Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 42 The cabinet bachelor who lives in a borrowed house

Back in Beijing, this time Lu Bing became a return man. He did not just take credit for himself, but only left Wang Daoqiu with the smoke and dust along the way.

After the carriage entered the inner city of Beijing, Lu Bing took Wang Daoqiu to the best restaurant in Beijing at that time, and opened a private room. There were seven bowls and eight plates of delicacies, and it was a feast of delicious food.

After eating and drinking, Lu Bing, who was slightly drunk, clapped his hands and a guard came in from outside the box. Before the guard could salute, Lu Bing rushed to say, "Go and bring in what I ordered."

"promise"

The guard left in response to the "promise", and Lu Bing, smelling of wine, leaned into Wang Daoqiu's ear and whispered: "Xie Yuanlang has been working too hard these days. Lu Bing prepared a small gift to express his gratitude. Xie Yuanlang Don’t take it personally.”

Prepare a little gift!Ma De, Lu Bing, you are finally Chinese again. Is this right?Thinking about the "thin gift" from the dignified Ming Dynasty's number one spy chief, Wang Daoqiu was looking forward to it. As Lu Bing, no matter how "thin" the gift was, it would be enough to buy a house and a car in Beijing!

It's beautiful in my heart, but on the outside, scholars must be noble and regard money as dirt!But if you pretend to be too noble, and I am afraid that people will really believe it and take the gift back, that would be bad.

The bitch's benefits must be obtained, and the chastity arch cannot be destroyed.Under this general principle, Wang Daoqiu brewed his emotions for a moment, and then he said with a bit of embarrassment on his face: "Isn't this good? I help Governor Lu do things out of public interest. I want to be loyal to the emperor. I don't accept gifts." All right?"

"Hey, Jie Yuanlang! As the saying goes, the emperor cannot send hungry soldiers! You should be rewarded for your loyalty to the emperor! And those things are not gold, silver and jewelry, just some calligraphy and paintings. You literati like those things, Lu I picked some for you."

While Lu Bing was talking, two Jinyi guards came in carrying a lipstick wooden treasure chest.They entered the box without saying a word, put down the box, gave Lu Bing a fist-cup salute, exited, and closed the door of the box.

After the box door was closed again, Lu Bing walked over unsteadily, opened the red treasure box, and pulled out a scroll.Then he called Wang Daoqiu over.

Upon hearing Lu Bing's greeting, Wang Daoqiu walked over, and when Wang Daoqiu arrived at Lu Bing's side, Lu Bing had already opened the scroll.I saw this is an ink landscape, with dancing dragons and phoenixes holding a "crooked poem" in cursive script, and there are seven or eight collection stamps stamped on the "crooked poem", and the signature of this painting is: Li Cheng of the Song Dynasty .

Wang Daoqiu was a poor man in later generations, and his money could only keep him alive. How could he have a fate with Wenwan, calligraphy and painting?So he, who didn't know anything about antiques, didn't dare to speak because he didn't know anything about it, so he just pretended to be dumb. He believed that the dog Lu Bing would show his courtesy to him.

Sure enough, just as Wang Daoqiu thought, after letting Wang Daoqiu take a look at the painting, Lu Bing showed off and said: "Xie Yuanlang, have you seen it, it belongs to Li Cheng of the Northern Song Dynasty! This Li Cheng was a great master in the early Northern Song Dynasty. Li Cheng, His courtesy name was Xianxi and his nickname was Yingqiu. Together with Dong Yuan and Fan Kuan, he was one of the three great masters of the Northern Song Dynasty."

"This Li Cheng! He is knowledgeable and talented, and has great ambitions, but nowhere to put them into practice. So he became obsessed with calligraphy and painting. He studied under Jing Hao and Guan Tong. He liked to paint the vast and vast scenery of the countryside and the cold forests. His painting techniques He is concise, with a desolate appearance, easy to use ink, and cherishes ink like gold; he paints mountains and rocks like rolling clouds, which scholars call cirrus clouds. In landscape painting, scholars recognized this Li as the best in ancient and modern times. Jie Yuangong, what a good thing! "

After introducing this Song Dynasty painting, Lu Bing looked at Wang Daoqiu with a mean look on his face.Wang Daoqiu was full of regret at this time. If his body could be worn back and he had such good things in his hands, he could sell them and go to Bangzi Country to have in-depth communication with the beautiful young lady.such a pity!such a pity!

Lu Bing didn't know that Wang Daoqiu was so dirty right now. He put down Li Cheng's paintings and started to pick up other calligraphy and paintings to show off to Wang Daoqiu.

After introducing four calligraphy and paintings in a row, Lu Bing felt a little tired and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I have delayed Xian Yuanlang for too long today, so Lu will no longer show off his embarrassment. The remaining calligraphy and paintings, Xie Yuanlang Yuanlang, take it back and appreciate it yourself! Xie Yuanlang, how about we end up drinking today’s meal here?"

"Okay, everyone has been busy traveling and traveling today, and we are indeed tired. Mr. Lu, let's get together next time."

"Okay, okay, let's meet again next time, meet again next time."

After saying these words to Wang Daoqiu, Lu Bing called two Jin Yiwei to help Wang Daoqiu carry the box down.

When he got to the door of the restaurant, Wang Daoqiu refused Lu Bing's kindness in sending a carriage to take him back. He hired a carriage himself and carried the box home.

The carriage was driving on the stone road. Wang Daoqiu looked at the fireworks in the market through the window. Suddenly he saw Yin Zhengmao on the side of the road, chatting with someone.

Seeing Yin Zhengmao, Wang Daoqiu hurriedly asked the coachman to pull the carriage aside, then he jumped into the carriage and shouted at Yin Zhengmao: "Brother Shi Ting, why are you arguing with others here?" "Uh, brother Liangzhen, you Come, let me introduce a friend to you." Seeing Wang Daoqiu, Yin Zhengmao also happily greeted Wang Daoqiu over.

When Wang Daoqiu approached, Yin Zhengmao pointed to the man who was tugging with him just now and said, "Brother Liangzhen, this is my good friend when I was taking the test. Gao Yi, Gao Zixiang, named Nanyu, he is yours from Qiantang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang. People. Brother Zixiangxian is four years younger than me, but in the 20th Jiajing examination, brother Yu failed the ranking, while brother Zixiangxian was the first in the second class. In the Hanlin Academy, this confinement son, Brother Xiangxian, was promoted to the sixth rank of the Imperial Academy to serve as a lecturer."

"I have just been promoted, and the chief bachelor of the Hanlin Academy has already told Brother Zixiang that he will not be released as an official. This means that Brother Zixiang will have to serve as an official in Beijing for who knows how many years. . So Zi Xiang wanted to bring his wife and children to Beijing. Then the house he rented would be too small, and he wanted to rent a bigger one. So I asked him to live with us. After all, ...?"

Yin Zhengmao stopped talking here, but he didn't say anything out loud, and Wang Daoqiu understood.What Yin Zhengmao didn't say was nothing more than an allusion to Fatty Na Hui Gen, who would definitely not be able to pass the exam next year. Then this house, with at least three master rooms, should be available by then!

Understanding what Yin Zhengmao meant, Wang Daoqiu didn't want to say that he was too young in front of outsiders behind his back, so he could only smile awkwardly.

Seeing that Wang Daoqiu understood what he had not finished, Yin Zhengmao pointed to Wang Daoqiu and introduced to Gao Yi: "Brother Zixiang, the young man standing in front of you now is an incredible man. He is a genius. The latitude and longitude of talent is the only thing that Brother Yu has seen in his life."

"Oh, really, Brother Shi Ting? In my eyes, you are a rigorous person!"

Gao Yi didn't believe it when he heard Yin Zhengmao praise Wang Dao Qiu Jing's talent as the only one in the world.After all, Wang Daoqiu looks like this, he is just a young man of [-] or [-] years old, with limited social experience. How can he have the talent to know the world?So Gao Yi questioned Yin Zhengmao about this.

Seeing that Gao Yi obviously didn't believe her own words, Yin Zhengmao was not convinced.So he cocked his neck, raised his head to the sky, looked arrogant, and said to Gaoyi: "Hey, brother Zixiang, don't believe what brother Yu said! As far as my little brother's reputation is concerned, who else in the world can't believe it?" Don’t you know me?”

"Oh, is that so? The younger brother also knows about this little brother's reputation?"

"I know! You must know. To be honest, my dear brother, this little brother of mine is the Jie Yuan of your Zhejiang Province who passed the exam at the age of 17. He just overthrew Xia Yan, the former chief minister of the cabinet, a few days ago. He is a young hero. Wang Dao Qiu, Wang Liangzhen."

Damn it, the handsome young man standing in front of me is Wang Daoqiu and Wang Liangzhen, who have been rumored to be extremely evil in the scholarly community recently!After Yin Zhengmao pointed out Wang Daoqiu's identity, Gao Yi was dumbfounded. This was so different from what he imagined.

In the imaginary Wang Daoqiu, since he can stand up to Xia Yan, the once invincible God of War of the Ming Dynasty and the chief minister of the dynasty, in front of the emperor.Then what happened to him? He should be a mighty fighter with a resolute face and a chilling air!But no matter how you look at it now, this kid is just a little boy!Unscientific, so unscientific!

Facing Wang Daoqiu, who was completely different from what he imagined, Gao Yi doubted his life there.Wang Daoqiu also felt a sense of accomplishment when he saw that the future cabinet scholar of the Longqing and Wanli dynasties looked so embarrassed in front of him.

Therefore, Zhang Tingyu, who was famous in the Qing Dynasty, commented that he had a simple and quiet manner, few sexual desires, and no concubines in his house.The old house was destroyed by fire, and it was left to others for the rest of its life.When it's gone, there's almost nothing left to bury.Wang Daoqiu took the initiative to take out his certificate of election and handed it to Gao Yi.

Gao Yi took Wang Daoqiu's certificate and picked it up to take a look. The young boy in front of him was indeed the legendary one, Wang Daoqiu, the newly promoted God of War of the Ming Dynasty.This made Gao Yi face Wang Daoqiu's election certificate. He shook his head in shock and murmured: "The younger generation is to be feared, the younger generation is to be feared!"

Gao Yi is a famous official in Chinese history. His integrity is no less than that of his contemporary Hai Rui.Just as Zhang Tingyu, the famous prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, commented, Gao Yi never had bad living habits in his life. He himself was not lewd and never took a concubine in his life.

When he was the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, a fire broke out in his home and the house was burned down. Then he stayed at a friend's house.Until he died, the savings he left behind were almost not enough to pay for his own funeral, let alone buy another house in Beijing.

But everyone should know that when Gao Yi's house was burned down due to a fire, his official position was already the third-rank minister of the Ministry of Rites.After that, he became the Minister of the Ministry of Officials in charge of national personnel affairs, the Minister of Rites of the second rank, and the cabinet scholar of the first rank.

In such a country's administrative system, senior officials belonging to the top of the pyramid do not have any bad living habits of wasting money.But after his house was burned due to a fire, he had no money to buy it, so he could only borrow it from a friend's house.And this borrowing lasted for several years until his death.

Gao Yi is such a clean official, no less than the famous Hai Rui of his generation.It's just that he has a softer temperament, and he only talks about taking care of himself and doesn't have many demands on others.He would not ask others to live an ascetic life like him.Therefore, his reputation is not as great as Hai Rui's.

When studying the history of this era in the library, he read the information about Gao Yi. Wang Daoqiu certainly knew how rare Gao Yi's character was.So after everyone got to know each other, he and Yin Zhengmao, without any explanation, pulled Gao Yi by one arm and pulled him into the carriage he hired.

(End of this chapter)