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Chapter 93
On the 24th of the first lunar month, Meixiang Building not far from Nanjing Guozijian.

Well, that place should be considered within the scope of the Confucius Temple scenic spot in later generations.

Shen Shuren was very bold, and directly invited guests to the door of the Imperial College, and invited his former mentor in name to talk about state affairs.

Wu Meicun saw that he wrote the greeting card solemnly, so he didn't refuse, so he went to the appointment generously.

Li Zhenli, the bustard of Meixiang Building, roughly guessed the guests that Mr. Shen wanted to invite in advance, and she also greeted them downstairs in person long ago. When she saw Wumei Village, she greeted them with a smile and received them personally:

"Hey, Wu Shanchang, I haven't been to the door for a long time, and my style of Meixianglou is going to lose."

Although Li Zhenli is a generation older than Li Xiangjun and Bian Yujing, but in ancient times, marriage and childbirth were early, and it was normal for mother and daughter to be only 15 years apart, let alone adoptive mother and adopted daughter.

So she is only in her thirties, younger than Wu Meicun.More than ten years ago, when Wu Meicun was just a Jinshi, she took care of a lot of her business.

Wu Meicun was a little embarrassed by her enthusiasm, so she raised her face and hurriedly let her lead the way to the room where Shen Shuren hosted the banquet.

Shen Shuren was in the upstairs box, didn't see the beginning of the front, but also saw the end of the back through the crack of the door, he couldn't help shaking his head secretly:
Although this Li Zhenli is enthusiastic about the old customers, such a behavior will inevitably make the gentleman of morality unable to let go.People are already so familiar with you, how can you be ashamed to get too familiar with your daughter?

It can be seen that she doesn't know Wu Meicun well enough, at least she doesn't realize that there are still some differences in moral conduct between Wu Meicun and other literary giants.

Human nature is complicated, but he is at least a person with a bottom line, otherwise he would not be the only one of the "Three Great Masters of Jiangzuo" in history who refused to be an official.

Wu Meicun entered the room and saw Shen Shuren standing up to greet him, with Li Xiangjun and Bian Yujing beside him.He didn't know Li Xiangjun, but when he saw Bian Yujing, his face changed slightly, a little embarrassed, but he quickly controlled it.

This little girl once or twice asked him about history, talked about the past and the present, quite knowledgeable, not like an ordinary woman.Later, Bian Yujing also hinted that she hoped that a man of insight could save her from suffering.

But Wumei Village couldn't provide enough money, and because it was too familiar with the older generation here, it was really embarrassing.Thirdly, the wives and concubines in his family are also more complicated.

From the beginning to the end, he just wanted to show off his historical reading insights to the little girl.

Wu Meicun coughed twice to hide her embarrassment, and asked Shen Shuren straight to the point with a straight face: "Although you and I have the name of master and apprentice, in fact, the old man has never really taught you for a few days, so you don't have to be so polite. What is the official business of the court this time?" , even though it is straightforward."

Shen Shuren remained neither humble nor overbearing, and solemnly said: "One day is a teacher and life is a father. Although the students only stayed in the Imperial College for two months, the instructions of the head of the mountain are never forgotten for the rest of their lives.

This time, there is indeed a business tax reform of the imperial court, and my father and Zhang Shilang from the Nanjing household department are pushing hard.To facilitate this, the support of the Zheng family in Fujian is still lacking.

The students wanted to ask the head of the mountain to raise their hands high, to give Zheng Sen and Zheng Chenggong, who is still a student in the supervisor, a few words of evaluation and reputation. "

Shen Shuren was very straightforward, still so simple and clear.

To make a digression, Zheng Sen hadn't changed his name at this time in history, but now he was operated by Shen Shuren and entered the Imperial College three years in advance, so naturally he changed his official scientific name three years in advance.At the beginning of last year, only a few months after he was in prison, he officially called Zheng Chenggong.

Wu Weiye was not a pedantic person at first, but seeing Shen Shuren being so respectful today, with a little girl he knew next to him, he couldn't let it go, so he couldn't help but struggle and find a way:
"Zheng Chenggong is already a prison student, and he is treated as a prison student with the best treatment. Everything is compared with juren, who can donate an official. Why bother to find this old man? With the financial resources of the Zheng family in Fujian, let Zheng Chenggong become an official. Just throw money at it. gone."

Shen Shuren accompanied him with a smiling face: "It seems that the head of the mountain doesn't care much about this Zheng family's son, and doesn't understand their family's thoughts. Although Zheng Zhilong is a hero, like Liu Guoneng, he regrets that he was born as a reckless bandit.

That's why he always wanted to let his son walk the right path and win a glorious ancestor.It is true that they can easily buy an official. Now that Zheng Chenggong is still young, he is not in a hurry, so he did not give up the opportunity to become an official because of merit and shade. He always wants to wait. "

The Zheng family did not buy an official, of course not because of lack of money, but probably because they wanted a good reputation, and the more they lacked, the more they emphasized what they wanted to make up for.

It's not that Shen Shuren was just thinking about it, but he was familiar with history books in his previous life, so it was easy to deduce it.In history, Zheng Zhilong never cultivated his son's ability to lead the army to succeed, but he really wanted Zheng Chenggong to follow the civil service route in a down-to-earth manner.

The ethos of advocating literature and suppressing martial arts in Ming Dynasty had such a deep influence.

Those who have become the commander-in-chief of the coastal defense of a province still hope that their son will change his path.

Only then did Wu Meicun recognize the Zheng family's attitude, and she was quite moved in her heart, and she sighed sincerely:

"I didn't expect that such a hero would make my children sincerely learn from them. Sigh, to say something that is not afraid of being laughed at, the old man thinks that they are worthy of encouragement just based on the honor and disgrace in their hearts."

With a few words, Wu Meicun found a theoretical basis for arranging to give Zheng Chenggong a high score in the subsequent Guozijian internal examination.

At least people have a heart of right and wrong!Know that learning is good!
Some people may say: Others also know that learning is good, and others also hope that there will be a golden house in the book, Yan Ruyu.

However, people who already have a golden house and Yan Ruyu still admire learning, aren't they more purely motivated to learn than those who plot the golden house Yan Ruyu?
The sage said that there is no distinction between teaching and learning. As the Secretary of the Imperial Academy, of course he must encourage the heart of learning!

After figuring out the subtext hidden in these words, it was Shen Shuren's turn to admire.

It's still a tall mountain!However, these words are definitely from the heart. Wu Meicun really appreciates people who love to learn, not a hypocritical follower.

After unifying their attitude, Wu Meicun also implicitly stated:

"However, the imperial court has its own rules for appointing officials. At most, this old man can only prove Zheng Chenggong's willingness to learn. He got an official as a supervisor, and he can only compare it with others. The most he can be an official is eighth-rank. If you want to operate, you have to go to the officials Xu Shiqi and Xu Shilang from the Ministry, this old man can only recommend you."

After Wu Meicun finished speaking, she couldn't help but cast a glance at Bian Yujing next to her, as if she was still a little worried that her tall image would collapse in the eyes of the little girl.

But both Bian Yujing and Li Xiangjun didn't think it was embarrassing at all, and they didn't show any shame. Their eyes always looked so clear, as if they were sincerely happy to find a mentor for Shen Futai to complete the work.

"What's going on... don't today's oirans look down on selling officials and nobles?" On the contrary, Wumei Village was made a little suspicious of life because of this.

Fortunately, Bian Yujing, who was at the side, saw that things were going well, so she also came over to help pour tea, and congratulated with a smile: "Wu Shanchang is for the country and the people, and he spares no expense. He is really open-minded."

Surprised, Wu Meicun thought about taking the school exam, and asked, "Oh? You also understand the benefits of Chen Lijin's method of cultivating people?"

"That's natural. Listening to Mr. Shen and Mr. Zhang's questioning and refuting that day, I was really amazed. Although my family is not talented, I also feel that if a great talent like Mr. Shen can be used by the court as soon as possible to make his claims, the Ming Dynasty will definitely It will be even better. Wu Shanchang is also participating in the grand event today, and some minor details are nothing to worry about."

Bian Yujing spoke directly without hesitation, and at the same time gave Wumei Village a step up.

Wu Meicun was stunned for a while, then patted Shen Shuren on the shoulder: "Miss Bian's Shijian vision, although I have only experienced it twice, I dare say it is top-notch among women in the world.

She can praise your analysis so much, it can be seen that you have already excelled in the mirror of history.Continue to work hard and plan well for the country, the waves behind the Yangtze River will push the waves ahead. "

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In the next two days, Wumei Village kept its promise, and took into account the relationship with Shen Shuren as a teacher and student, and helped him run around.

Of course, the place where the money should be paid must be Shen Shuren.

Wumei Village is the kind of academic and honest official in the true sense, and the Qingshui Yamen like Guozijian does not have the power to make money.

This is a typical "spending Shen Shuren's money and doing Shen Shuren's affairs".

As for the evaluation of the supervising students within the Guozijian, it doesn't cost money, Wu Meicun can just relax.Therefore, Zheng Chenggong was soon rated as "excellent in academics".

There is nothing to say about the details, after all, it is not a glorious thing.

Shen Shuren met Xu Shiqi, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, who was specifically responsible for arranging official positions, and his path became wider and wider, gradually discovering some new worlds.

Because he found that Xu Shilin already had a job that needed to be arranged all year round, which was to "arrange substitute officials for the areas around Nanzhili that were invaded by thieves to replace the vacancies left by the murdered officials."

In fact, Shen Shuren had experienced this matter a year and a half ago.It's just that the thieves around Nanzhili were not serious at that time, and the Fifth Gezuo Battalion had just fled to Anqing and Luzhou at that time, so the selection of this personnel work was not so formal.

At that time, several people including Gong Dingzi and Zhu Dadian had something to say about this matter.In particular, Zhu Dadian, as the governor of water transport at that time, also served as the governor of Fengyang in fact, and had considerable say in the appointment of local officials in Anqing, Luzhou and other prefectures. Shi Kefa was restrained by him at that time.

But last year, Zhu Dadian had already fought with the Shen family over the matter of changing the water transport to the sea, and was disgusted by Chongzhen and completely lost power.

The vacuum of personnel appointment power left by Zhu Dadian was also received by the Nanjing Ministry of Officials, and Nanjing directly had the final say on the personnel appointments in Luzhou, Anqing.

In this way, Shen Shuren also found a new channel to cultivate the power of his subordinates in the officialdom - as long as he is willing to spend money and ensure that the talents he wants to recruit are really capable, he will not miss a big deal and recruit him. crime.

Last year, when he was only a magistrate, it was too early to say that it was too early to cultivate power. In theory, the prefect did not even have absolute management power over the county magistrate.

But this year he is already the official magistrate, and he will soon get a job as a military officer.In this case, there is a lot of room for maneuvering in the placement of private individuals and the construction of base areas.It is more than enough to arrange at least a bunch of county magistrate-level subordinates, and even defense-level military officers.

After opening his mind, Shen Shuren had a flash of inspiration. Combining his knowledge of those loyal people who were more capable of fighting in the Southern Ming Dynasty in the "History of Ming Dynasty", he quickly screened out a list secretly.

He also sent some money to Xu Shiqi, checked the current official files of these people, and if he felt that they were suitable for promotion, Shen Shuren paid the bill, and gradually recruited those grassroots generals and righteous men who had not yet shown themselves.

First arrange for the vacant position in Anqing Mansion or Luzhou Mansion, and then return to Huguang, and then rely on the relationship between Mr. Yang Ge and Governor Fang to find a way to transfer to Huangzhou or Suizhou.

Huangzhou, Suizhou, Anqing, and Luzhou border each other. The former are the two easternmost prefectures in Huguang, and the latter are the two westernmost prefectures in Nanzhili. They are separated by the ridge of the Dabie Mountains, so the operability is good.

(End of this chapter)