In Bianliang City, there is a great benevolent person named Chen Han, who is not only one of the owners of the charity foundation, but also has done a lot of good deeds in Bianliang City, helping the needy, helping people to see a doctor, paying tuition for people, and so on.

So many people have heard of his reputation and know that he is a good friend of Gan Xianggong. Not only is Chen Han a good friend of Gan Xianggong, but Chen Han's wife Chen Wu is now also a friend of Gan Xianggong's wife, Mr. Qiulan.

This relationship is enough for Chen Han to walk with his head held high in Bianliang City.

Today, Chen Han went out early in the morning, and still rewarded a few beggars at the door of the house first, and now Chen Han has also learned wisely, knowing that there are beggars waiting for the reward at his door every day, so Chen Han will also look at the face, but if there is a little familiarity, he will not give money again, and the face is born.

Even the porter at the door of Chen Han's house also helped Chen Han remember people, so as not to feed the dog with kindness.

After rewarding the money, Chen Han still had to give a few words of advice as usual, teach people to work hard, take the money and wear good clothes, wash up, and find a way to make a living.

After receiving a thousand thanks, Chen Han officially went out, and there were several fixed places to go out, first go to the editorial office of the Beijing Times, meet a few friends, bring some tea and snacks to treat everyone, and then find a teahouse to sit on, spend a handful of copper coins, and let the storyteller tell a great achievement of Gan Xianggong.

It's almost lunch, go home for a meal, go out of the city directly in the afternoon, sit in Liyuan Chun, listen to a few plays, and now there are more and more plays in Liyuan Chun, not just those written by Gan Qi with Su Zhe in the past, but a drama club specially established by the students in Daojian Academy, brainstorming, scrutinizing the opera, editing tunes, and bringing forth the new, diverse.

Even recently, a group of students have embarked on a new project, the name of the play is "Breaking Yanyun", and they are pondering the drama.

Coming out of Liyuan Spring, if there is a ball game or sumo wrestling, Chen Han still has to catch one, if it is an important game, Chen Han will also focus on the event, and it is normal to buy a few games casually.

Then it is to rush home from the city gate, as for the evening activities, it depends on who Chen Han has met today, sometimes he will make an appointment with someone from the editorial department, sometimes he will make an appointment with familiar fans in the theater, sometimes he will come to the post to invite him, and sometimes he will post to invite others.

Then there are activities in the evening, it is normal for Fan Lou to sit down, or make an appointment, and directly do not enter the city, and eat in the hot spring hotel, and you can have a dashing time. In this kind of activity, there is a bit of a taste of "talking and laughing, and there is no white ding".

Of course, Chen Han is also a reader, and he has been reading a lot under his father's stick since he was a child. As for literary talent, that's another matter, occasionally barely open your mind, and you can also write some level poetry articles, at least to keep up with the rhythm of the literati circle. Of the great talents in Taixue, eight out of ten Chen Han knew him, and the remaining two were also familiar.

Occasionally, if there are posts coming and going, catching up with a rare opportunity, you will also see a few big names in the circle, such as Wang Anshi, such as Ouyang Xiu, Chen Han is also familiar, and if you come forward to toast with courtesy, you will also get a few words of encouragement.

In these days, he is indescribably chic and free, which is very in line with the basic living conditions of a rich son of a Song Dynasty official, and it is still the kind that mixes quite well.

This time Chen Han went out, he went to eat two nights, in the hot spring, after a hangover, when it was almost lunch, Chen Han took the car into the city and went home.

As soon as he entered the door, he casually rewarded a few beggars, went home in a good mood, and shouted: "Is lunch ready?" ”

The porter immediately stepped forward and said, "Young master, young master, the master has come back from Yongqiu." ”

"I'm coming back, I'm back, don't I have to eat when my dad comes back?" Chen Han didn't care.

"The old man's face is not good, and the iron is blue."

"Huh?" Chen Han was also a little afraid, but said with a smile: "Maybe I have encountered something troublesome, wait for me to solve it." ”

Walking into the living room, on the table of the Eight Immortals, Chen Li, the magistrate of Yongqiu, sat on it, and stood beside Chen Han's wife to serve Chen Li for dinner.

"Daddy!"

"Hmph......" Chen Li's nose was angry, and his face was extremely bad.

"Daddy, what's wrong with you? With a son like me who is the most famous in the capital, what are you unhappy about? In the past two or three years, he has been very confident in himself, the young generation of leaders in Tokyo City, there is no one he doesn't know, and he knows a lot of the older generation, which is enough for him to be confident.

"Unfilial son, what has your family become of you? Every day, you only know how to eat, drink and have fun, spend money lavishly, and Lao Tzu's savings in the past few decades will be spent by you. Chen Li said angrily, you can't blame Chen Li for being angry, according to Chen Han's life, chic is chic, but where can ordinary people fight? Fortunately, the Chen family has been an official for several generations, although the more they are in charge, the smaller they are, but the family has a solid background and can hold on for the time being.

"Dad, money and wealth are external to the body, if you don't bring it in life and don't bring it with you, you don't bring it with you, if you have it, you can spend it, that's what life is all about, and we don't have to worry about it." Chen Han didn't know if he was stupid, or if he could really see through.

"Dog, isn't it a beating?" Chen Li was really angry this time, and as soon as the rice bowl was put away, he really had to stand up and beat people.

Chen Han hurriedly begged for mercy: "Dad, Dad, don't be impulsive, my son just talks casually, I'm thirty years old, my son has gone to school, and it's not like to be beaten." Dad is angry, I've been like this in the past, Dad, you're just talking, why are you so angry today? ”

If you want to say that Chen Li loves his son, it really hurts, how can the only son not love him? Otherwise, Chen Han would not dare to talk to Chen Li like this. It has been fifteen or sixteen years since Chen Han learned to spend money, and he has always spent it like this, Chen Li's education is education, and he doesn't see Chen Li so angry. Today, things are obviously different.

Chen Li was so angry that he gasped, raised his hand and pointed at Chen Han, but he was shaking his head again: "It's gone, it's gone." I think back then, my father couldn't get the Jinshi, but he could also be an official, and although I couldn't get the grace, I could barely get the emperor's list, and now it's you, Enyin doesn't have grace, and the emperor's list can't be examined, alas...... Great good people, spend all day and wine, and spend money everywhere...... Hmph, when I die, you, one day, like those beggars outside the door, can only go to the door of the big families to beg for food. ”

When Chen Han heard this, he finally stopped jumping away, his face sank slightly, and asked, "Dad, why did you suddenly talk about this?" Isn't this still yours? ”

When Chen Li heard this, he suddenly fell silent, put down his chopsticks, lowered his head, and just sighed for a long time.

Chen Han already felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked again: "Dad, what's wrong?" ”

Chen Li raised his head again, his face was sad, and said slowly: "What do you say you will do in the future?" ”

"Dad, what's going on? You name it, and your son will help you solve it together. ”

Chen Li waved his hand: "This time I went back to Beijing, I just wanted to take a walk, but I couldn't get through, the new emperor has been on the throne for so long, Zeng Gongliang is now in power, and the officials have almost changed, your father and I can't go to the door, and I have to be transferred to Jilu to take up a vacant position and retire." ”

When Chen Han heard this, his heart was really tight, Dad is retiring? The difference between having power and not having power, he knows, don't look at his father is just a small Jingxian petty official, but this petty official is also a place where many people squeeze their heads, with such a power in hand, there is no shortage of wealth and nobility of the Chen family.

It's not that there is any corruption and perversion of the law to enrich one's own pockets, these are too low-end, Gyeonggi County does not need other places, as long as there is this face, there are many ways to make money, and there is no need to even take the initiative to make money, and there is no need to do anything illegal. For example, the Chen family secretly invested in many industries in the capital. At the beginning, Chen Han supported Gan Qi to collect business taxes, but Chen Li opposed it.

Chen Han was not stupid, he knew the problem, and immediately said: "Dad, you can't find a way, your son will look for it, my son knows a lot of people, and the relationship between my son and Gan Xianggong is not bad, you can always find someone to help you." ”

Chen Li waved his hand: "This matter is not something you can solve, this kind of thing is not the same thing as your spending time with people, and you don't have to do some useless things." ”

Many people think that finding a way to find a relationship is to know who to know, but in reality, this is obviously not the case, and it is really not a problem that Chen Han can solve.

Chen Han also understood this, and turned around and said: "Dad, don't worry, your grandson is now amazing, he has been admitted to Daojian Academy, and the teachers and gentlemen in the academy all say that he is talented and intelligent, and he will not be a Jinshi in the future." ”

Chen Li shook his head: "I hope so......"

"Dad, how about I have a drink with you?" Chen Han took the initiative to pick up the wine jug.

I didn't want Chen Li to raise his hand to stop him: "Don't drink, I'm not in the mood to drink, people live for a lifetime, look at creation." It's just that your father is incompetent, he has been an official all his life, and when he comes and goes, he became a Gyeonggi governor. gave birth to such a son as you in his life, and taught him back and forth, but he didn't teach him well. ”

"Dad, how can you say that you haven't taught well? Your son and I will not be adulterers, but immoral and corrupt. You also accumulate virtue and do good, I don't know how many people think of your son's goodness. When a saint says a gentleman, doesn't he mean a person like me? You have educated a gentleman, how can you say that there is no education good? "Chen Han is really good at persuading people.

When Chen Li heard this, he smiled: "Haha...... You will brag about yourself, but you can't compare with other people's children, other people's children are named on the gold list one by one, but you ...... Alas......"

"Dad, a few years ago, your son and I were living in a mess, but in the past two or three years, your son and I know what to do in this life, as long as you keep accumulating virtue and doing good, helping the needy, God always has eyes, I also sponsored many students from poor families in Daojian Academy, and if there is a chance in the future, our Chen family will not be able to fall." Chen Han has really done a lot of smart things.

"Other people's families are other people's families after all, if you can be admitted to Jinshi, our Chen family will not decline." Chen Liyu was a little disappointed, but he also knew that his son was afraid that it would be impossible for him to take the imperial examination.

Chen Han also sighed.

"That's it, it's all fate." Chen Li blamed himself a little.

Chen Han also became sad. Chen Wu was behind the two of them, secretly wiping tears.

This home, when it comes to Chen Han, may really be ruined.

A small guy who walked in at the door, the master of the family was depressed one by one, and he didn't dare to go out more, so he only bowed his head and said in a low voice: "Master, young master, there are guests from outside the door, saying that they are sent by the officials and the judge of the East Courtyard." ”

Chen Li raised his head, sighed again, and said, "Please go and sit down in the front courtyard hall, just say that I will come later." ”

The little guy hurriedly went out.

Chen Li got up and said to Chen Han: "The official order is coming, but I don't know which official it is, and whether it is an increase or a decrease. In the future, you will really have to live on Yulu, and you should be a little more restrained, don't even be able to pay for your grandchildren's shackles in the future. ”

Chen Han didn't say a word, but only followed Chen Li to wear a crown hat and prepare to go out to meet guests.

The word knife and pen clerk comes from the era when there was no paper, writing on the bamboo and wood chips, and if you make a mistake, you can directly use a knife to scrape off the handwriting on the bamboo and wood, so you want a knife and a pen, and now it refers to a type of poor person who takes a pen to work in the yamen.

There is a world of difference between officials and officials, in the era of the imperial examination, except for the way to be admitted to the Jinshi, officials can never become officials, they will always work, and officials are not people of the same world.

So even if they came to see a small magistrate, the officials mostly stood and waited, and when Chen Li came out, he hurriedly saluted first: "Chen Zhixian, congratulations!" ”

Chen Li listened to the congratulations, but he didn't like it, and said, "What does the official document say?" Where to transfer? ”

"Haha...... Chen Zhixian doesn't have to be so sad, this time your affairs are all trivial matters, and the officials have not arranged any sending officials to teach you to go home for the elderly. The penman really said this with a smile on his face.

But when Chen Li heard it, he was angry and didn't give any of them? Retired directly? Don't give a place for the elderly? Still laughing? Jeer?

Chen Han was also angry, he didn't do this, this is too deceitful.

Chen Li was about to get angry.

"Don't be angry, don't be angry, the villain is really here to congratulate Chen Zhixian, and there is good news, after the villain finishes speaking, Chen Zhixian will see if he wants to be angry." This knife and pen official seems to be doing this on purpose, and he also wants to make a small favor for nothing.

"What else?" Chen Li's face did not change.

"Chen Zhixian gave birth to a good son!"

"What do you mean by that?" Chen Li already felt that this guy was playing tricks on him, and his tone was extremely bad.

"Haha...... Take a look, look at this document. After speaking, the knife and pen clerk handed an official document to Chen Li.

Chen Li took it and looked at it: "...... After the Founding Exploits...... Good character...... Gentleman's Style...... Compliments...... Who is this? Are you talking about my son? ”

Chen Li turned his head to look at Chen Han, and Chen Han hurriedly leaned over to look.

There are also a lot of lengthy and countless clichés, and the father and son looked together and saw the end: "...... The emperor is gracious, he does not want to leave the virtuous outside, and there is the remnant of his ancestors, and Teen recruited Bianliang Chen Han and Chen Ziwen to be sentenced to Datong Mansion, and he can go to the post, and there must be no mistakes. ”

Chen Li was stunned on the spot, looked at the knife and pen officer, looked at his son, and couldn't believe it, he couldn't believe that his son of a small county magistrate could be an official.

Chen Han was chattering: "Datong Mansion, Datong Mansion, Yan Yun, this is Yan Yun, this is Gan Xianggong recruiting me to be an official, or being a big official, haha......"

"Dad, look, no Ji Tailai, you are old, I am an official, you see, what has not fallen, but it has not fallen, a good person has a good reward. Gan Xianggong remembers me, he knows my goodness, he knows that your son is a good man and a great talent! Chen Han was already excited.

Chen Li held this official document, his hands were shaking.

The knife and pen officer also smiled and said, "Chen Zhixian, you have a good son, right?" ”

Chen Li was still a little stunned, and nodded: "Well, the son of the old man's upbringing, he is not bad." ”

"Chen Zhixian, are you happy?"

Chen Li nodded first, and immediately shook his head again: "I can't talk about happiness, I just hope that he will be an official for one term and benefit one party, don't waste the emperor's grace, don't take care of the people." ”

"Haha...... Chen Zhixian, congratulations and congratulations......"

Behind the door on the side of the living room, Chen Wu was already crying with joy, covering his mouth with both hands, trying not to make a rude sound, and then quickly turned his head, went back to the room to get the money, a big bag, and beckoned the little servant to send it into the living room.

Chen Han sent the money to the knife and pen officer, repeatedly shirked and forced it several times, and the knife and pen officer took the money with a reluctant and embarrassed face, said goodbye, and reminded Chen Han to hurry to the official department and the court of judges to report.

As soon as the messenger left, Chen Han smiled with Chen Li: "Dad, how is it?" ”

Chen Li still took the document and looked at it repeatedly, looking at it as a treasure, maybe he had to frame it and hang it up, but the words in his mouth were a little sour: "The old man has been an official for decades, from the northwest to the southwest, from the southwest to the southeast, from the southeast to Bianliang, when he comes and goes, but he is just a magistrate." You kid doesn't know why, you didn't even have a jinshi, so you became a judge of the government! ”

"Dad, doesn't this document say it? The ancestors are meritorious and gracious, my son and I have a good character, good talent, and there are people everywhere who praise each other, and His Majesty the Emperor has heard about it, so he is specially recruited as an official...... Haha......" Chen Han began to talk again.

Chen Li taught him a serious lesson: "Don't talk nonsense and put gold on your face, is that the case?" Without that Gan Xianggong, without that Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, is there your official? ”

"Dad, how can I not know this. Don't worry, children are not stupid and know what to do. ”

"If you know, it's good." Chen Lisheng was afraid that his son would not understand this, so he lowered his head and looked at the official document again, and said: "There are no regrets in death, and there are no regrets in death." ”

"Dad, can you give me this official document? I'll take it to the Officials and the Inquisitor House later. ”

"What if you lose it? I'll take it, and I'll go with you. Chen Li said.

"This, Dad, don't you still want to go to the Ministry of Officials to ask about the official position?" Chen Han asked.