About the tenth day of the first month, Wang Yuan left for Beijing.

I didn't dare to ride a horse, nor did I dare to take a car, because it was too bumpy, so I walked slowly throughout the whole process, and I only had to go on a trip in the suburbs of Beijing in advance.

This year was a rare warm winter, with two snowfalls and a sharp rise in temperature. Until the Chinese New Year, there was no snow or rain, which gave the court bigwigs a headache, and they also specially engaged in the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky to pray for rain and snow.

This was the case in ancient agrarian societies, where people would freeze to death if it snowed all the time, and people would starve to death if it didn't snow. If there is no snow before the beginning of spring, the wheat in the north will be severely short of water, and can only rely on artificial irrigation to replenish water.

Zhou Chong stayed outside the Xuanwu Gate, waiting from morning to evening, and finally saw Wang Yuan and Song Ling'er leading their horses.

"Second brother, you're finally back." Zhou Chong rushed up with joy.

Wang Yuan handed him the reins and asked, "I heard that Your Majesty has given him a mansion?" ”

Zhou Chong suddenly exaggerated and said: "That house is so big, when I moved my belongings, I didn't know where the main gate was." After entering the house, I couldn't tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest, and I actually got lost in the stockade! ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "How big does that have to be?" ”

Zhou Chong replied: "It covers an area of one hundred and ten acres. ”

"How much?" Wang Yuan thought he had misheard.

Zhou Chong explained: "There are really one hundred and zero acres, which used to be Liu Jin's house, and after Liu Jin's house was raided, it was changed to Huangzhuang. There are still eunuchs living in the city, and they said that they would wait for the second brother to come back and personally go over to them to handle the handover. ”

Wang Yuan was speechless for a moment, a house covering an area of one hundred and ten acres, that is, more than 70,000 square meters!

Zhou Chong continued: "The house is outside the Xizhi Gate, not in the city. There were also many maids and slaves, and they could not be counted, and they could only be known until they got the roster. ”

The Imperial Estate was not a royal estate, but the Emperor's Farm.

Liu Jin's house was located in the west of the city, and at that time it encroached on the farmland of hundreds of people, built a huge mansion, and the surrounding area also became Liu Gonggong's private land, and all the farmers became Liu Gonggong's tenants. After Liu Jin's house was raided, all the mansions and farmland were returned to the imperial family, and tenants and slaves also depended on the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao was very generous this time, and directly rewarded Wang Yuan with the stockade and farmland.

Zhou Chong led Wang Yuan and Song Ling'er through the city to Xizhimen, and saw the mansion after a short time.

Song Ling'er didn't feel any surprise, she had seen luxury since she was a child, and the Song family's Beiya was much bigger than this dilapidated house.

Wang Yuan was speechless, such a big mansion, the daily maintenance costs are amazing, not to mention that he has to raise so many servants.

Moreover, seriously overstepped!

From the inside to the outside, it seems that the shrunken version of the Forbidden City, when Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were placed, which eunuch dared to build a private house like this, and he could directly be killed for the crime of treason.

Historically, the house has survived.

During the Qing Dynasty, it was the residence of Prince Zhuang, and because there was a boxing ring in the mansion, it was seriously damaged by the Eight-Nation Alliance.

In the Republic of China, Li Chun, a Beiyang warlord and Jiangxi overseer, looted the people's fat and people's ointment, bought the remaining Zhuang Prince's Mansion, and moved it to Tianjin as a whole for reorganization. However, because of Yuan Shikai's obstruction and the destruction of the Eight-Nation Alliance, the area of Prince Zhuang's mansion after the reorganization was seriously reduced, and it was named "Li Chun Ancestral Hall".

To New China, it became the Cultural Palace of Nankai District, and later became the "Zhuangwangfu Tourist Scenic Spot". And it was expanded to cover an area of 18,000 square meters, which was nondescript, and even wrote simplified Chinese characters on the plaque.

Wang Yuan reluctantly walked around his new home, and the planning of the entire house imitated the Forbidden City.

The northeast used to be Liu Jin's family ancestral hall, which is now used to stack sundries. To the northwest is the garden, with pavilions and pavilions. There are three halls in the middle and south, and there are seventeen main halls, sixteen additional houses, and some scattered rooms for the lower people.

There is even a Dan Majesty, which can only be used by the emperor and the prince!

Li Chun's ancestral hall, but it is called the "Little Forbidden City" by the old Tianjin people, because it resembles the Forbidden City, and it was stopped by Yuan Shikai in the middle of the reorganization, which can be imagined how illegal it is.

Father-in-law Liu's dog is bold.

"Let's go back to the dormitory." Wang Yuan shook his head, he didn't dare to live in this house, unless one day Zhengde would make him the prince.

Zhou Chong said disappointedly: "Don't you want such a good house?" ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "I want my life more." ”

The handover formalities were no longer done, and Wang Yuan returned to the dormitory of the Hanlin Academy and wrote a letter of resignation to the emperor. said that he could ask for the fertile land around the house, but Liu Jin's old house never dared to accept it, there were too many illegal buildings in it.

Zhu Houzhao quickly sent a eunuch to deliver a decree to appease Wang Yuan, and said that he would immediately let people rebuild and demolish or modify all the forbidden places.

Wang Yuan continued to write a letter to excuse himself, saying that Liu Jin's old mansion was built in imitation of the Forbidden City, and he would never dare to ask for it unless it was completely demolished.

Zhu Houzhao did not send anyone to pass on the decree, and directly ordered the reconstruction, and threw it to Wang Yuan after the reconstruction.

During the Spring Festival, it is time to visit Shangguan, colleagues, seat teachers and house masters. But Wang Yuan only wrote more than ten letters on the grounds of physical inconvenience and asked Zhou Chong to take them to visit, and he didn't give a single gift.

This was learned from Wang Yangming, who was an official and was described as "not using a penny with people".

Others can not worship, Wang Yangming must go there.

On this day, Wang Yuan came to Wang Yangming's private house and found that several people had been raised, and all of them were disciples of the mind.

Among them, the best is Fang Xianfu, who resigned a month ago but has not yet left the capital.

When Wang Yangming was the director of the Anthology Division, Fang Xianfu was already a member of the Anthology Division. You can understand it this way, Wang Yangming has developed his immediate boss into his own student, and he belongs to the formal apprenticeship.

In addition, there is also Huang Xuan, the governor of the Houjun Governor's Office, who also became Wang Yangming's student.

It's really amazing, Fang Xianfu and Huang Juan both fell ill together after coming into contact with Xinxue, and they both chose to resign and go home to recuperate, and they both devoted themselves to studying in their hometown for ten years.

It wasn't until Wang Yangming resigned in anger that they came out to be officials again, one official to the Ministry of Ministers (cabinet ministers), and one to the Hanlin Bachelor and Nanjing Ministry of Rites, and actively campaigned for Wang Yangming's comeback!

There is also a person named Zhan Ruoshui, who is Wang Yangming's best friend in his life. He also belongs to the disciple of Xinxue, but it is not Yangming Xinxue, but Baisha Xinxue, and later from the Chuangganquan School, during the Jiajing period, the official to the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of War.

Wang Yuan came to visit the teacher, and by the way, he saw three scholars in history.

Because Wang Yangming is not gregarious and is still in a key position, he is already a little awkward with Yang Tinghe at this time.

Last autumn, Yang Tinghe planned to throw Wang Yangming to Nanjing, but fortunately, Huang Juan and Fang Xianfu came forward and went to Yang Yiqing to intercede. Coupled with Li Dongyang's support, he stayed in Beijing and was promoted by the way - Yang Tinghe wanted to transfer Wang Yangming to Nanjing, so he had to be promoted, even if he stayed in Beijing in the end, he still had to pinch his nose and be promoted.

Combined with Yang Yiqing's two consecutive resignations at the end of the year, it is conceivable that there is a huge contradiction between Yang Tinghe and Yang Yiqing.

Yang Yiqing began to be disobedient and threatened Yang Tinghe with his resignation.

"Ruoxu is here," Wang Yangming introduced with a smile, "This is Zhan Ganquan, this is Fang Shuxian, and this is Huang Zongxian, all of whom are my friends, and they are all studying psychology." ”

Wang Yuan immediately clenched his fists: "Meet your uncles, please forgive the juniors for being injured and unable to perform the full salute." ”

Although Fang Xianfu and Huang Juan are Wang Yangming's disciples, their relationship is also that of teacher and friend, and Wang Yuan cannot directly call him senior brother.

"Wang Erlang, don't be polite," Zhan Ruoshui said with a smile, "Your teacher, often talk about you, you and I have already known each other." ”

Fang Xianfu and Huang Juan can have a family relationship with Wang Yuan, and this relationship between the same door is unbreakable.

It's a pity that Fang Xianfu and Huang Juan have both resigned and plan to go home to study mind. Historically, if Wang Yangming hadn't been forced to resign, it is estimated that they would have been too lazy to go to the mountain, only because the teacher was bullied, these two ran out, and by the way, they each became scholars.

In this time and space, if Wang Yangming's career goes well, Fang Xianfu and Huang Juan are likely not to come back for the rest of their lives, how can they be happy to study and learn as officials?

As for Zhan Ruoshui, he will soon send an envoy to Annam (canonized as king), and he will not know what year or month he will return. Historically, less than two years after returning to Beijing, he was worried about his mother's funeral, and he simply went to study the mind and study whether he was an official or not, and he didn't run back until Wang Yangming resigned, and by the way, he also did Shangshu.

The three of them are all natural political allies of Wang Yuan, but they can't use them for the time being, and they are overly obsessed with mental learning, which leads to a great decrease in their desire to be officials.

But it doesn't matter, Wang Yangming is very good at accepting disciples. Even after Li Dongyang resigned, Wang Yangming was thrown to Nanjing, but he also accepted a bunch of students and brought the director of academic affairs of Nanjing Guozijian or something as a disciple.

At this moment, the four bigwigs sat down and discussed, and Wang Yuan could only listen honestly. Some of the content he listened to was confused, because he hadn't read the book he was talking about, and we were just a parallel import.

(My son also had a fever in the middle of the night last night, and he tossed in the hospital until morning, and the one he owed could only be made up tomorrow.) ）