Red Mansions: My Book is Cool

Lin Qing and his son started their life in the capital.After negotiating with the owner, they rented the two-entry house at a price that was [-]% higher than normal.The furniture was complete, and after tidying up, they moved in with Song Song and Wang Xingyun.Song Song went to find the Yaman, and first hired a few reliable women to do the cleaning, laundry and cooking, while urging the Yaren to find suitable servants and prepare to buy a death contract.

There was only one or two months before the examination, Lin Mingan took Song Daru's letter and went to visit Song Daru's brother, Mr. Li Yue.Li Yue has profound knowledge and has lived in the capital for a long time. He has a deep understanding of the personality and preferences of this year's chief examiner. He prescribes the right medicine for Lin Ming'an's final stage of surprise guidance.Lin Ming'an felt that he had benefited a lot from Mr. Li Yue's targeted tempering and polishing, and he was more confident about this test.He forgot to sleep and eat and study hard in various classics, strategies and theories, hoping to succeed in ten years of hardship.

Lin Ming'an received the approval from the Ministry of Officials, and officially went to the Ministry of Industry to take up the post of chief executive, responsible for the accounting of funds and the withdrawal of materials. This position is quite important.The Ministry of Rituals also issued the book of the first-class baron and the corresponding rewards and supplies in line with the title.In the capital, the first-class baron is not very eye-catching among the big and small lords, and Lin Qing also keeps a low profile and does not want to make a fuss.

But in the Ministry of Industry, Lin Qing was valued.The minister of the Ministry of Industry knew that he had presented the method of drying salt, so he was rewarded and summoned by the emperor, so he naturally looked at him differently.Lin Qing's Arabic numerals and the new bookkeeping method have been well received in practical application and have been popularized. The Ministry of Household Affairs also sent people to ask for advice, which embarrassed the Minister of Industry. As the person who proposed this method, Lin Qing was praised by his superiors .Besides, he has also been a master bookkeeper for many years, so he has rich practical work experience.After getting acquainted with the work content of my position, I quickly got started and did a good job.

Lin Qing was friendly and friendly, and quickly became acquainted with his colleagues, and began to understand everyone's situation.For example, Lin Qing knew that there was a Yuanwailang named Jia Mingzheng in the Ministry of Industry who had a lot of experience and had stayed in the Ministry of Industry for more than [-] years without moving.When I first came here, I was the same as myself, taking the position of chief executive. Over the years, I have only been promoted to Yuanwailang by one level.Compared with his later colleagues, they have all been promoted successively. Many of them have become Lang Zhong, Shi Lang or have been released. Jia Yuanwai Lang is still as immovable as a mountain; The second brother of Mrs. Lin Ruhai Jia Min; the way he came to the Ministry of Industry is similar to his own. He is an official position bestowed by the emperor. Jia Zheng was offered by Jia Daishan before his death. Son, you can't attack the noble.The difference is that he, Lin Qing, is a scholar and has a reputation, while Jia Zheng is a scholar without any fame.

During the rest at night, Lin Qing and Lin Mingan chatted. During the conversation, they talked about Jia Zheng and his relationship with Jia Min and Lin Ruhai.Lin Mingan listened very calmly, without any disturbance in his heart. Lin Ruhai was irrelevant to him, let alone Jia Zheng?

"Father, what do you think Jia Zheng is doing in the Ministry of Industry, and how is he doing?" Lin Mingan asked, a little curious, after all, Father and him are now colleagues.

Lin Qing thought about it for a long time, and felt that he couldn't tell what Jia Zheng was responsible for.It seems that the boss doesn't assign him any tasks, and sometimes he is sent to help others with chores.

After hesitating for a moment, he replied, "Well, he clicked on time."

Lin Mingan laughed out loud: "That's it?"

"Jia Zheng is a man, well, Fang Zheng, clean and honest, likes to read, and his conduct is said to be good, much better than his lecherous and dandy brother."

"Fangzheng, don't you say that you are old-fashioned and don't know how to adapt?" Lin Ming'an recalled the image of Jia Zheng in the book, and said with a sneer: "Integrity, he doesn't care about anything, and no one will give him money or bribes. Even if you want to be corrupt, you have to have a way!"

"I think he is just a clay sculpture of a white-collar salary in the Ministry of Industry, which is actually better than his brother?" Lin Mingan's smile was three parts cold, three parts sarcasm, and three parts casual: "Now I understand, Why does the Rongguo Guild support Lin Ruhai a lot!"

Lin Qing couldn't help laughing and scolding, "You kid, you are really mean!", remembering the nickname "Jia (fake) man" privately given to Jia Zheng by his colleagues-meaning that although he is alive, But he can't be used as a living person at all, he is not a fake (Jia) person, and he can't help but laugh.

In a blink of an eye, it was the time of Chunwei.Lin Qing was extremely nervous, and anxiously packed Lin Mingan with all kinds of things to enter the examination room. Song Song and Wang Xingyun also assigned the women to go around busy, checking everything, such as the warm clothes and medicines that had been prepared. Yes, for fear of making a slight mistake.Fortunately, the weather is not too cold at this time of year, and the conditions of the Tribute Courtyard are much better than those of the Township Examination.This is the first imperial examination since Emperor Yongjia came to the throne. He attaches great importance to it, and specially allocated a sum of money to repair the tribute courtyard, prepare hot water, nutritious food, and plenty of charcoal candles for candidates. They can pass the exam successfully.Lin Mingan was always in good health, and passed the provincial examinations well, so he was not worried about the conditions for the examinations.

There are three exams in total, one session in three days. On the first day, you will lead the test and enter the test, and on the third day, you will hand in the test and exit.After the game is over, you can go home and rest.Lin early in the morning invited a doctor to see him, and the servants cooked up the tonic soup, so they could take a bath, eat, and sleep well, which was far less strenuous than the rural examination.

During the exam, Lin Ming'an noticed that this year's exam questions had changed a lot. The weight and requirements of the five-character and eight-rhyme poems were reduced. In political affairs, candidates are required to express their opinions and give solutions, not to mention the places where they need to use arithmetic and calculations.

Lin Mingan was secretly happy, this was very similar to the modern civil service examination, it was beneficial to him who was more pragmatic and not good at poetry, it just allowed him to make use of his strengths and avoid his weaknesses.But when answering the paper, he didn't dare to show his sharpness too much, he just worked hard on new ideas.The examiner may not be able to accept too avant-garde point of view.He must first ensure that he can pass the test. On this basis, he will have the opportunity to meet the emperor and show his talents.Only by being alive can there be infinite possibilities, isn't it?

After the final exam, Lin Mingan slept soundly for two days, completely nourishing his energy.While waiting for the opening of the list, he was not idle and was going to do two things.

The first thing is to settle the four-entry house on Changbai Street as soon as possible.Since Dad is already an official in the capital, he must bring A Niang and Yi An as soon as possible to reunite the family.If he fails the exam, he will study for another three years, most of the time in the capital.If he passed the exam, he would try to get the emperor to keep him in the capital.In any case, a decent, comfortable and satisfying house is a must.He has always paid attention to the quality of life and tried his best to let the people he cares about live a good life.

I personally visited the house and talked with the owner several times, and after admiring the advantages of the house, I also pointed out its disadvantages: first, the price is expensive, it is in disrepair for a while, and it will cost a lot of money to move in. A sum of money for repairs and furniture purchases would cost no less than buying a house.Second, and more importantly, this house is surrounded by decent people with status, and they will not allow white men to live in it.If the businessman who had the money to buy the house would fail because of the objections of the neighbors.Of course, apart from the Lin family, there will also be officials who will take a fancy to this house, but that requires fate.If the old man is willing to wait, that's fine.

The homeowner was moved by these words, thinking that because the house could not be sold, he would not be able to return home.Living in the capital is not easy. If you return to your hometown as soon as possible and buy more land and property, you will be able to return to your roots.This young man from the Lin family is already a Juren before he reaches the weak crown, if he will try to improve to a higher level, it would be good to form a good relationship.

When the two sides discussed the price, Lin Mingan did not blindly lower the price, and his attitude was sincere.In the end, the deal was settled at 7000 taels of silver, 1 taels was paid first, and the house was vacated after three months, and then the remaining money was paid.The two parties formally signed the contract and handed it over to the government for reporting.The neighbors knew the identity of the owner of the new house and had no objection.

The second thing, Lin Mingan was thinking about a deal, and if he did it well, not only would he make money for himself, but it would also bring great benefits to the country.During the provincial and general examinations, they were not allowed to wear their usual fur clothes for fear of being caught by others, so they could only wear a few more layers of single clothes to keep warm.But the effect was not good, it was still too cold, and many of them fell ill due to frostbite in the examination room.In this era, rich people wear all kinds of woolen clothes in winter, and it is not easy for poor people to make cotton clothes, because cotton production is not high and it is very expensive.So, some people stuffed reed flowers into their padded jackets to make do with it.

Therefore, Lin Mingan felt that the two businesses he had thought of were both promising. First of all, he wanted to do one of them, which was not only about making money, but also had some political effects.

He asked the middleman to find out where there is wool for sale in the capital, and try to buy some.Lin Qing was in the Ministry of Industry, so he would be more informed about these news than ordinary people, so Lin Mingan also asked him to ask for help.

When he went to the Yamen, Lin Qing asked his colleagues who got along well with him about this matter.The other party was curious and said, what are you asking about this?These days, wool is worthless because it is useless. Who in the capital has a lot of wool in storage!

Lin Qing couldn't tell, but based on his understanding, An Ge'er must be doing something serious, maybe he wanted to make a living, or he thought of some method of investigating things. He replied vaguely: "The dog wants to ask, Maybe he wants to make a living, he always likes to tinker with these things."

Before the colleague could answer, a person next to him interjected: "Master Lin, your son is still young, and he still needs to focus on his studies! The management of these matters should be left to the subordinates!"

The colleague looked up and saw that it was Jia Zheng who was speaking, and he was speechless.This guy really doesn't know the height of his eyebrows, what is his son going to do, what do you have to dictate?Even the servants and doctors will not reach out to meddle in other people's private affairs!Are you relying on your seniority, or seeing that he is a newcomer, and you want to show off your existence?Besides, do you know where you are hanging out?This is the Ministry of Industry, and its own accusation is Baigong Construction, not the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy!You want to enter the Hanlin Academy, you are not even a scholar, will people look at you?

Lin Qing was unhappy.If Jia Zheng was talking about himself, he could have laughed it off, since he already knew what kind of person he was, so he didn't have to worry about it.But when it came to An Ge'er, he refused.Besides, if he doesn't fight back, he will be proud, what should he do if he comes out again in the future?

"Thank you, Mr. Jia, for your advice!" Lin Qing said calmly, "It's just that the dog has always been interested in this, so I don't need to interfere too much, and it's not a playful act. The 'method of drying salt' that has been appreciated by His Majesty is still There is a new method of bookkeeping, which was figured out by Gouzi, and the officer just helped me a little bit. Speaking of which, Gouzi also got credit for it! Both His Majesty and the servant know about it.”

The expression on Jia Zheng's face froze all of a sudden, and the words he wanted to point out were blocked in his throat.

Before he wanted to say anything, Lin Qing added another sentence: "Besides, the dog test has just ended, and we are waiting for the results to be released. I thought, he has worked so hard for so many years, and it is rare for him to relax. What do you want to do?" Just let him go, as long as he doesn't go to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble! After all, he is not yet a weak crown, so there is no need to be too strict."

"The lower official has a generous nature, so he has indulged his son a little bit, which made Mr. Jia laugh. I think Mr. Jia must have taught his son well. In the future, the lower official will definitely follow Mr. Jia's example and be stricter!"

Jia Zheng's face turned red and white, as if someone had slapped him hard, and after barely speaking a few words, he couldn't stand anymore, borrowed an official business, and hurried away.

The colleagues almost laughed out loud when they saw Jia Zheng fled in embarrassment.Jia Zheng was disliked by many people in the Ministry of Industry. He was not a villain, but mediocre and incompetent. Others were too busy, but he was idle because he couldn't do anything and couldn't help.After screwing up a few official duties, the boss didn't want to order him anymore.In addition, he did not come in through the imperial examination, and the authentic scholars naturally looked down on Enmeng's honor, especially after Wu Xun.Jia Zheng doesn't fit in with others, doesn't know how to deal with affairs, and puts on a 'gentleman's strict' air all day long. Who would get close to him?

"I didn't expect Qingxi to speak so sharply!" The colleague laughed.

Lin Qing also laughed, probably because of the influence of An Ge'er, she became a bit venomous.However, it feels really cool.

After another half a month, it was the day of the list.That day, Lin Qing took a leave of absence from the Ministry of Industry and sat at home, anxiously waiting for Song Song, who was going to watch the list, to come back.Lin Mingan sat beside him, feeling uneasy, showing a bit of panic rarely.He really didn't want to waste his life on the poor imperial examinations anymore, and he kept praying in his heart: God bless you, you must pass this subject, you must pass it! —In the dark, God exists, otherwise how did I come to this world?

"Master, master!" Song Song suddenly ran in shouting all the way: "Young master has won! No. 60 on the imperial list!"

"Congratulations, master, congratulations, young master!" The people around congratulated in unison.

Lin Qing immediately stood up, tears filled her eyes with excitement, and said incoherently: "Well, well! Reward! Everyone will be rewarded with three months of monthly money!" He took out a purse that he had already prepared from his body and gave it to Song Song: "Come on, Take the joy of the young master. Hurry up and prepare the red envelope, and the official messenger who announces the good news will come to the door soon!"

"Brother An!" Lin Qingzhi looked at Lin Ming'an with great satisfaction, "You've worked hard for the Lin family! If you have a son like this, what regrets do you have! Haha!"

Lin Mingan also let out a long breath.The imperial examination is finally over, and from now on, he will start another chapter in his life!