Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 158 0153【Business Book】

The house rented out by Lu Zai is a combination of corridor courtyard and courtyard house, which can be regarded as a transitional type of evolution from corridor courtyard to quadrangle courtyard.

The east side is the corridor room, and the west side is the wing room, which is asymmetrical.

In the middle is the main room, and there are side rooms on both sides of the main room.

There is a row of houses in the backyard, with a total of three bedrooms and a study.

The front yard is also quite spacious, and there are small rooms separated from the east and west sides, which belong to the place where the servants live.The servant's house is separated by a wall, and the middle is used for entrance and exit.

According to the Ming and Qing siheyuan regulations, this should be counted as three entrances, and the front yard can also be counted as one entrance.

The kitchen and firewood room were opened from the wall, and the laneway was occupied and repaired. It is a proper illegal building.

This kind of housing layout, most of the money was remodeled at the beginning.

In the case of a tight house area, the owner wanted to add more fun, but had to reserve enough room for use, so it was a bit nondescript, and even expanded and occupied the laneway illegally.

Zhu Ming, Chen Yuan and Min Zishun each asked for a bedroom in the inner courtyard.

Bai Chongyan slept in the wing room.

The entourage of the crowd was crowded into two side rooms and a servant room.

The two maids bought from Lu Zai lived in another servant room.

The hall and study are shared by everyone.

With so many people crowded together, it is really shabby enough, but who makes the housing prices in Tokyo expensive.

Bai Chongyan and Min Zishun currently only have the identity of Di Gonglang, and their monthly salary is [-] yuan.

It is necessary to say twelve thousand instead of twelve strings because of the chaotic currency system.

According to the official regulations of the Song Dynasty, 1 guan is equal to 770 wen, which is called provincial hundred.However, in private transactions, it is still customary that 1 consistently equals 1000 wen, which is a foot hundred.In addition, there is Shibai, which determines how much money is 1 Guan according to the fineness of copper coins.

For example, if they rent a house, the monthly rent is [-] coins, which is calculated as a hundred dollars, and each coin is worth [-] copper coins.

Bai Chongyan's monthly salary is not enough to pay the rent, so he has to subsidize the money to live in the capital.

In addition, there is Yuan Suiqian, which means that the imperial court pays officials to support their followers.Zhu Ming, Bai Chongyan, and Min Zishun all have two entourages, each with a monthly salary of 500 yuan.

But 500 yuan per month can only guarantee that the followers will not starve to death in Tokyo.

Zhu Ming's situation is much better, because he has errands and can get double salary.

Wen Linlang's monthly salary is 15 yuan, and Lumi is 3 shi per month. Every year, horses are released to make clothes, and there are also some miscellaneous money.

(OK) The monthly salary of Tai Xuezheng is 18, and there is Lumi every month, and horses are issued every year. (Taixue Zheng is the ninth rank, which is lower than Wen Linlang. The rank of dispatch is lower than that of Jilu officials. This kind of situation is called "doing a certain job", and the salary is slightly higher than the normal salary.)
Double wages plus miscellaneous things, Zhu Ming's monthly salary is about 38 yuan, and there is still 13 yuan left after rent.

Ju Ming, who has a good salary, is weeding at the moment.

There is a row of flower beds in front of the porch, and weeds have grown up.Weeding and protecting flowers is the right to cultivate sentiment.

"Ahhhh!"

Someone knocked on the door knocker outside, and Gu San ran to open the door.

Min Zishun threw away the weeds and went out to meet him, but it was the three He Su brothers.

The two sides exchanged a few pleasantries, and He Tang picked up the mutton in his hand and said, "The best leg of lamb!"

Min Zishun picked it up and threw it to his attendant, who asked him to take it to the cook: "You three came as soon as you came, why bother to bring your own food?"

"You can't eat and drink for nothing," He Su said.

"Come in, all three." Min Zishun raised his hand to lead the way.

The sound of footsteps came to the inner courtyard, and Zhu Ming shouted, "Come and help!"

The three brothers rolled up their sleeves with a smile and ran to help weed.

As disciples of Shu School, they practice Taoism, chant Buddha and grow flowers, so they are proficient in everything.Pulling up weeds, his hands and feet are much quicker than Ju Ming's.

Not long after, someone knocked on the door again, but it was Qin Hui who also came.

The appointment of officials has been decided, and most of the Jinshi from the first class to the fourth class have to leave Tokyo.

Zhu Ming prepared a hot pot meal and planned to see off the second place Pan Lianggui.

I don't know how the news got leaked, but the number one scholar He Su came with his two brothers, and Qin Hui happily came to join in the fun.

Qin Hui brought a jar of wine, and said like offering a treasure: "Yue Zhang gave it to me, serve a good wine."

Bai Chongyan took the wine jar and placed it outside the courtyard, and asked his followers to move in to move the benches.

Near noon, Pan Lianggui arrived late, and there were even a few more people he didn't know.

Zhu Ming asked Bai Chongyan in a low voice: "Who is this Zheng Lizhong? I don't have the slightest impression."

Bai Chongyan said: "He is from Tingzhou, and he is from the same hometown as Mr. Chen on Fujian Road. He admires Mr. Chen's talent and learning, and often listens to lectures by the Caihe River. I can chat with him quite well. Zheng Lizhong passed the top three exams this time and was sent to Chong'an County. Captain."

In history, Zheng Lizhong was also a loyal and brave person.

When the Jin soldiers went south, Zheng Lizhong recruited thousands of brave men from the countryside, fought all the way back to Henan from Fujian, and recovered the lost lands of Guangzhou (Huangchuan) and Caizhou (Ruyang).The Jin people increased their troops to besiege Caizhou, and Zheng Li died in Zhongcheng.

Zheng Lizhong asked, "Is Mr. Mo'an not here?"

Zhu Ming pointed to the backyard: "Write a book inside, and come out when eating."

Chen Yuan was no longer giving lectures in the downtown area. In order to avoid being labeled as a banned school, he repeatedly emphasized that he was promoting new learning, and completely removed the unique views of Luo Xue and Shu Xue.

However, Shengzhang, the prefect of Kaifeng, had another way. He directly asked the city management (sub-district commander) to come forward, forcefully disperse the people who attended the lecture, and arrested Chen Yuan on the charge of obstructing traffic.Fortunately, many Tai students helped to block them, otherwise Zhu Ming would go to the prison in Kaifeng Mansion to snatch people.

Now, Chen Yuan is writing books every day.

In addition to perfecting the theoretical system, mathematics, geometry, and physics were also written into manuscripts.

Bai Sheng and Shi Biao brought out the stove and iron pot, Chen Yuan's four attendants brought coal, and the rest of the attendants were busy slicing mutton and cleaning the heart and lungs and other internal organs.

Qin Hui squatted down to start a fire, but the charcoal fire was not lit, and he choked himself to death.

Song Fai, who passed the No.5 exam, smiled and said: "I don't know about fireworks, let me show my tricks!"

Qin Hui argued: "At home, I always use firewood and charcoal. I haven't learned how to make a fire with coal."

Jinshi No. 6 Zhu Xi said: "Everything is good in Tokyo, but there is a shortage of firewood, and the smell of charcoal is too strong. When it's cooking time, the whole city is full of the burnt smell of charcoal."

Zhu Ming was worried that he was short of money to spend, now that he was appointed as an official, it was time to start a business.

After staring at the coal for a while, Zhu Ming called Bai Sheng over: "I usually use charcoal at home, where did you buy it?"

Bai Sheng replied: "The carbon dioxide field."

"Where is the coal field?" Zhu Ming asked again.

Bai Sheng said: "Except for the inner city, there are everywhere, even the suburbs."

Zhu Ming thought about it, he could use the coal ash that was not in the coal field, and use the waste to make briquettes for sale.

Tokyo has used coal on a large scale for more than 100 years.

At that time, there was not enough firewood, and the imperial court encouraged the use of coal to light fires, and even exempted coal from being sold, which stimulated merchants to increase the amount of coal shipped.

Due to the huge profits, the rich and powerful began to fry coal.

Song Zhenzong's son-in-law Chai Zongqing made things worse.He instigated tax collectors to collect taxes illegally and drive up the costs of competitors.On the other hand, he contacted the fleet to transport coal to Tokyo tax-free, and dumped at low prices to drive small businessmen into bankruptcy.After monopolizing the market, sell it at a high price to make a profit.

In the five years of Dazhong Xiangfu, the price of coal was extremely high, and the people were frozen.

The imperial court urgently transferred 40 scales of coal and sold them to the common people at half price.People looted in the snow, causing a stampede, causing countless casualties on the spot, and some were frozen to death because they could not buy coal.

Since then, the imperial court has strengthened the supervision of coal, and dare not let the rich and powerful monopolize the market.

Up to now, there are nearly a hundred charcoal fields in and around Tokyo.There are official and private ones to prevent one family from dominating.

Zhu Ming walked to the study room: "Sir, there is a good business, do you want to join the capital (investment)?"

Chen Yuan shook his head: "I don't like doing business. If I'm short of money for success, I can just lend you two hundred guan. I don't have much gold and silver left, and I need to save some for future use."

Zhu Ming said: "I will borrow money from my husband after I have researched new things. This business can also benefit the people. People's daily use is the way."

"Oh, what's the way to success?" Chen Yuan became interested, which has something to do with the way of daily use.

"We'll know when the time comes, let's go to eat first." Zhu Ming is still not fully sure, he only saw the briquette workshop in the town when he was a child in the countryside.

When the two came to the yard, the soup in the pot was already boiling.

Everyone sat down around the iron pot, and after the rice wine was poured out, Zhu Ming said with a smile, "I would like to ask Zhuangyuan Lang to say a few words."

He Su raised his glass immediately and stood up: "Masters, we are all Jinshi of Xinke, eat the king's salary, and be loyal to the king. I hope you can report to the emperor and go down to the people. Congratulations to the Song Dynasty, and congratulations to the officials!"

"Congratulations to Da Song!"

"Congratulations to the official family!"

Everyone shouted and raised their glasses to drink.

Zhu Ming boiled a piece of mutton and ate it. He took a drink and said to Pan Lianggui, "This is the farthest you go to Guizhou, so take care of yourself."

Pan Lianggui clinked his glasses and said: "Brother Chenggong refused to marry, he has already hated Cai Jing, and also offended the poet Dasheng and the governor of Kaifeng. From now on, we must be careful of the treacherous party. I am in Guizhou, but I am safe."

Zhu Ming laughed and said, "If you want to offend treacherous ministers, all of you here have already offended Wang Fu."

"Hahaha!" The crowd laughed.

As the chief examiner of the provincial examination, Wang Fu is the teacher of all the new subjects.Although the imperial court issued repeated orders not to allow scholars to pay homage to their masters, they could not be prohibited at all.

According to the usual practice, before the imperial examination, everyone should take the initiative to pay a visit to Wang Fu, and thank the teacher for his support.

But Wang Fu's reputation was too stinky, he fawned on He Zhizhong's superior position, and soon betrayed He Zhizhong.He flattered Cai Jing to take over the position, and now he has betrayed Cai Jing.This kind of repeated villain is rare in the traitorous party.

670 There are only a few people who go to pay homage to a Jinshi.

This also has something to do with Cai Jing. The Cai party controls the bureaucracy. Whoever dares to worship Wang Fu will be suppressed when he is appointed an official.

He Su chewed the mutton and said, "When I become a speaker, I will be the first to impeach Wang Fu! I only know that there is a traitor Wang Fu, but I don't know that there is a teacher Wang Fu."

"Well said!" Song Fei raised his glass and drank.

Qin Hui was a little embarrassed sitting there. His wife's third uncle was Zheng Juzhong, and Wang Fu had taken refuge in Zheng Juzhong's family.

Everyone left a traitorous minister and right a traitor, Qin Hui felt like he was scolding himself.

Song Fei said: "The treacherous ministers in the court are in power, and the local officials are corrupt. The first thing I do when I appoint an official to Fuzhou Caozhu this time is to rectify the subordinate officials of Cao. If I can be promoted to the head of a county, I will rectify the government of the county. .When the government is clear, the world can be clear!"

"Brother Caicheng has great ambition!"

All the people here are relatively young, they have just been appointed to official positions, and they are all focused on displaying their ambitions, and they have not suffered from the darkness of officialdom.

One and two, drinking and eating meat, talking about their political ideals.

When the wine is not intoxicating, everyone gets drunk by themselves. At the end of the drink, they fall apart and help each other to leave.

Ju Ming leaned halfway on the porch to sober up, he didn't have the slightest intention of bringing down the treacherous officials, but only thought about how to do business to make money.

If Song Huizong does not fall, can the traitorous party fall?

It is more practical to make money. The price is too high, and even his double salary is not enough.

(End of this chapter)