After discussing with Sushun for a while, he returned to the Tongzhengsi Office. The doorman said that Gu Jinyan had moved to the Wendun Hall.

When I rushed over, I saw that Xiao Shandong and Yu Youfu were there too. One chatted with the two Zaoli who were guarding the gate, and the other sat on the steps at the entrance of the lobby to eat melon seeds. Gu Jinyan was lying on the chair in the public room on the left side of the lobby because he was too tired and sleepy.

The two Zaoli didn't know how respectful or enthusiastic they were. Han Xiufeng asked their surnames and their names, and then turned around and asked, "Uncle Yu, Xiaoshandong, how do you know that I went to Beijing?"

Yu Youfu said excitedly: "Fourth Master, the news of your transfer to the Tongzheng Senate has spread outside. Mr. Huang knows, Mr. Ji knows, Mr. Ao, Mr. Jiang not only knows that he has come in the morning. Even Director Zhang goes to the guild hall to ask you when you are free, saying that you are such a big happy event for the transfer to the Tongzheng Senate, and the provincial hall will also have a few banquets to welcome you."

"Second Master, Mr. Huang, Mr. Ji and Mr. Ao are all waiting for you in the guild hall. I just sent someone to ask you when you can go back to the guild hall. If I don't have time today, I will ask me to go back and report the news quickly." Xiao Shandong also said excitedly.

"Go to the guild hall now," Han Xiufeng looked at Gu Jinyan who had just woken up and said with a smile: "There is nothing you want here, and you can't even go to the guild hall."

"That's great. I hired a car and the car is outside."

"Don't hire a car, we have horses."

"Fourth Master, we know that you and Mr. Gu have horses, but how do you feed them here? Didn't Mr. Ji send his family to ask you when you will go back to the guild? Uncle Yu made the decision to ask Mr. Ji's family to help him take them back first."

Thinking of the box containing the folded pieces being placed in the public room on the left, Gu Jinyan subconsciously said, "Second Master, I'll lock the door."

There are many thieves in the capital, but Han Xiufeng doesn't think there will be thieves who are so brave that they can run here to steal official documents. But they think that those folds cannot be thrown away. They smiled and nodded: "Go, lock the door and go to the guild hall together, eat something, take a shower, change into clean clothes, and have a good sleep."

"Second Master, why are you so anxious to come back? I took a look just now and didn't bring anything." Xiao Shandong couldn't help but smile.

"Yes, this time it was a bit hasty." Han Xiufeng walked out of the Dengwen Drum Hall surrounded by everyone, looked at the carriage parked in the corner opposite and the groom who was dozing off by the carriage, and suddenly turned around and said, "Uncle Yu, Xiaoshandong, Shenzhi and I will go back to the guild hall first, you can help me do some things."

"What's the matter?" Yu Youfu asked subconsciously.

"Hurry to Nancheng to find Yongxiang, and I said I wanted to discuss something with him, invite him to the guild hall, and take Guisheng and Changchun with me."

Wang Guisheng, the third son of Wang Jingcheng's family in the county dying house of the hometown, and Zhou Changchun, the nephew of Zhou Jingcheng, the military squad of the Dao Office, went to Zhili with Yu Youfu to join Han Xiufeng. At first, they asked them to go to the camp office to handle money and food with Cui Hao. Later, Yongxiang and Datou led their troops to serve in front of the formation. On the way to Fucheng, no one could handle food and food, so they followed them.

Later, Yongxiang drew troops back to Beijing. Seeing that they were not only good at writing and accounting, they were smart and capable, they took them to the police camp together. Now, one of them was in charge of the list of soldiers and soldiers and money accounts, and the other was in charge of criminal proceedings. He turned into Yongxiang's left and right hands. Although he was not an official, he lived a more comfortable life than the general manager and even the general manager.

Yu Youfu didn't expect that Han Xiufeng suddenly remembered the two boys who were experiencing water in the police camp. What he didn't expect was that before he could speak, Han Xiufeng said again: "Uncle Yu, after finishing this matter, you have to trouble you to go to Gu'an, help me find Su Juming and Yun Juren, and ask them to go to Beijing immediately, and say I have something to discuss with you."

It is normal to discuss important matters with Mr. Ji’s student Yun Juren, but Yu Youfu was puzzled by what important matters could be discussed with Su Jueming, but he still bowed and said, “Okay, I’ll go now!”

"Fourth Master, where are me?" Xiao Shandong asked anxiously.

"Didn't Fugui come back from Yangzhou a few days ago? You go and call me Fugui, and say that I have something urgent to ask him." Han Xiufeng paused and continued: "Then Cui Hao has never been to Gu'an again after returning to Beijing. He just asked someone to send me a letter saying that he was staying in the Suzhou Guild Hall to recuperate. After you find Fugui, you go to the Suzhou Guild Hall and say that I have something urgent to ask him."

"Okay, I'll go here."

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Seeing the two of them away, Han Xiufeng called Gu Jinyan to climb onto the carriage and signaled the coachman to go to the Chongqing Guild Hall.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he lay down, Gu Jinyan smiled bitterly and said, "Second Master, the yamen in this capital is really different from the local yamen."

"Why is it different?" Han Xiufeng closed his eyes and asked yawning.

"If you are a local official, the clerk, Zao Li, gatekeeper and servant in the yamen will give money to the officials. But as a Beijing official, not only can't bear their money, but you will have to give them rewards!"

Han Xiufeng suddenly reacted and couldn't help but open his eyes and smiled, "I've forgotten this matter while I'm busy with the errands assigned by the emperor. Did those clerks, Zaoli and servants give you a look?"

"I don't understand these things. At first I didn't care, but I just thought they were all awesome. Later, Master Jiang came to the yamen to take care of you. Seeing that they looked wrong, he asked me if I had given them any rewards. I knew that there was a rule for officials to give them rewards." Gu Jinyan paused and pointed and said, "Qizuo Ke, the manuscript room, the official room, the court room, the upper room, the fire room, the gatehouse, the 1,000 yuan, the 3,000 yuan, the 3,000 yuan, the 2,000 yuan tea room, I will give you rewards according to the rules. However, I heard from Master Jiang that this was just a job, and in the future, I will have to give rewards during the holidays! I will make money when I go to another place to be an official, but I didn't expect that I would pay for money when I came here to be an official, and no one believed it if I said it."

"Tell your uncle that your uncle probably won't believe it, but everyone in the capital knows it."

"Fourth Master, how could they be so bold that they dare to ask for the official's money!"

"Everything is expensive in the capital. The little food and food sent by the imperial court will not even be able to support their families. Moreover, most clerks not only have no food and food to receive, but even have to bring their own pens, ink, paper, inkstones and candles. They don't ask for money with Shangguan, but who cares about money?"

Han Xiufeng smiled and continued, "Some officials don't want to take their own tricks, but they just don't give rewards, but they won't have to give them honestly after a while. Because so many official documents have to be copied and reviewed, they won't be able to do anything without them. If they really offend them to death, then the one who is in the end will be their own luck, because it's too easy for them to do something on the official documents."

"Fourth Master, do you mean that other yamen are the same. Master Guan is bullied by a group of clerks and servants like this?"

"The same is true for other yamen. Not to mention people like me, even the ministers and ministers have to give them rewards. There are not many, so why bother with this? So when Mr. Jiaqing was reigning, he once said that the Song Dynasty shared the world with the scholars and officials, and my Qing Dynasty shared the world with the clerks. It can be seen that even the emperor had no choice but to take them."

Gu Jinyan didn't expect that the clerks in various departments and courts in the capital were better than those in the local yamen. Just as he didn't know what to say, Han Xiufeng suddenly asked with a smile: "Shenzhi, how much money did he bring with him this time?"

"Second Master, what are you asking about this?"

"Don't worry, I won't lend it to you."

Gu Jinyan realized that Mr. Han was not joking, so he hurriedly said, "Fourth Master, I brought five hundred taels from home, and my uncle gave me another two hundred taels. I didn't spend much money on the way from home, so I ate Chen Hu, Hedong and Ji Dajier and others' wedding banquets. Now there are more than six hundred taels."

"Six hundred taels are not enough. If the travel expenses are included, it will cost 1,560 taels. Otherwise, I will lend you one thousand taels first, and then I will tell you to Director Zhang of our Provincial Pavilion. I will take you to the Ministry of Revenue to donate a top-up tomorrow, and then ask him to take you to the provincial pavilion in Jiangsu to find a fellow villager in Jiangsu to help you with insurance. After you have completed the insurance, you will bring your donation license to go to the Ministry of Personnel to pay the payment."

Gu Jinyan came out this time and wanted to find an official, but he never expected it to be so soon. He couldn't help asking: "Fourth Master, it's not that I don't want to donate an official, but I'm worried that even if I don't, I won't be able to become an official."

"It's normal for you to worry about this. After all, donating officials is easy to make up for the shortcomings, but now there is a shortage. You just need to donate a ninth-grade top-notch clothing quickly. I'll help you find a way to do the rest."

“Is there a missing one?”

Han Xiufeng weighed the pros and looked at him with a smile: "Would you like to go to Tong'an County for inspection or history?"

"Where is Tong'an County?" Gu Jinyan asked anxiously.

"In Fujian, it's a bit far from home, but it's not easy to make up for a shortage. And this official can be a three-year agent for three years, and the second year is a real teacher, and you can be promoted after three or five years. As long as you don't make the world angry, people are resentful, no matter whether the county magistrate or the government station, or even the vassal platform, you won't want to let you move within three years!"

Gu Jinyan didn't expect there would be such a good shortage, and said happily: "Thank you for your support, Jinyan is willing."

"Then the shortage of Tong'an County is settled," Han Xiufeng smiled, and then changed his subject: "Be careful, it is not difficult to plan for this shortage, but this official is not that easy to do. I will tell you in detail, and then go home when you take office, and select a few reliable and capable village heroes from the Baojia Bureau to go to Fujian with you."

Gu Jinyan realized that it should be related to the errand that Mr. Han was doing, so he couldn't help asking: "Second Master, is Tong'an County by the sea? Are there any foreigners in Tong'an County?"

He reacted so quickly that Han Xiufeng, who was very relieved about him, was even more relieved and said meaningfully: "There are five ports to trade, and one of them is called Xiamen, and Xiamen is in Tong'an."

"Second Master, are you planning to let the students find out about the situation?"

"Just know, don't tell outsiders." Han Xiufeng patted his shoulder and stared at him in his eyes and said, "Try to do the donation of the top and the offerings within two or three days. When you take office, you will take office immediately. You won't be lonely on the way to take office. I plan to help Jueming find a shortage, and you will leave Beijing together at that time."

"Jueming also goes to Fujian?"

"I plan to let him go to Shanghai. It is better to go to Shanghai than to Fujian, after all, it is closer to home. But let him go to Shanghai and let you go to Fujian, not because he has been with me for a long time, but because he is more familiar with Shanghai and needs to be easy to do it. And he can only go to Shanghai. If he goes to a place like him who is not familiar with himself, it is all a matter of whether he can gain a foothold."

"Fourth Master, I either envy him, I just asked casually."

"I know," Han Xiufeng smiled and said with emotion: "Director Gu would be very happy if he knew that you became an official, and your father and mother would be even happier."

"Xie Si Master, if it weren't for your support, I wouldn't have been a superior official!" Gu Jinyan was so excited that he was excited. He thought about it and said with a look of embarrassment: "Second Master, if I'm not in a hurry, I want to go to Zhuozhou. If you have helped me so much, I can't care about your borrowing of money anymore."

"You are going to find Qianli and plan to borrow from Qianli?"

"I...I also want to say goodbye to Mr. Wang, Chen Hu and others, and ask them if they want to send a message to their hometown."

"Don't take money from your heart. As for saying goodbye and sending messages, I will go there when I lead the official to take office."

Gu Jinyan really wanted to borrow money from Mr. Han, and made up his mind to go to Zhuozhou when he left Beijing to take office, and asked Wang Qianli to help repay the money that Mr. Han had given first. As for what he owed Wang Qianli, the two families of Gu and Wang were not only in the same town, but also in the same town. When they returned to Hai'an, they would raise some money and return it to the Wang family.

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ps: The update is late, please forgive me, brothers and sisters.
Chapter completed!