Chapter 844 Returning to hometown to worship ancestors
Chapter 844 Returning to hometown to worship ancestors
"Father, my third brother is still young and has an innocent and simple temperament. If he wants to succeed in his studies, he cannot do without his father's words and deeds. He always teaches."
To put it bluntly, Sheng Changfeng was stupid, naive, not very forward-thinking, immature in thinking, and was not suitable to leave home.
Thirteen years is considered the age of a modern junior high school student, right at the time of second grade.
In this special period of character formation, children will follow and learn from whomever they want.
From now on, the child likes to play with Gu Tingye and dislikes spending time with Qi Heng.
It's obvious that this kid likes libertines who eat, drink and have fun all day long.
Regardless of whether it is a private academy or an official academy, the most indispensable thing is the libertine from the high-ranking official family who got into it through connections.
If it were a private academy with rigorous academics and a prestigious school with high requirements for students, Sheng Changfeng would not be qualified to enter.
Sheng Changfeng, who had no self-control, followed these people to eat, drink, whore and gamble, but he couldn't learn anything.
Sheng Changbai was most afraid of what kind of trouble this child would cause.
Many noble families lined up behind the second king.
In this era of implicated people, it is not difficult for Sheng Changfeng to cause any trouble, and it will bring Sheng Hong, Sheng Changbai, and even the whole family to harm.
After much deliberation, it was better for the child to stay at home.
After all, Sheng Changfeng is already much older than he was a few years ago, and the older he gets.
The greater the difference between men and women, the less time they spend together.
He didn't stay that long, and Lin Zongshuang couldn't teach the child too much. At most, he could only fight for family property.
Because Sheng Changfeng was the one she counted on for the rest of her life, Lin Zongshuang had a supportive attitude toward Sheng Changfeng's studies.
"What you said makes sense. Feng'er can't lack his father's advice from time to time, but it's really hard to hire a good private school teacher!"
Sheng Hong was very happy to receive Sheng Changbai's approval, stroking his beard and saying to himself.
"This is very difficult. It can be difficult for others, but I guess it cannot be difficult for my father."
Sheng Changbai put a high hat on Sheng Hong and praised him. Sheng Changbai and Wang Ruofu usually don't praise Sheng Hong, but it is quite effective to do it occasionally.
"Of course it's hard for a father. Although he can't hire a great scholar like Mr. Zhuang at the moment, he can still do it if he spends a lot of money to hire a good tutor."
Sheng Hong happily agreed.
Wang Ruofu stared at Sheng Changbai when he saw Sheng Changbai worrying about Sheng Changfeng.
It was difficult to explain in front of Sheng Hong, so I had to wait and explain it to Wang Ruofu alone.
In the Fifteenth Dynasty, Sheng Changbai and other new scholars got another chance to meet the emperor.
Sheng Changbai followed Sheng Hong to work again. This time he entered the palace and waited outside the Chui Gong Hall for the emperor to come.
A very important thing during today's imperial dynasty is to assign work to new Jinshi scholars.
Waiting for the civil and military officials to enter, Xinke Jinshi followed at the end and also followed in.
Maybe he worked too much last night and woke up early. The old emperor didn't have much energy. After a few casual remarks, he started to ask the Ministry of Personnel to announce the results of the appointment.
The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel stood up and began to read out the status of the appointments of the number one scholar and the second person in the list. The old emperor was generous in this department.
It is a relatively prosperous large state in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Lake areas.
"The third person to become a Jinshi in Wujike, Sheng Changbai was awarded the title of Dali judge and secretary of the Provincial School Secretary."
Sheng Changbai is also the first of the three tripods, and his salary is not bad. He is the official judge of affairs in Dali and is sent to the official position, and he is the eighth-rank official in the capital.
Secretary Provincial Academy, dispatched from the eighth rank.
Although Sheng Changbai's job does not have any real power, it can be said to be very noble.
The job content is probably equivalent to being an administrator in the Royal Library, checking the books and classics collected by the country to see if there are any errors.
It is very suitable for Sheng Changbai, a 'prodigy' who is underage and has photographic memory, to first accumulate some qualifications.
The old emperor was very kind to Sheng Changbai, and Sheng Hong worked hard for Sheng Changbai's position.
Sandingjia's official position is all Beijing officials, which is considered a relatively high salary. It can be seen that the old emperor still prefers Sheng Changbai, the imperial examination candidate.
At least people at the top such as Sheng Changbai did not urge the old emperor to adopt other people's sons.
The second and third grades in the back are all ninth-grade people. Most of the jobs selected from the ninth-grade people are assigned to prefectures and counties, and they serve as various academic and assistant officials.
Even those who can become top leaders and serve as county magistrates in counties, most of them manage small, remote and poor counties.
The candidates of the Zhou Dynasty were divided into ministerial officials and state and county officials.
The shogunate refers to the personnel who assist the state government in handling affairs, such as state magistrates, military supervisory magistrates, etc.
Prefecture and county officials refer to officials in charge of prefectures and counties, such as county magistrates, chief registrars, county lieutenants, etc.
These seniority levels for selecting people are self-contained and are called the "fourth and seventh levels".
According to the ranking in the palace examination, the starting points of these new scholars are different.
There is a gap between the selection of officials and the officials in the capital. If the official career is successful, it will take about ten years of hard work in the officialdom.
Without background and ability, most of the candidates will never be able to become officials in the capital.
Of course, starting from the assignment of work, it’s time to test your connections.
Jinshi with a background can naturally be assigned to positions where they can easily achieve results.
Sheng Hong stood out from the huge selection group by virtue of marrying Wang Ruofu and having a background in the Wang family.
In just ten years, he was promoted from a ninth-rank official to a sixth-rank Beijing official.
After being appointed to the imperial court, Sheng Changbai and others left the palace.
A large number of people will never have the chance to see the emperor again in this life.
After being awarded the title of Jinshi, the first thing to do is to take a vacation.
Depending on the distance between your hometown and Tokyo, the time you can take leave varies.
It can be as short as one month or as long as three months. This period of vacation is mainly for the new academicians, so that they can go home and show off.
The emperor of the Zhou Dynasty was considered generous. He gave twenty guan of money to a new official to cover his travel expenses when he returned to his hometown and took office.
It may seem that the money is not much, but after becoming an official, you and your family members can go to the official inn to have food, drink, accommodation and transportation for free.
This is much less than when these new scholars come to Tokyo to take the exam.
Of course, in the Zhou Dynasty, after becoming an official, everyone was considered rich.
Sheng Changbai was sent as an official and sent out, that is, he received two salaries. In total, he had thirty yuan in cash, seven or eight shi of rice, as well as cloth and some clothes.
There are also some miscellaneous things, including job money, public money, job land, tea and soup money, payment vouchers (travel expenses), cooking materials, fuel, and discounts, which add up to more than ten coins.
Even the money for maintaining servants was provided by the court.
For ordinary people, as long as they pass the Jinshi examination, their lives will undergo earth-shaking changes. That is definitely true.
An income of more than forty dollars a month is not much for the Sheng family.
But as an official from a poor house, he can rent a small courtyard in Tokyo, support a family of seven or eight people, and have a few servants to serve him.
You can live a good life without corruption. There was still a basis for the existence of honest officials in the Zhou Dynasty.
Riches and honors do not return to their hometown, just like walking at night in brocade clothes. Without these new academic scholars, returning to their hometown to be successful, how can it inspire more people to want to study and swear to take the imperial examination.
These new scholars return to their hometowns with honors and are the best examples to encourage others to learn.
The other is to give the new Jinshi a period of time to solve personal problems, such as getting a wife, taking a concubine, renewing the relationship, and consummating the marriage.
Everyone knows that in-laws are a great help, but a large number of these Jinshi people have the mentality of finding a rare commodity and not getting married.
In order to obtain a capable in-law family after passing the Jinshi examination, many Jinshi are in their twenties and have not yet been engaged or married.
Sheng Changbai was appointed an official, and he was still a noble official in the capital. Naturally, the Sheng family held another banquet to celebrate.
However, no one was invited this time, and my family celebrated in the courtyard.
Even Mrs. Sheng, who doesn't like excitement, also participated in such a big event.
Of course, the old lady would not sit down to eat seriously, she would just show her face, say a few words, and stay for a while, but this was quite rare in the Sheng family.
After all, the estrangement between the old lady, her concubine Sheng Hong, and her daughter-in-law Wang Ruofu is quite deep.
Although Mrs. Sheng is not Sheng Hong’s biological mother, she still deserves to be considered for her contribution to the Sheng family.
After her husband died, Mrs. Sheng helped Sheng Hong keep the family business and raised Sheng Hong, a bastard.
In order for Sheng Hong to pass the Jinshi examination, he worked hard to recruit famous teachers for Sheng Hong.
When Sheng Hong became successful in his studies, he was afraid that Sheng Hong would not be able to help him in the officialdom.
He sacrificed his dignity as the legitimate daughter of the Hou Mansion and went to the Wang family to ask for the marriage of the legitimate daughter for Sheng Hong.
It can be said that Mrs. Sheng did her best for the Sheng family. Although she was not Sheng Hong's biological mother, her biological mother could not have done more for Sheng Hong and the Sheng family than the old Mrs. Sheng.
Sheng Hong is also a serious scholar. He should have certain morals and know how to repay kindness. He should not have such an outwardly respectful but actually cold attitude towards the old lady.
Wang Ruofu doesn't have many bad intentions, and Mrs. Sheng is not a troublesome mother-in-law. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law should not be so rigid.
Originally, when Wang Ruofu first entered the Sheng family, because Mrs. Sheng was not Sheng Hong's biological mother, she did not interfere in too many things, and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was quite cordial.
But the problem all came from Lin Jiaoshuang, which destroyed the originally harmonious relationship between Mrs. Sheng, Sheng Hong, and Wang Ruofu.
Lin Yushuang was originally a young lady from an official family, but her family fell into decline due to her father's conviction.
Mother and Mrs. Sheng had met several times and had a little old friendship. When Lin's mother went there, she entrusted Lin Zongshuang to Mrs. Sheng.
Mrs. Sheng, seeing how pitiful Lin Chushuang was, took Lin Chushuang in and kept her by her side.
The old lady originally wanted to be a good person, raise Lin Chuoshuang for a few years, then put some dowry on her and marry Lin Chuoshuang.
Unexpectedly, Lin Yushuang was greedy for the wealth of the Sheng family and was unwilling to leave the Sheng family, so she seduced Sheng Hong. The two had sex and made Lin Yushuang pregnant with Sheng Hong's child.
Lin Zhishuang has a big belly and is going to marry Sheng Hong.
Sheng Hong, a man who relied on the Wang family and was involved in the officialdom, still wanted to take a concubine. Of course Wang Ruofu did not agree and wanted to drive Lin Jushuang out of the Sheng family.
Mrs. Sheng and Sheng Hong both disagreed and forcefully suppressed Wang Ruofu and let Lin Jushuang enter the Sheng family.
Old Mrs. Sheng was not Wang Ruofu's biological mother-in-law, but she had also raised a concubine for Sheng Hong. The originally harmonious relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was completely gone.
From then on, Wang Ruofu had a grudge and estrangement towards the old lady.
The more Sheng Hong dotes on Lin Zongshuang, the more resentful Wang Ruofu becomes towards the old lady.
Sheng Hong has received many favors from old ladies and must be respectful to them.
Wang Ruofu had never received any kindness from the old lady, so he only had resentment towards her.
Old Mrs. Sheng didn't agree with Sheng Hong's acceptance of Lin Jiaoshuang at first.
But he couldn't help but begged his concubine Sheng Hong, whom he had raised for many years, and Lin Jushuang, who had been raised by his side for several years.
He couldn't bear to leave the blood of the Sheng family behind, so he helped Sheng Hong suppress Wang Ruofu and allowed Sheng Hong to accept Lin Jushuang.
However, it was Lin Zoshuang's seduction of Sheng Hong that made the old lady completely disgusted with Lin Zoshuang.
Sheng Hong also had a lot of resentment towards the old lady because the old lady began to disagree with him about Lin Zongshuang, and because the old lady disliked Lin Zongshuang.
To put it simply, the troubles in the Sheng family's back house are all because Lin Zoshuang is acting like a monster.
But in the final analysis, it is because Sheng Hong is lustful and cannot manage the inner house well.
That is to say, as Sheng Hong gets older, he becomes more and more incompetent.
It was also because Lin Zongshuang was old and beautiful, and the relationship between the two had faded a lot. Sheng Hong no longer wanted Lin Zongshuang so much, and the family had not been so troubled in the past few years.
After the banquet at home, Sheng Hong approached Sheng Changbai again
"Bai'er, you have won the imperial examination and been awarded an official. It's time to return to your hometown to worship your ancestors."
"Going back to Youyang?"
Sheng Changbai had no memory of You Yang. After Sheng Changbai was born, Sheng Hong was already an official outside.
The reason why Sheng Hong's official career was so prosperous was that he served as an official in various places, and his family never returned to Youyang.
In the Zhou Dynasty, apart from the lowest-level officials such as the chief registrar and the county captain.
Starting from the county magistrate level, officials must serve in different places.
"The title on the golden list honors the ancestors. He should return to his hometown to offer sacrifices to his ancestors." Sheng Hong stood up and said with cupped hands.
"Okay, I'll go back. When will I set off?"
Sheng Changbai has nothing to do for at least a month's vacation, so it would be nice to go out and see.
Because of the ancient society, people had the need to join a group to stay warm and get through difficulties, so the concept of clan is very important.
Sheng Changbai, the newly-minted Hua Lang, could build up the reputation of the Sheng family in Youyang by going back, which would make Dafang's business run much smoother.
"I'm going to book a boat going south right away. Once I've contacted you, we'll set off."
In ancient society, waterways were the most convenient and comfortable. If you could take waterways, you should try to take them as much as possible.
"Okay, I'll also confirm the candidates for my entourage."
It’s not just about taking maids, servants, mothers-in-law, rough wives, but most importantly, taking care of nursing homes.
When you go out, you still have to pay attention to safety. If you encounter bandits or water bandits, it's time for the group of teenagers trained by Sheng Changbai to put their efforts into action.
Sheng Hong is not a brave man. He does not blindly ask for things. He still pays great attention to human relations and sophistication.
We have always been in a state of mutual benefit with our uncle Shengwei.
This time Sheng Changbai returned to Youyang, Sheng Hong also purchased a lot of things as gifts for the second bedroom and the eldest bedroom, and asked Sheng Changbai to take them back.
So Sheng Changbai also brought a ship full of goods when he returned to Youyang this time.
