The most recent auspicious day for worship is also five days later, and it is almost the New Year's Festival.

Although the second year of Zhengde is a rare leap month, there is no reason to have two years. New Year's Day is still the first day of the first lunar month. Because it was already the second month of the lunar month when he arrived in Songjiang, Shen Rui wanted to stay in Songjiang for the New Year, so it was not a problem which day to worship.

It's just that on the second day, Shen Jin came to the fifth room, in addition to meeting the Guo family and bringing the date of worship, it also brought a small trouble.

It was also for Wufang and Shen Rui to uncover the cause of Zhang Laoanren's death.

Although Shen Yuan has been locked up in the ancestral hall for more than a year, he looks much more honest with coarse tea and light meals every day plus reciting ancestral teachings, but in the end, the nature of the country is easy to change, and when he went out and climbed into his in-laws with the emperor and was sought after by everyone, he immediately became arrogant.

Shen Yuan was originally a greedy and lustful person, and he was invited to spend time and drink outside, and he was also a fool when he returned home.

Originally, after Shen Yuan was locked up, Xiao He's made every effort to clean up the house. But now that she wants to go north to manage the marriage of the champion father, she naturally wants to take away all the competent people, and the family will inevitably lose her restraints.

And some stammering people coveted the absence of the mother of the fourth room, and even sent a young and beautiful girl to please Shen Yuan.

Under such an atmosphere, there are also many maids and daughters-in-law who have crooked thoughts, especially those who hope to change their fate by climbing the bed - such as the maids who serve Zhang Laoan.

Zhang Laoan's temper was not good, and after the stroke, all kinds of inconveniences added to his anger, and it was common to beat and scold the maid and mother-in-law.

Although Xiao He has tried his best to choose people with ordinary appearance and honest duty to serve in the past, people are always selfish, and no matter how honest people are tossed like this, they will be full of resentment and try their best to find a way out.

Among them, there is a maid named Chunhua, who listened to the rumors in the house in the house about who got along with the lord and what benefits, and listened to Zhang Lao'an's beating and scolding in the right ear, and his heart turned over, so he took advantage of Shen Yuan's diligent service when he came to visit his mother, and finally climbed into Shen Yuan's bed.

It's just that her appearance is really ordinary, that is, she has a good figure, and she is willing to be low and let Shen Yuan fiddle with it, and she has not been successfully transferred.

But in the end, she is already a "master's person", she consciously is a little different, and she is all about transferring away, and she can't help but snub Zhang Laoan's side.

I don't know if Zhang Lao'an heard some gossip, every Chunhua was on duty and lost his temper with her, doubling his efforts, Chunhua should talk back and hide when he did it. It's not once or twice, either.

On September 19, Chunhua was also on duty, and when Shen Yuan passed, the two of them pulled and tugged, and went to the East Chamber to achieve good things.

The people hid far away, so Zhang Laoan scolded the street and smashed the bowl here, and no one dared to come and see.

When the two of them in the East Chamber got dressed and came out again, Zhang Lao'an's corpse was cold here.

If ordinary people encounter such a thing, the subordinates involved will be controlled, not to mention cutting their tongues, they are basically gagged and beaten and sold far away, and Chunhua is more likely to be beaten to death with a stick, and then report a "martyr".

Although Shen Yuan is not good at running a family, he is not a fool, and he doesn't want to live when such unfilial things are spread. The subordinates next to him have all taken care of it, but this Chunhua is not easy to deal with, not because he is fascinated, but because Chunhua is pregnant.

Shen Yuan has always had a lot of women, but there are only two children: Shen Jin and Shen Rui. After being dissatisfied with his two sons, he thought about having another one, but no matter how hard he tried, it was useless.

At this time, he suddenly heard that he was going to have a son again, how could he not be overjoyed, and he was nearly middle-aged, and he could make a woman have a big belly, which was also a manifestation of the dragon's spirit and fierceness, and he himself couldn't help but be proud and fluttering. In any case, this son is to be kept.

Chunhua said that he was "locked up" and waited for his wife to come back, but in fact, he was placed in a small yard to raise the fetus.

And when Mrs. Xiao He came back, she couldn't do anything in the face of such a situation.

Mrs. He Jiu came to the fourth room, and he also heard that Shen Jin was back, so he specially came to talk about it.

"It's not that I can't tolerate my little brother." In the study room in the fifth room, Shen Jin was full of tiredness, a young talent, but he already had the old demeanor of a middle-aged man who had gone through vicissitudes.

He smiled bitterly, "What kind of background am I, it is thanks to my mother's tolerance and careful upbringing that I am where I am today." How could I not tolerate my little brother. It's just that at this time, the day is really bad, and it is easy to be said that it is filial piety, which is a big sin, and the reputation of the family is gone. ”

Shen Ying's three brothers and Shen Rui's faces all became solemn.

If it is really falsely accused of filial piety and is pregnant, it will be a great unfilial piety, and this will not be Shen Yuan's business alone, the entire Shen family will become a laughing stock, and in the future, this article will also become the head of the officialdom's political enemies attacking the Shen family brothers.

Shen Rui even remembered what Zhang Hui said about his uncle's family affairs - being framed by his relatives and steaming his father's concubine. Now that Shen Yuan has not had a child for many years, and he is old, if someone is pure and slanderous, he will rely on Shen Jin's head...... That's really a lot of words.

"Can you ask a doctor to come and diagnose it? How long has this maid been pregnant? Shen Rui asked first.

When the grandmother went, the maid shouted that she was pregnant, and she said that she was seeking to live, but the old man quietly invited the doctor to diagnose the pulse, and the doctor said that she was pregnant, but the days were still shallow, and the pulse was not obvious. It was not confirmed until the end of October that the pulse was checked again. Right now, it's less than April. Shen Jin sighed.

Shen Rui hesitated for a moment, but still hid the name and surname of Zhang Hui's uncle, and said a few words under the pretense of "the old things of the previous dynasty".

Shen Jin's face turned pale for a while when he heard this, and his eyes were full of shock. Brother Shen Ying's face was also difficult to look at.

If the Chunhua month is old at this time, it is okay, and now he is only three months pregnant, and he gives birth every day, it is not impossible to rely on Shen Jin's head, after all, there is such a thing as a premature baby, and there is a saying that seven lives and eight are not alive, if people insist that you are giving birth to premature birth, it is equally indisputable.

Although Shen Jin looks at the prosperity of the official fortune, but in fact, only he knows how difficult it is, and now there are many people in the court who look at him unpleasantly, and those who look at the Zhang family unpleasantly are also counted on his head, otherwise Aunt Zheng quietly came over to help him with some family affairs, how could he be impeached by the imperial history!

If it is as Shen Rui said, when the court is tilted into the middle, someone really jumps out to say something, and he Shen Jin is ruined and discredited, but I am afraid that he can only die like that high-ranking official.

Shen Ying had a dark face and said in a low voice: "Can you check, is it really Uncle Yuan's?" Uncle Yuan has always been thin. ”

Shen Qi was slightly stunned, and then he also understood his brother's intention, here is to find a step for Shen Jin, so that he can have an excuse to dispose of the servant. This woman really couldn't stay, so she also spoke: "This matter is not in accordance with the etiquette law, this son is illegitimate and will not be recognized by the clan." ”

Normally, the maid should be lifted into a room or even an aunt, or the maid in his own room. is that there is no filial piety, and it is not good to expose the son stealing the mother and maid.

Since it is determined that it is not in accordance with the etiquette law in the clan, the fourth room can also be disposed of with it.

Shen Jin's eyes showed gratitude, and he gave Shen Ying and Shen Qi a deep look.

Shen Ying waved his hand, and Shen Qi said: "The previous punishment of Uncle Yuan in the clan has not yet been completed, only because Lao An has no one to take care of him and temporarily sent him home, and now that Lao An has passed away, then Uncle Yuan will return to the ancestral hall after the New Year and continue the previous punishment." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Shen Yuan, it is better to lock it up, otherwise I really don't know what else will happen.

Shen Jin responded: "I'll talk to my wife when I go back." ”

Once you decide to do it, you can't put it off.

The "old things of the past dynasty" that Shen Rui talked about really scared him. Now he thought about it a little deeper, and decided to hurry up and deal with everything before his wife arrived in Songjiang - not because he was afraid that his wife would cause any trouble, but because he was afraid that some villain would blame his wife for this matter, and his daughter-in-law's disposal of his father-in-law's concubine was also excessive.

It's just that this layer of concern cannot be shared with anyone.

Shen Jin paused, and then said to Shen Qi: "Our wife can handle this matter, but our master is on the side, I'm afraid that the patriarch will have to ...... it."

Shen Qi nodded and said, "This is natural." Rest assured. This matter is related to the reputation of the entire Shen clan, and the clan will not ignore it. ”

Shen Jin breathed a sigh of relief. Although he is the son of the four-room sect after the sect is divided, he can deal with anyone in the four-room theory, but it is his own father in the end, and it is unreasonable in terms of etiquette and law. Or is it justified in the disposition of the clan.

After changing a round of hot tea, Shen Jin mentioned Mrs. He Jiu who came to the door yesterday.

Mrs. He Jiu also listened to Shen Jin's letter from Songjiang Mansion coming over with his day, not only to talk about the child in the maid's belly, but also to mention his son He Pingsheng, who had been sent to Liaodong.

If it weren't for the fact that this timing was really wrong, Mrs. He Jiu was actually very willing to let Shen Yuan add a concubine, so that his daughter could be raised in the past, although Xiao He's had not been pregnant all these years, in fact, he was gradually dying, but if he could raise his eldest son with his own hands, he would finally have something to rely on.

Especially when the champion stepson is now married to such a high-ranking daughter-in-law, it is almost certain that Xiao He's will be angry in the future. If you can have a child raised by yourself, it will be good for the mother and child to live their own lives behind closed doors in the future.

It's a pity that this child came when the old lady died, and God didn't let him stay.

Shen Jin still knew the truth of what He Jiu Ye had said, and he was quite embarrassed, and he couldn't give an explanation to He Jiu Taiye immediately, so he only vaguely said that the matter was very important and should be carefully considered.

And the second thing proposed by Mrs. He Jiu, Shen Jin couldn't deal with it.

At the beginning of the trial of the Tongwei case, He Dongsheng and Nansheng brothers were beheaded all over the house, and Beisheng was exiled for 3,000 miles, and He Pingsheng was sentenced to lose his fame for cheating in scientific research and writing essays on behalf of others, and was deposed as a minor official in Liaodong.

This time, Mrs. He Jiu learned that the Shen family and the Lu family were running Shandong Liaodong (at that time, Liaodong was administratively subordinate to the Shandong Political Division), and he couldn't help but think about it.

In detail, although they are also members of the He family, they really have no enmity with the Shen family, on the contrary, they have a grudge against the He family's clan and receive the great favor of the Shen family - not to mention the eldest daughter who was killed by the He family's clan before, that is, his son He Pingsheng, if it wasn't for Shen Jin and Shen Rui's brothers to save him, he would have been killed by He Dongsheng because of ghostwriting.

He Pingsheng desperately participated in the examination, and after winning the Jinshi, he immediately sought to be released to the county, and he had no contact with the Shen family of the He family, nor did he participate in half of the He family's disaster to the Shen family.

Mrs. He Jiu still has one or two hopes in his heart, hoping that the Shen family can give his son a chance, left and right are in Liaodong, he thinks that his son still has some talents, can help the Shen family do things, and his son can be supported by the Shen family, it is better than being pressed in Liaodong as a small official for the rest of his life.

However, Shen Jin was soft-hearted and helped He Pingsheng for a while, but he didn't want to be calculated by He Pingsheng, and almost affected Shangshu Mansion, but Shen Run, the third master of Shen, came forward to settle the matter, and afterwards He Pingsheng wiped his face and didn't have any such thing, and he didn't have much correspondence with him, no matter how kind Shen Jin was, he wouldn't have a good impression of He Pingsheng.

Mrs. He Jiu really didn't know the details, let alone his son's ingratitude, so he only lobbied here because his son was capable and talented.

Shen Jin couldn't refute him, let alone say that now the Shen family's business in Liaodong, Shandong, he can't interfere at all - since he responded to the marriage of the Marquis of Shouning, Shen Rui has never mentioned the matter of Liaodong in Shandong to him, obviously with the intention of kicking him out.

Standing in the study room in the fifth room, he didn't hide it much, and said frankly to Brother Shen Ying and Shen Rui: "I'm not talking about it for him, but since he came to mention this matter, I always have to tell my brothers and Brother Rui." The Ninth Old Lady didn't hear back from me, I'm afraid I'm going to come to you to mention it. After all, the ninth old lady is just this one son. ”

Shen Ying is quite moved, the Shen family is now a Shen Chun in Liaodong, He Pingsheng was originally a county order, and he did have talents, and now he has been deposed to Liaodong for a few months, with his ability, he must be able to mix it up locally, in fact, if he has to use it, he can use it.

He looked at Shen Rui and asked, "I haven't dealt with the He family's nine rooms, and I've only heard about it." What do you think of He Pingsheng? ”

Shen Rui shrugged, pointed at Shen Jin and said, "Brother Jin knows He Pingsheng best. ”

Shen Jin's face was slightly confused, in the end, He Pingsheng was his cheap uncle, and with such a relative, he also had a dull face.

But in front of his own brothers, especially when it comes to deciding the major affairs of the clan, he still said truthfully: "This person is inevitably cold. Far from being as benevolent as the nine old ladies. And I'm even more worried that he will be dissatisfied after being deposed, and then I will complain about our Shen family. ”

Shen Jin is already a well-known kind-hearted person, he said so, but he was afraid that He Pingsheng was really not good, Shen Ying frowned, "That's the case." ”

Shen Rui unconsciously knocked on the table twice with his fingers, and said thoughtfully: "If Mrs. He Jiu doesn't mention it, I really can't think of him." Since it was mentioned by Mrs. He Jiu, I think I still wrote to Brother Chun'er, pay attention to this person, I am not afraid of anything else, and I am the same as Brother Jin, I am afraid that he will complain about us and secretly make a bad will. ”

Think about He Pingsheng at the beginning, but he was almost tossed to death by He Dongsheng in the first month, but in February, he was able to grit his teeth and go to the test, and he also fought for a second-class forty-fourth place.

This person, who can be ruthless to himself, will only be more ruthless to others.

Even if he was trying to survive, he could calculate Shen Jin and Shangshufu in their entirety, and he never felt half grateful afterwards, which shows that he is selfish and cold-hearted, and he may not hate his own official position on the head of the Shen family - if it weren't for the Shen family to bring down the He family, his writing on behalf of others would not necessarily be picked up.

Shen Jin also sighed, nodded, and said: "When I go back, I will also knock on the side and ask our wife where He Pingsheng is now and what his situation is, and tell all the brothers and Rui brothers, so that I can write a letter to Brother Chun and let him pay attention." ”

While talking in the study, there were people outside, and for a while, Changshou came in with a tea tray, but it was not a tea cup, but two posts.

*

Changshou arrived in Songjiang a lot earlier than Shen Rui because he was in a hurry and was riding a bike. When he arrived in the fifth room, Shen Qi, the patriarch of the same clan, did not say that he had a task, but only that the master arranged for him to come back first.

Changshou is the first person around Shen Rui, and he is more secure and reliable than those who have children, so Guo and Shen Qi didn't ask much, so they settled a person.

Shen Rui came back and saw that Changshou was unscathed, he was also relieved, and asked carefully about the rescue of Wang Yue, and saw that what Changshou said was really the same as Wang Yue's stick, and Changshou paid more attention to the details of the treatment, and the finishing touches were meticulous, so he was completely relieved.

As for the nursing homes that were killed and injured during the war, longevity was also properly disposed of, because they were not the only children in the family, and they did not involve the issue of supporting the elderly, so they gave a generous pension of silver.

Shen Rui said that he had done a good job, and said that in the future, there should be a charter to properly settle the parents and children of the dead and injured nursing homes, and he could not just give up the silver, or arrange for Zhuangzi to provide for the elderly, or give the upbringing silver on a monthly basis, so that his family must have little to rely on for the elderly.

These things are not only benevolent and righteous, but also set an example for the living, so that people can know that they have no worries and are willing to work for the Shen family.

The longevity was recorded one by one, and it was said that although there was a loss this time, the improvement of the nursing homes was obvious, and the guards who had seen blood were far stronger than those who had not seen blood. And in the end, they have been with the people from the British Mansion for many days, and those military cooperation and formations have also been learned by the Shen Mansion guards, although they are skins, but they are enough to benefit the nurses.

Shen Rui was satisfied with this result, because he said: "I just want them to experience it." This time, you look at the good people, pick out some as appropriate, and be a little leader, and when you go back to Beijing, you can directly lead the team to train newcomers. ”

Changshou smiled and recommended Zhang Chenglin, Liu Zhuang, Qi Sheng and several others who performed the most in this operation to Shen Rui.

Shen Rui knew that longevity meant that he would cultivate more henchmen, so he said that he would ask these people to follow him out during his time in Songjiang. This is not only to show closeness, but also to secretly investigate them on their own.

Shen Ying also listened to the process of saving Wang Yue reported by Changshou, and her trust in Changshou was more, so when the brothers discussed in the inner study today, Changshou was guarding the outside.

At this time, Changshou came in with two posts, first gave a salute to everyone, and then said that the prefect had made a post, one for Shen Rui and one for Shen Jin.

Shen Jin's was originally sent to the fourth room, but Xiao He's family saw that it was from the government office, and he was afraid of delaying the matter, so he was busy and asked someone to send the fifth room.

Changshou withdrew and continued to guard, but Shen Jin and Shen Rui's brothers looked at each other, and they couldn't guess what the prefect was posting for.

Shen Ying said with a smile: "Since the word 'generation' in Dong Zhifu went, he has been very close to our family, and I think I also know that Lord Wang has entered the cabinet, and when I see you coming back, I will make a post to show my goodwill." ”

This prefect Dong Qihe was originally the same governor of Songjiang Mansion, and in the case of the three sons of the Shen family last year, the former prefect Zhao Xianzhong was taken by Zhang Yong and Wang Shouren, and Dong Qihe became the acting prefect.

After the Qin mission returned to Beijing and the case of Tongwa was concluded in Beijing, Dong Qihe, the word "generation", was taken off and truly became the prefect of Songjiang.

Dong Qihe was born in an ordinary family, and only one old clan uncle in the clan had served as Hanlin for a short time, and it had nothing to do with Jingzhong, so he was not a faction of any elder pavilion.

In the past, the official position was not obvious, so there was no need to seek refuge in Beijing - the big man in Beijing did not look down on such a small shrimp. Now that Sipin, in a prosperous place like Songjiang, is also in the sight of the bigwigs, Dong Qihe has also begun to find a backer for himself.

He got the opportunity to "act as the prefect" because of Wang Shouren, and the father and son of the Wang family were rising steadily, Dong Qihe automatically assigned himself to the Wang faction, and he did not make less effort when Wang Shouren suppressed bandits in Taihu Lake, and then he also wrote letters and gifts during the New Year's holidays, and was very attentive.

The Shen family was originally a big family in Songjiang, and it was Dong Qihe, the pastoral officer, who should pay attention, and then the Shen family won the lawsuit, chose tribute, and even married the imperial family, Dong Qihe was even more enthusiastic about the Shen family.

As Shen Ying said, the people of Songjiang have not heard the news of this cabinet change, but Dong Qihe has learned the news through the Di Bao.

Knowing that Wang Hua had entered the cabinet, Dong Qihe was overjoyed, he had already sent the New Year's goods to the father and son of the Wang family in Beijing and Nanjing, but he sent someone to chase him back, and re-prepared a gift that was twice as thick as it was sent again.

And at this time, Shen Rui, Wang Shouren's disciple and Yang Zhanshi's son-in-law, returned to Songjiang, how could he Dong Qihe not see him.

It's just that Shen Rui is just a little talent after all, and the prefect personally made a post, which inevitably seemed too stuttering. Fortunately, there is also a champion and the son-in-law of the royal family who came back together, and the prefect gave the champion a post to the champion duke, which is considered officialdom communication, which is very decent.

That's why there are two posts by Shen Jin and Shen Rui.

In theory, the three of them have filial piety, especially Shen Jin is still in the midst of filial piety, and it is a little inappropriate to meet the prefect. But this time, it was the prefect who personally made the post, and it would not be rude to go to see him again.

There were only a few words on the post, and they didn't even write it, and after Shen Ying's analysis, Shen Jin and Shen Rui also knew Dong Qihe's intentions.

Shen Ying said: "In the end, it is the parent official, with the qualifications of Lord Dong, it may not be possible to go up, and it is not a problem to sit firmly in Songjiang for three years, or even six years." Tomorrow I will go with you. ”

Shen Jin and Shen Rui nodded in unison.

Shen Rui said again: "The cultivation academy that I talked to Brother Ying about before, as well as those experimental fields, are still a prototype, and I still think that they will gradually be promoted in the past few years, which also needs further support from Master Dong." ”

Shen Quan didn't interject for a long time, but when he heard this, he smiled and said: "That is also the political achievement of Lord Dong, how can you not support it!" Master Dong can't wait for my Shen family to take the lead in doing something first. ”

Shen Rui said with a smile: "Let's do practical things, he is meritorious, if it is convenient for us, it is the best of both worlds, why not." ”

Speaking of this topic, the house also relaxed, Shen Ying also smiled: "It is indeed the best of both worlds, now the Lu family is also looking forward to our family, and the head of the Lu family, Master Lu, has also come to Brother Qi several times to discuss the weaving factory, with the name of tribute, the business road is opened, not only our family, but also the large and small weaving factories in Songjiang are active." ”

Then he shook his head and said with a smile: "It's just that some small workshops are impersonated, all with the signboard of Songjiang Shen Jiabu, which is also funny, there are two workshop owners, and they are really surnamed Shen, but they have nothing to do with our family, or Uncle Lian told us, there are merchants who have theorized in the past, and people say that the sale is indeed 'Songjiang cloth' and is indeed the 'Shen family', but it is not a tribute to the Shen family." ”

Everyone laughed, but they all shook their heads helplessly.

Shen Quan smiled: "Fortunately, they are all small workshops, and they are not climate-like." Just open one eye and close one eye. ”

Shen Rui also shook his head with a smile, in his previous life, Li Kui and Li ghosts, there were not a few cases of copycats touching porcelain people's famous trademarks, and the fight against counterfeiting could never be beaten, so they could only admit it.

Speaking of the cultivation school, it is natural to mention the family science, and now Shen Ying Ding is worried at home, just to rectify the Shen family science, and occasionally take one or two classes.

Shen Rui looked at Shen Jin and said, "I don't know what Brother Jin's plans are for the past three years?" ”

In the "Great Ming Order" promulgated at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there are eight subordination, grandchildren for grandparents and great-grandparents to bear the weight, and they will be cut down for three years.

There is only one load-bearing grandson in the fourth room, and he has to guard Zhang Lao'an for three years.

"I also want to work with Brother Ying to contribute to the clan learning." Shen Jin replied.

Shen Ying nodded and smiled: "With the lecture of the champion prince, the children of the clan will definitely be excited, but I am afraid that they will have to work harder!" ”

Shen Jin said modestly: "I was educated by the clan, and I should repay the clan." ”

Seeing that the children's examination in February next year is imminent, everyone followed Shen Jin's suggestion at the beginning, and set how much silver taels, grain and rice and even give to the acres of land that have passed the county examination, the government examination and the hospital examination respectively, as a capital for pen and ink, so as to encourage the children to go to school.

Shen Rui also helped supplement the scholarship and bursary programs, and awarded the children of the clan according to their family background and studies.

Culture and education are also an important part of the performance assessment of local officials, so the Shen family brothers decided that talking to Dong Qihe about the Shen family's education the next day would definitely make him happy.

In fact, when Shen Ying took Shen Rui and Shen Jin to meet Dong Qihe, when it came to cultivation and culture and education, Dong Qihe was indeed happy.

It's just that the focus of Dong Qihe's conversation is not these two at all.

*

“…… Shipbuilding?! ”

The Shen family brothers couldn't help but let out a low cry in unison.

Dong Qihe nodded and said: "You also know that in July, Wang Shilang Wang (Wang Shouren, Nanjing Military Department Shilang) led the naval army to suppress the Banyang Shahaikou in Chongming County, Suzhou Prefecture, and the thieves Shi Tianjie and Niu Xishan came to surrender. ”

With a proud appearance between words, the posture of "the same person from the Wang Sect" inevitably came out again, especially in the face of Shen Rui, a disciple of the Wang Sect, which was even more cordial.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he became solemn again, "At that time, although the thieves Shi Tianjie, Shi Tianchang, and Niu Xishan surrendered, there were still thieves such as his brother Shi Tiantai, Niu Dongshan, and Cai Tingmao who fled. Previously, his whereabouts were unknown, but recently Cai Tingmao was showing his head in Susong, and several county towns near the sea were once looted and their houses were destroyed. When the local guard station arrived, although a few people were captured, there were still bandits who dared to kill and injure officers and soldiers. ”

In front of everyone's eyes, the situation of the "rebellion" in Songjiang Mansion inevitably appeared again, and their hearts were also sinking, and they didn't know whether it was really a Haikou or a certain feudal clan who was a thief.

I heard that Dong Qihe said again: "Governor Su Song and other places have Yu Shi Aipu to the side of the mansion and said it again, and he played the court again. He coughed lightly, lowered his voice, and said, "I want to impeach Zhen Haiwei for commanding Jiang Han, Yang Xuan and others, not to cause thieves to seize the military ship for strict preparation." ”

The Shen brothers couldn't help but be shocked, the seizure of the military ship was not a trivial matter, the key was that this incident could bring even worse consequences, and the pirates who plundered the supplies and had the military ships could not point out how many people were harmed.

Dong Qihe sighed and said, "This time, the two prefectures of Susong are under martial law, and there are also express reports sent to Nanjing, and Lord Shilang has also transferred people from Nanjing. This government has already explained its powerful relationship with the hundreds of households in the guard, and now that the year is down, the soldiers of the guard are also patrolling everywhere. Alas, the government thought that if a ship could be built, it would be better to catch thieves at sea like the king and the king to fight on the shore, and the people would suffer innocently from the fish in the pond. ”

Shen Ying glanced at Shen Rui and arched his hand: "Lord Fuzun has compassion for the people, and we are full of admiration. It's just this shipbuilding...... I'm afraid that the court will have this meaning first. ”

Dong Qihe stroked his beard and said with a smile: "What Lord Shen said is that this mansion is also going to go to the fold to ask the Holy Lord for permission. I would also write to Nanjing to ask Wang Shilang. But if I ask the last question first, His Majesty has agreed, and the government must have someone who understands to support this mess. ”

He looked at Shen Rui and said, "I heard that the Shen and Lu families are running shipyard business in Shandong?" The military salaries and cloths of Dengzhou Wei to Liaodong all rely on the Lu family's ship? ”

Shen Rui saluted and replied, "As Fu Zun said, Dengzhou Wei is indeed the shipyard of the Lu family. Fuzun wants to build a shipyard dock in Songjiang, and the students think it is a great goodness! ”

He paused, but in Dong Qihe's encouraging gaze, he poured a basin of cold water down, "It's just that shipbuilding is not a day's work, and even the establishment of a shipyard takes a lot of effort, and it costs more silver, I don't know if Lord Fuzun has thought about this problem." In addition, a good boatman master is also rare, not easy to dig people over, there are many carpenters and carpenters, the boat on the water, must be built tightly, then you need to be skilled craftsmen. ”

Dong Qihe's complexion did not change in the slightest, and when he heard Shen Rui list the pros and cons of shipbuilding one by one, Fang smiled and said: "Sure enough, a famous teacher produces a high apprentice, and the future is terrifying, Hengyun is so knowledgeable at a young age!" He said: "You must prepare first, there is no easy thing in the world, and it will be difficult if you don't do it." ”

Shen Rui also admired Dong Qihe a little, when he was a fellow acquaintance before, this adult was not famous, but now I don't know if he is particularly motivated by the exception of promotion, at this time it seems that he is indeed a person who wants to do the truth.

Shen Rui pondered for a moment and said, "The student has a plan, I don't know if it is feasible or not, please correct it." The students thought that it would be better to take this opportunity to build a craftsman school first. ”

Seeing that Dong Qihe and even Shen Ying and others were more or less confused on their faces, Shen Rui hurriedly told him and Wang Shouren's ideas one by one.

Wang Shouren himself said that this craftsman school can be promoted in the army and used in making ordnance. Now, if it can be popularized in the Songjiang shipbuilding industry, it will slowly and naturally form a craftsman standard.

The unification of weights and measures and standards is also to prepare for further better ordnance.

The idea of the craftsman school was recognized by Dong Qihe, and it was his hope to train some local shipwrights in Songjiang, and he also saw that this school could not only train boatmen, but also weavers. If a large number of adult weavers can be trained, the local cotton cloth and even silk output can be greatly increased, which is also to increase the income of the imperial court.

Dong Qihe gladly agreed to the establishment of this craftsman school, saying that the government would give its full support, whether it was granting land, building houses or allocating money.

Shen Ying immediately said that the Shen family would come out with this silver, and the house could also come from the Shen family's idle property, and the only thing needed was official recognition and cheap action.

The two sides had a very cordial discussion and basically finalized the matter. Dong Qihe said that as long as the imperial court approves his excerpt, he can start recruiting people here.

The three brothers Shen Ying said goodbye, returned to the study in the fifth room, and told Shen Qi and Shen Quan about the matter.

Shen Quan couldn't help but say: "If there is a shipyard, I'm afraid that it will not only be a bandit, but also a shipbuilding and shipping." ”

Shen Ying glared at the younger brother and scolded, "You know again." ”

Shen Quan blinked, and when he saw that everyone was tacit, he smiled and touched the back of his head, swallowing the rest of the words.

In the end, the imperial court did not open the sea, and shipping was just a private business, where could it be announced.

Shen Rui said solemnly: "In addition to the craftsman school, I also envisioned the 'business school'. Brother Ying, Brother Jin, today I have mentioned the establishment of the craftsman school, and I hope you can also consider one or two business schools. ”

Because in the Ming Dynasty, Shinong was the last businessman, and the merchant had the lowest status, so the business school may not be recognized by Hanlin Qingliu.

In this era, ordinary children are sent to the counter as apprentices, and the store usually only covers food and housing, no salary, and the signed deed is to work for the shopkeeper for a few years in vain, before being promoted to a young man and getting the lowest salary.

Many families send their children out, not only to save the family, but also to supplement the family's one or two, so that only the black-hearted shopkeeper makes money, and the family has to wait for several years, and some families can't wait, so they sell the child with a deed paper.

"If we set up a school to teach those children who have no talent to read, but have some business acumen, basic writing and arithmetic, as little as a few months, more than a year and a half, the children will be able to be a little guy immediately after they get out of the school, and they can get started with something for a year and a half, and the children will be able to be a buddy directly after leaving the school, which is also a good deed."

Shen Ying only nodded slightly, not thinking anything.

Shen Jin nodded vigorously, sighing: "Once when I was in Nanjing Academy, I had classmates, who were poor and failed many times, but they were still taking the exam, relying on the meager income of his wife and daughter's needlework. I asked him, but he said that he didn't know anything but to read, he didn't know anything heavier, and he didn't know how to buy and sell, so he just waited to read. ”

Shen Jin said: "In fact, if you can't study, it will really drag down the family a lot, so it's better to teach them some ways to make a living and support their families." ”

Shen Ruishi didn't know that Shen Jin could support this remark, and thought that Shen Jin would be a representative of nerds, and felt that everything was inferior only to high reading. After this, he glanced at Shen Jingao.

The brothers discussed various measures, and in the next few days they met to visit the weaving mills, the countryside, and the streets, and then further improve their plans for the cultivation school, the craftsman's school, and the business school.

Instead, the New Year passed.

*

This period of time is about the most comfortable days that Shen Rui has ever lived in Songjiang, his life in the fifth room is very relaxed and comfortable, Guo's care, Shen Ying and Shen Quan's care are not to mention, the nephews and nieces at home gather when they eat all day, it is a peaceful and lively scene, and people unconsciously eat two more bowls of rice.

It's just that such a relaxed day won't last long, Shen Rui discussed with Shen Ying, and decided to set off north on the eighth day of the new year.

Shen Rui planned to go to Nanjing to meet his teacher Wang Shouren first, and then go back to Beijing directly.

Shen Ying and Shen Rui first went to Nanjing together, and then prepared to go to Shandong to meet Shen Li, and then went to Dengzhou to see the Shen family's layout, and did not enter Beijing.

Although Guo wanted to stay with Shen Rui for a while, considering his studies and various affairs, he didn't force it.

On the side of the fourth room, Xiao He's also showed a bit of the drastic means of being a family, taking advantage of Shen Yuan to go out one day, he took someone to tie up Chunhua, poured a bowl of fetal pills, and found a reliable person to sell it.

When Shen Yuan came back, on one side was Chunhua's "handwritten letter", admitting that he had an affair with his family. On the one hand, the patriarch Shen Qi and Shen Ying arrived, saying that they would not recognize the illegitimate son (or even the wild seed) as the Shen family.

Where was Shen Yuan willing to believe that the child was not his own, he was furious, and even threatened to divorce Xiao He, but Xiao He didn't talk back or speak, so he hid behind and handed over the battlefield to Shen Ying and Shen Qi.

Seeing the two of them, Shen Yuan couldn't help but be afraid, and said from the two that he didn't recognize the child, and that he would continue to be punished after the year, Shen Yuan wilted, and then mentioned it, I was afraid that the New Year would be spent in the ancestral hall.

Zhang Yuxian arrived in Songjiang under the condition of "harmony" in the four rooms, so she hurried to catch up or catch up with the year.

I don't know if it's because she has to stay in Songjiang for three years, Zhang Yuxian is also patient, and follows Shen Jin to meet several "elders" in the nearby branch.

*

A year later, on the eighth day of the new year, Shen Rui and Shen Ying set off for the north.

Who knew that when I arrived in Nanjing, I knew that this winter was cold, and Wang Shi, the former secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, who was seriously ill, died after not surviving the New Year's pass, Wang Shouren took a month's leave after getting the news because of Wang Shi's help in many ways, and Tete went to Wang Shi's hometown Huguang Public Security County to mourn, and the person was not in Nanjing at this time.

Shen Rui pounced, but Nanjing was not without others to see - Wu Jingbo and Zhao Chengqing were on his list of visits.

However, Wu Jingbo's Mansion was closed.

Shen Rui handed over the post, and although the porter took it, he said that his uncle was sick and did not see any outsiders. Shen Rui said that he would come to visit again, but the porter politely declined.

Shen Rui looked at the magnificent mansion of Wujingbo's mansion, and thought about it a few times, Wujingbo's mansion has always been very public, and this closed-door commission is really not his family's style of acting, but the teacher Wang Shouren is not in Nanjing, and he has nowhere to find out the news.

It didn't matter that Shen Rui hesitated for too long, and that night, Zhao Hongtao, the third son of Wu Jing's uncle, dressed in ordinary clothes, quietly came to the inn to see Shen Rui.

“…… There are several excerpts in the imperial history of the court, saying that Liu Ge and Xie Ge should not go lightly, and they ...... He also said that the emperor and the Yan Dynasty abolished school, and the six or seven ministers were newly entered, and they were fortunate to feast, gallop and hunt. Long Yan was furious and sent those imperial histories to the prison of the pacification department......"

Zhao Hongtao gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Somehow, the confession is tortured and my lord is involved!" said that my lord passed on his manuscript. With the face of my eldest brother and sixth brother-in-law in it, my old man had to stop and stay for a while. ”

Seeing Shen Rui's stunned face, Zhao Hongtao sighed and said: "This matter is widely implicated in Nanjing officialdom, my lord is considered good, and there are not a few people who have been demoted or caned. (Nanjing) the military department of Shangshu Lin Hanlin was all eaten and hanged, and was demoted to the right of the Zhejiang Buzheng Division to participate in politics, and Yin Luheng of Tianfu was demoted to the Lianghuai Capital Salt Envoy Tongzhi ......"

The turbulent waves surging in Shen Rui's heart, pacifying the prison, pacifying the prison, that is, the territory of Liu Jin and Qiu Ju......

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(End of chapter)