695 Finale (1)

This year, Ping An wanted to resign early and devote himself to being a doctor so that he could spend more time with his parents and relatives.

Wang Qing and Huo Zhi's eldest sons both came to the capital and lived in his house. He also wanted to spend more time teaching them, including his two younger brothers.

A year ago, Awu gave birth to another son, Mu Sheng, for him. The little guy was as smart as his brother, but he was full of energy and life. Awu simply could not handle him. He was still young now, but in a few years he would have to take care of him himself.

But the emperor was not willing to do so. He was planning to let the crown prince ascend the throne next spring and become a leisurely emperor.

When he ascended the throne, he only planned to sit on the throne for three years. Now, nine years have passed in a flash, and the prince is almost twenty-two years old. If not now, when?

Besides, Ping'an has been the chief minister for five years, so it's time for him to move up.

It's rare for him to get the top score in the imperial examination in decades. It's time for him to take on more responsibilities. It's impossible for him to give up before he's even thirty.

Three months later.

The first sacred order of the new emperor upon ascending the throne was to transfer Wan Ping'an from the Hanlin Academy to the Ministry of Revenue, and to the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Everyone knows that the Minister of Revenue is quite old and in poor health. He submitted his resignation last year, but the Emperor has not approved it yet.

In this way, Ping An was parachuted into the position of Minister, and I believe it won't be long before he will take over the position of Shangshu. The emperor's arrangement is clear at a glance, it's too obvious.

Others knew it clearly, and Ping An naturally understood it better, because the new emperor had already told him his plan clearly.

The president of the Hanlin Academy is of the fourth rank, while the Minister of Revenue is of the second rank. They have been promoted several levels in a row. Anyone would be overjoyed.

But peace is an exception.

He really doesn't want to continue to be an official.

Baicao Hospital now has more than 20 branches in various provinces of Da Zhou, and is booming.

He owns many medicine stores and valleys, as well as many shops and houses. Mr. Yu Shi's wine business has made him a lot of money.

Being rich, powerful and famous, he could not think of any reason to continue to be an official. Continuing to be an official would only restrict his freedom.

But he couldn't resign from this position just because he wanted to.

At this moment, another thing upset him.

This year, the sixteen-year-old Jin'er had grown into a beautiful girl, but she still did not marry into the Zhang family.

It’s not because Ping An objected on the grounds of close blood relationship. He did mention this to his biological father, but his biological father didn’t think it was a big deal. There were too many cousins ​​getting married, and not many of them gave birth to fools.

Ping An thought so too.

Just when the two families were preparing to arrange a marriage, Zhang Jinping's youngest son Zhang Mao met a girl by chance and fell in love with her at first sight.

Chang Chunfeng was naturally unwilling to do so. He had never been very optimistic about Zhang Mao. He thought that his daughter was outstanding in every way, so there was no doubt that she would not find a good family.

Ping An comforted his father. He had been dealing with the wealthy and powerful families in the capital for many years, so he naturally knew which young talent was the most suitable.

Just when he was preparing to matchmake for Jin'er, the emperor took the initiative this time and issued an imperial decree to appoint Jin'er as a concubine.

Chang Chunfeng was not really willing to do this. He still wanted his daughter to marry into a family of equal status and become a real mistress.

But my daughter and my wife are willing.

What's more, the imperial edict has been issued and the emperor's order cannot be disobeyed, so the only option is to send his daughter into the palace.

Ping An was unhappy.

The Empress is the legitimate daughter of the general, and the other concubine is the legitimate daughter of Duke Chengguo. In addition, the Emperor has more than a dozen women.

This is just the beginning. The emperor is only in his early twenties now, and it is unknown how many concubines he will have in ten or twenty years.

Jin'er has been very sensible since then, and Ping'an has treated her sincerely as Xi'er.

Xier and Changzhi are now very much in love, and are living a happy life in the Sun family. They are having a great time. Naturally, he doesn't want Jiner to enter the palace and live a life of intrigue.

For this reason, the emperor had a secret talk with Ping An for more than an hour, which made his gloomy face ease a little.

The following year, the 29-year-old Ping An officially took up the position of Minister of Revenue.

He should do his job well. Since he was appointed as the Minister of Revenue, he had to be prepared to help the court fill its purse.

The first thing was to discuss with the master and Mr. Shi Erye to give most of the shares in the wine business to the court.

Sun Sicheng was only involved in Bei Fenglie's business, and the other types of wine businesses belonged to Ping An and Shi Erye. Naturally, he agreed to Ping An's request and was willing to do anything.

Mr. Shi was such a smart man that he understood immediately that although the shares seemed smaller, the business was actually bigger, and no one dared to offend him. He was even more powerful than the imperial merchant.

At that time, 30% was given away, and Ping An also gave away 30%. In this way, the court could get 60% of the dividends.

Ping An thought of sea transportation again. This business has great potential, so Mr. Shi Er naturally agreed.

The Shi family helped the imperial court a lot three generations ago. Now, decades have passed, and they have benefited from the imperial court again, occupying an area of ​​​​a hundred miles around Zither Mountain. If the Shi family's business grows bigger and richer, they may get into trouble at any time. It would be better to divide up some of the business so that they can make a fortune quietly.

With the wine business and shipping business, the treasury of the Great Zhou soon became abundant.

Ping An spent more time on agriculture.

He was not good at agriculture, but he had memories of his previous life in his mind, so he naturally knew about such a thing as hybrid rice.

But since this was not his area of ​​expertise, this kind of experiment had not been going smoothly.

In the tenth year, hybrid rice had not yet been truly successful, but the yield per mu had reached 600 to 700 kilograms, two or three times more than before.

This made everyone in the Great Zhou remember his name Wan Ping'an.

He was thirty-nine years old that year.

In ten years, the old man of the Sun family passed away, the old man and mistress of the Huang family also passed away, and the Empress Dowager was also gone.

The old couple of the Shi family who lived on Wisteria Mountain are also gone.

The eighteen-year-old Mu Yang was just like he was back then, not only the top scholar, but also the sixth place.

Both father and son won the top six places in the imperial examination, which amazed everyone.

When the matchmaker was about to knock on the door, Ping An quickly married Mu Yang to Xiansheng's eldest granddaughter, Zhiyuan's eldest daughter Yijing, and arranged for Mu Xuan to marry Wang Qing's eldest son, who was already the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue at that time.

Sun Sicheng, 59, already had a head full of white hair, and Sun Yat-sen was 61. Although he was in good health, he was also an old man.

"Master, sir, I plan to resign from the emperor. I have done everything I should have done in the past twenty years. I don't want to be an official anymore."

Sun Sicheng nodded and said, "Ping An, you wanted to open a medical school many years ago. Now there are hospitals everywhere in Da Zhou, even in the county town. I have also figured it out. In addition to some core prescriptions of the Sun family, the rest can be taught to others."

Ping An was stunned: "Will Master agree?"

Sun Sicheng sighed: "Your master just told me this a few days ago, and he has also figured it out."

Ping An thought about it and shook his head.

“No, running a medical school is different from running a hospital, and I don’t want to bring you guys to be scolded.

Master, sir, I have done a lot of practical things in my life, and I have lived up to the skills I have learned.

My parents are getting old now, and I want to spend more time with them and with you as well."