If Shen Yichen could know what Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, was thinking at this moment, he would definitely feel extremely embarrassed.

I still remember that after the family feast, I once said, "Is a name so important on the genealogy?" Father. ”

At that time, Zhu Yong was unmoved, and he always considered glory and wealth in his eyes, rather than the so-called father-son relationship.

It can only be said that the remaining expectations for his father in Shen Yichen's heart have been wiped out by Zhu Yong himself.

You picked it, Cheng Guogong.

"Good, good."

Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, said a few good words with a deep face, and then regained the duke's momentum on his body.

What if you have a sense of crisis, once you are a prince, you will be afraid of the ambition of having a child?

And a half-grown boy who has not dried up, has he seen the real cruelty of officialdom, and can he understand what he is shouldering?

seems to be a very popular minister, but the higher he can stand, the easier it is to become the target of public criticism. Once he falls, dozens of people in the direct family of the entire Chengguo Mansion and hundreds of people in the side clan will all be implicated and attacked.

Only by abandoning superfluous emotions can we maintain rational decisions, even as an emperor.

The father-son affection of one person is not worth the honor and disgrace of hundreds of people in the Chengguo Mansion.

"I won't help you show favoritism with the chief examiner of the township exam, which will provide a handle for others."

"But I can introduce you to the chief examiner of the township test, as for whether you can get their attention in the end, it depends on your own ability."

Shen Yichen didn't expect Zhu Yong to show favoritism for himself, after all, the apparent fairness of the orthodox imperial examination still had to be maintained, and he didn't even take off his pants like in later generations.

It is enough to be able to introduce the chief examiner of the township examination for yourself.

If you enter the Chengguo Mansion today and are blocked by the porter, you can know that it is absolutely impossible to use your talent and fame to privately consult the examiner.

Opportunities can be provided by others, and the road must be taken by oneself after all.

"Grandpa Xie introduced Master Zhou Xu."

Shen Yichen bowed and thanked him, and directly said the name of the examiner he learned from the guild hall, which was his goal.

"Looks like you're prepared."

"Preparedness is the best way to be prepared."

"Okay, I'll help you introduce Lord Hanlin Zhou."

"Grandpa Xie, if you don't have anything important, you will retire in the future."

It's almost the same thing that should be said, Shen Yichen and Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong have never had the basis of small talk, so it's time to leave.

I thought that the Chengguo Guild would nod directly and let me go, but I didn't expect Zhu Yong to suddenly ask an irrelevant question.

"You have a place to stay in Jingshi, if you don't have one, you can go to the mansion to live."

Hearing this, Shen Yichen glanced up at Zhu Yong with some surprise, and actually let himself live in the Chengguo Mansion, is this his weight or bribery?

To be honest, Shen Yichen really doesn't have a good place to stay at present, living in Yingtian Hall for a short time is okay, but I'm afraid it's not good for a long time.

The main reason is that there is not enough money......

At the beginning of the examination, the head of the small and medium-sized three-yuan case, relying on the bonus silver and the gift money of all parties, almost received a small two hundred taels of silver.

Theoretically, this is a lot of money, but his own family is not a landlord class, and it is not enough to rely on the ten or two subsidies of rice and noodles issued by the imperial court every year, which is equivalent to sitting on a mountain and eating nothing.

Before leaving, Shen Yichen paid for the boat, and left dozens of taels of silver for his mother, plus the food and drink along the way, the actual silver deposit is less than 100 taels.

If nothing else, I will be in Beijing for a long time in the future, and staying in Yingtian Hall for a long time is equivalent to living in a hotel in the future. This is less than a hundred taels of silver, which is really not enough for himself and Ah Niu.

asked for money from his family, Shen Yichen couldn't open this mouth, and it was even more impossible to borrow money from Cheng Guogong.

Now that Zhu Yong has just mentioned it, it is equivalent to helping Shen Yichen solve a long-term worry. It's just that living in the public mansion like this, will there be a lot of inconvenience, and I still don't know the bottom of my heart.

It can only be said that Shen Yichen didn't care too much about it before, but now that he goes out, he can understand what it means to be a penny that is difficult to defeat a hero.

may have seen Shen Yichen's concerns, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, opened his mouth and said: "There is a small courtyard to the west of the middle hall, which used to be Jing'er's residence, and it was vacant after she got married, so it is more secluded and not easy to disturb. ”

The Jing'er that Cheng Guogong said was his third daughter Zhu Jing, who can also be called Shen Yichen's third sister. In the seventh year of orthodoxy, he married Peng Chengbo Zhang Jin, so the courtyard of the room was vacant, just enough for Shen Yichen to live in.

It may be not good to use modern concepts to see that the daughter's room is gone after marriage, but in the ancient "West Chamber" there is a clear description that the west wing room in the normal courtyard is the daughter's room, and most of them are used to live in guests after marriage.

As for this Peng Chengbo Zhang Jin, although his reputation is not obvious, the first Peng Chengbo Zhang Qi gave birth to a very powerful daughter, she is the Yuan match of Mingrenzong Zhu Gaochi, Queen Chengxiao Zhang.

Empress Zhang went through three dynasties and was the grandmother of the current emperor Ming Yingzong and the first empress dowager of the Ming Dynasty.

Yingzong was young when he succeeded to the throne, and in fact, Empress Zhang and the cabinet "Sanyang" controlled the government, which made a great contribution to the stability of the court in the early days of the orthodox dynasty, and also suppressed eunuchs such as Wang Zhen from interfering in politics.

It's a pity that Empress Zhang died in the seventh year of orthodoxy, and the regent "Sanyang" was also old and dead, and there was no power in the court to suppress the eunuchs. In the end, Ming Yingzong recklessly started the waves, and a wave of Ping A went up to dry the tile to stab Mongolia, and as a result, he was reduced to a prisoner.

Shen Yichen has never been a hypocritical person, since there is a need now, and Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, offered to help, he also gave his hand very simply: "Grandpa Xie." ”

"Go down."

"Yes."

Shen Yichen gave up his hand and retreated, and when he walked out of the main hall, Steward Wu, who had been waiting outside the door, also greeted him.

"Shen Gongzi, this is the token of the Gongfu, you can come and go at will in and out in the future."

After that, Steward Wu handed over a wooden plaque engraved with Zhu characters and the mark of the Chengguo Gong family.

Taking this token of the Mansion, Shen Yichen took it in his hand and looked at it for a few seconds, even if he studied in the outer courtyard of the Chengguo Mansion from childhood to adulthood, he never got this real "pass" of the Chengguo Mansion, but he didn't expect to have it now.

Watching Shen Yichen look at the Gongfu token, a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of Steward Wu's mouth, and then continued: "Shen Gongzi, I will immediately ask my subordinates to clean the West Wing Courtyard, if you still need any items, you can purchase them together." ”

"Steward Wu is polite, don't be so troublesome."

"No trouble, that's what I'm supposed to do."

The two of them walked to the side room, Ah Niu was bored at the moment, and when he saw Shen Yichen coming out, he immediately greeted him.

"Brother Chen, how is it, what did Grandpa say to you?"

"It's nothing, it's just to encourage a few words of preparation for the township exam, and the other is that we may have to live in the Chengguo Mansion in the future."

Hearing this, Ah Niu seemed to realize something, and approached Shen Yichen with an excited face and said: "Brother Chen, does living in the Chengguo Mansion mean that the grandfather will let you enter the genealogy, and now you can be regarded as recognizing your ancestors and returning to the ancestry?" ”

Regarding Shen Yichen's entry into the genealogy, it is not only the expectation of his mother Shen, but also the neighbors who are also paying attention.

After all, in the thinking of these ancients, entering the genealogy has a family home, which can be called a first-class major event in life, not to mention that Shen Yichen is still in the genealogy of Chengguogong.

"Don't talk about that, let's go back to the hall and pack up our things first."

Shen Yichen didn't want to talk to Ah Niu about entering the genealogy, let alone say this in front of Steward Wu.

"Okay, Brother Chen."

In this way, Shen Yichen and Ah Niu walked out of the Chengguo Mansion and prepared to return to the Yingtian Hall to pick up their luggage or something.

Steward Wu sent all the way to the door, and when he waved goodbye, he looked at Shen Yichen, and finally couldn't help but say: "Shen Gongzi, in fact, the grandfather values you more than he imagined, at least the second son Zhu Ji's imperial examination road, the grandfather has never been so concerned." ”

Shen Yichen didn't understand why Steward Wu suddenly said such a sentence, but as a housekeeper of the public mansion, then the other party must know Zhu Yong very well.

So Shen Yichen replied: "Is that because I am now showing greater potential than Zhu Ji?" ”

"Yes, but not quite."

"And what else is it for?"

"I don't know, only the grandfather himself knows."

"Thank you, Steward Wu, and say goodbye."

Shen Yichen didn't have the energy to explore Zhu Yong's inner thoughts, and there were still many things he needed to do.

"Walk slowly."

Back in the hall, Shen Yichen saw Xu Fengyuan sitting listlessly in the hall, without the slightest of the vitality of last night's self-cooking.

Holding the mentality that he was about to leave, Shen Yichen walked over and said hello, and said goodbye by the way.

"Brother Xu, did you have a hangover last night and haven't woken up yet?"

Seeing Shen Yichen coming, Xu Fengyuan's eyes lit up, but he quickly sighed and shook his head and replied, "It's because of my father's business." ”

"Oh, is it convenient for Brother Xu to tell one or two."

If Shen Yichen is still a little naïve politically, he is ahead of most people in this era in terms of economic level, after all, the Ming Dynasty has not even developed the most basic capitalist sprouts, and later generations have begun to talk about communism.

"My father is a trader in Jiangxi, mainly making a living from porcelain and silkworms, and this year's big water in Zhejiang and Fujian, coupled with the fact that the land boundary is not very peaceful, the harvest and sales volume are not very high."

"Now I plan to go north through the canal, hoping to open up sales channels in Beijing, but there is no force behind it, how easy is it to sell in large quantities?"

Now that the south is suffering from the disaster, the business is not good, Xu Fengyuan's father is ready to send all of them to the north for sale, hoping that his son can find a way to open up sales, so Xu Fengyuan is depressed and worried.

The Ming Dynasty was not as convenient as in modern times, and even the most basic convenience of business was unsealed by the previous emperor Ming Xuanzong, and the market had already been solidified.

Especially in a powerful place like Jingshi, there is no one behind you and no background, and it is okay to sell in small quantities, don't think about seizing the market on a large scale.

Hearing this situation, Shen Yichen had no better way, it had little to do with commercial means, it was purely caused by political factors.

However, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly thought of a way out, but he was a little hesitant when the words came to his lips. Because this trade route is not suitable for ordinary people, and the other party has to be very reliable.

I have only known Xu Fengyuan for just one day, and there is no basis for this kind of cooperation.