Chapter 1804: Leave Your Name

Zhou Shuren was so angry that he said, "It is said that a student is better than his teacher. I believe Changzhong will be better than me."

Old Master Wen snorted. The Wen family had no shortage of top scholars, but the Zhou Marquisate did. "Then I'll wait for good news."

"I will personally hand the post to the old man when the time comes."

With a slightly distorted expression on Old Master Wen's face, he didn't want to visit Marquis Zhou's residence, let alone give anything to Zhou Shuren's child.

Zhou Shuren smiled and said, "Old man, since you are slow, I will go ahead."

Lord Wei, "."

This is really infuriating, and only Zhou Hou would dare to say this.

Master Wen was so angry that he blew his beard and glared. Master Qi was speechless, "Why did you provoke him?"

Old Master Wen snorted. He couldn't stand Zhou Shuren's cocky look. He became sick when he thought of the Queen's death. The Prince came to the house and only said a few words before leaving. The anger on Old Master Wen's face disappeared, but his back bent a little more.

Old Master Qi lowered his voice and asked, "What do you think of what I said?"

Old Master Wen pursed his lips. He knew in his heart that there would be no more daughters of the Wen family in the prince's backyard, not even if they were from the fifth degree of mourning within the family. The emperor would not allow it, and the prince was unwilling to do so.

Old Master Qi didn't wait for a reply, but he was not in a hurry. Anyway, the Empress' mourning period had not yet ended, so he could take his time. Thinking of this, Old Master Qi was delighted. Who could have thought that the Empress would suddenly pass away? The Crown Prince had to mourn for the Emperor and the Empress for three years, and as a result, the young lady who was to be sent to the Crown Prince's Mansion was already older.

Old Master Qi was very proud, as it just so happened that the Qi family had a suitable girl.

Zhou Shuren returned to the Ministry of Revenue and distributed the remaining candies in response to the congratulations from Qiu Yan and others.

Qiu Yan took it happily, "I will save this candy for my grandson, so that he can also share in the joy and pass the imperial examination in the future."

Zhou Shuren, "I keep hearing you talk about your grandson. If I remember correctly, he's only three years old?"

Qiu Yan put the candy away and said, "Although he is young, he is the smartest among my grandsons. He can already recite the Three Character Classic."

He really loves his little grandson. Among so many grandsons, only the little grandson can be found.

Zhou Shuren thought to himself, by the time this child is able to take part in the imperial examinations, there will surely be a lot more subjects added. Wow, come on, this generation of kids!

At Zhou Hou Mansion, Zhu Lan looked at the makeup items prepared for Jiang Ling. She thought for a while and said, "Add a set of ruby ​​head ornaments."

After hearing this, Qingxue stood up and went out, and quickly brought back the ruby ​​headpiece.

Li liked it at first sight, "Mom, when did you make this headgear?"

Zhu Lan smiled and said, "I played it at the beginning of the year. I thought I would play more and give Yu Die some points later."

She has collected a lot of gems over the years, and at the beginning of the year she selected a box of them and made them all into jewellery.

Li took the makeup list and said, "Then I'll put it away."

"Well, you should go in person to Jiang Ling's wedding."

"My daughter-in-law has made note of it."

Li knew Jiang Ling's background, and her mother-in-law valued Jiang Ling, so even if her mother-in-law didn't ask, she would have gone there in person.

Zhulan added: "This child has no elders either. I wanted you to help with the bridal preparations, but we were afraid that this child would be a problem, so we asked a female official from the academy to help."

Li really likes this kind of girl who knows when to advance and when to retreat. "Miss Jiang treats the academy as her own home."

"Yes, there are many people who got married from the academy this year."

There is another type of girl student in the academy, who comes here specifically to learn literacy and mathematics, and does not plan to go out to work after graduation. These girls come from families with some financial resources, but because it is difficult to hire female teachers and learn knowledge, they are finally sent to the academy.

Now the area around the college has become a place where matchmakers frequently appear, all because there are still many orphan girls who have not yet been engaged.

In Zhoujia Village, Changzhong has been very tired recently. He came back from Li Yuan after completing his study and hosted a banquet for the whole family and met the younger generation. He has been busy since he came back.

Cheng Xiang arrived today. "We're leaving tomorrow. Have you packed everything?"

Chang Zhong: “Yeah.”

Cheng Xiang was very excited to go to Beijing. He had long wanted to go to Beijing to broaden his horizons, but unfortunately his father had always disagreed. "Then I will go back and rest so that I can get up early and not be late for the journey."

"good."

Changzhong waited for Cheng Xiang to leave, and carefully put the test questions given by his father and Wu Mingge into a box. These were to be taken back to the capital, and they were full of his notes and Wu Mingge's comments.

Unfortunately, my father didn’t have time to give him comments, so the questions set by my father and brother-in-law were all corrected by Brother Wu Ming.

Changzhong locked the box and felt happy again when he thought that he would be able to see his nephew Mingyun soon when he got home.

The next morning, the gate of the Zhou family's old house opened wide, and horse-drawn carriages came out one after another. When Minghui left, he took four carriages with him, and when Changzhong left, he took four more. The four carriages were full of delicacies sent by the clansmen.

It's all out of gratitude for Zhou Shuren's contribution to the family.

Cheng Xiang looked at the people who were seeing him off and said to Chang Zhong, "I see the Zhou family flourishing."

Chang Zhong, "The Zhou family will continue to be passed down."

Cheng Xiang heard about ambition and desire, and thought of the clan rules of the Zhou family. He felt that as long as the Zhou family did not participate in the event of extermination, there would be no problem with inheritance.

In Chuanzhou, Chang Zhi met Zhang Jinghong and other officials. Zhang Jinghong took other officials from the Ministry of Revenue to the warehouse without stopping, while other officials filled the vacancies in Chuanzhou.

Even if the court sent officials to fill the vacancies, some important positions would still remain vacant.

Chang Zhi, on the other hand, was not busy. He had sent Lord Yao and other officials who were helping with the autumn examination to leave Chuanzhou yesterday. As a result, Chang Zhi was drinking tea and watching Zhang Jinghong busy.

Zhang Jinghong first checked the sealed warehouses, and then arranged for people to check each warehouse one by one. By the time he finished the arrangements, he was so busy that he felt dizzy, and he was very thirsty after talking too much.

Chang Zhi handed over a cup of tea and said, "Have a drink."

Zhang Jinghong finished it in one gulp and said, "You made a big mistake, but now you have nothing to do."

Changzhi smiled and poured another cup and passed it over, "I have done what I should do, the rest is your job."

Zhang Jinghong drank two cups before his throat felt better. "It's not good to bring these things back to Beijing."

There were nearly three million taels of gold and silver alone, as well as many antiques.

Changzhi also knew, "That's your business. By the way, you should carefully identify the antique calligraphy and paintings. There are too many things. I can only look at the general ones here."

Zhang Jinghong narrowed his eyes and asked, "Has anyone approached the warehouse?"

Changzhi understood immediately, "Are you afraid that someone will steal and replace the antiques?"

Zhang Jinghong hummed, "This is not an isolated case."

"No, you know what I did to you. Even the bravest ones wouldn't dare to do anything."

Zhang Jinghong was speechless, "You are quite proud."

Chang Zhi raised his eyebrows, "The Sichuan Province imperial examination case is a major event that will be recorded in history books, so I will also be remembered in history books."

Zhang Jinghong, "."

Look how proud he is. This is because the emperor trusts Zhou Houfu. No one else would dare to do this. The man in front of him is also a fool.

In the evening, Magistrate Li prepared a welcoming banquet, which he paid for out of his own pocket. Now the government office's accounts are still sealed!

Zhang Jinghong had been a prince and had wrestled with the emperor before. He also had a sharp eye after training. He watched Lord Li busying around and said to Chang Zhi beside him, "Did you see that? You should learn from him."

Chang Zhi curled his lips, "If I were like Lord Li, I wouldn't be the one presiding over Chuanzhou's Suqing."

Zhang Jinghong rolled his eyes in his heart. Zhou Changzhi knew what was going on when he said these words. "The Emperor really knows how to use people well."

"Otherwise, why do you say he is the emperor?"

(End of this chapter)