Chapter 39: Be open and honest

Actually, the literati in ancient China were quite interesting. Some literati engage in seclusion in order to gain fame. Once these people are really officials, they are desperately camping and unwilling to be left behind. There are also some people who have lost the political struggle and have also gone into seclusion in order to keep their glory alive and make a comeback. This kind of thing has been common since ancient times. This is a bit like a prostitute, who has to pretend to be a good family before going to bed, twist and pinch, and want to refuse and welcome, but when it is really time to do business, she screams louder than anyone else. And the court, which is a prostitute, still eats this set. However, the Taizu Butcher of the Great Qi Dynasty is much more powerful, so he will give you a "summons" to hook up first, as a foreplay; If you don't obey, then give an "order", and the overlord will bow hard, and when you taste the benefits of being an official, you will naturally be willingly "prostituted". In later generations, there was a Zhu Yuanzhang who was even more ruthless, regardless of if you never obeyed, the handcuffs and shackles were put on first, and if you didn't obey, you would kill your whole family, and the great literati had to willingly take off their clothes and wait on the bed.

"Acting father Ding Wei" is even more absolute, at least Song Zheng has never heard of it in his previous life. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a saying of "seizing love", which was all aimed at the court officials, and they also had to suffer from the mouth of Youyou. When the famous minister Zhang Juzheng "won love", he experienced a storm in Nuoda. The Taizu of the Great Qi Dynasty was unprecedented in this regard. At the beginning of the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, there was an urgent need for talents, and it was not easy to get some literati out to become officials, but because some people died of their parents, their official affairs were delayed. If you calculate carefully, if an official's father and mother die one after another, it will take 54 months to worry, plus tossing back and forth, and you will not be able to do things for the court for five years. Therefore, a certain powerful person proposed to Taizu the system of "surrogate father Ding Wei", that is, after the death of the official's parents, he should mourn for three months to fulfill the responsibility of the son of man. Then he must take office and let his son take his place to keep filial piety. If you don't have a son, let your brother take your place. If you don't even have a brother, then there is no way, only to honestly worry for twenty-seven months. Of course, this is rare. Therefore, the system of "surrogate father Ding worry" greatly reduced the trouble of no one available in the imperial court.

Song Jue was surprised, because "Acting Father Ding Wei" was relatively common in the first twenty or thirty years of the Great Qi Dynasty, and almost all officials experienced it. But with the training of a large number of talents in the Academy of Literature and the Academy of Martial Arts, this situation is becoming less and less, in recent years, only a certain level of court officials and capable officials have appeared, Song Jue is just an ordinary jinshi, but he enjoys this treatment, which is really surprising.

However, Song Zheng understood that the other party's foothold was here, and there was no doubt that the man in white was Huang Song. Combined with Ding Yuan's previous theory of science and science, Song Zheng understood that Huang Yuandu was in urgent need of a science master-level figure like Song Jue in the national force reasoning. Therefore, Huang Song poisoned the old man Song who had a close relationship with Old Man Gao, but left the rest of the Song family behind, just to let Song Jue contribute to Huang Yuandu. himself was also calculated, replacing Song Jue Ding worried. After Song Zheng thought about it, he couldn't help but scold Huang Yuandu and his son, killed other people's sons, and made their sons die, they were simply bad seeds with sores on the top of their heads and pus on the soles of their feet. However, while Song Zheng was glad that he was completely safe, he was also secretly vigilant, such an opponent was too difficult to deal with.

Old Man Song died on August 23, and three months later on November 23, close to the end of the year, and it was almost time for the literary academy to have a holiday. Therefore, Lord Hu of Zhizhou took pity on Song Jue and asked him to take up his post after the fifteenth day of the first month of next year.

After Yu Yuan expressed his condolences to Mr. Song, he congratulated Song Jue on his promotion to deputy chief teacher. Finally, he said: "I am waiting for Brother Song in Mizhou with Lord Hu." Song Yu got Song Zheng's guidance, carried Song Jue on his back, and gave Yu Yuan and the two dukes a few taels of silver as travel expenses, and Yu Yuan and the others happily said goodbye and left.

In the past two months, the Song family has obtained the land and property of the rich and wealthy family, and has become one of the few wealthy households in Shishan Town. Song Jue is not good at handling family affairs, and he is also self-aware, so he leaves them all to the Wu family and Song Yu to take care of. For the sake of long-term development, Song Zheng discussed with Song Yu and Wu, and rented out all the fields, and the original long-term workers of the Song and Qian families also got the land and became tenants of the Song family, and the rent was unified into forty percent of the land income. This made many tenants overjoyed, because in other villages, the rent was 50% or even 60%. In order to prevent Zheng Dekui's dissatisfaction, Song Yu also sold 100 acres of fertile land that originally belonged to the wealthy family to Zheng Dekui at a 7% discount on the market price, on the condition that if Zheng Dekui's land was leased, it must also be rented at 40%. Zheng Dekui got cheap land and his income increased, so he naturally agreed very happily.

After that, Song Yu also moved out of the thatched house at the foot of the West Mountain and lived in the house of the rich family, and Qi'er also secretly moved into the Qian house. As for the two maids of the Qian family, Qiu Lan and Qiu Ju, they were dismissed by the Wu family under the persuasion of Song Zheng. The girl of the Qian family, Song Zheng didn't dare to use it. Therefore, there are only two people in Nuoda's money house, Qi'er and Song Yu, and they are also very safe. The black dog "Black Tiger" with money and wealth has become Song Yu's watchdog again. Under the guidance of Song Zheng, after Song Yu fed it a few meat buns, it completely betrayed its old owner, which proved that the saying "dog is loyal to the cat and rapes" is not accurate. In fact, thanks to the "Black Tiger" turned quickly, otherwise, Song Zheng planned to get rid of "Missy" like Song Huang, the fourth Song of the original song.

One morning after Song Jue received the requisition order, Song Zheng said hello to the people in the family, and then came to the Qian Mansion and began to discuss the development plan. After Song Zheng, Song Yu, and Qi Er all sat down, Song Zheng said, "Qi Er, what do you think of my third uncle?" One more person, one more force. Qi'er understood what Song Zheng meant, and after getting along for a while, Qi'er also understood that although Song Yu had a bit of a problem with his sexual orientation, he had lived alone for so many years, which had greatly changed. In addition, after many days of getting along, Song Yu should have found out that he was a woman, but he did not say anything, which proves that Song Yu is very scheming. Coupled with the death of Old Man Song, Song Yu can also be regarded as a comrade-in-arms in the same trench. Therefore, Qi'er nodded, meaning that she could tell Song Yu.

Song Zheng said, "Qi'er, it's up to you." Although Song Xiaogongzi took the original oath as a dream, but in front of Qi'er, he still couldn't break it.

Qi Er nodded and told him about the origin of himself and Old Man Gao. Song Yu is no better than Song Zheng, and after being stunned for a long time, he left his seat to meet the eldest princess. Qi'er hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, and Song Zheng smiled, "Qi'er, should you tell us about our agreement." Qi Er glared at Song Zheng, and helplessly said that she was a maid for Song Zheng, Song Yu was stunned and pointed at Song Zheng speechless.

Song Zheng waited for Song Yu to come back to his senses, and then said: "There must be extraordinary measures in extraordinary times, we must unite in order to avenge grandpa and Dr. Gao, the third uncle should not be surprised." I have one more thing to tell you to clear up your doubts, and that is why I have opened my mind. At that moment, Song Zheng played with his strange dream again, Qi Er heard about it from Old Man Gao, so he naturally didn't think it was surprised, but Song Yu heard it for the first time, so he naturally sighed again and again.

Song Zheng said: "There is another thing you may wonder, Songjiazhuang is so remote, how did Huang Yuandu's people find here?" The old man and Dr. Gao were old friends forty years ago, and no matter how smart Huang Yuandu and those people were, they should not have expected this. ”

Qi Er and Song Yu both nodded, indicating that they were really confused. Song Zheng said, "You need to swear by the following thing, I don't want any fourth person except the three of us to know." Song Yu was already a little numb with shock, and made an oath at the moment. Qi'er is Song Zheng's maid, so she naturally obeys orders.

Song Zheng said: "We are not fighting with our bare hands, we still have a lot of wealth in our hands, and it can be said that we are rich enough to rival the country." "This guy is also quite talented in storytelling, and after whetting the audience's appetite, he tells the story of King Lu's secret treasure. The origin of the vault is just a brief description, and when it comes to Song Xiaogongzi himself, it is a bit of a big blow. What "the little boy rescued the old man Zheng", "the little warrior ventured to check the enemy's situation", "the pretty young master is rich and noble, and he can't yin", "the old man Zheng was moved to pass on the 'yin-poem'", etc., which are full of anger and color.

After listening to the story, Qi Er froze, while Song Yu stood up and looked at his nephew with his mouth open, his mind already suspended.

After Qi Er and Song Yu digested the matter of King Lu's secret treasure, Song Zheng told his inference about the death of Old Man Song. Song Yu and Qi Er couldn't help but nod their heads again and again when they heard this. Song Yu lamented that although his brother was obsessed with scientific research and did not understand human affairs, this time he inadvertently saved everyone's lives.

In the end, Song Zheng said: "The opponent we are facing is extremely strong, and we ourselves are extremely weak now, and we can't even compare to a single hair on someone's body, so the matter of revenge must be considered in the long run." Song Yu is also very sad and indignant about the death of Old Man Song, but he is also a stoic person, otherwise, he would not have lived healthily in more than ten years of solitary life. He immediately said, "Zheng'er, what do you say?" ”

Song Zheng pondered for a while and asked, "Third uncle, have you insisted on studying all these years?" ”

Song Yu said: "In addition to working all these years, I have been reading books alone, but I have not thrown away the matter of reading. ”

Song Zheng nodded and said, "Okay, now our family doesn't have to work in the fields anymore, you can study with peace of mind." Two years later, it will be the year of the big exam, and you will still be a lifter, and you can directly take the Jinshi exam. Regardless of whether you can be a high school jinshi or not, you have to try to stay in Jiangning City, even if your position is lower. We want to establish a place to settle there, although the second aunt Song Huan is in Jiangning, I don't know the situation of her family now. It's best not to implicate the second aunt's family in this kind of thing. The third uncle needs to be familiar with the situation in the capital and keep an eye on his opponent. It would be better if it could be close to Huang Yuandu or Xiao Jun, but it is very difficult to estimate. (Ask for Collection)