Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 52
After listening to Shi Zhongkui's promise, Jia Baoyu was full of joy and ups and downs, but Jia Zheng couldn't help smiling. It seems that Meng's mother moved three times for a reason.

Only by making good teachers and helpful friends can Baoyu, such a wicked person, want to change spontaneously.

Even if the road to the imperial examination is not going well in the future, it would be a good thing to know more talented people with bright futures.

But within a few seconds, Jia Zheng sighed again, Shi Zhongkui was studying behind closed doors, and the marriage had to be delayed again.

However, this time Jia Zheng made up his mind and discussed it with his mother when he got home.

Even if you don't marry Yingchun, you can replace it with Xue Baochai.

As for Lin Daiyu and her own daughter Tanchun, they are still too young.

Even if the two got engaged when they were 13 years old, Shi Zhongkui might have already won the championship in one fell swoop and became the son-in-law of another family.

Yu Honggao took Shi Zhongkui and Yu Tongfu back to the main hall, explained carefully, and simply let his son study in the farm.

The two are brothers and sisters, and they will strengthen their brotherhood and supervise and improve each other. In the future, they will be able to take care of each other when they are officials together.

Yu Honggao was sent away, but before leaving, Yu Honggao did not forget to ask someone to put Shi Guangzhu on the carriage and send him back to the mansion of Shan Guogong in the capital.

"Boqian, you shouldn't come here as a brother."

Shi Zhongkui gave Yu Tongfu a blank look, and he knew without guessing that this guy was reluctant to part with his wife and children, "Senior brother, why don't we drink more, and we won't have so many thoughts when we're drunk."

"Farewell," Yu Tongfu waved his hands hastily, "Brother, I'm too drunk to drink, so go and lie down for a while."

After walking a few steps, he turned around and said, "By the way, you don't need to call me for dinner, just get some porridge and side dishes for dinner."

Shi Zhongkui laughed, and was not in a hurry to go back to the yard. Instead, Yu Shun and a few servants followed him, walked slowly to the willow tree on the bank of the ditch in the farm, and looked at the continuously flowing water and meditated.

But when Yu Shun and the other servants looked at Shi Zhongkui, who had a tall and straight figure with his hands behind his back, they felt very hot in their hearts.

What is certain is that this disciple of his master will definitely become more famous after today.

Shun'er even thought that once fish farming in rice fields could really increase food production and harvest thousands of catties of fish.

Maybe when the emperor is happy, he may confer a hereditary title on the young master.

Regardless of whether it is a viscount or a baron, as long as it is a fifth-class title, it is a super grade.

The nominal grade is higher than the first grade, and according to the laws of the Great Zhou, the hereditary titles can only be downgraded without military merit.

Even after being downgraded, the descendants can inherit the first-class Shenwei General and the third-rank General Weilie, which is equal to the glory and wealth of three generations for a hundred years.

If you only consider Zishun's descendants, it must be better than the famous family of poetry and books.

It's a pity that this is just Shun'er's opinion. If Shi Zhongkui is chosen, there is a high probability that he will become a civil servant.
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After Jia Zheng and others left, the news of Shi Zhongkui spread throughout the nobles and bureaucrats in the capital that night.

Moreover, in order to grab the favor of recommendation, Gao Yongmin wrote a memorial and sent it up when he got home.

Not only did I write down the benefits and risks of the method of raising fish in rice fields in detail, but I also wrote down everything I saw and heard today.

Then he wrote a letter to his immediate superior, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, strongly urging this servant to be ready to rob people.

Of course, the letter will definitely not be so straightforward, but the general meaning is similar.

And the song "Painted Chicken" by Shi Zhongkui was also spread all over the capital. After Xia Shouzhong got the reward from his subordinates, he was so surprised that he almost lost his teacup.

Then he slapped his thighs, took the booklet handed in by his subordinates, and entered Emperor Jinglong's imperial study.

Emperor Jinglong was overjoyed after reading the excerpts. Not to mention the increase in grain production in the north, even if it was just to allow the court to collect hundreds of thousands of grains from the south every year, it would be enough to temporarily alleviate the shortage of food and wages in the nine borders.

It can even lower the price of grain at the end of the year in the capital.

If Gyeonggi can increase more than 10,000 dan of grain every year, it will be enough to feed 20,000 people recruits.

Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't help feeling hot.

As for that poem, Emperor Jing Long thought about it carefully for a long time, but he didn't feel that the poem had the slightest antipathy, at most it could only be regarded as a scholarly spirit.

Rethinking that Shi Zhongkui was not only poor in the past, but also his ancestral treasure was stared at by many people with malicious intentions.

However, this poem is also really good.

"I remember that Shi Aiqing from Shanguo Mansion and Jia Qing from Rongguo Mansion both intend to recruit Shi Boqian as his son-in-law?"

Xia Shouzhong hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, there is indeed such a thing."

"Hmph," Emperor Jing Long snorted coldly, "How can my talent marry the daughter of a side branch?"

Xia Shouzhong immediately knew that the Duke of Shanguo's mansion had no intention of attacking Shi Zhongkui, but even Xia Shouzhong felt that there was nothing wrong with the emperor's words.

The emperor himself said that Shi Zhongkui was a talented man with a bright future, so why should he marry a daughter of a side branch who is not even as good as a concubine's daughter.

If you want to blame it, blame Shi Huaiyong for having only one son, Shi Guangzhu, and that bastard Shi Guangzhu who is more than 30 years old. There are more than a dozen wives and concubines in his family, but he only gave birth to a son who is only 7 years old.

As for Yu Honggao, unless Shi Zhongkui requested it himself, it is impossible for him as a teacher to allow his direct disciple to marry a side branch of Yu's family.

It is even more impossible for Yu Honggao's wife, Yu Shishi, to do this. It is not a kiss to increase the relationship, but a separation of the master-student relationship.

Jia's family went to Shan Guogong's mansion to inquire about the reason why Shi Zhongkui's marriage failed. It was likely that there was a prostitute of the right age in the family of one of Yu Honggao's senior brothers.

At this time, Emperor Jinglong hadn't thought about copying Jia's family and other honorable families.

After all, the Supreme Emperor is not dead yet, the feudal dynasty that ruled the world with filial piety, the Supreme Emperor disagrees, and if Emperor Jinglong's decree is at odds with the Supreme Emperor, it will be issued forcefully.

It is tantamount to publicly telling the court and the opposition that the two emperors are fighting, 100% will damage the majesty of Emperor Jinglong, and make the world feel that he is not filial.

These consequences may shake the legitimacy and dominance of Emperor Jinglong.

As a result, what Emperor Jinglong has done in recent years is called being cautious and walking on thin ice.

The ransacking of Jia's house in the Red Mansion happened after the death of the Supreme Emperor.

So, at this time, Emperor Jinglong actually hoped to win them over.

The emperor knew very well in his heart that without military power, everything is a rootless apple.

Among the Eight Dukes, Jia's family is the most influential because they were born to Ning Guogong and Rong Guogong.

Back then, Jia Daishan was the military governor of the Beijing camp, and had many old disciples. Now the in-law of the Jia family, Prince Teng, Jia Zheng's eldest brother-in-law, also took the position of the military governor of the Beijing camp.

This made Emperor Jinglong want to keep trying.

Yuanchun concubine concubine, and relatives are actually testing.

It's a pity that the Jia family and Wang Ziteng didn't have much room for change. They took refuge in the emperor and offended the emperor.

People are suspicious when they are old, not to mention that the Supreme Emperor passed the throne to Emperor Jinglong because he thought he was dying because of illness.

As a result, he recovered from his illness and became the Supreme Emperor himself. This suspicion and attachment to power became even more serious.

If the Jia family and Wang Ziteng dare to seek refuge with Emperor Jinglong, the Supreme Emperor will 100% kill them first, otherwise it will be a chain reaction.

(End of this chapter)