Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 26 Remembered by the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor
Seeing Shi Guangzhu swagger into the county government office, the crowd burst into curses.

"Damn."

"Not a son of man."

But no matter how dissatisfied the people present, Shi Guangzhu was right.

He came to pick up his sister and nephew back to his natal home, but no one could stop him, not even a reason to stop him.

Immediately, countless pairs of eyes looked at the members of the Yang family.

Things have come to this point, there is absolutely no way to continue the lawsuit today.

In the end, the members of the Yang family had no choice but to return to the capital in despair and report to their family what happened here.

Seeing that there was no excitement, the others quickly left.

However, along with this poem, Shi Zhongkui's name will soon spread among scholars in Daxing, Beijing and Dazhou again.

Even the Supreme Emperor who was in the Dragon Head Palace and Emperor Jing Long who was in the Qinzheng Palace also learned about this from Dai Quan and Xia Shouzhong respectively.

The Taishanghuang thought of the sons-in-law of Shan Guogong and Yu Honggao, and also thought that Shi Zhongkui was Yu Honggao's apprentice.

Suddenly he laughed and asked Dai Quan, "Is this Shi Boqian really a genius, or has he become his teacher's shooter?"

Dai Quan, whose hair was a little gray, said with a smile, "I heard from the people below that a few days ago, Mr. Yu's young master didn't believe in Shi Boqian's ability, so he wanted to test him.

But I didn't expect that Shi Boqian not only answered every question, but also made Mr. Yu's young masters admire him.

In the end, Shi Boqian also relied on memorizing "Zuo Zhuan" and "Zhou Li" word for word, from the hands of the master's son, and won the copybook of the Yu family without saying anything.

Even the copy of Chang'an Forest of Steles collected by Pang Shitong of Mount Tai lost to Shi Boqian. "

Hearing Pang Shitong, the Supreme Emperor's face darkened slightly.

Back then, it was this stubborn old man who joined several nobles in a row.

In the end, Shi Huaiyong of the Duke's Mansion was forced to resign and go home to be rice worms together with several other nobles who were in charge of the army.

That's not to mention, if Pang Shitong is really dedicated to serving the country, the Supreme Emperor can only hold his nose and admit it.

But the old guy then took advantage of his mother's death to protect his life, resigned from office and returned to his hometown to teach and educate people.

Afterwards, many people realized that Pang Shitong might have known in advance that his mother was dying.

Taking advantage of Ding You's filial piety as a foregone conclusion, he pulled some people off before leaving.

A few years later, the mutiny of Prince Yizhong happened again, and then the Taishanghuang became seriously ill and passed the throne to the current emperor.

As a result, the Taishanghuang recovered from his illness.

No one in the imperial court cared about a famous Confucian scholar who resigned from office for a few years and stayed in the countryside with peace of mind.

Thinking of this, the Supreme Emperor immediately waved his hand at Dai Quan without interest.
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In the Palace of Qinzheng on the other side, the current emperor also asked Xia Shouzhong similar questions.

Xia Shouzhong's answer was basically the same as that of Dai Quan.

But the minds of the two emperors were completely different.

"Since Shi Boqian likes copybooks, you can go to the warehouse and pick a few for him, but it's not so easy to get my reward."

Speaking of this, the emperor himself laughed.

Since it is a reward, there is no such thing as easy or not. Xia Shouzhong thought about it for a while, and knew that the emperor wanted to test Shi Boqian.

Sure enough, after thinking for a while, the emperor continued, "Since the matter started from the farmland, Shi Boqian is so smart.

You send people to contact and contact Shi Boqian to see his views on farming, dredging canals and water transportation. "

After finishing speaking, the emperor felt that the topic was too big for the court to solve. How could a scholar who is not a scholar have a solution.

"Forget it, I won't give away the copybook. You can choose one of the three questions to try him. If he is really smart, you will take care of him more in the future.

If you can’t answer, then,,,. "

After that, the emperor did not finish.

But Xia Shouzhong understood what the emperor meant.

If you have talent, protect it and watch him grow, otherwise, the consequences will not be as serious as usual.
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Xia Shouzhong walked out of the hall, but he was hesitant about how to contact Shi Zhongkui.

It is definitely not possible to come directly to the door, and let Shi Zhongkui know that the emperor is testing him. If he becomes arrogant because of this, Shi Zhongkui will be unlucky, and he will not be able to complete the emperor's task perfectly.

In the same way, finding Yu Honggao is even more difficult.

The one surnamed Yu must be more difficult to deal with than Shi Zhongkui.

After hesitating for a long time, he suddenly saw his godson walk in and reported that Shi Zhongkui, Jia Lian and Shi Guangzhu from Shan Guogong's mansion were staying with his sister and nephew's family and had just entered the capital.

Xia Shouzhong felt happy, Shi Zhongkui returned to the capital, it was better to get in touch with Hong Gao than continue to hide in Hong Gao's side.

Moreover, to his surprise and pleasant surprise, Jia Lian actually had a relationship with Shi Zhongkui.

It wasn't that Xia Shouzhong took a fancy to Jia Lian, nor did he treat the Jia family differently because of Yuan Chun.

At this time, Yuan Chun was still working as a female official at the old concubine of Longshou Palace, and she was still a year or two away from becoming a concubine.

Last year when Jia Rong's wife Qin Keqing died of illness in Ningguo Mansion, the current patriarch of the Jia family was also the successor of Ningguo Mansion. The third-rank Wei Lie General Jia Zhen approached Dai Quan, the eunuch next to the Supreme Emperor of Longshou Palace, for the sake of saving face.

Hua Yinzi bought Jia Rong the official position of the fifth-rank Longxiang imperial guard, so that Qin Keqing could be buried as his wife.

Xia Shouzhong didn't know about this at first, but Dai Quan's old Yin coin sold the official position of the fifth-rank Longxiang imperial guard to another family.

Although Jia Rong has the position of Longxiang imperial guard, she has no job, so she can only continue to stay at home as a replacement.

This kind of nominal official position is just deceiving people, but Jia Zhen and his son can only be dumb and unable to tell what they are suffering from eating coptis.

But the eunuchs of the inner court, with a little attention, can guess from the fact that there is a backup for the official position of the fifth-rank Longxiang imperial guard, and that he is the heir of the Ningguo Mansion.

Who is the eunuch?

It was an existence that was focused on making money.

After concubine Yuanchun in the future, Dai Quan, Xia Shouzhong and an eunuch surnamed Zhou, one year after Concubine Yuan visits relatives, they will go to Jia's house every three days to fight the autumn breeze.

This incident reflects that Jia Yuanchun's life in the palace is not easy, let alone being favored.

At the same time, it also shows that eunuchs are accustomed to exalting the high and stepping down the low, and they are greedy by nature.

Dai Quan is the most ruthless, and he asks for thousands of taels at every turn.

Xia Shouzhong wasn't much better off. He even asked the Jia family to borrow 200 taels of silver when he wanted to buy a house.

Wang Xifeng made fun of Xia Shouzhong for asking for money, even 200 taels.

Therefore, thinking that Dai Quan could get money from the Ningguo Mansion, while Xia Shouzhong secretly hated him, he didn't feel that he was really inferior to Dai Quan.

After ordering someone to investigate the relationship between Jia Lian and Shi Zhongkui, Xia Shouzhong sat on the chair, thinking about how much he wanted this time.
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Back to that morning.

In the backyard of Daxing County Yamen, Yu Honggao, Yu Tongfu, and Shi Zhongkui were in the study, listening to the news that the servants kept coming back.

When he heard that all the members of the Yang family had left, he immediately laughed in relief.

"Bo Qian should take the lead."

Shi Zhongkui stood up with a smile and saluted and said modestly, "It's all thanks to the teacher's teaching that this disciple is what he is today."

Yu Tongfu hadn't heard it yet, but Yu Honggao knew what Shi Zhongkui meant when he heard it. He dared to show his talent only with the protection of his teacher and a county magistrate.

"Master, my uncle is here."

(End of this chapter)