Chapter 823: I only envy the scholar, and I don't need to be busy with farming and weaving

Since the death of the Son of Heaven in the last year of Yongle, Hong Xi Xuande has never left the capital in the past four years, so this time Zhu Zhanji patrolled the border again, early in the morning after the soldiers and horses of the five cities and the Jinyi Guard cleaned the street successively, there were a lot of people who came to watch on both sides of the road, and there was some commotion at first, but the view was getting closer, under the pressure of the sergeant's bullet, the crowd gradually fell silent, and then knelt down on the side of the road one by one.

Although the court agreed on the law to drive the book, but Zhu Zhanji ordered that it should be simple, so the Da Liang Bu to the big chariot are not used, Bai Zeqi, Xuanwu and leopard tail and so on are also nowhere to be seen, only the Sujing flag, the golden drum flag, the golden dragon painting horn, the golden cymbal, the battle drum and so on, and the eighteen kinds of weapons and flag guns are the same lot, from a distance, only to see Jin Ge's sharp edge, the soldiers are strong and majestic, although many people try their best to peek, but the Son of Heaven is still not visible in the deep mantle of the car.

It wasn't until the sun was up in the middle of the day that the mighty group of people completely left the city, and the people who were already kneeling dizzily stood up with each other's arms, and talked about the solemn and vast pomp, most of which were all envious. Some people said that the officials accompanying the tall horses behind them, although this layer is also a big man, but after all, they are still closer to the people. There are descendants in the family who go to school, and they naturally regard people as the goal, even those who were poor and could not afford to study in the past, and they had to think about it in their hearts.

So, I was fortunate to witness the grand occasion of the Son of Heaven going out to visit the civil and military forces, although it is not the time to accept people once a year, the Zhang family, which is often inquired about the news, is even more lively, and many people come to inquire about it, all of them want to learn from it.

Due to the fact that there are many business travelers in Beijing in recent years, the population has gradually increased, and the number of people studying and taking exams has also increased several times compared with the past. Although Shuntianfu School is a Beijing school, but a total of 60 students are 60 students, Xuande Chu added 60 students, to go to study have to go through the big and small exams, not to mention that you can't be illiterate, even a little bit of literature and ink can't pass that level, so before entering the school, the children who study either enter the private school or invite the Xixi. Among the 120 students of Shuntianfu School today, Zhang Jiaxue accounts for 20 people, including Li Guoxiu and Rui Yixiang, who have just made up for the enlarged students after returning from Guangzhou.

Don't look at it, this is only one-sixth, but there are twelve students in the twenty people, and their grades are all above the third class, so the Zhang family is famous for their studies. The most valuable thing is that the four seasons in the genealogy are only symbolically handed over, and there are monthly subsidies, and the top in the monthly examination, the quarterly examination, and the annual examination are also silver, rice, and grain, if the family is frugal and saves, it can be enough for a family's expenses. With such good conditions and such a good place, who doesn't want to send their own children?

Two months ago, Lian Hu made Zhang Yue clear and bought a four-entry courtyard in the gatehouse alley opposite the south bridge to the west of Wu'anhou Hutong, and let the teachers and students all move in after a little renovation. Not only is the place spacious, but there are also ten rooms such as the main room and the wing room at the end of the room, which is enough for several teachers and students from other places to live, and the south room of the outermost room is where the handyman lives, and the west wing room is where Lian Hu does things.

Lian Hu is one year older than Zhang Yue, although he is a slave, but Zhang Yue opened his mouth earlier, his son was also a child in the school to listen to Mr. lectures, literacy does not speak, Tang poetry and Song Ci Four Books and Five Classics also learned a lot, Jingguan worshiped Liang Qian as a teacher, his son Lian Le and Lian Sheng's son Lian Mao followed the past to read. To say that he is also the head and face of the Zhang family, but he knows Zhang Yue's temperament very well, and at this moment, in the face of so many people who are begging to send their children over, he is not good at driving people with a cold face, and he is embarrassed.

"Everyone, everyone! It's not that I'm unwilling to be accommodating, it's actually that the number of recruits and so on was ordered by my family, and I don't dare to make decisions on my own. As for what you have sent, please take it back. When it's time to recruit new recruits next year, it's not too late for you to send your children over according to the regulations! ”

"My child is already eight years old, won't it be delayed if I wait another year?" A man with a big waist and a round waist squeezed to the front with all his strength, squeezed a fierce square face into a round, and smiled again, "Just ask Xiaolian to be accommodating, I will be grateful!" We have worked hard all our lives, isn't it just so that the baby can have a chance after going to school? ”

"Fart, Zhang Butcher, don't think I don't know you, you are clearly for the sake of the fields near Gyeonggi, and the fields under your name have to pay more taxes, and I hope that the children will be free of money and food after they enter school! I can tell you, don't fight this idea, I heard that now even the first and second grade of the big people have to pay the grain as an errand, and the preferential treatment is limited! To make that kind of petty profit, that's superficial...... If the child can be like Master Zhang, then it is called the glory of the ancestors! ”

This well-mannered calligrapher and painter and a butcher with a full face quarreled, and even brought his own master into it, and Lian Hu's heart suddenly brightened, and he suddenly understood why there were so many people who wanted to come to study in recent days. Although this inventory of fields and acres sent a lot of so-called upright imperial historians to all parts of the world, it was Gyeonggi that started first, even if the emperor was still patrolling the border. The nobles and civil officials also have granges, but the first to bear the brunt is the common people, who mix in the clan studies for a while, and then try to find a livelihood, and then free food and poverty, this is the desire of most people.

Since someone has torn apart the most important key this time, others are naturally not to be outdone, and they have surrounded Lianhu, and they don't know how many benefits they have promised, but a few people who are really poor but think about their own children are squeezed out. Fortunately, because Lian Hu warned that he was not allowed to disturb the students inside, no one dared to raise his voice too loudly, but it was inevitable to talk about it.

Thinking about how to send people away, Lian Hu simply sat down and thought about it, thinking that these people were buzzing flies. But not long after sitting down, a handyman suddenly squeezed into it somehow, and whispered a word in Lian Hu's ear. Hearing this, Lian Hu, who had just sat firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, jumped up suddenly.

"Everyone, my family has come to inspect this clan, instead of looking for me to fight in the ring, why don't you go and say to my family, how about it?"

As soon as these words came out, the noisy room just now suddenly fell silent. Seven or eight people looked at me, and in the end they all flinched. Although Lian Hu looks decent and manages this place, in the final analysis, he is a slave of a wealthy family, and he has never been intimidating with his tone, so they are naturally not afraid, but Zhang Yue is different. On weekdays, even an errand can make them bend down and laugh for a long time, not to mention the Jingtang of the third grade? So, one of them hurriedly said that he would come back another day, and in a few moments he left the house, leaving only a few people in shabby clothes and cramped manners.

"You all go back, even if the child is really talented, I don't count if I say it alone, it has to be my adult to decide."

One sentence sent the remaining two or three people away, and Lian Hu Fang hurriedly tidied up his clothes, but he went out from the gate on the west side of the courtyard, and walked north along the narrow alley running north-south at the back, and saw a group of people turning from the Beidaqiao Hutong over there. Although the first few were dressed as guards, he still saw the two people who were surrounded by him at a glance, and this surprise was not trivial, thinking that this didn't mean that the young master came, why did the two young masters come? Unable to figure it out, he hurriedly took two handymen to meet him.

"My master, didn't you go to school, why did you come suddenly? And abducted ......"

"Where do I dare to abduct people, it's that Mr. is a little unwell today, so he arranged his homework and let us out early. It just so happened that when it came to ethnography, Uncle Zhong said that he wanted to come and have a look, and my aunt asked me to take it, so of course I brought someone over. ”

When he said this, Jing Guan's face was full of righteousness, and when he saw that Lian Hu was speechless by himself, he smiled at Tianci and said, "Isn't Uncle Zhong always curious about what our family is learning, go in with me and take a look?" ”

Tianci is the eldest son of the British princess, and he has some deficiencies since he was a child, so Mrs. Wang was afraid of melting in her mouth at first, and she didn't dare to let him go out, and she didn't let anyone go out easily until she learned martial arts. Now that he is eight years old, the British Duke Zhang Fu thought about it, so he decided to let the children go out more on weekdays, even if they sent more people to take care of them, so as not to be able to afford the dukedom of his country in the future. Where can Mrs. Wang rest assured, because it was Jingguan who mentioned it this day, and Zhang Fu allowed it, she reluctantly let the child out.

Although they are uncles and nephews, they are only one year apart in age, and at this time they are wearing blue cocoon silk jackets of the same color and different patterns, black platform shoes, silver pendants on their hair, black eyes and fair complexion, the only difference is that the spirit is slightly different. Although Jingguan followed Zhang Fu and Peng Shisan to learn martial arts for a while, it was not as good as Tianci practicing riding and archery every day, so although Tianci was thinner, he was more heroic. But if the two of them didn't look carefully, it still looked like it was printed in a mold.

In addition to going to the Buddhist temple and Taoist temple on weekdays, and a few relatives, he has hardly gone out, just because his father told him not to take a car, he rode a horse all the way, from the initial curiosity to the later interest and then to the excitement now, it is simply what the Jingguan says, and at this time he naturally nodded.

The two masters said this, even if the tiger had a headache, he had to lead the way. Although the clan has always been peaceful, and there are still four guards living in the west wing of the outermost room, even Hu didn't care about swaggering at this time, and was followed by those guards. Only when he arrived at the second gate, Jing Guan turned around and instructed the people behind him with a clear eye: "It's a place to study, don't disturb people's classes, you are all waiting outside the second gate!" ”

Seeing Jingguan and Tianci entering the door with a smile, Lian Hu only hated that he hadn't lifted Zhang Yue out before, saying that even these little ancestors couldn't enter this clan's important place. As he thought so, he saw the doors of the rooms on both sides open, and the tutor stepped out of the threshold, and in a short time several students of various sizes came out of the room.

The two sides looked at each other, and they were stunned for a moment. Jing Guan himself said that it was lively, but it was the first time he came, not to mention Tianci, and he saw Meng Ang and several other noble children of the same age. So, the two of them looked at the white-washed blue cloth of the students and were stunned, while the students over there looked at their heads and feet, and finally looked at each other.

"Stewardship ......"

"Old Master Chen!" Lian Hu hurriedly greeted the suspicious old master, and saw that Jing Guan had already pulled Tianci forward to greet people, with a familiar posture, he almost didn't stare out of his eyes immediately, and hurriedly stepped forward to explain to the old master, "This is the eldest son of my family, and the other is the eldest son of the British duke." ”

The two eldest sons, the one in front sounded fine, but the one in the back startled the old master. But it was such a stunned kung fu, Jingguan had already reported his home to others, and then he didn't care that he was a lot younger than others, but asked with concern how the courses taught by the clan professors, how to eat, and how to stay...... If Lian Hu didn't know that this was definitely not Zhang Yue's order, he would have thought that this young master really suddenly came out to inspect and make secret visits.

Fortunately, Jing Guan still had a hand and did not say the identity of the future godsend, so several students were surprised, but they were confused by Jing Guan's skillful handling of people. Because of his similar age, although some of the students envy him from a wealthy family, most of them have no hostility, and they chatted with each other, although they are not very warm, but after all, there is no cold scene. The Tianci in the back just said two sentences, but the original faint smile on his face deepened, and his expression was much more real.

Since Old Master Chen knew the inside story, he was afraid that something would happen after all, so he glanced at the other tutors, and soon called the students into the room under the pretext of class. It was just a moment of effort, and the courtyard that was quite lively just now became deserted. Jing Guan breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that Tianci was still reluctant to love the room on both sides, thinking that he was very yearning for this lively activity that he had never seen, he rolled his eyes and stepped forward and whispered: "If Uncle Zhong likes it, I will go to beg Daddy for Ming'er." It's too boring to just read a few of us all day, although I can't be with them, but it's always lively when there are more people. ”

"Can Third Brother Yue really agree?"

"How can you know if you don't ask? Wrap it around me. ”

patted his chest and made a guarantee, Jing Guan saw Lian Hu looking at himself with a smile next to him, and suddenly felt a little weak. Of course, his father is better at talking than his mother, but this is in some things, not all the time, and he really never begged his father for such a big thing. Under the guidance of Lian Hu, he looked at the places where the students lived in the backyard, and he really understood the life of ordinary people, and when he went out, his little face was a little dazed.

Jingguan was at a loss, let alone Tianci, so the uncle and nephew arrived at the door of Zhang's house as they spoke. Although Mrs. Wang ordered her to come back too early, Jingguan pulled someone into the house to sit down, and only as soon as she entered the door did she learn that it was Meng Jun and Zhang Zhen, the two uncles, who had come, Zhang Qing and Zheng Fangfei had already gone inside to talk to Sun's Du Juan, and Zhang Yue rarely came back early. They are all very familiar relatives, and the two of them hurried inside, and when they entered the weeping flower gate and walked on the path, they heard the faint sound of words floating not far away.

"Auntie and Grandma have a body again, but now it's time to think about Young Master Ang's marriage......"

"Speaking of which, Young Master Ang and our third young lady are about the same age, and they grew up together, but it's a pity that the generations are not compatible...... Now that I'm old, I don't know which girl I'll fancie. ”