Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

Lin Zhaotang has been home for nearly a month and has just returned from a social event.

There were a lot of gifts sent by others on the table, and Lin's wife was sorting them out.

The court gave me three months of leave, and the county I was assigned to was not far from home, so I was not in a hurry to leave. These days I was busy dealing with people from all sides who came to visit and make friends.

Lin Zhaotang had already been appointed an official, so the number of people who came to congratulate, entertain, and curry favor with him after he came back this time was naturally not the same as when he first passed the imperial examination.

Knowing that he couldn't refuse all the gifts, Lin Zhaotang picked out the less valuable ones and accepted them.

Lin Zhaotang watched his wife clean up and was about to lend a hand out of habit, but was stopped by his wife.

"What can you pack? Take a rest."

Being stopped, Lin Zhaotang did not insist on helping to clean up. He just sat aside and watched his wife busying herself with a smile.

Mrs. Lin has been very happy these days and likes her husband more and more.

Not only did my husband pass the exam and get appointed as an official, he also returned.

Not only did she come back, but she also had some money left over from the money she brought for him. Plus with the rewards from the court and various congratulatory gifts, life at home suddenly became more affluent. This time she really didn't have to sell oil anymore, and she could stand up straighter.

She is now a true official wife.

"Is it really okay to collect these? Will I be considered a corrupt official?" Lin's wife was still a little worried.

"It's okay. These are just congratulatory gifts. I didn't take anything too expensive."

“Isn’t this expensive?”

Lin Zhaotang smiled slightly and said gently: "It's okay, it doesn't count, just keep it."

Fung Lok Village

The herbs planted by Yunniang have grown, and Chen Er's original riverbed is still planted with half sweet potatoes and half wheat.

Taking advantage of the fact that it wasn't too hot in the morning, Chen Er was turning the sweet potato seedlings in the field.

"Brother Chen, are you turning the rice seedlings?"

"Hey, it's cool now, turn it over quickly." Chen Er said, while working non-stop: "Zhu Zi, what are you doing?"

There should be little activity in the wheat fields at this time.

"Oh, I'll go to the field to take a look." Zhuzi said as he went to take a look, but he stopped at the end of Chen Er's field and looked down at Chen Er's sweet potato field: "Your sweet potatoes are growing well."

Chen Er was busy turning the rice seedlings, so he just smiled foolishly and ignored him.

Zhuzi studied it for a while and saw that Chen Er had no time to deal with him, so he asked again: "Have you paid the money for the river invasion?"

Chen Er looked up in surprise: "What river invasion money?"

"Didn't the headman look for you? The county issued a notice that all riverside lands must pay river encroachment fees, two taels per mu." Zhuzi held up two fingers with a painful look on his face.

Chen Er was shocked by the price: "How much?! When I bought this land, it was only two taels per mu."

Zhuzi stamped his feet and said, "Who said it wasn't true? After paying this money, this acre of riverside land has caught up with the average land price. Even so, I don't know if we can still plant the land after paying it! They say it occupies the river!"

Chen Er was also panicked when he heard this, because he had spent all his savings to buy this land.

Although he had saved some money over the past year, he still couldn't afford the two taels of silver for an acre of land.

What should I do? Since they say that we have occupied the river, I will pay the money and not let them plant the crops, right?

I spent four taels of silver per acre and cultivated the crops for less than two years. What a loss!

Only then did he remember that Qin Yunhe had indeed mentioned before that he might collect money for river trespassing, but he had not taken it seriously.

Seeing how anxious he was, Zhuzi said, "Brother Chen, don't worry. Maybe you don't have to hand over your land. Otherwise, why didn't the headman come to find you? Your land is listed with Master Qin. The county master is also a master. They are all the same. They will definitely not let you hand it over."

After Zhuzi's reminder, Chen Er finally realized that the headman might have gone directly to Aunt Qin instead of looking for him.

After all, his land is registered under Qin Yunhe's name, so no one would go directly to him to find him.

Thinking of this, Chen Er no longer felt like doing anything else.

"No, I have to go back and ask. Don't ask Aunt Qin for it."

Although he knew that if he really asked Qin's mother for the money, she would not pay it for him without saying a word, he was still a little worried.

Seeing him running back in a hurry, Zhuzi shouted from behind: "Don't worry, your land is registered under the name of Master Qin, who dares to ask you to pay money——"

Chen Er didn't care what Zhuzi said and just ran back in a hurry.

It has been more than a month since the Qin family received the good news. In the beginning, they were eagerly waiting for Qin Yunhe to come back every day, but now they are starting to worry about when he will come back.

The news that Qin Yunhe passed the imperial examination has spread throughout the surrounding villages in recent days.

When the country people heard that someone had passed the imperial examination, they thought that he had become an official. People from far and near came to congratulate him, all wanting to establish a relationship with him.

However, after people came several times, they were told that he had not returned yet and had to wait in the capital to be appointed an official position, so people began to have some doubts and speculations again.

Qin's mother and Yuru didn't understand why they had to wait since they had already passed the imperial examination.

Qin Si told his family about the current situation of the vacancy in the court. Qin's mother's hope for her son to return home in glory was a little disappointed.

Yuru was more worried that Qin Yunhe wouldn't be able to take care of himself alone.

The weather has become a little hot, and the grasshoppers in the fields have grown into large patches.

Today, Yu Ge'er had nothing to do, so he came to play with Ruyi again and waited for his husband to come back.

Yuger was talking to Ruyi while breaking the grasshoppers into pieces of bracelets and necklaces.

"Ruyi, do you miss sir?"

"I want to - I want to go find my father, but mother said that the capital is too far away and I can't go..." Ruyi sighed softly like a little adult.

"Yes, the capital is very far away, and I don't know when the teacher will be back. I have almost memorized the "Great Learning"."

At this point, Yu Ge'er felt melancholy again: "My third uncle said that the master is now a Jinshi. When he is appointed as an official, he will go to a faraway place to serve as an official. I won't see him once a year..."

Yu Ru was washing clothes in the yard. When she heard Yu Ge'er's words, her heart ached and her hands went outside the washboard, splashing some water.

Somewhat distraught.

Papapa

Yu Ru was still scrubbing clothes in a state of annoyance when she heard knocking on the door.

Before Yu Ru could respond, the door was pushed open and Chen Er stepped in.

"Chen Er? What's the matter?"

"Yuru, let me ask you, does the head of the village come to you to ask for money for crossing the river?"

Yu Ru looked confused: "River invasion money? What river invasion money?"

"It's my riverside land. I just heard from Zhuzi that the county wants to collect money for river invasion. Isn't my land registered in Awen's name? I'm afraid the head of the village will come to you directly to ask for it."

"No, the village head has never been here. Is it true that they are going to collect river trespassing fees?"

Yuru also remembered that Qin Yunhe had told her before that they would probably have to collect river encroachment fees for that piece of land.

When Yu Ge'er heard this, he immediately jumped up and said, "I remember that the master said that the land was very troublesome and bad, so we can't buy it!"

Chen Er naturally remembered this incident, and he thought Qin Yunhe didn't want to hang him. Now he felt a little embarrassed when he heard Yu Ge'er say this.

He bowed his head and said to Yuru, "I'll go ask the head of the village. If he asks me to pay it, I'll do it."

Capital

Qin Yunhe has been reporting to the Ministry of Personnel for several days. His work content is similar to that of the Ministry of Rites. He just follows the person in charge to do some copying work.

Since his rebirth, his attitude towards transcription work is completely different from that in his previous life.

Now when he copies books, his hands are quick, his handwriting is good, and he rarely makes mistakes, so the person in charge here seems to be quite satisfied with him.

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I had a good idea before, that I could be the first to know if there were any vacancies in the Ministry of Personnel.

When he finally arrived, he discovered that even if there was a vacancy, only the superiors knew about it. At least in the past few days, he had no chance to meet with superiors above the level of the chief.

Not to mention any news about job vacancies.

Alas - another day of hard work and no gain -