Tang Dynasty good man

Chapter [-] Persistence

Xie Bao?This is known, but it has already been qualitatively different from the young man in my impression who was mistakenly beaten by the second wife and turned into a third-grade cripple. If you meet him on the street, you will definitely not recognize him.

The change is really great. The exquisite and expensive Sichuan brocade casual clothes, the dignified and stable beard, the deep and restrained eyes, and the elegance that is popular in the officialdom... The officialdom has changed people. Po couldn't get in touch.It seems that he really came to visit General Yunhui today, probably he has already forgotten the brother Wang who supervised his studies back then.

Since it is an official worship, then the courtesy first and then the love.With peace of mind, he sat on the main seat to receive a set of gifts from Xie Bao, and waved his hand gracefully, saying politely: "You are not safe here, Lieutenant Chengbo." When she said this, she looked at Ying who was smiling at the side, and she smiled too much. Fake, I guess she doesn't even know what rank Cheng Bowei is.

In terms of official rank, the status of the Wang family is really cheap to meet a Cheng Bowei according to the official etiquette. It is an unreasonable position at all.Cheng Bowei was originally established in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China for the purpose of more convenient governance of the region, and the court wanted to give the people a good feeling of unity between the government and the people; selecting a famous boss to strengthen the communication between the government and the local people is also accompanied by the meaning of auxiliary supervision , Let the people feel that the new government is very humane.

But because the country was established not long ago, the gunpowder has not cleared, and the concept of respecting the strong has led to different definitions of "virtuous and respected" in various places. The elected leaders are either local powerful leaders or underworld bosses, so this position is full of all kinds of high morals and profound morals. the scum.

These people did play a violent and calming role in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.However, as the country became more stable, the disadvantages of thieves ruling the country gradually emerged. There were frequent incidents of common people being bullied by Cheng Bowei, and bloody and violent conflicts abounded, which directly jeopardized the general policy of harmonious development.After Li Shimin came to power, he dealt with a batch of them ruthlessly. There were some changes on the surface, but the bad influence was difficult to eliminate.Fang Xuanling once suggested that the imperial court level the position of Chengbowei.Directly under the imperial court is conducive to unified management.

As soon as the news got out, the title of Chengbowei immediately became popular, and in the eyes of some criminals, it was a great opportunity to change his face.No matter how rich and powerful the century-old gangster family is, in the eyes of others, it is just a time-honored evil force, unable to get on the stage; now that it has transformed itself into a court official, it is a good opportunity that Gao Xiang can't get in these lifetimes, and no one is willing to let it go .

One after another, there have been a series of violent fights between evil forces all over the country.The shopkeepers of time-honored brands spared no effort in human and financial resources to recruit troops and buy horses to eliminate dissidents, and even many decent families joined in, taking advantage of the chaos to expand their strength;As far as I know, it was at this time that the Cui family truly established the status of the five major families, allowing a former great family to regain its glory in the new dynasty.

Until the new head of state came to power, the country's current situation completely changed.His Majesty Li Zhi, who valued people and affection, felt that it was necessary to re-establish Cheng Bowei, but not by local elections, but by selecting some talented people from the provincial examinations to go to the local areas for training.Get in touch with people's livelihood, and be familiar with the officialdom. Only after polishing the edges and corners can you have the opportunity to become a qualified government official.

It seems that the court's approach is correct.The Xie Bao in front of him has already been experienced like no one else. Although he is not yet officially graded, he can be seen as an official at a glance on the street.

It doesn't mean anything else, just received the transfer order to return to Beijing to accept the official appointment.Since I come back, I have to visit me, a local tyrant and evil gentry who has been kind to him, and find a woman to marry by the way.

Ying and I were taken aback when we heard this, thinking that Xie Bao should have a family for so many years, but he is still a bachelor, outrageous!There are regulations in this era that people without families are not allowed to hold official positions.I know the efficiency of the Qin family's affairs. Since I came back, Xie Bao must have been given a good job, but you can't even ask someone to arrange the marriage, right?

He frowned and stared at Xie Bao. "Have you met Qin Yu?"

Xie Bao respectfully said, "Next time I'm going back to Beijing, I'll take a detour to Fengxiang. I paid a visit to Lord Qin yesterday." He took Qin Yu's letter from his arms and handed it over.

Qin Yu's Fengxiang District handles official business and will return to Beijing within a month. Let me take care of Xie Bao on his behalf during this period. He mentioned Xie Bao's marriage in passing, and it is best to urge Xie Bao to settle the matter years ago.Not much to say, from the letter, it can be seen that Qin Yu is speechless to this guy who is neither human nor ghost; the official has arranged an official post.Qin Yu insisted on arranging a living person to Wang's house because he wanted me to enlighten Xie Bao more.At least let him know not to dress more conspicuously than the master when visiting the real boss.

Xin shoved it into his arms, and glanced at Xie Bao. "The yard you used to live in is still there, so take a rest if you are tired from the journey, and we will talk about it tomorrow." Before Xie Bao could thank you, he got up first, and confessed with a slanted face: "The manner is not qualified, and the appearance is not appropriate. Don't say you You are still waiting for a job, even if you are in office, you should not dress like this. Don’t let people on the street see that you are an official. All these years you went to school in the local area is just an appearance, and you will know that it is not that at all when you actually sit in the seat. What’s the matter, the official is not for others to see, you have to know it well! Generally speaking, it is better than before... I dare not wear your Shu brocade outside, I’m afraid it’s a few years’ salary? Remember, Change your outfit tomorrow morning."

After finishing talking, ignoring Xie Bao who was stunned on the spot, Ying covered her mouth and smiled and came out behind me, walked into the courtyard and said cheerfully: "I really can't tell it's Xie Bao, think about the way his limbs were broken back then. ,hehe……"

"You can't figure it out, but I can understand." Qin Yu was so powerful in Jiannan back then, and the people he confessed to were of course valued by local officials, which gave Xie Bao the opportunity to contact senior local officials.The more local you are, the more particular you are in the officialdom, the food, clothes, speech and deeds also have local characteristics, especially when you come to Beijing, for fear of losing the local face, you try your best to pretend to be good, and you have to pretend to be deep inside. steady.Looking at the deep and ignorant eyes, it must have been practiced in the mirror. I am afraid that others will say that he has gained nothing from years of experience.This is because Wangcai is getting old, so Fei rushed to bite him a few years ago.

Some are suitable for experience. For example, people with a strong sense of substitution like me can master it in three to five years, and immediately reach the state of returning to the original.Xie Bao is different.Those who brought the ideals of cynics went there, and suddenly found that they were out of tune with the things around them, and they immediately went crazy, or they became independent and became poison in the officialdom, or they felt powerless and compromised on the surface, imitated, and mechanically copied to the limit to become what they are now. ; It makes people feel unnatural, awkward, and disgusting.

Can't mention being an official.It is abnormal to be a human being, and being an official again is bound to bring disaster to the country and the people.This kind of official causes more harm to society than corrupt officials. Corrupt officials just do some damage on the surface, while perverted officials directly endanger the internal health of society, and directly damage the social atmosphere.

Ying seems to understand, but I usually don't tell her such strange truths, but after meeting Xie Bao today, I felt a little confused, so I said a few more words. "You can't all be people like Li Yifu. You and Mr. Liu Rengui are good officials who are upright and upright."

"Are you scolding me or Liu Rengui?"

Ying clapped her palms and laughed, but after she laughed, she said seriously: "The concubine put you in front of Mr. Liu Rengui, not to scold him, but to praise him. You don't pay attention, what kind of wind is your husband outside to judge the concubine, but you are very careful Well. Speaking of Li Yifu, there are praises and derogations. After all, the person who can get an official to that position has some skills; when talking about Liu Rengui, although there are many praises and few derogations, but the caliber is biased after all; only you. The people are happy with the benefits, and the colleagues are full of praise, even a few princes and county kings are full of praise. If you say who is Xuejian Wang, no one can boast about it."

Everyone loves to hear good things. When Ying said this, her heart was full of joy and she was rolling on the kang.I turned out to be such a good comrade.Why didn't I realize it myself?It's too much, it's so cool, let alone whether it is exaggerated, it is also a great joy in life to hear this from my wife.

"Yes, yes, that's what sewing people will say in the future, there will be rewards!" After searching for a long time in his arms, he couldn't find a suitable prize, so he reached out and took Jiu Jin's homework to praise him. "This is what the future head of the Wang family will be able to do. Call Jiujin, and Dad will give him a lesser gift!"

"Don't!" Ying quickly stopped. "I'm not so used to children. But I'm not a father who praises his children face to face, and he's happy when he's done, but he still has to beat his mouth." He sighed and said with a sad face: "Your ability, at the beginning, only It seems that there is no hope for Jiujin to be stronger than you now. What should be taught should be learned, the child is not lazy, and I think I have done my best..."

This is wrong, Ying's request for the child is unreasonable.In my opinion, Jiu Jin is much stronger than I was when I was young. The environment is different, and it is absolutely impossible to create a guy like me in this age. It is not a question of being strong or not, but Ying is used to me I'm so used to it that I can't tell right from wrong.

"It's not the same." Thinking of Lan Ling's words, one person like me is enough, and if there are too many, it will be a disaster. "Jiujin is a good boy, and he will definitely be better than me in the future. Besides... oh, let's not talk about me, you spend a lot of time hanging around, and see if there is any suitable person for Xie Bao to solve the marriage. A family, look at what it has become, I don’t know how to solve my physical needs.”

"What to solve?" Ying didn't understand the last sentence, "What do you need?"

"Solve... solve the major marriage issue!" This evening, I will explain after the lights are turned on. The key is to see if there is a suitable person for Xie Bao to solve.

"I'm afraid it won't be easy." Ying shook her head, "It's not about Xie Bao, these people next to my concubine will not marry their daughter to someone who is waiting for a job, even if they have the backing of the Qin family, they can't get along for a year or two. It's from a family background. Let the Qin family do it, the Wang family can't get this matchmaker."

Just as they were talking, the sound of the fourth child fighting with the second daughter came in. Ying picked up a feather duster and rushed out. After a crisp crackling sound, the fourth child rubbed his waist and eyes and jumped in grinning.

"It deserves it!" I looked carefully through the window sill. I was not as good as the second daughter, but Ying went out and didn't know how to run. again. "How many times have I said, don't provoke others if you can't beat them, that's good, it's beautiful to suffer twice in a row, isn't it?"

Ying walked in the door, still not relieved, and said again, "It's uncomfortable to say anything!"

"She laughed at me first!" The fourth child explained in a long way.She went to see the third and fourth brothers, and said that these two children were like me, they had two ugly children, and the second daughter was so beautiful.The second daughter was not forgiving, and immediately retorted, saying that the fourth child would like anyone to have children in the future, but don't be like a mother.Or scare the door god.The fourth child couldn't stand the words the most, so he opened it.

I pointed at Ying bitterly and said: "Don't put down the feather duster, keep hitting! Just type it out like a door god, save paper and return it."

"Brother-in-law!" Seeing that I didn't speak for her, the fourth child sat down on the kang, felt something was wrong and jumped down, stood on the edge of the kang and looked at Ying with a blushing face.

This action made the three of them embarrassed, but Ying reacted quickly.Immediately, I found that the feather duster had a quality problem, and I started to shuffle it seriously in my hand, complaining to myself from time to time, thinking of the indomitable old duster from before.

"That's right," I nodded quickly, "Tell the housekeeper next time that our feather dusters are used to beat people, so replace them with iron rods to make them more durable. Let's see if they dare to make trouble again."

"Brother-in-law..." The fourth child hummed softly.He squinted at Zhaoying again, "Sister..."

"Xie Bao is back, do you know?" Ying turned around and hung up the weapon, "You used to bully people all the time, but now he is coming back to be an official."

"It's not rare!" The fourth child mustered up the courage to put his buttocks on the edge of the kang.It can be regarded as a little harvest, "He is not the material to be an official. If you want me to say that you should give up this idea as soon as possible, and go back to Longyou honestly to marry a wife and have children."

"Hey!" Ying and I exclaimed in unison. "Strange, how do you know that Xie Bao hasn't married outside all these years?"

"One melon boy." The fourth child curled his lips contemptuously, "At that time, I thought he was quite honest, and it was interesting to play with. He was just a stickler, and he didn't see it."

He and Ying looked at each other, this is strange, is there a reason why Xie Bao didn't get married? "Who is he looking at?"

The fourth child chuckled, "He looks down on him. Does he know why? At the beginning, he was kind and pitiful for him. Now he has hard property inside and outside the house, and he can't burn it with three or five fires, so he seems to be pitiful. "

That's not the way to say it, the fourth child is used to judging others with her own values, which is wrong, but with this explanation, I feel that a man like Xie Bao deserves respect.He moved towards the kang table, made a space and said to the fourth child: "Sit up and talk," and handed a small mirror over. "Clean up your hair. There is no welcoming place, just like a chicken coop!"

"Oh!" The fourth child took the mirror happily.He took his shoes, half-bent his legs and hung them on the edge of the Kang, and began to dress up.Ying smiled at me, walked over to open her sister's hair gently, took her own silver comb and sat next to the fourth child to comb it carefully.

"Sister," the fourth child was a little embarrassed by Ying's actions, and enjoyed the atmosphere, so he called out in a low voice.

"Sit down, take off your shoes and sit on it," Ying kicked the old four's feet, and said in a soft voice: "Isn't it the same for Xie Bao? When talking about others, think about yourself first. Suffered the same crime, suffered the same suffering, no one can tell whether it is good or bad in the end, it would be better if you were better than him."

"It must be better than him." The fourth child raised his hand and stroked his hair back, making it easier for Ying to comb.I like to look at me, blushing and leaning on Ying, "The bride in the brother-in-law's story has a hijab, sister, do you still have the hijab?"

"Nonsense!" Ying knocked the fourth child on the back of the head with a horizontal comb, and said angrily: "Why do you ask people this, there is no way to welcome people!"

The fourth child smiled, turned his head and leaned on Ying's shoulder, "I asked Mr. Cheng, and the old man said that it was not customary to marry a daughter in the previous dynasty. There is a reason for it."

"Oh?" Ying and I had never heard of the reason for this hijab, and looked at the fourth child expectantly. "Tell me, Mr. Cheng is full of lies."

"It's true this time. I asked a lot of old people specifically." The fourth child changed his usual loud voice and began to tell stories in a low voice.

This has to start from the early days of the founding of the country.Not long after the war, the ratio of men to women was out of balance, and the imperial court slammed on population development. Many poor households who could not afford the dowry and could not afford to marry a wife would be subsidized by the government to match marriages when they reached their age.Because the marriage was designated by officials, it was luck to marry a strong and beautiful one. The poor bachelors all held this good wish and waited for the new wife to come in.The government also understands everyone’s thoughts, pack a new dress for the bride, you have to cover your face when the man comes to pick you up, and you can only lift the hijab for inspection after passing the door.It's God's beauty to meet people who are pleasing to the eye, and what kind of things you meet... Anyway, if you lift the hijab, the goods have been sold, and the hijab cannot be returned or exchanged. Violators will be pursued for legal responsibility.

This form was gradually enlarged. Since then, not only the married woman must cover her head, but even some valuable goods have this rule, and it is more and more widely used.For example, there is a small seal on the mouth of the bottle of toilet water, which can be seen at a glance whether it has been used or not. When doing business, the seller always tie a knot on the straw rope that binds the goods, and stick a red seal on the knot, indicating that the quality is guaranteed. Quantity, this is the source of the original allusion.

Long learning, hijab for a long time is the reason.So there was no such thing before the Tang Dynasty, the idea is good, and I have to admire the wisdom of the ancients.After hearing this, Ying grabbed a blanket and covered the fourth child's head, and smirked at me with an irreplaceable businessman's face.