Although there are fewer days of rest, but after all, there are more than ten days, to Zhu Yuanzhang dominates the world, this benevolent brother was born poor, and his body is strong, in his opinion, the current official treatment is already good, so in the Hongwu Dynasty, the official's "ten-day rest" system was gradually reduced or even canceled, and only three holidays were retained throughout the year, namely the Spring Festival, the winter solstice and the emperor's birthday. Specifically, there are three days of monthly leave, plus 18 days off on New Year's Day, Lantern Festival, Zhongyuan (15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar), winter solstice and other festivals, and there are only more than 50 days of vacation every year. But this holiday is too short, and it is still not feasible in actual operation, such as the separation of officials and their families, the problem of children's study, and the problem of supporting the elderly, so that many officials began to write to Zhu Yuanzhang, in view of the actual situation, Zhu Yuanzhang also made appropriate adjustments, which can be regarded as solving the problem, but there are still many officials who are not satisfied, but because of Zhu Yuanzhang's iron-fisted methods, no one dares to say it anymore.

This system as the ancestral system has been continued, today is a rest day, got the emperor's orders, Yang Shiqi began to invite guests to dinner, he wanted to invite Yang Zheng to the most famous food in Beijing to eat a big meal, but where the banquet is too expensive, although he is a big member, but he can't afford to eat, so he had to reluctantly change to a family banquet.

Yang Shiqi lives outside the west gate of the imperial city, it is not big, but it is also a spacious courtyard, the main house is the front porch and the back building, and there is a cover room behind. There is a hanging flower door in the middle of the flower wall in the south of the east and west wings, there are four wooden screens in the door, and the east and west wings have a hand-copying verandah, which communicates with the hanging flower door. Some flower walls are on both sides of the hanging flower door, with two or three leaky windows.

Between the main room and the side room, there is a full moon door, which can go from the aisle to the backyard, and some have a hall, which can be walked through.

In the outer courtyard, there is a flower wall in the east and west, the moon gate in the middle, four wooden screens with green paint, red bucket square characters, the east side is "moving wall book", and the west side is "West Garden Hanmo". You can go through this door to the cross-courtyard. The south room has a verandah through the mountain, which is a corridor that is opened with a gable wall and connected. In this way, several courtyards connected to each other in the east, west, north and south have been formed, and there are no clues from the outside, and only when you enter the inside do you feel that this house is not small. Yang Shiqi is young and miserable, there are not many people in the family, except for the old mother, there are only himself and two sons left in the family, and a few servants, since marrying Su Lan, the two sons were sent back to their hometown, leaving him Su Lan and a few servants in the capital.

Yang Shiqi began to discuss with Su Lan early in the morning, Su Lan can follow Yang Shiqi, Yang Zheng contributed a lot from it, and has been chattering, and today I learned that the little brother came to eat that day, and it was not ambiguous, although she was the first prostitute in Hangzhou back then, in addition to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she also burned a good dish, and began to make dishes according to Yang Shiqi's instructions.

And Yang Shiqi and the servant Yang Liang moved the tables, chairs and benches to the patio, under the tall old maple tree, and talked about the wine, which was not bad, and did a good job, seeing that the sky was almost dark, Yang Shiqi told Yang Liang to invite Yang Zheng to eat, and he went to invite Hu Ying and others, and the two went separately.

The hutongs of Beijing have been famous all over the world since the Yuan Dynasty, and the Yuan capital is basically the distance of three large courtyards. Therefore, the descendants built a courtyard in the middle of the open space, and relied on the small alley as the passage in and out, so that a large number of nameless small alleys were produced in many famous alleys, so there is a saying: "The famous alley is three thousand six, and the nameless alley is a cow hair." Of course, after decades of evolution in the Ming Dynasty, many alleys here are full of historical significance, such as the Si Lijian Hutong, Gongjian Hutong (the inner palace supervisor changed the voice), the weaving and dyeing bureau alley, the wine and vinegar bureau alley, the bell and drum division alley, the salary division alley, the wax library alley, the porcelain library alley, etc., are the eunuchs of the inner government in the past dynasties, the bureau, the division, the treasury, the location of each yamen, showing the scope of the imperial city at that time. In the past, many government offices also left a lot of Hutong place names, such as Dongchang Hutong was the location of the famous Jinyi Wei in the Ming Dynasty, and it was the place where the eunuchs killed Zhongliang. The south and north Taichang alleys are named after Taichang Temple. Gongyuan Hutong was the examination room of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The location of many powerful people's first residences has also become the name of the alley, such as the Wuding Hou Hutong, which is the residence of Guo Ying, a meritorious hero during the Yongle period, in addition to the ministers, there are also ordinary people's names have also become the names of the alleys, such as Wang Lao Hutong, Shi Lao Niang Hutong, Song Girl Hutong, etc., it is said that this kind of Hutong named after the poor and lowly greatly exceeds the Hutong named by the powerful, thus forming the unique Hutong characteristics of Beijing.

In the whole of Beijing, among the hutongs named after "Hou", the most famous is the Wudinghou Hutong north of Guangningbo Street and not far from it. Wuding Marquis Guo Ying, Hongwu 17 years of sealing. Guo Ying and Zhu Yuanzhang are both from Fengyang, Anhui Province, and Guo Ying has been with Zhu Yuanzhang before he became emperor. After Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, Guo Ying's descendants also moved to Beijing and built a mansion, because of the hereditary title of Marquis of Wuding, Guo Ying's descendants built a mansion in this alley and then named Wuding Hou Hutong.

At the top of the spacious alley, there is a courtyard facing south, which gives people the feeling of "Houmen is as deep as the sea" from the outside. Entering the courtyard, only to see that the left side is an antique, the opening room has three meters of hanging flower door, the right side is a piece of green trees, the tall ancient acacia covers the sky and the sun, a square heavy eaves pavilion built on the rockery stone is hidden in the green shade, quite a bit of the feeling of a big house.

Under a jujube tree in the courtyard of the courtyard, a round stone table, four stone piers, under the hanging jujube branches, stood a pretty woman, the woman pinched a small bamboo stick in one hand, and quickly dipped it in a porcelain bowl next to it.

The woman in white let the chaos fall down her palm, and when she heard Peng's voice, the wontons rolled in the delicate flour, and the woman in white was neatly placed on a wooden board, dozens of chaos were neat and tidy, and it looked very comfortable at a glance, but the woman in white's dark eyes did not look at the wontons on the wooden board, but looked more at a Taishi chair outside the stone table.

Not far from the stone table, a Taishi chair, leaning on the chair is a young man, the young man has clear eyebrows, a moon-white robe is gently buckled on his chest, quite a bit of the grace and restraint of the son of the family, the young man pinched a copy of the Tao Te Ching in his hand and chanted softly: "Good is like water." Water is good for all things without fighting, and it is evil for everyone, so it is more than the Tao. dwelling, good earth, good abyss; with, Shanren; Words, good faith; governance, good governance; things, good energy; Move, be good at the right time. The husband is indisputable, so there is no special ......" The voice was not loud, but it was a little deep, as if he was contemplating.

The young man chanted a few times, and a hint of strange color flashed in his eyes, Lao Tzu's words are telling the world that the best virtue is like water: water is good at nourishing all things without fighting for merit, and it can live and work in peace and contentment in an environment that everyone hates, so it is close to the realm of the Tao. Guarding the good land that no one fights for and no one fights with; The state of mind is as clear and tranquil as the abyss; Actions are full of love for all beings because of inner peace; Words are naturally faithful because they are quiet and do nothing, and do not seek fame and fortune; In politics, because of selflessness and desirelessness, and without deliberately pursuing meritorious deeds, he can govern according to nature; After getting rid of selfish and distracting desires, seeking fame and profit, and rejoicing in great achievements, we can really focus all our efforts on doing things, so as to be omniscient; They will also see when they should really be activated, and they will be good at seizing the moment. It is precisely because he does not deliberately strive for power and fortune and fame that he has neither worries and depression from his heart, nor worries and difficulties from the outside world. The young man seemed to have an understanding, nodded his head, and muttered: "It's not easy to be a person like water?" ”

This young man is none other than our Lord Yang, since he was brought to this courtyard by Wang Zhen, he has lived here for two days, and he is not in a hurry to go out to see Beijing that has been precipitated for thousands of years, but chooses to read in this elegant courtyard, drink tea, and even practice calligraphy.

It's not that he pretended to be high, and from this time he helped Zhu Zhanji get through the biggest difficulty in his life, thus partially changing history and sharpening his sense of smell, from Zhu Zhanji's attitude towards him in the palace, and rewarding him with this courtyard, so that he obviously felt that he came to the capital this time, but he was afraid that he would not be able to leave for a while?

Since it is a long time to come, look at the city of Beijing is not in a hurry, but in the capital to stand on the heel is the most important, what is the situation in the capital, how to deal with the officialdom, he does not know, so he wants to understand from the book, and in his opinion, whether it is officialdom, or the court, under the bizarre appearance, only philosophy can see the essence, and in Chinese philosophy, the only way to trace its root is Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching", these two days, he chanted, recited, although he can not fully understand, but from more or less some understanding, He believes that this will be of great help to him in the future.

I don't know how long I watched it, but I only felt that my neck was a little sore, so I put down the book in my hand, rubbed my neck and said: "I haven't read for a long time, I can't imagine that reading is so tired, no wonder those literati and ink writers can't move what ten years of cold window hardship, if it weren't for great perseverance and great wisdom, these ten years of cold window hardship are not something ordinary people can bear?" Yang Zheng smiled in the direction of the stone table.

Shen Yanqiu's slender white fingers turned quickly, and when she heard this, she glanced at him and said, "Read it early, but you don't have to eat it?" ”

Yang Zheng laughed and said: "I didn't eat, hey, I don't know who secretly left me with the food yesterday, my sister hurts my mind, I don't know where I am?" ”

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