I personally experienced what is called "pie in the sky" The victims of the disaster called a thank you to the officials headed by Gu Zhixian, and while receiving things, the victims thanked Gu Zhixian and others without a mouth.

Gu Zhixian didn't mean to hide it at all, he directly told the victims who came to receive the things that were donated by the Ming family and the Yu family.

The victims are all too familiar with the Ming family and the Yu family, after all, these two families have donated food and porridge to them.

Hearing that the county master said that this batch of coarse cloth and cotton was also donated by the Ming family and the Yu family, there were shallow tears, and one did not control his emotions well, so he actually cried on the spot.

Hearing the disaster victims' praise for the Ming family and the Yu family, Fuxing County Cheng felt sour, but he has now been cleaned up into a big fat quail by Gu Zhi County, plus the Ming family and the Yu family now have a young and promising master in charge, so no matter how sour his heart is, he doesn't dare to risk being crazy to find trouble with the Ming family and the Yu family.

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Time slowly slipped past the winter moon and entered the wax moon, until there were still ten days left for the county government to be "sealed" in accordance with customs and practices, and the invitation handed over by Gu Zhixian finally got an answer.

There was a eunuch in the capital who sent the holy decree down, and the officials and squires who played a great role in this disaster relief work were all rewarded by His Majesty the Emperor with official positions, gold and silver, brocade silk and other things.

Needless to say, the officials were promoted to knighthood, but the squires did not get the opportunity to grasp real power because they were neither from an orthodox academic background nor because they had made meritorious contributions by virtue of their bravery.

For example, the Ming family and the Yu family, because the Ming Xu brothers and Yu Jiayan are all famous scholars, so the imperial court only gave the old man Ming a loose official who is a seven-grade Wen Linlang.

A loose official has no real power, and the only advantage is that he can also receive the same salary as the ministry official, and when he goes out to walk, others will indeed treat the loose official as a court official.

What's more, Mrs. Ming and Yu Jiayan's mother-in-law, Xie Shi, have all become seven-grade widows.

The difference is only that Mrs. Ming, a big living person, has been entitled, and she can enjoy her treatment as a seven-grade widow in her lifetime, while the posthumously sealed Xie can only enjoy the posthumous grief after death.

But even so, Yu Jiayan also felt that his mother should be able to smile at Jiuquan.

Especially when Yu Shoude came to him with a sincere expression of remorse, and even offered to break up with Liu, Yu Jiayan almost didn't laugh out loud directly.

Regardless of whether Yu Shoude really regretted it and wanted to abandon the Liu family, or just wanted to cheat the official position first, Yu Jiayan felt that his mother could really look at it.

What if Liu snatched her husband?

Ten years in Hedong, ten years in Hexi, and now good feng shui has been transferred back to him and his mother.

Although he is not at all uncommon to say that Shoude's "change of heart", this does not prevent him from feeling comfortable.

Of course, he would never help Yu Shoude find a way.

Not to mention that he doesn't have the ability to control the court and His Majesty the Emperor, even if he has, he will never put his ability on Yu Shoude.

He just wants to let Yu Shoude see and not eat.

In order to let Yu Shoude more deeply experience what it means to "regret not being at the beginning", Yu Jiayan did not raise eyebrows at him.

He quietly listened to Yu Shoude's confession, and silently watched him express his "repentance", until Yu Shoude said his meaning, and Yu Jiayan confessed his "powerlessness" to him with a regretful face.

“... I'm just a little-known person, in the eyes of ordinary people, I may be a small figure, but in the eyes of those real court officials, what is the difference between a countryman like me who has not even passed the Jinshi exam, and a small citizen who doesn't know a few big characters, or even ants and reptiles on the ground? ”

"You don't think that if I take out my daughter-in-law's dowry to help the victims, those court officials really treat me as a person, right?"

"This is Gu Zhixian, if it were someone else, do you think people would take credit for themselves, or would they clearly report all the credit of us ordinary people to the court?"

"Or do you think that Gu Zhi County, a seven-grade county order, can casually make requests to the prefect, the governor, and even the officials of the six ministries?"

"It is already a great favor for us that people can truthfully report the contributions made by our people, can I still let others risk offending the upper peaks to help me get rewarded and receive merit?"

"Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if I find Gu Zhixian, do you think Gu Zhixian will put his good future at will, and I will push him into the fire pit without stumbling at all?"

"He is a county parent official from Jinshi, not a little guy who signed a death deed with my family and followed me how I called!"

How can you not know these truths? He just wants to gamble with a 1/10,000 hope.

He said to himself that it was all to blame for the old man's official coming too easily.

He failed to pass the exam for most of his life, and to this day he is still a poor and sour talent who is not taken seriously, while the old man Ming, who does not know a few big characters, has a seven-grade official position because his family is rich.

Although his official position is only a loose official, and he does not have any real power at all, but even so, Yu Shoude can't immediately snatch the official position of Old Man Ming into his own hands.

Yu Jiayan knew Yu Shoude's thoughts, and he maintained the same lukewarm attitude as before, "It's useless for you to be jealous." The reason why you didn't catch anything, after all, didn't you make it yourself? If you didn't abandon your wife and children back then, and didn't stop your wife and remarry, then today you will definitely be able to enjoy the wealth and honor that my mother can enjoy. ”

Yu Shoude's eyes were red, "After all, it's not because you are an unfilial son!" If you are willing to recognize me and take good care of me, why should I ......?"

With a bang, Yu Jiayan clenched his right hand into a fist and slammed it on the table of the Eight Immortals in front of him, "Father and son are filial, before accusing me of being unfilial, shouldn't you reflect on what you have done to lose your conscience?" ”

Yu Shoude was taken aback by his sudden move, he walked away from Yu Jiayan without a trace, until he felt safe, he accused Yu Jiayan inwardly, "Did you talk to your own father like this?!" ”

Yu Jiayan sneered, "Then do you want to go to the yamen to sue me for being unfilial?" ”