Chapter Ninety-Six

The ancestral shop of Sun Dan's family is seventy square meters in size, with a courtyard at the back, and a floor on top is used as a residence for men. Now it is rented to a cloth shop, and some rent is paid every year. Although it is not much, the society has been stable recently, business has prospered, and rents have been rising with the tide.

The Ming Dynasty went through nine generations of emperors, and although the country was not strong, the common people lived very richly. Even with the price of the land, it went up like a flip, and after careful calculation, the shop has now risen to more than 1,000 taels of silver, and if it can be sold for silver, it is just right to buy a small courtyard in the capital.

If this thing wants to be done, the key point is to ask Zhang Zhixian to nod.

Since ancient times, the people have not been with the official capital, the county order of the family, and the prefect of the extinction. A magistrate is just a petty official of the seventh grade, but with the life and death of ordinary people in his hands, it can be said that if you want to live, you will live, and if you want you to die, you have no room to resist at all.

After thinking about it carefully, Sun Dan is now famous and famous, and he has squeezed into Shilin. The world's scholars are all a family, pointing out the country on weekdays, inspiring words, holding the guidance of social public opinion at hand, taking the world as their own responsibility, and claiming to be the pride of the sky one by one. As soon as they heard that the scholar had been so oppressed by a lowly butcher and that his property had been robbed, he would immediately be indignant and would be willing to beat the perpetrator to death.

Because the scholar has a noble status, reads the words of the sages, and learns moral articles, he naturally stands on the side of justice.

In this way, anyone who judges the merits of this matter will rule in favor of Sun Dan.

Besides, Zhang Zhixian is Sun Dan's nominal teacher, so if he doesn't help his students, will he still help the butcher?

When Sun Dan thought about it, his heart had settled down.

After changing his shirt, he took Feng Zhen into the county government with his head held high.

Recently, the autumn tax has been collected, and Zhang Zhixian has also been idle. When Sun Dan came to visit him, he was holding the "Qing Collection" written by Sun Dan in his hand, and he saw Sun Dan enter the house, threw the booklet, pointed it, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few months, Sun Dan, your articles and poems are becoming more and more 'colorful', and several articles in this collection are really familiar and harmonious, and I can't find any 'fault'." As for the poems in it, although it is a game work, it is also elegant. ”

He sighed: "You have only been studying for half a year, and you have this level, and you are really an unborn genius." ”

Sun Dan made a gesture respectfully: "It's not the teacher's training, Sun Dan doesn't dare to be complacent." ”

Zhang Duan, the magistrate of the county, laughed, "touched" his beard with satisfaction, and said, "Your clear words were given by Bachelor Xiao Yang for you?" ”

"No, the students took it for themselves." Sun Dan was a little ashamed, and now that he thinks about it, he is also a bit of a spoof to take this word, which is not appropriate.

"Oh, I'll just say, Master Xiao Yang won't give you this kind of word, doesn't it make sense at all?"

Sun Dan hurriedly said: "The students are only shallow in their studies, and there are no elders in the family, so they started a random 'mess'. ”

"Sun Dan, if you don't dislike it, you can help one as a teacher." Zhang Duan looked at Sun Dan with a smile and a look of anticipation.

Sun Danzheng was worried about whether he had a chance to get closer to Zhang Zhixian, and was overjoyed when he heard this: "Please also ask the teacher to give words." ”

"Indifferent to clear ambition, quiet to far-reaching. It's called Jingyuan, don't you think? ”

Sun Dan was busy again, pretending to be happy: "Thank you for the words, Sun Dan...... Sun Dan has had no elders since his father's death, and today he didn't expect to get a teacher...... Students, students ......"

Zhang Duan was also moved, and sighed, "Sun Dan, you have won the first case of the Academy of Sciences, and this county is honored." I am in charge of the county, and I am very happy to be able to personally order such a talented person as you to come out. With your talent, if you work hard, you may not be able to get a person to give the county magistrate a long face. Now there are two years left before the next autumn festival, I don't know what your plans are Sun Dan? Why didn't you go out, my brother just set up a college, you can go to study, when the time comes, you go to take the township exam, my brother goes to take the exam, and the teacher and student both go to the dragon gate at the same time, wouldn't it be another good story of Shilin. ”

Sun Dan knew that it would not take two years to the next Qiuqiu, and Emperor Zhengde did not have a few months to live, and once Jiajing succeeded to the throne, he would open Enke next autumn. It is naturally good to be able to go to Zhang Zhixian's eldest brother Zhang Xuan to study, and to have a good relationship with the future big celebrity, the first cabinet chief assistant of the Jiajing Dynasty. But now it's a long way to Zhejiang, and it's too late in time.

He hurriedly thanked him respectfully, and said: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the teacher, I just received an order from the patriarch of my Sun family to move to the capital with the children of the Sun family, and Sun Dan will also study in Guozijian." ”

"Well, I also know that the Sun family is going to move to Jingshi, and I also saw that Brother Mei Ting went to Guozijian to be an official. It's a great thing that you can go to study in the country! Zhang Duan was a little surprised, seeing that Sun Dan was puzzled, he explained with a smile: "The rules of Guozijian are very strict, and there are many rules. When ordinary people hear the name of Guozijian, they are afraid of three points. Actually, Sun Dan, you are serious and talented, so don't worry. The reason why the Guozijian is strictly managed is because most of the prisoners who are imprisoned are the children of the meritorious noble families. These children rely on the power of their fathers, they don't have to study hard, and they only know how to play all day long. As he spoke, Zhang Duan burst out laughing.

Sun Dan was amused in his heart, and he also laughed a few times with Zhang Zhixian.

"Actually, there is another advantage of studying in the country, that is, you can meet many noble children. If you join the company in the future, it will be much easier for you to get things done with this connection. Zhang Zhixian said: "You and I have a teacher-student relationship, I shouldn't have said this kind of thing, but now that you have gained fame and are dedicated to taking the road of official career, you feel obliged to give you a reminder as a teacher." ”

Sun Dan was moved in his heart: "The teacher's kindness is remembered by the students. In addition to picking up his family when he returned to Zouping this time, he also wanted to say goodbye to his teacher before leaving. If it weren't for the teacher's first place in the county exam, which gave the students confidence, the students are now afraid that they would still be a lowly handyman in the Sun family. ”

Thinking of the upcoming parting, Zhang Zhixian was also a little sad: "After going to Beijing, study hard, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is not easy to live, I don't know what mundane things you have in Zouping, and I will say that I have ended it for the teacher to help you." ”

When Sun Dan heard Zhang Duan say this, he knew that the drama meat was coming, so he raised his spirit and said: "The students have nothing important to do when they go back to their hometown this time, but the prices in the capital are very high, and the students' monthly rice is only afraid that it will not be enough to spend." Although the student is a child of the Sun family, he is old and a child of the collateral lineage, so he can no longer live in the courtyard and needs to find another place to live in the capital. When the student came back this time, he planned to sell his residence to see if he could buy a cottage in Jingshi. But the housing prices in the capital are scary, what is the use of this little money in my hand? Thinking about it, there is still a shop at home, but unfortunately the shop was occupied by my old Taishan. If you ask him to come back, it will be enough to spend in the capital. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Zhang Zhixian was a little surprised, "What is the situation, Jingyuan, you can tell me in detail." ”