The scholars who were closer to the capital had already returned to their hometowns, and there were still more than twenty members of the physics club from the Imperial College and Shuntian Prefecture School who remained in the capital.
Anyway, Wang Yuan's family is deserted, so he simply invites them to celebrate the New Year, so that they can have meals here from New Year's Eve to Lantern Festival.
Yan Song ran to the Hanlin Academy to check in, chatted with his colleagues for a while, then came back with nothing to do and said to Wang Yuan: "Ruoxu, Jiang Bin has been impeached!"
"When will Jiang Bin not be impeached?" Wang Yuan said with a smile.
Yan Song explained: "This time is different. The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Military Affairs Bureau jointly impeached Jiang Bin for killing a good man and taking merit. Even the name and place of birth of the deceased are clear. The evidence is solid and there is no room for sophistry."
Wang Yuan asked: "How did your Majesty deal with it?"
Yan Song sighed: "I will only be fined for one year."
God damned him a year's salary, Zhu Houzhao was determined to favor Jiang Bin.
Jiang Bin's crime was not only to kill good people and take merit, but also to fear and avoid enemies. For example, in Sutian Village, Xinhe County, he witnessed bandits plundering the village but refused to save him. After the bandits finished plundering the village and left, Jiang Bin led his troops in
The village "suppressed bandits" and killed forty-one surviving villagers.
Well, before the bandits were finished killing, Jiang Bin helped massacre the village.
There were still some survivors hiding in the village, but they didn't know that Jiang Bin had not gone far, and went out to plow the fields with others the next day. Jiang Bin found that there were still survivors, so he sent troops to call in the farmers for questioning, and killed nine more people.
Fifty villagers were killed by Jiang Bin in this way, and their heads were cut off as revenge for rebels. In order to silence them, he led his troops back to the village again, and conducted a search before leaving.
There were still a few villagers hiding in the dark, and they didn't dare to report it to the authorities. It took several months before they were discovered.
This is only one of the cases in which Jiang Bin killed a good person and took credit for his crimes. There were several other cases like this. He deserved death according to the crime, but he was only fined one year's salary.
Sometimes Wang Yuan felt that he knew the emperor very well, and sometimes he wanted to split the emperor's head open to see what was inside.
Yan Song lamented: "Civil officials form cliques to seize power, military generals are ruthless about human life, there are countless refugees in various places, and thieves are everywhere. What will this world look like?"
After hearing this, Wang Yuan wanted to say: Wei Zhong, you are a traitorous minister. Did you get the wrong line?
Wang Yuan suddenly stood up, looked at the flying snow in the courtyard, and said: "When I enter the cabinet, I will definitely sweep away the evil atmosphere in the world and return China to a good man!" He turned around and asked Yan Song: "Can you trust me?"
"Convinced!" Yan Song immediately stood up and clasped his fists.
Believe it or not, Yan Song has no other way in the court. If he wants to get ahead, he must rely on Wang Yuan.
And Wang Yuan is indeed worthy of being attached to. A blind person can see that the teenage bachelor of Hanlin Academy and Zuo Yude of Zuo Chunfang has a bright future for him.
Wang Yuan warned: "In the next few years, you and I must be patient. When the Yang Party has lost all their hearts and the Jiang Party is in full swing, we can take advantage of the situation. If you are not greedy for the nobility of the Hanlin Academy, I will
I can find an opportunity to send you to the Ministry of Civil Affairs for training."
Yan Song wondered: "I won't be greedy for nobles, but why should I go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to gain experience?"
Wang Yuan explained: "If you go to the Ministry of Personnel, don't object to anything, and don't offend the superior officials. Just secretly observe the officials from various places, from the chief envoy to the county magistrate, and write down those who can really do things. Don't look at the official reputation,
Don’t look at political achievements, these can all be falsified, it all depends on what they are actually doing as officials!”
"Choose capable officials?" Yan Song asked.
"Yes, they are capable officials," Wang Yuan said. "Many times, people with poor official reputation are actually capable officials! If I am the chief minister, I will be a minister of the country so that all the people in the world can have enough food and clothing."
.But this is very difficult. It cannot be done without reform, and reform requires a large number of capable officials!"
Yan Song was very excited and immediately expressed his position: "If you are so ambitious, although I am not talented, I am willing to do the hard work of dogs and horses!"
Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. Yan Song has nothing now, so of course he is willing to follow Wang Yuan to do great things. He was born in a poor family, both parents died. Although after becoming a Jinshi, there were villagers who donated land, but he could only take part of the land income.
That's all.
Such a poor bachelor has no resistance to reform, but is eager to kill those guys with countless properties!
Wang Yuan continued: "Go to the Ministry of Personnel and write down the list of capable officials in each place. Your task will be completed. I will make friends with a few censors. These censors will patrol various places and get more detailed information."
Among the supervisory censors, Wang Yuan only knew one person, Zhang Yu, who was in charge of the Yunnan Provincial Examination. This gentleman was an honest and upright official, but unfortunately he had a grudge against Yang Yiqing - Yang Yiqing's son had just been impeached and was in his hometown of Yurou Township in Yunnan.
There is also a trial censor, Zheng Yichu, a student of Wang Yangming. This gentleman is also incorruptible. His family only has two shabby houses, and his mother does not even have a maid. When he is old, he still spins flax to support the family. Although he is just a trial censor.
However, with his qualifications, he will soon become a full-time employee.
Wang Yuan smiled and asked, "Do you know Zheng Yichu?"
Yan Song said: "Of course I recognize him. He is a Jinshi in the same discipline as me and was summoned by His Majesty alone."
Yan Song not only studied in the same class as Zheng Yichu, but also studied in the same class as Zhan Ruoshui, and Zhan Ruoshui and Wang Yangming were brothers.
This relationship was quite messy. Among the three people in the same department, Zhan Ruoshui was the same generation as Wang Yangming. Zheng Yichu became Wang Yangming's disciple, and Yan Song was also friends with Wang Yuan, and Zhan Ruoshui took advantage of him a lot.
Wang Yuan said: "Zheng Yichu is from the same school as me. We can make many friends in the future."
Wang Yuan wanted to reuse Zheng Yichu, but in history, Zheng Yichu died of illness while serving in Yunnan, with less than two years to live. I don’t know if the butterfly wings flap, whether this gentleman can live a few more years, if he does not go to Yunnan
Most likely you won't get sick.
"Brother Huang and Little Sister Huang are here!"
Gewutang suddenly became lively, but it was Huang Qiao and Huang E's brother and sister who brought two large boxes of good food.
Bianshi, that is, dumplings.
Seeing Wang Yuan and Yan Song appear, Huang E immediately smiled and said: "I couldn't come over to celebrate the New Year's Eve with everyone, so I made some snacks and sent them to you today."
Huang Qiao said to everyone: "My second sister got up at the fourth watch and took the maid to make the noodles with her own hands. She has been busy until now and has just finished the flat food."
The students were very moved and stepped forward to express their thanks. Wang Yuan asked his servants to take the dumplings and put them into the pot to cook.
Three large tables were filled, everyone was eating dumplings and drinking wine, and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious.
Most of them are mathematics and physics enthusiasts who share common interests and have no conflicts of interest. This kind of relationship is the purest. Now that the Spring Festival is approaching, everyone is sitting together eating dumplings and feels like a family.
Wang Yuan stood up to toast, said some auspicious words, and warned the students: "Don't come too often next year, especially the Shuntian Prefecture students. There are only more than half a year left before the provincial examination, so you must study hard. The Imperial College students also
Likewise, the examination will be held in one year, so you should not delay the imperial examination by studying physics."
"Sir, you are right, we will definitely work hard to learn!" All the students raised their glasses.
After a banquet, they were all drunk.
In the evening, Wang Wensu, Bao Chaozhen and Du Jin came together for this trip. Their family was in South Zhili, and they took a boat ride back for a few days. Of course, they wanted to spend the Spring Festival with their families.
Du Jin hesitated and said: "Sir, my father is also a merchant. Can I do cotton spinning business?"
"What's there to be embarrassed about? Can I still stop you?" Wang Yuan replied with a smile.
Du Jin said: "I want to use the spinning wheel that Mr. improved."
Wang Yuan said: "After the loom is improved, a large amount of cotton yarn will be needed as raw material. I can't wait for more people to spin cotton yarn. If your Majesty does this, it is better to build a workshop in Tianjin, next to my factory. He will buy the land himself.
You can also rent land from me at a low price, spin cotton yarn and sell it directly to me, which can also save a lot of transportation costs."
Du Jin said: "If we build a workshop in Tianjin, it may not be easy to recruit people."
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "We are about to expand the scale. We have already contacted the local governments. They will send several groups of refugees over and give some to your family."
"So, thank you sir!" Du Jin saluted.
Bao Chaozhen also said: "Although my family does not do business, we do have a lot of land. When I returned to my hometown this time, I asked my father to grow more cotton. I can also collect cotton and sell it to you two."
Wang Yuan said happily: "Great kindness!"
Suddenly, a servant came in and reported: "Master, there are people from Guizhou, they say they are my family!"
Wang Yuan called the person in and took a look, but it was Yuan Da, the second youngest son of the Yuan family.
"Yuan Er, why are you here in Beijing?" Wang Yuan was very happy, patting Yuan Da on the shoulder and laughing.
Yuan Da has grown taller and taller. He grinned and said: "Brother Yuan...ah, no. Scholar Wang, your house is really big. I would definitely get lost if I walked alone."
"Don't be so harsh, just call me second brother," Wang Yuan patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Have you eaten? You must be tired from the journey. Go have a meal first and then take a shower."
Yuan Da took out an oil paper bag from his arms, which contained more than twenty letters. He handed it to Wang Yuan and said, "I came here specifically to deliver letters. I have been on the road for several months, and I also killed two rebels.
I was staying in a village at that time, and some damn rebels came to plunder me. There were so many of them, so I had to hide. I was unlucky, and the rebels discovered me when they were searching my house. I killed two of them and grabbed the horse, and ran away."
"Where did you meet the rebels?" Wang Yuan asked.
Yuan Da said: "Huguang. It seems that the remnants of Liu Liu and Liu Qi were driven to Huguang from Henan by the army. There were hundreds of people, and they were all on horseback. I was almost overtaken when I ran away."
Wang Yuan asked his servant to take Yuan Da to dinner while he checked the letters.
There were letters from parents, chieftains and officials. The largest number were letters from classmates and friends, and Song Ling'er certainly had one.
Wang Yuan took it apart one by one.
The letter from my parents was written by my eldest brother, saying that everything was going well in the family, and that he and his father were both officials. He also studied hard and could read "Hundred Family Surnames" and "The Thousand-Character Essay", and had read several books.
A book on how to be an official. Let Wang Yuan not worry about it and be a good official in the capital.
By the way, his parents urged Wang Yuan to get married, saying that many officials and wealthy gentry in Guizhou wanted to marry the Wang family. The letter included several information about girls, all of which matched their birth dates and horoscopes, and their appearance was dignified and beautiful. If Wang Yuan felt that
If it's suitable, you can decide on the marriage first.
Song Ling'er's letter was very short, just a few sentences, and it probably meant: "Wang Yuan, I won the battle, isn't it great? Also, I don't dare to go into battle in person now because I am pregnant with a child.
Are you engaged to Huang E? If not, I will take your child and marry someone else!"