, Shen has always recommended Wu Longzheng, so that Ye Xianggao almost couldn't enter the Jishi, and the matter reached Lin Yanchao's ears, which surprised him. He was almost tired that Ye Xianggao couldn't become Hanlin, but fortunately, Shen Shixing finally spoke, which made Ye Xianggao enter the cabinet smoothly.

But even though Ye Xianggao became Hanlin, after this incident, he offended Shen Yiyi.

Shen has always been a teacher of Shujishi, but it is conceivable that Ye Xianggao will have a very difficult time in the Hanlin Academy in the future.

Speaking of Shen Zhengyi, this person is also interesting, in history, Shen Yiyi's son Shen Taihong is very talented, inherited his father's genes, and people at that time thought that if he participated in the imperial examination, he would definitely go to high school.

But at that time, Shen had always been the first assistant, but when he was the same examiner, even Zhang Jingxiu, the son of the first assistant Zhang Juzheng, was dismissed, which was not sycophant and powerful, and won the respect of scholars all over the world.

But he is the first assistant, if he lets his son be admitted to the Jinshi, isn't that a villain who says one thing and does another?

Shen always did not allow his son to participate in the examination, Shen Taihong was furious, and finally the father and son turned against each other, regarded their father as a deep hatred, and never saw their father again.

But having said that, Shen has always wanted to use the act of 'righteous annihilation' to show that he is high-spirited, but the scholars at that time did not buy it, and the Donglin Party attacked Shen for his own personal gain, and he was a good hand who did not avoid relatives, and the party struggle began with his people.

However, at the moment, Lin Yanchao and Shen are now in the same party, and the two have not yet been able to conflict, so it will be difficult to say in the future.

In July, the weather starts to get cooler.

At this time, it is also the time of the autumn flood on the Yellow River.

The Department was very busy at this time.

Peng Duanwu, Yuan Keli, Hou Zhipu and other Lin Yanchao's protégés are now in the department.

Unable to hinder the face of his colleagues and the enthusiasm of his fathers and elders, Lin Yanchao accepted more than 20 protégés.

Of course, these protégés, on the surface, are yearning for the study of merit, which is the so-called Lin students. But not everyone plans to do so in their hearts.

This time I will test, Lin Yanchao's protégé Guo Zhengyu and Peng Jianwu won the Jinshi. Everyone thought that this probability was too high, and it was inevitable that some people thought that it was some kind of shortcut to the south under Lin Yanchao's door, so they had the idea of speculating.

For speculators, Lin Yanchao did not turn them away, they wanted Lin Yanchao's name, and Lin Yanchao also used the power of their family to take what they needed.

However, it is better to say that there are still some second ancestors who are purely here to fool around.

After Sun Chengzong told Lin Yanchao, he knew that these people had no intention of studying, but were entrusted by their families to worship Lin Yanchao.

Sun Chengzong's meaning is to remove these idle people and not corrupt the atmosphere in the department.

However, the master who can make Lin Yanchao unable to save face, how can he be in the background, for example, the nephew of Gong Daqi, the political envoy of Henan Zuobu, was introduced by the three brothers of the Yuan family to worship Lin Yanchao.

This person relied on his background to flirt with women in the township, and he didn't learn anything, and his family really couldn't let him go to Henan with Yang Yikui and discipline him by his side.

But it's good that this person doesn't come to Henan, and when he comes, it's even more out of control. So he came to Lin Yanchao, if he dared to expel this person from the door, how would he explain it to Gong Daqi?

So Lin Yanchao arranged these people to do things in his own curtain.

This has a word in the officialdom called 'sitting in the curtain', saying that there are friends in the curtain who are not in the curtains and are empty to eat and cultivate.

Who usually sits behind the scenes?

It is the staff assigned by the boss to the subordinates, and these people can't catch up, and they can't be entrusted with reuse. So it's just that you don't need it, and you give it to the curtain gold. These people don't have to do anything when they come to Lin Yanchao's curtain, they drink tea in the yamen every day, and they will also pay them a piece of curtain money.

I have nothing to do, I have money to spend, and I have an explanation for my family, which is simply better. If you can't stand the poverty of Guide Mansion, you will simply be sent to Kaifeng Mansion to 'run an errand', and you can come back whenever you want.

You must know that Lin Yanchao's style of study has always been very good, and he can't allow people to be corrupted. The Tongzhi Office and the government are not in the same yamen, so the staff members are not contaminated with the habits in the yamen.

Most of the staff members are Lin Yanchao's protégés, Peng Duanwu, Yuan Keli, Hou Zhipu and other protégés study scriptures and history on weekdays, and then they will also learn a thing or two from their senior brothers.

These senior brothers are also not stingy to give advice, there is no interest between classmates, and they have a strong human touch.

Sun Chengzong is a simple gentleman among the staff, and when it comes to articles, he is also a top talent, such a person, and he is not a person who reads hard, and he is very stable and measured. Therefore, Lin Yanchao entrusted his official seal, and Sun Chengzong was in charge of the signing room.

Lin Yanchao asked Peng Duanwu, Yuan Keli, and Hou Zhipu to follow Sun Chengzong to learn one or two, which can be regarded as finding a reliable person to help him lead students.

Peng Duanwu, Yuan Keli, Hou Zhipu, and even the three Yuans who came to visit Lin Yanchao from Kaifeng to Guide Mansion from time to time, admired Sun Chengzong so much that they could be a great Confucian, and said that they could be great Confucians regardless of knowledge or character, why not be an official and be on the two lists, but condescend to be a guest here.

Sun Chengzong said very humbly when he heard this, I have a wall and a shoulder.

After listening to Sun Chengzong's words, everyone was stunned.

This sentence is an allusion to Zigong.

Some people praise Zigong as more virtuous than Confucius. When Zigong heard this, he hurriedly said, 'It's like a palace wall, the wall that gives (Zigong) is only up to the shoulder, and you can see what's going on inside.' But the wall of the Master is as high as a few feet, and if you can't find the door to enter, you won't be able to see the beauty in it.

Sun Chengzong's current meaning, how do you see me, it's just that Sun's wall is relatively low. My grandson's skills today are only learned by Lin Yanchao's side for several years, and they are the wall of masters.

I heard that the protégés had an unfathomable heart for Lin Yanchao, but they admired Sun Chengzong even more, and they were most deeply influenced by him on weekdays.

On this day, the three Yuan brothers came from Kaifeng again, and they also knew that it was not easy to meet Lin Yanchao, but it was worth the trip to meet Sun Chengzong and learn a thing or two from him.

If Lin Yanchao was really not in the house, he was summoned by Fu Zhiyuan to discuss the matter.

In the River Engineering Department, Lin Yanchao is not there, and Sun Chengzong is usually presiding.

Lin Yanchao attaches great importance to the three brothers of the Yuan family, not only because they are the grandsons of the political envoys, but Sun Chengzong also feels that the three of them are gentlemen who can get along.

The afternoon sun was just right outside.

Everyone sat around and chatted about poetry, books, scriptures and history, and there was nothing more suitable for this moment than chatting with like-minded friends, because the morning is generally used to study scriptures and history. If it's a nap in the afternoon, it's daytime.

Because of the teachings of the sages, the scholars are very worried, for fear that the afternoon nap will fall into the evaluation of 'the wall of dung cannot be enclosed', rather than the leisure of 'the day outside the window'.

The snacks and tea on the table were almost gone, but everyone was chatting happily.

Yuan Hong said: "When I was in Jiangnan in the past, I saw a couple in the middle of the road, although they lived in a humble room. The wife of his family, every summer when the lotus flowers first bloom, when the evening is in full bloom, when the evening is in full bloom, she pinches a little tea leaves with a small yarn sac and puts the heart of the flower. On the second day, take it out in the morning, soak it in the spring water, and the fragrance is especially exquisite. ”

Everyone was amazed when they heard the words, one was to praise the tea, and the other was to praise the husband and wife for being poor and happy.

In an instant, Yuan Zongdao took a sip of tea and said: "This is a lot of reprimands, and the water is also bitter, and this bitter water is still inferior to tea." ”

Sun Chengzong said with a smile: "It's Sun Moujian who is slow, there is no mountain spring water nearby, just freshly drilled well water, this water ...... But it's a little worse. ”

At this time, Yuan Keli suddenly said: "No matter how bitter this water is, there is no salt bitterness that we return to Germany." We belong to the salt government of Lourdes as the east of Shaanxi Hedong, and the salt is expensive and bitter. ”

"It's good for such a rich family to buy private salt, but I wait for the common people to suffer, and they can't afford private salt, so they can only buy expensive and bitter Hedong salt."

From the elegant things of Fang Cai, it is inevitably bitter when it falls into reality, and it is a little bad to talk about it. Everyone saw that Yuan Keli was not good-looking, and his speech was not as graceful as the three brothers of the Yuan family, but he was worried about the country and the people.

Everyone didn't blame Yuan Keli for destroying the scene, Yuan Zong said: "I was about to tell you a good news, the princes of the imperial court have the intention to collect Kaifeng, Huaiqing, Guide, and the salt that should be eaten by Weihui Mansion will be returned to Weihui Mansion Yihedian." ”

Peng Duanwu said happily when he heard this: "I heard that Yihe Store uses Changlu salt, so in the future, the political reform of Deyan will be returned to Beizhili?" ”

The Peng family has a big business, and the family also runs a salt shop. So he can understand the key.

Yuan Zongdao nodded and said: "It is Changlu salt, this salt is white and pure, and through the canal, it can reach Guide directly, which is far better than Hedong salt." ”

Peng Duanwu nodded when he heard this, if the merchants could buy Changlu salt instead of Hedong salt, so that the rich would not buy private salt with a better taste, and the transportation would be convenient, and the price of salt would be reduced, even the poor could afford it. This is definitely good news for salt merchants.

At this time, Sun Chengzong said: "You don't know that the reason why the imperial court attributed the edible salt of Kaifeng, Huaiqing, Guide and Weihui to Yihedian is because of King Lu's invitation. ”

"King Lu, please?"

Although the three brothers of the Yuan family are in the political department, when it comes to understanding the affairs of officialdom and the court, they are not as good as Sun Chengzong, who is on the front line.

But seeing Sun Chengzong said: "Since the hundred officials knocked on the court last year, the court has not stopped playing the concert of inviting King Lu to take up the domain. The Son of Heaven is a person of filial piety, and King Lu is a vassal domain, and he can't meet unless he is called, and the Queen Mother will be sad. Therefore, I can't bear to urge it, but I can't help but ask for it too much. ”

So on the matter of the Wei Hui Mansion, King Lu not only asked for the land, the beautiful house, but also the salt tax. He planned to take Weihui Mansion Yihe Store as the imperial store, and then store half of the salt of Kaifeng, Huaiqing, Guide and Weihui in Yihedian. ”

It turned out that after the birth of the emperor's eldest son, the first assistant Zhang Siwei first asked the Son of Heaven to amnesty the world, and the second thing was to ask for the selection of a concubine for King Lu.

Of course, this is a slap on the emperor's ass, according to the unwritten rules, the vassal king will be changed to a vassal immediately after his marriage. This implicates in the open and the secret that the Son of Heaven has the eldest son of the emperor and a successor to the throne, and your King Lu is no longer a 'prince', and it is not suitable to stay in the palace anymore.

Of course, the queen mother was unwilling, and took advantage of the minister's desire to ask King Lu, and used the big wedding as an excuse to collect money everywhere, and the expenditure amounted to six million taels, and the income of Taicang for two years.

In the end, due to the knocking of hundreds of officials, six million was reduced to two million. But the old lady and King Lu are so angry in their hearts, they are unwilling!

And now the ministers once again proposed that King Lu should hurry up to the domain, so King Lu once again used the domain as an excuse to ask the emperor's brother for money.