Tang Yin's refusal to become an official was regarded as normal by everyone in Prince Xing's palace.
Zhu Youqi did not force himself.
In the end, he only asked Tang Yin to come forward to receive the new governor on his behalf, and to bid farewell to Wang Shouren, the governor of southern Jiangxi... Taking into account all aspects of the news, that is what happened in the past few days.
Coming out of the study, Tang Yin asked directly: "Zhu Hao, Wang Bo'an said before that he would wait until the local magistrate takes office before leaving. Do you know why?"
Zhu Hao said: "Isn't this simple? I can't get the truth out of you, and Kuang Zhizhou is unwilling to tell him directly. Of course, he has to get his ideas from the new Zhizhou. When the handover is completed, the people from the prefecture will report to the new Zhizhou. Due to the situation on the battlefield, Governor Wang felt that there might be an opportunity to learn the secret of the new gunpowder...I am just guessing, I can't be sure."
Tang Yin nodded: "No wonder, in fact, the people in the state government don't know the details of the battle, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "People outside who don't know the inside story will not think this way. They think that the government is in control of the overall situation... I don't think anyone in the palace will take the initiative and deliberately spread such news."
"Who are you talking about? Yuan Changshi?"
Tang Yin smiled calmly, "Even if Yuan Changshi has a prejudice against me, he will not sell out the palace for his own benefit, not to mention that he doesn't know how you make new gunpowder... Zhu Hao, let me remind you, Dongzhu Su will Come with Xinzhizhou, don't reveal the recipe to him for the sake of money."
Zhu Hao glanced at Tang Yin, you can actually think of this level?
How could I sell the formula of new gunpowder to Su Xigui for profit? But from a certain perspective... maybe it is possible.
Who told me that I had the experience of selling Su Xigui’s secret recipe of sun-dried salt? But it involves people’s livelihood, and this new gunpowder is an epoch-making military innovation. How can I not distinguish the importance?
"Thank you for reminding!"
Zhu Hao said casually, but did not accurately express whether he really intended to sell the new gunpowder formula.
Let Tang Yin guess by himself.
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The last two examinations are conducted by the Confucian Academy and are not that important for admission.
Many candidates who have passed the prefectural examination in the past can also apply to take the exam, which is equivalent to a centralized assessment of local scholars by the State Confucianism Administration. After all, these candidates who have passed the prefectural examination are not qualified to study in the prefectural school. They cherish this opportunity very much.
But Zhu Hao still chose not to participate.
The test was nothing more than the Four Books. For him, it was not difficult at all. He had been busy recently and simply gave up.
The steam engine is still under study, and it is not going well... In addition, I have to accompany Tang Yin to send Wang Shouren away, and prepare to receive Su Xigui... I can only put it aside temporarily, because after all, the college examination will not be held until the middle of the twelfth year of Zhengde. conduct.
As expected by the Xing Palace, the newly appointed magistrates Zhang Yezheng and Su Xigui arrived at the border of Anlu on March 22. Wang Shouren had already made a plan. After meeting Zhang Yezheng, he left the next day. In the afternoon of the same day, Tang Yin accompanied him in the city. Zhang Yezheng and his party were greeted at the door. Not wanting to wait for an hour, they only waited for Su Xigui and the new magistrate of Changshou County, He Zhu.
With Wang Shouren's position as governor, he went to welcome a county magistrate. There was obviously an unequal status, so He Zhu just bowed and left after doing enough etiquette, but Su Xigui shamelessly stayed and tried to establish a relationship with Wang Shouren.
Tang Yin introduced: "This Su Dongzhu is a younger brother of Huangfantai in this province, doing business in various places south of the Yangtze River and north of the Yangtze River."
"Huang Fantai? Do you mean Huang Zan and Huang Zongxian, the chief envoy of Huguang?" Only then did Wang Shouren realize that this businessman who seemed ignorant of current affairs actually had such a strong background.
Tang Yin nodded: "Exactly."
Huang Zan was very famous when he was governing Jiangxi. The main reason was that he was at odds with Prince Ning's palace and continuously petitioned to impeach Prince Ning. Now Wang Shouren is an official in Jiangxi and is responsible for suppressing local bandits. If Huang Zan, his brother-in-law, helps,
, or it may have a certain effect.
"In addition, Huang Fantai will soon be transferred to the capital and serve as Minister of Household Affairs." Tang Yin said this directly.
Wang Shouren couldn't help but frown.
Can such a thing be known in advance?
Although Wang Shouren has been an official for eighteen years, he is very resistant to those things in the officialdom that favor cliques and oppose dissenters. Naturally, he will not care about who will be the Minister of Household Affairs in the future. Wang Shouren himself also has a strong background. He is from a family of officials and has a wide network of contacts in the court.
There is no need to worry about such things.
"If Wang Zhongcheng needs to use my place for anything, just let me know. I have some connections in Jiangxi and it involves the allocation of money and food... I should be able to do my best."
Su Xigui knew that Wang Shouren had a good reputation, and that Wang Shouren wanted to quell the Jiangxi bandits, which would be helpful to his business, so he naturally wanted to establish a good relationship.
Tang Yin asked: "Dongzhu Su, didn't you say that the new Anlu magistrate Zhangzhou came with you? Why didn't you see others?"
Su Xigui said with a smile: "That's right. This Zhang Zhizhou is a disciple of the local Master Sun. When he comes to Ren Anlu, he naturally has to pay a visit to his master first."
Wang Shouren looked very unhappy when he heard this.
You, Zhang Yezheng, have just taken up the post of local magistrate. If you don’t do anything else, you first want to make friends with local dignitaries? The title of "Zhang Shi" does not mean that you are a personal teacher, but just an examiner when taking the imperial examination. Most of them are just to put money on your face.
, the result of forming cliques.
Wang Shouren also knew very well that Sun Lao Shangshu was the former Hubu Shangshu Sun Jiao who was a famous official in Anlu and returned home in the eighth year of Zhengde.
"Bo An, what should I say? Should we continue to wait, or should we go back first?"
Tang Yin looked at Wang Shouren with a smile.
Wang Shouren shook his head: "No wait, since Zhang Zhizhou has not arrived yet, I can only go back to the post house to make preparations, and then ask Prince Xing's Mansion to send people to help escort the prisoners. When we reach the border of Jiangxi, there will be soldiers and horses to help..."
After all, Wang Shouren was the governor of southern Jiangxi. This time he went to Huguang with more than 2,000 soldiers and horses to quell the bandits. However, after hearing that the bandits were successfully annihilated in Anlu, he commanded the army to retreat overnight and returned to Jiujiang by boat.
Because he didn't want to tell the truth, he brought a guard of 100 people to Anlu.
Now he has to escort nearly 500 thieves and prisoners at once, and his manpower is obviously not enough.
Before, he didn't want to trouble Prince Xing's Mansion, but wanted to use the local health office and inspection department to help him. Now that he saw that the new Anlu governor didn't take him seriously, he could only settle for the next best thing and let Prince Xing's Mansion help.
"Then when I get back next time, I will ask King Xing."
Tang Yin readily agreed to apply, and did not say that it would definitely pass, but Prince Xing's Mansion would not stand idly by in such a matter.
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Wang Shouren went back to the posthouse first.
Tang Yin looked carefree and took a carriage with Zhu Hao, but he had no intention of returning to the palace immediately.
Prince Xing's Mansion had previously offered to assist Wang Shouren in escorting the captives back to Jiangxi, but was rejected. Now that Wang Shouren was suffering at the government office, Tang Yin felt relieved.
I let you, Wang Boan, keep pretending in front of me. Now I realize that you, the governor, are just a decoration, worse than a retired minister of household affairs.
"Mr. Tang, you seem to be very happy. Did you see Dongzhu Su coming and plan to make money from him?" Zhu Hao asked.
Tang Yin didn't even look at Zhu Hao: "You kid, don't judge others by yourself. What does money mean to me?"
Zhu Hao nodded.
This guy is also tough. He can only say this after receiving a high salary in Prince Xing's Mansion. I know how poor you were in history, so don't try to pretend to be noble here.
"It seems that before Wang Zhongcheng leaves tomorrow, he will search again from you to see if he can find any flaws and let you tell him about the gunpowder." Zhu Hao said.
Tang Yin patted his chest: "Don't worry, I won't tell you."
Just as he was talking, the carriage suddenly stopped suddenly. Tang Yin couldn't sit still and fell against the wall of the carriage. Then he opened the curtain: "What's going on?"
Zhu Hao was a young boy and he was holding on to the transom with his hand, so it didn't matter.
Lu Song, who was driving the car in front, looked apologetic: "Sir, please forgive me, but for some reason a group of monks suddenly appeared in front of me. It seems they are going in the direction of Baoen Temple."
"oh?"
Tang Yin looked at it carefully.
Sure enough, a group of monks came out of the crowd. If they were just monks, it would not be a big deal. But these days there are many Buddhist believers. When the people along the street saw the monks coming, they all came forward to worship. Many believers chased the monks and ran around.
Song Song could only rein in his horse and make an emergency stop to avoid these people.
Zhu Hao took a look and said thoughtfully: "This is not an ordinary monk, but more like a monk from the Southwest Plateau."
Tang Yin turned his head and looked at Zhu Hao: "You know all this?"
Zhu Hao smiled: "I have seen their costumes in books. They may be monks who went north to the capital and temporarily stayed in temples in this state to rest. How do ordinary people know this? If there is a Buddha, just worship it!"
"Do you believe in Buddhism?"
Tang Yin was even more puzzled.
This guy knows all the things he says. Where did he hear that at such a young age?
Zhu Hao shook his head calmly: "I don't believe in anyone but myself."
"Ha ha."
Tang Yin couldn't help but smile.
The carriage continued to move forward, and the figure of the Taoist priest was vaguely seen. It seemed that two groups of people were heading north together, passing by Anlu. However, when the new Anlu governor arrived, Zhu Hao felt a little interesting.
Lu Song accidentally mentioned: "Yesterday I was drinking with Mr. Jiang, and I vaguely heard him say that the new governor of the state has a lot of connections in the court."
Tang Yin shook his head: "I have never heard of his name before."
"like……"
Lu Song recalled carefully, "Maybe he is very close to some people in power in the DPRK..."
He said that the people in power in the DPRK were naturally not civil servants, but sycophants like Jiang Bin and Qian Ning.
Tang Yin nodded slightly and thought about the joints.
Zhu Hao understood something.
The emperor was not too concerned about the Anlu incident, but the Empress Dowager, Jiang Bin, Qian Ning and others felt that Prince Xing's Palace had been in the limelight recently, and the best way was to plant close informants to suppress the limelight of Prince Xing's Palace.
His uncle Zhu Wanhong had this consideration before when he was transferred back to Anlu.
Now here comes Zhang Yezheng...
If Zhang Yezheng belongs to the sycophantic faction, it would explain why when he came to Anlu, there were Taoist priests and Buddhist monks passing through here, because the current emperor Zhu Houzhao is very keen on Taoism and Buddhism. To put it bluntly,
He is playful and surrounded by a bunch of eminent monks and semi-immortals.
Zhang Yezheng would probably stop by to help Jiang Bin, Qian Ning and others receive these religious figures who went north to the capital specifically to entertain the emperor.
Zhu Hao and Tang Yin couldn't help but look at each other.
Thinking of airborne Jiang Bin, Qian Ning and other treacherous local officials sent to Anlu specifically to deal with Prince Xing's Palace, those who made suggestions for Prince Xing's Palace naturally felt a headache.