Shi Zhongkui was still influenced by the novel and felt that the Rongguo Mansion was just like that, otherwise Jia Zheng would not have been an official for more than ten years and would still be a fifth-grade Ministry of Industry official.

Although Red Mansions is fictional, it was still written based on some situations in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Take the Duke of the Ming Dynasty as an example. In the middle and later stages, they are basically similar to the nobles in the Red Mansion. However, with their background and connections, they want to help a small official from the sixth rank rise one or two ranks.

As long as you're willing to spend money, it's really not that difficult.

In the end, Jia Yucun was promoted to Sima.

The Great Sima of the Han Dynasty was one of the Three Dukes. After that, the Minister of War was called the Great Sima in all dynasties.

Moreover, he took Lin Daiyu from Jiayu Village to the capital and entered the Rongguo Mansion. He was favored by Jia Zheng, and was restored to the fourth-rank official position, and went to Yingtian Mansion, that is, Nanjing, to become the prefect.

It would take at most 7 or 8 years before he was promoted to Grand Sima.

Promoting from the fourth rank to the second rank is equivalent to changing from mayor to defense minister. There is no relationship between the Jia family and Wang Ziteng. No matter how powerful Jia Yucun is, it is impossible.

Pretendingly, he put his hand into the inner pocket of the long sleeve of his cotton robe and took out an ancient fan from the space farm.

He smiled and said, "Brother, don't be surprised. I only have this fan with me now, and the others are kept at home in the capital."

When Xue Pan heard this, his expression moved slightly and his eyes rolled a few times.

Fortunately, this guy was just thinking about it. He wasn't short of money anyway, so he couldn't offend others to steal it.

Others didn't believe Shi Zhongkui's words at all.

No matter how stupid a person is, he will not say so bluntly that he is not at home but his treasure is hidden at home.

Of course the first one to look at the fan was Yu Honggao. After all, he was the master, the elder, and Shi Zhongkui's teacher.

Yu Honggao only glanced at it a few times, and he liked it very much. At the same time, he also knew that this fan was a set of the two fans that Shi Zhongkui gave him before the imperial examination.

Because I was busy with the lawsuit in the government these days, I had no time to worry about the fan. I didn't expect that this bastard Shi Zhongkui not only carried it with him, but also deliberately held it back from him.

Now he actually showed it to Jia Lian, obviously trying to use him to reject the Jia family.

But Yu Honggao definitely thought wrong this time.

Shi Zhongkui's purpose was very clear. He wanted to use Jia Lian to attract Jia She, and then establish a relationship with Jia Baoyu, and take the opportunity to see the psychic jade.

Moreover, Jia She only dared to bully ordinary people who had no background and no fame.

Yu Honggao himself was not only a sixth-grade official, but also had an extraordinary family. He was also the son-in-law of the Duke of Guo.

No matter how arrogant Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion were, they would not take the initiative to offend Duke Tuiguo Mansion, who was also one of the Eight Founding Dukes.

Jia Lian and even Jia She didn't dare to take it by force.

After everyone had finished reading, Shi Zhongkui took the fan from Feng Ziying without waiting for Jia Lian to speak.

He stood up and saluted Yu Honggao, "Since the teacher likes it, the disciple has no interest in things like fans.

When I put it in my hand, it is used in a fashionable manner, or even just as a good fanning tool.

And the fan is made of paper after all, so I might have broken it that day.

It's better to give it to the teacher to show your appreciation."

"How can this be done?"

Yu Honggao shook his head and refused, but Shi Zhongkui knew what he really wanted to think about.

Under the eyes of everyone, one of the two masters and apprentices said that they could not take away the disciple's ancestral belongings, but the other had to give it away.

Jia Lian is jealous, but he is not the bottomless bastard like Jia She.

Although he was said to be lustful and lustful, Jia Lian really never took the initiative to harm anyone.

At this time, not only was he unable to speak, he was also somewhat envious of the friendship between master and disciple.

In the end, Shi Guangzhu couldn't stand it anymore.

He stood up and reached out to grab the fan.

It's a pity that Shi Zhongkui didn't even need to talk to Yu Honggao, or even wink.

Using his body and arms, he easily blocked Shi Guangzhu and separated them.

As for the fan, of course it lies in Hong Gao's hands.

At this time, Yu Honggao also noticed that Shi Guangzhu wanted to take the fan, but he was not willing to give in.

He sighed and said, "Hey, if that's the case, then I'll leave it here with you first. After I finish appreciating and copying the calligraphy, painting and seals on the fan, I'll return it to Bo Qian."

Shi Zhongkui also took the opportunity to say, "Teacher likes it, so I might as well go back to my home in the capital today and bring back all the remaining ancient fans for the teacher to appreciate."

Shi Zhongkui believed that Jia Lian would definitely follow him all the way back to Beijing and then find a reason to go to his home.

As for the so-called appreciation, it is actually no different from giving it away.

But even if outsiders understand this, they still have a master-student relationship, so outsiders have no right to take care of it.

Some people even want to use fans to say that Yu Honggao is corrupt, but the Yamen will not accept the case.

Shangguan would only read it and throw it away.

They are master and apprentice, equivalent to father and son. Can this be called corruption?

Second, Shi Zhongkui was not even a scholar at this time. Since he was not an official, there was no corruption.

Third, Yu Honggao was not afraid of anyone checking Shi Zhongkui’s county examination answer sheet.

Although Shi Zhongkui's answers in the county examination were not outstanding, since Yu Honggao dared to name him as the head of the case, he was not afraid of anyone raising objections.

Moreover, if you have objections, it is not fraud in the imperial examination. The examiners prefer to answer questions in a smooth manner, so who can say anything.

Jia Lian on the side saw that Yu Honggao really accepted the fan, and immediately secretly shouted, "Oh no!"

If all this really went into the hands of Yu Honggao, it would be impossible for the Jia family to buy it.

No matter how dirty and corrupt civil servants may be in private, on the surface they only talk about elegance and not money.

If you say you spend money to buy it, you are insulting me.

You can't buy it with money, and it's even more impossible to force it. Even your attitude towards Shi Zhongkui, Yu Honggao's disciple, needs to change.

As soon as Yu Honggao heard that Shi Zhongkui said that he wanted to take the remaining fans from his home in the capital, he knew that his disciple must have guessed some of his thoughts.

Yu Honggao had to let Shi Zhongkui contact the Jia family because he didn't really want to rely on the Jia family's connections to seek an official position for himself.

Instead, he used the Jia family to stimulate and warn his father-in-law, the first-class Shenwei general of the Duke of Guo.

He had just been taken advantage of by his father-in-law, and he was in a critical period for promotion. Yu Honggao had to make a gesture to remind his father-in-law, if you cause trouble again, don't blame yourself and find other father-in-laws to support you.

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Then he won't be the only one embarrassed.

However, if Yu Honggao is really promoted to the Inspectorate, he will not suffer any loss, but it will be a big loss for him to repair the government office.

Yu Honggao thought for a while and then nodded and said, "Okay, let Shun'er take some servants to accompany you to prevent the treasure from being stolen at home."

Others didn't think there was anything wrong with this, but Xue Pan always felt that Yu Honggao was talking about him.

Then, Yu Honggao looked at Yu Tongfu and Shi Guangzhu and said, "Since you are here to take your sister and Sicheng's family back to your father-in-law's house, then leave early.

In case the weather changes and the road becomes difficult to travel."

Everyone looked outside and saw that although the sky was still bright, the sun was gone and there was a real possibility that the sky would change.
Chapter completed!