On May 22, the new branch jinshi went to the Golden Temple to face the saints, and after the feast, he went to the South Courtyard of the Ministry of Rites to receive his duties, and was usually given three months of leave before taking up his post. To the surprise of the ministers, the three hundred and sixteen new scholars left thirty as assistants who were about to start clearing the fields, and it seemed that Banzai wanted to move seriously.

According to Wei Xiang's proposal, the matter of clearing the fields and acres is divided into three pilot places, namely Renzhou, Louzhou, and Lingzhou, all of which are Zhongzhou, but Renzhou has the Anqi Li family, Lingzhou has the Yihu Lin family, and Louzhou has the Changhan Liu family, all of which have families, and Qingzheng Tianmu will inevitably avoid these families.

The Qing envoys of the three states were served by Yu Zhijie and the left and right servants of the household department, Yu Zhijie went to Renzhou, Jiang Anyi naturally belonged to Yu Zhijie's team, and Liu Yushan was also among them; Wei You went to Lingzhou under Yu Guanghui, the left attendant of the household department, Lin Yizhen was among them, and Zhang Zhicheng was under Qi Wenyuan, the right attendant of the household department, and went to Louzhou.

Most people were instigated by the Son of Heaven to boil their blood, and a good opportunity to make contributions was in front of them. Wei Youcheng, Lin Yizhen and other children of the family know very well that this is to cut the flesh on their own body, which is not a good achievement.

Jiang Anyi was full of thoughts and met with Xin Fei two days later, and followed the public to thank him uncertainly, and then followed Yu Zhijie to the household department. Yu Zhijie returned to the household department to serve as a Qing envoy, Liu Xinming found a deserted courtyard to pretend to be a Qing envoy, and ordered two old officials to pretend to be people.

Yu Zhijie is bent on doing a good errand, and he doesn't compete with him, fortunately, he has been in the household department for many years, and he is familiar with the documents and files, so he can find it by himself, although Liu Shangshu does not wait to see Yu Zhijie, but everyone in the household department knows that this Yu Daren is flying Huang Tengda in front of him, how can he not flatter the horse, as long as he carries Liu Shangshu on his back, he can say anything.

For more than a month, Yu Zhijie has preliminarily reorganized the tax situation of land per mu in various prefectures across the country into a book, and a few days ago learned that he had gone to Renzhou to make an inventory, and he focused on the detailed regulation of Renzhou's atlas. The ten new jinshi were a little cramped in the small room, and Yu Zhijie said with a smile: "You are all carefully selected talents by the Son of Heaven, and you have to rely on you a lot to go to Renzhou to check the acres of land this time." ”

As he spoke, Yu Zhijie had already seen everyone's expressions in his eyes, and the other nine people were all excited and eager to try, why did An Yi look like he was not giving up, what did he think?

Yu Zhijie continued: "You are new to the gold list, you should return to your hometown in fine clothes. There is still a lot of preparatory work to be done in the matter of clearing the fields, so you might as well go home first, as long as you rush to the Qingzheng Fields and Acres Division in Anyang Prefecture, Renzhou before the 10th day of August. ”

Everyone cheered, as Yu Zhijie said, how can a high school jinshi not return to his hometown in fine clothes, show off his hometown, and shine on the lintel of the gate. When everyone left, Yu Zhijie stopped Jiang Anyi and asked: "Anyi, this time the battle is very important, the trouble is not small, long live is extremely important, it is related to the future of you and me, you must help me wholeheartedly." ”

"Yes."

"I see you're a little uncertain, but what's the matter?"

Xinfei's matter was not easy to tell Master Yu, Jiang Anyi had to cover it up: "It's just homesick, I have been away from home for nearly half a year, and I miss my family a little." ”

Yu Zhizhi nodded and said, "Anyi, you are the top student in high school, and you are the third yuan and first, so you should go home early to share the glory with your family." In the evening, I set up a banquet for you, and called Zhicheng and Shiben, although Shiben did not participate in the Qing War Tianmu, but he got a good and bad, and served as the supervisor of the imperial history (Zheng Bapin) in the imperial history platform, which is a very noble official. ”

Friends have to choose errands, Jiang Anyi is happy, thinking that Yu Zhijie has played a big role in it, and this love has to be returned by Fan Shiben himself.

The dinner was a joy for everyone. Zhang Zhicheng drank a little too much, and the person who had always been cautious in words became gushing: "...... Zhang is also considered to be from a scholarly family, and he has been reading and reading with his father since he was a child, but his father is not good at reading to make a living, his mother is sick, and the family's land and property are sold out. ”

Zhang Zhicheng's words aroused Jiang Anyi's sad matter, and everyone stopped to listen to him.

After Zhang was admitted to Xiucai, he opened a school at home with his father, and continued to study while teaching a few children, and his family situation improved slightly. Unexpectedly, the epidemic broke out, and my father and mother died of illness one after another, leaving only our brothers and sisters to rely on each other. ”

There was a sound of crying in the side room, Zhang Yuzhu couldn't help crying when she heard her brother mention the sad thing, Yu Jiaying persuaded softly on the side, and she was also in tears.

Zhang Zhicheng burst into tears, immersed in memories, pointed to the robe on his body and said: "The blue cloth robe on my body is woven by my mother's hands and sewn by my sister. ”

"After the lift, someone sent money and food to take care of, the family is no longer in poverty, I entrusted my sister to relatives, I traveled the world by myself, saw too many injustices in the world, saw too many suffering people, Zhang vowed that if he is an official in the future, he will be the master of the people, speak for the poor and helpless, so that cold people like me can study with peace of mind."

Zhang Zhicheng raised his head and drank all the wine in the cup, and said angrily: "I am born with talent, and I am willing to protect the people in this world." ”

"That's what I said." Yu Zhijie high-fived in admiration.

Compared with his own family, Zhang Zhicheng's ambition to protect the common people is many times greater, Jiang Anyi was solemn, raised his glass and said: "Brother Zhang's ambition, Anyi is beyond his reach, this cup of wine wishes Brother Zhang to show his ambition and respect Brother Zhang for the people of the world." ”

Everyone toasted to each other, Zhang Zhicheng rarely let go of his heart, and did it happily.

Yu Zhijie admires Zhang Zhicheng very much, and this appreciation surpasses Jiang Anyi. Tongfu Sanjie Zhongjiang Anyi is smart and quick-witted, but he does not want to forge ahead and has no long-term plans, Fan Shiben is honest but loses his broadness, only Zhang Zhicheng is talented and ambitious, which is very suitable for his own spleen and stomach.

Hearing the low sobs coming from the inner room, Yu Zhijie's heart moved, Zhang Yuzhu and her daughter Yu Jiaying hit it off at first sight, and the two had become friends. After the palace test, Yu Zhijie also moved his mind and married his daughter to Jiang Anyi, and later heard Yu Qingle say that Jiang Anyi already had a sweetheart, and now it seems that Zhang Zhicheng is a good match for his daughter. It would be more satisfying if he could marry his daughter to Zhang Zhicheng and let his second son marry Zhang Yuzhu as his wife. There is no urgency in this matter for the time being, and after clearing the acres of land, it is not too late for Zhang Zhicheng to have a job.

"This time, Zhicheng went to Louzhou to check the acres of land, mainly because the Liu family of Changhan is difficult to do, if the Liu family can cooperate, the clearing of acres will be successful. When dealing with such a family, we must not pretend to be arrogant and domineering, discuss everything more, and prefer to slow down rather than provoke conflicts and make things out of control. Yu Zhijie Dundun taught: "I have sorted out the list of land taxes in various states in the world in the past 50 years, Zhicheng may wish to go to the household department to find me to copy a copy, I believe it will be helpful to you." ”

Zhang Zhicheng was overjoyed and got up to thank him.

Qi Wenyuan is cautious, but lacks responsibility, and it is estimated that he will not come forward to say hard things. Zhicheng, when you arrive in Louzhou, you might as well communicate more with Yang Huaiguang, the history of Louzhou, if you can get the help of Yang Tingshi, you will be able to get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Yu Zhijie's ears mentioned his face, Tongyifang, Lin Mansion, and Lin Tianhao in the household department were also talking with his son Lin Yizhen in the study. Lin Tianhao is forty-three years old this year, three years younger than Yu Zhijie, and he has been pampered for a long time and looks like a person in his thirties.

"Zhen'er, I have a letter here, you can hand it over to your grandfather when you return home, and you only need to do what your grandfather tells you to do as your grandfather tells you about the inventory of the fields." Lin Tianhao saw that his eldest son was still worried, and said with relief: "Zhen'er, you don't have to worry too much, Wei Xiang has already talked to his father, and the Son of Heaven is very eager to check the acres of land, this time my Lin family wants to make some gestures, and it will not make it difficult for you." ”

Lin Tianhao slowly combed his long beard and said, "Some time ago, Yu Shilang collected information in the household department and secretly prepared one for his father. ”

Picking up a stack of manuscripts from the desk, Lin Tianhao said with a smile: "I don't know if I don't know it, in the past thirty years, the tax-paying land in Lingzhou has actually decreased by thirty percent, and my Lin family only accounts for a minority, and the others have been embezzled by officials of all sizes. ”

"This inventory of acres is an opportunity for you, the Son of Heaven personally promised that the meritorious ones would be reused, the Lin family might as well make some sacrifices, which will not only fulfill the face of the Son of Heaven, but also fulfill your future, which is a good thing for both worlds. Your grandfather has a lot of great things, and when the time comes, he will tell you how to do it, you just have to listen to him. ”

"Yu Shilang has a very good relationship with his father, and he will naturally take care of you at that time, and you can't miss the credit for this delivery." Lin Tianhao looked at his son, his heart was full of pride, and there was another Jinshi plaque in the ancestral hall of the family, and his position as a long-term descendant was untouchable.

There is no name village in the north of the city, Siyu gritted his teeth and made up his mind to help his senior sister. At dinnertime, Siyu found the master's residence, Du Yiyi was eating, and saw the apprentice walking in with a smile, and immediately straightened his face and said: "Today's homework is done, I heard Sifeng say that you know how to play all day long, and cause trouble everywhere." ”

"Senior sister knows the complaint, Master, you know me, I work hard in the dark to prevent others from finding out, otherwise why didn't my kung fu fall behind." Siyu came to the master's side and sneered.

Du Yiyi nodded Siyu's forehead with his hand, he really liked this daughter-like apprentice in his heart, and asked, "I've eaten, if I haven't eaten, I will eat with my master." ”

"After eating", Si Yushen mysteriously took out a small box from his arms and said, "The apprentice got a good thing and gave it to the master." ”

The small red box is half the size of a palm, Du Yiyi opened the lid of the box, and there was a ruby on the yellow silk cloth, dazzling and crystal clear, Du Yiyi couldn't take his eyes off it immediately, it seemed that the master couldn't resist the shining gem as much as himself.

Si Yu was secretly proud, and a little reluctant, thinking of the helpless look on her senior sister's face, Si Yu was ruthless, and said: "Master, this is a treasure that the apprentice has worked so hard to get, I know that the master also likes gems, so I can't bear to give it to you." ”

"It's really a good man, it's your caring." Du Yiyi touched the gem with his finger and praised approvingly.

"Master, please do something."

"Say." Du Yiyi was in a happy mood, looked at the gem's eyes and shining, and answered without hesitation.

"In two days, I want to accompany my sister to Mingpu Temple to burn incense, do you think it's okay?" Siyu cautiously probed.

"Absolutely." Du Yiyi said, before Siyu jumped up, Du Yiyi reflected and asked, "Which senior sister, won't it be Xinfei, no." ”

"Master, Senior Sister has been locked up in the courtyard by you for more than two months, I saw her pale face yesterday, and if she is locked up again, she will be sick. You will open your grace and let her breathe, and I promise not to leave an inch, go out after noon, and come back when you are young. Si Yuyang said.

Du Yiyi looked at the gem in his hand and finally nodded.