Shen Mingjun and his wife returned to the capital and took Shen Yun and Shen Yi'er back to the old mansion, and the Zhou family walked on both sides on weekdays, because she couldn't let go of her eldest grandson. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Without Hui Niang, Zhou felt very lonely, not only because Hui Niang was her good sister, but also because Hui Niang had a lot of money for her.

Hui Niang's property was seized by the imperial court, and all the funds were confiscated, and now her remaining old man is not even a thousand taels of silver, and this silver can buy a small house in the capital at most.

The monopoly suddenly became a petty bourgeoisie, and no one could stand it.

When Zhou returned to the capital, there was less smile on his face, and he sighed all day long, not to say that Hui Niang had passed away, or that the youngest son was not angry, or that Shen Mingjun or her daughter-in-law Lin Dai were counted...... She didn't mention the silver, but what she cared about most in her heart was the silver.

Later, she began to complain again, why the imperial court didn't promote Shen Xi.

Shen Xi has not been promoted for more than a year since he was promoted to the right of Chunfang.

In fact, in the Hanlin system, Shen Xi's situation is normal, many Hanlin officials have not been promoted for six or seven years, and there are many people who enter the cabinet as soon as they are promoted.

Including Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, they all worked hard in the Hanlin Academy and the Zhan Mansion first, and when they reached a certain age, the emperor felt that they could be of great use, and they were often promoted to cabinet ministers in a year or two.

Shen Xi himself is not in a hurry to be promoted, for him, if he is promoted again, he will not be promoted, so he can only be sent to the local government as an official. However, even if his current official position is released, he is definitely an official above the prefect, and there is no one in the Ming Dynasty who can become an official at the level of the prefect at the age of fifteen.

Moreover, for the transfer of Beijing officials, it was too aggrieved to let Shen Xi be the prefect. There are more than 200 state capitals in the Ming Dynasty, and there are more than 200 prefects and governors, but there are only nine speakers in the East Palace.

After Wang Wei stepped down, the number of speakers in the East Palace has been maintained to eight, but there is a lecturer who returned to Shu in April of the twelfth year of Hongzhi to guard the system for his mother Ye, and it was not until the summer of the fourteenth year of Hongzhi that the system ended, and it was October when he returned to the capital. This person has a prominent reputation in history, and he is Yang Tinghe, a key figure in the transition period between the Zhengde and Jiajing dynasties, and also the banner figure in the early Jiajing Great Rites Conference.

At this time, Yang Tinghe, like Shen Xi, was a waiter, Yang Tinghe was Zuo Zhongyun of Zuo Chunfang, and he was half a level lower than Shen Xi in his official position, but Yang Tinghe also served as the president of the "Daming Huidian", and Shen Xi was only ranked in the compilation of the "Daming Huidian", and Yang Tinghe, like Shen Xi, was from the official rank of the five grades.

At present, Shen Xi and Yang Tinghe are basically comparable, but Shen Xi knows that because Yang Tinghe plays a greater role in the "Daming Huidian", after the completion of the book revision, Yang Tinghe is likely to usher in a high-speed promotion. The fact is also the same, if history has not changed, since the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, the speed of Yang Tinghe's promotion is not an exaggeration to describe it as a rocket, and by the second year of Zhengde, Yang Tinghe has been ranked as a member of the Cabinet Auxiliary Political University.

Yang Tinghe, who is forty-two years old this year, does not treat Shen Xi with the arrogance of his younger juniors, because they are equal in official character, Yang Tinghe will salute politely every time he sees Shen Xi.

Shen Xi returned the salute, but was very helpless.

People are more popular than death, people are ancestors and grandchildren three generations are officials, his father Yang Chunhu Guangti learned things, Yang Tinghe himself did the first auxiliary university scholar, his son Yang Shen champion and first, served as Hanlin Xiu, the official of the feast, is the head of the three talented sons of the Ming Dynasty, a famous writer.

This belongs to the family of eunuchs, and Shen Xi is a standard son of a poor family.

But Shen Xi has nothing to be jealous of.

In history, Yang Tinghe played a decisive role in the transition between Zhengde and Jiajing dynasties, but when he came to this time and space, many things were different from before.

Perhaps, Emperor Hongzhi just can't die? Or did Emperor Hongzhi have a second son? Or maybe the bear child Zhu Houzhao will be a long-lived Mingjun in the future? Further, what if Zhu Houzhao's descendants are everywhere?

Or, affected by the butterfly effect, the future Jiajing Emperor was affected by Shen Xi and hung up inexplicably?

A lot of uncertainty made Shen Xi feel a lot calmer.

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On the ninth day of the first month of winter, Shen Xi went to the palace to give a lesson to the prince.

On this day, the prince was waiting for Shen Xi in the Chufang Hall early, because he had calculated the date and knew that Shen Xi would come this day, just to wait for Shen Xi to finish what he hadn't said before.

I received the decree of the queen mother to ask you about giving birth, do you dare to explain it to me?

"Greetings to sir."

Zhu Houzhao was like a good boy at this time, and as soon as he came up, he saluted Shen Xi's disciples.

Shen Xi glanced at Zhu Houzhao and felt that this bear child had bad water in his stomach.

Putting down the case, Shen Xi said: "Today we are talking about the Book of Han, the prince ......"

"Sir, today we will not talk about the "Twenty-One History", before I asked the queen mother about how men and women have children, the queen mother told me, just ask you. And the queen mother also said that this is her order, you have to say it if you don't say it today! ”

Zhu Houzhao already has a set of methods to threaten people, but there are not so many tricks, and it is too straightforward.

However, even this straightforward expression is very lethal, because Shen Xi cannot openly disobey the will of the queen.

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, the officials, attendants and eunuchs of the Zhan Mansion next to him were already snickering, this question itself was very child's play, and they all wanted to hear how Shen Xi, the champion, explained this matter of men and women to Zhu Houzhao.

Shen Xi said: "Is the prince going to ask about the harmony of yin and yang?" ”

"Who asked you that yin and yang are reconciled? I ask you, how do men and women have children! That's what my mother said...... If you don't answer, I'll tell her, let the queen mother punish you!" ”

In order to show that he had a temper, Zhu Houzhao crossed his waist and yelled at Shen Xi, because he realized that as long as he roared fiercely and his waist was straight, the waist of the person he was scared would naturally bend.

But this set didn't work for Shen Xi at all.

Shen Xi asked with a smile: "The prince asked about marriage and having children, in fact, it is a truth to reconcile with yin and yang. ”

"Giving birth to a child is not a harmony of yin and yang, I will say it again!"

Zhu Houzhao was still cross-legged, but he was muttering in his heart, my waist is already very straight, why hasn't he yielded?

But then I thought about it, oops, no, this trick seems to have been taught to me, it's broken, it's broken, this trick obviously doesn't work for him, I have to change it quickly......

But I can't do anything else!

Shen Xi nodded and said, "Since the prince wants to ask this question, have you considered it, what is the difference between men and women?" ”

Liu Jin didn't know where to get out, covered her mouth and smiled: "Lord Shen, if you know, hurry up and say, don't be a mother-in-law, otherwise everyone else will treat you as a woman!" ”

It wasn't Jin Gui who was recording this day, so that Shen Xi didn't even have anyone around him who could discuss, and at this moment Liu Jin jumped out completely to give him a dismount.

Shen Xi said again: "Then let's change the question, does the prince know the difference between men, women and eunuchs?" ”

When a sentence was spoken, all the eunuchs present made straight faces.

This is a question that makes them extremely entangled, originally there are only men and women in this world, but there is a third type of people, that is, eunuchs, who are neither men nor women.

Liu Jin's face was flushed, and he wanted to say something more, but he was pulled by Zhu Houzhao, and at this time Zhu Houzhao said excitedly: "I...... I see, there is no more under the eunuch...... Haha......"

It's okay for others to laugh, but Zhu Houzhao has the right to laugh, who told these eunuchs to serve the royal family?

"Then why aren't they below?" Shen Xi asked.

"This ......"

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said, "It seems to have been castrated, right?" Father-in-law Liu, isn't that so? ”

Liu Jin glared at Shen Xi viciously, eager to rush up and strangle Shen Xi to death, but now he was being watched eagerly by Zhu Houzhao, and he had to answer. He could only smile bitterly: "Back to the prince's words, yes...... Cut. ”

"You see, I'll just say yes, I asked them before, and they told me about it themselves." Zhu Houzhao was triumphant.

Shen Xi asked again: "Then why are they castrated?" ”

This question is not something that Zhu Houzhao can understand at this age, he has also thought about this question before, yes, why should he cut it if he is good?

Shen Xi asked again: "The eunuch was cut, did the woman have it?" ”

"Like...... Not really. ”

Zhu Houzhao scratched his head and said, "Yes, why don't women have it, did I become a woman after I cut it?" ”

Liu Jin hurriedly said: "Prince, don't try, it's not a joke." Lord Shen, you are so bold, you dare to instigate the prince and make the prince ......"

Shen Xi smiled and said, "What did the official say?" ”

Liu Jin looked at the Zhongyun official behind him and stepped aside stupidly, he knew that every word he said at this time might be recorded, if the emperor knew that he was interjecting next to Shen Xi when he was talking to the prince, then he would be unlucky.

"Gonggong Liu, this palace is talking to Mr. Shen, can you not come over and disturb?" Zhu Houzhao said impatiently, "You too, when I'm stupid, I say cut it, doesn't it hurt?" ”

"It hurts...... It hurts a lot. ”

Liu Jin has experienced that kind of pain, and she still remembers it vividly for the rest of her life.

Zhu Houzhao asked excitedly: "Mr. Shen, I can't answer this question, tell me quickly, why is there under the men, but not under the women?" ”

Shen Xi felt that this was simply an insult to his full stomach of knowledge, do you want to know, when you Yuanyang comes in a year or two, won't you be self-taught?

If you have to let me explain to you, it is really insulting to be in front of so many people!

But you also brought out the guise of Empress Zhang...... How boring is this queen, let me tell the prince about this "dirty and dirty" thing.

But with Shen Xi's open-mindedness, it is not impossible to explain to Zhu Houzhao in private about the affairs of men and women, but it is in such a public occasion.

"Prince, do you remember, I once talked about profit and loss?" Shen Xi asked.

"Yin and Yang again? Yes, you said it, and you said that it was long, and I didn't see a piece on me...... No, down there...... It seems to have grown a little, but the woman has no ...... And the bumps, I think there are more bumps on the woman's body than mine. It's as if I'm yin and they're yang. ”

Shen Xi didn't expect that this bear child had studied it thoroughly.

Shen Xi said: "Between yin and yang, there is a lack and a supplement, the prince is now young and underage, this is not to underestimate the prince, but the human body is like this, and it can only be understood after a certain age." In another one or two years, the prince will understand everything. ”

"Hey, Mr. Shen, you are still sloppy with me, and you still haven't explained it to me clearly after talking about it for a long time!" Zhu Houzhao was completely angry this time, glaring at Shen Xi and roaring. (To be continued.) )