The official road of the farmer

Anyway, with the teacher's arrival, Ye Junshu seemed to have a pinnacle of tranquility.

In recent years, Ye Junshu has been stumbling around in the officialdom by himself without a guide, no matter how carefully he walks, sometimes he will go the wrong way, and he can only turn back after bumping his head and bleeding.

Although he has been maintaining correspondence with the teacher, the flow of information is delayed after all, and he cannot respond in time.

Now that the teacher is here, Ye Junshu feels much more at ease.

Although, many times the teacher looks very unreliable...

Zhuo Xianzhi was very low-key when he came, and he didn't hide it when he arrived. Tian Guanshi of Fangfu came to greet him the next day with generous gifts.

Eldest brother is not in the capital, Tian Guanshi represents the elder brother's heart.

Tian Guanshi came to specially invite Zhuo Xianzhi to live in Fangfu, but Zhuo Xianzhi came to the capital because of Ye Junshu. If the elder brother was in the capital, he could go and live there temporarily, but Zhuo Xianzhi didn't bother to move when he was not there. In addition, the Ye family still has a few little Doudings to teach, and the life is very comfortable.

He watched the courses taught by Master Qin and Brother Jing that he had invited for two days, so he simply took over the teaching task himself. For this reason, Master thought he was going to lose his job. After Ye Junshu patiently explained, Master felt relieved and decided to Take this time to give yourself a break.

However, Zhuo Xianzhi had been an official in Shangjing and had lived for several years, so he still had some old acquaintances, so it was not easy.

He was the third grade in the imperial examination back then. If he hadn't resigned, after so many years, he would at least be an important official, not to mention the first-rank official.

Several people in the same department as him back then are now in important positions, but his official career stopped at Yuan Wai Lang.

Only then did Ye Junshu know that Zhang Jitao, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites who had been his examiner twice, turned out to be in the same subject as the teacher, and he was the second place in the list back then.

And the friendship between the two of them back then was not bad.

In Ye Junshu's opinion, it should be pretty good.

As soon as Ye Junshu came back from work, Zhuo Xianzhi asked him to get ready to take him to a party tomorrow and introduce him to some old friends.

This is the treatment that even the big brother doesn't have.

After Zhuo Xianzhi resigned, he completely cut off contact with everyone in the capital. He was silent in Yongzhou, and gradually no one paid special attention to him.

Everyone knows that Ye Junshu is a fellow apprentice who is known by the Beijing officials. After all, when their family first came to Beijing, they lived in Fangfu temporarily, and they have been in close contact for so long.

But Fang Zhiran was not outstanding among the Beijing officials. These years he had been lukewarm, and after being released for so many years, they had to think for a while before they could remember who it was, and they didn't pay special attention.

In addition, Zhuo Xianzhi has always kept a low profile and never said who his mentor is.

Now they know that Fang Zhiran and Ye Junshu's teacher is actually Zhuo Xianzhi!

Ye Junshu didn't know how the teacher felt in his heart, he probably felt quite uncomfortable.

However, Zhuo Xianzhi was not at all what Ye Junshu thought, and he didn't mind at all.

Zhuo Xianzhi thought proudly that although he had retired, his two disciples were very promising.Especially Ye Junshu, who has just entered the officialdom not long ago, not to mention his many meritorious deeds, jumping up the official rank, much better than he was back then!

Even if he was the No. [-] scholar back then, he was promoted and transferred in a regular manner!

The students he has single-handedly taught are so powerful, it will give him more face if he speaks out.

After Zhuo Xianzhi came to the capital, he was not idle, so he got in touch with some old friends.

In fact, Ye Junshu has always been very curious about why the teacher resigned and left Beijing, and why he has not set foot here for many years.

Reminiscent of the fact that the teacher has not formed a bond for so many years, Ye Junshu's imagination soars freely, and he imagines a tragic love story full of songs and tears.

But no matter how curious Ye Junshu was, it was useless. The teacher didn't want to talk about the past. Ye Junshu once took the opportunity to ask the teacher when he was drunk. Unfortunately, the teacher's wine was so good that he fell asleep holding the wine jar when he was drunk.

Ye Junshu followed Zhuo Xianzhi to a gathering of old friends and saw many familiar faces.

Among them is Zhang Jitao.

Zhang Jitao is also Ye Junshu's half mentor.

When he and Yu Maolin passed the exam, they wanted to thank them in person.

However, to avoid suspicion, Zhang Jitao did not meet them, nor did he confiscate their thank you gifts.

During this meeting, Zhang Jitao's attitude was very kind, the way he looked at Ye Junshu was like looking at a junior.

Zhuo Xianzhi and Zhang Jitao sat face to face, and the main object of discussion was Ye Junshu.

He said to Zhuo Xianzhi, "Brother Zhuo, you are so tight! There is such a good student who is still hiding it. If I hadn't been caught by me when I came to Beijing this time, I'm afraid I would still be in the dark." .”

"If you had written to me earlier, I would still have cared about it. You just left your students in the capital without asking, really..."

Zhang Jitao shook his head helplessly. With such an excellent student, didn't he try his best to pave the way for him so that he could walk faster and more smoothly?

Zhuo Xian's way, "If you can't cut jade, you can't make it into a weapon. I have taught what I can teach, and the rest can only be done by themselves."

Zhuo Xianzhi felt that he had done nothing wrong. He would not easily use the contacts in Shangjing. Wouldn't it be better to sharpen them by letting them go on their own?

No, the effect is pretty good!

But this was before, Ye Junshu is going to marry the Li family now, Zhuo Xianzhi is now sparing no effort to increase capital for Ye Junshu.

To teach some people that Ye Junshu is not just a poor family, but also Zhuo Xianzhi's student.

"Zizhou is still young, for my sake, I will trouble you to teach him more in the future."

When Zhuo Xianzhi knew that Ye Junshu was about to fall into the Ming Clan, he jumped up on the spot and picked up the ruler to be the thug.

How can such a clever child be grateful for stupid things!Fortunately, Ye Junshu reined in the precipice in time.

Zhuo Xianzhi looked at Ye Junshu and really hated iron and steel, but he was lucky to have the protection of the third son, otherwise, it would not be so easy for him to separate himself from the Ming family.

It's really disconcerting.

"Since he's your student, he should, but Zizhou is a good kid, and he might stand taller than me in a short time."

Zhang Jitao lamented that Ye Junshu's future is bright for anyone with a discerning eye.How many people want to have a relationship with him, but it's a pity that he is a reckless person, not slippery.

As long as he is not willing, no one can get involved with him.

"Zizhou is still young, and the future is still far away!"

Ye Junshu smiled modestly.

Mr. Zhang's writing style is very simple, and he is not so pedantic.

That's right, if he was really old-fashioned and stubborn, he wouldn't have become Emperor Tai'an's confidant.

After Zhuo Xianzhi took him to meet his old friends, Ye Junshu obviously felt that his colleagues were more friendly towards him.

It's usually a lot smoother.

During this period of time, the imperial court was very lively, discussing the reform of the new commercial tax law for several days.

After several nights of contemplation, Wu Jiyun, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, finally made up his mind to make this memorial public in the court and suggested its implementation.

He has been an official for so many years, so he naturally knew that the new commercial tax law would definitely touch the interests of some people, but he still did it.

What prompted him to make up his mind was that he found that Emperor Tai'an seemed to have known about it, let's see when he would say it.

Wu Jiyun knew that Emperor Tai'an wanted him to make this knife.

This matter is very risky. If it fails well, it will end with no bones left, but it is also an opportunity. If it succeeds in the end, he will definitely be able to go further.

Wu Jiyun didn't want to just be a minister, and he decided to hold this opportunity in his hands.

So he spoke out about the long-standing shortcomings of the national treasury, crying that the expenditure has exceeded the income for so many years, and the national treasury will definitely be short in the long run.

The agricultural tax cannot be increased easily, and a bad one will cause public resentment, so we can only start with the commercial tax.

As soon as this remark came out, it naturally caused a thousand waves. In addition to Tai'an's cronies, officials from poor families supported it, and officials from aristocratic clans all strongly opposed it.

The voice of support was weak in the end, and the matter was as expected, stagnating, unable to even take the first step.

However, the vicissitudes of the court had little to do with Ye Junshu, the culprit who ignited the fire. With Wu Jiyun standing in front, he still couldn't get burned.

Most of Ye Junshu's energy was devoted to his private affairs.

There are still two months before his marriage, and the process is about to start now.

If you talk about Zhuo Xianzhi's attitude towards the marriage between Ye Junshu and the third son of the Li family, he naturally agrees.

Although the third son of the Li family hadn't been born when he left Beijing, he could trust the character of the Li family. Back then, he had some friendship with the members of the Li family, but later...

Zhuo Xianzhi was very concerned about Ye Junshu's marriage, and he was very active when he was needed to help.

The process of getting married in ancient times is very cumbersome. There are strict requirements on when to go and what procedure to follow, and it must be completed meticulously.

Three books and six rituals, if one is not lost, it is a complete and complete contract.

The three books refer to the letter of appointment, the letter of ceremony, and the letter of welcoming relatives.

The six ceremonies refer to Nacai, Asking Names, Najib, Nazheng, Asking for a Date, and Greeting in person.

However, Ye Junshu's situation is quite special. Their marriage was an imperial decree issued by Emperor Tai'an himself, and a good day was set for them, so many of the previous steps can be omitted, and they went directly to the ceremony.

The deed ceremony prepared by Ye Junshu, in addition to the necessary twelve gifts, other items filled several rooms.

The things he asked Ye Junhao to prepare had been delivered half a month ago.

There is also Zhuo Xianzhi, he has no husband and no children, Ye Junshu is his half son, this time he came to Beijing, he basically brought all his property with him, and planned to put it in the deed.

Counting the things given by Emperor Tai'an and the empresses in the harem, their things were packed to the brim without leaving a single gap, so they barely put them away.

There are regulations on the number of servants hired by the imperial court, with a maximum of 120 eight lifts. Generally, only princes can be full lifts, and other brothers are basically slightly less than this number.

As for how much, it depends on the man's mind.

Ye Junshu's deeds are full of 120 six lifts. Even so, they are packed tightly enough to barely pretend to be finished.

Many of the things that Ye Junhao sent were large valuables, and those that Ye Junshu had collected intentionally all along.

On the day when the auspicious day came, Ye Junshu put on the new clothes prepared by his family, first held a family sacrifice at home, and then set off for the Marquis of Zhenguo with the tribute officials.