Wang Zuogao attacked Yaozhou.
Liu Chengzong thought about it and discussed it with Cao Yao, his brother Liu Chengzong, and his father Liu Xiangyu. Everyone thought that Wang Zuogao would march south and even attack the city.
But when I really heard the news about Wang Zuoguan's attack on Yaozhou from others, it was still surprising and surprising.
Because for Wang Zuoguan, attacking Yaozhou may only be an economic expense. As more and more refugees and soldiers were trapped in his army, he had to attack the state capital and plunder the city to maintain food and grass.
But to outsiders, this looks more like a political move.
Without attacking the city, Wang Zuogao was a refugee commander, a mountain bandit, a bandit, and a horse thief. He was good at everything, but he could not even be called a rebel thief.
If you attack a city, you are a rebel.
With such a mood, Liu Chengzong returned home with his elder brother. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard his father's hearty laughter coming from the middle hall. From a distance, he saw a guest in green shirt holding a tea bowl, twisting the fruits inside and eating. while laughing.
He had never seen his father eating tea like this.
The income of the ninth-rank official is not much different from that of ordinary people. At most, it is more than the upper and lower than the lower. However, the standard of living for work and entertainment is slightly higher, and the corresponding expenses are also a bit higher.
I always moved around in the past, and lived in Mizhi and Yan'an Fucheng for several years. What remained the same was that there were always various types of Shaanxi tea and Shaanxi wine at home for welcome and delivery.
Of course, these specifications are also within the standards allowed by conditions. The poor Huanglong Mountain tea foam can be bought for three coins in good times. A large bag can be purchased for three coins; the Shangluo Mountain Spring Tea, which is more resistant to foaming, and the better Lueyang Ziwu Xianhao, No matter how high or low they are, you should prepare some.
But he has never seen tea like this, it is a bit fashionable - a guest in a green shirt is holding a Yaozhou celadon tea bowl, and a lacquered wooden tray is placed on the tea table at hand. On the tray are willow chopsticks, a Yao porcelain spoon and a pair of blue satin guest towels, and there are also There is a small copper basin filled with clear water.
After the tea in the bowl has been drunk, the guest does not use chopsticks and spoons, but hooks his tail finger around the fruits in the bowl and tastes them in small mouths. It looks like there are pine nuts and walnuts.
Anyway, Liu Chengzong had never tasted this, and with his limited experience, he could not imagine what these two kinds of tea tasted like. It was only then that he recognized the guests sitting in the hall and asked in surprise: "Sir?"
The guest in green shirt was in his thirties, wearing a pair of tortoise-shell iron straight-leg round glasses on the bridge of his nose. He had long heard the footsteps of someone walking around, but he just thought it was a person walking around the Liu family house. He did not raise his eyes to check, only waiting to hear The voice raised his eyebrows, pushed up the mirror to take a closer look, and smiled.
"Brother Ancestor is back?"
This "ancestor" is a joke for the two brothers' names. In this era, people often called their children Ge'er. Even the emperor in the palace would call his eldest son Ge'er.
Liu Xiangyu deliberately suppressed his smile and scolded: "Hurry up and show your respects to Uncle Yang, you two rude boys!"
The two brothers immediately kowtowed and saluted with serious expressions on their faces.
The guest was an old acquaintance of theirs. His name was Yang Dingrui, named Xingzhuang, and he was from Ansai.
When Liu Xiangyu was teaching Confucianism in Yan'an Fucheng, Yang Dingrui had already passed the Juren examination as a student member. Because he still had the ambition to become a Jinshi, he neither applied for a job in the local government nor went out to find a job. He continued to study Confucianism and occasionally taught as a substitute. The teacher subsidizes the family income.
Therefore, Liu Xiangyu and Yang Dingrui were half colleagues, and the two brothers were students of Yang Dingrui. They not only studied literature with him, but also laid the foundation for their interest in sports.
Moreover, Liu Chengzong was often beaten by Yang Dingrui.
The reason lies in the glasses on Yang Dingrui's nose.
In the Ming Dynasty, glasses were basically popular among the wealthy classes such as officials and merchants, but most of them were reading glasses, and people were rarely short-sighted.
Firstly, ordinary people rarely have excessive needs; secondly, scholars have the need to be officials. Being an official requires not only knowledge, but also physical requirements.
During the learning process, because educational resources are not centralized, instead of one teacher teaching dozens of students, it is common for one teacher to teach four or five students. Sitting, standing, and standing are almost mandatory rules in the study process.
There is basically no chance to lie down on the table and write or read.
Yang Dingrui was born in a poor family and had no decent teachers to discipline him, so he suffered from myopia since he was a child.
In this era, myopia is called nearsightedness and is a type of disease.
When Liu Chengzong was studying with him, Yang Dingrui couldn't afford crystal glasses, so he could only squint his eyes and read closely. When he looked up and saw Liu Chengzong imitating him, he pulled out the ruler and slapped his buttocks.
Since he believed that myopia was a disease, Yang Dingrui consulted doctors frequently, took decoctions and acupuncture, and finally wore a pair of glasses to solve the problem.
In Yang Dingrui's words at the time, he read the words of ancient doctors and finally believed that prevention of this disease is the most important. Regular massage of the meridians while studying and going out for exercise are the most reliable.
So I passed on a massage technique to the Liu brothers - similar to the eye exercises in another memory. They also often took them out for running, hiking and hunting after studying for an hour.
Of course, Yang Dingrui hunted with his own bow, and the brothers were only responsible for running, climbing, memorizing scriptures, and carrying prey.
It wasn't until they followed their father to serve as officials in Mizhi that their contact with Yang Dingrui was lost. Later, they heard that Yang Dingrui had passed the Jinshi examination and went to Beijing, making the distance even further away.
"Okay, teachers and students don't need to see each other. Come and sit down. We haven't seen each other for eight or nine years. It's not okay to let the two children sell the gold for ten thousand taels when they meet." Yang Dingrui raised his arms and raised his palms to stop the brothers. , turned to Liu Xiangyu and smiled: "The little lion has become a man!"
The two brothers sat down, and the eldest brother Chengzu said with a smile: "After hearing the news from the Sixteenth Anniversary, saying that the adults from Fucheng were coming to visit, we ran back quickly, not thinking that it was your husband who was here."
Yang Dingrui was wearing a toga and had a gentle and elegant smile. He waved his hands and said, "I'm not much of an adult. I've only been a second-in-command officer for a few years."
The second assistant officer actually means the second in command. Tongshang, Tongzhi, Zhoutong, county magistrate, and chief registrar are all second assistant officers.
For example, in a county, the chief magistrate is the magistrate of the county. The county magistrate and the chief registrar can both be called assistant officials, with the exception of the fourth official of the Pai Yamen, who is called the chief official.
Because many officials handle affairs, only Dian Shi handles affairs and deals directly with the people in the county. Dian Shi is not the leader of the county government, but the leader of the people.
He returned to Yan'an Prefecture to serve as an official. Under the avoidance system, as a local, he was promoted all the way. Unless he was transferred to Linzhou, he could only be a second assistant officer and not be in charge of the government.
As he spoke, his smile faded, he shook his head and said, "I quit, I quit."
Although Yang Dingrui smiled politely, the moment he stopped smiling, Liu Chengzong still felt a sudden shock in his heart.
Not only because his father threw him into discipline when he was a child, but his butt was spanked many times.
It's also because he knows that the Jinshi who looks gentle and gentle has a very strong personality.
"Why did you resign, sir?"
"I can't do it anymore, just like your father. Nowadays, nearly half of the vacancies for chief officials and assistant officials in the counties of Yan and Qing Prefectures are not done. It's not whether you want to do things, but you can't do them even if you want to do them."
Then he pointed to the glasses on the bridge of his nose: "I can't be an official either."
The atmosphere became heavy, and Yang Dingrui said: "I'm afraid the imperial court in Shaanxi...can't do it."
-
Note: Being able to approach but timid from far away - Volume 27 of "The Complete Book of Jingyue".
