The wine is the best Lanling wine, eight dishes and one soup, and it is said that Mrs. Xu Shao personally cooked.

Eight treasures of braised duck, steamed noodles and pork, lion's head meatballs, jade pearl soup, red stewed pig's trotters...... It's just that Xia Mu looked at the food in front of him, but he didn't have much appetite.

On the contrary, Zhang Juzheng eats very well, he has a pitiful monthly meal, and he has a wife and children to raise, and he has a qiē food and clothing in the house, and he doesn't want money, so he seems a little frugal on weekdays.

At this time, Xu Jie took out a cowhide bag from the side, and there were two hundred taels of silver bulging inside.

I saw Xu Jie next to Zhang Juzheng, and said with a smile: "Taiyue, it's going to Qingming again, these silver are entrusted to Zhang Gong to bring back, and the family still needs silver to pay attention to the ancestors." ”

Zhang Juzheng put down the chopsticks in his hand and pushed the silver back: "The teacher's heart, the student received it, but Juzheng couldn't accept this silver, it was the teacher who took Juzheng out of Jiangling and gave Juzheng a new world, so that Juzheng entered Hanlin with Jinshi, Juzheng has taken enough teachers for many years, and this time Juzheng can't reach out to say anything!" ”

Xia Mu watched from the side and did not speak.

This Zhang Juzheng is also a famous family, and its ancestors can be traced back to Zhang Guanbao at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

Zhang Guanbao is a native of Fengyang, Anhui Province, and is a fellow villager with Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang got into trouble, and Zhang Guanbao also became a soldier, and later became a junior officer under the command of the general Xu Da.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Taizu rewarded Zhang Guan for meritorious deeds and sealed Zhang Guanbao as a hereditary thousand households belonging to the governor Ning, and he also entered the military registration of Huguang.

The military rank of the Ming Dynasty, both soldiers and officers, was hereditary.

Zhang Guanbao did not leave any merits in the annals of history, and was buried in Yidu after his death.

And the Zhang family has a great-grandson, named Zhang Cheng, because he is the second son, he can't enjoy hereditary honor, so he moved from Guizhou to Jiangling, and this Zhang Cheng is Zhang Juzheng's great-grandfather.

Twelve years ago, Zhang Juzheng worshipped Xu Jie, who was passing by Jiangling, as his teacher, and followed Xu Jie's to the capital to participate in the imperial examination. Twelve years have passed since then, and Zhang Juzheng has never returned to Yidu.

A few years ago, he wrote a letter to his fellow townsman Yidu County, saying that "the distant ancestor is lonely, and the humiliation is swept away". Yin Yin's filial piety can only be completed by the magistrate.

Seven years ago, he fell seriously ill and returned to Gangneung once, but it was only a few months, and he never saw his parents again. Although there are frequent correspondence between the capital, the capital is three thousand miles away from Gangneung.

Guanshan is blocked, family affection is hard to find, not to mention serving soup and medicine, and even major events like ancestor worship, he himself has no time to participate.

Xu Jie was a little unhappy after hearing this, and reprimanded: "You are now editing in Hanlin, how much silver can you get every month, you have an old father and mother, and four young sons waiting to be fed, what do you eat?" Since ancient times, there have been three unfilial pieties, ancestor worship is a big deal, and how much money do you have! You have not seen me as a teacher, although your fellow subjects in the capital, such as Li Chunfang and Wang Shizhen, can help you, but the teacher is closer than the same subject. ”

Zhang Juzheng almost cried when he heard this, he had not seen his parents for seven years since he left home for his career, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve, Zhang Juzheng is willing to be an unfilial son for the ambition in his heart and for the sake of the Ming Dynasty.

Xia Muhe once thought that a generation of Wanli Shoufu was actually living such a life, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart, thinking that he had thirteen or fourteen years, and he had never seen his degraded and barbaric father.

I don't know if my father's thatched house can be cold-resistant this winter, but if Yan Song doesn't die, the Xia family will never be rehabilitated! My father can't redress the grievances.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng saw that the teacher was displeased, so he accepted the teacher's silver, only two hundred taels of silver, and he had to worship his ancestors, worship his parents, and raise four young sons who were waiting to be fed, which was still a little stretched.

To Xia Mu's surprise, Xu Jie took out another hundred taels of silver and handed it to himself.

Xu Jie was stunned when he saw Xia Mu, and couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "You kid, can I favor one over the other." It's just in the light, you are full of food, the whole family is not hungry, your father Chaoqing is in the desert again, no more than Juzheng has a large family to feed, you take this hundred taels, don't be too little, but the Qingming Festival is coming, the teacher's grave should also be repaired, fourteen years, the grave is barren and no one cares, I, as a student, also feel ashamed of the teacher! ”

Xia Muke is not as pretentious as Zhang Juzheng for so long, and there is no need to give money, anyway, Old Man Xu has a lot of land in his house, and he is not bad for these hundreds of taels of silver.

After accepting the money, Xia Mu thought of the victims in the outer city, so he mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally: "Teacher, this year's southeast war, more than 100,000 refugees poured into Beijing, and the disaster relief silver sown by the Fifth Army's Soldiers and Horses Division and the Household Department seems to have been ......."

Xu Jie hurriedly stopped Xia Mu's words, nodded, knowing what Xia Mu was going to say, put down his chopsticks and sighed: "Life and death are fate, do your best, listen to the destiny of heaven!" ”

Seeing that the teacher didn't care about the lives and deaths of those victims, Xia Mu's hand holding the chopsticks couldn't help but tighten again, did he really want to let the more than 100,000 refugees obey the fate of heaven?

A country cannot protect its own people, and the Chinese nation has reached the most critical moment!

There are traitors and ministers Yan Song's dictatorship, killing loyal ministers, manipulating power, and bringing disaster to the country and the people.

There are captives from the south and the north, who invade our territory, offend our people, and insult our ancestors.

Xia Mu was very aggrieved in his heart, he couldn't wait for 100,000 heavenly soldiers to descend from the sky, fight in the southeast, drive out the Japanese slaves, recover the rivers and mountains, and revive the majesty of China!

"You'd better not meddle in this matter in the light, you have been too sharp recently, the wood is beautiful in the forest, and you have to understand the truth that the wind will destroy it!" Xu Jie took a sip of wine, looked at the two disciples, but felt a lot of emotion in his heart: this Xia Mu is alert, changeable, knows how to be flexible, knows how to measure, and pays more attention to the solar terms. Taiyue, on the other hand, is more sleek, but the fame and fortune he looks at are too heavy, and he doesn't know whether it's good or bad.

Thinking that Xu Jie had made a decision in his heart, he instructed Xia Mu: "In the light, Xiyi, this child, has been pampered since she was a child, and she was spoiled by her parents, you have to take care of it more in the future." ”

When Xia Mu heard this, he knew that Xu Jie had agreed to this family business, his face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly saluted his teacher Xu Jie: "Teacher, don't worry, I won't let Xiyi suffer!" ”

Xu Jiehan smiled: "You kid has a heart, but the teacher and I have a lot of eyes, now Yan Song is in power, and the cabinet excludes me, your marriage will be decided by yourself, the granddaughter I married, the water spilled, your big wedding, I won't go." When the time comes, Taiyue will go on my behalf! ”

Xia Mu knew that Xu Jie had been ostracized by Yan Song in the cabinet since today's court meeting, and he openly repented of his marriage, which also made the courtiers think that the two auxiliary ministers had torn their faces and pinched each other. He's in this eventful time, if he doesn't come, he won't come!

After the meal, Xia Mu resigned from Zhang Juzheng.

It's just that it's pouring rain outside, Xia Mu now lives in Yang Wan's old mansion, and he thinks about whether it's time to put a house of his own, and it's not a problem to always live in someone else's house.

Xia Mu took an oil-paper umbrella, and there was only one umbrella left in the house, but he and Zhang Juzheng's homes were not in the same place, one was in the east of the city and the other was in the west of the city.

Zhang Juzheng glanced at the gloomy night, and smiled at Xia Mu: "In the light, you go first, wait for the rain to be lighter for my brother before leaving." ”

Xia Mu looked at the black oppressive sky, and the rain didn't stop for a while: "Brother Taiyue, don't wait, the younger brother will send Brother Taiyue home first!" ”

Zhang Juzheng looked at the rain, thinking about his young son in his heart, so he nodded and agreed: "There is a labor light." ”

Xia Mu held an umbrella and walked side by side with Zhang Juzheng on Chang'an Street.

The rain was pouring down, and the tall trees and shops on both sides looked gloomy and dark, and the spring thunder was rolling in it, making the two of them shiver a little.

Zhang Juzheng's house is located in Shamao Hutong on Dengshikou Street.

Coming out of the east corner gate of the imperial city, and then entering Dengshikou Street, it is only a stone's throw away, and Shamao Hutong is not far from the entrance of Dengshikou Street.

"I'm back, young lady—"

With a long shout, the concierge of Zhang Fuyi's house skillfully opened the door of the mansion. An old elder was already waiting aside, respectfully facing Zhang Juzheng, and shouted, "Master." ”

When Zhang Juzheng arrived at the door of the mansion, he saw that half of Xia Mu's body was soaked, and hurriedly invited Xia Mu into the house to warm up: "In the light, you haven't been to your brother's mansion yet, come in and sit." ”

Xia Mu saw that Zhang Juzheng was gracious, so he nodded and walked into the mansion to sit down.

It's just that as soon as he came in, he found that there was a huge Zhang family's mansion, and it became silent.

I could still hear the sound of children in the house just now, why did Zhang Juzheng fall silent as soon as he came back?

Zhang Juzheng looked at Xia Mu's curiosity, and the corners of his mouth rarely showed a hint of pride: "I don't know in the light, I am in the Hanlin Academy, which is the strictest place of learning in the whole dynasty, so I never smile as a brother, and over time, I have developed this habit, so the people in the family, from the children to the miscellaneous servants, are very afraid of me." ”

The corners of Xia Mu's mouth twitched twice, he couldn't cry or laugh, this kid had a straight face, just like the shell lang, and he was regarded as a proud and proud capital!

Between the two of them from the sedan hall to the front yard, there is also a courtroom.

Although the festival has arrived in Qingming, Jiangnan is already a spring scene of wicker and green cauliflower.

But in the city of Beijing, the branches have just broken green, and the old locust tree in the middle of the courtyard has only sifted a little spring.

However, Xia Mu saw that a spring plum tree in the corner of Zhangfu was blooming luxuriantly, and the courtyard was filled with a faint fragrance.

Zhang Juzheng was wet with half of his body, and he was not in the mood to enjoy the flowers and plants with Xia Mu, so he hurriedly hooked his head through the court road, walked straight to the backyard, took off his official uniform and hat, changed into a navy blue gerdzu preaching robe worn at home, and wore a bright sun scarf on his head.

Xia Mu was guided to sit down in the living room in the backyard, and saw Zhang Juzheng and his wife come out to meet the guests.

This was the first time Xia Mu saw Zhang Juzheng's wife, and hurriedly got up to salute: "Sister-in-law is well." ”

Zhang, a gentle and virtuous lady, saw her husband's fellow disciples coming, and hurriedly called her four sons to greet her uncle.

Xia Mu knew that Zhang Juzheng had four children, and secretly said that he was very blessed.

After a while, I saw four and a half children coming, the youngest was only three years old, and he was wearing open crotch pants.

However, Xia Mu remembered that Zhang Juzheng had six sons in his life, which made him look at Zhang Juzheng's crotch, and he didn't know if this kid had any secret skills to give birth to sons?

Seeing the children coming to say hello at this moment, Xia Mu hurriedly sat up straight, and accepted the greetings of the four sons of Jing Xiu, Hei Xiu, Mao Xiu, and Jian Xiu in turn.

Zhang Juzheng first asked the seven-year-old Jing Xiu and the five-year-old heir Xiu about the homework of his two sons, and then asked his wife to lead the children down.

"Brother Taiyue has a son like this, and the family education can be seen." Xia Mu sighed with emotion, picked up the tea sent by the Zhang family, glanced at the teacup in his hand, and couldn't help but be surprised, "Yo, what about the official porcelain teacup of the Song Dynasty in Brother Taiyue's mansion?" The words on this teacup are like shaving bones, presumably they are Song Huizong's thin gold body, right? ”

Zhang Juzheng smiled: "I didn't expect that Guangzhong would study tea sets so much." ”

"It's just a hobby." Xia Mu took a sip of tea, his mouth was full of relish, and a warm current on his body instantly drove away the cold of the rain, and he couldn't help but feel comfortable, "This Maofeng tastes sweet and bitter, first sweet and then bitter, it is really the best in tea." ”

Zhang Juzheng took a sip of tea and explained: "This tea was brought back by Brother Jiaoshan from Di Dao, there happened to be a family over there who planted a few good tea trees, Brother Jiaoshan's best is tea, and I also knew that I liked it, so I asked someone to send some to me and the teacher." ”

Xia Mu saw Zhang Juzheng mention Yang Jisheng, and knew that they were all under Xu Jie's sect and the Jiangyou School, but he didn't expect that Jiaoshan's relationship with Taiyue was not ordinary, and he thought that Jiaoshan was only good friends with Wang Shizhen, a master in the literary world.

"Brother Jiaoshan has also been blessed by misfortune this time, presumably he has received the holy decree now and returned to Beijing from Didao."

Zhang Juzheng's face was not very good-looking when he heard this.