Zhang Jing looked at Zhang Shen and said, "I heard that the Zhen family in the capital is your relative?" ”

Zhang Shen smiled flatteringly: "Yes, godfather, I know everything, I really can't hide anything from you." ”

Zhang Jing nodded and said, "When I went to Lin Yanchao's mansion to announce the decree, I happened to see you and the Zhen family master in his mansion. ”

"Godfather is really good to remember." Zhang Shen's face was full of embarrassment, at that time, Lin Yanchao was robbed, and the Zhen family wanted to take the opportunity to let Lin Yanshou get into the fold, so that he could bring out Zhang Whale's reputation and strengthen his momentum in the past, but he was slapped in the face in public.

Zhang Whale said: "In the end, the Zhen family still became in-laws with the Lin Mansion? ”

"Back to my godfather's words, the Zhen family married Lin Yanchao's brother, to be honest, at the beginning of this family, my aunts and uncles were not very satisfied, but after a long time, they will admit it."

Zhang Whale said with a sigh: "With Lin Yanchao's status in the court today, why is the Zhen family still not satisfied?" ”

Zhang Shen sighed: "It's not ...... yet"

After listening to Zhang Shen's words, Zhang Whale nodded and said, "That's the case, it's exactly what I want, you help me run an errand." ”

Zhang Shen hurriedly said: "Whatever does the godfather want his son to do, just tell him." ”

Zhang Jing nodded and said: "You tell the Zhen Mansion that whoever can give 20,000 taels of silver, I will guarantee whoever is the waiter of the Ministry of Rites." ”

Zhang Shen was taken aback and said, "Godfather, you are eating two dowry ......." ”

Zhang Shen saw Zhang Whale's eyes glare, and immediately took back all the words in his mouth.

Zhang Whale sneered: "What's the two families, by the way, you don't have to say this to Lin Yanchao, as long as you discuss it with the Zhen family and his brother, the Zhen family has a big business, and the 20,000 taels of silver will not be impossible to take." ”

Zhang Shen was taken aback when he heard this.

"Why don't you speak?"

Zhang Shen immediately said: "My son's glory and wealth are all given by my godfather, and my son will do it." ”

But it is said that education and culture are never separated.

When there is culture, there is education.

And the highest educational institution in the Ming Dynasty was Guozijian.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the threshold of the Guozijian was still quite high, but as soon as the Chenghua Year donation prison opened, the prison students undoubtedly dropped their prices significantly. However, the treatment of the prisoners is still there, and the food and clothes are supplied, and they can also be exempted from military service, so there are still many scholars who drill into it.

Right now, after Lin Yanshou is studying in Guozi Prison, he is packing up the "Da Ming Law" on the bookcase, and the "Imperial Decree" is about to go home.

As a prisoner, in addition to participating in the Shuntian Township Examination and the Hui Examination, the way out for more people is to go to the Yamen History, which is to be an official, and after accumulating years of merit, you can be awarded an official, whether it is an official or an official, this law is to be read.

After Lin Yanshou put the two books into the bookbag, he went out and threw them to the little girl, and met Yuan Keli, Zhang Rulin, and Xu Huobo.

The three of them studied together as disciples of Lin Yanchao in Guozijian, but none of them were born as regular eunuchs, and they didn't usually interact with Lin Yanshou, but now they are all bitter when they meet.

The three of them saluted Lin Yanshou together, and then said, "I've seen Shibo." ”

Lin Yanshou nodded and said, "Have you been able to make progress in your studies recently?" ”

The three of them turned black when they heard this, and Xu Huobo replied: "Toshibo's blessing, I don't dare to slack off in my studies, if there is nothing to do, we will retire first." ”

"Eh, wait," Lin Yanshou continued, "The three of you are my brother's protégés, and since you are studying in the country, then it is also appropriate for you to take care of you as a Shibo, if you have any questions about your studies, you can come and ask for advice." ”

"That's as it should be." The trio was perfunctory.

Lin Yanshou continued: "Yu has an experience in reading, reading the four books without reading Zhu Zhu Note (Zhu Xi Commentary), reading other scriptures, and not from each family's commentary, you need to interpret it yourself, so if you study for three years, you will definitely make great progress." ”

The neighborhood is full of people.

Several prisoners listened to Lin Yanshou's words, and couldn't help but stop and discuss with each other: "There is a lot of reason for this. ”

"This is the method of the two doors of interpretation and Taoism that directly refer to the nature, and listening to people's words is better than reading a book for ten years."

"It's not an ordinary person who can say this, who is this person? He didn't know if he could ask him for advice. ”

"Oh, I know him, this person is the world-famous Master Lin, the cousin of Mr. Xuegong."

"No wonder, no wonder, I want to have such knowledge."

"But Mr. Xuegong is less than twenty years old, and he is three yuan and first, why is his brother just a mere prisoner?"

"Eh, what's going on with the prisoner? We are also prisoners, so don't be presumptuous. ”

"Exactly, exactly, as long as you have the heart to learn, he will also have the title of the gold list in the future."

When Lin Yanshou heard these words, his expression was faint, and he didn't look self-conscious at all.

And Xu Huobo and they were embarrassed, they knew Lin Yanshou's level, and it was estimated where he heard these words, and he could bluff people by learning and selling now.

But now the three of them have been raised by a prisoner who was born as a donor, and they really can't hold their face.

Lin Yanshou babbled for a long time before letting them go.

When they arrived at no one's place, the three of them complained to each other: "I said don't go here today, you have to listen, now it's okay, if your classmates know, it will be a laughing stock." ”

Xu Huobo sighed, "What's the benefit? One day in the Guozijian, this Shibo always can't be avoided, you have to see you when you look up and look down, you two learn from me, patience is. ”

"I can't bear it, I can't bear it."

Lin Yanshou returned to Zhen's Mansion after mentioning the knowledge of the three of them.

Miss Zhen waited at the door early, and when she saw Lin Yanshou, she said: "Didn't I tell you, there are guests at home today, let you come back early, how can it be this time." ”

Lin Yanshou said: "When I met a few disciples of my brother who asked me for knowledge, I mentioned it, so it was delayed. ”

Miss Zhen held Lin Yanshou's hand and said with a smile: "I see, okay, my cousin is in the hall, don't be rude." ”

Lin Yanshou nodded, and unnaturally removed his hand from Miss Zhen's arm, making Miss Zhen's face darken.

Lin Yanshou is not afraid, but he is a little afraid of Miss Zhen for some reason, the two have been married for nearly five years, during which Miss Zhen has not been in good health for a while, so she is not pregnant, and has been taking medication.

And Lin Yanshou is also like a Liangshan hero who works hard all day long, busy with his own affairs, and a little unapproachable.

Now that the husband and wife are meeting, Lin Yanshou is still a little unnatural in front of her.

Lin Yanshou said awkwardly: "Madam, I know." ”

So the two came to the living room, but saw Zhang Shen talking and laughing with the old man and wife of the Zhen family.

Zhang Shen has always been a guest of Zhen's seat.

The Zhen family has not been an official for a long time, for fear that such a large family property will be coveted by others, so it was also for this reason that he married Lin Yanchao at the beginning.

But Lin Yanchao's officialdom has ups and downs, and he is not in Beijing for a while, but he is not as good as Zhang Shen who worships Zhang Whale as his godfather and calls for wind and rain in the capital.

The Zhen family had some troubles in Beijing, and asked Zhang Shen to come forward, and they couldn't settle it. In Zhang Shen's words, even if Jing Zhaoyin is currently selling him three points of face.

Now that Zhang Shen is coming to the Zhen family's mansion, the old man and wife of the Zhen family are extremely enthusiastic.

But compared to Lin Yanshou's son-in-law, the old man and wife of the Zhen family are in a much more complicated mood.

At the beginning, they had the intention of letting Lin Yanshou get rich, because their only son under their knees had always been not very good, but recently, they have been getting better and better, and they have no intention of letting Lin Yanshou get rich from now on.

However, the old lady of the Zhen family still loves her daughter very much, but her daughter has not been in good health recently, and the relationship between the young couple does not seem to be very harmonious.

Miss Zhen did her duty as a wife to Lin Yanshou, but Lin Yanshou went her own way. The two of them think that Lin Yanshou is like this, is there someone outside?

The two checked for a while, but they knew that Lin Yanshou had 'three views of extreme righteousness', and he didn't mess with flowers and grass outside at all.

Only then did the two of them suddenly realize whether they had proposed to join the family and regret their relatives at the beginning, but they were not kind enough, so Lin Yanshou has always been obsessed with the Zhen family.

As the days go by, the two of them have already married their daughters with chickens and dogs.

Now they regret it, especially the young lady Zhen family, but Lin Yanshou has never been close to her, which makes the two even more worried.

Now Lin Yanchao is becoming more and more powerful in the court, and he is deeply appreciated by the Son of Heaven and Shoufu, especially when I heard Zhang Shen say that Lin Yanchao may be promoted to the Ministry of Rites recently.

The Zhen family is now afraid that something will happen to this family business.

Don't look at Zhang Whale's power now, but as a eunuch, he has been a few years at most, basically less than ten years.

However, civil officials can be crowned wives and sons, as long as there is one jinshi in a family, as long as there is no mistake in the court, there can be decades of peace and glory.

Therefore, the lord and wife of the Zhen family are now in a particularly complicated mood when they see Lin Yanshou, and they want to put down their bodies, but they can't pull down their faces.

The old man of the Zhen family reluctantly smiled and said, "The virtuous son-in-law is here, take a seat." ”

Lin Yanshou walked to the table and sat down straight, nodded with Zhang Shen and said, "Uncle brother is here!" ”

Zhang Shen smiled, the atmosphere was not bad.

Miss Zhen sat on the side and thoughtfully poured wine for Lin Yanshou.

On the side, the old man of the Zhen family said: "Virtuous son-in-law, Zhang Shen just said that there is a great good thing to take care of your brother." ”

Lin Yanshou took a mouthful of food, but Miss Zhen didn't dare to be presumptuous, so he said: "Then thank you brother." ”

The lord and wife of the Zhen family are all smiling, it seems that his son-in-law has finally gone on the road after so many years.

Zhang Shen said: "Fang Cai and his uncle-in-law and aunt have said in detail, that is, the right attendant of the court's Ministry of Rites is vacant, this fat water does not flow to outsiders, if you want to take care of Master Lin, what do you think?" ”

"The right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, is that the third rank official?" Lin Yanshou asked.

"That's right, that's right," the old lady of the Zhen family laughed, "If this matter is done, we will all call your brothers a big man in the future, of course, we still have to ask our family Zhang Shen to make great efforts during the period." ”

Zhang Shen smiled and said, "Uncle, aunt is too exalted to me." Where do I have this great ability, everything still depends on my godfather, the current celebrant and eunuch and admiral Zhang Dugong of Dongchang! ”

The old man of the Zhen family nodded and said: "Yes, your godfather, Lord Dugong, that is the red man in front of the emperor, in terms of today's power, in addition to the emperor and the first man, the duke is the third person." If he is willing to come forward to fight for your brother, it is not a matter of words. ”

Lin Yanshou said at the moment: "Mount Tai is above, I don't know something." ”

"Virtuous son-in-law, please speak!"

"This Governor is on high ground, why should this innocent person give such a good thing to my brother?"

Speaking of which, the old lady of the Zhen family and Zhang Shen are all smiling reservedly, just waiting for your words.

Zhang Shen closed the fan in his hand and said: "Brother-in-law, do you know something, although the godfather is high and does not interact with courtiers, he likes to promote the latter the most, and how many officials have been promoted in his hands in recent years." But the godfather didn't want to be known for his kindness, so he didn't go around. ”

"This time the matter of Master Lin is also a coincidence, when there is a vacancy that day, I also mentioned it in passing, but you also know that my godfather loves me the most on weekdays, but I know that our two families are relatives, so let me ask you what you mean, so this matter is a chance meeting, and it can be a coincidence."

The master of the Zhen family and the wife of the Zhen family all smiled and said: "This is thanks to Zhang Shen for threading the needle and leading the way and building bridges and paving the way, otherwise how could this benefit fall on us." ”

Zhang Shen smiled and said, "If my brother-in-law is interested, I will go back and tell my godfather, and prepare another 20,000 taels of silver to help you do one or two." ”

"Twenty thousand taels?" Lin Yanshou gasped.

Zhang Shen said with a little knowledge: "Twenty thousand taels of silver, for the third grade of Jingtang, it is not expensive." ”

"Zhengsanpin Kyodo?"

Zhang Shen nodded and said: "Yes, Zhengsanpin Jingtang, 20,000 taels, it must be cash silver, not silver tickets." ”

Lin Yanshou still sighed: "20,000 taels can be exchanged for a waiter, so uncle, if I am any waiter, how much silver will it cost?" ”

The lord and wife of the Zhen family hid their faces at the same time and said in their hearts, they really showed their feet......

Zhang Shen almost choked to death with a sip of tea when he heard this, so he said smoothly: "The prisoner wants to be a waiter?" Then it's not about money, it's something that can't be done with any amount of money! ”

Lin Yanshou sighed and said, "Uncle, I'll just ask, if you can't do it, forget it." ”

Zhang Shen was very embarrassed and said: "It's not that I can't do it, or I can't appoint a squire at will today, how many Jinshi from the two rankings can't rank in the third grade after decades of hard work, let alone the third grade Jingtang!" ”

"Then my brother has only been an official for eight years, how can he be appointed to Sanpin Jingtang?"

Zhang Shen was asked by Lin Yanshou, and he was immediately asked, and he didn't know how to answer.

The old man of the Zhen family was afraid that Lin Yanshou would not know what would happen if he asked again, so he immediately intercepted and said: "Virtuous son-in-law, how much money do you want to be an official, we are willing to pay for it." But now we're talking about your brother. ”

Lin Yanshou waved his hand and said, "No, no, 20,000 taels is too expensive!" ”

Hearing Lin Yanshou's refusal, everyone was glad that they finally returned to the topic.

The old man of the Zhen family said with a smile: "We have thought about it a long time ago, Master Lin is an official for a short time, and he is also honest, and even if he has money, he can't make up all this silver for a while." It just so happens that we have received a sum of money in our house, and it is enough to scrape together 20,000 taels, how about lending this money to Mr. Lin first? ”

"Borrow?"

Mrs. Zhen said with a smile: "It is said to be borrowed, but in fact, it can be repaid at any time, we help him, that is, to help you, this is out of the court, and it is also a blessing for our two families. ”

Zhang Shen nodded and said, "Yes, it's rare for my uncle and aunt to have this thought, and I can help if I can." If you see that you are willing to do this, you will nod, but don't tell your brother, Master Lin is an honest official, we all know it, if you know that you are doing something for him, I am afraid that I will be unhappy. Tell him when he becomes a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, so that he will not blame you, but will thank you. ”

The old man of the Zhen family asked with a little more heart: "This governor has collected the money, will he definitely help Master Lin?" ”

Zhang Shen smiled and said, "Are you afraid that the Duke will swallow your silver?" It's only 20,000 taels, and my godfather doesn't care about it. Besides, if you can't trust others, you should also believe me. ”

"In this way, if you prepare the silver, let your brother-in-law take it to the willow ditch outside the Xizhi Gate, there is a silk village that is the emperor's store, and when the time comes, I will open a note to my brother-in-law, and sign on both sides, so you should rest assured."

The old man and lady of the Zhen family all nodded, their suspicions were gone, and then they looked at Lin Yanshou together.

Even Miss Zhen grabbed Lin Yanshou's sleeve and said, "Xianggong, you see how thoughtful my cousin has thought about us!" ”

Miss Zhen hopes to facilitate this matter, so that Lin Yanshou and his parents can have a harmonious relationship, so that the relationship between the two can also be harmonious.

Everyone looked at Lin Yanshou, and Mrs. Zhen couldn't help but urge: "Yanshou, what do you think?" ”

But seeing Lin Yanshou, he shook his head and said, "Twenty thousand taels of silver is too expensive, uncle, what do you think of this, let's give a discount, how about five thousand taels?" Couldn't be more. ”

As soon as these words came out, the room was silent.

said that in the Lin Mansion, Lin Yanchao had just returned home from the Shen Mansion.

Chen Jichuan greeted Lin Yanchao and asked, "Master, I don't know what happened when Prime Minister Shen summoned you?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "Isn't it for the vacancy of the Ministry of Rites?" ”

Chen Jichuan asked, "Then what did Shen Xiang say?" ”

"Shoufu said that this lack is a little difficult, and he also asked me if I go to Nanjing to serve as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites?"

Chen Jichuan couldn't help but get angry when he heard this: "Didn't you say it was good at the beginning, why did Shen Xiang change his hexagram again?" ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and said: "Shoufu didn't change his hexagram, when he promised me to be a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, he didn't say that he was from Beijing, or from Nanjing." ”

Chen Jichuan said angrily when he heard this: "This matter suddenly changed, there must be something strange, could it be that there is someone in the heart of the saint who greeted Shen Xiang?" ”

"Is there anyone to say hello, Shoufu didn't tell me directly, he only told me that there is a real shortage in Nanjing, but if it is Jingtang, I'm afraid I will have to wait."

At this moment, Zhan Ming hurriedly arrived and handed a letter to Lin Yanchao and said: "Master, this is the secret guard sent by Master Qiu's eyeliner placed on Zhen's mansion, he said that Zhang Yan's henchman Zhang Shen arrived at Zhen's mansion today, and then called Master Yanshou and chatted for a long time. ”

Lin Yanchao was slightly surprised, took a look at it at the moment, and then asked, "What did you say, don't you know yet?" ”

"The eyeliner is probing, and I heard the tone of the people in Zhen's mansion say that it is related to the master."

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "That's it." ”

Chen Jichuan asked, "Master, what have you noticed?" ”

Lin Yanchao said coldly: "It's Zhang Whale who greeted Shoufu, not only that, but Zhang Whale wants to put me together!" ”