When Qiu Jun presented "Compendium of Materia Medica", Brother Wen and the others who were working were indeed hidden behind the seniors. As for his head, not a single hair was exposed.

Brother Wen didn't care about this trivial matter, he patiently followed everyone's bows and listened, and he was very conscientious and an emotionless atmosphere-enhancing person.

There are indeed rewards. Although not as many as Wang Hua and others, he got a full twelve taels of silver and a piece of cloth. It is estimated that he was given because of his high quality and hard work. his.

Those coolies who helped copy books only got five taels after working for three years, and they were not even given any cloth!

Wen Zhengming and the others did not receive many rewards, but they had only participated for more than two months, and they were quite satisfied with the rewards they received. The important thing was not the money, but the fact that this job could be included in their resumes!

Everyone had money on hand, so they all went to have fun and be happy.

The next day, Brother Wen took the ingredients to Qiu's house to eat. He said that he had already celebrated his first extra bonus at home yesterday, and he wanted to go to Lao Qiu's place to celebrate again today. By the way, he could learn from Lao Qiu's lesson. Specialty dishes.

Seeing that he was so happy, Qiu Jun didn't refuse. The old man and the young child killed fish and chickens, and worked together to make a meal and still enjoyed it. They didn't have the unbearable heart of a "gentleman who is far away from the kitchen". .

Obviously not much of a gentleman!

Brother Wen had eaten and drank enough and was about to find a good place to lie down against the salted fish for a while when he heard Qiu Jun suddenly say: "I want to submit a letter to beg for an official position."

Brother Wen was so excited that he couldn't help but sit up straight and asked: "Why do you want to become an official all of a sudden?"

"It's not sudden, it's always been there." Qiu Jun said, "After completing the "Compendium of Materia Medica", I have nothing to think about. It's not like you don't know about my eye problems. It's hard to read official documents with my left eye, and I'm far less capable than you, Mr. Da, and the others. Lisuo, why don't you have to occupy your position and not leave?"

Brother Wen hurriedly said: "Then can you not go back to Qiongzhou? Just like Mr. Wang Ge, stay in the capital and advise us! Otherwise, Qiongzhou is so far away, how can we find you if we have something to do?"

When mentioning this matter, Qiu Jun hesitated and said, "Let's talk about this later."

Brother Wen sighed and said: "If you really are no longer in the capital, what will I do if others bully me?"

Qiu Jun said angrily: "You are so good, who would bully you?"

This guy's two teachers are in the cabinet, and he himself is also the number one scholar with three yuan grades. Who would be so obsessed with bullying him?!

"It's hard to talk about people's hearts." Brother Wen continued to sigh and said, "Look at my character, it's very easy to offend people! If one day in the future I have a falling out with my eldest husband or the others, or directly I have offended His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so you must not come out to take advantage of me! You are a veteran of four dynasties, so they will always give you this face, right?"

Qiu Rong: ""

The words of the veteran from four dynasties made him blush.

He was a Jinshi during the Jingtai period. After Emperor Yingzong returned to the throne, he worked quietly. After Emperor Xianzong succeeded to the throne, he also worked quietly. It was only after the current emperor ascended the throne that he relied on presenting "The Supplement to the Explanations of the University" I got a Minister of Rites who was not very good at managing things.

This so-called veteran of four dynasties is too watery.

No one except Brother Wen has the nerve to yell like that!

Qiu Jun said: "You have to figure out for yourself what should be done and what should not be done. How could it get to that point? If it really happens, my face will not be enough."

Brother Wen heard that his tone was relaxed, so he gave up and stopped lobbying.

But he was still a little worried after returning home, fearing that Lao Qiu would really go back to Qiongzhou.

He is not afraid of far distances and will definitely go and see it if he has the chance, but Lao Qiu is already in his seventies, how can he withstand such a journey?

If Lao Qiu really wants to go back, even if he sends him directly back to Qiongzhou, he can only send him a short distance away. I don't know when he will be free to go to Qiongzhou again.

For example, his eldest brother's father-in-law died of illness while taking office in Shandong last year, and they were not able to see him for the last time. They could only worship him from a distance, even though they had seen him at home a few years ago.

Brother Wen didn't want to know the news about Lao Qiu but from letters.

He was returning home full of depression when Jin Sheng suddenly came to report that he had received a letter from someone who had taken office in the same year, and also brought him a package of things.

Brother Wen was slightly surprised. After reading the letter, he realized that this man was going to Anyang to be a county magistrate. Because he himself was from Beizhili, Anyang was not too far away, so he happily went to take office.

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The county magistrate said he was the second-in-command, but in fact it was quite tiring to do the job. Not to mention getting along with the county magistrate, just the many chores up and down could keep inexperienced fellow Jinshis busy.

This person of the same age was also very imaginative. He worked cheerfully every day, tidying up the warehouse when he was asked to do it, and tidying up documents when he was asked to do so. If he really didn't have any work to do, he would wander around the county and outside the county.

After all, he is not the top leader in the county, so there are not that many travel restrictions. As long as he does not leave the county, he can come and go freely.

Perhaps it was precisely because of his temperament that he had a close rapport with Brother Wen when he was in the capital. When he took office, he remembered everything that Brother Wen had said to him while holding his hand.

This time when he was patrolling outside, he happened to see the oracle bones dug out by a group of old farmers. Remembering that Brother Wen had said earlier that he wanted to find some old ones, he immediately rounded them up and sent them to Brother Wen.

This guy also confidently assured Brother Wen in the letter: Just keep it for now, if it’s not enough, we’ll look for it later!

I was a little embarrassed to call Brother Wen, because at that time he was extremely attentive to everyone who was about to go to other places.

Brother Wen carefully recalled it and then remembered what kind of magical figure this man who went to Anyang to be the county magistrate in the same year was.

This guy's family still has a little money, which he donated all the way when he entered the official school. His studies are usually average, but his luck in every exam is very good, and he is always admitted at the bottom of the list.

This time, this man got a Jinshi degree in the same year, and he was so happy that his father called his ancestors "Jiu Qingyan" and set up a flowing banquet for three days. He also invited all the opera troupes, song and dance troupes, and miscellaneous opera troupes from all over the county. Anyway, he has some talent.

His father spent a lot of money to hire a folk performance team to perform in turns throughout the whole process.

It’s exciting just listening to it!

This can explain why the other party’s tone when he said “If you don’t have enough, we’ll find more” was so heroic - the son follows his father!

Brother Wen was quite excited.

I'm so sleepy that someone gave me a pillow!

He was still thinking of finding a reason to let Lao Qiu stay in the capital, and then someone sent him the reason.

Brother Wen suppressed his excitement, opened the baggage on hand and carefully inspected the oracle bones that he had sent in the same year.

These oracle bones are not very complete, and only some inscriptions can be seen scattered on them.

Brother Wen doesn't quite understand what it means specifically. But it's only normal if he doesn't understand it. If he could understand it at a glance, how could he keep Lao Qiu in the capital with it!

It should be difficult to understand why Lao Qiu feels that he still wants to live another five hundred years!

From this point of view, there is no problem with the originally planned search direction.

There has been no news for so long, probably because the fate has not come yet when Laoqiu Tuo came to look for him.

Sometimes it takes a bit of fate to find these ancient objects sleeping in the ground.

Brother Wen wrote a reply to his enthusiastic colleague on the spot, expressing his gratitude for the treasure he sent and asking him to continue to help keep an eye out for other oracle bones.

If there is a chance in the future, he will go to Anyang in person to treat him to a good meal, and they will have a good get-together then!

As soon as the letter was finished, Brother Wen gave it to Jin Sheng to send it out immediately.

He didn't care that he had just come back from the Qiu family, and ran to the Qiu family with the batch of oracle bones. He couldn't wait to show Qiu Jun whether these things were really Yin and Shang characters, and then asked him if he wanted to stay in the capital to explore. The mysterious and distant history of the Yin and Shang Dynasties!

Qiu Jun's brows jumped when he saw Brother Wen leaving and coming back.

When he found out why Brother Wen came over again, Qiu Jun couldn't help but look surprised.

"Really found it?"

Qiu Jun took the magnifying glass lying casually with one hand, picked up a broken oracle bone with the other hand, and looked at the inscriptions on it carefully.

There is indeed something similar to words engraved on it, but the appearance of this thing is so coincidental that Qiu Jun couldn't help but look at Brother Wen suspiciously: "Could it be that you went back and carved a few random strokes to fool me?"

Brother Wen said angrily: "How can you think of me so much? Am I that kind of person?"

As for Oracle's fraud, it has happened in history.

It is said that the price of this type of oracle bones has skyrocketed due to collectors purchasing inscribed oracle bones at high prices. At that time, many businessmen rushed to defraud collectors of their money through forgery. As a result, many forged oracle bones with inscribed inscriptions were mixed into the entire collection industry, which later verified and The research caused a lot of trouble.

Those with more radical views will fast forward directly to "Oracle Bones are all fake" and "there is no such history at all".

It can be seen that people should write more things while they are alive, write on all the things that can be written, and actively record the era in which they live.

Maybe tens of thousands of years from now, someone will carefully study what you had for breakfast today and be shocked to find that wonton noodles, steamed buns, fried dough sticks, and soy milk have been our traditional breakfast since ancient times!

At the moment, no one knows the purpose of these inscribed oracle bones, so there is no time to fake them.

Brother Wen thought for a while and said: "Your consideration makes sense. Let's collect as many as possible before other people understand this thing and compile it into an album. In the future, there will be new oracle bones. You can take out the picture album to compare one or two, which can be used as a reference!"

Qiu Jun nodded and approved Brother Wen's suggestion.

So the first batch of oracle bones with inscriptions was left at the Qiu family by Brother Wen.

Qiu Jun raised his eyes and glanced at Brother Wen's back as he walked away, and couldn't help but take a piece of oracle bone in his hand and look at it carefully.

After a long time, he couldn't help but sigh.

Still can't go back to Qiongshan.

He has been an official for forty-two years and has been away from home for forty-two years.

I don’t know what the situation in Qiongshan is like now.

Sometimes once people leave their homeland, they may never be able to go back.

Qiu Jun sat in front of the writing desk and drew a picture of an oracle bone stroke by stroke. After he finished the drawing, he carefully compared it to make sure there were no errors before moving it to the side and started writing a memorial to beg for an official position.

Over the years, the cabinet has not had a fixed number of members. It is okay to choose two or three cabinet ministers, or six or seven. But as the number of people increases, there will be more opinions. Who to listen to depends on who the emperor trusts more and who the ministers trust more.

What is the relationship between them?

Both Shengshang and Liu Jian had a teacher-student relationship when they were in the East Palace, and they tended to listen to their suggestions when things happened. In the end, the cabinet no longer had anything to do with him.

It would be better to retire and read more books, study more things you want to study, and try to take good care of your body and live a few more years.
Chapter completed!