Zhang Dan's anger was because of Lin Xi's special identity.

Lin Xi, a native of Fujian, is a second-year jinshi in Jiayou.

Those who know this information have already sensed it. The relationship between Lin Xi and Zhang Dian is that of a fellow countryman or a jinshi in the same department. Don't look at Zhang Dun because his nephew won the top prize, his face couldn't be hung up, he didn't participate in the election of officials, and retook the imperial examination. Of course, I was also admitted. But those who are familiar with Zhangdun know that Zhangdun likes to think of himself as a jinshi in the second year of Jiayou.

is mainly Jiayou's four-year-old Jihai Branch, whose talents are withering, which makes him feel shameless.

Even so, Jiayou's four years of discipline did not win the top prize. It's like in Taixue, when the students took the monthly exam, they didn't get the top exam. angrily went to Zhongshesheng to find a sense of existence, and then was slapped in the face.

The first is not him!

In fact, his ranking did not rise, and he was still fifth in the palace examination, which was exactly the same as Jiayou's ranking in the second year.

At that time, Zhang Dian did not feel humiliated, he was still very happy to participate in the election and enter the official career.

The system of the year after the real blow to Zhangdun. The subject examination is an examination for jinshi. Of course, civil officials with other identities can also participate, but civil officials who are not from a scholar background do not have the courage to participate in the highest level of the Great Song Dynasty examination. Because the subject examination is not only an examination, but also an entry threshold, before taking the examination, it is necessary to submit 25 strategies and treatises to the two systems, that is, the internal system and the external system.

If someone asks him for 50 essays on ancient and modern strategies, the old man may draw a knife and kill someone in a fit of rage.

I haven't seen such a bully, and I will be unreasonable?

This is just a ticket to take the exam.

That is, after passing the approval of the Hanlin Academy and the provincial secretary of the Chinese Academy, he got an admission ticket to participate in the system.

And the official exam is far more difficult than you think. Six essays in one day, each with at least 3,000 words, not 300, but 3,000 words.

This is enough to make many Jinshi despair when they see the topic.

This is not the end, the exam questions are still divided into light and dark, extracted from the Nine Classics, Seventeen History, "Chinese", "Xunzi", "Yangzi", "Guanzi" and other classics. There is even the art of war, such as "The Captain", "The Art of War" and so on.

In such an exam, it is not a person who is full of poetry and books, and he can't even understand the questions.

As a result, in the six-year examination of Jiayou, the emperor successfully admitted nine people, seven of whom were Jinshi of Ding Youke in the second year of Jiayou. As for the four years of Jiayou Jihaike that Zhang Dian later participated in, the whole army was wiped out. The champion Liu Hui didn't even have a chance to participate in the third meeting of the emperor's assessment, so he was brushed off. This made Zhang Dian begin to reflect, will he be ashamed to be in Jiayou's four-year Jinshi circle?

The answer is yes.

In the second year of Jiayou, Su Shi, Su Ce, Zeng Gong, Zeng Bu, Zhang Zai, and Cheng Yi gradually appeared in the core circle of the Great Song Dynasty literary circle.

And Jiayou for four years......

This feeling made Zhang Dian very hurt back then, as if he was in the academy and his grades were not satisfactory. Finally found a group of Mengtong, ready to bully people, but people did not bully, not only did not restore their self-confidence, but were humiliated.

This is the person who is so arrogant that he has to slap his face and say with a shy face that he is a Jinshi in the second year of Jiayou.

And Lin Xi is his fellow disciple. In terms of the status of master and apprentice, Ouyang Xiu presided over the examination of Jiayou's second-year Jinshi Course, he was the chief examiner, and they were all Ouyang Xiu's disciples.

There are three major irons in life in the circle of Wenchen of the Great Song Dynasty: the same township, the same party, and the same door.

Zhang Dian and Lin Xi are fellow villagers and fellow villagers, or are they in the same party.

It stands to reason that there is no stronger friendship in the world than theirs. With Zhang's thoughts, the friendship between him and Lin Xi is unbreakable. There is no deeper friendship in the world than between them.

Of course, the Liangshan bandits expressed their unconvincing, Ming Ming has a deeper and greater friendship in the world, why do you say no?

Hug together to keep warm, and ask if you dare......

The person who was least likely to rebel in Zhang's mind was Lin Xi. But Lin Xi faintly showed signs of rebellion, how could he not be shocked or angry?

But what stunned him was that when he roared, Li Kui used a louder voice than him to cover up his anger. saw Li Kui rushing in front of Zhang Shangying, grabbed Zhang Shangying's clothes, pulled the person down from the ground, and roared angrily: "Impossible! ”

Zhang Shangying was about to cry again, everything he said was the truth, why didn't anyone believe it?

"Li Kui, you can humiliate me, but you must not use such despicable means to frame me!"

After Zhang Shangying finished speaking, he said that he was very single. Every word he says, every name he betrays is true.

But Li Kui didn't believe it, he scolded angrily: "These gang have no sons...... Foolish fork, I have no grievances with them in the past and no enmity in the near future, why do you want to frame me? ”

It's not a frame-up, it's a look at you that doesn't like it.

Zhang Shangying didn't dare to complain, so he had to tell the news he knew: "Zhao Tingzhi is Xing Shu's brother-in-law." ”

Li Kui just made Zhao Tingzhi lose office, this reason is reasonable.

Xing Shu is just that, he is a repeated villain. But what about Lin Xi and Jiang Xu? Li Kui didn't relent: "Xing Shu is a few counts, so what about Lin Xi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Jiang Xu, the secretary of Dali Temple?" Why can't they get along with me? ”

"I know something about Jiang Xu, his family went to Yan'an Mansion to run a kerosene business, and invested a huge amount of money to sell land to dig oil wells, but was deceived tens of thousands of yuan, and nothing was dug up. In the end, he was beaten out of Yan'an Mansion by the people of the Kerosene Chamber of Commerce. Li Kui, do you dare to say that you have nothing to do with the Kerosene Chamber of Commerce if you touch your conscience? ”

Li Kui was stunned, he also had to carry the pot of the Kerosene Chamber of Commerce?

Of course, Li Kui is a refutation, and it is estimated that there is no way to get rid of it. After all, he made money, and he made a lot of money.

Immediately, he turned his head to look at Zhang Kui, his eyes were quite innocent, which made Zhang Dian feel a trace of unbearability in his heart, as if he had committed a great sin if he did not correct Li Kui's name.

Zhang Shangying waited for the fate.

His current situation is very bad, as if life and death are between Zhang Dan's thoughts.

After a long time, Zhang Dian finally made a decision: "Go and call Xing Shu, Jiang Xu and Lin Xi to the old man!" ”

The closest to the metropolitan hall should be the yamen of Dali Temple, and after Jiang Xu entered the metropolitan hall, he saw Zhang Shangying hiding in the corner like a dead dog.

Hmph –

With a cold snort, he was about to leave. only to find that it was as if a wall of flesh was blocking his way. When he looked up and saw a black face, revealing miserable white teeth, Jiang Xu thought so at that time, Li Kui's teeth were very white, but the same white, if it wasn't for his black face, there would definitely be no madness.

Hmph –

Sneered, disdainful.

I read it from his eyes, after all, he is a high-ranking official of the third grade, and Jiang Xu still has it. walked in front of Zhang Dan, bowed down and said, "Zhang Xiang." ”

Hmph –

Zhang Dian is in a bad mood at the moment, and he will definitely not have a good face to show Jiang Xu. After making a fuss, Jiang Xu didn't dare to attack, so he could only find a place to sit down.

Bad luck is bad luck He came too early, Li Kui's eyes were as big as cow eggs, staring at him deadly, making him more and more uncomfortable. This discomfort directly caused him to start to feel empty.

Before, he didn't feel that way. It was not his idea to suppress Li Kui and even expel Li Kui. The sky fell, and there were tall men on top of it. Xing Shu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Lin Xi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, are all older than him, and their relationship with Zhang Dian is also closer than him. Jiang Xu thought about staying up a little longer, and it was over.

But left and right, Xing Shu and Lin Xi were not present.

After all, the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Rites are both outside the Imperial City, and it will take time to send people over to call people.

In particular, the officials in charge of the Great Song Dynasty often skipped work. If you can't find anyone in the yamen, you have to go to the restaurants in the capital to find someone.

The more I thought about it, the more empty I became, and I was afraid that Li Kui would deal with him like Zhang Shangying. His body and bones can't withstand the toss, if he is beaten like Zhang Shangying, maybe he will be sick.

But the feud has been buried, and Jiang Xu has no way out, so he can only hope that the two accomplices will come soon.

After waiting for a while, Jiang Xu didn't wait for his accomplices, but someone passed the word that the steward of the Li family came.

Li Kui put on a non-stop drive, threw off his clothes and passed by Jiang Xu, and went out of the capital. Suo Feng was waiting with someone, and hurriedly beckoned: "Renjie, here." ”

"I've seen the proprietor!"

"Proprietor!"

Qiu Mingren is the chief treasurer of Huitong Bank, and he bowed down and shouted to Li Kui: "The proprietor! ”

Don't say anything, Huitong Money Bank is Li Kui's.

Li Kui glanced at Suo Feng angrily, and said in his heart: You are not poor either, as for you?

But Suo Feng couldn't stand facing a super business with a capital of millions and a capital of tens of millions, and his wife's dowry was not worth mentioning at all.

"Did you get anything?"

"After Xiao Wu came, he sent someone to find it. However, only the loans of the Jiang family's business name were found, and the total number was 30,000 yuan. Qiu Mingren took the loan and handed it to Li Kui with both hands.

For this reason, Qiu Mingren also said with some pity: "The Lin family's business is on Fujian Road, and if you can wait for the east to wait, you may be able to wait for news in five days." ”

"It's too slow, no need." After Li Kui read the voucher, he said: "You go back first, Xuanhuai is doing a good job, I am ready to let him take over your class." ”

Qiu Mingren was overjoyed when he heard this: "Xie Dongzhu cultivates." ”

Qiu Mingren is not young, and a behemoth like Huitong Money Bank needs more energy than ordinary people to maintain its operation. In the first two years, he had enough energy, but in the past two years, he has become more and more inadequate.

With Li Kui's guarantee, the wealth of his Qiu family can last for at least two generations.

For Qiu Mingren, it is the best news in the world.

"The proprietor? Renjie, are you the proprietor of Huitong Bank? ”

Suo Feng Monkey hurriedly circled around Li Kui, he now has a very bad reputation in officialdom, mainly because he married a rich woman in Qingtang. suddenly jumped from an ordinary official to a wealthy man in the capital. To put it bluntly, it is envy, jealousy and hatred.

But no matter how rich he is, this money belongs to his wife. Even if it's his, can it be compared to a behemoth like Huitong Bank?

"Renjie, you have to give me a way to make money. I can't sit on a mountain and eat empty at home! ”

Suo Feng stared at Li Kui and didn't let go.

Li Kui could only say casually: "Another day, another day, I'll talk to you about making money." ”

"Brother, I keep it in my heart, I will invite you to the house tomorrow, we will not get drunk and not return. Your sister-in-law can't do anything else, training a maid is definitely a must, come to your brother's house, and take it home whoever you like. Brother, you don't know the means of Tibetan women...... Hey, hey, hey......"

Can Li Kui look down on a Tibetan woman?

It's not that he dislikes the region, the main thing is that his complexion is a little dark, and there are very few Tibetan women who are white. Black and black, this baby is not a Kunlun slave?

He will resolutely not agree to this.

But at this time, he had more important things: "Brother, junior brother, I have to take revenge first." ”

Revenge, this kind of thing, Li Kui is very experienced.

Of course, the moment Jiang Xu saw Li Kui rushing in front of him violently, he suddenly stepped back and was about to hide, almost causing a tragedy of people turning over on their backs.

"Li Kui, you don't want to come here!"

Li Kui's notoriety, at least Jiang Xu has heard of it and seen it. After all, when Zhang Shangying came to Deshengmen to kneel down before Lin Xi gave a support, he was also there at that time.

Zhang Dian closed his eyes slightly, opened suddenly, and was just about to speak, when he saw Li Kui's huge slap falling from the air and slapping on the bookcase, making a loud bang. The four legs of the huge bookcase jumped up an inch overwhelmed, and then fell again. I saw Li Kui poke his head in front of Jiang Xu and yelled: "Pay back the money!" ”

Jiang Xu trembled his lips, his lower abdomen twitched suddenly, and he was almost scared to pee by Li Kui.

When he calmed down, he didn't see Zhang Dian help to say a word, and his heart was quite desolate. His face turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Li Kui, don't be unreasonable, when did this official owe you money?" ”

"Nine Liters Firm, right?"

When Jiang Xu heard this, as if he had been humiliated by Li Kui, he said fiercely: "Li Kuixiu wants to spew blood, this official has no business, and he doesn't know any Jiusheng business. No matter how unreasonable you are, the official will not want to be an official, and he will drag you to reason with you in front of the official. ”

Li Kui grinned and said, "That's good." Xia Guan happened to see that this was called a business name that was not pleasing to the eye. In the future, whatever business this business will do, the lower officials will be ready to let the family members do that kind of business. The price is half of that of the nine-liter company, and the quality is even better. I estimate that the loss is tens of thousands of yuan, and this business should be yellow. ”

Jiang Xu, who had nothing to do with the business name before, and was still a great shame for doing business, suddenly became frightened in his eyes. He didn't believe how Li Kui would lose money, just to vent his anger. But Li Kui's work is unbelievable, what if it's true?

The high-ranking officials of the Great Song Dynasty basically have business.

If you don't do business, it is difficult to maintain the dignity of officialdom.

Cook, mother, retinue, guard...... With the addition of concubines and dancing girls, there will be hundreds of people. These people need to pay a monthly salary, or a sum of money. Relying on Yulu, it is really difficult to support.

But the officials of the Great Song Dynasty could not do business, and on the surface, saying that they were doing business was as if they had been defiled with discipline, which would make them angry.

Secretly, it is either a brother or a son, who is in charge of the business of the family's business. The same is true for Jiang Xu, the name of Jiusheng Firm, as soon as he hears it, it is his business. If he is squeezed by Li Kui, won't the creditor come to the door every day?

What frightened him even more was that there was a Li Kui mixed in it.

Jiang Xu's face changed for a while, his expression changed from cold in winter to warm in summer, and he said flatteringly: "Renjie, I remember, this business is the business of my clan." This money will be repaid, can it be graced for a few days. ”

Li Kui held his hands on his chest, his eyes were about to float to the top of his head, and he hummed strangely with his nose: "The landlord's family has no surplus food!" ”