In June of the fourth year of Xiping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a great drought and many disasters, and the fields were mostly reduced, and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to exempt the affected people in all counties from half of the field rent.

After Chen Lin exterminated the strongmen of Savage Ridge, he returned to Chen's mansion and devoted himself to studying the Four Books and Five Classics, memorizing ancient and modern principles, riding horses to practice guns and martial arts, and reading military books, but if there was something unclear, he asked the old lady, Chen Lin was intelligent and intelligent, and his achievements were advancing by leaps and bounds, and the Chen family was overjoyed. As soon as Chen Lin stepped into Mrs. Chen's door today, he sat down with Grandpa and heard Mrs. Chen say to him: "Lin'er, Mr. Lu came to look for me today, do you know why?" ”

"I really don't know," Chen Lin replied. Mrs. Chen said again: "Mr. praised you and said that you won't go to school tomorrow." ”

Chen Lin hurriedly knelt down: "I don't know what Lin Er did to make Mr. angry?" ”

Mrs. Chen was happy: "It's not to cause trouble, but Mr. Lu consciously teaches nothing, and wants you to find a better teacher." ”

Only then did Chen Lin understand the reason, sat down anew, and didn't speak, Chen Lin understood that Grandpa must have an arrangement.

No, Old Lady Chen spoke: "Lin Er is also ten or five years old, and in a few days, Zhang Luo will have a coming-of-age ceremony with you, so that I can take a table for you." During the year, I Runan County will elect a candidate for filial piety, Zhao Taishou and I are close friends, the day before yesterday I wrote to ask me, the Chen family can have a son to grow up. Hehehe, this is not what you want, although only two people are selected in the 37 counties of Runan County, and there is Lord Taishou, it is not difficult to come to Lin Er to raise filial piety. It just so happened that I hadn't paid the taxes and grain in Anyang County, so you asked your father for this errand, and you sent it to Pingxing, and visited Lord Taishou by the way. ”

Chen Lin thought to himself, it's really good to have an old family member. Chen Lin acted according to the plan, his father Chen Li was the county magistrate, and it was not a trivial matter to ask for the transportation of tax grain, and after two busy days, the convoy to Pingxing had been loaded.

For a full 130 vehicles, Anyang County actually has 60,000 mu of land, but it has never paid a field tax of 40,000 mu. The actual yield per mu is seven stones a year, only calculated according to five stones, and it happens that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to halve the rent, which is not only 30 taxes and 1, but also 6,700 stones of tax grain payable in Anyang County. Each car can pull nearly 50 stones (a stone in the Eastern Han Dynasty has 70 catties, which is equivalent to 35 catties now).

Chen Li collected more than 500 strong men, countless cattle and horses to drive the car, and ordered the county lieutenant Yuan Tong to send 200 county soldiers to escort him, and the long line was about to set off. ”

Chen Lin promised, then led the Chen family 20 riding courtyard and full of two large carriages to set off, the car was loaded with the Chen family's "filial piety" Zhao Taishou and other Runan County officials "specialty", in previous years were the big housekeeper Chen Bao to do, Chen Lao God considered, it was time for Chen Lin to see the world, this time simply let Chen Lin go, only sent a person familiar with Pingxing to go with him.

It was only two hours from Anyang to Pingxing, and now the grain trucks are full, and I am afraid that it will go until dark. Chen Lin is not an official, so the team leader cannot be him, he is the Shaofu in charge of money and food in the county, Chen Zhong Chen Shaoting, and the Chen family, but unlike most of the Chen family's subordinates who follow Old Lady Chen, Chen Zhong is Chen Li's loyal servant. After Chen Li became the county commander, he decisively left the position of Shaofu in charge of money and grain to Chen Zhong. I quarreled with Zhang Ting a lot before for this, Zhang Ting said how to deserve it, Chen Li said that it should be eclectic, and now the two families are married.

There was nothing to say all the way, it was dark, and Chen Lin and the others arrived at Pingxing City, the governance office of Runan County. Chen Zhong has his own to deal with things, Chen Lin just took the Chen family's two cars of "specialties" and 20 nursing homes to settle down in the inn in the county, and the eldest young master of the Chen family did not want to live in the post house. After settling down, regardless of the darkness, he hurriedly wrote a letter of worship, asking the nursing home to send it to Zhao Qian and others overnight, saying that he hoped to be able to see him.

That is, if it is not a business matter, if you want to meet someone, you have to vote for a post first, and wait for the host to see you, you can go to the door, otherwise it is abrupt and insulting, of course, people who are very close to you can not care about this, Chen Lin wants to meet all the high-ranking officials of Runan County, of course, you have to vote for a post.

At dawn on the second day, Chen Lin got up in the courtyard of the inn and fought with the early guards for a while, and then went back to the room to freshen up.

Chen Lin took the family member who was familiar with Pingxing and the two members of the nursing home to go out with gifts, and the rest of the nursing home had to protect the carriage of the Chen family. The Chen family prepared two hundred-year-old Liaodong ginseng for Zhao Taishou, two hundred taels of gold, and a little Shu brocade, which was not heavy, and the four of them easily went out to Zhao Qian's house.

Chen Lin went to Zhao Qian's house, the Zhao family didn't dare to be embarrassed, if they wanted to change someone else to see Taishou, they had to be blackmailed, the relationship between the Chen family and Taishou, this person still knew, Chen Lin was also generous, rewarded 100 yuan, and the next person happily led the four people to the front hall to drink tea, Zhao Qian had not come out yet, and the performance of the next person provoked the three members of the Chen family's nursing home to despise for a while.

Chen Lin drank tea calmly, and the three Ding stood behind him with a gift box. After a while, a person walked out of the courtyard, his hair was slightly white, but he was in good spirits: "Hahahaha, but Chen Xian's nephew has arrived?" ”

Seeing this, Chen Lin hurriedly saluted forward, as a junior. There are two types of giving, one is to bow the hand, which is given to the same person or someone who is not close to him, and the other is to bow down and bow, which is usually a way to bow to an elder or a person who is extremely respected.

Chen Lin said: "Boy Chen Lin, meet Lord Taishou." ”

Zhao Qian saw Chen Lin's appearance and courtesy, and liked it very much, and hurriedly said: "Hehehe, why do you see outside, just call me Shibo." ”

Chen Lin was unwilling, so he hurriedly changed his words, turned around and asked for a letter from Jiading, handed it to Zhao Qian with both hands and said, "This is what Grandpa ordered me to bring to Shibo." ”

Zhao Qian opened it in front of him, and Chen Lin didn't bother. After a while, Chen Lin saw Zhao Qian and said: "Well, I already know what Grandpa Ru means, this matter is not very difficult, you will make a big adult ceremony, I will go." When you go back here, you can make a poem first, and read it out in public on the day of the big gift, I can nominate you here, and the matter of filial piety and honesty can also be completed. ”

Chen Lin was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked him. talked to Zhao Qian about some ordinary things, gave the "specialty" and left. Zhao Qian was also happy, he thought that it would be difficult for Chen Lin to be a stubborn person, but today he saw Chen Lin with a dignified appearance, polite manners, and no one gossiped about filial piety.

For two days in a row, Chen Lin visited everyone, the chief bookkeeper of the county, the chief bookkeeper, etc., after the two cars of "specialty" were delivered, Chen Lin thought that it was time to go back to Anyang, there were still many things to do, and he went to worship Zhao Qian, and led the nurse to ride to Anyang, and the brigade that transported the tax and grain was led back to Anyang by Chen Zhong yesterday.

Chen Lin and the others were no longer dragged down, and the flying horses rode quickly, and in a blink of an eye, they arrived at the boundary of Anyang. Chen Lin returned to Chen's Mansion to say goodbye to his parents, and then went to Mrs. Chen. Chen Lin explained the progress of this peace to Mrs. Chen, and told everything 1510. Old Lady Chen thought for a while: "Well, excellent, I see that everyone in the Runan County Mansion is quite satisfied with your kid, okay." Old Lady Chen took out a booklet from her sleeve and threw it to Chen Lin.

Chen Lin flipped through it, most of them were poems, and some of the styles were very rare, Chen Lin was puzzled, what did Grandpa mean by this. Seeing this, Mrs. Chen said, "This booklet will be with you, and in the future, I will say that the poems in it are written by you." I don't know you yet? Although you are familiar with the Four Books and the Five Classics, it is difficult for you to compose poems. In the future, if you are promoted to an official or knighthood, you must share a seat with the literati. ”

Chen Lin was helpless, what Grandpa said was the truth, and Chen Lin was not the one who didn't know how to change, and he didn't refuse. Mrs. Chen also had something to say: "Although this is a bit to deal with, you must not slack off in your studies, but also practice pen and ink calligraphy diligently, and you will have to write official documents in the future. Chen Lin knew that Grandpa was going to supervise, but he couldn't refuse.

Chen Lin went out with a booklet, this is a booklet of paper, easy to carry, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, paper was extremely expensive, only a few rich people could afford to use it, and the official business was written on the bamboo book, which was inconvenient and cumbersome.

On this day, Chen's Mansion was very lively, the maids and maids of the house shuttled back and forth, delivering melons and fruits and snacks, and many local celebrities and celebrities were present, just because today was Chen Lin's coming-of-age gift. Everyone came with gifts, or jewelry or silver, all of them were famous and wealthy businessmen, which family was willing to lose face, and the Zhang family was a hundred horses of Shu brocade and a thousand taels of gold.

Suddenly, there was a family newspaper: "Lord Runan Taishou has arrived, and he has sent ten congratulatory gifts and a pair of four treasures in the study." Everyone was quiet, and they all followed Chen Li to greet Zhao Taishou, saluting each other and not saying anything. The Chen family's boy and crown, and the Taishou master are here, which shows the ability of the Chen family, everyone thought.

Another Ding shouted: "The auspicious time is coming, please old lady." I saw Old Lady Chen come out with the support of Chen Lin and Chen Ze, with a smile on her face. Zhao Qian and Chen Li walked side by side, and they had to say a word, and after that, Old Lady Chen sat in the right position, Mrs. Zhao was in the second place, and Chen Li Lin sat on both sides.

The family shouted again: "When the auspicious time comes, burn incense" Chen Lin worshiped the ancestral heaven and earth, and knelt in front of Mrs. Chen and Zhao Qian. I saw that Mrs. Chen personally tied Chen Lin's hair and put on a blue Confucian hat, said some encouraging words, and finally gave the word "Bozhi". This Chen Lin has three brothers, Chen Lin is the elder, so the name "Bo" As for what this "to" means, Chen Lin doesn't care, this Chen Lin has the table word, and even Chen Ze Chen To's table word has come out, "Bo" is followed by "Zhong" and "Uncle", although he has not reached the crown.

After Mrs. Chen finished speaking, Lord Taishou also wanted to say two words, and said a word to contribute to the Han as soon as possible, and finally: "Bozhi also has a table word, and he can be an official in the future, so as to contribute to my court. Bozhi, why don't you chant a poem on the spot, so that I can see some of Bozhi's knowledge. ”

Chen Lin had already prepared, and a song "Short Song Xing" shocked the audience. As a result, there were: crossing the male thief poetry and grandson, raising filial piety and honesty, and Chen Bozhi became famous.

"When you sing about wine, life is geometric. For example, the morning glow is bitter in the past. For example, the morning glow is unforgettable. How to solve worries, only yellow soup. Qingqingzi groaned, leisurely my heart. But for the sake of the king, he has been groaning so far. Yo yo deer chirping, eating wild apples. I have guests, drummers and shengs. It's as clear as the moon, how can it be done. Worries come from it, and they cannot be cut off. At the time of the Han Dynasty, there were no barbarian slaves, and they were only very good, and they missed Hann. The moon stars are scarce, and the finches are flying. Three turns around the tree, there are branches to follow. The high is not tired of being high, and the sea is not tired of being deep. Zhou Gong vomited and fed, thinking of the emperor's grace. ”

Chen Lin sang it, everyone was shocked, silent for a long time, only the old lady was in place with a smile, or Zhao Taishou was the first to speak: "Okay" Zhao Qian slapped the case, only said good, and everyone was busy praising him. After making trouble for a long time and drinking a lot of wine, everyone dispersed, and what spread out was the reputation of Chen Bozhi in Runan.