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Chapter 86 I Still Like You When You Are Unruly
The new tool man Zhang Guowei mentioned by Shen Shu was actually a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty in history, a native of Dongyang, Jinhua.

Chongzhen at the end of 13th and early 14, although he was still messing around in the Six Departments of Nanjing.

However, more than a year later in history, Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, and a group of people, because Hong Chengchou secretly sought peace with the Qing army for the emperor after the defeat of Songshan, were attacked by officials, and Chongzhen killed Chen Xinjia to thank Yanguan.

Then it was Zhang Guowei's turn to take the order in the face of danger, and was taken from Nanjing to Beijing to take over as Minister of the Ministry of War of Chen Xinjia-by then, the Minister of the Ministry of War was already a very hot potato.

People who are a little wise and protect their lives are not willing to be in such an official position that they will be asked to beheaded by the emperor to shirk their responsibilities within a year or so at most.Zhang Guowei dared to go, which shows his loyalty.

(Note: There is one thing to say, if Chongzhen hadn’t beheaded Chen Xinjia because of the leak of the secret negotiation, with Chen Xinjia’s temper that dared to take matters into his own hands, maybe two years later he would dare to persuade the emperor to abandon the capital and flee to Nanjing.

But Chen Xinjia was killed, and the last minister who dared to take the blame was gone, and the rest were even more frightened.From this point of view, Chongzhen's killing of Chen Xinjia meant suicide in a disguised form, and he cut off his own escape route to the south in the future. )
However, in history, Zhang Guowei later took over as Minister of the Ministry of War, and he didn't work for long. When the Qing soldiers entered the customs in April 16th of Chongzhen and all the eight generals of Beizhili were defeated, Zhang Guowei took responsibility for this and was demoted and sent back. Nanjing, urging Nan Zhili to pay taxes, grain and three rates.Until the fall of the regime of King Lu in the Southern Ming Dynasty, Zhang Guowei threw himself into the lake to die for his country.

It is impossible for Shen Shuren to know all these details by reading history books in his previous life. After all, there were so many loyal ministers in the late Ming Dynasty.Shen Shuren's understanding of him was still at the level of "this man dared to succeed Chen Xinjia, and in the end he committed suicide and died for the country".

In today's world, there are not many allies available.

If you have integrity, are willing to go to the capital to accept orders in the face of danger, and can do some money, food, and construction work, then you are already in the top few percent of good people among civil servants, and you really have no choice but to pick and choose.

Therefore, this opportunity to rise up more than a year in advance and go to Beijing to become a high-ranking official should be cheap for him.

……

After listening to my son explain how to pull one faction against another and mediate the implementation of Lijin reform in the next year, I will explain it clearly.

Shen Tingyang can be regarded as a stone in his heart, and Xu is even more satisfied, knowing that her husband will probably return to Nanjing to be an official in the future, so he doesn't have to worry about staying in Beijing, and being with you is like a tiger.

She can also feel at ease and not go back to Beijing with her husband in the next year, but will take care of the housework in her hometown in Suzhou and take care of her pregnant "daughter-in-law" Dong Xiaowan (no title).

Scholars all over the world seek official positions for the purpose of gaining power and taking life and death, but the Shen family doesn't care much about real power.

What they want is a noble status, and it is best to be more leisurely on errands, as long as they can protect the family's business, and don't take too many extra risks.

Who made the Shen family's wealth enough for them to be an official, and never expected to make money by being an official.

Due to such a special situation, Nanjing No. [-] Department, which outsiders regard as a pension for the losers of the political struggle, is very popular in the eyes of the Shen family.

In the next few days, the family's life was uneventful.

With the sound of firecrackers, the chapter of history has officially turned to the 14th year of Chongzhen.

On New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, the family didn't go anywhere, but had a New Year's Eve dinner together and listened to the opera troupe raised at home.

On the second day of the new year, in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it was originally a day to go back to my natal family to visit relatives.Shen Shuren hadn't married a wife or engaged yet, so he continued to stay at home without moving around, so as not to be misunderstood.

Dong Xiaowan was inconvenient, so she had been recuperating there all the time, recently only Chen Yuanyuan was left to accompany Shen Shu every day.

However, during the few days of Chinese New Year, Chen Yuanyuan also came to an inconvenient time of the month, and Shen Shuren happened to be idle, and he should be indulging in wine and sex every day, so he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

He had no choice but to call all the maids who were with him to play dominoes to pass the time.

Chen Yuanyuan felt guilty, thinking that when she returned to Huangzhou in the next year, she would be the only one to accompany the young master, so she took the opportunity to test out: "My lord, Xiaowan will not return to Huangzhou this year, why don't you bring another sister with you.

You are a fifth-rank magistrate of the imperial court at a young age, and you must not lose your family dignity.Just take me with you, and wait for the days when I am inconvenient, do you still let you hold back, and outsiders will also laugh at the envy of the slave family.Alas, when the young master marries a wife, I don't have to worry about it. "

She is very clear about her position, so far she is just a maid who has been redeemed.So in my heart, I really look forward to Shen Shuren marrying a wife soon, and I am not jealous at all about it——

This is not because of Chen Yuanyuan's generosity, but because she is very clear that this is a win-win situation.If the son has a wife, she can also be promoted to a concubine smoothly.Women in the Ming Dynasty actually didn't want much in their hearts.

Shen Shuren has his own plan for this, and he can only comfort him: "It's hard work, I am sure to be promoted quickly in the past two years, and every time the marriage negotiation is delayed for half a year, the official rank may be promoted again.

When the position is humble, the woman you can marry may not be noble and virtuous, so why not wait and see for a while.I'm a big man, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to marry a wife if I miss my age!Is it okay to spoil you alone during this period of time? "

Chen Yuanyuan was deeply moved and guilty, so she had no choice but to consider another way, using some special means to serve her husband even when she was inconvenient, to help Shen Shuren solve it for a few days.

……

I have been addicted to wine and sex for more than ten days, and it is almost the Lantern Festival.

These days, Chen Yuanyuan has also acted like a hostess, at least she can help the young master Zhang Luo pack the presents.

Going to Nanjing this time, there are many people who have to win over and give gifts, and it will be very cumbersome to welcome and send gifts in the officialdom.Shen Shuren himself didn't want to worry about what level of officials should give gifts and what kind of things they could entrust. In the past, the mistress of the family worried about these things.

Fortunately, during the two years when Chen Yuanyuan sang songs as a courtier, she also saw a lot of courteous exchanges in official circles.Now being caught by the old lady Xu to make up for it, she learned a lot of unspoken rules of giving gifts, and she finally got rid of her guns in front of the battle.

But after this incident, she became more and more anxious and felt a lot of pressure.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, the Shen family set up wine and sang songs to appreciate the moon as usual.

I also hosted a banquet for many local officials in Suzhou, which can be regarded as saying goodbye to local official friends and accepting other people's practice.

Shen Shuren has been poor for a long time, and he is still not used to it. Seeing officials such as Zhang Xuezeng, the prefect of Suzhou, Cao Zhende, the Hedao Yamen, etc. visiting, he still humbly salutes according to the custom of last year.

But those people are also human beings, so how dare they take advantage of him.

Although Zhang Xuezeng is a first-class magistrate of the upper-class prefecture, he is of the fourth grade, when drinking tea with Shen Shuren, he only dared to call him "foolish brother and wise brother", anyway, everyone is a magistrate, regardless of age or rank.

Cao Zhende, who used to be Shen Shuren's direct boss, now can only hold the official ceremony in front of Shen Shuren.

Seventeen months ago, Shen Shuren was still a small eighth-rank pawn under him.Fourteen months ago, he was promoted to the seventh-rank treasury envoy under him.

But in the last [-] months, Shen Shuren soared one level every five months on average, surpassing Cao Zhende abruptly.

During the New Year's greetings, Cao Zhende tried his best to find an opportunity to explain to Shen Shuren that the previous grievances between the two families were instigated by Zhu Dadian, and he was also under Zhu Dadian's control at the time, so he couldn't refuse.

Now he has turned to Shi Kefa and Shi Futai, and he will definitely follow the command of the Shen family in the local affairs in the future.

What can Shen Shuren do?Don't reach out to hit the smiling person, not to mention that Cao Zhende is just Zhu Dadian's tool man, and he will not get angry with tools.

Therefore, at most, he would say a few words similar to "I still like your original rebellious appearance, you can restore it" to dilute the other party's tension.

After satisfying the addiction of returning home, Shen Shuren took the beauty and sailed to Nanjing to carry out the follow-up activities.

(End of this chapter)