Seeing Jiang Zhizhou standing under the big poplar tree, his body was straighter than the poplar tree, and his eyes were firm, Zheng Lang was helpless.

The high salary and incorruptibility of the Song Dynasty sometimes play a role, especially at the level of Zhizhou, if you know each other in a state, a government and an army, the salary is not calculated, it is very terrifying. According to normal calculations, Jiang Xing'er calculated for herself, with an annual salary of more than 2,000 yuan. Don't worry, there are still uncalculated, travel money, entertainment expenses, the latter may or may not have, and the job field is not easy to calculate, and every state and county has a corresponding gray income, as long as it is not overdone, it is the Bao Zheng out of the mountain in Luzhou, and it is like not seeing it. Therefore, the invisible income will not be much less than the official income of the state.

No matter how you calculate it, there are 4,000 yuan.

You can buy 4,000 stones of the best rice, 2,000 horses of silk, 100,000 catties of camellia, nearly 200 horses in the south, nearly 80 horses in the northwest, one and a half Lou Yan and 40 Chen Siniang before they became popular. This is only the income of a state.

It turned out that the Zheng family earned nearly 3,000 yuan a year, and the family lived a well-off life, worry-free about food and clothing. But not yet a single Zhizhou has a high income.

If you know how to operate, buy some land for rent, and run one or two workshops and shops, then you can be like Song Qi, singing songs night and night, and you won't worry about money. But it will not operate, nor will it be extravagant and wasteful, such as Fan Zhongyan, who can also save a lot of money, help the township, run a township school, and help the people. There are also bad ones, and they won't operate, and they are extravagant and wasteful, so there will be some sadness, Renhe Hotel costs a few hundred taels of silver for a meal, and Liu Yuniang does not know how much it costs to spend a night, or redeem a few, it is possible to have a few thousand dollars and 10,000 dollars. Ruosu Dongpo.

Fan Zhongyan and Su Dongpo are special cases, and ordinary officials are like Zheng Lang, or Jiang Zhizhou in front of him, Liu Chu in the past, and Cui Youjie. There are some small industries of different sizes in the family, and the style of life is not very luxurious, nor is it very stingy.

For example, Jiang Zhizhou.

It's not right, if you have a daughter, and you hear that you have such a son-in-law, you're also worried. Could it be that for the sake of so-called morality, he pushed his daughter inside, knowing that there was a fire pit in front of him? However, in Wang Deyong's affairs, the Cui family did not do very well.

Since he was unwilling, Zheng Lang didn't force it, and changed the topic again, saying: "Jiang Zhizhou, let's talk about another thing later." ”

As long as you don't talk about the Cui family, it's easy to do, Jiang Zhizhou said: "Champion, please speak." ”

"In the winter, I will prepare two enlightenment primary schools, and I don't know where to choose a location, and there is a teacher who teaches, and I want to invite a few elderly students in my later years, not only to be talented, but also to ask for poverty at home, and I hope Jiang Zhizhou will help."

Summer is unlikely, all the economy of the family flew to Songzhou, the good time is only in April, at the end of April, the summer grain is harvested, can be purchased, in May, the weather is not right, some merchants will definitely hoard Juqi. did not open his mouth to the Cui family, but opened his mouth to the uncle's family with better economic conditions, and raised nearly 10,000 yuan to come up. Fortunately, the two workshops are profitable, and they can only come up with money to run a primary school in winter.

The surname of this kind of enlightenment primary school is only to let the children of poor families know a few words.

The requirements for teachers are not very high.

The little emperor stood on the city tower and looked down, there were many gray-haired elderly students, very pitiful, but there were not many scattered throughout the country. With the edict, your family will be divided, his family will be divided, and the thousands of poor and helpless elderly people will be divided. Teachers can only be found from ordinary students. First, we must be virtuous, otherwise we will not be able to teach students well, and second, we must be poor, and we have done a good deed.

The ground is also a problem, it was originally well-intentioned, but once it touches the ground, it will not be clear. It happened that Jiang Zhizhou came to congratulate and entrusted Jiang Zhizhou to do two things.

Hearing this, Jiang Zhizhou became interested and said worriedly: "It's easy to run a school, but it's difficult to raise a school." ”

"Let me calculate silently, if the scale of the two schools is not very large, accommodating six or seven hundred students, it is necessary to hire more than a dozen gentlemen, the maintenance of classroom tables and chairs, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, textbooks, and the promotion of more than a dozen outstanding students to the state school every year, and these students must be supplied one after another, at least two or three thousand yuan per year. But my family can still pay for it. ”

"Zheng Zhuangyuan has this intention, I will definitely try my best to prepare this matter for Zhuangyuan."

Zheng Lang didn't expect trouble to come.

Jiang Zhizhou is beyond reproach and admires Zheng Lang very much, but there is a misunderstanding, thinking that the Cui family is forcing the Zheng family to be a matchmaker themselves, raising the prestige of the Cui family, and the champion has this request.

The two young generals Fan sarcastically scolded, and the people applauded. Kong Daofu Fan Zhongyan reprimanded the little emperor and Lu Yijian, and the world praised him. is just a Cui Zhizhou, that is, Wang Deyong is the prime minister, so what, if you have the ability, you will take the family and the generals to Zhengzhou!

Jiang Zhizhou was unhappy in his heart, wrote a book and handed it to Tokyo, impeaching Cui Youjie for being "shameless".

A few prime ministers looked at it, it's not a big deal, let you protect the media, you can protect it if you want to, and if you don't want to protect it, you won't protect it, but things are accumulating one by one.

Guan Jian is the Xu family, and his behavior in Wang De's house last time was too flattering, and some ministers couldn't look down on it, so they handed over this piece to Zhao Zhen.

After Zhao Zhen saw it, he was a little displeased.

People always know the way to advance and retreat, and they are not thin on Cui Jiazhen, a second-class scholar, the daughter-in-law is Wang De's family, and the son-in-law is Zheng Lang, do you still want to do it? Look at how your son-in-law did it, such a reputation, such a talent, he actually only thought of a small county order in the south of the Yangtze River!

I didn't deal with it, just to protect a media, think about the things that Zheng Lang proposed, warehouse consumption, provincial consumption, official consumption, scale consumption, positive consumption, foot consumption, additional consumption, transfer expenditure, foot money...... My family is not thin on officials, and the salary of a governor may catch up with the income of a prime minister in the Tang Dynasty, why do these situations occur?

can't think about it, sometimes Zhao Zhen feels that he doesn't have the confidence to govern the country again.

Fortunately, he saw many talents, such as Zheng Lang and Zhang Fangping in this year's move, which was a little motivated after being exhausted every day.

So the two words of the royal approval, full of knowledge!

The impeachment was sent to Caizhou.

It's a very heavy punishment, what will these two royal pen letters become in Cui Youjie's eyes?

…… Zheng Lang's request was unsuccessful, Uncle Zhang was inexplicable, Zheng Lang said: "They are officials, and they must also have integrity, thinking that this move is flattery and disdainful." Uncle, don't think about things so complicated, just let you keep the media. ”

"Me."

"Uncle, you are the closest and most powerful elder in my family, and it is enough to protect the media."

Uncle Zhang was very happy when he heard it, and the words "most dearest and most identious" made him feel long, and said, "I'll go to Caizhou." ”

"Don't worry, take a sip of tea, I have a few more things to ask my uncle."

"What's the matter," Uncle Zhang sat down, and Xing'er made tea.

"How is the workshop in Zhangjiazhuang now, and how are the two lifters?"

"The workshop is fine, but those two lifters ......" Uncle Zhang shook his head.

"What's wrong?"

"They preach the scriptures and righteousness, but they are not good at the way of management, let them be in charge, I am very worried, as for the way of arithmetic, they are not proficient, and the bookkeeping is a little worse. And the two of them have big hearts, and they also want to take the provincial palace test for high school, at least for the special performance of the famous high school, so they disdain to manage the workshop. ”

Uncle Zhang didn't care, if he was incompetent, he was incompetent, and he had the right to raise two people who ate white rice, and the surname Suo didn't let them take care of things in the end, and gave them two money when the time came, so that they could study with peace of mind, and save them from getting in the way.

But this was beyond Zheng Lang's expectations, frowned, thought for a while and said: "No, you told them that a gentleman cultivates himself and governs the country together, and if the family is not cured, it may be said that all kinds of natural luck are unfavorable." Now that they have been given a chance to govern their families, why not cherish it? What is the purpose of the study and scientific examination? In the examination, he made a name for himself and assisted the king to establish a career, not to raise a silverfish for the country. It's hard for the country to find capable officials, it's too easy to find silverfish, I don't like it. I don't want this act of kindness, because of these people, it will cause all the big families to be disgusted and finally collapse. If not, ask them to continue to live the same life of poverty as before. Two-legged toads are hard to find, and two-legged people are everywhere. ”

"Isn't it too aggressive?"

"It's not too exciting, I'm afraid I thought things too simple with Zhang Bangyan when I was in the capital," he said, rubbing his head and looking at this move, how good it is, there is a problem. I have the idea to keep these old people in captivity as idiots, but are others willing?

Not only Zhangjiazhuang, but Songzhou invited a few more lifters, I don't know what the situation will be.

Study! Read a fart, they have reached this age, there are a few people who can get ahead, why don't you take the initiative to think about it for your wife and children at home!

Uncle Zhang hesitated for a moment, and Zheng Lang said: "Then don't worry, I'll write a "Treatise on the Qi Family" another day to discuss this matter." ”

The nephew's point of view is also in line with Uncle Zhang's mind, if he was a nerd back then, he would not be able to run the family business well, and after failing the scientific examination again and again, what would become of the family now? The nephew does not check the accounts of his own shop, and does not introduce the carved silk weaver girl, is the Zheng family rich today?

Zheng Lang asked again, "How is it over there in Songzhou?" ”

"All the money and silk were sent to Songzhou, and the summer grain was not yet ripe, so I sent someone to keep an eye on the specific things."

Seeing the situation of the two lifters at home, Uncle Zhang was not very relieved about the four lifters over there. Seeing off his uncle, Zheng Lang looked at Er Xiao and asked, "Sima Sanlang, Wang Sanlang, do you see it, just this move, there are unexpected drawbacks." ”

"The champion, it's not that they don't know how to join the family, but they are so ambitious, thinking that they will definitely win the middle in one day, and as a local official or an important member of the court, they can't let go of their bodies." Sima Guang made a very fair evaluation.

"It's also a point, you have a point," Zheng Lang stroked his head lovingly, it was very good to think of this, after all, he was a fifteen-year-old child, not himself. And he said, "But is it impossible?" ”

"It's impossible, like them, unless the imperial court opens up Enke and admits all the elderly people exceptionally, if you follow the normal scientific examination procedures, you won't be able to get one out of a thousand."

"Is it okay to be admitted exceptionally?"

"No, although Your Majesty is benevolent, but this move will make redundant officials aggravated, and in addition, he has not yet been selected, and his academic talent is insufficient. Even if the family is poor in fortune, but the opportunity is not cherished, and there is no filial piety and considerate heart, even if it is high school, it is enough to become an old glutton. ”

Hearing the gluttony, Zheng Lang laughed, the master's words really made him appreciate, the young man quit sex, the middle-aged quit fighting, the old man quit greed, and he didn't deceive me. Soon the little emperor will use a few greedy and lazy old prime ministers.

Some people are prone to becoming greedy when they reach old age, such as Fan Sarcas!

Sima Guang said again: "In my opinion, forcibly dissuade Your Majesty, even if you open Enke, fifty is enough. However, there is no need to be a big deal with champions and role models. ”

Even the joint performance is wrong.

If you see it, you may immediately be turned into a farce by these old people.

Wang Anshi said: "Sima Sanlang, I don't think so." Not all poor children are like this, such as Fan Zhongyan, such as Ouyang Xiu, or Yan Shu, all of whom are poor sons of the family, and they all know the Thanksgiving Picture. After the champion and the list opened their eyes, the fittest survived, and the stubborn, even if the champion did not make "The Theory of the Qi Family", the squires would not tolerate it. Isn't it a good strategy for the fittest to help and eliminate the unfit? ”

"You're not bad," Zheng Lang smiled.

The two little third sons are still the surnames of the past, one likes to be radical, the other likes to be conservative, but under his gradual cultivation, he knows that he will discuss the problem of surname viewing. I can't let go now, in a few years, the friendship between the two will be there, and then I will learn my own open-mindedness, and the harm should not be as great as it has ever been.

But from their point of view, one is radical and the other is conservative, and they all look at the problem very sharply.

made a summary and said: "Change is to change, this is also the golden mean, should change with the times, change in response to the situation, Legalism has some Tao, soldiers have this way, farmers have some Tao, doctors have this way, vertical and horizontal, yin and yang have this way." But how to change, we must walk on thin ice, tremble, and cannot move without consideration. ”

In fact, Zheng Lang has a great reformer in his mind, and his example can be used for reference, but now he is not qualified.

muttered: "Jiangnan, bar......"

Suddenly realized that Jiangnan and his party have even more important surnames!

…… Cui Youjie saw Zhao Zhen's two beautiful flying white characters, and sweat was pouring on his forehead, too full!

What does it mean to be too full, at worst, this is because the emperor is very dissatisfied with his family, not only his own career, but also the career of his two sons will be affected in the future.

Gather the family and pass the letter to everyone.

After reading the letter, the little lady of the Wang family asked: "Daddy, is it appropriate to invite Jiang Zhizhou ......?"

"I didn't invite him, and I waited for news from the Zheng family. Where did the surname Jiang come from? Cui Youjie said angrily. I originally wanted to write a book for impeachment, but everything will not come out of nowhere, even if it is groundless, there will always be a hole. Therefore, when I think of the Zheng family, I don't know what happened over there.

But this matter dragged on for a long time, and the provincial trial list was released in February, and in April, there was no one who came to propose. Suddenly, this happened again, and Cui Youjie also lost his bearings.

Cui Xian suddenly spoke: "Big brother, you live in an inn with the Zheng family, what did you hear him say?" ”

"Nothing, he just said that this move is moral, but it is beneficial to the future of the third brother, whether it is right or wrong, he can't judge, and there is not much malice."

The little lady of the Wang family lowered her head in shame, she had to pay the main responsibility for this matter, she was happy, and the Cui family lost her reputation.

"Third sister-in-law, you don't have to mind, if I guess correctly, the Zheng family will send someone over in a few days, and ask by the way when the time comes. Daddy, I can't go to the book to discern it, my house is too full, and the more I distinguish it, the more traces there are. ”

Cui Youjie smiled bitterly, if it is full, it is too full. Two Jinshi sons, the youngest Sanyuan son-in-law, the prime minister's granddaughter-in-law, Jiang Zhizhou deliberately slandered the good and forcibly invited him to clear his name, which is worth his shot. I had to wait for news from the Zheng family, but the problem was still with the Zheng family. If his family wants to repent of their marriage, they have nothing to do. If his family doesn't want to regret the marriage, Jiang Zhizhou can only stare dryly if he is dissatisfied.

The brother-in-law of the Zhang family came to Caizhou, where did the Cui family manage who the matchmaker was at this time?

Even if Song Bo and his wife arrive, the Cui family is willing.

Let's not ask Jiang Zhizhou about it, let's talk about financial gifts.

Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the marriage ceremony of the Song Dynasty was less, and no one paid attention to the township and ethnic prestige. When marrying a daughter, first ask how much money is hired, and even write out the contract for capital and money.

Generally, the rich and noble people send three gold, gold chuan, gold lock feet, gold pendants, if the time to send gold-plated silverware, the eunuchs also send gold sleeves, yellow Luo pin gold skirts, satin red skirts, and others, such as pearl and emerald crowns and other jewelry, on the fine and miscellaneous color satin silk, flower tea fruit wine, reunion cakes, sheep, wine, silver and so on. The inferior families did not have such luxury, and only gave one or two horses of fabric, plus goose, wine, tea, and cakes. The financial gift was delivered, and Ji said that after the selection, he could take the sedan chair into the husband's house to hold the cave ceremony. There is also a question in the middle about the eight characters of the birthday, don't take it seriously, there are financial gifts, and any birthday eight characters are good. Without financial gifts, any birthday is not good.

If the husband's family is expensive, then everything is just the opposite, and a lot of dowries should be pasted upside down, and then when the house is shopped, that is, the day before the wedding, the woman's family sends someone to the man's house to decorate the new house, take out the bedding and other things, and display all the clothes, socks, and shoes for the dowry, and show everyone to see how many things my woman has accompanied. Some of this custom has been preserved in later generations. Some places don't let the married pretend to be seen by outsiders, so they bring more money with the car, more than 1,000 yuan, less than hundreds of yuan, and the daughter's personal belongings inside the wedding are not allowed to be seen by others, but the money can be seen, and the car is opened, a lot of money!

The woman has a face.

The wedding of the two families like the Cui family may cost thousands of dollars, but it is not a problem for the financial resources of the two families.

The Cui family doesn't want to wait, the Zheng family doesn't want to wait, and the nephew has to take office.

Soon discuss the dowry and dowry, and then say hello. The other party's status is high, so Uncle Zhang asked, "Cui Zhizhou, what do you think of that one?" ”

"April Jiayin."

It's going to be fast, and it's still a few days away. Giving a dowry in the middle, then getting married, and then picking up people in a sedan chair, it is so far away, the busyness of the two families can be imagined. But Zheng Jiajian and Cui Jiajian didn't think it was a problem. got the marriage contract, Cui Youjie settled down, Xu stroked his chest with his hand, Cui Youjie asked Uncle Zhang, why did Jiang Zhizhou write the impeachment?

Uncle Zhang was very puzzled when he heard this, and it took a while to react, and after telling the truth of the matter, he said: "Cui Zhizhou, it was my idea, and later after my nephew asked Jiang Zhizhou to agree, he found me to protect the media, but I didn't expect Jiang Zhizhou to ......."

"Forget it, he misunderstood......" Cui Youjie said. His own tree is a big trick, learn from his son-in-law Taoguang to raise obscurity, and the right is to touch the bad luck.

After Uncle Zhang's uncle left, Cui Xian listened and said, "Daddy, what you did is very right, but Daddy don't be afraid, after getting married, my daughter asked the Zheng family Xiaolang to talk to you in front of Your Majesty, and the misunderstanding will be resolved." ”

But Zheng Lang didn't think so, in the final analysis, he married the daughter of the Wang family and regretted the daughter of the Qin family, which caused Jiang Zhizhou to be disgusted, and the misunderstanding that arose had nothing to do with the big tree.

Start preparing for your wedding.

Renzi said, that is, on April 20, the dowry of the Cui family arrived. The very rich dowry was pulled by dozens of ox carts, and the spectators were like mountains all the way. But the congratulatory gifts received by the two families are equally amazing, not a loss-making "deal".

On the other side, the sedan chair is also halfway there.

It's not far away, it's not close, it's not close, three hundred miles away, the sedan chair can't be pulled by an ox cart, and there are Xu's, bridesmaids, relatives, and more than a dozen elders of the Cui family in Hebei. Cui Quanzhong got married, and let Wang De rape him with an old horseman, and the Cui family only had time to send the Xu family alone. But the Cui family married a daughter, as a noble woman, how could the old people in the clan not come forward? After learning the results of the provincial examination, these elders led a large group of relatives from Hebei to Caizhou, where they have stayed until now.

These people walked slowly, starting from yesterday's sedan chair.

In order to grab time, there are other funny things, the Zheng family's dowry has not yet arrived, and the dowry of the Cui family's shop has set off. The two teams met in Yingchang Mansion, and the horn locked the nail, and it blew for a while before the two sides dispersed in the laughter of the spectators. When the dowry passed, the person who invited the bride also followed. Otherwise, it's too late!

The Cui family's mother's family looked at it and said they were very satisfied. At this point, if you are not satisfied, you have to be satisfied.

After working hard all the way, the twenty-two more mighty brigades entered Zhengjiazhuang, and the brigade stopped at the entrance of the village. The common name is Stop Tanzi.

Blocking the door once, I wanted to invite the bride away, and I wanted to give the mother's family a bonus in the city, and the mother's relatives were satisfied, so I asked the woman's relatives to carry the bride on the sedan chair. It's not over, there is another time when I go to the groom's house, and I have to ask for the city money and drinks, and then I am willing to bear the burden.

However, Xu was worried in his heart, if he was too particular and this son-in-law did not agree, I would not give the burden of money and wine, what should I do?

She thought too much, the eldest aunt of the Zhang family came over with money and wine on behalf of the Zheng family, and the bearer carried the sedan chair to the door of Zheng's house. "Yu Xuan Guan" holds a flower bucket in his hand, fills the grain, beans, copper coins, colored fruits, grass festivals, recites scriptures, and scatters while looking at the door, and children compete to grab it, which is called sprinkling grain beans. Then spread the green felt flower mat, a woman held a mirror and faced the sedan chair backwards, so that the maid helped Cui Xian to walk down from the sedan chair, crossed the saddle and scales, entered the middle door, and led into the cave room.

The feast of the guests began.

When evening came, the bride brought it out again, took it to the shadow hall (where the portrait of the ancestors was placed), and the groom shared a colored silk, and the colored silk was knotted with one heart, burning incense and drinking wine, and worshipping the ancestors. The two stood up, and Cui Xian had to be helped into the cave room, and after a while, they would bow and tie their hair. Not now, it's Zheng Lang's turn to perform.

During the meeting between the two, Cui Xian whispered: "Zheng Lang, the concubine's body is about to disperse." ”

I can't stand it.

But this sentence came very suddenly, Zheng Lang was stunned at first, and then laughed, almost amused by her.

This is the bride he likes, not afraid of being smart, cunning girls will also be endearing, just afraid of being arrogant, arbitrary, his family is an honest person, and there will be no more peace in the future.

"Don't laugh, people are watching."

Zheng Lang wanted to laugh even more, watching Huan'er help her into the cave room, and the smile on his lips was still there.

So far, everything is normal in this wedding, although it is a little hurried, it can be understood, and it is much more formal than those weddings that catch sons-in-law under the list. The procedure was carried out according to the standard wedding of the eldest lady of the Song Dynasty. But it's not normal for a while.

Zheng Lang "went to the high seat". Put on a green uniform, wear a flower and a hat on your head, put a chair on the central hall, and climb on. First, the matchmaker, the uncle and aunt of the Zhang family poured a glass of wine each, and finally went to the mother-in-law to invite the groom to drink.

I don't feel cold to my mother-in-law, but there is no need to put it on my face, I accept it very respectfully. There are some grievances in the past, what should I do? This son-in-law is the youngest three-yuan champion of the Song Dynasty, who is deeply loved by the emperor and has a bright future. So Xu grinned, looking a little silly. Everyone saw that something was wrong with her, but they didn't think about anything else, they all thought that Xu was happy, and they were happy to change themselves. I don't believe that as long as the marriage contract between the two families is dissolved, the door-to-door marriage proposal will be able to break the threshold of the Zheng family.

Therefore, they did not pay attention to her expression.

Zheng Lang was then introduced into the cave room by Jiang Xinger and Si'er, a seat was set up in the middle of the cave room, Zheng Lang stood in the east seat, Cui Xian stood in the west seat, first Cui Xian bowed to Zheng Lang, Zheng Lang thanked him, Cui Xian bowed again, two bows, Zheng Lang invited Cui Xian to take a seat.

Cui Xian's aunt suddenly said to Xu: "Second sister, you are really blessed to have chosen a champion as your son-in-law." ”

"Yes," Xu has been happy since he entered Zhengjiazhuang, seeing that his son-in-law was polite, the smile on his face became stronger and stronger, sighed, smirked, laughed and laughed silently, and his body fell soft. Several relatives immediately helped her up. However, Xu's eyes were white, and he didn't know what to do.

Big trouble is coming.

Cui Xian didn't care that she was a bride, and hurriedly rushed over and said, "Niangniang." ”

Zheng Lang was also sweating, and he fainted at first, but he didn't see it right, so he also walked over and put his hand on her pulse, not good, grandma's, take it again, it's not fainting, and the pulse doesn't move.

Wouldn't it happen?

Grandma's, take it again, and after the ride, her face changed, and she said, "Call the doctor to come over." ”