In November of the third year of Ning, Zhu Xu and Zhou Chu attacked Sima Xun, broke it, captured Xun and Sima Wen; Wen is all cut off, and the first Jiankang is transmitted.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, we have arrived at Chang'an West Station." The driver opened the door and said to the drowsy passengers.

"It's time to get to the West Station." Several merchants and officials had been to Chang'an, and knew that the West Railway Station was the terminus of a long-distance stagecoach from the west to Chang'an. So they got out of the car, looking for their luggage. Yin Shen didn't know what to do, and he was a little confused.

The priest who was sitting next to him and waiting to get off the bus kindly reminded: "Yin Juren, according to the regulations of the Jingzhao County Guarding Yamen and the Ministry of Transport, all long-distance stagecoaches are not allowed to enter Chang'an City. Therefore, this Chang'an is divided into three post stations in the southeast and west, the west post station stops the stagecoaches of Liang, Qin Liangzhou and Fufeng, Anding and other western counties of Yongzhou, the south station stops the stagecoaches of Liang and Yizhou, and the east station stops the stagecoaches of Beidi, Feng, Shangluo and Kanto prefectures. ”

Yin Shen listened as he walked out of the car, and as soon as he got out of the car, he was frightened by the scene in front of him, a vacant land of hundreds of acres, neatly parked with black stagecoaches, there were hundreds of them, and the wooden signs hanging on them showed that they came from different places. The untied horses were led in an orderly manner to the back of a row of houses, which must have been stables.

Hundreds of passengers who got off the train either carried their own luggage or hired one of the gray-clad men squatting next to him and let him carry the luggage behind them. In the middle, more than a dozen patrol officers walked slowly in the middle of the crowd, their sharp eyes sweeping around in the middle of the crowd. Observing everyone's expressions, and from time to time they stopped a passenger they thought was suspicious, and politely asked him to take out a photo or a sticker or guide.

Seeing that the patrol police were so strict, Yin Shen couldn't help but touch the bag on his chest, where there was not only an identity license to prove his identity, but also a letter of recommendation from Liangzhou to promote the study of politics and religion and a post from the state school yamen, as well as his father's road guide from the county civil affairs Cao, each of which could prove his identity.

According to the laws of the Northern Province. Every citizen in Beifu was registered at birth. There is also a profile number. However, it is necessary to apply for a free ID card at the county and local government offices of each household registration county after reaching the age of 16. Change every year until the age of twenty-four (during that time people change relatively quickly), and then every three years. The body photo has its own name, gender, place of origin, address and appearance characteristics description, the most important thing is that there is a unified body photo number stipulated by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Beifu, one person corresponds to a number, and below the number is each person's finger print, left and right thumb, index finger and middle finger a total of six finger prints. And each person's household registration information and each person's ten finger prints will be filed in the order of numbering. The county, county, and prefecture civil affairs will each keep one copy, and the Chang'an Ministry of Civil Affairs will also keep a directory and outline roster.

The identity photo is the identity certificate of every Beifu people, whether it is to be conscripted into the army, or to be admitted to school, in addition to the local documents issued by each department, the body photo is the most important. When registering for identity verification, each unit will check the files transferred from the document with the personal photos held by the people, especially the fingerprints. Determine the identity of the people.

The sticker is a certificate issued by the corresponding department when the people of Beifu apply, go to school or go on business. The task and destination will be written on it; The road guide is that if the people of Beifu need to travel far away, they will go to the county civil affairs Cao to issue a travel certificate, which indicates the purpose and destination of the trip. Such as Yin Shen to study. It's okay to have a photo and a sticker, but his father was worried that his son was going out for the first time, so he even did it; If Yin Shen just went on a pilgrimage to Chang'an, he only needed to make a road guide; If you want to go out to study, then you can do a post in the county, county or state school.

The priest saw that Yin Shen looked like he hadn't been far away, so he smiled and said, "Yin Juren, you have all the documents and are not in the way, so you don't have to worry, and the more you worry, the easier it is to be interrogated." Although there is nothing to check up, it will delay time. ”

Yin Shen nodded, thanked him, then took off his luggage, a leather suitcase, and then stood there not knowing what to do, just watching the officials, merchants and others busy there. After a while, everyone in the same car was busy, so they beckoned Yin Shen and said, "Yin Juren, come with us." ”

Ten people carried their luggage, followed by five people, and the group passed through the crowd, and soon walked out of the fenced field and into an open space outside.

There are also hundreds of cars parked here, but the cars here are completely different from the stagecoaches, most of them are four-wheeled carriages with one horse, the carriages are much smaller than the stagecoaches, and generally only four or five people can sit, which is called the city car. There is also a section of one-horse two-wheelers, known as street cars, that are also parked together.

The priest saw Yin Shen standing there again and was dizzy, so he said, "Yin Juren, you should first go to the Bureau of Chinese Studies of the Ministry of Education to report, and then you can go to Xicheng to find a place to live after receiving the paperwork there." It seems that this priest is more familiar with everything in Chang'an, "You still go with them, they are also going to Shangshutai." The priest pointed to the officials.

"Exactly, we just went all the way with Yin Juren. We've been to Chang'an twice, and we're still familiar with the road, so let's be a guide for Yin Juren. One of the officials laughed.

When Yin Shen saw that the problem was solved, he thanked the priests and officials repeatedly.

Seeing that Yin Shen had no problems, and that another missionary had already put his luggage on a city bus next to him and was waiting respectfully by the door, the priest reached out and touched Yin Shen's forehead and said in a peaceful tone, "May the Holy Father and the Holy Lord bless you." ”

With that, he turned around and got into the car, and left with the missionary.

Yin Shen was stunned for a moment, could he see that he was a Buddhist believer and not a saint?

Just when he was surprised, the officials beckoned to him and said, "Yin Juren, get in the car." ”

Yin Shen hurriedly came back to his senses and put the luggage into a back compartment at the back of the carriage

Cover it and put a lock on it.

When Yin Shen was about to get into the car, he suddenly noticed that the horse in front of the car was a little strange, so he took a few more looks. The driver who was climbing into the driver's seat saw Yin Shen's appearance and suddenly said, "This gentleman." You're visiting Chang'an for the first time, right? ”

Yin Shen replied strangely: "It's the ground." ”

"Oh, then you have to pay attention. Walk on the right-hand side and do not throw debris and spit on the ground, otherwise you will be caught by the patrol and fined. The coachman kindly reminded him, and then pointed to the horses and said, "When city cars and street cars enter the city, the horses are not allowed to defecate on the streets, otherwise they will be fined." So he added such a sack made of burlap behind the horse's buttocks to catch the dirt. It made the gentleman smile. ”

Yin Shen understood a little when he heard it. He had heard about these "strange rules" in Chang'an in the press before. Said to be for the cleanliness of the street. He also knew that Chang'an was a model city in Beifu. Wells, water supply channels, and sewers are well equipped, and toilets and garbage are not allowed to be dumped on the street, but must be dumped in designated places, and so on.

But Yin Shen knew that the coachman was kind enough to remind him, otherwise he would ruin his fortune if he was not careful, so he thanked the coachman and followed the clerk into the carriage. As soon as I closed the door. I only heard the coachman shouting, a crisp sound of a horsewhip, and the carriage started slowly, and drove out of Chang'an West Station without slowness.

Yin Shen saw the carriage heading east along the spacious avenue, lined with lush woods on both sides, and the sunlight was sparsely cast under the cover of foliage. In addition to the horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians on both sides of the road, Yin Shen could also see the canals and fertile fields flashing on both sides.

"Brothers. How long will it take to go to Chang'an? Yin Shen turned around and asked the four officials next to him.

"The West Post Station is only more than two miles away from Chang'an. Half an hour to the West Side. One of the officials replied.

"Thank you, brother." Yin Shen thanked politely.

"Yin Juren is a person from Liangzhou, I don't know which national school I want to study?" Another clerk asked. Everyone is still a little taboo on the stagecoach, so they only talked about some homely things. Now there are only five people in the city car, and everyone is talking more openly.

"I'm not afraid of your brothers' jokes, I want Chang'an University, or Yongzhou University." After more than ten days of communication, Yin Shen understood that these four officials were human beings, and knew that they were not villains, and they were worth dating, so he said bluntly.

"Ambitious!" The four officials said in unison.

"I think I also wanted to apply for Chang'an University back then," a forty-year-old official named Gu Yuan sighed after a while, "At that time, Chang'an University was still called Chang'an University." I took the joint entrance examination, and the examination was a mess, and the bachelor's professors of the joint entrance examination admission council thought that I was rotten wood that could not be carved, and even if I had a letter of recommendation, it would not work. Fortunately, I made some small achievements in Mobei, which is now Hezhou, so I was recommended to go to Qinzhou University Hall, and studied for two years, and then went to Liangzhou Thorn Mansion. ”

The clerk next to him, that is, his colleagues, smiled and said: "You are not rotten wood, you are an old wood, those bachelors and professors may not be as old as you, wouldn't it be embarrassing to recruit you in." ”

Gu Yuan and everyone couldn't help but laugh together, and the laughter echoed in the carriage of the earth, shaking a little buzzing.

But Yin Shen felt a little strange, he felt what this Gu Yuan said just now, and made meritorious contributions in Mobei, could it be the battle of the general of Yonghe Nine Years to pacify Mobei? After two years of study, the academic system of Beifu colleges and universities is generally three to five years, and there is no two-year explanation. If you have to pursue it, there is only one category of people who are considered two-year "college students" - "on-the-job advancement."

For the joint entrance examination, Yin Shen has not seen many relevant allusions, so he knows many of them. Yin Shen knew that many of the people who followed the general to fight the country were from a slightly cold family, and they didn't read much, and most of them went to the martial arts academy to study, and then stayed in the army. There were also some very intelligent people, who were better at handling government affairs, so they were sent by the general to various universities for two years of study, and then assigned to various places to fill important positions. If this Gu Yuan is also this kind of person, then his position in the Liangzhou Thorn Mansion should be not small.

In the past ten days, Yin Shen only knew that these four officials were the officials of Cao, the governor of the Liangzhou Thorn History Mansion, but he did not inquire in detail about the specific position, could it be that this inconspicuous Gu Yuan would be a five-grade master? Yin Shen has the intention to study and engage in politics, and of course he has done research on the official system of Beifu. The highest official system in Beifu is only on the third grade, if it is a fifth-grade official, whether it is the fifth grade or the fifth grade, it is almost an official at the county level. Oh my God, the county guard, this man in his forties with a weathered face could be a five-horse envoy?

Yin Shen cautiously asked, "May I ask what is Brother Gu's current position in Liangzhou?" ”

The official who said that he was from Yizhou and said with a smile: "Brother Gu was originally based on the Shang Cao Changshi of Liangzhou Thorn Mansion, and now he has been transferred to Qingzhou to serve as a driver. Elevated! ”

Gu Yuan answered there: "Don't bury me. I'm just promoted to be a different driver, that's comparable to you, and I'm going to promote Youzhou to learn politics and teaching. ”

Speaking of this, Gu Yuan pointed to the Youzhou Sect Priest named Fei Langdi who had not yet taken office and said to Yin Shen: "Brother Fei should be your role model, he is a highly talented student in Yizhou University, and after a few years of training in Jicheng, he can't say that he will be able to serve as a state assassin." ”

Yin Shen knew that the Beifu attached great importance to education, and in addition to running large schools, it also specially set up teaching, superintendents, and school officials who were only half a level lower than the local chief officials. Specialized in managing local school teachers. Persuasion patrols. And the academic officer only needs to make achievements in the local area. As a result, the "school attendance rate" of the place has been greatly improved, and it will be promoted very quickly, and this position is not only highly respected by the people, but also extremely easy to gain prestige among celebrities and literati, which is simply a shortcut to promotion.

"Brother Gu, don't think that the academic official is good. Don't persuade yet

It's hard work just to raise the funds. Youzhou is not comparable to Guanlong. It is Yi, Liang and other southern states, which state's rich merchants and gentry are not rich in their pockets, and they all respect teachers and education, so they naturally donate a lot of money. Youzhou's newly attached land, I'm afraid it is difficult for the people to have this financial resources. Fei Lang sighed twice and said.

Yin Shen listened to it in his ears and pondered for a while before he understood what Fei Lang meant.

Beifu attaches great importance to education, and the money spent on it accounts for a huge proportion of the government's annual expenditure, according to Zeng Huadi's words. You can save any money. It's just that you can't save money to run a school. However, if education in one place is to be better than in other places, it must rely on a large number of private donations. Just as Fei Lang said, the old base areas of Beifu -- Yi, Liang, Yong, and Qin -- were extremely successful. There are many schools and the penetration rate is very high. The biggest reason for this is that the local people here were the first to follow Zeng Hua and the first to get rich, so they were the richest and most willing to invest money in the school in Beifu.

Over the past ten years, these four states have formed a virtuous circle, where the educational environment is the best, the most students are produced, and finally the most are engaged in business, the military, and politics. On the other hand, because these four states have made every effort to produce talents, the foundation of Beifu is firmly in the hands of this group of people, and the four states that know the mystery are desperately investing money in education, so that the education of the four states, which is already strong, is developing more and more. Yin Shen has read some information and knows that over the years, four states have accounted for eight or nine out of ten students admitted to Beifu Chinese School. This year is the first joint examination after the restructuring, but Yin Shen knows in his heart that his Liangzhou, together with the Kanto states, is not enough to compete for the old four states of Beifu.

Gu Yuan no longer accepted Fei Lang's words, but pointed to the other two people and said: "This was originally Cao Changshi of the Liangzhou Law Department, and this time he moved to the Chang'an Law Department as the director, and that one was originally Cao Changshi of Liangzhou Civil Affairs, and now he has moved to Jizhou Plain County as the county guard." The four of us went to the Chang'an Ministry to receive the official documents first, and then hurried to take office, and the family had to follow, otherwise we would not have been in the same car. ”

Yin Shen was faint for a while, and he was in the same car for more than ten days, dozing off in the rickety car together, squeezing the table in the post station together, and helping to push the cart together on a rainy day, and none of the four people were lower than the fifth grade. I had only been in contact with county inspectors and state teachers before, and I originally thought that these officials who were more like teachers were just a special case, but I didn't expect that this was the "style" of Beifu officialdom. No wonder I used to see in the "Political Daily" that the county order of a certain county lost half of its original function due to the negligence of the construction of the canal, and as a result, the villagers blocked it in the county government and scolded it.

Seeing the confusion in Yin Shen's eyes, Gu Yuan asked with a smile, "Do you think we don't look like officials?" ”

Yin Shen nodded speechlessly.

The general once said that the chaos that covers the world is not the rise and fall of one surname, but the sorrow and happiness of all people. and the sorrow of all the people, not alone, but all the officials and officials. Gu Yuan said slowly. Yin Shen knew that this was a rare opportunity, so he listened attentively.

"The general once said that it is far more dangerous to restrain officials with moral self-discipline than to let foxes take care of the chickens." Hearing this, Fei Lang and the others couldn't help but smile, they should all know Zeng Hua's "special theory".

"After all, people with high morals are in the minority, so they deserve our respect. But now there are many people who demand high standards from others and low standards for themselves. Therefore, the general said that the only way to restrain officials is to rely on supervision and system, and to make officials feel that the losses from dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty far outweigh the benefits they bring. Speaking of this, Gu Yuan stretched out his right hand and counted with his fingers: "I am an official position under the five grades, and the monthly salary is three silver yuan for grain, three silver yuan for silk cloth, two silver yuan for miscellaneous items, and four silver yuan for subsidies, a total of fourteen silver yuan, which can fully feed dozens of people, and it is also very rich." ”

Yin Shen nodded, he knew that the grain in Beifu now was only ten yuan, and one silver yuan was enough to buy ten stone of grain.

"But you know what? How many people will be staring at you? There are people watching below, there are political performance appraisal classes above, there are prosecutors and imperial histories on the left and right, and there are pervasive newspapers and periodicals. Speaking of this, Gu Yuan said meaningfully to Yin Shen, "Being an official in Beifu is extremely generous, but the responsibility is also very heavy, and there is thin ice. The general said well, the officials of the Northern Mansion, including him, must hang a sharp sword on their heads. ”

Seeing Yin Shen nodding thoughtfully, Gu Yuan, Fei Lang and the others smiled knowingly and continued: "So, to be an official in Beifu, the more low-key the better. If I dare to put on an official guard, it is estimated that I will either be impeached or sued by the people before I leave Liangzhou. Moreover, the rituals, time and cost of our transfer are all stipulated, and it is okay to walk slowly with great fanfare, but the money has to be paid by ourselves, and it will be even more troublesome if the time is missed. ”

Just as he was talking happily, the coachman shouted outside: "Everyone, it's time to enter Chang'an!" ”

Hearing this, Fei Lang said loudly: "Okay, Brother Gu, don't say it again." Yin Juren has a bright future, so don't be a senior to teach others here. ”

Gu Yuan waved his hand and said: "I have a fate with Yin Juren, and we have a very pleasant conversation, it is rare to speculate, I can't help but talk nonsense for a while, Yin Juren don't be surprised." ”

Yin Shen arched his hand and said solemnly: "Thank you for the careful guidance of several seniors. He knew that Gu Yuan and the others saw that they were lifting people, and they only fell in love for a while, so they carefully pointed out one or two.

"Okay, okay, let's be a guide for Yin Juren, I will be shocked once I come to Chang'an City, Yin Juren has to take a good look!" As Gu Yuan spoke, he opened the curtains, revealing the scene outside.