Reform from Jia She

Because of the new funeral of the old lady in the Rongguo Mansion, although the Lin family did not have to observe filial piety for her, this new year was not very enjoyable.

Just after the Dragon Boat Festival, Jia Zheng ordered someone to deliver a letter to Lin Ruhai, in which he asked Lin Ruhai to help him find a famous teacher, and he intended to return to his hometown next year to take the exam.

After hearing the news, Lin Ruhai knew that Jia Zheng had recovered from the shock of his grandmother's death, so he found a reliable teacher for Jia Zheng.

In the evening, when Lin Ruhai came back from the Imperial Academy, he happened to meet Jia Min.

He teased the son in Jia Min's arms for a while, then he heard Jia Min ask him, "I heard that the second brother asked you to help find a teacher?"

"Cunzhou wants to take the provincial examination next year." Lin Ruhai said.

Jia Min nodded upon hearing this, "It seems that the second brother has regained his strength."

Compared with her elder brother Jia She, her second brother is obviously more concerned, but there are too many things in her heart, but it is not a good thing. She is married now, and she can't help her second brother. Everything can only be done by himself.

"The gentleman I'm looking for is the younger brother of my original respected teacher. He is also very knowledgeable. There will be no problem teaching Brother Zhou. I just hope that Brother Cun wants to open up. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Otherwise, I'm afraid it will affect his ability to take the test." Lin Ruhai sighed.

A person's mental state can directly affect a person's behavior and the results of doing things.

Last time, Jia Zheng insisted on going his own way and insisted on taking the provincial examination when he was not in good condition. What was the result?The loss of Sun Shan also dealt him an even bigger blow. I only hope that Jia Zheng will regain his strength this time, and he can stabilize his mood. He must not be full of distracting thoughts like before.

Jia Min remained silent.

Seeing her like this, Lin Ruhai knew what she was worried about.

She has two elder brothers in total. The elder brother is useless, but the second elder brother can resist some things, but he is not very confident in himself and always has to be strong.

If things go on like this, the Rongguo Mansion is afraid that it will really fall.

"I've already sent a letter to Cunzhou. He's actually not stupid. If he can untie his knot as soon as possible, there will be no problem. Don't worry."

Lin Ruhai's relief made Jia Min smile slightly, "I've made you worry."

"My husband and I, your elder brother is my elder brother. This is what you should do. Don't think too much about it." Lin Ruhai patted her hand and said.

Jamin nodded with a smile.

A few days later, Wang Zisheng, the eldest son of the Wang family, was born as the eldest son. Lin Ruhai was away on business, so Jia Min brought people to congratulate him.

Because of the relationship with the second sister-in-law, the Lin family is considered to be related to the Wang family.

When Lin Ruhai came back in the evening, he heard from Jia Min that the second girl from the Wang family was getting married.

Lin Ruhai also knows about this. He still remembers that a few years ago, when he and Jia Min were watching lanterns during the Lantern Festival, they met two girls from the Wang family. He married Jia Min and had a son, and the little girl of the Wang family was getting married too.

"I heard that the old man of the Xue family wants to learn from me and Cun Zhou to take the imperial examination to become an official. How can he succeed in his studies?" Lin Ruhai turned to think of the person the second girl of the Wang family was going to marry. Once during the festive season, Xue Xin worshiped him very much, and wrote to him every now and then to ask him for advice. Recently, I haven't received much news from Xue Xin, and I didn't expect to get married.

Jia Min smiled and said, "I went to the Wang family to congratulate today, but I really heard some news. I heard from the wife of the Wang family that Uncle Xue passed the examination of scholar last year. It’s only in the top ten, but it’s still young and handsome.”

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Speaking of which, the Xue family uncle is still my half-disciple. He can get such good grades in the exam, but he does not disappoint the points I have given from time to time in the past two years."

"The Mrs. Wang family asked me to bring you a message today, to say thank you." Jia Min laughed.She is Lin Ruhai's wife, so she naturally found out about Lin Ruhai's advice to Xue Xin after marriage.

Lin Ruhai shook his head, "It's nothing more than a little effort, how can I deserve such a thank you, if he really thanks me, I will work harder, and it will be a good thing to pass the Jinshi exam."

His friendship with Xue Xin was born when he met Xue Xin that year. It was only after meeting Xue Xin a few times that he realized that Xue Xin actually wanted to start a business. Thoughts, almost went astray.

Everything is inferior, but reading is high. If he has no talent for reading, he can only do business, but he has the potential to study and become an official but chooses to do business. No matter how you look at it, he is picking sesame seeds and throwing watermelons.

It was he who encouraged Xue Xin to become an official.

In fact, to be honest, he encouraged Xue Xin to study for the imperial examinations. He was not completely selfish. Although he had selfishness, he did not have any malice.

All in all, everything is going in a good direction now.

The next month, when the Wang family married a daughter, Lin Ruhai happened to be on duty, so he could only hand over the prepared gift to Jia Min, and asked Jia Min to take it to the Wang family's mansion, and asked Mrs. Wang to hand it over to Xue Xin.

The weather is getting colder, and Lin Ruhai feels that this year's climate is much colder than previous years, which is very unusual.

In the winter moon, it suddenly snowed heavily at night. Although it was cold at this time in previous years, it did not snow yet. This year's snow came a little too early.

It has been snowing for several days, and the houses of the people in Nancheng have been crushed, but no one has been killed yet.

The response of the imperial court was still very fast, and immediately organized manpower to remove the snow, but the snow continued to fall, and the weather was extremely cold, so the consequences would be very serious if this continued.

The emperor ordered people to investigate the area covered by the heavy snow, and assigned a special person to take charge. Once the situation deteriorated, the emperor would be notified.

The heavy snow didn't stop for half a month. Although some people were crushed by the heavy snow and collapsed their houses and suffered some injuries, no one died yet. However, there are too many people whose houses were crushed. , Sooner or later someone will freeze to death.

Lin Ruhai didn't have any good solutions, so he could only order the housekeeper of the family to serve porridge in the south of the city every day. In addition, he also asked someone to build a shed in the south of the city to boil hot water day and night for the people who had no place to live. Drink, this method is also useful, at least it can warm up.Coupled with the relief supplies distributed by the imperial court, these people survived the winter safely.

The foundation of the collapsed house is still intact, and it is not difficult to build a new house. If there are many people, it can be built in at most ten and a half months.

In the sixth year of Hongzheng, the news of Jia Zheng's success in the examination spread from Jinling to the capital. Jia Min got the news from her natal family immediately. , Compared with the last time Sun Shan lost his name, this time's results are not bad.

In the past two or three years in the Hanlin Academy, Lin Ruhai has been promoted to a bachelor's degree in the Hanlin Academy from the fifth rank. At his age, there are really not many officials who sit on the fifth rank, and it can even be said to be very few.

The number one scholar in the examination was granted the sixth rank of compilation, but within two or three years, he was promoted to two levels. This speed is not to say fast, but it is also very rare.

The heart was sour until Lin Ruhai got Yu Ze from his ancestors, and only those who got close to Lin Ruhai knew that Lin Ruhai really relied on himself, not Yu Ze from his ancestors.

Lin Ruhai didn't care what other people thought.

At the end of September, Jia Zheng finally returned from Jinling.

As soon as Jia Zheng came back, Lin Ruhai invited him to a banquet. Halfway through the drink, Lin Ruhai asked him, "Do you want to participate in next year's exam?"

Jia Zheng stopped drinking, then drank a glass, took a breath and said, "Father's health is getting worse and worse, brother is unreliable, I must let my father feel at ease before my father..."

Hearing this, Lin Ruhai sighed, "Cunzhou, I don't want you to put too much pressure and burden on yourself, what you have done now is enough to make your father-in-law trust you."

"I understand, but Ruhai, I don't think it's enough." Since Jia Zheng went to Jinling in the fifth year of Hongzheng, he has stayed in Jinling until he finished the provincial examination in August this year, and he didn't come back until the results were released.

If he hadn't passed the provincial examination at this moment, he might not be sure that Jia Zheng would continue to stay in Jinling.

Lin Ruhai took a sip of wine and sighed, "Cunzhou, are you...are you neglecting your wife too much?"

Jia Zheng was taken aback by what he said, "What?"

"Minmin went back to her mother's house a month ago, and met your wife secretly crying in the garden. Although Minmin didn't like your wife very much, she couldn't say she hated her, so she asked a question. Only after she asked, did you find out? Since I went to Jinling, I haven’t written a letter to your wife once. It’s been almost two years since Hongzheng five years ago. How is your wife’s life different from two years of guarding?”

Jia Zheng was speechless, "I...I wrote letters home."

"Your family letter is for father-in-law and mother-in-law, but not for your wife." Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Zheng and couldn't help sighing inwardly. It seemed that Jia Zheng and his wife were different from him and Minmin.

Although he and Minmin are ordered by their parents and a matchmaker, they still love each other.

However, Jia Zheng and Wang's family are completely matched by their parents. He has no sense of loving his wife at all, and with the heavy responsibilities on his body, doesn't he just ignore Wang's family?

Originally, he shouldn't have said this, but Minmin felt that it was not good for her as a younger sister to directly criticize her brother, so she begged him to gently remind his second brother.

At first he did intend to remind him politely, but Jia Zheng's attitude made him feel very bad, so he spoke...very directly.

Jia Zheng rubbed his forehead, "I did neglect her for the past two years, but I didn't feel sorry for her. What is there for her to cry?"

Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Zheng speechlessly, took a breath, and felt a pain in his head.

"You still don't understand?"

Jia Zheng was puzzled.

Seeing this, Lin Ruhai had no choice but to speak out.

"Let me just talk about two points. I have already said one point, so I won't mention it. I will directly say the second point. Wang Shi married you before Minmin and I got married, but there is no good news so far. , Minmin and I have four-year-old children, and Wang married you a few months before Minmin, but there is no good news so far, and you don't take her seriously, shouldn't she cry?"

In fact, Lin Ruhai didn't know much about the thoughts of these daughters' families before. After marrying Jia Min, she slowly figured it out. Although Minmin and Wang's temperaments are different, they are both women. When it comes to their husbands, they want to care about them. The things are the same.

When Jia Zheng heard the words, he said thoughtfully, "Child." In other words, as long as Mrs. Wang is given a child, all problems will be gone?

Lin Ruhai didn't know where Jia Zheng was thinking, but seeing that he seemed to have realized something, he consciously fulfilled his promise to his wife and heaved a sigh of relief.