mesbooks Chapter 401: The County Magistrate Who Lived for Years
Chapter 401: The County Magistrate Who Lived for Years
County Magistrate's Office
The siblings Su Heng and Su Zhihui were in Madam Su's yard. Magistrate Su had just returned from the yamen.
After drinking a cup of tea with Magistrate Su, Su Heng finally spoke: "Dad and Mom, I want to change academy to study."
Magistrate Su was not surprised, but still asked, "Why?"
Su Heng was silent for a while, and did not choose to answer his father's question. Instead, he asked, "Dad, why have you been the county magistrate for so many years? Who is blocking you behind the scenes?"
Magistrate Su did not answer him but looked at him. When it came to such a question, Su Zhihui at the side did not dare to interrupt and could only listen with her ears pricked up.
After a long time, Magistrate Su finally compromised and looked at Madam Su beside him: "Madam, the children are grown up now, it's time to tell them these things."
Mrs. Su held his hand and said in a gentle but firm voice: "Okay."
Magistrate Su. He held his wife's hand and began to talk slowly: "You all know that your mother and I were childhood sweethearts. When I was young, I was the most favored by my father. Your mother and I were childhood sweethearts and were engaged since we were young. Later, your mother's family fell into decline."
Su Heng nodded. He roughly guessed what would happen next. Sure enough, what his father said next was just as he thought.
"Later, your grandfather asked me to cancel the marriage with your mother, but I disagreed and forced your mother to marry him. Soon after the marriage, I was demoted to a remote place to serve as a county magistrate. Even if I have made many achievements in the past ten years, I am still a county magistrate in one place after another."
Su Zhihui was shocked. She didn't expect there would be such a reason and she couldn't believe it.
Every time they went to the capital, their grandparents treated her and her brother very well. How could they do such a thing?
After Magistrate Su finished speaking, he was more like the calm eldest son and the shocked little daughter, "Now it has been more than ten years, and our family is living well. Father is content."
"So, Heng'er, can you tell your father now why you want to change academies?"
Su Heng suppressed the anxiety in his heart, "It's not for anything else, I just want to make further progress. Now Lushan Academy can no longer provide me with much help."
Magistrate Su nodded, "In that case, you should go to the capital to study. Your father has a few good friends in the capital, and we have been exchanging letters over the years. One of them was the top scholar in the imperial examination that year, but he has never entered the government. He is very suitable to be your teacher."
Su Heng knelt down and kowtowed to Magistrate Su, "Thank you, father, for your help."
When Su Zhihui heard that her brother could go to Beijing, her eyes turned. Could she go too?
"Father and mother, I want to..."
"You do not want."
Mrs. Su got ahead of her and said, "You have already arranged your marriage, so stay at home and embroider well, waiting to get married."
"No, my elder brother has gone, I can go and take care of him."
There were four people in the room, and the corners of the mouths of three of them twitched when they heard what he said.
"Father~"
Magistrate Su looked at Madam Su, "Madam, how about..."
"No, if you go, your elder brother will take care of you. Don't delay your elder brother's studies."
Su Zhihui lowered her head, still unwilling to give up, and spoke again: "Where will you live in the capital?"
Su Heng looked at Magistrate Su. He also wanted to know the answer. If he didn't know why his father had been the magistrate, he could still live in the Su Mansion without any qualms. But now...
Magistrate Su did not answer, but looked at Su Heng: "Heng'er, what do you think?"
Su Heng lowered his head. If he wanted to enter the officialdom, it would be better for him to live in the Su Mansion and use the Su Mansion's connections to pave the way for him. Only in this way would his official career path be smooth.
"I understand, father. I will live in the Su Mansion after entering the capital."
"Ah."
Magistrate Su nodded with satisfaction. His son was just like him. He was quite gifted in learning and knew how to judge the situation. He would achieve great things in the future. He believed that his father would help him.
When Su Zhihui heard that his elder brother lived in the Su Mansion, she immediately became excited, "Then I want to go too, I want to accompany my elder brother, otherwise it would be so boring for my elder brother to be alone in the capital!"
Madam Su stretched out her finger and poked her forehead, "You think your elder brother is just going out to play, and you're still bored."
Su Zhihui turned around and hugged her arms, using her usual coquettish skills.
"Mother, can you please let me go with my elder brother? We can stay as companions."
"it is good."
"Mother, you promised!"
Madam Su nodded, "It's conditional."
Su Zhihui patted Madam Su's shoulders, "Mother, please tell me."
"After you go to the capital, you must listen to your elder brother, respect your grandparents, and don't cause trouble. Do you understand?"
"Okay, mother."
Mrs. Su nodded. Although her parents-in-law were not kind to her, they were very kind to the two children she gave birth to.
There are always gifts during festivals and birthdays, so this is why she is happy for her two children to respect them.
In the carriage, Pei Yu and Shen Li were playing chess. Mo Qing was sitting beside them like a big shot, looking at them with displeasure and condemning them with his eyes for what they had said in the county magistrate's mansion today.
Wen Lan was reading a medical book at the side. He was a little annoyed by what he said today, so he ignored Mo Qing.
As Shen Li and Pei Yu were talking, they accidentally mentioned Magistrate Su and went into his arrangements for the plague in the past two years.
"County Magistrate Su has done very well this time, he will definitely be promoted next time."
Pei Yu looked at her and shook his head. "Ali, do you know how long Magistrate Su has been in this position?"
"Six years?"
The term of office of a county magistrate is three years, and six years is already a long time, but he unexpectedly saw Pei Yu shaking his head.
"He has been the county magistrate for fifteen years."
Shen Li's pupils dilated for a moment, "So long!"
"Is there someone behind this? The fact that Magistrate Su was able to deal with the plague so quickly proves that he is talented. If there was no one behind this, he wouldn't have been able to stay in the position of magistrate for so long."
"Well, he had some trouble with his father."
Shen Li understood, so it was her father who did it!
This is too, too...
You know, it was very difficult to pursue a career in officialdom in ancient times, not to mention that there were close relatives blocking you.
If it happened to someone else, it would be a lifelong feud, and they would never talk to each other again.
"Too cruel."
Pei Yu also agreed that it was indeed too cruel.
"But he won't be able to stop it in the future?"
Seeing her looking at him in confusion, Pei Yu explained: "The emperor is very taboo about these things. He caught a few people before. At the very least, they were dismissed from office, and at the worst, they were exiled. So now he really wants someone to commit crimes against the wind."
"pretty good."
A corrupt court will have many officials with corrupt ideas, and vice versa.
The previous imperial court was extremely corrupt, and the current emperor must have put in a lot of effort to achieve the current situation in less than three years.