Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 126
In the end, the Supreme Emperor had the upper hand in this turmoil, and Shi Zhongkui obviously had the advantage, but secretly, the ghost knows what the emperor will think.

And because of the marriage and Yuanchun, the emperor should not dare to reuse him in the short term.

This can be seen from his appointment.

A general champion enters the Hanlin Academy, and he will have the status of a cabinet walker, let alone a six-yuan and first-ranked scholar.

But except for a Hanlin academy editor, Shi Zhongkui was only in charge of the development of the rice fields in Gyeonggi, which was decreed by the Supreme Emperor, and also the errand of sorting out the canal.

And the errand is a clerk, not a power officer, and there is not even a grade.

One can imagine how difficult it is for a small official from the sixth rank and without real power to deal with various yamen.

However, Shi Zhongkui was not too worried, the official was also an imperial official, that is, an imperial envoy.

As long as he is reasonable, even the Minister of the Ministry of Industry has to cooperate.

But the officialdom is not so easy to mess with, a word 'delay' is enough to ruin your business, not to mention where does the money come from?

Also, there is no yamen, no subordinates, and no office space if you want to do things.

You can't stay in the fields and canals every day to work.

The Taishanghuang made it clear, and asked himself to beg him.

Maybe the emperor also had this idea, and wanted to see who he would go to first.

But Shi Zhongkui was tired of the power struggle between old and new emperors.

I can get things done without asking you.

At that time, the fame and fortune will be taken by yourself, and we will see what you father and son can do to me.

Fortunately, winning the No. [-] prize itself has a lot of red tape to go through, and the time is still enough for him to make some preparations.

After receiving the order, he rode a white horse and paraded across the street.

When Shi Zhongkui was wearing the sixth-grade tonic, but the color was bright red, he was about to mount his horse.

A middle-aged eunuch walked over with a young eunuch smiling, "Young Scholar, the Supreme Emperor has specially allowed you to wear a jade belt and a gold medal to cross the street as a show of favor."

In order to distinguish other top scholars, the emperor will specially issue a silver medal to the top scholar, and bronze medals for the second place and third prize.

As for the other Jinshi, they don't even have an official status at the moment, so of course they are not qualified to hang their badges.

And the jade belt must only be eligible to be worn by noble relatives.

Shi Zhongkui shook his head without thinking.

I really think I am a fool, I have to wear it only with Jia Baoyu, the emperor's brother-in-law.

Moreover, in the future, a large part of the civil service system officials will not treat themselves because of dredging the river.

One is that there are too many interests in the river, and the other is that many people are already preparing to dredge the river after successfully raising fish in rice fields last year.

This means that Shi Zhongkui not only let their preparations in advance go to waste.

And robbed them of their errands and credits.

So Shi Zhongkui dared to take the initiative to hand over the matter to the other party before the incident of ostracizing and making things difficult for him happened.

On the contrary, it was the gold medal, because it was engraved with the words "Imperial Commissioner's errand", Shi Zhongkui rolled his eyes, took it without hesitation, and hid it in his sleeve.

After I use my sixth-rank official status and suffer all kinds of difficulties and prevarications, I will take out this gold medal.

Officials and ministers watching the excitement will be much less resistant to using their status as imperial envoys to suppress people.

Riding a white horse, Shi Zhongkui suddenly had a feeling when he glanced at the Jinshi of the same discipline following behind him. From this moment on, my master and you guys are not at the same level anymore.

Even when taking out the gold medal by himself, even the first rank of the dynasty has to salute the official first.

Of course, this is just a thought.

Riding out of Miyagi with 199 walking Xinke Scholars, he immediately saw Xue Pan, who was waving at him constantly, standing on a street corner dozens of meters away with Jia Lian, Jia Rong, and a few young masters whom he didn't know.

Things in the palace didn't come out that quickly, and the people who came to watch the ceremony were so excited and excited when they heard that the number one scholar riding on the horse was Shi Zhongkui.

For a while, cheers and shouts filled the entire street.

As soon as he rode into the street, sachets, flowers, and even jade pendants were thrown at him from both sides of the street.

Shi Zhongkui definitely wouldn't pick it up, after all, it's up to the girls whether to throw it away or not, but if you pick it up.

It would be embarrassing if someone really came to the door with a matchmaker.

Riding all the way there, the ground was covered with flowers and cheers shook the sky, and finally arrived at the Confucius Temple.

The next step is simple. There are dedicated people to explain how to do it, how to stand, and even how to prostrate.

Moreover, according to the officials of the Ministry of Rituals, since he is the sixth-ranked scholar, his own No. [-] Scholar stele will be directly moved to the top of all the No. [-] scholars in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The size will be twice as large as that of other champions, and then the people in the Ministry of Rites also explained that the memorial archway of Liuyuan Jidi will also be erected in the ancestral tomb of the Shi family.

The specifications are also compared with those of Gonghou, the main entrance plus two side doors on the left and right and six stone pillars, and the letter "Liuyuan Jidi" written by the emperor himself.

Only the width and height will be reduced.

After I die, there will inevitably be officials and gentry preparing to build Liuyuanfang, or even Liuyuan Temple for myself.

On the mansion where I live in the future, there will also be two plaques of "Six Yuan Jidi, the leader of the world" on the left and right sides of the main entrance.

No matter who it is, even the chief assistant of the cabinet and the six ministers will feel inferior when they see these two plaques.

After all, no one can match him in the imperial examination.

Anyone with a lower official rank than him, even if passing by, civil servants get off their sedan chairs and military officials get off their horses and pass by on foot.

If you don't want to do this, then take a detour.

Of course, this may also bring hatred for him.

Because I wasted a lot of time in the palace, it was already mid-afternoon after I finished worshiping my master and went through all the procedures.

A group of Jinshi were already hungry and half dead from exhaustion.

How can I say anything else.

It was easy to talk about the Qionglin banquet three days later, and the 200 Jinshi quickly got into carriages or sedan chairs and left.

As for the question of whether someone is too poor to even hire a sedan chair, that is certainly not a question.

In modern society, the number one scholar in the college entrance examination has various bonuses and sponsorships, and some people want to rely on Jinshi.

No matter how bad it was, the owner of the hotel where they stayed would definitely take good care of them.

In the scientific examination three years later, there will definitely be a wave of house price increases because there are Jinshi living in their home.

To be honest, the number one student in the college entrance examination can't even compare with Jie Yuan in the rural examination.

Nominally, they are all number one in a province, but Juren not only has a thousand acres of land that can be exempted from tax, but his political status alone is not comparable to the number one in the college entrance examination.

Not to mention that the No. [-] Scholar was directly awarded Cong Liupin, and his official position was higher than that of the county magistrate, and his future was not comparable to that of a county magistrate.

Probably the first person in the national civil service examination can be regarded as the champion.
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When Shi Zhongkui had a round with Xue Pan, Jia Lian and others, Xue Pan immediately bowed his head, and his face was flushed with excitement, and he couldn't even speak.

After Jia Lian and Jia Rong hesitated for a moment, they also opened their skirts and knelt down on one knee, "I have seen the imperial envoy."

Shi Zhongkui shook his head and sighed, but he was not in a hurry to help the three of them up.

If you don't kneel today, you will still kneel tomorrow. This is an inevitable etiquette.

"You all know?"

Jia Rong laughed and said, "Second Uncle doesn't know, the fact that Eldest Aunt was awarded Fengzao Palace Minister by the Supreme Emperor has spread all over the capital.

The ancestor Lian Fan sent someone to inform us that he must invite you to come and see us.

First, to congratulate my uncle, and second, to discuss your marriage with your second aunt and Aunt Xue's family. "

Shi Zhongkui shook his head and helped Jia Lian up.

He shouted at Xue Pan to get him up, then raised his hand to Jia Rongxu.

After the three of them stood up, they said, "The eunuch who has a kilometer will assist in the marriage, and according to the etiquette, I can only ask my teacher's wife and the old lady of the Duke's Mansion to come to the door first.

It's just that Old Concubine Zhen is seriously ill. Eunuch Dai told me before that the marriage may be delayed for some time. "

Jia Lian, Jia Rong and Xue Pan all understood this truth.

In case of getting married in the front foot, the old concubine Zhen will die in the back foot, and maybe someone will find trouble.

Moreover, Jia Yuanchun was only a female historian in the palace before, and could not hinder marriages outside the palace.

But now that Yuanchun is about to become a concubine, she must finish this matter first before marrying the second lady of the Jia family.

Fortunately, the marriage was appointed by the Supreme Emperor. Even if Yuanchun became a concubine, the Jia family not only did not lose face.

Instead, he earned a lot of face by referring to marriage.

So the three of Jia Lian could understand Shi Zhongkui's reluctance to go to Jia's house at this time.

I even think this is the right choice.

Shi Zhongkui continued, "As for the announcement of the decree, everything should be done according to the rules."

Jia Lian, Xue Pan, and Jia Rong nodded after hearing this, and then Shi Zhongkui sighed and said, "I just took the job of dredging the river, and I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse."

"This...", the faces of Jia Lian and the other three turned pale.

If the canals and the rivers of Gyeonggi were so well sorted out, they would not have been eroded for many years.

That fool, Jia Zheng, thought that since he was appointed by the imperial court and the father of the emperor's concubine, the people below had to be obedient.

Moreover, the old master actually wanted to ask for money from his family to take care of things on the river.

Simply stupid.

After scaring the three of them, Shi Zhongkui said with a stern expression while laughing secretly, "Go back and tell the elders that it's not because of someone's impoliteness this time, it's really the emperor's life, so I have to go all out."

Jia Lian nodded and said, "Young brother, don't be in a hurry, but if you can use it, your brother will definitely not shirk."

This is what Shi Zhongkui was waiting for.

For literary and official affairs, it is definitely more useful to find Yu Honggao than Jia's family, but Shi Zhongkui knows that the most difficult thing to do is the nobles who hold the military power.

And I really need some light and strong guards with martial arts.

Even if it's just for show, at least it can deter the government servants and ordinary people who were recruited because of corvee.

And in the farms of Ningrong and Rongfu, there must be some young and strong people who practiced martial arts with their parents and grandfathers.

These people have no way out because of the decadence of the Jia family's martial arts.

Once someone is willing to recruit them and give them a hope of changing their background, it shouldn't be difficult for me to recruit twenty or thirty according to the imperial envoy's standards.

It is even no problem to directly appoint a few small officials of the ninth rank, and some small officials who have no rank but have real power.

As long as the imperial errands are not completed, these small officials and officials are officials.

When the errand was done, it was easy to find a way out for them.

Shi Zhongkui thought it over even more, if he can't do well in literature on the issue of dredging the river, then he will come to Wushu.

As for fish farming in rice fields, there is nothing to worry about, and he didn't plan to promote it in the whole of Gyeonggi from the beginning.

The best place to experiment is Daxing County.

Being the Lord of the Earth alone is enough to save him from countless troubles and plots.

When the Daxing land gets great benefits again, and then look for land in several other counties, then they will not beg them themselves, but they will beg themselves.

Moreover, not all places in Gyeonggi are suitable for growing rice.

The first thing to solve is the water source.

After returning to the west of the city and parting with Jia Lian, Xue Pan, and Jia Rong, Shi Zhongkui looked at the sky again. It was about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and he simply went to the Duke's Mansion.

After all, he couldn't guarantee that Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen would agree to his request.

Not to mention the descendants of the Jia family's soldiers back then, no one can guarantee what happened to them.

So when he thought of the middle-aged soldiers he saw when he went to Shan Guogong's mansion after his country examination, Shi Zhongkui knew that at least the martial arts of Shan Guogong's mansion hadn't been abolished.

After riding a horse to Shan Guogong's mansion, he didn't expect that not only Shi Huaiyong, Shi Guangzhu and his son came to greet him, but also opened the door wide.

"I've seen Duke Liuyuan."

Shi Zhongkui subconsciously used the technique of divine movement, walked a few steps quickly, and grabbed Shi Huaiyong's arm.

"Uncle, master, you are a bad boy."

Shi Huaiyong, Shi Guangzhu and his son felt their eyes go blurry. They were still 3 meters away, but suddenly appeared in front of them, with a horrified expression on their faces.

He had heard that Shi Boqian practiced literature and martial arts a long time ago, but he did not expect that the other party's literary ability was six yuan, and in martial arts, he could already achieve such a level.

The only thought in the father and son's mind at the moment is that fortunately, Yu Tongfu was forced to come to the door, so that Shi Boqian agreed to be Huaiji's teacher.

Now that the other party delivered it to the door by himself, of course the master-student relationship had to be put to death.

Shi Huaiyong grabbed Shi Zhongkui's wrist with his backhand, "The official ceremony is over, now we're talking about closeness.

Boqian won the first prize this morning, and he will come to the door this afternoon. This is because he respects my family, so he must have a good drink. "

Shi Zhongkui wanted more from others, and since he was a relative and elder of the teacher's school, his attitude was of course more polite.

Regardless of whether his wrist was grabbed by Shi Huaiyong, he cupped his hands and saluted Shi Guangzhu, "Uncle is doing well."

Shi Guangzhu said with a smile, unable to speak clearly, "Okay, what can I do wrong."

After finishing speaking, the father and son grabbed Shi Zhongkui's hand and walked towards the middle door with him between them.

Not to mention the number one scholar, even if the six ministers want to go to the middle door of the Duke's mansion, it depends on whether the Shi family is willing or not.

So Shi Zhongkui is not willing to go the right way.

"Bo Qian won the championship in one fell swoop, and there is no peer in the world, just leave." Shi Huaiyong pulled him away again, and said with a smile, "I have a good reason for keeping it, so that no one outside can blame Bo Qian for being rude."

Shi Zhongkui was taken aback for a moment, and then he stepped through the middle gate.

As for the servants of Duke Shanguo's mansion, looking at him at this moment is like looking at a god, not only flushed with excitement, but also extremely respectful.

Even the housekeeper and the servants had already knelt on the ground before, and it wasn't until the three of them entered the middle door that they hurriedly got up and chased after them.

"Hurry up and get someone to hold a banquet, and then call Tongfu and Huaiji to accompany you."

The housekeeper hurriedly agreed, and trotted inside after three steps and two steps.

When Shi Zhongkui heard Huaiji, his heart moved, and he immediately understood the reason why Shi Huaiyong and his son were so polite to him.

(End of this chapter)