Although Zheng Juzhong lost the household department, his henchmen took over the ministry, and this transaction was definitely not a loss.

The enemy of the enemy is a friend, Zhu Ming and Cai Jing are enemies, Zheng Juzhong felt that he could be co-opted, and personally intervened in the arrangement of Bai Chongyan and Min Zishun.

Min Zishun's Jinshi rank was higher, so he threw away the carboniferous division with more oil and water.

Bai Chongyan works in the Ministry of Industry and is responsible for office document transfer affairs.

They were still depressed two days ago, but now they are all full of joy, and they only have admiration for Zhu Ming in their hearts.

Although he is only a petty official, he is a petty official in the capital, and Zhu Ming actually said that the arrangement will be arranged!

Min Zishun was afraid that Zhu Ming's affairs would be ruined, and before he officially went to work, he asked seriously: "Although the grade of the Carboniferous Division is very low, it is in charge of the carbonite affairs in Kaifeng Mansion and the surrounding areas. The oil and water are so abundant, someone must come to reach out, what does Brother Chenggong teach me? ”

Zhu Ming said: "The Ministry of Industry builds the palace every year, and the oil and water are terrifying, what is the Carboniferous Division? Since the Carboniferous Division has been reassigned to the Ministry of Industry, and the original officials have been purged, there should be no higher-level officials who dare to make money within three to five months. Taking advantage of this time, Haosheng dealt with the internal officials, did a good job in the purchase of the government, and stabilized the market price of coal as soon as possible. ”

Min Zishun asked: "The greedy beetle can't be stopped, should it be ruthless?" ”

Zhu Ming nodded: "Be ruthless, but you have to leave room for it, otherwise it will not last long, and it will become more chaotic in private." ”

In a word, the clerks must be greedy for a little money, otherwise they will not be able to carry out their work at all.

This is determined by the system, and the middle and high-ranking officials of the Song Dynasty were so well treated that they scared people to death. However, it is difficult for low-level officials and officials to support their families purely on their salaries, and they will not let the officials be corrupt at all, and they will definitely not be able to do anything.

Bai Chongyan came up with an idea: "First knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, punish a few severely, and then give them grace and subdue the hearts of the officials." ”

Bai Saburo is not a nerd, only occasionally does not understand practice, and the suggestions he puts forward now are very good, and he also knows the policy of carrots and sticks.

"Xianggong, someone in the Zheng family asks to see you." Bai Sheng ran quickly.

Zhu Ming said, "Please let him in." ”

The person who came was a senior servant of Zheng Juzhong's family, and handed over the invitation card and said: "My family is a father-in-law, set up a banquet to invite Xuezheng, and please Xuezheng must go to the banquet." ”

Zhu Ming looked at the invitation and politely refused: "Zheng Xianggong's kindness has already been received, and there is no need for a banquet." ”

The servant felt that he had misheard, and said in disbelief: "Zhu Xuezheng, this is a banquet for the privy envoy. Your Excellency has already hated Cai Jing, do you want to offend Zheng Xianggong again? You two fellow villagers, Zheng Xianggong personally arranged the dispatch, and your Excellency repaid it like this? ”

"How dare you, it's just that I'm busy with official business, and I really can't get away." Zhu Ming said.

The servant of the Zheng family looked displeased, and he didn't want the basic etiquette: "If you do things like this, sooner or later you will have to suffer, don't come to ask my family husband again!" ”

After speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Min Zishun felt that something was wrong: "If you hate Cai Jing, you should fall to Zheng Juzhong, and you can't offend both sides." ”

Zhu Ming explained: "The official family has just promoted me, Cai and Zheng will not do anything to me." It is also because of the official family that Zheng Juzhong will entertain me. But if I fall on one of them, the other will hold a grudge and want to get rid of me. With these two men, will they be able to last? Even if they suppress me, I will only be silent for a few years. If you cling to them, stigma is a lifelong thing. ”

Bai Chongyan admired: "It's still success and long-term vision." ”

Cai Jing is a traitor, isn't Zheng Juzhong?

Let's see who are Zheng Juzhong's henchmen? Most of them belong to Cai Jing's former henchmen.

Wang Hao is worse than Cai Jing.

Liu Zhengfu and Zheng Juzhong have also completely merged, and Zheng Juzhong is the main one.

Don't look at Liu Zhengfu, he doesn't want to be entangled in the court, and he is bent on resigning and going home. But this old thing, after returning to Hangzhou, immediately built a house to enjoy.

Build it, build it, you can't find anything wrong with the money that people embezzle with their ability.

But Liu Zhengfu didn't bother to pretend, and directly occupied the barracks of the Hangzhou Xiang Army, saying that he wanted to build an attic to store the books given by the emperor.

Don't complain about the local army pulling across, the barracks are gone, where do they go to train?

A group of insects, Zhu Ming is ashamed to be with him!

……

A few days later, Min Zishun took office in the Carboniferous Division and began to prepare for the purchase.

A government office in the south of the city, Zhu Ming intends to contract its management rights. Communicate with the charcoal bank first, and with Min Zishun cooperating with the official, it should be easy to win the bid.

Don't talk nonsense, Zhu Ming said one thing and did another, in terms of the business environment in the late Northern Song Dynasty, he bought 100% black-box operation, and didn't want to win it at all in a serious bidding.

Anyway, he doesn't take advantage of the court, at most the contracting fee is delayed, and he will give it after making money.

Zhu Ming's energy has returned to Taixue's side, because the quarterly exam is coming soon.

As a student, he was required to supervise the examinations of the lower class students.

The quarterly exams are more casual, and they are basically invigilated by Xuezheng.

The annual examination and the dormitory examination will be arranged by the imperial court to arrange the chief examiner, and the examination level is similar to that of the imperial examination.

returned to the Gongyuan again, and in less than half a year, Zhu Ming's identity changed from a candidate to an examiner.

He walked around the examination room, then returned to sit under the eaves, picked up a book and read it to himself.

Zhang Gang, a doctor of Taixue, dragged Zhang Jiao over and sat down.

Zhang Gang is the examiner, and Zhu Ming is the invigilator.

"After the quarterly examination papers, they will be promoted," Zhang Gang said, "and then all the students will move to a new location in the southern suburbs." ”

Zhu Ming asked, "It's already decided?" ”

Zhang Gang nodded: "It's confirmed." ”

Zhu Ming said: "Some students go home quite a long way. ”

In principle, all students are required to live in a dormitory, but this is simply not possible.

There are too many courses to study, and if you want to graduate for at least three years, most of them will take five or six years, or even seven or eight years.

Let young people in their twenties live in school for several years?

People have wives!

Local students often go home, or even live at home altogether.

Students from other places rent more houses and live with their wives and concubines.

The new campus in the southern suburbs is too remote, and students who rent houses are estimated to change their houses, and the rent of houses in the south of the city will also rise.

Just to increase the consumption capacity there, Zhu Ming's contracted coal shop is in the south of the city.

Zhang Gang said: "After the quarterly examination, I will be transferred to the secretary Lang. ”

Zhu Ming congratulated him: "Congratulations to Brother Yanzheng!" ”

Zhang Gang sighed: "I'm afraid that I won't be able to control my mouth, and sooner or later I will be belittled." ”

This old man is also very forbearing, and when he reads, he doesn't say anything bad about the traitorous party.

So no one came to suppress him, he was the first in the exam when he was promoted to the inner house, the first in the exam when he was promoted to the upper house, and the first in the graduation exam, so he was given the first title and the first birth by the emperor.

After the award, I had no choice but to visit Cai Jing once.

After that, he didn't bother to move around, because Cai Jing wanted to recruit him, but he politely refused.

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "If you pat the official's ass more, you will not be afraid of the traitorous party." ”

Zhang Gang said: "If you can't flatter me, you are always ashamed of it." ”

"Then it can't be helped." Zhu Ming said.

Zhang Gang said: "In recent years, the official family has favored Taoist priests. This year, Xue Daoguang was favored first, followed by Wang Zaixi, and I heard that there was another Lin Lingsu recently. Among the three, Xue Daoguang, who was only successfully recommended, has the demeanor of a Taoist master. That Wang Tsaixi and Lin Lingsu have spoken out to interfere in political affairs, and they each recommended officials to serve. Even after the Taixue students moved out, the old Taixue house had to be changed to a Taoist school. Alas, how can there be a rule of law by the Tao? ”

"The official family has its own good, what can we do?" Zhu Ming also pretended to sigh.

Wang Zixi and Lin Lingsu have already done it, and they both want to be flattered.

Wang Tsai will definitely be defeated, and he will die a miserable death. Because this man is too floating, he reprimands the eunuchs as slaves, and sooner or later he will be calculated by the eunuchs.

On the contrary, Xue Daoguang stayed out of the matter, too lazy to get involved, and was unanimously recognized by civil officials, eunuchs and Taoist priests.

Zhang Gang sat under the porch, looking at the examination booths in front of him, feeling confused about the future of himself and Da Song.

In other words, all righteous people do not know what the way out is.

It is true that the emperor frantically suppressed Cai Jing this year, but he did not have the slightest intention of recalling. Now, let the Cai Party regain control of the household department, and the ghost knows what will happen next.

Zhang Gang suddenly said: "Your Excellency and Mr. Mo'an's manuscript has already been read. ”

"How?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhang Gang said: "The book of governing the country through the world is also. ”

Zhu Ming smiled: "Haha, if you are interested, you can visit Mr. Mo'an more." ”

Tai students have to learn everything, and when they study in their hometown, they have the foundation of various schools such as Luo Xue and Shu Xue. When I came to the capital, I studied a new school, and I also had to learn "Three Legends", "Laozi", and "Zhuangzi", and arithmetic was also a compulsory course.

Such a complex learning content makes Tai students very open-minded and maintain an inclusive attitude towards various schools.

They also have no objection to the "study of Taoism".

Zhang Gang graduated from Taixue first, and after reading the manuscript, he had a more thorough understanding of "Taoism".

Zhang Gang said: "I want to dedicate this book to the official family. ”

Zhu Ming asked: "Aren't you afraid that some of them will annoy the official family by some non-monarchs?" ”

Zhang Gang said: "Take the initiative to donate books, and you can also use arithmetic to please the officials." If the traitor party sees the manuscript, he will inevitably hide other pages and take the words out of context to frame the crime. ”

"Indeed." Zhu Ming nodded and said.

After being reminded by Zhang Gang, Zhu Ming immediately went home to pick up the manuscript after the invigilation, and then rode a horse to visit Xue Daoguang.

"Dao Chief, I'm here to see you!" Zhu Ming said with a smile.

Xue Daoguang said angrily: "Xiaoyou can't afford to be early, just say something." ”

Zhu Ming said: "The Taoist Chief's words are too direct. ”

Xue Daoguang asked, "Isn't it?" ”

"I'm just sighing, the Taoist is really accurate in seeing people," Zhu Ming asked Bai Sheng to hold the manuscript, "These things, please give them to the official family." ”

Chen Yuan has finished writing the "Righteousness and Benefit" and roughly quoted Wang Anshi's views, but the question of who comes first and who comes first in righteousness and benefit is deliberately ignored.

Xue Daoguang asked: "Xiaoyou was promoted this time, do you know why?" ”

Zhu Ming asked: "I offered advice to help the official family solve the matter of the Carboniferous Division?" ”

"No," Xue Daoguang shook his head, "It's because the official family loves to read "Journey to the West", and they have read it several times, and they like you as an author. ”

Zhu Ming: "......"

Sure enough, it is better to write to please the emperor than to make suggestions and suggestions to contribute to the court.

Just like when Zhu Ming was taking the imperial examination, he seriously wrote his strategy and analyzed the pros and cons of governance for the imperial court, but he was the first to the bottom of the provincial test. Write nonsense and nonsense, and talk nonsense about cultivating and governing the country, but he was pointed out as Tanhualang.

In this world, you can't be too serious.

(End of chapter)