Chapter 4 Fame and Fortune Advance Imperial Examination
If it is ordinary, if this person is not spending money to buy officials, he is cheating in the imperial examination. But what is surprising is that this old man of the palace is actually a great talent, with first-class moral articles, and he is a rich party himself, so he will not think too much about governing one side, which makes those senior officials in the DPRK and China admire. When the emperor was in power, the old sage once passed by Jinhua when he returned to his hometown, and he mentioned Sun Bin, who had been compiled in the Hanlin Academy, and he saw that the government affairs were in order, and the people were in their places, and the prosperity of Jinhua was the best in Jiangzhou. Virtuous ministers, for the official one, for the benefit of one party, governing the locality, the lower officials still have political achievements to follow, the central cardinal, the lower officials know that they are sparse and shallow, all the old and virtuous ministers of the cabinet are gathered together, how dare the lower officials dare to eat in the corpse position? Besides, no matter whether they are in the court or on the side, aren't they all serving the country? What is the difference?" The old sages who said these words nodded frequently and praised this Fu Yin, "The ancestors of the silver and copper smell do not forget to help the needy, and the right Yin is kind and loves the people, and knows how to be benevolent and avoid harshness." ”
And Sun Bin not only has a good official reputation, but also has a bit of fame in Shilin, and when he was able to try, he became famous for a while with "The Son of Begging for Flood and Tax". The radius of the Wu Dynasty is more than a thousand miles, such a vast territory, it is inevitable that the water flows vertically and horizontally, and the north is a flat river, although there are big rivers but will not be flooded, the cultivated land in the plains in the south is washed into hundreds of areas by the rivers vertically and horizontally, although the erosion of the rivers has produced fertile fertile fields, the climate in the south is suitable for sowing, and the rice can basically be harvested twice a year, and even in some places can be harvested three times a year. However, it is also because of the large and small rivers that the south has suffered from this flood since ancient times. Therefore, the imperial court paid for the construction of dikes and dams every year to control floods. In the twentieth year of the reign of the first emperor, the river was diverted and returned to the sea, and the flood was finally controlled. However, due to the annual control of water, the imperial court's financial resources were limited, so a flood tax was added. And since the flood has subsided, the flood tax can not be collected, so the following year, Sun Bin, who was still in the Hanlin Academy, asked for no longer to collect the flood tax, the government and the opposition people of insight have responded, the civil and military ministers supported it, the Son of Heaven is as good as the stream, and the edict will no longer collect the flood tax. Sun Bin became famous, and he was expected to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, but he was squeezed out of the capital by some people who had damaged his interests, and he was released to Jinhua to become a mansion. The official system of the Wu Dynasty, the officials are different, the princes of the counties are all officials, Sun Bin is in the name of Jinshi, the capital of Hanlin, and as an official after being released, it is definitely humiliating. Although Sun Bin hated the darkness of officialdom, he felt that it was a pleasure to return to his hometown to be an official, and he didn't care about it. It wasn't until the thirtieth year of the first emperor that the national examination was held, and the old sage was wise and knowledgeable, so he was assigned to an official position from the officials, and sat on the right Yin of Jinhua, so that the old sage passed by Jinhua later.
And the Sun family has both wealth, official reputation, and local help, plus Sun Bin has no ambition, in the public, now the official to the mansion Yin, consciously satisfied, and what the new emperor did also disappointed him, so he no longer wants to go to the court to participate, just want to guard the homeland, to keep the peace. In private, he just wants his son to live his life in peace. Even several times he wanted to change Sun Xu's name to Ping, in order to remove Sun Xu's upward spirit, every time he saw his son's heart-wrenching temperament, he was worried that if he was buried and no one was blessed, Sun Xu would be able to live safely. The name change was finally abandoned, and this is why he spared no expense to build Shangxin Yuan, in the hope that Sun Xu would cultivate his self-cultivation.
Because of this, in Jinhua Mansion, and even in the entire Jiangzhou, there is a saying that it is better to clean the heart garden after ten years of work. The two maids over there heard that they were only fined the monthly money, although they secretly felt pain, but they were glad in their hearts, "It's better than the unlucky cook, this girl is not easy to mess with." Hurriedly thanked him and was discharged from the hospital to find the housekeeper.
Seeing the two maids leave quickly, Sun Xu couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Ah Shi, you are too strict, they are not at fault." ”
Ah Shi turned around and faced Sun Xu, his face changed, he had long since lost the coldness he had just punished the maid, and said in a deep voice, "Childe is not wrong!" Yes, the master is not wrong, then the next person is wrong!
Hearing this, Sun Xu was helpless, although he had the concept of equality, but from thrift to luxury, more than ten years of brocade clothes and jade food to open his mouth, he is no longer Shao Zheng on the earth, he is the son of the Wu Dynasty Jinhua Mansion Yin! So although he is slightly uncomfortable in his heart, he knows that when he comes to this world, he has to act according to the rules of this world, and he has not yet the ability to defy the rules.
He simply stopped arguing about this, straightened up, and asked, "How's it going?"
Ah Shi replied respectfully, "I was ordered by the prince to go to the Kanto provinces, Ah Shi visited one hundred and thirty-five counties in forty-one prefectures in six provinces, none of them were named Yan Chixia, and the news from the capital said that the new emperor seems to have decided with the protector of the country that he will depose the crown prince this year, and appoint the whole king as the prince, and the prince will migrate to Gwangju in northern Xinjiang." ”
Hearing this, Sun Xu shook his head and took out a map from his sleeve, "It's not good, if you depose the prince and give him death, maybe this world can still have ten years of peace with the power of the Wu Dynasty for three hundred years, plus the assistance of the courtiers, ten years later, the prince will be in power, and maybe the Wu Dynasty can be saved." But this new emperor is also indecisive, and he doesn't want to give up any of them, he wants the country, family affection, and his beloved son, but he can't get anything. The crown prince moved to Gwangju, but his father-in-law, the privy deputy envoy Cheng Poshi, was the military governor of Lingguang Yu Sanzhou....... In this way, war is inevitable. ”
"But Gongzi, even if the prince and Cheng Poshi own the land of the three states, but the imperial court still has the remaining eighteen states, remove the people of the three states, the imperial court still has twelve guards to defend the border passes, and 100,000 forbidden troops to guard the Beijing division. Ah Shi raised his head slightly, pursed his lips, and spoke.
When Sun Xu saw her expression, his heart warmed, beckoned, and pulled Ah Shi closer to his arms, and the two snuggled up like this, Ah Shi, who had not been so close to Sun Xu for a long time, blushed at that time, "Ah Shi, in the future, you have to learn to look at problems out of the inertia of thinking." With that, he held Ah Shi's hand and pointed to a certain location on the map, "Look here." ”
Ah Shi, who was immersed in his fantasies, was woken up and followed the direction of his finger, "What does Childe mean that the northern barbarians will also take advantage of the situation?"
"Yes, the northern barbarians have been defeated by the old privy envoy in a battle twenty-five years ago, and 80,000 people have been beheaded, although the barbarians dare not face the Wu Dynasty squarely, but the hatred in their hearts can be imagined. In the following years, it is true that the barbarians fell into civil strife, but once something happened to our Wu Dynasty, they would definitely unite and take prisoners by Koubian, which was the habit of the barbarians. Sun Xu said.
Ah Shi listened, but he didn't care about this, and leaned into Sun Xu's arms, "Ah Shi is not afraid, when the time comes, it's a big deal to take Gongzi and a few sisters and the old lady to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and Ah Shi and a few sisters will protect Gongzi." Looking up at Sun Xu, his eyes were full of determination.
When Sun Xu heard this, he laughed, "Silly girl, things haven't been bad enough to be like that, I'm just guessing." Moreover, even if the new emperor is not in good health, he will not die in recent years, and these few years are enough for us to cope with the future. With that, he gently kissed Ah Shi on the forehead.
The shame on Ah Shi's face became even stronger, and he quickly changed the topic, "Childe, why don't you want to eat and drink today?"
Sun Xu's face turned red, and he couldn't tell her that he went to another time and space to open a harem, and his legs were weak, and even the realm was consumed. casually found a reason to prevaricate, "I'm going to take the township test soon, and I may be tired of reading books overnight." ”
When Ah Shi heard this, he said angrily, "These subordinates are really lazy and dare to deny it, but if the son is tired, he will be able to be refreshed with Ah Shi's four-dimensional harmony and subtraction. As he spoke, he got up and went to find someone to settle the account, but his hand was held by Sun Xu, "Ah Shi, no need, you have already punished them just now, and it is not easy for them." ”
Looking at the look on Sun Xu's face, Ah Shi froze, "Okay, listen to Childe." Childe's township test is on the eighteenth of this month, and there are still a few days to go to the township test, today Ah Shi is back, and he will not lose his spleen and stomach, Ah Shi will go to the kitchen to prepare meals for Childe. After getting the affirmation, he went to the direction of the kitchen in the garden, and before he went far, he heard the back say, "Ah Shi, don't lose your temper after you go." ”
Ah Shi turned around and smiled at Sun Xu, "Ah Shi knows." Then I hurried to the kitchen.
Regardless of whether he listened to his words or not, Sun Xu had already taken out another silk book and read it, only to see that the beginning was written "Memorandum of Shuttle to the Heavens", he had to prepare for the real experience, this turmoil is getting closer and closer, he has shuttled no less than twenty times in three years, as mentioned above, the result of opening the harem is that not only did he fail to raise the realm, but because he was still squandering in order to accumulate fine foundations, he fell down the level. And a few days later, after participating in the township test, he must start cultivating seriously, otherwise, when the catastrophe comes, even if he is not a dry bone discarded by the Lanruo Temple, he will be a wandering soul detained in the city in vain.
And his first goal is to quickly rise to the fifth level of the human rank, and then he has the ability to canonize the Yin Soldiers, so he can also have some self-preservation power, and he seems to feel that this world is not as simple as he imagined at the beginning.