A wonderful little friend?
Yu Wenming and Yu Yanzhao were stunned. They thought about it, but they didn't know which of their children was so great that they deserved to visit him personally.
Seeing that the two of them didn't understand, Zhu Yunwen simply spread his arms and said, "I want to see Yu Qian."
"Yu Qian?"
Yu Wenming's eyes widened, and Yu Yanzhao stood up and was alert.
What kind of kid is Yu Qian? That's a child, okay? Why are you so ignorant? How could you come to visit not for the owner's family, but for a baby who is less than three years old?
Could it be that he wanted to take away his child...
"What do you mean?"
After all, Yu Wenming was someone who had been in the imperial court. He had seen the scene before and calmed down in an instant.
Zhu Yunwen shook his head and said, "I have no other intention. I just want to see him, say a few words and then leave."
Yu Wenming reminded: "This is the Yu family, not far away is the Qiantang County Government Office."
Zhu Yunwen nodded, took a cup of tea, blew it, and said, "It's not illegal to look at a kid, right?"
Yu Wenming looked uncertain. The identity of the person in front of him was unknown, and he didn't look like a local. Someone from out of town could call out his grandson's name and ask to see him by name. What was his purpose?
Zhu Yunwen saw that the two people were silent, so he wiped his hands and stretched out his hand to Xue Xia behind him. Xue Xia took out a scroll from the package behind him and handed it to Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Yunwen took the scroll and said to Wen Wenming: "It doesn't matter if you don't see me. Leave this painting to him.”
Yu Wenming frowned and took the scroll, unfolded it, took a deep breath, looked at Zhu Yunwen excitedly, and said, "You, where did you get this work?"
When Yu Yanzhao took a closer look, his eyes lit up.
The person in the painting is only in his mid-thirties. He is wearing a court uniform, his sleeves are cool, his eyes are looking far away, and his eyebrows are sad, as if he is feeling compassion for the mountains and rivers, and worrying about the country.
This is Wen Tianxiang!
Yu Wenming can be identified at a glance!
This portrait is more realistic than the portrait hanging in his home, and better expresses Wen Tianxiang's feelings for the country and the people.
Zhu Yunwen said calmly: "This portrait of Wen Zhonglie was painted for the officials and the people when he was the judge of Ning Haijun. It is not only the only one in the world, but also a rare authentic work. I heard that Yu Gong respected Wen. A loyal man wants his children and grandchildren to serve the country as loyally as he did. In that case, then give this painting to him."
"This, this is really too valuable."
Yu Wenming didn't dare to accept it. Although he was extremely reluctant to give it up, he was a gentleman after all. He rolled up the scroll and handed it to Zhu Yunwen.
Is a painting expensive?
Indeed.
Zhu Yunwen knew very well that in this era without cameras, the cost of portraits was somewhat high.
First of all, you need to find a very powerful painter. Secondly, you have to stay still. Thirdly, after the painting is done, you have to paint it. The coloring here is not just about getting some paint. Considering that these paintings want to be left to future generations, Mineral colors are usually used for coloring, such as cinnabar, realgar, stone green, lapis lazuli...
Without any money, the most you can do is a simple sketch...
This is not all, you still need to pay attention to some details. If you are a seventh-rank official, and the painter accidentally painted the beast of a fifth-rank official on your clothes, and you hung it up without paying attention, what if you kneel down to look at it one day? It was only at three quarters of noon that the sun hit me, and I remembered that it was all caused by animals. That was really sad...
It is easy to make a portrait of a living person. After all, he is not dead yet. All he needs to do is find someone to draw one. But the characters in history have been gone for more than a hundred years. Who do you want to draw? If you can't see a real person, you can't just look at a blank piece of paper and mutter: An old man, Ding, owes us two eggs. I said he would pay me back in three days, and he said he would pay me back in four days... and then that's it.
Portraits of historical figures are extremely precious. In addition, mass reproduction was not popular in this era, and no one was bold enough to make money from Wen Tianxiang's portraits. Therefore, the portraits that can be handed down from that era are extremely precious.
It is no exaggeration to say that there will be no more than five genuine portraits in the entire Ming Dynasty that are truly close to Wen Tianxiang himself, and this is one of them.
To say it is valuable is an understatement.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Yu Wenming and said with a smile: "I gave this gift as an advance reward. If Yu Qian can become a talented person in the future, he will be like Wen Zhonglie, who will be famous in history and be famous forever. If this painting can spur him to pursue knowledge and forge ahead. , everything is worth it.”
Yu Wenming looked deeply at Zhu Yunwen and said solemnly: "Teaching our grandchildren to become talents is what we should do, how can we accept payment from you?"
Zhu Yunwen explained: "Mr. Yu, the reward I mentioned is for Yu Qian..."
"Well……"
Yu Wenming and Yu Yanzhao were dumbfounded.
"Then please come this way."
Yu Wenming finally accepted it, invited Zhu Yunwen and others to enter the memorial hall, and ordered Yu Yanzhao to bring Yu Qian over.
Zhu Yunwen looked at the portrait of Wen Tianxiang in the memorial hall and was silent for a long time.
Wen Tianxiang is a peculiar man. He rose up to fight against the Yuan Dynasty at the most critical moment. When the building was about to collapse, he did it knowingly that he couldn't do anything. Such a hero is the soul of Chinese civilization!
People in future generations all know that famous saying through the ages: "No one has ever died since ancient times, and his loyalty will be remembered by history"!
But in Zhu Yunwen's opinion, that song "Song of Righteousness" should be praised more:
The heaven and earth have righteousness, and are mixed and endowed with manifolds.
Below are the rivers and mountains, and above are the sun and stars.
To others, it is said that it is vast and overwhelming.
The imperial road should be Qingyi, Hanhe Tumingting.
When the time comes, we can see each other and draw pictures one by one.
A person's integrity does not lie in peacetime or daily life, but in "poor times" and "desperate situations".
His integrity, his resistance, his capture, his sacrifice.
He sacrificed his life to win the world!
He used his own life to tell the world that a man must have backbone, a man of integrity, a man of fearlessness, a man worthy of the sky, a man worthy of the earth, and a man worthy of his whole life!
Zhu Yunwen suddenly thought of something and opened his mouth: "Oh Hu Wenshan, suffered in the Song Dynasty. He died for his country and sacrificed his life for righteousness. He swallowed the world with anger and sincerity felt the world. The tombs and valleys changed, and the world was different... It is better to die in righteousness than to live in peace... I am alone... Zhongda Festival will be passed down through the ages. When you look at the portrait, the breeze is awe-inspiring."
Yu Wenming praised: "What a man who 'will be upright and die, and be docile and safe'. If Wen Zhonglie knows someone under the spring, he should be smiling!"
Zhu Yunwen was a little embarrassed. These were not his own words. They were just plagiarism of Yu Qian's words. However, that was the Yu Qian in history, not the little Yu Qian at this moment.
Yu Yanzhao stood outside the door and deeply admired the young man in front of him. A person who can admire Wen Tianxiang is definitely not a bad person.
"Where's Qian'er?"
Yu Wenming couldn't help but feel a little unhappy when he saw Yu Yanzhao coming in alone.
Yu Yanzhao said helplessly: "I was taken out by my wife to see who paid the rent."
“What’s so good about paying rent!”
Yu Wenming was very depressed. The mysterious young master in front of him could take out Wen Tianxiang's portrait and casually utter a penetrating tribute. It was obvious that he had some skills. If Yu Qian could receive some guidance from him, he might be able to travel less. Many detours.
"Where to pay rent?"
Zhu Yunwen became interested.
"Of course it's the County Secretary of Agricultural Tax. It's already July and a half, and those who should pay summer taxes should also pay."
Yu Wenming explained.
Zhu Yunwen clearly understood that the Ming Dynasty taxes were divided into summer tax and autumn tax, which is the so-called two tax law. The summer tax mainly collected silk, cotton, silk fabrics, barley, coins, etc., and the autumn tax mainly collected rice, millet, beans, grass, etc. .
Although Zhu Yunwen changed his method of whipping, he no longer paid taxes in kind, but mainly paid taxes in cash. But the people have no money, they only have physical goods. After all the wheat has been brought over, the court can't say that they haven't paid taxes, right?
In order to solve this problem, when the Agricultural Tax Department was established, Zhu Yunwen made it clear that the Agricultural Tax Departments in various places would exchange physical goods at market prices.
In this way, the people have a choice. They can sell it to merchants for money when they go to the countryside, or they can carry their own burdens and go to the city to sell grain for money. In short, farmers do not need to keep so much wheat and be reluctant to sell it. Worried about not having enough to pay for food.
This method gives farmers more rights to dispose of goods and prevents the government from exploiting the people in the tax payment process.
Summer taxes are collected in June, July, and August, and autumn taxes are collected in October, November, and December. Now is the time for summer taxes to be paid, and Zhu Yunwen naturally doesn't want to miss it.
Whether a whip method is effective or not depends on the people themselves.
"I'll go to the Agricultural Tax County Secretary to have a look. If we are destined, we will meet him. If we don't, it doesn't matter. He will come to see me sooner or later."
Zhu Yunwen smiled and stopped Yu Wenming and Yu Yanzhao.
"Yu Qian is just a child, is he really worthy of such a visit from my husband?"
Concubine Ning was very puzzled and couldn't wait to ask after going out.
It’s just a child. There are so many children in this world, but Zhu Yunwen didn’t even look at anyone. Why did he come here and make a special trip to visit?
It's really puzzling to watch.
Zhu Yunwen glanced at Concubine Ning, with a smile on his lips, and said: "Wait another twenty years, and you will understand why I am here today."
"Twenty years?"
Concubine Ning was a little surprised.
Twenty years later, he and Zhu Yunwen were both in their forties. But for Yu Qian, it was in his prime, when he was a teenager.
"Is this your husband's prophecy?"
Concubine Ning's eyes were filled with strange agility.
Zhu Yunwen was noncommittal.
Now there are Xie Jin and Yao Guangxiao in the court, and in the future there will be Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu. In the next twenty or thirty years, it will be up to Yu Qian, and in fifty years it will be up to Yang Tinghe.
It's just that I can see so far into the future, but whether I can survive until then is still unknown...
Once Yiqian grows up, it shouldn't be a problem.
This person may be the person he relies on most in the future, but he shouldn't be overwhelmed by his own wave of innovation, right?
On the east side of the Qiantang County Government Office, there is the Agricultural Taxation County Department.
On the way to the county government, Zhu Yunwen and others saw many people carrying burdens and walking rhythmically.
In front of him was an old farmer, nearly sixty years old, but quite strong. According to Xue Xia's estimation, he was carrying at least one stone and three buckets of grain, nearly two hundred kilograms.
Zhu Yunwen suddenly remembered a famous saying from later generations: "Are you happy?"
Looking at this old farmer, who is still working so hard at his age, I am afraid they will not be happy. But the strange thing is that Zhu Yunwen actually heard the minor tune, unknown and relaxed.
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