"These people are so annoying, they come here every day to hand over posts to meet them, and there is nothing wrong with their family? If you have something to say, you really have to come to our house, really. ”

In the small kitchen of Fan's Mansion, Zheng Wan, who was dressed in new clothes, pouted and walked around her sister angrily. Now she no longer needs black ash to protect her own safety, plus after getting Fan Jin's help, her family is very good, her nutrition is sufficient, and her body has grown sufficiently. The eyebrows are cute, the face is like a dough, and the round face is cute when you look at it.

Fan Jin, who became the son-in-law of the Zhang family, was originally the target of many officials in Beijing, and after he was ordered to enter the palace to paint for the Son of Heaven, the number of people who wanted to befriend Fan Jin increased several times out of thin air. In fact, painting the portrait of the Son of Heaven is not a very attractive job, and if a minister's position changes from a political assistant to a painter, it may not be a good thing for his future.

Especially Fan Jin's identity, the dignified head and son-in-law, can only become famous by painting the portrait of the Son of Heaven, which is equivalent to saying that he has nothing to do with the matter, which is even more embarrassing. But for two hours of painting, and the Son of Heaven gave the imperial table a table, this treatment is not simple.

Not to mention ordinary painters, even if they are ministers of the DPRK and China, there are not many who can get the banquet of the Son of Heaven. Besides, there are no outsiders in the two hours, and there must be questions and answers in addition to the portrait, which is actually comparable to Zaifu's treatment. Although Fan Jin's errand has not yet been arranged, with this holy family, Fan Jin's future will naturally not be bad. If you don't come to burn the cold stove at this time, it will be too late to wait until the Ming Decree comes down.

Recently, there have been rumors circulating in the Beijing division that Zhang Juzheng is likely to set a precedent and let foreign officials enter the Hanlin Academy or Guozijian, breaking the long-standing system of internal and external division of civil officials and giving foreign officials the opportunity to enter the cabinet to do things. Even the reasons have been thought through, and now the cabinet is heavy and the ministry is light, but the cabinet ministers lack local practical administrative experience, and when dealing with machine affairs, they often have to refer to the opinions of the ministry, so that it is inverted to the disadvantage of the state. It is best to give the governor and the minister the opportunity to join the cabinet to serve as a counselor, so that he will not be at a loss when solving practical problems.

You must know that the internal and external official circulation system is a set of rules spontaneously formed by the Ming officialdom, not a system, and it does not have mandatory binding force in the first place. Zhang Juzheng is implementing the new law, and he is already gradually breaking the old rules, and it is not impossible to really break the internal and external circulation system. Those foreign governors and ministers could only be the highest minister, but now that they have the opportunity to join the cabinet to pay respects, most of them will applaud and support strongly. From the perspective of public opinion, a large group of governors and ministers stood up to support the new policy, and even the Beijing officials may not be able to stop it.

According to this trend, maybe twenty years later, it will be the situation of Weng's son-in-law and prime minister, Zhang Juzheng carried his son-in-law into the cabinet as a cabinet minister, and maybe he could be the first assistant. If you don't come to make friends at this time, how long will you have to wait?

The Fan family is like a city, and all kinds of twists and turns have come to the relationship, and even the Guangdong Hall has been stained with a lot of light. But for Zheng Wan, it was not easy to meet her brother, but she didn't say a few words, and before she could show her new clothes, she was snatched away by a group of bearded people, and it was strange that she could be happy.

The little girl got close to the Fan family, and as soon as her eyes opened, she was bold, and she was afraid when she saw a servant in the past. Now all officials below the fifth grade are treated as petty officials, and they don't take it to heart at all. In her opinion, those who are qualified to talk to her brother are first- and second-class officials, and those who are small fish and shrimp should not be perfunctory. It's better to have this time to and your sister for a while, don't look at the little girl, she has a lot of knowledge, especially when she does business at home, and she knows a lot of things about the mansion. For example, in order to invite pets, isn't it a happy thing for the sister of a big family to pull her sister into the house?

Zheng Chan stopped Zheng Wan's strange words, "Don't be unruly." The people who came were all big masters, and in the past, our family couldn't stammer. Master, this is entertainment, and you can't push it off. Besides, these entertainments are also good for us, now the uncle and cousin are selling things, and no one dares to come to collect taxes, how far do those scoundrels run, and when they see your eldest brother, they have to pay for the smiling face, who dared to think of this in the past? It's not all the master's ability, if there is no communication from his old man, how can our family live this good life. ”

"Also, the lord is promoting you as a sister, but we have to know how to be proportionate. Your sister is the master's cook, and after all, she is a subordinate, and she can't treat herself as a master. The master is kind-hearted, it doesn't matter what happens, even if you are naughty, he will treat you as a living treasure and will not be angry with you. But now that the lord is going to get married, that is Zhang Jiangling's daughter, the rules of a big family are big, no matter how naughty you are, be careful that she doesn't let you come to the house to play again. ”

"How dare she?" Zheng Wan stared at her good-looking big eyes and said, "The old lady has agreed, and I haven't thought about it yet." If you dare to bully me, I will promise the old lady, can she still drive me as a sister-in-law? ”

"Silly sister, aren't you afraid of Miss Zhang as an old lady? I could see that the old lady didn't smile comfortably until she saw the old man. I heard Qian Caiyin say that during these days, the old lady was actually worried every day, and as soon as Miss Zhang left, she asked Qian Caiyin if there was anything inappropriate about her words and actions, and whether she would offend other people's daughters. The mud bodhisattva crossing the river is difficult to protect itself, how can it care about you? ”

Zheng Wan broke her face and threw a piece of firewood into the stove. "Is Zhang Jiangling's daughter amazing? Sooner or later, I want her to bow her head to me in front of me, and then see how I clean her up. ”

"You just don't admit defeat with your mouth, so you will suffer in the mansion. Come, my sister will give you braids, you are a big girl now, you can't be as naughty as a child, you have to understand something. People are under the low eaves, how dare not bow their heads. I didn't see eye to eye with Qian Caiyin in the past, but now I'm still friends? With Miss Zhang outside, we don't dare to fight ourselves. You are also good, even if you don't move around, even if you don't move around, you will be a statue of Taigong, ensuring that no one dares to provoke you. ”

Looking down at his cousin, what a good beauty embryo. In a few moments, Zheng Chan also had the idea of pulling his sister to the house to fix his pet, but he had been with Fan Jin for a long time and knew his man's aesthetics. He likes mature and beautiful women, and a cardamom beauty like Zheng Wan may be top-grade in the eyes of others, but in Fan Jin's eyes, it can only be regarded as not growing, and he won't have much interest at all.

Besides, Zhang Shunqing is not a tolerant person, she can't let her sister enter the mansion and be angry with her, and her fate is still uncertain in the future, so why involve her sister again. It was she who said while helping her sister comb her hair:

"Actually, you're also a big girl, it's time to take care of the marriage. Don't look at our family's family, but with the relationship of the eldest master, it is not difficult to marry a scholar. Of course, we can't think about the children of official eunuchs, and marrying is also a crime. But the old man has a good eye, so he will choose a reading seed for you to be the prime minister, and he may be able to be a decree in the future. ”

"I'm not unusual! My brother has even seen the emperor, and he has entered the palace, so what's so great about reading the seed and the lady of the order. If I want to get married, I have to marry someone better than my brother, and when the time comes, I will support my sister so that Miss Zhang will not dare to bully you. ”

"The little girl is blowing nonsense, how can there be a woman in this world who can suppress Miss Zhang, and where is the man better than the master? You should still help cook with your sister, and prepare food and drink for the master later. Today is the master's mentor, so we have to prepare carefully. ”

The mentor that Zheng Chan said was naturally not Zhang Siwei, but Hou Shouyong. Compared with Zhang Siwei, the titular master, Fan Jin is actually more intimate with Hou Shouyong. Of course, Zhang Siwei will not let go there, the rules of officialdom in the Ming Dynasty cannot be broken, and filial piety and even entertainment for the master are all part of the rules of officialdom survival, and there will be no shortage of them. But the person who can really make friends is not Fengpan after all.

"When the Son of Heaven got married, the royal superintendent never made just one set of furniture, you understand this truth. Only make a set in case any of the pieces go wrong or go out of the water, and it is too late to replace them temporarily. Therefore, there are at least two sets of furniture in a dozen so that they can be exchanged at any time, so that the two sets of furniture are exactly the same from the materials to the handwork, and there is no difference. Long live rewarding such a set of furniture as the eldest lady's dowry, which is naturally supreme decency for the Zhang family. But for retreat, it is a huge burden, and it must be very hard for you to carry it. Qi Dafei is not a coincidence, there is such a lady, you yourself should be more cautious. Although I haven't seen the face of the eldest lady, I have heard about the means, these relatives and township party in your family have been cleaned up by her, and she has done a villain for you. ”

In the study, Hou Shouyong and Fan Jin were pulling homely. After learning about the situation of Sha's mother and son, Hou Shou landed on the ground with the stone in his heart. Whether it is for an old friend who has passed away, or for the throbbing in his heart, it can be regarded as an explanation, and now is the time to care about his disciples.

As Fan Jin's mentor, of course, he was happy to see the marriage between Zhang and Fan's two families come to fruition, but in the same way, it is precisely because the friendship between the two is far beyond the degree of officialdom that he is worried about the future married life of his disciples. Hou Shouyong, who was also from a poor family, could fully understand the situation and hardships of his disciples, and kindly reminded him to be mentally prepared.

In fact, Fan Jin himself can also feel that those villagers who have followed all the way from Guangzhou to Beijing and want to live a good life are actually not in a good situation. Compared with the days when they were digging in the soil, their quality of life has improved, and they will not be so embarrassed anymore, but there is a gap of 108,000 miles from their ideal life of becoming a relative of the prime minister and doing whatever they want.

These people are living cautiously now, and the fear of the big city is no worse than when they were in the countryside of Guangdong. There is no woman in his family who can do this, Liang Pandi's means are enough, but his identity is wrong, and he can't do things, obviously this is all due to Zhang Shunqing's means. If she hadn't taken out the ability to manage the family house, these people would not know how much trouble they would have caused.

Hou Shou didn't say anything, he must have been dissatisfied with Zhang Shunqing in his heart. After all, he was a scholar at this time, and he still had a strong idea of male superiority and inferiority in his heart, believing that women should listen to men. No matter how tall she is, it is always wrong to teach her in-laws' fellow villagers and even relatives like this, not to mention that she has not passed the door yet, and she is even more suspected of bullying. As a child of a poor family, Hou Shouyong will also give back to his hometown after becoming an official, and try his best to help his poor relatives. In his opinion, this is all justified, and Zhang Shunqing's doing this is not good for Fan Jin's reputation. But for Fan Jin, that's not the case.

He has long wanted to clean up these people, but he has never found a suitable opportunity, and this time it is Zhang Shunqing who slanders himself. From the depths of his heart, he still thinks about Zhang Shunqing's benefits, but it is not easy to say it. He smiled, "The daughter of the Prime Minister has her own temper, and the student will take care of it." Let her have some, home and everything. ”

"It's best to think like that. However, men can't always be pressed on the head by women, they must always make a career for themselves, and don't let women underestimate it. Retreat has done a very good job in Shangyuan, and this time His Majesty is satisfied with the school's affairs, and the credit should not be taken away by others. No matter how prominent a woman's family is, when she marries, she has to go to her husband's family. A woman's face is earned by her husband, not her father. Retreating to the saint's family, and being a teenager, when the seniority arrives, it will inevitably be a long journey, no matter how big Miss Zhang's temper is, she will not dare to be angry with you at that time. ”

The teacher smiled. The disciple is always a foreign official, and he is only a ministry at the head, and he is 108,000 miles behind the ministers, and in Zhang Daqianjin's eyes, he may not really value the future of a minister. ”

"If you don't run for the Zhang family that day, why would you delay your future? Even if Zhang Jiangling makes a special case for you, it's not a big deal. Besides, at the time of the martial temple, Yang Wenxiang was about to enter the phase, and he entered the cabinet on an errand with the Son of Heaven. Why not cite the example of the previous dynasty? ”

"Yang Wenxiang has trilateral military merits, and his disciples dare not compare. Besides, with the seniority of the disciples, they are still far from entering the cabinet, and they can't talk about it now. If it is really a precedent for mixing inside and outside, I am afraid that it will also benefit the governors of various places first. ”

"With their benefits, it will be justified to retreat in the future. Etiquette cannot be abolished, and examples cannot be opened. If there are many foreign officials entering the cabinet, people will not think it is strange, and it will be much easier to think about it and think about it again. As you said, you are still young now, and you can't talk about it, so you should let others pave the way for you, so that you can go on your own. ”

The disciple understood that as soon as the news spread, I don't know how many people were moved. In fact, there are so many positions for cabinet ministers, how many can be given to the governors and ministers? One or two have reached the top, I really don't understand, how many officials in this capital can let the governor go, and how many people can enter the cabinet after letting the governor go. Two cuts, in fact, for most people, the position of a cabinet minister is a mirror and a mirror is worthless. Instead of staring at this illusory thing, it is better to look at the present. ”

"Retreat means a new school?"

"Exactly. Banzai cares a lot about the school, and those who come out of that school can be regarded as the real protégé of the Son of Heaven. The disciple can make a confession to the teacher, but he may not be able to see it at the moment, and when he is released from the government in the future, there is a world of difference between whether he has entered the school or not. Therefore, it is better to enter the school sooner rather than later. ”

A few days later, there were many legends in the Jingshi: among the courtiers, the governor would occupy a seat; The new government school is designed to cultivate the protégés of the Son of Heaven.