Prime Minister

Chapter 119 Ouyang Xiu's Mansion

After the exam, when Zhang Yue returned to the inn, he saw Huang Haoyi arguing with the innkeeper.

"What's the matter with the store?"

But seeing the shopkeeper bowing to Zhang Yue, he said: "I want to teach you that Mr. Huang took away all the money left in the two rooms, and said that he would postpone the rent for two days. I said that the shop is not small. Dare to pay on credit, but he actually said that I look down on him."

After hearing this, Zhang Yue thought to himself, he came to Beijing to rent two rooms, and he and Huang Haoyi rented one each, which would be shared equally, but why did Huang Haoyi take away their money from the inn?
Huang Haoyi blushed and said: "There are no rules like this. There is no reason why inns in this world do not allow credit. I just owe you a few days' rent. Are you going to drive us out of the inn?"

Zhang Yue listened and said: "Shopkeeper, we are here to be admitted to the Imperial College. If you are worried that we will not pay back the credit, then we will be admitted to the Imperial College in the future. Don't do business with our Imperial Students."

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Don't dare, dare not. Guest officer, don't be as knowledgeable as me."

Zhang Yue said: "Business pays attention to making money with harmony, so you should remember the words of being greedy and incorruptible."

"Yes Yes."

Credit accounts were common in ancient hotels and restaurants. Some people found it inconvenient to walk with money, and others found it troublesome to find money, so most of them were settled at the end of the month or at the end of the year.

If the deadline is not reached, it would be very embarrassing to ask the creditor to pay back the money in advance.It's like going to a restaurant to eat, and they ask you to pay before the food is served.

Zhang Yue immediately said: "Shiro, let's go."

Zhang Yue and Huang Haoyi returned to the door.Huang Haoyi said with some embarrassment: "Sanlang, I will go to my brother's and sister-in-law's place tomorrow, and I will pay you back the money I owe you."

Zhang Yue said: "It's easy to say."

Although Huang Haoyi is not generous, he still cares about face, and he can't solve the problem of not paying back the money he owes.

"Shiro, we've been in the inn for the past few days, where have you spent all your money?"

Huang Haoyi was a little embarrassed to speak, hesitated for a while and said: "Sanlang, I have a crush on a girl."

"What girl? Could it be the fireworks girl?"

Huang Haoyi sighed: "Exactly. I don't want her in this life."

Then Huang Haoyi talked about how the two got acquainted.

Zhang Yue said: "Silang, brother Chizheng told us about the rich man who used prostitutes to pretend to be his wives..."

Huang Haoyi said anxiously: "Yulian is definitely not that kind of person. She never spends a penny from me, but... I want to save her life. Her father is a bad gambler. He was arrested by the gambling house the day before yesterday and asked her family to pay back ten dollars." The gambling debts, otherwise her father will be a leg. Yulian said that as long as I can repay the ten money for her, I will serve me like a cow and a horse for the rest of my life."

"Ten pennies?" Zhang Yue said, "That's a lot! Didn't you tell me that you only had two or three pennies left? Why did you collect ten pennies all of a sudden?"

Huang Haoyi smiled embarrassedly.

Huang Haoyi said: "I still have some money saved, so I can make up ten pennies. Now I have rescued her father. She said that she will come to the inn tonight and join me."

"Ah?" Zhang Yue was dumbfounded.

"Sanlang, can Yulian and I stay here for one night? Not two nights."

Yes, you are a good friend!
Zhang Yue cursed from the bottom of his heart, but after thinking about it, he still said: "Even if Yulian is sincere to you, have you thought about how to settle down with her in the future? If you don't let her sing, you have to support her."

"Because of her background, she definitely can't be the main wife, but the wife has not yet settled down, so she will take a concubine first, not to mention whether your family is willing or not. If this word spreads, it will greatly hinder your reputation."

"Concubine, I haven't thought about it yet!"

Zhang Yue was surprised and said: "If you don't accept a concubine's room, is it possible to set it as a concubine? This is even more outrageous."

"Also, since her father is a bad gambler, if he knows that his daughter promised you, so what if he will rely on you in the future? Do you have that much money to plug this hole?"

"This... I didn't think about it that much for a while, but Yulian is so gentle, and I will do what I say in the future." Huang Haoyi said.

Zhang Yue said: "Silang, that's all I can say. In the future, don't blame me for saying something first."

"Sanlang stayed behind..."

Zhang Yue turned his head, but saw Huang Haoyi approached with a shy face: "Sanlang, can you give me a few hundred more money, I don't have any money with me now."

Zhang Yue cursed from the bottom of his heart, you are definitely a trap for thieves.

But seeing the pitiful appearance of the other party, it really is true that he is on the stage.In the end, Zhang Yue took out a sling of money from his body and put it in Huang Haoyi's hands.

Huang Haoyi said gratefully: "Sanlang is too righteous, it really didn't cost you and me to get acquainted."

Zhang Yue said heartily, I really regret getting acquainted with you.

that night.

The prostitute named Yulian really came to Huang Haoyi with her luggage, but Zhang Yue had to squeeze on the bed in another room with Tang Jiu and Huang Haoyi's book boy.

This scene reminded Zhang Yue of the fact that when living in a university dormitory, in order to bring his girlfriend to spend the night in the dormitory, the roommate paid for the roommate to go to the Internet cafe all night.But now I didn't get a cent of the benefits, and even gave Huang Haoyi a penny, which is really nothing.

In other words, the partition of the inn is very thin.

Just as Zhang Yue was lying on the bed, he heard a commotion in the next room.

Zhang Yueben was sleeping on the side of the wall, and the voice came to his ears like this. Tang Jiu had already fallen asleep after drinking, and the book had a nap when he was a child, and Zhang Yue was the only one in the room who could hear it clearly.

Zhang Yue didn't want to hear it at all, but the walls of the inn are so thin, don't you have to force me?But this just got up, the commotion is to stop, what is going on?

Zhang Yue was also at a loss.

This is not even Bolt's effort to run a 100 meters.

The next day, Zhang Yue got up early and posted on Ouyang Xiu's residence.

After the imperial examination, he naturally had a lot of leisure time.He found out where Ouyang Xiu lived, and he lived in Tianshui Lane in the east of the city.

Speaking of Ouyang Xiu renting a house is also a legend.

It should be known that the house price in Kaifeng already has the theory of every inch of land and every inch of gold. There is a saying in the book that "in the heavy city, under the double towers, an inch of land is equal to the price of gold. It is not a family of Qi, and it lives in a place without gaps."

Ouyang Xiu has just become a Beijing official, so he can only live in public rental housing.

At that time, he lived in Liren Lane, which would be flooded whenever it rained heavily.

Ouyang Xiu and his good friend Mei Yaochen complained about the living environment.

Leisure workshops and ancient houses, humble and miscellaneous.Adjacent to the gully sinus, the street overflows and the court is eliminated.Going out is worrying about the vastness, and closing the door is afraid of being trapped.The walls are open and open, but fortunately the family has no storage.

In this way, Ouyang Xiu lived in such a dilapidated house for 17 years, until he was demoted to Chuzhou, and before writing the time of Drunkard Pavilion, he lived in a public rental house in Liren Lane.

Now that he is back in Beijing, Ouyang Xiugui is a Hanlin Bachelor, and he has just changed to a big house in Beijing just now when he received the tribute examination in the second year of Jiayou.

But not to buy, or to rent.

It's just that Ouyang Xiu changed from living in a public rental house to renting a private house.

Here I have to say that the public rental housing system in Song Dynasty has improved.

In the Song Dynasty, public rental housing affairs were managed by shop and house affairs, and all rental income was owned by the state.For this kind of public rental housing, the imperial court only charges two to three hundred yuan a month at most.

Sometimes in the event of heavy snow disasters, the generous Emperor Renzong would often reduce or exempt the rent of the people in Bianjing for a few days.

Ouyang Xiu, who is now a Hanlin scholar, has rented a big house in Tianshui Lane.Such a large house is a private house, not a public rental house that belongs to the shop and house.In comparison, it was already much better.

Arriving at Ouyang Xiu's house, Zhang Yue saw a market in front of the door.

Many scholars are queuing in front of the gate, waiting to post their travel papers.

But seeing that these people are carrying a big bag of articles, they must have asked Ouyang Xiu for the purpose.

Thinking about the example of Sansu, you can see why so many scholars came to Ouyang Xiu to post, not to mention that he was a Zhigong Ju in the second year of Jiayou.

Zhang Yue said in his heart that I am not a bookmaker, so why should I get involved with these people.But when Zhang Yue took a few steps forward, the scholars in front and the soldiers guarding the gate shouted, "No more steps are allowed, they are lined up here in order."

Zhang Yue was too lazy to think about it when he was blocked by others, that's all, just wait a little longer.

As a result, Zhang Yue waited for nearly half an hour, and when he moved in front of the door, the door glanced at Zhang Yue and asked, "Where's your paper?"

Zhang Yue said: "I'm not here to do the paperwork. I'm from Fujian, and I have a letter to present to Bachelor Ouyang."

Menzi said: "Since they are sending letters, why bother with them?"

Zhang Yue said heartily, I want to say the same, but have you given me a chance?

Zhang Yue smiled and said: "I'm new here, I don't know the rules here."

Menzi said: "You wait at the concierge, if you don't reply after a while, go back!"

Zhang Yue nodded and said, "Alright."

So Zhang Yue sat down in the porter's room, and watched the scholars submit papers one after another, Zhang Yue also admired them, how could Ouyang Xiu finish reading so many papers?
What's more, he is now a Hanlin scholar, so he must be busy with official duties, and it is difficult for him to have so much leisure time to attract future generations as before.

Zhang Yue waited in the concierge for a long time, just when he thought he was going back home.

At this time, a person who looked like a general came out and clasped his fists to Zhang Yue: "Is this Mr. Zhang Sanlang from Pucheng?"

Zhang Yue got up and said, "I'm right."

Du Guan said with a smile: "Mr. Sanlang, please come with the villain."

"Thank you."

Zhang Yue immediately followed the governor into the house and passed a long corridor.

Zhang Yue saw that the house was really not small, and he might not be able to rent such a big house if he didn't have a few times this month.

Zhang Yue passed through the Hanging Flower Gate and came to a courtyard, and then Guan Yin Zhang Yue came to a side hall converted from a wing room.

But seeing a 26-year-old young man waiting in the side hall, the other party stood up and smiled as soon as he saw Zhang Yue: "Is this Mr. Zhang Sanlang? It's a pleasure to meet you, it's a pleasure to meet you, Ouyang Fa!"

Zhang Yue immediately knew that the other party was Ouyang Xiu's eldest son.

Ouyang Xiu's wife is the fourth daughter of Xue Kui, a famous official, who is considered to be the daughter of a famous official who married a Jinshi from a "poor family".

As for Ouyang Fa, the eldest son of Ouyang Xiu, he married Wu Chong's eldest daughter, who was the sister of Wu Anshi and Wu Dalangjun.

Ouyang Xiu and Wu Chong have a very good relationship. When Ouyang Xiu was the judge, he was criticized as a party protector because Hu Su's son pleaded for mercy.Because of this incident, Ouyang Xiu will be sent to Tongzhou. Wu Chong, who is the relative of his children, said that Ouyang Xiu is a loyal and upright person. If he is demoted, I am willing to be demoted with him.

Seeing Zhang Yue, Ouyang Fa smiled and said: "Father is busy with business and has no time to spare for a while, so I invite San Lang to sit here and drink tea."

(End of this chapter)