Chapter 36 This is Big Brother's Strategy
A figure flashed past on the wall of the marquis's mansion.
"A good plan for flood control?" Zhao Yun raised his eyebrows and looked at Chengfeng who was kneeling on the ground to report.
Chengfeng nodded immediately, "Yes, yes. Just when Marquis Jingning was about to beat someone to death, the eldest daughter of the Chu family suddenly said she had a good plan for flood control and wrote it down for Marquis Jingning to read. Marquis Jingning immediately stopped being angry and sent for a doctor to treat her and the eldest son of the Chu family."
"So, those two are fine?" Zhao Yun asked.
Chengfeng's heart skipped a beat, and he flattered, "It's not all good. I saw it all. The eldest son of the Chu family was beaten half to death by the Marquis of Jingning and is still unconscious. The eldest daughter wasn't much better either. She was whipped and kept cursing while the medicine was applied."
"Useless." He said lightly, "Go and accept your punishment."
Chengfeng wailed in his heart, wondering why Marquis Jingning didn't beat these two people to a pulp. It was a pity that he had to run around and ask several brothers to spread this matter in the capital.
Chen Shuwei had nothing to do these days. Besides visiting Yan'er as usual, he also went to see Shen Zhang, who was reflecting on his punishment and writing a self-criticism at home.
That day, Shen Zhang returned home at night, supported by his colleagues. The scene scared the Shen family.
Chen Zhang put on a stern face and pushed away the person who supported him, trying to pretend that nothing happened. However, the colleague was a big mouth and told him about the punishment he received from the old general who defended the country.
"General Shen is such a jerk! He knew the old general liked him, so he pretended to howl a few times when he was beaten, thinking the old general would be reluctant to punish him. But he didn't say a word, and after being punished, he went to the small training ground to train as if nothing had happened. This really angered the old general, and he chased the young prince for half a mile with a horse whip."
Chen Shuwei's eyebrows jumped, "Prince Kangping?"
The colleague said with a bitter face, "That's right. General Shen and the young prince took away the guards and the family generals without permission and got into trouble. The old general punished them both, but the young prince got beaten and ran away, while General Shen stood by without saying a word. This made the old general furious, so he finally caught them both and punished them again."
Thinking of Shen Zhang's red and white face at that time, Shen Shuwei couldn't help but pursed his lips, holding the soup bowl and knocking on the door, "Second brother, are you awake?"
There was a rustling sound in the room, and then the door opened. Shen Zhang, wearing a dark blue uniform, stood at the door. Seeing the tonic soup in Shen Shuwei's hand, he looked a little uncomfortable.
"I'm not injured. You and Ayang don't have to knock on my door every morning and evening with tonic soup."
Chen Shu curled his eyes slightly, but did not expose her. He walked in, put down the soup bowl, and looked at the messy table, on which there was a half-written self-criticism.
Chen Zhang hurried over and took out a book and placed it on top of the review.
How could he, as the second oldest brother, save his dignity if his younger sister read the self-criticism he wrote?
Chen Shuwei asked casually, "Didn't Second Brother finish writing his self-criticism last night?"
Hearing Shen Shuwei mention his self-review, Shen Zhang gritted his teeth and said, "Well, I have finished writing it. This one is for Xiao Chifeng."
Chen Shu raised his eyebrows slightly. When did second brother become so helpful?
As if he felt embarrassed to discuss writing his self-criticism with Shen Shuwei, Shen Zhang said awkwardly: "He gave me a hundred taels of silver and asked me to write it for him. After I finished writing it, I sent it to his house, and he asked his servant to copy it for him."
One hundred taels of silver, is Prince Kangping a boy who gives away money?
"After all, I took the money. I was worried that my literary talent was not good enough, so I wanted to ask my eldest brother to help me write it. However, my eldest brother was busy recently, saying that he was revising a flood control policy, so I wrote it myself."
Shen Shuwei nodded and asked casually, "Why did the Prince of Kangping ask you, my second brother, to write for him? He must have many retainers and scholars in his house."
It's just a self-criticism, and there are many people willing to write it for the young prince, and they don't even ask for money.
As soon as Shen Shuwei said this, Shen Zhang's face fell.
Shen Shuwei looked at him with a subtle expression. Could there be some hidden secret?
All I could hear was Shen Zhang gnashing his teeth as he spoke with a dark face, "That's because Xiao Chifeng said that he and I were the only ones punished that day, and he felt deeply about it. If I were to write about it, the emotions would be more sincere and would move his grandfather more."
The old general who guarded the country was Xiao Chifeng's grandfather, but Xiao Chifeng took the surname of his mother, Princess Rongyang.
Shen Shuwei wanted to laugh when he heard the voice, but seeing his second brother's murderous expression, he held back.
"Then Second Brother, please continue writing. I'll go check on Big Brother."
Shen Shuwei arrived at the right time. As soon as he arrived at Chen Heng's courtyard, he saw him standing in the courtyard, wandering around with a policy paper in his hand, and papers scattered around his feet.
"Brother." Shen Shuwei stepped forward and bowed.
Chen Heng saw her approaching, his eyes curved as he stepped forward to greet her. "Third sister, you've arrived just in time. I heard there's been a severe flood in Yuzhou lately, and the levees in the prefecture are even showing signs of collapse. I remembered a policy paper I wrote a few months ago and have revised it to reflect the disaster in Yuzhou. Would you mind taking a look at it for me?"
After all, there were only three educated people in the family: him, Shen's father, and Shu Wei. His father had recently been granted the title of Fourth Rank Minister by the Emperor and was currently working in the Ministry of Works. He was so busy that Shen Heng could only ask Shen Shu Wei for help.
Shen Shuwei didn't take it seriously at first, until she took it and read it. The familiar sentences between the lines suddenly reminded her of a flood control strategy that Chu Xinrou had taken out at this time in her previous life. It was surprisingly similar to this one.
Shen Shuwei's hand holding the paper trembled slightly.
In his previous life, Marquis Jingning was overjoyed to receive this policy paper and immediately wanted to submit it to the Third Prince, hoping to get on board with him. However, he was stopped midway by Shen Shuwei. At the time, she was busy stockpiling food and medicinal materials to deal with the disaster victims. She was very familiar with the situation in Yuzhou. She discovered a fatal omission in the policy paper, which could worsen the flood in Yuzhou.
After she stopped the man, Chu Yunlan and the old lady mocked her and said bluntly that she was just jealous that Xinrou could write such a good policy paper and was making trouble here.
Chu Xinrou cried in front of Marquis Jingning, feeling even more aggrieved, saying that she had ignored the bright future of the Marquis's mansion because of the jealousy between sisters.
She had painstakingly persuaded the Marquis of Jingning to revise the policy proposal, despite the scorn of the entire court. As expected, the revised proposal was highly praised by the Third Prince and His Majesty, saving the levee in Yuzhou Prefecture from being washed away, and the Marquis's fortunes soared.
However, the Marquis' Mansion attributed all the credit to Chu Xinrou, saying that if it weren't for Chen Shuwei's obstruction, their Mansion would have been praised by the Third Prince and His Majesty even faster, and the few changes she made were just to compete with Xinrou for the credit.
"Brother, can you let me see the original version of this policy paper?" Shen Shuwei asked, suppressing the trembling in his heart.
Chen Heng didn't understand what it meant, but he still found the original version from the study and gave it to Chen Shuwei. Shen Shuwei took a look and found the same omissions in it as in the policy paper given by Chu Xinrou in his previous life.
Sure enough, Chu Xinrou's policy paper was stolen from Chen Heng.
At that time, the entire Shen family was exiled and Shen's father was beheaded. Even if the Jingning Marquis's Mansion became famous because of this flood control policy, no one inside or outside the court would know that it was originally written by Shen Heng.
Thinking that Chu Xinrou had become a famous talented woman in Beijing by relying on the stolen things, while the Shen family suffered a lot on the road of exile, and Chu Xinrou even prevented her from helping the Shen family, Shen Shuwei felt an indescribable anger in her heart.
Fortunately, there is still time in this life.
The only one who can be crowned with the reputation of talent in this life is the eldest brother Chen Heng.
With this policy paper, the only one who could rise to the top and reach a higher level is their Shen family.
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