On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, Meixiang Building is not far from the opposite of Nanjing Guozijian.

Well, that place should also be within the scope of the Confucius Temple Scenic Area in the later generations.

Shen Shuren was very bold, and directly invited the former nominal teacher to talk about national affairs.

Wu Meicun saw that his prayer post was written solemnly, but he did not refuse, and went to the appointment.

Li Zhenli, the old bustard of Meixiang Building, roughly guessed in advance the guest that Shen Dagongzi wanted to invite, and he was also waiting downstairs in person for a long time, and as soon as he saw Wu Meicun, he greeted him with a smile and received him in person:

"Eh, Wu Shanchang, I haven't been to the door for a long time, and my style of Meixianglou is about to disperse."

Although Li Zhenli is a generation older than Li Xiangjun and Bian Yujing, it is normal for the mother and daughter to marry and have children early in ancient times, and the difference between mother and daughter is only fifteen years, not to mention the adoptive mother and adopted daughter.

So she is only in her thirties, younger than Wu Meicun. More than ten years ago, when Wu Meicun was just a junior high school, he took care of her a lot of business.

Wu Meicun was a little overwhelmed by her enthusiasm, so she quickly made way to lead the way and went to the room where Shen Shuren held a banquet.

Thinkers

Shen Shuren didn't see the beginning of the front in the upstairs box, but he also saw the end of the back through the crack in the door, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly:

This Li Zhenli, although she is enthusiastic about old customers, but such a move will inevitably make the moral gentleman unable to let go. Everyone is so familiar with you, why are you too embarrassed to be too familiar with your daughter?

It can be seen that she doesn't know Wu Meicun well enough, at least she doesn't realize that there are still some differences between Wu Meicun and other writers in terms of ethics.

Human nature is complicated, but he is at least a person with a bottom line, otherwise he would not be the only one left in history who is unwilling to be clear.

Wu Meicun entered the room and saw Shen Shuren standing up to greet him, with Li Xiangjun and Bian Yujing next to him. Li Xiangjun he didn't know, but when he saw Bian Yujing, his face changed slightly, and he was a little embarrassed, but he quickly controlled it.

This little girl had asked him once or twice for history, talking about the past and the present, and was quite knowledgeable, unlike ordinary women. Later, Bian Yujing also hinted that he hoped that a person of insight could save her from the sea of suffering.

But Wu Meicun couldn't come up with enough silver, and secondly, he was too familiar with the older generation here, which was really embarrassing. Third, his wives and concubines in the family are also more complicated.

So much so that from beginning to end, he just wanted to sell his historical insights to the little girl.

Wu Meicun coughed lightly twice, hiding his embarrassment, and asked Shen Shuren with a straight face: "Although you and I have the name of master and apprentice, in fact, the old man has never really taught you a few days, so you don't have to be so polite." There is any official matter of the court this time, although it is straightforward. ”

Shen Shuren still remained neither humble nor arrogant, and said solemnly: "One day is a teacher and a father for life, although the student has only been in the country for two months, the mountain chief's point is not forgotten for the rest of his life."

This time, there is really a commercial tax reform of the imperial court, and my father and Zhang Shilang of the Nanjing household department are pushing it. To facilitate this, there is still a lack of support from the Zheng family in Fujian.

The student wanted to ask the mountain chief to raise his noble hand, and give Zheng Sen Zheng Chenggong, who is still a student in this prison, a few words of praise and evaluation, and there is a step down the side of the official department and Yang Ge Lao, so that Zheng Chenggong can be awarded an official. ”

Shen Shuren is very straightforward, still so simple and clear.

As an aside, Zheng Sen had not changed his name at this time in history, but now he was operated by Shen Shuren and entered the Guozijian three years in advance, so he naturally changed his official scientific name three years in advance. At the beginning of last year, when he was only a few months in prison, he was officially called Zheng Chenggong.

Wu Weiye was not a pedantic person originally, but today when he saw Shen Shuren giving such a heavy salute and a little girl he knew next to him, he couldn't help but let go, and couldn't help but get entangled in two sentences and find a step:

"Zheng Chenggong is already a prisoner, and he is handled according to the best treatment of the prisoner, everything is compared to the person, he can donate the official, why bother to find the old man? With the financial resources of the Zheng family in Fujian, let Zheng Chenggong enter the office, and just throw the silver directly. ”

Shen Shuren accompanied the smiling face: "It seems that the mountain chief is not very attentive to this Zheng family disciple and does not understand their family's thoughts very well. Although Zheng Zhilong is a hero, he is also like Liu Guoneng and others, and he regrets that he was born a reckless thief.

That's why I always want my son to take the right path and get a glorious ancestor. It is true that they can easily buy officials, and now that Zheng Chenggong is still young and not in a hurry, he has not given up the opportunity to become an official because of his merits, and he always wants to wait. ”

The Zheng family doesn't buy officials, of course, not because of poor money, but because they want a good reputation, and the more they lack something, the more they emphasize and want to make up for it.

This is not Shen Shuren's blind thinking, but he was familiar with history books in his previous life, and it is easy to deduce. Historically, Zheng Zhilong did not cultivate his son's ability to lead the army to succeed at all, but he really wanted Zheng Chenggong to take the civilian line in a down-to-earth manner.

The Ming Dynasty's culture of advocating literature and suppressing martial arts has such a deep impact.

Those who have become the chief soldier of coastal defense in a province still hope that their son will change his path.

Only then did Wu Meicun recognize the attitude of the Zheng family, and he was quite emotional in his heart, and sighed sincerely:

"I didn't expect that this kind of heroic man would also make his children sincerely want to learn. Alas, to say something that is not afraid of laughter, the old man thinks that the honor and disgrace in their hearts alone are worthy of encouragement. ”

In a few words, Wu Meicun found a theoretical basis for arranging a high score for Zheng Chenggong in the follow-up internal examination of Guozijian.

At least people have a sense of right and wrong! It's good to know that learning!

Some people may say: others also know that learning is good, and others also hope that there is a golden house in the book.

However, people who already have a golden house and Yan Ruyu still admire learning, isn't it purer than those who plot to have a golden house Yan Ruyu?

The sage Yun has no class, and as the director of the country, of course, he must encourage the heart of learning!

After figuring out the hidden subtext of these words, it was the turn of the Shen Shuren to admire.

It's still a tall mountain! However, these words are definitely from the heart, Wu Meicun is a person who really appreciates and loves to learn, not a hypocritical tendency to inflammatory.

After unifying his attitude, Wu Meicun also said vaguely:

However, the imperial court has its own law for awarding officials, and the old man can only prove Zheng Chenggong's desire to learn at most. He was promoted as a prisoner, and he could only compare people, and he was at most a positive eight-grade person. If you want to operate again, you go to Xu Shiqi and Xu Shilang from the Ministry of Officials, and the old man can only introduce you. ”

After Wu Meicun finished speaking, she couldn't help but glance at Bian Yujing next to her, and she seemed to be a little worried that her tall image would collapse in the eyes of the little girl.

But Bian Yujing and Li Xiangjun didn't feel any shame at all, nor did they show shame, their eyes always looked so clear, and they seemed to be really happy that Shen Futai had found a mentor to do something.

"What's going on...... Today's Oiran won't look down on the official mantle? Wu Meicun was made a little suspicious of life because of this.

Fortunately, Bian Yujing, who was on the side, saw that things were going well, and also came over to help pour tea, and congratulated him with a smile: "Wu Shanchang is really open-minded for the country and the people, and he does not hesitate to make small sections." ”

Wu Meicun was taken aback, and had a little idea of taking the school exam, and asked, "Oh? Do you also understand the benefits of the Tree Man's method of Chenlijin? ”

"That's natural, listening to Shen Gongzi and Zhang Shilang's cross-examination and rebuttal that day, it's really breathtaking. Although the slave family is not talented, they also feel that if a talent like Shen Gongzi can be used by the imperial court and affirm his ideas as soon as possible, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be better. Wu Shanchang is also participating in the grand event today, and there are some details, so why worry about it. ”

Bian Yujing said bluntly without hesitation, and at the same time gave Wu Meicun a step.

Wu Meicun was stunned for a long time, and patted Shen Shuren on the shoulder: "Miss Bian's historical vision, although the old man has only learned it twice, but I dare to say that it is first-class among women in the world.

The fact that she can respect your analysis so much shows that your way of historical reflection is already blue. Continue to work hard, plan well for the country, and the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves. ”

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In the next two days, Wu Meicun kept his promise, taking into account the teacher-student relationship with Shen Shuren, and helped him run everywhere.

Of course, the place where the money should be paid must be paid by the Shen Shuren.

Wu Meicun is the kind of academic Qing official in the real sense, and the Qingshui Yamen like Guozijian does not have the power to make money.

This is a typical "spending the money of the people who sink the trees and doing the things of the people who sink the trees".

As for the internal evaluation of the prisoners in Guozijian, this does not cost money, Wu Meicun can just let go of his hands. Therefore, Zheng Chenggong was quickly rated as "outstanding academically".

There's not much to say about the details, after all, it's not a glorious thing.

Shen Shuren caught up with Xu Shiqi, a waiter of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, who was specifically responsible for arranging official positions, and the road became wider and wider, and he gradually discovered some new worlds.

Because he found that Xu Shilin had a perennial job in his hands, that is, "to arrange replacement officials for the areas around Nanzhili that were infested by thieves to replace the vacancies left by the killed officials."

In fact, a year and a half ago, Shen Shuren experienced this. It's just that the thieves around Nanzhili were not serious at that time, and the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo had just fled to Anqing and Luzhou at that time, so the selection of this personnel work was not so formal.

At that time, Gong Dingyu, Zhu Dadian and several other people were able to speak about this matter. Especially Zhu Dadian, as the governor of Caoyun at that time, also actually concurrently served as the governor of Fengyang, and had a considerable say in the appointment of magistrates in Anqing, Luzhou and other prefectures, and Shi Kefa was also controlled by him at that time.

But last year, Zhu Dadian had already fought with the Shen family over the matter of changing the sea to Caoyun, and was disliked by Chongzhen and completely lost power.

The vacuum of personnel appointment power left by Zhu Dadian was also in the hands of the Nanjing officials, and Nanjing directly had the final say on the local personnel appointment in Anqing Luzhou.

In this way, Shen Shuren has also found a new channel to cultivate the subordinate forces of his officialdom - as long as he is willing to spend money and ensure that the talents he wants to pull are indeed capable of practical work, so as not to miss major events and admit guilt to him.

Last year, when he was only a fellow governor, he said that it was still a bit early to cultivate forces, and theoretically the government and the governor did not even have absolute management rights over the county.

But this year he is already the official prefect, and he will soon be given military preparations. In this case, there is a lot of room for maneuver if it is placed in private individuals and base areas. It is more than enough to arrange at least a bunch of subordinates at the county level, and even military attaches at the garrison level.

After opening his mind, Shen Shuren had a flash of inspiration, combined with his understanding of the loyal and righteous people who were more capable of fighting in the Southern Ming Dynasty in the "History of the Ming Dynasty", and quickly secretly screened out a list.

I also sent Xu Shiqi some silver, checked the current officialdom files of these people, and felt that those who were suitable for promotion were paid by Shen Shuren, and gradually snare those grassroots generals and righteous people who have not yet emerged into their own hands.

First arranged to the vacancy position in Anqing Mansion or Luzhou Mansion, and then returned to Huguang, and then entrusted the relationship between Yang Ge Lao and Governor Fang, and found a way to transfer to Huangzhou or Suizhou.

Huangzhou, Suizhou and Anqing, Luzhou are bordered, the former is the easternmost two provinces of Huguang, the latter is the westernmost two provinces of Nanzhili, just across the Dabie Mountain ridge as the boundary, the operability is still good.