Chapter 165 I order you to go to Yueqing immediately to get married and go to the north one month later
"This junior has come with a marriage certificate personally written by His Majesty."
After reading Du Heng's analysis of the situation in the North, the Emperor ordered Gu Yanjun to investigate him. Du Heng, aside from his ancestors and father having served in the imperial court, had a clean background, with no legacy of influence.
It was precisely because of this that when the emperor, in an effort to dampen the arrogance of the Pei and Lu families, banished Xu Chongnian from the imperial court, Du Heng, a powerless candidate, was naturally implicated. If it weren't for Gu Yanjun's suggestion to utilize Xi Xiyue's literary competition to conduct a preliminary assessment of the candidates, the opportunity to select Du Heng, a promising talent, would have been lost.
Of course, a talent could be cultivated, but whether or not he was fit for use depended on his own luck. So the emperor specially ordered the list of candidates for the postponed spring examination to be presented, glanced through it, and then wrote in red ink, "Is there any concrete evidence?"
Wasn't the reason for the postponement of the examination because the evidence was incomplete and still under observation? However, the astute Supervisory Censor Zhou Cheng discerned the emperor's intention from the imperial edict and, before the Spring Examination, reinstated Du Heng's status as a candidate on the grounds that "no substantial evidence was found."
After the Spring Examination, not only Du Heng's paper, but also Yuan Song's and other papers ranked in the top ten by Chief Examiner Zou Xuezheng, were presented to the emperor. Ultimately, the emperor decided to give Du Heng another difficult challenge: if his paper matched Yuan Song's, he would be relegated to second place.
Everything is under the emperor's control.
As expected, Du Heng is of great use.
He has a precise analysis of the problems in the North and can withstand rumors and the blows of fate. More importantly, he has no one behind him.
He was exactly the "good knife for cutting off diseased branches and insect-eaten leaves" that the emperor wanted.
That night, Gu Yanjun's words "young and ambitious" reminded the emperor, so he asked one more question: "Do you have a family?"
It is certainly valuable for young people to have ambitions, but if they are alone in the north, checking and balancing the imperial relatives and generals, and caring for the people, the word "young" becomes a weakness.
Du Heng answered truthfully, "Although I am not married, I already have someone I love. After this spring's imperial examination, my mother will accompany me south to propose marriage."
The emperor smiled and said, "Oh? Tell me about it."
Even the emperor would enjoy watching the love affairs of young people.
"Rong Anli from Yueqing, Zhejiang? When I was a prince, he was the only one in the court who dared to directly rebuke the late emperor! What a pity..."
It’s a pity that the late emperor relied too much on powerful ministers.
It is fortunate that such a loyal minister was not persecuted to death but asked to return home on his own initiative.
So after asking Su Ying's name, the emperor personally wrote the marriage certificate and inscribed four big characters for Yandang Academy.
"Du Heng obeys!"
"I am here!"
"I command you to go to Yueqing immediately to be married. One month later, you will go to the north to serve as the prefect of Yunzhou. You will assist the General Zhenbei and the Marquis Dingyuan in pacifying the people so that they can focus on military affairs and defend the border for the country."
"If Rong Anli feels sorry for his granddaughter and thinks the marriage was hasty, please give these four words to Rong Anli on my behalf."
Of course, Du Heng could not repeat the original words verbatim. When he presented the marriage certificate written by the emperor himself, he also presented the four words "be a role model" given by the emperor to Rong Anli.
To be honest, Rong Anli, who had been upright all his life, felt more moved when he saw the four words "model teacher" bestowed by the emperor than when he saw his granddaughter's marriage certificate.
This was the reputation that the current emperor cleared for him more than 20 years after he asked to return home!
He stood up tremblingly, then knelt on his knees and said, "I bow to thank the Holy Spirit for your grace." Then he raised his hands high above his head and took on the four extremely precious words.
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A few days later, Mr. Su Jianrong, who had just had a great time in Fujian, returned to Yueqing and suddenly found that the sky had fallen!
The first place he returned to was the house in the west of the city.
The carriage stopped, and he was sitting inside, thinking that his concubine would soon rush over to him and cry out, "Master, you are finally back!"
Unexpectedly, the voice coming from outside the car was Su Run, who was traveling with him this time: "Master, something bad has happened!"
He thought something had happened to his beloved child, and hurriedly lifted the curtain and got out of the car. At a glance, he saw a note with the official seal "封" stuck on the door of the house.
Su Jianrong was confused. He suddenly remembered that before leaving, Lin had said that there were several holes in the account that needed to be filled quickly. Could it be that she had taken the initiative to sell the house?
But then he thought again, if Lin was jealous, she would have sent him away, kicked him out, and sold the house, but why was there a government seal on the door?
Sensing something was wrong, Su Jianrong immediately ordered Su Run, "Quick, go back home!"
Unexpectedly, the Su family mansion was also sealed with the official seal. However, this Su mansion was several times larger than the outer house, and the word "seal" was written even larger than the one I had just seen.
Su Jianrong fell to the ground with weak legs, and Su Run was so scared that he quickly helped him up.
"Hey, isn't that Master Su?"
Su Jianrong has always prided himself on being a scholar and businessman, and since he is indeed good-looking, he always shows off in public every time he returns home. He likes to be flattered by his neighbors, who call him "Master Su".
Therefore, among the neighbors, almost no one did not recognize Su Jianrong's handsome and elegant appearance.
"What kind of master is Su? His house and shop have been sealed by the government. He is nothing but a master now!"
"Now that you mention it, I remember it. It seems that the eldest daughter of the Su family brought officials to the house. Not long after, I saw the servants of the Su Mansion coming out one by one with their bags on their shoulders."
"Yes, yes, I saw it too. The second young master and third young lady of the Su family cried bitterly and refused to move to that shabby house in Sujia Lane no matter what."
When Su Jianrong heard this, his eyes went dark. The "broken house" the man was talking about was the old house where he and his widowed mother lived together when he was young.
How come these gossips sound so real?
How could his daughter Su Ying bring people to seal off his own house?
At this moment, a group of police officers came from the street corner. The leader shouted, "Su Jianrong is involved in a serious case. We have been ordered to arrest him and bring him to the government office for questioning immediately!"
When the neighbors heard this, their eyes widened. They finally understood that the eldest daughter of the Su family had actually sacrificed her own family for the sake of justice and personally brought the government to seal off the mansion and expel the inhabitants.
But what exactly did Su Jianrong do wrong? Looking at the situation, I'm afraid it's a serious case!
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