Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

As soon as Hu Shun and Hu Baihu were mentioned, Su Mu became furious.This guy almost made himself a cheap father-in-law, not to mention that he almost made himself unable to take the government examination. The future of the bad guy is heinous and unforgivable.

However, for the sake of Hu Ying's obsession with her, Su Mu made a better plan against him.

Regarding Hu Baihu's affairs, Su Mu was not interested at all, so he cocked his mouth and said, "I'm just a poor scholar, what can I come up with. Master Hu is a rich family, as long as he says, There are some people who are willing to curry favor, so I’m still missing one?”

After speaking, I will go home.

"Zi Qiao, Zi Qiao, how can you say such a thing!" Hu Jinxue stomped his feet anxiously, and grabbed Su Mu: "Don't go, don't go."

Su Mu smiled and said: "School, let's play together as brothers, you insist on me, do you want to buy me a drink?"

This sentence reminded Hu Jinxue: "Don't talk about it. I woke up early and the water rice is not sticky. Let's talk while we go."

Hu Jinxue was kind to him, Su Mu, and he still had to give him face, but Su Mu had no choice but to follow him into a nearby tea house.

Of course, Su Mu didn't want to hear anything about Hu Baihu, and whenever Hu Jinxue wanted to open his mouth, he would interrupt at the right time.

Each drank a few sips of tea and ate four fires.

Su Mu stood up and said with a smile: "Jinxue, thank you for your hospitality. Since you haven't left the capital yet, I'll invite you sometime. Let's have a good chat. I still have homework today, so I'll take my leave first."

"Zi Qiao..." Suddenly Hu Jinxue's eyes turned red, and big tears fell down.

In Su Mu's mind, this Hu Jinxue is a tough man, and when he cried, Su Mu panicked.Sitting down hurriedly, said in a low voice: "Jinxue, what's wrong with you, if you have something to talk about."

Hu Jinxue wiped the corner of his eyes with his fist: "Zi Qiao, you have to help this matter anyway, otherwise, otherwise... Are you going to tell me to kneel... Uncle... Uncle's hair is almost graying... Could it be Do you want me to kneel down and beg you? Zi Qiao, if you refuse, I will kneel down and die in front of you."

After speaking, he stood up with a whoosh.

Su Mu was a little angry, he didn't like this kind of thing the most, he pulled him back and said: "When you go to school, you are all your brothers, why do you force me here. I have a grudge with your Hu family, and you are not unreasonable." I know. Besides, you haven’t explained what happened, so you have to ask me to make a decision. I’m not Zhuge Kongming, so I can pinpoint and calculate.”

"You can definitely do it. If you can't pass this test, our Hu family will be in trouble. The eldest lady knows that uncle has such a big problem, so she doesn't know what to worry about."

Hearing him mention Hu Ying, Su Mu felt a pain in his heart, and his expression became less serious.

Seeing that Su Mu showed signs of softening his heart, Hu Jinxue said, "The reason why my uncle is not in a hurry to return to Baoding this time is because he was left in the capital."

"Stay in the capital, what's the matter?" Su Mu was curious.

Hu Jinxue: "The last time I came to the capital to pay a job, I should have taken the receipt and returned to Baoding. However, Gao Tongzhi from the experience department delayed writing, so we stayed in the inn. After a few more days, uncle He was feeling depressed, but he got a new appointment, let him stay in Beijing, and still be a guard of Jin Yiwei."

Su Mu said: "This is a good thing, what is Mr. Hu worried about? Doing a hundred households in the capital is a hundred times better than Baoding."

It's true that they are all officers from hundreds of families, but it's no big deal if there are hundreds of Jinyiwei in the local area.Unlike the Jinyi Baihu in the capital, because they stay with the leader, once the opportunity comes, they may soar to the sky at any time.Even if he has no intention of official career and power, with the prosperity of the capital, if he raises his hand casually, the money he can make is unimaginable in the local area.

Therefore, most of the Jinyi Baihu and Qianhu in the capital have deep backgrounds, either they are the children of high-ranking officials, or they are the confidants of the commanders of the Jinyiwei, or Qianshi and Tongzhi.

"My master has no arms. How could such a good thing happen to him." Hu Jinxue said sullenly, "That's Gao Tongzhi's uncle. The uncle's position in Baoding had been assigned to Gao Tongzhi's distant nephew by default. I'm about to take office. Just because my uncle got Ziqiao's idea, he put Mr. Ding Wangling together and got into Mr. Mou's eyes. Commander Mou was also on the spur of the moment, and asked if there was any shortage, so he randomly ordered uncle to let him do it. This hundred households."

"Well, I also know about this. Go ahead and talk about it when you enter school." Hu Shun was there when he was appointed as Jinyiwei Baihu, but he didn't expect that this position was snatched from the nephew of a fellow prefect surnamed Gao. come here.

The central organization of Jinyiwei usually consists of three departments: Beizhen Fusi, Nanzhen Fusi, and Experience Department.

Beizhen Fusi, also known as Beiya, has its own prison and is responsible for arrests and interrogations.

Nanzhen Fusi is Nanya, responsible for rectifying the internal affairs of Jinyiwei, and it is a department similar to discipline inspection.

As for the experience department, it is equivalent to the organization department of Jinyiwei, responsible for the appointment and removal of personnel and the exchange of official documents.

The main leadership of Jinyi Health is composed of a commander, three commanders and a commander.

Generally speaking, the commander of Jinyiwei is in charge of the overall situation.Qian Shi is the master of the general office, and three other acquaintances are in charge of the Nanbei Yamen and the Experience Department.Of course, in many cases, the commander will directly manage the Beiya.

The experience department is directly in charge of personnel affairs, and has a lot of power. Hu Shun took the position of Tongzhi's nephew and offended such a person, how can life be easier?

Hu Jinxue continued: "At that time, after Gao Tongzhi's nephew was replaced by his uncle, he was a little unhappy. But because the commander kissed him, Gao Tongzhi thought that his uncle was the commander of Mou, so naturally he didn't dare to make mistakes. But after he got down Therefore, it is inevitable not to send someone to investigate Uncle's background. After this investigation, I found out that Uncle is not a disciple of Commander-in-Chief at all. Not only that, but it has nothing to do with any high-ranking officials in the court. So..."

He couldn't speak any more, he took a big mouthful of the fire sadly, and more sweat flowed from his forehead.

"So, Hu Baihu is in big trouble." Su Mu couldn't help but nodded, but he was still very curious: "In this case, how did Gao Tongzhi transfer Hu Baihu to the capital? Isn't this a disguised promotion? "

Hu Jinxue took a sip of hot tea, and replied sullenly: "Uncle is in Baoding, and Gao Tong knows that he can't reach him. If he is transferred to the capital, it will be easy to pick mistakes. As long as Uncle does one thing wrong, he will be taken down, and his position will be vacant." Out."

"Well, that's the truth. Then, what trouble did Hu Baihu encounter?"

Hu Jinxue put down his glass, sighed, and said, "It's a long story, and we have to start with Baoding. I wonder if Ziqiao has heard of Lin Wenliu?"

"I have a little impression." Su Mu recalled it for a while, and asked, "Is it Lin Wenliu from the Lin family of the four famous families in Baoding, who seems to be a Juren?"

This man was about forty years old, he had passed the imperial examinations for more than ten years, and he was considered a moderate celebrity in Baoding Shilin.

"That's right, it's him. He's in the capital now."

Su Mu asked curiously: "It's in the capital, is it possible that Lin Wenliu will also participate in next year's Chunwei, and wants to be a Jinshi?"

"No, since Lin Wenliu won the Juren more than ten years ago, he has tried repeatedly and failed. Knowing that he didn't have that fate, he gave up his dream of fame and said that he wanted to be a mountain man. In fact, this is just an excuse. That kind of talent, even if it took another 100 years, he would not be able to pass the exam. Lin Wenliu is a collateral branch of the Lin family, and the family would not pay him to buy an official. Without food and clothing, Lin Wenliu simply came to Beijing to protect him. My father-in-law’s house. I’ve been in the capital for these years, and I’ve gained a bit of fame, and I’m also acquainted with the brothers and scholars who live in the capital.”

The so-called mountain people are a special phenomenon in the cultural circles of the Ming Dynasty.This name was first seen in "Zuo Zhuan": "If you pretend to be a husband or a wife, as for old diseases, you will always have cold hands. The mountain people take it, and the people pass it on." It specifically refers to the scholar-bureaucrat intellectuals who retired to the mountains, and advertised that they would not enter the official career.

The society of the Ming Dynasty had been peaceful for a long time, and due to the further popularization of education, a large number of intellectuals were produced.The number of officials in the country is limited, and it is impossible for everyone to be an official.As a result, a large number of scholars saw that their official careers were hopeless, and they simply called themselves Shanren, determined to achieve fame: It’s not that I failed the Jinshi exam, but I’m really not interested.

In this way, he ran around and gained a great reputation for himself.

This group is not small in scale and is unprecedentedly active. It constitutes a non-mainstream intellectual class.

The literati of this class traveled around with their talents, and became a few parasitic social elements.

But because this group of people has a certain reputation, it may not be enough to accomplish things, but because they have mastered public opinion, they are quite destructive.

"A few days ago, an incident happened. The imperial court wanted to build a Lumi warehouse and ordered Shuntian Mansion to expropriate and demolish it. It happened to be demolished in the area of ​​Lin Wenliuyue's house. The expropriation price was considered fair, and other people were willing to demolish it. But Lin Wenliu But he thought it was a good opportunity to make a fortune, so a lion opened his mouth. Shuntian Mansion didn't know how powerful this man was, and wanted to use it. But he never expected that Lin Wenliu would gather a group of talents to attack Shuntian. The yamen said that the government is cruel to the people, and he is a foolish king or something. Now, the students have surrounded the Shuntian government yamen, and if they don’t give an explanation, they won’t leave. "

"Well, what does this matter have to do with Hu Baihu?" Su Mu asked.

Hu Jinxue slapped the table angrily: "This Gao Tongzhi played tricks, appointed uncle as a hundred households in Jinyi in the Lumi Cang area, and said that Lin Wenliu was originally from Baoding, and he was acquainted with Shu. Now the students are attacking the Shuntian government office. , as a member of Jin Yiwei, he has the responsibility to maintain law and order. The uncle must calm down the situation today. The fact that the siege of Shuntian Mansion is too big, if it is not resolved as soon as possible, the emperor will be alarmed, and the uncle will be dismissed for investigation. All property will be confiscated. Said, wives and daughters will also be sold into Jiaofangsi as slaves!"

"Ah!" Su Mu screamed, stood up abruptly, and asked urgently, "When did Lin Wenliu lead people to surround the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion?"

Is this Hu Shun a down-to-earth star?

Or, this bird's character is really bad, no matter whether it is bad or evil, they all come to him one after another.

With such luck, it's hard not to die.

Hu Jinxue: "Last night, Lin Wenliu led people to surround the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, and the uncle's appointment arrived. Early this morning, the superior ordered the uncle to calm down the incident. Poor uncle hasn't taken office yet, and even his subordinates How many people don't know, so this is sending a messenger, isn't it obvious to punish people?"