It can be done once, but not repeated. It doesn't matter if you cheat occasionally, but if you do it every time, it will be exposed sooner or later... So when Fang Yingwu moved out, Sister Lan scared away the first group of people who asked for advice.
After that, it was time to move somewhere to live.
It was said that Wang Dahu was asked to buy a house, but in fact, Fang Yingwu's money was actually used. Fang Yingwu gave Wang De and Wang Kui a note equivalent to one thousand taels of salt at the beginning as capital, and also helped them with the
The guarding eunuch Li Yi established a bridge with Shaanxi and successfully opened up the southeast and northwest trade routes, making huge profits several times.
Now, those thousand salt stamps have been turned into three to four thousand taels of silver. This is definitely a huge sum of money for an ordinary family. Not to mention buying a house, even ten houses are almost enough.
It's just that I couldn't buy a house in the overcrowded Qingyun Street, so I had to go to other districts, and finally bought it in Wulinmen, which has convenient transportation. However, I still rented the original apartment and used it as a place to stay during the exams. After all, it was so far away
Gongyuan is relatively close.
The Wang family sent several servants to assist, and Fang Daxiucai moved overnight and temporarily disappeared from the Qingyun Street scholars. Hong Song and Xiang Chengxian were also aware of the new place, and they came to congratulate him.
Housewarming".
Xiang Chengxian sighed and said to the other party: "You have just made a name for yourself, and I don't know how many people are admiring you. Isn't it a pity that you just stay away from the crowd?"
However, Hong Song disagreed with Xiang Chengxian's view, "This statement is wrong. Meditation and study are the true profession, and flashy and noisy is just an act of abandoning the basics and chasing the weak."
Fang Yingwu asked Xiang Chengxian a very strange question: "Then do you admire me?" Xiang Chengxian shouted: "What are you talking about! Why do I admire you?"
"It's very true, the reason is that you and I are too familiar." Fang Yingwu said: "The sage also said: being close makes you feel inferior. It is also said that distance produces beauty. This is the truth. So staying away appropriately is not necessarily bad.
On the contrary, it is easier to maintain a noble image."
Xiang Chengxian licked his tongue carefully, "Although it is a distorted interpretation, it seems to contain some truth. Why do we use the style of the ancients as words of praise? It is probably because the ancients are far away from us."
Fang Yingwu showed a teachable look, "Besides, when it comes to becoming famous, it's enough to do something eye-catching every once in a while. There is no need to hype it every day, otherwise it will be counterproductive. A sage can only go too far, but too much is not enough."
Hearing the sage cloud again, Hong Song couldn't help frowning and complaining: "How do you read the sage's book? Why do you feel that the reading is different from ours?"
Fang Yingwu took out a few more pieces of paper and handed them to Xiang Chengxian, "These are some of my poems. When you two friends usually hang out, please spread them for me."
Although Xiang Chengxian took it, he said with a grimace: "Oh, it's a pity that I, a man from the wealthy Jinxi family, have become your helper without knowing it. I never thought of it at the beginning."
Fang Yingwu smiled and said: "My little brother, I am very lucky. I have more opportunities than my two elder brothers, so I have to ask my two elder brothers to help me. Don't you hear that if one person achieves enlightenment, chickens and dogs can ascend to heaven? I have become famous, but it has nothing to do with you.
harm."
Xiang Chengxian sighed and said helplessly: "That's true." Hong Song didn't comment and just thought it was nonsense.
Time is like running water, and another month has passed in a flash. The time is closer to the August Provincial Examination, so more scholars gathered in the provincial capital, and Qingyun Street was even more crowded. If a month ago, a brick dropped could be smashed
If there are seven or eight scholars, then if a brick is dropped now, it can hit more than a dozen people.
Fang Yingwu lived in his own exquisite house, studied leisurely, and did not participate too much in foreign affairs.
Of course, it doesn't mean that they know nothing about the outside world. Two friends, Xiang Chengxian and Hong Song, come to get together from time to time, which can bring a lot of outside news.
On this day, Xiang Chengxian and Fang Yingwu said: "Did you know that the Shao family, a wealthy businessman in this city, has spent a lot of money and recently held two different elegant gatherings, one in the West Lake and one by the Qiantang River outside Wangchaomen. Both
Each event was a grand event of rare scale, with hundreds of people participating and hundreds of poems sung!"
Fang Yingwu asked with a bit of sarcasm: "Young Master Shao must be very outstanding? He must have become a man of great influence."
Xiang Chengxian said angrily: "It doesn't matter whether he is outstanding or not, that's his family's ability. But one thing is very hateful. He openly criticizes your poems and actions, and there are a group of people who are cheering for it, echoing it from beginning to end, and you are looking for it at first glance.
Here comes the sitter!"
"Is there such a thing?" Fang Yingwu frowned. Everyone's reputation is based on their ability. Whoever has the ability and talent will be promoted. This is still a good competition. But the Shao family's behavior of directly stepping on others is a bit
Broken rules...
Xiang Chengxian asked: "They must still be trying to promote Shao Chen. A while ago, you were so popular that it ruined their plans, so now they want to deliberately suppress you. What do you think should be done? We can't just accept it.
Is he bullying?"
Do you really think that I, the grandson of the governor, is a vegetarian? Fang Yingwu cursed a few words secretly, but he didn't think of any immediate ideas at the moment, so he could only think about it in the long term.
After sending Xiang Chengxian away, someone came to the door again and sent a post. The owner of the post was Li Yi, the Zhejiang Zhongguan.
Fang Yingwu remained silent. At first, he was surprised that there was no airtight wall in the world. How could Li Yi know where he lived? After thinking for a moment, he suddenly realized that he must have learned the news from the Wang family. If Eunuch Li wanted to ask,
The Wang family would never fail to tell.
Fang Yingwu had not seen Li Yi since he left Hangzhou last time, and he did not plan to see Li Yi this time when he went to Hangzhou to take the provincial examination.
Firstly, there is no need to have a surname, and secondly, the less likely it is for a motivated scholar to meet eunuchs, the better. Scholars who often hang out with eunuchs are looked down upon by scholars.
Unexpectedly, Eunuch Li took the initiative to post a message to find him... Fang Yingwu thought about it repeatedly, there was really no need to offend a powerful eunuch, he could just go quietly, and no one would die.
What's more, if something really happened and Li Yi had to see him, could he avoid it? Having made up his mind, Fang Yingwu did not hesitate and followed the visitor to Xicheng Town to guard the eunuch's mansion.
After arriving in the hall and waiting for a long time, Eunuch Li showed up. Eunuch Li will never neglect people who should not be neglected.
Now Li Yi's demeanor is much more relaxed than a year ago. It is probably because of the abundant harvest this year, and this is also thanks to Fang Yingwu. For the local guarding eunuch, as long as there is enough money to contribute to the palace,
Sitting in this position is stable and comfortable.
After the two exchanged a few words, Fang Yingwu took the initiative and asked, "Gong Li summoned me to come here. I wonder if I have any advice?"
Eunuch Li took out a letter from his sleeve, "I'm not looking for you, it's Wang Gong who's looking for you. This is Wang Gong's personal letter, written to you, but it was sent to me, entrusting me to deliver it to you."
Wang Zhi's letter? Fang Yingwu quickly took it and started reading it on the spot. He didn't know why Wang Zhi suddenly wrote to him. Could it be that he was missing her? This was not her cold style.
Upon closer inspection, I could see that the main idea of the letter was: I was on patrol in Liaodong, and because of my eagerness to perform meritorious services, I "accidentally killed" several Jurchen tribe tribute envoys as military merits, which caused the princes in the court to criticize me. Fortunately, the emperor was wise and didn't care. .
Now that I am bored at the border gate in Datong, I would like to ask you if you have any good ideas for improving your military merits? I might as well let this eunuch make up for his mistakes and show his face in front of His Majesty.
After reading the letter, Fang Yingwu felt a deep pain in his balls. Wang Zhi was so full that he went to Liaodong to kill tribute envoys and pretend to be military merit. This was how obsessed with military merit... But as a Fang Yingwu, who knew the history of later generations, really had no sympathy for those Jurchen envoys who were unjustly killed.
Now Wang Zhi comes to him again to ask for advice. Does he really regard him as a wise man who can strategize and win thousands of miles away? Should he come up with this idea or shouldn't he?
After much deliberation, it was better to deal with it a few times. Firstly, there was no need to be at odds with Wang Zhi, as Mrs. Sun was still with her. Secondly, it was also for the country and the people. After all, Wang Zhi represented the Ming Dynasty at the border.
Fang Yingwu recalled the historical materials from his previous life, and then said to Li Yida: "I'll borrow the pen and paper from my house and write a reply here. Please help me send it to Datong."
This is not a bad thing. Eunuch Li said happily: "Fang Xiucai, you don't have to be polite, I will take care of everything." Through this time, he could see that the relationship between Wang Gong and Fang Yingwu was closer than imagined, so he should be more enthusiastic. He treated Fang Xiucai properly.
Fang Yingwu wrote: "I heard that two hundred miles north of Datong, there is a place called Weining Sea. Because of its fertile water and grass, it is often a place where large numbers of northern captives gather to camp. You can send more sentries and cavalry to detect carefully. If you encounter When the time comes, we can lead a large army, carry three days of dry food, and march day and night to attack the Weining Sea, and we will naturally achieve great success."
These days, the frontier army still has a certain fighting capacity, and when the time is right, it can indeed take the initiative to attack and fight fiercely. If it were changed to Jiajing and the army was depleted, Fang Yingwu would never dare to make such a death suggestion.
However, Fang Yingwu didn't know at the moment that he made this suggestion out of a casual mentality, but the consequences would be so deceptive...
Fang Yingwu finished writing the reply and gave it to Eunuch Li to send away. He chatted a few more words and was about to leave when he heard the faint sound of noisy people coming from the front.
Li Yi rubbed his forehead with a headache, "Here we go again." Fang Yingwu asked strangely: "Is there anything else that is difficult for you to solve?"
Eunuch Li shook his head and replied helplessly: "The other day, the eunuch of the Shibo Division in Ningbo came to pay tribute to me. A scholar bumped into his attendant on the street and was pushed aside by the road guide. In the middle Maybe a little rough.
I don’t know what was wrong with the scholar’s body, but he fell to the ground on the spot and died. Immediately, it was rumored that the eunuch had attacked and killed the scholar. In the past two days, a large number of scholars often gathered in front of my door and made noises, asking me to punish the murderer severely. .I really don’t know what to do at the moment, so I can only put it off for now, and it will get over as time goes by.”
If what Eunuch Li said is true, Fang Yingwu is extremely sympathetic, and of course he can only be extremely sympathetic. At this most sensitive time when scholars from all over the province gather in the provincial capital, if something like this happens, what else can be said except bad luck.
It is estimated that in normal times, Eunuch Li would have ordered random sticks to disperse the crowd. But during this special period, Eunuch Li did not dare to act rashly. (To be continued.