Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 61 The era of ZTE!

"of course I remember!"

Faced with Zhang Jing's warning, Shen Shixing still had a firm gaze and replied:

"When the emperor was ten years old, Shen sent me the four words 'Rebuke Chen Shan'. I will never forget it! Now I am trying my best to fulfill the emperor's expectations of me! Ding Jilu is not a kind person. I must advise the emperor." Stay away from this villain!"

Zhang Jing was speechless, feeling like I was telling you something, but you told me it was a chicken.

Zhang Jing knew that Shen Shixing was pretending to be stupid. He also knew that after he went back and told His Majesty the Emperor Shen Shixing's answer later, the Emperor would probably get angry again...

……

Zhang Jing left with a look of helplessness, and only Shen Shixing and Xu Guo were left in Wenyuan Pavilion.

Looking at the darkening sky outside, the two of them finally realized that it was time to go home.

Xu Guo hurriedly said goodbye and left. Shen Shixing had no intention of staying any longer, but he still delayed for a while as before.

But it's not because of anything else, he's just used to it.

Shen Shixing is used to being the last person to leave the cabinet.

From the first day he entered the cabinet, when Zhang Juzheng was still the chief minister, Shen Shixing was always the last to leave the cabinet, even though he has now taken the position of chief minister.

……

Shenfu.

The mansion where Shen Shixing lived in Beijing can be said to be quite simple. Compared with Zhang Juzheng's super luxurious mansion in Beijing, it was as shabby as a hut.

The house is not big, but it can accommodate Shen Shixing, his wife Wu, and their two sons' small family.

They also have two daughters, one is married and the other died of illness a few years ago.

Shen Shixing's small family is very simple. He does not have as many sons and daughters as Zhang Juzheng, and his house is far less luxurious than Zhang Juzheng's.

Similarly, the days when he became the chief minister of the cabinet are far less prosperous than Zhang Juzheng's years...

"Dad, why did you come back so late again?"

Seeing that Shen Shixing came back after dark again, his second son Shen Yongmao couldn't help asking with distress.

"It's not too late." Shen Shixing replied as usual, and then asked: "Where are your mother and brother? Why haven't you seen them?"

Shen Yongmao sighed and replied: "There was news from my hometown this morning that my great-grandmother was dying. After receiving the news, my mother, brother and sister-in-law rushed back to my hometown."

"That's it." Shen Shixing was not shocked or sad after hearing the news, just calmly.

As if he realized that his grandmother was about to pass away, and that he, a grandson, should not be so indifferent, Shen Shixing frowned and scolded his son: "Why didn't someone tell me about such a big thing?"

Shen Yongmao secretly rolled his eyes. It seemed that his father was making trouble unreasonably. He ignored his father's question and said directly:

"Mother said that this time she and eldest brother will go back to stabilize the situation for you. You must quickly ask for leave from the emperor and go back to your hometown in Suzhou."

"I understand." Shen Shixing replied hastily: "There are many things going on in the court now. I will ask the emperor for a few days' leave to return to Suzhou in the future."

"The day after tomorrow?" Shen Yongmao's eyes widened: "Dad, it will take another day or two on the road. Do you still have to wait until the day after tomorrow to tell the emperor? I'm afraid great-grandmother will be cold by then! "

"Shuzi! What nonsense are you talking about!" Shen Shixing suddenly became angry. He scolded: "You are already in your twenties and are the head of the Ministry of Punishments. Why do you still speak so openly? Have you forgotten that you are a father? I teach you that your troubles come from your mouth, so don’t make shocking remarks!"

"My son is wrong." Shen Yongmao did not argue. Even though he admitted his mistake, he added: "But my son still believes that you, father, should report to the emperor immediately, and set off overnight to return to his hometown in Suzhou to see his great-grandmother for the last time."

Shen Shixing wanted to scold his son again, but when the words came to his lips, he seemed to remember something. Finally, he sighed and said, "Go pack your luggage and set off after I finish writing the chapter."

……

Shen Shixing actually didn't want to go back to the Shen family in Suzhou. It was his home in his roots, but it was not the home he thought of.

He spent more than twenty years trying to fulfill his adoptive father Xu Shangzhen's expectations for him, trying to integrate into the Shen family and become a real Shen family member.

But for more than 20 years, he has only accepted that he changed his name from 'Xu Shixing' to 'Shen Shixing'.

Yes, this man, who was the number one scholar in the 41st year of Jiajing reign and the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty in the current cabinet, was actually just a illegitimate son who could not see the light of day.

Shen Shixing didn't know who his mother was. Some said she was a prostitute, while others said she was a nun. No matter who he was, no matter what his status was, he had a romantic encounter with his biological father named Shen Shizhang.

The brief romance brought about the birth of a life, but Shen Shizhang did not dare to admit that Shen Shixing was an illegitimate son. Even Shen Shixing's mother abandoned him.

In the end, Shen Shizhang's good friend, a Suzhou prefect named Xu Shangzhen, adopted him.

Xu Shangzhen adopted him and named him Xu Shixing.

As the prefect of Suzhou, Xu Shangzhen's family was naturally well-off, and Shen Shixing was treated like his own son. He not only gave Shen Shixing a good living environment, but also taught him many principles of life and work.

The first half of Xu Shixing's life was very happy. Under Xu Shangzhen's upbringing, he studied, took the imperial examination, got married, and had children.

He lived up to expectations and won the first place in the first class in the 27th year.

Xu Shixing was very happy to become the number one scholar. He happily told his "father" Xu Shangzhen about the matter, waiting for his father to praise him as before.

The twenty-seven-year-old man is like a child, waiting for his father's praise, hoping that his father will sigh loudly and proudly:
  "With this, the ancestral graves are filled with smoke!"

However, the reality was inversely proportional to the expectations. Xu Shixing received praise from his father, but at the same time he also learned the fact that he was not his biological child.

Xu Shixing was devastated at the time. He couldn't believe that his father, who regarded him as his own, was not his real father. But after so many years of getting along with each other, they had a close relationship. He couldn't be ungrateful, and he didn't want to be ungrateful.

So he asked Xu Shangzhen to let him continue to be called the Xu family and stay in the Xu family as the number one scholar.

But something even more unexpected happened to Xu Shixing!

His 'father'... actually doesn't want him anymore...

Even if he is the top pick in the first class, even if he has a bright future and great glory...

Xu Shangzhen told Xu Shixing: "I didn't raise you for you to repay me, this is just a choice of mine. And you have your own biological father, you should go and fulfill your filial piety to him. My child, you will no longer be Xu Shixing." Remember, your surname is Shen, and your name is Shen Shixing. You have to walk your own path from now on."

Xu Shixing was once again abandoned by his 'father', and he became Shen Shixing.

Under the watch of his adoptive father, Shen Shixing was forced to return to his family.

At that time, Shen Shixing's biological father Shen Shizhang had died, and he just returned to a home full of strangers.

The Shen family naturally welcomed him with gongs and drums, but their enthusiasm did not last long.

Even if Shen Shixing is the number one scholar, he cannot escape the stain of his life experience.

Even if Shen Shixing is the number one scholar, the most common discussion about him by outsiders will always be: Who is his biological mother? Is she a prostitute or a nun?

The harsh words that Shen Shixing had heard were not the worst, only the worse. Some even said that he was born a bitch and that he had such a good fate because of his shit.

Shen Shixing also didn't expect that he was already almost 30 years old, and he would just start to experience other people's 'childhood shadows'.

He began to feel a little inferior. Even though he was the number one scholar, even though he was very smart, he was just an illegitimate son who was abandoned by two fathers one after another.

He became more and more taciturn, and only immersed himself in the Hanlin Academy, immersed in boring compilation work day after day.

This will last ten years.

In the past ten years, people around Shen Shixing have changed one after another, either with promotions or salary increases. Only he remained in the Hanlin Academy as a key householder.

Shen Shixing's colleagues all laughed at his incompetence in life. After working for ten years, he was still just a Hanlin Academy editor, and his status as the number one scholar in the First Class was in vain.

Shen Shixing just laughed at these jokes without any excuse.

Fortunately, Shen Shixing has always been a coward and did not take sides. He successfully avoided Yan Song's downfall, Xu Jie's downfall, and Gao Gong's downfall.

Most of the colleagues who mocked Shen Shixing for his promotion and salary increase have also been lost in these turmoils one after another.

Shen Shixing stayed like this until the end, until the man named Zhang Juzheng said something to him:

"Rumo, come with me, let's create a rejuvenating world together!"

　Begging to read! ! Don’t keep books! ! Please please please! !

　　
  　
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