Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 161 Father Lin resigns from office
Half a month after Lin Wenxi's memorial was submitted, the emperor had a response, allowing Lin Wenxi to resign, and also gave Lin Wenxi a gold plaque from his mentor. , It can be regarded as a reward for the contribution to the court for so many years.

As expected, the emperor did not want to leave Lin Wenxi to take up other official positions in the court. This official appointment was very straightforward, and it directly foretold the emperor's thoughts.

It's not that no one in the Lin family is serving in the court. The Lin family has two sons. Although they are not as promising as Lin Wenxi, they can be considered as promising among the younger generation. This official position does not need to be replaced by others. During the half month when he was recovering from illness, Prince Bei had already shared his work.

Zhang Zhonghou had resigned more than a year ago, Lin Wenxi has also retired now, and the Northern Prince is still there, so he is left alone in the position of assistant minister, and the Northern Prince also wants to retire, but for him, it is not appropriate. This assistant minister, he is also a prince, and he has to assist the emperor in this court.

Lin Wenxi let go of all the affairs in the court. Many officials admired him. He took such a big power and let it go as soon as he said it.

There are a few officials who can reach this high position in their lifetime, and Lin Wenxi can actually retire a few years later at his age.

But on the Lin family's side, Lin Qingran and the others don't feel sorry for their father at all. The Lin family is holding a lively family banquet in the villa outside Luodu City. Lin Qingran helps go to the kitchen to see how the dishes are. The elder sister and the fourth elder sister have also returned. It is not easy for a family of seven sisters and two younger brothers to be reunited.

In this big family, there are dozens of people inside and out. The eldest sister, second sister, and third sister's children are all married, and the eldest of the fourth sister's family is also married. Lin Qingran is the youngest here, Brother Han In two years' time, my son will also discuss marriage. The eldest sister Hui is already the mother of two children. At that time, I really didn't know who belonged to it.

The grandson of the third sister's family, who was born at the beginning of last year, was just a toddler at this time. When he walked up to Mrs. Lu, he called grandma in a childlike voice. She was so happy when he called Grandma, she wanted to hug him, Xiao Qi on the side put him in Lu's arms, the little guy was raised very well, and he was in Lu's embrace, Lu's He stretched out his hand to weigh his weight, and smiled, "It's a shame that your little aunt gave her a hand, otherwise, grandma would lose her waist when she hugged you."

The little guy laughed cooperatively, seeing his brothers and sisters having fun outside, he begged the nanny to carry him out and play together.

Xiao Liu gave birth to two children, and Xiao Qi gave birth to one. In the next generation, Lin Qingran's daughter Ning was the youngest, one year younger than Hui's child.

Back then, the seven sisters of the Lin family had such a big difference in age from the eldest sister of the Lin family to the youngest seven, and now the younger generation is still older than the older ones. Listening to sister Hui's eldest son obediently calling sister Ning'er little cousin, the eight-year-old The child turned his head and looked awkward, which amused everyone present.

The sons-in-law in front chatted with their father-in-law, and there was old General Lu here. He was getting older and his body was getting worse, but his mentality was getting better and better. It was safe to say that sooner or later, dust will return to ashes.

Old General Lu has resigned for many years, and the eldest son who is still in Yanzhou City will come back in a few years. According to Lin Wenxi's words, the older generation is old, and now the court has changed because of the emperor's new policies. A lot of fresh blood.

What Lin Wenxi and his sons-in-law were talking about at this moment was the new policy issued by the emperor just after he resigned.

How much the emperor wants to make some achievements can be seen from the new policies that come several times a year. The new official took office three times, the emperor ascended the throne until now, and two assistant ministers have come down. Letting go of power is the time to flex your muscles.

Among the six sons-in-law, it is the turn of the second son-in-law for the New Deal. They will be dispatched to various states to inspect whether the New Deal is being implemented properly and whether the localities are implementing it well.

"A few days ago, the emperor said that he would go on a southern tour." Wei Shu added a glass of wine to Shao Ziyu who was next to him. "The Ministry of Rites is making arrangements, and it will be the beginning of next month."

During the emperor's southern tour, a large number of officials followed him. Shao Ziyu was sure that he was not in charge. The Minister of the Ministry of Punishments was in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Punishments. Wherever they got away, a few of them, maybe a few.

Lin Wenxi listened, shook his head, and did not express his opinion. He had already sent several officials to inspect the states, so why bother to inspect the south again? Once he went to February and March, the affairs of the DPRK and China would be delayed a lot.
Because of Xiumu, the whole family stayed overnight in the villa. The night in mid-August was very cool, and they were tired from playing during the day. At night, the children went to bed early. The sisters chatted for a long time in the mother's room, waiting When Lin Qingran came out, the show in the front hall hadn't ended yet.

After returning to the courtyard and preparing water for bathing, Shao Ziyu came back smelling of alcohol.

Seeing that Lin Qingran was playing a bit of a rogue, Lin Qingran pushed him to take a bath, but Shao Ziyu didn't let go, and pulled her to ask her to accompany him.

After taking a bath, Si Qinna was about to learn about wine and soup. The two of them sat on the stone bench in the yard. Lin Qingran smiled, "When I knew that my father was given such a place to build a villa by the late emperor, I was secretly anxious for my parents, afraid of the money. It’s not enough.” At that time, it was the matter of Zhuangzi that prompted her to find a way to make money.

Lin Qingran told him how she wanted to make money back then. She read several medical books, studied medicinal diet, and was still trying to persuade Imperial Doctor Wei to open a Yangshan workshop with her.

"It turns out that you and Imperial Physician Wei jointly opened the Yangshanfang, not your mother-in-law and Mrs. Wei." Shao Ziyu also knew about this at the time. At that time, the herbal cuisine in Yangshanfang was awarded a golden plaque by the late emperor, and the business was good for a while. Incredible.

Lin Qingran chuckled, "I was still young back then."

With a faint smile on the corner of Shao Ziyu's mouth, he kept looking at her all the time. Sometimes, just listening to her talk was also a kind of satisfaction.

The two sat in the yard and chatted for a long time, and it was late at night when they returned to the house.

Early the next morning, the second sister and the others left first, Lin Qingran stayed until the afternoon, Lu urged them to go back to the city, she and Lin Wenxi wanted to stay in the villa for a while, there were villages and small towns nearby, anyway, Lin Wenxi I don't go to court anymore, and I am happy.

In the evening, Lin Qingran and Shao Ziyu brought their children back to Luodu City

At the beginning of September, the emperor made a southern tour, and there were several ships on the southern tour at the pier. Many officials accompanied him, and several famous people around the emperor followed.

As far as Lin Qingran knew, the third brother-in-law and the fourth brother-in-law followed, and the second brother Lin Yunhao also went. On the side of the Shao family, the uncle, as a famous man who rose up in front of the emperor, must accompany him. This morning the boat set off to head south.

Due to the major events of the southern tour, Luodu City has become much cleaner. Lin Qingran can also imagine the grand occasion of the southern tour. Everywhere he went, the local officials would kneel at the pier to greet them. For more than two months, several Annual consumption is not small.

A few days later, Lin Qingran was busy with the exchange of goods in the autumn shop, when the Yuan family came to the door again.

After the incident between the Yuan family and the Hai family passed three years ago, Yuan Chengzhi is now sitting in the Imperial Academy as a servant. This trend is not bad. After studying in the Imperial Academy, he can transfer out if he has the opportunity.

Last year, Yuan Chengzhi also got engaged, and he was considered a good match. Lin Qingran and Shao Ziyu didn't give any advice on his marriage. Whether they are a good match, they can understand many aspects.

This time Yuan Shi came here because she wanted Lin Qingran to take a look and set up a shop.

"It doesn't matter if you're younger. We're going to get married next year. We can't be empty-handed. It's better to buy a house for the couple to take care of." The business in the restaurant has been good in the past three years, but they have to pay 600% of the dividends. It is definitely not possible to save five or six hundred taels of silver. Yuan thought of a compromise and bought a smaller shop for the young couple. Although it is a small family and small business, as long as the husband and wife are in harmony, nothing will be a problem in the future. .

"Master Hai knows that Cheng Zhi is getting married." If Lin Qingran remembered correctly, in the past three years, Hai Lunian has been secretly paying attention to this promising son who was abandoned by him from time to time.

"I know, and secretly sent the money over and asked me to return it." Yuan Shi nodded calmly, "Since I said that I have retired and become a monk, it has been more than ten years, and there is no family relationship. Go back, this kid doesn't want to have anything to do with him." Back then, he said he would abandon him, but now he can't see the incense that he didn't inherit, and the abandoned son came to recognize his relatives when he was promising again.

"Then I'll take care of it for you." Lin Qingran nodded, and Yuan Shi was relieved, "Mrs. Shao is more knowledgeable than me in this area, so I have to trouble you again."

"It's nothing to worry about. I, as the teacher's wife, should help when Cheng Zhi gets married. The dowry can be arranged properly."

"It's done. The two families sat down to discuss it." Yuan's most satisfactory thing now is probably the son's marriage. The family is well-matched and the family background is also simple. The two families can sit down and discuss the marriage, and there is no request to save face. The big ones are all within their means.

"That's good." Lin Qingran sent Yuan Shi out, asked Si Qin to bring the account books, and calculated the approximate share of the Yuan family's share in the past three years. Yuan Shi must be a frugal one. The silver should not exceed 400 taels, and there are things to buy for the dowry. When the time comes to get married, there will be a lot of bits and pieces to prepare.

When Shao Ziyu came back, Lin Qingran discussed with him that since it was to buy a shop for Yuan Chengzhi's future husband and wife, Shao Ziyu, as a master, needed to be interested, "If we don't want to buy a shop, we will pay half of the money. wedding gift."

When Shao Ziyu heard it, it was true, "This is the way to do it, and then add something else, it's almost the same."

"I heard from Mrs. Yuan that it must be reasonable for the two families to sit down and discuss the dowry." Yuan Chengzhi himself brought up this marriage, and it was Yuan who said it.

"The adults of the Wang family are also in the Hanlin Academy. They get along a lot on weekdays. What they value is their character." Shao Ziyu felt that he was a good student.

Seeing him also felt good, Lin Qingran quickly arranged the matter

At the beginning of October, the temperature of Luodu City, which entered autumn, dropped rapidly. In mid-November, the boat from the southern tour returned.

(End of this chapter)