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  Chapter 294 292【Female intern】

  With Zhao Han's recommendation letter and Wu Bing leading the way, Wang Wei and Lin Xue quickly found jobs.

  Wang Wei went to a girls' school in Jishui County to be a teacher, while Lin Xue cooperated with many bookstores and usually drew some illustrations for books.

  In order to test the price of Jiangxi paintings, Lin Xue took out a picture of Guanyin painted by herself, and the calligraphy and painting shop directly gave five taels of silver. Moreover, the owner of the painting and calligraphy shop also said that he would charge as much as he could for paintings of this quality.

  Five liang of silver is worth ten days' salary of Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua and others.

  Even if she does nothing but paint and sell paintings, Lin Xue can still live well, but she came to Jiangxi to get married.

   Not to be a concubine, but only to be a regular wife.

  As for how superb Lin Xue's painting skills are, Dong Qichang once commented. Among the female painters in the late Ming Dynasty, Yang Huilin of the Southern School and Lin Xue of the Northern School were called "Southern Yang and Northern Forest".

   There is also a great writer, Li Yu. Regardless of what his masterpiece is, anyone who knows it will understand it anyway.

  When Li Yu was creating "Yin Zhong Yuan", he was deeply moved by the experience of the two female painters. In the opera, he married Yang Huilin to Dong Qichang and Lin Xue to Chen Jiru.

   On this day, Liu Rushi came back in a sedan chair, and a bookstore clerk helped deliver books.

  Backing to the yard shared by the two, Lin Xue said in shock: "Buying so many books, you really want to be a female official?"

  Liu Rushi smiled and said: "I have inquired about it. Yamen in various places recruit officials to watch the government every quarter. During the period of watching the government, there is no salary, and board and lodging are taken care of by themselves. As long as you don't make mistakes, you can become a reserve official in three months."

   "It seems that you have made up your mind." Lin Xue smiled.

  The two hired maids each, and the mother-in-law cooks and does laundry. Their small life is very nourishing.

   Liu Rushi asked the store clerk to bring the book into the room, and gave a handful of copper coins as a tip.

  She rolled out a book and said, "Sister Lin, what do you think this is?"

  Lin Xue came over to take a look: "Fan Yin."

   "It's the Datong silver dollar. One silver dollar is one or two taels of silver, which is much more convenient than broken silver and silver ingots." Liu Rushi threw the silver dollar over, "I'll give you one as rent."

  It was sunny today, Lin Xue took the calligraphy and painting to the yard to dry.

  Liu Rushi was reading a book in the corridor. The book she was reading was official document writing. The format has long been understood, but there are other rules here in Jiangxi, official documents must not contain uncommon words, try not to quote allusions, and must use vulgar writing.

  Vulgar text is a colloquial article, which can be understood as ancient vernacular.

  In fact, many academic articles in the Ming Dynasty, including the works of great Confucians, often use popular Chinese to explain. The degree of colloquialism is between classical Chinese and vernacular, only slightly more formal than "Water Margin".

   After Liu Rushi understood the rules, he stopped reading this book and picked up "The Law of the Great Ming Dynasty".

   "Increasing and Losing the Great Ming Law" is a deleted and revised version, and about one-third of the entire book has been changed.

   After spending a few days like this, they suddenly remembered that they had not registered yet, so they met to apply for a household registration. You can only apply for temporary household registration, and you need to settle in for more than half a year before you can change to permanent household registration.

   Come to Huke.

  The middle partition wall has been demolished, like a large office with bright and clean windows.

  The section chief of the county government office is very young, and he is writing books at his desk. Maybe it was because he had been working for too long, he put down the brush and rubbed his wrists, and suddenly saw Lin Xue and Liu Rushi, staring at them intently.

   "What are the two young masters going to do?" a small official asked.

   "Settled down." Lin Xue replied.

  The little official took out an account card and said, "Sit down. Outsider?"

  Lin Xue said: "Yes."

  The little official asked, "Name."

   "Lin Xue, the word Tiansu."

   "Native place."

   "Fujian, Jianning."

   "..."

   "The household post cost fifteen cash, and Chongzhen will not charge ten cash. The security fee is twenty cash per month, which can be paid monthly or for a whole year in advance."

   "What is the security fee?"

   "There are too many people in Ji'an Prefecture, and the Criminal Division of the county government has to set up separate yamen, and build a police station every three squares, responsible for patrolling, arresting robbers, fighting fires, and fighting police."

  Both women have paid security fees for half a year, and they think this police station is very interesting, a bit like the Wucheng Bingmasi in Nanjing.

  Due to the stability and prosperity, the population of Ji'an Prefecture is expanding rapidly, many of them are foreign registered permanent residence, and the total number of people inside and outside the city has exceeded 250,000.

  Even some cultivated land around the city has been demolished to build houses.

   How can the officials in the county manage it?

  Zhao Han ordered the integration of the original organization, and set up five police stations in the city. Each police station has jurisdiction over more than 50,000 people. Its responsibilities include civilian police, criminal police, patrol police, and fire police.

  Big cities must do this, and Nanjing and Beijing have five cities.

  However, the five-city soldiers and horses in the northern and southern capitals of the Ming Dynasty basically lost their functions in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. A large number of departments can direct them to do things, but in the end, no one is doing business, and they are almost reduced to servants of nobles, eunuchs and civil officials.

  You can understand that the police in Nanjing and Beijing can’t find anyone all day long, and they are all doing free work for officials.

  Zhu Yuanzhang attaches great importance to the Wucheng Bingma Division. If he knows that he has been made like this, he will probably be able to crawl out of the coffin in anger.

  After the two women finished their household registration and left, the young section chief came over immediately.

   "Section Chief!" The little official hurriedly greeted.

  The young section chief asked: "Two women share the same courtyard?"

   "Yes." The clerk said.

  The chief of the section lived abroad with his father who was an official for a long time. He returned to Jiangxi two years ago and was promoted to the chief of the Criminal Section of Luling County very quickly.

  He is twenty years old this year, his fiancée has died of illness, and he is thinking about marrying a wife.

  Liu Rushi was too beautiful, which made him daunted. Lin Xue was very suitable, as long as she was older, it didn't matter if she was a good prostitute, her appearance was enough to ignore many things.

   It can only be said that the influence of literary and artistic works on the ideological atmosphere is likely to exceed the enlightenment of the Missionary Department.

  In recent years, a large number of dramas and novels have described the love of maids and prostitutes, so that many young people have less scruples, and secretly dream of a beautiful marriage.

  Of course, we must carry the old stubbornness at home and break through the obstruction of feudal parents.

  After get off work at noon and evening every day, the young section chief would go out for a walk, secretly observe Lin Xue's whereabouts, and try to create some occasional encounters on the street.

   After observing for half a month, the young section chief was completely addicted, and he found that Lin Xue's painting skills were superb.

  Talented woman!

  Liu Rushi read the notices every day, and waited for her to memorize half of the "Increase and Loss of the Great Ming Law", and finally came to the county to recruit political observers.

   Only 30 people are accepted, and more than 100 people signed up.

  Scholars with fame and fame in the past do not want to be political observers. This thing is an intern, who does odd jobs for others without salary, and can only be a reserve official after three months of work.

   But with Zhao Han occupying Hunan and Guangdong, a large number of scholars from various prefectures and counties came to sign up!

   "Are you signing up for yourself?" The clerk looked at Liu Rushi stupidly.

   Liu Rushi asked: "Can women not sign up?"

   "Not really, but...but..." The little official didn't know what to say.

  Liu Rushi smiled and said: "Since women are not prohibited from registering, then they are allowed. Please help me to record the name. Liu Yin, the word is so."

"well!"

  The little official was light-headed, fascinated by Liu Rushi's smile, and after a long period of fainting, he finally said, "Come to the county government for an exam tomorrow."

  The officials of the county government, including many applicants, all looked at Liu Rushi foolishly. One was because of her beauty, and the other was that a woman had signed up to watch politics.

  Nowadays there are indeed many women who work in mission groups, but only Xiaohong is an official in the county government.

   Moreover, Xiaohong was also transferred from a missionary officer to a political officer, and Liu Ru was the first one to sign up for the political examination!

"Next person!"

   "I am Juren, and this is my certificate."

   "It turned out to be Mr. Juren, you don't need to take the exam, you can go directly to the county government to observe the government."

  There are a lot of scholars in the country, but there are far fewer Juren.

  Once a candidate is willing to observe politics, he will be admitted directly without occupying a quota, and he will be promoted quickly. This approach can not only select talents, but also attract scholars.

  The next day.

  Liu Rushi came to take the exam. The official documents were simple, the law was okay, he was blind in farming, he was dumb in mathematics, and he passed the theory of Datong.

  The exam was so bad that he came in eighth place, but he stayed in the county government to watch the government, so he didn't have to be assigned to the township government.

  The head of the official department was frowning, took Liu Rushi's test paper, and went to ask Zhang Huanjun, the magistrate of Luling County, for instructions.

   "Xianzun, this is a woman." The chief of the official department said.

  Zhang Huanjun nodded in approval and said, "It's really a good handwriting, and the literary talent is also excellent, and the common prose can be written easily. It should be recorded."

  The head of the official department repeated: "The county lord, she is a woman!"

  Zhang Huanjun laughed loudly: "A woman is a woman, just a political observer."

  The magistrate of Luling County is equivalent to Zhao Han's Jing Zhaoyin. How can someone who can achieve this position be a pedantic person?

  The last magistrate of Luling punished Fei Chun's parents!

   On the first day of Liu Rushi's internship in the county government, it directly caused a sensation. Officials from various departments took turns to watch, and ran to the household department with messy excuses.

  Liu Rushi was purely doing odd jobs for the first two days. The young section chief of the household department saw that there were too many onlookers, so he threw her to the innermost place to copy official documents. Gradually, I assisted in handling government affairs, and all kinds of work came at my fingertips. After I finished, I still had time to study mathematics by myself.

  General Military Mansion.

  Zhao Han laughed and said, "Is she watching the government at the county government?"

   "That's right, the news has reached the General Military Mansion." Secretary Wang Dai said.

   "The people under the order, don't make things difficult, and don't need to take care of them," Zhao Han asked, "Has the new army been formed yet?"

  Zhang Jiayu said: "Half a month of training."

  Fei Ruhe has been transferred back, and the officer has been restored to his original post, but he is now in charge of the Eastern Army Academy. He transferred the backbone of the army from Guangdong as a framework, and transferred some officers back from Hunan, and then recruited farmers and soldiers from poor areas in Jiangxi to join the army.

  The number of professional soldiers under Zhao Han finally increased to 28,000.

Calling Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua, Fei Chun, Chen Maosheng, Xiao Huan and others, Zhao Han said: "In the past few days, everyone has discussed for a long time, and I have made up my mind. I will keep Fujian from fighting this year, and take Jiangnan first. , all divisions should make corresponding preparations, and send troops as soon as the summer grain enters the warehouse!"

   It was a letter from Xu Ying that made Zhao Han change his strategic decision.

  Zhejiang scholars are about to revolt!

  Fushe has branches all over the country, and Yishe is the most influential branch in central Zhejiang.

  Xu Du, the leader of the Yishe, actually wants to launch an uprising. He has linked up with scholars in several counties, and has won the support of many businessmen and small and medium-sized landlords.

  God does not take, but takes the blame, Zhao Han must change the expansion plan.

  This time, Zhao Han wants to conquer Jiangnan himself, and personally control those big families in Jiangnan.

  (end of this chapter)