At the end of the year, it has always been the busiest time for the yamen, and the debt collectors from all walks of life come to the door, and it is said that the officials, the military department, and the household department are all in trouble, and the cabinet is even more quarrelsome over the budget and final accounts.

It's just that Shuntian Mansion seems to be calm and abnormal, after the efforts of Lord Yin, Shuntian Mansion has increased its income by a total of 370,000 taels of silver, as the saying goes, money is easy to do, silver is abundant, and the government is harmonious. Among them, 200,000 taels were dedicated to the palace, and the remaining 170,000 taels, 50,000 taels were taken out to help the people in need in the capital, and 80,000 taels were used as the start-up funds for running the school next year.

The whole of Shuntianfu has no complaints about the huge investment in education, on the contrary, they strongly support it. Many people don't know why, and they say that the imperial court stipulates that the son of the advocate is not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.

Because "all the arrest of bandits, the release of criminals, the urging of levy, the protection of salaries, etc., all need their strength", the people have no good opinion of soap, what "there is a card on the waist, the sound is long, the fish and meat are fine", "catch the shadow and catch the wind, scare everywhere", "go to work, even if it is swaggering." When he returns home from work, he can arbitrarily cut off the country, enter and exit the yamen, and get in touch with the local officials. ”

Even officials are often held hostage by it and in turn exploited by it. As for colluding with profiteers, manipulating local rice prices, and profiting from them; or for profiteers, abuse of lynching, or even cross-border arrest and torture......

With so many sins, even the children and grandchildren are affected, and they don't even have the right to participate in the imperial examination.

Tang Yi didn't have the courage to change the rules of thousands of years, but he opened a small door, it is not okay to participate in the imperial examination, there is no problem in going to the dock company to do things!

Tang Yi specially designed a practical department in the school, that is, to give those students who could not pass the imperial examination a way to make a living, the courses included arithmetic, law, astronomy, etc., basically the three major colleges in Hangzhou were reduced tenfold and placed in Shuntianfu.

All the top and bottom of the yamen, and the descendants of the soap subordinate, can be admitted without examination, which can be regarded as Tang Yi's welfare to his subordinates.

Hearing the news, there were voices of gratitude in the yamen, and some people even ran to the signing room, grinning widely, wiping tears while kowtowing to the adults.

Although the identity of the soap Li can be passed down from generation to generation, the family does not have only one son, and the inherited position is easy to say, although he is scolded, he still has a little power in his hands, and he does not worry about eating and drinking. As for the other sons, not only have to be scolded, but also discriminated against, as soon as they hear that their parents are soapy, no one dares to use it, not to mention how difficult it is to live.

Lord Tang is merciful and has found a way out for the children and grandchildren of the big guys, it is really a grace of heaven and earth, how can you not be grateful!

In addition, there are 40,000 taels, Tang Yi is used as a performance bonus, and if he does a good job, he can get a reward of up to 20 taels, and he also purchased a lot of rice and pork noodles, and every member of Shuntianfu, even if he feeds the horses, can get a New Year's gift from an adult.

Lord Tang is so sympathetic to the big guy, what else is there to say, all the people in Shuntian Mansion are working hard, and they don't dare to be the slightest bit sloppy, for fear of causing chaos to the adults.

The people below are attentive, and Tang Yi can rest assured that he will be the shopkeeper.

After breakfast, Ping An ran to Tang Yi with a globe that was almost the same size as him, Ping An was triumphant, and pointed to more than a dozen place names in a row, all of which were not bad.

However, Xiao Qi looked very low, stuffed his head and didn't speak, Tang Yi peeked at it, the little guy's eyes kept wandering around the territory of the Ming Dynasty, what he taught yesterday was world geography, could it be that he forgot it?

Looking closely, Xiao Qi's eyes have been on the north side of the capital, as if he is looking for something.

Tang Yi's heart moved, and he reached out and hugged Xiao Qi in his arms, "Anguo, do you miss your father?" ”

Xiao Qi didn't expect that Lord Tang could see through his mind at a glance, and he grew up in surprise.

"Even your father can't hide it from me, so don't even think about it!" Tang Yi smiled and pointed to the globe, and said to Qi Anguo: "This is Jizhen, to the northeast is Liaodong, to the west are Xuanfu and Datong, these four places are like four gates, as long as they are guarded, the northern Tartar thieves will not be able to kill them." Your father is leading the troops in Jizhen right now, and a few days ago he has repelled an attack by Alta, killing more than 1,000 people, and with your father and loyal soldiers guarding us, we can live happily, your father is the most amazing person! ”

"Hmm!"

Qi Anguo's little eyes flashed, and he clenched his little fists, "When I grow up, I want to be like my father!" ”

"Good boy, ambitious!" Tang Yi praised, looked at Ping An again, and said with a smile: "Son, your brother Anguo is going to be a general, what do you think?" ”

Ping An raised his head, although the little guy was smart, he still didn't understand what the general was doing, and he didn't know what the benefits were, he raised his head, held his fingers, and thought hard, Tang Yi was not in a hurry, and waited patiently.

Suddenly, a rich aroma wafted in, Ping'an's eyes lit up, and he shouted loudly: "Tea soup, tea soup, Ping An wants tea soup!" ”

Tang Yi's face turned black in an instant, and a mouthful of old blood spurted out. Little bastard, your father is a member of the three grades, your grandfather is a province of feudal territory, you little rabbit cub wants to sell tea soup, it's really infuriating!

Tang Yi turned his head and happened to stare at Xu Wei who ran in from outside, this guy was holding a bowl in one hand, Ping An Xizi ran over, took a bowl of tea soup, and gave it to Qi Anguo very politely, and then took another bowl, dug a spoonful, and sent it to his mouth, but he remembered his father again.

Raised high, and said in a milky voice: "Dad, eat!" ”

Still a little conscientious, Tang Yi put aside his unhappiness, and took a bite, sweet and smooth, extremely refreshing, "Baby son, come again!" ”

Xu Wei grinned and said, "It's delicious, right?" The main ingredients of tea soup are rice noodles and millet noodles, and the seasonings are brown sugar, white sugar, green silk, red silk, sesame, walnut kernels, assorted preserved fruits, raisins, Beijing cake strips, pine nuts - when brewing, first adjust the tea soup raw materials in the bowl, put the sugar and osmanthus brine, the hawker holds the bowl in one hand, holds the handle of the pot with one hand, and must leave the half-squat type with both feet to stand firm. The bowl of the left hand is just waiting for the spout of the big copper kettle, waiting for the water to rush out, the bowl should change the distance at any time to grasp the appropriate amount of boiling water to control its thickness, and the right hand should have enough control power, and the boiling water should be injected into the bowl as soon as the spout of the pot is released. It must be completed at one time in order to brew the tea soup, otherwise the water will be poured into the water, and the tea soup will not be eaten, and the water will be poured on your own hands, scalding yourself, and breaking the bowl, which is even more uneconomical. ”

Xu Wei concluded: "Good tea soup, turn the bowl over, it won't fall, look, just this ability to reconcile yin and yang, and the ability to control proportions, not to mention is also the material of a cabinet scholar!" ”

And besides, it seems that my son is still quite ambitious!

Tang Yi's mood suddenly improved, "Ping'an, you and Brother Anguo eat slowly, Dad wants to talk to your Uncle Xu about something." ”

The two children nodded obediently, and Tang Yi pulled Xu Wei to the next room.

"Brother Wen, how is Guozijian doing?"

Xu Wei rolled his eyes, "I said yes, aren't you quite concerned?" Why don't you go by yourself, you have to let me run errands, I didn't see that my brother's legs are thin! ”

"That's weight loss, okay?" Tang Yi sneered, sighed, and said, "If I go, won't I steal their limelight?" Sailing is a dangerous thing, people fight for their lives, and no one can rob it! ”

Xu Wei nodded frequently and stretched out his thumb.

"Not only the Guozijian, but even the people from the Hanlin Courtyard went, and they couldn't sit in the house, so they had to move outside, and there were hundreds of people in the dark, and it had never been so lively......"

Curiosity is what drives humanity forward, and when a person is numb to everything, he is basically not far from God.

Fortunately, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty have not yet been arrogant to the point of being omnipresent, and they are more accepting of new affairs than fear and rejection.

Take this circumnavigation as an example, which directly leads to a problem, that is, the earth under your feet is a huge sphere, and the concept of a round place has been completely overthrown.

Xi Muyun took a globe that was exactly the same as the one in Tang Yi's study, he personally pointed out the route he had walked, and everywhere he went, he talked endlessly about the local climate and hydrology, customs, plants and animals, in order to increase the persuasiveness, they also collected a considerable number of specimens and showed them in front of everyone one by one.

There are pictures and truths, and even the most stubborn people cannot deny the ironclad facts.

The huge impact subverted the three views, and all the readers fell into contemplation and introspection.

From Xu Wei's mouth, Tang Yi determined that he had successfully taken the first step, and soon there would be more new knowledge, and it was the influx of ideas that constantly reshaped the three views of the Ming people, leading the times in different directions......

Tang Yi has never been so complacent and confident!

"Brother Wen, we are in a great change unseen in three thousand years, in the new era, there will be us, as well as our descendants to rewrite, as long as we seize the opportunity, there will soon be countless magical things emerging, big iron ships without sails, trains that can pull thousands of loads of grain at a time, and artifacts that can talk to each other thousands of miles away......"

Xu Wei listened to Tang Yi's crazy words a lot, and he didn't believe it.

He said in an old-fashioned manner: "I don't know for 3,000 years, but in the past 30 years, unprecedented changes are about to appear." ”

Tang Yi was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes widened.

"Brother Wen, do you mean Mrs. Ouyang?"

"That's right!"

Xu Wei nodded vigorously, "I heard that yesterday, Yan Nian, the housekeeper of the Yan Mansion, went to several big pharmacies to find the old ginseng, the bigger the better." ”

What can old ginseng do?

Two words: continue life!

It seems that Mrs. Yan has reached the point of being terminally ill and cannot be saved.

Tang Yi subconsciously looked at the month card, the New Year was over in less than half a month, and the old lady seemed to be unable to hold on. As soon as Mrs. Yan died, Yan Shifan had to worry about filial piety for three whole years!

Yan Song, who is faint and decrepit, suffered the pain of losing his wife again, and may not be able to hold on anymore.

Waiting, looking forward to, for many years, this moment has finally arrived!

Tang Yi suddenly felt mixed feelings, and at this moment, suddenly Wang Shimao stumbled from outside and ran in.

"Okay, the Prime Minister picked out the white flag, and someone left!" (To be continued.) )