Chapter 45: Good deeds and evil deeds are rewarded
Shen Yi, who was standing in the crowd and watching, saw the scene of the palace master greeting the imperial envoy at the gate of the city.
After the two imperial envoys and a group of court officials followed Chen Fuzun to the magistrate's office, Shen Yi knew in his heart that the fight was over.
At least the local struggle here in Jiangdu has ended.
As for whether this struggle will spread to the capital, it is not something Shen Yi can care about now.
To be honest, although a large part of the reason for this incident was caused by him, Shen Qi, and things were developing in the direction that Shen Yi expected, the development of things to this point has far exceeded his expectations.
He wanted the Ma family to be ransacked and exiled, but definitely not in this way.
To Shen Yi's surprise, Majia actually dared to compete with the local government, and even directly alerted the court and asked the court to send people down.
Although the people sent by the imperial court were familiar with Chen Fuzun, since the imperial court sent people down, it meant that the Ma family and these grain merchants had alerted the imperial court in a short period of time and tried their best to cover up the matter that Magistrate Chen had done. The court was easily tricked and the court had to deal with it.
After several imperial envoys entered the city, Shen Yi did not continue to wait and see, but walked towards Ganquan Academy with his hands behind his back.
The gate where the imperial envoy entered the city happened to be the west gate of Jiangdu, and Ganquan Academy was also in the west of the city. It was almost time to walk for a stick of incense.
"It seems that Yang Xiangguo, the man behind Magistrate Chen, is in an unstable position."
Shen Yi thought to himself.
Although this kind of important court matter has nothing to do with him now, through this incident, he still got a glimpse of some of the court's situation.
Behind Chen Fuzun is the prime minister in the imperial court. Under normal circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for local squires to dare to go against Chen Fuzun, but now they dare to do it!
The reason behind this is definitely not because the horseman is passionate or believes that victory belongs to justice. It must be that he has the support of the person behind him, or simply has the instruction of that person.
In other words, someone in the imperial court is trying to attack, or test, Yang Xiangguo.
"That's all, don't think about him."
Shen Yi secretly thought in his heart: "I am almost sixteen years old now. Even if I pass the exams smoothly, I will have to be at least twenty years old before I can become a Jinshi and enter the officialdom. In four years, the little emperor has been in power. Maybe by then this person will Yang Xiangguo has already retired from office."
Thinking of this, Shen Yi looked back at the direction where Chen Fu Zun was going.
"Master Chen, please hold on strong."
Shen Qilang whispered: "If you can't hold on, just quit office as soon as possible, don't drag me down..."
Shen Yi must take the exam.
If Chen Yu had not been dismissed by the court this time, he would have served Jiangdu for more than four years.
Shen Yi could take the exam a year or two later and avoid the county magistrate Feng Lu, but it is impossible for him to avoid the government magnate Chen Yu five years later. In other words, as long as he takes the exam as a candidate and takes the government exam, he will definitely be able to do so by then. It was Chen Yu, the prefect, who admitted him.
Once Chen Yu admits Shen Yi, Shen Yi will be called his teacher when we meet again in the future.
Although in order to weaken the civil servant group, Chen State once issued a document prohibiting this form of mentoring and apprenticeship. As a result, this kind of apprenticeship was not as deep as the Ming Dynasty, but it existed more or less. If Chen Yu suddenly collapsed after enrolling Shen Yi, Even if Shen Yi is not implicated, his future official career will be a little bumpy.
While he was thinking wildly, Ganquan Academy was already in front of him. While Shen Yi was still lost in thought, a voice brought him back to his senses.
"Junior Brother Shen, where have you been? The mountain commander is looking for you this morning."
Shen Yi woke up from his trance. When he looked up, he found that he was a student in the same class as him. He had entered school half a year earlier than him and was considered his senior brother.
Shen Yi quickly raised his hands and said, "Senior Brother Jiang, I know this and will go see the mountain leader now."
Senior Brother Jiang smiled very kindly at Shen Yi: "Junior Brother Shen is now running to the mountain leader every two days. It is really enviable. Maybe he will be accepted by the mountain leader at some time and reach the sky in one step."
"Senior brother, it's a joke."
Shen Yi shook his head and said rather modestly: "I have no merit and no fame, so how can I be qualified to be the disciple of the mountain chief?"
During this period, the master-disciple relationship between Shen Yi and Mr. Lu actually existed. The reason why there is no "name" is because none of the scholars and senior officials in Ganquan Academy can truly become a disciple of Lu Anshi. If Mr. Lu accepts the white body of Shen Yi, other people in the academy will be dissatisfied.
It's okay to just give up. The key is whether Shen Yi can win the fame. No one can be sure. If Shen Yi fails the county examination in the future, his status as Lu Anshi's disciple will only make him suffer more criticism, and it will also make him suffer more. Master Lu was discussed.
Only after Shen Yi becomes a scholar in the future, will he have the possibility to become a disciple of Lu Anshi.
But now, it doesn't matter whether he has status or not, Shen Yi only needs the master-disciple relationship.
"Teacher" called, Shen Yi naturally rushed to the door of Lu Anshi's study, knocked on the door: "Sir, are you looking for a student?"
There was no response from the study. After a while, Lu Anshi's voice came out: "Come in."
Shen Yi then pushed the door open and said to Mr. Lu, "Mr."
Lu Anshi put down the brush in his hand, looked up at Shen Yi, and asked: "I couldn't find you in the academy early in the morning. I heard your teacher said that you haven't been in the academy much in the past few days, and you went to the city to do bad things. Already?"
"Sir made fun of you."
Shen Yi shook his head and said helplessly: "Students are not the kind of people who cause trouble. They will not go to the city to do bad things for no reason. I went to the city these two days to settle down some beggars who helped the students a few days ago. "
After saying this, Shen Yi told the story of Xu Fu and several beggars, and then said: "The disciples found a place for them to live. After they have settled down in the past few days, the students will think of ways to provide them with a place to live." I can make a living and survive in Jiangdu."
After listening to Shen Yi's words, Lu Anshi was silent for a while and sighed slightly: "It's rare that at such a young age, you have the kindness to help others."
"Students are very weak, and at most they can only help a group of five or six beggars."
Lu Anshi nodded silently and said, "Then you have to study harder and become an official. Only then can you bring peace to the world and save the common people."
Master Lu was very persistent in taking exams. At this time, he felt that Shen Yi, who had been out frequently recently, was a little lazy in learning, so he started to encourage him to study.
Shen Yi bowed his head and said yes, and then asked: "Sir, I don't know what the purpose of calling students is..."
Lu Anshi reached out and opened an old book and said, "I received a letter from the capital, saying that the imperial court sent an imperial envoy to investigate the causes and consequences of Jiangdu's grain prices."
Shen Yi lowered his head and said, "Students just happened to see that this morning, two imperial envoys entered Jiangdu City from Jiangdu West City and followed the governor to the prefect's Yamen."
Master Lu snorted disdainfully.
"They are all people sent by Yang Jingzong, so they are naturally colluding with Chen Yuhang. What do you expect them to find out if they come to investigate?"
After saying this, Master Lu looked at Shen Yi and his expression became serious.
"Shichiro."
Shen Yi lowered his head: "The students are here."
"Since the imperial court has sent people to Jiangdu, it means that Yang Jingzong has also received some pressure from the imperial court. Now in Jiangdu, the price of food is no longer simply rising. Behind this is the struggle of those in Jiankang."
"The things in the court are too complicated and heavy for you now. From now on, you can study in the academy with peace of mind and don't get involved anymore."
Having said this, Master Lu paused and continued: "As for the Ma family you want to deal with."