Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 254 Wang Ziteng has a hard life.

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Everyone's eyes gradually lit up.

No one doesn't like silver.

Poor people like it.

After becoming an official, I like it even more.

"Nanyang is not a small place, at least the size of two or three prefectures."

"Not only two prefectures, but also a Shandong Province!"

“It’s so big, no wonder!”

"How about we send someone over there to serve as an official?"

Everyone was talking at once, eager to try it out.

Ye Xiang calmly waved his hand and said, "It's not the right time yet."

"First, don't think that the emperor is really indifferent to worldly affairs because he is cultivating himself in the deep palace. As far as I know, Jia Jing pays this much tribute to the palace every year, and he absolutely does not allow others to interfere in Nanyang."

"Secondly, the situation in Southeast Asia is not completely stable yet. Japanese pirates and thieves are rampant everywhere. If we are not careful, we will lose both our money and our lives."

"Wait until Lord Jia settles down over there in a year or two, then it won't be too late for us to reap the benefits." Ye Xiang said with an unfathomable smile on his face.

Everyone was in awe.

"Ye Xiang is still wise!"

"I admire you! I admire you."

Ye Xiang waved his hand and changed the subject, "Let's talk about this great victory in the northwest. The emperor meant that this great victory in the northwest was particularly rare, so he specially approved two people to be conferred titles or promoted to titles, and the rest of the people were promoted one level."

"Who will be given the title?" everyone asked.

"He Yuanqiu." Ye Xiang said, "He has made the greatest contribution. Niu Jizong has been promoted to first-class earl."

He Yuanqiu is his man.

Niu Jizong tried to win him over and give it a try.

As for Shi Nai, although he is very obedient, he is too closely connected with the Jia family after all, so he is a little worried about using him. So he will let him go for now and see how he performs in the future.

"Where is Commander Wang Ziteng?" everyone asked again.

Ye Xiang hesitated for a moment.

Now he is working with Jia Jingzheng, and Jia Jing and Wang Ziteng don't get along well, so he has to give Jia Jing some face.

I can only put Wang Ziteng in trouble for the time being.

"Lord Wang has been promoted to the Inspector General of Jiusheng. Continue to patrol the nine frontiers."

Everyone: "..."

Lord Wang, you have such a miserable life!
It would have been bad enough if he had offended Lord Jia, but Prime Minister Ye also didn't like him.

Either patrolling the border or on the way to patrol the border.

"There is one more thing. The chief examiner, deputy chief examiner and examiner for this year's spring examination have not yet been decided, but they will be decided in the next few days. The chief examiner and deputy chief examiner will naturally be decided by the emperor himself. If anyone else is interested, please remember to pass a note to the cabinet and we will consider it accordingly."

Everyone was overjoyed.

This is a good opportunity to recruit disciples.

Even if you can't get the position of chief examiner, the official in charge is still very useful.

Anyone whom you point out must call you teacher.

That is what is called a room teacher.

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Suzhou, Lin Mansion.

The Lin family is small in number and their branches are also not strong, so this year was a bit lonely.

However, Lin Daiyu was naturally quiet and didn't care about these things.

She was just thinking, spring is coming, the garden in Kyoto should be finished, right? The plaque that they had thought of together should also be inscribed with words.

However, it seemed that she could not live there anymore, because after returning to Beijing, she would have to stay at home and wait for marriage...

sad.

I miss my aunt so much.

She picked up Jia Rong's letter and read it twice, secretly admiring Rong's literary talent.

It would be fine if he was good at writing eight-legged essays, but he was also good at writing poetry.

As she was thinking, Lin Daiyu wrote a letter to her aunt.

"Girl, girl."

Snow Goose suddenly ran in.

"what's up?"

Lin Daiyu put down her pen, looked up and asked.

Xueyan said with a smile: "The master sent someone to say that we should prepare to return to Beijing!"

Return to Beijing!

Lin Daiyu was delighted.

But he still managed to hold back his expression, and snorted softly, "When you were in Beijing, you were looking forward to returning to Jiangnan. Now, after just a few months back, you're looking forward to going back."

Xueyan blushed and said, "No way, it was the master who said he wanted to go back, so of course I had to obey."

Lin Daiyu said, "Why don't you pack up quickly? When are you leaving?"

Zijuan came in and said with a smile, "We won't leave until after the 15th, don't worry young lady."

Lin Daiyu: "..."

"You are the one who is anxious!" Zijuan said with a smile, "Yes, yes, I am anxious, the young lady is not anxious at all."

Lin Daiyu said, "If you keep talking in a sarcastic way, I will leave you in Suzhou to guard the gate."

"Ah, no."

"Girl, I was wrong."

"I won't dare to do that again."

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The joyous New Year's festival continued, and in a blink of an eye it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

It was originally planned to take Xichun out tonight to celebrate the Lantern Festival, so Jia Rong moved the article that was originally supposed to be finished in the evening to the morning.

After finishing the four eight-part essays smoothly, Jia Rong felt that his writing skills had reached a certain bottleneck and it was difficult to make any progress. But when he wrote, he became more fluent and relaxed, without any obstacles.

"Master, the eldest lady has been standing at the door for a long time. I saw you were writing an article and hasn't come in." Xiangling whispered to Jia Rong.

Suffered.

Jia Rong was so busy writing that he neglected his aunt. He quickly threw his pen aside, stood up and said with a smile, "Aunt, why don't you come in for tea?"

Xichun then walked into the room and said with a smile, "Seeing that you are writing seriously, I dare not disturb you. Dad has already ordered that anyone who dares to disturb you while you are studying will be punished according to the family rules."

Obviously, Jia Jing attached great importance to Jia Rong's participation in the Spring Examination, and even gave Xichun special instructions.

"I have finished my homework for today, so there is no need to disturb me." Jia Rong said.

"real!"

Xichun immediately smiled and rubbed the corner of her clothes, saying, "Rong'er, do you still remember what you said that day?"

Jia Rong pretended to be puzzled: "Which day?"

Xichun stamped her feet and pouted: "Rong Ge'er! You know!"

"Know, know."

Jia Rong nodded quickly.

"Then you still... Humph! I'm ignoring you!"

Xichun pretended to be angry and turned her head away.

Jia Rong hurriedly said, "Please forgive me, little aunt. I forgot it just now, but I remember it now."

Xichun said with a straight face: "Really?"

Jia Rong nodded quickly: "Really!"

Xichun said: "Then tell me first what you promised me."

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Let's go out and see the lanterns on the 15th."

Xichun smiled and said, "Just remember it. When are we going out?"

Jia Rong looked outside and said, "Of course it's best to watch the lanterns at night. Let's go out when it's dark."

"Hehe, okay!"

"I'll go back and get ready."

Xichun skipped out and suddenly turned back and said, "Brother Rong, don't you want to invite Baoqin?"

Jia Rong smiled.

It's a bit inappropriate for him to always go to Lixiangyuan.

"Aunt, can you please help me?"

Xichun smiled and said, "Okay, but how are you going to thank me?"

Jia Rong smiled and said, "What do you want, little aunt?"

Xichun thought for a moment and said, "Well, I think... I'll tell you when I think of something."

As he spoke, he went to Lixiangyuan to invite Baoqin.

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Lixiangyuan.

When Xichun arrived, she was naturally welcomed warmly by Aunt Xue, who asked about her health and ordered people to serve her hot tea.

"Aunt, you're too polite. I'm here to see Baoqin."

Aunt Xue smiled and said, "Qin and Bao left early this morning. Wait, I'll go get them."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sisters Baochai and Baoqin came back from outside.

"But what a coincidence."

Aunt Xue went out the door and Xichun followed behind her.

Baochai smiled and said, "Xichun girl is here."

Baoqin bowed: "Aunt."

Xichun smiled and said, "Qin girl."

Then he said to Baochai, "Sister Bao."

Aunt Xue laughed and said, "We are a family, but we have been torn apart for generations. It sounds awkward."

Baochai smiled and said, "Everyone has his own opinion."

Aunt Xue nodded: "That's true."

After a while, three people came into the room and sat down.

Aunt Xue went to talk to Lady Jia and Mrs. Xing, and did not mingle with the younger generation.

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(End of this chapter)