Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 784 Who Convinces Who
Gao Yushi has always been able to get news of any major events in the capital. Gao Mo has this in his work in the capital. However, because Gao Yushi is on a journey, the news has been delayed a little this time. The messenger and Gao Yushi After missing a distance, he realized that when he caught up with Gao Yushi, he had already arrived in Xinzheng.

Since Longwen Yayuan was transformed into the No. [-] Scholar, the regulations have been improved. Zhang's face is good, and he has a high family status. Naturally, everything that should be added has to be added.

I won’t go into details about some of the decorations. During Gao Yushi’s absence for more than half a year, the most obvious change is the newly built Kuixing Tower.

The Kuixing Pagoda is also called the Zhuangyuan Pagoda, which is considered the exclusive honor of the Zhuangyuan. However, the shape of the pagoda is not much different from that of ordinary pagodas, but the pagoda of the Gao family has been built a bit bigger.

Gao Wu took a look under the pagoda. He reckoned that the pagoda was more than ten feet high, and the location was very conspicuous. The Shuangji River in the south and the Yinghe River were facing the Xinzheng County. The champion tower is really... high-profile.

This Zhuangyuan tower is tall and majestic, with a beautiful shape.On the south side of the uppermost floor, there is a stone plaque inlaid with "Wenyun Kaitian". In the three windows on the fifth floor of the tower body, there are stone carvings of legendary figures such as "Referring to the Sun", "Kuixing Diandou", and "Heavenly Official Blessing". Image, lifelike.

Among them, the stone carving auspicious pattern "Kuixing Diandou" is in the form of knowing characters. There is a Kuixing statue on the screen. The head of the Kuixing statue is like a ghost, with one foot raised backwards, like a big hook of the character "Kui", holding an ink fountain in its left hand. , such as the character "Dou" in the middle of the word "Kui", holding the pen with the right hand, standing on the top of the head with one foot, implying the name of the pilot tester with the pen. This character image also forms a cursive "Kui" character, taken from The meaning of Kuixing's dot-dou and duo's dot is vivid, and the spelling is ingenious.

The so-called "Kuixing" is the general name of the first four stars in the Big Dipper, namely Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, and Tianquan. ", Gao Yushi is the number one scholar, and he is the number one scholar in six poems. The emperor hand-picked the "true leader in the past 200 years", so Zhang paid a lot of attention to the image of the word "Queen".

The body of the pagoda is embedded with two big characters of "xizi" engraved in Qingshiyang, which means to cherish the words literally.

The ancients believed that writing was sacred and sublime, and was created by saints. Even if it was just the paper on which writing was written, it should not be discarded or defaced at will, and must be burned in the tower.Therefore, "respecting calligraphy and paper" can be regarded as a symbol of people's pursuit of studying and becoming an official.

It can be seen that Mrs. Zhang is quite satisfied with the glory brought to her by Gao Yushi's son.

But the more she felt the glory of her son, the harder it was for Gao Yushi to convince her.

Under the small gazebo not far from Zhuangyuan Pagoda, Gao Yushi stood beside his mother, Mrs. Zhang, who was sitting on a rosewood chair, squinting her eyes slightly. She didn't know whether she was asleep or awake, but she should be listening to Gao Yushi slowly Tell about your experience in Annan.

There are not many people who can make Gao Pragmatism "stand by punishment", but Mrs. Zhang obviously can.

Fortunately, although Gao Yushi doesn't know much about "martial arts", he is always a person who maintains a moderate amount of exercise, so he can't stand up.He spoke slowly like this, from noon to dusk.

Mrs. Zhang occasionally asked for details, but mostly she just listened silently, except that when Gao Wushi and Huang Zhiting were sucked into the underground river by the undercurrent at the bottom of the pool, it was obvious that Mrs. Zhang's lightly laid hand suddenly grabbed a handrail , her expression is basically relaxed.

The clouds go east, and the sun sinks west.Gao Wushi finally finished speaking.

It was summer, and the sky was still very bright, Mrs. Zhang was not in a hurry to go back to her room, but just got up and walked out slowly from the gazebo, Gao Wushi closely followed.

The maids were still watching from a distance, not daring to come unless they were ordered.

Mrs. Zhang walked up to the courtyard wall like a city wall, looked at the water of the Shuangji River, and said slowly: "It sounds like this girl is not bad, but she was born as a chieftain, and she is now a chieftain, and she can even lead troops to fight , is really a bit fierce, and I am afraid that his temper is a bit rebellious, and he will not be too tame."

Gao Wushi replied calmly: "It depends on who you are dealing with."

Mrs. Zhang couldn't help laughing, and teased: "You mean, he is still tame to you?"

"Probably." Gao Yushi was rather blunt, but it sounded like an ordinary answer, and there was no complacency in his tone.

Mrs. Zhang looked at her son in surprise, sighed, and said, "You talked so much with your mother, do you think you want to marry her?"

"Yes."

"If it's just to take a concubine, even if she already has an imperial order, the mother can agree to you." Mrs. Zhang sighed again: "But getting a wife is not that simple."

"Mother disagrees?"

"Whether I agree or not is not the most important thing... Did you ask your father?" Mrs. Zhang shook her head: "Don't think that your father is indifferent to you. All the news about you these years, He is very concerned about it, but because of some things and situations in the past, he always has a hurdle in his heart, and he doesn't want to go or can't go past it."

This is a new situation, Gao Wushi was a little puzzled, and asked, "What is mother referring to?"

"Sanbo used to sacrifice wine for the Imperial College, and he knew many examiners, even several examiners were his acquaintances, so he didn't want your father to refer to it, and he wasted nearly ten years in the end... But he is the youngest, and he has been under the influence since he was a child." His three elder brothers took care of him the most, and he had no way to object, so he could only be unhappy, and his studies were wasted a lot, and finally he was able to take the exam, and he reached the peak of Xiaolian (juren) exam."

Gao Wushi came to understand a little bit. It seems that although his father is a good brother, he still feels that Sanbo has delayed his future, but he can't explain it clearly.

"So, mother means that my father has some grudges against Sanbo, and when his son went to Beijing with Sanbo in the past, he just watched with cold eyes, and even thought it was a disguised compensation from Sanbo?"

"It may be, but it may not be complete." Mrs. Zhang shook her head slightly: "His thoughts may be more complicated, but he refuses to say, who knows what he thinks? But no matter what, he must have high hopes for you , my mother can guarantee this - he really hopes to see you reach a height that he has no chance to reach, so as to... prove something."

Gao Wushi has a bit of a headache. It sounds like his father has pinned his ambitions back then on himself, so he hopes for the best in everything. There is nothing to say about the exam. Maybe he can't even marry a wife now. There is a comparison mentality.

Sure enough, Mrs. Zhang sighed softly, and said: "Your father and your mother got married at that time, and he felt regretful, because your third aunt came from an official background, and your mother was just a merchant's family. Fortunately, your uncle gave Zhang After arguing with your family, it was considered as raising the family status of the Zhang family in Puzhou, and then your father gradually calmed down."

She turned her head to look at her son, showing a wry smile: "It's just wishful thinking for you to value family status as a mother? Sigh... your mother and I have suffered enough of this back then. If the family is not in the right family, even if you marry into the family, you will suffer countless His cold eyes and ridicule, have you ever thought about that for that Huang girl?"

Gao Wushi was silent and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Mrs. Zhang said again: "Now, do you know why my mother moved out of Gaolaozhuang and spent such a large sum of money here to build this Longwen Yayuan for you?"

I didn't know it at first, but now I know it. Apart from leaving a safe haven for the Gao family, and not being looted in case of exiles everywhere, it seems that the more important thing is to let out a sigh of relief—you looked down on me back then. Fang, now my son not only has a lot of money, but he is also the top six!

Seeing that Gao Wushi didn't answer, Mrs. Zhang said again: "Even if you say, after that girl Huang started her career, she probably seldom stayed in her hometown in Xinzheng, and she didn't see a few family members. But, don't you come back when you get married? Worship your ancestors Don't you come back? Even if I or your father leave one day, you won't come back? You can only come back, but at that time, she, a woman who is used to being a big chieftain, will be looked down upon and ridiculed in your house. What's going to happen, have you considered?"

"Also, don't forget that when you were young, you were known as a child prodigy, taught by your uncle himself, and then valued by your third uncle, who even took you to the capital and stayed by your side to guide you personally. I haven’t experienced much cynicism. However, if you ask Wu Guan and Wu Qin, they don’t have your reputation as a child prodigy, and they have been ridiculed and ridiculed many times over the years, saying that they are the sons of Jia people, full of copper stink... You are in the capital The more money they make, the more ridicule they receive in Xinzheng! It's just that those people dare not say these things in front of you."

"The reason why you asked Wu Qin to go to Annan this time, and my mother didn't object, is also a large part of the reason. After all, Wu Guan went to the third house after all, and now he is also an official. This year, he will take up the post in the Shangbao Division of the capital. , You can get rid of these. But Wuqin and the others have nowhere to go, so you let Wuqin go to Annan, which is also a relief for him."

Gao Wushi frowned and said, "Who said these things?"

"So what can you do if you ask clearly? The mouth grows on people. If you don't say it in front of you, what can you do if you point and point at you in private? Even the emperor can't stop the people in the world from talking, let alone You?" Zhang sighed: "Birth is determined by nature, but if you work harder, you can change it. It's just that this change, sometimes I can't enjoy it in my life... Maybe you men can, just like you. Uncle, who would dare to laugh at him after he was in high school? But not for a woman like Wei Niang. Having a brother like your uncle is already a blessing that has been cultivated in several lifetimes... The brother of Miss Huang, you See if there are any high school Jinshi?"

Huang Zhiting's two younger brothers?Don't mention it, the elder brother doesn't know anything, he does stupid things, he is just a dandy; the younger brother is honest, but he doesn't have any special strengths. ".

Count on these two Jinshi exams?I might as well hope for the Red River to flow back.
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