Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

After choosing and choosing, Hu Yin chose Jiangling Mansion.

Once you get there, the cultural context is weak and you really need famous teachers to teach you;

Secondly, there is some foundation there, and the quality of the students will not be too bad;

Third, there are several provincial thoroughfares there, which are conducive to the spread of physics.

It is really surprising that the Beijing official did not go to the local government to become the principal.

"The Hu family is really good at calculating," Qin Hui said with emotion. "Hu Yin is just a minor official. Shangshu asked to be sent to the state government as a professor. He can not only please the officials and the prince, but also not be suspected of flattery. Even It can also be praised by both the government and the public!”

His half-brother Qin Zi happened to return to Beijing to report on his duties during this period. At this moment, he also said in shock: "If you were promoted to three levels in a row, it would have taken seven or eight years at least in peacetime. Although the official position has been demoted, It’s worth it no matter how high the rank is.”

Qin Hui said: "You still have to figure out the holy will."

"Sanlang, how are you doing with your agricultural studies?" Qin Zi asked.

Qin Hui said with emotion: "Young brother works hard as an official and often helps his colleagues with things. Although he took time to learn farming, how could he have the time? He just learned how to grow vegetables."

Qin Zi said proudly: "I have mastered most of mathematics and physics."

Qin Hui nodded and said: "For official business related to accounting, I am really good at using mathematics. I have also roughly looked at physics, inertia, friction, gravity, leverage, refraction... I still know something about this kind of knowledge. It's a pity. , I really can’t find any opportunity to show it in front of the officials and the prince."

"I heard that Sanlang had a quarrel with Prime Minister Zhai last year," Qin Zi said worriedly, "The Duke of Gan retired and returned home this time, and Prime Minister Zhai took advantage of the opportunity to become prime minister."

Qin Hui sighed: "Why don't I worry?"

In order to please the emperor and the prince, Qin Hui almost publicly backstabbed his mentor and bole Zhai Ruwen.

Although it did not cause any negative consequences, it caused Qin Hui's reputation to become very bad. He can only use various means to work hard to make good friends with his bosses, colleagues and subordinates, and slowly reverse his unfavorable image through his strong work ability and popularity.

Who would have thought that in just one year, Zhai Ruwen would become the Prime Minister!

And he was not promoted in order to please the emperor.

A typical case of stealing the chicken but losing the rice.

Qin Zi asked: "Didn't Sanlang ease the relationship?"

Qin Hui sighed: "Oh, Prime Minister Zhai didn't want to see me again even though he came to see me more than a dozen times."

"But we have to think of another way." Qin Zi said.

Qin Hui shook his head: "Rather than asking for help, it is better to rely on your own efforts. Today's officials and princes like ministers who can get things done, and are very afraid of wealthy and famous families."

"It just so happens that I come from a small family. Before I became an official, I was so poor that I could only make ends meet as a teacher in a village school. I am also very capable of doing things, far superior to many ministers in the DPRK. Last year, I treated it as a clear distinction with certain factions. From now on, I If you want to be a lonely minister, a direct minister, and a capable minister, sooner or later you will be favored by officials."

"Don't forget, the current prince and I are still the same age!"

"I'm still very young, so why should I be anxious? After the prince ascends the throne, I will organize the cabinet. By then, I will be a minister at least, and it is not an extravagant hope to wait a few more years to join the cabinet."

Qin Hui is indeed qualified to be a capable minister, but it is pure nonsense for him to want to be a lonely minister or a direct minister.

This guy has started to start a clique now.

After listening to his younger brother's promotion ideas, Qin Zi praised: "Sanlang has long-term plans and will surely become a blockbuster one day."

Some local chronicles and local anthologies record that Qin Zi was at odds with Qin Hui, and because he hated Qin Hui for betraying his country and seeking glory, he voluntarily resigned and moved to live in seclusion until his death.

Total nonsense!

Those two local historical materials were written in the middle and late Qing Dynasty and had never been written down before. During the Qianlong period, one of Qin Zi's descendants happened to be the number one scholar.

How can the No. 1 Scholar be fooled if he doesn't clear his name for his ancestors?

The real Qin Zi never resigned and went into seclusion.

After his younger brother Qin Hui became prime minister, Qin Zi continued to be promoted for several years and was already a bachelor of Duanming Palace when he died of illness (he was impeached and dismissed during this period).

In this time and space, Qin Hui secretly wrote a letter to his brother. Qin Zi gave up his official position in the small southeast court and went north to join the Ming Dynasty after going through "thousands of difficulties and dangers".

Qin Zi also made up a story, saying that he was almost caught by Tong Guan and had to spend all his wealth to bribe Tong Guan's followers before he could escape.

At that time, public opinion was stirred up, and everyone praised Qin Zi for his righteousness.

Even Ju Ming heard about it and was dumbfounded, but did not interfere with the normal operation of the official department.

Qin Bin, Qin Zi, Qin Hui, Qin Di, Zhu Ming really wanted to see what tricks these four brothers could come up with.

Qin Hui whispered: "The prince asked me to clean up the land in Xicheng. At that time, I quietly reserved a piece of land. And I bought it with money, without any secret corruption or favoritism. This land is adjacent to the experimental field of the Agriculture Department. Every holiday , if the officials go to persuade the agricultural department, a slave will come on horseback to report. I have been seen by officials several times when I personally go to the fields to farm."

"Wonderful!" Qin Zi clapped his hands and praised.

Is Qin Hui a born bad guy?

of course not.

Before he was captured by the Jin Kingdom, he was still a staunch war fighter and was tougher than most officials.

However, never overestimate Qin Hui's integrity.

Qin Zi came from a small family, and when he was admitted to the imperial examination, he was able to join the great eunuch Liang Shicheng. Who gave him such a big face?

To put it more bluntly, with how popular Liang Shicheng was back then, new scholars had to wait in line to flatter him.

Moreover, Liang Shicheng was almost dying of illness at that time, so how could he be interested in supporting new scholars?

In this case, Qin Zi not only clung to him, but also made it known to everyone. (Historically, when Qin Zi was impeached and attached to Liang Shicheng, he was at the peak of Qin Hui's power. The impeachment was actually successful. As prime minister, Qin Hui didn't even save his brother because he was caught because he couldn't argue.)

Qin Zi could only connect with Liang Shicheng through Qin Hui's relationship. And it was impossible for Qin Hui to leave a stain on himself, so Qin Zi should have left because of his connections with the Wang family.

In order to climb up the ladder, the elder brother came out to cling to the Six Thieves, but the younger brother made friends with Zhongliang and opposed the Six Thieves.

Perhaps Qin Hui had also thought about getting promoted purely based on ability and political performance.

But the corrupt politics of the Huizong Dynasty made it impossible to achieve this. He was a genuine Jinshi, the grandson-in-law of a former prime minister, and his own abilities were extremely outstanding. However, he first worked as a principal in Shandong for six years, returned to Beijing and took the first place in the macro-ci subject, and still could only become Tai Xuezheng.

After ten years of wasting time, what would Qin Hui think?

When Jin soldiers besieged the city, if he didn't take the initiative to fight against Jin, he wouldn't even be able to stand out.

Qin Hui's bottom line as a person continued to wear away when he was in decline in officialdom, and it has been worn lower and lower in the past ten years. When he helped his brother to get Liang Shicheng, he was already in his ninth year of passing the Jinshi examination.

Just when the two brothers were discussing how to get promoted, a house slave rushed in, and there was no obstruction from the gate to the inner house.

The domestic slave came over and whispered: "Ms. sir, Your Majesty took the concubine, the prince, the princess, and the prince took the crown prince, his wife and their children, and they left the city two-quarters of an hour ago to go to the Agriculture Department!"

Qin Hui pursed his lips and smiled, and said to Qin Zi, "Brother, I'd like to excuse you, but I have to go out of the city to farm."

"Brother, I also want to learn farming." Qin Zi said.

"Let's go together over there." Qin Hui was very generous.

The two brothers trotted all the way on their bad horses, and in a blink of an eye they were out of the city and in the western suburbs.

There is a farmyard built by Qin Hui here, and there is ten acres of land not far from the Agriculture Department. They were all bought with money and in compliance with the law.

They put on their working clothes and went to the fields with their hoes on their shoulders.

There was a tenant who was weeding vegetables, and Qin Hui immediately took his brother to join him, and he was very good at using a hoe.

The two of them were weeding while waiting for the emperor and the prince to return to the city. There was a certain chance of seeing them when they passed by.

…

Advise the Agriculture Department to test the fields.

The Queen, the concubine, the Crown Princess, and the Crown Prince's wife were leading a group of little ones on an outing.

Zhu Guoxiang squatted at the edge of the experimental field and pointed to the melon seedlings being transplanted: "The Uyghur King of Gaochang sent someone to Beijing, together with the Sogdian scholars and the Black Khanate books. I asked people to plant it a few days ago, and now it has arrived. When transplanting.”

Although Ju Ming spent his childhood in the countryside, he was a big fan of crops. He stared at the melon seedlings for a long time: "Today is a holiday, and you brought me out just to see this thing?"

"Guess what?" Zhu Guoxiang laughed.

"Cucumber?" Zhu Ming said confusedly, "Cucumber should have been introduced to China a long time ago."

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Watermelon!"

Ju Ming asked: "How do you know there are watermelons in Gaochang?"

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Ma Kuo made many missions to Liao and Jin, focusing on inquiring about the courts and armies of the two countries. I described to him the appearance of watermelons, and he said that watermelons were military supplies in Liao and Jin."

"Military supplies?" Ju Ming failed to connect the watermelon with the war.

Zhu Guoxiang explained: "The watermelon at this time is not sweet and has a bitter taste. When marching on the prairie, you may not be able to find a water source, so you bring watermelon with you for emergency water replenishment. In the Liao and Jin Dynasties, they specially planted it near the stables. Watermelon and horse manure are natural nutrients for watermelon.”

Ju Ming immediately paid attention to it: "In the future, we should bring watermelons for logistics when we fight on the grasslands and the Western Regions."

"Watermelon was brought to Xinjiang from West Asia as a water source by merchants, and it was also regarded as a water source when it was introduced to Liao and Jin Dynasties," Zhu Guoxiang said. "When Ma Kuo used Gaochang as an envoy to go to the grassland, I asked him to order the king of Gaochang to send it to Xinjiang. Come to the seeds. After waiting for more than a year, I finally saw them."

Ju Ming asked: "Can you cultivate sweet watermelons?"

Zhu Guoxiang muttered: "It all depends on luck. Sweet watermelons are genetic mutations, and breeders have no control over them. They can only look for less bitter watermelons, or watermelons with a slightly sweet taste, and breed them from generation to generation."

Ju Ming squatted on the edge of the field, happily looking at the watermelon seedlings.

It doesn't matter whether it's sweet or not, as long as it can be used as military supplies. Especially in the Gobi and deserts, this thing is very helpful for marching and preventing temporary short-term water shortage.

The Liao and Jin countries were not fools. They hid the watermelon secretly and it must have great military value.

The father and son chatted for a while, then went to accompany their wives, concubines and children for an outing to enjoy the scenery.

In the middle of the afternoon, under the protection of the guards, they began to ride the carriage back to the palace.

Zhu Guoxiang said with a smile: "Believe it or not, you may see Qin Hui doing farm work on the way back."

"Do you often encounter this?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "It's not possible to see him every time. That would be too deliberate. If I come to the Agriculture Secretary three or four times to persuade him, I can probably see Qin Hui once."

Zhu Mingle said: "If you are deliberately trying to please the emperor, you have to cheer him up. This time I will go and talk to him."