Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Chui Gong Hall.

Yu Shanwei was kneeling in the hall, while Ju Ming browsed the list of artworks at will.

After a long time, Ju Ming finally spoke: "You used to be very smart and cautious, but now you are only smart and not cautious at all?"

Yu Shanwei replied: "The five colors confuse the eyes and corrode people's minds."

Ju Ming said: "I actually warned you, but you still don't know how to restrain yourself."

Yu Shanwei's eyes became confused, and she really didn't feel it. When was he reminded by the emperor?

Ju Ming said: "Your stall in Luoyang grew bigger and bigger two years ago. From now on, will the Queen and Concubine Zheng stop going there?"

Yu Shanwei suddenly realized.

The concubines rarely leave the palace, and it is even rarer to attend her activities. They only appear once a year at most. Empress Zhang and Concubine Zheng did not go for two consecutive years. Of course they had their own excuses. Yu Shanwei really never thought that the emperor was blocking them.

If it were ten years ago, she would definitely have noticed it!

At that time, the Wang family tried every possible means to make trouble, which made Yu Shanwei quite unhappy, and even reminded Meng Zhao not to get too close to Qin Hui.

But what happened next?

The ladies around Yu Shanwei are like Wang. The Wang family had to put on a show when they were in the camp, and there were many women who didn't even pretend, which made the Wang family look normal all of a sudden.

Ju Ming said: "Your rally was still very good, but it needs to be corrected."

Yu Shan felt so blessed that he quickly said, "Please tell me!"

Ju Ming said: "First, don't do it in the capital; second, no financial transactions; third, invite more researchers in natural subjects. Among the harem, only the queen likes those studies, but it is not convenient for her to show up often."

Yu Shanwei tasted these words carefully and finally said: "I will obey the emperor's order."

"Go ahead," Ju Ming waved, "before leaving Luoyang, you can enter the palace to pay homage to the concubine."

"Concubine, please leave." Yu Shanwei bowed and stepped back.

Men are ministers and women are concubines, and concubines generally refer to the ruled. It can also be turned into a verb. To be a concubine in the world is to rule the world.

When Yu Shanwei met the emperor before, he usually called himself "I", but this time he was so frightened that he called himself "concubine".

She went to the harem to meet Zhang Jinping and Zheng Yuanyi, and then left Luoyang with her husband. She did not have time to sell the Yuci mansion. Only one loyal servant was left, so that Yaxing could show people the house.

They did not go to Wangchuan Valley to seek refuge with Zhu Guoxiang, but instead tried to figure out the emperor's will to find a suitable place.

The couple spent half a year and finally chose to settle down in Gong County (Gongyi). They bought a mountain ridge in Dayugou and used all their money for construction. They even invested the money from the subsequent sale of the house.

This mountain range was renamed Baisha Mountain.

The newly built academy on the mountain was named Tuanxiu Academy.

This place is located between Kaifeng and Luoyang, making it easy to invite scholars from the two capitals to gather.

The name of Tuxiu Academy also has a beautiful meaning, which means that the students who study here can go directly to the Dragon Gate in spring and leap from carp to dragon. ("There is a cave at the foot of Baisha Mountain that leads to the river. There are yellow croakers in the cave. In spring, they go to Longmen, so it is called Tuxiu." - "Erya Wings".)

It was temporarily difficult to recruit students. Before the academy was built, the couple gave free lessons to children in nearby villages.

When the construction is almost complete in the future, they will activate their previous connections and invite scholars from various subjects to come to the academy to be teachers. With famous teachers, there is no shortage of students.

…

The case is still going on, and Min Zishun is in danger.

Before he went to Dali Temple for tea, he had sent his loyal servant back to his hometown to raise money and return the stolen goods as much as possible.

His house in Luoyang has been sealed by the court and cannot be sold even if he wants to. Even the property in the house was seized.

Fatty Zheng's mother died of illness. When Ding You came back three months ago, he suddenly found that the capital was in turmoil.

As soon as he got off the boat, he saw a group of criminals walking in shackles not far from the next door.

"I know that man, he is Qin Hui's wife and brother-in-law Wang Chang!" some onlookers shouted.

Someone exclaimed: "It was the king before, and now it is Wang Chang. Except for the dead ones, are all the wives and brothers of Qin Hui going to be captured?"

"A nest of snakes and rats, I heard that Qin Hui was greedy for a lot of money!"

"These corrupt officials should have been arrested long ago."

"I have a neighbor who works as a jailer in the Ministry of Punishment. I heard that Min Zishun is also in trouble this time. Eight of his gang members have been arrested in the past few days."

"..."

Zheng Hong was stunned on the spot, and Min Zishun was also arrested?

He had always had a bad impression of Min Zishun, thinking that he was too pretentious.

After all, Fatty Zheng was a poor student at Yangzhou Academy, while Min Zishun was the best student at Yangzhou Academy.

But the impression is not good at all. After all, they are fellow townsmen and classmates. The two wives are very close to each other and often meet to attend Yu Shanwei's activities.

Fatty Zheng asked his wife Li in a low voice: "You and Min Zishun's wife have no financial dealings, right?"

Ms. Li was a little unsure: "Does giving each other gifts during festivals and festivals count as money exchanges?"

"As long as it's not expensive," Fatty Zheng said.

Mrs. Li said: "She gave me a fur worth hundreds of pounds, which is the most valuable gift. But I also gave her a South Sea gold pearl in return, which is more valuable than the fur. I can't lose my husband's face. ”

Fatty Zheng smiled and said, "That's okay."

The Zheng family is now the richest man in Hanzhong. None of his brothers are good at it, but he has cousins ​​and nephews who are good at business. It mainly deals in grain, tea and tung oil. After the brother-in-law's house was ransacked, part of the bank and jewelry business of his father-in-law's family was also paid for by the Zheng family.

His cousins ​​and nephews would inevitably bully others when doing business, but Fatty Zheng himself was never greedy as an official.

Don't dare to be greedy.

In a major case a few years ago, Zheng Hong was frightened when his brother-in-law's house was ransacked!

Just as the couple were whispering, another official ship docked, and Fan Tong's family was escorted off the ship.

Fan Tong is Qin Hui's top general, with outstanding political achievements over the years. This time he was in charge of water conservancy in Ningxia and was arrested together with his wife and children.

Also arrested at the same time were several of Fan Tong's subordinate officials.

Fatty Zheng muttered: "Qin Hui's party may be uprooted."

But they saw Fan Tong wearing shackles, and the skin on his wrists and neck was worn out. He was rushed into the city in a daze, staring at the city gate with dull eyes, as if he was a walking corpse.

With his ability to do things, he could be promoted purely based on his political performance, but not so quickly.

He first followed Wei Liangchen's path, but Wei Liangchen refused to help. He followed Qin Hui's path again, and the two hit it off. Not only did they get promoted quickly, but they also made money like crazy.

Fan Tong even always believed that he would be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry within ten years because he had completed more than 20 water conservancy projects with high quality and quantity!

After such hard work and outstanding political achievements, what's wrong with being greedy for a little money? You deserve it all.

…

Qin Hui was still squeezing toothpaste in Dali Temple and confessing his gang members bit by bit. No matter what, he could still delay it for two or three months.

"Who are you confessing to today?" Li Gang, who had just been transferred to the Criminal Department, was very active.

Qin Hui said a name casually: "He Ruo."

Li Gang said: "Someone has already confessed him, please find another one."

Qin Hui smiled and said, "Su Shen."

"Who did you just say?" Li Gang was shocked when he heard this.

Qin Hui repeated in detail: "Su Zhou, the deputy envoy to Guangdong and the envoy to promote education."

This official position is not a big one in this year's case.

But Su Shen's identity is quite special, he is Su Che's grandson!

Zhu Guoxiang treats Sansu's descendants well, because Wen Xiaomei's grandfather has a very good relationship with Sansu. And Zhu Guoxiang himself particularly likes Sansu.

Li Gang asked, "Even if Su Shen wanted to ask for something, he still went to the Supreme Emperor. How could he become your party member?"

Qin Hui laughed and said:

"He has been imprisoned by the party since he was a child. What can't he do to get an official position? In the former Song Dynasty, he shamelessly followed the path of the Six Thieves and got a false position as a general judge."

"A false position is a false position after all. He wanted to get a real one. He went to the Supreme Emperor to seek an official position. The Supreme Emperor thought that he was very knowledgeable, so he left him to study classics and history in the Hanlin Academy. Su Zhen wanted to be released, but he didn't do it for long. I went to find the Supreme Emperor again. After a thorough examination, the Supreme Emperor found that he had no ability in civil affairs, so he sent Su Shen out to become a scholar."

"He did a good job as an academic official, but he still wanted to take charge of the government. Taking advantage of the opportunity to return to Beijing to report on his work, he went to see the Supreme Emperor. At that time, the Supreme Emperor had not abdicated, and because of Concubine Wen's face, he asked Su Zhen to try to be the county magistrate. . Haha, I thought this guy was from the previous dynasty. He traveled around all day long and left all government affairs to the chief clerk. The chief clerk took advantage of the opportunity and corrupted the law, causing a mess in the county. He was caught just in time to rectify the officialdom of the country. ”

"Su Shen was also implicated because of his lax imperial duties, and was demoted to a remote county to serve as an edict. At this time, the Supreme Emperor had abdicated and was no longer involved in the affairs of the court. He asked for an audience with His Majesty through his connections. After reading his resume, His Majesty estimated that To give face to the Crown Princess, I promoted Su Shen to county professor."

"This professor of county studies is not as good as the original Hanlin official. Su Shen worked for three years, then came to me again and asked me to be promoted to professor of state studies. Later, I helped him several times, and promoted him to the rank of The position of academic envoy actually didn’t take much effort. He still had political achievements as an academic officer.”

Li Gang asked: "Did he take bribes and bend the law?"

Qin Hui said: "There are some students who were sent to Taixue by him in violation of regulations. The imperial examination process is strict, and he neither dares nor can cheat. But there are loopholes in the examinations of the state schools. I have several subordinates The children and grandchildren will first move to Su Zhen's place of employment, and then he will arrange to study in the state government school. Then they will be promoted to Taixue University by answering questions during the graduation examination. "

"How audacious!" Li Gang was furious. This thing involves the education system.

Qin Hui said with a smile: "There are loopholes in the official school examination. I'm afraid there are not a few people in the country who do this. How can you arrest them all?"

Li Gang said: "Don't be arrogant. Although the implications are too wide, it is okay to arrest a few to serve as role models. We just need to plug the loopholes in the future!"

Qin Hui yawned: "I'm out of energy and need to sleep again."

Li Gang said with a straight face: "Go to sleep slowly, you won't be able to sleep for a few more days!"

Qin Hui sighed: "One more day is worth living."