Shi De was still stretching out his hand to catch the falling egg, but unexpectedly, the egg fell into someone else's hands. He was only looking forward to guard against Zhixin, but not behind. He thought: In the territory of Ruyin Kingdom,

Except Sima Mo, King of Ruyin, who among the Shi family is so bold as to dare to snatch my eggs? He turned his head and glared angrily. But when he saw the person, he immediately lost his temper.

"Mom!" When Zhixin saw Mrs. Liu, she almost cried when she thought of the grievance she had just suffered.

"Hurry up and follow me back to Yan'er's house." Liu's voice was urgent.

"Go to Brother Yan's house, what's wrong with Brother Yan?" Zhixin was startled, seeing her mother's anxious look, and thinking that Brother Yan didn't come to the appointment today, she was afraid that something would happen to Shu Yan.

"What can happen to Yan'er? Eunuch Xie suddenly fell seriously ill this morning. It probably only took an hour or two. Yan'er has been accompanying Eunuch Xie, but in a hurry, she found that there was no shroud, and she couldn't buy it right now.

He had no choice but to send someone to ask me to do it. For such an urgent matter, I don’t think I can make it on my own, and you are good at needlework, so I hurried to find you. Now hurry back with me.”

Her mother's words let Zhixin know that she had misunderstood Shu Yan. She regretted in her heart that she really should not have misunderstood Brother Yan, and she threw all the resentment she had felt towards Shu Yan out of her mind.

Back at Shu's house, Zhixin saw Shu Yan's eyes red from crying as soon as she walked in. She felt a little distressed. A moment ago, she hated Shu Yan until her teeth itched. Now she had no time to comfort Shu Yan and hurriedly followed her mother.

The shroud is gone.

When Shi De came home, he saw his father wearing blue satin uniforms and just coming back from outside. He stepped forward and said hello: "Aweng is back."

"Well, I just came back from the capital." Shi Hui looked happy, "What did you do?"

"Aweng, you forgot, today is the Si Festival, so of course we are going out of town for an outing."

"I almost forgot that today is the Shangsi Festival. Alas, as I get older and busy with official duties, I have less interest in fun. Deer, is there anything new in this year's Shangsi Festival?"

"Ah Weng, you have not yet reached the age of forty, and you are at the height of your power. You will be the pillar of the imperial court tomorrow. How can you say you are old?"

Although he knows that his son is flattering him, everyone loves to hear such flattery, "Hahaha, don't be eloquent, tell me, is today's Shangsi Festival fun or not?"

Shi De briefly told his father about today's Shangsi Festival trip. Finally, he talked about picking up Zhixin eggs: "Ah, I picked up a drift egg thrown by a woman by the Ru River."

"Oh, really? This song of water-watered egg and the song of water-water drink are both traditional customs of the Shangsi Festival. However, the song of water-water drinker is a recreational activity between the princes, princes and grandsons, but the song of water-water egg is about fate.

I wonder which woman you are so destined to be with?"

"It's none other than Han Zhixin."

"Han Zhixin? Who is Han Zhixin?"

Shu Yan and Zhi Xin held a special place in Shi De's heart, but his father Shi Hui never took them seriously.

"Aweng, have you forgotten about the Shu family and the Han family in Shujiazhuang? - Shui Lei!" Shi De reminded.

Shi De's face turned cold: "Whose family did I think it was? It turned out to be hers. Humph, so what if you picked up her egg? Although that girl is very beautiful, how can she be worthy of you as a poor girl?

Scholars and common people should not intermarry. This is something that cannot be violated. Let alone intermarriage, even if a rich family has contact with a poor family, it will make people laugh. Haha, it is ridiculous."

"I didn't say anything about it! I'm just telling you what's new today!" Shi De lowered his head and muttered in a low voice.

Mrs. Wang changed the subject, smiled at Shi De and said: "De'er, your rank in the genuine Aweng class has been promoted again, and now you are honored as the Minister of Sanqi."

"Really?" Shi De quickly congratulated his father, "Congratulations, Aweng."

Shi Hui waved her hand to him and took a sip of warm tea: "Now, since the implementation of the Nine-Rank Officials Law, the Zhongzheng has a lot of power. Not to mention that all new officials must be controlled by the Zhongzheng.

Even the current official will be evaluated by Zhongzheng every three years, and the results of the evaluation will directly affect this person's official career."

"Aweng, what was the result of your evaluation this time?"

"This time I won a genuine promotion, from the original fourth grade to the current third grade."

"My father is an official with integrity, and this result is inevitable."

"Hmph, what is the right way to serve as an official? That's just a rhetoric. So what if those officials from poor families have the right way to serve as officials? We wealthy nobles don't need the right way to be an official. It's not because these middle and high-ranking officials are all our nobles.

People in China take care of each other and protect us together

The interests of the gentry class, let alone our family, do not count the Zhongzhengguan of Ruyin. Even the Dazhongzhengguan of Yuzhou is our family friend. How can you not think about me?

As soon as the certificate was delivered to Situ's Mansion, the letter of appointment as Minister of Sanqi was issued."

"Excuse me, father, what kind of official is this Sanqi Shilang?"

"This Sanqi Shilang is a close minister of the emperor. His rank is not too high, and his salary is not much. It is similar to the title of my Yangwei General. However, as a Sanqi Shilang, he can always be by the emperor's side. He is the emperor

I certainly don’t lack the famous people around me.

The salary is small, but there are many benefits to serving in the court. For example, a minister with a salary of only one thousand dan has a much higher status than a prefect with 2,000 dan. The most important thing is that holding a position in the court

, you will have the qualifications to become an official in the future.”

"Since he is a close official of the emperor, from now on, my father cannot come back casually?"

"Yes, when you reach the age of eighteen, I will send you to Luoyang Imperial College. Then you and your mother will be taken to Luoyang to live."

When Shi De heard that he could go to the capital, his face was full of excitement: "Go and live in the capital? That's great!" He had long heard that Luoyang, the capital, was a prosperous place in the world, full of rosy faces, and full of kings and grandsons.

His mother, Mrs. Wang, sneered: "What's so good about the capital? There are many princes and nobles there, and there are countless wealthy young men. Will they be able to show off to your Shi family? How can it be like here in Ruyin, where the wind gets the wind and the rain gets the rain?

How good is it? Besides, I can’t let go of this place.”

Although Mrs. Wang was happy that her husband had been promoted to the highest rank in the imperial examination, she did not want to leave Ruyin because she was afraid that in the glamorous world of the capital, her son would be tempted and would not do his job properly.

Shi Hui shook his head and said: "Hey, Madam, what you said is wrong! A rich young man should be allowed to see the outside world. How can he be trapped in this small town of Ruyin for the rest of his life? Also, the servants in our ancestral house are still here.

Here, I will send a capable person to take care of it. Everything will remain as usual. Whenever we feel homesick, we can come back and live at any time."

Just now, the servants were very happy when they heard that they were moving to Luoyang, thinking that they could follow their master to Luoyang in the future. Unexpectedly, Shi Hui asked them to stay here. This time they all withered, except A Miao who didn't care at all.

, she stood next to Shi De, very calm.

Putting aside the matter in advance, Shi Hui suddenly remembered another thing and asked his wife: "How is the construction of the water dam by the Ru River going?"

Mrs. Wang replied: "Oh, today is the Shangsi Festival. In the morning, De'er said he wanted to go to the Ru River to play. I was thinking about the water pile, so I asked him to take a look at how the water pile was built. No, you just stepped on the front foot.

He just came back after I entered the house, so I didn't have time to ask him."

When Shi De heard this, he was confused. He was just playing around today, but he forgot about what his mother had told him. He hesitated: "Oh, uh, that water dam is being built, it's being built - anyway

The head of the farm is there to supervise, so there is no mistake.”

This is obviously vague. Isn't this nonsense? Of course it is being built, and of course the head of the farm is supervising it.

Shi Hui was displeased: "Don't trust others for everything, including the head of the farm. You should take control of everything yourself. You have grown up gradually. Our family has such a big family business. How can someone like you do it in a daze?"

? Let me ask you, do you know how much wood, how much stone, how much labor, and how much it costs to build this water fortress?"

How much wood? How much stone? How much labor? How much cost? What a joke, who would have thought about these things! Shi De thought to himself.

Seeing Shi De standing blankly with his head lowered, his father asked again: "Do you know how much income you can earn every year after the Shuidi is completed?"

Shi De never cared about these things. He lowered his head and muttered: "It doesn't matter how much money it makes, my family is not short of money anyway."

When Shi Hui heard this, it was expected and normal that his son did not know about these financial matters. After all, Shi De was not as good as Shu Yan, and he was a pampered son of a family. What made him angry was that Shi De actually said this

Come on.

"Go and get Mr. Zhu." Shi Hui called.

"I'll call you." A Miao responded first before anyone else could agree.

Originally, Shi Hui wanted to invite Mr. Zhu, and naturally Shi Hui’s servants would invite him, so A Miao didn’t need to go. But A Miao knew that Shi Hui wanted to ask Mr. Zhu about her son’s studies. She thought, if Mr. Zhu told the truth,

, the young master didn't study hard on weekdays, and would inevitably get scolded. She was afraid that Shi De would be scolded, so she went to notify Mr. Zhu in advance and tried her best to say a nice word for Shi De.

After a while, Mr. Zhu arrived. Shi Hui asked: "Mr. Zhu, how has your reading been recently?"

Shi was smart, but he was always careless in studying, and Mr. Zhu was very dissatisfied with this. Not being able to teach good students would not only be difficult for the family boss to explain to him, but it would also damage his reputation as a teacher. So, he was looking for an opportunity.

Report the matter to Shi Hui and ask his father to strictly supervise and supervise Shi De. However, today he has waited for this opportunity, but A Miao came to intercede in advance. Mr. Zhu couldn't stand A Miao's pleading, so he had to help Shi De

Cover up some.

"Back to the general, recently, the young master has been more diligent in his studies than before. He has mastered three of the Five Classics and is currently reading the Spring and Autumn Annals."

"Oh, well, let's recite an article from "Spring and Autumn" first."

Ah? Are you serious? How can this happen? Mr. Zhu thought to himself, and replied tactfully: "I'm afraid not, I have just learned "Shangshu" and "Spring and Autumn", and I am not very familiar with it. Please ask the general to change it."

Test."

Shi Hui's face darkened: "Oh? If that's the case, then memorize an article from the Book of Changes."

"The Book of Changes is difficult to understand, empty and boring, and useless to memorize."

"Then memorize a famous article from the Book of Rites."

"The Book of Rites is complicated and lengthy. Please ask the general to change it to another one."

Shi Hui's face became more and more ugly: "Hmph, it's useless this way, and that won't work either. The Four Classics cannot be understood among the Five Classics, so just write an article in the Book of Songs and Daya."

"General, I'm afraid it's still inappropriate. This "Daya" is all about singing praises of virtues and worshiping in ancestral temples. How can a young master at this age be interested in these things? I think it would be better to read an article about "The Analects of Confucius" or "Ten Confucius".

Randomly choose an article from "Five Kingdoms", the first one is "Guan Ju", what do you think?"

Shi Hui stood up suddenly, his sneer expression suddenly stopped, he threw the tea bowl on the ground with a "pop", and shouted sternly at the master and apprentice: "You master and servant, master and apprentice together lied to me, and pretended that I didn't know

Really? You have been studying for so many years and know nothing about the other four classics. You only know "The Analects" and "Fifteen Kingdoms". This "The Analects" only has

It only has more than 10,000 words, even a child in charge can memorize it; while "Fifteen Kingdoms Style" is mostly about love between men and women, and women in the boudoir can recite it. Moreover, these obscene words and clichés will be helpful to your future self-cultivation and governance.
Chapter completed!