The ancients attached great importance to etiquette. Sacrifices to heaven and earth and royal sacrifices were top priorities. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites seemed not to care about officials or money, but its power was not small.

Moreover, the imperial examinations were directly controlled by the Ministry of Rites.

If you disrespect etiquette, it is just like modern social media saying that someone has moral and character problems, and his reputation will soon be ruined.

Don't talk about being an official, just go home and think about your mistakes, write a letter to defend yourself, and wait until the matter is found out before you can come out.

Otherwise, it will definitely be attacked by a group of officials.

But if you really go home and think about your mistakes behind closed doors, unless you are a saint, you will always be able to catch something.

It's not a big problem, he was demoted and transferred out of Beijing.

If the problem is big, it depends on how the emperor views it.

Either handle it with care, resign and go home, or go to jail and wait for three trials.

It can be said that among the six departments, apart from the recognized personnel department and heavenly officials, the rites department is the largest.

In addition, to be able to become a minister, the age must be at least 5 to 60 years old.

In other words, as long as the Master is not writing to his biological father, biological eldest brother or uncle.

When this poem with persuasion and blame was given to peers and juniors, there was no problem at all.

But if Yu Honggao wrote this kind of poem to his father-in-law, it would be like pointing his finger at his father-in-law and scolding him.

Thinking of this, Shi Zhongkui apologized and wrote the poem with his pen.

However, he did not copy them all.

Instead, it was changed to, 'A piece of family letter is just for the field, so why not give it one foot? The Great Wall is still there today, but Qin Shihuang is nowhere to be seen'.

‘Tian’ has two tones and ‘wall’ has two tones, which conforms to the rules of rhyme, so there is no need to change the last sentence.

It's not a bad thing to vaguely reveal that your ambition is not small.

Maybe he even figured out that he was hiding his clumsiness in the past to protect himself, and solved the stone idiot's troubles in one fell swoop.

Yu Honggao and Yu Tongfu, father and son, immediately looked at him in stunned silence.

This poem that persuades people to be humble is not to say that it is better than its predecessors. At least in the Zhou Dynasty, everyone gave it a thumbs up.

"The talent of a good brother is ten times better than mine."

After Yu Tongfu finished speaking, he stood up and bowed to salute. Shi Zhongkui was shocked and his face turned red.

As for memory, it must be really better than Yu Tongfu, but when it comes to true talent and learning, there are two things to say.

He quickly grabbed him and said in as sincere a tone as he wanted, "Brother, what are you doing? As a teacher and disciple, I should share the worries of my mentor."

"Hahaha."

When Yu Honggao saw this, he felt so satisfied and happy that he couldn't help laughing.

Shi Zhongkui didn't wait for the father and son to think of the generational difference, and hurriedly said, "Teacher, although this poem is good, it can only be persuaded by someone whose status is not lower than that of Duke Tui.

Or, you can invite Mr. Jiguo to your home, and then you can persuade him as your brother-in-law or a peer."

Yu Honggao was shocked and quickly understood.

He sighed and said, "Bo Qian's talent is indeed ten times better than Si Cheng's."

Yu Tongfu agreed with his face, but Shi Zhongkui was no longer humble this time. Excessive humility is hypocrisy and is not a good thing.

"Sit", Shi Zhongkui and Yu Tongfu were asked to sit down. Yu Honggao thought for a while and finally shook his head.

"Normally, Mr. Pang Shitong, the master of you two brothers, is indeed qualified to advise the old prince, but there are some old disputes that Bo Qian doesn't know about.

As for my brother-in-law..."

After saying this, even Yu Tongfu sighed.

Shi Zhongkui immediately knew that the son of Duke Ji was 100% a dandy, and he was also an uneducated dandy.

Talking to him about humility is equivalent to not telling him something, and he might even make fun of him.

As for the grudge between the two old men, it was probably because Old Man Pang had participated in the restoration of the country.

It is not only natural for civil servants to join military commanders, but if the Duke of Jian is smart, he can only be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis, unable to tell the story of his sufferings.

The two of them are still in-laws.

"How is this good?"

Seeing Yu Tongfu looking at him with burning eyes, Shi Zhongkui couldn't help but roll his eyes, but he was secretly happy in his heart.

"In that case, why not let the disciple be this evil person?"

The corners of Yu Honggao's mouth turned up slightly, and he glanced at Shi Zhongkui with a half-smile.

If this poem spreads, Shi Zhongkui will soon become famous, and Yu Honggao really has no shame in taking advantage of his apprentice's poems.

Not to mention Pang Shitong, who is already famous.

Three days later.

Today, the county government is hearing a case involving a ditch dispute between the government and its neighbors. It has spread to many people's ears in the past three days.

Not only the squires and common people of Daxing County came to the county office early in the morning, but also some good people from the capital rushed here on horseback or in cars.

When Jia Lian and Xue Pan came over on horseback with their servants, they met at least three or four acquaintances along the way.

After learning the reason, Xue Pan suddenly became interested, "Second brother Lian, since we don't know where exactly Shi Dazi is in Daxing, why don't we go to the county government office first to see how the excitement is?"

Lian Er is also a dissolute young man, and he would never let go of such a fun thing.

Besides, he still wants to eat and live with Xue Pan, so of course he won't go against him.

"Let's go, brother will pay you to go and watch the excitement, but after that, you have to listen to brother."

"No problem." Xue Pan was immediately happy, laughing, whipping his horse to speed up.

When the group arrived, they saw a huge crowd of people outside the county government office. They secretly breathed a sigh of relief, finally not missing this good show.

"Second brother, second brother Lian, this way."

Jia Lian was regretting that he had arrived too late and could not see clearly, so he heard someone calling him.

After searching carefully, I finally saw a man waving to me in the restaurant opposite the county government office.

After seeing clearly that it was Feng Ziying, her face lit up, and she led Xue Pan to let the waiter clear the way and squeeze through.

"Second brother is also here to see the fun?"

Jia Lian smiled and shook his head, "I came to Daxing to look for someone at the request of my eldest master. Unexpectedly, I heard an acquaintance on the way talking about the trial of Mr. Jiu Guo's family that day.

Then I thought about the friendship between our ancestors and past years, and came over to see if there was anything I could do to help.

If there's nothing you can do, it's better to send the news home as soon as possible."

"Second brother is benevolent and righteous," Feng Ziying praised in agreement, looking at Xue Pan, "Is this a relative of second brother?"

Xue Pan has been following Jia Lian all the time. At first glance, he is not a servant. And judging from the way Xue Pan looks at the excitement and does not take it lightly, it is even less likely that he is a subordinate of the Jia family.

Moreover, Feng Ziying basically knew the prince of the capital, so there would be no other possibility besides relatives of the Jia family.

This guy Xue Pan looks like a stupid overlord, but he is not a fool. I heard that he is the son of Shenwu General Feng Tang's family.

He hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted.

When Feng Ziying heard that Xue Pan was the son of Aunt Xue, Mrs. Wang's sister, and the only son of the Xue family, who was born in Ziwei, she immediately grabbed Xue Pan's hand with enthusiasm and said hello to each other.

After chatting with each other for a while, I heard someone starting to make noises, probably because the people outside the yamen had been waiting for too long.

Xue Pan also cursed, "Nang Qiu, it's already been three quarters, why haven't you opened the yamen yet? Is it because you don't dare to go to court?"
Chapter completed!