The branches of Ningrong's second house were itching and unbearable.
What's funny is that a branch left Ning Xixuan on the spot and went to Rongguo Mansion to find Jia Zheng.
On the next day, September 16th, many side branches went to Rongguo Mansion to look for Jia Zheng.
These people include not only the branch of Rongguo Mansion, but also the branch of Ningguo Mansion. Logically speaking, the blood relationship between the branch of Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion is not deep, but this time he couldn't help but be greedy and look for Jia Zheng with a face.
Most of these side branches do not go alone, but are taken along by the elders of the family.
These side branches opened their mouths to Jia Zheng's lion one after another. Some wanted one hundred taels, some wanted two hundred taels, and some wanted to attend Niu's martial arts school and asked the Rongguo government to pay for the tuition. They acted as if Jia Zheng owed them.
They dared to act like this not only because they were jealous of Jia Yun, but also because Jia Zheng had always been upright, courteous and kind, with a clean reputation, courteous to the virtuous and corporal, and helped the weak and those in danger. In fact, he was a good old man.
But no one went to Jia Zhen to ask for such a favor, not even the side branches of the Ningguo Mansion. These side branches all knew that Jia Zhen was not a good person and would not give such a favor.
Originally, Jia Zheng planned to go to the Zhenguo Mansion on September 16th to arrange for Jia Yun to attend Niu's martial arts school, but he was distracted by these side effects.
Another day passed, September 17th. On this day, many side branches went to Rongguo Mansion to cause trouble for Jia Zheng.
Jia Zheng felt this was ridiculous. The reason why he showed kindness to Jia Yun was because Jia Yun had supernatural power and memory and could hope to become a military attache and honor his ancestors through martial arts examinations.
As for the other children of the branch, let alone passing the martial arts examination to become military attaches, even if Jia Zheng recommended them to go to Niu's martial arts, none of them could pass the exam of Niu's martial arts. It is ridiculous to even dream of going to Niu's martial arts.
In fact, Jia Zheng also knew that these side branches just wanted to take the opportunity to make money from him.
However, I know that as a good old man, Jia Zheng became impatient after being harassed by these side gangs for two days, but he has not yet been able to toughen up in front of these side gangs.
On the afternoon of September 18th, Jia Zheng was staying in the study outside, sighing in front of Zhan Guang and other three Qing guests, complaining about the greed and nonsense of the side branches.
Zhan Guang took the opportunity to give Jia Yun eye drops, and also wanted Jia Zheng to take back his life.
At this time, Jia She and Jia Zhen came to the outer study together.
Jia Zhen said to Jia Zheng: "Second Master, things are really messed up. In the past two days, the side branches of Ning Rong's Second Mansion have been coming to me to make trouble, saying that since the Second Master has given Jia Yun such a great favor, they can't treat one favorably and the other favorably."
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"They asked me to give them a lot of money, and some even asked me to arrange for their children to attend Niu's martial arts school and asked me to pay for the tuition."
"Although I am dissatisfied and know that they are all jealous of Jia Yun, after all, we are members of the Jia family of the same clan, and I am the clan leader, so I am really in a dilemma over this kind of thing."
"Second Master, things can't continue to be so messy this time. The so-called family is harmonious, but for one Jia Yun, everyone in the clan is dissatisfied and complaining. It's not worth it!"
"As long as you take back your life, don't arrange for Jia Yun to go to Niu's martial arts school, and get back the one hundred taels of silver, this matter will be solved."
There is a lie hidden in these words, because no side branch went to make trouble with Jia Zhen, the side branches were just making trouble with Jia Zheng.
Jia She agreed: "Second brother, this matter cannot continue to be such a commotion."
Jia Zheng was dissatisfied when he heard this, but his heart was actually shaken. He really didn't like worldly affairs, and he was really impatient by the side branches.
Moreover, Jia She and Jia Zhen came forward to look for him together, which also made him have scruples. Jia She was after all a concubine of the Rongguo Mansion, and Jia Zhen was not only the concubine and head of the Ningguo Mansion, but also the patriarch of the Jia family.
After Jia Zheng hesitated, he said impatiently: "That's it, that's all, I won't make any arrangements with the Zhenguo Mansion. As for the one hundred taels of silver, Brother Rong will go find Brother Yun and get it back."
Although he made such a decision, Jia Zheng really admired Jia Yun in his heart and hoped that Jia Yun could pass the martial arts examination and become a military attaché to honor his ancestors.
He had already made a plan in his mind. He would not arrange for Jia Yun to go to Niu's martial arts school. He would get back the one hundred taels of silver paid out by the Duke of Rongguo Mansion and ask the other branches, Jia She and Jia Zhen not to trouble him again.
Secretly, he would secretly give fifty taels of silver to Jia Yun.
He is an honest man. Although he cannot afford one hundred taels of silver at a time, he can still afford fifty taels. After all, he is a master or an official, so he will keep some money around him for backup.
Jia She and Jia Zhen both felt proud in their hearts.
Jia She was proud that he regarded Jia Zheng's withdrawal of his life as a suppression of Jia Zheng. After such suppression happened too many times, similar or bigger things happened to Rongguo Mansion in the future. Jia Zheng
The government will discuss it with him in advance.
Jia Zhen was proud of the fact that he had punished Jia Yun, an overbearing, ambitious and domineering poor man from the sidelines, so that he, the patriarch, had a sense of accomplishment that he had control over everything in the Jia family.
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On September 18th, the autumn wind rises and the autumn rain falls. It is a bleak day with autumn wind, autumn rain and autumn.
In the afternoon, Jia Yun stayed in the small bedroom at home, sitting at an old small desk, reading a book on war called "Sun Tzu".
Zhan Guang told Jia Zheng before that the martial arts examination system had been changed several times since the founding of the Qing Dynasty. Nowadays, the examination of Ce and Martial Classics is Ce One and Two, and the policy questions come from "Sun Zi", "Wu Zi", "Sima"
"Dharma", the topics are only from "The Analects" and "Mencius", and the difficulty of the exam is significantly lower than in previous years.
The so-called "Sun Tzu" refers to "The Art of War" written by Sun Wu, the sage of war in the Spring and Autumn Period.
"Sun Tzu" includes thirteen chapters on the Art of War, totaling more than 5,000 words. It explains the rules for defeating the enemy in war, how the army should be organized and built, the strategic principles that must be followed during combat, the tactical skills for attacking the enemy in battle, and some special
Methods of fighting, army logistics, etc.
"Sun Tzu" was highly praised by later generations of military strategists and was known as the "Holy Scripture of Military Science". It was placed at the top of the "Seven Books of Martial Arts" and was also the focus of the Qing Dynasty's martial arts examination.
In addition to the "Sun Tzu" I am reading, there are currently four other books placed on the old small desk, namely "Wu Zi", "Sima Fa", "The Analects of Confucius", and "Mencius", all of which are martial arts classics.
exam scope.
These five books were all bought by Jia Yun at the bookstore the day before yesterday.
Jia Yun knew in her previous life that ancient books were expensive and many scholars could not afford them, mainly because the printing and publishing industry was weak.
The world's printing and publishing industry is no longer weak, but even so, books are still expensive.
Books are divided into hardcovers, paperbacks, and reduced editions. Among them, the price of hardcovers is generally about one tael of silver per book, and the price of paperbacks is generally about half a tael of silver per book.
The five books Jia Yun bought were all paperbacks, costing more than 20 taels of silver. In addition, he also bought pens, inks, paper, inkstones and other items, plus he had given Wu Xindeng a piece of broken silver before, so the total cost was 5 taels of silver.
Of the one hundred taels of silver given by Jia Zheng, there are now ninety-five taels left.
Jia Zheng asked Jia Yun to wait for the notice to go to Niu's martial arts examination. Jia Yun did not want to waste the waiting time and had already started to study the content of the martial arts examination on her own.
Young idler, an old beggar.
Be encouraged in time, time waits for no one.
An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.
Don't wait any longer. The young man's head will turn gray and he will be filled with sorrow.
In his previous life, Jia Yun was a science and engineering student at a key university. After graduation, he engaged in military research and development, and achieved considerable success at a young age. An important reason for this is that he understands the cruelty of time, and he knows how to cherish time.
Now that he has been reborn as a young man again, he is grateful for this from the bottom of his heart. He has also decided that he should cherish time more in this life and not be dragged along the ground by the cruel time, but walk with time in a walking manner.
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ps: Regarding updates, the average number of words per day before it was put on the shelves was four to five thousand. There will be a lot of updates on the first day after it was put on the shelves. From now on, it will usually be more than nine thousand words per day.