Chapter 18

In March, as usual, Mrs. Cheng's room was full of people. Qingfu is sitting at a small tea table with Cheng enbao in his arms. Cheng enbao is a four-year-old boy. He still walks in his arms all day long.

Ruan is not as respectable as Qingfu. She stands beside Mrs. Cheng and keeps pulling her handkerchief. It seems that she can't sit still. After a while, a little guy finally came in, stopped far away from the threshold and kowtowed: "Hello, little lady! Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, are in good health. "

Ruan's eyes suddenly brightened, and even Qingfu raised his head. Old lady Cheng is old and has the best ability to Nourish Qi. Wen Yan still asks, "has the order of ninth master come down? What does the messenger say? "

"Great joy, the ninth master took over the vacancy of the Ministry of industry and gave it to Yu Hengqing, a doctor of the Ministry of industry."

The women's family members gave a "ah". Ruan was most concerned about this. She didn't understand the long string of official names. She only asked, "what kind of official are they?"

"Just five."

"It's five grades." Ruan murmured that she was in a mixed mood. On the one hand, she was proud of Cheng Yuanjing's five grade official position. Instead of rising, her official rank fell. On the other hand, she was a little worried about the Cheng family. After all, Cheng Yuanjing has the highest official position and the best future in the Marquis's office. If he can't be promoted, the Marquis's office in Yichun will only decline more and more.

There was no one in the room except Ruan, but there was no doubt that Ruan spoke out. Cheng Min advises old lady Cheng to use her money to make a relationship with Cheng Yuanjing. Old lady Cheng is not happy, but she knows that Cheng Min is right. Mrs. Cheng wants to use this level to control the son of concubine, so that he can know that if he becomes an official, he can get rid of his mother's control. As a result, before Mrs. Cheng finished putting on airs, Cheng Yuanjing's transfer order was issued.

Just as Wu pin is still an official of the Ministry of industry, Mrs. Cheng is a little disappointed when she hears about this official position, but more importantly, she is dark and cool. It's not that this official position is not high. It's just that it's far from what people imagined that the young genius was put into the pavilion all the way.

The real smooth path of Qingyun road is to be a Jinshi. After several years of hardship, he was released to Shangzhou to be a magistrate. After two terms, he was transferred back to the capital to be a member of the Sixth Ministry. Generally speaking, he can enter such places as the Ministry of household and the Ministry of officials, which is the default cabinet bachelor. After another seven or eight years in Liubu, he went from minister to minister. If there were no big mistakes during his term of office, he would be able to join the cabinet and become an old man. He would die one year and be promoted to another.

This is the most ideal official career of scholars in the world. If you don't get into the second grade A, it's better not to take part in the examination. Your official career in the second half of your life is doomed not to be high. If the first official of the Jinshi is not honest and upright and doesn't get into the Imperial Academy, his future promotion space is also very limited.

After Cheng Yuanjing's palace examination, he was transferred to other places and sent to lower levels. No wonder the government of the state of Chang felt that the Cheng family did not take care of him, which delayed the future of his children and grandchildren. Now it's so easy to transfer back to Beijing. Everyone is waiting for Cheng Yuanjing to study in the history museum and other expensive places. As a result, he went to the Ministry of industry.

Among the six departments, the Ministry of official was the first, the Ministry of household and the Ministry of war were the second, and the Ministry of work was the next.

Old lady Cheng didn't understand what Yu Hengqing was. She only knew that Cheng Yuanjing had entered the poorest and most tired work department. According to her many years of life experience, she didn't become a Hanlin and entered the Ministry of industry. I'm afraid that the promotion space will be cut off in the future.

Mrs. Cheng unconsciously settled down and thought silently, no matter how nice she was, she was not mediocre. Mrs. Cheng thought the same thing as Qingfu, but she didn't show it on the surface. She laughed and yelled: "it's a good thing to be granted an official post. How many people can't be appointed to an official post even if they have been idle for two or three years in the capital. Come on, give me a reward. "

The boy got the reward and went out happily. Cheng Yujin sees the expression of Qingfu and others and shakes her head secretly. In order to accurately find potential stocks, she specially studied the official positions of the imperial court. The more she knew, the better she could understand the way of changing official positions.

For example, this time, although doctor Zheng's five grades are lower than Cheng Yuanjing's four grades when he was released, how can Beijing officials and foreign officials be the same. Even if you are a senior official in other provinces, it's not the same way to deal with the capital during the Spring Festival. In terms of power, it's not as good as the fourth grade official in Beijing.

Therefore, when Cheng Yuanjing was transferred back to Beijing, he was successfully promoted. He went to six more departments. Although he was a subordinate department, he was in charge of the manufacturing of official stores in various places, the manufacturing and accounting of military expenditure, military supplies and ammunition in various provinces, as well as the smelting and casting of money. He was a powerful official and the most important one.

Although it's small, it's very important.

Cheng Yujin didn't feel that Cheng Yuanjing was defeated in his official career, but since old lady Cheng and Qingfu were willing to think so, what would she do. So Cheng Yujin also laughed and did not speak.

But the award is still a happy event. Before the Cheng family, no one entered the six, and Cheng Yuanjing still far exceeded the average level of the Cheng family. Mrs. Cheng pretended to feel sorry for her two daughters-in-law for a while, and then said, "it's common for an official to be promoted, promoted or demoted. Let Jiu Ye be ordinary. Don't be frustrated by a failure. After all, I am his own mother. No matter how he is, I will always do my duty as a mother. Well, take one hundred Liang silver from the public to subsidize Jiuye and hold a promotion banquet for him. As for who to invite and what to do, let him decide for himself. "

One hundred Liang, Ruan's Secret tongue. Her monthly silver is only thirty Liang. She is not like Qingfu. She has a high price to marry with. She has to be careful to live a decent life. As a result, Mrs. Cheng gave Cheng Yuanjing one hundred Liang with a wave of her hand.It's too bad to have an official position or not.

In March, the weather became more and more gentle, the flower beds sprouted new green, flowers could be seen everywhere in the courtyard, and the women's families gradually changed into light spring clothes.

In Jinning courtyard, Cheng Yujin is wearing a white upper garment, and the lower edge is embroidered with round golden crabapple, as if crabapple flowers spread to the skirt. Her skirt is also of the same color, with faint golden dark lines. Cheng Yujin sits in the embroidery room, vertical needling, does not damage the embroidery thread on the opposite side, her needles are symmetrical, giving attention to both sides. She also embroidered a word, several times in a row short needle, will hide the end of the line, both sides are not exposed thread.

Forsythia in the side watching, amazing. Cheng Yujin's embroidery is very few, but everything is so exquisite that she can make a living as soon as she takes it out, which is significantly different from ordinary embroidery. Especially double-sided embroidery, it's absolutely amazing. Forsythia admired her very much. She was always perfect in her work. As long as she did it by hand, she was bound to do her best. Even her embroidery was very beautiful.

Seeing that Cheng Yujin put down her needle, forsythia quickly came up and rubbed her shoulder: "girl, you have embroidered for a long time. Let's have a rest."

"Well." Cheng Yujin answered, and suddenly asked, "Uncle Jiu, do you have a guest today?"

"Yes, I'm entertaining in the outer courtyard. I heard that second master Xu is also here."

Cheng Yujin thought about it and asked, "when did it start?"

Forsythia frowned and thought. She had a sharp tongue and made many maids. She was usually responsible for asking for information. Forsythia recalled for a while, said: "for a while, probably an hour ago."

Cheng Yujin nodded, stood up and said, "let's go. I'm not sure about one word. Go to Jiushu's study and see how he wrote it."

Forsythia was stunned: "girl, there is no one in the ninth master's courtyard now. Are you still going?"

"Of course." Cheng Yujin looked serious and said, "what a big thing it is to give a gift to the emperor. How can it be delayed. If Uncle Jiu is not here, I'll figure it out for myself. Go and prepare some snacks. Maybe uncle Jiu has drunk and left him sober up. "

Forsythia a little confused, if Du gently hit her elbow, she just woke up, go outside to prepare cakes. Du Ruo can see clearly that the meaning of the drunkard is not wine. The girl has another plan.

Du Ruo knew that she didn't say anything. She was quick and quick. She quickly picked up the needle and thread on the table and asked, "girl, do you want to change your clothes?"

"No, I'll visit uncle Jiu. I'll be more homely." Cheng Yujin straightened her skirt and said with satisfaction, "let's go."

Cheng Yuanjing's yard is really empty. Cheng Yujin comes to the study every day during this period. Chen Mingyuan's servants are very familiar with her. He asked if he could invite Cheng Yuanjing to come back. Cheng Yujin said that she didn't need to. She sat in the east room and took a pen and paper to copy Cheng Yuanjing's words.

After a while, the sound of footsteps outside, is Cheng Yuanjing back. But listen to the voice. There are others.

The little boy ran over and reported to Cheng Yuanjing, "Ninth master, the big girl has been sitting in it for half an hour."

As soon as the voice fell, Cheng Yujin appeared beside Duobao Pavilion and said hello to Cheng Yuanjing with a smile: "Uncle Jiu, you are back."

Cheng Yuanjing was in a trance for a moment, as if Cheng Yujin also belonged to this room and had been waiting for him to come back. Cheng Yuanjing soon calmed down and asked, "Why are you here? Why are you sitting alone? "

"I'm not sure how to write a word. I want to ask Uncle Jiu. If you're not here, I'll just sit here and wait Cheng Yujin came out from the East and saw several people behind Cheng Yuanjing. She was stunned for a moment and hesitated to look at Cheng Yuanjing: "Uncle Jiu, this is..."

Cheng Yuanjing's confused mind suddenly cleared up. He glanced back at the young people he was optimistic about. After the banquet in front of him, he brought some familiar people to the room to talk about them. Those who can enter Cheng Yuanjing's eyes are all talented people with a good future and a young age.

The original purpose is here. Just now, his head was lowered. He thought she was waiting for him.

Cheng Yujin achieves her wish and turns her eyes to the guests behind Cheng Yuanjing. She had expected that Cheng Yuanjing was a Jinshi in the 19th year of Jianwu. There were only a few Jinshi in one year. As long as he was on the same list, there would be more intimacy than others. Cheng Yuanjing has been away for many years, but now he has just come back. At the moment of being an official, many Jinshi of the same year should come to visit him. After the banquet, they will find another place to talk. Cheng Yujin came to gamble in Cheng Yuanjing's yard. It turns out that she won.

Cheng Yujin took the lead in noticing two young people. One was a chuckle and the other was silent. Then she saw that Xu Zhixian was also there, and the most disappointing one was Huo Changyuan.

Xu Zhixian saw her and said, "sister Jin, why are you here?"

Cheng Yujin's eyes swept away from Huo Changyuan. She didn't want to give anything. She looked at Xu Zhixian with a smile and said, "second cousin."

The handsome young man laughed: "Yo, your family is interesting. How can one be called sister and the other brother? Who's bigger? "

Cheng Yujin was waiting for this sentence. She looked at Cheng Yuanjing and asked, "Ninth uncle, who is this?"

Cheng Yuanjing quietly looks at Cheng Yujin. Does she treat him as a fool? Weigh the pork and pick it from him?