As soon as Shen Shuren saw his father, he wanted to talk more about the layout of the reform of Lijin.

But his parents are obviously not as diligent as him, and they feel sorry for him for running around for a year and suffering so much, so let him rest and raise for a few days, and then discuss national affairs after the New Year.

Shen Shuren was sent to take a few maids to bathe and soak in the fatigue. When you are refreshed and have washed away the fatigue of the journey, you can have a meal with the whole family.

An hour and a half later, Shen Shuren, who had been cleaned up comfortably, changed into new clothes and came to the dining room. Shen Tingyang and Xu were already sitting there, drinking tea all day long.

Shen Shuren saluted again, and the maids were ready to start the dishes.

Taking advantage of the work of cloth and vegetables, Shen Tingyang had a family matter to discuss with his son, so he asked people to bring two gift boxes inlaid with gold, silver, beads and jade, wrapped in Su embroidery and colorful brocade, and put them on the table, and instructed his son:

"This box is 20 Dadong pearls from Korea, and in this box are 10 high-quality Korean ginseng, each of which still weighs more than half a tael after drying. When you go back to Huguang in two months, take it with you, and find an opportunity to visit Fang Kongzhi, the governor of Huguang.

Governor Fang helped you block Zuo Liangyu's impeachment once before, although you are not afraid of shadows, and Zuo Liangyu's final impeachment did not hinder you, but the favor must be returned. People are governors, and they are your top bosses, so you can't hold your neck and not appreciate it. ”

Shen Shuren thought for a while: "Thank you is right, but is the etiquette a little heavier?" I can't take any of these gifts for 10,000 taels of silver. I don't know, I really think that I have a weak heart, and I have done a lot of work by entrusting someone. ”

Shen Tingyang was a little impatient: "If you want to send it, you will send it, and no outsiders know, and it is your father's money that is spent, what do you feel sorry for!" ”

The stepmother Xu next to her saw it, and the boss was not happy, but she didn't want to deal with this kind of courtesy and exchange affairs in the officialdom, so she just pouted unwillingly:

"What heart do you have, you don't know about it? Lin'er, don't listen to your father, he just wants you to marry the Fang family. changed the way to make you show your face in front of Governor Fang, hoping that Governor Fang would take a high look at you and take the initiative to mention this matter.

He himself is a langzhong, and he has no face to propose marriage to the feudal officials and the family of the poet hairpin, so let you behave yourself. has been an official for more than ten years, and in the end the rank is about the same age as his son, you are embarrassed! ”

Shen Tingyang's face turned red when he was said this, and he couldn't get off the stage, but what his wife said was also the truth. The son's prefect also already has a positive fifth grade, which is not far from his Hubu Lang middle grade.

Shen Shuren on the other side was shocked when he heard this, he didn't know until this moment that his parents were finally going to force him to marry.

He hurriedly said, "Father, mother, this matter is too serious, isn't it?" You want me to get married, I don't dare to object, but Governor Fang is also a feudal official, His Majesty is most afraid of his subordinates giving and receiving privately, forming a party for personal gain, and Governor Fang and I currently have a little military power at hand, these two years are really inappropriate. What's more, I haven't even seen Miss Fang look like anything. ”

Shen Tingyang blew his beard: "Marry a wife and marry virtue, take a concubine!" I haven't seen anything tight, Miss Fang's character is definitely good, and her family has three chastity arches in the previous generation! Hello girl, we didn't stop you from raising a beautiful maid.

You see that the bewitching ones you brought back are not enough for you to toss? They are all people you have chosen by yourself, and you have been with them for half a year, and you don't see their stomachs moving. Now that the army is in chaos, you still have to lead the troops to fight the thieves, and you don't want to get married if you don't leave a son and a half daughter, it's against you! ”

As soon as the resentment of parents wanting to hug their grandson erupted, Shen Shuren of course couldn't resist it, but he couldn't refute it under feudal etiquette.

Fortunately, Dong Xiaowan did fight for him this time, from the Mid-Autumn Festival to the end of the year, he did not sow seeds in Huangzhou in vain in the past few months.

He hurriedly took out the shield: "Don't worry, I forgot to tell you...... Xiaobai actually has a body, almost two months. When I went back to Suzhou this time, I planned to leave her behind, and I only took Yuanyuan with me when I returned. ”

Dong Xiaowan's original name was Dong Bai, and Shen Shuren still called her sister's original name in front of her parents, so she didn't want to make it too complicated.

In the eyes of the ancients, if a woman takes another pseudonym or stage name, it is like she has done something that insults her ancestors and has no face to see people.

As soon as these words came out, they immediately made Shen Tingyang and Xu's firepower dumb for more than half of them. If you urge marriage, it is not so urgent.

Xu hurriedly said: "Master, after the New Year this time, I will also stay at home, help watch a little." Didn't you say that you would return to the capital after the New Year, maybe you wouldn't be able to do it for a few months, and you would have to find a place to go back to Jiangnan. It also saves me from running back and forth. ”

Shen Tingyang didn't expect his wife to defect so soon, probably because the Xu family suspected that the woman of the Fang family was stubborn. He hurriedly explained with a bitter face:

"I said this to you last year because my son discussed with me and said that the two things of Cao Yun and the sea and the resettlement of Cao people were done well, so I asked His Majesty for his life to be reappointed as the squire of the household department in Nanjing.

But now these two things may not be perfect and make His Majesty happy. In addition, there is another case of money, how can Your Majesty let me go so easily? If you don't go back to Beijing with you, then you can only live separately, at least for a year! ”

Shen Tingyang doesn't care if his wife goes or not, anyway, he also has a bunch of beautiful concubines. The yellow-faced woman didn't want to go, he wished he was leaning on the red and green every day, and mingling with the more beautiful little ones.

Xu's face immediately sank: "Don't bully me, I don't understand the government!" How can there be so many changes as you say! ”

However, Xu couldn't say why, and after the number was over, he could only turn to his stepson and let Shen Shuren come up with an idea:

"Lin'er, you say this! What's the difficulty in getting your dad back to Nanjing? What do you say about the cents of gold? ”

Shen Shuren didn't want to get involved in these things, so he just glanced at his father calmly, and then said to his stepmother: "Didn't you just say that you don't talk about national politics at the dinner table......

Xu: "I've changed my mind, I want to hear it now!" Lin'er, you're more tired! ”

Shen Shuren thought for a while: "It is not impossible for my father to be promoted to the household department of Nanjing next year as planned, and to hand in the answer sheet of the Caomin resettlement pilot project more perfectly, and by the way, to push the Lijin reform down." ”

At this point, he paused slightly, then turned back and waved his hand, telling all the maids in the hall to step down.

For a while, there were no people left in the dining room who could even peel the shrimp and dismantle the crabs, so the three of them could only eat by themselves.

Shen Shuren personally sandwiched the muntjac meat, and at the same time analyzed with his father clearly:

"To urge His Majesty to carry out the reform of the centigold, I have thought about it roughly, and I have to make preparations in two aspects. On the one hand, it is necessary to make the local people who pay the money willing to cooperate, and not to cause chaos.

On the other hand, it is necessary to make preparations in advance to silence the mouths of those troublesome officials in the DPRK and China in the future. Lest the time comes, the local people are willing to fight, and these guys have to jump out to fight grievances.

And the second point is definitely more important than the first point, Daming has come to this point, how many things are caused by these troublemakers, the bitter lord has admitted it, they still think that they are doing chivalrous justice. ”