On the fourth day after the meeting between Liu Haojia and Emperor Wanli, before the undercurrent in the capital had completely subsided, four carriages arrived in a village outside the city. These carriages came from different directions, but entered the village almost at the same time, which shows that the driver's skills are good!
These carriages may seem very ordinary, but experts will know that the materials used in these carriages are all of high quality! Moreover, even the horse pulling the cart is an extraordinary horse, and it looks like the best at first glance! The servants following the carriage were either shrewd and capable in appearance, or they were powerful. They had swords on their waists, which showed that they were all well-trained. This fully shows how extraordinary the people on the carriage are! But the strange thing is that there are no marks on these four carriages, making it impossible to guess which noble family this is!
The carriages had a tacit understanding and did not fight for the way. Instead, they came to a stop in front of a large house in the center of the village. From the outside, this big house looks very well maintained, simple and natural. Although the years have left traces on him, it does not look old, but has a leisurely atmosphere.
Moreover, the tiles in the concierge and the wall have been cleaned, and there is no moss at all! Especially the two red lacquer doors. Their color has become a little dull due to the wind and rain, but there is no peeling off at all! The copper door nails on the door were also polished to a shine! It can be seen that the servants here are hardworking and capable!
If anyone here is familiar with officialdom, they will know that this big house is the home of Zhang Qida, the former Minister of Rites! This Zhang Shangshu comes from a family of officials. Generations of people in his family have served as officials, and generations of officials are attached to him. He is extremely powerful! Moreover, Zhang Qida himself has a reputation of being clear-minded, outspoken, and not afraid of the powerful, and has a very high reputation among the scholars!
As the curtains were raised, the servants put down the step stools, and four old people got out of the four carriages. They all look almost in their 60s, but they are still very nimble in their actions! And even though everything you wear may look inconspicuous, they are all high-quality products!
Just talk about the green robes that a few of them are wearing. This kind of fabric costs twenty taels of silver per foot in the market in the capital! The jade pendant around the waist is worth thousands of gold! In particular, the jade pendant around one of the men's waist has an ancient shape and is obviously an old item from the pre-Qin Dynasty!
As soon as several people said hello to each other, the middle door of the mansion was already opened wide, and four old people filed in, talking and laughing. Standing in front of the door was an old butler who was about the same age as them, leading them directly to the main hall. But they did not stop in the main hall. Instead, they walked through the main hall and went straight to the study.
The old butler opened the door to the study, and several familiar people entered the study directly. The old butler closed the door and left quietly.
The decoration in the study, like the entire house, has a very ancient feel, but all the materials used are extremely fine! Moreover, the layout of this study room is different from that of an ordinary study room. There is no desk in this study, only five chairs arranged in a circle. There is a small coffee table next to each chair, with a cup of fragrant tea placed on it, and the steam is rising. It seems that it has just been put on it, which shows that the servants have a good sense of time!
As soon as they entered the good study room, an old man about their age was standing in the room. The old man didn't wear a crown, and his hair was just tied up with a hosta, which looked very neat. A pair of sword-shaped eyebrows fly sideways, and his eyes are not cloudy due to old age, but are getting brighter and brighter! Three long strands of beard hang down on the chest, quite a fairy-like look!
I saw him holding up his hands and saying to everyone: "Brother Yucai, with a clear name, Runze, Yue Lin, you have worked hard all the way!"
The old man known as Brother Yucai laughed and said: "Bu Yuan, why didn't you come to the front to greet us today? You were lazy and hiding in the room!"
Zhang Qida laughed loudly when he heard the accusation, took two steps forward and said, "Everyone, please atone for your sins. It's not that I'm lazy, but that my foot disease has recurred and I really can't travel!"
Everyone saw that he was walking with a limp, and it looked like he was indeed suffering from a recurrence of foot disease, so they joked with each other and sat down. But if someone familiar with officialdom and officials were in this room, they would probably be shocked! Because except for the former Minister of Rites, the remaining four people are all extraordinary, and they all enjoy huge prestige in official circles and officials!
The first person who sat down from Zhang Qida's left hand was the famous scholar Lin Huaiying in Jiangnan! This person's courtesy name is Yucai, and he is from Jiangsu. He once presided over an academy in Jiangnan. But later he closed the academy and went north alone, saying that he wanted to spread the teachings of the saints to the north!
When he said these wild words, although the northern scholars were very dissatisfied, they could only hold their noses and admit it! Because since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the scholars trained in the north have been far inferior to those in the south both in quantity and quality. As a result, when the Ming Dynasty was first established, Zhu Yuanzhang had to order the establishment of a North-South ranking list!
After Lin Huaiying came to the capital, a steady stream of money came from the south to help him open an academy in the capital and start teaching! And he did not disappoint his sponsors. Not only did he establish a private academy in the suburbs of the capital, and taught disciples widely, he also had many discussions with the masters in the north. He showed extremely high academic quality and was very popular among the locals. People's admiration!
The second person's name is clearly Hu Zhiyu, which means his given name is Qing. His ancestral home is Henan. This person was not an official, but just a Jinshi. The reason was that after he passed the Jinshi examination and was preparing to be awarded an official, his father passed away and he had to return to his hometown to guard the system! But after he returned to his hometown, he never became an official again. Instead, he educated his children at home!
After hearing the education, now there are three Jinshi among his children and nephews! There are seven more candidates, and more than ten scholars! Moreover, his family not only has many officials, but is also very famous in the local area! The most critical point. Their family owns a lot of land in Henan, but these lands are all owned by family members, so their reputation is not obvious!
Moreover, the Hu family built bridges and paved roads in the local area, gave up porridge and gave medicine, and did a lot of good deeds! Not only is it a huge success in my hometown, but even the names of the Hu family and Mrs. Hu are known to almost everyone in Henan Province! It’s just said that Mr. Hu had ignored worldly affairs more than ten years ago and cultivated his moral character at home, but he didn’t know why he appeared in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the capital?
The third person's name is Liang Xihan, whose surname is Runze and whose ancestral home is Shandong. He was a Jinshi of the Jiajing Dynasty and a veteran of three dynasties! It has a very high reputation in the scholarly community! He initially served in the capital, but during the Jiajing Dynasty he wrote a letter criticizing the emperor for his superstitious monasticism, which offended the Emperor and was demoted to Nanjing. Later, he gradually rose to the rank of Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment in Nanjing.
