Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1927, Visiting Liu Jin

In the Royal Hotel in Beijing, Tian Yuanshan is preparing some things. He has been in the capital for more than ten days, and he is going to pay a formal visit to Liu Jin today.

After learning from his father that the people who came to celebrate the New Year in his house were the present emperor and the chief minister of the cabinet Liu Gong, the entire Tian family couldn't believe it.

The emperor of Ming Dynasty and the chief assistant of the cabinet would actually come to Huangjinzhou to play, and his family had such a relationship with Mr. Liu, the first assistant of the cabinet.

My own house is really smoked from my ancestors. This day, the emperor and Liu Gong lived in his house for a period of time, and celebrated the New Year together, and even got the calligraphy of the emperor.

It's no wonder that Tian Erniu is respectful to these two. Tian Erniu, who has always been stingy, spends on these two without blinking an eye, no matter how much money he spends, he is willing to spend.

This time when he went to Beijing to rush for the exam, Tian Erniu also specially told him that he must pay a good visit to Liu Jin and today's son, maybe they will be prosperous in the future.

"It's better not to bring these yellow and white things. It is said that Liu Gong never accepts gifts, let alone inscriptions on others, and he has never even received a pen fee."

"When I visit Mr. Liu, I can only visit as a nephew of the younger generation. It's okay to give some special products from the Golden Continent. These gold, silver and jewelry are absolutely not allowed."

"Liu Gong not only won't accept it, but also creates a bad impression."

In order to visit Liu Jin this time, Tian Yuanshan did enough homework, asked someone to inquire in detail, and only then did he realize that Liu Gong is very different from other officials.

They don’t accept gifts, nor do they charge for writing fees, and there is no way to find Liu Jin’s inscriptions. After Liu Jin came down to court, he basically didn’t see any visitors, unless there was something particularly important, or Especially important people, otherwise they would all be gone.

This is already something that everyone in the capital knows.

Liu Gong has always done things fairly. The promotion and reuse of officials only depends on your ability. A large number of officials who are practical have been promoted and reused, while those officials who can only talk and have no practical ability are basically difficult to promote .

As for those who want to rely on the back door, they don't even have a door.

Tian Yuanshan brought some local products of Huangjinzhou, such as dried salmon from Qianhe City, ginseng from the north, and bison jerky from the plain, to visit Xia Liu Jin.

It's just that when I came to the hotel lobby, I was stopped by many students.

"Brother Tian~Brother Tian~"

"I'm going to watch the football match, why don't you go too?"

Seeing Tian Yuanshan and his servants preparing to go out, Zeng Ziying also said hastily.

They came earlier, everyone came to catch the exam and lived in the same hotel, came and went, within a few days, everyone also called each other brothers.

Literati, urine is like this, not to mention that everyone intends to make friends with each other, get to know each other a lot, and prepare for future careers. Therefore, almost all the students living in the hotel have met each other. We all know each other more or less, and we often go out together in groups of three or four.

There are too many places to visit in the capital, and now it is the grand imperial examination every three years. Businessmen, large and small, in the capital are also beginning to prepare for the grand imperial examination one after another, launching many elegant activities, such as pairing There are corresponding rewards for reading, guessing crossword puzzles, writing poems and songs, etc.

This is also what makes these students who come to the capital have a great time playing, especially some brothels and Chu houses, which are often played very elegantly, which makes these students linger and forget to return.

"Yes, yes~"

"I heard that the football in this capital city is very good. You must not miss it. The level is very high. It is far from what our hometown can compare. You must go and see it."

Li Xiangdong also followed suit.

"Brother Tian seems to be going out~"

Ruan Wenhao looked at Tian Yuanshan and the many things carried by the servants behind him, and said the same thing.

"Brothers, I'm really sorry~"

"I'm going to visit an elder in the capital today, so I can't go out with everyone. I'll invite everyone to dinner and drink later."

Tian Yuanshan looked at the people in front of him, they all met after he came to the capital.

Zeng Ziying is from Heitu Province, his ancestors are from Suzhou Prefecture in the south of the Yangtze River, Ruan Wenhao is a descendant of Ruan family, a wealthy local family in Cochin, and this Peter Chen is also a Slav from Heitu Province, and the others are from all over the world. students.

"elder?"

When Zeng Ziying heard this, he immediately became interested and said, "Aren't you from Huangjinzhou? There are elders in the capital. Are you going to visit a certain minister in the court?"

"You can't do this, everyone has agreed on this. If there is a chance, we should support and recommend each other. A few days ago, when I visited Zhang Gong, I brought many brothers and sisters with me. went together."

"Yes, yes~"

"What Brother Zeng said is true, Brother Tian, ​​can you take us with you?"

When Sun Tianjing, Jiang Xi and others heard this, they immediately followed suit.

For students like them, traveling in the capital is not the most important thing, the most important thing is to find ways to make friends in the same period, the same year, etc., it is best to be able to visit the ministers of the court together, so that If so, maybe there will be another way in the future.

Of course, this has always been a tradition.

Whenever the imperial examinations are held, it is also the time for these ministers in the DPRK and China to increase their income.

Students from all over the world will visit these ministers in various names, such as classmates, fellow countrymen, classmates, juniors, etc., in various names to visit these ministers.

Just like Tang Bohu in history, he followed Zhang Jing to visit Cheng Minzheng, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites at that time, and like everyone else, he begged for money with money.

This kind of thing, in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty, has been regarded as a tacitly written thing. Even a great talent like Tang Bohu can't help but visit the ministers of the court like everyone else, and then ask for calligraphy with a cheeky face. Of course. This calligraphy is not for nothing, it costs money.

Moreover, this cost is relatively huge. The higher the rank and grade of the official, the more expensive the calligraphy is. A few hundred taels of silver is trivial, but thousands of taels of silver and tens of thousands of taels of silver are also very common. Time is to send gold directly.

In the words of literati, this is called a thousand pieces of gold are easy to get, but a word is hard to find.

There is actually nothing wrong with Tang Bohu and Xu Jing visiting their fellow Cheng Minzheng. Sending some gold and calligraphy is what everyone does.

The fault lies with Tang Bohu, who is too arrogant. Before the imperial examinations started, he said that he would definitely be able to go to high school, what, and what, the other people were naturally extremely upset when they heard this, and knowing this, naturally Will take the opportunity to make a fuss.

Not only did he harm himself, but also made Cheng Minzheng implicated. In fact, this was just a very ordinary visit. If you spend some money to order calligraphy or something, there is no need to talk about venting. question.

And Tang Bohu, who has always been arrogant, can't even say that he spent money to buy questions, because he has his own pride, but in the end the matter was revealed, no matter whether you are innocent or what, the court has to show something.

So it's really not a big deal for this student to visit the officials of the DPRK and China to order calligraphy or something.

Especially in the past when the salaries of Ming officials were too low, and it was difficult to support themselves, it was a helpless move to generate income in this way.

Even Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, is unavoidable. Liu Yu, the trilateral leader, relied on his relationship with Liu Jian's fellow villagers. He often went to Liu Jian's house to ask for calligraphy or something, and he was recommended by Liu Jian.

For these, students like them naturally know best.

Especially the Ming students like Zeng Ziying and Sun Tianjing, they know this themselves, and there are also elders in the family, teachers in private schools, teachers of the same year, classmates, and so on.

"Brother Tian, ​​it's your fault. A few days ago, everyone went to visit Zhang Gong together. You have an elder who is an official in Beijing. When you go to visit, how can you go alone? If you want to go, naturally It's better for everyone to go together, so that when you ask for calligraphy, you can show more sincerity."

"Yeah, yeah, brother Tian, ​​can you tell me who is going to visit?"

"I won't go to the football match, can Brother Tian take me to visit?"

As soon as the others heard it, they immediately lost interest in watching football matches.

This visit to the ministers in the court is naturally the most important thing, especially if you can visit those important ministers in the next court, it is even more important.

Many students came to the capital early, do you think they really came here to have fun, to prepare for the imperial examination in advance?
In fact, they came to the capital to walk around, and kept visiting the princes of the court, not for anything else, just to get acquainted with each other. When there is a chance in the future, these princes of the court can think of themselves and promote themselves. If so, how many years of hard work can be saved.

So in many cases, these students who enter Beijing for the college entrance examination need to spend a lot of time visiting the ministers of the court. Today they visit Zhang Gong, tomorrow they will visit Li Gong, and the day after tomorrow they will be princes. They are very frequent and cost a lot. Often these students have to bring a lot of money to Beijing.

"This~"

Tian Yuanshan looked at the people in front of him, his face showed embarrassment, he had inquired about Liu Jin's temper clearly, if he went alone, it's still okay, if there are so many people going at once, Liu Jin will definitely be unhappy of.

But looking at them again, it seemed that he couldn't refuse.

PS: Everyone knows how to mix with society~~
(End of this chapter)