On December 26, the last court meeting of the first year of Changning, from tomorrow onwards, the court kings and kings down to the yamen of each county were sealed for nine days, and the directors were not sealed until the fifth day of the new year.

Shi Chongwei sat on the throne in a dragon robe to accept the congratulations of the ministers, looked at the vermilion purple color of the hall, and said: "In the first year of Changqing, the country and the people, the wind and rain are smooth, the war cannot be afforded, and the tax growth all depend on the power of the princes. ”

"Ministers wish long live the dragon's health and eternal stability."

After some answers, the rewards of the New Year's festival began to be announced. This year is the first year of Shi Chongwei's ascension to the throne, and the treasury has collected some more silver, so Shi Chongwei decided to be generous, double the reward, and celebrate with the whole world.

At noon, the Son of Heaven set up a banquet in the Hanyuan Hall to reward officials above the fifth grade, he was not qualified to participate, and it was rumored in Beijing that he would be promoted to the deputy envoy of Qingtian, but that was a matter of the year, the more critical the moment, the more calm down, not to be criticized. Naturally, the officials of the Qingtian Division Yamen would not let go of flattering Master Pan, who was about to become the deputy envoy of Qingtian, and gathered together to set up a few tables of banquets to invite Pan Heyi to appreciate the light. Pan Heyi said a few polite words, took out his share, and said that the old mother at home told him to go back early, and after a few words, he got up and went home in the car.

The reward of the seven-rank official is six taels of silver, and there are two red silks, and the silver is a small ingot, which is engraved with auspicious and wishful words, and it is best to give it to the children who pay New Year's greetings. Now this thing is no longer placed in Pan Heyi's heart, the main thing is the glory, the yellow package containing silver has the money in the household hall, and it is a glory on the offering table to the ancestors.

Pan Heyi knew that most officials in Beijing would not take this money to heart, and if they really lived on this money, seventy percent of the officials would starve to death. In addition to the state and county filial piety of Bing Jing, charcoal respect silver, many people secretly join hands with merchants to do business, the capital perfume shop was not Jiang Anyi's business back then, the big commercial houses and casinos in Beijing do not have the background of the official family, maybe which inconspicuous teahouse is still the prince's family, and the ancestral training that must not compete with the people for profit has long been thrown out of the clouds.

The hand caressed the silver bag, and the fine silk was silky in the hand, much stronger than the two silks. Pan Heyi thought about his own New Year's Day, this trip to Huazhou Qingtian Zhou Thorn Shi sent two hundred taels of Cheng Yi, and those people under him made up a total of 1,000 taels to honor themselves, with this money, they can send more things to their father-in-law's house, and his wife can also raise her head and hold her head up when she goes back to her parents' house.

It has been almost twenty days since he returned to Beijing from Huazhou, and the Son of Heaven has summoned him twice to praise him, so that hundreds of officials have shown favor to this rising upstart, and it seems that this will become another Jiang Anyi. Pan Heyi didn't even tell her about the handle falling into Xinfei's hands, and there was no way to solve this matter at all, unless the fish died and the net was broken to tell the truth to the Son of Heaven. Judging from the current situation, a bright future awaits you, so why take risks. Pan Heyi clenched the money bag in his hand, feeling that it would be nothing longer when he got used to it, so let's do it and see.

Taipingfang, Jiangfu. Early in the morning, Tong'er took her children to the Shenguo Mansion to give gifts, but Mrs. Qin stayed to talk, and only put them back after lunch. After a short rest at home, Tong'er rushed to Li's Mansion with her children, and when she came home after dinner, the children were sleepy, and Tong'er hurriedly instructed the maids to take them to wash and sleep.

After this busy day, Tong'er felt a sore back, sat under the lamp in the study, and held a long list of gifts that Tian Shoulou had issued, except for the Yu family, the Fan family, and the Deng family, the others should let Tian Shoulou go.

Yu Zhijie returned to his hometown, but his two sons Yu Qinghuan and Yu Qingle stayed in Beijing. Yu Qinghuan returned to Beijing from Pingzhou Fuxue professor to serve as the supervisor of Guozi (from the sixth grade), and Yu Qingle's perfume shop was gone, Jiang Anyi and Guo Huaili discussed, and handed over the sesame oil shop business specializing in longevity oil to him to take care of, although it is not as prosperous as the perfume shop business, but it is expensive, and the annual income is not much less than perfume.

Jiang Anyi naturally did not treat Yu Shi's son badly, and gave Yu Qingle two benefits, one is to become the shopkeeper of the sesame oil mill, with an annual salary of 1,200 taels, plus 2,000 taels of silver to him every year during the four festivals, and the other is to let him spend 1,000 taels of silver to buy shares, accounting for 10% of the dividend. Yu Qingle knew that this was Senior Brother Jiang sending money to him, and Yu Zhijie did not object, so Yu Da's shopkeeper lived a nourishing life in Beijing.

Standing up lazily, Tong'er was about to go back to the room to rest, and was about to blow out the red candle on the table, the red candle burst out of the lamp, and he thought of Jiang Anyi in a trance: Jiang Lang and Sister Xinfei are okay in Huazhou, they should talk in the study at this time, Jiang Lang intends to pacify the Western Rebellion, Sister Xinfei helps him give advice in Huazhou, Sister Dong'er takes Chenzhi and Yunsi to do her filial piety in Pingshan Town, I also want to have a good relationship with Jiang Lang in the capital, so that he can help more in the court, and he can't be lazy tomorrow, and he should go in person.

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Xinqi County, Dezhou, Yufu, Jingsi Zhai.

It has been two months since he returned to his hometown, and Yu Zhijie has lost some weight, but his spirit is much stronger than in Beijing. Returning to his hometown of dreams, Yu Zhijie felt a lot lighter, he left home as a young man, there were few people in Xinqi County who knew him, and he asked his second brother Yu Zhiren to come forward to receive him from the state and county. Yu Zhijie's favorite thing is to wear civilian clothes every day, go to the street from the back door, walk through the streets and alleys at will, and listen to the familiar local sound, which is much more wonderful than the quarrel in the court.

Yu Zhijie Zhishi returned to his hometown, it was the first time since Fengle six years later to celebrate the New Year at home, Yu Zhiren and Yu Zhihe discussed this year's big operation, and invited the Yu clan to come to the eldest brother to pay their respects to the New Year, although the eldest brother retired from the position of the household secretary, but the prestige is still there, not to mention that there is a student named Jiang Anyi, Texas officials count down from the history of the assassination, who dares not to give face.

"Big brother, at the beginning of this year, the six clans plan to do it, this is the list I have drawn up, can you see if there are any omissions in the people invited?" Yu Zhiren smiled and handed the list to Yu Zhijie. Yu Zhijie, the thoughts of the two brothers, understood that Yu Zhijie thought that he had been an official outside for forty years, and most of the people in the clan did not know each other, so it was good to take this opportunity to meet everyone, so that the clansmen would not even recognize their ancestors when they said that they were officials.

took the list and saw that the first one was written with Texas Assassin Yang Xichen (in office in the fourth year of Jianwu), Yu Zhijie frowned, put down the list and said: "Zhiren, Zhihe, I am no longer an official of the court, what will these officials ask the assassin and the county to do in the New Year, these people are very busy, and it is not annoying to rush to me to pay New Year's greetings." Since the clansmen get together, then don't invite an outsider, the Jiang family, the Guo family, and the Huang family want to give me New Year's greetings, and even they don't invite them on the day the clansmen get together. ”

Yu Zhiren and Yu Zhihe glanced at each other, and responded with a wry smile: "What the eldest brother said is true." "Yu Zhijie went out as an official in his twenties, and he got together more and less with his two brothers, although the brotherhood was very deep when he was a teenager, but as Yu Zhijie's official became bigger and bigger, the prestige on his body became heavier, and even the brothers did not dare to talk and laugh easily.

Yu Zhijie saw that the faces of the two brothers were ugly, and said in a soft tone: "Zhiren, Zhihe, I know that you are worried that the prestige of the Yu family will gradually decline because of my Zhishi, you must know that the dynasty has still changed, not to mention the family and surname." If you want to keep the family prosperous for a long time, you must do more things to accumulate virtue and do good deeds, encourage the children of the clan to read and write, and pass on poems and books to the family. ”

The two brothers nodded yes. Yu Zhijie sighed and said: "There is no talent in Qinghuan's generation, Qinghuan is a supervisor in the Guozi Prison, most of them can be a five-grade official, Qingshan is separated from Huazhou, if An Yi can stay in Huazhou for a few more years, he can also be a six-grade official, and others are afraid that they will not have a chance in their careers." ”

"If my Yu family wants to rise again, it depends on Guangxu them." Yu Zhijie stroked his beard and laughed in satisfaction. Yu Guangxu is the son of Yu Qingshan, the grandson of Yu Zhiren, the sixth year of Jianwu, and now he is studying in Guozijian with Yu Guangxuan, Yu Guangwei, Yu Guangshao, Yu Guangji and others.

Yu Zhiren said with a smile: "The eldest brother often teaches Guangxu them in Beijing, and they have become a little climatic. ”

"It's not difficult for Guangxu to be the first, Guangxuan is sure that they will be promoted, and I estimate that one or two of them can reach the first. In the future, there will be Zhicheng and An Yi to take care of them, and their career will be smoother than theirs. Speaking of his grandchildren, Yu Zhijie was in a good mood and said with a smile: "Guangxu has a family in Beijing to take care of, you don't have to worry, there are many masters in the Guozi Prison, and the old man will not delay their learning if he leaves." Before leaving Beijing, I found Fan Shiben, and asked Guangxu to often go to Fan's Mansion to ask for advice, the Fan family's learning is famous all over the world, and what Anyi learned also came from the Fan family. ”

Fan Yanzhong Fan Fuzi is the banner in Shilin, Yu Zhiren, Yu Zhihe learned that their grandchildren could go to Fan's house to ask for advice, they all smiled, if they can insert the logo of Fan Xue on their bodies, and Jiang Anyi, Fan Shiben and others will be in the same line, and the future will be indispensable.

Yu Zhihe pondered and said, "Big brother, I don't know if I should open my mouth for something?" ”

Yu Zhijie said with a smile: "My own brother, if there is anything you can't say, even if you say it, I won't blame you for being a brother if you are wrong." ”

"Big brother, I went to Pingshan Town last month and saw Jiang Anyi's concubine Mrs. Dong'er with a son and a daughter in the house, Jiang Anyi's eldest son Jiang Chenzhi is polite and square, and his family education is very good, and his daughter Yun Si is also well-behaved and cute, I want to marry the Jiang family. Whether it is to marry the daughter of the Yu family to Jiang Chenzhi or let Guangshao marry Yun Si, what does the eldest brother think? ”

Yu Zhijie smacked his beard, he had seen several of Jiang Anyi's children in Beijing, and they were all good children. Yu Zhijie also had the heart to get married, but Jiang Anyi didn't stay long in Beijing before he went to Huazhou, and he soon became a scholar, and this matter was put aside without mentioning it, but he didn't expect the third child to move this thought.

Yu Zhiren also said: "There are also several girls in my family who are the same age as Jiang Chenzhi, and the eldest brother is looking for an opportunity to ask Jiang Anyi, if the Yu Jiang family can form a family, it will be a kiss." ”

Yu Zhijie naturally knows the benefits of marrying Jiang Anyi, but Yu Zhijie doesn't want Jiang Anyi to feel that he is begging for favor, not to mention that after so many years, the two families have helped each other and have a close relationship, and it hurts their feelings to talk about kindness. Yu Zhijie thought for a while and said: "After the year, I will visit the old lady and find out her tone, if the old lady agrees to let the old lady talk to An Yi, it will be safer." ”

Yu Zhiren and Yu Zhihe both nodded and said yes.