This year, the first 20 students of the Shuntianfu nationality test were admitted to the prefecture, and the other students were admitted to the county school according to their hometown. To put it mildly, for ordinary people, going to school is not a good thing.

It is only because the competition among the students of the Shuntian Mansion Government School is the most fierce, and every three years forty people enter the government school, and in thirty years, there are four hundred people. Among them, through the annual examination, the students are divided into three classes, and the number of students is only 40.

However, because the students of the Shuntian Mansion Government School are the best in the college examination, and the number of students who are selected is also large. After the middle school, the new people left the official school, making the flow of government schools much faster than that of county schools.

Even so, the number of students enrolled in Shuncheonfu School is two or three hundred.

Among these 200 or 300 people, they have to pass the annual examination every three years and be re-ranked. The competition for the students is much more fierce than that of the county school.

However, for Shen Rui, he did not put the treatment of the student in his eyes.

One of the great advantages of being born in the capital is that the probability of the children's test and the annual examination is much higher than that of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, which are provinces with the peak literary style.

The population of Zhili is not as good as that of the southern provinces, and the indoctrination of articles is not as good as the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River.

However, because it is Gyeonggi, the township test in the two capitals has the highest number of people, and now it has increased to 135 people. According to the probability of 1 out of 30, the number of students who are eligible to participate in the township examination is 4,000.

The total population of Beizhili is 3.4 million, and the number of students enrolled is about 20,000, including the elderly, the young, the sick and the weak. Among these people, it is not difficult to qualify for the township examination.

In the case of Nanzhili, the population base is 8 million, and the number of students registered has doubled, and if you want to qualify for the township examination, you will have to go through a lot of fighting.

In the school of the government, if you don't run for the qualifications of the students, and only worry about the annual exam, the pressure is not great. After all, the students who can enter the school are already merit-based admissions, and unless they faint and make the article into a paste, they are not sad

Among the newly admitted students, Wang Ding and Zhou Ran all knew each other. However, Zhou Ran was polite to Shen Rui, and Wang Ding obviously avoided Shen Rui.

When Shen Rui saw this, he didn't take it to heart.

He entered the house to study, mainly to dilute the traces of studying in Chunshan Academy, and as for his classmates and contacts in the same year, he didn't care.

Although in the officialdom, "fellow villagers", "same year", and "same family" are all extremely important relationships, but these relationships are not discussed at the level of students.

"Jin Juren" and "Yin Jinshi", after passing the township test, they can be regarded as touching the edge of officialdom.

Shen Rui started his school life, and Shen Cang's body gradually improved after conditioning, but Mrs. Qiao fell ill.

Since the beginning of last winter, there have been several heavy snowfalls in the Naoli area, and it has been raining continuously since the beginning of spring this year. For Zhili, who has been in drought for nine years in ten years, abundant rain is a good thing.

However, from the end of June to the beginning of July, the rain continued for a small half a month, and as a result, two dikes in Gyeonggi collapsed, not only flooding the fertile fields, but also washing away two villages, killing and injuring more than 40 officials and civilians.

Gyeonggi is where the Son of Heaven is, and the dam collapse is not a trivial matter, and the responsibility is not only for the locality, but also for the Ministry of Industry.

Qiao's family is weak, and Master Qiao is not an official of the imperial examination, and he is an insignificant figure in the Ministry of Industry, but this time he was pushed out to take on the responsibility of the department.

The reason why the two dikes collapsed was because they cut corners during the construction of the dikes last winter, and this is also related to the official bank.

Master Qiao is not innocent, and he also participated in the distribution of spoils at the beginning; But to say that he is the mastermind is also wronged, just because he doesn't have that much energy.

Master Qiao was directly arrested from the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, and then a brocade guard came to the door and searched Master Qiao's study, and there was not a single piece of paper left in it.

Qiao's family was immediately in chaos, and Mrs. Qiao almost fainted.

Although the ladies don't know about the government, they also know the famous brocade guards and the "edict", and they are so scared that they can't do it. They really couldn't imagine how the big man and the big sesame mung bean official would attract Jinyiwei.

Although Second Master Qiao is not in the officialdom, after all, he is from the capital, and he is quite well-informed. After inquiring about it, I knew the cause and effect, and I knew that Master Qiao had been pushed out of the top cylinder.

Otherwise, a layman, with the main thing below and Langzhong above, the "mastermind" will not be able to take his turn.

Although the second master had no complaints about his brother, he also knew that it was powerful, so he immediately went to the Shen family for help. Shen Cang is the secretary of the Criminal Department, even if he is not a person from the Criminal Department this time, his weight as a Jiuqing is not comparable to that of the Qiao family.

Although Shen Cang didn't like Qiao's family, he didn't stand idly by. The Qiao family is not only his cousin, but also the second master's father-in-law.

If he really doesn't care about it, he can't say that others will think that he and the second master are brothers, and the next step is to step on the second master.

Although the Son of Heaven was furious with thunder and used the brocade guard, in fact, it was just a loud thunder and a small raindrop.

After all, everyone knows that this kind of embezzlement project money is not something that can be done by one person or two people, and if you really want to study it carefully, pull out the radish and bring out the mud, you can't say which one is involved.

Although Shen Cang helped, he had no intention of opening his eyes for Master Qiao.

In the final analysis, Master Qiao is also not innocent. It's not easy to memorize anything at all.

Even if Shen Cang doesn't have to put all his efforts, it will cost a lot, after all, this case has gone straight to the Imperial Front, and it is not a small case.

Although Shen Cang and Master Qiao are cousins, they are not close to each other.

What Shen Cang could do was to accompany two favors out of the court, send a few pieces of silver, move the relationship, and turn Shen Cang from the crime of "embezzlement" to "negligence".

Although Mrs. Qiao is in her prime, her eldest son is suffering, but she is still strong. Even if it is an illness to the outside world, it is actually not a big problem.

In her opinion, since Shen Cang cares about the relationship between the two families and gives a helping hand, the eldest son will definitely be in danger. Even if Jinyi Wei arrests people, the criminal department is responsible for the crime, and Shen Cang is the chief officer. And after this incident, the high-level officials of the capital will also know that the Qiao family is the closest relatives of the Shen family, and they can't be easily moved.

Although the Qiao family was counting on Shen Cang, Old Lady Qiao had no complaints about Shen Cang in her heart. If Shen Cang was willing to help the Qiao family last year, Master Qiao would have been promoted and left the Ministry of Industry a long time ago, and he would not have caught up with the things that followed.

Now Shen Cang is helping the Qiao family, which can be regarded as "making up for the merits".

For the sake of this careful thinking, and because she was reluctant to have a private house, when the second master asked for money to leave the relationship, Mrs. Qiao pretended to be confused and cried poor, and only took out five hundred taels of silver.

When the second master saw those few tickets, his face was very ugly.

You must know that Master Qiao's case is handled by Jinyiwei, how can it be so easy to want to do activities? Everywhere you have to make money to open the way.

Even if this dredges up the relationship, "life-saving" and "official-saving" are not the same price, what the Qiao family should do at this time is to prepare enough money. Not to mention that all the money in the family can be scraped together, even if it is necessary to sell the property.

Shen Cangken came forward to take this hot yam, it was not easy, did he still have to pay the silver from the Shen family?

The second old man told Mrs. Qiao that it was not easy, but Mrs. Qiao's eyes were suspicious, and he said meaningfully that he was using this matter to get money from his family.

In the eyes of Mrs. Qiao, Shen Cang is already a big Jiuqing, and he is also the palm seal of the Criminal Department, and it is not a matter of saying a word, and it will not be too difficult. If you really want to send the silver over, it will just fall into the hands of the Xu family.

On the contrary, the second master here, under the pretext of inquiring about the news of the eldest master in the past half month, he paid more than 500 taels of silver from the shop and the account, and now he wants to open his mouth again.

For the sake of the eldest brother, the second master has been running around for half a month, how much caution he has accompanied, and he is physically and mentally exhausted, but now he hears such heart-wrenching words at home, and he only feels extremely cold.

There is Shen Cang on the left and right, and the life of the eldest master is not hindered, so the second master will let go of his hand and no longer worry about it

The old lady felt good, but the mother and son were connected, and the eldest son was delayed in releasing it, and he was also suspenseful, so he had to send the second master to the Shen family to urge.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the case of the dam collapse was closed, and Master Qiao's punishment was also down, "dismissed, never hired", and "fined three thousand taels of silver".

When Mrs. Qiao heard the news, she immediately vomited a mouthful of blood and fainted.

Not to mention that Master Qiao is less than fifty, so he has lost his career, even the fine of three thousand silver is also a large amount for the Qiao family.

Master Qiao was born in a family of eunuchs, and he was used to raising him as a petty child, although he had no interest in his life, he was also obedient. Now he has been squatting in prison for a month, and his originally fat figure has lost a lot of weight.

After Mrs. Qiao woke up, she scolded Shen Cang, feeling remorseful in her heart, and remembering the second master's previous words, she regretted it in her heart.

She felt that Shen Cang was careless, and she was reluctant to spend money, so that the eldest lord did not keep his official position.

It's too late to say anything now, and Master Qiao's future is completely ruined.

"I don't have any money at home, go borrow it from Shen Cang, and tell him that if he doesn't borrow it, I will sell the house, and if he can watch his aunt and uncle begging for food on the streets, he won't care," Old Lady Qiao said angrily.

She was genuinely angry.

In the past month, she was worried at home, but Shen Cang didn't even show her face, only Xu came to visit her once. If Shen Cang is really in trouble, come over and say clearly, can she still give up her son's future for the sake of distressing money?

Now he doesn't say anything, but he has cheated the Qiao family once.

Fortunately, Master Qiao is just mediocre, not stupid, after coaxing Mrs. Qiao to sleep, he came out to discuss with the second master about collecting money.

Master Qiao has experienced a prison disaster, and he has long been afraid of officialdom, and he is not unwilling to deal with the result now, but is very grateful to Shen Cang.

For the rest of his life after the catastrophe, he was not only an official, but also familiar with the law, if it weren't for Shen Cang's activities, he would not have been able to escape the catastrophe, enough to be beheaded.

Now it's just a dismissal and a fine, which is light enough, otherwise you will really have to bear the criminal responsibility, and the three generations of children and grandchildren will not be able to take the imperial examination, and the Qiao family's house will be reduced to a common people.

There are only a few dozen taels left on the Qiao family's books.

"What to do?" Master Qiao said with a bitter face: "It seems that I can only sell the land." ”

Qiao's family is an old family in the capital, and has been a eunuch for generations, with two Zhuangzi and two shops.

Master Qiao saw Shen Cang's ability, and he was counting on Shen Cang to continue to protect the Qiao family, where was he willing to force the Shen family to pay for the silver as the old lady said? With the temper of Shen Cang and Xu, it is not possible to come out with a few words.

However, if you sell your own property, you are worried that the second master Qiao will oppose it.

He prepared a belly of words, ready to persuade the second master to nod, but he didn't want the second master to listen to his words, so he happily agreed: "Yes, with a large sum of money, except for the old lady's private house, you can only sell the ancestral property."

When Master Qiao heard this, he said unexpectedly: "The old lady's private room is still there?" Where did the money come from before that? ”

Second Master Qiao said lightly: "I moved three hundred from the shop, two hundred from my sister-in-law, and the old lady gave five hundred."

When Master Qiao heard this, his expression was hideous, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, good, it turns out that my rotten life is only worth five hundred taels of silver in the eyes of the old lady......"