Picking and choosing, Hu Yin picked Gangneung Mansion.

First, the cultural context there is sluggish, and there is really a need for famous teachers to teach;

Second, there is some background there, and the quality of students will not be too bad;

Third, there are several provincial thoroughfares, which are conducive to the spread of physics.

Jingguan didn't go to the local school to become the principal, so it was surprising that he decided to do so.

"The Hu family is really calculating," Qin Hui said with emotion, "Then Hu Yin is just a petty official, and if he asks to be a professor in the state capital, he can not only please the official family and the prince, but also will not be suspected of being sycophant, and even get unanimous praise from the government and the opposition!" ”

Qin Zi, the half-brother, happened to return to Beijing to report on his work during this time, and he was also speechless at this moment: "Even if you are promoted to the third level, if you put it in the peaceful years, you will have to stay up for seven or eight years." Although the official position has been reduced, it is not cost-effective to rise in the official rank. ”

Qin Hui said: "You still have to figure out the holy will." ”

"San Lang, how are you studying agriculture?" Qin Zi asked.

Qin Hui said with emotion: "The foolish brother is conscientious and conscientious as an official, and he often helps his colleagues with errands. Although I have time to study farming, where is the time to do that? I just learned how to grow vegetables. ”

Qin Zi said proudly: "I have mastered most of mathematics and physics. ”

Qin Hui nodded and said, "For official duties related to settling accounts, it is really handy to use mathematics. I also looked at physics in general, inertia, friction, gravity, leverage, refraction...... I still know a little bit about this kind of knowledge. It's a pity that I really can't find any opportunity to show it in front of the official family and the prince. ”

"I heard that San Lang had a falling out with Zhai Xiang last year," Qin Zi said worriedly, "Gan Guogong returned to his hometown this time, and Zhai Xiang took advantage of the situation to become the prime minister." ”

Qin Hui sighed: "Why don't I worry? ”

In order to curry favor with the emperor and the crown prince, Qin Hui almost publicly backstabbed his own master and Bole Zhai Ruwen.

Although it didn't cause any bad results, it caused Qin Hui's reputation to be very bad. He can only use various means to make good friends with his bosses, colleagues and subordinates, and slowly reverse his unfavorable image through his strong work ability and popularity.

Who knew that it had only been a year, and Zhai Ruwen had actually become the prime minister!

And he curry favor with the emperor, and he was not promoted because of this.

Typical stealing chickens does not make rice.

Qin Zi asked, "Didn't San Lang ease the relationship?" ”

Qin Hui sighed: "Alas, I came to the door to ask to see me more than a dozen times, but Zhai Xiang didn't want to see me again." ”

"But I'll have to think of another way." Qin Zi said.

Qin Hui shook his head: "Instead of begging for people again, it's better to rely on your own efforts." Today's officials and princes like ministers who can do things, and they are very jealous of wealthy families. ”

"It just so happens that I came from a small family, and before I became an official, I was so poor that I could only make a living as a village school teacher. I am also extremely capable of handling affairs, far surpassing many ministers of the DPRK and China. Last year, I was supposed to draw a clear line with certain factions, and in the future, I will be a lonely minister, a direct minister, and a capable minister, and sooner or later I will be favored by the officials. ”

"But don't forget, I'm still the same year as the current prince!"

"I'm still very young, what's the hurry? When the crown prince ascends the throne, he will reorganize the cabinet. At that time, I will say that I am also a scholar, and it is not an extravagant hope to stay up for a few more years to enter the cabinet. ”

Qin Hui is indeed qualified to be a capable minister, and it is pure nonsense for him to be a lonely minister and a direct minister.

This guy has started to form small groups now.

After listening to his younger brother's promotion ideas, Qin Zi exclaimed: "San Lang plans for the long term, and there will be a blockbuster day." ”

Some local chronicles and local anthologies record that Qin Zi and Qin Hui were not in harmony, and because they were disgusted with Qin Hui's betrayal of the country to seek glory, they took the initiative to resign and move into seclusion until death.

Pure nonsense!

Those two local historical materials were written in the middle and late Qing Dynasty and had not been written before. During the Qianlong period, one of Qin Zi's descendants happened to be the champion.

How can the champion not wash his ancestors?

The real Qin Zi has never resigned and gone into hiding.

After his younger brother Qin Hui became the prime minister, Qin Zi continued to be promoted for several years, and when he died of illness, he was already a bachelor of Duanming Hall (during which he was impeached and dismissed).

At this time and space, Qin Hui secretly wrote a letter to his brother, Qin Zi abandoned the official position of the small court in the southeast, and went north to join the new Ming Dynasty after "thousands of difficulties and dangers".

Qin Zi also made up a set of rhetoric, saying that he was almost caught by Tong Guan, and he had to flee after scattering his family wealth to buy Tong Guan's entourage.

At that time, public opinion was stirred up, and everyone praised Qin Zi for having great righteousness.

Even Zhu Ming heard about it, and he couldn't cry or laugh, so he didn't intervene in the normal operation of the ministry.

Qin Bin, Qin Zi, Qin Hui, Qin Di, Zhu Ming really wanted to see what tricks these four brothers could come up with.

Qin Hui whispered: "The prince asked me to clean up the fields in Xicheng, and I quietly left a piece of land at that time. And it was bought with money, there was no covert corruption and favoritism, and this land was adjacent to the experimental field of the Quannong Division. Every day off, if the official family goes to persuade the agricultural department, there will be a house slave riding a horse to report. I personally went to the fields to farm, and I have been seen by the government several times. ”

"Wonderful!" Qin Zi clapped his hands and praised.

Is Qin juniper a bad seed born with it?

Of course not.

Before he was captured by the Jin State, he belonged to the staunch main battle faction, and he was more hardened than most officials.

However, never overestimate Qin Hui's integrity.

Qin Zi was born in a small family, and in the year he was admitted to the Jinshi, he was able to climb the great eunuch Liang Shicheng. Who gave him such a big face?

To put it more bluntly, with Liang Shicheng's popularity back then, Xinke Jinshi had to queue up slowly if he wanted to pat himself on the back.

Moreover, Liang Shicheng was about to die of illness at that time, so how could he be interested in bringing the new science and technology jinshi?

In this case, Qin Zi not only climbed on, but also made everyone known. (Historically, when Qin Zi was impeached and attached to Liang Shicheng, he was at the peak of Qin Hui's power.) The impeachment was successful, and Qin Hui, as the prime minister, didn't keep his brother, because he was caught because he couldn't argue. ）

Qin Zi could only catch Liang Shicheng's line through Qin Hui's relationship. And Qin Hui can't leave a stain on himself, so Qin Zi should be in the relationship with the Wang family.

In order to climb up, the elder brother came forward to climb the six thieves, but the younger brother befriended Zhongliang and opposed the six thieves.

Perhaps, Qin Hui also thought about being promoted purely by ability and political performance.

But the corrupt politics of the Huizong Dynasty was simply impossible. He was born as a Jinshi, and he is also the grandson-in-law of the former prime minister, and his own ability is extremely outstanding. But he first worked as a principal in Shandong for six years, and returned to Beijing to take the first place in the macro vocabulary subject, but he could still only be too academic.

has been fooling around for ten years, what will Qin Hui think in his heart?

When the Jin soldiers were besieging the city, he couldn't even stand out if he didn't fight against the Jin.

Qin Hui's bottom line of life has been constantly worn out when the officialdom has collapsed, and it has been grinding lower and lower in the past ten years. When he helped his brother to climb Liang Shicheng, it was already the ninth year of the Jinshi examination.

Just as the brothers were discussing how to get promoted, a house slave rushed in, unimpeded from the gate to the inner house.

The house slave came over and whispered: "Xianggong, Your Majesty has taken the concubine, the prince, and the princess, and the crown prince has taken the princess, the lady, and the children, and they have gone out of the city to persuade the agricultural division two quarters of an hour ago!" ”

Qin Hui pursed his lips and smiled, and said to Qin Zi: "Brother, the younger brother is missing, so he will go out of the city to farm." ”

"I want to learn crops for my brother." Qin Zi said.

"Let's go over there." Qin Hui is very generous.

The brothers trotted all the way on inferior horses, and in a blink of an eye they left the city and came to the western suburbs.

There is a farmer's yard set up by Qin Hui, and there are ten acres of land not far from the agricultural department, all of which are bought with money in accordance with the law.

They changed into their work clothes and went out into the fields with their hoes on their shoulders.

A tenant was weeding vegetables, and Qin Hui immediately brought his brother to join, and this guy was very quick to use a hoe.

While weeding, the two waited for the emperor and the crown prince to return to the city, and there was a certain chance to see them when they passed by.

……

Persuade the Department of Agriculture to test the field.

The queen, the concubine, the crown princess, and the prince's wife are leading a group of little guys to go green.

Zhu Guoxiang squatted on the edge of the experimental field and pointed to the melon seedlings being transplanted: "The Uighur king of Gaochang sent someone to send them to Beijing with Sogdian scholars and Black Khanate books. I had people plant it the other day, but now it's time to transplant it. ”

Although Zhu Ming spent his childhood in the countryside, he was a grain indistinguishable, and he stared at the melon seedlings for a long time: "Today is the day of rest, you took me out in a hurry, just to see this thing?" ”

"Guess what?" Zhu Guoxiang said with a smile.

"Cucumbers?" Zhu Ming said confusedly, "Cucumbers should have been introduced to China very early." ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Watermelon! ”

Zhu Ming asked, "How do you know that there are watermelons in Gaochang?" ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Ma Kuo has sent many envoys to Liaojin and Jinjin, focusing on exploring the courts and armies of the two countries. I described to him what watermelons looked like, and he said that watermelons belonged to military supplies in Liaojin and Jinjin. ”

"Military supplies?" Zhu Ming failed to link watermelons to war.

Zhu Guoxiang explained: "The watermelon at this time is not sweet, and it has a bitter taste. When marching on the prairie, it is possible that they will not be able to find a water source, so they bring watermelons to replenish water urgently. Liaojin and Jinjin specialize in growing watermelons near the horse shed, and horse manure is the natural nutrient for watermelons. ”

Zhu Ming immediately paid attention to it: "In the future, when conquering the grassland and the Western Regions, we should also bring watermelons for logistics." ”

"Watermelons were brought from West Asia to Xinjiang as a water source by merchants, and they were also regarded as a water source when they reached Liaojin," Zhu Guoxiang said. After waiting for more than a year, I finally saw it. ”

Zhu Ming asked, "Can you cultivate sweet watermelon?" ”

Zhu Guoxiang muttered: "This depends on luck, sweet watermelon is a genetic mutation, and the breeder can't control it at all." It can only be bred from generation to generation by looking for watermelons that are not so bitter, or watermelons that have a slightly sweet taste. ”

Zhu Ming squatted on the edge of the field, looking at the watermelon seedlings happily.

It doesn't matter if it's sweet or not, it's useful if it can be used as a military supply. Especially in the Gobi and deserts, this thing is very useful for marching and preparing for temporary shortages of water.

The two countries of Liaojin are not fools, they hide watermelons in secret, and they must have great military value.

The father and son chatted for a while, and then went to accompany their wives and concubines to enjoy the scenery.

In the middle of the afternoon, under the protection of the guards, they began to ride back to the palace in a carriage.

Zhu Guoxiang said with a smile: "Believe it or not, on the way back, it is possible to see Qin Hui doing farm work." ”

"How often do you come across?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "I can't see it every time, it's too deliberate." I came to persuade the agricultural division three or four times, and I would probably be able to see Qin Hui once. ”

Zhu Mingle said: "If you want to please the emperor, you have to cheer him up, this time I'll talk to him." ”

(End of chapter)