During the Spring Festival of the 10th year of Hong De's reign, the Shen family had a happy time.
After all, Shen Heng won the top prize this year, and Shen Yi can also work in Jiankang next year without the separation of husband and wife. This is naturally a good thing for the Shen family.
Although there are still some conflicts between Shen Zhang and Shen Heng's father and son, after all, Shen Heng has become a new Jinshi, and Shen Zhang's attitude is gradually not as tough as before, and his attitude has softened slightly.
Therefore, the Shen family is doing quite well in this new year.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Shen Yi took his wife, children, and brother Shen Heng to visit Zhao Shangshu's house to pay New Year's greetings.
Because they had a holiday during the New Year holiday, the whole Zhao family was at home. After Shen Yi's family of four met the Zhao family, Lu Ruoxi held the child in her arms and went to talk to the women of the Zhao family, while Shen Yi took Shen Heng with him. Met with Zhao Changping.
Mr. Shen lowered his head slightly towards Zhao Shangshu, cupped his hands and said, "Uncle."
He and Zhao Changping were already familiar with each other, and he behaved calmly, but it was the first time for Shen Heng to see a big shot like Zhao Changping in private. He couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He followed Shen Yi's example and said, "Student Shen Heng, pay your respects to Master Zhao."
Shen Heng was born in Ganquan Academy and was also a student of Master Lu, so it was reasonable to call him master.
Zhao Changping sat on the main seat, first glanced at Shen Yi, and then carefully looked at the younger Shen Heng. Finally, he focused on Shen Yi and said with emotion: "The Shen family has a double Hanlin family, which is really eye-catching. ah."
Zhao Shangshu's words are not modest.
Although he was also born in the Hanlin Academy, his two sons had no talent in reading and could only be said to be middle-class talents. The eldest Zhao Youzhou still had the reputation of being a scholar, and the second son Zhao Jizhou was almost a scholar. A young gangster who has become Jiankang, it can be said that he knows nothing about taking exams.
This is also something that can't be helped.
Reading...especially things like scientific examinations does indeed require talent, and it requires talent extremely.
Sometimes, just trying hard is of no use.
If you rely solely on hard work, you will only be able to become a scholar at most, and it will be very difficult to go up.
With a status like Zhao Changping's, in the end, in order to extend his political life, he had to "find a son-in-law under the official list" and find himself a Jinshi son-in-law to inherit his political legacy in the future.
Therefore, Zhao Shangshu was naturally jealous of the Shen family who was a double Hanlin scholar.
Shen Heng was a little nervous and repeatedly praised him, but Shen Yi, an old man, smiled and said: "Uncle, my family is always a serious Hanlin, but my Hanlin is a bit far-fetched. This two-study The Jinshi's statement is inappropriate."
Zhao Shangshu smiled dumbly, and while letting the two brothers sit down, he said to Shen Yi: "You, Shen Qi, are the most valuable Hanlin, and you don't even look at it..."
Just as he was about to continue speaking, the second son of the Zhao family, Zhao Jizhou, trotted over. He lowered his head cautiously like a mouse seeing a cat and said, "Dad, brother-in-law is here."
After a pause, he added, "Senior Brother Yi An is here too."
Zhao Changping had three children in total, Zhao Jizhou was the youngest, and he had an older brother and a sister. Song Ying's wife was his second sister.
Although he and Zhang Jian were born in the same year, they were a few months younger, so they had to call Zhang Jian senior brother.
Without Shen Yi, he would be the youngest in the Zhao family.
Zhao Shangshu took a sip of tea and said, "Has your second sister come back?"
"Come back together."
Zhao Changping nodded and said, "Just let them in."
Zhao Jizhou nodded quickly and turned around to bring two people in.
When Zhao Eryi left, Shen Yi, who was sitting under Zhao Changping, smiled and said: "Uncle, it seems that my nephew is the first to come to celebrate the New Year this year."
Zhao Changping put down the tea cup and smiled dumbly: "That's because I, this is the first home Ziheng where you visited for New Year greetings."
Zhao Shangshu smiled lightly: "As for them."
"I don't know if this is the first one."
While the two were joking, Song Ying and his wife had already walked in one after another with Zhang Jian. The three of them glanced at the Shen Yi brothers who were present, and then kneeled on the ground in unison, kowtowing to Zhao Changping.
After all, these three people are Zhao Changping's real "sons", and it is only natural that they kowtow.
Of course, when these three people knelt down, brothers Shen Yi and Shen Heng stood up directly and turned slightly sideways, not accepting the courtesy of these three people.
"My child pays homage to his father. May he have a happy new year..."
"Sister-in-law..."
"student…"
After the three people saluted, Zhao Changping stretched out his hand to support him and said: "Get up, everyone."
The three people stood up from the ground.
After the three of them got up, Shen Yi brought Shen Heng forward to greet him. After a while of greetings, Mrs. Song went to whisper to her father, while Zhang Jian and Song Ying invariably set their sights on Shen Heng. Song Ying, who is currently a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and a foreign minister, cupped his hands in front of Shen Heng and said with a smile: "I have heard about the name Tanhua Lang for a long time, and today I finally meet him."
Zhang Jian was relatively more casual, but he also raised his hands to Shen Heng and said with a smile: "Zi Heng has hidden your younger brother very well. Until now, this is the first time I have seen Tanhua." Lang Zhenrong."
Zhang Jian has been to Shen's house many times, but by coincidence, Shen Heng was not at home every time, and Shen Yi never took Shen Heng out to socialize. This was indeed the first time Zhang Jian met Shen Heng.
Little Shen Tanhua was a little cautious, and she cupped her hands and said, "Brothers, I'm not good at words..."
When Song Ying and Zhang Jian heard this, they looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
"Tanhua Lang is much shyer than Zi Heng."
Zhang Jian also joked: "Whenever I can be as shameless as Brother Nai, Tanhua Lang will be able to do anything in the court in the future."
Shen Yi on the side couldn't help coughing, and said a little helplessly: "Two senior brothers, don't talk nonsense, I am also very shy."
Shen Yi, a person who has come all the way from an unknown person to the present, in addition to some indispensable opportunities and efforts, there is another important factor.
That means he is thick-skinned.
To be precise, he has no stage fright. No matter who he meets or what happens, Mr. Shen has never had stage fright. Even in front of the emperor, he will say whatever he needs to say.
This is also a type of ability.
However, it is obvious that Shen Heng still needs a period of training before he can have this ability.
After the three of them joked for a while, Zhao Shangshu coughed, looked at his daughter, and said, "Go find your mother and the others. Zi Heng's wife and children are also here. Get closer to them."
Miss Zhao nodded, saluted her father, and exited obediently.
At this time, there were only five men left in the living room.
Zhao Shangshu sat on the main seat, coughed, and said: "Stop standing, just sit down and talk."
The four people took their seats.
Zhao Changping first looked at Shen Yi and asked: "After the new year, Zi Heng will go to the Ministry of War to serve?"
"yes."
Shen Yi nodded slightly and said, "I guess I'll go to the Ministry of War around fifteen or sixteen."
"Then you can't just run here these days."
Zhao Changping stroked his beard and said: "You should go to Jiang Shangshu's house in the Ministry of War when you need to. There are two ministers. You can also come to visit and pay New Year greetings. The etiquette must be fulfilled, so that the errands for the coming year will be easier to handle."
Shen Yi nodded: "Thank you, uncle, for the tip. My nephew has taken note of it."
"Um."
Zhao Changping nodded first, then sighed silently, and said to Shen Yi: "With Ziheng's achievements in the southeast in the past few years, no matter how you say it, a doctor in the Ministry of War is too small. At that time, you should compete with His Majesty. Fight…”
Having said this, Zhao Shangshu shook his head.
"That's all, let's not talk about this anymore."
He looked at his student Zhang Jian again and asked, "Is Yi An coming to the Ministry of Household Affairs next year?"
Zhang Jian nodded quickly and said: "Yes, teacher, the transfer order from the Ministry of Personnel was issued years ago."
"Then you should not be idle at this age."
Zhao Changping said silently: "You should pay New Year's greetings in the past two days. Starting from the fourth day of the new year, you will come to my teacher's house every morning at 10:00, and my teacher will teach you how to handle the errands of the household department."
"This way, when you go to the Ministry of Household Affairs after the New Year, you won't have a black eye."
Zhao Changping is a veteran of the Ministry of Husbandry. Before he took office as the Minister of the Ministry of Husbandry, he had been deeply involved in the Ministry of Husbandry for nearly twenty years. It can be said that he is familiar with the "business" of the Ministry of Husbandry.
With him teaching Zhang Jian, Zhang Jian's errands in the household department will definitely be much easier to handle.
Zhang Jian couldn't help but feel a little moved when he heard this.
In the past, when his grandfather Zhang Jing was still in Jiankang, no matter how Zhao Changping treated him, Zhang Jing's influence was inevitable. Now that his grandfather is no longer in Jiankang, Zhao Changping still treats him as his own son.
Mr. Zhang was inevitably touched by this.
He stood up and bowed deeply to Zhao Changping.
"Thank you so much, my mentor. I will definitely come here every day to listen to my mentor's teachings."
"Um."
Zhao Changping took a sip of tea and finally turned his attention to Song Ying. He said solemnly: "Song Ying."
Song Ying was startled, quickly stood up from the chair, bowed to his old father-in-law and said: "Father-in-law..."
"You have been transferred to the Ministry of Personnel. I have never served in the Ministry of Personnel. I have nothing to teach you. However, if you are in the Ministry of Personnel, you are most likely to go astray. I have a message for you."
Zhao Shangshu said in a deep voice: "Don't deceive your heart in everything, God is watching everything!"
What Zhao Changping said is a bit cryptic, but it is easy to understand. To put it bluntly, he is telling his son-in-law not to be corrupt.
Song Ying responded again and again, respectfully.
After instructing the three juniors, Zhao Shangshu glanced at the three people, then took a sip of tea silently, and said: "Now, you are all fifth-rank officials, your rank is not low, and you are in various ministries."
"In the future, I hope that you brothers can support each other and help each other."
Song Ying nodded quickly in agreement.
Shen Yi and Zhang Jian also nodded one after another.
Only Shen Heng, who had just become a Jinshi, looked a little confused while listening to their conversation.
This novice in officialdom finally experienced his first time.
For the first time, I saw the human network in official circles.
Densely packed, intertwined, and endlessly entangled...