Chapter 64: New Year (I)

Cao Conglong died, saying that literature and art are just hanging on the southeast branch, and when he understands it, he hangs himself, and no one can prevent hanging himself with his trouser belt, and Chen Wen has no intention of punishing the guards, after all, no one would have thought that this guy would not even have the courage to take a look at the first ray of sunshine in the seventh year of Yongli. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

I haven't seen him for half a year, and it can be said that he doesn't have much impression of this civilian official of the prison army, at least in his impression, Cao Conglong seems to have done four things after coming to Jinhua: the first is to act as a messenger of the edict, the second is to try to persuade him to go east to Taizhou, and the third is to be fooled by him to patrol the county to appease the people, and the last thing is a rebellion. Now that I think about it, it seems that the third thing is ostensibly helping him, but in fact it is clearly preparing for the fourth thing, and all this is only because the second thing has not been achieved.

Such a civilian official in the late Ming Dynasty and the Southern Ming Dynasty was not uncommon at all, and there were even some who were not as good as him. However, it was his lone army who fought hard in the state of the Qing army that suffered from the oppression of the civilian officials this time, but it still made everyone in this Ming army feel deeply hated.

But looking at it today, a civil official who seems to have aged dozens of years in eight years seems to be a little pitiful compared to the original high-spiritedness, but it really fulfills the saying that poor people must be hateful.

Cao Conglong is dead, but Chen Wen knows very well that the Manchu Qing Dynasty, or those who look at him unpleasantly, will inevitably use this matter to attack him, which can be imagined even with his toes. It's just that Chen Wen can't do anything about it, after all, for most people in the world, the ass is always used to call the shots for the brain. Since you can't wake up the people who pretend to be asleep, then only by recovering the two capitals and destroying the Manchu Qing Dynasty can you slap those insults back to the faces of those guys who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but are actually full of male thieves and prostitutes, just like when they used the fact of defeating the Qing army to slap those civil officials in the face of the court of Lu Jianguo.

After seeing Cao Conglong's body and ordering him to be given a cemetery worthy of his status, Chen Wen returned to the Marquis of Anyuan's mansion to continue the unfinished work, and the most important of this was the reform of the hereditary military position.

Chen Wen returned to the Hou Mansion to continue working overtime, but today was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and he didn't want everyone to accompany him to work overtime, so the various departments under the Hou Mansion of Anyuan had already started their holidays since yesterday, and only a very small number of civil and military officials were still on duty.

The former captain of the pro-soldier team, but now not only the young pro-soldier team has been disbanded, but all the members have been sent to the Zhejiang Martial Arts School to study, and even his position as the captain of the pro-soldier team has been dismissed, and Chen Wen's arrangement for him is also to learn military knowledge.

The official date to report to the Martial Arts Academy was set for the year after the year, mainly because the affairs of the envoy still needed his assistance. Fortunately, this year's Spring Festival can be spent at home safely, and today is the first day to return home.

As Chen Wen's personal captain, Zhang Jun, like other officers, had already been assigned to the military field, and during this half-year-long trip to Fujian, although the distribution of the military field did not go through his hands, it was also handled by his sister who was widowed at home, and even the tenants were specially found by his sister to find the officials of the guard to help find them. Of course, his family did not make a fortune from the land now, and the tenant rent was much lower than that of the local landlords.

Returning to a quiet courtyard in the city, this is Zhang Jun's home, and now his widowed sister also lives here, which finally makes the courtyard more popular.

When Zhang Jun returned home, the first thing he saw was that his sister was packing up the raw materials for eating, including the spring plate that was about to be eaten, which is just like the noodles of dumplings on the first day of junior high school in the north, which are all rules handed down by the elders, and they are traditions, so naturally they cannot be forgotten.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, these days have been busy, even the time to come back to a trip, but now look, this small courtyard is full of New Year's atmosphere, window flowers, knots are from his sister's hand, blessing words, couplets are obviously begged for people, after all, his sister is illiterate, and can not write such a beautiful handwriting.

"Sister, I'm back."

Probably hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, Zhang Jun's sister hurriedly raised her head, and when she saw that it was Zhang Jun coming back, she rushed over in three steps and two steps.

"The little brother is back, let my sister take a look. Well, I've grown taller and stronger, but I'm getting darker......"

Reunited after a long absence, naturally there was joy rippling in the small courtyard, but it was not as good as his sister, Zhang Jun showed a bitter smile after seeing his sister's dress, and he did not retreat even if he sat down.

"Sister, this is the Chinese New Year, why are you suffering?"

The Chinese New Year is the time to be prosperous, but Zhang Jun's sister is plain white, and she doesn't even have a little festive atmosphere, and even the atmosphere of the New Year has been diluted.

"Last year, your brother-in-law took the first step, I am a surviving person, and it is appropriate to keep filial piety for three years, there is nothing bitter or bitter."

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Jun was stunned for a moment, and soon let out a heartfelt sigh, as if this is the only way to relieve the depression in his heart.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Jun's sister smiled indifferently, and then said: "I came back today, and I was about to discuss a big matter with you, these days I was thinking, it's time to give your brother-in-law a step-heir, but there is no suitable candidate yet." ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Zhang Jun was really startled, and then said solemnly: "Sister, this is a dead end that can't be survived!" ”

Although the Ming Dynasty advocated the observance of festivals, although it was far more than the Tang and Song dynasties, it had not yet reached the point of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the matter of remarriage was not a shameless act.

It's just that at this moment, Zhang Jun's sister shook her head, and then said with tears in her eyes: "Your brother-in-law treats me very well, married into the Hu family, your brother-in-law has always tolerated me in many ways, even if he hasn't even left a son and a half daughter in the past few years, he has never been displeased." To outsiders, he may not be slippery, but to me he is a very good husband. Now that he is gone, how can I let the Hu family cut off the incense like this? ”

After saying that, even Zhang Jun was sad, although his brother-in-law was just a small official, but he treated their brothers and sisters very well before his death, not only taught him to read and count, but even did things under Chen Wen He was also in charge of it. In the past two years by Chen Wen's side, Zhang Jun has consciously grown a lot, and he has already been reborn, all of which are grateful to his brother-in-law, but now his sister has to keep it for a lifetime, but it still makes him feel bitter.

Seeing Zhang Jun like this, his sister quickly wiped her tears, and then stroked his head as she did when she was a child. "Okay, it's still the New Year, you see I'm too, let's not mention it for now, let's talk about it after the New Year." After that, Zhang Jun's sister went out of the main room to the kitchen to continue cooking, leaving Zhang Jun still sitting there in a daze. (To be continued.) )