marquis of jingan

Chapter 198 Draw cakes for Shen Yi!
Zhao Shilang has no reason not to treat guests, especially family banquets. This is a very high honor, which shows that Zhao Shilang regards him as his own family.

Shen Yi and Zhang Jian got into the carriage and soon arrived at the door of Zhao Shilang's house. It was already evening, and the head of Da Chen's treasury had already returned home from get off work. Zhang Jian and Shen Yi met with Zhao Shilang and Mrs. Zhao, and then went to the table for dinner.

At the dinner table, Shen Yi ate in a regular manner. In comparison, Zhang Jian seemed to be a little more out of touch, joking with the two brothers of the Zhao family from time to time, but in front of Zhao Changping, Zhang Jian's out of character also restrained, showing is relatively restrained.

Halfway through the meal, Zhao Shilang put down his rice bowl, looked at Shen Yi, and asked, "In more than ten days, it will be Qiu Wei. How is Qilang's preparations?"

Shen Yi had almost finished eating at the moment, he put down his chopsticks, and said with a smile: "Mr. Gu taught very well, and my nephew also tried his best to learn. Mr. Gu also said that the policy that I wrote to Mr. Gu a few days ago was good. Little nephew..."

"There is a chance to win."

What Shen Yi said was modest. When he handed in his homework to Mr. Gu a few days ago, Mr. Gu commented that he had an [-]% chance of passing the mid-term examination. infer.

Zhao Shilang nodded, and said, "It's good if you can pass the pilot test. Later, you go to my study and silently write the two recent essays. I'll help you take a look."

As he spoke, he stroked his beard and said: "As a senior, I must do my best so that I won't see Jizhong again in the future, and he will blame me for it."

It is not easy to write a policy theory out of thin air, but it is not difficult for scholars in this era to write out the articles I have written recently.

It is the basic skill of a scholar to remember well. After all, even ordinary scholars are as rare as the later Qingbei students.

Shen Yi nodded yes.

Zhao Changping looked at Zhang Jian at the side again, and said earnestly, "When will Yi An return to Jiangdu?"

Zhang Jian smiled, and said, "I haven't seen the teacher for a long time, so why don't I spend a few more days with the teacher."

Zhao Changping frowned, then got up silently, and said in a deep voice, "Let's talk in the study."

After that, he got up and left the dining room.

Zhang Jian and Shen Yi also stood up one after another. After saluting Mrs. Zhao and the Zhao family brothers, they got up and left the dining table, and followed Zhao Shilang to his study.

After entering the study, Zhao Changping looked at Zhang Jian, sighed slightly, and said slowly: "You, it hasn't been a long time since you made progress, why are you slacking off again? It should be the autumn harvest season soon, and you are going to Jiangdu should do a good job, do a good job in the autumn harvest, and collect all the autumn grain this year."

Zhao Shilang's face was serious: "Jiangdu County is a big county, and it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to fill this vacancy. In this position, you must do this job well. If you do this job well, it will be difficult for you. It’s a rare qualification.”

Speaking of this, Zhao Changping looked at Shen Yi, hesitated for a moment, then lowered his eyebrows and said, "Master Zhang told me in private that he will retire next year. Since he took the initiative to retire, His Majesty should have some kindness for your family." Enshang, you have done a good job in the position of Jiangdu, maybe next year you will be transferred back to Jiankang, and you will be given a sixth-rank or even a fifth-rank Beijing official."

Jiangdu County is the capital of Jiangdu Prefecture, and it is also one of the few fat counties in the world. As long as this job is done well, usually it only takes two or even one term, and you can be promoted to a prefect in another place, and you may even be transferred to Jiankang. Come!
Zhang Jian gave a wry smile, bowed his head and said, "Teacher, I have been working seriously in Jiangdu for the past half a year. During the spring farming this year, the student and the officials from the county government almost ran all over Jiangdu, and I didn't slack off for a moment..."

"Even Chen Yu didn't pick out the students' faults."

He lowered his head and sighed: "The students will only stay in Jiankang for three days this time, and they will leave for Jiangdu the day after tomorrow."

"Don't blame the teacher for being strict."

Zhao Changping has a good relationship with Zhang Jian's master and apprentice. Seeing him like this, he also sighed slightly: "It's true that Zhang Xiang also has high hopes for you. In the future, Zhang Xiang will retire, and your Zhang family will rely on you to continue to support it."

"Yes."

Zhang Jian also became serious, bowed her head respectfully and said, "Teacher, don't worry, the students will definitely do their best, and won't lose face to grandfather and you."

"Ah."

Zhao Shilang finished training his students, looked at Shen Yi again, and asked, "Is Qilang still writing residence reports for the court?"

"Ah."

Shen Yi nodded and said, "I just handed over a copy this afternoon..."

"Don't write for the next half a month."

Zhao Shilang pointed to a low table in his study, and said, "You take the pen and ink yourself, and write out the strategies silently there."

Shen Yi nodded quickly, took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone from Zhao Changping's desk, and spread it on the low table. Then he knelt down on the soft cushions on both sides of the low table, bowed his head and thought for a while, and wrote down the two policy essays he wrote yesterday to Mr. Gu. I wrote it silently.

The two policy theories were neither long nor short, with a total of about [-] words. Because he was afraid that Zhao Changping would be anxious, Shen Yi did not write too neatly, but silently wrote the two policy theories in running script.

Zhang Jian was sitting next to Shen Yi. After Shen Yi finished writing a piece of paper, he took the paper and dried the ink, and handed it to Zhao Changping with a smile.

It took about half an hour for Shen Yi to silently write the two policy theories. It is worth mentioning that the content he silently wrote was the version that Mr. Gu had already guided, not the version he had written at the beginning.

Today Zhao Shilang rarely put down the business in hand, together with Zhang Jian and his apprentice, he carefully read the content written by Shen Yimo. After reading it, Zhao Shilang lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked at Shen Yi with a rare He showed a smile: "It's not easy, it's much better than what you wrote during the college exam."

Shen Yi had a little ink stain on his hand, he washed it in the basin beside him, and then stood in front of Zhao Shilang with his hands down, with a respectful expression.

"Master, you have won the prize."

Shen Qi said very modestly: "According to Mr. Gu's instructions, my nephew has been writing an essay almost a day for the past few months. Hard work can make up for my weakness, and only then has I made some progress."

"Very good."

Zhao Shilang nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Jizhong is very fond of you. If you pass the provincial examination this year, he will be happy for you in Jiangdu."

Zhang Jian, who was standing by the side, also put down the article in his hand when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "Uncle Lu's family has a daughter who is beautiful and beautiful. If I hadn't been married, I would probably be yearning for it. Qilang this time If you can pass the provincial examination, after meeting Jiangdu, Uncle Lu might be happy, so he will give Junior Sister Lu to Qilang."

Hearing Zhang Jian mention Miss Lu from Jiangdu, Shen Yi's mind was shaken, then he shook his head slightly, and said with a wry smile: "Brother, don't talk nonsense, if it spreads, it will affect the reputation of Junior Sister Lu."

Zhao Shilang, who has always been serious, was also thoughtful after hearing Zhang Jian's words. He looked at Shen Yi with a smile on his face.

"This year's Jiankang Township Examination, if you can pass in the top [-], the uncle can talk about it for you."

(End of this chapter)