Chapter 485: Just Arrive, Don't Stop!
Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun left together, but the Wang Mansion did not immediately return to calm. Tan Lun used to be Wang Daokun's old boss, and now he has become an official of the Ministry of War, and he is still the top boss, many of the servants in Wang's Mansion have seen Tan Lun many times in Fujian back then, so they are naturally more familiar with this secretary of the Ministry of War, and a little less afraid. However, Zhang Juzheng is different. Maybe when this former official was the second assistant, under the strong aura of Gao Gong, it looked a little dim, but since Gao Gong stepped down for more than a year, this first assistant's strong hand that is better than Gao Gong's martial arts is enough to make everyone fearful.
You must know that if today's son is the young master, the two palace queens in the palace will exercise imperial power, and the eunuch Feng Bao will become the royal agent, and now almost everyone in the government and the opposition knows that when the first assistant Zhang Juzheng and the eunuch Feng Bao are integrated inside and outside, as long as the cabinet ticket is to be submitted, the approval red in it has never been rejected. The little emperor is only so big now, the queen mother of the two palaces has great trust in the combination of inside and outside, since the founding of the country, the Ming Dynasty can be said to have never had the authority of a minister to surpass Zhang Juzheng!
And such a strong first assistant actually patronized the home of his own master, the squire of the military department, and spread the word that the lord was not rising and hot?
Not to mention that people's hearts were as if they were pretending to be a hot charcoal, even when Wang Daokun himself sent away these two extraordinary guests and hurried to the inner courtyard, he still couldn't help but ponder in his heart what Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun said to themselves in the study before. For Zhang Ju who is about to start with those post stations that are rubbing oil up and down, as most of his official career is abroad, he naturally raises his hands to support, and what makes him most stable is undoubtedly the obvious tone revealed after Zhang Ju is talking about military affairs and post stations, etc.
The meaning is clear. The trivial matter of summer tax silk in Huizhou, as long as the time is right, will definitely be solved once and for all. Of course, the old system at the beginning of the country cannot be easily moved, but if it is determined that it is the reckless behavior of the officials, it is very simple to move the name of the summer tax that has made people linger for many years. Although Zhang Juzheng's spearhead is aimed at enslavement, as long as this matter can be successful. It is also considered to be for the benefit of the people, it is very easy for him to enter the Xiangxian Ancestral Hall, and it is also very beneficial to the reputation of the Wang family of Songming Mountain.
But when he walked to the door of the main room in the inner courtyard, Wang Daokun's initial excitement disappeared all of a sudden. Even if he and Yin Zhengmao are both the same year as Zhang Juzheng, but Zhang Juzheng is now the first assistant in the official residence, and the dispute over the summer tax silk in She County is just a trivial matter for the first person in the imperial court, how could Zhang Juzheng suddenly think of this? Could it be that you heard something?
"Daddy."
Wang Daokun thought about it, and couldn't help but stay in front of the door for a while, until someone opened the curtain and shouted. He looked up and saw that it was his eldest son, Wang Wujing, and then he came back to his senses, and crossed the threshold with a slight bow. I saw that the main room where my wife was living was full of people at this time. When I saw him come in, I got up to greet him and called my uncle, my uncle's grandfather, Mr. Nanming, and Shao Sima. It's a bit of a mess. He could only laugh and quip: "I just dealt with the first assistant and the big Sima in the front, and now you a bunch of people have given me another dismount." So many people went to Beijing together. It's a big battle this time! ”
"But just now, when my uncle was dealing with Shoufu and Da Sima, he still took the time to ask how to arrange a house for us?" Wang Fulin saw that Wang Daokun was in a good mood, so he deliberately joked, "I heard that it is not easy for Jingshi to live in a big place, especially in the inner city, when we entered Chongwenmen before. When the guards at the city gate saw that we, the strangers, were about to enter the inner city, I heard someone saying that either they were not a loser who didn't know the price of firewood and rice, or there were people behind them, rich and noble people who didn't have to worry about food and shelter. It turned out to be really accurate. If there is no uncle, the inns will be full in the approaching year of the examination, and so many of us will have to go to the Xin'an Hall to try our luck. ”
"Among the people who have the hands and eyes of this Jingshi, there is no part of me, where is there anyone behind it?" Wang Daokun feigned anger, but his eyes looked at his wife, Mrs. Wu.
When he was an official in the Sixth Ministry, Mrs. Wu was still by his side, but later he was released, especially when he was transferred from the Xiangyang prefect to the front line of Fujian's anti-Japanese war, and the husband and wife have been living separately in two places. Even so, with a look from her husband, Mrs. Wu understood what he meant, and said softly at the moment: "The family has a limited population, so these people can live in, and the house and utensils can be prepared in a while." And with Mr. Ke and Mr. Fang here, it is just right for Wu Jing to ask for advice on the scriptures and history. After all, he should go to the boy exam in two years. ”
When Mrs. Wu said this, Wang Daokun was naturally satisfied, although he had other arrangements for Wang Fulin. It's just that Wang Fulin went to the capital this time, and even Ye Xiaopang came with him, and at this time the people have risen a lot, but the round figure still hasn't changed much, and the little fat man seems to be sitting upright, but his eyes keep glancing around, and he can't help but feel a little embarrassed in his eyes. However, for Ye Junyao, the in-law of the Wang family, he didn't say anything, but he never lacked guidance, and it was extremely clear from Wang Fulin's marriage tendencies.
To put it more utilitarianly, Wang Daoguan and Wang Fulin's uncle and nephew are both lifters, but the probability of being admitted to the Jinshi is still difficult to say, even if you can enter the career next year, how many years will you be able to enter the fifth grade? And Ye Junyao has completed the three-year exam this time, as long as he operates it properly and moves up, it will be a very important arm at that time! What's more, how many fathers-in-law are able to treat their son-in-law as a son, not just a half-son? Ye Junyao can! Not to mention, through the Ye family, he and the Xu family are also connected.
Therefore, after the usual gossip, Wang Daokun didn't say a word, and directly slipped Wang Fulin out, and Wang Daoguan naturally dragged Wang Daohui out. And as soon as these people left, Mr. Ke and Mr. Fang also resigned under the excuse, and there were no more elders in the room with a straight face, Ye Xiaopang, who had always been serious, immediately became active, and after beckoning Wang Wujing over, he began to pull Jinbao and Qiu Feng together and mutter, and he didn't know what to discuss. And Mrs. Wu called Xiaobei to sit beside her and asked about Songming Mountain and Fucheng County. When Xiaobei said that Cheng Naixuan took Miss Xu to her father-in-law's house, Mrs. Wu laughed.
"Bachelor Xu is different from the master, after being admitted to the Jinshi, he stayed in the hall and entered the Hanlin Academy as a Shujishi, and he has been going around and around in the Hanlin Academy all these years, although he is noble, but he was born poor. Even if Mrs. Xu subsidized it, the Cheng family secretly helped a lot, but he always insisted on a bottom line, that is, he only took what he needed, and never took more. I only saw that Miss Xu, her mother and brother had been staying in Xu Village all the time, and they had not followed into Beijing for so many years. You should be able to guess what kind of poor life Master Xu lived in the capital. Cheng Gongzi was only afraid that he would be frightened when he saw his father-in-law. ”
Cheng Naixuan was really frightened by his father-in-law who he saw for the first time after marriage. Although Xu Guo had not yet entered the Shiji Dynasty before, he had also been taken to Xu Village by his father, but at that time he didn't know about marriage, just as he was a very learned elder, his impression was already very indifferent. At this moment, whether it is the narrow courtyard after entering the door, or the main house with almost no furnishings. Or a total of two servants in a concierge, a scholar, and a total of two servants, seeing a homely cloth robe, at first glance it looks like an old father-in-law of an ordinary teacher, and he has a feeling of meeting a saint.
You don't have to be so poor when you are an official!
Even Miss Xu, who has always been simple, couldn't help but reddened her eyes when she saw her father's living place. She opened her mouth to say something, but when the words came to her mouth, there was only one word that came out of her mouth: "Daddy......"
Xu Guo didn't know what his daughter and son-in-law were shocked for. But he just smiled. The reason why he made a marriage with the Cheng family was of course not only because of Cheng Lao Confucian. Then it was a great success, but because Master Cheng came to see him again and again for the sake of marriage, and finally dropped his words clearly.
"Old lady Xu can subsidize you to study, but if you are a clan member to become an official, what will his children and grandchildren say, and what will the Xu village clan say. Can you handle it? As for me sponsoring you, it's just a friendship between the two families, and the Cheng family has a simple population, so I don't need to look at people's faces, let alone any notes from you. Wait until you may enter the cabinet one day to pay respects. I probably won't continue to be a salt merchant in Lianghuai, and I don't need to touch your light. If my son has no fame, he will not mention this marriage, but if he can have a fame before the age of fifteen, and his character and appearance can be seen, how about talking about marriage? ”
At this moment, I heard Cheng Naixuan hurriedly call her father-in-law with Miss Xu, and then stumbled and said, my father-in-law is too poor, so he shook his hand and said: "Those poor Hanlin in the Hanlin Courtyard in the capital are probably living this kind of life, it's not that I'm hypocritical, but the Xu family is just such a family, and the Cheng family's is the Cheng family's, so you can't just treat the boss as your own." Before you took the exam, you lived here, naturally it can't be compared with when you were at home, but I am also a little famous in Hanlin Academy, and all the people who come and go are noble, and it will be of great benefit to you if you listen more and pay more attention. ”
Cheng Naixuan was shocked that his father-in-law was living so hard, but if he really wanted to say that he couldn't bear to live in a humble life, it wouldn't be enough, and he was not a person who couldn't afford this little hardship. In addition, his father-in-law said it thoroughly, he immediately nodded again and again, and then remembered a more important matter, and hurriedly whispered: "By the way, uncle, because he took care of his mother-in-law, he said that he would rather give up next year's exam." This delay is three years, father-in-law, did you write a letter to persuade him? ”
"He's only twenty-two years old this year, and he's only twenty-five if he's delayed for another three years, what's the matter, you think you're going to be in the middle of the subject?"
"That's not what I meant!" Cheng Naixuan was covered in cold sweat. At the beginning, the eldest brother took him to teach him a lesson because he heard a few words, and he still remembered it clearly, both physically and mentally. Now that the eldest brother and Wang Fulin have become brothers-in-law, that sister-in-law is not easier to deal with than Xiaobei, so he is even more frightened. At this moment, he hurriedly changed his words, "Father-in-law, Shuangmu and I are here to take next year's exam, if you come from the Hanlin Academy, can you take him with you?" ”
Cheng Naixuan also knows that once he will take the exam, Huizhou Mansion can at most pass three or five jinshi, and occasionally there will be six or seven in the old year, and sometimes there will only be one, he and Wang Fulin are now considered competitors, but out of that hardcore friendship, he still revealed this meaning. But what he didn't expect was that Xu Guo glanced at him, and then laughed.
"Your father is right, although you had some habits of a gentleman when you were young, you didn't linger on women, and you didn't oppress the good, at most you only had a little willfulness, so your mother-in-law wrote to me that I never regretted my marriage. Although I have never met Wang Fulin, Brother Nan Ming has mentioned it to me many times, listening to Brother Nan Ming's tone, that is a demon, different from you. ”
Although his father-in-law praised his friend, Cheng Naixuan also felt honored, but he was still a little sour in the end. He was about to refute something, but he didn't want Xu Guo to say meaningfully: "The rich side already has your father, and what you want now is to keep it, so you should focus on stability." Wang Fulin is different, the Wang family of Songming Mountain now needs him to inherit the past and the future, so what he wants is a successor who dares to fight and fights with great courage, and the descendants of Brother Nanming can take over the burden in the future. Don't look at Wang Fulin is only seventeen years old, but none of the people he knows treat him as seventeen years old, this is the difference between him and you. ”
And when others beat their son-in-law as an example, Wang Fulin listened to people talk about national affairs in Wang's study, even if he was like a mirror in his heart, sometimes he had to pretend that he didn't understand. But just as he was pretending to be stupid, a sharp knock outside the door interrupted the conversation of the people in the room.
"Master, there is a house on the edge of the inner city wall in Dongcheng that suddenly collapsed, saying that it was crushed by snow, and that Shuai Jiamo is among the injured, because the master ordered to star, the person has been sent to the hospital, there is no big problem, what should I do next?"
Seeing the three brothers of the Wang family turning their heads to look at themselves, Wang Fulin suddenly sighed in his heart. As for it? It doesn't stop as soon as you arrive!
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