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

Song Cheng was really disheartened at this moment.

Before last year, he had never thought that he would lose his job as a clerk. After all, his family had been working as clerks in the government office for three generations.

Liu Dianshi did not come to find Song Cheng immediately, and Song Cheng had a last hope in his heart, but at the same time he was even more worried that Liu Dianshi would suddenly appear.

It was not until a day passed and Liu Dianshi still hadn't come to see him that he realized what was going on. He quickly bought some gifts and went to Liu Dianshi's house at night.

Liu Dianshi has actually been worried about this matter these past two days.

He didn't want to be the bad guy, but if he really wanted to expel Song Cheng, he would have to go to the case room and say it. It would be impossible for the prosecutor to say it himself.

At this moment, seeing Song Cheng coming to his house at night, his expression was even more complicated.

"Liu Dianshi, let me give you a taste of these new childhood sweets..." Song Cheng put the box in his hand on the table with a flattering smile.

Dianshi Liu was speechless.

It's already this late, there's nothing he can do about sending any sweets.

"I have had toothaches recently and don't like to eat these sweets. You can take them back and eat them yourself."

Liu Dianshi said this and took a sip of the tea.

Liu Dianshi's meaning was so obvious that Song Cheng could no longer play dumb. He immediately knelt down and said, "Please save me, Mr. Dianshi."

"Alas..." Liu Dianshi sighed, "This is the rule set by the adults, and it's the first time it's being enforced. Do you think that if you beg me, the adults will let you go?"

"Sir, I have a wife and children to support at home. Without this job, how will my family survive?"

In fact, the Song family had accumulated quite a bit of wealth, and they were not at the point where they couldn't survive without this job. But it was true that without this job, their expenses would outweigh their income.

"What's the point of you begging me now? What did I say when I pleaded for you in front of the adults and advised you again and again?

As long as you do the job at hand well, no one can find fault with you.

What about you? Look at what you have done in the past six months. Even if I want to protect you, how can I say that?"

"Master Dianshi, I, I really didn't do it badly on purpose. It's just that the more I wanted to do well, the more mistakes I made. Can you give me another chance, one more chance?"

Alas—Liu Dianshi sighed deeply.

Neither of them spoke again. Song Cheng was waiting for Liu Dianshi to speak, while Liu Dianshi was thinking about how to start.

After a while, Liu Dianshi said, "Xiao Song, it's not that I don't want to help you, but you've really fallen into the hands of the adults. The adults have given you a chance."

As soon as these words came out, Song Cheng knew that there was really no chance of this situation turning around.

Seeing his distraught look, Liu Dianshi advised him: "Your family has saved some money over the years, right? Why don't you try to change your livelihood? Open a shop or do business. You will be able to make a living anyway."

Song Cheng was speechless, his chest rising and falling, and after a while he said, "Master Dianshi, what kind of store can I open and what kind of business can I do? I don't know how to do anything."

"You've been a clerk for so many years, and you don't know anything else? If you can write and calculate, what can't you do? If you can't do other things, you can always be an accountant, right?"

In fact, it’s not that he can’t do it, he just doesn’t want to do it.

Seeing that Song Cheng had nothing more to say, Liu Dianshi ordered the servant, "Send Song Shuli out, and give him the box of cakes to take back."

The servant picked up the briefcase and gently pushed the absent-minded Song Cheng with one hand, and sent him out.

By the time Song Cheng reacted, he had already been sent out of the Liu family and the food box was returned to his hands.

The next day, Song Cheng did not go to the government office again. Liu Dianshi was relieved. At least he did not have to call Song Cheng out and fire him in front of other clerks.

Although everyone occasionally ridiculed Song Cheng when he was here, when he really left, everyone still felt a little sad.

Now, there are indeed people who have been expelled because of two consecutive poor performance evaluations. Everyone knows that the magistrate was not speaking casually, so they are naturally on edge and are more careful in their actions.

Qin Yunhe is very satisfied with the result and effect now.

Although he did not conduct the performance evaluation in order to drive out Song Cheng, he did want to restore order among the clerks.

The dust has settled on this performance evaluation, and Qin Yunhe's letter of retention has also arrived at the government office.

As expected, no one reacted much.

July is almost over and the court is about to hear lawsuits again.

In the past few months, Qin Yunhe has taken time out every day to give lessons to Yuger and Fan Hong, mainly arranging for them to study the meanings of the Four Books and the Classics.

When two people study together, there will be comparisons, and comparisons will naturally lead to more effort. After a few months of classes, Qin Yunhe clearly felt that both of them had made considerable progress in their understanding of the scriptures.

In late July, Yuger and Fan Hong, who had attended classes for several months, were sent away with a lot of gains.

In August, the annual test will be held again.

Early in the morning, Qin Yunhe had someone book a room at the inn closest to the examination venue.

For this annual examination, the three Qin Chong brothers of the Qin family and Qin Shi, who just passed the provincial examination last year, will all come, and Li Chang will naturally participate as well.

Although Feng Zhuo did not plan to continue pursuing fame and honor, he still had to take the annual examination. After all, it was an honor and honor.

Even Fan Hong plans to take the exam this year.

In fact, he passed the county examination and the prefectural examination in his early years, but he gave up the academy examination after failing it twice.

I don't know why this time, but I told Qin Yunhe early in the morning that I wanted to give the exam again, and Qin Yunhe naturally supported me.

Perhaps because they hadn't seen each other for a long time, Feng Zhuo arrived in the city on the first day of August, and Qin Yunhe naturally wanted to welcome Feng Zhuo.

"Haha, Yunhe, I haven't seen you for two years. It seems that you are becoming more and more powerful."

Qin Yunhe, who was pouring tea from a pot, laughed: "What kind of official authority do you mean? Whose official personally pours tea and water for you?"

"Haha, so I am more powerful than you."

Li Chang came in slowly, fanning himself: "Brother Chaofan is naturally very impressive, but I have never drunk the tea poured by the Magistrate."

Qin Yunhe didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and poured another cup to Li Chang: "Okay, Zigao, you blame me for not giving you water in the past few years."

"Hahaha."

A few of them sat down chatting and laughing, and asked the waiter to serve the food before they started talking.

"Zigao, I heard from Yunhe that the idea of ​​mustard tea came from you?"

Li Chang took a sip of tea and said, "I just mentioned that the mustard tea was good, but I didn't know that you treated it as a business deal."

Feng Zhuo chuckled: "Since you like it, it means it's marketable. Why don't you make it yourself?"

"My family's business is managed by my second brother. I am too lazy to manage it."

"So what do you do at home?"

"As for me," Li Chang took another sip of the tea bowl and said leisurely, "I am responsible for the imperial examination for my family."