Chapter five hundred and ninety-eight of the clear (3)
In the twelfth lunar month of the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, the vassal clan oppressed the people, the victims fled to the capital, Xiyuan provided work for relief, and later the new dynasty was about to change the Yuan Dynasty. The young emperor accepted the coming of Siyi for the first time and many other major events attracted the people of the capital. With his eyes, the theory is that some trivial things in the market should have been settled within a few days.
Although snatching a dowry from a crazy girl is depressing, in such a large capital, not to mention brothers fighting over property, even father and son turning against each other and drawing swords is nothing new.
Moreover, in the Qiao family farce, the two protagonists have already divided the girl's dowry and settled the matter, so there is not much excitement to watch.
But people in the public seemed to be particularly interested in the Qiao family, and many grievances between the Shen and Qiao families were constantly being uncovered.
For example, in Mr. Qiao's embezzlement case, the Shen family spent money to rescue him, but Mrs. Qiao thought she had failed to keep her official position and criticized her heavily. The Qiao family wanted to continue their marriage with the Shen family, but they disliked Sister Yu as a concubine and refused to let their legitimate grandson marry. In the past, there were only concubines in this generation of the Qiao family, but they wanted to marry off their concubines to Shen Luo, the only legitimate son of the Shen family, and other rumors that may be true or false.
Some people even spread such nonsense as "After Mr. Qiao went crazy, Shen Zhou couldn't bear to divorce his wife, so he took the Jinshi's daughter as his concubine and planned to wait for his wife for a hundred years before he could rehabilitate his concubine."
It looks like the Shen family is spreading rumors to whitewash their family.
The Shen family itself has closed its doors and paid no attention to outside rumors. Even relatives who often go out and live in the Shen family do not go out. They seem to be at home waiting for the Chinese New Year, which also makes it difficult for the gossipers to figure it out.
In fact, the third masters Shen Run, Shen Rui, Shen Jin, Shen Lian, and Shen Quan had already discussed it together. If the Qiao family's affairs are constantly brought up, someone must be trying to confuse the situation and deliberately muddy the waters. .
The first thing they thought of was the He family's methods.
Although the Qiao family is despicable and despicable, it is also disgusting to treat Qiao like this.
In particular, the matter of Shen Zhou's bad personal ethics had not been suppressed for a long time, but it was brought out again, and it was clearly intended to damage the Shen family's reputation among officials.
But now the He family cannot be destroyed with the only evidence in hand, and we need to find another way.
"Qiao Er will have to sell the shop in the spring." Shen Lian said.
Shen Lian had made plans for the Qiao family before, asking the Qiao family to stock up a large amount of goods for the New Year and Lantern Festival, almost draining their cash. He was planning to let their goods rot in their hands, but the Qiao family had this This farce prevented him from taking action at all. After his reputation in the Qiao family became bad, the Qiao family's shop was empty every day, and the business plummeted.
Faced with such a predicament, as long as someone whispers a few words in Qiao Er's ear, he is afraid that he will pack up his family and move out of the capital.
"All the Qiao family children have been cleared from the academy." The third master said calmly.
Now that the Shen Qiao family has fallen out, the Tian family will naturally no longer take in the children of the Qiao family. Originally, there were not many outstanding people in the younger generation of the Qiao family, so they also withdrew relatives and children of the Qiao family, such as Su Guisheng.
And given the reputation and status of Nancheng Academy, the scholars they invite out will generally not be accepted by neighboring academies.
The relatives of the Qiao family were filled with resentment and did not dare to cause trouble to the Tian family, so they all went to the Qiao family to cause trouble.
Qiao Da and Qiao San themselves were angry because their son had been evicted. Relatives also came to mix things up, making things more and more uneasy day by day.
Mr. Shen San doesn't need to find anyone to block Mr. Qiao San's recovery. With the Qiao family's affairs being spread like this, all the kings in the court will stay away, and no one will do anything for him even if they have money. When I have something to do at home, I am afraid that I will be implicated and my reputation will be ruined.
"But even if Qiao and Qiao are forced out of the capital, Qiao San will not leave because he is waiting for the retaliation." The third master said solemnly, "Besides, since someone is plotting against the Shen family, even the Qiao family has left. Those rumors It won’t stop either.”
Shen Jin frowned and said, "If something big happens now and attracts people's attention, these rumors will slowly dissipate."
Shen Lize said slowly: "I'm afraid there won't be any major events a year ago. It might be more lively when the barbarians come to the court. Besides, it depends on when Wang Shouren can return to the court with his troops."
Thinking of Wang Shouren, everyone's spirits were lifted. This was a great victory. Not to mention the master-disciple relationship between Wang Shouren and Shen Rui, Wang Shouren had restored the innocence of the three sons of the Shen family. Everyone here was grateful to him and hoped that he could Make great achievements.
This was the first victory in the war since the young emperor ascended the throne. According to the news announced by the imperial court, these water bandits colluded with Japanese pirates to rob Songjiang. The imperial army wiped out all the water bandits and recaptured the abducted people. The common people, who have always been harmed by Japanese pirates and rarely succeeded in resisting Japanese pirates, have been given a shot in the arm. There will be lively discussions for a long time, and storytellers in various restaurants and restaurants will compile new books and talk about it for several months.
After the Taihu bandit war ends, the Japanese Tong case will probably be concluded quickly.
"The letter has been accepted. The Lu family will bring people to Beijing soon." Shen Rui said. "Let the He family be proud for a few days."
Based on the intelligence collected by Du Laoba and the relatives of the He family brought by Lu Sanlang, the He family will definitely fail in this case of Japanese invasion.
However, the rumors about the Qiao family did not turn into praising the Shen family as the Shen family expected, but instead led in a direction that no one expected.
Some people began to spread rumors about how Shen Zhou's wife, Qiao, was crazy. This was more in line with the common people's gossip taste, and soon spread - that Qiao became ill because she missed her son who died young, so she lost her mind and went crazy.
Then someone mentioned that it was Master Qiao's youngest son Qiao Yongde who was responsible for Shen Luo's fall from the horse.
Later, someone came out and said clearly that it was Qiao Yongde who offended the Marquis of Jianchang, Zhang Yanling, in the restaurant with his harsh words and was punished, but it was Shen Luo who prevented the disaster for him.
The common people just chatted after tea and meals, but when it reached the ears of the kings of the court, it was completely different.
There are also many censors who are ready to exercise their right to "report on rumors" and mercilessly read Zhang Yanling's book. The first to bear the brunt is Liu Yu, the censor who is specially watching the Zhang family.
Coincidentally, Mrs. Jin Qi, the nephew of Mrs. Jin who was impeached by Liu Yu and was transformed from Jinyiwei Qianhu to Xiaoqi, also came to Ben to beg for reinstatement at the end of the year. He wanted to take advantage of the happy event of Yuan's change. The little emperor raised his hand to him. So I will continue to do Thousand Households.
But he bumped into Liu Yu's hands. Liu Yu once again threw out the argument that "when the lucky door is opened, everyone will advance in vain", severely criticizing Jin Qi and other lucky people, and then brought it to Zhang Yanling, impeaching him for killing Zhongliang. after.
Everyone still sympathizes with the unfortunate death of the only heir of the Shen family. "There are three types of unfilial piety, and the greatest is not having heirs." Two generations of the Shen family, the third prince and Shen Cang, father and son, had a good reputation, but their bloodline was cut off. Definitely, unbearable.
Shen Rui, the younger member of the adoptive family, had no choice but to give birth to a son because of the illness of Shen Run.
Although the fact that Zhang Yanling was the victim was only rumored and may not be true, given Zhang Yanling's usual arrogant behavior, many people believed it.
The Zhang family did not support the censor for nothing. Soon the censor representing the Zhang family came out and denounced those with evil intentions for spreading rumors and causing trouble.
Seeing that the New Year was about to come, and still arguing non-stop in court, the little emperor's reaction was unexpected. On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, many farmsteads in Ningjin, Longping, Nangong, Xinhe and other counties were built as the Renshou Palace Palace.
Renshou Palace was originally the residence of the former Empress Dowager and the Zhou family. Because the two emperors Chenghua and Hongzhi were extremely filial, Renshou Palace was also well maintained and was the best among the palaces in the Forbidden City.
After Zhou died of illness, the place became empty.
After Emperor Hongzhi's funeral, Empress Zhang was promoted to the Queen Mother. She should have moved to Renshou Palace, but since Empress Zhang was not willing to live in the palace where the Zhou family had lived for many years, she used the name of "filial piety" to move to the palace.
The Empress Dowager and the Wang family took over.
At that time, Mrs. Jin had been regretting for a long time that such a good place was given to someone else, but she also knew her daughter's temper, so she could only regret it twice.
As early as the Hongzhi period, Emperor Hongzhi had a royal residence for his grandmother, the Empress Dowager Zhou. At that time, there were even letters from the imperial censor begging to stop the incident, but naturally the matter was ignored in the end.
Based on this precedent, the young emperor imitated his father and added a palace to his grandmother, the Empress Dowager, and the officials could not say anything.
It's just that the court is currently in a quarrel over the Zhang family's affairs. The young emperor did not express his position but added the palace to his grandmother. This makes people think deeply, and the impeachment is even more intense.
Amidst the noise, New Year's Eve of the 18th year of Hongzhi arrived.
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On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, Lu Sanlang lived a long life and arrived at Tongzhou Pier with many servants and cages. Shen Rui and Shen Quan went to greet him in person.
After seeing each other for several years, Lu Sanlang had grown a short beard and dressed more calmly. He was completely unlike the frivolous and dissolute young man Shen Rui had seen before.
"Brother Lu has worked hard all the way! It's all my fault that he can't be reunited during the New Year." Shen Rui said apologetically after receiving the greeting.
Although Lu Sanlang was dressed much more politely, he was still cheerful when he spoke, "How could Brother Rui be so polite! What a big deal." He then smiled and said, "In previous years, it was common to transport food northward and celebrate the New Year outside. It's a coincidence this year.
It was a great blessing to be able to arrive a few years ago.”
The pier was crowded with people and was not the place to talk. After a few brief greetings, the two parties got into the carriage and headed home together.
After the carriage had left for a long time, Lu Sanlang raised the curtains and saw that there was no one around, then he lowered his voice and said to Shen Rui: "When we were about to get off the boat, we had already gagged the man, bound his hands and feet, and put him in a box."
Shen Rui knew that he was afraid of being seen by the He family and had another setback, so he quickly thanked him for his hard work.
Lu Sanlang waved his hand and said: "Brother Rui, please don't be so polite. I won't hide it from you. I think you know the current situation of the Lu family. I'm not only helping you, but also helping the Lu family themselves."
Shen Rui said: "Now that we have these evidences, the He family can't be found guilty. The He family and the Zhang family have been convicted, and the Lu and Chen families will be in peace."
Lu Sanlang sighed: "I hope so."
He has another hidden worry. The Lu family currently has no high-ranking officials in the court. It used to be entirely dependent on the Shen family in Beijing. However, now that all the officials in Shenzhou have been lost to the He family, He Dongsheng is still in the position of minister. If the officials protect each other, the Shen family may be able to deal with it.
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This time he went north with enough money. Although he wanted to do his best to support the Shen family, he also wanted to take some of his own steps to prepare for emergencies.
It was not possible to discuss things carefully on the way, so the two of them only chatted a few words about the current situation in Songjiang, and soon entered the capital and arrived at Shen's Mansion.
After Lu Sanlang went to various places to receive gifts, he was invited into the study room. A box with a mouth had already been brought in.
Changshou opened the box himself, and sure enough, there was a man tied up and stuffed inside. Because this man must be a tall man, he was forced into the box with a rather strange posture.
Changshou signaled his two confidants to go over and get the person out of the box.
As expected, this man was quite tall and strong, but there was no fierceness in his face. Instead, he looked at Lu Sanlang and Longevity with some flinch.
Changshou returned to Shen Rui and replied in a low voice: "Because I was afraid of getting hurt and going to court and being bitten, I followed the second master's method and rewarded him with a dozen water-watered plum blossoms."
Shen Rui nodded, wondering why he had such a fearful expression, but he was also somewhat satisfied with his longevity. This was much better than Du Laoba's simple and crude torture method, and he was enough to stand on his own.
Since they had already been questioned, Lu Sanlang's confession and evidence were all ready, so Shen Rui did not need to ask again. She and Lu Sanlang sat down separately, took the confession and read it carefully.
According to this confession, He Yong was in a similar situation to He Mian. He was also poor, strong, skilled, and a bachelor with no family to hold him back, so he became a thug under He Nansheng.
It's just that He Yong is not as loyal as He Mian, but values money more, so He Nansheng doesn't value him as much. But it is precisely because of his love for money that he was bribed by He Yansheng, another member of the He family, under the guise of He Nansheng.
, but he was working for He Yansheng.
This He Yansheng is from the sixth branch of the He family. According to He Yong, he often does business in Guangzhou and makes a lot of money. He is not a prominent person in the family, but he is very generous and generous in giving money to others.
As early as the beginning of the year, He Yansheng promised He Yong a sum of money and told He Yong that if He Nansheng's steward He Xiang arranged for him to "protect" Shen Zhu, the ninth master of the third room of the Shen family, he would secretly conduct surveillance, and it was best to use Shen Zhu's words to spy on the Shen family.
The situation of each house, and then taking the opportunity of going to Shenjiafang with Shen Zhu, I memorized the topography of each place.
Before the Japanese pirates landed, He Yansheng suddenly asked He Yong to take a small car to pick up people at the west corner gate of the Shen family's clan house. After a while at the west corner gate, several servants of the Shen family came out carrying bags of different sizes. Some of the bags had mouths
The vegetables were exposed, and some had a pig's foot exposed, which was obviously from the kitchen.
As the car drove along, it passed by some grain, rice, fresh and vegetable grocery store, and a servant of the Shen family got out of the car. When they left the city and arrived at the designated place, He Yong was the only one driving the car, and over there was He Yansheng in casual clothes.
He came to pick him up in person with two of his cronies.
One of the pockets filled with vegetables and pork actually contained a living person.
He Yong followed Shen Zhu around the Shen family for a long time and recognized this person. He was Shen Dong, the eldest son of the Shen family clan.
The fifteen-year-old boy's face was pale, his eyes were closed, and he fell into a coma.
The people He Yansheng brought changed Shen Dong's clothes and put something unknown on his face, making his face look even more horrifying, as if he was terminally ill.
He Yansheng and others changed cars and headed for the southern post road. He Yong took the money and drove back to the city with a new mission.
When the Japanese pirates came ashore, He Yong followed He Yansheng's instructions and lured Shen Zhu there, coerced him into snatching all the houses of the Shen family, but followed He Xiang's instructions and left the clan house and the fifth house untouched -
—In preparation for He Nansheng’s backup plan.
Shen Rui put down his confession and glanced at Lu Sanlang. The biggest trouble for the Shen family in this case was that Shen Zhu was actually a member of the feudal lord. Shen Rui had previously made Shen Zhu a fool who was deceived by the feudal king.
I just don’t know what kind of confession Shen Zhu can make in prison.
But this confession was taken out of Shen Zhu's whole body. It was calculated and coerced. With this confession, no matter what Shen Zhu confessed in prison, he could be "beaten into a confession."
Shen Rui turned to He Yong again and stared at him for a few times. His eyes were not sharp, but he was so scared that He Yong shrank his neck. Without asking him anything, Shen Rui directly ordered Changshou to guard the person. After the year, the Si Yamen will open the seal. Send it immediately.
After sending everyone away, Shen Rui stood up and bowed to Lu Sanlang, saying: "Thank you, Third Brother Lu, for your righteousness in saving me. Thank you, Third Brother Lu, for your thoughtful consideration and giving this confession to the Shen family."
They are all smart people, and there is no need to say anything. Lu Sanlang stood up quickly to avoid being disrespected by him and said: "Brother Rui, what are you doing!" He then smiled and said: "I have something to ask for, Brother Rui. If that's the case, I won't be able to open my mouth."
Shen Rui stopped being polite and asked Lu Sanlang to take a seat again. Lu Sanlang then mentioned that the Lu family was having a hard time now, and the Zhang family was like mad dogs, catching and biting everyone.
When Zhang's family was imprisoned, they asked the Lu family to help them speak up. However, it was not easy for the Lu family to protect themselves. Where could they be rescued? Moreover, the vassal alliance was firmly established. If they came together to save others, wouldn't it mean that they were accomplices and were seeking death? Road?
The Zhang family felt that the Lu family did not care about the friendship of the same family, and then they came up with the idea of "if I can't get better, you can't think about it either", and wanted to drag the Lu family down, and they couldn't stop trying to fight against the Lu family in the Jinyi Guard Prison.
Fortunately, the Lu family noticed that something was wrong and left evidence, and then reported it to the Imperial Envoy. Their cooperation in solving the case can be considered a merit, but they may really be implicated.
Lu Sanlang said: "On my way north this time, I heard about the victims of the disaster in Shanxi. In the middle of winter, I was afraid that cold clothes would be indispensable even for disaster relief, so the clan leader ordered me to buy some along the way. He wanted to ask Xueshi Yang to come in and show his loyalty to the Lu family. ."
This was because Yang Tinghe, Shen Rui's father-in-law, was a close official of the emperor, and would directly send his good deeds to heaven. If he could solve the urgent needs of the court and get the emperor's golden words of "a good family", he would not be afraid of being attacked by the Zhang family.
Little did he know that Shen Rui could handle this matter without Yang Tinghe's help.
Shen Rui was overjoyed after hearing this. The disaster relief was indeed in short supply of cotton-padded clothes and quilts. Because it was an earthquake in September, the weather was not too cold when many victims came out and their clothes were meager. A few of them had to wear rags on the way to the capital after escaping from famine. For those who wear clothes to keep out the cold, more people still wear single clothes.
The victims can live in Xiyuan Xiangfang and other places, and the disaster relief rations are also allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs. However, these cotton-padded clothes are not ready-made - the Ministry of War does have ready-made cotton-padded jackets for military supplies, but they are to be supplied to border soldiers. Who dares to open this mouth?
And even if you find a tailor shop and have it made fresh, you won't be able to make it in time, and it will also be a huge sum of money.
It was the noble disciples who collected old cotton-padded clothes from the servants in their houses and even on the farms, and also scoured the capital for some common people's cotton-padded clothes, and distributed them to the victims to keep out the cold.
This batch of cotton-padded clothes from the Lu family is a timely blessing, and since the Lu family is not from the capital, there is no need to worry about being accused of buying people's hearts. This move will definitely win praise from the little emperor.
Shen Rui did not pretend to consider it or any other pretentious behavior, and said bluntly: "This is a great thing, so Brother Lu will leave it to me and we will do it after the New Year."
Lu Sanlang was overjoyed and stood up, bowed and thanked Shen Rui. Shen Rui couldn't help but laugh and said, "Since Third Brother told me not to be polite, how can I be so polite myself?"
Lu Sanlang laughed, feeling closer and closer to him in his heart.
*
On this New Year's Eve, although the Shen family was still in filial piety and could not entertain themselves with banquets and plays, they still had a very lively time.
In previous years, there were only a few people in the family, but this year there were Shen Lian, Shen Quan, Lu Sanlang, and Shen Jin, because she was alone, was invited by the Xu family to celebrate the New Year together. Shen Zhou, who had not shown up until now, also appeared at the New Year's Eve reunion banquet.
In fact, in Shen Jin's heart, she wanted to go to Baoding to celebrate the New Year with Aunt Zheng. For the first time in many years, mother and son could stay together for the New Year. However, she also knew that the etiquette and law were inconsistent. He had offended Mr. Li Ge because of the marriage. Now in The Hanlin Academy is also struggling. Going to Baoding makes too much noise. Once the censor finds out, he is afraid that he will be included in a book.
I don’t know if Mrs. Xu also had this consideration, fearing that he would make a mistake, so she called him to stay with her for the New Year. Mrs. Xu is an aunt, so Shen Jin would naturally obey when called by her elders.
There were two tables for the night banquet, Shen Zhou, Shen Run, Shen Lian, Shen Quan, Shen Jin, Shen Rui and Lu Sanlang. Inside the screen were Xu, Tian and He with their fourth brother and Xiao Nan. A table of children.
Although there was no good wine or meat, the vegetarian meal was extremely rich. The two children could not sit still. After eating in two or three mouths, each of them held the small bamboo sword that Lu Sanlang had brought from the south, and they were happy. They ran around inside and outside the screen, playing and laughing, adding countless fun.
Even Shen Zhou, who had been silent all this time, had a long-lost smile on his face.
It was inconvenient for the Shen family to set off fireworks, but the neighbors set off many of them. Mrs. Xu couldn't bear to let her two children lose this fun, so she asked someone to dress them warmly. The wet nurse carried them to the door and watched the street for a while. fireworks.
It was late at night and the banquets were removed. Everyone still stayed together because they wanted to stay together for the New Year's Eve.
The third master, who had always been weak, had been placed on the heated kang by the window, with two little people beside him. They were hunkering down, biting their little heads like chickens eating rice, and soon fell asleep. Everyone couldn't help but feel happy when they looked at them.
Snacks, tea, and backgammon were put out, but no one came to play. Because Lu Sanlang was here, he was already good at talking, and he had a lot of anecdotes from all over the north and south to tell. Everyone talked loudly, and it was not boring.
As soon as the child's hour passed, Mrs. Tian hurriedly confessed to Mrs. Xu, and asked someone to support the third master and carry the fourth brother back to the room first, for fear that the third master would be in bad health from staying up late.
Everyone also went to have a rest.
Shen Jin and Shen were all arranged in Shen Rui's yard, but Shen Rui was called over by Shen Zhou.
The candlelight flickered in the study room. Shen Zhou, who had not yet fully recovered from his illness, had endured the night and his face looked a bit defeated.
Shen Rui was also a little tired, but still cheered up and sat upright opposite Shen Zhou, waiting for him to speak first.
Shen Zhouzi looked at Shen Rui carefully several times, and he felt more and more unhappy. After a long while, he suddenly sighed: "Brother Rui, you hate me."
Shen Rui was a little surprised. He didn't expect Shen Zhou to say it so straightforwardly. In his impression, this person had never shown much emotion and was far less genuine than Shen Cang and Shen Run.
Even when Shen Ling passed away, if He hadn't asked like that when Shen Ling was cremated, Shen Zhou would never have said what was in his heart.
Hate? No, Shen Rui doesn't hate it.
Ever since he knew that it was Shen Zhou who regretted his marriage and caused Sun to marry that scumbag Shen Yuan, his feelings towards Shen Zhou were disgusting.
And even though Qiao's actions were harmful to Shen Jue, their disgust only deepened.
There is no hatred, because we have always regarded each other as strangers and have no feelings at all.
"Second uncle thinks too much." Shen Rui shook his head and said calmly.
Shen Zhou saw that his expression didn't seem to be fake, but his mouth was bitter, "It's me..." He felt as if his lips and teeth were as heavy as a thousand stones, and he spoke with difficulty, "It's me who can't help Min Niang."
Shen Rui's expression became even colder, "Second uncle shouldn't talk to my nephew about this. It's late at night, so I should settle it earlier." After that, he stood up to leave.
"Brother Rui." Shen Zhou called him and sighed, "I don't want to excuse myself. What happened in the first place was not the Qiao family's fault, but my unfilial piety and unrighteousness."
Although Shen Rui hates the Qiao family very much, if Shen Zhou puts all the responsibility on the Qiao family, he will look down on Shen Zhou very much.
Fortunately, Shen Zhou acted responsibly. Shen Rui's face softened a little, but she still stared at him coldly.
Shen Zhou sighed: "In these days, I have figured out all the things in the past, and I am not asking for forgiveness or forgiveness by speaking out today. I think you already know everything about the past, so I should also have an explanation."
Shen Rui replied calmly: "Second uncle has nothing to 'explain'. Everyone has his or her own fate, and everyone has his or her own destiny. Second uncle doesn't have to suffer for himself."
Shen Zhou was met with a lukewarm rebuke again, but he couldn't say anything. He only smiled bitterly and murmured to himself for a while: "It's like a dream."
Shen Rui really didn't want to talk to him about this kind of meaningless nonsense anymore. The Shen family still had a lot of things to do. Wherever there was free time to reminisce about the past, it would be better to catch up on some sleep.
He couldn't help it anymore and said directly: "I have woken up from the dream now. I don't know if my second uncle has any plans. Now the case of Tongwa is about to be concluded, and I don't know where the Shen family will go. The He family is aggressive, Shen Taking a step back from home may lead to an abyss, does Second Uncle have any concerns?"
Shen Zhou was stunned for a moment by his question, as if he was a little stunned and couldn't recover.
Shen Rui became more and more angry as he looked at it, wondering why he was easily removed from the imperial wine table in the Imperial College. What a hopeless person!
He stood up and saluted, "Second uncle, let's think about it first. My nephew has resigned."
He walked to the door of the study room, opened the door, and heard Shen Zhou saying from behind: "Brother Rui, bring me all your recent exercises tomorrow."
Shen Rui was stunned again, frowned slightly, and turned to look at Shen Zhou. Is this Master Jiu Jiu from the Imperial College here to tutor him in his homework?
Just listen to Shen Zhou saying: "I'm afraid I can't be of much help with everything at home. This time I returned to Beijing in embarrassment, and there was another turmoil in the Qiao family, so my old friends in Beijing would have to avoid it. All I can do now is I just want to read a few more current articles to help you."
Shen Rui was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay. Thank you, uncle."
Although the third master, Shen Run, was also good in knowledge, he was still a scholar. He never failed, and his writing skills were average.
On the other hand, Shen Zhou was different. He was born as a serious Jinshi. He had been in the Hanlin Academy before, and then became a priest of the Imperial Academy. It can be said that he is far better than Shen Run in the professional field of eight-part prose.
Although his father-in-law Yang Tinghe often gave him guidance on reading articles, in the end it was more convenient for Shen Zhou.
And although Shen Rui has no feelings for Shen Zhou, as a member of the Shen family, they still hope that Shen Zhou can cheer up and give him something to do, which is better than spending the whole day idle and thinking.
When Shen Zhou saw Shen Rui agreed, he breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously and his face became relaxed.
As expected, Shen Rui took all his articles to Shen Zhou for review, and Shen Zhou patiently analyzed the shortcomings one by one for Shen Rui. After a few months, Shen Rui's articles were rated as greatly improved by Yang Tinghe, and Shen Zhou I also started to enlighten my fourth brother and Xiaonan brother. Every day was full of things, and I was relieved of my initial decadence and became more energetic. This is a story later.
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On the first day of the first lunar month, the Ming Dynasty officially changed the Yuan Dynasty to Zhengde.
The young emperor went to the Xian Hall, Fengci Hall, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager Palace, and the late emperor successively to pay homage to several banquets. At the Fengtian Hall, he received five bows and three kowtows from the civil and military ministers and envoys from the Siyi Dynasty.
However, the empress dowager and the empress dowager, who were exempted from their lives, congratulated the congratulations, but caused a lot of discussion among the women who were not ordered to live. Recently, the emperor has been attacking the Zhang family more fiercely.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, after the young emperor accepted the courtesy of the civil and military ministers at Fengtian Gate, he said that he would not visit the palace from that day to the 15th, and gave the civil and military ministers a ten-day holiday for the Lantern Festival.
Immediately, the Ministry of Rites reported that although the Emperor Daxing had completed the work on the mountain tomb, his subjects were still in good health, and the Emperor was sincere and filial, so he requested an order not to light up lanterns for music.
The young emperor said that it was appropriate not to put up lights in the palace, and that the people would enjoy this once a year, so there was no limit to it.
After the people in the capital heard the news, they secretly scolded the Ministry of Rites for being immoral and praised the young emperor for being both filial and considerate of the people. Although the emperor was young, his reputation among the people suddenly rose.
Soon, on the sixth day of the first lunar month, the little emperor's reputation reached its peak again.
Wang Shouren and Zhang Yong's team to suppress bandits in Taihu Lake won a complete victory. They returned to the court and destroyed 17 water villages in Taihu Lake. They killed nearly 2,000 bandits, captured the bandits and captured more than 5,000 fishermen. They rescued two captive people in Songjiang.
One hundred and seventy-eight people.
The whole capital was boiling. Although it was just a bandit suppression, the number of people showed how fierce the bandits were. This was also the first victory of the Zhengde Dynasty. It was a good start, which was a good sign.
The Shen family was also immersed in joy, not only because of Wang Shouren's victory, but also because of the news from Wang Shouren that two of Prince Ning's pawns were captured from the bandit water village in Taihu Lake, and they were both related to the He family.