The execution of the young men from the Daxing team was so efficient that Cui Weizhen and Ye Zhenzhen had not expected it. They thought they would wait until the day before the ceremony, but they did not expect that they would bring the deed to the Yamen the day after they returned.
This meeting took place in the yamen's ward. Ye Zhenzhen shamelessly followed Cui Weizhen there to watch the excitement. The ward officer was not surprised at all when he saw her, and was even overly enthusiastic. Afterwards, Ye Zhenzhen learned from Cui Weizhen.
As you know, the yamen used the money from buying Cuju tickets to pay a lot of benefits to the officials, so it is not difficult to guess their attitude.
This is off topic.
At this time, the members of the Daxing team were already waiting in the ward with their hands tied. In addition, there was an old man with a half-white beard in their team. This old man had an amiable appearance and noticed Ye Zhen.
When Zhen looked at her curiously, she smiled slightly and bowed towards her.
Ye Zhenzhen nodded sheepishly and immediately looked away, sitting quietly next to Cui Weizhen as a tool.
At this time, Li Hushu also took the small officials from the household to their seats and sat down at the side of the hall in an orderly manner. There were account books, abacus, red seals and other items in front of them, ready to sign the contract.
Ye Zhenzhen's eyes fell on the red seal on the desk. The seal pad in this era was made of red clay. The witness only had to press the red clay to sign and stamp on the paper. But she didn't know how fingerprints were recognized in ancient times.
Yeah, let’s go back and ask Wei Zhen...
Cui Weizhen glanced at his wife who was already wandering, cleared her throat, and said: "Team Daxing, since you have made a decision, please submit the deed."
Everyone in the Daxing team looked at the old man in the team. The old man carefully took out a stack of deeds from the box he was holding and bowed respectfully: "Zheng Zhouming in the Daxing team has met the prefect, Mrs. Ning Guo and all of you."
Sir, I have been entrusted by the young friends of the Daxing team to serve as a witness. These deeds are written by me and signed by all the young friends. Please look at them."
Li Hushu took it and handed it to Cui Weizhen: "Sir, please take a look."
There was a thick stack of deeds, all signed by members of the Daxing team. Cui Weizhen picked up the top one and read it at a glance, raising his eyebrows in surprise.
"Zhen'er, come and take a look too."
Cui Weizhen handed over the deed and Ye Zhenzhen took it. The first thing he saw was the name on his head - Guo Hongming, captain of the Daxing team. Looking further down, he finally understood why Cui Weizhen was so surprised -
One hundred taels.
For a civilian team of twenty-three people to share the one thousand tael bonus, this amount of money is not a small amount. This decision requires a lot of courage and high character. From the deed, I learned that the decision-maker was Guo Hongming.
The rest of the main team members responded one after another, which shows that his appeal is very strong and he is highly supported by the team members.
This young man Guo Hongming is really not simple!
No matter what his original intention was, after the money was spent, Daxingfang, who benefited from them, became their strongest backing. They spent a hundred taels to build a strong defensive alliance. This deal was so worth it.
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With this decision alone, Guo Hongming's future achievements will be limitless.
When I saw him yesterday, he was still an ignorant young man. I didn't expect him to be a real person without showing his face. Let's not talk about other things for the moment. Let's talk about Wei Zhen. He is so kind and cheerful. His completely different attitude made Guo Hongming and others feel confused.
He was confused and flattered, and obviously didn't understand what was going on.
Although Ye Zhenzhen has been complaining about Cui Weizhen's evil and petty nature, in fact, it is just one side of his character. He has the most romantic side of the literati in the world, and he is kind to some righteous and virtuous people. On the contrary, those evil villains can't even think about it.
Get the good look he wants.
Now Guo Hongming and others are simply stepping on his aesthetic point.
So he stamped the official seal on the stack of deeds very neatly. After Li Hushu confirmed that it was correct, he copied a deed himself and asked all the members of the Daxing team, including the witness Zhou Lizheng, to sign and seal it, and then filed it.
Store it, and in the future they can come to the government office to withdraw silver with the deed in hand.
As for how to spend the money, the mature Zhou Lizheng has already given these young men some ideas, and most of them have written plans in the deed, so there is no need for Cui Weizhen and Ye Zhenzhen to worry.
Cui Weizhen is more concerned about: "Princess Ningyang invited you to the capital before she left. Now that your competition is over, are you prepared?"
Guo Hongming and others had obviously already discussed this issue. As the captain, Guo Hongming took a step forward and said: "The common people know nothing about the situation in Beijing. They really don't know when to enter Beijing without being rude. Could you please
Please give me some advice, Lord Magistrate."
"You are under the rule of this government. After you enter Beijing, you will represent the face of Mingzhou Prefecture. You don't have to be too nervous. When the time comes, our government will send people to accompany you all the way. We will have a dedicated person to arrange some trivial matters. You only need to feel at ease to help you."
People can just play Cuju."
Cui Weizhen continued: "It's winter now. It's really not appropriate for you to go to Beijing at this time. You can stay in Mingzhou Prefecture for training in peace of mind these few months, and then slowly go to Beijing after the Spring Festival. After entering Beijing, it happens to be the beginning of spring.
At this time, you can perform Cuju for the nobles."
After hearing this, Guo Hongming and others felt that they were justified and bowed and thanked them one after another. Zhou Lizheng said: "Thanks to the careful planning of the magistrate and Mrs. Ning Guo, these boys are so lucky today. I am here to replace these children and Daxingfang."
Neighbors, I would like to thank you and your lady again for your kindness."
Cui Weizhen stood up and helped Zhou Lizheng up: "You're welcome, Zhou Lizheng. Daxingfang has outstanding people, peace and order, and the neighbors are kind, righteous, courteous, and help each other. It's all thanks to Zhou Lizheng!"
Zhou Lizheng smiled brightly when he was praised, but he still responded modestly: "I don't dare to take it. I don't dare to take it. It's all because of the good governance of the magistrate."
The two sides exchanged business compliments, and the final result was that everyone was happy. Everyone in the Daxing team left happily, and Cui Weizhen seemed to be in a good mood.
Yang Tongzhi took the opportunity to come over and report on tomorrow's grand ceremony. This kind of official business was much boring. Ye Zhenzhen felt sleepy after hearing this, so she told Cui Weizhen and went back to the Houya.
Of course, before leaving, she did not forget to satisfy her curiosity. She specifically asked Li Hushu about how to identify signatures and stamps. It turned out that there were special fingerprint appraisers these days. I heard that the fingerprint recognition technology at this time was already very mature.
The visual recognition ability of experienced people is comparable to the sophisticated instruments of later generations, and the yamen has solved many cases by relying on this ability.
Ye Zhenzhen was astonished that except for the underdeveloped science and technology, the ancients were really not inferior to later generations in other aspects!