Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

In the third year of Zhengde, on the [-]th of May, every year is Wuma, which is the year of Dabi.

There are still more than four months before Qiuwei, but less than ten days before the registration for the exam.

"Xie Xiaoguan killed someone!"

Early in the morning, an astonishing cry sounded in Fufeng County, Fengxiang Prefecture, Shaanxi, and then, as if it had wings, it spread to every street and alley in the county in an instant.

In fact, the folk customs in Shaanxi are aggressive, and it is not a big deal for a few murder cases to occur in the county every year.

Shaanxi has a special status in the politics of the Ming Dynasty. It is the location of the three sides and the front line of national defense.Ningxia, Yan'an, and Yulin in the north directly faced the offensive of the northern Tatars.From the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty to the present, hundreds of years have passed, and the war seems to have never stopped.There is a big fight in five years, and a small big in three years.When the local people and the grassland people met, they couldn't say the right thing, and it was common for them to fight to the death with sharp knives.

Later generations believed that the Han people were as cowardly as sheep because they were too stupid to read.In fact, this is just a rumor.Han people, especially scholars, pay attention to the fact that a gentleman can walk the world with his sword.

Governing the country and the world requires not only relying on the kingly way, but also being overbearing.

Also because of the front line, Shaanxi has always been a place where a strong army is produced.The Western Army of the Northern Song Dynasty was a top-notch field group back then.Later, with the fall of the Western Army, the Northern Song Dynasty also came to an end.It can be said that the national security of the entire Northern Song Dynasty was supported by the people of Shaanxi with their own efforts.

In the Ming Dynasty, in the province of Shaanxi, half of the young and strong men joined the army. It was the province with the largest number of military households, and even Shanxi could not compare with it.

Precisely because of hundreds of years of uninterrupted wars, Shaanxi men have blood in their bones.When things happen, what we pay attention to is an eye for an eye, blood for blood, and no compromise.

This is also the foundation of Li Zicheng's founding in Shaanxi. In modern times, Lao Maogen relied on northern Shaanxi and gradually developed. In ten years, he drove out the Japanese invaders and swept the world.Later, after another 60 years of development, a republic was built into the second largest GDP in the world.

It can be said that since the Northern Song Dynasty, Shaanxi people have profoundly influenced the entire Chinese history.

Therefore, it was just a homicide case, and it was not worth fussing about by Fufeng people.

The reason why it was so sensational was because the murderer was a young scholar with a reputation.

"Killed, who is Xie Xiaoguan?" Someone asked again.

"Which is Xiaoguan Xie, Xie Xiucai, the butcher in Ximen!"

"So it's a scholar butcher, so it's no wonder?"

"Xie Xiaoguan seems to be young, but his temper is extremely straightforward, and he is eager for justice. When encountering injustice, he will most likely reach out to help. Hey, he killed someone this time, and he doesn't know how he will be judged. It's a pity that a character is involved in a case."

Everyone gathered in the street and discussed in whispers.

At this time, a scholar in his forties next to him sneered and said: "A gentleman should be as gentle as jade, and he should convince others with virtue when encountering things. Xie Ziran Xie Junfu is brave and ruthless, and there is something about him that looks like a scholar. Accidents will happen sooner or later. Besides, he disregarded his status as a scholar and went to slaughter and lowly business. He really disgraced the scholars of our county. Killing someone this time is not good. At least he will be dismissed and exiled for three years. Thousands of miles, it is a good thing to correct people's hearts and discipline. The seeds of my county's study, when they heard the news, they all clapped their hands and cheered!"

The voice was excited, but there was a hint of gloating in the tone.

The person who spoke was surnamed Huang, surnamed Dong, and he was also a scholar in Fufeng County. He had always been at odds with the Xiaoguan Xie that everyone was talking about.

When they heard him say these words in a strange manner, everyone was dissatisfied.

Others respect him as a famous scholar, so they can bear it.But the woman selling sesame seed cakes next to her was not convinced, and she was not afraid that he was a scholar, so she scolded: "Huang Xiucai, what you say is so good, it makes no sense. Is it a man? It is said that he is in a lowly business to kill pigs and sheep, and people rely on their own labor to eat, and neither steals nor robs, so what is there to be ashamed of? How can you compare with Huang Xiucai, you are 40 years old, and you are so poor that you can’t even eat I can’t even eat it. I only know how to blow the autumn wind all day long. In the past ten years, not to mention our Fufeng, even the entire Fengxiang Mansion has been eaten by you, Huang Xianggong. It’s really a big face!”

As soon as this was said, others wanted to laugh, but they dared not.

Indeed, this Huang Xiucai has been really outrageous in recent years.He wanted to be an official in the imperial examination, but he failed in his studies. After taking the exam all his life, he only got the title of scholar.Not only that, but the ancestral property of the family was also sold off by him.

As the saying goes, if you are poor, you want to change.

But this Huang Xiucai didn't want to change, he wanted to cheer up, and instead learned from others that he wanted to be a hermit.Wandering around rich and noble families all day, relying on a few crooked poems to cheat food and drink, he is purely a high-level beggar.

No one can compare to Xie Xiaoguan.

Speaking of the murderer Xie Xiaoguan, he was a strange person in Fufeng County.

Xie Xiaoguan's surname is Xie's first name, which is natural, and the word is Junfu.

This man was sixteen years old, and he was originally from a wealthy family with hundreds of acres of paddy fields.Unfortunately, his father passed away when Xie Xiaoguan was two years old.

As soon as Xie Ranran's father passed away, his mother fell ill and stayed in bed for ten years.

In order to treat his mother's illness, Xie Tianran exhausted his family property.

After burying his mother the year before last, Xie Ranran's family was completely bare.

If ordinary people encountered such a situation, they would have been depressed long ago.

But this Xie is naturally a character. He gritted his teeth and started a cattle and sheep business with the Tatars in partnership with others with the remaining two taels of silver.After four years, he has developed and accumulated a lot of family business.Not only did he redeem all the land that had been sold before, but he also built a new house in the city, and the housework was more prosperous than when his father was alive.

I heard that when he ran away from Tatar, this Xie naturally used knives with others and even killed people.

This matter sounds like a legend, but it is even more legendary.Xie Tianran has been studying since he was a child, and his studies are very good.After my father died, I stopped because of my poor family.Later, relying on business, after reviving the family business.Xie Xiaoguan suddenly remembered that he wanted to study. While doing border trade, he went out to study.In just four years, he got the title of scholar at the age of 16.

Those who have read his poems and essays will all be overwhelmed: "What a Xie Junfu, every word is really a gem, and there will be no limit in the future!"

Shaanxi, especially the Guanzhong Plain, has always been a place for talents.

But today there are two great talents, Li Mengyang and Kang Hai, two of the seven poets in the poetry world, Shaanxi has two, and people can't help but feel amazed.

Now, among the younger generation, Xie Ziran is just making his debut again.It is conceivable that in a few years, once he wins Juren, he will be a young celebrity again.

The old masters in the county school are also very satisfied with Xie Xiaoguan, a proud apprentice, and never hesitate to praise his students in front of others: "Li Gong is in front, Junfu is in the back, and the kite is flying!"

The so-called Li Gong refers to Li Mengyang.

The old master actually compared Xie Ziran with Li Mengyang, which is already quite a high evaluation.

Xie Ziran's achievements in the examination field and his literary talents naturally deserve this praise.

The problem is, businessmen are cheap.Thank you for naturally getting the fame of a scholar, and you can be regarded as the seed of reading. Your words and deeds represent the face of us Fufeng scholars.

But you guys are very evil in your work. Not only do you sell pigs and sheep outside all day long, but you also eat wine and play money with lower Liba people.When he was happy, he even put on a greasy apron and stood on the chopping board to sell money. He didn't even want the decency of a scholar.

Gentlemen love fortune, in a proper way.It's not that you can't do business, after all, studying for the imperial examination is a big expense.After ordinary people get fame, they will retreat behind the scenes and just hang out for a name.

You are naturally grateful, so you can come out and sell it in person?

This is also the reason why the scholars in Fufeng County don't want to see him, and the bigger reason is that the old master thinks highly of Xie Xiaoguan, a student, and even said that when his daughter becomes an adult, he will marry Xie Ranran as his wife.

This matter naturally aroused the strong jealousy of all the scholars, why did this birdman meet all the good things.

If you do business, your business will be very good; if you go to school, you will get the honor of a scholar in only four years, and this year there is a high possibility of being a candidate; now, even the old master wants to marry his daughter.

It is said that Nian Laofu still has a background in the court, and he can also speak in Shaanxi official circles.Because of his relationship, once he becomes the son-in-law of the Nian family, there will be inexplicable benefits in both the imperial examination and future official career.

Thanks to nature's ability, won't the future be so popular that it dazzles people's eyes?

Why is God so unfair?

Is there any reason?

Huang Dong's eyes turned green with envy when he thought that he wasted forty years and now he was just a poor scholar.Hearing that Xie Tianran killed someone today, I couldn't help gloating.

Just now, the woman scolded Huang Dong so much that she couldn't lift her head.

Immediately, he became angry from embarrassment, and scolded: "Bitch, aren't you just greedy that Xie Ziran gave you the leftover fat and meat for free? How dare you be rude to this scholar today, and talk nonsense, and I will arrest you to see the official and slap you twice." Ten, I can't beat you to death, you old beggar!"

Seeing Huang Xiucai getting angry, the old lady remembered the privilege of studying as a husband-in-law. She really slapped herself a few times, but she could only suffer from being dumb for nothing.

I had no choice but to shut my mouth in humiliation, but I couldn't stop chanting in my heart: Amitabha, bless Xie Xiaoguan to get through this disaster safely.Good people are rewarded, and good people are rewarded!

At this moment, suddenly, many people rushed forward.

A group of little kids ran in front, shouting loudly: "The murderous butcher scholar is here, the murderous butcher scholar is here!"

In an instant, the whole street boiled, and everyone rushed forward.

Even Huang Dong and the others couldn't help but take a step forward and look intently.

I saw a group of yamen servants escorting several people coming, and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old young scholar shrank in the front, who else was it not Xie Tianxie Junfu?