Idle courtiers

Chapter 471 What is Immortality
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, the Spring Festival has passed.

This is the happiest and most beautiful Spring Festival that Zhou Nan has lived after traveling to the Ming Dynasty.Every day he slept until the sun was three poles before going to Xiyuan. Apart from sitting in the cabinet and chatting with the elders in the cabinet, he also went to Jiajing to serve him.In the afternoon, Shen Shi, that is, around three or four o'clock, you can go home, and you don't have to go to the morning court like the elders of the court.

In addition, after two or three days, he will go to the inner school to give a lesson to the students.During the Chinese New Year, the bacon sent by the students could not be eaten within three to five years, which made him give it away everywhere.

From nine to four, this is the life that civil servants should live.

On the side of the Yangzhou firm, a large amount of profit is recorded in the account every month, so Zhou Nan has lost the concept of money.

According to Sister Su's writing, Yunniang wrote in a letter saying that they have bought land in their hometown and built a house as their ancestral home. It would be great if the master could go back and have a look.

Go back and have a look, as an official traveler, you can't go back to your hometown, unless it is possible on the day when you are old and retire.

In addition, even if Zhou Nan retires, it is impossible for him to go to Huai'an to be raised.

To be honest, after traveling to the Ming Dynasty, the life in Huai'an was simply unbearable for him to look back on, and he subconsciously avoided it.

Even if you want to retreat to the countryside in the future, you have to go to Jiangnan!

Yunniang said in the letter that Wu Yuanwai had sent people to Suzhou to choose a site, and planned to build a yard there.

The Zhou family built houses and bought land everywhere, and the money they earned every month was basically spent on building and building houses. In the eyes of later generations, they were too prodigal.In fact, fixed assets are also a kind of investment, which can be regarded as leaving a property for future generations.

Yun Niang said again, the children are all well.It's just that Ah Da looks stupid, and he still can't speak smoothly now.On the contrary, the second child is very elf, and he must be a character in the future.

Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, so if Ah Da is stupid, he should be stupid. Anyway, with the wealth of the Zhou family, he should be able to protect his wealth and glory for the rest of his life.If the second child can study in the future and wants to take an official career, let him go.

Thinking of this, Zhou Nan thought to himself: "Old Zhou, come on, you must be a Jinshi, you have a big family to support!"

Zhou Nan lived comfortably during the Chinese New Year in the capital.

Every day when I go home, I either play with the third child in my arms, or go to Ah Jiu to talk with him, or go out to Beijing to play.

This is the life I yearn for, except...

Except that Princess Jiashan is a bit troublesome.

To be honest, after the princess lost weight, she has a protruding front and back, with a European figure, which is in line with any man's fantasy.

It's just that this Chitose's request is too strong, and he often sends people over to invite Zhou Nan to talk about poetry and Taoism, which makes Mr. Zhou unbearable.

Mr. Zhou is about to become a Jinshi, and he married Xu Shoufu's granddaughter, and Jiashan also gave up his intention of recruiting him as his son-in-law.

But going on like this is not an option, Zhou Nan considered that it would be bad for her reputation if she didn't know her clearly, so please let her go.

Jiashan thought about saying, the water thrown by the married daughter.The daughter's first marriage is from her father, and her second marriage is already a foreigner, so naturally she has to follow her own heart.If I don't marry, it's hard for others to say anything.It's not bad if we go on like this!

Zhou Nan had no choice but to beg the heavens to let Her Royal Highness feel tired of her beauty earlier.

A few days later, the snowflakes in the sky turned into drizzle and fell.

Looking up, the trees are all sprouting, and spring is here.

The time has come to January [-]th, and there is still one month before the Spring Festival on February [-]th. Zhou Nan proposed to Jiajing that he wanted to take a period of leave when he was driving in Yuxi Palace that day, and he would come back after finishing the Jinshi examination. .

Jiajing is soaking his feet in a freshly made pine barrel.

The wooden barrel is scalded by hot water, and the rosin is dense.

Jiajing closed his eyes, took a deep breath, inhaled the smell of pine wood into his nose, and then used the Zhoutian transportation method to move in the meridians.

Zhou Nan didn't take it seriously in such a scene, why did Zhou Tian move it, how much did it move?There is no scientific basis at all!

Your old man smokes every day, and the rosin molecules will go away when you smoke. What is the difference from smoking?
Still moving in the veins, what exactly is moving?
After a long time, Jiajing received his merit and opened his eyes: "Go to participate in Chunwei, if you win, can you come back?"

For a moment, there was a slight melancholy and reluctance in his eyes.

Yes, if Zhou Nan won the Jinshi, he would definitely be sent out to become an official.Even after three years of watching politics in the Six Departments, it is impossible to enter Xiyuan. The country has its own system, and even the emperor can't mess around.

Of course, if you win the Hanlin, you can enter the palace to read the lectures.

However, to be an Hanlin you have to be a good scholar. Zhou Nan is talented, but it seems that he is not very good at stereotyped essays, so he must not be able to win the Hanlin.

Once Zhou Nanzhong is a fellow Jinshi or bestowed Jinshi, according to the official system of the Ming Dynasty, he, a family member, will also step down to perform a new position.

Jiajing has a strong personality, and sometimes he is very extreme, and he doesn't like to be close to others.

Once you feel that you are not good, and you are not pleasing to the eye, you are a piece of shit.But once you think you are good, you will go to heaven, such as Yan Song back then.

In ancient times, emperors were lonely, and there were not many people around them.

In the past few months, only Huang Jin and Zhou Nan were by his side as a lonely old man.

After all, Huang Jin is the emperor's servant, so he is very careful when speaking.As a modern person, Zhou Nan is also very good at reading other people's minds.Talking very casually in front of the emperor gave Jiajing a very fresh feeling.

We had been together for a long time, and when he thought that Zhou Nan was about to leave, he suddenly felt a strong reluctance: Yes, only Zhou Nan can dare to speak the truth in front of me, and those words are so interesting.

Huang Jin, who was rubbing Jiajing's feet, said with a smile: "Master, father, father, even ordinary parents, who doesn't hope that their son will be successful and can make a difference in the vast world outside? It's true that parents don't travel far. But isn’t there another saying that you must know how to swim?”

"Yes, I can't hinder Zhou Nan's future!" Jiajing sighed, "Zhou Nan."

Zhou Nan: "The minister is here."

Jiajing was a little sad, so he didn't say any more, but said to Huang Jin: "Huang Jin, my legs are a little itchy, please help me to scratch them."

"Yes, master." Huang Jin gently scratched Jiajing's bony calf, and suddenly, five bloodstains appeared.

He couldn't help calling out in a low voice: "Master!" Tears fell down.

"Why are you crying, it's no big deal." This is the case of erysipelas attack, Jiajing has become more and more serious in the past year, and he feels a little depressed.

He suddenly turned his head and asked Zhou Nan: "Zhou Nan, what is immortality?"

There are three immortals: meritorious service, morality, and speech. This is common sense in Confucianism.However, Zhou Nan knew he couldn't answer like that.

Jiajing was asking him his views on life and death. If he answered this question according to the scriptures, although he was politically correct, he was afraid of offending the emperor.

Jiajing has been deeply poisoned, and he is a patient.

Moreover, the patient's personality is mostly irritable, especially the elixir Jiajing took contains a lot of irritable and hot things.

It's better not to mess with him.

Emperor Jiajing suddenly asked this question, did he also realize that he didn't have a few years to live.

Zhou Nan felt a chill in his heart.

He replied carefully: "Your Majesty, according to Buddhism, immortality is liberation, and Taoism means that the body is indestructible and the sky rises."

Jiajing: "Leaving aside the Buddhist school, let's take my Taoist school as an example. How many people are there who lift the clouds and ascend to the sky?"

Zhou Nan: "It's not easy to become a fairy in the flesh, and your majesty doesn't have to force it."

"Don't you need to force it?" Jiajing looked over sharply. He thought that Zhou Nan was trying to admonish him like a courtier, and he was very dissatisfied.

Huang Jin also looked at Zhou Nan worriedly.

Zhou Nan: "An ordinary person will die three times in his life."

Huang Jin interjected at the right time and said with a smile: "I only heard that cats have nine lives, but I really don't know that people have three lives."

Jiajing also smiled slightly, his expression softened: "Speak."

(End of this chapter)