Hu Guang saw Zhang Anshi coming, and greeted Zhang Anshi excitedly.

Zhang Anshi said: "Hu Gong's complexion is not bad. ”

Hu Guang smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay, I heard that His Royal Highness King Song went to Raozhou, but I don't know ......."

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "I just have something to look for you." ”

Hu Guang smiled and said, "Let's go, let's talk inside." ”

This difference in attitude is really different from the past!

They are all scholars of Wenyuan Pavilion, but Hu Guang entered the cabinet first, and in terms of seniority, he entered Hu Guang's duty room.

It was dim and cramped here, so Zhang Anshi sat down and said: "When this new Wenyuan Pavilion is built, this value room must not only be spacious, but also use glass, otherwise...... With this paper window, it's so dim! ”

As he spoke, he looked left and right again, and then said: "Gong Hu, don't you know, now there are some mansions that have been lit with glass in a large area, and the glass workshop over there in Qixia is in short supply." Ay...... Everyone is working the case, but they can't burn down their bodies because of this. ”

Hu Guang couldn't help but say with emotion: "The doctor of the medical school also instructed him to say that there are three harms in the old man, one of which is that the waist bone is not good, which is due to sitting for a long time, the second is that the old eyes are dizzy, and sooner or later he will suffer from eye diseases, and the third is wind pain, which is due to long-term dampness. ”

Zhang Anshi said: "This is terrible, you need to give birth to a good raiser, if not, over time, after a few years, it will be painful." ”

Hu Guang smiled, looking at Zhang Anshi and feeling much more pleasing to the eye!

When others say these words, they are all lip service and untruthful, Zhang Anshi is different, once Zhang Anshi says that it is not good, but it is often possible to give you a little benefit.

Of course, Hu Guang is not a person who is greedy for benefits, he is mainly worried about Yang Gong.

However, Hu Guang did not go further to investigate, but said: "Your Highness just said that there is something ......."

"That's right." Zhang Anshi said: "Hu Gong is from Jiangxi, right?" ”

Hu Guang nodded.

Zhang Anshi said: "Here in Jiangxi, the emperor and grandson started to build the railway and began to hire workers in Jiangxi, does Hu Gong know about this?" ”

Hu Guangdao: "I have read the report, but the matter of the Railway Division, to be honest, the old man is not good at it after all, and it is not easy to study it in detail, so he has a specialization in the art industry." ”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "But the folk customs of Jiangxi are still too conservative. Therefore, there are very few people who are willing to apply, and in the final analysis, there are still some unscrupulous gentry who confuse the public with fallacies, and the people dare not apply. ”

Hu Guang frowned, sighed and said: "Jiangxi's literary style is prosperous, everyone advocates reading, and now if you want to teach everyone to change, it will always take some time." ”

Zhang Anshi didn't argue, but simply nodded and said: "This is the truth, freezing three feet, not a day's cold." But in everything, someone has to start this! ”

"Hu Gong...... 's hometown is in Jishui County, and now the railway has arrived in Raozhou, and soon, I will go to Nanchang Mansion, and I will go to Ji'an Mansion. His Royal Highness now intends to recruit talents, not only labor, but also some left and right arms, if someone goes to the like-mindedness, especially a person like Hu Gong, who comes from a scholarly family, leads the crowd to serve the railway department, then the military and civilian people of Jiangxi may not have so much resistance when they see it. ”

Hu Guang listened, but he was a little careful!

It's pitiful to say, his people always have to be remembered.

Yang Gong advised him not to get too involved with his clansmen.

Xie Gong wanted to trick his people into going to Java.

His Majesty thinks about his people and sharpens his sword.

Now, His Royal Highness King Song is also here to keep an eye on it.

Hu Guang couldn't help but feel both congested and tired!

At the same time, he immediately said vigilantly and carefully: "This ...... This...... Build a railway? They don't understand either. ”

Zhang Anshi looked at Hu Guang's reaction, why didn't he understand?

As if he hadn't seen through it, he still smiled calmly: "In the railway department, all kinds of talents must be recruited, not only for political talent, but also for military management, but also for judges, and a large number of teachers, doctors, craftsmen, of course, the most needed is labor." ”

Hu Guang coughed: "This ...... This one...... Hmmm......"

Zhang Anshi said: "The railway department is not to teach everyone to serve in the conscription, but to pay salaries, the railway department is now recruiting people, for the time being, mainly formal employees, but also set a fifteenth salary, this salary depends on both seniority and ability. Go early, get early. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Not only that, but also along the line, build housing, if there are children at home, you can also study nearby, all in all, although it may not be as good as an official, but as long as you really have some skills, you may not have no future when you enter this railway division." ”

Hu Guang was stunned for a moment after hearing this.

If so, it's very tempting.

He bowed his head and thought silently.

Zhang Anshi said: "I know that there are many talented people in the Hu family, but Hu Gong is honest and honest, and he is afraid of being criticized, so he has been avoiding suspicion, and many children are living in the countryside. ”

Zhang Anshi's words were enough to make Hu Guang's heart moved.

He knew that the benefits that Zhang Anshi said would definitely be realized.

Zhang Anshi also just said what was on his mind, Hu Guang has been in the center over the years, although he has three sons in the family, and many nephews, but Hu Guang's temperament is the most clean and self-conscious, and he does not dare to bring his children to the capital, let alone make any arrangements for his children and nephews, because he is afraid that others will say that he is bending the law for personal gain.

Even in the imperial examination, he can not encourage it, and he is afraid that once his nephews go to high school, they will be thought that the examiner is looking at him Hu Guang's face, so many of his children are still studying in the township when they reach Xiucai.

It's just that if it goes on like this, it's really not a way, he Hu Guang has achieved a clear name, but his disciples are miserable.

Now, Zhang Anshi hopes that he can let his children enter the Railway Division, this Railway Division, is not considered an official at all, and no one is willing to go now, the children of the Hu family go, but to help the imperial court, in public and private, there is nothing to criticize.

As for the treatment......

He looked at Zhang Anshi and said, "How can there be housing?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Let's talk about Ji'an Mansion, the land on the other side of the station is not valuable, but in order to build the railway with everyone's peace of mind, and even contribute to the operation of the railway in the future, it is always necessary to give people a shelter from the wind and rain." ”

Hu Guang said with doubts: "This ...... Wouldn't that be inappropriate? ”

Zhang Anshi said very calmly: "The so-called food of the king, in order to be loyal to the king, the construction of the railway, is a national policy, if the people in the railway division are hungry and cold, is this like a word?" ”

Hu Guang nodded, but still said cautiously: "The old man has to think about it." ”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Think about it, don't worry, but at the moment, the railway department is employing people." Hu Gong, you also know that now it is a radish and a pit, and now there is a shortage of manpower, so the treatment and arrangement are naturally good, if it is a talented person who is proficient in literature and ink, then it is even more like a treasure for His Royal Highness Pope Sun. But...... Wait for ...... future"

Hu Guang: "......"

Seeing that Hu Guang didn't agree.

Zhang Anshi got up: "It's time for me to go back to the duty room." ”

Hu Guang pursed his lips, his hands tightened, and just as Zhang Anshi was about to turn around, he hurriedly said, "Wait." ”

Zhang Anshi said very casually: "What else does Hu Gong have to teach?" ”

Hu Guang was a little embarrassed, coughed and said, "That...... That one...... After all, the old man still needs to ask the meaning of the clansmen and the desire to serve, and the old man has it. But whether the nephews are willing, they always have to ask. ”

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "Then please ask Duke Hu to repair a book when he has free time, in fact, there is no need to rush about this matter." ”

Hu Guang's head.

As soon as Zhang Anshi left, Hu Guang began to ponder.

He muttered in his mouth: "Zhang Anshi shouldn't be such a person." ”

So, after a short pause, he suddenly went to the desk, took the pen and ink, and immediately splashed the ink, and after a while, he repaired a letter, and said, "Someone." ”

And some of them came in.

"This letter will be sent out immediately."

"Whoa."

…………

"Your Highness, Your Highness......"

Zhu Zhanji had been busy all day and had just rested, when he heard the movement at this time, he couldn't help frowning.

After a while, a scholar came and said: "From Ji'an Mansion, hundreds of people suddenly came, and there was a lot of ...... He actually came to vote for our railway division. It is strange to say that the person at the head has more than a dozen talented people in scarves and shirts, and at first they thought they were here to make trouble, but later they realized that they wanted to come to the railway department on business. ”

Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment, the railway department was already overstretched in recruiting labor, not to mention the scholars in the scarf and Confucian shirts.

After coming to Raozhou for so long, not a single scholar has ever come to apply.

On the one hand, these scholars already have a family business, and their ambitions are not here, plus Jiangxi's literary style is prosperous, and they are hostile to the Railway Division.

Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but be a little suspicious, and muttered: "It can't be a spy and a fine work, right?" ”

If you think about it carefully, this is not a march and a war, what does it have to do with meticulous work?

However, as Zhu Zhanji, who has been trained for a long time, he quickly settled down, and immediately, Zhu Zhanji said: "Please invite the person who will be the leader." ”

Not long after, a scholar came in, in his thirties, with a thin face, but also dignified, entered Zhu Zhanji's small hall, and immediately saluted: "Xiaomin Hu Mu, I have seen Your Highness." ”

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said, "From Ji'an Mansion? ”

Hu Mu said: "Yes, Xiaomin is from Jishui County. ”

"Jishui County, Hu Clan?" Zhu Zhanji looked at Hu Mu and couldn't help but say, "Jishui Hu Guang, is it related to you?" ”

Hu Mu said without arrogance: "It is the father of the family, the second in the small family, my father Hu Guang, who is an official in the court, the eldest brother...... was made a shadow post by His Majesty. ”

When Zhu Zhanji heard this, his face suddenly changed.

He just subconsciously asked, but he didn't expect it to be Hu Guang's son.

His impression of Hu Guang was that conservative and stubborn little old man, but his son ...... What are you running for?

Zhu Zhanji immediately said: "I see, you want to join the railway department?" ”

Hu Mu said: "I heard that the railway is about to be built in Jiangxi, and the Hu family is deeply favored by the emperor, and he wants to contribute his modest efforts!" This time, not only Xiaomin, but also Xiaomin's third brother, other cousins, as well as some distant relatives, as well as the clansmen in the township who were moved by Xiaomin, there were 372 people, most of whom were young and strong, and they came to share the worries of His Highness. ”

Zhu Zhanji: "......"

Hu is a scholarly family, and he has been an official for many generations, and in Hu Guang's generation, he is even ranked as a Zaifu.

It can be said that it is a first-class family in the Jiangxi Political Envoy Division.

This time, the Hu family can be said to have poured out of the nest, which is undoubtedly a long drought for Zhu Zhanji.

Zhu Zhanji tried to suppress the excitement in his heart and said, "But willingly? ”

Hu Mu said modestly: "Everything is arranged by His Highness." ”

Zhu Zhanji was overjoyed, and then said: "Okay, people with merit and fame may be arranged to serve as a scribe and clerk in the Jiangxi Railway Division, or teach people to read in the school." Those who have no fame, but can read and hyphenate, need to arrange to go to the railway school for three months to teach some general principles of railways and steam engines, and then be appointed as craftsmen. As for the rest, they are also arranged to operate in the engineering teams. ”

Zhu Zhanji said: "According to the rules, you are new to the railway department, so even so, you still need to start with the scribe and the scrivener, you don't feel aggrieved, if you are really down-to-earth, the palace has its own stable arrangements." ”

Hu Mu said: "Yes." ”

With this Hu family, it does have a strong demonstration effect, and Zhu Zhanji is overjoyed, but whether these people can be used or not, he still has some thoughts.

So he said: "You are temporarily serving as a clerk in the street of Raozhou Station under the railway department, assisting the railway department, relocating the military and civilian people who have migrated, and being responsible for counting household registration." ”

Hu Mu received the order, and then went out to explain the matter to the people who came with him.

Everyone couldn't help but be frustrated, Hu Guangxiu came to the book, and thought that there was any reuse, who knows...... It is actually a teacher, or an ordinary teacher, and there are even many villagers who work as coolies here.

But Hu Mu was an honest man, and said: "My father has an arrangement, and I will follow it, my father will not harm us, everyone will keep to themselves, and we will listen to it." ”

Hu Mu inherited Hu Guang's temperament, he is an honest man, he has been studying at home, this time his father repaired the book, he did not dare to argue, although he was extremely disappointed, but he did not dare to think about it.

The next day, there was a priest to lead it, and then, to this Raozhou station, and Raozhou station is worse than Hu Mu imagined, although the land here has been leveled, but now many engineering teams, but still tamp the roadbed, many cars and horses, back and forth, dusty.

As for the so-called Raozhou Station Street, in fact, it is a wasteland now, the land is leveled, and the future planning has a platform, a market, and even many buildings, but at present, everyone is setting up a temporary shed and sheltering temporarily.

The priest directly took a full box of papers, taught him to adapt and study first, and then took him to supervise the work in the afternoon.

The construction of the railway has nothing to do with the streets, and the streets are now mainly to resettle people, that is, to build the school, the medical hall and the street office first, because there is not enough manpower, and even he, a clerk, will have to supervise the work.

After a while, Hu Mu became discouraged, it was too dusty, and it was noisy everywhere, and there were people shouting at every turn, and there were some hawkers and merchants, seeing that there were many people here, and that the strong forces here were all paid, so they came to sell some groceries, and in order to attract business, they began to shout.

Hu Mu has read books for half his life, where has he ever seen such a posture? He bowed his head, the so-called documents, in fact, are all yellow books, the yellow books are actually household registration, recruited personnel, once they enter the railway line, if they plan to settle here, then they will all be under the jurisdiction of the railway department, this is the population situation grasped by Raozhou Station.

After sorting out for more than two hours, according to the method, I selected a few yellow books with some unknown circumstances.

And they led him to dinner.

It's just that at this time, the place to eat ...... It has not yet been built, but someone has carried a load of dishes and rice to this large construction site and directly began to distribute.

Everyone can take their own badges and go to get food.

Hu Mu looked confused, after all, he was from a scholarly family, where had he seen such a battle, but when he saw the people who took the food, one by one wrapped them in lotus leaves, they each found a place to squat, and then devoured and feasted.

On the contrary, Hu Mu, who was twisting and pinching, only felt that the loess was all over the sky, and he really had no appetite, but the official saw through his thoughts.

"Look at your fine skin and tender meat, I'm afraid that your family background is not bad, how can you ...... Not used to it? Don't worry, you will get used to it in a few days, you are different from those laborers, and when they see these meals, they feel like rats have fallen into a rice bowl. But someone like you must have little appetite at first, but...... After a few days of hunger, you will be able to be like them. ”

Hu Mu couldn't answer the conversation for a while, and he stumbled for a long time before he said, "Oh." ”

The priest took him to the meal in a hurry, squatted down, but he didn't bother to use chopsticks to clip it, because it was a meal wrapped in lotus leaves, so he simply grabbed it with his hands.

Hu Mu only used chopsticks and carefully picked out some things that seemed to be palatable, especially to avoid clamping the huge fat meat, on the skin and meat, there was still a pinch of pig hair, but he only took the soybeans in it, ate a few, and couldn't help but say: "The secretary Wang is also a scholar?" ”

"Of course, a decent showman."

Completely different from Hu Mu, Wang Si ate with relish.

Hu Mu was surprised and said, "But why ......?"

"I'm not only a showman, but I've also entered the arithmetic school, what, what do you want to ask? It doesn't hurt. ”

"How do you get used to this?"

Wang Si Yi laughed and said: "Look at you are from the scholarly family, I don't hide it, I am the same, speaking of which, when my family was in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, I was also a minister for many generations, but I read some books since I was a child, and I was taken by my brother to study in Qixia, so I know that the vastness of the world and what the world is like." Therefore, he did not hesitate to enter the arithmetic school, and finally succeeded in his studies, and now he has come to the railway department. ”

Wang Si suddenly glanced at Hu Mu deeply and said: "The eldest husband is studying, not to follow the corrupt Confucianism and make articles, but to follow Zhang Qian, and to learn from the class, not necessarily to make meritorious contributions and pay homage to the prime minister, but he should also make some real careers, so as to teach himself to have no regrets in this life." ”

Hu Mu: "......"

He felt that this royal official did not look like a scholar at all.

But he looks like a reader.

(End of chapter)