After nearly a year of calm and indifference, Lin Shiheng was admitted to the Jinshi very smoothly.
Didn't come out on top, but got second.
However, as a farmer, it is very powerful to be able to get the second place in the entrance examination. Lin Shiheng has given advice and suggestions to the little emperor this year, helping him regain the power that belongs to him little by little, but this place is his own test. It has nothing to do with opening the back door.
During the palace examination, the little emperor unsurprisingly named him the champion.
In the past year, as he followed Lin Shiheng's plan and gradually mastered the court, he became more and more sure that he had really found the treasure, and he had long since decided in his heart that he should take good care of Lin Shiheng.
He couldn't trust his younger brothers and the ministers who held the power, but he trusted Lin Shiheng, the new champion with a lot of wisdom.
There are of course many reasons.
First, he does not have the blood of the heavenly family, and he can't even be called an official. There is no one else behind him except the emperor. As long as the emperor wants, Lin Shiheng can fall from a high position at any time.
Second, it is still similar to the first. Everyone knows that the most trusted by His Majesty, Mr. Lin, is a seed of infatuation. He has only a wife in his family. Since he gradually emerged in the capital, many people want to please, and some people specially send him for training. A good beauty, and every time, Lord Lin will justly refuse, repeating once again that the family has a good wife and does not accept concubines.
Lin Shiheng's wife, Mrs. Li, was also from an ordinary family. Although she had an appointment because of her husband, her family was only an ordinary farmer. Lin Shiheng insisted that he would not take a concubine, thus preventing him from marrying other officials.
As for when his children grow up and want to marry the officials of the court, the emperor will be old at that time. If he still can't control the court, he might as well kill himself.
Because of these various factors, plus the old officials in the court who were pissed off because they were too old to listen to him, the emperor made no secret of his importance to Lin Shiheng. Tang became a little more stable, and only after several requests from Lin Shiheng, he reluctantly approved him to serve as an official in another place.
He was also afraid that he, Aiqing, who had no background, would suffer a loss when he went outside and didn't see himself. Beijing officials and foreign officials were about to raise their grades. The champion was promoted to the third rank.
He did not live up to the emperor's expectations. At first, the emperor wanted to send his respected officials to a rich place, but Lin Shiheng asked for his own life and went to a poor place.
The emperor was puzzled, so he had a serious face: "As a minister, I should have solved the problems for Your Majesty. It is simpler to want to be rich in a rich place, but it is difficult to be rich in a poor area. What face is there to be your majesty's servant?"
These words will completely move the emperor who was so angry that he had just received the report of extreme poverty.
If all the courtiers thought of him like Lin Aiqing, how could he not even have a good dream after sleeping hard every day.
However, what the emperor did not know was that in his mind he did not admire power or wealth, and Lin Aiqing, who was single-mindedly faced with difficulties, went home and explained to his wife:
"Those rich places have been rich for too many years, there are many local snakes, and most of the local officials are implicated in them, just like a century-old tree, thinking that it is moving a small root tendon, but in fact it is a brazen giant above. ."
"There are also various people implicated in the poverty-stricken areas, but most of the officials in the past dynasties in this kind of place have no background, otherwise they would not be sent there. Even if they have something dirty, I can suppress it."
As he said that, Lin Shiheng chuckled: "Not to mention that when I entered the officialdom, Your Majesty has always regarded me highly, and on the surface I have no actual achievements. It can also be regarded as a political achievement that can be remembered.”
Since entering the officialdom, Lin Shiheng has to discuss with Li Lanlan before doing anything, even if it is someone who is calculated, who stumbles, or who tries to attack him but is turned against by the generals, he has nothing to do with it. She said it clearly, even if she didn't understand it at first, but after listening to it a lot, she knew the important affairs of the court and all kinds of forces.
Compared with these thrilling events that can be said, the trivial matters between the houses can't make her fluctuate much.
When she communicated with the ladies of various families, even if she did not deliberately bring it out, her mature and indifferent temperament and the appearance of calmly handling whatever happened still made some ladies who originally thought she was a farmer's daughter and had never seen the world look up to her with admiration. , and even secretly admire.
I can't complain that Lord Lin refuses to take a concubine. With such a beautiful lady who can help him manage the housework, why do you need a concubine
After Lin Shiheng's reason for going, Li Lanlan nodded sensible, although he was reluctant to leave, "Okay, I'll pack your things for you, and I'll take care of the parents' house after you leave."
Yes, Li Lanlan cannot go to any place with her husband.
She conceived and gave birth to a child last year and gave birth to two eldest sons. Now the child has just turned one year old, and it is the time when she can't go out. In addition, Lin's father and Lin's mother are getting older, although Lin Shiheng bought it as soon as he had money. The maids came to serve, and they have been pampering them for the past two years, but in the end they dared not let them take the risk of being exhausted by boats and cars.
After the couple discussed, it was decided that Lin Shiheng would bring a few servants to the place, while Li Lanlan would take care of the parents and children at home.
For her, who is more dependent on her husband, this is indeed a bit difficult.
Lin Shiheng also understood this. Before leaving, he hugged his fat son and seriously said to his wife, who went out to see him off, "I promise, it's just this time."
"When I have the political achievements, even if I stay in Beijing in the future, I can do what I want to do. This time, I will be back soon."
Li Lanlan nodded earnestly, her eyes became more confident as she looked at her husband as she stopped doing farm work.
"I'm waiting for you."
Lin Shiheng has indeed fulfilled his promise, and the emperor has contributed to this.
An official who began to develop the economy conscientiously and tried to relieve the pressure on the national treasury after he arrived at the office, can he not value it and give him greater rights
With the emperor behind him, Lin Shiheng had no scruples, and he started to make political achievements on the ground with a big sword.
He himself is an open-minded person, and the emperor is very powerful. In just one year, he has turned the originally impoverished place into a well-known tourist destination that generates countless income for the national treasury.
Many officials wondered, in such a poor area, how did Mr. Lin get so rich in a year.
They were curious, so they checked it out, and after doing so, they were immediately convinced.
The land was not good, and the harvest of grain was not good, so Lin Shiheng planted fruit trees. Before the fruit had grown, he would use the previous fruit to make candied fruit, and then use some marketing methods to bring the delicious candied fruit to go to heaven.
He is also a shameless person, so he wrote a letter back to the capital to the emperor, directly stating that he wants to make the candied fruit a market, ask your majesty to help him, and praise the delicious food, he is so rude Be a big banner and sell candied fruit under the name that Your Majesty also likes to eat to generate income.
If this is another official, maybe the emperor will be unhappy. I will be your top and you will be your bottom. How dare you take advantage of me
But when it was replaced by Lin Shiheng, he didn't know how happy he was to cooperate. Not only did he publicly say that the candied fruit sent by Lin Aiqing was delicious, but he also ordered that the candied fruit be included in the tribute and sent to the capital every year.
That is the emperor!
What he likes to eat, can you? !
This candied fruit was sold like crazy at that time, but Lin Shiheng, a black heart, even sealed the candied fruit with a grade of 3, 6, 9. The third grade makes more money, and the ninth grade makes more money, and the money earned will naturally be charged to the state treasury.
He himself came back with a breeze, but His Majesty couldn't see his caring and powerful Aiqing become poor. Since he returned to the capital, he has been rewarded again and again, and the eyes of the capital are red.
However, his political achievements are real, even if their eyes are red with envy and jealousy, they can't say a word that Lord Lin is not worthy of.
As the most proud person in front of the emperor, Lin Shiheng naturally has political enemies. It's not a personal grudge, but his position is different. They admire Lin Shiheng, but they also hate him. Seeing that his limelight is so high, the gun is the first bird, and something will happen sooner or later.
They hoped, hoped, and hoped that Lin Shiheng was forty years old, and this person was sitting in the position of the minister without knowing how secure it was.
The most annoying thing is that he is getting old.
The 60-year-old old minister is still active in the front line of the court. He will be old at the age of 40. The emperor must stay, but Lin Shiheng is determined. The emperor stayed a few times, but he just didn't keep it.
Being kept by the emperor so many times, that's a lot of face, this can be written directly in the history books and shown to future generations.
Ever since Lin Shiheng passed away, some old officials who still insist on standing in the imperial court always feel that the eyes of the emperor sitting on the dragon chair are not quite right. They are in memory of the caring and powerful Lin Aiqing.
The emperor really thought so, he still wanted to work with Lin Aiqing to the death, but he didn't expect that Lin Aiqing would retreat first at such a young age.
But fortunately, Lin Aiqing's only son, like his father, is also capable, and he looks very similar to Lin Aiqing. Looking at him, the emperor is like looking at Lin Aiqing, who helped the state treasury to generate income, and himself who worked hard.
This child is like a continuation of Lin Aiqing.
Even if he left, he still left the child to take care of the country and solve problems for him.
Really sweet.
So, he put his love for Lin Shiheng on Lin Shiheng's son again.
Lin Shiheng's political enemies: "..."
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However, Lin Shiheng, who had returned to his hometown after retiring, lived a very unrestrained and beautiful life.
He retired as a Shangshu, and the local government could not wait to hold him in the palm of his hand and support him devoutly. Where would he be wronged, fishing and raising flowers all day long, very happy.
When Widow Zhang couldn't help but propose reconciliation, Father Li seemed to be stimulated, became a monk, and recited scriptures in the temple every day.
The two rooms next door had a dull life, neither good nor bad.
There was a small episode. When Lin Shiheng was shopping with his wife, a woman younger than them rushed in. She said pitifully that her husband killed the father-in-law and begged him to call the shots.
Lin Shiheng directly transferred the person to the yamen.
As a result, it turned out that the woman was dissatisfied with her husband's visit to the house and her son-in-law was looking for a woman. She planned this murder and framed it.
As for why he was impulsive in front of Lin Shiheng.
Maybe it has something to do with how handsome he is despite his age.
One day, Lin Shiheng and his wife Li Lanlan passed away together.
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Lin Shiheng opened his eyes.
closed again.
Open again.
Then, he looked at the furry in front of him and fell into thought.