The April rain is like a rain of bullets, and it is violently attacking the entire city of Beijing.

Several dyeing shops in the southern suburbs bore the brunt of the sudden summer rain, so they hurriedly put away all the cloth drying on the bamboo frame.

The same is true for the people in Beijing, who run home to put away their clothes when they see the dark clouds rolling in the east, so as to avoid the rain on the drying clothes.

Although they seem a little embarrassed, if you go into their hearts, they actually like it. After all, compared with the four walls of the family, now they have valuable clothes and other things after all.

Although the dynasty did not see a real prosperous era, the living conditions of the people in the capital have improved significantly.

Under Song Cheng's rule, the taxes paid by the people of the entire Shuntian Mansion did not increase but decreased. With many unfair taxes curbed, although this agrarian society is unlikely to make everyone rich, many families can buy their children a meat bun to satisfy their hunger.

In fact, the people of this era are not very demanding, and not necessarily everyone yearns for the prosperous era written by the literati, as long as they can be fed and clothed.

It is worth mentioning that the birth rate of children in Beijing has obviously shown an upward trend.

The textile industry in Beijing has developed rapidly, and although the output of the Royal Weaving Factory has been increasing, cotton cloth is becoming more and more scarce.

No one understands what the reason is, but there are always endless orders overseas, and now the cloth tickets in the capital are becoming more and more sought-after, so that there are more and more well-dressed people in Beijing.

Although many literati say that the Ming Dynasty has produced a tyrant, especially recently to kill a group of powerful people, many ordinary people know that their lives are much better than in previous years.

As for the people who have just been rescued from the quagmire of usury by the imperial court, although they are now poor and white, they have also seen hope for life.

They had hated the word country before, but after this incident, their attitude had changed a hundred and eighty degrees, and they were even more willing to die for the emperor of the Forbidden City.

It may not be the prosperous scene depicted by the literati, but many people are already satisfied, and they also see hope for life, and some people even take the initiative to raise more children.

East of the city, Dongsheng Inn.

In the evening, the summer rain finally cleared, and a few people who received official uniforms from the yamen of the official department walked into the front hall, causing the place to slowly become enthusiastic.

Xu Hong and other Guangdong Xinke Jinshi gathered together again, and everyone had a bright smile on their faces, because they had finally been given a "work assignment".

It is said that after three days of training at Honglu Temple, they will be able to take up their posts.

It's just that the imperial court suddenly decided to rectify the finances, but it temporarily decided to "catch the strong men" and sent all their new science and technology scholars to the household department yamen to assist in errands.

There are too many things derived from the imperial court's rectification of finance, in addition to checking the account books of a hundred financial stores, a large number of cases have to be traced, but almost everything is pressed on their new science and technology scholars.

Except for the first and third jinshi who couldn't stand this hard work and took the initiative to apply for employment in the Hanlin Academy early, the remaining 598 new science and technology jinshi worked day and night.

For a whole month, they were able to assist the three yamen in handling everything.

However, their lives are very fulfilling, and after this busy time, they are helping to bring the wronged soul to justice, and at the same time bring a large number of lawbreakers to justice.

Although they were busy, no one complained. Because they all feel that they have been tempered and are doing the most meaningful thing, so they are all enjoying it.

It's just that now it's over, and all the criminal magnates and collectors will be executed, and they'll have to go their separate ways from tomorrow onwards.

"I got twenty tickets!"

"I got forty tickets, twice as many as you!"

"Haha...... I got 100 tickets to make up for it, so I don't have to worry about the cost this time! ”

……

As soon as Xu Hong and the other five people took their seats, some people couldn't help but show their cloth tickets, because this time all of them received the cloth ticket subsidy from the household department, which was equivalent to giving them two pieces of silver, so that everyone seemed very happy to report the amount they received.

In fact, in the early days of the Ming Dynasty, all officials were reimbursed by the imperial court, but with the increasing number of officials, now the travel expenses of officials are self-paying, which is one of the reasons why many officials need Beijing debts.

It's just that the imperial court seems to be aware of this problem, and now it is not only to give them the remuneration for the past month, but also to provide travel expenses for the officials who are released abroad.

It is worth mentioning that the Royal Money House has started the business of redeeming cloth tickets and silver, that is, anyone can go to exchange them for silver with cloth tickets.

"A hundred? You are going to Jingshan County to serve as the magistrate, and eighty of them are counted as road subsidies, right? Gao Kui was slightly stunned at first, and then reacted.

Xu Hong looked at the fact that he only had twenty cloth tickets, and said bitterly: "It should be like this!" I stayed in the capital, but the household department only gave me twenty cloth tickets! ”

"Huh...... I have ten more cloth tickets than you, and the household department probably knows that you have married a rich daughter, so I want to deduct ten more cloth tickets from you! Gao Kui showed his thirty cloth tickets and laughed teasingly.

Now, the work assignment of the five of them has been officially released: Yang Kuan has been appointed as the county governor of Chun'an, Chen Shou has been appointed as the county magistrate of Jingshan, Weng Peng is the official of Huai'an Prefecture, Gao Kui has successfully entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Xu Hong has entered the military department.

The one who got one hundred tickets was Chen Shou, who went to Jingshan County, Huguang, and the one who got at least twenty tickets was Xu Hong, who stayed in the military headquarters in the capital, and the others were in the middle.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you want to serve the food?" Shopkeeper Zhang lit the lamp and sent it over, and then asked flatteringly.

Xu Hong glanced outside the door, shook his head lightly and said, "Wait a minute, Zhang Sui will serve the food when he arrives!" ”

The six of them are in the prison of Fusi in Beizhen, and they are now officials in the same dynasty and maintain this friendship, and this time they are here to eat and feast together.

"Great!" Shopkeeper Zhang's current business in the inn is prosperous because of the six of them, so he is naturally very happy.

Haikuan glanced up at the outside, but said with confusion: "Why hasn't Zhang Sui come over yet?" ”

"Do you know where Zhang Sui is assigned?" Gao Kui suddenly asked mysteriously.

Chen Shou immediately glanced at him and said, "Do you still need to guess about this?" Zhang Sui's results are there, and the Ministry of Officials must arrange for him to enter the Sixth Department, I guess it is the Ministry of Officials! ”

"Wrong!" Gao Kui shook his head affirmatively.

Weng Peng participated and said, "Household department? ”

"No, Zhang Sui is not employed in the capital!" Gao Kui shook his head seriously, looking serious.

Haikuan's eyes suddenly widened, and he said in disbelief: "He was not assigned to stay in Beijing, how is this possible?" ”

"I'm afraid you can't guess that Zhang Sui was released to supervise the imperial history, and he was assigned to the most unpopular Liaodong!" Gao Kui sighed lightly and announced the answer.

Chen Shou's brows furrowed, and he said in a puzzled manner: "How can this be, hasn't he already participated in the Little Chuanyu?" ”

"Speaking of which, where did Zhang Sui raise that grass carp that day?" Gao Kui also reacted, so he asked everyone seriously.

Everyone looked at each other, and Haikuan took the lead in speaking: "Huh? He didn't say anything about it! ”

Xu Hong decided to marry Miss Qian temporarily in order to find a place to raise fish, and found that everyone suddenly looked at him, so he shook his head lightly and said: "I asked Zhang Sui, but he didn't say!" ”

"Won't tell? He doesn't have a house in the capital, where else can he raise that grass carp? Gao Kui's brows furrowed, but he was very puzzled.

Weng Peng poured the teacup and guessed seriously: "Did he raise it in the room?" ”

"I slept with him every day, and if I was kept in my room, how could I not know. What's more, the top three are all kept in their own rooms, if Zhang Sui really does this, now he is either the champion or Tanhua! Gao Kui said helplessly.

Weng Peng took a sip of tea, but said in confusion: "Where can I put the grass carp?" None of us have a house in the capital, and we don't know anyone who has a house in the capital and a pond! ”

"I think...... There is a possibility! Gao Kui thought seriously and suddenly looked at everyone.

Xu Hong and the others suddenly became interested, so they asked seriously: "What is possible?" ”

"He should have eaten the grass carp directly, otherwise the imperial court would not have released him to Liaodong as the superintendent of the imperial history!" Gao Kui met everyone's eyes and said his conjecture.

Xu Hongshen thought so, so he nodded lightly: "It seems that there is only this explanation!" ”

"The grass carp given by His Majesty, how can you be so confused!" Haikuan hates that iron does not become a steel road.

Chen Shou was the oldest, and he seriously admonished: "Let's not mention this matter again later!" Since the incident has happened, if any of us have a future in the future, we must try to promote him, Zhang Sui is a talented person with military talent! ”

As soon as the words fell, there was movement at the door.

Zhang Sui is a taciturn young man, although his appearance is not good, but because he was born in Leizhouwei, he has a kind of masculinity on his body, and his eyes are a little cold.

It was raining outside again just now, and he put away the oil-paper umbrella at the door, and then he came over and nodded lightly to the five people present, and said with a touch of warmth on his cold face: "Let you brothers wait for a long time!" ”

"We've just arrived!" Xu Hong said politely, and beckoned the shopkeeper Zhang to serve the food.

Since everyone was already hungry, they ate unceremoniously to the sea, and no one deliberately pretended to be Sven, perhaps this is the so-called stinking similarity.

Gao Kui and Xu Hong were naturally very happy to be able to stay in Beijing, so they had a good appetite.

Yang Kuan and the others are also not bad, especially the three of them were originally people who failed to make the list, but now they are serving as magistrates or magistrates in the local area, and the places they go to are not bad, so they are also very happy.

It's just that everyone looked up and saw Zhang Sui at the same table, and they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

Obviously, the results are so good, and he performed well in cleaning up the account books this time, but who would have thought that he would be sent to Liaodong to serve as a small superintendent.

If you don't eat that grass carp, now at least you are the head of the Criminal Department, and you will be the Beijing official that everyone envies, but it's a pity......

When Zhang Sui was eating tofu, he suddenly found that Gao Kui had been staring at him, mistakenly thinking that there were rice grains on his face, so he reached out and touched his face.

It's just that after he touched it twice, he found that there was nothing on his face at all, and he couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Gao Kui, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Huh? It's okay, just got distracted! Gao Kui didn't want to do anything to expose people's scars, so he lowered his head and continued to cook rice.

Zhang Sui continued to eat, but soon noticed that Xu Hong and Haikuan were looking at him abnormally, and immediately couldn't help but pick up his chopsticks and ask, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Gao Kui exchanged glances with everyone, and when he saw that the matter could no longer be hidden, he simply said: "Zhang Sui, we all know that you have been arranged by the Ministry of Officials to serve as the Imperial Governor of Liaodong!" ”

"Yes, I forgot to say, I was arranged by the Ministry to Liaodong, so I will leave for Liaodong tomorrow, and I will say goodbye to all of you brothers here!" Zhang Sui immediately reacted, and picked up the wine glass on the table.

This......

Gao Kui and the others couldn't help but be slightly stunned, but after exchanging glances, they also picked up their wine glasses.

Now that the officials have arranged official positions for them, in fact, Haikuan and the other three plan to leave tomorrow, but they didn't expect Zhang Sui to be the most free and easy one.

After Gao Kui finished drinking, he finally couldn't help but ask: "Zhang Sui, ...... you Are you unwilling to accept this arrangement of the ministry? ”

"This arrangement is very good, why should I be unwilling?" Zhang Sui put down the wine glass and asked rhetorically, looking confused.

Gao Kui saw that Zhang Sui was indeed like nothing else, and thought that the other party had seen it, so he nodded lightly: "Okay!" It's good that you can think that way! ”

"Yes, the big husband can bend and stretch, I believe that gold will always shine!"

"Brother Zhang, if you are greedy in the future, I promise to let you eat fish happily!"

"Zhang Shi, if you want to eat grass carp in the future, I will cook for you personally, but...... Think twice about everything! ”

……

Xu Hong and the others saw that Zhang Sui had already seen this matter and accepted the unfair arrangement of the imperial court, so they promised one after another.

Zhang Sui looked at these people so strangely, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly, so he picked up his wine glass and persuaded him: "Let's go our separate ways tomorrow, I wish everyone can do what they are good at, and serve the country loyally!" ”

"Serve the country with loyalty!" Xu Hong and others also raised their wine glasses in response.

Because Zhang Sui could afford to put it down, the meal was quite enjoyable, while Weng Peng played a Chaoshan song, and Haikuan sang a Qiongzhou folk song.

When he was almost drunk, Xu Hong took out his twenty cloth tickets and patted them in front of Zhang Sui and said, "I don't have much money in the capital, so these twenty cloth tickets are given to you!" ”

"No!" Zhang Sui saw the cloth ticket pushed over, but gently shook his head and refused.

Xu Hong knew that Zhang Sui must be "taken care of" by the household department, so he immediately deliberately said with a straight face: "Your resignation is too little!" ”

"I really don't need to, the household department gave me five hundred cloth tickets this time!" Zhang Sui shook his head seriously, looking surprisingly authentic.

(End of chapter)