Chapter 402

On the day A Lie took his wife and children to the imperial capital to take office, the three families sent them away, and A Xi shed a few tears. It was not that she couldn't bear to leave her uncle and aunt, but she was mainly because she couldn't bear to leave A Can. A Xi has always regarded her younger brothers as her own belongings. This time, the uncle and aunt wanted to take A Can's cousin away, which was equivalent to robbing A Xi's things. How could A Xi not be sad?

Well, children have this strange logic.

However, Yu Xing felt that he had misread A Xi before and said to her husband, "A Xi, this child, really values ​​love and friendship." Not only did he give A Can a lot of things, he also refused to give A Can like this. In the past, when A Can was born, Yu Xing forgot about A Can's ugly thing, but he felt that A Xi's love was rare.

A Lie also said, "A Xi is a child with affection and righteousness." He also wrote a book with such a thick trust and brought it to A Zhen.

The family of three left Beichang Prefecture with the infinite concern and concern of their relatives and family members, as far away as the imperial capital.

Of course, this is a sad way of writing, and there is also a cheerful way of writing. Brother Jun wore a crimson robe, a gold silk crown, sheepskin soft boots, and rode a tall horse with a proud and arrogant look. He waved to everyone, "Everyone come back, I'm here to keep peace all the way. Brother Xing, I'll leave your home to you!"

To be honest, seeing Brother Jun like this, no one who gave up farewell lost the sadness of parting.

After seeing A Lie and his family go to the He family together.

Old Madam He was in a very depressed mood, reluctant to part with her grandson and great-grandson, and kept muttering, "Hey, what's the best thing to be an official? I'll leave when I can leave. Where is the best family in the same place? It's so great that I can meet in all directions."

Old Mrs. Jiang advised, "In-laws, aren't this all officials like this? We still can't envy the blessings of our in-laws. Speaking of which, I'm not afraid of my grandson going to be an official, but you see, Aren is not a material for studying. I have to live a few more years in my life and wait for the treasure."

Mrs. Jiang also said, "That's not true, old lady, look, if you don't talk about our hometown, even in this Beichang Mansion, there are a few elderly people like you, who are both Hanlin, and their grandchildren are all Hanlin. I think, Brother Jun and Brother Xing are all good kids who are motivated and motivated. In the future, you will not be able to have four Hanlins. Who wouldn't envy such glory? I'm dreaming of it."

When Mrs. He thought, this is because her children and grandchildren have a promising future, she can only be separated. If she wants to put those who are incompetent in their parents, she may not be able to beat them. When Mrs. He was envious, she felt much better and sighed, "I have gone to the imperial capital and I have been separated for thousands of miles, and I can't help the children if I have anything to do." As she said that, she began to sigh again.

He Zijin said, "What's there to worry about? My uncle's family and his relatives are all in the imperial capital. Look, my uncle is different from being an official. Today is in the south and tomorrow is in the north. All officials are like this. Speaking of which, cousin Yi is also in the Hanlin, and A Lie also said it." When A Lie got married, Feng Yi was in the spring exam. The Shujishi he entered that year, then stayed in the Hanlin Academy and is now in the Hanlin Academy. When A Lie enters the Hanlin, he can be a colleague with Feng Yi.

"Yes." Thinking about it, there were a bunch of relatives in the imperial capital, she gradually felt relieved.

Everyone said a reply and said goodbye.

The main reason is that everyone has their own busyness. For example, A Nian and He Gong have to go to the yamen in the afternoon. It’s okay for He Gong to have a peaceful place. Du Tixue has always been lenient and different places. Tongzhiyamen belongs to the magistrate’s yamen. Liu’s magistrate arrests power and is very tight. A Nian asked for leave with his wife and brother when he came out to send his wife. Naturally, in the words of Liu, “Jiang Tongzhi just go.” He felt that Jiang Tongzhi Mingxiao was respectful, and he also wrote a leave note for A Nian and told his clerks to say, “No need to record.” It seemed to give people great kindness. In fact, there are rules in the officialdom. Officials usually need to record leave, but that means long-term leave. For example, who can take a day and a half day, who will remember it? Prefect Liu has such a cleverness. He feels that he doesn’t remember you for the half day of leave. If you give you a full attendance, you will be kind to you.

Relatively speaking, Du Ti Xue is much easier-minded and will not say anything without recording. He directly said to He Gong, "Ling Zi will have to see you again for several years now. There is nothing important at the moment. You can arrange the things under your hands and take care of other leaders by yourself." If the granddaughter of the same age at home had a marriage appointment, Du Ti Xue would be quite willing to be an in-law with the He family.

Du Ti was kind and He Gong was always dedicated to the mission, otherwise Du Ti was not a fool.

The father-in-law and son-in-law went to work, and Aye, the two son-in-law, and the two sons-in-law had to go to school together. Ah Xi also had to go to school. Even He Zijin, the third girl and others had their own affairs. So they went back to their own houses for dinner.

Because of Acan's cousin's trip to the imperial capital, Axi was very sad for a while. After school in the afternoon, he went to his grandfather to pick up twins. He also told Grandfather Yun about Acan's cousin. Axi said, "I really can't bear to leave my cousin. How nice it is, I listened to me especially. I want to wait until he gets older and teach him to read and write. Alas, I really can't bear to leave. Once my cousin leaves, I have one less obedient under my command." Axi has always claimed to be the leader of his younger brothers.

Master Yun smiled, "You can condition your twins first."

Ah Xi said, "I have taught them a long time ago. The twins are so obedient to me."

Master Chaoyun said, "You can be convinced by virtue and cannot always do things."

A Xi said seriously, "I have reasoned with them, but they can't understand what they know now. If you don't hear it, you will know that you are wrong with it if you slap it."

Master Chaoyun:...

Because Acan's cousin went to the imperial capital, Axi asked the twins to sleep with her at night. She wanted to watch her younger brothers sleep. He Zijin said, "The younger brothers are still young now. Let them go with you when they are older."

Ah Xi said, "I have Sister Chunyu on night here at night. I sleep very honestly and can definitely take good care of the twins."

Ah Xi was very happy to take her younger brothers to sleep, but her suggestion almost scared the twins to death. The twins hid from their parents' bed and refused to come down and refused to sleep with their sister. Ah Xi was so angry that she missed Ah Can's good things again. The next day, she went to her grandfather's house and said, "I dreamed of Ah Can's cousin last night, and Ah Can's cousin is the best." She moved her grandmother and great-grandmother and cooked a lot of delicious food for her in the evening. Ah Xi also took a night at her grandfather's house.

He Zijin was preparing for a birthday gift to Governor Tian. Since the Prime Minister Liu came to Beichang Prefecture, these families have never dared to hold a grand birthday. In the past, there were rules for everyone to follow the Shangfeng birthday banquets or colleagues' birthday banquets. In He Zijin's words, the officialdom is still bright and there is no need to give gifts, it is just ordinary relationships with people. But this couple of prefect Liu, Mrs. Liu, who came from a saint family, liked to pretend, could understand. But you, Liu, was obviously from a wealthy family of the public, and your style was not like this even in an ordinary poor family.

Yes, last year, the prefect Liu celebrated his birthday and said that he would not accept gifts. Everyone went over and each person had a cup of tea.

This is how the prefect Liu is. If A Nian doesn’t say anything about others, she will not have a birthday. This year, Zijin’s sister’s birthday is just a meal of birthday noodles. None of her colleagues in the officialdom outside were alarmed.

Now this is the question of how to prepare the birthday gift of the governor Tian.

He Zijin discussed with A Nian, and A Nian said, "Governor Tian has nothing to say now, so I will prepare as before. If I ask the prefect Liu to suppress him this time, Governor Tian will not look very good."

He Zijin smiled, "Fortunately, our officials are young, so we can do it with the big run. I don't know what happened to the others."

A Nian said, "It doesn't matter if other people are the main thing, it depends on Li Ganzheng."

"Li Chanzheng didn't hear anything. Just Mrs. Ouyang is a little more agile, but she doesn't feel sorry for anyone."

A Nian asked, "Aren't Mrs. Li and Mrs. Liu's parents' homes the same hometown? They are not very close yet?"

"I have never been very close." He Zijin pressed the gift list on the table, picked up the tea and took a sip, and said, "The two wives have completely different personalities. Mrs. Li has always been luxurious in dress and has a very exquisite life. Her two granddaughters are studying in girls. Mrs. Liu is different. Mrs. Liu is still simple. Alas, I don't know what kind of material a dress is from. Many wives go to Mrs. Liu to talk, and I have to find a few old dresses to change into."

A Nian listened interestingly and asked, "If it were both Mrs. Li and Mrs. Liu, how should the women wear it?"

He Zijin said, "If you kiss Mrs. Liu, you will naturally dress simply. If you kiss Mrs. Li, you will dress more gorgeously."

A Nian asked, "Sister, how do you wear it?"

"I always do it as usual. Even when I go to Mrs. Liu, I do it as usual. I don't wear gorgeous clothes normally, so I just wear old clothes. This is too flattering." He Zijin said, "So, Mrs. Zhou is the same. The most flattering person is Mrs. Tisi, the Salt Class. Who doesn't know that the fattest man is the Salt Class. If you are a person, you have to eat salt. In addition to the people, there are also 100,000 officers and soldiers of Beijing Pass. All of these salts must be passed through the Salt Class, and Wang Jiafu's can be used. As a result, the results are:

Why? Since the Liu family came to Beichang Mansion, Mrs. Wang has been following Mrs. Liu's style inside and outside. The Wang family is so rich. In the past, Mrs. Wang was not wearing silk all over her body, but now she is wearing old shirts. I don't know what happened to the Liu family and the Wang family. If you want to say that Wang Tisi's position as the Salt Course Department is actually the same level as the Liu family, even if our family and the Zhou family are slightly inferior to those of the fifth-rank official Liu family, they are not so flattering. There must be something wrong with the two families."

He Zijin said, "You and the wise mentors also need to be in charge of the salt administration. You have to pay attention. The price of salt is getting more and more expensive every day, but our family is not poor. I think if it is a poor family, they really can't afford to eat salt."

A Nian smiled, "Don't worry, sister, I have a clear idea."

After He Zijin prepared Governor Tian’s birthday gift, Governor Tian’s birthday will come.

In such an occasion, as long as there is a wife who is of high quality, the couple must participate together. After presenting the gift list, A Nian went to the official guest, while He Zijin took his maid to the garden where the guests were entertained.

Because A Nian was not a high-ranking official in Beichang Prefecture, He Zijin had gone early and celebrated her birthday first. Now she was here early and there was still a seat, so she followed Mrs. Tian to talk to her. Seeing that He Zijin was wearing a bright long skirt with purple bottom and gold, and her hair was covered with a bird's head and beads. This set of jewelry was very luxurious. The largest bead was the size of a lotus seed. The ears were also red gold hanging bead pendants, and the fingers and wrists were also rings and bracelets with gold beads inlaid, which showed that it was a set of jewelry. This jewelry was quite good in the pile of imperial edicts.

Especially Mrs. Tian had never seen He Zijin wear it before, which shows that she dressed up solemnly for her birthday party. This made Mrs. Tian happy. Since the damn Liu family came to Beichang Mansion, she was really useless. She was always dressed in a bad manner. Of course, this bad clothes were also exaggerated. However, if any wife does not dress up in a bright and dignified manner when she goes out, she really can't even afford new clothes. Mrs. Tian said that this surname is Kong's dress. What made Mrs. Tian even more depressed was that there were still people who learned this style by flattering.

Now that He Zijin is so luxurious and wealthy, it is very attractive to Mrs. Tian. Mrs. Tian smiled and said, "Mrs. Jiang is young and this dress looks good, so you can wear it."

Mrs. Zhou Tong came early, and she always was straightforward and smiled when she heard this, "Mrs. Jiang is young and her color is bright, and it is the time to dress up."

"Yes, let's talk and eat and drink together. Although I am old, I also like to see you young people dress up. When I look at you, I will be a few years younger." Mrs. Tian is over the age of praising colors. However, Mrs. Tian is born in a weaving house after all, and who has never been younger. Mrs. Tian now likes to see young people dress up, and she is full of flowers, and she is happy to see.

He Zijin touched his face and smiled, "You two like me so much, my face will turn red."

Mrs. Tian smiled and said, "How can you be so thin? In the past, I said that at your age, it's time to dress up well. I said you've been dressed in a simple way in the past."

He Zijin smiled and said, "I used to be a good person. But the Governor who doesn't usually have a birthday like this is just a home-style dress." He also praised Mrs. Tian's dress, Mrs. Zhou's hairpin, and one or two female family members to make fun of it. Everyone talked about food, clothing and dress.

Mrs. Liu came too late, but she was wearing a half-old crimson dress, which made Mrs. Tian frown. The last one came was Mrs. Li Chanzheng, who was also a grandmother. Her clothes were no longer gorgeous, and they mostly developed into elegance. However, according to Mrs. Li's temperament, there was nothing indecent and exquisite on her body. Mrs. Li congratulated her birthday and sat in the lower right head of Mrs. Tian. At this time, He Zijin could still sit in the middle seat. This was not because of her high official position, but mainly because she had an imperial decree. For example, Mrs. Zhou and Shen, it would be nice to have a seat in this main hall. Every time she was in such a seat, He Zijin felt a little uncomfortable, and felt that she was not as good as she had a last seat with her mother before.

Mrs. Shen was so open-minded that she felt that her daughter had an imperial decree.

Today's birthday date of Governor Tian is actually no different from the past, but everyone's heart is obviously not at this birthday party. There was a birthday party where the prefect Liu served guests with tea and did not accept gifts last year. Even if it was the previous rules, everyone still felt that this birthday party was very meaningful.

Fortunately, a harmonious relationship can still be achieved through the officialdom. However, everyone also knew in their hearts that it was already a storm.

After having the birthday party at Governor Tian’s mansion, everyone went back to their own houses. Even Shen didn’t want to remind his daughter, “You’ll go to Tianliu’s family lately. I heard your father say that they are about to break up.”

He Zijin didn't want to go to these two families, He Zijin said, "Dad is under the command of Tixue. Du Tixue's grade is higher than that of the prefect Liu, so you naturally don't have to go to the Liu family. But A Nian is under the command of the prefect Liu. If Mrs. Liu invites you, how can I not go? I am afraid that if I don't go here, the prefect Liu will not be allowed to wear small shoes for A Nian."

Shen also sighed and said, "This is really a fight between gods and mortals are sucked." He said to his daughter, "Your father and Lord Tixue suggested that the officials in various prefectures and counties should also start all the courses of gentlemen and six arts in addition to the Four Books and Five Classics. Everyone knows that this is a good idea, but although Du Tixue is a big official, he does not have real power than the prefectural. For this matter, the governor agreed. The prefect cried poorly and had no money. This matter has not been done yet."

He Zijin said, "It's been more than half a year, and I haven't done it yet."

"No." Shen said, "Now I heard that as long as the governor agrees, the governor will inevitably oppose it. Anyone who supports the governor will definitely shake his head. He is always so competing, and he doesn't say that he has time to do more practical things."

He Zijin sighed, "Look at Governor Tian's birthday party, what is Mrs. Liu's name wearing it?"

"Mrs. Liu is like this in normal times."

He Zijin frowned, "Whether it is not about whether it is honest or not depends on what to wear. It is not me that if the family is not rich, it would be fine if it is not well-off. Mrs. Liu, who comes from a famous family and marrys into a wealthy family, will pass like this."

"Who said no?" Shen said, "I heard that Du Ti gave the Governor's Office and the Governor's Office a plan at the beginning of the school year, but it has not been approved yet. The Governor's Office has forgotten it, saying that the budget this year has exceeded tens of thousands of taels, and I really have no money to invest in the official school."

"Is it possible that Du Ti had offended Prefect Liu?"

"Don't you know?"

He Zijin shook his head, "I haven't heard of it."

Shen belongs to the circle of female relatives in the education system and is more clear about the matters in the education system. "I thought you knew it. It was said that Mrs. Liu fell in love with the Du family first, and she wanted to be a relative, but the Du family was not very happy."

He Zijin said, "I really haven't heard of it. If it were because of this, the Liu family would be narrow-minded enough."

"Who said no?"

The mother and daughter just talked about the education system, and then something quite awesome happened in Beichang Prefecture. So, the money allocated to the Tixue Institute for the establishment of the Six Arts Course of Gentlemen was given out. The Governor Tian discounted the birthday gift he received and took out the money to run education for the Tixue Department, adding courses to the official school, so that the students could cultivate more gentlemen.

Anyone who said this matter was done by Governor Tian had to praise him for being beautiful.

Governor Tian also held a tea party and taught the officials of Beichang Prefecture earnestly, saying, "Governor Liu did not hold a birthday party last year, so I invited everyone to have tea. This is the character of Governor Liu, but I think, hundreds of people have a temperament. I think that since Governor Liu's birthday party last year, everyone has no courage to celebrate their birthdays." Governor Tian smiled and said, "No need to do this. We are not greedy for money. What's the relationship between normal relationships? Could it be that if you have a prefect Liu who invites tea, everyone will not hold a birthday party. Like Governor Jiang Tongzhi, who was just promoted last year, was so scared that he didn't dare to celebrate his birthday, right?"

Jiang Tongzhi was extremely shocked. Governor Tian knew that he had not done his birthday, but how could he talk to him? Jiang Tongzhi showed a hint of surprise and hurriedly said, "The longevity noodles that the Xiaguan ate at home has not been sent out because it was the first year of the year."

Du Tixue smiled and said, "Although Jiang Tongzhi's birthday was low-key, he donated 100 taels of silver to our provincial school. This year, Mrs. Jiang celebrated her birthday and donated 100 taels of silver to our provincial school. Such a character of virtuous couples who do good and do not want to be known must be influenced by the governor."

Jiang Tongzhi couldn't help but look at Du Tixue. His father-in-law was an official under Du Tixue. Usually he had no grudge against Du Tixue. What does Du Tixue mean? Sure enough, Master Liu was not very happy to hear this. He smiled and glanced at Jiang Tongzhi and said, "Jiang Tongzhi donated one year's salary, and he is also a role model among our officials." As he said, "Jiang Tongzhi donated all his salary, how can his family maintain his livelihood?" This kid is usually very honest in front of me, but he doesn't want to be very cunning in private.

Jiang Tongzhi was already in a bad mood and knew that the prefect Liu was thinking too much. However, the prefect Liu's aggressive spirit, Jiang Tongzhi didn't want to fulfill Governor Tian's intentions. He did not follow Du Tixue's words, but said, "I am mainly a wife in my family who is good at managing the family and does not wait for my salary to buy rice and put it into the pot. Otherwise, if I can't take care of myself, I can't donate my salary."

"The girls' school run by Jiang Tongzhi's family is very famous in our Beichang Prefecture." The salt class Wang Tisi smiled, "It's not me that no one of our families can have money, and Jiang Tongzhi's family can't have money."

"We have to tell you first. The female school is not done by me, but by my wife. To put it, my family is supported by my mother's private house." Jiang Tongzhi was not a bun. Seeing that Wang Tisi was squeezing him, Jiang Tongzhi smiled and looked at Wang Tisi, "What's my family like, everyone knows. It's not like Wang Tisi. Before, I heard from my wife that salt is as expensive as a day, and salt is so expensive. Why did Wang Tisi wear her old shirt? Could it be that your salt class can't afford to eat salt?" A Nian said and laughed.

Li Tanzheng laughed and said, "Jiang Tongzhi used to be a young man, but he didn't know how funny it was."

A Nian smiled slightly, "I'm thinking that because my wife is good at managing the family, she is not poor, she can afford to eat ordinary food. Her wife at home says that the price of salt is high. My family is like this, so I don't know what happened to ordinary people's families."

Li Chanzheng said seriously, "What I said is that salt is different from other things. You still have to pay attention to it."

Governor Tian glanced at Wang Tisi and said, "What the hell is going on?"
To be continued...