After settling down in the inn, Du Zhongxiao saw that it was still early, so he left the inn and went to find Han Jiang.

Han Jiang is still the official of Kaifeng Mansion and lives in the mansion established by Han Yi. Without the family background left by his father, with his official position, most of them could not afford to buy a house in the capital. Prices in the capital are high, and housing prices are particularly high, and most of the middle- and lower-level officials can only rent houses.

handed the name and stabbed it in, and after a while, Han Jiang came out of the door, saw Du Zhongxiao, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute. After the ceremony, he held Du Zhongxiao's shoulder and said: "I haven't seen you for a year, and I have made a lot of contributions to wait for Xiaoxiao, which really makes me feel ashamed." This time I returned to Beijing and took the embassy job, which is not comparable to before. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's just luck." Although the border land is hard, there are also many opportunities for meritorious service. ”

At this time, the Jinshi of the second year of Qingli, Han Jiang was in the pavilion for a period of time, and took the pavilion position to serve as the official of Kaifeng Mansion. Soon after Wang Qi entered the pavilion, he was doing idle work in the Chongwen Academy, studying and learning. At the end of Wang Anshi's term, he was also recommended to the pavilion, but he rejected and was reappointed as the magistrate of Yin County. According to his own memory, Du Zhongxiao knew whether Wang Anshi would enter the pavilion for a while and a half, and he was not taking the path of ordinary people.

In the same year, Han Jiang and Wang Qi were the highest, they had been officials for many years before Zhongjinshi, and they were not comparable to others. The third person is Du Zhongxiao, although Dr. Taichang is not high, he is the middle of the rank of hundreds of governors in the country. After crossing the hurdle of the general judgment, he steadily occupied the seniority of Zhizhou, and then it depends on luck. If you're unlucky, you may come and go for decades and be a governor. When luck comes, you can step into the key departments of the capital and improve rapidly.

After saying a few words at the door for two years, Han Jiang said: "There are many people in the family, and it is not easy to speak." There is a restaurant nearby, although it is not a store, it is better to have a clean and tidy wine utensils, and the pavilion is quiet, so we will sit there. ”

Du Zhongxiao said yes, together with Han Jiang, walked a short distance, arrived at a small restaurant, and went up to the second floor to choose a pavilion to sit.

The little guy served the wine and food, and the two drank for two rounds and talked about what they had seen and heard this year.

After three rounds of drinking, Du Zhongxiao said: "This time I went back to Beijing, I didn't hide it from Zihua, and I was a little panicked in my heart. It's naturally good to be able to enter the pavilion, but I've never been good at words, so I don't know what the result is. I don't know many powerful people in the court now, and I can't find anyone to ask. ”

Han Jiang knew that now there was only one Xia Zhu who could speak to Du Zhongxiao. It's just that Xia Zhu has offended too many people, and it is useless for other ministers to look at him unpleasantly.

After thinking for a while, Han Jiang said: "Now the important ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee are mostly newcomers, and I don't know many people. Your entry into Beijing this time is recommended by the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, why don't I take you to a visit? ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "It's late today, let's go again tomorrow." I have never known the governor in my life, and it is a great favor to get his recommendation, so I should thank him. As for the rest, it cannot be delusional. ”

Ming Ho has served in Hedong Road for many years, and he recommended Du Zhongxiao, which was invited by his old ministry before, and he had no friendship with Du Zhongxiao. This is already a rare affection, Du Zhongxiao should go and thank him, and he can't think about the rest.

After chatting for a few words, seeing that Han Jiang had no way, Du Zhongxiao said: "Forget it, the pavilion is a place for the imperial court to cultivate talents, and you should learn it with real talent, and you shouldn't think about any crooked doors." I've been preparing for the past few days, and I'm waiting for the call. ”

Han Jiang nodded: "That's exactly how it should be." This time it is King Xie Bin who will try the pavilion with you, if you have nothing to do, you can go and walk around. ”

Du Zhongxiao knew that he was not the only one who entered Beijing to call for the test this time, and hurriedly asked Xie Binwang about the situation.

King Xie Bin is old and an official in his year, which is different from Du Zhongxiao. When Ming Dao knew Huang County, he encountered natural disasters, worked hard to relieve them, and survived many people's lives. Now Chen Zhizhong is the prime minister, and he is recommended to enter the pavilion.

In fact, King Xie Bin is a common situation for pavilion officials, and after the Zhongjin Shi, he has been practicing in the local shogunate for more than ten years, and he has the opportunity to enter the pavilion only after being appreciated by the important ministers of the court. In the pavilion, an important place, if he is appreciated by the imperial court, he will enter the fast lane of promotion of the Taiwanese minister, and quickly walk to the top of his life. If there is no opportunity to perform, he will take the museum job out of the country to serve as the governor, and see each person artificial in the future.

Du Zhongxiao has been an official for more than five years, and has been a magistrate, a magistrate, a judge, and a magistrate, and he was recommended in his twenties. This trajectory, in the same year, is actually only qualified by Wang Anshi. However, Wang Anshi is very high-spirited, thinking that local exercise is more important, and disdains to take the fast lane of the pavilion. And the champion of the year, Yang Ning, died young, and the quota of Jinshi in the second year of Qingli was vacant at this time, and Du Zhongxiao got the opportunity for this reason.

It is precisely because of his youth that this opportunity is easy to come by, and Du Zhongxiao cherishes it very much, and suffers from gains and losses. Once the opportunity is missed, it is very likely that he will be appointed as a general judge or a magistrate, and it is difficult to get the ministry of Zhizhou, so I don't know when and when I will have the opportunity.

After asking about King Bin, Du Zhongxiao had a little bottom in his heart. Similar to himself, Xie Bin Wang is not famous for his articles, but he has many achievements in the local area. Chen Zhizhong, the Zhaowen minister who recommended him, was not born in the imperial examination, focused on practice and lacked words, and was particularly trusted by the emperor, and was ridiculed by many officials as unlearned and unskilled. With such a background, it may not be possible to re-emphasize poetry in this call.

Drinking wine, Du Zhongxiao introduced the current situation in Tanglong Town to Han Jiang.

Now in the capital, there are a lot of goods from Tanglong Town and the Volcano Army, especially some treasures and luxury goods, which arouse the curiosity of many people. Han Jiang, a big family, was naturally tempted when he saw this kind of opportunity.

The Han family has a big business, many brothers, most of them come out as officials, and some people guard the family business and do business and buy real estate. Of course, Tanglong Town didn't want to miss this kind of opportunity, and if they had the opportunity, they would also want to do some business there and make some money to support their families.

Listening to Du Zhongxiao talk about the prosperity of Tanglong Town, the more Han Jiang listened, the more surprised he became, and asked: "In this way, Tanglong Town, a small remote town, has hundreds of thousands of commercial taxes every year, which is equivalent to a large state in the mainland, is this worth it?" And listen to the meaning of your words, this is the beginning, and it is possible to increase several times in a few years. If this is the case, wouldn't the commercial tax be better than that of Kaifeng Mansion? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "It can't be counted like this, there are fields on the border." There are several farms on Hebei Road, and millions of taxes are collected a year, which place is comparable to the commercial tax? It is a place where trade gathers of a country, and it cannot be judged by common sense. ”

Han Jiang said: "That's different, the Hebei Road field tax is collected by the imperial court, and it has nothing to do with Hebei Road." In Tanglong Town, the tax is in the hands of the Economic Strategy Division, in the eyes of the imperial court, how can it be the same? It's no wonder that in the past year, the Hedong Luzhou Army has been regarded as a good and short supply, and the money and food are loose, so isn't it much easier to be an official? In the past few months, the Inquisitor's Court is no longer the official shortage of Hedong Road. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Where will this be." The tax of the field is still under the management of the three divisions, and is not under the management of the economic and strategic division. However, the Economic Strategy Division has a lot of industries in Tanglong Town and the Volcano Army, especially the cabinet shop, which is extremely profitable, which is the reason for the loose money and grain. ”

The commercial tax is collected by the Volcano Army, and the account is the account of the three divisions, which is used for the garrison of the nearby state army, and it is also the unified deployment of the three divisions. Only the cabinet shop, and some shop industries, are the economic strategy division to participate in the shares and share the profits. Zheng Jian overhauled the road on Hedong Road this year, and the money came from here.