The servants of the Li family knelt in front of the main house, pulling their necks and crying. Outside the wall of the imperial envoy's quarters, the indignant shouts of the gentry and officials could be heard faintly, asking the imperial envoy to come out and see...
For a moment, Tie Xuan, Jing Qing, Han Kezhong and the others were a little confused.
It seems that everything is fake, but it is so real.
Less than half an hour later, the Li family wiped away their tears with their servants, then stood up energetically, and went about their work with heads held high and arrogance on their faces.
The imperial envoy, Li Zhigang, walked out of the room wearing a mink fur cloak and being supported by his servants.
"You guys have been kept waiting for a long time!" Li Zhigang choked, "Please sit down! Come and serve tea!"
Then several people were separated into guests and hosts, but before Tie Xuan could say anything, Li Zhigang couldn't help but burst into tears again.
This behavior made Tie Xuan and the three of them look at each other in confusion.
"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, are you...?" Han Kezhong asked with a frown as he couldn't see the old man crying.
Li Zhigang covered his chest, "I made you laugh! Li really...can't help himself!" As he said, he continued, "I received the imperial edict from the emperor a few days ago. Such a great kindness, let Li
I couldn’t sleep at night, tossing and turning.”
As he said this, he didn't know what he was thinking of, and he choked up again, "I think of my late father. He learned civilization in the countryside as a young man, and he was known as a child prodigy! After his hair was tied, he even wrote splendid articles, and he learned a lot about the past and the present! There are even some
Officials recruited and awarded official positions several times!"
"But..." Li Zhigang sighed heavily, "but it coincided with the tyranny of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. The people were in dire straits, the country and the country were filthy and the people were hanging upside down, the countryside was full of hungry people, and the high-ranking officials were arrogant and extravagant..."
"My father adheres to the ancient saying that when a wise man creates the world, he first creates the land, the second is the color, and the third is the words... His old man said that in the turbulent world, being an official was just to serve the Meng Yuan Emperor and the tiger...
So I devoted myself to my hometown and devoted myself to teaching..."
"When the sun and the moon are clear and bright, my Ming Dynasty will set the mountains and rivers to sweep away the smelly atmosphere in the world. Our Chinese saint will come to the world again, the river will be clear and the sea will be clear. My father's participation is reliable, and he will be a Jinshi!"
As he said this, he suddenly felt so sad and angry that he couldn't hide his face and cried bitterly, which was heartbreaking.
"But... the sky is not beautiful!" Li Zhigang cried loudly, "My father passed the imperial examination and was honored as an ancestor. In his great years, just when he was about to serve the king, he fell seriously ill and had to resign and return to his hometown..."
"He was a talented scholar who was famous in the south of the Yangtze River, but he could not realize his ambition in life. He suffered from chronic illness and even became depressed, and he passed away!"
"Uuuu..." Li Zhigang cried, "As a son of man, every time I think about this place, I am so sad!" He cried, staggered up, and bowed his hands in the direction of the capital, "Your Majesty, God's grace.
I love my wife and I, because Li was so diligent in handling his errands...I posthumously named Li's late father a doctor of Zhongfeng..."
"Father, does your spirit in heaven know? Although you have great ambitions in this life, you can help widows and widowers, relieve the orphans, show mercy to the poor and cherish the weak. From today on, you will be remembered by the world for generations to come... Wu
Woo!"
"Your Majesty, you are so kind to me, how can I repay you..."
Tie Xuan, Jing Qing, Han Kezhong and others were dumbfounded. They looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes. They sat there and didn't know where to put their hands!
You might say that Li Zhigang is fake, but he seems to be full of sincerity.
You say Li Zhigang is real, but how can any normal person be like this?
"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy! Get up quickly..." Tie Xuan sighed, stepped forward to help Li Zhigang, and pressed him down on the chair.
"It's funny, it's funny!" Li Zhigang wiped his tears and said, "Li...you guys don't know Li very well, so you don't know what kind of person Li is." He counted and smiled bitterly, "Actually, I am the most temperamental person.
Whoever treats me well, I can’t wait to dig into my heart with him.”
Then, he smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not afraid of your jokes. Li is very old, but he still... still acts emotionally..."
"Uh..." Tie Xuan and the others didn't know how to answer the question.
After a long while, Tie Xuan finally figured out a clue and said, "This... the imperial envoy. Outside the palace, there are now many gentlemen from all over the country gathered in a menacing manner... I am wondering if...
.?"
Suddenly, before he could finish speaking, Li Zhigang's personal entourage came in like hot wheels, shouting, "Master, there is a letter from home!"
"How shameless, didn't you see me receiving guests?" Li Zhigang said angrily, "Is this a place where you can come in casually? Whose family did you learn to be so unruly?"
"The villain deserves to die!"
"What did the letter say?" Li Zhigang asked.
"Well, the second old man in the family said!" The relative thought to himself, "The prefect's Yamen allocated funds to build an ancestral hall for the old man. They also specifically asked whether it should be built on the front street of the old house or in front of the ancestral house!"
Li Zhigang suddenly frowned, "Nonsense!" He said, paused, and continued, "The emperor's holy grace is so overwhelming that my Li family's bones are shattered to pieces and it's hard to repay him! How can we let the country benefit from the construction of the Zhongfeng Dafu Temple?
Spend money?”
"That money is all taken from the people. Our Li family has been deeply favored by the emperor, so how can we waste the people's fat and money!"
"Reply to my second uncle... Regarding the construction of the ancestral hall, my eldest brother will first provide 10,000 silver dollars, 3,000 square meters of wood, and 2,000 kilograms of iron." Li Zhigang pondered for a moment, "I will write a letter to my old relatives in Jiangxi and ask for it.
Fifty thousand yuan of fine green bricks..."
"hiss....."
When Tie Xuan and the other two people heard this, they almost chewed the yahuazi into pieces.
The Li family is so rich!
10,000 silver dollars, taken out with a single word? Is it just the big house, what about the other heads?
"As for the old lady's Zhongfeng Dafu Temple?" Li Zhigang pondered for a moment and sighed, "It should be built in front of the ancestral home." After counting, he sighed again and continued, "The ancestral hall is a major event for all the ancestors of my Li family. I want to comfort the Li family.
The spirits of our ancestors are in heaven. Secondly, we must make the descendants of my Li family know what morality, benevolence and righteousness are, and establish a correct family tradition!"
"Yes!" The follower agreed and stepped on the Hot Wheels again.
"What a joke! This servant doesn't understand the rules!" Li Zhigang smiled at Tie Xuan and the others, "Tie Buzheng, what did you just say?"
"Xiaoguan is saying that the scholars, officials and gentry gathered outside the camp, and the crowd was excited!" Tie Xuan said sternly, "If the trouble continues like this for a long time, there is no guarantee that something will not go wrong. So Xianguan and the other three people came here to find the imperial envoy.
Let’s ask for a charter.” After saying that, he also paused and said, “You are an imperial envoy, so there is no room for mistakes...”
Li Zhigang nodded and was about to speak.
But suddenly, there were loud shouts and curses outside.
"Li Zhigang is shameless and shameless, and he is a black-hearted wolf who harms the officials and the people!"
"When a villain is in charge, the country will be in chaos, bringing disaster to the people and the court!"
There was a sudden silence inside the house.
The smile on Li Zhigang's face disappeared in an instant. Instead, he squinted his eyes and stroked his long beard with a cold look on his face.
In his entire life, Li Zhigang hated others speaking ill of him the most.
"Go to this imperial envoy to ask for a charter?" Li Zhigang sneered, "Well... Tie Buzheng, you just said something wrong!"
"Want to hear the details!" Tie Xuan said.
"You said they were excited!" Li Zhigang sneered again and again, "Excited is a complimentary word! How can it be used here?" He said, slamming the armrest of the chair, "They are provoking the imperial court, provoking this imperial envoy! They are
Do you still have Wang Fa in your eyes? Do you still have Ming Dynasty?"
"Humph, the crowd is excited? In my eyes, this is just shameless!"
Tie Xuan and the other three looked at each other and said nothing.
"Jing inspects, Han inspects..."
"The official is here!"
Li Zhigang looked at the two of them and said with a smile, "I heard that when you two first arrived here, some officials and gentry gathered to make trouble! It was you two who resorted to thunderous tactics and led the troops to arrest them all to calm down the turmoil, right?
?”
"This..." Jing Qing muttered.
Han Kezhong said directly, "Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, that is not the same thing!" He said, "The officials arrested people in the countryside, and this place is a provincial capital. Moreover, the people making trouble now are all
Someone with a reputation!"
"This is one moment and the other is another moment. We cannot generalize! Furthermore, students from three provinces are currently boycotting exams. This is the time to deal with it carefully and not to add fuel to the fire!"