Wanli Xinming

Chapter 176 Blending
At the beginning of August in the fifth year of Wanli, it is the season of nourishment in early autumn.In the lobby of the Shunfu Mutton Restaurant in the capital, three well-dressed young men entered.

"Guest officer, please come in!"

"The three sons, the seat is oh~" The second boy in this shop didn't know where he was from. After welcoming the guests, he shouted in the direction of the counter, and the word "Oh" was picked up high, tactfully and loudly, like singing, The corners of Shen Maoxue's mouth brought a smile.

He smiled and said to the people around him: "Brother Daiyu, Brother Changqing, Brother Yu just likes the authentic mutton of this restaurant. Today we are conspiring here to get drunk."

The Daiyu brother in Shen Maoxue's mouth is Zhang Sixu, the second son of Zhang Juzheng.After the high school examination in Wanli five years, he took the name Daiyu.

The other Changqing brother was Tu Long, a geek among the five sons of the late Ming Dynasty.Tu Long's character is Changqing, and his nickname is Hongbao Lay - except for the normal character, this ampersand is simply deliberately funny in the eyes of later generations.

Shen Maoxue invited Zhang Sixiu to dinner today to take care of his friend Tu Long.This Tu Long travels well, is erudite and proficient in folk art.He once wrote and directed a play that had no tunes at all, which was the prototype of later dramas - in the northern part of the empire at that time, his fame was even higher than that of Tang Xianzu.

This Tu Long was also this year's Jinshi, and he studied two subjects from the same department as Shen Mao, but he was a top three.However, although Tu Long is highly talented and has good family conditions, he is a typical romantic talent, a super scumbag, the kind who specializes in colluding with married women and married husbands - yes, this guy is still a double plug .

After he entered the capital, in just half a year, he had already met three brothels in the capital, had an affair with a marquise, and raised two petites.Tang Xianzu, who came with him to participate in the Ding Chou meeting but did not win, once presented his good buddy with two poems: "How can there be a demon girl Jie Chunzi, and a Jiaotong Jie Yong poetry." His dissolute to indulgent temperament was exposed.

In the late Ming Dynasty, prostitution was rampant.From emperors and princes to civil and military officials, from literati and writers to merchants and pawns, from secret aphrodisiac recipes to albums of erotic palaces, from groups of singers to full of brothels—the people are full of ideas of liberation and individualistic indulgence. The emergence of thinkers such as Wang Gen and Wang Gen laid the foundation for society.

Because Tu Long had a lot of good looks in the capital, he was unwilling to go to the prefectures and counties, and he did not go to the Ministry of Personnel to select officials, and he wanted to stay in the capital to watch politics.Because I have a good relationship with Shen Maoxue, I asked him to follow Zhang Sixiu's path. After all, the Prime Minister's office is still in the same department.

Shen Maoxue got secret information from Ding Chou, plus he was indeed talented and learned, and he won the top spot in high school.Zhang Sixiu was also ranked second in high school in the undergraduate program.Zhang Sixiu's elder brother, Zhang Jingxiu, is Zhang Siwen from the previous article, but his name is Sun Shan - this is also evidence that Zhang Juzheng did not manipulate Ding Chou's exam.

Ding Chouke postponed the examination for two months because the imperial court wanted to reform the law, and the examination did not start until April.Zhang Juzheng, as the Prime Minister of the Reform, served as the examiner for the examination of the papers.Zhang Siwei, as the representative of the emperor, served as a deputy examination.

Because Zhang Sixiu participated in the undergraduate examination, Zhang Juzheng avoided suspicion when his name was unknown.Zhang Siwei took the Jiuqing officer to death, and ranked Zhang Sixiu as the top two.After Zhu Yijun looked at the list, because he wanted to express the emperor's intentions for Zhang Juzheng's favorability, he raised Zhang Sixu to the second place in the list.

Among the three people in the same group, although Tu Long's ranking was low, but at this time, his literary name has been revealed in the world, so the three of them are considered to be of similar identities, and it is not against harmony to eat together in a small area.

The three entered the upstairs lounge of Shunfu Restaurant, and the waiter served the mutton hotpot, which was recently popular in the capital, and served with some green vegetables, tofu, and sesame sauce.Shen Maoxue picked up the long chopsticks, pointed at the hot pot and said, "Brother Daiyu, do you often eat this flavor at home?"

Zhang Sixiu and his brother Zhang Jingxiu have different personalities and are a bit funny. Hearing the words, he smiled and said, "This taste of Jiuqing is also - now it has become the favorite of the common people."

Shen Maoxue and Tu Long were astonished when they heard this. They thought that this piece of Xiu's knowledge was too complicated. Shen Maoxue smiled and said, "I would like to hear more about it."

Zhang Sixiu smiled and said, "This is a variant of 'beating the bell to set the cauldron and eating it', 'the man is born to eat the five cauldrons', and the emperor eats the nine cauldrons."

When Shen Maoxue heard it, they both patted their hands and laughed.Tu Long said: "Brother Daiyu explained it well! Don't say it, listening to you, this copper pot looks very pleasing to the eye. Haha! Please, please!"

The three talked while eating and drinking. The first thing they talked about was the imperial edict to be promulgated.

Although Zhang Sixiu could be influenced by Zhang Juzheng's side, but Zhang Juzheng was in charge of all kinds of problems, and he didn't spend much time on his son's education.

Therefore, Zhang Sixiu's emotional intelligence is not as good as that of Zhang Jingxiu. Although he felt that it was inappropriate to show off, he rarely showed off in front of his classmates. Much more, I really hear something."

Seeing that both of them stopped and listened carefully, Zhang Sixu smiled and said, "On the [-]th of this month, the imperial edict will be promulgated—the reform plan has already been decided."

"I heard from my father that the imperial edict of the reform was actually drafted by the emperor himself, and the Hanlin and attendants only added a little bit of polish. The first paragraph first talks about the general plan-telling the long-term vision of a hundred years; In ten or five years, the political reform will be clearly planned; the third paragraph will talk about this year and the next two years—the reform will first be carried out in fields, soldiers, mail, horses, and ships.”

Shen Maoxue and Tu Long listened, dazzled, Shen Maoxue sighed: "This is really a big heart and a big hand! It is not a master like Ling Zun who can realize the emperor's plan!" Exaggerated thumbs up.

When Zhang Sixiu heard this, he felt a little proud, and then he suppressed it.With a smile, he said to Tu Long, "Brother Changqing intends to stay in Beijing, and he really has a chance." Speaking of which, he lowered his voice and said, "There will be a lot of vacancies in the Jingguan meeting next year."

Shen Maoxue saw that Zhang Sixiu had broken the intention of the meal. Although he felt a little embarrassed, he immediately said: "Where can Brother Daiyu speak when choosing the chief of the lawsuit? If it is convenient, it will help Qing." He knew Tu Tu Long had a hard time opening his mouth, so he embraced the favor, as if his family owed the Zhang family once.

Zhang Sixiu was in the prime minister's palace, of course he could hear that Shen Maoxue had promised a favor to the Zhang family, and without wrinkling his brows, he smiled and said, "Why is this so difficult? Tan Zili always wants to give the foolish brother a little face - you can rest assured about this matter. ." He directly recorded this matter on Shen Maoxue.

The blending between the two was actually a small investment by the Zhang family in Zhuangyuan Shen's future. Tu Long, the party involved, was not even qualified to participate - unless he was in the top three, like Hai Rui, he was invincible. What is the value to Zhang Juzheng's family if you can reach the fourth grade?
Shen Maoxue knew something in his heart, but at this moment, he heard Zhang Sixiu call Tan Lun, the new Heavenly Official, directly by his name instead of his title.

After the business is over, it's time for idle talk.The three of them talked about some questions about Ding Chou Ke, and Tu Long said that this question can be guessed, it is nothing more than a reformation - unfortunately, although I bet on the question, I didn't make it to the top two. There are too many evildoers in this class.

Shen Maoxue said to Zhang Sixiu with deep meaning: "Brother Daiyu, your eldest brother failed in this subject, but you passed it first, so your honor did not deal with him?"

Zhang Sixiu listened with a smile and said, "There's no reason for this matter in the field! My father won't blame my second brother for this." The words pointed out that Zhang Jingxiu was the second at home - there was a big brother in front of them. Not raised.

Tu Long took over the conversation and said, "Brother Daiyu, why did a few of your brothers change their names this year? What can you say?"

Zhang Sixiu listened, smiled and said: "Where is there any argument, this family's ancestors have decided. Because a certain first won, my second brother and younger brothers all follow the word 'Xiu'. Haha!" After he finished speaking, he was extremely proud.

It turned out that this spring, Zhang Juzheng's old father fell ill, and he wrote to the capital and Zhang Juzheng about the Zhang clan in Jiangling.

Because Zhang Juzheng's family belonged to the military household, his grandfather Zhang Zhen was the guard of the Liao Wang's mansion. the antecedents of the earth.

After the death of Zhang Juzheng's grandfather, Zhang's family was barely able to make ends meet before Zhang Juzheng's reading and success. Therefore, naming things according to the genealogy and alphabet is also a bit crude.

Zhang Juzheng's father's name was "Zhang Wenming", but he named Zhang Juzheng's eldest son "Zhang Siwen". The name of his grandson violated his grandfather's taboo.

Because Zhang Juzheng was the eldest son, the person who inherited the ancestors, Zhang Wenming's letter meant that Zhang Juzheng should recompile this list of branch characters, and it would be more formal from the next generation of Zhang Juzheng.Zhang Juzheng is a pedant of heaven and man. He didn't care about this at first, but it was only a word for "filial piety". He had no choice but to change the names of his existing children and re-edited the word list.

In addition, because of the second son's high school, the imperial court had engraved the three characters "Zhang Sixiu" on a tablet with the title of Jinshi, which could not be changed any more.

Since then, Zhang Sixiu's eldest brother, Zhang Siwen, has adjusted his name according to the word "Xiu" in his brother's original name, and changed his name to Zhang Jingxiu - Zhang Juzheng means that I respectfully give the word list of this branch to "Xiu" according to your grandfather's wishes. Once again - Zhang Sixiu's younger brothers, Zhang Maoxiu and Zhang Yunxiu, also used the word "xiu" at the end of their names, indicating that the old Zhang family began to rebuild the family tree in this lifetime. [Note]
Zhang Sixiu should be most proud of this matter, because he was awarded a jinshi first, and he did not change his name or surname during this trip - he could boast in front of Zhang Jingxiu for a lifetime.Shen Maoxue and Tu Long saw that he was in high spirits, and they blew a few words around Zhang Juzheng's house.

After all, Shen Maoxue was the champion, although he was cited as Zhang Dang—but he shouldn't lose too much.Therefore, after eating a few chopsticks of mutton, he pointed to the hot pot and brought up the topic: "I heard that the imperial court was played in the Zhangde House, and the 'Dingming' puppet dynasty in Anyang was destroyed. I wonder if the puppet emperor can eat with 'Jiuding'?"

Zhang Sixiu heard this, and said with a snort of laughter, "It's just that the people changed, and the idiots in the countryside made people laugh. However, Zhangde House and Anyang County reported their merits with great fanfare. I heard that the emperor was not very angry with those who rebelled, and he imposed an additional charge on Anyang County. He was very angry when he repaired the river money and provoked people's uprising, and it was said that he would send an imperial messenger to investigate."

After listening to Shen Maoxue, he took a deep breath and said: "The imperial envoys sent out in the past two years have basically never returned empty-handed. At least they have to return an official hat to the imperial court. It is rumored that the inspectorate will win how much each year. There is an assessment indicator for the number of official hats—really?”

Zhang Sixiu listened to this and shook his head: "The imperial envoy investigates and handles the errands, but it's just to seek truth from facts. Who can make up the crime?"

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Sixu stopped when he saw a young man wearing a ge robe and a child's square scarf looking inward.Tu Long stood up and asked, "Is there something wrong with the little brother?"

After that, Sheng blushed and whispered: "Nong is the second son of Prime Minister Zhang's family? Ala has evidence of illegal abuse of the people in Anyang County. Can you pass it to the imperial commissioner for me?"

　The reason why Zhang Juzheng changed his son's name cannot be tested.The pedigree of Zhang Juzheng's descendants is also untestable - a tear for the great reformer.This episode is completely fabricated by Lao Mo, and readers should not take it seriously.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)