On the first day of the new year, Shen Yi took Shen Heng to pay New Year greetings to the gentlemen in the academy.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, under the leadership of his father Shen Zhang and uncle Shen Hui, he paid New Year's greetings to relatives of the Shen family.
But now that he is Mr. Shen, he only needs to pay New Year's greetings to people of particularly high-level seniority, such as his third uncle's generation. People of the same generation as him or even one generation above him will all come to pay New Year's greetings to him, the master of the nation.
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In fact, there is nothing wrong with paying New Year greetings. The main reason is that after Shen Yi won the imperial examination, some relatives of the Shen family would pester him and ask him to teach their children to study. Some of the children in the relatives' families were only seven or eight years old.
, the parents pulled them in front of Shen Yi and insisted that they kowtow and become disciples of Shen Yi. Shen Yi could only wave his hands and refuse, and then escape as soon as possible.
But no matter what, this New Year is still very meaningful.
After all, Shen Yi knew many elders and brothers from the same clan, and there were even some clan members who were about the same age as Shen Yi, but a generation shorter than Shen Yi.
There are not many Shen family members, but there are about a hundred of them.
In the foreseeable future, these Shen family members may closely surround Shen Yi, be driven by him, and become part of his power.
The reason is simple, because Shen Yi is the second member of the Shen family.
Another candidate, Shen Hui, is already old, and Shen Hui has basically determined that he will not continue to work as an official after the Chinese New Year, and will stay in Jiangdu to retire in the future. In other words, Shen Hui has lost his promotion.
space, losing any potential on the court.
Although it is cruel to say this, it is actually the case.
Shen Hui's future is ruined. The two sons of the eldest son of the Shen family are not good at reading. This means that after Shen Hui, if that family wants to be a scholar, they will have to wait until the third generation of the Shen family.
The two brothers in the second room have been working outside with their elder sister and brother-in-law these years, and have basically lost the ability to take exams.
Sanbo is not in Jiangdu, so there is no need to say more.
The only potential scholar in the Shen family besides Shen Yi is Shen Yi's brother Shen Heng.
The two brothers grew up relying on each other. Shen Heng can be said to be Shen Yi's most solid follower, and naturally he will not come out to compete with him for the position of head of the Shen family.
If nothing else goes wrong, in the future, as Shen Hui grows older, Shen Yi's voice in the clan will become larger and larger. Even if he stops at his current reputation as a civil servant and can no longer pass the Jinshi examination, he will slowly
Became the new talker of the Shen family and the "patriarch" of the Shen family in Jiangdu.
The reason why this kind of clan society was formed is due to the environment of the times. When productivity is limited, two villages may be at odds with each other over the ownership of a water source.
At this time, the imperial power did not go to the countryside.
Rural areas are handled by local figures such as the village wise, the security chief, the village chief or the so-called "three elders", which means that Wang Fadu may not be able to control it. Sometimes two villages fight and kill people.
Maybe they all died in vain!
Therefore, in this era that has not experienced a baptism of creation, it is difficult for an individual or a single family to survive in this era, so everyone must stick together!
Who should we hang out with? Of course we should hang out with people with the same surname!
This kind of clan society formed due to competition for resources,
It will develop from villages to towns, from towns to prefectures, provincial capitals, even the capital, and even to the imperial court.
Therefore, the clan society is so deeply rooted that Shen Yi has no way to break it for the time being. If he doesn't deal with his clan members now, or even breaks up with his clan members, and if word spreads that he has a bad reputation and cannot be an official, he might be killed by someone one day.
People with the same surname were stabbed to death, and there was no place to go to reason with them!
Fortunately, Shen Yi is not a victim of this system now.
After he gained the title of Juren, he became a "strong man" in the clan, and he will naturally gradually gain influence in the clan. When Shen Yi takes over the Shen family in the future, he will not only be able to control the resources of the entire Shen family, but will even have a
The forces of "Shen" who are naturally loyal to themselves and unswervingly loyal to themselves.
This will also be beneficial for him to hang out in the court in the future.
However, for Shen Yi now, becoming the head of the Shen family seems too far away. The more important thing for him now is to pass the Jinshi examination and enter the court. It is best to enter the Di newspaper office and control part of the resources of the Di newspaper office.
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After all, the Shen family is too small, and the clan power can only be regarded as a auxiliary to him, and cannot be his full reliance.
After going out with his father for six or seven days in a row, Shen Yi finally got tired. On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, he lay motionless on the bed, saying that he didn't want to go out with his father anymore.
Seeing that Shen Yi didn't go out, Shen Zhang lost interest in going out and simply stayed at home.
At noon, the two little maids Ping'er and Ping'er prepared the dishes, and the family sat down to eat together. After Shen Yi lowered his head and took two mouthfuls of rice, he glanced at his father and asked, "Dad, are you ready?"
Are you still going to Jin Prince’s Mansion in the future?”
Shen Zhang quickly paused. He first looked at Shen Yi, then at Shen Heng, and finally focused on Shen Yi.
"Do you want dad to go?"
Shen Yi lowered his head and took a mouthful of food, and said with a smile: "My son naturally hopes that you can rest here for a longer period of time. It is best to live in Jiangdu for a year or two. Firstly, you can have a good rest. Secondly, I will take the county examination this year.
Try it, I'm not in Jiangdu, so you can stay with him so that you can stay with him."
Shen Zhang Kuaizi listened again. He glanced at his son silently and asked, "Don't you think your father has embarrassed you in Prince Jin's Mansion?"
Shen Yi shook his head and sighed: "If you think so, then you can leave with me back to Jiankang tomorrow."
Shen Zhang was stunned: "You are leaving tomorrow?"
He frowned and said: "The Spring Festival is usually held in February or March, and there is at least more than a month left. Our Jiangdu is very close to the capital. Why are you in such a hurry?"
"My son has something to do, and he needs to go to Jiankang first to take a look."
After the Lantern Festival and the imperial court's annual vacation, the Di Bao Department will issue a new issue of Di Bao.
If the article written by Shen Yi is used in the content of this issue of Dibao, it will become very explosive. Shen Yi needs to go to Jiankang to see what will happen...
The other thing is.
During the time he returned to Jiangdu, there was no one to guide him in writing strategies. The only one who could give him guidance was Mr. Lu, who was still busy with work, and Shen Yi was too embarrassed to disturb his teacher.
That's why he wanted to return to Jiankang as soon as possible, go to Jiankang Dayifang to find "Teacher Gu", and then give himself intensive training.uuReading www.uukanshu.com
Shen Zhang stopped talking. He lowered his head and was silent for a while, then turned to look at Shen Heng and asked, "Heng'er, what do you think?"
"I listen to my brother."
Shen Heng also smiled at his father and said: "Dad, if our family is not very short of money, you really don't have to go to Jiankang to work anymore. After all, you have worked hard for so many years and it's time to take a break."
Shen Yi struck while the iron was hot and said with a smile: "I know the eldest son of the Prince of Jin's Palace, so I'll go find him after I go to Jiankang and ask him to leave a good place for you. One day, you will stay in Jiangdu."
If you're tired of it, it's not too late to go to Prince Jin's Mansion again."
Both sons said this, and Shen Zhang had no choice. He looked at Shen Heng and sighed: "Heng'er is too young. He has to take the scientific examination and really needs someone to follow him. In this way, as a father this year
I won’t go to Jiankang for the time being.”
As he spoke, he reached out and patted Shen Yi's shoulder heavily, with a complicated tone: "Boy, take the exam well in Chunwei, bring glory to our Shen family, and bring glory to our little family!"
Shen Yi responded with a smile.
"Dad, don't worry. If I fail the exam, I still have a younger brother. His talent in reading is much higher than mine."
He looked at Shen Heng, who had an innocent face on his side, and said with a smile: "This little son of yours is the one who is serious about studying. Mr. Qin in the academy says he is a genius..."