Chapter 719: Knowing the Son Mo Ruo Father, Knowing the Father Mo Ruo Son

Zengcheng County Wushi Horse Station.

The so-called horse post is naturally different from the water post. Ming system, every 60 miles to 80 miles set up a horse station, prepare horses from five to eighty horses, horses are divided into upper, middle and lower three levels, according to the information emergency use. The water post is equipped with five to twenty boats, each with ten boatmen, and the speed of the boats is extremely fast. Wushi Horse Post is a gateway to the south to Guangzhou Prefecture, with 20 horses, and there is a spacious post house for officials and postmen to rest next to it, so it is naturally a busy place.

In addition to Zhishi, the highest officials who took office in Guangzhou were the three divisions of the Dusi Domain, and the rest were all Zuo Erguan, and there were many people who were sent to see Yicheng. However, the group of people who asked for directions at this time made him very confused. Let's say it's not an official, people are clearly wearing large balls of flowery silk robes that only officials can take; said that it was an official, but people just asked for directions, as if they had no intention of staying at a post station; It is said that it is the royal history patrol press of the private interview of the microservice...... These dozen or so entourage guards are all strong, where do they look like micro-clothes? So, he had to be careful.

"This lord, west of this Zengcheng County is the city of Guangzhou, but it is more than 100 miles away. It's just that although we have nothing to do, many places in front of us have been flooded before, and there are not a few people who have been displaced, even if the government tries to appease them, it is still not safe to walk at night. Although the lord said that he brought a lot of people, it was more appropriate to rest for a night in the post house. ”

Seeing that others recognized him as an official, the middle-aged man wearing a plain large flower silk robe couldn't help but smile dumbly, and nodded after thinking for a moment: "In this case, I will follow what Yicheng said, stay overnight and go on the road early tomorrow morning." Cao Hu, go and get the road guide official. ”

With such a sentence, Yi Cheng naturally breathed a sigh of relief, and when the chief took the road guide certificate contained in the bag with both hands, he immediately sent the post to entertain this large group of people to stay, and he hurriedly went to the post hall to register. Opening the bag of falling flowers and flowing water, and pulling out the thin road guide to take a look, he suddenly gasped.

He was ordered to be a doctor, and he was governed by Yin Zhangzhuo.

has been a post minister for many years, and he only knows a little about major national affairs, but he remembers all kinds of loose official ranks and so on clearly. Doctor Zhongfeng is from the second grade, Zizhi Yin is the third grade, many famous officials who are famous all over the world can't reach this grade even if their hair is gray, this middle-aged man looks at him and is in his early forties, and he is such a big official? Suspicious, he personally registered one by one, and then became strange again. Unless it is a Ding worry system, it is rare for there to be a civil and unemployed official, but the other party looks as if he is just serving the country's filial piety, what is going on?

Zhang Zhuo thought that he was not in the officialdom, so he did not intend to hinder his son's career, so after jumping to the second grade in one fell swoop because of his son's merits, he gave up the idea of his career, and this time he also complained to the officials, saying that he was afraid of cold, so he justifiably went down to recuperate in the hot climate of Guangzhou. Although it is not a trivial matter that this lie was exposed by the imperial history, even if it is just like Gu Zuo, he also thinks that Zhang Zuo does not regard his son as a noble official, but he has a noble character, and the people under him will naturally not mix with this kind of boring thing.

So, not long after Zhang Yue set off, he left his daughter Zhang Jing in the British Mansion to accompany Zhang Fu's daughter Zhang Tian, and told Zhang Fu and his wife not to leak to Zhang Yue, so they traveled along the way, and it took more than three months to enter Guangdong. After entering the country, he was not busy rushing to Guangzhou, but wandered around, until there was a heavy flood before he found a safe place to rest for a while, and did not continue to rush until the water receded. Only these days are not exposed to the wind and rain, but he is a big circle.

"You too, since you have planned to go to Guangzhou together for a long time, you will not say hello to Yue'er first. If Ming'er's family suddenly appeared in front of him, wouldn't he be shocked? ”

"If I said it earlier, it must be a walk together, where can we go all the way to the famous mountains and rivers? You weren't very happy all the way before, you were as excited as a child on the Yueyang Tower! The son is often an official in the north and south, and rarely has the opportunity to reunite with you and me. Now that I have been in Guangzhou for at least two or three years, since you and I miss him, it is better to simply come together! ”

"Then you have to take Jing'er, but you left her at the British duke, which made the little girl cry for a long time. That's it, don't take her with you, but go to your brother. As soon as Sun thought that there were Hongluan and Zhang Fu in the next room, he felt very uncomfortable, "Jing'er is a girl, it's just a matter of learning to be a good girl, what's the point of academic articles." ”

Zhang Zuo didn't know his wife's petty nature, so he simply took her in his arms from behind, and said with a smile: "This is the good fate of Yue'er's father-in-law back then, and that Liang Gongzi is a great teacher, so there is no harm in letting Jing Yatou be taught." We don't expect her to become a talented woman, but this experience will be good for her in the future. Didn't you always think that our daughter-in-law was gentle and sensible? In the future, if the girl can do the same, will she be able to stand firm in her in-law's house? As for Hongluan and Fu'er...... Now that my child is growing up, I don't want him to have any extreme thoughts because of being left out in the cold. You don't know Yue'er's brother's temper yet, how pampered Brother Ji is, and now it's not praised by everyone? Even Brother Chao is a brother, and he still listens to his younger brother. It's always good to let him train and train, and he doesn't expect to be successful, but he can't drag the family back. ”

"Hmph, you're just pushing everything on your son!"

Sun shook off Zhang Zhuo's hand angrily, and when he saw him looking at himself with a smile, he couldn't express his petty anger, so he could only glance at him fiercely. And Zhang Zuo knew very well that she was a knife mouth tofu heart, so he had to coax her for a while, until the voice of the close follower came from outside, and he let go of his wife and patted her hand gently.

"I'll go outside and arrange for them first. We're not here to be the old Fengwen and the old Fengjun this time, although I said that I was preparing a year ago, but after all, I am a newcomer, and I am afraid that I will have to be busy for a while in the future. Other places can't help my son, and where I can help, I can't just ignore it. ”

"Don't I know you yet? Hurry up, don't blame me for locking up if you come back too late, you can rest next door! ”

Seeing Sun's coquettish and angry expression, Zhang Zhuo couldn't help but smile and go. When he lifted the bamboo curtain and went outside, he felt a little hot and dry on his body, and he wiped his forehead only to find that he was sweating profusely. Seeing that the personal entourage was standing at the bottom of the steps, he asked a few words, and learned that the post man was still running errands in the post hall on the side, so he paced slowly with the long entourage.

Although he is a stranger he has never met, Zhang Zhuo's skills in this life are unusual, but he is very good at dealing with people, and when he was an official in the past, because of this trait, he was the most harmonious among his colleagues. He and Na Yicheng just talked for a while, and the other party believed that he was a high-ranking official who came to Guangzhou to recuperate in poor health, and he gradually became less scruples when he spoke.

"Although it belongs to Lingnan, Huguang has gradually developed, but our Guangdong is only the most prosperous in Guangzhou, and the rest of the places are very ordinary. Not to mention anything else, I heard from the Yamen that compared with the 26-year Yellow Book of Household Registration in Hongwu, the population of our Guangdong has decreased instead of increasing, and I really can't say the reason for this. Also, this flood is nothing compared to previous years, but it's not that I'm discouraged, and I'm afraid that the political secretary and the prefectures and counties won't be able to give much relief. Our place is really bad, and it will be a hurricane in the middle of summer, alas! ”

Along the way, I inquired about the situation in Guangdong, but it was the first time that Zhang Zuo heard about the population, and he couldn't help but pay attention at this time. It's just that his son is the political envoy of Guangdong, he is just an idler, and he doesn't plan to ask too much, and he has to ask about agriculture and business. When the conversation was over, it was not too early to return to his residence, so he first went to Hongluan's room to see his second son Zhang Fu, and then returned to his wife's room.

Guangzhou Mansion Yongfeng warehouse more than 4,000 stones.

Qingyuan County Guangji Cangyu meters 3,000 stones.

Zengcheng county inter-county warehouse more than 1,800 stones.

The loss figures and surplus grain figures reported by the granaries of various prefectures and counties are undoubtedly a big headache. In the past few days, the relief has been combined with losses, and the granaries of the prefectures and counties of Zhaoqing Prefecture in Guangzhou Prefecture are not far from bottoming out. Even if the amount of summer tax in Guangdong Province is only 5,320 stone of wheat, but the summer tax can cope with the past, what about next year's autumn grain?

On this day, as soon as Zhang Yue, who had been to the capital and the division of the temple, returned to the yamen by car, an errand officer greeted him with a smile on his face and reported: "My lord, not long after you went out today, Lord Zun arrived. ”

The sound of Lord Zun made Zhang Yue stunned, but Peng Shisan next to him reacted quickly, and hurriedly asked, "Young master, could it be that the third master is here?" ”

"It's two lords who are here, as well as an aunt and a little brother."

Parents are here, and there are also Hongluan and Zhang Fu? Zhang Yue, who was surprised, didn't have time to ask more, and immediately entered the yamen in three steps and two steps. In the front office concisely explained the matter, he immediately hurried to the back office, as soon as he entered the main room, he saw his parents sitting on the main seat, Du Juan was standing aside to talk. Seeing him come in, Sun immediately showed a happy expression.

"Dad, mother, it's really you!"

Seeing Zhang Yue come forward and salute in surprise and joy, Sun didn't care about Zhang Zhuo, and immediately dragged him up. After looking up and down for a while, she said with concern: "It was easy to raise it for the New Year in the capital first, but now it has lost weight again, and look at this face is also dark." Although government affairs are important, you can't ignore your own body, and I'm still waiting to hold a few more grandchildren......"

Zhang Zhuo also felt helpless when he saw his son's signature nagging, and hurriedly said: "It's not that I didn't tell you before, it's just that I thought that I would only stay in Kaifeng, the capital and Nanjing, in this life, so I took this opportunity to take her around." Besides, she misses you again, so let's simply go to Guangzhou to reunite with you, and I'm an idler......"

"What do I miss him, don't you want a son? Don't want grandchildren? ”

Seeing Sun staring at Zhang Zhuo, and Zhang Zhuo's face was full of helplessness, Zhang Yue couldn't help but feel extremely funny, but more of a satisfied warmth, the heavy pressure caused by those things outside was nothing at this time. Now that it was almost noon, he naturally asked Sister-in-law Li to prepare a few more vegetables and snacks. However, after only talking to his parents for a while, he saw that Zhang Zhuo seemed to have something else to say to himself, so he hurriedly found an excuse to go out alone with his father.

When he arrived outside, Zhang Zhuo said bluntly: "Before your mother and I left Beijing, the Queen Mother once summoned your mother once, and she was very kind and kind to her, but your mother is not good at being a person who cares about this, and she can't say what hints there are." But once the emperor suddenly came to the British mansion in a small service, and I happened to be there, and I met by chance. With the eldest brother by my side, I can still handle it, and the emperor still plans to appoint me with an official at a moment's notice, but fortunately, I resigned with my talent and shallow learning. ”

To have a father like Zhang Zhuo who is dedicated to maintenance, Zhang Yue naturally feels happy. But when he heard this at this time, he couldn't help but sneer: "Daddy, why bother, even if it is not a real and important position, you can also go first, after all, you are also a jinshi in the Zheng'er Eight Classics Examination, and you have also been a regular seal official like the county order before." ”

"I'm not here, I just wanted to fight for a breath, but since I have you, why do I have to occupy those few seats? How many seats are there in the second and third grades, is it possible that I will also put a political envoy? Okay, okay, you're my son, you should know what I'm thinking. Before I arrived in Guangzhou this time, I had already sent two capable stewards to take care of the industry and business here. In fact, I came here to your Uncle Yuan's meaning, although the Jingshi is good, I can't stay at home all the time to recuperate, it's better to come here, it's better to be a father and son soldier in battle, and I don't have to watch you busy from afar. ”

Guangdong is a place in the extreme south, even the emperor is beyond the reach of the whip, so Zhang Yue has been cautious since taking office, and it can be said that he is walking on that impartial single-plank bridge. The local Jinyi guard can't be counted on, and Yuan Fang's eyeliner is almost in the Central Plains between Beijing and Nanjing, Zhang Fu's name is not easy to use here, and he, the political envoy, can't mobilize a single soldier. So before that, he was no longer as radical and unscrupulous as before. Because of this, he felt that his father had arrived in time.

"Since Daddy said so, don't blame me, the son who sent you casually. Now that the summer tax in Guangdong has been completed, there is a shortage of grain on the market. I already have some plans about this matter, but at the beginning, Lian Sheng Lianhu stayed in Beijing to take care of the clan and Zhuangzi, although Lao Peng said that the outside is thick and the inside is fine, but it is still not suitable to deal with some people, so you have to send someone to contact some business houses. Now that it's time for dinner, how about you come to my study after dinner and talk about it in detail? By the way, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you, Master Liu's ship happened to stop at the port of Guangzhou, and he also helped the boss before. ”

"Oh, Lao Liu is also there?" Hearing this, Zhang Zhuo immediately smiled and nodded, "Okay, since he is back, I also have a helper." The night is long, and in the evening our father and son have a long talk, but I want to listen to your good rules. ”