Prime Minister

Chapter 155

The streets of Bianjing are full of heavy snow, Zhang Yue looks at the bustling crowds around him, Zhang Yue thinks that he is still alone, and the feeling of loneliness can't help but come to mind at this moment.

Now Zhang Yue is not the young man who first came to Bianjing with nothing. He has accumulated some wealth by engraving seals and has a shop.

But even so, he is just a piece of snowflakes in the sky, a person in the vast sea of ​​people in Bianjing City, nothing special.

Zhang Yuelai came to Jiyue Zhai.

This episode of Yuezhai is not far from Taixue, Zhang Yue had passed by before, and he didn't think there was any other difference. He only knew that there were many donkey carts and mule carts parked there on weekdays.

Jiyue Zhai is not an ordinary tea house. There are calligraphy and paintings of celebrities on the facade to decorate the facade, flower stands are placed on the left and right, and exotic pines and junipers are arranged.There is even a scene like "Xiandong Xianqiao" inside, which is used as a private room.Many of the ladies in the tea house didn't even cover their faces, and openly sat in the tea house and drank tea,
When Zhang Yue entered, he felt the eyes of several women looking at him.

Thinking back to the Northern Song Dynasty, the atmosphere was still relatively open, and there were many women from ordinary scholars, officials and eunuchs who showed their faces outside.

Like Sima Guang, Cheng Yi Neo-Confucianists also vigorously advocated that women should not peep at the middle door, and they must cover their faces when they go out of the middle door.It is only in advocacy, the atmosphere has not yet been fully popularized.

As soon as Zhang Yue came up, Xiaoer came forward and said, "What kind of tea does the guest eat? We have Qibao Leicha, Sanzi, green onion tea, and clear tea. If you don't want tea, you can also have a bowl of salt and black bean soup."

Zhang Yue said thoughtfully, but thoughtful.

Zhang Yue asked, "Is there a place that sells tea?"

"Of course there are."

"I don't know what kind of tea the guest officer buys?"

"Herbal tea."

"Yes, guest officer, please."

Zhang Yue walked away with Xiaoer, and the ladies drinking tea at the side looked away and whispered to each other.

Although it doesn't sound true, there are many words such as "sweat shirt", "scholar" and "excellent student".

Zhang Yue went to the tea shop, but saw a nice-looking maid serving here.

Looking carefully now, I see that there are a lot of tea leaves sold inside, most of which are herbal teas, and many of them are tea cakes, most of which are Beiyuan tea from Jianyang.

Zhang Yue asked, "Is there any herbal tea with the fragrance of jasmine?"

The maid smiled and said: "The guest officer is really an expert. This tea has just been consigned here, and not many people in Bianjing know about it."

The other party took out the tea, and Zhang Yue sniffed it, and found that it was indeed made according to what he and Ouyang Fa explained to him at the beginning, and it was not bad at all.

Zhang Yue immediately bought some under the gaze of the beautiful maid.

Just as he was about to buy and leave, he bumped into someone and said, "Isn't this Mr. Zhang Sanlang?"

Zhang Yue saw that the other party looked familiar, he smiled and cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Sanlang, I am the subordinate of Mr. Wu Dalang. When I first came to Bianjing from Pucheng, I had a friendship with Mr. Sanlang."

Zhang Yue suddenly realized that it was so.

"Mr. Sanlang, please sit down for a while, Mr. Dalang will be here soon."

Zhang Yue didn't expect to meet Wu Anshi here, so he said, "That's fine."

Zhang Yue went to the inner room to have tea, and soon Wu Anshi really arrived.

The two bowed to each other with a smile.

"Sanlang, why don't you come to sit at the house recently? Could it be that I have neglected something, you and I are friends in adversity."

Zhang Yue muttered in his heart, only you can mention the words of sharing weal and woe, and if you mention it yourself, it will become a high point.

"Recently busy with schoolwork, I will visit Dalangjun's residence some other day."

Wu Anshi nodded, he looked at Zhang Yue, he didn't expect to meet Zhang Yue here.

From the bottom of his heart, the choice of Shi Qi Niang lies in Liu Ji, while for Zhang Yue, he feels that besides being a good-looking talent, what the future holds, he dare not easily advocate.

However, a few days ago, when Wu went back to the mansion, he told his mother and his wife that Zeng Gong had already taken a fancy to Zhang Yue, but he didn't care at first, because the family background of Zeng's family was obviously not as good as his Wu's.

But Wu Anshi thought about it, who is Zeng Gong?

Ouyang Xiu's most proud student, although he has Xiang Ping's burden, he manages his family well, and when his younger sisters get married, they all have a good home.

Wu Anshi regretted it a little. He thought carefully that although Zhang Yue was young, he still had good vision and insight, not to mention that he had mastered the Eleven Classics before he was 15 years old.

Chen Shengzhi, Ouyang Xiu, and Chen Xiang, who are good at matching people, are all optimistic about him, and now even Zeng Gong is the same.

At present, it seems that apart from poor writing of poems and prose, Zhang Yue is indeed a talented and beautiful jade among the children of the Han family.The whole family knew about Zeng Gong's liking for Zhang Yue, except Shi Qi Niang.

At this moment Wu Anshi did not dare to treat Zhang Yue as an ordinary Han family child, but said with a smile: "Sanlang, what have you been up to lately?"

Zhang Yue told the truth that he was studying poetry and fu in Chen Xiangna.

Hearing this, Wu Anshi looked at Zhang Yue again and thought, the second elder brother said that Sanlang doesn't know poetry and fu, but if he learns from Chen Xiang, it's hard to say what will happen in the future.

Wu Anshi regretted that it would be nice if she had another younger sister.

Thinking about it, Zeng Gong really has an advantage. There are still three unmarried girls, so even if he made a wrong bet, it's okay.

This is really ruining the market.

However, Zeng's family was so poor that they could barely afford the money they had to go to Beijing to catch the exam. Although a few brothers have won Jinshi now, the family is still quite poor, which is not as good.

Zhang Yue said: "I don't know where the jasmine tea from Mr. Da Lang came from?"

Wu Anshi immediately said intentionally or unintentionally: "I don't know about this. My wife's servants are usually in charge of it. I forgot to mention that this tea house is my wife's dowry. My Wu family is in Bianjing for a shop like this. There are twenty or thirty rooms."

Zhang Yue nodded and said: "Mr. Da Lang really has a big business."

The meaning behind Wu Anshi's words was very clear, but if he knew what Chen Xiang warned Zhang Yue, he would definitely not have said that.

In a word, if the family is wrong, how can it be a good marriage?

No matter how much the dowry is, it is still the property of the wife.Although the laws of the Song Dynasty stated that all the property of the family was registered in the name of the head of the household, but the wife's property belonged to the dowry and had to be indicated in the household post, so it would be convenient to divide it in the future.

Husbands use their wives' property without permission. Although such things rarely go to court, they will be condemned by public opinion.

Like the eldest brother Zhang Shi, he can eat Lao Taishan's food with peace of mind to support himself and his second brother's study expenses. It is also thanks to having a careless sister-in-law, but the father-in-law and the eldest brother-in-law despise the eldest brother.

This is still the case for ordinary rich people, but if you go up, officials like Liu Jiancheng are already good people. Obviously the other party denies others, but in the end the bad reputation is given to Huang Haoyi.

Not to mention one step higher than Liu Jiancheng, the more high-end meat-eater class, the more careful and careful, even if the younger generation produces some dudes, but it is not true that they have no knowledge at all.No money, no background, and self-righteous calculations with others, the end is not good.

Even if you have been married, you will still be manipulated by your father-in-law or wife in the future. Marrying a daughter-in-law is like going to work, which is really tasteless.It's better to marry a Xiaojiabiyu, even if you can't be rich, you can know the hot and the cold, and live a small life with peace of mind.

Of course, those who can think this way must have their own ability or someone who can see it very clearly.

For example, such a family business can be earned by oneself, so why spend a lifetime watching other people's faces.

If you hang on, you can be willful.

Zhang Yue sat by Wu Anshi's side and chatted for a while, seeing nothing unusual, but he didn't ask any more questions from the beginning to the end, and then got up to leave.

After Zhang Yue left, Wu Anshi sat for a while before she realized that when she mentioned her family wealth, her words offended him.

When Zhang Yue came to Jiyue Zhai, he wanted to find out who made the jasmine tea, but now he felt that he was thinking too much.

Just behave normally, girls don't like it anyway.

When he arrived at Chen Xiang's mansion, he gave the jasmine tea he bought directly to the teacher.

Chen Xiang is a person from Fuzhou who is used to jasmine, but now seeing someone scenting this flower into tea leaves, she suddenly has something wonderful.

Chen Xiang was full of praise, and it also aroused a little homesickness.

Zhang Yue thought to himself that even sending gold and silver would never make Chen Xiang so happy, but this jasmine tea was the right gift.

When giving gifts, you always have to find out people's preferences.

"These teas cost a lot of money. How much money did you buy? I'll give you the money."

Zhang Yue said: "The student is also a gift from someone else, but I don't know how much it will cost."

Chen Xiang took a deep look at Zhang Yue and said, "Forget it, I'll accept it."

Chen Xiang continued to teach Zhang Yue poetry and Fu.

Zhang Yue handed in all the poems and fus he wrote during these days.

Speaking of poetry, it is still necessary to accumulate in life, to cultivate interest in daily life, but to write down thoughts and feelings.

The method that Chen Xiang taught himself before was really useful.

This time Zhang Yue wrote more than a dozen poems and handed them in, all of them were written with emotion on weekdays. He even took a bath and wiped half of them with soap, but unexpectedly he became poetic, so he went to write them immediately.

It is said that 'emotion is in the middle and it is in the words'.

Chen Xiang looked at it for a while, then nodded slightly and said, "Finally there is a slight improvement."

Zhang Yue said heartily, he still got a few words.I didn't put in so much effort in reciting the Nine Classics back then, it seems that I really don't have enough talent.

Chen Xiangdao: "However, there is a fallacy in your poem. You use the east wind to refer to summer, 'The north wind is winter, the south wind is summer, the east wind is spring, and the west wind is autumn. These formats are all discussed by later generations. When it comes to the examination room, I am afraid that some examiners will not like it, so it has become a convention."

"Students remember." Zhang Yue said modestly.

"Alright, let's eat!" Chen Xiang said.

Zhang Yue saw that Chen Xiang seldom talked with him about his poems today, but he was used to the way that his teacher studied poems and scriptures on weekdays, and talked about life during meals.

Sure enough, Chen Xiang said, "Then Zeng Zigu praised you a lot after he left."

Zhang Yue heard, "Is this really true?"

Seeing Chen Xiang's serious face, Zhang Yue hurriedly said: "Mr. Zeng's praise is so high, the students really can't afford it."

Chen Xiang laughed and said: "You don't have to be like this. Last time I told you that you are about to discuss marriage, how do you think about it?"

Zhang Yue said: "It's still the same as what Mr. said. But I often hear the saying that if you don't get fame, you don't marry a wife, so I want to discuss marriage at a later time, and find a good match when I get fame."

"However, before I left Fujian, my elder brother made a confession. Now I am in the capital and make up my own mind. The students are ignorant, so they don't have any ideas. Marriage is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. Bachelor Ouyang and Mr. Ouyang are mine Elders, let the two elders be the masters."

Chen Xiang was overjoyed when she heard this, but he wanted to ask, why don't you ask your second brother?
Chen Xiang hesitated for a while, but finally didn't say anything.

(End of this chapter)