Chapter 3 The Cheng Family

This wise woman gave birth to a total of six children, but only the young girl Banniang and the brothers Su Shi and Su Zhe grew up.

When Su Xun went out to travel, it was Mrs. Cheng who taught a few children to read, and she had a set of education methods.

For example, she said: "Your brother should not only know how to read by death, but only know to read for the sake of the empty name of a 'scholar'." You should understand things, be brave and moral, and be a person who is beneficial to the country and the nation in the future. ”

For example, she also said: "Don't worry about me, if you can become a righteous person like Fan Fan, can't I become Fan Fan's mother and become the kind of person who understands her son's sacrifice?" ”

Filial piety to parents, good housekeeping, and good teaching of children, it is inevitable to win the love and affection of the old people of the Su family.

The relationship between the Su Cheng family is normal so far.

So according to the custom of "kissing and kissing", Su Xun's daughter Banniang married Cheng Jun's son Cheng Zhengfu last year.

Cheng Jun is Mrs. Cheng's elder brother, and in the third year after Su Xun's second brother Su Jian Jinshi and the first, that is, the fifth year of Tiansheng, he also entered the Shi and the first, and it may be that Cheng Wen should operate properly, Cheng Jun is an official in Qingshen County near Meishan.

This is amazing, officials are officials in their hometowns, especially in Sichuan, which is strictly forbidden by the imperial court.

The Cheng family did it, so it was like a tiger with wings, and its wealth and power were unmatched in Meishan at that time.

Therefore, the marriage between Sister Su and Cheng Zhengfu has a bit of a "low price if you marry a woman".

Family marriage, unlike the royal family, the royal family has reached its peak, and marrying a woman is a tradition, and there are other benefits.

In the family, the marriage of women is low, and the marriage of women is high, and such a family is generally harmonious. High-ranking women marry into low-ranking families with rich dowries and family backgrounds, and generally have a higher status in their husbands' families.

But Banniang's marriage is just the opposite, it looks like a good family affair, but it is actually a bit rash.

According to the literary and historical materials, Banniang was abused to death by her uncle Cheng Jun, aunt Song, and husband Cheng Zhengfu, and was only 18 years old when she died.

The specific abuse was not detailed, but it was said that Cheng Jun was lustful and addicted to gambling, and his uncle Song and his family often bullied this little daughter-in-law, and her husband Cheng Zhengfu turned a blind eye to it and ignored it.

Then there is information that after Banniang fell ill, they took away her child, did not see a doctor, and did not even give food, and Banniang died in vain.

Su Xun was heartbroken and angry, and the Su and Cheng families formed a grudge and did not interact with each other.

In the second year of Zhihe, the Su clan revised the genealogy in order to commemorate the ancestors, built the Su clan genealogy pavilion in the southwest of the ancestral cemetery, and carved a stone monument.

The first shot of the old cousin directly hit his in-laws and brother-in-law.

He specially wrote a "Su Clan Genealogy Pavilion Record", in which he mentioned "someone" and listed the six major crimes of "someone". Tell the people to take this as a warning and not to repeat the mistakes of the past.

The article wrote: "His concubine is beautiful, which is enough to confuse the villain in the alley; Its official power is enough to shake the prefecture and county; Its deceitful embellishment, and its words are enough to deceive a gentleman. It's the big thief in the state. ”

Counting the powerful people who were able to call the wind and rain in Meishan City at that time, it was Su Xun's brother-in-law - Cheng Jun.

However, when translated, like the rest of the old brother's articles, it was sprayed a little inexplicably.

The richest man in Meishan Town, the car is ridden, and the concubine is beautiful, shouldn't this be? Is it his fault for making the little people living in the alleys envious, jealous and hateful?

The government still has money, enough to influence local policies, pay attention to it, the old cousin himself didn't say that others had done this, but the GDP created by the richest man exceeded that of the prefecture and county, which became a sin?

As for the deceitful embellishment and deception of the gentleman, looking at it the other way, it just shows that Cheng Jun is also a moral writer on weekdays, but in the eyes of the old cousin, this is a wrong mouth, which is fake.

But what do people think in their hearts, whether it is true or false, and how to distinguish it?

The article also said that the elders and children were in the same room and were rude, but think about Su Zhe himself, when he went to Kaifeng to take the exam, he and his two sons and daughters-in-law sat all the way from Meishan to Kaifeng on the same boat, how can this be said?

So how could the Cheng family stand this, so the relationship between the two families was cut off for more than forty years.

Mrs. Cheng's embarrassing situation can be imagined, the mother and daughter are connected, the husband and brother turn against each other, and the early death of her beloved daughter has hit Mrs. Cheng hard.

The result is naturally a lot of worries and overwork. Five years later, before his two sons could return to their hometowns in high school, they died.

Based on this article alone, Su You thinks that the old cousin has gone a little too far.

At the same time, the angry personality of the old cousin also made Su You a little suspicious of the Cheng family's perception and the truth of the matter.

Su You felt that this was more like a litter of Jinshi from several major families, together with his wife's generosity and family background, which together formed a huge pressure on him, and then he lost control of his emotions to vent.

The "Su Family Genealogy Pavilion Record" and the old cousin's later article "On Distinguishing Adultery" run through the same line, in the former article, it is a sin to have a good car and a good horse, and in the latter article, it is also a sin to eat poorly and dress uncleanly.

Using these things as bullets to strafe political opponents made Su You feel that cousin Cannon always likes to take the path of crooked machine guns.

And his favorite thing to do in his life is almost all this, lack of detailed investigation and research, and the arguments are all from ancient texts, so the foundation cannot be indestructible, and it is easy to be seized by others to fight back.

Wang Anshi was disgusted and disgusted with him, but he did not regard him as an opponent of the same magnitude, mostly because of this.

Thinking about it carefully, a family that can educate Mrs. Cheng is worthy of the name of everyone, and a family that can cultivate many Jinshi, is it really as unbearable as Su Lao Pao said?

And judging from the follow-up historical materials, after Su Xun's death, Su Shi and Su Zhe recovered their old friendship with the Cheng family, and they also had a good relationship with Banniang's husband Cheng Zhengfu.

Cheng Jun, the "big thief in the state" in the mouth of Lao Pao's cousin, has a total of five sons, four of whom have gone out to be officials, and some of them are also high-powered.

Among them, Cheng Zhengfu himself is not weak, and later he was sentenced to prison on Guangnan East Road, and Su Shi, who was demoted to Huizhou and resettled, was under his jurisdiction, and he was taken care of by this cousin.

Well, Su Shi's nephew is a Ma Daha, and he treats people who have harmed him, such as Shen Kuo, Wang Anshi, and Zhang Dan, and they are all tolerant and generous, which can be ignored.

But Su Zhe is not such a person, it is not easy to get Su Zhe's approval.

So it's a bit of a strange thing.

What the hell is going on, Su You decided to find out.

So after passing Daqing Building, he did not go to the yarn shop, but went directly to the Cheng bookstore across the street.

Cheng's bookstore has a high and wide face, and there are three shops with six doors on the street, and there are a total of thirteen rooms lined up! Cheng Ban Street!

After entering, there is a burst of ink fragrance, rows of half-person-high counters, and books with blue covers neatly stacked on them.

The books are divided into various types of classics and histories, and there is a super large counter with current language and strategies, which are for candidates to figure out.

Su You can't help but be amazed, the three major printing and publishing bases of the Great Song Dynasty, Hangzhou, Jianyang, Meishan, among which Meishan is the most engraved by the private house of Cheng Sheren, and the end is worthy of its name.

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man, seeing Su You's young age, he stood there quietly, carrying two baskets of books in his hand, which looked like the mark of his own bookstore, and hurriedly greeted him and said politely: "Little sir, but is there anything wrong with the books in my bookstore?" ”

Su You smiled, when ordinary merchants encounter this situation, they first clarify whether their products are not, and dare to ask so, either because the business philosophy is appropriate, or they have great confidence in their products.

put down the book, crossed his hands, and said with a smile: "Anzhen Township Kelong Li Suyou, come to pay a visit to Your Excellency." ”

The shopkeeper seems to be clear to the Jiang Qing family, but Longli is where the Su clan ancestral hall is located, so he couldn't help but ask carefully: "That's an in-law, dare to ask...... Belch...... Which oil is Xiaolang Junzun? ”

Su You replied with a smile: "The oil of honey blending oil." ”

Water Cards! This is the same generation as the master! Then the elder in this child's mouth is not the old man of the family, but the longest elder in the family - the old lady Cheng Wen Ying Cheng of Dali Temple.

This Dali Temple is a gift from Cheng Wenying because of his two sons being officials, which is actually inappropriate in Su You's heart, but it is really loud in Meishan.

The shopkeeper lowered his eyebrows even more: "Xiao Langjun, please come with the old man." ”