Daming primary school students

Chapter 168
On Liuye Street, Jiangning County, Wuming Garden, a gazebo by the water, Mr. Hu, the left servant of the Nanjing Household Department, and Cheng Huaizhi, the general manager of Xin'an Guild Hall, sat opposite each other.

In Nanjing City, there is more than one Huizhou Merchants Guild Hall, but there are mainly two largest ones, one is at the big wharf by the river outside the city, and the other is the Xin'an Guild Hall in Jiangning County in the city.

It is not an exaggeration for Qian Yegong to say that it is a branch of Xin'an Guild Hall.After all, the four largest businesses operated by Huizhou merchants are salt, tea, wood, and money, and money is only one of them.

Cheng Huaizhi is the chief manager of the Xin'an Guild Hall in the city, and he is honored as Cheng Taigong, similar to the role of the leader of Huizhou merchants in the city.

Manager Cheng was ten years older than Shi Lang Hu, but at this time he took the initiative to pour tea for Shi Lang Hu, and said gratefully: "Young Situ has been wronged this time, and you have to bow your knee to a district magistrate!"

Hu Shilang accepted it calmly: "If it weren't for this, how could I get a chance to slow down the army, and my grievances are nothing."

Manager Cheng sighed again: "It's also fortunate that Young Situ made a decisive decision at that time and stripped Qin Dewei out. Everyone thought that Young Situ was angry at rejecting Qin Dewei, but they didn't know that Young Situ had already hatched a plan."

It is said that at the Lou Chuan night banquet, Hu Shilang assumed an angry attitude of "I have no Qin" after being angry.

In order to appease and win over the old servant, Feng Zhixian made a superficial matter temporarily to dismiss Qin Dewei, and Qin Dewei himself accepted it. After all, they didn't dare to take the risk of completely falling out with a household servant.

Hu Shilang was a little proud of his improvisation: "It was a helpless move. In fact, the county magistrate was still very immature, and Qin Dewei was particularly difficult to deal with. Therefore, in an emergency, the first thing to do was to get the two of them together first." separate.

It can be said to have the best of both worlds. Firstly, if there is no expert to offer advice and advice, Feng Zhixian's own pedantry and ignorance are nothing to worry about.

Second, after Qin Dewei left the county government, he has no fame and fame, and is just an ordinary county citizen, so why should he be afraid that a small soldier can arrest him? "

Manager Cheng was also very convinced of this. Under the sudden situation at that time, he could still think so deeply, which made people have to be convinced.

In fact, it has achieved results. Without Qin Dewei's advice and suggestions, Feng Zhixian really managed to fiddle with it a lot, and gradually calmed down the situation.

As for Jiao Deqiu, who has suffered all the crimes, it can only be regarded as losing his car to save his handsome man and cutting off his tail to survive, which is better than the whole money industry suffering together.

Otherwise, public opinion would be aroused by interested people, and the reputation of the entire Huizhou merchant group may be damaged.Or someone with a heart would use this as a threat, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

At this time, there was a servant standing outside, not daring to get close to the two masters who were talking secretly, and only reported loudly: "There is a man named Shi Wenming outside asking to see you!"

Hu Shilang clapped his palms and said with a smile: "Here come the surprise soldiers!"

He also introduced to Manager Cheng: "This is a clerk who came to serve in Jingcang from Qianchong, Huating County. He ran into the old man's hands for corruption of ink, and he was sentenced to exile for hard labor.

But I showed him a way.After the matter is completed, not only will the corruption of ink be written off, but he will also be recommended to be transferred to an official position and placed in the warehouse, warehouse, banknote customs, and tax bureau of the Ministry of Accounting. "

Ming officials have three origins, and they claim to advance in three ways.The first type is the most noble imperial examination background, that is, Jinshi Juren is awarded an official; the second type is a school background, that is, the Imperial College supervisor is awarded an official;
The third type is official origin. After nine years of official examination, those who are particularly outstanding can be transferred to official status, but they will not be in the ranks or nine-rank miscellaneous officials for a lifetime.

Shi Wenming came in and went to meet him outside the gazebo.

Hu Shilang asked: "How is the matter going? Since you dare to come to see the old man, it should be good news?"

Shi Wenming replied: "Responding to the words of the elder, after the young one continued to sow dissension, Qin Dewei had a quarrel with Feng Zhixian today, and then turned his back on him, and Feng Zhixian did not comfort him."

Hu Shilang said to Manager Cheng again: "Cut the wings, the time has come! Observe for two more days, if there is no other abnormality, you can prepare to do it!"

The next morning, after Qin Dewei got up, he hurried out.

Xu Miaoxuan hurriedly called out: "Are you having dinner at home today?"

Qin Dewei said without turning his head: "It's an extraordinary time. I went to the Ministry of War today. I don't know when I'll be back!"

Xu Miaoxuan: "."

Mr. Xiao Lang's excuses for skipping class are becoming more and more inattentive. Yesterday he said that going to the county government office was a good idea, but today he became a member of the military department, which is completely without sincerity.

Among the six ministries in Nanjing, the Ministry of War has the highest status. Generally, the ministers of the Ministry of War in Nanjing have to be added with the title of counselor and maintenance officer, and they are regarded as the top civil servants in Nanjing.

At the same time, Minister of the Ministry of War is also one of the top three decision-making groups in Nanjing City, and the other two are the defense minister Wei Guogong and the defense eunuch.

Qin Dewei's address is actually very close to the Imperial City, almost at the junction of Jiangning County, Shangyuan County, and the Imperial City. Walking east for a short distance, you will reach the Imperial City and the imperial government office area.

Go east on Chongli Street, and you will arrive at a densely populated place of civil and military officials. On both sides of Qinglong Street are Wen Yamen, and on both sides of Baihu Street are Wu Yamen. Hongwumen, which does not allow ordinary people to go, is in the middle.

So in short, it is the pattern of the green dragon on the left, the white tiger on the right, and Hong Wu in the middle.

Turn north from Chongli Street into Qinglong Street, the second house on the left is the Yamen of the Ministry of War.

The clerk of the military department looked suspiciously at the young man who appeared in front of him. It was the first time he saw such a young person enter the gate of the military department after so many years of work.

Qin Dewei took out the letter of introduction affixed with the official seal of the county government (don't ask how it was stamped), and said respectfully to the clerk, "I'm Qin Dewei, who was sent by the main hall of Jiangning County to meet Da Sima and report something important."

He came here today because he wanted to see Wang Tingxiang, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing.

Seeing the shadow of a famous tree, the clerk suddenly realized: "Are you a primary school student?"

Qin Dewei thoughtfully took out the broken silver and secretly put it under the lid of the teacup, "Please pass it on, please."

The clerk nodded and said, "I'll let the guards report, but I can't tell if Da Sima is here or not."

Not long after, Wang Tingxiang, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, sent someone to say, "Let's wait for someone from Jiangning County outside."

It's understandable and normal, Da Sima is so busy, how can he just say see you?

If it wasn't for Feng En and Master Xia's face, Da Sima and others would not let Qin Dewei wait, and sent him away directly.

After waiting until the afternoon, Qin Dewei was hungry, but helpless.

Then I saw a guard coming out to call for someone, and then the jailer at the door led Qin Dewei along the side corridor like a prisoner.

Go all the way to the depths before turning and passing through the Moon Gate.After entering another courtyard, he led Qin Dewei up to the platform in front of the Ming Hall. The doorman reminded him, "See you on your knees!"

The last time Qin Dewei met Da Sima Wang Tingxiang was at the gathering, and he participated as a literati, so there were no such big rules.

As long as you have a thick skin, it is not impossible to sit together drinking and picking up girls, but the situation is different now.

So Qin Dewei could only salute on the platform outside the threshold, and heard the people inside say: "Come in and talk!"

Qin Dewei got up and entered the room, and saw Wang Tingxiang leaving the middle office and walking towards the east room.

This is a reception area. As soon as Wang Tingxiang took his seat, a servant served tea. Qin Dewei could only stand in a corner by the door with a low eyebrow and wait for questions.

After taking a few sips of tea, Wang Tingxiang raised his eyes to look at Qin Dewei.

To be honest, I don't know how many people in Nanjing city want him, the minister of the Ministry of War, to remember his name.And in this regard, Qin Dewei was a relatively successful one, allowing himself to remember this person.

(End of this chapter)