After time travel, he devoted himself to helping his father with his career.

Affected by the salt tax case, most of the Jinshi candidates in the fourth year of Guangde were assigned to official positions in advance, and the atmosphere in the court was a little weird for a while.

The position of the Minister of Personnel was vacant, and all officials were nominally transferred by the two vice ministers of the Ministry of Personnel, and everyone knew who was responsible for the transfers.

The major aristocratic families were jealous of the good position being taken, but they could not find a suitable person to promote to be the Minister of Personnel, so they could only watch the Emperor place his own people in important positions.

By the midsummer of the sixth year of Guangde, the positions of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue had been debated for three months without a conclusion.

Liang Jingchen always frowned during the morning court, looking like he was in a bad mood and could get angry at any time, which made those officials who originally wanted to give it a try dare not recommend themselves.

In the summer of the sixth year of Guangde, Chen Shaoang, who had completed his ten-year term in Xuzhou, was ordered to go to Beijing to report on his work. In the same month, Yang Tingxuan, who had been in mourning at home for twenty-seven months, also submitted a letter of greeting.

Relying on his amazing achievements in Xuzhou over the past ten years and with the support of Taifu Xie, Duke Li, Duke Ning, General Xu and others, Chen Shaoang took over the position of Minister of Personnel against all odds.

It was much easier for Yang Tingxuan to take the position of Minister of Revenue. The old Marquis Dingyuan's reputation was still there, and the new Marquis Dingyuan, Yang Tingshi, was standing in the court.

Moreover, one of the two ministers is from a humble family, while the other is from an aristocratic family, so they have achieved a certain balance of power!

Mingjia has been staying with Mingjun since the Huizhou salt tax incident. He said that he wanted to stay in Huizhou for a while, but his main purpose was to protect his brother.

It was not until Mingjun received the transfer that Mingjia escorted his brother all the way to Xuzhou to take up his post, and finally Mingjun discovered something unusual.

"Mingjia, you don't want to go back to Minzhou, do you?"

Mingjia felt that her behavior was not obvious, so how did her brother guess it?

"Hehe~! Brother, just let me escape the heat, okay?"

"Your reasons can't convince me!"

"Dad and Mom have been discussing... finding a wife for me lately~!"

Mingjia's voice became softer and softer as she spoke, and finally she just lowered her head. She didn't quite understand what her parents were thinking!

Mingjun stared at Mingjia for a long time before he finally confirmed that he had not heard wrongly and that Mingjia was not talking nonsense.

"Get a wife? You!"

"Yes~! My parents said it would be easy to explain to others, and they also want to adopt one of your children to me in the future!"

Mingjia had already said it so she wouldn't hide it anymore. She had been trying to persuade her parents at home for a long time, but they just wouldn't accept it.

Mingjun suddenly remembered the letter he received from home last year. His father had indeed asked him if he could adopt a child for Mingjia in the future.

Because of the funeral at the Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion, and Mingjun was also worried that having a baby too early would be bad for Yang Jinglan's health, the two of them did not have any children.

Regarding the matter of future children, Mingjun naturally asked his wife in advance. Yang Jinglan agreed to adopt a child for Mingjia without much consideration.

"Whether or not our child is adopted, he will definitely be filial to Mingjia. But since mom and dad have this idea, let's adopt him!"

Yang Jinglan was born into a prominent family and was well-received of the idea of ​​adopting a child. She also had a good relationship with Mingjia.

Mingjun wrote back to Minzhou and learned that even his daughter-in-law agreed to the adoption. Xiao Qingshan and Dong then began to select a suitable "second daughter-in-law".

"Brother, even if you didn't write to Minzhou, I would have packed up and run away!"

Mingjia became angrier and angrier as he spoke. In the end, he was completely confused and helpless towards his parents and was extremely angry.

"Hahaha……"

Mingjun previously thought that Mingjia knew about it and agreed to it, but now he realizes that Mingjia was completely unaware of it. However, it is not a good idea for Mingjia to stay away from home!

"If you don't want to... ahem... marry, then just tell your parents. If all else fails, you can adopt a girl from outside. A girl won't be the heir and won't be considered the eldest, but she can still shut up a lot of people!"

Mingjia turned his head and looked deeply at his brother. His brother's style of doing things was becoming more and more like the head of the family. He thought about problems comprehensively and rationally.

But... the girl being held...

As soon as Mingjun saw Mingjia's expression, he guessed what his sister was thinking and raised his hand to stop Mingjia from saying anything.

"People in the world place more emphasis on men. For those baby girls abandoned by their parents, it is lucky to grow up safely, and most of them become slaves."

"Our Xiao family may not be considered a wealthy family, but we will never mistreat a girl, let alone be harsh on her!"

"And she is nominally your eldest daughter. In the future, we will choose a good marriage for her and give her a generous dowry. I don't know how much better her life will be than that of an ordinary abandoned baby girl!"

Mingjia knew that what his brother said was true. If he could choose for himself, there would probably be many girls who would want to be adopted by him.

But Mingjia just didn't want to do that. If she adopted a child, it would definitely not be as easy as her brother said.

"Brother, let me think about it again! I don't think I can take responsibility for another life right now!"

"Okay, then you can stay in Xuzhou for a while! I happen to be very busy recently, and you can also accompany your sister-in-law!"

Mingjia knew Xuzhou City very well and lived a happy life there. He even revisited the old place with his guards.

When Mingjia came to Tonglin County again, he had stayed there temporarily to avoid Shen Zhi.

Mingjia also went to the previous fishing village. Because of the establishment of Xuzhou Port, the dilapidated fishing village has changed a lot now.

Mingjia, Shisi and Hanyan were strolling in Tonglin County when they accidentally saw a popular ancestral temple. When they walked in, they found out that it was actually a shrine for living beings!

Mingjia stared at the bronze statue for a long time, and finally turned back to ask Hanyan with some uncertainty: "Hanyan, is it the person I think of?"

Han Yan was also stunned. She turned her head and looked into Miss Mingjia's eyes. Han Yan moved her lips but still didn't say anything.

"This statue looks a lot like Commander Shen!"

Just when Mingjia and Hanyan were looking at each other in silence, Fourteen took the lead and said that the carving master's craftsmanship was very good, and the facial expression and demeanor of this sculpture were very vivid.

"Uncle Fourteen, go ask a villager! What's going on with this ancestral temple?"

Fourteen soon found out the reason. It was because the fishermen were grateful to Shen Zhi for his rescue, which helped them eliminate the "pirates" and rescued so many fishermen.

The most important thing is that Commander Shen also paid compensation to the abducted fishermen and saved many lives.

"So...these fishermen built this shrine?"

"Yes, that's right! Now many fishermen come back to burn incense before going out to sea..."

Fourteen couldn't help but lower his head while speaking. Fourteen was an eyewitness to everything that happened back then, and he still remembered clearly the conversation between Mingjia and Commander Shen.

Seeing that Uncle Ming Fourteen nodded, Mingjia looked back at the ancestral temple behind him.

Row!

"Let's go to the bookstore to buy pens, ink and paint. We'll come back tomorrow. I have to make a painting for Commander Shen!"

"Ah~?"

Shisi and Hanyan didn't quite understand Miss Mingjia's thoughts, but they thought it wouldn't be a big problem, right~?