Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 640 Tokyo
Tokyo.

It has been more than three months since I came to Beijing, and Wang Fuzhi likes this temporary capital more and more.When I first came here, I only felt it was very chaotic and noisy, but gradually I felt that this kind of noise is actually a kind of vitality.

It is not chaos, but order in chaos.

After he came to Beijing, he first lived in Jinzuoyuan, Hengzhou Prefecture. Later, he felt that it was inconvenient for officials to come and go in Jinzuoyuan, so he moved to live in Hunan Guild Hall.

Dengzhou used to be a small place, but now it is the capital of Huanghuang.Although the city is not as good as the two capitals in the north and the south, it is definitely far superior in terms of vitality.

The imperial court even built a new city for this year's imperial envoys to Beijing.

In the east of the original Dengzhou prefectural city, a large area of ​​land was encircled, and many houses were quickly built. The big and small cross streets were planned and orderly like chess. In that square area, the Tokyo Imperial College, Penglai Academy, The Jinzuo Academy of various provinces and governments stationed in Beijing, as well as the Gongyuan in Tokyo.

There are also stretches of residences, including school districts specially planned for scholars who are studying in Beijing for imperial examinations, districts for officials who enter Beijing to play and candidates for election, and districts for businessmen in Beijing.

This new city is said to be undertaken by a number of institutions specializing in architectural design under the supervision of the Royal Shaofu, with high efficiency and high quality.

The Hengzhou Jinzuo Courtyard and the Hunan Guild Hall where Wang Fuzhi lived successively are quite good, spacious and bright, but relatively simple. The furniture is also made of logs with varnish or tung oil directly. There is not too much decoration, which is quite in line with the style of the Shaotian Dynasty today. .

There are cafeterias in both Jinzuoyuan and Guild Hall. Most of them serve simple meals, and there are also small cafeterias. The taste is not bad.

Mr. Wang moved to Tokyo with his family. He is only 28 years old this year, but he is already a well-known scholar in the world. His father Chaopin is even a well-known Mr. Wuyi.

The teenager learned astronomy, geography, economics, history, wealth, military affairs from Wu Dingxiang, a great Confucian in his hometown, and later learned from Zou Shouyi, the leading figure of Jiangyou Wang School, the main school of Wang Yangming's mind school.Chaopin devoted his whole life to studying knowledge, but after being selected as a scholar, he did not rank in the seven exams in the country. Wen Tiren's party members demanded bribes, angrily tore up the recommendation stickers, and vowed not to do so.

At that time, the examination room in the late Ming Dynasty was dark, so he gave up his official career, took pleasure in lecturing and teaching his disciples, studied the Spring and Autumn Period all his life, and personally taught several sons.

Wang Fuzhi's brothers studied with his father since he was a child. He was a scholar at the age of 12, but he failed many times in the provincial examination. Until the fifth provincial examination in 15 years of Chongzhen, Wang Fuzhi ranked first in spring and autumn, fifth in Zhonghuguang rural examination, and his elder brother Wang Jiezhi also passed We won the No.40 place.

It was also at this time that I met Zhang Kuang, the magistrate of Mianzhou.

After winning the imperial examination, he went to Beijing with his elder brother to take part in the general examination. Because Li Zicheng violated Chengtian and Zhang Xianzhong broke Qizhou, the road was blocked, so he had to return from Nanchang.In October, Zhang Xianzhong conquered his hometown Hengzhou, and Ainengqi recruited local talents and forced the dynasty to hire him.Wang Fuzhi stabbed himself in the face and wrist, entered the Ai camp with false injuries, and rescued his father.

When the Qing army entered the customs, Wang Fuzhi was recruited by Zhang Kuang to assist him in his army. Later, Zuo Liangyu raised Qinwang Banner and sent troops to Nanjing.

After Wuchang was defeated and Zhongwu and others rebelled, his father and brother had to flee to Guilin to avoid the rebellion. Wang Fuzhi followed Du Yinxi to fight against the rebellion.

After Du Yinxi was promoted to governor of Huguang and governor of Hunan, Wang Fuzhi was still his aide. Du recommended him to the imperial court, and even gave him an official position, but he refused.

After autumn, Wang Fuzhi resigned from Du Yinxi, met with more than 100 scholars from Huguang at Yueyang Tower, and then went to Beijing together.

This time, the Wang family moved to Tokyo.

Wang Fuzhi's three brothers and nine cousins, all of whom have made great achievements, are all going to take part in the examination this time. There are also several uncles from the clan who are going to study in the Imperial College. Those who were selected as year-old tributes to enter the prison were also selected by the emperor this year as entributes.

There are also excellent tributes who submitted academic journals to the imperial court, and those who failed to pass the provincial examination this year, but got better grades in the sub-list, can also directly enter the Imperial College, called sub-tributes, and even someone from the Wang family paid directly Donated tribute.

In addition, for example, Wang Fuzhi's father was specially recommended by Governor Wang Yinxi to join the court and participated in the emperor's erudite and macroci subjects.

This is a special subject opened by the emperor. The governors from all over the country recommend a group of contemporary masters who are good at local literature, poetry and calligraphy. They enter the imperial examination and test the system, edict, imperial edict, table, Lubu, Xi, admonishment, inscription, note, praise, and praise. , Preface and other twelve styles, and three Fu, three poems, six questions mixed from the above-mentioned body, divided into three examinations.This year is the first one, and a hundred people will be selected to be awarded to the Imperial Academy, Hongwenguan, Chongwenguan, Guozijian for editing, reviewing, Zhongshu, pedestrians, etc.

Mainly the Yuxuan pen.

He was not only an attendant of the emperor's edict, but also sorted out and revised books for the country, and taught the royal princes and children.

Chaopin is over 70 years old. He had already sworn that he would never be an official. However, in the past few years, he has encountered wars, especially after seeing the whole process from chaos to governance in Hunan. With some effort, even under his decision, the entire Wang family moved to Tokyo together.

In another time and space, during the war when the Qing army went south to Hunan, the Wang family was almost destroyed and their wives were separated. Now, although their family has suffered from wars, rebellions, and chieftain rebellions, they are still safe.

In fact, the imperial court granted officials to Wang Fuzi and his brothers several times, but Wang Fuzhi refused.

He came to Beijing this time to take the Jinshi examination. The last time he would fight in Hunan, he had no time to participate. This time he came a few months in advance, just to return to school and get a title on the gold list.

In the past few months in Beijing, he seldom went out to socialize. When he lived in Jinzuoyuan, it was because too many people came to visit and socialize that he had no choice but to move to the Hunan Guild Hall.

Jinzouyuan is the local office in Beijing. Now the provinces, provinces, and governments have Jinzouyuan in Kyoto. There is a Jinzou officer who is responsible for contacting the local government and the central government. It not only reports the local situation to the imperial court on behalf of the locality, but also submits forms. Report the situation of the imperial court to the local government, convey imperial edicts and documents, and even send back newspapers and periodicals in the capital, and also handle matters such as local financial allocations to the imperial court and project approval documents.

At the same time, Jinzuoyuan is also the residence of local officials working in Beijing.

Its function is still very important. The imperial court unified the construction of these entrance halls for various places, and it doesn’t need to be done well. In the new city, they are built like a checkerboard grid.

However, these officials in Beijing are also subject to the supervision and management of various yamen in the capital.

Although Wang Fuzhi had never been an official, he worked as an aide in the former governor of Huguang, Jun Zhangkuang, the governor of Huguang, and Du Yinxi, who was later promoted to governor.

However, Wang Fuzhi didn't want to mention these experiences too much, he still wanted to take the Jinshi examination well, and then formally take up an official position.Although in the current situation, as long as they are not those who are not first-class after the Jinshi examination, other people are just Shujishi even if their grades are good, and they have to study in the Imperial Academy for three years.

Those who don’t pass the entrance exams will be rewarded with grades. The good ones will stay in Beijing and do an internship in the ministry for three years, and then they will stay and be the master if they get good grades.

The other class who did not stay in Beijing went to the local area, first practiced in the province for three years, and then either stayed in the provincial government or went to the county.

If the internship results are not good, you have to go down.

So even if you pass the exam, there is still a long three-year internship period. This is because there are many official vacancies in Shaotian Dynasty today. Ten years may not be enough.

And Wang Fuzhi could have directly served as the magistrate long ago, because although he only has a reputation for raising people, he has made great contributions in the process of fighting against the Qing Dynasty in Huguang. Most of the young governors are like this.

But he still insisted on taking the Jinshi examination, hoping to be admitted to the Imperial Academy and study as a Shujishi for three years.

In the past three months, he has moved several times.

Later, the family also bought a new house in Dongcheng, but it was a bit crowded when there were too many people, so he simply stayed in the guild hall. There used to be many guild halls in Beijing, and now there are many guild halls in Tokyo.

In these guild halls, the guild halls where bureaucrats, gentry, and soldiers of the imperial examination lived and gathered, also known as trial halls, were either officials or gentry, and business people were not allowed to enter.

The Hunan guild hall where Wang Fuzhi stayed was lived by a group of gentry, most of whom lived temporarily in Beijing. Although there were also Jinzhaoyuan, the Jinzouyuan was used to entertain local officials who came to Beijing. During this period, there were no vacant rooms.Only after the court gathering, when various places enter the concert hall, will some spare rooms be used to entertain guests, and the room fee will be charged as a financial subsidy, and even the canteens of each enter the concert hall will be opened to the public.

In addition to the trial halls, there are also many township guild halls, mainly those with industrial and business people and gangs as the main body, based on regional relations, belonging to fellow township organizations, and similar to fellow township guilds.Some may be subdivided into various industries. For example, in the Zhejiang Fellowship Hall, there may be tea industry, salt industry, ship industry, and so on.

Wang Fuzhi spends most of his time studying every day, and in the rest of the time, he also goes out for a walk. He has visited Tokyo's capital city, Shacheng city, Dongcheng city, Hong Kong city and even several castles, military camps, and Changshan Island. .

But what he likes most is the newly built East City, where the planning is the most orderly, with straight and wide streets, very clean and tidy, and there are public toilets not far from the streets and alleys, and even a lot of public bathhouses have been built, with special stoves The supply of hot water is not expensive, convenient and comfortable.

In addition, the streets are very clean, because there are special people sweeping the streets, and some older and weaker people are invited to do the cleaning.

On the streets, it is rare to see horse manure and the like. It is not only cleaned by special personnel, but also because there are many new regulations in the city, such as horse-drawn carriages and horse mules entering the city, they must be tied with manure bags, and it is forbidden to defecate and urinate indiscriminately.There are carriageways and sidewalks on the main street, not only must they all keep to the right, but even the speed of carriages and horses is strictly limited, galloping is prohibited, and bells must be ringed or shouted to remind people when turning.

People are not allowed to defecate anywhere, otherwise, if they are caught, they will not be fined, but they will have to wear a clean livery here, and then sweep the floor with a broom, and even wash the toilet.

Some scholars didn't pay attention at the beginning, but in the end, no matter what your status is, you directly messed up the floor, and no one dared to mess around in the end.

Of course, the sewers here are also well repaired, and many of them are dark underground waterways, which are beautiful and not smelly.

Another point is that the houses here are required to be equipped with toilets when they are built, which also greatly improves the sanitation situation.

There are two special markets in Dongcheng, where vendors sell together, and there are also many shops and workshops along the street. Grocery shopping, wholesale, etc. are concentrated in the market, and catering, entertainment and shopping are in street shops.

Tokyo is thriving, full of vitality, and everything is good, the only drawback is that it is not easy to live in.

You have to buy commercial food here, no need for food stamps, no limit, but the price is much more expensive than buying with food stamps, especially in restaurants and restaurants, because the imperial court now imposes business tax and license fees on restaurants and restaurants, etc. Even in special periods, there are lijin and surcharges.

Tobacco, alcohol, salt, tea, sugar, and ginseng are more expensive, because they are all exclusively sold by officials. The imperial court has to levy product tax, goods tax, customs duty, lijin, special license fee, business tax and exclusive tax, etc. .

Wang Fuzhi became addicted to cigarettes during the war and liked to drink some wine before going to bed. Now these hobbies have become extravagant consumption.

There are tobacco and alcohol sellers everywhere in the capital, and they are all monopoly. He found that the best seller is the Royal Supply and Marketing Cooperative under the name of the Royal. The counter is long, and there are more goods. On the wall behind the counter, there is even a business license plate, some selling tobacco, wine, salt, tea, sugar, ginseng, and general merchandise, and even gold and silver. .

In short, it seems that there is nothing they don't sell, so people are used to calling it a department store.

Wang Fuzhi also likes to visit these royal department stores. Their supply is sufficient, the price is fair, the quality is good, and the service and after-sales service are guaranteed.

For example, Daqianmen and Double Happiness cigarettes, which are very popular in the capital, are always in stock. There are many kinds of salt they sell, including sea salt, pool salt, and well salt, each with its own grade. There are different brands of edible salt, as well as salt for feeding livestock and pickling vegetables.

There are salt farms in Shandong, Changlu salt farms in the north, Lianghuai salt farms in the south, and Liaodong salt farms on the other side of the sea. It is also convenient to transport Zhejiang salt, Guangzhou salt and Fu salt.

So the salt here is relatively cheap. The most common edible salt is Shandong local salt, which costs six Wen a catty, which is unimaginable.The top Rong salt is subdivided into green salt, red salt, and white salt, and the green salt is even divided into Qinghai green salt, Shuofang black salt, Liangzhou green salt, etc.

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