In the early morning of winter, the fog is extremely heavy, but it is not cold.

Du Zhongxiao watched several servants packing the porridge buckets and said to Han Yueniang beside him: "Now everyone in the county knows that we are serving porridge. Some rural people go to the city at night to eat this morning porridge. Look, it was gone early today."

Han Yueniang said: "It's okay, I'll cook one more bucket tomorrow."

Du Zhongxiao nodded with a smile and said nothing.

After confirming that the Du family did not brew wine privately, everything afterwards became natural. County Magistrate Shi was enrolled in a book because of his old age and stupidity, and went home to take care of his old age. County Magistrate Xu was incompetent in governance and was transferred to a small county on Jinghu South Road, which was considered a punishment. None of the other officials were affected, and Linying County was still the same as before.

The most unlucky one was naturally Wu Kejiu. Because of false accusations and lynching in the government, he was imprisoned. He heard that he had beaten some slaughter. Fortunately, his relative He Zhong immediately sent a letter to Su Shunqin to plead for him, but he suffered some flesh and blood, and finally released it.

Wu Kejiu is a scholar and will participate in the trial test in the future. If he is sentenced and has a criminal record in the yamen, he will lose the qualification to report. He Zhongli was the same year of Su Shunqin, and his voice was shared. In the end, he gave him this face, but he just taught him a lesson.

With the government admitting that Du Family's business of making wine with lees has been on track and the scale has become increasingly larger. Now not only the Han Family Foot Store sells lees, but also has developed several small Foot Stores, which can sell 100 or 200 kilograms a day, which can earn a few chunks of money.

Once shared hardships, the relationship between the Du family and the Han family has been maintained. The Du family only controls the wine, and the Han family sells it to the outside world, and the profits are shared equally.

Han Yueniang insisted on the method of cooking porridge after buying lees, but now she no longer stays at the entrance of the restaurant, but has moved to several fixed places in the county. The Du family business is gradually reviving and has gained the reputation of a good person.

More than a month has passed, and the Du family has changed into a larger yard. Du Zhongxiao, who is idle, picks up poetry and books again.

After serving the porridge, Du Zhongxiao and Han Yueniang pushed the empty bucket back to the foot shop with a few servants.

As soon as I entered the store, I saw my father Du Xunzheng and Han Lian sitting there drinking at a table.

Seeing Du Zhongxiao come back, Du Xun said, "I'm going to look for you, and you just happened to be back."

Du Zhongxiao said: "I wonder what Dad has to give me?"

"Yesterday, the new magistrate took office, so he sent someone to his home this morning. He asked you to go to the county government office in the morning, and the magistrate's husband had something to ask you."

After the last incident, Du Zhongxiao was afraid of meeting the officials, so he hurriedly asked, "Don't you know it's a good thing or a bad thing?"

Han Lian laughed and said, "Mr. Shi is old and stupid. The court has ordered him to go home to take care of him. Now he has changed a young and promising magistrate. It is not a bad thing to ask you to come. Nephew, do you think all the officials are as stupid as Magist. "

Du Zhongxiao nodded and said nothing.

Du Zhongxiao was dissatisfied with the final result of the last case. He suffered for nothing, but in the end he did not treat the Wu family. Although Su Shunqin was determined to punish the Wu family, he had a love affair in the same year and did not take any serious measures in the end. Du Zhongxiao originally thought that when his family improved, he would slowly find the bad luck of the Wu family. It would be better to pass the Jinshi a few years later, and then see how the Wu family died.

Now that the new magistrate takes office, he doesn’t know what to do with him.

After having breakfast at the Hanjiajiajiajiajia Restaurant, Du Zhongxiao returned to his house to clean up. Seeing that it was getting late, he came to the county government office.

When I arrived in front of the county government, I collided with Wu Kejiu who was visiting there.

Seeing Wu Kejiu's look of dusty face and no longer as arrogant as before, Du Zhongxiao's heart moved and walked forward and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time. Seeing your red face, I must have been very proud recently."

Wu Kejiu looked at Du Zhongxiao viciously. After a while, he spat: "Don't be proud of it. A few days ago, you made a comeback and made me suffer. Let's record this account for the time being and calculate it slowly in the future. Remember, the county officials changed the flow of water, but my restaurant was open there like iron. One day, let you know my methods!"

Du Zhongxiao looked at Wu Kejiu and smiled faintly: "It's good if the young master has this heart, I'm afraid that your family business will not last at that time."

After saying that, he ignored Wu Ke and walked straight to the county government.

Wu Kejiu looked at Du Zhongxiao's back and looked vicious. The new magistrate took office and did not alarm the local wealthy households. He brought a few followers to the city quietly, which made the wealthy households in the county frightened. This was something that had never happened before, and everyone was a little uneasy.

Wu Kejiu got the news and arrived outside the county government early today. He wanted to meet the new magistrate and make a move. However, he didn't expect that the magistrate would come out of the magistrate. He would not see the people of the city these days and should concentrate on handling affairs in the yamen.

After being turned away, Du Zhongxiao entered the county government in a swaying manner, which made Wu Kejiu suspicious.

When I arrived at the door, I reported my name. A man had already come out to follow me and led Du Zhongxiao to the back yamen.

When he met Wu Kejiu, Du Zhongxiao remembered what happened a few days ago and felt unhappy. The Wu family is a big family in the county. Not only does it have a "Qixiangju" restaurant in the county, but there are several farms outside the city, with great family business. If the government does not handle them, the family business will not be destroyed, and the small families of the Du family can't do anything to them. It would be fine if they didn't see each other, but when they saw it, Du Zhongxiao could swallow this breath.

When he arrived at the Houya Flower Hall, the official who led the way asked Du Zhongxiao to wait and go in and report it himself.

It won't take long before the new magistrate came out. Du Zhongxiao saw that he was quite young, had fair face, slightly moustache, and looked like he was in his early thirties.

The new magistrate is Fan Town, who was the Jinshi in the year Du Xunluo was the first year. He was originally the top scholar, but he was unwilling to come out to cheer when he was singing the title. He felt that he looked disgraceful and had a lack of decency as a scholar, and his ranking was reduced. The ranking was reduced, so he was not good for the first-time official. This time, Linying County was replaced, and some court officials thought it was a pity, so they specially promoted him to become a magistrate.

These Jinshi are not as good as the previous few, and the first-class Jinshi is getting lower and lower. Before Jingyou, first-class Jinshi was often awarded a magistrate, and second-class Jinshi started to become a magistrate. However, these two terms were not possible. First-class Jinshi also started from a magistrate, and only after one or two terms could he be promoted to the magistrate. After Fan Zhen was demoted, he served as the chief clerk of Xin'an. This time, Linying was promoted to the magistrate.

Du Zhongxiao got up and finished the ceremony, and carefully sat in the guest seat.

After ordering tea, Fan Zhen said, "When I went to work in this county, I met the magistrate and the magistrate. They said that there is someone like you in the county. You have a wonderful method, and you can filter out the wine from the lees. It is rare that you are kind-hearted. You filter out the wine from the lees and sell it. You do not forget to give porridge to poor families to avoid cutting off their food and clothing. The two officials of Zhitong repeatedly told me to treat you well."

After hearing this, Du Zhongxiao quickly stood up to thank him. He thought that the previous incident had passed, but he didn't expect there would be a follow-up. Su Shunqin did not punish the Wu family seriously, so he wrote down his Du Zhongxiao's name and specifically instructed the new officials to take care of it. Don't underestimate such a sentence, and say it by people of their status. I don't know how many benefits will be in the future.

Fan Zhen signaled Du Zhongxiao to sit down and said, "Where is a good article from Tongzong, you can see a good article about you. During the Tiansheng period, Xie Xishen, Yin Shilu, Ouyang Yongshu and others were in Luoyang, and they had similar voices and advocated ancient Chinese. I look at your grammar, but they are somewhat similar."

Du Zhongxiao said ashamed. It was originally the article he copied by Ouyang Xiu, and it would be strange if the grammar was not similar. However, Ouyang Xiu had not yet become famous at this time, but the lower-level officials were not as famous as Xie Jiang, Yin Zhu and others. When talking about ancient Chinese literature in this era, the first thing he mentioned was Yin Zhu, and he would mention Ouyang Xiu later. It would take another ten or eight years before Ouyang Xiu became an official in the capital and his fame would become greater.

Fan Zhen just mentioned this and then turned around: "I heard from the judge that you are a family member who has been studying and reading since childhood?"

Du Zhongxiao hurriedly said: "The judges are all relatives. Some of the students' ancestors have passed the imperial examinations and benevolence. Poetry and books are inherited from the family. It's just that the family business is tiring, and students are busy with food and clothing every day, but they can't say they have enough to read."

Fan Zhen nodded: "The word "farming and reading" is the foundation of the country. Since you are a family-born poem and book, don't waste it. Your father once explained that he failed the exam in the capital, but I think he has a clear idea. I wonder if you are interested in the road to the imperial examination?"

Du Zhongxiao smiled bitterly in his heart. The magistrate was really rude to speak. In fact, when Su Shunqin came to Linying a few days ago, he realized that Du Xun was not the material for the Jinshi exam. Not only did he know nothing about the national major policies, but he also had a specious understanding of classics. He was just a country scholar who was lucky enough to pass the juren. He said this to Fan Zhen, and Fan Zhen naturally thought so.

In this era, if you want to be a Jinshi, you should not be ignorant of the government affairs. The articles you do should be close to current affairs. This is even more so in the classic understanding. If you understand a sentence wrongly, you may be wiped out by the examiner. It would rather not say it or talk nonsense. People from Fanzhen, who are in high school in the imperial examinations, are the most clear about this principle. After talking to others, you will understand whether it is the material for becoming a Jinshi.

However, Du Zhongxiao copied Ouyang Xiu's essay, which made Su Shunqin look at him with admiration. Although he did not praise him in person, he recommended him to many people afterwards, but Du Zhongxiao himself didn't know.

This is the trend of the scholars in this era. Scholars talk about being in the same spirit and not seeking rewards for their kindness.

Su Shunqin took the Fu back, and the magistrate Mei Xun also praised it. However, they were all masters of the time literature. They did not agree with the ancient Chinese movement advocated by some young scholars and would not be too eyed by Du Zhongxiao. But this did not prevent them from thinking that this person was a talent, but he had just taken a detour in studying. He still had to do the time literature after taking the imperial examination and Jinshi. It was a pity to blindly pursue the ancient meaning.
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