"Shikai!"

On the way back from hunting and returning to Beijing, Duolong, who had just become Wang Zhongxiao's master, turned around and shouted.

"Master, you called me?" Wang Zhongxiao stepped forward immediately, with a smile on his face, and called Duolong "master", with a good attitude of respecting the teacher.

Doron smiled and nodded, "You kid has a pretty sweet mouth." ”

Wang Zhongxiao replied with a smile: "You are my master, I respect my teacher, and I should be." ”

Duolong laughed and said, "I'm still a teacher...... Okay, since the emperor asked me to take you, then I will be your master for a few days. ”

"Master, you can't just be my master for a few days, a teacher for one day, and a father for life!" Wang Zhongxiao said, "You will always be my master!" ”

Duolong nodded, "You kid is really good at talking, no wonder Uncle Fu is willing to carry you." By the way, do you remember what the emperor told you just now? ”

Wang Zhongxiao replied with a smile: "The emperor said that you will be my master!" ”

"Before!"

Wang Zhongxiao smiled even more happily: "Hehe, the emperor made me a guard for Lan Ling, and asked me to go to Qianqingmen to see the gate tomorrow." ”

"Yes, remember." Duolong approvingly, "As guards, the most important thing is to listen to the emperor, what the emperor says, we will do whatever we want, we can't be wrong." ”

"I remembered it."

Duolong nodded, looked at his good apprentice and said, "So, tomorrow, you will come to Qianqingmen early in the morning to find me, I will lead you to complete all the procedures that should be done, and all the things that should be received, and then you will go to Qianqingmen to watch the door immediately." ”

"Do you really want to go to the door tomorrow?" Wang Zhongxiao was stunned.

Although the janitor is not very technical, shouldn't it also be trained for a few days? This is the door of the six products!

"Of course!" Duolong nodded, "What does the emperor say!" He told you to go to the door tomorrow, and you must go and watch the door tomorrow! ”

"Yes...... But what do you think of this? Wang Zhongxiao's face was modest, "I won't!" ”

"There's me!" Doron patted his chest, "I'll teach you now!" ”

"Okay, then I'll study hard."

Duolong said: "Our imperial guards are working for six days and resting for six days, and the six days of work are supposed to live in the red shop outside the Forbidden City, and they can't go home." You are walking in Qianqingmen, and you live in the red shop outside Donghua Gate.

So when you come tomorrow morning, remember to bring a change of clothes, bedding for sleeping, and a set of clothes to wash and wash, and come to me at the red shop outside Donghua Gate. As for eating and drinking, the imperial dining room will arrange it, and we don't have to spend it ourselves.

Because you are a guard of the Qianqing Gate, and the Qianqing Palace belongs to the inner court, the door will be closed and locked every evening, and the guards will naturally disperse, and there is no need to be on duty at night. Therefore, the time of your duty is from the hour to the time of Shen, a total of six hours. There is no need to watch the door for six hours in a row, but a half-hour shift. ”

Do six days off and six days, 12 hours per shift, and eat and live for six days at work, and the meals are still produced by the imperial dining room...... That sounds good!

Wang Zhongxiao looked quite satisfied, "Thank you for your advice." ”

Duolong said again: "You are Lan Ling's guard, an official of the sixth grade, the annual salary is sixty taels, and Lu Mi is sixty hundred, which is the same as an ordinary Beijing official." However, we are the personal guards of the Son of Heaven, and we have rewards for every New Year's holiday, and there are some bad rules...... Do you know what bad rules are? ”

Wang Zhongxiao nodded again and again: "I understand, I understand, my father is the ...... of the general army."

"yes," Doron said with a smile, "but I still have to explain to you, our guard office has always been blessed and shared, and you, the Blue Feather guard, can probably divide a few dozen taels a month, and there will be some extra during the New Year's holidays, starting from the second month of being transferred to the guard office." Therefore, the door respect you received when you were cleaning the door had to be handed over to the foreman and guard, and you couldn't take it privately. ”

"I know, I'm not very greedy, and I will never swallow the door bag."

"It's good not to be greedy, we are all children of the Eight Banners, and the Qing Dynasty has our share, so we have to be less greedy, so that our children and grandchildren can be greedy!" Duolong whispered to Wang Zhongxiao about the way of being an official, "There are also the same rules for the three respects of officialdom, such as Bing Jing, Tan Jing, and Don't Jing. ”

"These three respectful disciples also know." Wang Zhongxiao said, "My father will also send people to the guards every year to send ice and charcoal. As for don't respect...... In the future, when the apprentices are released, they will not forget the rules of disrespect. ”

Don't respect is the place where the Beijing officials are released, and the filial piety to the relevant officials when they leave, and the guards of the guard department have many opportunities to go out, and it is easy to get fat, and they have to give a farewell when they leave. When he takes office, he also has to send ice and charcoal to the guards.

Of course, this respect and that respect are not given in vain, they are all used to maintain the relationship. Otherwise, why should the officials protect each other? And the relationship between the guards was a top-notch relationship in the early years of Kangxi!

Duolong smiled: "It's good that you know the rules!" This respect plus three respects are the most common bad rules, everyone is taking, there is nothing. As for the festival, joy, makeup, and the like, that's your own business. ”

Wang Zhongxiao replied: "Don't worry, the apprentice also understands these rules." ”

The three respects and the men respect cannot be regarded as bribes in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, but the four respects of festival respect, joy and respect, makeup respect, and Wen respect are different.

In addition, Wang Zhongxiao also has to take these four respects outside! Duolong has to give one, Mingzhu has to give one, and Uncle Fu Fuquan also has to give one. As for the door respect on Duolong, Mingzhu, and Uncle Fu's mansion, it should be given and still has to be given.

Doron said, "And then there's the please." Our guards are familiar, have a good future, have little real power, and have almost no silver...... But the face is big! Can you understand? ”

"Understood," how could Wang Zhongxiao not understand? said with a smile, "No matter how big the face is, you have to save a little." Master, if the apprentice wants to help a friend, the prophet will definitely tell you to be old, if this matter is hot, please remind the apprentice. ”

"Heh," Doron smiled, "you kid knows everything, if it weren't for your young age, I would have thought you were an old official." ”

Wang Zhongxiao said with a smile: "My father is the chief soldier!" And he took care of his own eating, drinking, and merrymaking, and didn't have time to take care of me, so he handed me over to his master to take care of. ”

"No wonder......" Doron waved his hand, "Okay, that's all for now, if you don't understand, just come back and ask me." By the way, Uncle Fu is your nobleman, and this relationship must not be cold. ”

"I understand."

Duolong stretched his neck and looked forward, and found that Uncle Fu was talking and laughing with Kangxi, and walking together, Wang Zhongxiao couldn't make up, so he said to Zhongxiao: "Apprentice, you go and say hello to Guanyin Bao now, make an appointment to visit, and prepare a generous gift when the time comes." Although Uncle Fu doesn't care, your courtesy must be fulfilled. ”

"I don't know what Uncle Fu likes?" Wang Zhongxiao asked.

"Calligraphy and painting," Duolong said, "You can't afford to buy something that is too precious, so you can give it to Dong Qichang." ”

"Tu'er knows," Wang Zhongxiao hugged Duolong on his horse, "Tu'er is going to talk to Brother Guan." ”

"Go, go."

Wang Zhongxiao hugged Duolong again, and his face was full of spring breeze, and he went to Guanyin Bao with a heavy heart.

Yes, it's a lot of preoccupations.

Because he suddenly found himself a little tight on his hands! His "official book" was 1,800 taels of silver stolen from Wang Fuchen, and 2,000 taels of silver borrowed from Wu Shicong and Wu Shijue's two brothers, a total of 3,800 taels. In order to join the Mingzhu party, he spent 2,200 taels of silver at once. In order to place the four good partners Wang Zhongxian, Wang Zhongyi, Wang An, and Wang Quan in Zhuangzi in Haidian, Wang Zhongxiao gave them one hundred taels. Today, I sent a circle of filial piety silver tickets, and gave Guanyin a ginseng, which cost a total of 100 taels and dozens of taels. If you add up to this forest, two thousand six or seven hundred taels will be gone.

In addition, Wang Zhongxiao also owes Uncle Fu and Duolong a debt of affection - these are also two ways that need to be maintained! You also have to walk around Wu Yingxiong and Kong Sizhen's mansions - Aobai is selling the face of the Wu family, so Wu Yingxiong has to take a walk. And Kong Sizhen is the goddaughter of the Empress Dowager, and she is standing outside the Qianqing Gate in guard clothes (she has the rank of a second-class guard) today, and she must have been instructed by the Empress Dowager...... This relationship must also be maintained.

And to repay the personal debts of Uncle Fu and Duolong, and then maintain the relationship between Wu Yingxiong and Kong Sizhen, it seems that relying on Wang Zhongxiao's more than 1,100 taels on hand is not enough!

Could it be that you really want to borrow money from India?