Shen Rui also knows everything about the Qiao family. Shen Cang also taught Shen Rui one or two about this matter.

Shen Rui has a little more knowledge, first, his career is dangerous, if he doesn't have a backer or the backer is not hard, he can't say when he will be pushed out of the top cylinder; the second is that the power of the factory guard has messed up the law and does not follow the three-law system; The third is that money and power can be channeled into God, and this god is the neighbor around the Son of Heaven - the official in power.

Since the celebrant got the right to approve the red, the politics of the Ming Dynasty was actually the co-governance of civil officials and internal officials.

If you really want to talk about it, the power of the great eunuch is even no less than that of the ministers.

Shen Rui did not discriminate against eunuchs in his heart, but felt that when it came to academic homework, those ceremonial eunuchs and internal officials were really not necessarily worse than the cabinet secretaries.

It is important to know that the Ming Dynasty began to set up internal schools since Emperor Xuanzong, and the bachelors of Hanlin taught the homework of small internal officials.

The reason why the celebrant and the cabinet work together to manage the government and the government, but the two complement each other, even if there is occasional friction, it is rare for the back to die and live, it is because of this origin.

Compared with strangers entering the cabinet, the celebrant and the internal officials are naturally more willing to push familiar teachers into the cabinet.

In the same way, behind most of the cabinet ministers entering the cabinet, there is the shadow of the celebrant and the internal official. Although Shen Cang has never entered the Hanlin Academy, Shen Zhou and Bachelor He are old seniors of the Hanlin Academy, and it is not unusual to know a few internal supervisors.

After thinking too much, Shen Rui pulled his thoughts back.

Master Qiao's fall from the horse is somewhat of a "killing chickens and monkeys".

Although the Qiao family is not a high family, they are the double in-laws of the Shen family. Shen Cang remained neutral and did not participate in the disputes of several elders. Although the various factions did not directly make it clear that the chariot and horse were enemies with Shen Cang, they could also be very happy to hit him with fuel.

Shen Cang was able to quietly settle a case that went straight to the front of the palace, and Master Qiao was only dismissed from the official and fined three thousand taels, which shows that the palace and Jinyiwei are all gone, which also makes Shen Rui impressed.

However, if you think about it carefully, it is not surprising that although the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty are high, they will not be able to do high-quality products if they are really dust-free at the moment.

I remember that in the first month of last year, Shen Zhu offended Jianchang, and when Shen Cang came to make amends, he asked Jinyiwei's people to do it

Although the Shen family is not an old family in the capital, it can be counted from the third grandfather, the father and son have been Beijing officials for more than 50 or 60 years, and they also have their own business connections.

Although Shen Rui didn't like Qiao's family, he was relieved to know that Master Qiao came out safely.

Whether others want to "kill chickens and monkeys" or "knock on mountains and shake tigers", they should also weigh Shen Cang's points

When it comes to the Double Ninth Festival, it is the birthday of the fourth brother, and it is necessary to hold a "weekly banquet".

Shen Rui did not go to the house to study, and entertained guests at home with the third master.

In addition to having to show up on the day of Wangshuo, there is also a monthly exam every month, and the daily homework does not force students to go to class.

There are professors and instructors in Fuxue, but the students of Fuxue are enrolled twice in three years, and one stubble is not the same period. But when teaching here, what is taught is the commentary on the Four Books and the Pentateuch.

For students, the Four Books are public courses, and the Five Classics are elective courses.

The school has a fixed timetable, and students who are enrolled in the school can attend classes according to the timetable after receiving the timetable at the beginning of each month. As for the roll call and the like, there is none. Whether to study at home or go to school every day is not compulsory.

Although the day of the Double Ninth Festival is Shen Luo's sacrifice day, the deceased are gone, and the living must be taken care of first. In addition, the third master and the third wife have been married for more than ten years, and they only got this son when they were over 30 years old, which is like a treasure, and they don't want to have the slightest grievance.

In this way, the Shen family's "Grasping Weekly Banquet" was extremely lively.

The fourth brother is worthy of being a scholarly child, and when he tried to catch a child, he grabbed a brush all the time, and he was so happy that the third master's eyebrows danced.

The fourth brother also has a name, and the third master has already asked the eldest master to name it "Lu".

Lu, Meiyu, it can be seen that the eldest lord has blessings and expectations for his nephew.

Although Mrs. Qiao and her concubine take turns to serve the sick these days, the Qiao family can't help but show up on such days, especially when they have just received the great favor of the Shen family.

Otherwise, in the eyes of others, it would be as if the Qiao family was going to be silent. The Shen family is the backer, and the Qiao family can't lose it.

However, looking at the liveliness of the Shen family and thinking about the gloomy atmosphere in the home, Mrs. Qiao also felt panicked in her heart.

I don't want it to be this day, because Mrs. Qiao is not at home, there is a big mess in Qiao's family.

Although Mrs. Qiao forced her son to "borrow silver" from the Shen family and wanted to rely on the 3,000 fines, she also knew that it might not be satisfactory. In the end, she is a mother, where can she really leave her son alone.

And the Shen family is the head of the Xu family, and she may not really sell her aunt's face.

However, it is impossible to lend out all three thousand taels, and one thousand eight hundred taels of silver should be about the same, after all, it is the first time that the Qiao family has spoken, although Shen Cang and the Xu family are not close to the Qiao family, they are not stingy. There is not enough silver left, and Mrs. Qiao plans to pay half of it, and the rest is Mrs. Qiao's business.

She also started as a daughter-in-law and knew how to be a housekeeper. In the past 20 years, Mrs. Qiao's housekeeper has added several private properties under her name, and Mrs. Qiao has turned a blind eye. The meat rotted in the pot, although it took advantage of the public, but it also fell into the hands of the long house, and it did not cost others.

I don't want ten days to pass, and there is no movement on the side of the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law.

After this calming down, Mrs. Qiao noticed that something was wrong, found an excuse, sent the sick second wife, and asked the maid to help her to check her private room.

Seeing that the box containing the gold and silver tickets was still there, Mrs. Qiao breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the old man felt unreliable in the end, so he took the key and unlocked it, but there was only half a box of rotten bricks inside

Old Mrs. Qiao was so angry that she immediately straightened her eyes with anger.

She was already old, and these days she was worried about her eldest son's lawsuit and her body was weak, and she couldn't stand this anger.

When the maid was so frightened that she hurriedly sent someone to invite the eldest man and the second wife at home, Mrs. Qiao had already reached the time of dying.

Master Qiao was so frightened that he couldn't do it, although he was angry and moved Mrs. Qiao's private room for a while, he didn't want to make the old mother angry to death. These days I have lost my breath, and I am already thinking about how to make up for the gold and silver in it.

Second Mrs. Qiao was dumbfounded, she didn't expect that the Qiao family had reached this point now, and her uncle had stolen the old lady's private room.

She was full of contempt, avoided it, and sent someone to invite Mrs. Qiao and Second Master Qiao to come back.

When Mrs. Qiao got the news, she was also panicked, and forced her composure to say goodbye to the Xu family.

Xu saw that something was wrong, so he didn't keep it, and sent it out in person.

After lunch, the guests of the Shen family had dispersed, and when Shen Rui had just returned to Jiuruju, he saw Zhou's mother rushing over in a hurry.

Qiao's family came to report the funeral, and Mrs. Qiao wanted to go to Qiao's house to mourn, and asked Shen Rui to go with her.

With the relationship between the two families, they have to go and worship today.

Liu Ya and Chunyan were listening, and they hurriedly found plain clothes to come out and help Shen Rui change in.

Shen Rui has no feelings for Mrs. Qiao, and naturally she doesn't feel the pain of bereavement, she only feels that the luck of the Qiao family is too bad.

Now that Master Qiao has broken off his future, the younger generation of the Qiao family is not successful, and the whole family relies on Master Qiao San. Listening to Shen Cang's news, Master Qiao San has made outstanding achievements in politics in recent years, and now he has not been promoted, but he is just not old enough. When you have enough seniority, you will be steadily promoted by two levels, and then you will first transfer to Nanjing and then return to Beijing.

However, this "internal difficulty" will take three years, and there will be more changes by then.

When he arrived at the main room, Xu also wore plain clothes, and only brought two silver hairpins on his head.

Although she did not cry, her mood was very low.

Seeing this, Shen Rui had no choice but to comfort: "Mother, the festival mourns and changes"

Xu smiled bitterly: "I'm nothing, I've seen a lot of life, old age, sickness and death for most of my life, I'm afraid that the master won't be able to stand it." Anyway, in the end, it is the blood elders. ”

Shen Rui didn't think that Shen Cang would be so vulnerable, and thought that the third master and the third wife didn't move, so he asked, "Will the third uncle and the third aunt tell Ming'er again?" ”

Xu Shi nodded and said, "Well, your third uncle has been a guest for a day, and he is tired, so it won't be good if he holds on." Let's go over first. ”

While the mother and son were talking, their mothers came to talk back, the carriage was ready, and some people went to the yamen of the criminal department to deliver the message.

Shen Rui helped Xu into the carriage, rode with him, and went to Qiao's house.

The door of Qiao's house was already white, and there was a faint cry.

According to the customs of the capital, if there are elderly people in the family, the longevity materials are prepared in advance, and the funeral of the Qiao family is not panicked. It's just that because Mrs. Qiao left suddenly, Mr. Qiao and Mrs. Qiao both had heart problems, and they were confused for a while, and they couldn't take care of much.

People are warm and cold, the world is hot and cold, even if the Qiao family is an old family in the capital, but now it has been ruined, and relatives tend to be good and avoid evil, even if they get a funeral letter, they mostly send the steward to come over, and come to pay tribute in person, except for the Shen family, there are only three or two.

In the mourning shed, in addition to the Qiao family's own family, the hangers only sat at two tables, or because the men and women were at separate tables.

Xu sighed secretly in his heart, but he was embarrassed to leave first, so he stayed with Shen Rui.

The world values white and even red ceremonies, but I didn't expect that Mrs. Qiao would be strong for a lifetime and walk so undignified.

Master Qiao didn't know whether he was sad or regretful, like a walking corpse, except for kneeling and crying, he couldn't even entertain guests. The eldest brother escorted the fifth and sixth brothers to Nanjing, but they were not in Beijing, only the second brother, the third brother and the young seventh brother were there. However, there are still a few young grandmothers and a few young children of the younger generation, and above the mourning hall, there are constant crying.

Shen Cang got the news, and when he hurried from the yamen, he saw this scene.

People have died a hundred times, even if they complain a lot about this aunt, Shen Cang can't see that Old Lady Qiao's funeral is so shabby.

Without waiting for him to go to the Xu family to discuss, the second housekeeper of the Shen family over there had already invited monks, Taoists, and nuns to come over and set up a land and water dojo.

Xu and Shen Cang have been husband and wife for most of their lives, how can they know what Lu Dao's husband thinks, and they have already made arrangements in advance.

Those relatives who had avoided the Qiao family earlier, saw that Shen Cang and his wife had come forward to help Mrs. Qiao take care of the funeral, but they rushed up. Shangshu Shen's family, they are all relatives, aren't they.

By the time Mrs. Qiao came out of the funeral, it was already winter.

The third master of the Qiao family also brought his family children and nephews back to the capital......