Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

"Yes, the servant will go and investigate right away." Xu Can lowered her head, her pretty face was full of viciousness.

As the owner of Dongchang, it was his duty to investigate such things, not to mention that the prince was injured, which was obviously caused by a fight with someone.

As for the hot weather, it was just to coax ghosts, the emperor was obviously suspicious.

For this kind of thing, Eunuch Xu is very happy to do it. If possible, he would like to kill all the eunuchs and guards around the prince.

It's not because he and Liu Jin have any deep hatred, it's just the rules of the political game in the palace.

Seeing that today's body is getting worse day by day, on the day of Long Yubintian, the prince succeeds to the throne, and one person gets a chicken and a dog to ascend to heaven.With the honor and favor that Liu Jin receives now, he will definitely be reused in the future. Invisibly, he, Xu Can, has an extra political enemy.

Now Xu Can is ranked second among the servants, so it can be said that there is no room for promotion, as long as he does not make mistakes and keeps his position.

But this Liu Jin, as the prince's great companion, is incomparable to others in terms of his personal relationship with the prince.

It's better to borrow the emperor's hand to take it down and replace it with a new batch of people.

Constantly changing people, so that the new eunuch has no time to establish a relationship with the prince, this is the kingly way to maintain his status in the palace.

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On the second day, the old Juren still hid in the house and did not come out. What this old gentleman looked like was simply a mystery to Su Mu.

In modern reality, otaku are also common, but at least there are computers and TVs to play with.Being an otaku in ancient times, the entertainment activities were poor, and there was nothing to do except reading, it was scary to think about it.

But that's fine, the embarrassing incident that happened yesterday, if we meet face to face, it will be a little embarrassing.

Su Mu is now even a little scared to see Miss Wu, especially if there are pornographic jokes in the book he wrote, if she sees it.In Miss Wu's mind, she didn't know who she would take him for.

He finally understood that the Ming Dynasty, especially the scholarly family, attached great importance to etiquette.

For some reason, Su Mu felt a little apprehensive.

Woke up early as usual, Su Mu didn't have the heart to go for a run, so he drank a bowl of porridge indiscriminately, moved the table to the small courtyard as usual, and started the day's homework.

It's mid-July, the end of summer.According to previous rules, the township examination time is usually set on the ninth day of August. When the time comes, the examination date will be announced a few days in advance, along with the names of the chief examiner, deputy chief examiner, and other relevant persons.

If everything is as usual, that is to say, there are still 20 days before entering the examination room.

Through this period of review, Su Mu's writing in classical Chinese can be regarded as a preliminary pass. As for stereotyped essays and test post poems, as early as in Baoding, through Shaotai's sea of ​​questions tactics, Su Mu also touched the writing rules of this theme Clear the door.

Now is the time to focus on other genres.

Because the township examination is a formal imperial examination, the questions are much more varied than the boy's examination, and the number of questions is also large.

In addition to stereotyped essays and test post poems, there are also policy questions and historical theories, which test the comprehensive quality and political ability of scholars.

Su Mu also consulted a large amount of historical materials when he helped his tutor edit the "Selected Essays of No. [-] Scholar".Judging from the seven-year provincial examination questions in Wanli, Henan, the number and variety of questions are astonishing: in the first round, you need to complete seven stereotyped essays. This is the most important part. If you do poorly, you will be considered successful in the next two rounds No matter how good it is, the name must be lost to Sun Shan.If calculated by [-] points, this session should account for at least [-] points; in the second session, there should be one essay, more than [-] words; five verdicts;This is the official document writing of the agency; in the third session, there are five policy questions.

Although the second and third rounds do not account for a high proportion of the total score, if you want to get a good ranking, you cannot give up these two rounds.

Moreover, everyone knows that the first round is very important, especially those old scholars, who don't write stereotyped essays in a stable manner, and can't tell the difference for a while.If you really want to shine, you have to rely on the last two games.

After thinking about it for a while, Su Mu felt that he was no longer good enough for stereotyped essays and test post poems.As for policy questions and official document writing, I am not very good at it. Now it is time to make up lessons.

So, early this morning, he began to ponder over the exam question set.

But for some reason, because of what happened last night, Su Mu was always distracted. After reading two pages of the book, he couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Miss Wu's door, for fear that she would come out suddenly, and it would be embarrassing to see each other. .

After such a short half an hour, Su Mu couldn't calm down anymore, and felt a little irritable.

Sitting there, he would move his body every now and then, feeling as if something was stuck under his buttocks. This situation can only be described as "scratching ears and cheeks".

Seeing that he was in a trance, Xiaodie asked with concern: "Master, what's wrong with you, you look out of your mind?"

"It's nothing, it's just a little messy." Su Mu stretched out his fingers and rubbed his temples.

Xiaodie: "Okay, I'm going out to buy vegetables, what would the young master want to eat today?"

"Whatever, it's better to be lighter."

……

Wait for Xiaodie to go out.

"This state is not good!"

Su Mu smiled wryly, and thought again: "Why do I keep looking at Ms. Wu? She doesn't come out on weekdays. I've lived here for so long, and I've only seen her a few times. I probably won't come out today. Well...forget it, let's go for a walk, just to relax, anyway, I can't read it by force."

As soon as he stood up, the door opposite opened with a "squeak", and a figure flashed out. If it's not Ms. Wu, who is it?

Su Mu was startled, before he could speak, Miss Wu put the manuscript on his desk, didn't speak, only gave a little blessing.

The manuscript is densely packed with dots and circles, and it is also filled with small characters, which obviously took some effort.

Su Mu was even more skeptical: Could it be that this manuscript was edited by Ms. Wu at all, but it didn't go through the hands of Lao Juren.

Looking closely, Miss Wu's eye circles were still red, and her eyelids were swollen from crying too much.Even so, it has an indescribable charm.

Su Mu couldn't help asking: "It's all revised, have you read it?"

As soon as he said this, for some reason, his heart beat wildly for a while, and his face flushed slightly because of embarrassment: Damn, let an innocent girl see h, Su Mu, Su Mu, you are too shameful !

Miss Wu's face also turned red, she lowered her head and shook her head, and replied in a mosquito-like voice: "A woman is virtuous if she is ignorant, but she can't read."

Su Mu was puzzled, and said: "Then why were you holding my manuscript and reading it last night, and still laughing?" He blurted out.

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he realized that he had slipped his mouth.

Doesn't this mean that he is peeping at others?

Ms. Wu also said "Ah!", and her face was as red as an apple.The voice was even lower and inaudible: "I really can't read, but the young master's handwriting is really beautiful, which seems to be better than my father's, so I just looked at it... I don't know, Dao, what, laugh Woke up……"

She stuttered a little, and her face was full of panic.

"Zi Qiao, Zi Qiao." Suddenly, two people broke in and shouted loudly.

Su Mu originally thought it was Zhu Shou who came, and he was annoyed by this follower, and was about to get angry when he looked back, but was stunned: "You haven't returned to Baoding yet?"

It was Hu Baihu and Hu Jinxue's uncle and nephew who came.

These two people were also low-key, they didn't wear Jinyiwei's flying fish suits, and they didn't carry weapons. They were all dressed in black silk shirts, and looked no different from ordinary merchants.

Hu Jinxue was holding a big gift box in his hand, with an excited expression on his face.

Seeing outsiders coming in, Miss Wu hurriedly covered her face with her sleeves, turned around and went back to the house.

Hu Jinxue put the box on the desk, wiped his sweat and said with a smile: "I won't go back, I won't go back, I guess I won't be able to leave in the future."

Su Mu: "What's going on, could it be that the incident in Shuntian Mansion yesterday has future troubles?" After this incident came to light, he also deliberated, no matter from emotion to law, there was no loophole, and the scholar had no reason to make trouble.

"There is no future trouble, everything has been resolved. Not only that, but because the matter was handled beautifully, Uncle even fell into the eyes of Commander Mou and appointed him to be Deputy Qianhu." The more Hu Jinxue talked, the more excited he became, and he tried to briefly explain the matter from the beginning. Said it at the end.

Then he called out: "Uncle is promoted this time, Ziqiao, it's all thanks to you! Uncle's staying in the capital this time will definitely be of great use. Naturally, Baoding can't go back. Uncle has decided to buy it in the capital." A house, take over the wife and miss, and settle down here from now on."

"Ah!" Su Mu couldn't help but yelled in his heart: What kind of halo is this that I have, to shine on others.The last time I fell through the Maguan, I came up with an idea, and Hu Shun transformed from an ordinary officer into a Jinyiwei; now, I helped him overcome this difficulty, and he was promoted from a hundred households to a deputy thousand households.My former quasi-father-in-law's luck is so good that I can get promoted.Could it be that I, Su Mu, are a lucky star, whoever is staring at someone is lucky?

However, with Hu Shun's EQ and IQ, the more officials he becomes, the more troubles he will cause in the future.

It doesn't matter if he is unlucky in the future, just don't implicate Hu Ying.

Thinking of this, Su Mu couldn't help but feel a little worried for Miss Hu.

I thought again: If I were Hu Shun, I would have taken this opportunity to go back to my hometown if I knew that I was not a man in the officialdom.The most important thing for this person to be an official is to know how to advance and retreat!Not only being an official, but also being a person, think twice about everything.Think forward, think back, think about gains and losses.

Among them, thinking about retreating is the most difficult.People are selfish, how can they give up the benefits they get?

……

Hu Baihu also had a look of joy. In fact, after receiving the letter of appointment last night, he was already ecstatic.Being a Jinyiwei back then made him so happy that he seemed to be floating in the sky. He just thought that if he could taste the majestic Jinyiwei, his life would be worth it.

But who would have thought that he would become a vice-thousand household in one fell swoop, this is a big shot.

Now, he has won the appreciation of the commanding envoy again, and in the future, he might be able to establish a thousand households, and even know something.

Therefore, when the nephew asked: "Uncle, didn't you promise Ziqiao to go back to Baoding, did you still do this Qianhu?", Hu Shun replied vigorously: "Yes, why not, such a big official Improper, am I crazy or a fool?"

Then there was a burst of wild laughter: "Haha, haha, Deputy Qianhu, I, Hu Shun, never dreamed that I would have the scenery I have today, my ancestors bless you! Entering school, when I secure this position and become a full-time Qianhu, I will also Get you a hundred households."

However, Hu Jinxue also knew that his uncle was actually a mindless person, and he had been hit hard recently, and his spirits had fallen.

Just remind Hu Shun that the capital city is mixed with dragons and snakes, which is not comparable to places like Baoding.

This sentence reminded Hu Shun, he thought about it, and he was really not the material for intrigue.However, as far as the high-ranking officials and nobles he knew, many of them were stupider than himself.But they have capable staff, no matter what they do, they have a group of people to help them.

Is there anyone in this world who is more monkey-like than that brat Su Mu?

Hu Shun was shocked and slapped his head: yes, why don't I ask Su Mu to be my teacher?

As a result of the development of culture and education in the Ming Dynasty, there are many scholars who are born in the imperial examination every year. These people do not know how to make a living.

So, Hu Shun rushed over excitedly with a gift.

Seeing Su Mu's eyes widening, Hu Shun pretended to be a virtuous corporal, and gave a long bow: "Zi Qiao, Hu knows that you are a great talent, a rare talent, I am short of a master, please go and help me." Help me. Everything in the past is my fault, please don't take it to heart."

"Let me...be your teacher..." Su Mu was dumbfounded: Is there any mistake? You and I used to celebrate festivals like that, Hu Shun, although for Hu Ying's sake, I don't care about it now, but the knot is still there , It's a little embarrassing for everyone to meet.Everyone almost became a family, you are not embarrassed, but I, Su Mu, are still embarrassed!

"Exactly." Seeing Su Mu's unmoved look, Hu Shun's expression became more sincere: "Mr. Su, please help me!"

He was so anxious that he even called out the word "Sir".

He knows best about his own family affairs, and Hu Shun has already deeply realized that if he doesn't have an excellent think tank in the officialdom that eats people and doesn't spit out his bones, he won't know how to die.What's more, he offended Gao Yuan Gao Tongzhi again this time, and he didn't know how many fire pits that bird man would dig for him to jump into in the future.

"Where does it go, the seniority is messed up." In his heart, Su Mu always regarded Hu Ying as his woman.Although he didn't want to admit it, Hu Shun, as Miss Hu's father, was a generation above him no matter what.

With a wry smile, suppressing the unhappiness in his heart, Su Mu said sternly, "I'm afraid it won't work, the provincial examination is coming soon, whoever has the patience to be your assistant has no time to spare."

"I also understand this. I'll talk about it after the exam. Anyway, there are still a few months before Chunwei. Mr. Su, it's impossible for you to become an official right away."

Hu Jinxue also shouted: "Zi Qiao, you can help uncle!"

Hu Shun glared at Hu Jinxue: "What Ziqiao, if you want to call him Mr. Su, there is no rule."

"Su...first..." Hu Jinxue was still not used to it.

Su Mu shook his head: "I'm really not interested, Mr. Hu, please go back!"

Hu Shun: "100 taels a month, is it right?"

"What?" Su Mu didn't hear clearly.

Hu Shun: "A salary of 100 taels a month."

"Ah!" An inaudible exclamation came from Westinghouse, and it turned out to be Miss Wu.

Su Mu could hear clearly, but for some reason, he always felt a tinge of joy in Miss Wu's exclamation.

This made him a little puzzled.