Scholar and old attack

Years later, the things that Jiang Jingyuan asked someone to bring finally arrived in Wutong County.

Qin Chujiu brought him a package and came to his door, "Mr. Jiang, congratulations on the New Year."

Jiang Jingyuan smiled and replied "Happy New Year", and squeezed out a red envelope from his bosom to give to Qin Chujiu.

Qin Chujiu weighed it, it wasn't heavy, and he put it in his arms without hesitation, but when he got home and opened it, he found 50 taels of silver inside, which was more than his annual salary.

Looking at the busy wife at home, and the elderly mother.

In addition to the admiration for Jiang Jingyuan, there is also a little more gratitude.

Xu Shuizhou was arranging the bedding, and seeing Jiang Jingyuan holding a package in his hand, he was a little curious, "It's so mysterious, what did you buy?"

"This is a good thing. I entrusted my brothers to look for it in other places." Jiang Jingyuan put the package on the table, smiled mysteriously, and turned to look for the scissors.

Xu Shuizhou was startled, "Brother?"

"Yeah." Jiang Jingyuan hummed softly without raising his head, "They are the disciples of the master. Although they just worshiped the master in the county government, the master gave me the contact information of many brothers. Some of them entered the court. As officials, some are traveling around, thanks to the county magistrate, I can use the post station to communicate with them."

Speaking of this matter, Jiang Jingyuan not only admired his mentor, but all the disciples he taught were upright and upright, and many senior brothers sent him greeting letters.

This made Jiang Jingyuan feel a little uncomfortable. After all, he was considered to be the lowest-ranked student among the disciples accepted by the master. He was really flattered to be favored by so many senior brothers.

Jiang Jingyuan opened the package, revealing four large bamboo tubes, Xu Shuizhou looked at it in amazement, "Is it wine?"

Jiang Jingyuan smiled, and didn't rush to answer. He got up and supported Xu Shuizhou's shoulder, "Go to bed and lie down, I'll show you something nice."

Xu Shuizhou's cheeks were blushing, and he looked at Jiang Jingyuan coquettishly, lowered his eyelashes, and said softly, "The doctor said, it's not suitable to have sex."

After speaking, he looked at the bamboo tube on the table, blushing even more, A Yuan asked his seniors to prepare this thing, it's not good.

Seeing Xu Shuizhou's shy face, Jiang Jingyuan knew that he had misunderstood, and without explaining, he went to take the bamboo tube on the table with a smile.

He came over and unbuttoned Xu Shuizhou's coat and opened his inner garment. Xu Shuizhou was so ashamed that he hid under the blanket, leaving only his white and tender belly.

Covering his head under the blanket, he hummed, "Ah Yuan, no, it will hurt the child."

Jiang Jingyuan gave him a funny look, didn't speak, poured something from the bamboo tube into his palm, rubbed his hands together until he got hot, and then slowly climbed onto Xu Shuizhou's lower abdomen.

The movements gently massaged his lower abdomen.

Xu Shuizhou felt it carefully for a while, and felt that it was not as good as he thought, so he poked his head out of the bed and asked curiously, "A Yuan, what are you doing?"

Gradually, I felt that my lower abdomen was not only not cold, but rather warm, and even vaguely comfortable.

"Tricking you, you can't tell, huh?" Jiang Jingyuan looked at Xu Shuizhou with a smile on his face, wanting to tease him with a bad taste.

Xu Shuizhou raised his mouth, smiled in his clear eyes, and kicked Jiang Jingyuan's calf with his tender little feet, "Don't make trouble, you lied to me again."

Jiang Jingyuan laughed for a long time, and then slowly explained, "This is olive oil. I asked my brothers to find it for a long time. Look at your belly getting bigger every day, and you will also have stretch marks. Every day Put this on and you won't get unsightly wrinkles."

Xu Shuizhou looked at his belly that had already started to swell, and he saw two thin lines on both sides of his waist. This was just the beginning, and these lines would become more and more in the future, and eventually the whole belly would be covered.

It must be ugly to have a baby.

Xu Shuizhou's brows frowned, and then relaxed again. Before he had anything to worry about, his A Yuan had already considered it for him.

Opening his eyes, he looked at Jiang Jingyuan innocently, "Is this oil really so magical?"

"Yes, as long as you persist every day, I will paint it for you every day from now on."

Jiang Jingyuan's white and tender fingertips were gently massaging Xu Shuizhou's belly.

"Yeah." The reply was as soft as a mosquito, and Xu Shuizhou's face was red to the ears.

Jiang Jingyuan was pleased by his cuteness, and continued to tease him, "Not only the belly, but also the thighs, arms, these places must be paid attention to."

Xu Shuizhou's eyes were full of spring, his face blushed, and he remained silent.

Doesn't it mean that you have to strip yourself off.

Obviously both of them are married and even have children, but Xu Shuizhou still has a little bit of shyness.

Jiang Jingyuan just likes to see Xu Shuizhou's shy little face with affectionate eyebrows, no matter how he looks at it, he can't get tired of it.

After a long time, Xu Shuizhou blushed and whispered, "I can do it myself."

"No, this kind of thing can only achieve the best results when a husband does it." Jiang Jingyuan refused solemnly. Originally, Azhou was pregnant and he couldn't eat meat. He didn't even give him this bit of meat. Dull.

Xu Shuizhou blinked, and stared at Jiang Jingyuan with a pair of eyes, until he saw Jiang Jingyuan looked away uncomfortably, then smiled, "A Yuan, you coaxed me again."

"No." Jiang Jingyuan denied Xu Shuizhou's wandering gaze.

Jiang Jingyuan coughed, his face was slightly red, and he said calmly, "Why don't you take off your trousers, and I'll massage your thighs again."

Xu Shuizhou widened his eyes and looked at Jiang Jingyuan. Before he could speak, the door of the house was suddenly pushed open.

Chen Xiuxiu glanced at the two people on the bed, then quickly closed the door.

"Jiang Jingyuan, come out for me, I have something to tell you."

Chen Xiuxiu's tone was obviously a little angry.

Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou looked at each other, and they both saw smiles in each other's eyes.

Jiang Jingyuan got up helplessly, straightened his clothes, and when he went out, Chen Xiuxiu grabbed his ears.

"Jiang Jingyuan, do you know that Zhou Zhou is still pregnant, the doctor has said that it is not suitable for intercourse, look at what stupid things you have done."

This time, Chen Xiuxiu was really angry with Jiang Jingyuan. She had never hit a child before, so she grabbed Jiang Jingyuan's ear for the first time.

"hiss--"

Jiang Jingyuan was sucked in by Chen Xiuxiu, screaming for pain.

Chen Xiuxiu cursed arrogantly, but still put her hand down, "You still know it hurts, do you still want your husband to be well, usually you look quite obedient, why are you so reckless this time."

Jiang Jingyuan couldn't laugh or cry, he really dug a big hole for himself, and hurriedly explained, "Mom, I didn't, I was just applying medicine to A Zhou."

"Applying medicine?" Chen Xiuxiu rolled her eyes at Jiang Jingyuan, her eyes were full of disbelief, "Do you think I'm stupid, Zhou Zhou didn't fall and didn't get hurt, what kind of medicine should be applied."

"Mother, it's true, A Yuan applied medicine to me just now." Fortunately, Xu Shuizhou came out in time to rescue Jiang Jingyuan.

Chen Xiuxiu glanced at Xu Shuizhou, and reluctantly believed, "Zhouzhou, you can't be too partial to him in this kind of thing. If you're not pregnant, mother won't care how tired you are."

"No." Xu Shuizhou was ashamed and ashamed, and whispered in Chen Xiuxiu's ear for a long time. Only then did Chen Xiuxiu believe his words, and glanced at Jiang Jingyuan, "You still have a conscience."

Jiang Jingyuan was a little dumbfounded, and his ears were pulled in vain.

"time to eat."

Chen Xiuxiu came over to ask Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou to have dinner, but the young couple didn't respond after calling a few times, so she went to push the door.

"You boy, pay attention to me. If there is something wrong with Zhou Zhou, I will sacrifice you to heaven." Chen Xiuxiu poked Jiang Jingyuan's back and whispered viciously in his ear.

Jiang Jingyuan nodded affirmatively, rubbed his forehead again, his mother really loved his daughter-in-law more than his son.

Xu Shuizhou was in a good mood watching Jiang Jingyuan slumped on his back, and went to eat with a happy face.

The people in the small counties on the outskirts of the city are living comfortably this year, but the people far away in the capital are terrified because of Jiang Jingyuan's inadvertent words.

Business tax is wrong.

Gu Renhuai presented his papers, and the emperor was furious on the spot. The emperor laid down millions of corpses and demanded a thorough investigation. All the officials and merchants in the capital were in panic.

In two or three days, several officials were found to be corrupt and broke the law, and people ransacked their homes everywhere on the street.

Although it was all small officials who moved, and some officials with heels could not move yet, at least the emperor gave everyone a signal, and these people will restrain themselves a little bit.

There are also some who are less courageous, and even voluntarily handed over the dirty money collected over the years, and what's more, they gave a long list.

Even the emperor gasped when he saw the names on the list. From the royal relatives down to the ordinary merchants, he colluded with each other. It turned out that what he thought was the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but because of a small merchant, the entire officialdom was turned upside down. .

"It's really bold. Even this official position can be blatantly quoted. A seventh-rank county magistrate actually offered 1000 taels to 5000 taels of silver. It's really good. Is this my officialdom or the officialdom of these corrupt officials."

At that time, the emperor was so angry that he threw a bunch of lists in the imperial study.

Gu Renhuai fell deeply on the ground, not daring to move, and comforted him in a gentle voice, "Your Majesty, please pay attention to the body of the dragon. There have been such incidents of corrupt officials since the previous dynasty. Your Majesty has done enough."

The emperor of Ming Dynasty glanced at Gu Renhuai, and his mood improved a little, "Gu Qing doesn't have to be so cautious in front of me. If there is no Gu Qing this time, I will still be kept in the dark."

"When the water is clear, there will be no fish. Why don't I understand, but the business tax is only two out of ten, which is already an extremely low tax. For some big businessmen, it is just a drop in the bucket. They would rather spend a hundred times the price to win over a person." Officials are also unwilling to pay taxes, how sad and painful I feel."

The emperor said and thumped his chest. He is old now, and he can no longer act recklessly like when he was young, and think about more things.

Now that the vassals outside are sharpening their knives, even if he wants to clean up the court, he can't do too much, lest they jump the wall in a hurry, and the vassals will target him.

"I hope my son can create a career in the frontier. I will count on him for the rest of my life." The emperor coughed and his eyes were a little distracted.

Gu Renhuai's heart trembled, it seemed that the emperor was explaining to him, his head lowered lower, his eyelids drooped, "Old minister understands."

Seeing that Gu Renhuai understood, the Son of Heaven smiled and waved his hand, "Ai Qing, please get up, it's cold on the ground."

Gu Renhuai stood up tremblingly, at this time a servant brought a cup of tea to the emperor.

The Son of Heaven took a sip, smiled and said to Gu Renhuai, "Ai Qing, this incident has cost the imperial court a lot of manpower. We must hurry up next year's imperial examination."

"The old minister understands." Gu Renhuai bowed to the emperor.

"I heard that you have accepted a scholar student in Datong?" The emperor meaningfully covered the teacup and glanced at Gu Renhuai lightly.

"Yes, it's Jiang Jingyuan who suggested canceling the labor corvee. This kid is quite talented." Gu Renhuai also smiled knowingly when he thought of Jiang Jingyuan.

"Talent, I think it is wealth, right? I heard that he is quite good at collecting money." The emperor raised his eyebrows and laughed comfortably, "Now that the national treasury is empty, the money that was stolen from the house has to be taken to the border to give to the soldiers. Paying the military salary, I think you are a good disciple, and I will leave him the position of Minister of the Household Department in the next year, I hope I will not be disappointed."

"Yes, the old minister understands." Gu Renhuai lowered his head, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and finally won this position for Jiang Jingyuan.

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As the saying goes, there are people in the court who are easy to handle. Jiang Jingyuan received Gu Renhuai's letter, the corners of his mouth rose, and his brows relaxed.

Being from a poor family really doesn't have any means, when will he be able to climb to a high position.

Time entered February, and Xu Shuizhou's belly swelled up like a balloon. Jiang Jingyuan not only took care of him every day, but also supervised Wei Liangjun and Fang Xinli.

At the beginning of the new year, Jiang Jingyuan said that he would not grow rice this year, which shocked everyone, thinking that the child was talking nonsense, but Chen Xiuxiu thought about it, anyway, there is no shortage of rice silver in the family, so he simply agreed to his wish.

Many old people in the village came to scold Chen Xiuxiu, saying that she was messing around, that she didn't plant good paddy fields, and that wasn't a waste of land.

Chen Xiuxiu went out happily every day, and came back full of anger, "I can mess with my own land as much as I want, these people can control it."

Jiang Jingyuan served her tea and water, "Mom, then don't go out."

"Tell mother the truth, why aren't you allowed to grow rice?" Chen Xiuxiu asked Jiang Jingyuan with a glance.

The smile on Jiang Jingyuan's face couldn't hold back, he looked at the sky, and said, "Mother, look what's different today."

Chen Xiuxiu and everyone went out to look at the sky. After seeing the clear sky for a long time, they really couldn't think of any difference.

"It's only February and we're already wearing thin shirts. It was still a little cold last March." Jiang Jingyuan pointed to his clothes.

"Hi." Chen Xiuxiu raised her hand, she thought it was a big deal, "It means that the weather is good this year, what's the difference, I think the weather this year is pretty good, it's hot early and not stuffy."

Jiang Jingyuan walked slowly in the house, stretched out his hand to check outside, "Look, there's wind."

Xu Shuizhou stretched out his hand strangely, "Isn't it normal to have wind?"

Jiang Jingyuan shook his head and continued, "When I wake up at night, there is also wind."

"A farming proverb says that the East China Sea is also dry when the days are warm and the days are warm. This is a sign of severe drought. Even if we plant rice this year, the harvest will not be very good. Instead of working hard, it is better to take a break from the busy schedule." Jiang Jingyuan leaned over the window, looking a little melancholy.

I don't know how many people have to suffer from the drought.

"A Yuan, you understand this too." Xu Shuizhou's eyes were burning, he never thought that his A Yuan was so intelligent.

"It's nothing. If our family has dry land, let's plant some soybeans." Jiang Jingyuan smiled. He speaks softly now, even if he said there was a drought, who would listen.

"Okay, I'll go plant soybeans." Chen Xiuxiu believed in Jiang Jingyuan, and stopped before taking a step, "By the way, I don't know if this drought will affect the fish in our paddy fields."

"This year, a lot of people imitated us in raising rice field fish. I'm afraid they will suffer even worse." Chen Xiuxiu still couldn't bear it when she said it. They are all from the villagers. Although there are various holidays, they can't just watch them. to die.

"It doesn't matter, we are still in the south after all, even if there is a drought, it won't go anywhere, so there won't be any water in the paddy fields." Jiang Jingyuan shook his head and said nonchalantly.

Chen Xiuxiu felt relieved and went out to do her business.

When others saw Chen Xiuxiu planting dry fields instead of paddy fields, they even called her stupid, but Chen Xiuxiu laughed it off.

Time has entered May, Xu Shuizhou's belly is so big that he can't see his toes, and the weather is getting hotter day by day. It's obviously not yet midsummer, but it's unbearably hot.

The seedlings in the field are growing sickly, and it seems that this year's harvest is not good.

But the drought-tolerant soybeans are growing gratifyingly, with dense leaves, it looks like a good harvest.

Only then did the villagers realize why Chen Xiuxiu didn't grow rice and instead planted soybeans, and they all regretted it.

They came to ask for advice one after another, and learned that Jiang Jingyuan watched the stars at night and calculated that there would be a severe drought this year to plant soybeans. They all clamored for Chen Xiuxiu to tell them in advance what to plant next year.

Chen Xiuxiu said yes, but she felt uneasy in her heart, her son is not a god, it is impossible to know what to plant every year to get a good harvest, this time is just a coincidence.

Fortunately, this year everyone got Jiang Jingyuan's bargain. Many people raised pigs and raised rice fields to raise fish. Loss.

Jiangyu Village is fine, but the other villages are suffering. The harvest is not good, and some families can't support themselves. Fortunately, the Qingshui River can support people in this area of ​​water and soil. Otherwise, many families would be ruined this summer. .

"A Yuan, I compiled some poetry collections for you to read."

Xu Shuizhou was pregnant with twins, and her belly was terribly big.

Sometimes Jiang Jingyuan feels distressed when he looks at it, but he has no way to share it for him. In such a hot summer, in order to make his imperial examination in August go smoothly, he followed Wei Liangjun and Fang Xinli to help sort out the materials.

"Little ancestor, you'd better take a rest and leave all the work to me." Jiang Jingyuan was frightened by Xu Shuizhou's big stride, and hurriedly got up to support him.

Xu Shuizhou curled his lips, "I'm going to get moldy every day lying on the bed, why don't I read, write, and walk in the yard, the children are very good, and it doesn't hurt me to kick me."

Jiang Jingyuan helped him to sit down, touched Xu Shuizhou's belly, and smiled, "That's not true, our children follow me, gentle, not naughty, unlike my uncle's children follow him, torturing my aunt every day."

Mu Junxi was sitting under the eaves reading a book, and she was unhappy when she heard Jiang Jingyuan's words, "Why is my child naughty, I think it's pretty good, at least he will be born healthy."

Before he finished speaking, the child in his stomach kicked him twice again, the pain made his forehead sweat, "Look at him, how strong he is."

Jiang Jingyuan gave him a foolish smile, if his child behaved like this, he must have taken off his shoes and chased and beat him. If he dared to bully my wife, even my son would not be able to do so.

"I think the child in Zhou Zhou's stomach is quieter. Could it be the two brothers or the girl, Jiang Jingyuan, you have to hurry up and make money, and you have to prepare a dowry for the two children."

Mu Junxi glanced at Xu Shuizhou's stomach and smiled.

Jiang Jingyuan touched Xu Shuizhou's belly, the children inside were gentle and gentle, even if they kicked people, they would be kicked softly, if you don't feel them carefully, you really can't feel them moving.

"Two brothers or two girls are better, and the house is quieter. Boys are naughty for three days and go to the house to expose the tiles. Azhou and I can't be so angry." Jiang Jingyuan likes the child in Xu Shuizhou's belly very much.

The two sensible children knew how to love their daddy in the mother's womb, and they will be two filial children in the future.

"You are happy now, and you will cry to death on the day you get married." Mu Junxi also likes brothers and girls, but when he thinks that his little darling grows up, he will fly into other people's arms, and his heart will be overwhelmed. It hurts.

Jiang Jingyuan's brows and eyes were gentle, "It's okay, as long as they meet someone who is sincere to them, Ah Zhou and I will be happy for them."

Ren Quan yawned, listened to their chatting, dismissively, "Thinking about their marriage before the child is born, thinking too far, if my child is a girl or my brother breaks his leg, he is not allowed to marry .”

"You're beautiful, you, I can't help my mother, this child has his own ideas when he grows up, and he can accomplish things just by thinking about it, I was not with you..."

Mu Junxi stopped talking halfway through. He was forced to get married by Ren Quan, and he never passed the three letters and six rituals. It seems that he is planning to marry, but in fact, no one refute when others say that he is a concubine. .

"Some offshoots of the Mu family approached me and wanted to make up with you, but I refused. Wait a minute, and when your father approves of me, I will make up for it." Ren Quan was a little silent.

At the beginning, he was too impulsive, marriage was too child's play, and he didn't consider it for Mu Junxi, and now he regrets it.

If his child ran away with others like this one day, he would definitely break the child's legs and let him run outside!

"En." Mu Junxi responded, not as cheerful as before.

Lin Xuesong followed beside him, also with a melancholy expression on his face.

Jiang Jingyuan turned his head to look at Wei Liangjun and Fang Xinli, who were also lying on the table with hesitant expressions, not wanting to move.

It seems that the weather is so hot that everyone's good mood is gone.

"There are still three months until the imperial examination, just get through these three months." Jiang Jingyuan patted Wei Liangjun's shoulder and comforted him.

"I've been writing eight-legged essays for seven or eight months, and I have almost two questions a day. I really don't want to write any more." Wei Liangjun looked bitter, and he would throw up if he continued to write.

He could memorize those questions with his eyes closed.

"Me too, my God, I have to suffer this kind of pain for nothing." Fang Xinli lay on the table and wanted to cry. Suddenly, he felt that it would be nice to stay at home and look after Zhou Zhou and Xiao Xi. What a pleasure.

How good it is to open your hands for clothes and open your mouth for food.

Jiang Jingyuan put on a straight face, "Why don't you give up the exam and I'll write a report letter to the imperial court?"

Fang Xinli's pupils dilated immediately, and his whole body became excited, "I'll write, I'll write, I can write another hundred of these stereotyped essays!"

Everyone was wondering what the hell Fang Xinli had done to make Jiang Jingyuan come alive as soon as he threatened.

"What about you, you can't be worse than Xinli, right?" Jiang Jingyuan glanced at Fang Xinli with satisfaction and then focused on Wei Liangjun.

Wei Liangjun wailed, held the pen tremblingly, and began to write again.

"It's too tragic." Lin Xuesong mourned for the two of them, and then remembered what happened in his own family, and became depressed again.

The family is urging him to go back. He has been out for almost a year.

But he can't bear to be here, what to do.

It can be counted as a day if it can be delayed, at least you can't leave until you see Junxi and Xiaozhou's baby come out.

On the evening of July [-]th, Xu Shuizhou's stomach suddenly felt heavy, and something was broken, so he quickly grabbed Jiang Jingyuan's arm, "Ah Yuan, the child, the child is coming out."

Jiang Jingyuan was sweating profusely, and rushed to call the midwife. Mu Junxi in the next room also started to mobilize, still shouting, "Why did I get pregnant when I saw Xiaozhou pregnant? I saw him give birth, and I gave birth too !"

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