Dress to be a celebrity

Following Master Zhu's letter, the county is about to pack up and prepare to go to Beijing.Before leaving, Song Shi asked someone to deliver a letter to Zhao Yueshu, asking him when he would pick up his boyfriend back.

Zhao Yueshu quickly sent someone to reply, saying that these days because Wang and Lin's family had fallen, the family had stricter control over him, so he definitely couldn't go to another hospital to see Li Shaosheng, and he still wanted to ask Song Shi to take care of him.He is studying hard now, and when he is admitted to Juren, he will be able to take Li Shaosheng home in a fair manner.

Waiting for him to be admitted to Juren... Forget it, the two of them were more or less delayed because of their family affairs, otherwise they could at least meet now.

Song Shi had no choice but to ask Li Shaosheng: "I want to go to Beijing with my father, will you continue to live in the county, or move out for a while? Don't worry about the money, I will count you as a salary for compiling "Biography of the White-haired Fairy". Print with you, and the silver you sell will be divided among you."

Li Shaosheng said: "This biography of "Bai" is Sheren's book. It was written by Meng Sanlang. How dare the young one ask for money? Since Sheren is going to Beijing, the young one doesn't dare to bother him in the Yamen anymore. So I moved it back to Chairman Shen and borrowed it from us. Go to the courtyard. The younger ones know how to embroider, comb their hair, and do theater makeup, and they can earn some food and clothing by doing these things concurrently in the future, so they don’t have to worry about others.”

They are male prostitutes, just like prostitutes, they love to dress up as a good family, and they are proficient in cooking, making tea, sewing, and embroidery.Song Shi was grateful for his kindness when he came to report the letter, and said: "If you want to open a shop and sell some embroidery, you can also borrow money from the county. I will guarantee it for you."

Small low-interest loans in the county can be used as credit loans, and people with identity in the county and a fixed income can guarantee them for others.If he opened a small shop, he wouldn't be able to pay much, and Song Shi could guarantee it.

Li Shaosheng laughed and said: "Young master's guarantee is not necessary, the villain can make dozens of dollars by painting a new look for people in the washroom; a small portrait of a white-haired fairy embroidered in Suzhou can sell for twelve or thirty taels of silver; The ones that embroider others, the price is even higher..."

He suddenly covered his mouth, and shook his head again and again: "I really didn't dare to earn this money, I just embroidered the white-haired fairy!"

It doesn't matter, he still has this entertainment spirit.Why did he compile his father and son into the songbook?It's not just to make a name for yourself.Let's first establish the image of his father as an upright and honest official who loves the people. If others want to suppress them, they must first consider whether they will be backlashed by public opinion...

However, there is a problem with the painting method of portraits of ancient people. If you also paint him with long beards, crow's feet, swollen eyes, and looks 30 or [-] years old, then don't sell them.

But I didn’t think that the painting Li Shaosheng brought was quite normal, it was the size of a hanging scroll core, and it looked like Zhang Sheng in the embroidered portrait of "Romance of the West Chamber", with a Confucian scarf robe, tall eyebrows and thin eyes, and a hooked nose— —It is not as realistic and beautiful as modern comics, but the way of appreciating ancient paintings is different, and after a long time, you can see a bit of delicate features.

He flicked the edge of the paper, nodded and said: "Yes. It's just that the size is a bit big, so I shrink back. When "The Legend of the White-haired Fairy" is carved into a book version in the future, I will take your painting as an embroidered image and insert it in the book."

But such a large painting, what to embroider it for?

"Probably a big family with a field at home, please take a small portrait of the young master home, and bless next year with no floods and droughts, a good harvest of rice and wheat, and no insects in the field..."

What?The Wang family is bankrupt, and there are still big family members who dare to hang up his portrait?Aren't you afraid that one piece will be broken?

outrageous!

Why isn't it a star-chaser girl who sees his good looks and finds someone to embroider his portrait and hang it on the wall to admire!

He threw off his sleeves angrily, and ran to brother Huan Xiao to complain: "The superstitious atmosphere in Wuping County is really unbearable! I will accompany my father to Beijing in a few days, and I have no time to separate myself. Brother Huan has to help me take care of these fools in the county." Fool!"

Huan Ling heard that the atmosphere of believing in God in Wuping County had become so serious that even the living would have to confess. This trend of random sacrificial offerings is stronger, and we have to post notices, no, we will do another 'Three Going to the Countryside', and ask the local government officials to come to the stage to preach, and it will be easier for the common people to listen to it."

However, "Why did you suddenly call me 'Little Senior Brother' just now?"

little brother?Did I call?Didn't I call you brother?Song Shi stared at him confidently for a while, but failed to keep Huan Ling away from his stare, so he had to move his eyes away first, and said calmly, "Maybe it was a slip of the tongue. Senior brother is not too old after all." How much older than me..."

"Yeah." Huan Ling nodded, suddenly raised his hand to compare under his nose, and said solemnly: "You were only this tall when my father brought you back to my house, and I also felt that you should Call you 'little brother'."

Song Shi was only so young at that time, and after four years of not seeing him, he reached the height of his hairline.Huan Ling slowly withdrew his hand, smiled, and led him to the back hall: "Let's go, go and pack up the presents you brought back to Beijing. When you go back, you can bring more silver, and you can buy some new fashions when you pass through the Susong area." Take the ingredients home."

Song Shi followed him to the back office, and asked calmly, "Brother, do you want to bring something home?"

There are a few letters to be sent to the teacher and the same year, so there is no need for the family.He was afraid that when Song Shi went to Huan's house, he would be in love again, and he was afraid that his grandfather and cousins ​​would embarrass him, so he would rather ask the venerable Master Zhu to help him carry it.Huan Ling told him who he wanted to send it to, and then made fun of him: "You're not called little brother so soon?"

In fact, there is nothing wrong with being called Little Senior Brother.There are two cousins ​​in his family, Shi Guan'er called him little brother, doesn't it mean that he is only considered as a brother in his heart, and everyone else should be alienated?

He called "Shi Guan'er" in his heart, but Song Shi just said "I don't care about senior brother calling me Shi Guan'er", which made his heart tremble slightly, and he almost thought he had spoken his mind.But after careful recollection, I realized that I didn't say anything, and this sentence was just a coincidence.

He exhaled lightly, let go of his thoughts, and hurriedly dragged Song Shi to pack his things.

Two days later, the Song family father and son took Sun Dianshi from the county into Fucheng by car, and boarded a boat with Zhu Taizun to the north.

In the Song Dynasty, my hometown was in Baoding, Hebei, and I was sure to see my family when I arrived in Beijing, so I brought a lot of things: not only charcoal tributes and soil rituals for Beijing officials, but also lucky oranges, grapefruits, lychees, Snacks like dried longan.When we go to the south of the Yangtze River, we also need to buy some Wu Ling, Kesi, Songjiang cloth, Suzhou-Hangzhou colored satin and Suzhou-style new clothes and jewelry.

Although Mr. Zhu has no relatives in Beijing, he also bought a lot of things in Suzhou, Hangzhou and Nanjing. He said to County Magistrate Song with a smile, "These are to be brought back to the Shilang's mansion for Huan Tongjuan. Mr. Song, do you have a gift to go to?" From the servant's mansion? It's fine for the two of us to go together."

Not only did County Magistrate Song have no gifts, but he was also unwilling to set foot in Huan's house, so he forced a smile and said, "Xiaguan's family is already waiting in Beijing, and we have to find them first when we arrive in Beijing, so as not to worry about family members, I'm afraid we won't be able to go with Mr. Zhu gone."

It's a pity for Mr. Zhu, but thinking about it, he sent things on behalf of Huan Shilang's grandson. With this face, it's really not necessary for Mr. Song, who has made a few detours with Concubine Huan, to speak well for him.

They traveled northward to the Yangtze River by boat. The waterway was stable and the days were boring. Song Shi took the time to write a thesis.Because he had just passed the Qing Dynasty, he was very clear about the contradictions between social classes and the rich and the poor. This time he concentrated on writing about the social relations in ancient times:

When he wrote a short essay on the lives of scholars before, he had already written about the relationship between scholars, farmers, industry, commerce, and the four peoples. If he repeats it this time, he can make up a lot of words.By the way, let’s write about the imperial examinations that he is most familiar with—it’s all written about becoming an official, how can I spare the imperial examinations?

After writing the four people, I will write about the things he has been in contact with the most recently-that is, taxes, land taxes, and corvees.

After the Southern Song Dynasty, the perpetual tenancy system became popular in Fujian. The tenancy contract between the tenant and the landlord separates the land skin representing the land use right from the field bone representing the ownership, and the land skin may produce two kinds of land in circulation. Landlords exploited layer upon layer, and the rent borne by tenants was much higher than taxes.So when they cleared the hidden fields and hidden households, many people would rather pay taxes and serve in the army than support them...

Well, by the way, write about the conflict of interests between the landlord and the tenant, and the struggle of the tenant against rent and tax!

And of course clans.He personally dismantled several of the largest clans in Wuping County, tried the parents of each clan, and also tried the children who were sheltered, and took over the cases of the children of the distant branches and their wives and children.

On the way, he was bored in the boat writing papers, because it was inconvenient to use Zheng Chao’s books as reference materials, so he simply used the Song Dynasty’s Huidian and Anthology as references, and compiled them into a document by extracting the contents and mixing them with what he actually saw. .

After more than a month of sleepless nights on the ship, he actually wrote a dissertation of [-] words—more than the word count of a master's thesis!After the revision of the complete draft, I used the handwriting input method to copy it hard in my sleeve for three or four days, and finally sent it out.

After that, I will do my best... Then I will do my best, and I can hurry up and write another short article on how ancient officials corrupted and accepted bribes.

However, after crossing the Yangtze River, the waterway was frozen, and the rest of the road had to be traveled by horse-drawn carriage. It was not convenient to write in the carriage, and his speed was also slowed down a lot.After arriving in Beijing, he met his eldest brother and second brother who were waiting for them in the inn, and after sending gifts to his younger nephews, he plunged into the sea of ​​papers and desperately rushed to draft.

In addition to accompanying his father to the Ministry of Rites on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month to report to the Ministry of Rites, and sending his brothers back to their hometown to worship their ancestors on the 26th, he had to send his father to the palace for the New Year's Day pilgrimage and the fourteenth sacrifice of the first lunar month. The popular science articles on ancient bribery techniques were written and submitted.

When he formally went out again, it was the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, and it was time for foreign officials to go to the Sibu for interrogation.

Mr. Song didn't feel any embarrassment when he passed the court.Master Huang, the censor, and Master Zhu, the governor of the government, wrote him a lot of beautiful words. Although he was not familiar with the second division of Bu and Yan, they had read Huang Xunyan's letters and knew that he was in the local Qing Dynasty. , Recovering the debts accumulated over the years, what a great thing you have done, and what you have given is the best comment.

The chief officer in charge of the investigation asked him a few questions about clearing the land and suppressing the tyrants. The County Magistrate of Song read the files in person, and the judges in the hall could answer them in response.The two Ministers of the Ministry of Officials and the Imperial Censor of Ducha who were listening to the trial in the hall were also satisfied, and after completing the examination, they said gently: "Although Wuping County is old, it is brave in doing things, enough to serve the country for a few more terms. "

Shun Shun Dangdang is a "competent".

During the selection process, those who pass the test are only divided into two categories: "competent" and "normal". , or dismissal.

For county magistrates like Song, their political achievements are sufficient, but they have only been in office for a short period of time. After three years in office, they will be promoted smoothly.

County magistrate Song was overjoyed, saluted on the spot to thank him, and said a few good words for Dian Shi - arresting criminals is Dian Shi's duty, so naturally he can share some credit with him.And further up, the Second Envoy of Buyin and all the officials in the government hall also benefited from him, and got a competent evaluation.

It is worthy of being the magistrate who was able to expel prostitutes and clean up the ethos of a county in Guangxi back then!

When they arrived in Fujian, they not only suppressed the customs, but also suppressed the tyrants and pursued the debts. The county solved the problem of relief after the catastrophe, saving the court a lot of money!

In the afternoon, all Fujian officials had passed the trial, and when they left the yamen of the Ministry of Officials, Zhou Jing, the chief envoy, praised the county magistrate of Song with a smile on his face: "My Fujian officials have not received such a favor from the Ministry of Officials for many years. The achievements of Ling Song are really amazing. We have light on our faces."

County magistrate Song quickly humbled himself, saying that it was all thanks to the inspector, and he was just following orders.

According to the punishment, the procurator Si always manages the prison, but the procurator Shao Qi is the most able to see through the essence, and replied with a smile: "Otherwise, what is sung in "The Legend of the White-haired Fairy" is about Master Song's son who was ordered to rescue the disaster. Saved that white-haired fairy. Because of saving her, Master Song investigated Wang Shiren's house, and later Master Huang made a private visit to investigate the case and put down all the evil things in one fell swoop."

The two Shangguan made the decision, and when they left the mansion hall, they took the son-in-law of Song County Magistrate to the Fujian Guild Hall to have a drink and celebrate.Mr. Zhou went straight to the box on the upper floor, ordered the Nine Noodles on the table, and ordered Beijing's specialty shochu to accompany the meal.

After the food and wine were served, I had only eaten a few chopsticks, and I faintly heard a familiar tune in my ears.Shao Yacha knew folk art best, so he reacted first and asked Zhou Buzheng, "But at the very beginning of the biography of "Bai", where Xi'er waits for his father to come home?"

The two of them boarded the ship at the same time, and there was nothing to do on the ship all day long, so it was inevitable that they would read the lyrics and occasionally listen to a few words sung by the servants.But this song is newly composed by them in Fujian, and the group has only entered Beijing not long ago, and they are all here for pilgrimage, who wants to spread this song?

A Dian Shi went out in response and asked who sang it.The owner of the guild hall came to flatter him personally, and said graciously: "It was actually spread a long time ago. The gentlemen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate love to hear it. Many prostitutes in Beijing have learned about the clean government. Come to our guild hall to catch up with the time." , and sing these to the guests.”

Metropolitan Procuratorate...

The eyes of all the officials intertwined in the air, and at the same time they thought of Mr. Huang.Only Song Shi deviated a little from their train of thought—what he thought of was the annual gifts that Senior Brother Huan Xiao entrusted him to hand over to his teachers and friends before leaving.