After letting Zhu Di know about Jin Zhong, the new scribe, Guo An retreated with confidence.

Anyway, Jin Zhong has become his man now.

In the future, I can't run......

In the hall, after thinking for a moment, Zhu Di shouted to the side.

"And loyalty."

"Your Highness, the slave is here."

He Zhong appeared directly in front of Zhu Di.

Zhu Di said lightly: "Go and send someone to check the details of that Jin Zhong, Guo Qing has been in the palace for so long, we haven't seen him so concerned about anyone." ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

He Zhong replied with a solemn face, and walked down quickly.

On the other side.

After Guo An returned to the public house, he saw that Jin Zhong was still holding those account books and reading them carefully, and he didn't even notice that he was coming back, and he didn't bother.

Walk up to the main seat and sit down casually.

I don't know how long it took, Jin Zhong, who had read the account book in his hand, finally came back to his senses.

Subsequently, when he was about to put the account book back in his hand, he suddenly found Guo An sitting behind the table, and the whole person was shocked.

"See Guo Changshi for villains."

"There's no need for such a courtesy."

Guo An waved his hand very casually and asked, "Have you finished reading these account books?" ”

Jin Zhong hurriedly replied: "Back to Guo Changshi, I have already read it once." ”

Guo Andao: "Do you understand? ”

Jin Zhong said: "Back to Guo Changshi, although there are many account books, every item is clearly recorded, and it is clear at a glance, and the villain can understand it at a glance." ”

"That's fine."

Guo An nodded with satisfaction, and asked again: "You haven't lived in Beiping Mansion yet?" ”

"This ......"

Jin Zhong couldn't help but look embarrassed.

Guo An said: "It's okay, you are new to the city, and it is normal to have no residence." Go and find the scribe who brought you here to-day, and let him take you to the common rooms of the palace officials at the gate of the palace, and arrange a room for you.

Once you've received your salary, you can decide how you want to stay. ”

"Thank you, Guo Changshi."

Jin Zhong said with gratitude on his face again.

Guo An waved his hand, "Okay, let's go down." ”

"Yes."

Respectfully saluted Guo An, and Jin Zhong walked down.

Jin Zhong, who had just entered the palace for less than a day, also knew Na Huo Cai's scribe, so naturally he could only find Na Huo Cai.

Fortunately, when Jin Zhong found Huo Cai, Huo Cai had not yet received a task.

Therefore, after hearing that Guo An asked him to take the new scribe in front of him to find a place to stay, he immediately got up and greeted him with enthusiasm.

"Brother Shizhong is really blessed, I have been in the Yan Mansion for so long, and it is the first time I have to see Guo Changshi so attentive to the officials in the palace?"

Jin Zhong said with a sincere face: "Guo Changshi is a good official. ”

Huo Cai also nodded again and again: "This is natural...... Since Guo Changshi came to Yanwangfu, these scribes can receive a large amount of rewards in addition to their salaries every year.

The life of the officials and scribes of the entire Yanwang Mansion is much better.

Even, sometimes, we scribes receive more salaries every year than a county order. ”

Jin Zhong couldn't help but be surprised, "There are so many? ”

"It's nature."

Speaking of this, Huo Cai couldn't help but be proud.

"Don't you know, since Guo Changshi came to Yanwangfu, how much money has he made for our Wangfu? Moreover, His Royal Highness is also very generous to us officials and guards, and even those servants and maids.

The most important thing is that Guo Changshi treats people kindly on weekdays, and generally has nothing to arrange for his scribes to do......"

As he spoke, Huo Cai couldn't help but look envious.

Jin Zhong looked at Huo Cai strangely, "Then when the junior brother first came today, Brother Huo also specially instructed the junior brother not to provoke Guo Changshi......"

Before he finished speaking, Jin Zhong saw Huo Cai's face change directly.

After looking around for a while, Huo Caicai nervously approached Jin Zhong and said in a low voice, "Brother Jin is cautious...... Some time ago, when Guo Changshi bought the land at Zhangjiawan Wharf in Tongzhou, some gentry and officials died, their hands and feet were not clean in the fields, and they also oppressed the people, which directly annoyed Guo Changshi......

Guo Changshi directly took His Royal Highness King Yan and thousands of Yan Shanwei to Tongzhou overnight and raided the homes of those gentry...... After dawn, he went to Tongzhou and took down the chief officials such as Tongzhou Zhizhou and Tongju......

The gentry and the whole family of the officials were punished according to the Great Edict.

A few days later, the gentry officials of the entire Peiping Mansion were thoroughly investigated......

After that, he also played the imperial court, and I heard that the gentry of the entire Ming Dynasty had suffered......"

"Hiss......"

Jin Zhong's eyes widened, and he was punished according to the "Great Message"? Isn't that the gentry all the gentry finished?

"Why did it affect the entire Ming gentry in the end?"

Huo Cai glared at Jin Zhong with some hatred, "I heard that you are also from a prestigious family, don't you know that those squires are hiding in the fields?" ”

Jin Zhong was silent, but there was a bright light in his eyes.

"Guo Changshi is really a good official!"

"Alright, alright...... It's better for me to talk less about Shangguan...... There are five or six empty houses in the courtyard in front of me, which belong to my Changshi Division, and Brother Jin can choose one at will......"

……

The next day, in the morning.

After Guo An finished ordering, he took Jin Zhong, got into a carriage, and came to the outside of the city under the escort of several guards of Yanwangfu.

As soon as he got out of the carriage, Jin Zhong opened his mouth wide and was dumbfounded.

On hundreds of acres of fields, dense craftsmen and young people are working in an orderly manner.

Guo An turned his head to glance at Jin Zhong, and said lightly: "Shizhong, this is the construction site of the academy, and it is also the most important project of my Yanwang Mansion this year. ”

Jin Zhong hurriedly replied: "Please rest assured Changshi, the villain will definitely supervise here." ”

"Hmm!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and began to look around.

"I've seen Guo Changshi."

"I've seen Guo Changshi......"

Everywhere Guo An passed, all the young men and craftsmen bowed to Guo An with respectful faces.

After a circle, Guo Anxin counted it, found a high point, pointed to the hundreds of springs in the distance and said: "These craftsmen are all local people, and they can all be trusted.

The only thing you need to be optimistic about is that none of the hundreds of springs can be destroyed by them.

In addition, it is necessary to check the number of workers of these young craftsmen every day, and these young and strong craftsmen are paid daily and food subsidies. ”

"The villain understands ......"

Jin Zhong nodded thoughtfully.

The books he looked at yesterday contained a record of this.

It's just that, thinking of something, Jin Zhong couldn't help but ask with some doubts: "Changshi, the villain was in those account books yesterday, and I saw that there were many people who still owed the palace grain, and there were also many young people who were working to pay off the grain debt, I don't know why?" ”

Unexpectedly, just after reading it once, Jin Zhong even understood this matter, Guo An couldn't help but glance at Jin Zhong with appreciation.

"Last year, tens of thousands of households in Wanping County, because of a large number of cultivated fields, lack of food at home, His Royal Highness borrowed a few stones of grain from the grain depot in the house."

"Your Highness really borrowed it from tens of thousands of households?" Jin Zhong was a little incredulous.

"Just 100,000 stone of grain, Your Highness borrowed it."

Guo An said casually.

Jin Zhong frowned slightly, "Changshi, what about the rest of the states and counties in Beiping Mansion, or even Daxing County?" ”

"They don't have the face to borrow one by one."

Guo An looked disdainful, "Your Highness wants to let the prefectures and counties of the entire Beiping Prefecture lead the people to reclaim the wasteland, but only the people of Wanping County have worked hard to reclaim it."

As for the rest of the states and counties, even now, they have not fulfilled His Highness's request......"

"I see."

Jin Zhong nodded slightly, and he had a new understanding of that Guo Changshi in his heart.

……

Outside the gate of Yanwang Palace.

A few days after the wave of gentry and officials and businessmen donating books throughout Beiping Mansion, they were once again blocked by horse-drawn carriages.

This familiar scene made the guards at the gate of the palace couldn't help but be surprised.

Immediately, two guards stepped forward and interrogated the first carriage.

"This general, my lord heard that donating books to Yanwang's Mansion can be exchanged for reading glasses, so my lord specially asked me to bring five hundred books to ......."

"Are you waiting?"

The guard asked, looking up and back.

Hearing this, the steward looked a little embarrassed and said, "It should be regarded as a ......."

"Wait a minute."

The guards bowed slightly to the stewards and returned to the palace gate.

"Hurry up and report to His Royal Highness and Guo Changshi, someone has come to donate books again......"

After speaking, the two guards ran directly to the palace.

……

It just so happened that Jin Zhong's details had been clarified, and Guo An was sitting in front of Zhu Di, looking at the paper in his hand with relish.

Hearing the guard's report, Zhu Di and Guo An couldn't help but be stunned.

"Another group of people donating books to the academy?"

Zhu Di and Guo An couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this.

"Do you know where the people came from?"

The guard hurriedly said: "Back to Your Highness, according to the villain's observation, those carriages seem to have come from Jingshi. ”

"Jingshi?"

Zhu Di frowned slightly.

"Do they have a clear identity?

The guard replied again: "Back to Your Highness, there are no signs on those stewards and carriages. ”

On the side, Guo An directly grinned lightly.

"Your Highness, there are so many carriages, and so many books can be delivered, and there are only those people in Jingshi......"

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and then looked surprised, "What Guo Qing said are those courtiers?" “

"Your Highness is wise."

"Why are they like this? ……”

"Your Highness, they just impeached you? I'm sorry...... However, they are all old men, and they need reading glasses the most, and it just so happens that they also have the books that I need from Yanwangfu Academy......"

"They are so secretive, and they are not afraid of making people laugh?"

"Your Highness, if you don't say it, who else will take the initiative to expose it?"

"Humph......"

Zhu Di couldn't help but snort coldly, "Take someone to collect the book." ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Ma He, who was waiting on the side, answered, and hurriedly went out to greet a group of scribes of the Changshi Division and a group of guards.

And in the hall, looking at the figures in the distance, Zhu Di suddenly got up.

"No, this king wants to go and see."

"Wechen accompanied His Highness to go."

Zhu Di did not object to Guo An's active accompaniment.

This time, Zhu Di did not go to the city wall, but walked directly to the palace gate.

A group of people who looked like stewards were lining up to register with the scribes of the Long History Division.

"See Your Highness, I've seen Guo Changshi!"

Seeing Zhu Di coming, a group of scribes hurriedly saluted.

The people who came to manage the affairs were also hurriedly greeted with panic on their faces.

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and asked directly, "Who are you waiting for?" ”

……

(End of chapter)