Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 366 Qi Biaojia and Shang Jinglan

Qin'an County is located in Longnan, and it belonged to Shaanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Division in Daming.

Qi Biaojia was exiled here for rural reform because he opposed Zhu Youxiao's regard of Neo Confucianism as the last class, elevating the status of miscellaneous studies and craftsmen.

As a child who grew up in a famous family in Shaoxing in the south of the Yangtze River, he was not used to the wind and sand in the northwest at first, but now he is like a local Qin, and he can even shout a few words of Qin opera.

These once-famous Jiangnan talents did not come here to enjoy life, so according to Zhu Youxiao's will, the imperial court did not give them any generous treatment, except for the special subsidies equivalent to those of the students, only ten acres of official land For them to cultivate, to experience the hard work of the farm.

Therefore, the current Qi Biaojia is a rural teacher of the Ming Dynasty. Unlike the current rural support teachers, they did not come voluntarily, but were forced to come.

However, over time, with the simple character of the local people and their desire and respect for knowledge and culture, they also began to fall in love with this place, because it is easy for them to obtain spiritual satisfaction here.

When more and more scholars in the south of the Yangtze River began to gradually stay away from Confucianism due to the guidance of the imperial court, and began to pursue all kinds of strange talks, people here could at least accept their own Confucian classics and enable them to pass on their knowledge.

As the sun set, Qi Biaojia, with his trousers rolled up, swung his hoe vigorously to turn up the soil, which was only three inches thick. He planned to plant potatoes, which have become popular recently, in this sandy soil.

Otherwise, his whole family will have to be the same as the beginning of the year, and when there are no grains to harvest in spring, the whole family can only eat porridge.

With a snort, Qi Biaojia slammed the hoe with a missing corner into the ground. The tired Qi Biaojia couldn't help exhaling, his forehead was slightly sweaty, but if he compared him two years ago, he would It was discovered that this formerly frail Jiangnan student had already gained some tendons, and even his calves with rolled trouser legs had become much stronger. He stepped on the ground with his bare feet and stood still, firmly.

And his wife, Shang Jinglan, a famous poetess in the late Ming Dynasty, was in a jingchai cloth skirt, holding a small moon hoe in her hand and lighting small holes in the sand that Qi Biaojia had turned.

These small pits are used to plant potatoes. Potatoes reproduce asexually through tubers, so they have strong reproductive power and are easy to plant. They are especially suitable for the family cultivation of Qi Biaojia, who is half-agricultural and half-scholar-bureaucrat.

Qi Deqiong, the daughter of Qi Biaojia and Shang Jinglan, is already six years old at this time, and she is only a little girl, but she looks cute and cute.

Qi Deqiong followed behind his mother, holding a vegetable basket in his hand, and there were potato tubers just enough to cover the vegetable basket.

The vegetable basket was woven by Qi Biaojia himself with advice from local old farmers. The weaving was a bit sparse and ugly, but it was barely enough to hold potatoes.

Qi Deqiong carefully threw two or three potato tubers into the small hole dug by his mother, Shang Jinglan, and waited for her mother to cover it with soil again.

And because these potato tubers were obtained with great difficulty from the county magistrate, Shang Jinglan didn't dare to waste them, so she asked her eldest daughter not to throw too much, and only put two big ones or three in a pit. small.

Qi Deqiong is very sensible, but she already feels a little sour in her heart. A few years ago in her hometown of Shaoxing, she could still lie in the arms of her nanny and act like a baby, but now she has to work with her parents.

And my nanny also had to undertake the main farm work because her father was not familiar with farming, such as sowing wheat, which is a technical farm work.

Qi Lisun is Qi Biaojia's second son, and he is only two years old now, because the only nanny who came to the northwest with her eldest son was doing farm work several miles away, so she could take care of him as long as she slept, so she simply put him on the ridge of the field while doing well.

Qi Lisun is very sensible, holding the soil on the ground with his fat little hands, neither crying nor fussing. He just saw the immature melons planted beside the ridge and couldn't help picking them, but he accidentally rolled on the ground. on the ground.

Qi Lisun was slightly taken aback, then got up by himself, seeing that his parents didn't realize that he had just fallen, he couldn't help giggling.

Here, Shang Jinglan did not notice that her youngest son was so naughty. She was digging a hole and said to Qi Biaojia: "Brother Huzi, after planting this field of potatoes, I have to take Deqiong to Guangdong and Guangxi." Now, you have to take good care of the two children in the house. In addition, find a doctor to see the mother (nurse) for a doctor. A few days ago, she kept complaining that her legs were weak, so you can't leave her in the house."

Shang Jinglan is basically considered a peasant woman now, so she and Qi Biaojia are no longer commensurate with each other as a master and slave, not to mention that the two of them are childhood sweethearts, golden boys and girls, and they don't have such dignity in private.

And the father Shang Jinglan mentioned is Shang Zhouzuo, the current governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Shang Zhouzuo was different from his son-in-law Qi Biaojia. Because of his father's early death, he experienced a lot of hardships at a young age, so he had a more pragmatic personality, so that he was regarded as a practical official after he passed the Jinshi examination.

Zhu Youxiao didn't blame his son-in-law Qi Biaojia for his disrespect, and Shang Zhouzuo didn't dare to complain because his son-in-law was sent to Longnan. Say hello to the local officials and ask them to take care of Qi Biaojia.

But because it was Shang Zhouzuo's birthday in a few days, Shang Jinglan had to go back to her natal family to visit her relatives.

And Qi Biaojia is still a guilty person now, according to the decree, he cannot leave Qin'an County, unless there is a special decree from the emperor, let alone his father-in-law's birthday, even if his parents are gone, he has to report to the cabinet, and then the cabinet submits the report to the cabinet. Zhu is approved by the school.

Therefore, Shang Jinglan had no choice but to bring her older daughter back to her natal home alone.

Qi Biaojia's eyes were a little bit sad, and he couldn't help crying when he remembered the scene of talking with his father-in-law at the fireside in Lanyuan, Shanyin County, and finally hid it and said: "My student Pang Zenghui passed the No.6 in the Shaanxi Provincial Examination. Yayuan, it can be said that he can make his way to the gold list of this science and technology conference. I asked him to take my name card and go to Suiding first to find Wang Siren, then ask Shiwen for advice, and then go to the capital. You go with him. As a reminder, when the time comes, you will take a boat south from Xuqing, Sichuan to Guangdong and Guangxi, and be careful all the way."

"Don't worry, the world is stable now. There are no more thieves than in previous years. As long as you pass the Qinling Mountains, you will be much flatter when you arrive in Sichuan. It is very difficult to get out of Sichuan. Fortunately, you can take a boat, which can be regarded as returning to your hometown. After all, you haven't been back for many years. I have never been on a boat before crossing the south of the Yangtze River."

When Shang Jinglan said this, Qi Biaojia couldn't help laughing: "That's right, it can be regarded as a piece of clothing, and you don't have to rush back after paying respects to your father-in-law's birthday. Go back to Shaoxing first, and it will probably be around the time of Qingming next year." Sweep the grave for me, I, an unfilial son, probably won't be able to do it in this life."

Shang Jinglan nodded and responded.

But Qi Biaojia still couldn't help exhorting: "Recently, I heard from the county lord that the south is not peaceful, and the Zheng's pirates are still dishonest. Although Guangdong and Guangxi are not places where pirates gather, you have to be careful, and let your father-in-law be careful too. "

(End of this chapter)