A wise man once said that there is no road in the world, but when there are many people walking, it becomes a road.

This sentence is perfectly reflected here in the northern half of Wang Jiayi Old Garden.

In the first few days of the first month of the 14th year of Wanli, that is, the peak period of walking and playing during the Spring Festival, thousands of people stepped on a road in the north of Yilaoyuan.

At first, most people just passed by to get out of the city and into the city, but later they came to join in the fun.

Wang Jiayi Old Garden is one of the most famous gardens in Suzhou today, and ordinary people have no chance to enjoy it.

A lot of people just want to see the garden scenery of Yi Lao Yuan, and they come here to walk around.

The Wang family thought about gathering craftsmen to build a wall overnight to completely plug the gap in the fastest time, but for a while, they couldn't find craftsmen to work.

First, because it is during the Chinese New Year, not many craftsmen are still willing to work.

The second is to repair the wall of Yi Lao Garden, and the craftsmen are afraid that they will have their lives to earn their lives.

After all, through the two engineering teams, the prestige of Lin Daguan has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the Suzhou craftsmen.

Therefore, in just a few days, the gap in the courtyard wall of Yi Lao Yuan has not been filled, but has been expanded more and more, and the courtyard wall in the entire northwest corner has almost been demolished.

The road that has been stepped on by people is getting wider and wider, and there are even citizens who are enthusiastic about public welfare who have cushioned the uneven places, and even horse-drawn carriages can pass.

The Wang family is extremely sad about this New Year, and on the tenth day of the first month, more than a dozen men gathered together for a meeting.

The Dongshan Wang family is a very large family, and there must be more than a dozen men.

However, Yi Lao Garden was built for Wang Wenke, the prince of Wang Wei, and belonged to the property of Wang Wei, so the only people who discussed here were the descendants of Wang Wei.

Wang Youren is the eldest grandson of Wang Wei, and he has been an official, so he is the speaker of this branch.

After gathering all his cousins, sons and nephews, Wang Youren announced: "I am ready to donate the northern half of Yilao Garden, which is close to the new city gate, to the government, and only keep the southern half. ”

This decision directly shocked everyone.

In the past 100 years, when has the Wang family suffered a loss?

Wang Youren's favorite son, Wang Yusheng, hurriedly said: "Father, no! If you give in like this, you will be ashamed of the world! ”

Others also persuaded him: "Don't be so depressed, wait for the first month, just call more craftsmen to repair it patiently." ”

Wang Youren said very sadly: "Ten days ago, like you, I thought that our Wang family was very strong.

But now I understand that in fact, our Wang family is already weak, but the saddest thing is that we are in a weak position and don't know it.

Now the situation is not as good as people, from the means to public opinion, the hearts of the people are completely downwind, if you continue to survive, I am afraid that even the southern half will not be able to keep! ”

Wang Yusheng was still very unconvinced and said: "Even if you give up half of the garden, it is really a great shame for the Wang family, what face will he wait for to see Wen Kegong!" ”

Wang Youren reprimanded: "Since you know that it is a great shame, you, a descendant, must firmly remember this shame!" Study hard and gain fame as soon as possible! ”

Wang Yusheng knelt on the ground, "It's all sons who don't fight!" ”

The other cousins asked, "Is that really the case?" ”

Wang Youren closed his eyes and sighed, "I heard that some people in the county government have begun to search for old files from seventy or eighty years ago, and want to nail the Wang family's illegal gardening back then!"

If you don't admit defeat, do you have the ability to stop the investigation to the bottom of the matter?

Since the Duke of Wen Ke, my Wang family has been obsessed with wealth and nobility without thinking of making progress, and there is no one on the gold list for three generations!

So we deserve this lesson, this time it was someone else who woke us up, but fortunately it didn't break our bones.

Don't be unconvinced, let's see what the Xi family and the Lu family in our Dongting Mountains have been renovated into?

If there is no Yu Yin of Duke Wen Ke, how much stronger do you think my Wang family can be than the Xi family and the Lu family? ”

Thinking of the Xi family, which was almost destroyed, and the Lu family, who was greatly damaged, everyone in the hall was shocked and sobered.

Compared with the Xi family and the Lu family, these peer giants, their Wang family has one more Wang Wei who mutated genes a hundred years ago.

Wang Youren saw that the others had nothing to say, so he instructed again: "Our Wang family is too rich, which causes the children to be greedy for pleasure and fail to succeed in their studies.

From today on, all men under the age of 20 in the family are not allowed to go out if they have nothing to do, and they must not relax their diligent study every day, and I will personally supervise them!

The ancients still knew that they would be able to learn the courage of lying on their back, and they would gather for three years to learn a lesson, couldn't my Wang family do it?

If I can inspire my children with shame and revive my family's voice, it will not be a blessing in disguise, and I would like to thank that Lin Tailai! ”

Wang Yusheng, who prides himself on being the successor of the next generation, saw his father's resolute attitude, and endured the pain in his heart to express his support:

The son also realized that what his father said was good, when he was in a weak position, he should not fight for a short time.

There is always a time for the governor to be replaced, there is always a time for the prefecture and county to be replaced, and even the first assistant is always replaced!

There is no flower in the world that will last forever, and there is no power that will always stand at the top.

As long as my Wang family can maintain it and wait for the opportunity, there will always be a time to find the scene. ”

Wang Yusheng did not agree with such cowardice, but in order to please his father and consolidate his position as the heir, he had to support it against his will.

Wang Youren was quite pleased, "It can make you grow and learn to forbear, and this loss is not in vain." ”

Then he said to everyone: "I hereby agree with you and others that my descendants of Wen Ke, regardless of their descendants, will defeat Lin Tailai first in the future and serve as the head of the Wang family's main branch!" ”

Wang Yusheng: "??? ”

Grandpa and father have successfully succeeded in two generations, how did their own generation start to compete in the whole family?

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the government offices began to gradually resume work.

The Wang family immediately applied to the county government of Wu County to donate 45 acres of the northern half of Yilaoyuan to the public.

After the news spread, the city of Suzhou shook again.

Previously, Zhu Zhifu was expelled, and none of the Wang family admitted defeat, which shocked the locals of Suzhou.

The expulsion of foreign officials by local tyrants is actually not very unusual under the mechanism of today's rural society.

The matter of Zhu Zhifu being repaired by Lin Daguan still did not leave the above category.

But the Wang family is different from the officials of the prefecture and county, the Wang family is one of the four famous local families in Wu County, and there are several people who have been officials in two consecutive generations after Wang Wei, and they also belong to the local heroes.

One of the four major families, which is such an iconic and seemingly unshakable one, was forced by Lin Daguan to cut his flesh and surrender and admit defeat.

This really surprised many people, and they had a new understanding of the explosive power of the Lin community.

After receiving the news of the Wang family's confession, Lin Daguan no longer had to avoid suspicion, and finally entered the city again.

On the one hand, it is to give those acquaintances a good old age greeting and brush up their sense of existence, so as not to be picked on for not paying New Year's greetings.

On the other hand, it can be regarded as a kind of farewell, and Lin Daguan may have to go north to Beijing to catch the exam in another month.

In fact, among the people visited, there was also a person who was not very familiar, that is, the former government government seven-grade magistrate, and the current government government six-grade grain management general sentence Lord Liu.

At the beginning, it was rumored that Zhang Siwei was reinstated, and when dividing the camp, Liu Tuiguan unexpectedly stood on the side of Lin Daguan, and became the only one who was not a residual poison among the main officials of the government.

Previously, Lin Daguan's friendship with Lord Liu was limited to the relationship between the defendant and the judge.

But at this time, even if you are not so familiar, you have to move around in a reasonable way.

Sitting in the general judgment hall, Lin Daguan looked around and said meaningfully: "This general judgment hall is slightly more spacious than the Tui Guan Hall. ”

The newly promoted Liu Tongju did not greet him, and said in a somewhat joking tone: "Just now, the government received a notice from the student officer, saying that the school official will come to Suzhou City in April. ”

In this era, the scholars who were called the great masters were not fixed in one place.

Instead, they patrol the provincial governments and counties, presiding over examinations everywhere they go, inspecting local students and children.

Generally, if a scholar wants to be admitted to Xiucai, he has to wait for the student officer to press the local area, and then participate in the college examination presided over by the student officer.

Therefore, the meaning of the news mentioned by Liu Tongju is that the scholar Fang Huan plans to arrive in Suzhou City in April and preside over the examination to admit Xiucai.

Lin Tailai was immediately furious: "In previous years, it was February, why is this year April?" ”

The heart of Lin Daguan is known to passers-by, and they all know that Lin Daguan has the meaning of going north to seize fame.

The imperial court will take the examination for selecting talents once every three years, which is called the capital competition, and the fourteenth year of Wanli is the year of the capital competition.

The exam time is relatively fixed, there will be three trials in February, and the list will be released at the end of February.

Then the palace examination is generally held in mid-March to determine the final ranking of Jinshi, and the champion list is produced.

After the imperial court was busy with the ceremonial affairs of the Golden Palace Roll Call Ceremony, Qionglin Banquet and other new science and technology scholars, it was generally the beginning of April.

Of course, the above content has nothing to do with Lin Daguan for the time being, and for Lin Daguan, important things are still to come.

Both the martial arts and liberal arts exams were held in the same year, but in mid-April, the imperial court was able to free up its hands to conduct the martial arts examination and select the martial arts scholars.

Therefore, if the Suzhou City Academy Examination is also scheduled for April, which conflicts with the time of the martial arts examination, then Lin Daguan, who went north to Beijing, will no longer be able to take the Xiucai examination this year.

In this regard, Lin Tailai said angrily: "In my opinion, this is Fang Tixue deliberately targeting me!" ”

Liu Tong judged: "."

How big is your Lin Tailai's face? Could it be that the dignified scholar can be so boring, specifically for you to change the time of visiting Suzhou City to April?

However, thinking of Lin Daguan's "lethality", this is not impossible.

I heard Lin Tailai complain again: "If the college exam is still in February, it will be too late, but this year is not February!" ”

If Lin Daguan wants to go to the capital to catch the exam, he will leave at the end of February at the latest, and he can leave early, but he must not be late.

Therefore, according to the practice of previous years, Lin Daguan can take the college examination in Suzhou first, and then go north to Beijing without delaying anything.

But this year's college exam was scheduled for April, how could this not make Lin Daguan angry and suspicious?

After all, when he was in Nanjing City, Lin Daguan once killed from the Tixue Procuratorate to Changbanqiao, and he also offended Fang Tixue.

In this regard, Liu Tongju had no other way but to pretend to be sympathetic, but to say: "Anyway, you are still young, and it is not bad for this year or two." ”

Lin Tailai said dissatisfiedly: "The road to fame is to seize the day." ”

If you don't take advantage of the past few years, when Shen Shoufu's words are still effective, he quickly ascended to the top to complete the original accumulation, how can there be a better opportunity to lay a foundation in the future?

It's not been many years since the start of the three major expeditions of Wanli, what if it takes a few more years and can't catch up with the three major expeditions of Wanli?

Liu Tongju wanted to say, what if he was not satisfied? If you Lin Daguan can fight again, can you still confront the system?

How to arrange the exam schedule, that is the power of the probationer, and you Lin Daguan can still force the probationer to take back his life?

When people are helpless, how can everything go well? Accept the reality when it's time to accept it!

Later, Lin Tailai said to Liu Tongju: "Please don't drive one thing, help me inquire about the surrounding prefectures and counties, find out the itinerary of the student officer next month, and see where he goes." ”

Liu Tongju asked in surprise: "What's the use of inquiring about this?" ”

Lin Tailai replied: "Although the student will not come to Suzhou City in February, I can go there."

Anyway, the school officer patrols Jiangnan, and he shouldn't go too far. As long as I have time, I can take the initiative to ask him to take the exam! ”

Liu Tongju was stunned, and he didn't know how long Lin Tailai's brain circuit was, and he could always have whimsical ideas.

If the examiner doesn't come to test you, you will block the examiner's door?

couldn't help but question: "Xiucai is all taken county by county, can you take the exam across counties like this?" ”

Lin Tailai explained: "I don't want to compete for places with other county candidates, nor do I take the exam as an impersonator.

I just took the initiative to accept the inspection in advance as a candidate in Wu County, and when the admission results of Wu County were announced, I was added to it.

Besides, this matter is not without precedent, for example, Xu Wenchang, the spiritual leader of our renewal society, in order to go through the back door when he was young, he crossed the county for reference, and only then did he win the fame of Xiucai. ”

Liu Tongju couldn't help but be amazed, it was not a fluke that this Lin official was able to succeed.

Then Liu Tongju asked curiously: "Even if you can meet Fang Tixue, what should you do?" ”

Lin Tailai replied: "Of course, I used my talent worth a thousand dollars to impress Fang Tixue. ”

Liu Tong understood in seconds, and it was rumored in the rivers and lakes that Fang Tixue was extremely greedy for money, and if he wanted to buy Xiucai, he would pay five hundred taels and would not bargain, of course, not many people could afford this price.

Lin Daguan offended Fang Tixue badly before, isn't doubling five hundred taels of silver a "talent worth a thousand gold"?

Liu Tongju said with emotion: "You are really willing. ”

Lin Daguan said with a dripping mouth: "Talent comes too quickly, and it doesn't hurt to squander it." ”

When he walked out of the mansion, Lin Tailai quickly said to Zhang Wen, the left protector:

"You don't have to follow me today, go and inform the leaders of the various lines and raise two thousand taels of silver for me!

Then get your boat and luggage ready and you'll be heading off in a few days! ”

He really hopes that Fang Tixue is a big corrupt official who recognizes money but not people, and the problems that can be solved with silver are not called problems.

Zhang Wu, the right protector, sighed: "The hall has finally recovered its original intention. ”

Lin Tailai is inexplicable, what original intention does he have to recover?

Zhang Wu recalled: "I think that at the beginning, when I sat in the museum and didn't start a house, wasn't my biggest wish to use silver to smash a road to fame?

After drinking too much, he also made bold statements, saying that he would take hundreds of thousands of taels to buy a champion.

Later, I was keen on literature, and I thought that I would change my course and use my talent to compete for fame.

Unexpectedly, the original intention of sitting in the museum has not changed, and he still uses silver as a pioneer. ”

I feel that there is nothing to write about in Suzhou, and Lin Daguan went on the expedition! Go explore the wider world!

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