Chapter 349 A succession of happy events
Silent all night.

It was already late at night after the conversation with Xu Wei in the secret room in the basement of the library.

Yan Shaoting simply washed up and fell asleep.

This sleep.

I slept until noon the next day.

Only then did Yan Shaoting smell a fragrance in his sleep and slowly opened his eyes.

The long-lost dream of tall buildings dissipated before my eyes like smoke.

What caught Yan Shaoting's eyes was Sister Lu Wenyan, who had a golden hairpin in her hair that could only be used by a lady of imperial decree, and a heavily made-up face. Although she had taken off the heavy imperial decree dress, she had not changed out of her crimson inner garment.

Yan Shaoting's brows suddenly tightened, and he looked around, only to see that it was already bright outside.

He looked at the older girl who was staring at him in confusion.

"What time is it?"

Lu Wenyan smiled, waved her hands, leaned on the edge of the bed, and held up her jade-like face with both hands.

"My dear, you have been too tired these days. You slept until 15:00."

Yan Shaoting was shocked: "It's already noon?"

Lu Wenyan nodded and said crisply, "If you don't get up soon, you will miss lunch."

Done.

The lady from Lu also blinked her bright eyes with distinct black and white.

Yan Shaoting didn't feel hungry, but asked in confusion: "Madam, are you going into the city to visit someone?"

Now, all the affairs concerning the Yan family’s inner residence and business have been handed over to Lu Wenyan.

And as the Yan family obtained the hereditary title of Earl of Changping, the Yan family had more interpersonal interactions in the capital.

And these things.

Now it is also handled by Lu Wenyan.

Nowadays, every family in the capital would talk about the young lady of the prime minister's family and the Changping Marquis's mansion, who was given the title of the most powerful lady in charge.

When it comes to the way he treats people and handles things, there is nothing to fault with him.

and so.

Seeing the dress of the elder sister in front of him, Yan Shaoting thought that his elder sister was going to represent the Yan family to go to the capital to engage in the tedious but indispensable interpersonal communication.

Lu Wenyan frowned, raised her nose, and let out two pleasant hums from her throat.

"My husband caused all the trouble himself, and now I have to take care of the rest for him every time. It's so tiring!"

Yan Shaoting blinked and looked stunned for a moment.

"Why is this blamed on me?"

immediately.

Yan Shaoting frowned, and quickly got up from the bed, shrank back, and looked at Lu Wenyan with a stern face.

"Do you have something else that you want your husband to solve?"

They are all an old married couple.

The one who can act like a spoiled child and complain like this must be Sister Lu's usual method, first acting like a spoiled child and complaining, and then asking others to do things for her.

Lu Wenyan, however, raised her eyebrows, clasped her hands across her chest, held her head high and let out a delicate moan.

"My husband has now learned how to wrongly accuse others!"

"If it weren't for my husband's speech in the palace yesterday, mentioning the matter of the recommendation system for candidates for official posts, and then the emperor gave Yuguo the title of Jijiu of the Imperial Academy."

"Why are there so many wives from the officials' families in the capital coming to Changping today?"

Say it.

Lu Wenyan stomped her feet with a look of grievance on her face, then turned around, gave Yan Shaoting a perfect back view, and sat down on the edge of the bed.

One pair.

You, Yan Shaoting, come and comfort me.

Yan Shaoting was immediately ashamed.

He hurriedly rushed forward with his butt sticking out, stretched out his arms and hugged his sister from behind, then raised his head over his shoulders and appeared in front of the sister.

"It's my husband's fault."

"It's all Mr. Wenchang's fault. He insisted on dragging your husband to drink that damn tea last night, and he kept talking nonsense to your husband all night long!"

"Otherwise, I would have gone to bed early last night, and I wouldn't have let Madam face those noble ladies in the capital alone today..."

At this moment.

It is time to let my fellow Taoist die rather than let myself die.

Xu Wei must take the blame for this!
Seeing that the girl in his arms' face was a little relaxed, Yan Shaoting hurriedly smiled and shook the girl in his arms.

Then his face straightened and he said viciously: "I will go find this hateful Mr. Wen Chang right now and make sure he knows that my wife is very angry now!"

Say it.

Yan Shaoting had already jumped off the bed and was waving his hands, looking like a general charging into battle.

"Madam, please watch!"

"Wait for me to fine Xu Wenchang all his monthly salary this year..."

"no!"

"I'd better take Xu Wenchang's head to make Madam calm down!"

Bang!
There was a muffled sound.

A huge pillow hit Yan Shaoting's face hard.

Yan Shaoting could have reached out to stop it, but in the end he chose not to do anything and let the pillow hit him in the face.

Then without waiting for the pillow to fall to the ground.

Yan Shaoting held the pillow in both hands and handed it to the eldest sister.

"So, I'm going to take his head now?"

Lu Wenyan blushed and gave Yan Shaoting a look of annoyance: "I won't bother with you anymore! You are the bad guy!"

Yan Shaoting shrank his neck, walked forward with a chuckle, and also sat on the edge of the bed, hugging the pouting girl.

"You can't chop off my head for this job."

"Otherwise, wouldn't my beautiful wife be left alone for the rest of her life?"

Immediately.

The sound of little fists could be heard in Yan Shaoting's arms.

Lu Wenyan buried her whole head in Yan Shaoting's arms, shouting in a muffled voice: "Pah! No! No! No!"

Only then did Yan Shaoting let out a silent sigh.

He gently patted the older girl's shoulder.

While explaining.

"As your husband knows, these noble ladies from the capital came to Changping today. I'm afraid they said on the surface that they wanted to see the customs and people of Changping with you."

Lu Wenyan immediately crawled out of Yan Shaoting's arms and nodded repeatedly.

"My husband doesn't even know how far I have walked this morning!"

Yan Shaoting immediately said with a straight face: "Then I will not do any of the things that you came to Changping today hoping to ask me to do in your wife's name!"

After finishing speaking.

Yan Shaoting's eyes moved quietly.

After figuring out what his elder sister had gone through today, he finally understood why.

It must be because after I made a report in the Western Garden yesterday, the old Taoist priest's decree to allow the Ming Dynasty to implement the system of recommending students to become officials was passed on to the court.

Afterwards, Prince Yu was given the title of Jijiu of the Imperial College.

Prince Yu once again said in public that he regarded himself as his younger brother, which was remembered by the officials who were on leave yesterday and took back to the capital.

Then the information from all parties is summarized together.

These people would naturally know that they also have an official position as the Director of the Imperial College.

Then let’s talk about the system of recommending students to official positions.

I'm afraid it will fall into my hands.

The Imperial College of the Ministry of Personnel!

However, he, who had never been to the Imperial College, was the number one person under the Imperial College's chief academic officer.

In his hands, he holds the power to select students for recommendation as officials.

All the families who hold official posts in the capital are famous local gentry.

Among these people, how many descendants are unable to pass the imperial examinations and can only rely on preferential treatment based on their academic achievements?

Now there is one more opportunity.

These people would naturally think that they would be the first to get the moon because they are close to the water. Each family first sent the women in their family to Changping and launched the so-called wife offensive.

Lu Wenyan immediately shook her head, looking nervous.

"My husband, you must not do that!"

"Although..." Lu Wenyan showed her satisfaction and snorted twice: "Although those people were very noisy this morning and more difficult to deal with than usual...but my husband is an official in the court, and he can't offend all of them. Even if my husband enforces the law impartially in the future, he can't reject all of them now. After all, ruining someone's career is a heavier vengeance than ruining their wealth."

Lu Wenyan explained worriedly.

Fearing that Yan Shaoting would really reject everything, he kept on trying to persuade him.

"I remember the people who came today. In fact, there are several families. I heard that the children in the family have good personalities and are quite talented. It's just that they were unlucky in the past and failed to pass the imperial examination."

"When my husband was an official in the court, he always said that we should make more friends and fewer enemies."

"If the children of these families are truly worthy of praise in terms of character and talent, they should still be employed."

"In this way, after rejecting the children of other families, my husband will not offend these people. After all, my husband acts according to the rules..."

inside the house.

Lu Wenyan kept chattering on for a long time.

Yan Shaoting did not interrupt, but just let the elder sister finish speaking quietly.

at last.

Lu Wenyan seemed to have sensed something strange and suddenly stopped talking. Then she looked at Yan Shaoting with a flushed face, and her face suddenly became even redder.

She lowered her head: "My husband, did I say something wrong?"

Yan Shaoting opened his mouth and said in a deep voice: "Madam is right! It's very well said! Not a single word is wrong!"

After finishing speaking.

Yan Shaoting added: "My wife is the most powerful woman in Shuntian Prefecture!"

Lu Wenyan turned her head away.

"Nonsense..."

Yan Shaoting held his eldest sister's hands in his and said softly, "Madam, don't worry about the affairs in the court. If you don't want to do these things, and just want to lead the women of Changping to do real work, then don't do these things in the future. Our family's current status in the court is not worthy of any family to interact with us!"

Lu Wenyan hurriedly shook her head: "That won't do! Who knows when the men of these families will gain power? It's easy to see the King of Hell, but it's hard to deal with the little ghosts. These people may be low-ranking officials now, but if you do something bad to them, who knows when they will cause trouble for your husband, grandfather, and father..."

Looking at the older girl with a serious expression.

Yan Shaoting suddenly thanked his father-in-law again for raising such an excellent wife for him.

The mistress of a powerful family in Beijing.

How many families can have the pattern of having their own eldest sister!

suddenly.

Yan Shaoting smiled innocently.

But his hands became restless.

"Miss..."

"No! It's only noon!"

"It is the time when the Yang energy is at its final stage. This is the top secret of the Tianshi Mansion that my husband and Master Zhang stole recently. Why not give it a try?"

"Is this really the secret book of Master Zhang's family?"

"Absolutely true!"

"That……"

"Try it!"

"..."

Wait until the candle is lit again.

Yan Shaoting then walked out of the house full of energy.

It is autumn now and winter is not far away.

It is time for the court to slow down once a year.

in the days that followed.

The imperial court's decree to implement a system for recommending students to become officials has begun to be announced to the world and spread to the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty.

The reactions are naturally both good and bad.

Where there are supporters, there will naturally be opponents.

When something is measured by the country, it is absolutely impossible to get unanimous consent.

only.

This time, the supporters are those groups that already have vested interests.

The system of recommendation for students waiting to become officials.

On the one hand, it will allow the current court officials to have more help in suppressing the clerks and yamen runners in the government offices, that is, the local gentry forces.

Secondly, and most importantly, it can provide those children who have repeatedly failed the imperial examinations with an additional way to become officials.

From the imperial court's perspective, there was overwhelming support.

then.

Changping also started to see a steady stream of people coming in.

Lu Wenyan still takes on the task of welcoming and seeing off guests every day, and there is no difference in the way she treats people.

The noble ladies in the capital had an increasingly high opinion of the imperial edict of this Yan family.

On Yan Shaoting's side, some people also began to approach him, hoping that he would relax the examination requirements for their own children in the future when recruiting official students and students from all over the world to serve in the government.

However, this matter does not need to be done immediately.

After all, the local government needs time to digest the decree. Each county should send the list of candidates recommended by the county to the prefecture, and the prefecture should also compile and organize the officials and students who need to be recommended by the whole prefecture.

Once the government has finished processing it, it will go through all the provinces for review.

Finally, the final list was sent to the Imperial College.

If this matter is to be truly implemented, we will have to wait until at least next year.

However, Yan Shaoting's reputation has spread further and further, and has become increasingly popular.

This is actually a good thing.

At least as elder sister Lu Wenyan said, Yan Shaoting currently has more friends than enemies in the court.

While everything has not yet been implemented.

After finishing the initial welcoming and seeing off.

Yan Shaoting also entered the winter early to prepare for the arrival of the 42nd year of Jiajing.

Time slowly entered the twelfth lunar month.

It was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

It’s Laba Festival.

This day.

The Yan family celebrated the festival in their Changping villa, and also invited the Public Security Bureau and other Changping citizens who had made great contributions.

The men held the banquet in the front yard, while the women held it in the back house.

On this day, the Yan family will celebrate together with the common people, regardless of whether they are officials or civilians.

The banquet atmosphere gradually reached its climax.

suddenly.

Yunniang rushed out from the back house with a nervous look on her face.

"Dr. Li!"

"Dr. Li!"

"Go and see the young lady!"

Li Shizhen, who drank the least today, looked over immediately.

Then, it was Yan Shaoting and others.

Li Shizhen responded, then immediately stood up and followed Yunniang to the backyard.

Yan Shaoting wanted to go with him, but Yan Song said with a stern face that he should be calm and that Doctor Li would be there for him in terms of everything.

Yan Shaoting then stopped at the door and looked nervously towards the back house.

Not long after.

Suddenly, cheers came from the direction of the back house.

Then came the sound of dense footsteps.

Not long after.

Yunniang left and came back.

This time, there was no sign of nervousness on Yunniang's face. Instead, her face was filled with joy.

"Pregnant!"

"Pregnant!"

"The young lady is pregnant!"

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