Queen of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

When it was time for dinner, Lin Ruhai revealed the answer. He got ten Wanmin umbrellas.

Wanyu couldn't help but rolled her eyes, she was too jealous.

The Wanmin Umbrella is actually not an umbrella. It looks like a silk cloth tube, just like the two things behind the emperor's patrol. The name of the donor, and a circle of cloth strips are sewn on it, and the status of the people in this circle is slightly lower.

Wanyu saw records when she was practicing calligraphy in Lin Ruhai's study, that in the history of this dynasty, at most one magistrate he got three.

To be honest, the Wanmin Umbrella of this dynasty is actually a bit exaggerated, but when a magistrate resigns or is promoted and leaves, the local gentry will organize people to donate one to thank him for his achievements and protection of the people during his tenure.

Therefore, those who have been local officials basically have one, and they can get a lot of points in the performance assessment.In this way, it has evolved to the present, and the officials of the Ministry of Officials have turned their eyes and closed their eyes. The commonly-called rules agreed by everyone are the source of the first umbrella. Everyone knows that it is true skill if there are many.

But my father can't be regarded as a magistrate, he also got ten Wanmin umbrellas, Wanyu saw Lin Ruhai's smile was about to be squeezed out, she thought that she was powerful enough to have a lot of fans. "Father, can I go and see?"

Lin Ruhai hesitated a little, "Hands are washed clean, don't pull them."

"How old am I?" Wanyu's tone was a little disgusted.

Lin Ruhai was not angry either, and looked at the other three pairs of shining eyes on the table, "Go, go, go."

So after lunch, the four members of the Lin family followed the host to the study where he temporarily stored the Wanmin umbrella.

Wanyu's eyeballs are about to fall off, and the cloth strips underneath must have been sewn too much...

Other people's umbrellas are usually sewn twice. Among Lin Ruhai's Wanmin umbrellas, three of them are fully sewn inside, so it's no wonder they had to be pulled.

"Father is really amazing." It was Lin Ping who spoke first, looking at Lin Ruhai with round eyes.

Being so admired by his son, the father's happy beard would stand up. He stroked Lin Ping's head and said with a smile, "It's my ancestors of the Lin family who accumulated virtue."

"I want to be like my father when I grow up." No sentence can bring greater joy to the father than this sentence, and the son is so proud to take him as an example.

The corners of Lin Ruhai's mouth were always upturned, and the muscles on his face were still twitching a little, presumably because of too much force in order to maintain a peaceful expression.

Wanyu moved in again, and carefully looked at the ten Wanmin umbrellas her father had received.

"...It was sent to the Lianghuai salt transportation envoy in the morning..."

Governor Li's name is actually on it!

"...Wei father was also startled..."

Well, two of them were sent by Songshan Academy.

"After being an official for so many years, with this, I am worthy of the promotion of my ancestors and Your Majesty."

There are also two nearby villages, all embroidered with the head of the village as the representative. This piece of cloth represents a hundred families!

You are too strong!

Perhaps it was because Wanyu's eyes were too aggressive, Lin Ruhai stopped suddenly, embarrassed and said: "Did you say too much?"

It can be seen that Lin Ruhai is very happy, and she would be happy if she put Wanyu on her body.Two hands from Songshan Academy, what does this represent?Talented scholars have been born in Jiangnan since ancient times, and at least half of the students who can participate in the imperial examination are from Jiangnan, especially Songshan Academy.

This is at least the next 20 years, and at least a quarter of the names are on these two umbrellas.What kind of emperor's protégé, she was beaten by her father first~

Father, you are too strong!Wanyu's eyes became as bright as Lin Ping's.

Daiyu watched her father look at her sister and then at her brother, as if she had forgotten herself, she suddenly took two steps forward and said, "Father, give me a hug."

Lin Ruhai hugged the second daughter with a smile, and said, "Daiyu is as tall as the Wanmin Umbrella."

Lin Ping glared at Daiyu, foul!

The three children of the Lin family, because Jia Min couldn't hold them, the only one he could hold was Lin Ruhai.In order to compete fairly, the three agreed not to ask their father for a hug.

Wanyu also got involved, spreading her hands, although she is an elder sister, she is not very old, she will soon grow to a weight that even her father can't hold.But because Lin Ruhai took her out a few days ago, there are only Daiyu and Lin Ping in this group for the time being.

Lin Ping became anxious when he saw it, and as soon as his eyes turned around, he was about to touch Lin Ruhai's Wanmin Umbrella. Lin Ruhai hurriedly put Daiyu down, and said, "Okay, let's all go, I have to write a book for my father."

Well, no one is playing now.

The three children followed Jia Min again.

Jia Min walked slowly, pulling Wan Yuneng to walk in front of her, and the two behind were the ones who gave me a look and I gave you a look, if it wasn't for the nanny watching, maybe they would have made a move.

Jia Min was so happy that he didn't say a word in front of the children just now, but the children couldn't see anything wrong with their eye contact.

Her husband is a great hero.

Lin Ruhai drove them out halfway, sat at the table and began to write notes.Lin Ruhai has an excellent literary talent, which is an advantage, and he himself knows it.The excerpt is full of thousands of characters, and it is all about boasting about the emperor.

From thanking the emperor for his kindness, to thanking the emperor for his promotion, even Shanghedi also wanted to repay His Majesty's kindness over the years.The writing is a little reserved, but everything that needs to be said has been said.

When the booklet was finished, Lin Ruhai revised it again from the beginning, and then copied it again, preparing to send it along with the tax money for going to Beijing tomorrow.

Of course, there are also the ten Wanmin Umbrellas. Lin Ruhai said that he was hand-picked by the emperor as Tanhua, who is a student of the Son of Heaven.

After writing the booklet and sending it out, Lin Ruhai even found some free time to show Wanyu a look, and there was a bit of showing off in it.No way, his son has just learned to read, and after all, he always has a kind of fear of teaching his son to be ruined. He dare not even do the enlightenment himself, so he entrusts Mr. Cao with full power. And the progress is not the same, so the lessons of the two girls are a little looser.

Wanyu looked at the brochure and then at her father, she thought her father was a good official, but now it seems that he can be a man.By boasting the emperor in a different way, he wrote down all his credit, which is indeed high.

Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "If this booklet is up, we should move."

"What does father mean...is he going to be transferred back to the capital?" With such a great achievement, and his father being the emperor's confidant, this award...maybe he can be promoted to the first rank. "Congratulations, father!" Wanyu bowed like a boy.

Lin Ruhai stroked his beard with a smile, very satisfied. "Don't tell anyone, this matter hasn't been done yet!"

The days passed while waiting so anxiously, Wanyu could see that Lin Ruhai was a little restless, and she occasionally laughed when she went to the study, "I'm afraid it will take more than a month to go from the Grand Canal to the capital. It will probably be Chinese New Year before I resettle my father and come back."

Lin Ruhai glanced at her, thinking at the beginning that it would be better to send it with the tax bank, but who knows that waiting is so anxious now, if I knew it would be better to send it there quickly, it would be better than suffering here.

"Eat the king's salary and take care of the king's worries, this is what a courtier should do." Lin Ruhai said seriously.

It's a pity that he told Wanyu more than once, counting from how long the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is, how many nautical miles a day the boat transporting tax money can travel, and every few days he would show Wanyu on the map the estimated arrival of the boat. Where is it, so his righteous words really didn't have much effect.

Seeing that her daughter was still smiling very...not pleasing to the eye, Lin Ruhai couldn't hold back, "Go, go, help your wife, the people in Zhuangzi are about to arrive today, there are a lot of things at home, and you haven't practiced your handwriting yet." , Poetry can’t be done together, and you don’t care about your younger brothers and sisters? Every day..."

While Lin Ruhai was talking, Wanyu walked towards the door and said, "I won't be here to obstruct my father's eyes. If you want to tell me where the boat is tomorrow, I'll come and listen."

From Jia Min's point of view, Wanyu is a sensible and considerate girl, but she doesn't look like a lady like everyone else. She loves to move too much. She walks around the garden several times a day, and sometimes she can break out in sweat.No, it looks like he came back from Lin Ruhai's inner study.

"Go and wash your face before you come back." Jia Min was a little disgusted.

This year, there are not many things sent to Zhuangzi, and the money is half less than in previous years. Jia Min knew about the flood, so he didn't ask questions like a ghost, and said lightly: "I don't blame you for this year's harvest. , the land at home is fertile land, and it is close to the water, so the natural disaster will be more serious. It’s just that we have to cultivate the land next year, so we dare not delay.”

Li Zhuangtou, who was standing with his head bowed below, heaved a sigh of relief. Although the owner's management was not strict, they were always uneasy.

The messenger in Beijing did not arrive until the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, and he was still an old acquaintance: Eunuch Zhang.

Lin Ruhai directly welcomed him to the inner study.

"Congratulations, Master Lin, congratulations, Master Lin!" Eunuch Zhang was a few years older than last time, and his voice was still very loud.

"Eunuch is still in such good health."

After exchanging greetings, Eunuch Zhang pulled out the envelope from his cuff, "Your Majesty, the decree will not be issued until the end of the new year, which is a good sign for the coming year. Let the old servant communicate with you first, so that you can prepare to go to Beijing. "

After saying this, Eunuch Zhang looked left and right, and Lin Ruhai said, "Please tell me, Eunuch, there is no one else here."

Eunuch Zhang lowered his voice, "Your Majesty's meaning... this old servant reckons that Mr. Lin is going to enter the cabinet to pay homage to you!"