Hong Guogang saw that the time was ripe, so he wrote to the emperor and asked several officials of the promotion department to be the deputy directors of the seven products and assist the chief in running errands. This is what was agreed before, and Emperor Yongchang saw that the other Shangshu and Shilang of the six departments were only worried that the officials in their ministries were unstable and did not oppose this matter, so he immediately said that in the future, if there are officials in other ministries with outstanding ability, they can also be promoted according to the regulations, and let the officials write books and draw up complete rules.

This incident caused great repercussions in the government and the opposition, and those who had been small officials for half their lives were all warmed up, hoping that they could also have such a good thing, and the incurable ills of the troublesome officials and officials who had a headache began to change.

Speaking of the household department, the promotion of the officials really caused an uproar, the people who did not go up were all jealous and resentful, and they were more passive and lazy, resisting Hong Guogang's announcement of using the new law to keep accounts, they used the excuse that they were old, they couldn't learn, and they prevaricated and delayed, but they gave Hong Guogang a sufficient excuse, he took the opportunity to clean up these people, and the rest of the people were frightened, no matter how unwilling they were, they had to obediently follow the requirements of the above to do things, the so-called new officials took office three fires, and several deputy directors who were promoted were busy performing one by one, I want to please my boss, take my new subordinates with me, and go all out to deal with the backlog of accounts.

Wen Han learned these things with Wen Jin, checked the work of his subordinates, and pinched the snail with three fingers - take it steadily, Hong Guogang commended Wen Han several times for this.

The other principals of the household department saw it in their eyes, and they also wanted to gain the favor of Shangfeng, and when they saw that the bookstore was selling the "New Law of Bookkeeping" compiled by Wen Han, they secretly bought it and went back to ponder.

This is just the most basic part of modern accounting, these officials who have gone through layers of examinations to enter the household department, almost understand at a glance, and quickly grasp it, and the atmosphere of the household department has changed for it, in the past, the officials held a teacup one by one, chatted and talked, and the small officials who worked were busy with an abacus, but those officials used all means to deceive the upper and lower levels, and solicited bribes and dereliction of duty, therefore, there is a strange phenomenon in the household department, that is, the officials are expensive and poor, and the small officials are cheap and rich.

Now, officials know how to read the accounts, and those things that can't be on the table can't be done by the small officials, but the higher-level officials also learn to read the accounts in order to grasp the subordinates.

Emperor Yongchang was in a good mood, but Wen Han was young and had little qualifications, and he was already a six-rank official, so he was not good enough to be promoted, so he issued an edict to Wei Shi.

In this world, the biggest scenery for men is to seal their wives and sons, and glorify their ancestors.

The emperor generally seals the family members of officials, naturally first his mother, and then his wife, otherwise, this society where filial piety is the first virtue, will not it be the other way around, and the mother-in-law will have to pay tribute to his daughter-in-law?

It is said that when you become an official, your mother and wife will get the edict or the edict, but most of them are not so timely, and some people even have to delay for more than ten years to get this holy decree, Qian Wenhan is one step higher than the same jinshi as an official, at this time, it is more than the top three on the first list, and he got the edict to his mother, this glory made him famous in the capital for a while.

When she entered the palace to visit the Queen Mother, she also received a praise from the Queen Mother, which made her feel happy in her heart, although her stomach was already up at this time, and she walked like a duck swaying, but because she insisted on exercising from the beginning, her spirit was still very good.

This incident not only made Wen Han's official in the household department sit firmly, but also made a small amount of money. It was brought about by the "New Law on Bookkeeping".

Of course, this is written by Wen Jin, and with it, she also compiled a book "Accounting without asking for people - Introduction to Counting", talking about addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and the four operations and the corresponding bead algorithm, all in the vernacular, concise and easy to understand, as long as people who know words, can follow self-study, the abacus part is edited by Qian Xiancheng, after Wen Jin modified, in the name of Wen Han, published and distributed by the largest bookstore in the capital - Sihai Bookstore, those small bookstores can't afford to provoke Sihai Bookstore, dare not pirate and reprint, can only buy and sell, two books because they are simple and easy to learn, Soon it was circulated throughout the country, and the Four Seas Book Company reprinted it once and for all, Wenhan's manuscript fees were endless. Although each edition was only seventy taels of silver, these two books were printed in three sets in the first year, and in the following years, they were also printed intermittently many times.

The Qian family is convinced that Wen Jin has a unique vision and can find business opportunities from what is happening around them.

Although the county lord of Yujie strictly ordered that the servants were not allowed to discuss the affairs of the master, there were still people outside who knew that the matter of publishing the book was Wen Jin's idea. The county lord of Yujie was very annoyed, and was going to ask the housekeeper to check it out to see which slave was talkative, but Qian Xiancong blocked it.

"That book was made by Wen Jin at first glance, and I was negligent, who can write something so vernacular if you read a lot? Wen Jin has only been reading for three years, and he can only be regarded as literate, so he makes it so simple, which just matches the minds of ordinary people. ”

"However, Wen Jin is in Prince Ren's mansion, and he can also write poems."

"Hahaha, Wen Jin whispered to me, she spent money to buy it outside, and she just came back and carried it."

"Huh? She could have expected that someone would be in trouble? ”

"This? Prince Ren and Princess Ren will definitely not invite a girl, and the prince is so good, it is inevitable that several girls will compete, Wen Jin is prepared, it is not difficult to understand. ”

"Well, yes, but why didn't I think of that?" The county lord of Yujie immediately ridiculed, "It's all our family is too good, I have forgotten that people outside are sinister, and the heart of harming people is indispensable, and the heart of preventing people is indispensable." ”

"Well, then, you'd better be careful from now on." Qian Xiancong pinched his wife's hand dotingly, after four months of pregnancy, the county lord's belly was revealed when it opened, Qian Xiancong watched his wife walk more and more like a duck every day, so happy that he ate honey like a child, and his mouth was grinning.

Xiao Yi couldn't wait to go back to Beijing to recognize his daughter, but according to the emperor's secret order, he couldn't do nothing, not to mention, he also hoped to have a good communication with his son, so he had to slow down, go all the way, and send scouts to collect the information of officials along the way.

Xiao Yuchen's upbringing is very good, although he is still a little stranger to Xiao Yi, but the father and son are connected, and the two get along, without any trouble, Xiao Yi is very pleased to see that his son is young, and his studies and knowledge are extraordinary.

The only thing he regrets is that his son is already sixteen years old and cannot practice the martial arts handed down by the Xiao family.

They deliberately traveled slowly all the way, and during the period, they also visited several prefectures and counties, and it took them two months to reach the vicinity of the capital.

"Yu'er, the murderer of your mother, my father hasn't found out yet, you can't show up for the time being, otherwise, it's not good to startle the snake."

"Daddy is saying I can't go home for a while? So where can I go? ”

"Daddy will send you to the Guozijian first, where you will study and live, and when Daddy takes care of those chores, he will take you home."

Xiao Yuchen's eyes widened and said excitedly: "Guozijian? Can I go there to study? I heard that the professors are all from the Hallym Academy, is this true? ”

"Yes, the gentlemen there, but they are all from Hanlin."

"It's so nice, Daddy, I didn't expect to meet such a good teacher."

"Hehe" For more than ten years, Xiao Yi has rarely smiled happily, since he found his son, the smile has always been on his face, and even he looks much younger.

Xiao Yi and his son lived in a post station in a county near the capital, and sent someone to arrange where their son would go first, so they hired a carriage, quietly entered Beijing, and sent their son directly to Guozijian, still using the name of Fan Yiyang and the name of the Fan family in Pingling Mansion, and stayed down, and then, changed into official clothes, and entered the palace to hand in errands for the emperor.

"Xiao Guogong......" Emperor Yongchang stopped talking, and finally made up his mind, "Xiao Guogong, there is another important matter, I want you to cooperate with Guo Gonggong to do it, you go down and go to the Internal Affairs Department to find him." ”

"Yes!" Xiao Yi felt that the emperor's attitude was very strange, but it was not easy to ask, so he bowed his head and retreated after saluting.

The little eunuch had already reported to Guo An'an, and when Xiao Yi arrived, the eunuch who held great power had already stood at the door with a respectful attitude, Xiao Yi hurriedly saluted and said: "How does this make Guo Gonggong show love, Xiao is terrified." ”

"Xiao Guogong, our family is only five grades, how can you give a first-class grandfather a salute? Xiao Guogong, please take a seat, our family still has important things to tell you. ”

"Xiao listened."

"Xiao Guogong, when will you enter Beijing? Didn't you send someone home? ”

"No!" Xiao Yi knew that in the face of Guo An'an, he must not lie, so he told him about the itinerary of the past few days, and even the reason.

"Xiao Guogong, I'm afraid your arrangement can't be carried out, just a few days ago, Mrs. Zun was poisoned and died, right now, the house is still in chaos, your three daughters are temporarily fostered in the Xiao clan patriarch's house."

"She's dead? Who poisoned it? Xiao Yi looked dazed, back then, although Zhao Yulan was in charge of Xiao's mansion, but a large amount of money was out of people, and she couldn't hide it from Xiao Yi's eyes, what did she use to trap Yang Ying, making him take risks and kill his wife? Xiao Yi intuitively felt that someone was helping Zhao Yulan, but who was this person, what was the purpose, was it the old Liang Dynasty in the past, or someone from Jurong's side intervened, these questions, he couldn't figure it out, and he still hoped to figure it out through Zhao Yulan, who would have thought that the slut would die like this!

Xiao Yi was so angry that he clenched his hands: "This slut! ”

"Mrs. Zun this month, she arranged the affairs of the house very properly, and even found an excuse to send Ling Ai into the palace before she came out, which is a sign of self-destruction, but the poison in her is not something that can be seen ordinarily, and it is similar to the poison in the queen mother in the past, the emperor ordered a thorough investigation, and asked Xiao Guogong to help."

"Father-in-law Guo, Zhao Yulan is likely to be the culprit who harmed my wife and children, I want to ask the emperor to remove her title, and I will also delete her name from the family tree!"

"Xiao Guogong should be restless, let's figure things out first, and our family will accompany you back home."

"Good!" Xiao Yi was not in the mood to speak here, he really hated to pull Zhao Yulan out of the coffin and question him.

The two didn't say anything all the way, and the carriage soon arrived at the door of Xiao's house, only to see that the gate was closed and there was a depression.

The servant behind Xiao Yi stepped forward and knocked on the door, and the porter came out to greet him, looking very depressed, and when he saw Xiao Yi, he barely cheered up: "I've seen Grandpa Guo." ”

Xiao Yi didn't care, just invited Guo An'an to enter the door: "Father-in-law, please!" ”

Guo Anan didn't say much, and walked side by side with Xiao Yi to the living room of Xiao Mansion.

Xiao Yi whispered to Xiao San, the old housekeeper who greeted him, to let him control the subordinates in the mansion and not let anyone escape. This is what he brought from *** back then, and his loyalty and courage are commendable.

Although it has been several days since the incident, Xiao Yi does not feel that he said these words in vain, and the housekeeper's ability must have taken measures as soon as the matter appeared.

The servant brought tea with a cigarette, Xiao Yi invited Gonggong Guo to sit down, and then spoke: "Gonggong Guo, if you want to find out these bad things in the Xiao family, Yang Ying, the general, is a key person. What was it that made him rebel and kill my wife and children after more than a year of my arrival in Beijing? This Yang Ying should have retreated with his whole body back then, and now, where is he hidden, Xiao has to ask Guo's father-in-law to help find it. ”

"This nature, Zun, oh, Zhao's death, maybe it has something to do with it."

"Well, judging from the confession of my son's nursing mother, it was not only Yang Ying who chased and killed his wife back then, but there seemed to be accomplices in the post stations along the way."

"This?" Guo Anan was a little surprised, if this is the case, it is not something that Zhao Yulan, a woman in the inner courtyard of the deep palace, can do, who else is behind this matter? Thinking of what Wang Yizheng said in the Tai Hospital, the poison that the Queen Mother was in back then seemed to be produced by ***, and it was very likely to be something of the Miao people, his heart immediately tightened, could it be that Mrs. Xiao's death still has something to do with Miao Jiang?

Father-in-law Guo has never encountered such a complicated case, and after sitting in the living room of Xiao Mansion for a while, he has already decided to join forces with Xiao Yi to see if he can find out.

"Xiao Guogong, in your opinion, where can this Yang Ying hide? He will definitely not return to his hometown, and it is said that his family has all moved away and is missing. ”

Xiao Yi thought for a while: "Yang Ying is not a person who is willing to be lonely, he will definitely not hide in the mountains, he will definitely move to a more comfortable place to live, and his martial arts, if he does not mix in the dart game, he will still serve in the army, and his family is estimated to live near his place of work." ”

"The dart bureau is easy to check, but in the army, if he changes his name and surname and goes to Liu Guangzhong, it will not be easy to check." Guo Gong is fair.

"Well, that's right! However, there are so many of my old departments that are easy to recognize, and it is not very likely. Xiao Yi thought for a while, "Yang Ying*** has a strong accent, even if he changes his name and surname, he must still be the hometown of the two state capitals of Qingzhou and Laizhou, and his father-in-law can go to the military department and transfer the list of generals who are in their forties and from these two states, focusing on the first fourteen years from ten years ago to the first fourteen years, well, it is the fourth year of Jiayou to the eighth year of Jiayou, transcribe the list, and then send someone to check, oh, by the way, more than ten years ago, there was a lot of conscription in Western Xinjiang, and this Yang Ying may also go there, take art to join the army, and be familiar with military affairs, if it is in Western Xinjiang, He's bound to be promoted soon. ”

Guo Gonggong nodded: "I'll arrange it." ”

Xiao Yi suddenly thought of another one, and added again: "There are also officials and head catchers in several states, especially the wardens and county officials, who must also be investigated, if he betrays me, he must be coerced or profitable." ”

Guo Gonggong frowned, this range is not small, I don't know how to do it, he thinks that the last sentence added by Xiao Yi is the most likely, after all, re-entering the army, Yang Ying is not afraid to recognize it? Xiao Yi means that Yang Ying is greedy for enjoyment and goes to serve in the Western Xinjiang Army, and the possibility is greatly reduced.

Guo Gonggong thought about it, and when he came out of Xiao Mansion, he deployed a lot of manpower to thoroughly investigate the officials of several state capitals. At the same time, he also reported to the emperor and asked Prince Ren to intervene, after all, the western Xinjiang side is Prince Ren's land, and it is much easier to find a person than to go through it like he is looking for a needle in a haystack.

Seeing off Guo's father-in-law, Xiao Yi sat in the study in the outer courtyard, and the housekeeper Xiao San walked in lightly, changed Xiao Yi into hot tea, and held a cloak, ready to put it on for the master.

"Xiao San, you're at home, haven't you found a trace of suspicion?"

Xiao San lowered his gray head and knelt down in fear: "What does the master mean?" ”

"Get up and speak!" Xiao Yi waved his hand and said, "Madam, oh, I mean that Mrs. Mei was killed by Yang Ying when she entered Beijing back then, did you find anything wrong with this?" ”

Xiao San didn't know this yet, and he didn't dare to ask, he just blinked his eyes and tried to remember.

Xiao Yi didn't know whether to explain to Xiao San, or to himself: "Back then, I wanted to pick up my wife in person, but the emperor didn't agree, it was Yang Ying who took the initiative to ask for help, now that I think about it, he had betrayed me at that time, what was the reason for him to change his mind so quickly?" I've always treated him well. ”

Xiao San's eyes suddenly flashed, and then dimmed again, Xiao Yi just raised his eyes and saw it: "Whether it's right or not, let's talk about it." ”

"The news that Mrs. came to Jurong came into the house, someone had looked for Yang Ying, in those days, he was restless, and he seemed to have something on his mind, I asked him, he only said that there was something at home, and then I saw that he was calm, so he didn't say anything."

"Xiao San, there aren't many old people I brought back, most of them also live in Zhuangzi, only a few of you, follow me......"

"Yes! Grandpa Guo, these days, let's think about it carefully and see who still knows about Yang Ying. ”

"Well, I suspect he didn't die at all, but escaped under a pseudonym."

Xiao San showed a surprised expression again, but he still didn't speak, bowed his head and retreated.

Xiao Yi was still pondering in the study, and suddenly there was a noise outside: "Get out of the way, I want to see Daddy-" This is Xiao Qiyun reprimanding Xiao San.

Xiao Yi's eyes flashed, and Xiao San, who had gone out, came back again, bowed his head and waited for instructions.

"Let her in!" "Daddy-" Xiao Qiyun took her two younger sisters and cried as soon as she entered the door, "Daddy, you're back, someone has killed your mother, you have to avenge her, woo-"

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