In addition to Huang Lu being so free and easy, the classmates in Taixue Yangzhengzhai also have their own personalities.
If the officialdom is a melting pot, where all kinds of people are melted into similar shapes, then the students in the Imperial College are still pig iron, with their own edges and corners.
They have a sharp edge and are not very good at hiding it. They also like to speak out and blatantly criticize government affairs.
In addition to Huang Lu, Huang Haoyi, and Han Zhongyan, Zhang Yue had a lot of contacts in Taixue.
In the yamen, Wu Anshi and others made friends without hesitation, and Wu Anzhi always took care of them, never willing to reveal even a little bit of their family background.
Han Zhongyan had a free and easy temperament, and he often made friends with yamen, but no matter how high-ranking they were, he would ignore some of the yamen whom he disdained. As for the Han family's children, Zhang Yue would not hesitate to make friends with them.
But in Fanlou, after Zhang Yue fell out with He Qi, Han Zhongyan also broke off contact with him.
This made Zhang Yue feel that Han Zhongyan was somewhat loyal.
However, Han Zhongyan was also very outspoken at times. He once talked to a classmate: "I thought that only those of us who were officials only talked about eating the weak and eating the strong. I didn't expect that the kids from poor families would talk like this." He If I become an official, I'm afraid things will get worse."
After Zhang Yue heard about it from others, he really felt that Han Zhongyan was speaking openly, but his words were not without purpose.
The imperial examination is like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge. They have squeezed out countless talents to reach this position. Those who were defeated by them have nothing to sympathize with, and each has their own pitiful points. Therefore, they seem to believe in the supremacy of strength more than Han Zhongyan, etc. price exchange.
It is said by scholars that most people have a negative heart.
In the blink of an eye, March came. Zhang Yue was working hard in his studies, and his poems and articles were improving day by day.
In the private examination of Taixue, Zhang Yue's poetry was unprecedentedly good.
This was Chen Xiang's teaching merit. After Zhang Yue told Chen Xiang about this, Chen Xiang was very happy after reading Zhang Yue's poems and said to Zhang Yue: "I also told you that it would take at least five years before you can write your poems." It is written that I have entered the palace, but now... But don't be proud, I have just entered the palace and have not yet entered the house."
Zhang Yue was very humble after hearing this.
In addition to Chen Xiangna, Ouyang Xiu also moved around.
Su Shi was the chief registrar of Fuchang County in present-day Yiyang, Henan Province, and Su Zhe was the chief registrar of Mianchi County in Henan Prefecture. However, neither of them took office. They were recommended by Ouyang Xiu to take the system examination, and thus lived in Huaiyuan Yili.
Zhang Yue listened to Ouyang Fa over there, and Ersu asked where he was at the gathering house and agreed to visit him when he had time.
As for Shuji Zhai, Zhang Yue hasn't been to it much recently.
Seal engraving has now become a hobby rather than a means of making a living.
Zhang Yue carves fewer and fewer stamps every month, and the shop is always thinking about whether to close it someday.
However, Zhang Yue carved less, but he was more refined. It can be said that Bianjing has gathered people who like metal and stone from all over the world. They all speak highly of Zhang Yue's seal engraving. Even if the engraving is small, it doesn't matter, we can still add money.
These Jinshi families are like big dogs, and they are not short of money at all.
So Zhang Yue flipped through any chapter in his hand.
Nowadays, although the sales are less, the shop can still bring in more than ten guan per month.
With this income, why would Zhang Yue not do anything? Anyway, just treat it as side income.
Now Zhang Yue is not that interested in seal engraving and has turned to calligraphy.
Zhang Yue is the only one of Bianjing literati to carve seals, but there are many famous calligraphers. Although Zhang Yue's calligraphy is good, it is not outstanding nowadays, so it can't be sold for much money.
However, many people who cannot afford to buy an engraved seal looked at it after arriving at the collection house and thought that the Zhang Yue calligraphy was not bad and not expensive. We came here anyway, so we can’t go back empty-handed and buy a set of calligraphy.
Later days proved that these first people who bought Zhangyue characters all became rich.
One of them, surnamed Lu, once bought a copy of Zhang Yuebai, but later his family became poor and simply sold it.
From now on, this descendant named Lu was really angry with this ancestor.
With the engraving of seals to attract traffic, the collection of Zhaili calligraphy and painting, as well as musical instruments, are also selling well. Wang Anguo kept asking Zhang Yue to write books, but Zhang Yue kept putting off. Later, he simply changed another room in Souguzhai into a bookstore and tea room.
On the day of the transaction of Wan surnames in Daxiangguo Temple, Wang Anguo treated himself as the master of this place without any ceremony, and brought a group of friends from the cultural circles to drink tea here.
Unexpectedly, Wang Anguo's book didn't sell many copies, but the engravings of Collect Zhai and the fame of his calligraphy and painting helped Zhang Yue promote it.
In addition to Wang Anguo, Tang Jiu would also come to Guchizhai during his free time on weekdays, and he could be regarded as sitting in charge.
On this day, Zhang Yue went to Shujizhai. He first brought the three seals he had carved in half a month, and also reconciled the accounts. It was better for him to do such things himself.
Zhang Yue was calculating accounts inside, when he heard a voice outside: "Call your boss."
When Zhang Yue heard this, he glanced outside and saw several rogue people.
Zhang Yue curled his lips at Tang Jiu, who immediately put down the wine gourd and went out.
A gangster bowed and said, "We brothers have been working in the Daxiangguo Temple for many days and have not come to visit the neighbors. I feel really sorry for you, so I came here today to apologize."
The waiter said: "I don't dare take it. I wonder what you do for a living?"
The leader smiled and said: "It's a business of borrowing money without capital. You lend me the money and I will pay you back tomorrow with 50% interest. How about this business?"
At this time, Tang Jiu walked up to this rogue and said, "Where can I get people to act wild here?"
"Who are you? Be careful..."
Just as the rogue was about to speak, Tang Jiuyi punched him in the face. The other person covered his mouth and said, "Okay, do it and wait for me. We'll be relying on you today."
After everyone left, the waiter sighed and said to himself: "This man is so ignorant. If he offends these people, he will never live in peace in the future."
But Tang Jiu returned to the studio and continued drinking.
After a while, someone called again: "Is Sanlang here?"
Zhang Yue took one look, put down his pen and went out immediately.
"Second aunt."
It turned out that the visitor was none other than Mr. Yang. Zhang Yue ordered the waiter to come to tea and invited him to take a seat.
Yang said: "In the past, my second aunt would have said that you did not study hard and played with these stones when the exam was approaching, but now I know that you know how to measure things, so I stopped saying that."
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Second aunt, Sanlang is also tired from studying on weekdays, so he does it easily, so he is not short of this money."
Yang nodded and said, "It's good if you understand the importance."
Zhang Yue asked: "Is there any important matter for my second aunt to come here?"
"Why can't I just come and sit in your shop if I have nothing to do?"
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "When the second aunt comes here, Sanlang will definitely sweep the bed to wait for her."
Yang smiled and said: "There is indeed a serious matter."
As she said this, she ordered the maid to take out a stack of land deeds, body deeds and the like.
"This is?"
Yang said: "This is a farm in the west of Luoyang City. There are more than a hundred acres of farmland above and below the farm, where some fruits and vegetables are grown, and there are more than a dozen farmers who take care of it. This is the deed of the farm to the farmers. Include the delivery documents here, just write your name."
Zhang Yue looked at the unclear farm and couldn't help but ask: "Second aunt, why did you give me these farms for nothing? You also know that my uncle... my uncle will not allow it."
Yang smiled and said, "This has nothing to do with him."
"That's Brother Dun?"
"I'll tell you the truth. This is what your second sister-in-law means."
"Second sister-in-law?" Zhang Yue said in surprise.
Yang nodded.
The farm was in the name of Zhang Dun's wife, Zhang. His father was a royal censor, his brother was also doing business in Luoyang, and his family was very wealthy.
Yang said: "After she found out about your engagement with the Wu family, she took out this farmhouse from her dowry and gave it to you. She also told you that your second brother's house in Bianjing City was also tidied up, so she asked you to hurry up." Move over there and bring Pucheng’s brother and sister-in-law over.”
"Second sister-in-law, this is too... Brother Dun doesn't know about this."
Yang said: "Don't worry about whether Brother Dun knows it or not, but these are the thoughts of your second sister-in-law. She asked me to take the message. She said that you two brothers have been frozen now, and it is difficult for her to come forward. But I just hope that you can accept this farm because she is my sister-in-law. She also said that she doesn’t dare to ask you for anything, she just wants you to study in Bianjing with peace of mind."
Zhang Yue heard this and said, "Thank you so much for your kindness, second sister-in-law. She is really a very virtuous woman."
Yang's face was full of joy, and she was also very proud that she had chosen this daughter-in-law for Zhang Dun.
Zhang Yue understood that this Zhang was indeed a very virtuous woman in history.
After Yuanyou changed, Zhang Dun was criticized by Sima Guang and other old parties. He was demoted from Ruzhou to Lingnan, with almost no hope of returning to the Central Plains alive.
Zhang also died of illness while accompanying Zhang Dun on the road. Before she died, she repeatedly advised Zhang Dun not to retaliate against Sima Guang and others, and let the past be forgotten.
Zhang Dun agreed to Zhang at that time.
After Zhang's death, Zhang Dun returned to the imperial court to pay homage to the Prime Minister, but he attacked and retaliated against the old party. His methods were even better than the old party's attacks on the new party. They wanted to dig up the tombs of Sima Guang and Lu Gong, but they also demoted Su Shi to Lingnan and even sent him to an international tourist island.
There was no way, Zhang Dun couldn't help it.
Now that Zhang Dun has not expressed his position, Zhang has come to make peace with Zhang Yue to resolve the deadlock between the two brothers. Although Zhang was wealthy, she was able to give Zhang Yue from her dowry, which shows that this woman was really kind to Zhang Dun.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but think of Zhao Yasi's daughter, who was definitely no match for her.
Zhang Yue said: "Thank you second sister-in-law for your kindness, but these are the second sister-in-law's dowry. No matter how spineless I am, I can't ask for these. I can only thank my second sister-in-law here."
Yang glanced at Zhang Yue and said, "I had expected you to say this. You are even more stubborn than your second brother, and you can't pull him back even with ten horses."
After saying that, Yang left.
After Zhang Yue saw Yang off, he returned to the house to settle accounts.
Just as I was wondering why Wang Anguo hadn't arrived today, I suddenly saw guests coming from outside.
This customer was a female customer. Zhang Yue didn't care for a while, she was just socializing with the waiters in the shop.
After saying a few words, I heard the other party say: "You are a clumsy person. Call your boss."
Zhang Yue wondered, could this be another one looking for trouble?
Zhang Dun immediately walked outside and saw this female guest. Hehe, he still recognized her.
Isn't this the woman he, He Qi, and Wang Kui met next to the Zisheng Pavilion of Daxiangguo Temple on that night of Shangyuan?
She seemed to be interested in Wang Kui and kept looking at him. Later, when He Qi in the Fan Tower boasted about Wang Kui to others, he said that a woman from Prime Minister Fu Bi's family had a crush on Wang Kui.
This woman is twenty-eight years old, and her eyes are somewhat charming. She is a bit seductive when looking at people, and she has the legacy of the Tang Dynasty women.
At this time, Neo-Confucianism had not yet been popularized. For example, Sima Guang and Cheng Yi were still advocating how to be a boudoir woman who never goes out or goes out.
There are also those in the families of officials whose discipline is not so strict. These women go out at will without covering their faces, and they do not care about the eyes of others.
The woman glanced at Zhang Yue and said, "My boss is so young!"
Zhang Yue said: "I don't dare to take it seriously."
The woman immediately walked up to the three engraved seals displayed on the counter and asked, "I bought these three engraved seals together. Please let me know the price!"
Zhang Yue said: "I'm sorry, the rules of our store are that each customer can only buy one. We won't sell more than one."
The woman laughed and said, "Hey, why are you talking so much? Isn't it just money? I'm willing to pay twice the price to buy it."
"sorry……"
"three times……"
"sorry……"
"Five times!"
Zhang Yue looked at the woman and shook his head with a smile. The woman looked slightly cold and was obviously a little angry.
"You are such an unappreciative owner. Is your treatment worthy of the person who entrusted you with the seal to sell on consignment?"
"Won't."
"You won't do it if you say you won't?"
"Yes, because I am the one who carved the seal."
A look of surprise flashed in the woman's eyes and she asked, "Is this seal really by your hand?"
Zhang Yue nodded.
The woman's enthusiasm disappeared, she looked around the room and then pointed at these words and said: "Are these words too?"
Zhang Yue said: "Of course."
The woman nodded slightly and said: "To be able to write such words and carve such a seal at such an age is certainly a bit arrogant, so I will temporarily forgive you for being rude and offensive."
Zhang Yue secretly shook his head, this woman was beautiful, but she was so arrogant, she was really overshadowed.
At this time, someone outside said: "Rich lady, I finally found you."
Zhang Yue turned around and looked, isn't this Wang Kui?
But he saw Wang Kui striding into the studio wearing a green shirt and a ruffle on his head.
The woman saw a trace of displeasure on Wang Kui's face and said, "Why are you here?"
But Wang Kui smiled good-naturedly and said: "The rich second uncle of your mansion invited me to come over. I heard from him that the lady came to visit the Prime Minister's Kingdom, so I came here to hang out. Unexpectedly, I actually met the lady. What a life." Where can we not meet each other?”
The woman sneered and said, "I haven't met you anywhere in my life. Didn't I tell you not to come to me again?"
Wang Kui looked a little confused when he heard this. He took a step back and smiled in a generous manner.
Wang Kui remembered that at the poetry meeting that day, the rich lady looked at him quite intentionally.
Later, he was invited by a wealthy family to visit the government, and he met Prime Minister Fu Bi. The other party also appreciated his poetry and articles.
During this period, he met and talked with the woman several times.
The more Wang Kui looked at this woman, the more he liked her, but she became indifferent.
This made Wang Kui, who thought he was favored by the beauty, suddenly feel a gap in his heart.
Later, the more enthusiastic I became, the colder the other party became. Wang Kui felt unwilling to accept the other party's attitude.
Wang Kui thinks about it, there is a saying that "a good girl is afraid of having a bad guy".
When he first pursued Guiying, she was very arrogant and ignored him at first, but after seeing his sincerity and talent, she finally became submissive and became his woman.
When Wang Kui thought of this, he suddenly saw Zhang Yue beside him and couldn't help but be surprised: "Du Zhi, why are you here?"
