Chapter Forty-Nine: The Mystery of the Year
Su Chen offered to say goodbye, and Han Xizai asked his third son, Han Pei, to personally send Su Chen out of the house, which shows the importance he attaches to this young man.
Han Xizai had a total of eight sons, but three of them died, and only five brothers remained. The second son, Han Yan, once ranked second in the imperial examination and entered the Hanlin Academy as a school scholar.
The fifth son, Han Yan, was specially recruited into the official career through the relationship of shelter and served as one of the four divisions of the household department of the six departments. Han Yu, the sixth elder of the army, was already in the army at the age of 20, and is currently serving under General Lin Renzhao, the envoy of Jiangzhou Jiedu.
Among the older sons, only the third son Han Pei did not enter the official career, but has been in charge of the family business in Runzhou City, and is the head of the Han family in Runzhou.
Han Xizai has a free and easy personality, is informal, and has no interest in doing business, so the family's business contacts in Runzhou have been taken care of by Han Pei for more than ten years, and they are already quite large-scale, although they are not one of the nine families, but they are also the top of the second-rate.
This is still because Han Xizai is worried that the reputation of the Han family will be affected, cherishes his feathers, does not want the Han family businessman to do too much, and does not abuse his power to protect more, otherwise, it is not difficult to become one of the nine major families.
Among the five sons, four sons have certain abilities, but this old son, Han Yunpeng, is a ...... Wonderful!
Han Xizai has just passed the age of sixties, but the old son is only sixteen years old, and there is a big generation gap between them, and he usually neglects discipline, so he can't write or do anything, which makes Han Xizai have a big headache.
If Han Yunpeng was a stupid son, he would be dead, but this kid is honest and shrewd, shrewd and stupid, he is simply smart and a bastard, which makes Han Xizai, who is in his sixties, often have a headache.
When the two walked to the front yard of the mansion, Han Pei suddenly said, "Master Su, you are here, and wait for Han." β
"Master Han, please!" Su Chen replied politely.
Han Pei turned around and went to the living room lobby in the front yard, beckoned a few words from the housekeeper, and after a while, the housekeeper took a pocket and respectfully handed it to him.
When Su Chen saw this scene, his heart moved, could it be that ....... had to pay for the consultation, right?
Do I take it with the flow, or do I just say no?
I'm familiar with Han Lao, and it's a little bad to ask for money, but don't ...... I still have debts to pay!
What a contradiction! Why did his soul come through, not the identity of a rich second-generation loser?
It's too difficult to get started with this poor loser!
When Su Chen was thinking wildly, Han Pei had already walked up to him, and said with a smile on his face: "Master Su, this is three hundred taels of silver, which is not much, and it should be used as the money for this consultation, and I hope to accept it." β
Su Chen was stunned, three hundred taels of silver, this number is exactly the vacancy he urgently needs at the moment!
"Master Han, this can't be helped! I am familiar with Han Lao, and the first aid at that time was completely the doctor's heart, and there was no greed for money, so please take it back. Su Chen politely excused himself according to the number of courtesies.
Han Pei explained: "Young Master Su, listen to me!" If there is no today's thing, I am afraid that my family will not know that my father's body has been overdrawn, and the problem of heart and mouth is not a trivial matter, and the identity of my father is very important to the Han family and even the Tang Kingdom. Therefore, this time, the son saved his father, which is a favor to my Han family, not to mention that next, the son is still needed to continue to practice the heart protection pill, please be sure to accept this consultation fee! β
"But that's a lot!" Su Chen looked a little embarrassed.
Han Peiyun said lightly: "These hundreds of taels of silver are insignificant to my Han family, and they are not worth mentioning compared to my father's life." If it weren't for the worry of taking out too many silver taels and worrying that Gongzi would refuse to accept it, Han would definitely take out a few thousand taels to ......"
Su Chen thought to himself that he didn't have too much, so he didn't have to spend the belly of a small citizen like me with the heart of a gentleman!
The other party said to this extent, Su Chen also understood that Han Pei really wanted to give away the silver, after all, such a big favor, if he didn't express it, it would be inappropriate to be affectionate and reasonable. And it is the most difficult to repay the favor, it is better to fill it with silver, and everyone has a gain, and they will not always remember this matter in their hearts.
There is a saying in the world that great grace is like great hatred. It means that if you have a great favor to a certain person or family, don't always appear in front of others, let people feel that they owe you a favor every day, after a long time, that kind of gratitude will also become a big hatred because of long-term ideological pressure, and I can't wait for you to die clean, and people will no longer have a psychological burden, and the idea of inferiority everywhere.
"This, how embarrassing." Su Chen hesitated, but had already relented.
Just be polite, if you are polite, if you are really polite, it will not be the result that Su Chen wants.
"Master Su, please accept it, I have to bother you to come to the house a few more times these days, and I still need you to pay more attention to my father's condition."
"Well, in that case, then the juniors will be disrespectful." Su Chen took three hundred taels of silver, and then said: "Han Lao's condition, please rest assured, the juniors will definitely do their best to let Han Lao recover as soon as possible." β
"That's great!"
"That'...... The juniors said goodbye first. Su Chen said politely.
Han Pei nodded, and after sending him out of the mansion, he looked at Su Chen's figure in the distance, thoughtful. He returned to the courtyard, called the housekeeper, and gave a few instructions, asking him to send someone to inquire about Su Chen's daily deeds.
His father could love and cherish a young man by virtue of his talent; But as a businessman, Han Pei pays more attention to actual interests, word of mouth, character, and more detailed information, and comprehensively understands what this person is like!
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When Su Chen, Han Pei and the others left, only him and Xu Kai were left in Han Xizai's room.
"Brother Han, are you feeling better?" Xu Kai asked with concern.
Han Xizai nodded lightly, feeling that his breath was much smoother, and said: "Well, it's much better, this Su Chen, I didn't expect that he also has a hand in medical skills, he is really a rare talent!" β
"Seeing that Brother Han has a heart for this Su Chen, do you want to push him into his career?"
Han Xizai sighed: "Don't worry, his identity is just a student, he doesn't enter the Shilin, and if he wants to enter the court, he will be rejected by the literati group, which is inappropriate." It is necessary to find a way to let him participate in the imperial examination, so that he can be justified and conducive to the integration of the court and the scholars. If it is the worst, it is necessary to enter through the special selection channel set up by the lord of the country, such as the Ming Jing or Xiucai Branch. β
In accordance with the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty, the Southern Tang Dynasty has been deleted, and now only the Jinshi Department is set up, and there are two levels of the state capital examination of the Xianggong and the provincial examination of the capital, and there is no third round of the palace examination, which is not until the Song Dynasty to form a formal palace examination system, so as to become a protΓ©gΓ© of the Son of Heaven, close the relationship between the scholar and the emperor, and limit the relationship between the invigilator and the teacher-student network.
Although the palace examination existed during the Wu Zetian period of the Tang Dynasty, it only occurred during the Tang Dynasty, and it was not a unified test paper answer. However, when Wu Zetian and Tang Xuanzong were in power, according to the situation at the border gates, they would recruit the new jinshi for the scientific examination into the Jinluan Palace, conduct interviews, ask some strategies for the current situation, and select Jinshi who are more suitable for certain emergency positions.
But this kind of palace test is not very systematic, sometimes there are spring festivals, and some spring festivals are not. In the late Tang Dynasty, the local feudal kings were divided, and the imperial examination was no longer sustainable.
Xu Kai said worriedly: "And his family identity is also quite troublesome, Su Mingyuan is a criminal minister, the prince died violently, the mystery has not yet been solved, Su Chen is a descendant of the Su family, I am afraid it will be difficult to enter the career......"
Han Xizai said: "The matter of the year, seven or eight times out of ten and the Song Party can't get rid of dry cleaning, the prince did radical things and poisoned the King of Qi, the Song Party all supported the King of Qi, worried that once such a ruthless prince ascended the throne, they would be purged, so they would take risks, but Yuanzong for the stability of the court, after all, he relented and covered up the truth, only secretly except for the two people, and did not investigate the matter deeply, alas! β
Xu Kai analyzed: "If Su Chen wants to enter the imperial court in the future, he still needs to overturn the case first and remove the charges for Su Mingyuan." It's just that I don't know if Su Mingyuan is a member of the Song Party or His Majesty, and he was abandoned. β
"This matter should be considered in the long run!" Han Xizai pondered for a moment and muttered.