If Qiao Yongde was younger and ran out like this, Shen Rui could only go to find an adult; but Qiao Yongde was fifteen years old, even if he was not a child, he would not be considered a child. He was the oldest among all, and had a cousin with him to go out with him. Everyone threw him aside and talked about the one next to him.

Especially Chen Qin came to Yang Zhongyan and asked about her ponytail skirt with curiosity.

Yang Zhongyan was a cheerful person and didn't feel embarrassed. He just lifted up his outer skirt and let Chen Qin look inside.

Looking at the ponytail woven into a puffy skirt with a ruler length, Chen Qin couldn't help but tremble: "This looks like human hair at first glance, so how cautious it is to wear it on your body."

Yang Zhongyan said: "It's just that clothes are supported... It's not easy to make pleats when you support your clothes..."

Chen Qin was a little hesitant.

Chen Jue smiled and said, "If Brother Qin wears this, he will look less bamboo pole..."

Chen Qin's eyes lit up and she said, "Brother Jue feels so too..."

Chen Jue nodded and said, "But the price should not be cheap. It looks like there are fine copper wire inside..."

Yang Zhongyan nodded and said, "The ordinary ones also cost four or five taels of silver, and there are dozens of taels of silver with slightly more exquisite craftsmanship..."

"So expensive? Isn't it just a ponytail? How much does a horse cost?" Chen Qin said astonished.

Yang Zhongyan said: "The key is that a horse has only one horse's tail, and the quality is uneven, and it is difficult to find good materials..."

Shen Rui was beside him, and saw them talking endlessly in a skirt. The Tian brothers were already feeling uncomfortable on their faces and said in a different way: "Cousin He, are there many students in your college foreign? No 'send,'"

He Taizhi nodded and said, "Yes, but even if his father and grandfather serve as officials in Beijing, most of them are concerned about returning to their roots. Unless they are high-quality, there are not many officials in Beijing who are sent to the public. Most of their children have skipped the boys' test. He got the status of a prison student directly…”

The so-called "retrieval" is a resettlement policy for those who leave their hometown. That is, some people are allowed to support their hometown industries if they are still in their hometowns or have their homes, but they are away for many years and do not want to completely leave their hometown. You can keep your original home and live in your residence "received a household registration".

Although the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty were only allowed to take the exam at their original home, in fact, there were many references for the children of Beijing officials.

Shen Rui originally thought that the second house of the Shen family was "retrieval" in Beijing, but later he learned that the second house of the Shen family had no industry in his original home and had no Dingkou to support his family. All males were in Beijing, bought land and bought property, and had registered in Beijing. , it is no longer a "registration" scope, but a formal "naturalization".

The "status of the supervisor" that He Taizhi said was "Yinjian". When the Ming Dynasty founded, civil servants could be admitted to the prison for one son from the seventh rank. Later, the scope was limited to the third rank of Beijing officials, and if you need to submit a memorial, please be admitted to the prison for the first and seventh ranks.

After entering the Imperial College, you pass many exams. If you have excellent academic studies, you can take the provincial exam; even if you have ordinary academic studies, you can take the provincial exam and pass the boy exam.

The master of the Shen family has long been a third-rank student, and he has a quota for supervisors under his name. Because Chen Luo was so strong at the time, he went from the Boy Examination to the Provincial Examination, but he did not use this quota for supervisors.

When He Taizhi said this, he obviously remembered the incident of the Yinjian under Master Shen's name. His eyes immediately looked at Shen Rui: "Cousin Rui is fine, you don't have to go through the exam like this..."

Everyone reacted and looked at Shen Rui with a little envious look.

Others' fame and fortune have to be tested step by step, but the results are still unknown, but Shen Rui has a ready-made quota for supervisors here.

The Imperial College is in charge of the Imperial College. Even if the provincial examination is completed and the imperial examination is completed, he is still qualified to enter the government.

Shen Rui waved his hand and said, "I want to try it as a boy, so don't be envious of my cousin..."

Even if he became the heir of Master Shen, he might not have been admitted to the Imperial College.

The third master of the Shen family had a quota for the Yin jail in his name, but he did not see the eldest master. The second master passed the boy and entered the Imperial College in vain. When the third master arrived, it was because he was in poor health and he used the "honor" after the third master's death.

Quota.

Along the way of the imperial examination, it is also a time to build various connections.

In the same year, classmates and classmates, and various new relationships arising from the imperial examinations were all helpful in their future career.

Shen Rui immediately chose the path of imperial examinations, so he naturally had to get through the exam step by step and become an orthodox scholar.

Yang Zhongyan said in surprise: "Don't cousin Rui want to go to the Imperial College?"

Shen Rui glanced at him and saw that he felt depressed. He felt a little moved and said, "Cousin Yang is going to be imprisoned?"

Yang Zhongyan said bitterly: "I am not as good as my brother in school, nor as good as my cousins ​​as I am... I guess I can only be a member of the Imperial College in the future..."

Shen Jue said: "Isn't it just right to save the boy's exam? The provincial exam is full of excellence, and the boy's exam will take three times. It's so long-lasting..."

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple is the fourth rank, and the second rank is the third rank after nine years of promotion. The last thing is possible is the promotion within the yamen, which is the third rank Dali Temple.

The Dali Temple Minister is one of the nine ministers who are qualified to participate in the court promotion voting rights.

Shen Rui was happy when he thought of this. Although there were many younger generations of the Shen family serving as Beijing officials, their rank was too low to help the master. With the Yang family's in-laws, it was a good thing to watch over and help each other in the officialdom.

Since ancient times, there has been smoke in the officialdom, and the party has attacked the differences.

The more the relationship between the Shen family in the officialdom, the less likely it is to become cannon fodder.

Until the master of the Shen family came back from the yamen, all the guests who were in charge came to the door. The Qiao brothers did not come back either.

After dinner was served and the guests were sent away, Shen Ruishao couldn't get a reply from Xu's room.

Although the Qiao brothers left halfway, it is not his fault, it is better to explain it clearly. After all, it involves the Qiao family, and he just learned about the feud between the Qiao family and his family, so he did not want to be misunderstood by Xu.

As the head of the family, Xu is not unaware of the matters in the front yard even if he is in the inner yard.

After hearing Shen Rui tell it, she sighed: "The fifth brother of the Qiao family has been raised in front of his old lady since childhood. Your elder brother Luo often goes there when he is here, and the cousins ​​are quite close."

"So that's no wonder he was hostile to his nephew and Brother Jue, but he was even more powerful at Brother Jue." Shen Rui said.

Xu sneered on his face and said, "It's not just because of Brother Luo... Last year, when Brother Luo just disappeared, he wanted to let Qiao Wu marry Sister Yu..."

"Isn't it that I want to marry into a wife?" Shen Rui said in surprise.

The son-in-law was a pariah in the previous dynasty and was not allowed to be enrolled in the imperial examination. Although there was no law in the Ming Dynasty, the son-in-law was not allowed to end up, but he was despised.

Although Qiao Yongde is willful and arrogant, he can see that he is favored by his family. Can the elders in the family be willing to give him a son-in-law?

Xu shook his head and said, "How could it be? He wanted to take advantage of it and also wanted face... so he suggested that Sister Yu's second son be the descendant of the Shen family in the future..."

Regarding the matter of the second wife's descendants, it is difficult for the rest of Shen Rui to question.

It must be that the master and Xu did not agree. With his nephew there, it would be reasonable to give up his adoptive son; his nephew has gone, and he is waiting for his adoptive son. If the second and third brothers are like this, All I can say is that they have their heads twitched.

Even the Songe family will not agree, this is a "chaotic sect".

Xu said: "The second master did not agree, he looked down on the Qiao family..."

Although Xu's tone has not changed, Shen Rui inexplicably heard a little gloating.

Regarding the relationship between the second master and the Yue family, Shen Rui was not interested in gossiping. He was now worried about Chen Jue: "Uncle, the Qiao family seems to be difficult to get along with. Will Brother Jue be in a difficult situation in the future?"

Qiao Yongde will take his anger against Shen Rui and Chen Jue for the lost interests, and what about the Qiao family?

Shen Rui is the heir of the youngest house, but he is just a relative, so he just needs to stay away from him; Chen Jue wants to be the heir of the second house, and he will become the grandson of the Qiao family in the future, so he cannot avoid the Qiao family.

After hearing Shen Rui's words, Xu's face was quite relieved.

Qiao Yongde was so rude today, but Shen Rui did not take advantage of the issue and said that the Qiao family was not, just worried about Chen Jue, which shows that he is kind-hearted.

"Don't worry, the second master will not suppress Brother Jue and get close to him. Last year, he has annoyed Master Jue's marriage, and now it's just a matter of face... Just tell Brother Jue that the Qiao family can ignore him. , the second wife always needs to coax her, don't make the second master too embarrassed. After all, she is also a pitiful person..." Xu said.

After hearing this, Shen Rui felt relieved.

Seeing that it was getting late and Xu was also exhausted, Shen Rui got up and left.

When Shen Rui left, the master rubbed his forehead and came out of the inner room.

Seeing that he looked uncomfortable, Xu hurriedly asked someone to serve the sobering soup and served him to drink: "Fortunately, I will have to rest tomorrow. I can get up later. The master is really. Today, I am not an outsider. I have eaten so much. liquor"

"I'm happy. Today, I've passed the court thousands of miles away. News came from the inner court before the fall of the yamen. The saint had already written a pen to it..." The master said with a smile.

"Thank God," Xu couldn't help but feel happy when he heard this: "In this way, the burden on the master's shoulders can finally be lighter."

The master also sighed and said, "The key is that if you have a thousand miles, you don't have to lean on there directly... The three cabinet masters seem to be warm, but this time, the students who were dismissed in the Beijing inspection are not one or two. …”

The master has always been neutral in the officialdom and does not participate in party struggles; but the higher the rank, the harder it is to remain neutral.

In the previous trend, due to the diligence, he tended to "receive the party".

But he also knew that even if he voted, he would be difficult to become a direct descendant. After all, it was not promoted by Mr. Xie himself; it would be easy to become a pawn that was sacrificed in official games.

The "Qianli" they called was Yang Zhen, the son-in-law of the Shen family. He has always stood on the side of the master in the officialdom and is also a neutral faction.

Now that my brother-in-law and sister-in-law are both Jiuqing, it is not as difficult as before, but can still maintain the previous neutral position.

The couple was prepared for the promotion of the master, but they were more worried than happy, and even thoughts of setting aside the road. Until today, the couple was truly happy.

Jiuruyuan, go to the room.

Shen Rui had already changed out of hospitality clothes, loosened his hair, and sat on the couch and listened to Chunyan's speech.

"Although the Qiao family is the eldest master and the second master's aunt's house, there were not many people when they came to the house before. However, the old lady over there often sent people to come to the second wife and elder brother... The fifth brother of their family has been with the elder brother for a few years.
Chapter completed!