Period, Qionglin Banquet, Du Zhongxiao felt that he was an audience. There are more than 400 new science and technology scholars, and he is just the most ordinary one, except for a few acquaintances who have known him before, he has not had much contact with other people.

During this time, Du Zhongxiao went most often to Li Dui's house. Xuzhou is a small place, Du Zhongxiao was brought into Beijing by Li Dui, and now he is finally Jinshi and the first, and Li Dui is also honored. Introduced by Li Dui, he got acquainted with a group of young officials, as well as a few fellow scholars.

When it comes to the awarding of officials, the top three are all Beijing officials and general judges, the fourth and fifth are Beijing officials and shogunate officials, and the sixth are all selected people. At this time, the initial official position of Jinshi has dropped a lot compared with previous years, except for the first five, the vast majority of Jinshi start from the selection of people.

Han Jiang sentenced Chen Zhou to the crown prince Zhongyuntong, because he was bent on studying the steam engine, and entrusted his father Han Yi to Du Zhongxiao as the military magistrate of Haozhou. Haozhou does not belong to Jingxi Road, where Du Zhongxiao's hometown is located, and is adjacent to Chenzhou, and Zhizhou is Han Yi. Su Song was observed by the Inquisitor's Court in Suzhou, which was adjacent to Maozhou. Wang Anshi signed the Huainan Judge as a school scrivener, and governed Yangzhou, which also belonged to Huainan East Road, where the Bianhe River flows into the Yangtze River.

Han Jiang had an official position before participating in the imperial examination, and he was the highest person to be awarded an official in this year's Jinshi, and Yang Ning did not go to work because of the death of his mother, so Han Jiang became the leader of the undergraduate Jinshi. When the new science and technology scholars left Beijing one after another, they were extremely busy.

In May, Du Zhongxiao packed his bags, said goodbye to the people in the capital, returned to his hometown and relatives first, and then waited for the autumn to take up his post in Haozhou.

Outside Kaifeng City, Du Zhongxiao rode on a horse, looking at the little white sails on the Cai River next to him, and the green willows on the bank were like shade, and he was very emotional. After more than two years of hard work, he finally entered the rank of scholar and returned to his hometown.

It is difficult to use the official position in his previous life as a metaphor, if Han Yi, the governor of Haozhou, is the secretary, the general judge is the mayor, and the judge and the magistrate are similar to the general office and the secretariat? The various functional departments are Zhu Cao's participation in the army, and the judges and magistrates are not responsible for specific affairs, but help Zhitong, especially Zhizhou, to deal with government affairs, so they are called shogunates. Wang Anshi's official belongs to the sequence of Beijing officials, so he is called a judge in Huainan Mansion, but Du Zhongxiao only belongs to the candidate.

The military promoter is not only Du Zhongxiao's official seniority, but also a dispatch, and belongs to the selection level. In this era, the official ranks of the state and county officials were relatively chaotic, and the magistrates were naturally higher than the county orders, but they were lower than the magistrates, because the magistrates were the Beijing officials, but in terms of specific government affairs, the magistrates and magistrates were under the jurisdiction of the magistrates and magistrates. Even Du Zhongxiao himself was a little confused, anyway, in a word, everything was right at Zhizhou's orders.

Turning the horse's head, Du Zhongxiao said goodbye to Han Jiang and Su Song, who came to see him off: "Everyone's friendship, I will lead it in my heart." This place is far from the city, so please go back to the city. In a few months, when you leave Beijing to take up your post, you must come and sit with me, and then we will go to the place where you will be appointed officials. ”

Han Jiang said with a smile: "Your house happens to be located on the southbound road, so naturally you will be bothered when the time comes." It's just that Brother Du returned to his hometown this time, not only the title of the gold list, but also the flowers and candles in the cave room, we can't come to congratulate in person, and we are very uneasy. A little courtesy, please smile. ”

Su Song sent a congratulatory gift together, and Du Zhongxiao did not shirk it, and accepted it and put it on the horse.

Wang Anshi has a long way to go and has already been on the road in advance. He has not yet married a family, but his hometown is too far away from his place of office, so he can only take office first, and then ask for leave to return to his hometown to marry after a year or two. For those of them who are bent on taking the Jinshi examination, it is the norm to marry a wife and have children in their twenties in this era, and Du Zhongxiao is still young.

After repeated greetings, Han Jiang, Su Song and others left for the city. The three of them not only have the friendship formed in the capital, but also the place where they serve as officials is close, and there will be more times to help each other in the officialdom in the future. Du Zhongxiao's Haozhou is in the middle of the three states, and Zhizhou is Han Jiang's father, and the three of them will not be in contact in the future. In fact, Han Jiang's original intention of serving as Chen Zhou's general judge was to be able to take care of his father nearby.

Bidding farewell to everyone, Du Zhongxiao went south along the Cai River all the way, looking at the ships coming and going on the river, and knew in his heart that Han Jiang really wanted to make a steamer driven by a steam engine. Chenzhou, Maozhou, and Suzhou are located in the areas of the river network, so they naturally have this demand.

The North China Plain north of the Yangtze River has three major water systems, the Haihe River in the north, the Huai River in the south, and the Yellow River in the middle. The Yellow River is the largest, the basin area is the smallest, and the outlet of the lower reaches of the sea is uncertain. Due to the accumulation of sediment, either the north goes to the Duohai River or the south to the Huai River. In the middle of this swing, countless ancient river channels flowed down. At this time, the mouth of the Yellow River is in the north, which is the time when the Huai River system in the south is the most developed.

To the south of Kaifeng, with the Bianhe River as the backbone, plus the tributaries of the Huai River such as the Ying River and the Ru River, the shipping is particularly developed. Chenzhou, Maozhou, and Suzhou happen to span the core area of this water system. It is no exaggeration to say that this area is the most developed place in the world for shipping.

Thinking of this, Du Zhongxiao shook his head with a smile. The shogunate is the most difficult to do, busy with government affairs, but it is difficult to make political achievements, except for chance, it is basically the governor who has the final say. Especially in places where important ministers and old ministers like Han Yi serve, they have already ignored the government, but the performance of the officials below is all decided by them. Han Jiang wants to do this, but it is a good thing for himself, and he will not suffer in terms of political performance.

Far away from the city, Du Zhongxiao packed up his mood and concentrated on hurrying. When I arrived at Qingcheng Town in the south of the city, I was about to get off the horse and find a tavern to eat, but I saw a figure standing outside the town and looking here.

When he got closer, it was Cao Jucheng. Du Zhongxiao said with a smile: "Before I left the city, I was going to say goodbye to you, but you have already left the city, and I don't want to wait here." Although you and I have some misunderstandings, now that we are officials in the same city, why dodge. ”

Cao Jucheng sighed: "Alas, it's okay not to mention it." In the past, I was sorry for Brother Du. I'm going to work on Jinghu Road, and I won't be going to Xuzhou from now on. After thinking about it, I said goodbye without saying goodbye, and some of them couldn't live with their relatives. Here is a letter, please bring it to my uncle. ”

Du Zhongxiao took the letter handed over by Cao Jucheng, didn't look at it, and put it in his arms. This time, whether it is Cao Jucheng or Du Zhongxiao himself, they are already two worlds with Wu Kejiu. All the things that used to be are gone. Because of the previous conflict with the Du family, the Wu family will not have a good time in the future, and even the relative Cao Ju CD knows this and cuts it early. This kind of thing doesn't need Du Zhongxiao to do it, and he doesn't even need to ask, the people in the township will beat the water dogs.

After receiving the letter, Du Zhongxiao said: "I will definitely bring the letter, does Brother Cao have anything to say?" ”

Cao Jucheng arched his hand: "Thank you Brother Du Gaoyi." I still have some property in Linying County, please ask Brother Du to handle it for me, just sell it for some money. When we meet in the future, Brother Du will count it to me. If there is no chance, it is my blessing, and it should be compensated to Brother Du. ”

Du Zhongxiao laughed when he heard this: "You still have close relatives in Linying County, how can you let me deal with the industry." This is not possible! ”

Cao Jucheng shook his head: "So far, it can only be like this." Brother Du is open-minded and very accessible, but he is afraid that the people in the township will not be like Brother Du. If the Wu family handles the industry, I am afraid that there will be another incident. Brother Du's new science and technology is the first, and there is my letter, who dares to say anything. I only have dozens of acres of land and a house in the township, which is worth nothing, so why bother to make another incident. ”

The land price in Xuzhou is not expensive, and all of Cao Jucheng's properties add up to only one or two hundred yuan, which is nothing to his family. Now that he has obtained Jinshi, he has already got what he wants, and he is too lazy to recover these early investments. The reason why he didn't return to Linying was that now Du Zhongxiao Jinshi and the first, the Wu family knew that they had offended people who shouldn't be offended, but they were afraid that they would grab Cao Jucheng's life-saving straw and make it difficult for him. A fellow jinshi at the end of a crane, the top of his life's career is also a shogun, but it is the starting point of Du Zhongxiao. What to do, Cao Jucheng knows it in his heart. The Du family is a well-known good person in Xuzhou, and now there are Jinshi, where is there anyone in the hometown who dares to oppose them.