The Chinese calligraphy office is located in a horizontal alley outside the cabinet office, and several large elms are erected at the mouth of the alley, which is slightly depressed.

The alley is different from the Hanlin Courtyard across an East Chang'an Street, the Chinese calligraphy department and the Wenyuan Pavilion are closely connected, and the straight-line distance is only thirty zhang.

Originally, this was just a quiet place with a lot of doors, but in the past month or two, this place has suddenly changed from being unattended to a place full of traffic.

Just by looking at the carriages and sedan chairs waiting outside this yamen, you can know that this is not what it used to be, the healthy horses snorted, the sedan chair drivers copied their hands, gossiping in twos and threes, occasionally meeting a few acquaintances, shouting and showing a few words together to show a few words of scenery these days.

Even the surroundings of the alley feel different, and the sparrow has become a phoenix.

On the first day of his tenure, Guan Yingzhen completely reorganized the entire Zhongshu Department, and the original Zhongshu people were driven to a corner of these two rows of bungalows.

And the entire east and west wings have been slowly enriched by the people who Guan Yingzhen has been constantly brought in by secondment, and they are still growing.

When Lian Guoshi stepped into the courtyard outside the main hall, he heard Guan Yingzhen's deep and deep voice talking about someone.

"I want to go, what can I do when I go? Add to the chaos, or fight the autumn wind? Dream! The official still doesn't know that these people can't succeed, they have more than enough failures, and the reputation of Zhongshu is so bad, when have you seen them so active? It's good now, give them a room, they can all huddle together, refuse to leave from morning to night, and they can go out and sell it for a good price when they hear news, it's really good! What is called tiger father dog son, these people are! ”

didn't dare to enter the door, practiced state affairs and went around, and saw that Fang Zhenru was looking over there with his head shrunken, and hurriedly trotted over.

"Brother Child, what's wrong with an adult today? And who provoked him? ”

"Who else? It's not that group of scholars, the cheeks are really thick enough, I don't know where to find out that Ziying is too busy in Yangzhou, and the letter asks for help, and now they are all busy, and all kinds of relationships are moving, I heard that even the old Fang Pavilion can't stand it, and he handed a message to the adult, and the prince of Zhongshun also invited the adult to come to the house the day before yesterday, it is estimated that the adult did not react and went to the banquet, so the scene is a little ugly. ”

Fang Zhenru also hid outside and didn't dare to go in, in the past few years of Qingtan Academy's career, everyone understands the temperament of several mountain chiefs in charge of the academy.

Qi Yongtai has a square and rigid personality, and he will criticize people when he encounters something wrong, but he rarely gets angry, he talks about things and will not implicate people.

Guan Yingzhen is meticulous and calm, good at forbearance, and there are few critics in general things, but once he criticizes people, it is to criticize you enough, and whoever wants to bump into it will definitely not have good fruit to eat.

So when it comes to such a situation, the best way is to avoid the limelight and wait until the other party's anger is gone.

"Ziying is writing again?"

I also have some regrets about practicing state affairs, I could have gone south with Feng Ziying, if that was the case, how happy would I feel if I could really do something?

Although the department is also very busy now, it is mainly the work of establishing rules and regulations, stacking beds and houses, or arguing with the household department, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War, dividing responsibilities, such things, even if you come to show talents, you can also get started, but you don't dare to complain to Guan Yingzhen about state affairs.

"Isn't that how? Is this the third or the fourth? Ziying must be tired enough to choke alone in Yangzhou, and there is no reliable and credible person available, so she must be complaining, didn't you want to pull Junyu you before? ”

Fang Zhenru was also a little envious of Feng Ziying's friendship with Lian Guoshi, if it weren't for the official Yingzhen to block it, Lian Guowu would now be as high-spirited as Feng Ziying in Yangzhou City.

Now the people in the whole department are fluctuating, and they are impetuous.

Feng Ziying's letter said that the matter of the concession fee has been basically finalized, and it is said that the total amount may exceed one million taels.

When the news reached the household, the cabinet, and the emperor, it immediately caused a shock.

The household department couldn't believe it, thinking that it was a bit exaggerated, and originally thought that it would be satisfied with 800,000 taels of silver, but it didn't expect that it would be more than 20%, so they immediately wanted to send someone south to Yangzhou to verify, and even intended to take over, and they would handle it specifically.

This immediately aroused the vigilance of the Zhongshu department.

Guan Yingzhen resolutely objected, and it is said that there was a fierce quarrel with Zheng Jizhi, the secretary of the household department, and the two quarreled from the household department to the cabinet, and they did not give in to each other.

Both of them are from Huguang, and even close colleagues, one is the head of the household, and the other is the right attendant of the household, but at this time, they are not polite at all, so they almost blow their beards and stare at each other.

"What, child, you want to go too?" Lian Guoshi said with a smile: "You are a native of Nanzhi, if you want to go, you have to see if the adults can be extrajudicial and gracious, it is difficult for you and your deer friends." ”

Guan Yingzhen has already revealed the rumor, and he will definitely arrange for someone to go south to assist Feng Ziying, especially in the face of the possibility that both the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry may want to meddle in the affairs of opening the sea in the future, so it is natural to guard the basic plate of the Chinese calligraphy.

It was not easy to see Feng Ziying go south to open up a world, if he was picked up by outsiders, then he would become a sinner.

However, it is not easy to arrange who goes and who stays, but the affairs of opening the sea involve the great interests of the Jiangnan gentry and businessmen, so the official Yingzhen means that the Jiangnan scholars who are involved in the deep interests will definitely not be involved, so as not to give people a handle, and also to avoid their own students being involved in the future of the future.

Fang Zhenru is from Shou County, and Wu Fu is from Xinghua, both of whom belong to Nanzhili, and it is difficult to go if they want to.

"Not necessarily." Fang Zhenru disagreed, "There are only a few of us under the hands of adults, and now Ziying is asking for help over there, one or two people are afraid that it is not enough, you have to go to two more to join hands, you are an adult assistant I am afraid that you can't leave, just me and Luyou, Mengzhang, Kexuan, and Qingcai, we don't go, who can go?" ”

Fang Zhenru's words are not unreasonable, although there are also a few principals from the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry, but first, they are not familiar with it, and secondly, Guan Yingzhen still can't trust these people, so naturally it is impossible to put these people in Jiangnan, and if they want to go, they can only go to a few of their own people.

"Let's see how the adults arrange it." Lian Guoshi also hopes to go to Yangzhou, and has been staying in departments such as the Hanlin Academy and the Chinese Calligraphy Department, which are either talking or writing, and he can't get in touch with more things from the outside world, which always makes him feel a little depressed.

As the two were talking, they saw He Fengsheng and Fan Jingwen also shrunk their heads and slipped over, and when they saw the two hiding here, they both smiled in understanding.

"Mengzhang, Kexuan, you two are also here to avoid scolding?" Lian Guoshi asked with a smile.

"We can't compare to Qingcai and Lu Youtou Tie, the two of them want to go to Yangzhou and want to go crazy, I heard that yesterday the adults received a letter from Ziying, talking about the reclamation of Dongfan, and also talked about the right bank of Dongfan near Penghu can be turned into a salt field, can plan a million silver for the imperial court, and ten years later can collect an extra million stone grain for the imperial court,......"

"What?!" Lian Guoshi and Fang Zhenru were shocked at the same time, "When is the matter, doesn't it mean that it is just to reclaim the east, and it will take ten years to make contributions?" Why did the saltworks come out again? Where did this come from? ”

"Brother Jun Yu, what year of old Huang Li are you? This letter was sent back by Ziying in a hurry, and the adults only received it last night, and they didn't sleep all night, so they went to find a few pavilion elders to discuss, but I didn't expect someone to get the news early this morning, it is said that even the emperor was alarmed, someone came early in the morning, and Lord Shoufu returned home in the middle of the night last night and there were still people guarding the door of the house. ”

Fan Jingwen's words were not without showing off, "I left a little late with Mengzhang last night, just in time, the adult just said a few words casually, and then went to Lord Shoufu overnight, it is estimated that Wenyuan Pavilion was brightly lit last night, and entered the palace overnight ,......"

"Then the adult didn't say that he had a day off today, so he lost his temper so early in the morning?" Fang Zhenru smacked his lips, "But if it is really a salt from the East that can harvest millions of silver taels for the imperial court, then it is really a great benefit to the country and the people." ”

"Isn't that how? Lord Chai of the Ministry of War has been running around the household department and our side for the past two days, just for the food and salary in the western Xinjiang, didn't you see how many big bubbles have appeared in his mouth? That's all urgent, the household department is empty, the military situation is like fire, what should I do? He Fengsheng was also choked, "Fortunately, Ziying's letter came back, but I don't know how reliable Ziying's letter is, and when it will arrive, I really want to rush to Yangzhou in one step to find out how it is going." ”

Practicing state affairs is the most confident in Feng Ziying among these students, and said calmly: "Ziying has always been unspeakable, since he dares to say a million silver, then there will be a million silver, but I am afraid that it will take three or five months to have it, but I am afraid that the military department will sit on the wax." ”

"I should still suggest to adults, Ziying is alone in Yangzhou, and she can't be busy with three heads and six arms, a few more people will help him, at least we can do some trivial things, and many things can be done faster and better." Fang Zhenru couldn't help but interject.

Several people have the same thoughts, and it is really unbearable to see that Feng Ziying is constantly making a name for herself in Yangzhou, but several of her own people are still aggrieved here.

Several people's eyes fell on practicing state affairs, Rao is practicing state affairs calmly, and some couldn't hold it back, "Let's go talk to adults later, we can't let this kind of credit be taken by outsiders in vain." ”

"Yes, Ziying makes decisions and decisions, we don't have much experience, but at least we know the bottom line better than others, right? We also know his mind better, as he said, execution is always no problem, right? "Fan Jingwen is the most eager, he is a northerner, if he wants to go, he hopes the most," Ziying takes the lead, let's go with the head office of the attached tail, right?" ”