marquis of jingan

Chapter 730
At the beginning of April in the 11th year of Hongde, Master Shen, who had been busy in the Ministry of War for two and a half months, finally got some free time and took his family back to Jiangdu to visit relatives.

This time I went back to my hometown, one was to visit my mother's grave, and the other was to take Shen Yuan to the Shen family's ancestral hall to pay homage. If it went smoothly, I could also settle the marriage of my younger brother Shen Heng.

This time, it wasn't just Shen Zhang, Shen Yi's family of three, and even Shen Heng, who was working in the Imperial Academy, also took a leave of absence and followed Shen Yi back to his hometown.

Jiankang is very close to Jiangdu, only about two hundred miles away. Shen Yi's family sat in the carriage and drove faster, and they arrived in Jiangdu in two days.

Because after returning from this trip, Shen Hui was notified in advance. The "big master" of the Shen family was very happy, and took more than 100 members of the Shen family out of the city ten miles to meet him, beating gongs and drums all the way, and brought the two Shen family brothers back. The Shen family mansion.

This is the house built by Shen Yi's great-grandfather, the member of the Ministry of Industry, Wailang, after his fortune. It is already the ancestral house of the Shen family.

Of course, this house has nothing to do with Shen Yi's family now, it is the main line, that is, the property of uncle Shen Hui.

However, Master Shen and his brother Shen Heng have achieved far more achievements than their great-grandfather, and their branch of the Shen family has also far surpassed the main branch.

Uncle Shen Hui, after seeing the two brothers Shen Yi, his face was flushed with excitement, and he deliberately led the two brothers around Jiangdu City with drums and gongs. When Shen Hui wanted to make a second round, Shen Yi stopped.

It was almost noon now, Master Shen said with a smile: "Uncle, it's time for lunch, let's go home to eat first."

Mr. Shen, a member of the military department, may not be very eye-catching in the Jiankang court, but in the land of Jiangdu, he can be described as high and powerful. His words naturally have weight in the Shen family. Shen Hui Although he wanted to continue to show off, when he heard Shen Yi say this, he could only smile and nod, and brought the two brothers back home.

Not long after arriving at home for dinner, the prefect of Jiangdu and the county magistrate of Jiangdu came to visit.

The prefect of Jiangdu is a local official of the fourth rank. In theory, he is one rank higher than Shen Yi, the fifth rank doctor. Naturally, he was more "noble" than local officials, so this faceless Jiangdu magistrate was extremely polite when he saw Shen Yi, calling each of them Mr. Shen, extremely polite.

As for the officials of the Jiangdu County Government, there is no need to say more.

In the officialdom, no matter how big an official you are, you must try to maintain a good relationship with the officials in your hometown. Otherwise, if they are in charge, you can make your family feel overwhelmed by just moving your fingers.

Therefore, Mr. Shen also gave the prefect of Jiangdu a lot of face, calling him a prefect.

When strangers in the officialdom meet, the main purpose is to flatter each other.

After all this praise, the host and guest naturally had a good time, Master Shen sat and chatted with the prefect of Jiangdu for more than half an hour, and then the venerable master left satisfied.

At this moment, it is already afternoon.

In the afternoon, Uncle Shen Hui took the two brothers Shen Yi and Shen Heng, as well as Shen Yi's son Shen Yuan, to the Shen family ancestral hall to pay homage to their ancestors.

The Shen family is a wealthy family in Jiangdu, and the ancestral hall used to be quite large, but now that it has been rebuilt, it is even more magnificent.

What is more conspicuous is that two new archways have been added to the entrance of the Shen Family Ancestral Hall.

One is written with the words "Hanlin Mendi".

On the other one, there are four big golden characters written on it.

"Jinshi and rank!"

Compared with the former, the Jinshi and the fourth character have much higher gold content and are more eye-catching.

Master Shen pointed at the archway of Jinshi Jidi, smiled at Shen Heng who was beside him, and said, "Zi Chang Guang Zong Yao Zu."

Shen Heng raised his head and stared fixedly at the plaque on the archway for a long time, his eyes were full of light.

For scholars in this era, these four words are the ultimate dream.

For the children of the gentry in this era, the words Guangzong Yaozu are even higher than life and death.

When he was in Jiankang, Shen Heng didn't feel much, but when he saw this Jinshi Jidifang, his whole body trembled slightly with excitement.

Master Shen silently patted his younger brother on the shoulder, and said softly, "Relax."

"It's past, it's all in the past, just keep it in your heart, don't live on this plaque forever."

Shen Heng was like waking up from a dream. It took him a long time before he calmed down. He bowed his head slightly to Shen Yi and said, "Thank you for your teaching, brother."

Shen Yi gave a "hmm", followed Shen Hui and Shen Zhang, and entered the Shen family's ancestral hall to worship the ancestors.

The procedure of worshiping the ancestors is very complicated. A group of people have been busy for nearly an hour before the procedure can be considered complete. At this moment, the time is not right.

After coming out of the ancestral hall, Shen Zhang took the two brothers Shen Yi and Shen Yuan to worship at Shen's mother's grave.

Shen's mother's tomb has been refurbished according to the specifications of the Five-Rank Mandate, and it looks much better than before. The two brothers knelt down in front of their mother's grave and kowtowed respectfully to her.

After the two kowtowed, Shen Yi asked Shen Yuan to come forward and kowtow to his grandmother.

After paying homage to my mother, it was almost dark.

Shen Zhang looked at the two brothers, and said: "Your uncle, there is a family banquet in the ancestral house, there are more than ten tables of people present, it's getting late, let's go back to the banquet."

Shen Yi glanced at his father, shook his head slightly, and said, "Father, you and your son will go back often. My son will take Yuan'er and go to Ganquan Academy to spend the night tonight."

"The blue sparrow has left early."

Shen Zhang's eyes widened, and he said, "So many people come to the family banquet, how can you not go to it? Let others know, and if you say behind your back that you are an official, you don't agree with the clan!"

"It's useless to go."

Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said: "Besides, my son is now in charge of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, and he has a lot of power in his hands. After returning, he will inevitably be entangled by others."

"Father, you often go there with your son."

Master Shen smiled and said: "He is a Jinshi of the Three Tripods, and he will have a lot more face than me if he is brought there."

Shen Heng looked at Shen Yi helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "Brother, don't make fun of me."

Shen Yi bowed his head slightly to his father and said: "Father, if others ask me, you can just say that I have caught a cold and recuperate at home."

Shen Zhang frowned and said: "Nonsense, what's wrong with you?"

As parents, we don't always want our children to get sick.

Not even talking about it.

Shen Heng at the side persuaded in a low voice: "Father, you have been living in Jiankang these few months, so you should know how many people came to look for your brother during this period. It would be fine if a dozen of us sat together for dinner. Several tables of people..."

Having said that, Shen Zichang snorted, and said, "Uncle, he didn't even say hello."

He pulled Shen Zhang and said, "Okay, Dad, I'll accompany you to the ancestral house, so don't let those people harass the elder brother."

Shen Zhang naturally supported his son's career. Hearing this, he sighed, so he stopped insisting and went back to the Shen family's ancestral house with his youngest son.

Shen Yi, on the other hand, hugged his eldest son Shen Yuan, got into the carriage, and ran towards Ganquan Academy outside the city.

By the time the father and son arrived at the gate of Ganquan Academy, it was almost completely dark.

Shen Yi's carriage stopped at the entrance of the academy. Master Shen held his eldest son in his arms and said with a smile, "I'm going to see Grandpa soon, are you happy?"

Shen Yuan now has no problem talking, but the last time he saw Master Lu, he was only a few months old, and he didn't have any idea about grandpa, so following Shen Yi's words, he nodded ignorantly and said: " Happy."

Master Shen smiled when he heard the words, and carried his eldest son into Ganquan Academy.

Master Lu lives in the backyard of the academy, and there is still a long way from the front door, but Master Lu already knew that Shen Yi was coming. As soon as Shen Yi entered the front yard, Master Lu greeted him. Before Shen Yi could salute, Master Lu greeted him. He hugged his eldest grandson with a smile on his face.

"Let grandpa take a good look at grandson."

With a smile on his face, Shen Yi bowed his hands to Mr. Lu and said, "I have seen my father-in-law."

Mr. Lu has a somewhat thin figure, and now he is holding his grandson firmly in his arms. He glanced at Shen Yi and smiled: "Isn't Ziheng the head of the Military Selection Department in the Ministry of War? Are you coming back to Jiangdu?"

"Come back and take the children to pay homage to the mother and visit the father-in-law."

Having said that, Master Shen sighed helplessly.

"I can come back when I'm free now. After a while, my son-in-law may..."

Having said that, Shen Yi paused, looked around, and said softly when he saw that there was no one around.

"Maybe going north..."

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