[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

Shen Yue felt satisfied with the results of the assessment of donated officials, and smiled at Shen Xueshi who complained to him: "Grandfather is also a selection of talents for the country, so he should be happy."

Xueshi Shen sneered at this: "It's just a dwarf who is taller than a dwarf, what a talent." Fortunately, none of his descendants took the road of donating officials, or he would be too ashamed to dare to worship his ancestors.

However, Shen Yue felt that this person wanted to be affirmed by others, and so did dudes.They are just like this because of the environment they lived in since they were young, and they are more vain than others, but they don't know how to express themselves, thinking that by doing something out of the ordinary, they are more courageous and capable than others.

Now those who finally pass the exam may be positively affirmed for the first time in their lives, which will greatly satisfy their vanity - they pass the exam that others can't pass, how much face they have!

Shen Yue thinks it's good to have a strong vanity. I let people boast and guide me every day, let them cherish this affirmation, and tell them that if they work a little harder, there will be more affirmation waiting for them. Afraid that they will not work hard?

Even facing the present, Shen Yue still said the same.Today, I have long forgotten that the money donated by others has entered the national treasury, and I only counted the change from supporting six people for nothing to only supporting one for nothing, and I still made money.In addition to the redundant staff cut down from various ministries, he assigned Shen Yue a new task: Didn't you say that people make the best use of them?Then find a suitable place for these people.

At this time, in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Shen Yue, who was in charge of etiquette, couldn't raise his head, and could only stare silently, thinking quickly about what kind of errands he should find for these people—this was not just one person or two, but hundreds of people. people!

In fact, today is a monarch who knows the art of balance. While assigning work to Shen Yue, he also gave two orders to the scholar's mansion: Shen Xueshi collects relics for the country, and he will be honored and raised by the Taifu.Shen Xin is a respectful official, capable in dealing with affairs, and he serves as Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

In stark contrast to the speed at which the chariots and horses of the scholar's mansion were neglected, it was the flow of people from all the mansions who came to congratulate and send greeting cards.The newly appointed housekeeper was personally at the gate of the mansion, and sent the decent stewards from all the mansions to deliver posts:

"It's really tiring for my grandfather to preside over the official donation examination these days. My grandfather is sick and can't see guests. Please forgive me."

You just accepted the order with great vigor and energy, are you tired after so long?The people who can be sent to Beppu to give gifts are all alert and clever people. How can they not understand that the butler of the scholar's mansion is an excuse?

Knowing that it is an excuse, if someone dares to say this, it must be the master who told him to say it.Everyone thought that if no one could see it, it would be fine to keep the congratulatory gift.Unexpectedly, the scholar's mansion didn't even accept congratulatory gifts, they just gave red envelopes to the stewards of each mansion, asking them to go back to the mansion to apologize to their masters on their behalf.

There were people coming and going like flowing water outside the gate of the mansion, but the atmosphere in Xueshi Shen's study was a bit dull, and there was no joy at all of receiving two promotion orders one after another.

"Everyone deceives others too much." Xueshi Shen, who should be called Taifu Shen now, slapped the table heavily.

Brothers Shen Xin and Shen Ren also looked angry, because they told Shen Yue what the secret guards had found out, and Shen Yue, knowing that Grand Tutor Shen was also sending people to investigate, directly reported back.

Taifu Shen calmed down, and said to Shen: "Going to the Ministry of Industry will not go smoothly, you have to prepare yourself." Gu Ran has been in the Ministry of Industry for many years, and the Ministry of Industry always has one or two confidantes.

Shen Yue reminded Grand Tutor Shen in a low voice: "The Seventh Prince also has a Ministry of Industry." After the uncle left, he could join forces with the Seventh Prince to clean up the old Gu Ran.

Shen Xin couldn't help laughing when he heard this, he knew that the princes treated his nephews as teachers, could it be that now it has reached the point where the nephews come to protect him?

A feeling of pride arose in Shen Xinxin: I am also a person who has been cultivated by my family, and I have some experience in being an official for many years, and I want to support my family.How could I let my nephew, who was supposed to be protected by me, worry about me?

However, Shen Xin was moved by the child's filial piety: "I will support each other with the Seventh Prince."

What Shen Ren thought was: "Why is Cheng Qian targeting his father so much?"

Taifu Shen had figured it out a long time ago: "He used to be Mu Shilang's teacher, and he was the one who brokered the marriage between the Gu and Mu families. Although the late emperor didn't trust him very much, he is now the only surviving veteran of the two dynasties. "

As for the genealogy in Beijing, Shen Yue also felt the same, and nodded after listening, he seemed to understand better than Shen Xin and Shen Ren.Tai Fu Shen felt a little funny and felt a little emotional when he saw it: This is the advantage of being close to the center of power. If Shen Yue is not trusted today, it will not be so easy for the Shen family to find out who is behind the big housekeeper.

Involuntarily, Taifu Shen looked at his eldest grandson again, and found that he didn't seem to hear what he said, and didn't know what he was thinking.The second grandson is so sensitive, but the eldest grandson is so irrelevant, Taifu Shen couldn't help being a little angry, but he didn't show it on his face: "What do you think of Chao'er?"

"How?" Hearing his grandfather call his name, Shen Yue asked a little confused.Even Shen Xin frowned, looked at his son coldly, and asked him to give himself an explanation.

Shen Chao got up with some anticipation, looked at his father and grandfather, then at Shen Yue, and finally turned his eyes back to the ground: "I have something to do, I ask my grandfather to make up his mind."

It turned out that he was so restless because Prince Zhongshun asked him if he would go with him to the Ministry of Punishment before leaving the Ministry of Rites.Although the Ministry of Punishment is not as good as the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households, it is much better than the Ministry of Rites, which is a place for the elderly.What makes Shen Yue's committee undecided is that if he goes to the Ministry of Punishment with Prince Zhongshun, he may be labeled as Zhongshun in the future, in case Zhongshun can't think about it one day...

The elders also found it very difficult: Although Prince Zhongshun had wrestled with the present, but now he doesn't care about the past, and now he is sent to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to take care of the matter.You can say that today's purpose is to let Zhongshun make room for the Ninth Prince, but you can also understand that this is an act of trusting Zhongshun.

However, Prince Zhongshun's ability to speak this way is an affirmation of Shen Chao's ability.If Shen Chao refuses, it is tantamount to telling Zhongshun clearly that the Shen family dare not bet the wealth of the future patriarch on Zhongshun.After all, he is also a prince. Do you know if and how he will take revenge on the Shen family?

What's more, if Shen Chao had the heart to refuse, he would not have spoken about it.Now let Master Shen make a decision, explaining that he actually intends to go to the Ministry of Punishment.Shen Yue felt that the elders were thinking too much, this Zhongshun was obviously the one who was subdued by the present, and he took the initiative to cooperate with the present several times.Now it is not a question of who puts the label of loyalty on him, but Zhongshun himself, who has already been marked with the royalist mark.

Unless Zhongshun himself feels that life is too comfortable, and he is thinking about the ninth-five position, following Zhongshun is also a way out.From Shen Yue's point of view, Zhongshun is a person who is living more and more clearly, so he will not seek his own death.

However, the two families have separated after all, it is not related to the Shen family, Shen Ren will not participate in today's discussion, Shen Yue is even surprised to be able to attend, so he will not take the initiative to express his views.

Master Shen thought for a long time, instead of asking his two sons, he directly asked Shen Yue's opinion, which surprised Shen Yue.Even when asked about him, he didn't hide his own thoughts, and shared his analysis one by one.

"What do you think?" After listening to Shen Yue's analysis, Grand Fu Shen asked the opinions of the two sons.Shen Ren looked at his eldest son with bright eyes, just nodded and said it made sense.Shen Xin sighed lightly: "Yue'er is right, but we think too much." Compared with his nephew, his son seemed immature in grasping human nature and being an official.

Shen Chao obviously breathed a sigh of relief. Ever since Taifu Shen begged for an official to enter the Ministry of Rites, no one has ridiculed him overtly and secretly, and ridiculed him. At first, it was Prince Zhongshun who helped him out and let him be in the Ministry of Rites. Stand firm.

Therefore, when Prince Zhongshun invited him to go to the Ministry of Punishment, Shen Chao was already very willing in his heart, but he knew that his family was always unwilling to get too close to members of the royal family, so he didn't dare to directly agree.It's all right now, I don't have to reject Prince Zhongshun, Shen Chao gave Shen Yue a grateful look, his cousin was very close to the princes, and even today he feels that he has done right and well, and there has never been anyone in his family. I have blocked it, and I don't know how he did it.

What happened to Shen Chao can only be regarded as an episode, and this Cheng Qian is the serious problem.Several people discussed together how to take action against Cheng Qian, otherwise others would think that the Shen family is easy to bully.

Shen Ren had unlimited trust in his eldest son: "Yue'er has a lot of ghost ideas, let me tell you yours."

Seeing that Taifu Shen had no intention of objecting, Shen Yue expressed his thoughts: "The reason why the sage did not let Cheng Qian be the chief assistant is also because he is too selfish. But he is a veteran of the two dynasties, and the sage has completely controlled the court. I would like people to say that he can't tolerate the old man of the late emperor, so let him be a scholar of the Wenhua Palace."

"In this way, we won't be able to deal with Cheng Qian openly, lest the sage feel that the family is in the same party. But we can use the opportunity of the sage to clean up officials and check hidden tax fields to cut off Cheng Qian's minions. I want to come to the sage to tell the news. I also have the intention of not letting Cheng Qian continue to grow." Which emperor would like the power of his subjects to be stronger than that of the monarch.

Taifu Shen nodded frequently after hearing this, and said to Shen Yue: "So, I want you to take more care of it."

It's about the face of the family, what's the point of doing more work?Whether it was the Fifth Prince from the Ministry of Officials or Lin Ruhai from the Ministry of Households, Shen Yue dared to directly express his demands to others.There was no second word from Lin Ruhai, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials had asked the fifth prince to tidy up obediently, and everything was going according to the Shen family's plan.

So the scholar of the Wenhua Palace found that his descendants and disciples, every time someone was impeached at the Great Court Meeting, and there were evidence-based impeachments. As for the fine salary, the number of people following him unknowingly decreased by half.

He also thought about whether it was the Shen family's retaliation against him, but the person who came forward was either from the Ministry of Household Affairs or from the Ministry of Officials, and they all used evidence to speak, so he couldn't even intercede, how could he be so aggrieved.

When the last son who retained his official position was recruited, Cheng Qian finally, like Taifu Shen, begged for bones and asked to return to his hometown to teach his children.What if I don't get this coupon?Are you really waiting for an order to raid the house today?

Today, she doesn't even have the face of three requests and three resignations with him, and directly agrees to his request.This made Cheng Qian understand even more how much he was disliked by saints, and felt that the impeachment of his descendants and disciples was all ordered by the present and had nothing to do with the Shen family.Let it go, at least he saved the last bit of decency, the sage didn't pursue his son's crimes any more, so it was a favor for Cheng Qian, a veteran of the two dynasties.

Although no one in the Shen family made a move on the surface, what is the relationship between Lin Ruhai and the Shen family?Does the Minister of the Ministry of Officials know what role the Fifth Prince plays in it?Gradually, everyone thought about it, and knew that Cheng Qian's sad retreat was because he attacked Shen's house first and ended up like this.

People are deeply aware that even though Taifu Shen has retired, the Shen family is still not to be bullied.

Not only is it not to be bullied!

When everyone found out that Shen Yue, who was in the Ministry of Officials, gathered those redundant staff and those who passed the donated official assessment to train together, they found that the Shen family still had to curry favor.

Shen Yue really couldn't find suitable positions for hundreds of people at once, so he had to provide them with pre-job training.The place is easy to find, after the Guozijian cleared up a batch of supervisors, there will be enough to squeeze in, but how to train is also a headache for Shen Yue:

These people are all rushing to become officials. Shen Yue let them choose their majors and places they want to go to at the beginning. Reported that he was going to the place where he was a parent official.

Shen Yue reported the ambitions of these people to the present, and the present is very happy: "Everyone has been entrusted to you, I don't expect them to be able to stand alone like a few princes, but they can't take the salary of the court for nothing. Years, I can only give you one year."

Shen Yue counted with his fingers, and felt that there was God's will in the dark—the time when these people entered the Imperial College, coincidentally, it was September, could it be that it was in time for the start of school season?Then follow the school.Unknowingly, the first national normal university in the empire was quietly born.

This is something later, now Shen Yue still has to bargain with the present: "If I put all my thoughts on these people, then the compilation of the book may have to be delayed again."

Looking at him now, he seems to be smiling but not smiling, and then he just bows his head and approves his own memorial.Shen Yue sighed, and exited the Hall of Mental Cultivation without saying a word.He waited until he was nowhere to be seen before saying: "This is where we are." This kid has endless tricks, but he just refuses to work unless he presses tight.

Now that it has been said to leave these people to himself, Shen Yue is no longer polite to them, let you choose the right one and you don't cherish it, then don't blame him for being arbitrary.

It's easy to talk about the donation officials. According to the subjects they passed, they are divided into five categories: arithmetic, accounts, manufacturing, farming, and painting skills, and they will start classes directly.The teacher said even better, there are nine princes in magic, six princes in accounting, Zhang Yi in manufacturing, eight princes in farming, and Mr. Li's painting skills.

As a result, those who were assigned to learn manufacturing and painting skills quit. Why did the prince teach those three classes, and our class didn't?This is discrimination and non-discrimination.

When the Fourth Prince was called to the Imperial College, he thought it was something. I heard that he was only asked to attend one class in each of the two classes, and he felt that there was no problem.However, Zhang Yi and Mr. Li taught him nothing, and he had to digest it in his mind, and his face looked extremely serious.

Even the big bosses in the Ministry of War can't stand the face of the fourth prince, and those who have just passed the assessment for donating officials can't stand it even more. They dare not ask the prince to teach them any more. I almost scared them to death, and if I really come to give them lectures every day, then they would be happier hanging on to the southeast branch.

What is really difficult is the redundant staff. They also studied hard for ten years and got the official position after a long selection process. Now they are removed from their good positions when they are cleaned up. It is called no resentment. strange.

Fortunately, the grades of these people are not very high, and the highest rank is only the fourth grade—above the fourth grade, except for the fact that they were ministers of scattered ranks at the beginning, otherwise they are all a radish and a pit.Shen Yue directly summoned these people and told them about the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials and even the yamen in the whole capital. They had better give up their hopes.

Compared with the donated officials, the redundant staff can understand the situation better, they are not as noisy as the donated officials, they just want to know where they will be assigned if they have undergone a year of training.

This Shen Yue also asked for opinions from the cabinet scholars and ministers in the Xiaochaohui. Finally, under the intentional guidance of today, everyone reached a consensus: the best place for these people is to distribute them to various places to teach.

In fact, it's not that there are no teaching posts in various places, but those people only care about children's lives, and don't care much about whether the people are literate or not.Shen Yue's idea for today is: anyway, after this autumn, the experience of how to grow crops in various places will be reported.After another year of verification next year, the agricultural book can definitely be compiled into a book and distributed all over the country. How can farmers not read?

Just let these people educate the peasants to read and write.

"Please don't worry, everyone who volunteers to be a lecturer will have the same grade. If the local people have a high literacy rate, they will still have a chance to be promoted." Shen Yue finally reassured these people.

But he was not brainless, so he directly asked Shen Yue a proposition: "Will the imperial court still select scholars once every three years?"

Not to mention Shen Yue, even today he dare not say that the imperial examination is impossible.Although Xiucai failed to rebel for three years, the pen in Xiucai's hand can kill people invisible.Regardless of whether it is official history or unofficial history, if you label the present as a "waste", then today can be comparable to Qin Shihuang.

So there was another small court meeting, and now it was another quiet guidance to the great scholars. Finally, everyone happily reached a consensus: the three-year imperial examination will not change, but the content of the imperial examination will change after three years. The destination will also change.

To be more specific, it will be too late next year for Chunwei, but the imperial examination three years later will add some examination subjects instead of only eight-legged essays.Accounts, arithmetic, and farming will all be part of the exam.

Don't worry about adding subjects suddenly, students won't be able to learn them.Today, he promises to the cabinet scholars that Shen Yue will give priority to compiling these three reference books.Even if it is awkward to mention the number of reference guides now, even Lin Ruhai began to sympathize with Shen Yue: now he is using Shen Yue as a cow.

As for the Jinshi in the future, except for the first-class people who continue to stay in the Imperial Academy to directly confer the honor of officials, other Jinshi must go to various places first, starting as assistants to local officials.He said he was an assistant, but he actually performed the post of master originally hired by the magistrate himself.

To say that Shen Yue slandered the magistrates the most, that when he took office alone, he had to bring a master of Qiangu and a master of punishment. If the family was a little more capable, he would even bring along the master who wrote the notes.I don't know whether it is the Jinshi who will become an official, or the teachers who will become officials.

Regardless of the fact that the masters have done a lot of things, they are only privately hired by the local officials, and the money can only be paid by the local officials themselves.It has been said that local officials have to eat at home, and they have to support what kind of masters, can they still make money in the same way?

Those masters who were brought to the place, because they were only responsible to the magistrate, did not have the slightest sense of belonging and identity to the place, how could they think about the common people in that place?Helping their masters to scrape the money is their ultimate goal.

Therefore, Shen Yue's suggestion to the present is that in the future when a magistrate takes office, he is not allowed to bring any more masters, and the court will directly provide him with two assistants in charge of criminal affairs and money and food, and the court will pay the salary. Scientific examinations, the increasingly difficult issue of selecting officials, and secondly, mutual supervision and restriction can be used to limit the rights of local officials.

As soon as this method came out, the cabinet scholars all looked at Lin Ruhai.Lin Ruhai could only lower his head, he felt that this method was a bit ruthless, but it was also a solution.But his colleagues all stared at him with the eyes of "how did you find such a son-in-law", and he would not admit it.

The advantage of this absolute right is that as long as you can speak to the person in power, you will be able to convince everyone.What made Shen Yue even more gratified was that some redundant staff had already asked if they could also serve as assistants to magistrates from now on.

Shen Yue told them that the idea was good, but only the position of teaching and teaching could guarantee that their grades would not change.If you want to be an assistant to a magistrate, you can only start as an eighth-rank official.So it's better for them to figure it out for themselves. Even if they become local assistants, they are still officials ordered by the court, and they can no longer squeeze the people to enrich themselves with the local officials.

Those who were moved, did not expect Shen Yue to express the filth in his heart so bluntly, and withdrew their applications to be assistants to magistrates.However, there are still more than [-] people who still ask to be assistants now.

For these people, Shen Yue didn't feel embarrassed, and after asking for instructions, he let them go directly: These twenty or so people were originally only seventh-rank and seventh-rank officials, and they didn't want to be teaching teachers. Get acquainted with local management, and gain some qualifications for the next promotion.With them as crab eaters, it will be much smoother for Chunwei to arrange new scholars to take up posts in the localities three years later.

However, Shen Yue also asked these twenty or so people to communicate with him at any time, and he must write to himself as detailed as possible about the work to be done by him as an assistant, what problems he encountered, and how to solve them.

This request, on the contrary, reassures those who are determined to be assistants to local officials. Their official positions are too small. If they are not close relatives, no one in Beijing will care about how they are doing in the local area.Now that Shen Yue took the initiative to extend an olive branch, for them, it was also a way to keep in touch with Beijing.

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