flow......

Gu Yanzhang was noncommittal, asked a few more words, and then sent the person out.

He didn't just listen to one person's statement, from the year-end evaluation of the water supervisor in previous years, he selected three or four major events in the past 20 years, and recruited a few more people to ask, sure enough, no matter who presided over and was in charge, most of them were Shen Cunfu and Gao Ya.

Gu Yanzhang had a plan in his heart, and then summoned the water and water workers, before everyone dared not speak, but after hearing him take the initiative to mention, all of them no longer concealed it, and they all said that the water supervisor was the most proficient and good at it.

After asking up and down once, and when he inquired about the inside story, Gu Yanzhang asked someone to copy two copies of the regulations of Daoluo Tongqu that Fan Yaochen originally handed to Zhongshu.