It turned out that as soon as the new year was over, Mr. Yang said that the current level of Jia and Zhu was not good enough in the middle school examination, but they could give it a try to be a scholar.Even if it fails once, you can accumulate some experience.

Jia Zheng naturally agreed, and when Jia She saw that he agreed, he had no objection.When I arrived at Jia Mu's place, it was useless to raise any opinions. I just asked people to pack some more precious inkstones, pens and inks, etc., and rewarded them.Mrs. Xing is not theoretical, and it's not her child.

Only Mrs. Wang looked at this son eagerly, who was willing to let him travel long distances back to Jinling for the exam.I have to plead with Jia Zheng: "Zhu'er is still young, so I can just wait a year or two. Besides, he is weak and has never left my side. He must be well prepared before he leaves." Jia's mother was moved by her words, and she also echoed on the sidelines.

But Jia Zheng said: "You only said that Zhu'er is weak, but in the past few months, it can be seen that he has consulted a doctor or asked for medicine? It can be seen that if you move more, your body will be better. Mr. Yang followed and returned. It’s also an old house, so you’re afraid that no one will take care of you? Just procrastinate, year after year, are you doing it for his own good, or are you trying to harm him?”

Mrs. Wang saw that these days, Jia Zhengchu also saved face for her on the [-]th day, and they all rested in the main room. She really didn't find any girl on weekdays, thinking that she had won his heart again.Who would have thought that what he said now was still so merciless, and he didn't say anything or swallow it, making him blush.

It was Yuan Chun who felt sorry for his own mother, and said with a smile: "Don't say it's the old lady, the wife is reluctant, even I am reluctant. You are gone, who can I find to buy those little things?"

If it was the original owner, if he heard that his son spent his study time on buying things for his sisters, he would definitely scold him viciously and brutishly.But now, Jia Zheng didn't have much affection for Yuan Chun, but he didn't have any bad feelings either, and he was happy to make their brother and sister friendly.

The hearts of Jia and Zhu were drawn away by the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River and the flowing water on the small bridge that Mr. Yang had sketched. Send messages home.In short, as long as they are allowed to go to Jinling, other conditions can be agreed.Then why stop?He packed his things and handed the child to Mr. Yang to take him on the road.

After sending away Jia Zhu and Jia Lian who had taken the exam, the General's Mansion fell silent again.It's not that no one sent them posts, but Jia Amnesty played well with himself. When Jia Zheng came to a social occasion, he put on a picture of not knowing the world, and only asked others and himself according to the rules and duties: It's okay to joke among colleagues. It's okay to sing poems, even if you order a drink, it doesn't matter.It's just that once someone suggested to find some Xie Yuhua to add tea and wine during the dinner, Jia Zheng would not be sensitive.

Once or twice, those people will understand that this person is really bound by the rules in the book.Gradually, fewer people invited Jia Zheng.But at most, I can say a few words that reading is stupid, a bit pedantic-people match what they say and do, don't drink flowers and wine with others, and I have never seen those places.Some people also secretly inquired about his activities in his own family, and found that he had sent his aunt away and hadn't mentioned anyone new.In this way, some people looked up to Jia Zheng more and more, and some scholars who respected the rules really started to associate with Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng has also heard such arguments several times, and he doesn't care much about it: it's better to be a fool than a hypocrite and prudence.He prefers to associate with those who have achieved success in education than to chat with his colleagues.At the beginning, because the things in his mind were not organized, and he had no classmates to help him, he suffered a lot, and it was almost untenable to make people run quickly.

But that is almost.Think about a person who can survive standing alone for an hour under the watchful eyes of the Ministry of Industry, but how can he really be unbearable with just a few sarcastic remarks?

It's just showing weakness.He had to let those who were born in school know that he knew that he was not born in a proper way, so he had self-knowledge.But who is Jia Zheng, his memory and analysis ability are really unmatched in this era.For the books mentioned by others, he can say a few words about the books he has read, and he can also say a few words next time if he has not read them. Can others not see that he has worked hard behind the scenes?

A person who has self-knowledge and is willing to work hard to make up for the shortcomings can still attract the attention and respect of others.This respect is especially strong because Jia Zheng is now working in the Ministry of Industry.

It's not that those scholars are too realistic and bow their knees to a person with an official position, but because the Ministry of Industry is a place full of flies in the eyes of real scholars-who makes it too contaminated with money matters!We must know that in this era, the only way to be inferior in everything is to study well. Isn't it because you can become an official after studying?After becoming an official, they put down their books, and there are still fewer people who worship money and power?

Therefore, those who enter the court as officials, even those who come from a righteous background, will say that Brother Kong Fang must be there for a few years.However, Jia Zheng, a person from an irregular background, can persist in studying in a place like the Ministry of Industry, isn't it extremely rare?

Based on this, real scholars are more willing to associate with Jia Zheng, and Jia Zheng has received more posts on the literary society than he has received in the previous 30 years.So another voice spread in the Ministry of Industry, that is, Jia Zheng is not doing his job properly.

Such a statement is not unreasonable: Jia Zheng is an official of the Ministry of Industry, not a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, nor a Ph.D. of the Imperial Academy, and if he attends literary conferences every day, isn’t that just not doing his job properly?

Jia Zheng, who heard such a discussion, smiled slightly, did not refute or confess, and did a solid job of checking and appropriating the military supplies in Ping'an Prefecture, which he was responsible for.Even officials who have served in the Ministry of Industry for several years are not as solid as he is.The reason is simple: Jia Zheng is not greedy for money, and he does everything by himself.

It's not that he doesn't know that he can receive a red envelope from a businessman for inspection, and it's not that he doesn't know that the garrison should give some filial piety when the payment is made.This kind of money usually has a fixed amount, and Jia Zheng can't stop others from getting rich.But if he wanted to send extra money to Jia Zheng, he wouldn't accept it—I really thought he was an idiot for studying. I don't know that if the extra money is given, it's either because the goods are defective, or they want to allocate more things?

Jia Zheng did not accept red envelopes from these people, nor was he picky about what the merchants sent him, nor did he intentionally delay the time for disbursement or give less, nor did he forbid those who followed him to take small money to show his innocence.It was actually the merchants, garrisons, pen posts, and petty officials who had dealt with him who gave birth to the idea that it would not be tiring to deal with such people.

In this way, if someone said that Jia Zheng was not doing his job properly, he would follow his style of writing or the petty officials would come out and talk: Jia Yuanwailang, why is he not doing his job properly? Didn’t you see that he didn’t miss out on his serious errands?Even the merchants and garrisons who deal with him will say: Jia Yuan has a round outside and a square inside.

A person who understands the rules and makes the Ministry of Industry make strange noises needs to weigh it, not to mention those people really can't tell what Jia Zheng has delayed on his errands.In addition, he is not really completely divorced from the communication of his colleagues in the Ministry of Industry. Who has the nerve to put a person who greets him with a smiling face every day in his mouth?

Jia Zheng didn't even have to come forward himself, so he let those who said sour words take back the sour words themselves.He is very satisfied, and feels that if this continues, there is still hope for him to complete the task.

As soon as the end of August, the people in the general's mansion became a little floating, and Jia Zheng himself reduced his participation in literary meetings, for fear that he would not be able to know the news at the first time-every year at the end of February, it is the day of the children's examination, and in July, the courtyard examination It's all over.The time for judging papers was gone, and the journey was delayed. At this time, whether the two candidates of the Jia family who participated in the children's examination could pass the college examination and become a scholar, should have a result.I didn't see that even Jia She, who originally had no hope for his son, went home and waited every day after he got off the yamen, so the servants in the mansion became anxious and anxious.

To say that Jia Zheng initially wanted Jia and Zhu to understand that if they wanted to be successful, they had to work hard on their own.But I don't think that Mr. Yang is really good at teaching. The two children have passed the county and government examinations smoothly, but Jia Zhu's grades are in the middle and Jia Lian's grades are in the middle and lower.People always want to be better when they are better, but they just hope that the two of them can pass the college exam smoothly.

It's no wonder that the general's mansion is so tense. It's been a long time since the founding of the country, and the style of emphasizing civil and martial arts in the court has long been formed. The Duke of Xianguo discovered this, so he will pay more attention to Jia Zheng, who likes to read.It was just a posthumous book, which prevented Jia Zheng from participating in the imperial examination, and he was criticized for not being born in a proper way for his whole life.Now that Jia Zhu and Jia Lian have passed the government examination at two young ages, and they can win the fame of a scholar in one fell swoop, the next generation of the General's Mansion can be considered to have successfully completed Wu Zhuanwen.

These days, Mrs. Wang has started to burn incense devoutly again and worship Bodhisattvas.Jia Zheng didn't stop her either. It was better to be able to toss about in his own yard than to spend his mind outside the yard.But seeing that she insisted on pulling Yuan Chun to do the same, she still said a few words: "Yuan Chun is still young, don't let her change her temperament." Mrs. Wang just let it go.

"Master, great joy, great joy!" Liu Zhu joyfully held up a letter, announcing the good news to Brother Jia Shen, who was sitting opposite each other in the study outside.While receiving the letter, Jia Amnesty asked, "Which child is it?"

Liu Zhu had already gotten the news from the boy who delivered the letter, and he was happier than his own son being selected as a scholar: "Congratulations to the master and the second master. The second master Lian and the master Zhu have both won, and they will be a scholar official from now on."

Jia Amnesty looked at the letter carefully, but still thought it was not detailed, so he asked the boy who delivered the letter to be called in, and he wanted to ask carefully.Jia Zheng laughed and said: "Brother, why should you be in a hurry. The old lady and the others are also looking forward to it. Why don't you take that boy together to congratulate the old lady. lest the boy have to say it again."

It was only then that Jia She remembered that he had forgotten about the old lady, and he laughed in a self-conscious way: "I'm really confused."

Jia's mother also got a letter, but it's not detailed.But this didn't stop the old lady from smiling, and ordered people to take money out of her private treasury, and to add a month's monthly money to the people in the house.

Jia She smiled and congratulated Jia's mother, saying: "The two children have today, and the old lady has taught them well. The old lady has already taken care of it. Now let the old lady spend money, but what about the little people? You can bear it. Just get out of the public."

Now if Mother Jia still can't discover Jia Sheshun's temperament as a donkey, she will ask Bai Ren to be his mother for decades: "The father belongs to the father, and what is mine is mine. The children are uplifting, and I will give them Making face is our women's business, so you don't need to be greedy."

People are in good spirits on happy occasions, and what Jia Amnesty said is the current Jia Amnesty, not to mention that what Jia's mother said was only funny, he just got up: "I know that the old lady loves her grandson, but without our two sons, the old lady can't do it." Where did the grandson come from? Let the old lady see if she can just reward me and the second child, we can't be sons, and we don't get as much benefits as the slaves."

The last sentence made Jia's mother pause for a while, and she thought that the boss was not that thoughtful, so she just rushed to talk here.But it's not good not to give him and Jia Zheng things. Looking at Yuan Chun and his two daughters-in-law sitting there, they simply opened up their private treasury and gave Jia Amnesty a decoration for each of them. The lady has a set of appearances for each person.Yuan Chun won two sets, saying that one was her elder brother and the other was her younger brother, which made her even more delighted.

It was originally a matter of everyone holding Jia Mu for fun, but Madam Xing suddenly said: "The second sister in our room is not as noble as the eldest girl, but the old lady should give me something to let the child Feeling happy too?"

The room suddenly fell silent.Jia Amnesty was afraid that he wanted to directly shut Mrs. Xing's mouth.It was still Jia Mu's old way: "No, I'm so happy today that I can't remember what happened in front of me. Shaoyao, go find that set of Wufu jewelry and let the eldest lady take it back for the girl. To be happy with her brother."

Yuan Chun was a clever person, and he smiled and said, "It's not just the old lady, even I didn't remember it just now. I still have some things that I played with for a few hours. When I pack them up, I will send them to my sister."

Jia Zheng glanced at his daughter, not satisfied with her interjection at such a time.It's just that she is a girl after all, so let's remind Mrs. Wang behind her back to teach her something.It was only after he glanced at Mrs. Wang that she realized that she was lowering her head as if drinking tea, but the corners of her mouth were raised so high, could the tea really get into her mouth?

The atmosphere was not as lively as before, and Mrs. Xing also knew that she was carried away for a while, said something wrong, and gained a reputation of being greedy for money in front of everyone.It's just that it's also difficult for her. Ever since Aunt Li gave birth to a sister, she has become more and more seductive, and she coaxed the master so much that she almost offered that girl to the sky.If she didn't say this today, when he returned to his room, the master would have to say that he didn't care about the concubine.It's better to say it now, the old lady can't shame herself in front of these people.In this way, even if you get something, you will have something to say in front of the master when you go back.

Jia Zheng didn't know what Mrs. Xing was thinking. He thought of one thing from Jia's mother joking about Yuan Chun: Jia Zhu and Jia Lian were selected as scholars. look!Especially in honorable families like them, children who are talented at such a young age are even rarer.

It is precisely because there are fewer, so it is more memorable.As for Jia Zhu and Jia Lian, one is thirteen and the other is twelve. Even if they are small, they seem to have started at this time.

"Yuanchun is about to pack up your sister's things, let's do it, so the eldest wife can take her back with her in a while." Jia Zheng felt that this matter could not wait.Yuan Chun is also 12 years old, this kind of discussion should not be allowed to listen to girls, it is better to let her go.

Normally, Jia Zheng treated Yuan Chun indifferently, and Yuan Chun was also a little afraid of him. Now that he heard what the master told her to avoid, Yuan Chun glanced at his mother, bowed to the elders, and then retreated.

Everyone was used to Jia Zheng when he was talking about serious business, and the maids in the room all quit without mentioning it.Mother Jia pursed her lips. Now she attaches great importance to the words of her two sons, but this seemingly serious conversation still made her feel a little nervous.

Jia She asked: "Second brother, what happened to you again?"

Jia Zheng didn't make a fool of himself: "I just thought that the two children were selected as scholars together, and our family is regarded as a holy family to outsiders. I am afraid that someone will miss the children's marriage."

"It's a good thing." When Mother Jia heard this topic, she put her heart into her stomach: "Our child is promising, and others will think about it. Then we will give their brothers a good choice. "

Jia Zheng first agreed with the old lady's words: "The old lady is right, it is time to choose a good life for the children. It's just that there must be a general range, and there must be a charter for what kind of family to choose. Then With Yuanchun, it's time to inquire. Girls are no better than men, and it's better to prepare earlier."

Because he expressed his attitude early and was very tough, Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang had to stop thinking about letting Yuan Chun enter the palace.However, Jia Zheng couldn't say that it would be over if he didn't let Yuan Chun enter the palace, he had to let her settle down.

Mother Jia sighed silently, but it was rare for her son to ask for her opinion, so she let go of her dissatisfaction that her granddaughter could not enter the palace to fight for wealth and status, and instead thought about what kind of granddaughter-in-law to choose: "If I say, I still have to Choose from people who know the basics. People like ours have similar family backgrounds and similar upbringing, so it is easy to get along, and they won't be too shallow to get on the stage."

The last sentence made Mrs. Xing blush again, but she has gotten used to it over the years.Mrs. Wang could not care about watching Mrs. Xing's bustle at this time, but there were her two children in it.She looked at the old lady, then at Jia Zheng, and finally remembered Jia's mother's remarkable words, her face was not so eager.However, the handkerchief in one hand was twisted out of shape.

Jia Amnesty had no idea, looked at Jia Zheng and said, "What are you thinking?"

Jia Zheng didn't hide it, and if he didn't agree with the family at this time, he wouldn't be the one who was in trouble: "Let me tell you, both children will be admitted by the imperial examination in the future, but our brother They don't have any contacts. So their wives and families have to be cautious."

"The old lady's thinking is not wrong." Seeing that Jia's mother wanted to refute, Jia Zhengcai refused to give her this opportunity: "Marrying a wife and a virtuous man is not just a matter of being a wife alone. Even if the wife is very virtuous, but there is a A group of unmotivated relatives are holding you back, and instead of our children, they will clean up the mess for others in the future?"

Now Mother Jia stopped talking.Whoever's child hurts, she also hopes that her grandson will help more and cause less trouble.But in this way, the so-called well-know family she mentioned just now is not a good choice: the family she knows well are all so-called old relatives, that is, honorable families like the General's Mansion.The girls from such a family may not be well-educated, but their brothers are mostly playboys, otherwise Jia Zhu's two children who have just graduated from school will be exposed.

Jia Amnesty found it difficult: "But the family we know doesn't have any scholars. I'm afraid it's hard to find." Civil and martial arts have different paths, and it's not something that can be found in one's own family.

It's not that Jia Zheng didn't think about it. He used to be concerned about Mrs. Xing's face, but now that this person doesn't care about his face, he doesn't have to worry about it anymore: "First, my sister-in-law's natal family, my brother doesn't know if there is any contact. .”

When these words came out, not only Mrs. Xing, but also Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang's faces changed: Jia Lian's mother, Mrs. Zhang, really came from a noble family, and the Zhang family was even more prominent in Qingliu.If Jia Dai hadn't been good at the kindness of the old master of the Zhang family back then, his daughter would not have been cheap Jia She.It's just that, as Jia's mother said, the two families have different family traditions, different upbringing, and even more different ways of acting.That Zhang's temperament became softer again, and he only felt sorry for himself when he had something to do, and gradually couldn't support himself. In addition, his eldest son was unprotected, so he gave birth to Jia Lian and left.

Looking at the reactions of Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang now, Jia Zheng knew that these two did not cause trouble for the Zhang family that day.But the past is over, always plan for the children.Jia Amnesty didn't look at Mrs. Xing's face, but said: "At that time, your sister-in-law was in a hurry, and our family and Zhang's family were very angry. I'm afraid they don't move around much." After speaking, he looked at Jia Mom and Dad.

There's no way, we have socializing on weekdays, each house follows the etiquette, and it's really all about housekeeping, don't we have to ask the housekeepers and wives?This time, both Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang bowed their heads. Previously, Jia Mu was angry with the Zhang family, but later Mrs. Wang had a careful thought and just didn't know, so she gradually stopped communicating with the Zhang family.

Looking at their appearance, Jia Amnesty could understand even if he rolled his eyes.So he gouged Mrs. Xing with his eyes again, and then sighed: "When Lian'er comes back, I will take him to announce the good news to the Zhang family."

Jia Zheng was helpless about this, even if the people in the inner house had some small thoughts, but if Jia Amnesty offered to make some snacks by himself and asked a question, how could it be so embarrassing today?I have to persuade: "If brother goes to Zhang's house, don't just think about your own rank, let alone your face." .

Seeing that he didn't want to talk anymore, Jia Zheng went on to say to Jia's mother: "I also attend some literary meetings on weekdays, and I also make friends with scholars. I plan to choose Zhu'er and Yuan Chun from those people's homes."

Before Jiamu could say anything, Mrs. Wang had already quit: "The family that the master contacts is said to be noble, but the master still doesn't know what the family background is?"

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