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Chapter 38 The first big boss I encountered so far
"Brother Shen is too famous. Your son has only been in the Imperial Prison for more than a month, and he donated an official to take up the post. My younger brother really didn't teach him for long. He was able to go to high school because of his family background and talent. How dare he take the merits of heaven for himself."

Facing Shen Tingyang's bridal sedan chair carrier, Wu Weiye was embarrassed to be greedy for credit, so he hurriedly said a load of humble words.

He is one of the "Three Great Masters of Jiang Zuo", and the only one of the Three Great Jiang Zuo families in history who has not been a traitor, so he is more embarrassing.

The Shen family is the richest man in Suzhou, if he came to announce the good news today, if he didn't make it clear, others would think he was here to grab some money.

Sure enough, Shen Tingyang on the opposite side completely ignored his modesty, and didn't listen to what Wu Weiye said, so he directly asked Shen Shou to bring a plate of North Korean pearls:
"You don't need to be humble, you don't need to be humble. It doesn't take long for you to learn. Knowing a son is like a father. I know the original knowledge of the dog. He can have today, it must be because of the advice of the virtuous brother."

"How can this be done, right or wrong!" Wu Weiye was dumbfounded by the squeeze, and repeatedly declined.

He sincerely refused in his heart, but his fingers didn't listen, as if he had Parkinson's disease all of a sudden, his fingers curled up so stiffly that they couldn't be released from the rim of the pearl plate.

Although the eyes are clear, but the natural reflection of the pearls, there are some white lights reflected in the eyeballs.

"It's right! It's right!" Shen Tingyang took advantage of the situation and forced it, and finally succeeded.

Wu Weiye was embarrassed holding the pearl for a long time, and then he remembered to ask the book boy to find a bag to put it in.At the same time, I thought to myself: You are in a good mood, so you can find a reason to throw money in a different way!

The family of the richest man in Suzhou has a Jinshi, and this move is extravagant.

After collecting, the two sat down as guests and hosts, and the maid brought out a longjing dragon well that had just been picked this spring.

Wu Weiye took a sip, and only then did he have the opportunity to show his respect: "Brother Shen, the younger brother is here not only for the sake of our Guozijian producing a second-class Jinshi. If it is just an ordinary academic success, we will not Come eagerly.

I hope you don't care about your son's ranking. Although he is the last in the second class this time, there is a reason for it. I heard that when Yuqian asked the right question, Wei Zaode and others flattered him and won the first place.

The son is seeking truth from facts, refuses to follow others, and remonstrates directly, so he is deposed to the last place in the second class.But in my younger brother's mind, even if this student enters the first class, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it!This is all because of the integrity of brother Shen's family style and family education. "

Shen Tingyang had received enough surprises today, but after hearing this, he couldn't help but gasp a few times, and it took a long time to calm down.

This point was not written in the letter from his son to his family!

After all, the purpose of Shen Shuren's letter was to ask his father to prepare relevant resources in advance so that he could use them when he came back to be a magistrate.

As for myself "why I am only the last in the second class, it might have been better", of course there is no need to write it out to make people feel sorry.

Thanks to him not writing, Shen Tingyang can have an extra buffer period today, receiving a good news in the morning and an upgraded version in the afternoon.

Otherwise, if all the brains are piled up, maybe Shen Tingyang has already had a high blood pressure attack.

Shen Tingyang raised his eyebrows and said: "So there are still these twists and turns. His knowledge is not very good, but his character is like mine. I have always taught him not to be flattering like those hypocrites. What does the Shen family say? Can the officials grant him the Imperial Academy?" It is estimated that this aspect was also taken into consideration when it was compiled by the academy."

When he said this, his tone was extremely stiff.This is also the specialty of the rich. They don't need to flatter others. They are more "straightforward", and of course far better than poor scholars.

After Shen Tingyang finished his temper, it was Wu Weiye's turn to be shocked—his news channel was an official notification from the court, which was sent five or six days earlier than Shen Shuren's family letter, which did not mention what official position Shen Shuren had been conferred.

Therefore, he is far less well-informed than Shen Tingyang on the news point of "revised by the Imperial Academy".

"The last person in the second class can still be awarded to the Hanlin Academy for editing? It is a great kindness to be able to win a good scholar. It seems that there are still loyal ministers in the court, and they are willing to give preferential treatment to the younger generation who violated Yan Zhijian. Could it be Mr. Yang Ge? Entrust people to resolve the disputes?" Wu Weiye gasped for analysis.

The two boasted to each other again, it was nothing more than you saying that I have a good student and I said that you have a good son, and they were in harmony.

After receiving Wu Weiye's report, the Shen family was not so timid in their actions, and the efficiency of putting on lanterns and festivities was also significantly improved.

Shen Tingyang stayed with Wu Weiye to have a banquet for several days, and also mentioned that he would go to Beijing to report on his work soon.If Wu Weiye has any words of encouragement to his favorite students, he can help to bring them.

……

With Shen Tingyang's ostentation and efficiency, the Suzhou community will soon know that his son is in high school.

The old housekeeper Shen Xiang asked if he should have fun with the servants and subordinates at home.

Shen Tingyang was also very generous. With a swipe of a pen, he exempted all [-] tenants of his family from rent for this year.Nowadays, the price of food is expensive, and this item alone is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, which is enough to save money.

As for the sailors who received wages from the Shen family, they were rewarded five liang of silver each.One or two hundred ships and thousands of sailors add up to tens of thousands of taels.There are even more rewards for servants and cronies.

Within two days, Zhang Xuezeng, the magistrate of Suzhou, and the descendants of Mr. Xu Ge from Songjiang, all came to celebrate, and many guests came specially from Nanjing.

In Susong's territory, Cao Zhende of the Hedao Yamen, because he belongs to Zhu Dadian, did not come to join in the fun.

Shen Tingyang raised his eyebrows fiercely, and since then, no one has questioned their family's "doesn't it just have some bad money, and even being an official depends on buying it."

During the celebration, Shen Shuren's old friend Gu Yanwu also came to congratulate him. Shen Tingyang knew Gu Yanwu's academic reputation and received him very politely.Gu Yanwu also took out the letter from Shen Shuren, which asked him to work as an assistant in the capital.

After Shen Tingyang watched it, he immediately attached great importance to it, saying that he would also go to Beijing in the near future, and would arrange the best Clippers to set off with Gu Yanwu.

Although his son became a Jinshi, Shen Tingyang still understood his knowledge and did not dare to drift.The son invited Gu Yanwu, because he must know that the Imperial Academy is not good at editing and writing, and needs to find a writer to be the shooter.

Shen Tingyang himself was very willing to spend his money in inviting the master, and immediately offered Gu Yanwu a high salary of 300 taels of silver per month.

After some digging, he set sail and headed north.

……

Shen Shuren is in the capital, and he has not been idle these days.

On the one hand, he sorted out the outlines of the political philosophy articles he was going to write day and night, so that Gu Yanwu could get started immediately after he arrived in Beijing.

On the other hand, I went to the Imperial Academy every day to get familiar with the environment and do some daily work. By the way, I used my authority to look up ancient books and understand the ideological tendencies of other "academic authorities on political philosophy" at that time.

By the way, let's deal with Chongzhen's frequent summons to answer questions about the drawbacks of the water transport reform.

A month passed quickly, and Shen Shuren could clearly feel the increasing pressure from the environment—since he entered the Hanlin Academy, Wei Zaode, Gao Eryan and others ridiculed him,

The inside and outside of the words are nothing more than "a person who is at the bottom of the second class can be a writer, even a good scholar is not worthy."

The officials under Zhu Dadian, the Governor of Water Transport, have recently raised more and more questions about the disadvantages of the reform of water transport to the sea and false accounts, and they need to see what they have to do.

This day, already the twelfth of April, was also the day when Shen Tingyang and Gu Yanwu arrived in Beijing.The fast horse messenger of the Shen family disembarked when the master arrived in Tianjin, so that the young master could get the news one day in advance.

Shen Shuren also made preparations early, specially asked for a day off, prepared carriages and horses, and went sixty miles southeast of the capital to Tongzhou to meet him.

When father and son meet, red tape is still indispensable, but Shen Tingyang grabs his son and asks him to excuse himself.

Shen Shuren greeted Gu Yanwu again: "Brother Gu, my younger brother knows you are honest, but my younger brother is not up to the task of the Imperial Academy, so I have to trouble you to enter this secular place."

Gu Yanwu also had a righteous face: "You and my confidant, why are you talking about these things, I heard that you were admonishing His Majesty, refused to cater to His Majesty, made great achievements, and respected your character, so I did things for you."

"Understood, brother Gu's character, how can my younger brother not know." Shen Shuren did not put on airs like a rich man.He knew that Gu Yanwu's family was also considered as the family of the small rich in Kunshan, and they were not short of money on a daily basis.

It’s only 300 taels a month, so how could it be possible to win a great virtuous person by buying it—at the beginning, it cost 300 taels a month to hire Chen Yuanyuan to sing.

Several people went back to Beijing in a carriage, and Shen Shuren told Gu Yanwu along the way, so that he could start work as soon as possible.

……

After returning to the capital, Shen Tingyang couldn't rest for long.

It only took a day or two to recuperate and adapt to the water and soil, and on the day of the court meeting on April [-]th, he followed the emperor to court.It was inconvenient to discuss the details of the government at the court meeting, so Chongzhen left him to give a banquet in the palace, and then gave a report on his duties in the afternoon.

Originally, Shen Shuren didn't need to attend, he was no longer the river channel money and food officer.

However, Hanlin Xiuzhuan could also be transferred to the emperor's side to listen to the edict at any time. Chongzhen considered that both his father and son had handled this task and understood the situation, so he retained Shen Shuren to listen to it.

To put it bluntly, after his father finished his job report, if the emperor needed to make any orders, the emperor would dictate the general meaning and Shen Shuren would draft it.

Not to mention, this matter is quite a challenge for Shen Shuren, because since he was in the Imperial Academy for a month, he has been doing private work mainly, and has not yet drafted an edict for the emperor.

Fortunately, he was also mentally prepared for this. He secretly made up various model essays a few days in advance, and even consulted Gu Yanwu in private to discuss rhetoric together.Shen Shuren secretly asked Ge Shizhen of the same year for the part that Gu Yanwu had never seen before.

After the luncheon, Shen Tingyang went to the Wenhua Hall to have an interview with the emperor.

What he didn't expect was that he actually saw an important minister in Wenhua Palace who hadn't seen each other for several years, but who had been stumbling the Shen family—the Governor of Water Transport, Zhu Dadian.

Zhu Dadian's yamen was stationed in Huai'an, and the journey was far away, so he seldom went to Beijing to report on his duties.It is necessary to take the canal section between the Yellow River and the Huaihe River to Linqing, Shandong, and then cross the Yellow River from Linqing to Tongzhou.

Even if Shen Tingyang made a great contribution this time, it was nothing more than being a doctor of the household department, and there were also servants and ministers on top.At least at the Shangshu level, it is possible to wrestle with the governor-level feudal officials.

Now that he had to face Zhu Dadian directly, Shen Tingyang felt great pressure. Even if he did save money for the court and the accounts were clear, he was still very nervous.

Zhu Dadian dared to come to stop it himself, and he didn't know how much black information the Haiyun faction had collected these days. Could it be that he wanted to conduct a "evidence sneak attack" in front of the emperor and make the Haiyun faction completely rotten in one go?
Thinking of this, before Shen Tingyang opened his mouth, he felt a little stage fright.

There is no way, what should come must come, he has been preparing for this for several years.

Even Shen Shuren faced Zhu Dadian's pressure at the beginning of his journey.Today, I can either move away from this mountain and completely cut up those entangled grievances, or stop messing around.

(End of this chapter)