The last conscience of the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 17 I will give you a commission

Liang Xin is right.

This matter has nothing to do with the Cao family. There are too many involved in Huangzhuang, and it can easily cause trouble for oneself.

Cao Tan took the initiative to change the topic: "That day, your lyrics were very good."

"Well, I'm just throwing ideas out there."

Those who threw bricks smashed the jade into pieces. The song "Da Jiangdong Goes to the East" has become famous all over Bianjing.

Cao Tan asked again: "What were you thinking when you wrote this poem?"

"Let me tell you a story. It's still a long way to go anyway."

"story?"

Liang Xin didn't answer, and started to talk to herself: "Speaking of which, the general trend of the world must be divided if it is united for a long time, and it must be united if it is divided for a long time. The seven kingdoms will fight over the weekend and merge into Qin..."

The road is long and the story is even longer.

In the evening, Liang Xin returned home, and Liang Shicheng had just returned.

Seeing Liang Shicheng, Liang Xin asked: "Dad, does the family have money? I need some money?"

"How many?"

"Thousands of guan, preferably [-] guan."

Liang Shicheng was a little surprised by so much money, but he didn't ask why. He just replied: "No, my family doesn't have that much money. My father's monthly salary is only [-] yuan. This was only increased after entering the palace. I used to be in Duan Dynasty." When I was in the palace, I only had [-] yuan, and I couldn't get it out of ten thousand yuan."

"Well, then I'll figure it out myself."

Liang Shicheng then asked: "Son, is it urgent?"

"There's no rush. I'm going to buy the second ingredient from Cao's charcoal farm. I went to see it. They also have a mine in their charcoal farm. The quality of the charcoal is quite good."

After listening to Liang Xin's words, Liang Shicheng said: "Then dad will help you think of a way to make a living with the Cao family. It's a good thing."

Liang Xin: "Dad, you don't have to worry about this little money, I have a solution."

Liang Shicheng was about to ask again, but Liang Xin said first: "Dad, have you ever trusted Yan Guan?"

After all, Liang Shicheng just came to the palace from Prince Duan's Mansion. He actually didn't have many connections, and his only foundation was Zhao Ji.So Liang Shicheng looked at Chu Hong.

Chu Hong stepped forward at this time: "There is a man, a fellow countryman of mine, who was recommended by the Lord. If it were not for the Lord, he would have gone to a remote place to be a county magistrate when he was a Jinshi three years ago. The current Yanguan of Jiantai is also The Lord’s face is the only one left in Beijing.”

"Okay, let's get in touch. He might need some advice. It won't do him any harm."

Chu Hong: "I'm going to find him right now and let him make some preparations. Just why?"

"No rush, no rush."

Liang Xinxin said, I haven't dealt with Zhao Ji yet. I will wait until Zhao Ji is sorted out before we can start trouble.

The next day.

Liang Xin took advantage of Cao Tan's friendship and invited the husband whose handkerchief she gave him to come out.

The British Duke's mansion, the young master, Xia Yi.

His great-grandfather, Xia Song, had made great contributions to the Western Xia Dynasty and Li Yuanhao was ranked as the left prime minister.

By his generation, if there are no more important people in the family, the Duke of the country will be demoted to a marquis mansion.

Cao Tan took the initiative and invited Xia Yi's wife to come out.By the way, he called Xia Yi.

Not at Taiqing Tower, but at a teahouse outside the city, having a cup of tea and chatting.

After seeing Cao Tan, Xia Yi complained:
"Because of your brother Yang, my brother was punished by the family law and lay in bed for two days. I haven't caused any trouble to brother Yang yet."

Cao Tan took Xia Yi's wife and walked to the other side. As he walked, he said, "I heard that you participated in Qiu Wei last year. Don't you wait for Yin En?"

Xia Yi: "The course will start soon. If you come out this time, you will delay my study."

Cao Tan pointed at Liang Xin: "Jinshi, your subject is awarded by the official."

Jinshi.Xia Yi was a little surprised and looked carefully at Liang Xin, who was very young.

In other words, those who take the exam are the real Jinshi.Given by the emperor, this is a fake Jinshi.

However, during this year, the gifts given by the emperor were many times more valuable than those given by the real test.

Xia Yi cupped his hands nonchalantly: "I'm sorry."

Liang Xin stopped beating around the bush: "One thousand guan, no, two thousand guan. I'll let you read the exam questions once."

Xia Yi's eyes suddenly widened: "Seriously?"

Liang Xin cupped her hands and said, "I'm here, Liang Xin. My father is just a minor official who grinds ink and delivers edicts to the official family."

……

A person flashed in Xia Yi's mind.

The person beside the emperor who was responsible for delivering the imperial edict was Liang Shicheng.

His grandfather once said that this man was an extraordinary person and a caring person among today's officials.

Xia Yi immediately stood up and bowed his hands very solemnly: "I'm sorry, brother Xin is not the author of Da Jiangdong Goes to the East? Please accept my bow."

"Don't dare, don't dare." Liang Xin returned the greeting.

He knew how to test the questions. There were rumors that the official personally came up with the questions, showed them to the Queen Mother, and then gave them directly to the left prime minister Han Zhongyan. Then he heard that no one from the Ministry of Rites had read them, so he sealed the paper and waited for a while. Open on the day of trial.

Sitting down again, Xia Yi said: "Two thousand gold will be delivered to Cao's Mansion in the evening."

Liang Xin dipped her fingers in the tea and wrote down the test questions on the table. After finishing writing, she said, "If you need to solve the problem, you will need another thousand guan."

"Three thousand guan, deliver it to Cao Mansion in the evening."

Liang Xin said, "If brother introduces one or two more people, it will be two thousand guan."

This year, who among the noble families in Bianjing City participated in the Qiu Wei Festival last year?
not too much.

Liang Xin's goal is to be satisfied if she collects [-] gold. She can't do too much of this, as too much will be bad.

Send Xia Yi away.

Cao Tan said to Liang Xin: "I just discussed it with Madam Xia Mansion. She went back to discuss it with her husband. There should be two more people who are feasible. They are both reliable. He helped to contact them, and I also contacted them. People, but there are five different ways of solving a problem, Brother Xin, can you do it?"

Liang Xin gently put a hand on Cao Tan's shoulder: "Sisters, I will give you a commission."

Cao Tan immediately wanted to throw Liang Xin over his shoulder.

But he held back.

Liang Xin also felt that she had lost her composure. This was the Song Dynasty. She was putting a shoulder on the shoulder of a woman who had not left the court. The Cao family sent someone to chop her down, and she had no reason to defend herself.

The two were embarrassed with each other.

Cao Tan took the first step to resolve the embarrassment and said, "Will this undermine the country's recruitment of scholars?"

Liang Xin laughed.

Liang Xinxin said: It's a joke. Huizong was rotten to the core from top to bottom, but he had a few good officials.

However, to save face, Liang Xin said: "For those who are really outstanding, no matter how talented they are, even gods descending to earth cannot stop them from reaching the top three. Brother Yi and the others just want to be on the list, and they don't think about getting the first place." , top three. Besides, these people participating in Qiuwei are not necessarily taking the imperial examination to become officials, they just want to prove that they are excellent."

Cao Tan nodded: "It makes sense. Let's pay attention to the questions in the palace examination. A few hundred gold is not too small for us. According to what you said, it will take a lot of money to transform the charcoal farm."

"Of course." Liang Xin smiled and narrowed her eyes.

After saying that, Liang Xin looked up and looked around, and said calmly: "Spring has arrived."

Cao Tan: "The Waking of Insects has passed long ago."

Liang Xin just smiled and did not answer.

(End of this chapter)