Renyou pays off his grandfather's debt

I miss the Dayjin Hall

Lee In-woo stepped into the Han Mansion for the third time and was warmly received. Unexpectedly, as soon as the guest and host sat down to speak, someone from the palace came: the official family issued an edict to ask Han Yanxuan to enter Funing Palace quickly.

Han Yanxuan asked Li Renyou to stay, and told the housekeeper to accompany him well, prepare dinner, and he wanted to have two drinks with Boss Li.

When Han Yanxuan came back, it was already dusk. The housekeeper has prepared the wine and food, and the guests and hosts chatted while eating.

Han Yanxuan spoke first, Boss Li, no, why do I think this title is a bit awkward, this way, you are younger than me, I call you Brother Li, it sounds like my own family.

Li Renyou hurriedly stood up and made repeated moves, unable to do it, unable to do it. You are the master, I am the slave, and you must not be called that. Otherwise, the master will call it a little benevolence.

That's right, it's called benevolence. It's good if you call me Seventh Master.

You don't have a shelf, so people don't feel like they want to be close, so I call you Uncle Seven, so kind, like your own family, okay?

Okay, you can call Uncle Seven. A few days ago, Uncle Seventh rode back to Huzhou, one to see the house, the fields and so on, and the other to visit the wet nurse.

When I asked the nurse, the old man remembered that more than 40 years ago, there was a young man named Li Xuanzhu, who was black, thin, and big-eyed, and later went to Yingzhou. At that time, the Han Mansion was in the south of Changxing County, surrounded by mountains and lakes, because of its remote location, it was robbed by several bandits once, and the fourth master wanted to move. Later, your uncle found a place in the west of Deqing County, surrounded by mountains on three sides, facing the lake on one side, and the scenery was very good. There is a feng shui gentleman who sees it, and he can't help but say that it is good, there is a photo in the front, and there is a support in the back, and it is most suitable to build a house to live in. If you live here, within 50 years, you will definitely be able to produce a high-ranking official and glorify your ancestors. Also, your uncle's house is not far to the east, and this place is very close to Lin'an City, less than a hundred miles. Move here, and in the third year, Madame gave birth to you. Speaking of which, the nurse smiled, what Mr. Feng Shui said was really accurate, no, now the second girl of our Han family has become a mother, Jiefu, you are a celebrity in front of the emperor, isn't it a matter of one day earlier and one day later?

The original Changxing is in the north, and the later Deqing is in the south, although the south and the north, although they are all in Huzhou, they are two hundred miles away, of course, it is not easy to find.

The fourth master of Han Fu is also the father of Han Yanzhou, since he returned from Yingzhou, he stayed at home for two years, went to Zhangzhou to work, and then went to the capital.

Speaking of this, Li Renyou understood the reason, and was about to talk about money, but Han Yanxuan stopped him.

Renyou, I know what you want to say, but you listen to me, the money for the vase was also given at that time, and it was not low, and it was so benevolent and righteous that we as masters could not see the money, so we didn't have to pay it back.

No, Uncle Seven, this is the last wish of my ancestors, and I can't be an unfilial person. Besides, I have been doing business for so many years, and I have also made some money, and I have no problem repaying this 10,000 yuan.

Don't talk about money, you kid is good, Uncle Seven likes it when he looks at it. Let's talk about something else.

Li Renxi put down the wine glass in his hand and said.

Uncle Seven, I have something here for you to accept, and you will definitely like it.

After saying that, he took out a scroll from his bag and opened it to look at it, Han Yanxuan's eyes suddenly lit up.

It is Ouyang Xiu's "Xiangzhou Dayjin Hall Chronicle".

Take a closer look, Cai Xiang writes in italics, the font is rigorous and vigorous, square and round, and has the charm of Yan Kai's broad and generous. The whole article shares eight pages of Xue Tao's note, and at the end there is Cai Xiang's signature and seal. Han Yanxuan couldn't help but praise: This is a good thing, how much money did you spend to get it, this Qian Seventh Uncle will definitely give it to you.

Li Renyou said: This only costs a hundred copper coins, Uncle Seven, we are not good at calligraphy, I don't know if it is true or not. The main thing is that I think the content is good. I don't know much, but I know it by heart.

The original text is in classical Chinese, and the translation into the vernacular is as follows:

Being an official and returning to his hometown after becoming rich and noble is a very glorious thing in terms of human feelings, and it has been seen this way throughout the ages. When the scholar was still poor, he suffered in the village, and ordinary people and children could despise him and bully him. Just like Su Qin was treated rudely by his sister-in-law, and Zhu Maichen was abandoned by his wife. Once they were in a magnificent chariot, with the banner leading the way, and the horseback attendants following behind, the people on both sides of the road, shoulder to shoulder, footprints on top of footprints, looking at each other and admiring. Then the mediocre men, the stupid women, ran about, sweating with fright, and fell on their stomachs on the ground, remorseful and guilty between the dust raised by the cart and the footsteps of the horses. This is a man of reading, who was proud and therefore ebullient at the time, and people used to compare it to the glory of wearing splendid clothes and returning to his hometown.

Only the respected Prime Minister Wei Guogong is not like this. Wei Guogong was a native of Xiangzhou, with virtues for generations, and was a famous minister at that time. When Wei Guogong was young, he had already won the high Kodi and became a big official; Scholars all over the world have been worshipping the wind and hoping to admire the abundance, probably for many years. The so-called being a general and getting rich and noble are all things that Wei Guogong should have had a long time ago. Unlike the poor man, who at one time got away with it, and surprised the mediocre men and the foolish women, and made them astonished and boasted to them. Since this is the case, the banner as a guard of honor is not enough to show the glory of the Duke of Wei; The life and dress of the three dukes are not enough to show the prominence of the Duke of Wei; Only when kindness spreads all over the people, and the merits are applied to the country, these things are engraved on the Zhongding stone tablet, praised in the movement, illuminated by future generations, and passed on forever, this is the ambition of Wei Guogong. It is also at this point that scholars place their hopes on Wei Guogong. Where is it just to show off for a while, to glorify a township?

During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, the Duke of Wei once governed Xiangzhou as an envoy of the Wukang Festival, and built the "Dayjin Hall" in the back garden. Later, a poem was engraved on the stone tablet and it was left to the people of Xiangzhou. He regarded pleasure in grievances and the ostentation of fame as contemptible, presumably because he did not count the boasting of his predecessors as glory, but took it as a warning. Here, we can see what Wei Guogong thinks about wealth! Where can his ambition be easily measured! Therefore, he can be in and out of the phase, work hard for the country, and behave exactly the same when he is safe and when he is in danger. As for encountering major events and deciding on big ideas, he hung down his belt, held a handboard, and remained silent, but he was able to govern the world as stable as Mount Tai, and he could really be called a minister related to the safety of the country. His great achievements, engraved on the bell and composed in the songs, are the glory of the country, not only the glory of the township!

Although I did not have the opportunity to ascend to the day brocade hall of Wei Guogong, fortunately I once read the poems written by Wei Guogong in private; I was glad that Wei Guogong's ambition could be realized, and I was happy to tell it to the people of the world, so I wrote this note.

Ouyang Xiu, the squire of the scribe department and the governor of the council, made a note of this.

This day brocade hall is Han Qi, the great ancestor of Han Yanxuan, a garden built when he went out of Xiangzhou, the whole building is magnificent and beautiful, simple and typical. Why the name? As the old saying goes, wealth does not return to the hometown, such as brocade clothes walking at night. Han Qi used it contrary to his intentions.

This text is made by the great writer Ouyang Xiu in the second year of Luoping (1065), and asked the calligrapher Cai Xiang to write, and asked the craftsman to engrave it, and stood in the Dayjin Hall. Later, Xiangzhou Han took this as the hall name.

Han Yanxuan was overjoyed, took Li Renyou's hand and said, Renyou, I beg you, can you go to Xiangzhou to see what Dayjin Hall looks like, and then see if my Han family Zuying is well maintained, is there anything related to my Han family, get some, and give it as much as it costs.

No problem, I have been in business for many years, and I know a lot of businessmen from Jinguo, as well as those officers and soldiers in Xiangzhou, and those officers and soldiers at the checkpoint.

Li Renyou said and went back to the matter of repaying the money.

Han Yanxuan understood him, so he had to ask: It seems that he really wants to give, and he has to give.

You have to give, you have to give.

So I have a great idea, how about it?