Chapter 513: The Universe Public Examination for Cow School
Jia Yun has now adapted to the title of "Prime Minister of Rongguo Mansion".
He originally couldn't find a living, so he went to the Rongguo Mansion to curry favor. Originally, he just hoped to get some small jobs and be satisfied.
Now that I have been promoted by Jia Lian and become the general manager of the Rongguo Mansion, it is really an unexpected joy. I am so grateful that I naturally work very diligently.
Upon hearing Jia Lian's question, Jia Yun quickly caught up and answered respectfully:
"In reply to Uncle Lian, this piano is not yours.
Early this morning, Uncle Lian was busy picking up Mr. Shuyou, and I hurried to the academy to wait for the guqin sent by the musical instrument store.
Last time, my second uncle ordered us to prepare fifty fine guqins for the academy, and no second-rate ones.
I personally went to all the musical instrument stores in Beijing to find the best guqin in their stores, but I only managed to get 17 good guqins.
As a last resort, I asked the buyers to find the tooth shop and let them search for it. Early this morning before dawn, someone from the tooth shop said that the guqin was in full condition.
I hurried over, and people from Yahang delivered forty-five guqin pieces at once, saying they were all of the best quality.
I asked them, didn’t I just ask them to find thirty-three, why were there seven more?
The people in Yahang said that they had only found twelve qins originally, and were worried about not being able to find the right number. Last night, someone suddenly sent them 33 good qins.
I also felt strange, so I asked the people at the dental shop what the price was. The people at the dental shop said that not only the thirty-three pianos had been paid for, but also the twelve pianos found by the dental shop themselves.
I also paid directly.
He asked the people from the dental shop to come and deliver the piano early in the morning. He also specifically said that one of the pianos was the best, and he warned him to be careful not to knock it. p>
I don’t know much about guqin, so I thought this must be the best, so I put it in the main hall."
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Jia Lian frowned, feeling very confused:
"Such a precious piano cannot be bought cheaply.
Who paid? How much?"
Jia Yun shook her head:
"I also asked who gave the piano and paid for it. The person from the dental shop refused to tell me. He only said that he was a 'noble man'."
"Noble?"
Jia Lian was still busy with family visits these days. The words "Zhou Guiren" flashed in his mind unconsciously, so he said casually:
"From the palace?"
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"Oh, my nephew, tell me how you, like little Zhuge, can hit the mark with just one guess!
I really can’t hide anything from you, you are so capable!”
Just that "Oh, my nephew," which made people feel numb all over, Jia Lian understood instantly:
It’s him! The Daming Palace is in charge of the palace affairs!
As long as this old eunuch can be so disgusting.
Sure enough, Dai Quan, dressed in casual clothes and only carrying a little eunuch with him, stepped in from the second door and strode towards Jia Lian, smiling, cheerful and beaming, as if he had eaten magpie shit.
This Dai Quan is not at the level of scolding Xiao Diao. He is an old eunuch who has served the Supreme Emperor for decades. Even the current emperor does not dare to look grim when he sees him.
Such a high-ranking, spirit-like old eunuch always smiles like a flowery bun every time he meets Jia Lian. Jia Lian cannot help but understand the style and the human feelings.
Jia Lian hurriedly smiled and strode up to greet him. Just as he was about to salute, Dai Quan held him up:
"Oh, don't be like this. Why are we, our own men, so polite?"
Jia Lian grinned in his heart:
I know that I shouldn’t discriminate against people with disabilities and gender-transition people, but why does it sound so awkward to me when you say “we are men”?
Aren’t you always thinking about dragging me to the palace and having a family with you after you stab me?
Although complaining in his heart, Jia Lian still smiled and said:
"Old Shibo gives big gifts every time we meet, but how can I make my nephew feel so good?"
Dai Quan shook his head and waved his hands, smiling and saying:
"Oh, where is this 'big gift'? It's just a gadget, just a gadget.
What's more, this gift is not just for you, my nephew, it is also my little thought for Heshan Academy.
Don't look at me, Shibo, but I am not very knowledgeable, but I really admire knowledgeable people."
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This old eunuch is always disgusting every time we meet, and he also gives out gifts, and every time he gives out gifts, there are carts after carts of them.
This time he came all the way to give gifts, it seems he must have a deeper meaning.
Anyway, the family is here, and the host can't lose his etiquette, so Jia Lian hurriedly welcomed Dai Quan to the hall to wait for tea.
As soon as I entered the house, I saw that Mr. Shuyou was no longer in the house.
It turned out that Mr. Shuyou heard that there were guests outside, so he wandered into the garden from behind the hall.
When Dai Quan saw that Mr. Shuyou was avoiding him, he did not force him. He only chatted with Jia Lian in some casual gossip, and Jia Lian followed him.
Until he talked about the plaque on the academy and the old prime minister Yao Qianzhi, Dai Quan's smiling eyes narrowed into a slit:
"Oh my nephew, I have to take back what I said a while ago.
I said, 'You are not from the imperial examination. Originally, you could only hold a third-level idle position. Now that you are given the hot third-level official position of the prefect of the capital, it is an unprecedented thing, and it will be difficult to move up to it.'
Hi, I'm a naughty old lady - I have low knowledge.
I have never seen a big steamed bun - I have little knowledge,
Looking at the street through the crack in the door - narrow vision,
A toad at the bottom of a well - I have a short horizon, so don’t argue with me."
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Jia Lian looked at the woman, little devil, and toad sitting in the crack of the door at the bottom of the well, feeling puzzled.
What does this old eunuch mean by saying nice words and filling me up with a lot of "ecstasy soup"?
The last time he said this to me, wasn't it because he came to Suzhou on behalf of the Emperor to persuade me to stop fussing with Yangzhou's salt policy and "just accept it when it's good", and then he went to Heshan Academy to give me a gift?
They sent me a butcher's shop, a bookstore, and a stationery store.
It was raining continuously at that time, and Heshan Academy didn't have that many warehouses at all. Although Mr. Shuyou didn't sleep in the same room with the pig and the chicken in the end, Mr. Shuyou's bedroom was filled to the brim with inkstones and ink.
Oh, there are piles and piles of books, so that every night when Mr. Shuyou goes back to the house to sleep, he has to jump up and down, climb over mountains and ridges, and jump and jump before he can climb into bed.
Today he came to give gifts again and said he wanted to take back those words. What did he mean?
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Dai Quan continued:
"Those things I said last time may not sound pleasant, but they are absolutely true.
The imperial examination was originally designed for the country to select officials. Civil servants in both Korea and China came from the imperial examination.
Although there is no saying in this dynasty that "those who have not passed the imperial examination are not allowed to get official positions", but officials who have not passed the imperial examination will not be recognized by the civil service group. Even if they are not empty-handed, they will never get a good position. Moreover, the third grade must have reached the top.
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There are very few capable people like my nephew.
Although you have not passed the imperial examination, you are now the deputy head of the "Heshan Academy", and you have become the brother of the world-famous scholar and scholar, and you have also won the favor of the old prime minister.
Gee, what a talent you have!
With this kind of capital, those noble civil servants, not to mention who would dare to prevent the promotion of the nephew, would probably still fight to promote the nephew.
Now let’s not say that the third grade has reached the top. There is no problem in entering the first grade.
My nephew, your future prospects are really limitless!"