Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 724 Horse Sword
Smart people will not take the initiative to file a complaint, but let the superior know their predicament unintentionally, and even let the villain of the opponent file the complaint first.When the truth comes out, the superior will feel wronged for you, feel that you have suffered, and know that you have been adopting a positive attitude to deal with the difficult situation, instead of bothering him, he will appreciate and love you more, and then What comes is the compensation psychology.

She had been holding back some time ago, and at the same time, she did not provoke Cao Hongshou too much. Instead, she took advantage of Cao Hongshou's embarrassment to her and retorted with words to stimulate Cao Hongshou to achieve her goal.

Yuwei has been following her, as long as Zhao He asks, they will tell the truth, and then everything about her in Runzhou will be hidden from the eyes of the emperor.

Therefore, she set a standard for her words and deeds, and did not dare to cross the threshold.

Seeing Aoki's concerned and worried eyes, she comforted her: "Don't worry, this kind of grievance is coming to an end soon."

Hearing these words, Aoki's worries were swept away.

His young master is the most resourceful.It is said that the days of being aggrieved are coming to an end, that is to say, the good days of Cao Hongshou and others are coming to an end.

That day, Du Jinning did not go to Zhuangzi, but stayed in the mansion to watch the growth of the seedlings.

"Master, the seedlings are growing very well, and they can be transplanted in a few days." The old man Qin came over, his face full of admiration.

When they came from the capital, the double-cropping rice seedlings had already begun to grow in the capital.Compared with the capital, Runzhou is further north, and the temperature drops faster in autumn.

So he and the old man Wang were worried, fearing that they would not be able to catch up with the farming season and delay the harvest for a year.A few days ago, they heard from Butler Yao that the young master had signed a contract with those tenant farmers in the village, and they would be compensated with 15 taels of silver per household if they owed the money. They were even more worried.

Unexpectedly, according to the method of raising seedlings on the kang taught by Du Jinning, the rice sprouted quickly and grew very fast.Now, it is almost ready to be transplanted, without delaying the farming season at all.

Du Jinning looked at the seedlings, which were almost as long as her palm, with a smile on his face.

"All the fields on Zhuangzi have been plowed, and the base fertilizer has also been poured into the fields. Let's transplant the seedlings to the field in the next day, and let the head of Songzhuang organize people to transplant the seedlings." Du Jinning said.

She turned her head and called Zhou Cheng over, explained the situation, and said, "Tell him, ask Song Zhuangtou to inspect the situation in the field again, and prepare for the transplanting. From tomorrow on, the tenant farmers don't have to go to the garden I have helped over there, and let the craftsmen of the Liang family make arrangements for the subsequent construction schedule independently."

Zhou Cheng repeated Du Jinning's words, confirmed that they were correct, and rode to Zhuangzi.

After Liang Xiankuan received Du Jinning's letter, he acted very quickly. Almost the next day after receiving the letter, Liang Xiankuan sent craftsmen over. These days, he was stepping up to build a garden for Du Jinning.

The area of ​​the garden is not large, and Du Jinning used the original terrain for design in many places, so the Liang family's project volume is not much, and when the spring sowing is over, it will almost be over there.And Zhuang Yue's side is preparing to bring some plants and flowers over to plant.

After Zhou Cheng left, Du Jinning went back to the yard, and was about to write down the fertilizer that needed to be chased after transplanting the seedlings. When the time came, he ordered Song Zhuangtou to organize the tenant farmers to prepare, and heard Aoki come in and report: "Someone sent a post saying that he would come to visit Master." As he said, he handed over the post.

Du Jinning took it over and took a look, but it was sent by another Tong Zhi in the prefectural government. This Tong Zhi was named Ma Jian.

According to Du Jinning's personality, when he came to Runzhou, he would not have checked the situation of the officials in Runzhou.

Zhizhou Cao Hongshou, in his 40s, was a Jinshi ten years ago. He has been promoted from the county magistrate to the current Zhizhou, and his promotion speed is neither fast nor slow.There were only two Zhizhou Tongzhi under Zhizhou, one was Wang Yugui, and the other was Ma Jian who sent the post.

Ma Jian was the same age as Cao Hongshou, and he was a Jinshi earlier than him.But it seems that he has an upright temper, he has offended a superior officer before, and he has no background, so his ability is probably not good enough, so he has been unable to get promoted.

During this time, Cao Hongshou and Wang Yugui had been jumping around, and Ma Jian was like an invisible person.According to the information collected from Qin Laoliu, Ma Jian was also excluded by Cao Hongshou and Wang Yugui in the Yamen.But he didn't have the confidence of Du Jinning, so he could only swallow his anger, and his life was very bad.

At this moment, when he sent the post, did he want to find an alliance, or did he come to help Cao Hongshou as a lobbyist?
Du Jinning looked down at the time, and found that it was Xu time, when it was already dark.

It seems that Ma Jian is here because he wants to find an ally.Otherwise, no matter what, he wouldn't wait until it was dark before sneaking over.

"Is the man he sent still at the porter?" she asked.

"Yes."

Du Jinning wrote a reply and handed it to Aoki, who went to the concierge and gave it to the servants of Ma's family.

Xu time in modern times is from seven to nine in the evening.There was no entertainment in ancient times, and Du Jinning didn't dare to light candles to make his eyes short-sighted, so he usually fell asleep at this hour.

After eating dinner and taking a shower today, she had to take a walk at home and wait for Ma Jian to come over.

Fortunately, Ma Jian didn't keep her waiting too late. Soon after dark, old man Zhu came to report that Mr. Ma was coming, and he had been led to the hall to serve tea to entertain the guests.

Du Jinning went to the front hall.

"Lord Du." Seeing Du Jinning coming in, a man stood up quickly.

Du Jinning went to the Yamen every day, but this was the first time he saw Ma Jian.Ma Jian is also in his forties, with ordinary appearance, extremely thin and tall, he looks like a bamboo pole at a glance, and the ordinary clothes he wears seem empty.

"Master Ma, it's a pleasure to meet you." Du Jinning greeted him, invited him to sit down, and sat down on the main seat himself.

"Master Du came to Runzhou, but he couldn't go to the city gate to greet him, even in the yamen, he couldn't come out to say hello to Master Du. I'm ashamed and ashamed." Ma Jian just sat down, then stood up again, and looked at Du Jinning I made a deep bow.

"Hey, Mr. Ma, what are you doing?" Du Jinning hurriedly avoided his salutation, "Master Cao wants to show me his power, and wants me to bend my knees towards him. As Mr. Ma, as a subordinate, it is naturally not good for him to openly confront him. Right. Mr. Ma's pain, Du can understand."

These words probably touched Ma Jian's sore spot, his nose was sore, he almost shed tears, and quickly wiped his face with his sleeve.

"Well, I have been a colleague in Runzhou for two years. At first, I had the same backbone as you, Mr. Du. In the end, I really couldn't help it..." He sighed and shook his head.

Du Jinning nodded: "I feel the same, I feel the same."

Although there was a look of "I have relatives" on her face, she didn't have much sympathy for Mr. Ma in her heart.

Official strife is everywhere.Even if you go to a place to be a chief officer, if you meet a powerful adjutant, or subordinate officials who are more powerful, and you don't have enough ability, you will still be trampled underfoot, and you can only pretend to be a grandson.

Not to mention serving as a deputy.

With Ma Jian's life like this, it can only be said that his ability is not good enough.

(End of this chapter)