sjar Chapter 132: Departure for the Post
Chapter 132: Departure for the Post
The emperor and the prince were quite satisfied with Su An Dong's attitude, and they were still looking forward to this person.
The emperor nodded and continued, "Just do whatever you want. You have someone to back you up now. Your vermicelli is pretty good."
Su An Dong was a little surprised that the emperor actually knew about vermicelli.
The emperor naturally saw Su An Dong's surprise, smiled, and motioned the prince to speak. The prince said, "It was the prince of Dingguo who reported it to my father. You can hand over the vermicelli to the army without asking for anything in return. This kind of thought is very rare."
Su An Dong leaned forward and said, "This is what I should do. Serving the country with loyalty is the duty of every citizen. It is my honor to do something for the army. Moreover, the prince gave me money in the end."
The Emperor and the Crown Prince knew about the money they had given to Su An Dong. What was rare was that Su An Dong was willing to give it up for free.
Su An Dong's action gave the emperor and his son the impression that he was an honest person. Su An Dong did not take advantage of this to gain any favor, but told the truth and was very humble. This made them look up to Su An Dong.
The emperor smiled and said, "You don't have to be modest. Thoughts are the most precious, and the silver is what you deserve. It's great that you have this heart. I hope you will always keep this heart loyal to the country."
After hearing this, Su An Dong quickly knelt down and said, "Serving the country with loyalty is my duty and my heart's desire."
The Emperor and the Crown Prince looked at each other and said, "Stand up! I am praising you, why are you kneeling down?"
Su Anton stood up obediently.
The emperor added: "You are also going to take up your post, go back!"
Su An Dong bowed deeply and said, "I'm leaving now." Then he left.
After Su Andong became the third place in the imperial examination, the emperor had been keeping track of his actions over the past few days. The emperor and the crown prince were very satisfied with Su Andong's performance over the past few days. He did not get carried away, nor did he try to curry favor with anyone.
If Su Anton did anything bad in the next few days, the father and son would not give this official position to Su Anton.
It was precisely because Su An Dong was low-key and unpretentious that he won the opportunity. He did not forget his name because he won the third place in the imperial examination; nor did he lose himself in the pursuit of others. Another important point is that Su An Dong did not accept gifts that he should not have accepted, which proved that he was not a greedy person and did not make a lot of money because of a momentary complacency.
The fact that Su Anton does not try to gain personal connections shows that he is a down-to-earth person; he is also very self-aware and aware of his situation.
The emperor and his son were most satisfied that Su An Dong did not cling to anyone. If he wanted to cling to someone, he could have, but he did not. No one who was an emperor liked to form cliques for personal gain.
After leaving the palace, Su An Dong finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had passed this test.
After returning to the courtyard, Zhou Huilan and the others were naturally curious about what happened in the palace.
Su Anton told Zhou Huilan and others what happened in the palace and did not hide anything.
After hearing this, several people fell into a brief silence.
Su Zhihao spoke first: "Dad, I feel that your every move these days is under the control of others."
Su Yuanyuan nodded in agreement and said, "You must have been targeted by others a long time ago. I guess you are just one of the candidates, but you have passed the test and were finally chosen."
Su An Dong nodded in agreement and said, "I guess those who show off have already shown off themselves. Besides, if I were born in a noble family, I wouldn't have gotten this position. People just want to find someone who has no foundation and obeys orders."
People from noble families are always easier to control than those from humble backgrounds. After all, this is directly related to the future recovery of the southern border. The emperor hopes that this person will completely obey him or the future emperor.
Zhou Huilan said: "It's not easy to be an official! I'm afraid you can only do your best in this job."
Su An Dong said confidently: "I can definitely do it well. Now I have a backer. Since I have a backer, I dare to do it. Don't worry, wife, it's not easy to be an official. This is already good enough."
It was indeed good. Su Anton was very satisfied that he had the support of the top people and got a good official position.
Moreover, with so many officials in the court, it was already very rare to be able to show up in front of the emperor and leave a name with him. There were so many civil and military officials in the court, and if it weren't for this opportunity, Su An Dong didn't know when he would be seen by the emperor.
Su An Dong wanted to make a difference, and this position would allow him to do some real work. Moreover, what he did would not be buried if the emperor paid attention to it. How many people in the court wanted to do something but had no room to display their talents? And how many people did something but were buried?
Su Anton felt that he was very lucky to have such a situation as he had no background and no foundation.
After hearing what Su Antong said, Zhou Huilan immediately said, "Of course, this is nothing to you." Zhou Huilan has always encouraged Su Antong and would never spoil his fun.
Su Zhihao and Su Yuanyuan looked at each other and left the room. There was really no point in being a light bulb. They were about to leave, so they might as well go out and pack their things.
Su Andong's job location is Nanling Prefecture, where there is a principal office under the Ministry of War, which was secretly established by the emperor in the past one or two years. The announcement of Su Andong's official position made this principal office appear in front of everyone.
The imperial edict did not strictly stipulate the time of taking office, but it had already stated that Su Andong should take up the post as soon as possible. Therefore, Su Andong did not have time to go back to Daxi Village and could only go directly to take up the post.
Zhou Huilan was planning to go back to Daxi Village to make some arrangements, but Su Zhihao asked her to follow Su Antong, otherwise she would not be at ease.
Finally, Zhou Huilan planned to take Su Zhicheng and Su Zhixuan back to Daxi Village.
Su Yuanyuan also wanted to go back, because she felt that she would stay in Lingnan Prefecture for the next two or three years and would not return to Daxi Village. She wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to go back and have a look, and she had space, so she could take care of some things that were inconvenient to bring.
As soon as Su Yuanyuan said she wanted to go back, Su Miaomiao also wanted to go back, and finally took the two girls with her.
Among this group of people, Su Zhicheng is already 20 years old this year and can be considered an adult, and the rest of the people have little fighting power. Su An Dong looked at this group of people and was really a little worried.
Su An Dong thought about going to the escort agency to ask for a few escorts. As soon as he said this idea, Zhou Huilan rejected it.
Zhou Huilan felt that there was no need to spend the money as they didn't have anything valuable.
Su Anton said with strong disapproval: "It's the items that are valuable, not the people!" In this place, Su Anton always doubted the safety of traveling far away.
As the two were talking, there was a knock on the door of the rented courtyard.
The person who came was a servant of the Prince of Dingguo. The Prince of Dingguo would return to Zhenjiang Prefecture in the next two days. He would definitely pass by Anbei Prefecture on his way to Zhenjiang Prefecture and asked Su Andong's family whether they wanted to go with him.
Yang Jingning, the son of Duke Dingguo, had just returned two days ago. The reason for his return was also very strange. He was tricked back by Duke Dingguo pretending to be sick.
Duke Dingguo tricked Yang Jingning back so that he could find a girl for him to marry. Yang Jingning knew the reason and found out that his father was faking illness, so he wanted to leave Kyoto and return to Zhenjiang Prefecture as soon as possible.
Yang Jingning is the legitimate son of Duke Dingguo and Princess Anping, and also the only legitimate son. Princess Anping is the eldest legitimate daughter of the current emperor, with a noble status and has always been very much loved by the emperor.
Yang Jingning is eighteen years old this year. When he was fifteen years old, he asked the current emperor, who is also his grandfather, to join the army in the northern border. He has been in the army for three years.
Yang Jingning knew very well what Duke Dingguo was thinking. He just wanted him to have a child as soon as possible so that the Yang family's bloodline would not be cut off.
Duke Dingguo had several brothers, but they all died on the battlefield, leaving him alone. He also had only one son, Yang Jingning. Although Duke Dingguo had several concubines, he just couldn't give birth to a son.
Duke Dingguo wanted Yang Jingning to get married and have children as soon as possible to continue the Yang family's incense. But Yang Jingning just didn't do as he wished and only wanted to escape as soon as possible.
At this time, Su An Dong knew the purpose of the servant's visit, so he naturally agreed to go back to Anbei Prefecture together. He was worried, so it would be safer to have the general with him.
We agreed on a departure time and met at the city gate early the next morning.
After seeing the servant off, Su Anton also set a departure time for himself, which was tomorrow.
After setting a time, Zhou Huilan began to pack the luggage for Su An Dong and others, checking for missing items and buying whatever was missing. But it was okay, she had enough money and could always buy it.
That afternoon, someone sent a team of ten personal guards to Su Andong. They were sent by the emperor and only obeyed Su Andong's orders and protected his safety.
After Su An Dong thanked him, he looked at these ten people and for some reason, he felt a lot of pressure. He was narrow-minded and thought, could it be that he was the one who paid the salaries of these ten people?
Su Anton was really narrow-minded in this regard. These personal guards were allocated by the emperor, so naturally they were paid for by the government.
The emperor gave Su Andong these ten people, firstly, to show his trust in Su Andong. Secondly, to support Su Andong and let others know who Su Andong is, so that it would be easier for Su Andong to act after he takes office.
Even with these ten people, Zhou Huilan was still worried and let Su Zhihao follow Su Antong.
When he got there, Su Anton was alone and weak after all, so it was important to have someone he could trust wholeheartedly.
At this time, Su An Dong and Zhou Huilan also realized the importance of manpower. They really had to bring along Su An Dong's crazy diehard fans, after all, they were more trustworthy than others.
The next day, after seeing off Su Andong and his group, Zhou Huilan took the two girls for a stroll on the street. In fact, during this period, Su Andong and his group were busy with their studies, and the two girls were relatively free, so they went out for a stroll several times.
This time Zhou Huilan brought them out to bring some gifts to her family. When they go to Nanling Prefecture to find Su Andong later, they will not enter Kyoto to save time.
Su Yuanyuan bought skin care products, rouge and powder for every female member of the family. After all, women, regardless of age, always love beauty.
Zhou Huilan also bought a lot of small accessories such as head flowers that were popular in Beijing.
Zhou Huilan did not buy gold and silver jewelry. Prices in Kyoto were higher than those in other places, and Zhou Huilan felt that if she could buy something elsewhere, there was no need to buy it in Kyoto.
On that day, Zhou Huilan packed her luggage and other belongings and waited to set off.
On the second day, Zhou Huilan and others went to the city gate early in the morning to meet Yang Jingning.
Zhou Huilan arrived at the city gate earlier than the agreed time. When she arrived, Yang Jingning and his group had not yet arrived. After waiting for a while, everyone arrived.
Yang Jingning knew Zhou Huilan, and after a brief greeting, the group set off.
When Su Antong arrived at Nanling Prefecture, Zhou Huilan and his party also returned to Anbei Prefecture the next day.
When Su Anton arrived at the office of Nanling Prefecture, he started to get busy. The first thing he had to do was to understand his job.
All the military households in Nanling Prefecture were under the management of Su Andong. There were many more military households in Nanling Prefecture than in other prefectures.
This year, all the military households have completed sowing, and Su Anton began his inspection.
Zhou Huilan was warmly welcomed back to Daxi Village. Someone had come to Daxi Village to announce the good news that Su Andong had passed the imperial examination and won the third place.
Although the villagers did not know what official position Su Andong finally got, in their eyes, no matter what the position was, being a Jinshi was already a height they could not climb, not to mention that Su Andong also won the third place in the imperial examination.
Mr. Wu, who wanted to marry into the Su family but failed, regretted his actions at this moment. He actually let a bastard marry the sister of a prominent scholar. If it had worked out, it would not be a big deal at this moment. But it didn't work out! Did he offend the Su scholar by using a bastard to marry into the Su family?
This Mr. Wu really thinks a lot, and the Su family never cares about his affairs at all.
The seven families who had fled the famine with the Su family were a little panicked at this moment.
Their panic came from the fear of the unknown. Without the Su family, they would not be able to find the direction of the future. For so long, they have been following the Su family and have become accustomed to following the Su family's footsteps.
When everyone heard that if they were willing, they could follow the Su family to find Su Anton, they were so happy! It was indescribable, it was a feeling of finding an organization.
In the end, Zhou Shun stayed in Daxi Village and continued to manage the vermicelli workshop, as well as helping the Su family manage the shop and fields.
Zhou Shun didn't go with her because Su Yijia was pregnant. The couple cherished the child very much and didn't want to worry about the pregnancy, so they decided to stay in Daxi Village for the time being.
All the Su family's businesses in Fengze County were handed over to Zhou Shun and his wife, but Zhou Shun and his wife only needed to grasp the general direction. Whether it was a shop or a field, Zhou Huilan left capable managers in each business. For example, Nianchun was the manager left by Zhou Huilan in Lanhuifang.