After sending the telegram, Du Yibin asked about the current situation of Song Yingsheng's third brother, Song Yingxing.
This is a cliché. Basically, at every stage, Elder Du would ask Song Yingsheng about the situation of his second brother. Song Yingsheng was used to it. Fortunately, Jiangxi is beyond Wuling. The escort route from Qiwei to Jiangxi has been maintained. Song Yingsheng's contact with his hometown has not been severed, and his contact with his brothers has not been severed, because Song Yingxing studied in Fenyi County, Yuanzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province. The two brothers wrote letters constantly.
For a long time after Guangdong and Guangxi were captured by the Australians, Song Yingsheng's whereabouts were lost. Both the family members in Fengxin's hometown and the brothers who were officials in Fenyi County were all anxious. However, Wuling has become a battlefield. The message was cut off.
It was not until the war basically subsided last year, the powerful escort routes were restored, and business travel recovered to some extent that Song Yingsheng's letters were returned to his family. In the letter, Song Yingsheng did not dare to say that he was a staff member of the Australians, so as not to be known by outsiders and leave a clue. He only said that he was trapped in Enping, but he currently had no worries about food and clothing, so he asked everyone to rest assured.
Afterwards, letters continued to flow from both sides. Because Song Yingsheng knew that Song Yingxing was compiling "Tiangong Kaiwu", he purchased a variety of popular science books on natural history and technology from Guangzhou and sent them there. This time, Song Yingxing was scratched. Not only did he write a letter asking his brother to try to collect such books, but he also sent twenty taels of silver through the escort agency.
Song Yingsheng knew that his brother's salary was meager, and to be honest, he didn't have much extra money. The twenty taels of silver were probably the brothers' savings over several years, but since I couldn't publicly say that I was working for the Australians, a few books were really nothing.
"Thank you for your concern, Chief. Now that my brother is serving as the eunuch of Fenyi County, he can live a life of peace of mind."
"What kind of book does he want? Just ask him to ask for it and don't send any money. I'll take care of the writing." Du Yibin looked rich and wealthy. "It's just that the book has been finished. You have to send me a copy first."
The next day, Du Yibin left Enping and returned to Guangzhou.
The main reason for his return to Guangzhou was to "summarize and report on the work of Enping County over the past two years" and also to meet Cui Hantang.
Although he had adopted Song Yingsheng's suggestion, he still couldn't swallow it, so he decided to persuade Cui Hantang and give Zhang Xiao some "comrade-like friendship."
The two met in the Five Immortals Temple. They first scolded Zhang Xiao for being "unloyal", and then planned how to give him "eye medicine."
Cui Hantang felt that it was impossible to "bring Zhang Jiayu back" now. There is no rush to put eye drops on Zhang Xiao - he can't run away. It's not too late to practice Iron Sand Palm for a few days before leaving. But Zhang Jiayu's thread was cut off like this, and he couldn't bear it.
Du Yibin rolled his eyes, suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Does this jade have any brothers or sisters?"
"There is a brother, Zhang Jiazhen, but he is only six years old." Cui Hantang said frustratedly, "I think he is too young to promote him. There is also a younger sister, but she is not too old."
"This brother is too young. Wouldn't it be easier to have a sister? Let Zhang Jiayu's sister go to the Five Immortals Temple to be a Taoist nun. There are originally too many Taoist priests and too few Taoist nuns in the Five Immortals Temple. His family is not very poor. After Zhang's mother's illness is cured, let her and her daughter live in Wuxian Temple. She can teach students in the Taosheng class in the temple. His family comes from a scholarly family. Both mother and daughter should be literate, right? We are short of teachers. , they happen to make some money by teaching, so they get the best of both worlds. By the way, isn’t Zhang Jiazhen too young? We might as well get a suite for them and their family in Guanli, and all the food and accommodation will be ours.”
Cui Hantang really didn't expect that Du Yibin would come up with such an idea. He really felt like a fairy from heaven. However, he was somewhat hesitant. Was it too much noise? He felt something was wrong.
"Is this appropriate?"
"What's inappropriate," Du Yibin said, "think about it: for Zhang Xiao, we are helping him take care of Zhang Jiayu's family so that he can work with peace of mind; for Zhang Jiayu, his whole family is here with us, etc. He was admitted to the civil service and asked his mother and sister to work for him - isn't this easy?"
"Yes, yes, you are really good at it!" Cui Hantang praised him greatly, "Taking the fire under the kettle! It's high, it's really high!"
He just did what he said, and he immediately called his deputy Fu Meng and asked him to make some preparations.
Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, Fu Meng shook his head and said "inappropriate".
"What's wrong?"
"Old Cui, don't you know that the reputation of women's crowns in this time and space is not very good?"
"Is there such a statement?" Du Yibin frowned.
"Of course there is. Not only female crowns but also female nuns. In the eyes of the people, they are just like prostitutes. Even female disciples who study the Dharma with integrity are often burdened by such a reputation." Fu Meng said, "I don't I know if Zhang Jiayu is a rich man, but since he has such a great talent and reputation, he must be a son of a good family with a so-called "innocent family background". Now you want his girl to be a Taoist nun and teach in a Taoist temple... I I can't even imagine what kind of rumors there will be outside. This is not a slap in the face in public, it can be regarded as a cleansing of someone's innocence... Is it strange that Zhang Jiayu doesn't hate you to the bone? You are not exchanging favors, you are enmity. "
"It makes sense, it makes sense." Cui Hantang thought that this was indeed the case. The few female Taoists in my conservatory are often criticized by others. Ordinary people don't care whether you are new or old. Prejudices formed over hundreds of years cannot be changed in a year or two.
"Xiao Du, you have such a bad idea!" Cui Hantang turned his face, "I almost got killed by you!"
Du Yibin thought to himself: How could I have known there was such a twist in it!
"Okay, I was wrong, I was wrong, what do you think I should do?"
Cui Hantang rolled his eyes: "Anyway, Zhang Xiao can't be comfortable. You have to pay a price for stealing people from me. By the way, you said that you should give the people of Shen'ao Society a chance to select a few staff. This is a good suggestion! I'm here Just go find Zhang Xiao."
"We can make the decision on our own whether we ask him to do anything about this society. Besides, the staff are paid in Nanhai County, so they don't occupy the Nanhai County staff..."
"Go and discuss with him. Hey, Master Dao's people are not in vain."
Du Yibin's thoughts were more complicated than Cui Hantang's. He thought for a while and said, "It's okay if someone robbed me, but I have to make him pay a price!"
…
Cui Hantang and Du Yibin came to Zhang Xiao's office with murderous intent, opened his office door in a swaggering manner, and then sat down in front of Zhang Xiao, making him frown. The Taoist Priest and I have always been on the same page, so why did he come to visit so suddenly? Looking at Du Yibin behind him, he also had a sinister smile on his face, and he immediately understood: This was for Zhang Jiayu.
Before he could speak, Cui Hantang spoke:
"Zhang Yaoshi, you are really awesome. You dare to cut off Taoist Master and Lao Du's tricks. You are very brave. Do you think Lao Du and I are easy to bully?" He patted the table as he spoke, smiling. Roubu looked at Zhang Xiao with a smile, and the latter was a little frightened when he looked at Cui Hantang, who was twice his size. Although it was impossible for Cui Hantang to hit him, he would probably have to rest for a long time if he slapped himself hard a few times.
"Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. I also think his filial piety moved heaven..."
"Come here! There are so many filial sons in Guangzhou city. He is the only one whose filial piety touches the heavens?! He was born as a member of our Shen'ao Society, and died as a member of our Shen'ao Society. You intercepted him, You have to give us an explanation as to where Lao Du and I will put our face." Cui Hantang refused to give up.
Zhang Xiao had a wry smile on his face, wondering what these two people were doing! What about "living people" and "dead people"?
He more or less understood that these two people were trying to regain their reputation. After all, whether it was about face or the loss of talent, they had to find an explanation, and maybe even get some compensation or something.
"That's not right, Lao Cui. I understand that you value Zhang Jiayu, one of the three Lingnan loyalists. But didn't Lao Du publicly say last time that he was not a celebrity collector? Why did he fall in love with him?"
"I'm not a celebrity collector..."
Cui Hantang signaled Du Yibin to be quiet, and said to himself: "Isn't that nonsense? The people who can leave their names in the history of Qing Dynasty must have been established by the Shen'ao Society or Lao Du. Besides, he is now the top leader in Zhaoqing. There is still a shortage of people here. I have been interested in Zhang Jiayu for a long time, but you intercepted me. Do you think he is angry? "
"I really don't know this. It's my fault, it's my fault!" Zhang Xiao said with a smile, "Since you are here, you must have ideas. We are all our own people, so just say no."
"Zhang Yaoshi, you are indeed a happy person. Then we won't be secretive. Look, Zhang Jiayu, a member of the Shen'ao Society, was directly transferred by you as a trainee staff member. This is the first time since the establishment of the society. Well, what Lao Du means is that he is going to issue a proposal at the appropriate time, so that when hiring staff in our territory of Guangdong and Guangxi, we will give priority to recruiting staff from this Olympic bid society, and then slowly promote it to the entire Central Plains. At that time, you, Pharmacist Zhang, must not only support us, but also cooperate with me and Lao Cui to gain the support of other elders as much as possible."
These words made Zhang Xiao frown. Lao Du's plan was not trivial.
"It's okay for me to vote in favor of this matter. But you also have to think about it. Although the Senate has not explicitly said that it is not possible for the senators to recruit their own staff, it is essentially contrary to the cadre appointment system. Originally, everyone was secretly recruiting staff. The operation is nothing. If you want to vote openly, aren't you asking for trouble? Aren't you two afraid of being criticized by the elders? If nothing else, it's just the phrase "Collude with the old forces and cultivate a personal team" You just can’t stand it! I said you two are really planning to propose a proposal?”
Now the water for the two of them retreated six to seven feet. When he saw this, he immediately realized that there was something wrong with the proposal.
