Yuan Fu Nushu

Chapter 138, Uninvited Guest in the New Year

Hua Tianyu rushed back to the room angrily, Zhang Liang's half-open mouth froze behind him, he didn't close it in time, and Fengxue rushed in all of a sudden.

He was covering his mouth, and Deputy General Hong patted him on the shoulder: "It's Chinese New Year, General Hua said that he was afraid of causing robbers again, so he won't drink tonight. Why, I will go to Lao Yuan's house with you to ask for a piece of meat. Lao Yuan is really serious now. Dafang, according to him, his daughter is about to get married, the father doesn’t want his money, his salary can be given to Dafang, and the medicine he brings is also paid for by himself.”

"Go, I have to ask him to look at it for me. There seems to be something wrong with my tongue." Zhang Liang cried sadly.

"Let me help you first, just eat a piece of meat. Look at you, it's not the first day to drink snow here, don't you just want to eat more meat, go, go to the old man's house to watch the new year."

Lieutenant Hong and Zhang Liang walked side by side.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the first person to wake up in the Yuan family was the old man Yuan, who mainly received guests today.

Yuanxiu, the housekeeper, and Zhenshi, who assisted the housekeeper, got up early and worked hard all year round. During the first month, they were allowed to catch up on sleep and relax, while their granddaughter was happy to watch the new year. Sister Hui dragged Sister Xiu and her mother. I heard Sister Hui yelling for a red envelope for the New Year's Eve, and one more when she sleeps.

Sister Hui also refuses to go to bed early every year.

Most of the guests came to visit the old man.Then everyone will sleep, the old man does not keep his age, and his daily life is regular. He gets up early as usual, eats a bowl of fragrant and hot dumplings, and sits in the living room waiting for guests.

Among the guests in the past years, the closest ones are students from Xinji, businessmen who usually walk around, and businessmen who have no scholars at home but admire the old man, and the far ones are relatives from the same family, scholars from outside the town and Sanbao County and the province.

This year, the appearance has changed a lot, Songcheng trotted to send the first greeting post, and the old man stood up in surprise to read it.

"The Marquis of Yongting pays homage to Shangyuan Tianjin."

The Marquis Mansion of Yongting is located in this province, and it is also an old family. Now it is on the decline. After Yuan Tianjin returned to his hometown, Hou Ye Maogang once came to visit and asked why he was not an official in Beijing.

The Marquis is someone who has information, and the old man knew that what he wanted to ask was actually the inside story of the chaos in the palace examination, and whether he was involved in it, he was scared away and went home innocent.

The old master Yuan frightened and prevaricated, Mao Gang saw that he was dissatisfied, but he left without asking anything.

A few years later, the old master Yuan became famous for teaching, and Mao Gang came in person again, and invited the old man to live in his family school, and he specially taught his children.

The old man was frightened to death, thinking it was a way of tricking him into leaving home and killing him on the way, he refused to leave, almost turned his face, Mao just walked away, and never came again, but it was quiet.

Today, Master Mao is here again. With the experience of the previous two times, the old man Yuan is now at a critical moment, and he still has lingering fears, but he is no longer afraid of uninvited guests. He has seen him twice before, and there is no reason to refuse this time. Xiang Song Honestly: "Please."

After finishing the clothes, the old man also walked out of the room to greet him. He met Mao Gang halfway, and everyone looked at each other. The young people in those days now have gray hair, and their hearts are filled with a sense of the boundless years.

The New Year's meeting should be congratulations, but Mao Gang sighed, cupped his hands and said, "Don't come here without any problems, Brother Yuan."

"Don't dare to be called Hou Ye, Hou Ye, please go in and sit down and have a cup of tea." The old man Yuan said.

The two of them sat down, and Mao Gang saw that the living room was still furnished by ordinary people. The semi-old furniture was polished brightly, but it was not precious wood. He didn't know how to say Yuan Timjin.

As far as Mao Gang knew, there was half a large boat for the dowry of Duke Huguo, and a long convoy arrived at Xinji, with everything to eat, use, and see.

It can be seen that this person is still as unpleasant as before, and it should not have changed at all.

He did not forget the nail that Mao just touched.

The Marquis of Yongting was sealed off in other provinces, which made the Mao family lose the way to see Tianyan. The first emperor was ill and lay in bed shortly after he ascended the throne, and ordinary officials could not see him, let alone the family that started from the prince in other provinces. Generations have tried to seek official positions, and generations have come here like this.

There have also been scholars, but the feng shui of reading is not as good as every year. In the generation of Mao Gang's grandfather, the descendants of the direct line did not even win Qiu Wei.

Then do it, so that you can communicate with the aristocratic families in Beijing, the only drawback is that it costs too much.

In the years leading to the management of official positions, the master Hou also had to save money, but after the management, it will be as usual.

When it came to Mao Gang’s generation, he followed the old path of his father’s generation, preparing to get an official position, not too far from home, and he didn’t ask for a high official position. to an echo.

He took his father's letter and took a trip to Beijing, and the aristocratic families who walked around advised him not to come back home: "A nest of imperial officials is like a nest of rabbits, guarding their nests every day. Our life is not easy. What's more, your roots are in other provinces."

After a round of visits, Mao Gang was straightforward, he listened to the persuasion to eat enough, and he returned obediently.How can you be content?Just think about it every day.

Unexpectedly, the news came in the opposite direction. The chaos of the palace examination was in that year, and the powerful officials of Hanlin slaughtered all the tributes in the palace examination with sticks. He is a scholar, but if he wants to get an official position, he may also be a thorn in the side of the Hanlin officials.

It is of course a rumor that the stick killed all the Gongshi.A few months later, Mao Gang found out that there were still people who were not dead. After another period of time, he found out that there was a Yuan Tianjin in this province who was well-known in Chunwei and entered the palace examination. He came back alive and brought a large sum of money. silver.

This is thought-provoking. It is said that a lot of tributes died in the chaos of the palace examination. How could Yuan Tianjin and He De come back alive?

If he is a member of Hanlin Quanchen, why didn't he take the opportunity to get an official position?
Yuan Tianjin escaped from the imperial court and returned to his hometown. How could he go to Beijing with two sleeves and a bag full of money?

Did he come back after avoiding the powerful officials, or was he rewarded by the gongshi's traitor, so that he was afraid that the dead gongshi's parents, brothers, relatives, and confidantes would find him to settle accounts and come back?
Mao Gang came to the door to ask, but he left without asking. For the next three years of national mourning, it was not Zhuo Yi who would not let go of his official position. Mao Gang definitely had no role. He waited patiently until after the national mourning, and he was focused on presiding over the palace change and abolishing Prince Shunyi. Princess Dayi went to the mansion to drill camp, but the emperor did not expect the emperor to ascend the throne.

The new emperor took "pleading for the people" as one of his great ambitions, and the eldest princess also dispersed to see no outsiders. Mao Gang took another empty trip in Beijing, wasted some meeting money, and got nothing.

When he sat at home dejectedly and complained about heaven and earth, Yuan Tianjin, a great Confucian in the province, rose to fame, and Mao Gang saw a way out in despair. No matter what tricks Yuan Tianjin was playing in Beijing, the Hanlin officials ordered him to be fine. , or he was not found, or he was innocent.

Please invite Yuan Tianjin to come to the family school, can the Marquis still invite him?If he is a remnant of Hanlin, the Marquis can protect him.When Mao Gang thought this way, he didn't intend to protect him. He knew he didn't have the ability, but Yuan Tianjin might not know it.

(End of this chapter)