Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

Chapter 144

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Jin Yiwei led by Xie Ying is launching a special campaign to crack down on hooligans and gangsters in the capital. Sometimes when Cui Xie came out of Guozijian or came back from Li Xueshi's house, he would bump into Jin Yiwei who was patrolling.

I even met Xie Ying a few times.

Putting it aside earlier, Xie Ying was about to pretend he didn't recognize him and turned away. But now they have already made friendship in front of the two scholars and Shiren, and this relationship may be passed on to the emperor at any time, so there is no need to pretend to be unfamiliar. Therefore, when they met on the road a few times, not only did Cui Xie go to greet him "Sir Xie", but Xie Ying also bowed his hands, with a shallow smile, and gently responded "Cui Jiansheng".

In front of the street full of people, that's it.

Xie Ying still wanted to avoid suspicion. On the contrary, he has a few captains who have met Cui Xie. Seeing that he has read and read into the eyes of the emperor, he can still be so affectionate with Jin Yiwei. They all feel that he is grateful and has a good character. talk.

Occasionally Cui Xie studied from Li's house until the evening, and when he came back to catch up with the night ban, he would be checked.

Cui Xie thanked them, and the school captains also complained to him occasionally - the management of these evil youths in Beijing should be the responsibility of Shuntian Prefecture, the people they should arrest can't be caught, the cases that should be investigated are not well investigated, and Jin Yiwei has to come. Clean up the mess.

They patrol the streets at a daily rate to investigate cases, facing the wind and rain, and strictly controlling thousands of households. They are not allowed to arbitrarily take things from the people.

Cui Xie thought about Xie Ying patrolling every day under the scorching sun, wind and rain, and he felt empathy for their words and comforted him: "I, such as the people living in the capital, are able to live in peace, thanks to the adults. I travel every morning and evening, I also feel that the atmosphere of the capital is getting better, and it is not in vain to think that this hard work is not in vain, in the future when the villains are cleared, the court and the people will naturally remember your credit."

Comrades Jinyiwei washed away the old bureaucratic atmosphere, not only did they work hard to crack down on the ground, but they didn't take the masses a single line in their work! Can the ordinary people under their rule not contribute to the national harmony and provide Jinyiwei with the best services

Choi Xie was so moved that he held a family congress when he returned home. At the meeting, the decree conveyed by Bachelor Li Dongyang was relayed, and it was also stated that it was necessary to closely follow the policy of the Emperor Chenghua and support Jin Yiwei to clear the demonic atmosphere of the capital.

Specifically, he decided to open several tea sheds in the capital to supply tea and snacks, so that the Jinyiwei can rest when they are on business.

When the old lady heard that such a big stall was suddenly going to be opened, and she was doing something that had never been done before, she was not very confident, and asked him in a low voice, "Our family just built a big house and built a kiln on Zhuangzi. , where do you get this money to open a tea shed?"

Sister Yun followed her grandmother to learn housekeeping recently, and she had something in her head, so she also asked in a low voice, "The rouge gouache we sell in our family is even better. If my brother wants to support Jin Yiwei, why don't you just send some for spring ringworm and hand rash. Medicine? These are all practical things, and you can still make money by investing a lot of money in a fat powder shop. Isn’t it better than opening that kind of small stall?”

He and brother have no problem with him - since Mr. Lu came home to visit relatives, he has been treated the same as his second brother, so that he trembled when he saw Cui Xie's legs, let alone dared to make any comments.

Cui Xie explained patiently: "You don't have to lose money to open a tea shed. It doesn't cost a few taels to build a shed, and we don't have to make it as delicate as a serious tea house, just provide some ordinary tea and hot drinks, and get some in summer. The fruit is cold water... I think Jinyiwei is patrolling the city right now. If there is a place to rest, they will be happy if they can be spared some money. Since this is the good governance of the court, it is always good for us to help - my father is still in Yunnan. Looking forward to returning to Beijing."

When the old lady thought of her son, her heart ached, and she didn't spare any money. She coughed and sighed and said, "I don't dare to expect him to come back to Beijing, so we should have a good relationship and tell Jin Yiwei to say goodbye. It's good to come and raid the house and get people."

Anyway, this is a temporary thing. When Xie Qianhu and the others are busy these days, they don't have to patrol outside all day long, then the tea shed can be done or not.

Cui Xie comforted the old lady with a few words, and then asked someone to bring Liu Zhuangtou back to Beijing.

He didn't tell his family about the original intention of building this shed, but told Liu Zhuangtou: "In the future, if Jinyiwei who patrols the city comes to have tea, you can order whatever you want, no need for money. Just keep an eye on them every day. When it’s time to go to the stall, let them order some cooked soy milk and fresh food when they are going, don’t be afraid to spend money, just write a book and give it to me.”

Liu Zhuang blinked and asked in confusion, "Then who should we settle this account with?"

Cui Xie smiled inexplicably: "Then you don't have to worry about it, I naturally have a place to knot."

The young master didn't want to say it, so Liu Zhuangtou didn't ask, he just did it.

He had just returned from the Liu family a few months ago. He had met many old relatives, and said countless bad things about the Cui family. It was when he was full of responsibility and wanted to protect the grandson of the old Liu family in the Cui family, which was full of outsiders. Now that Cui Xie wants to explain one thing he can't ask the old Cui family to do, he is naturally very attentive. Charcoal, coarse porcelain bowls and pots.

All these things don’t cost a few taels in total, and you don’t need to hire someone else to watch the stall, just use the orphans and women nearby to help you cook tea, steam cakes, and support half a liter of rice grains every day as wages.

In the tea shed, there are some rough tea for pedestrians to drink, some good tea, sugar, preserved fruit, walnuts, sesame and other things, and then prepare the fried and ground millet noodles to make tea soup. The food is sold by the men and women who carry the food around with baskets. They steamed some rice cakes and flour cakes by themselves, and only served Jinyiwei to drink tea cakes for free, and the money they spent could actually be earned back from other customers.

When he had arranged everything almost, Cui Xie wrote a letter to Xie Ying, telling him that the Cui family had set up a tea stall, and told him that he was tired from patrolling every day, so he brought people to his stall to rest and have a drink. Tea.

On several streets in the four directions of the city, he opened all the tea stalls with red backgrounds and white borders and embroidered the two characters "Qing Tea" in the middle, and Jinyiwei came over for free.

Xie Ying replied the next day, his handwriting was a little rushed, and told him not to spend money like this - those boys who didn't have the imperial errand, took the court salary, and went to the Cui family to eat and drink for nothing.

Cui Xie left the long attendant who delivered the letter to sit in the hall, and wrote a pen behind the letter to reply: "I have not confessed in vain, I have asked their thousand households to repay their debts."

He re-wrapped the letter and sealed it, and attached a few boxes of newly-made anti-chaptery hand medicine, facial grease, and mouth grease, and asked Na Chang to bring it back with him.

Xie Ying looked at the words on the back of the letter, neither angry nor smiling. But after reading the fourteen words several times, the thought of spending money on him faded away, leaving only an affectionate joy lingering in his heart.

Just ask the tyrants to go and eat, and the money for the fee will be paid by a thousand households like him. What can he not give him

The only regret is that his kindness can't be famous.

After all, Cui Xie was the son of an official in the imperial court, and he was studying for a scientific examination, so his reputation mattered. It’s enough to make him a thousand households, anyway, there is a benefactor in the name; if it is known that he provides food and drink for the Jinyiwei who patrols the city, and then deliberately buys the reputation of the emperor’s valet, it will not sound good. .

Xie Ying read the letter overnight, and the next day the training was over. When she was going to take everyone to the city tour, she told a few leaders of the tea stalls. He only said that he had already settled the account, and told them to take a rest and drink hot tea when they were tired from the inspection, but they were not allowed to deliberately spoil things.

The school captains and the flags were used to patrolling the streets these days. They suddenly heard that the thousand households had set up a tea stall, so they could have a cup of hot tea and rest their feet.

Speaking of those few tea stalls, someone recalled that they were newly opened, and asked him why he had not built a stall or shop earlier, but these few had just been built, and he remembered that he had built a few places for his subordinates to rest. Xie Ying glanced at them with a smile, and said lightly: "You are eating imperial food, you are doing imperial errands, and you feel wronged after spending money and eating a few meals of tea and rice? This thousand households only support a few stones of rice a month. , naturally can only afford the newly opened, cheap stalls.

"Before complaining about grievances, think about whether the kidnappers outside Dongguan who were kidnapping and selling women have been caught, and where are the two who escaped from the fight in the west of the city, and whether the robbed family in Xiaotianshui Lane has found the prisoner... "

The tyranids told him to be so trained that he couldn't raise his head.

But he didn't just train people. When he was patrolling the streets with people, he happened to come across a new stall with the words "Qing Tea", so he generously asked the ti riders to follow him to take a break and have something to eat. In the tea shed, some guests were sitting and eating tea. When they saw the Jinyi guards rushing over aggressively, they couldn't even sit still. They were fighting with each other.

But how could a human leg run over a horse's leg? Before they could stand up straight, the red-robed chariot had already turned over and dismounted, and entered the shed with a young official dressed in blue and green.

The group of Jin Yiwei actually did not call them to leave, nor did they take people at will as in the legend, but picked up a few empty tables and sat down, asking people to serve tea.

The old man who was watching the tea stall called Liu Zhuangtou who had been trained repeatedly. He remembered that when he saw Jin Yiwei, he couldn’t be afraid. He walked over with two legs straight, showing a look like crying and laughing, and asked Xie Qianhu: “What do you want, sir, please see water sign."

The water sign is written with a graphite pen on a white wooden board. Nowadays, many stalls and small shops use this. Cheaper than engraved water signs.

The tea on the brand is quite complete, including brewed tea, ordered tea, fragrant soup, noodle catecha... There is also a large pot of soy milk rolling by the shed.

Xie Ying looked at the teahouse, and felt that although it was simple, there was nothing crude, and they were all very thoughtful, no worse than those big teahouses.

He didn't feel hungry, so he just ordered a bowl of tea, and asked his subordinates to order it at will. Everyone looked at him with a good face, and they all let go of their favorite tea, fragrant soup, or something that would fill you up. catechu.

The old man who was watching the stall carefully wrote it down, and let the woman by the stove watch and cook tightly, and also brought rice cakes and steamed soft cakes to ask them if they wanted to try a few pieces.

Xie Ying asked for two plates, and asked him to serve two plates at each table. I tore a piece and tasted it. It should have been made fresh in the morning. It was warmed on the stove, and it was quite soft and sweet.

Just sitting in the shed of Cui Xie's house, eating snacks and tea made by his family, without having to pay, it really feels like he has been raised...

It would be good to have him raise him for two days.

When he becomes an official in the future, his family will build such a place outside the yamen, and he will be raised for a long time.