Chapter 813: The Family Joins Forces

Compared with the rest of the Han and Sui dynasties, and the ten-month holidays of the Tang and Song dynasties, the holidays of the Ming Dynasty were initially pitiful. During the Hongwu period, except for the Spring Festival, the winter solstice and the Lantern Festival, or the emperor's longevity festival, there were no holidays. In the Yongle period, the Lantern Festival holiday is longer than the five-day holiday of the Spring Festival, and there is a ten-day holiday from the eleventh day of the first month. Xuande was much more relaxed at the beginning, and in just three years, Zhu Zhanji had twice given the minister of civil and military affairs, so compared with the minister's cattle and horses during the Hongwu period, it has finally improved.

However, the Mid-Autumn Festival is still not the main festival, and August 15 is the day of the great court meeting, and all civil and military officials must have court clothes to enter the meeting, but if there is nothing important in the yamen in the afternoon, they can disperse early. In addition, Empress Dowager Zhang also met a number of foreign women who had entered the Hajj in the inner court, and gave various foods such as moon cakes and cakes, and Mrs. Zhu Gong and Uncle gave additional rewards to both ends of the table and the inside, and Du Juan entered the palace with Mrs. Wang at the invitation of her, and naturally got a share, and personally sent it to Sun as soon as she returned home.

All colors of moon cakes and cakes are made of silver molds from the royal superintendent, most of them are plum orchids, bamboo chrysanthemums, four-color patterns, and the fillings are nothing more than rose bean paste, mung beans and other colors, all bright and lovely, but only the size of a small wine glass. Both ends of the surface and the inside are the Jiangnan Weaving and Dyeing Bureau of special tribute, one is the gold thread peony red multicolored silk grosgrain, the other is the jade crepe, just a bright and light. After Sun took a look, he compared it to Du Juan, and then smiled: "It's just right to make clothes for you." ”

"This color is too bright for me to wear, and I am stained with the light of the eldest uncle, how dare I wear it out to show off? And I listened to the queen mother's meaning, as if I wanted to see Tianci and Sister Jing and a few other children in a few days, or cut the big red one for Sister Jing first, and the rest with the jade crepe, and considered making some clothes for the rest of the children. ”

Zhang Jing didn't care about clothes and jewelry, just looking at this piece of red, but felt that her eyes were dazzling, and she was thinking about how good this red should be with her sister-in-law's character, and when she heard that she was going to give it to herself, she was stunned. What made her even more inexplicable was that her mother was only stunned and looked up and down at her, and finally hesitated thoughtfully.

"Sister-in-law, even if you don't love this color, keep it for Jingguan and Sansan, one person can cut one, I can't use it!"

"Girl, why can't you use it? You're the right age to use it! Sun came back from his trance, beckoned Zhang Jing to come over, and held the person in his arms for a while, then raised his head and said to Du Juan, "It's time for you to take her to teach her more in the future." As for female celebrities, it is better to learn as much as you can than to temporarily cram. As for academic articles, it doesn't matter, don't be illiterate, since ancient times, talented women have a thin life......"

Seeing Zhang Jing's eyes widen when she listened, Du Juan quickly coughed, and finally interrupted Sun's words. Seeing Sun's melancholy face, she hurriedly pushed Jingguan and Sansan behind her, and she took Zhang Jing to the door and called Cui's mother to the needlework room to call someone, so she took her hand to the ear room next door.

"Sister-in-law, what do you mean by my mother's words?"

"Haven't you studied the Book of Songs? My Fair Lady, Gentleman, what do you mean? ”

Although she has been separated from Zhang Jing for two years, she used to be the best, and Du Juan did not beat around the bush in front of her. Sure enough, as soon as she heard this, the little girl who was the most hearty and generous in the past was stunned for a moment, and then pouted angrily: "I'm still young, and my mother is too anxious." Besides, there was a time when Meng Ang showed us those dramas and scripts, and he was reprimanded by Mr. Mr. said, not to mention the Prime Minister's Mansion of Shangshu Mansion, even their poor scholarly families, and the girl's family is also courteous. As long as they are not parents who tend to be inflammatory, they are the most suitable people who are selected for their children. Sister-in-law, when the time comes...... Can you help me pick one? ”

The first words sounded decent, but Du Wanshi didn't expect such a sentence to pop out in the end, and he suddenly laughed dumbly. Seeing Zhang Jing staring at herself sincerely, obviously understanding this intention, she couldn't help but smile and flick a finger on her smooth forehead.

"You don't need me, your brother was still talking to me that day, and if you want to marry our Jing girl, you have to pass him first. The civil and martial arts children in the capital, he has a spectrum in his heart, and he will definitely pick someone for you whose character and appearance all overshadow him. ”

"My brother is so cunning, it may be possible for his appearance to surpass him, his character, it is possible to be so-so, as for the rest...... In addition to the sons of the nobles in Manjing, there are also younger high-ranking officials than him? ”

The two sisters-in-law were whispering in the ear room, and a voice came from outside, it turned out that Cui's mother had come with the daughter-in-law of the tube needlework room. Du Juan patted Zhang Jing, and didn't say any more, when the size was good, everyone withdrew, she saw Zhang Jing's face showing a little flush, knowing that she was sensible early, although she was stubborn, she might still be thinking about it in her heart, so she stepped forward and said something else, and then led her out. When she had just descended the steps, she saw someone rushing in, and when she saw her, she hurriedly saluted.

"Young grandma, third miss, young master is back!"

As soon as Zhang Jing heard Zhang Yue, Leng Buding remembered Du Juan's banter again, her face suddenly turned red, and she couldn't help but stomp her feet, and she actually rushed into the main room reflexively. Zhang Yue, who happened to enter the courtyard gate, happened to see his sister's blue figure, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and when he saw Du Juan coming forward, he couldn't help but ask, "Jing'er, what's wrong?" ”

"I'm sorry to be teased a few times." Du Juan knew that Zhang Yue loved this sister-in-law from a mother very much, so he smiled and whispered the previous words, and saw that the servants and girls around him were far away, so he said, "There is a sentence I didn't say to my mother, about the emperor saw Sister Jing in the English Park before, so the Queen Mother specially asked, and then said that the big red one is suitable for the child, and I will say that I will say that in front of my mother." After all, the emperor is still young, even if the queen mother doesn't mean this, she has to beware of other people, after all, except for Xungui, I haven't seen other civil officials become relatives, and our family is not uncommon to have any imperial concubines. ”

"You're right, that's something you can't be prevented from. Although it was still early, I really had to search carefully and make a pre-marriage decision as soon as possible, so as not to be plotted by others and still not knowing it. If her temperament is really plotted into the palace, it will be a lifetime of suffering. ”

Zhang Yue's heart was cold, thinking of Zhang Guifei, who died at a young age in the past. Although Zhu Di has given her a lot of courtesy for the sake of Zhang Yu and Zhang Fu's father and son, there is always open and secret fighting among the harem concubines, and it is even more difficult to see her relatives, and where can she live for a long time. At this moment, he had already made up his mind in his heart, no matter what, he would never let Zhu Zhanji and his sister meet again in the future. That Son of Heaven has Sun Guifei, and all the harem concubines and queens are snubbed, not to mention others?

The couple stood under the porch outside and whispered, and the Sun family, who had just received the letter inside, finally couldn't help it, and sent a little girl out to ask, until Zhang Yue and Du Juan both entered the door, she said with a slight annoyance: "It's really a little Biesheng newlywed, so it's whispering outside the door, dare not let me hear it?" ”

"Mother, you said that Xiao Biesheng is newly married, and you came to make fun of me!"

Zhang Yue saw that Sun was happy and there were no outsiders in the room, so he stepped forward and stood next to her, and helped her pinch her shoulders twice playfully. It wasn't until Sun Shi angrily knocked down his hand and pulled it again that he sat down next to the couch and said with a smile: "I also said that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I rushed back immediately after dispersing early, why didn't I see my father?" ”

"Don't mention your father, he is running around all day long, leaving early and returning late, and he is even busier than you, an official. Don't talk about him, even me and Wan'er too, thinking about the capital outside, but when I return to the capital, I ask you to let it here, except for coming back that day and today's Mid-Autumn Festival, I didn't sit at home for a while. This morning, Wan'er and your eldest aunt entered the palace, and I went to sit with your second aunt. To say that it is really pitiful, the person who was so shrewd and capable at the beginning is now boiling his sideburns white, and he is much thinner than before, and he took my hand and said that I am blessed. Your eldest brother and second brother are not naughty, but after all, they can't stand the absence of your second uncle, and it is really not easy for her to be a woman in the capital......"

Hearing the second aunt Dongfang's family, Zhang Yue sighed a little at first, but when he remembered Fang Shuixin's public case, his sympathy was a little light. Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and there are some things that outsiders can't tell right from wrong. So, Zhang Yue followed his mother's words and said: "In this place of Jingshi, it is untenable to stand alone without a backup, I was cheeky and didn't care about those human contacts, since my mother and sister are back, I can only point to you to help me." It's that Daddy is out all day, and in the final analysis, he is also busy with business, can't my mother still trust Daddy? ”

"Who can't trust him, your father is more honest than you!"

As soon as the words fell, the curtain was opened in front of the door, Zhang Zhuo came in from outside, and Leng Buding immediately laughed when he heard such a sentence: "While I am not there, what are you arranging for me?" Yue'er, have you offended your mother again? ”

"How dare I!" Zhang Yue hurriedly went up in person, took off the azure weed-colored robe for Zhang Zhuo, threw it to a big girl on the side, and helped people to sit down on the east side of the couch, only then did he explain the reason just now, "It can be seen how much my mother believes in you." ”

The old husband and wife have been for thirty years, and after hearing this, Zhang Zhuo couldn't help but look at Sun's with his eyes, and saw that she just looked over, looking at each other, and each other seemed to be able to see the depths of each other's eyes. Zhang Zhuo thought of quietly meeting Yuan Fang during the day, seeing him alone, and persuading him to remarry the family while he was still in the prime of life, his wry smile couldn't help but feel even more sentimental.

Regardless of whether Yuan Fang is willing or unwilling, after all, he is the person who once served as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, even if he continues to string, he may attract the attention of the officials, at least, that name has not been completely forgotten now.

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival night is the moon and stars, after dinner, the family went to the back of the small garden to worship the moon, and then walked for a while, both to admire the moon and to eat. When they got out of the small garden, because they were tired during the day, Zhang Yue and Du Juan sent their parents back to the room early to rest, and when they returned to their yard along the road, Du Juan asked about Jiangnan Tianmu again, and Zhang Yue suddenly stopped.

"After all, Bachelor Shen is old, he was just promoted to Bachelor of Hanlin a few years ago, and he was given the title of Doctor of Fengzheng, and he was specially allowed to ignore things, and only waited for the summons in the house, after you mentioned it to me, I deliberately went to his house once during the lunch break, and he really didn't know. He was full of thought that the people of the clan were knowledgeable and reasonable, so he did not report to the police in time, and he was shocked and frightened when he learned about it, but I deliberately comforted him and said that he would let him go to the book, and then I would try to explain it for him, and then he calmed down. ”

After Du Juan also mentioned this matter to Zhang Yue, he knew that the turbulent waves in the court in those days, and even more knew that it was Zhang Yue who hinted to the emperor that the fish scale book was still the old book of the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, although it has increased and decreased year by year, but it has not been completely surveyed. It's just that although the Shen family is a big family of Zhangyan, they have a scholarly heirloom, there have never been many villages, and the brothers have never divided their families, and their ancestors have more than 10 acres of paddy fields and houses, and now they have added 800 acres. This is still the upright Shen family brothers, so what about the others?

"Do you think you can find it out now? Can you find out? ”

"If you can't check it now, if it's a hundred years later, then you can't check it even more, I have already recommended someone to the emperor to preside over Su Song's inventory."

Zhang Yue understood that when Zhang Juzheng was in power during the Wanli period, because of the implementation of a whip law, he once measured the world's acres of land vigorously, which shook the world at that time, and in the end, it was also because Zhang Juzheng died and won the title. Now, after all, it is not far from the founding of the country, and the resistance to the matter of acres is not so great, if there is no courage at this time, it can only let the mess be passed on from generation to generation.

Moreover, the matter of acres is only the beginning.

"So, whether it is our family, the family of the eldest uncle and the second uncle next door, or even the British duke, they have already checked by themselves. We don't have a lot of farmland, and even if we don't accept donations, we have to guard against someone from deceiving our superiors and subordinates, or evading taxes. I have asked Gao Quan to take someone to the grange below to check, and there is no problem for the time being, but most of the Zhang family's fields are in charge of the long house, and it depends on the results there. Most of the uncle's family has changed new people, and they have been sent down, but it is difficult to say what the result will be. ”

Du Juan didn't say anything to Zhang Yue to remind him or anything like that, thinking that Zhang Yue's brotherhood was very good, and he wouldn't even be able to understand this. But when you think about a place so big in the world, so many people, just a small Songjiang Mansion has an intricate relationship, let alone other places?

"Before you came back, Uncle Lobby had just gone to Sichuan to take office, because of the long distance, although the eldest aunt was worried about her son, she could only go with her, and now only the fourth brother was at home alone. When he first entered the Hanlin Academy, he didn't care about these things, and his fourth brother and sister were born in the Hou Mansion, so they may not know about Zhuangtian. He and you were quite close back then, and you went to sit in your spare time, one to talk to her, and the other to guide her here. It is true that the emperor killed Wang Jie, but after all, this incident made him very angry, and now he is too busy to set up the crown prince, and when the household department is cleaned up, it will officially start. ”