The donkey cart walked out of the Taiping Gate in the north of the city, and Wei Zan, the manager of the Jinling Paper Company, who had not been in office for a long time, opened the curtain of the carriage and looked out the window, asked the coachman, and then retracted his gaze and turned to the "Daming Monthly" in front of him.

It was just bought in the city.

After the first issue of "Daming Monthly" was published, Lao Zhu personally stipulated that the text should be seven products, and the martial arts should be one book.

Wei Zan is the eighth grade, which happens to be at the level of free collection.

At the moment, the hardcover version in his hand is still 300 Wen, the price of rice has risen in winter, and it is enough to buy two buckets of grain in the grain store, which makes Wei Zan very painful when he pays for it.

Don't look at the bright clothes when I first saw Zhu Yuan, which led to a bad first impression in front of a certain official, but Wei Zan is just a good face, he is not rich from a small official family in Tianfu, he was a petty official before, not to mention clean, and only took a little benefit that he felt he could get.

On the one hand, I have read some books and received the teachings of the saints. On the other hand, I also hope to have the opportunity to go to the next level.

As an official, you must go up.

If you want to go up, you have to know how to stop.

This is given to him by his father, who has been a small official for a lifetime, although his father is just an ordinary official who does not enter the stream all his life, but he has also been safe and stable all his life, even if the country is turned upside down, in the end, through the accumulation of contacts for many years, let his son go one step further in the new dynasty and become a stream official.

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Inside the carriage.

Putting aside the distress, Wei Zan has already read an article on "Discussing Juntian in the Past Dynasties", and the article begins with a clear meaning, which is to provide a reference for the next development of the Juntian system in the Ming Dynasty.

After reading it carefully, Wei Zan just shook his head.

How easy is this to say?

Because of the background of the official family, Wei Zan is very familiar with all kinds of intricacies in the local area, and he doesn't dare to say in the north, at least, this land south of the Yangtze River is not a big fight, don't want to do anything about Juntian.

If you don't get it right, it's a mess.

However, I quickly turned to the previous article on the 'tofu block' that appointed the governor Tongzhi Kang Maocai as the envoy of Yingtian, and saw that the goal of Tuntian in the next few years was mainly in the north, and I relaxed a little.

The imperial court is still clear about some things.

After the war in the north, the household registers were destroyed, and the people were displaced, it was not difficult to force certain things to be done.

Thinking about it like this, I came to the entrance of the island in the southeast of Xuanwu Lake in a blink of an eye, where there were guards and guards, and after checking and signing, the donkey cart was able to enter the island in the middle of the lake.

Wei Zan read the article again, closed the magazine, carefully put it aside in the blanket, and then took out a few documents prepared in advance to prepare for the next meeting.

In the document is the alternative site of the papermaking workshop selected by Wei Zan and Gu Zhongren in the vicinity of Jinling in recent days.

The donkey cart traveled for a while before stopping in the square in front of the Pingzhang Mansion.

Wei Zan got out of the car and found that there were all kinds of cars parked in front of the tethered horse stakes on the side of the lake, including mules, horses and donkeys, but it was his car that was the most shabby.

There was no vacancy at the moment, so I could only let the coachman lead me and wait in the open space on the periphery.

After dusting off the official robe he had recently obtained, Wei Zan walked to the gatehouse, looking at the figures coming and going around him.

Crowded?

Not really.

Wei Zan is well-informed, so he knows that this is a little.

Signaling to the strangers who were either facing or standing side by side with him, Wei Zan reported his identity to the two tall guards in front of the porter before he was allowed to enter.

The gatehouse is three, and after entering the door, there is a circle of benches in the outermost room, which is basically full.

Gu Zhongren was also among them, and it was a coincidence that the other party was also holding a volume of "Daming Monthly" in his hand, and before seeing him, the other party was sitting on a bench in the room and leisurely flipping through it, and there was steaming tea on the high table between the chairs.

Seeing Gu Zhongren put down the magazine and got up, Wei Zan also took two steps to greet him and bowed his hand.

"Brother Gu has been waiting for a long time."

"There, there, Brother Wei also arrived early."

The age of the two is older, Gu Zhongren is older, but because they have been in contact with each other these days, they no longer do those official titles, but they have not reached the level of worshipping brothers in terms of elders and children, and they are called 'brothers', which is a kind of respect.

Just like the rumored Emperor His Majesty, who is a few years older than General Xu, also calls each other 'Brother Xu' in private.

After a few pleasantries, there were people lining up in the back room, and the two temporarily returned to the bench and sat down.

The porter quickly brought tea.

After thanking him, Wei Zan couldn't help but gesture to the "Daming Monthly" that Gu Zhongren had just read: "Brother Gu is also reading this?" ”

"It's been talking about it lately, and it's about national policy, how can you not read it."

Wei Zan also nodded: "I heard that 30,000 copies will be printed, and I also transferred paper from our workshop, I began to feel that it was too much, and at the moment, I am afraid it is not enough." ”

"It's not enough, this book in my hand was borrowed and copied last night."

The two sighed a few words, and when they saw that there were fewer people in the back room, they got up and went over to register the strange things unique to this Pingzhang mansion.

It can be regarded as a group, Gu Zhongren skillfully grabbed the cuff of the concierge and dried a purse before registering, and also stopped Ke Weizan's touching action.

Wei Zan also gave up.

Although he was prepared in advance, he also understood that he was not as good as the Gu family, and he was not as good as Cheng Qiang.

In fact, it was also the sergeant who changed into civilian clothes and changed to the sturdy porter who received the purse, skillfully put it away, and there was a little more smile on his expression, and when the two of them finished recording their names and other information, they said: "The little one has been instructed, and the two adults will go in together when they arrive, and there is no need to wait for the report." ”

Both of them are grateful again and again.

The other guests who were still waiting for news outside couldn't help but look envious when they heard the porter's words.

There is an endless stream of people seeking to visit the Pingzhang Mansion every day, and there are very few people who can be received, most of them are just registered, waiting for a report, if they are not scheduled in advance, the probability is to go back and wait for news, or try their luck next time.

Today......

At least one thing can be confirmed, that Xiao Pingzhang is at home and can meet guests.

Today is the thirteenth month of winter.

After the demonstration at the beginning of the month, Zhu Yuan lay down again, but because there were too many things to deal with, he couldn't rest for too long, and soon picked up all kinds of things again.

When Wei Zan and Gu Zhongren arrived, Zhu Yuan was talking to Tao An, a scholar of Hanlin.

Or about this imperial examination.

At Jinling University, the examination papers of the first imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty have all been reviewed, and the whole dynasty has become more busy recently.

At yesterday's court meeting, Lao Zhu came up with his own 'ten' plan.

The traditional six departments have been increased to ten, and the first feeling is that there are many more positions. What's more, this time, the rank of each part has been upgraded from the third product to the second product.

So it even brought a little embarrassment.

Chinese scholars such as Yang Xian and Fu Zhen participated in politics, which was originally from the second grade, one level higher than the Shangshu of each ministry, but this time it was changed, and the Shangshu of each ministry became the second grade, but they were one level lower.

Of course, Lao Zhu, who has a thoughtful personality, would not fail to think of this.

Solutions have also been given.

Yang Xian and Fu Xuan were both promoted to one level, from the second grade of the Chinese book to participate in politics to the second grade, each serving as a Shangshu, temporarily determined, Yang Xian is in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and Fu Zhen is in charge of the Ministry of Soldiers.

Well......

It's probably like it's going up, but there's a feeling of being devolved.

For these adjustments, smart people can actually see more.

For example, Yang Xian and Fu Xuan, one of them is a Jiqing department and the other is a Jiangxi department, and they are not very good with Li Shanchang, the left minister from Huaixi Xungui, it is not difficult to imagine that this is His Majesty the Emperor weakening the Zhongshu and balancing the left minister, as well as some of the deeper ones, everyone is just flashing in their minds, and they will not say it publicly.

Not much to say about these top-level settings.

The expansion of the six ministries to ten will inevitably require a large number of low-level officials to fill in the source of talents, and it is this imperial examination that the reform of the ten ministries will not be announced until the examination papers are completed, which is also the reason.

After a brief chat about the various changes in the center, the topic turned to Jinling University.

After the examination papers were reviewed, Tao An was also officially appointed by Lao Zhu as the 'president' of Jinling University.

Of course, this is still Zhu Yuan's proposal.

It is no longer the traditional 'sacrificial wine' or 'lifting', because Lao Zhu also feels that the principal's name is more simple and appropriate.

Then there is the rank, Jinling University is determined to be the standard of the three products, and the president is of course also the three products.

This is a surprising spec.

Because Guozi is only the fourth product.

This also brought about another change, the first university of the previous dynasties will not be willing to be subservient. Therefore, at the beginning of the month, Xu Chunren, the sacrificial wine of Guozixue, took the initiative to write a book, hoping to reform Guozixue, and also adopt the 'professional' classification and 'credit' system.

In addition, I also hope to divide some students from the candidates this time.

Lao Zhu asked Zhu Yuan, but Zhu Yuan did not object.

Originally, it was meant to bloom a hundred flowers.

Thinking about it neatly, Zhu Yuan also gave Guozixue a new name: National University.

The full name is 'Daming National University'.

This is a lot of face for Guozixue, because Jinling University sounds like a local school, and a national university is obviously on the next level.

Of course, it's true on a higher level.

However, it only mentions the three products, which is the same as Jinling University.

In addition, Zhu Yuan is just for neatness, but Lao Zhu is very satisfied with this name, because he thinks that the word 'country', pronounced upside down, is 'establishing a country', which means very good.