Chapter 20: Deception
As a result, after Gao Ji received the task of the magistrate, he also felt that this was a good opportunity for me to establish a relationship with the governor. He thought, how can I get the other person to notice me?
Gao Ji racked his brains to write this couplet, he wrote it like this, Shanglian: Spring Hall and Calm, Remembering the Hometown, Initiation Ten Houses! Downlink: The great river flows day and night, the children of Bazhou, look forward to returning!
Literally, this means that our hometown people have great respect for you, and it is the glory of your hometown that you can come. But in addition to a simple sycophant, in addition to this, Gao Jigao hid the most proud experience of Tao Ran's life here.
Tao Ran has been summoned by the emperor many times in his life, but one of them is the most impressive, the emperor summoned Tao Ran fourteen times in the Qianqing Palace, and then the emperor chatted with him and said: You see that you have such good grades, you must have studied hard!
Tao Ran said: How did I study back then, and how did I study hard.
The emperor was so happy when he heard this, he said: I'll put a plaque on the room where you are studying! Pick up the pen and write: Four big characters in the Ten Houses of Initiation.
This, the plaque mentioned by the emperor, for scholars and ministers, this is all a rare but undesirable tribute, a lifetime of high glory!
So Tao Ran thinks that this is the glory of our entire family, and even the glory of our entire hometown.
So when Gao Ji wrote the couplet, he said: Spring Palace and Calm, which means that you and the emperor talked very well in the palace, which means that you have a harmonious relationship. There's nothing to say about this, it's just praise!
Nian Zai's hometown: It's just that you have been out and an official for 20 years. The Ten Houses of Initiation: You see that although you have been out as an official for so long, you can see the Ten Houses of Initiation, the place where you studied is still there, that is, no matter where you go, the people in our hometown attach great importance to you and have always respected you, and these have not changed.
This Yinglian is written like this, in addition to admiration and welcome, but also said Tao Ran's favorite words, before I wrote about the Tang Emperor said: No one doesn't like to listen to good things!
You said that Tao Ran was the most proud of this thing in his life, and he looked at this couplet again, hey, this is great, it was written in my heart, and I was happier than what kind of shark fin, abalone, bear paws or something I ate! One question: Who wrote it?
The official next to him said: It was written by a teacher named Gao Ji, do you think you want to invite him to meet him?
Tao Ran said: Okay, call him here for me to see!
After being invited, Gao Ji's goal has been achieved, do you say that he is a talent in his early twenties who didn't pass the exam, can he not yearn for officialdom? What scholar doesn't want to make a big splash in officialdom!
So as soon as Gao Ji saw Tao Ran, he shook out all the things in his stomach, and he usually had nothing to say, and finally caught a big official.
In addition, Gao Ji's knowledge is not ordinary, and his mouth is also powerful, this is a fool for Tao Ran: Ah? Is this a country teacher? Oh, this guy is amazing!
At that time, Tao Ran said to Gao Ji: It's a pity that you are nesting here, you still have to take the exam, and you will definitely be able to pass the exam in the future, you will definitely be able to do it!
The two chatted happily, and this formed a relationship. As a result, after the turn of the year, Gao Ji went to the exam, and after the exam, he heard that Tao Ran was seriously ill, so he went to see Tao Ran.
As a result, when they arrived at Tao Ran's side, the two didn't know how to chat, Tao Ran talked about his son, and said: My family can put everything down, nothing is bad, I just think that my son is too young now, I don't worry about him if I leave too early, otherwise, Gao Ji, I will entrust my son to you.
At this time, Gao Ji was still young, less than thirty years old, but Tao Ran was already in his sixties, Gao Ji sounded very strange, how can I take care of your children?
Tao Ran said: Let's just get married, I'll let my child marry your girl!
For Gao Ji, with my status, how can I let the children of the Governor of Liangjiang marry my girl? I don't deserve it! Whether it is in terms of status, seniority, or social influence, it is not the right thing to do.
But Tao Ran was very persistent and said to Gao Ji: Give you thirty years, you must be above my status, so I entrust my child to you, you can help me.
The words were very sincere, and it was all up to this, and Gao Ji had no choice but to accept it. It didn't take long for Tao Ran to die, and then Gao Ji took Tao Gongzi into his home and treated him as his own son. And because this Tao Gongzi has been with Gao Ji for a long time, he also treats Gao Ji as his own father.
That's all for the matter first, and then what plan did Zhong Yuan give Zhang Liangqing? is to move Tao Ran's son, who is this Tao Gongzi.
Because this Tao Gongzi is Gao Ji's son-in-law, you can't get Gao Ji, you can use roundabout tactics to get his son-in-law!
How? Relying on the official authority of the current governor of Huzhou Zhang Liangqing, he went to their house to deliver a letter, which was written very righteous and awe-inspiring, saying that it was: Huzhou is in danger, and all the officials and gentlemen and people are obliged to contribute money and strength to defend Huzhou City, and Tao Gongzi Because your father used to be the governor of Liangjiang, and your family is a famous rich family, at this critical juncture, you should become an example for the people, so please raise 100,000 taels of silver within five days!
One hundred thousand taels! How can you have so old money, but you can't say this, the other party said it righteously, you say that you refuse or bargain, even if you pay back 50,000 taels, you can't take it.
What's the matter? Let's go find my father-in-law! He sent someone on a fast horse and went to find Gao Ji. Because at this time, Gao Ji was already in seclusion and lived in a place called Baiyakou in Sha Tin Town.
It stands to reason that Gao Ji is only in his early thirties, and he shouldn't have lived in seclusion so soon, because you haven't been an official in your life, and you haven't done anything big that can make people widely spread and cry ghosts and gods, what are you living in seclusion!
But it is precisely because of this that I didn't say earlier that he is very talented and very arrogant, which is called: self-esteem is very high! Although I haven't done anything big yet, I have also lived in seclusion, I don't go out, and put on a show: I don't care about fame and fortune in this world!
But when it was mentioned before that he tried his best to write a welcome couplet to Tao Ran to curry favor with the Governor of Liangjiang, from here, is he really not eager to make meritorious contributions in his heart, and really not want to be a big official? That's impossible. It's just that he may not have met the person he likes, or the person he likes hasn't come to ask him out.
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