Chapter 43: Uncle and Nephew
These generals of the Ming Dynasty, the top is the East Li Xima, as well as the Ma family who was born in Ulzhou, the Liu family in the southwest, the father and son two general soldiers, and they are also generations of generals, and then there are the Yu family in Fujian, the Wang family in Yulin, the Du family in Yan'an Wei, the You family in Yulinwei, the ancestral family in Liaodong, etc., of course, there is also the Lai family on Xuanfu East Road.
These generals, from top to bottom, have a characteristic, they are all generations of generals who were born in the hereditary military attachΓ© of the guard, and then they all have a pillar of the general army, and there are many generations of general soldiers and deputy generals in the family, and the actual position of the battalion generals who participate in the guerrilla army. With the hereditary position of the guard, you can own a large amount of land and military households, and only then can the family have the financial resources and manpower to raise the family, and only with the family can you gain a firm foothold in the battalion, and only then can you have military merits, and you can bring the children of the family to rise step by step in the battalion, and have the actual strength, and the military generals will have real power and status, and the children of the family will be sheltered, and then the military attachΓ© of the garrison will be hereditary, so that a cycle has been formed.
Zhang Chen is also a Yulin guard, accumulated merit to the general army, took over Qi Jiguang as the general soldier of Jizhen, often led the elite cavalry Ding one or two thousand people, deep into the grassland to attack the enemy, quite a meritorious service, Wanli thirty-five years after Zhang Chen's old age, now his sons and nephews to the general and deputy generals, Zhang Chen's family that year, of course, also belonged to these nephews to use, at present, Zhang Chen's family is still on the rise, in Datong here is the most powerful is Ren Yang and the deputy chief soldier of Zhang Quanchang, this matter must be related to Zhang Quanchang.
"I'm going to Yanghe." Zhang Han thought about this, got up suddenly, and ordered: "Prepare the horse, ask Liang Xing to follow!" β
A hint of jealousy flashed in Yang Qiu's eyes, when the young proprietor was really in a hurry, he immediately thought of Liang Xing.
He didn't dare to show this emotion, but quickly agreed.
When Zhang Han jumped down immediately, he felt a tingle at the base of his thighs, and he struggled to stand up straight, without revealing it.
Following him to Yanghe are Liang Xing and Jiang family brothers, Zhang Chun stayed in Xinping, this little companion has been trained for so long, and he can barely be used as a person, at least Zhang Chun is here, and several places can be strung together, not afraid of internal chaos.
Yang Qiu was sent to the Tiancheng Acropolis again, this time Zhang Han sent more than a dozen people over, he asked Yang Qiu to take care of that side first, and asked the doctor to treat Li Yuchun, of course, he must not ask anyone to beat He Yusheng's people again.
I believe that with these dart masters to take care of it, the worst outcome is the current situation.
Liang Xing and others surrounded him to the door of Zheng Guochang's mansion, and tied their horses in front of the dismounted stone from a distance, of course, they would not go to the main gate, they were all white without official positions, and they were not qualified to go to the gate.
When he arrived at the side door, Menzi recognized Zhang Han, and stepped forward to salute with a smile, Zhang Han stuffed a red envelope of five taels of silver, and the doorman quickly thanked him, and did not wait for the signal inside, he brought Zhang Han and a few people in first, and took them directly to a side room to wait.
After a while, the inside came in, and the door said with a smile: "The master is eating, I heard that Zhang Dongzhu is here, and I immediately passed it on, and asked someone to put an extra pair of dishes and chopsticks, which is really rare." β
Zhang Han nodded and said with a smile: "It's really rare, I'm a little flattered." β
The Ming merchants were not included in the system, no matter how much energy they had secretly, they were still excluded from the gentry class on the surface, whether it was the Jin merchants and the Jiangnan merchants, unless they were the gentry doing business, it was another level of business.
It is rare for a businessman like Zhang Han to be summoned to meet him, let alone to be called to eat in one place.
He didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly followed the door into the second gate, turned a few big houses, walked along the corridor to the north, and arrived at the location of a small garden, wooded and forested, there was a path paved with pebbles inward, in the middle was a pond with deep green water, lotus leaves had just grown the size of a palm, the southernmost was a two-story building, there were a few Zheng Guochang from his hometown to bring out the family standing downstairs as a guard, seeing Zhang Han come to get out of the way, Zheng Guochang was upstairs.
The small building is not high, Zhang Han went upstairs and saw Zheng Guochang sitting by the window, there was a small table in front of him, a few exquisite appetizers on it, Zheng Guochang, who was thin and short, did not wear a hat, his hair was wrapped in green cloth, and he was wearing a Taoist robe.
"It's rare to have some leisure today, I want to sort out the poems and texts over the years, just when Xianqi came, it's good to have two drinks with the old man."
Zhang Han saw that there were a lot of open manuscripts on both sides of the window, and there were lines of poems written in block letters, Zhang Han had a headache when he looked at the words without famous reading and vertical rows, he saw that he understood, and he had the level of a child, but this kind of thing was really not interesting, but at this time he couldn't afford to retreat, so he quickly stepped forward with a smile and picked up a copy, and said while reading: "The villain is a coincidence, and the adult's poems must be good." β
Zheng Guochang is a thirty-five year jinshi of Wanli, an official step by step, poetry is very ordinary, although Zhang Han's words he is happy to hear, but he also knows in his heart that this is Fengying, and he laughed and scolded at the moment: "You just do business to make money, I'm afraid you don't know where to throw books, where else can you talk about poetry, don't sit down quickly, it's serious to drink with the old man." β
Zhang Han has been here many times, sometimes he sees, sometimes he doesn't, this month's bonus silver is more than a thousand taels here, it seems that the silver is really more important than anything else, Puzhou's letter is just enough to solve Zhang Han's small troubles at that time, and if you want to get such treatment now, it is naturally silver to open the way.
Zhang Han's mind was very smart, and after sitting down, he poured a cup for Zheng Guochang first, raised it to his eyebrows, and drank it after toasting, and then smiled again: "The adult must want to publish these poems and heirlooms, this is an excellent big event, and the villain is happy to see it." The cost of engraving is naturally the villain's reward. β
Zheng Guochang does have this intention, the scholar pays attention to meritorious service and virtue, he has done so much, it is considered a meritorious service, and there is no defect, only the part of the speech, has always wanted to publish his own essays and poems, and some brilliant letters, collected into a book, printed out, and distributed to his superiors, colleagues and relatives and friends, is a good way to make a name for himself in Shilin, in addition to practical benefits, it will be passed on to the world in the future, and it will not be in vain for a lifetime.
"The monthly dividends sent by the virtuous deed are already a lot, and the old man is embarrassed to ask you to pay again."
"Where did the adults say?" Zhang Han said with a smile: "Such a big thing with fragrant ink and ink, if the villain can be effective, he will not be mentioned in the future, this is also a romantic and elegant thing, the villain is just a little vulgar thing, and the adult's hard work can be carved into a book and spread to the world, which is the most important thing." β
Zheng Guochang was itched by what he said, and the more he looked at Zhang Hanzi, the more pleasing he became, he drank a few more glasses at the moment, and said: "I'm afraid there is something important when you come here, right?" β
"It's something mundane, and the villain has to come and ask the adult."
"Don't call yourself a villain." Zheng Guochang stroked his beard and said: "Xianqi and the old man's uncle and nephew are the most appropriate, the old man is four, just call me the fourth uncle." β
Zhang Han estimated that Zheng Guochang was sincere, so he got up and knelt down immediately, and said with sincere fear: "Since the fourth uncle said so, such a little nephew has trespassed." β
Zheng Guochang said with a smile: "Virtuous nephew doesn't need to be like this, get up and speak." β
"Yes." Zhang Han said: "There are indeed some troubles recently, if it is not solved well, I am afraid that this year's profits will be greatly affected." β
"Huh?"
After listening to what Zhang Han said, Zheng Guochang was quite surprised, and his face became very solemn.
He sent people in Xinpingbao and Datong, called the account room, every day to see how Zhang Han's business is, every few days there are letters, Zhang Han's mule and horse shop and account business are very prosperous, but the cost on Li Yujing's book is exaggerated a lot, and a lot of orders received by the account bureau are concealed, and the daily net profit is hidden at least seventy percent, even so, in Zheng Guochang's eyes, it is also money rolling in, he began to support Zhang Han just for the sake of Zhang Yan's face, after all, teachers and students, but I didn't expect it, Zhang Han's posterity is really good, and now the monthly bonus is close to his income in the past six months, and the two-month bonus is equal to his previous year, Zheng Guochang is only a deputy envoy of military equipment, and the annual output is only two or three thousand silver, and any more is beyond the rules, and the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty have a certain gray income, and how much Shilin they get is not good, which will affect their future careers.
It's another thing to get bonuses in business, there are no negative reviews, the silver is safely in the pocket, Zhang Han is worry-free, and there is nothing to bother him in the past few months, I don't want to come today, it is such a big problem all of a sudden.
Zhang Han said: "The little nephew just wants to know, is this matter deliberately embarrassing the fourth uncle by the Zhang family in Yulin?" β
Zheng Guochang shook his head and said: "Zhang Quanchang and I don't get along, besides, he has no conflict of interest with me when the civil and military are separated, if it is related to the grain store, he should ask his subordinates to talk to your subordinates, and then you come to me again, and the old man will say to that Zhang Quanchang again. β
"I don't know what is the relationship between Vice General Zhang and Lord Wu Bingbei?"
Zheng Guochang shook his head and smiled, and said: "The old man's name is one later than Wu's predecessors, and he was impeached when he was in the middle of the military department, but that was just a false story, how can an official not be impeached, now that he is old, the old man and Wu's predecessors will not have any disputes." β
Yanghe Dao Wu Youxian is the thirty-second year of Wanli Jiachen Kejinshi, Zheng Guochang is the thirty-fifth year of Wanli, although the name of the department is three years apart, the age difference between the two is more than ten years, Wu Youxian is unlikely to go further, because there will be no struggle between the two.
"Then it's obvious." Zhang Han smiled slightly and said, "Deputy General Zhang is afraid that it is General Ma. β
"Makes sense, that's right."
Zheng Guochang put down the wine glass, stood up, walked around the room a few times, and finally nodded and smiled: "Zhang Han, you are amazing, you are really condescending to be a businessman." β
Zhang Han also got up, and said with a smile when he heard this: "The little nephew is the material for business, and the little nephew praised by the fourth uncle is embarrassed." β
"No, no," Zheng Guochang waved his hand and said: "Your brain is moving fast, when others encounter this incident, they will only beg the old man to try to turn around, but you are here to analyze the reasons behind it, and see the matter at a deeper level, and suddenly think of Ma Zongbing, you are amazing, and the future is terrifying." β
Zhang Han smiled: "The most important thing in business is to see things clearly, and to be able to see the long-term, the little nephew is really nothing." β
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