With Shen Shuren's skill, if he wanted to mediate, there would definitely be a way to solve the interpersonal relationship problem with Gong Dingyu or Hou Fangyu.

However, whether you can do it or not, and whether you are willing to do it, are two different things.

Shen Shuren was able to make friends with Yang Sichang and Shi Kefa before, and that was because Yang Sichang and Shi Kefa did not have the stigma of being thieves in history.

But Gong Dingyu and Hou Fangyu are different, some of these people have been traitors in history, and some are at least actively plotting against Shiqing (but they failed, and Qing didn't want him to be an official)

Shen Shuren knew that he was going to seek a great cause in the future, as a great man of Zhongxing, for this little profit, he left the flaw of "some of the friends you have made later became traitors" on his resume, which is too unworthy.

Therefore, at this official sales meeting, he always maintained a wait-and-see attitude and never scrambled those people. He believed that there was always another solution.

This wait-and-see was really found by him some methods.

As the Wenhui passed the halfway point, there were fewer and fewer flatterers around Gong, Hou, and Zhu. Later, there were even a few middle-aged people who didn't seem to be able to talk well with them, and after some code bargaining, they brushed their sleeves and left, saying that they wanted to find another way.

Shen Shuren didn't understand these people's dumb riddles at first-because they never said it explicitly when they bought officials, and they were all hinted at in current political topics.

It was still Gu Yanwu who was well-informed and quietly helped Shen Shuren translate, so he knew what was going on.

Shen Shuren couldn't help but be curious:

"Huh? Brother Gu, didn't you just say that if you want to buy a vacancy for the official award, you have to follow the three of you to dredge it up. If you don't do it, even if you pay enough money for official business, you will only be thrown into a position where you have no power.

But why are there still these seniors who seem to be quite tough, and after talking to them about the collapse, they still expect to buy another official? ”

Gu Yanwu looked accustomed to it: "There are always exceptions to everything, if it was in the early years, if you bought an official in Nanzhili in the early years, you basically couldn't escape the broker's connection."

But now the country is a country and thieves are rampant. Since Zhang Xianzhong destroyed the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum in the eighth year of Chongzhen, most of the scholars in Jiangnan have gone to Jiangbei to be officials. The closer the magistrate is to the front line of the thieves, the less valuable he is.

In addition, there are many vacancies that have been killed by thieves, and there are always endless sales in the end. These worthless shortcomings, you don't have to please those brokers, you can do it directly with enough money - wouldn't the virtuous brother also want to be those dangerous officials? If that's the case, you can just tell you Shan Chang Wu directly. ”

Shen Shuren suddenly realized that the original official positions were not in short supply, and the only ones that were in demand were those who were in short supply.

"You didn't say it sooner!" Shen Shuren was in a good mood, stood up at the moment, stepped forward with a glass of wine unabashedly, and walked directly in front of Wu Weiye.

"Chief, on the occasion of today's event, the students also want to find an opportunity to serve the country, please Captain Shanyucheng."

Shen Shuren was very generous, and directly in front of a group of people, he said that he wanted to buy an official.

Wu Weiye was originally chatting with Qian Qianyi, but he was also shocked when he suddenly heard him go straight like this.

Of course, he knew that many people were here to talk about buying officials today, but no one would be so picky. So how to help operate the shortage of fat and thin, how to bargain?

Wu Weiye also wanted to help him, glanced at the side, and wanted to introduce Shen Shuren to Gong Dingyu and give him a step:

"Shuren, since you entered the prison, I haven't instructed you in learning. Today is rare, and it's the first time you've met Mr. Zhilu, right? He is not a few years older than you, but he has already written well-known works, and this Hou Gongzi is also a family scholar, don't miss it, ask them for advice and poetry articles. ”

After speaking, Wu Weiye turned to Gong Dingyu and Hou Fangyu again, and said seemingly casually: "Virtuous brother, virtuous nephew, today's literary meeting, you each have to meet a beautiful woman, but you can't indulge in the gentle township, you still have to promote the future learning." ”

Gong Dingyu understood: "Brother Wu made fun of it, my generation is poor and self-contained, why do you want to say this." A beautiful woman, the sound of the ear, the color of the eye, just go with the flow. ”

Wu Weiye touched his beard: "Eh, a gentleman has the beauty of an adult, and Shen Sheng is a person who is anxious for justice and righteousness, and is righteous and squandering money." You've all heard of the name of his father's head Shen, right? ”

Gong Dingyu pretended to have just learned, and nodded to Shen Shuren with a fake smile.

These words seem to be saying that we should focus on learning and don't care about the few women who sang and danced at today's meeting. But the subtext is clearly to help pull the relationship, and ask Shen Shuren to pay for a woman to give to Gong and Hou, thinking that it is an "intermediary fee".

Shen Shuren's heart was bright, and he couldn't help laughing:

In the opera "Peach Blossom Fan" written by Kong Shangren in the Qing Dynasty, it was mentioned that when Hou Fangyu combed Li Xiangjun, it was because his family road had not yet been restored and he couldn't afford the money, so it was his friend Yang Wencong who paid him for the drift.

How similar is this scene today! It turned out that the so-called "friend treat" was to see his father's former household secretary, and he had the opportunity to be released from prison and reinstated because of Zuo Liangyu's coercion!

How could Shen Shuren do such a thing, if he was involved in such a dirty thing, even if he disdained to write history books in the future, if he was written into lace Kunqu Opera, he wouldn't be able to stand it.

At that moment, he replied very clearly: "The mountain is beautiful, and the students understand it." However, in today's troubled times, poetry is decorated, and there is no help for the country, and students have no time to learn those things. The students came today to donate to the official according to the law, and asked the mountain chief to report. ”

He spoke very frankly, and his volume was raised by one point, and he was immediately shocked.

Just now, so many people were selling poetry, which caused many times to praise each other, but it was not as violent as this time.

"You...... Insulting Sven! Gong Dingyu and others, who were swept away, were quite angry.

"Sure enough, he is the son of a businessman, and when he heard that his father was Chongzhen's second year, the imperial court officially allowed him to donate officials, so he donated immediately." There were voices whispering in the distance, and it was impossible to tell who said it.

Even the beauties of Qin Huai, who were singing and dancing on the piano on Tingzhou, were alarmed by the movement here, stopped playing music, and looked curiously at this farce that went straight to Sven.

Shen Shuren's face still did not change, like a spring breeze: "Wu Shanchang, do you think so too?" I do everything according to the laws of the court, why should I be ashamed? ”

Wu Weiye still has a conscience after all, and he is not completely all the way with those people, and his old face is red at the moment: "I didn't say that you insulted Sven, since everyone has their own ambitions, I won't stop you."

Seeing that you are like this, you are so eager to donate officials, and you will not go to the examination in the future. You have to think clearly, if you act so unconventionally, you will probably lose your popularity in the future. ”

Bad popularity? If you don't Sven, will you ruin your popularity? Shen Shuren disagrees with this.

In another six years in history, when Dolgon's knife was on their necks, the other three of the people around Wu Weiye surrendered except for Wu Weiye himself.

I didn't see how bad Dorgon's popularity was, and I didn't have to sing praises to them if they didn't want to sing their praises.

"Mountain chief, with all due respect, for thousands of years, people all over the world have been hesitant to donate officials, embarrassed to say it directly, but how many people have really thought about the truth?

It is nothing more than that after buying an official, they will abuse their power for personal gain, loot the people's fat and ointment, or the incompetent person will not be qualified for his official position and miss the country's major affairs. But as long as you are really talented, you are an official, and you don't want to make money, then what is there to be ashamed of? The student is an official, and the donation is above board. ”

Shen Shuren dealt with Wu Weiye, and then turned to Gong Dingyu lightly, and said politely:

"Mr. Gong, you won't take revenge on me because I didn't ask you for poetry and rhetoric, right? Could it be that in Luzhou Mansion or Anqing Mansion, find a county with the poorest mountains and bad waters close to the thieves, and assign me to the post? ”

Shen Shuren took the initiative to squeeze on the words, which made Gong Dingyu not easy to attack for a while, and Hou Fangyu was in the same situation.

Among the three brokers, only Zhu Guangshi and the Shen family had torn their faces, and they knew the inside story of the relevant vacancies, so at the moment, he rolled his eyes, and immediately stopped Gong Dingyu, and said with a smile:

"Mr. Gong is a great Confucian in the world, don't you spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Don't worry, I won't let you donate it to the magistrate of the fallen land. There is still a gap here for the military supplies of the Anlu Army, which is a fat shortage. It depends on whether you have the ability to contribute to the country. ”

Shen Shuren will not be excited when he listens to it. Of course he knew about the grievances between Zhu Dadian's family and the Shen family, and Zhu Guangshi suddenly jumped out, definitely to deal with him.

However, as long as he is on an errand for Yang Sichang, Zhu Dadian will not be able to frame him. Even if there is a mistake in logistics at that time, it will be thoroughly investigated to find out which link is the problem.

The Zhu family is in the bright and the Shen family is in the dark, and the Zhu family does not know that Yang Sichang protects and values the Shen family.

The Shen family seems to be in danger, but as long as they have excellent work ability, they are not afraid.

Shen Shuren generously responded to this challenge, finalized the matter of donating officials with Wu Weiye, and also donated one to his cousin Zhang Huangyan by the way.

Then the brothers drifted away, not talking nonsense to those rotten people.

This style can be called a clear stream in the field that day, and the buyers are so hard-hearted, they don't feel embarrassed at all.

Moreover, there were some people and inmates in the audience who didn't plan to buy officials and wanted to take the Xiucai exam, and they faintly admired Shen Shusheng.

……

After the end of the meeting, he waited for more than ten days, during which he also paid money, and the appointment was quickly made.

Shen Shuren spent eight thousand taels of silver and was thrown to the "Susong Guan River" as a pawn.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, according to the level of the jurisdiction, the river officials had four and five grades, and they were in charge of canal water conservancy and material transportation. During the war years, he also temporarily took on part of the work equivalent to the "grain supervision" of the Qing Dynasty.

Although the level of the yamen in charge of the river is not low, there are middle-level officials such as treasury envoys and collectors under the Taoist officials, and they are generally six to seven grades. The wardens below, since they all carry the word "official", are actually eight-grade petty officials, in charge of grain handover, transportation, and settlement of accounts in one or several county districts.

The Shen family is a native of Suzhou, and it is said that it is very easy for Shen Shuren to be thrown back to his hometown to be responsible for transporting grain. Even considering that the war is now going on, it is necessary to transport the grain to Yang Sichang in Anhui and listen to the French army, there will be no risk.

But Shen Shuren knew very well that Zhu Dadian's family was willing to let him do this position, and they must want to deal with him, and deal with his father Shen Tingyang by dealing with him.

If things are done well, it is easy to produce results, but if things are not done well, waiting to wear small shoes, it depends on what tricks the Zhu family has to plant.

And Shen Shuren's cousin Zhang Huangyan is not as well treated as Shen Shuren.

His uncle was only willing to donate 5,000 taels to him, and finally donated the history of Tongcheng County, Anqing Prefecture, to be responsible for the security and armament of a county.

Tongcheng County is less than 100 miles away from Huoshan Mountain, where the fifth camp of Gezuo is entrenched, and belongs to the edge of the Dabie Mountains. The officials such as the county magistrate and the county magistrate there were all killed by thieves in June before, and there was a gap.

Those dog officials who have the power to assign positions will stuff the newcomers who have paid but have no trust to those dangerous posts. Fortunately, by the time Zhang Huangyan took office, it was almost winter, and the thieves should not be in the cold winter and attack the city aggressively in the mountains.