After a small interlude, when Shen returned to the capital. It's already the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month. The capital has been filled with a strong smell of the New Year, no matter how much unpleasantness happened this year, for the common people, this year is to go all out.

But the Shen family can't be extravagant, because Shen Lian is newly mourned, and this year has been extremely plain. Even the children changed into blue and black clothes to express their sorrow for their master.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the sky net was bright, and there were groups of students, subordinates, and even officials who had nothing to do with each other, a small and neatly dressed person, holding a big Mei Hong business card with a black name, surname, alias, and a vermilion seal, came to the door of the Shen Mansion in the chessboard alley, hoping to give Shen Shilang a New Year's greeting earlier than other colleagues. The sooner you are at your boss, the more respectful you are, and if you come late, you're embarrassed to say hello.

However, this year, the situation of the Shen Mansion is special, and the officials who came to pay New Year's greetings have seen that there is a post in black on a white background posted on its door, and everyone understands that it reads "Be cautious and chase the distance, forgive you for the New Year". When the master died, he immediately stopped laughing and asked the porter in a low voice, who was the fairy.

The porter, dressed in plain clothes, explained the situation, and most of the New Year's worshippers offered a prayer post, asking the porter to send condolences and then turned and left. Officials with general relations and general relations went to other homes to continue to pay New Year's greetings, but there were also those who had a teacher-student relationship with Shen Mo, or who wanted a closer relationship, hurried home to change into plain clothes, came to the house again, and asked Menzi to return and wait to worship the priest.

Shen Mo came out and refused repeatedly, but under the sincerity of the students' subordinates, they had to order someone to move out of the table. Please take out the teacher's tablet and place offerings such as incense burners, wax pestles, honey offerings, and fresh fruits.

The students lined up in front of the desk and kowtowed, silently thanking them, and then some descendants stepped forward to help the teacher handle the reception, and at noon, there were no guests who came to worship. Shen Mo invited the students who helped to eat a vegetarian banquet in the flower hall.

Sitting on his left and right are his two favorite disciples, Wang Xijue and Shen Shixing, "In the second half of last year, Xu Shixing returned to his hometown and officially proposed to the Xu family to change his surname back to Shen. This is actually not a blow to the Xu family, because after Xu Shixing won the championship the year before last, they beat gongs and drums and celebrated. A magnificent torii was also erected in the neighborhood. Who doesn't know in Suzhou City, the Xu family has a champion? Even as long as the surname is Xu, when introducing himself, he can't avoid saying that I am Zhuang Yuanlang's family.

But Xu Shixing said now, I don't have your surname. Xu Jiadeng was so faceless that he was already a character recorded in the family tree and a big book. How can you become an outsider? Shall we tear up the genealogy and rewrite it? The Xu family is also the surname of Suzhou Mansion, how can they afford to lose this person? The old man in the clan made up his mind, even if he had a falling out with the champion. did not agree to him to change his surname, their original intention was to use a tough attitude to make Xu Shixing retreat in the face of difficulties and accept the fate of being surnamed Xu for the rest of his life.

But Xu Shixing is a very methodical person, and he does not have a head-on conflict with the Xu family, not because he does not have this ability, because of the officials of Suzhou Mansion. From the prefect to Youguang, down to Changzhou and Wu County, they are all silent hardcore teams, and they see that the proud protégé of the benefactor has been bullied, is this worth it? At that time, there was a Cheung Chau County order. I want to give the Xu family a little color to see who is in the world of this Suzhou Mansion.

But the young Xu Shixing is not on fire, nor is he brain hot. He declined the magistrate's kindness. said: "How can the Xu family treat students with kindness and be small? Adults, please go back, and relax for more than a month, it is difficult to solve the spoon.

Since the owner said so, the officials would not be in a hurry for the emperor and the eunuchs, so they would no longer mention this matter, but when the champion returned to Beijing after the holiday, the Xu family actually proposed to let him go to the Shen family to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors. He also said in public that he would never forget the kindness of the Xu family and admit the history of his surname Xu. So everyone was happy, and it became a beautiful talk for a while.

Later, the officials learned that Xu Shixing "Oh no, now it's called Shen Shixing." It's not that he didn't do anything, but when he returned home, he carefully wrote an article, recounting the history of his grandfather's succession to his uncle's family and the three generations of the Xu family's favor, and sincerely expressing his gratitude to the Xu family's upbringing, praising the Xu family's benevolence, righteousness, filial piety and joy in the sky and on the ground. He even said that he could have today. It is absolutely inseparable from the words and deeds of the Xu family, which has greatly pasted a layer of gold on the face of the Xu family.

Zhuang Yuanlang's article was naturally hot, and it soon spread in Suzhou City, and the reputation of the Xu family also skyrocketed with this article; In addition, Shen Shixing spared no effort to express his gratitude to the Xu family for his upbringing on various occasions, and many people also echoed the face of the champion, and the Xu family seemed to have become a great family of kindness in Suzhou City, which also made the parents very face-saving.

The most important of the whole process appeared on the third day before he returned to Beijing, Xu Shixing made an appointment with many friends of the same year, and sent a plaque to the Xu family ancestral hall very ceremoniously. Four upright and vigorous big characters, and a line of small words on the side, "Shi Xing Jingshu" The old man of the Xu family pushed for a long time, and finally accepted it under his repeated kowtow. Three days later. He was allowed to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors.

Wang Xijue said that Shen Shixing is powerful, this is a curve to save the country. Shen Mo smiled: "It's a matter of personality. If you are replaced, you may go directly to their ancestral hall to live, and they will not leave if they don't agree. As a teacher and student who have been with each other for many years, Shen Mo knows the characteristics of his two proud protégés. Wang Xijue dares to act boldly and resolutely, while Shen Shixing is a character who is sunny and autumnal, and uses softness to overcome the net. In two how. Among the students, Shen Mo preferred Wang Xijue. But he thinks he will be able to reach even greater heights in the future. It's still Shen Shixing. Take the fact that he recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, it is a good reflection of his good empathy, solving problems at the lowest cost, and satisfying all aspects.

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After being rejected by the Xu family, Shen Shixing was not angry or anxious, but stood in the other party's position and analyzed the reasons why the Xu family did not allow him to change his surname. Secondly, you can't find out that the bride has run away after blowing and blowing and blowing and lifting the sedan chair back, and this kind of humiliation of being abandoned is unacceptable to the Xu family; Moreover, with the prestige of the high school champion, you will not return to the second to recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors. Even if it is not full of poison and bullying, it is difficult to guarantee that others will not admit that the four are stunned and will always destroy their eyebrows and bend their waists, and the powerful "have no character at all." If the Xu family agrees like this, where will the face go? How to mix in Suzhou in the future?

Thinking about the layers of concerns of the Xu family, Shen Shixing prescribed the right medicine, first lowered his posture and gave them enough face, which eliminated the third point; and then used various methods to tout the Xu family, so that they got the greatest satisfaction, of course, the key is that article, so that the Xu family does not have to worry about the relationship between Zhuang Yuanlang and the fact that he can't get off the stage, which is completely a school that understands righteousness. People's hearts are flesh and blood, and the Xu family has been raised to a high moral height, so they have to put on a high posture.

Of course, he is not completely gentle, and the plaque he sent at the end, "Entong rebuilds." Four words, in fact, have pointed out the relationship between himself and the Xu family, "Zhuangyuanlang can't help but accept the plaque, but once it is received." It is undoubtedly the recognition of this relationship; In addition, he had already given enough face and set up enough steps before, and the Xu family, who was difficult to ride a tiger, was told by the villagers that he did not know how to be promoted, and provoked the champion to hold a grudge. It's better to get off the donkey on the slope, and the two are good in one, and everyone is happy.

Although this is not a big deal, Shen Shixing's unhurried and impatient handling of it, calmly arranged, targeted, and achieved it overnight, which still made Shen Mo greatly appreciated and thought that he was a student. has the potential to be a prime minister, of course, this will not be said.

After the meal, Shen Mo naturally had to talk to the students, because most of them were this year. It will end the study at the Shujokan. Some of them with good grades continue their studies at the Hallym Academy. The other part will be assigned to official positions and begin a formal political career.

At this critical moment, the students who are still young in the officialdom need his guidance and support, which is also the obligation of the teacher. Shen Mo patiently listened to everyone's ideas and gave his own suggestions, and if he needed help, he did not hold back, so that everyone felt that he was unreserved for his students. As a result, the students' admiration for the teacher naturally deepened.

But what is surprising is that when dealing with his two proud protégés, Shen Mo seems very ruthless. not only denied Shen Shixing's idea of wanting to continue to stay in the Hanlin Academy, but also clearly told him that he had asked the officials of the Ministry of Officials to send him to the Xuanfu to serve as a general judge, which was tantamount to great abuse for a promising champion.

Because judging by the convention at this time. Hanlin Qing noble officials have never needed to learn to deal with redundant affairs. In addition to making mistakes, they were seldom appointed to official positions below the rank of the head of the six divisions and the state capital; Even most of the time, they only need to study the canonical system wholeheartedly in the Hanlin Academy, and then teach in the Zhan Shifu, they can rise to the top, and at most they can only serve as a feudal commander in the local area, and they can be promoted to high-ranking officials in the ministry, and even enter the cabinet as a "perfect interpretation" of the Qing noble. The meaning of the word.

Let's ask if in history, how has there ever been a Hanlin revisionist who was sent to the Biansai Prefecture to work on criminal names? Noble daffodil-like champions. It was really possible to survive in that extremely complex and chaotic environment. And not to be eaten by those wolf-like murderers?

Wang Xijue strongly asked to go with Shen Shixing, believing that he had an obligation to protect his somewhat weak brother. But he was sternly rejected by Shen Mo, and the way that Shen Mo arranged for him was to teach in Guozijian. Of course, silence is not so dictatorial, if not promised. You can continue to study history at the Hanlin Academy, and the teacher will not be unhappy.

Let Wang Xijue cultivate history with this temperament, it is better to go home directly to farm, compared with the two, he obediently accepted to go to the country. accept the fate of Xu Wei's leadership; Shen Shixing was also a little depressed. The two brothers sat there like a pair of bullied children, with a dazed expression. Silently ignoring their feelings, he said to the students in a serious tone: "The good news is that when you stepped into the political arena, the strict party entrenched in the court has become a story, and the virtuous are not allowed to enter, and the loyal are deposed; The era of flattery and bribery has passed, and for a foreseeable period of time, the court will remain politically clear, and it is a good time for the virtuous and diligent to stand out

The silent words really lifted the students' spirits, but after listening to his words, they changed their minds and said: "However, this will not reduce the danger of your career, if you are involved in the factional struggle, the students who will also be unpaid and go home early to retire will chuckle for a while, and they will not be able to understand the painstaking words of the teacher."

Shen Mo sighed lightly, and said in an accentuated tone: "Let's talk behind closed doors today, I used up my energy. Let you all avoid becoming science and technology officials, not to prevent you from speaking up, but I just hope that you will understand that in the face of major rights and wrongs, you must have the courage to express your attitude; But in some senseless battles of will, factionalism, and even power. Don't get involved, becoming someone else's pawn and scapegoat has been said very bluntly, which is enough for students with smart minds to hear the warning meaning.

As for those who are still ignorant, Shen Mo will not explain anymore, for these people, the political struggle is too dangerous, it is more appropriate to be an official honestly and do what he does. So Shen Mo finally said: "In a word, work hard and be nosy!" ”

The students left with different faces, in fact, none of them really understood Shen Mo's words, even the most brainy Wang and Shen felt that the teacher was right, don't take a stand on what happened recently, but they didn't know that what Shen Mo said was a big battle that didn't even have a bud.

But don't blame them. After all, if you don't stand at the height of silence, you won't feel the undercurrent of the top.

They can actually feel the Tao, and they can still hear and see things, such as the problems of the clan, such as the problems of the south.

Looking at the departing backs of these officialdom newcomers, Shen Mo knew that they wouldn't take their words too seriously. must have turned his head and went to drink and have fun again, "What's the worry that can't be said after the New Year?"

Shen Mo was not angry, but secretly envied them, because he was in his position. I can't loosen my heartstrings for a moment.

When you're in good health, make up for the chapters that fell a few days ago.