Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 143 Take One Step and Plan Three Steps

When he learned that he and his teacher were promoted at the same time, Shi Zhongkui was riding a horse on the Gyeonggi Canal with his men.

Jia Lian, who had been detained in the camp these days, immediately dissipated the depression in his heart after hearing the news.

How long has passed, and Shi Zhongkui is already a sixth-rank official.

If he was given a few more years, wouldn't he be equal to Jia Zheng?

Moreover, when Yu Honggao went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he was equal to Shi Zhongkui's family. Finally, someone carried the banner again and was qualified to participate in the government.

Xue Pan, Xue Biao and Shi Guangzhu were also very happy.

Yu Shun and other servants and the twenty young and strong guards of Duke Shun's Mansion even knelt on the ground and congratulated.

Yu Honggao wasted for many years back then, but finally he decided to use the silver, so he was able to rise from the seventh rank to the sixth rank, and obtained the official status of Daxing county magistrate.

After some compliments, Jia Lian grabbed Shi Zhongkui's hand, "Your brother is free, please go to the Rongguo Mansion. The ancestors, the great master, and the master will definitely celebrate your good brother."

Shi Zhongkui rolled his eyes in his heart, he really wanted to go to Jia's house, before Yingchun got married, he must have avoided going to Ningguo Mansion.

Besides, even if they want to celebrate, they must go to Yu Honggao.

"The second elder brother has been with the younger brother for a few days, and it's not that he doesn't know that the task of dredging the river can no longer be delayed. Otherwise, during the rainy season in June and August, if there is a flood of the river embankment, how can the younger brother get away with it? "

"This,,."

Jia Lian sighed and nodded, "It's true that business is more important."

The group hurried back to Beijing, and Shi Zhongkui let go of Jia Lian, Xue Pan and Shi Guangzhu, the three troublemakers.

The three people were detained before and refused to leave because they were worried that someone would start trouble from them.

Now that the conclusion of the coffin is closed, it is troublesome to take them to the river instead of managing the river affairs.

Not to mention how happy Jia's family, Xue's family and Shan Guogong's mansion are.

Shi Zhongkui immediately went to the Hanlin Academy to meet Yuan Donggang, a scholar of the Imperial Academy.

Yuan Donggang is not only his immediate boss, but also his mentor during the provincial examination.

Even if the two of them turn against each other in the future, they cannot get rid of this relationship.

So for Shi Zhongkui, fawning over and helping Yuan Donggang to make meritorious deeds will not only make no one gossip, but also benefit him a lot.

Even in terms of career prospects, Yuan Donggang is bigger than Yu Honggao.

He has not spent more than ten years in the Imperial Academy, and has studied national history, and has been the secretary and teacher of the emperor and the prince. Even if a Jinshi from a noble family background like Yu Honggao can enter the cabinet, he must be ranked behind Yuan Donggang.

And seeing that one of the two has served abroad for many years, and the other has been squatting in the Imperial Academy, Yuan Donggang has already left Yu Honggao far behind.

In fact, Yuan Donggang was more willing to accept Shi Zhongkui than Shi Zhongkui imagined.

In the past, everyone thought that as long as Shi Zhongkui didn't make mistakes, even if he stayed for one or 20 years, he could at least be a minister or minister of six departments.

At the same time, the chances of entering the cabinet are also great.

But now that Shi Zhongkui has become a minister of the Imperial Academy in less than two months, this time period may be shortened by three to five years.

Thinking of the 30-year-old minister of the Six Departments and the 35 or 40-year-old cabinet minister, even Yuan Donggang's heart trembled a few times.

"Since Boqian is serving as an imperial envoy, you don't have to come to the Imperial Academy all the time."

Shi Zhongkui hurriedly stood up and saluted to thank him. Although he didn't need Yuan Donggang's permission, he could not go to the Imperial Academy as an imperial envoy.

However, the convenience given by the immediate boss all shows that the other party's attitude towards him is at least close.

Seeing that Shi Zhongkui understood his intentions, Yuan Donggang couldn't help laughing.

"As for the servant's errand..."

When Shi Zhongkui saw Yuan Donggang say half to keep the other half, Shi Zhongkui immediately understood what the other party meant.

Seriously said, "Teacher, don't worry, when students are acting as agents for river affairs, they must always study the history of the country and the collection of scriptures."

"Very good," Yuan Donggang said with a satisfied smile, "Although the lecturer is only assisting the lecturer, there is no need to accompany the lecturer to give lectures on scriptures and history for His Majesty and the princes, and to draft manuscripts about ceremonies.

But you cannot avoid the job of compiling history.

If you are compared to others on this, it is a trivial matter to be ashamed, maybe you will be censored and sent to a local state to become a state official. "

For ordinary Jinshi, not to mention being a magistrate, once the three-year assessment period is over, it is very lucky to be able to get the status of a county magistrate with real power in a middle county or an upper county.

More often, they go to the Sixth Ministry to be a small head, or the second official of the state capital.

Not only are there a lot of mothers-in-law at the top, but you do all the bad things and bad things. If you don't have real power, life will be hard.

Therefore, for a person like Shi Zhongkui who was born as a top scholar and has already served in the Imperial Academy, it is absolutely unacceptable to send him to another place.

wrong.

Yuan Donggang and Shi Zhongkui thought at the same time that it was impossible for the number one scholar to be devolved just to protect the court's face.

At most, Shi Zhongkui was sent down to the sixth department, but the difficulty of being promoted to minister suddenly became countless times higher.

But if you don't get exercise, how can you beat those colleagues who have climbed all the way?
No wonder there are so many champions, and there are only a few who became famous in the end and left a strong mark in the history books.

Yuan Donggang smiled and shook his head, "Forget it, I can't compare to you as a teacher. From now on, remember to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and staying in the Imperial Academy to study history books for three to five years will be good for you."

These words are definitely true knowledge and good words.

Avoiding the revision of history books can not only avoid the infighting between the old and new emperors, but also the revision of history books itself is a great honor and capital for the ancient civil servants.

On the tombstones of ancient officials after their death, if they were born in Hanlin, they would definitely be engraved on it.

If you have studied history books, you will compare 9% Hanlin and [-]% Jinshi all at once.

This thing is the same as if you have been to the central government to study in a school.

"Thank you teacher for teaching, students must always warn themselves."

Yuan Donggang nodded, "It's good that you know the important relationship, don't be like your teacher, who spent more than ten years to understand these truths."

Now it's not true that Shi Zhongkui answered the words, nor did he not answer the words.

He could only salute Yuan Donggang.

Yuan Donggang laughed out loud.
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After bidding farewell to Yuan Donggang, Shi Zhongkui went to visit two attendants.

But the attitude of these two people towards him seemed to be enthusiastic, but they were more defensive.

Originally, the arrival of a six-year-old junior from the Imperial Academy already made them feel a strong threat.

In less than two months now, Shi Zhongkui has become a sixth-rank attendant, and this level of threat has already made the two of them feel uneasy.

Shi Zhongkui actually had no good way to solve this problem.

In fact, even if you want to express goodwill, others will not believe it.

Instead, I feel that you have ulterior motives and are paralyzing them.

And even if the two of them went to Zhan Shifu to be the prince's subordinates, they would still retain their status as servants and bachelors of the Imperial Academy.

The only way is for the two of them to be promoted to become ministers of the Six Departments. At that time, their goal was to be promoted to a bachelor in a certain temple and obtain the qualification to enter the cabinet.

In the end, Shi Zhongkui could only hint that he was only 21 years old, which reassured the two bachelor attendants a little.

Normally, even if Shi Zhongkui will be promoted in at least three to five years, it is impossible to be promoted to a bachelor's degree.

Instead, continue to be a lecturer, or at the same time as a student, hold a higher official position than the sixth grade.

Moreover, he is already a servant, not only passed the hurdle of being a Hanlin to enter the cabinet.

It also saved at least 10 years of time compared with other Shu Jishi.

If you are in a hurry, then go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and pass the time by going the way of clearing the gossip officer.

It is also a matter of course for a servant who has been promoted to the fifth rank, fourth rank, and then the third rank to obtain the status of a scholar of a certain temple.

But this is not without consequences.

After all, the Yanguan was a troublemaker at that time, and the more people he offended, the fewer people he could unite with.

All I can say is that there are pros and cons to everything.

But Shi Zhongkui was still moved, one of the two apprentices looked at least 4 or 50 years old.

Once the age is really over 50 years old, it is impossible to say that you are not in a hurry if you are still only studying for a bachelor's degree.

Moreover, although the Hanlin Academy is noble, its life is not ordinary.

Not only is there no oil and water to get, but the pay is also very meager.

Of course, which one of the people who can serve as a bachelor in the Imperial Academy is not a human being and a smart person?
But people are very strange, the more they lack something, the more they want to get something.

But even though he wished that these two people would die next year, Shi Zhongkui never thought about these two people, Yin.

If you use too many conspiracy methods, you will inevitably backfire.

The right way in the officialdom, one is to be upright, and the other is to be expected by everyone.

Of course, if you want to achieve the position of assistant minister, you can't do tricks and schemes.

Even if you don't want to harm others, you must know how to guard against and deal with various calculations.

After leaving the Hanlin Academy, Shi Zhongkui immediately asked Chinchilla to check the family background of the two Hanlin servants, and whether there was any complaint about the difficulty of living in the capital when he was at home.

Plus the ledger that Chinchilla obtained from Diao Dexing, the doctor of Duzhi Division of the Ministry of Finance.

If there is a chance to be promoted to the right minister of the household department, not only will he have power, but he will also have the opportunity to make money, and the chance of entering the cabinet is not small.

I don't believe that the two bachelor attendants could hold back their emotions.

But there is no rush.

After all, I have just been promoted, if I am too eager, there is a high probability that I will make it easier for others.

After all, in the Hanlin Academy, there are quite a few attendants and lecturers who are more qualified than themselves, and even have a wider network of connections in the court.

Even if he has made great contributions himself, the contribution he has made to the emperor and the emperor's lectures and history for more than ten years is no less.

A promotion too fast is not conducive to Shi Zhongkui's future official career, and it can make him deflated.

So this matter has at least a year and a half to plan and plan.
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While waiting for Chinchilla to reply to the news, Shi Zhongkui looked at the sky and realized that Yu Tongfu should have left the imperial court, so he went to Shan Guogong's mansion with the gift.

Regarding his arrival, everyone in Shan Guogong's mansion was extremely happy.

Shi Zhongkui was the seed to enter the cabinet before, but now he has taken a step forward, almost touching the threshold with one foot.

Not to mention that everyone knows that Yu Honggao was able to be promoted to the Metropolitan Procuratorate because of his efforts in promoting fish farming in rice fields.

As for why it has been delayed until now, it is nothing more than Yu Honggao himself feels that after the large-scale promotion is successful, he doesn't have to worry about making mistakes in the rice field fish farming in the future and getting himself involved.

It can be said to be a fluke if it succeeds once, but if it succeeds twice, and it is calculated in tens of thousands of mu, then if there is any problem in the future, it will be the problem of the officials in charge of this matter.

After seeing the old lady and the teacher's wife, he pretended to check Shi Huaiji and Yu Taiji's schoolwork.

Only then did Shi Huaiyong, Shi Guangzhu, Yu Tongfu and Shi Zhongkui enter the Huai En Hall.

After some politeness, Shi Zhongkui said to Tong Fu, "Brother, although I wish I could serve my teacher right away, to be on the safe side, it's better to wait for the teacher to perform his duties in the Metropolitan Procuratorate to celebrate the teacher."

Let alone Yu Tongfu and Shi Huaiyong, even Shi Guangzhu understands this truth.

The deserted yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Imperial Academy are different.

Not only shoulders the right to supervise all officials, but also the most hated yamen.

It is indeed too impatient to rush to the door to say congratulations at this time.

But Shi Zhongkui thought more.

Even if you come to the door, what else can you say besides congratulations?
Being a teacher's promotion depends on the students, and it will be embarrassing.

And Yu Honggao was not only happy at this time, but also more uneasy about the new environment and the uncertain relationship between his colleagues.

Even after seeing Shi Zhongkui, a disciple who is obviously more promising than himself, this uneasiness about the unknown may disturb Yu Honggao's mood.

Once you think that you can't be worse than your apprentice, it's tantamount to confusion.

If you are eager for success in your heart, it will be really troublesome.

Taking advantage of Yu Tongfu's opportunity to personally send him out, he quietly told him his worries.

Yu Tongfu was stunned after hearing this.

After a long while, he bowed his hands and said, "Father said that being a brother is not as good as a good brother, it seems right now."

Shi Zhongkui hurriedly helped Yu Tongfu up, sighed and said, "We used to study to be officials. But after we really became officials and did things, we found that every step we took was trembling like walking on thin ice.

Brother, you need to talk less, ask less, and read less in the Imperial Academy, understand? "

Yu Tongfu suddenly became frightened, and asked with a horrified expression, "Is it really that serious?"

"My younger brother is entrusted with the job of an imperial envoy. It's not difficult to succeed, but if you can't stand it, it will inevitably damage the interests of some people. And the teacher is promoted to the Metropolitan Procuratorate at this time, which means that I will return to the center of the court again after waiting for the division.

Even if no one harms me, someone will try to use me.

Not to mention that you and I are the number one scholar and the third flower, and the momentum is the same for a while, how can we not attract people's envy? "

After finishing speaking, Shi Zhongkui looked around and said in a low voice, "Senior Brother, you and I are both First-Class Scholars and ranked first. If you say that there are no schemes by His Majesty, do you believe it?"

"This, this,,,."

Yu Tongfu wanted to say that his knowledge is not bad, so why can't he be a Tanhua?
But with Shi Zhongkui's foreshadowing just now, he himself felt that it should be no problem to be selected as the top two, but the emperor's selection of himself as Tanhua revealed something strange.

"Oh, no wonder my father often lamented the bad luck and unfair fate. This official looks glamorous, but it is actually shocking every step of the way."

Seeing Yu Tongfu's obvious negative emotions, Shi Zhongkui immediately knew that he was bluffing too much.

Think about it, although Yu Tongfu is smart and hardworking, he is actually a well-protected son who has never experienced setbacks or hardships.

"Brother, you don't have to be discouraged, it's actually not difficult to be an official."

(End of this chapter)