Cheng Wulang didn't sleep well that night. When he woke up with dark circles under his eyes, he cursed his third brother for not being a good person.
He shouldn't have shown those things to himself last night, it was so disgusting!
Even when Cheng Wulang fell asleep last night, in his dream he was hugging Zhao Jiajun, followed by a large number of young ladies and young wives. The scene was so beautiful that he didn't dare to think about it.
Since then, Cheng Wulang has completely stayed away from Zhao Jiajun. Anyway, they are in different classes now, and their study progress is much different, so it is normal that they no longer do homework together often.
When it was time to take a rest next time, Zhao Jiajun discovered that Cheng Wulang had left first.
In order to avoid him, Cheng Wulang also took great pains to let the book boy pack his things and put them on the carriage early. Then he was taken down the mountain by the book boy directly from the classroom.
Cheng Wulang didn't have to go back to the house anymore, so naturally he wouldn't 'encounter' Zhao Jiajun again.
In fact, it is not that Zhao Jiajun cannot afford to ride a carriage. Every time he goes to Baihe Academy to rest, there will always be some carriages, donkey carts, and ox carts waiting at the foot of the mountain. After all, they are all scholars, and it is really hard for them to walk for dozens of miles. It's a bit embarrassing.
Zhao Jiajun failed to get into Cheng Wulang's carriage this time and cursed a few times. After coming down the mountain, he had to spend his own money to hire a donkey cart.
He also wanted to hire a carriage, but the cost of the carriage was too high. He already had a lot of monthly money, and he didn't feel comfortable reaching out to ask a woman for money, so he would save what he could and try not to go there. Please ask Wang Ximeng.
Secondly, the carriage at the foot of the mountain was hired very quickly today. Zhao Jiajun was waiting for Cheng Wulang, so he came down a little slowly, so he could only choose a donkey cart or an ox cart.
Zhao Jiajun was determined not to choose an ox-cart. He felt that only farmers would use it. As a scholar, it was most appropriate for him to use a horse-drawn carriage.
But the carriage is gone, so the donkey cart can carry one.
In fact, Zhao Jiajun was too vain. There were many people riding bullock carts in the capital, so it was as unbearable as he said.
Wang Ximeng's income this month is pretty good and has increased, so his attitude towards Zhao Jiajun is obviously much more enthusiastic.
However, because she was pregnant, Zhao Jiajun went to the lotus room at night.
Wang Ximeng no longer cares about this. She has finally seen it clearly. In an era where human rights and fairness were emphasized in her previous life, men cheated everywhere. Now Zhao Jiajun just puts people under her nose and takes care of them. For her, In fact, it is easier to handle.
The next day, Zhao Jiajun asked for some money to buy books. Wang Ximeng didn't ask any questions and just took five taels of silver to him.
This surprised Zhao Jiajun a little. After all, Wang Ximeng used to ask him what books to buy, how many books to buy, which bookstore to buy them from, etc.
Now you don’t even ask?
Zhao Jiajun didn't think too much about it, so he got the money first. He thought about buying two books and some paper, and still have two taels of silver left. This was his own private money, so he had to save it carefully.
Cheng Wulang was taken to the Xie Mansion by Cheng Jingzhou. The two new Jinshi from the Xie family were there. They discussed knowledge together and mentioned matters in the court. They exchanged information and the atmosphere was harmonious.
Sometimes the biggest difference between children from official families and children from peasant families may not be their talents or their wealth of money, but rather their broad knowledge.
So where did this insight come from?
Just like when Xie Xiuwen was studying in the past, the best human resources he had access to were probably Xu Shanchang and Wang Hanlin.
After all, Wang Hanlin was Wang Qinshan's son, and Chief Xu Shan was once the emperor's master.
Although they will have many sources of information, they are not in the court after all, so their opinions will still be slightly different.
Later, Cheng Jingzhou studied with Xie Xiuwen, and the people he came into contact with were either the sons of officials or the sons of powerful people. They all had slightly different views on many policies in the court, and each had their own opinions. This kind of view was not what ordinary farmers could do anyway. Can't think of anything.
Because he has never been exposed to it, even if he is asked to express his opinion, it is only at the most superficial level.
For example, what he can see is how much benefit and disadvantage it will have on the people and how much impact it will have on tax revenue.
And like Cheng Jingzhou at that time, he would think about a lot, such as what kind of impact it would have on the situation in the court, what kind of obstacles would be encountered in actual implementation in various places, whether it could achieve the expected results, etc. He would even Considering that once this policy is implemented, there will be no changes in the governance of the country in the next ten years, etc.
This means that depending on the height at which you stand, you will see the problem differently.
After Cheng Wulang arrived in Beijing, under the introduction of Cheng Jingzhou, he had more contact with some truly knowledgeable and talented literati, rather than those who only knew poetry and poetry. This would slowly open up his horizons and allow him to He thought about the problem and slowly pulled it up.
The more contact he has with these truly capable people, the more Cheng Wulang is able to discover his own shortcomings. Without the urging of others, he knows that he should study hard, and not only understand books such as the Four Books and Five Classics, but also The important thing is to change his thinking and not to be too rigid. Blindly following the instructions in the book will most likely lead to strong antipathy.
Even Mrs. Cheng and Mrs. Liu, who didn't understand government affairs, could see Cheng Wulang's change.
Of course they were sincerely happy.
There are not many people in the Cheng family who are talented in reading, and those who are further away are family members.
Among this generation, except for Cheng Jingyan who won the title of Juren, Cheng Jingzhou who won the title of Tanhua, and Cheng Wulang who won the title of scholar, the others were incompetent, so now they have consciously followed their elders to take care of the common affairs.
It's better to do this, so as not to have too many brothers get together to fight for the family property.
And if the juniors are promising, they will not just focus on the Cheng family's property. Just like Cheng Jingzhou, although his current income is not much, the most important thing is that he can accumulate contacts, which ordinary people can spend no matter how much money they have. Can't buy it.
Therefore, sometimes a letter of recommendation from Cheng Jingzhou can help the tribe solve a big problem.
Zhao Jiajun takes a bath every now and then. Apart from going out to buy some necessary things, he basically studies at home. However, Wang Ximeng also knows that he usually spends the evening messing around with Lotus.
Wang Ximeng didn't care about this. Anyway, he only came back twice a month, and he was pregnant. It was hard for him to hold it in. What if he went directly to the building outside to find a girl and came back infected with a disease? That’s terrible!
Some things, once you think about it, you will find that they are not that bad after all.
Just like Wang Ximeng, who was so insistent that she didn't want Zhao Jiajun to have a concubine, now she no longer finds it so difficult to understand that a man has a concubine.
