"In the early years, the Zhao family's Winter Solstice banquet was a banquet before ordering the food. The master of the house went back to his hometown and met with the talents of various counties. He was able to do a good job. Later, even if the master of the house did not return to his hometown, he was a great official.
, talented people from all counties will also come here to participate in the Winter Solstice Banquet."
Zhao Hanzhang was stunned, "It turns out that the Winter Solstice banquet comes from the election of officials."
No wonder so many people don't enjoy the festival at home, but go all the way to Xiping to attend a banquet.
She thought with a thought, "Aren't the guests who came to attend the event some nobles from outside Runan County?"
"Yes, but there shouldn't be many this year," Ji Yuan said, "Firstly, because Master Lang has passed away, and secondly, because Yuzhou has just gone through the war."
But this was enough for Zhao Hanzhang.
Ji Yuan said: "So the girl really doesn't want to attend the banquet?"
He said: "This opportunity is really rare."
Zhao Hanzhang thought for a moment and then shook his head, "This matter is not urgent. I'd better keep my filial piety to my grandfather."
Ji Yuan did not think that the world would think that it was taboo for a girl to attend a banquet, because most scholars were unruly and had no respect for etiquette and morals. Even if Zhao Hanzhang went, no one would attack her with filial piety.
Among today's scholars, except for a very small number of people, who can really be pure of heart and abide by filial piety?
Zhao Hanzhang was ambitious enough to seize Xiping County, so why not be more generous and just show up to seize power?
Zhao Hanzhang has her own plans. She doesn't plan to appear in front of others too early. Xiping County is still too weak to withstand the trouble.
And if you want to make less trouble, then you need to pay less attention. It is best that except for some people, everyone else should not think of her.
Fu Tinghan also thinks so. When strength is insufficient, obscene growth is always the best option.
I wonder if Zhao Ming also thought of going with them and didn't urge Zhao Hanzhang to show up.
If she did not return to Wubao, even if the visiting guests wanted to see Zhao Hanzhang, Zhao Ming also refused to let them visit the county government office by themselves and did not take the initiative to introduce her.
Zhao Ming's attitude gives people the feeling that the Xiping Zhao family and Zhao Hanzhang are not that close, and they don't seem to completely stand together.
Before they could come to a conclusion, Zhao's Winter Solstice Festival arrived.
Zhao Hanzhang led Zhao Erlang back to Wubao, put on the clothes that Wang made for the two siblings, and went to the ancestral hall in an upright manner.
In the open space in front of Zhao's ancestral hall, only the owners of each house and the heads of households stood.
Zhao Hanzhang stood in the first row at the front on behalf of Dafang, and Zhao Erlang followed his sister obediently.
Not far away stood Zhao Hu and his son, and it was the fifth uncle and his son who presided over the ceremony as usual.
Zhao Ming has divided the sacrificial meat for many years, and this year it is still him.
After praying the sacrificial inscriptions and praying to his ancestors to bless the Zhao family with prosperity and good weather next year, Zhao Ming burned the sacrificial inscriptions, and after the sacrifice, he picked up a knife and began to divide the sacrificial meat.
The size and order of the portions of sacrificial meat are based on their status.
When Zhao Changyu was there, the sacrificial meat was naturally given to him first. If he was away, it would be given to Zhao Zhongyu and his son first. Unfortunately, these two father and son were not here either, so it was given to Zhao Song first.
The first group of people who got the sacrificial meat were all the uncles and elders, and no one had any objections. By the second group, it was Zhao Ming's turn.
But Zhao Ming cut off a piece of meat and neither kept it for himself nor gave it to other brothers. Instead, he gave it to Zhao Hanzhang.
Zhao Hanzhang reached out and took it.
Everyone was shocked, even Zhao Cheng couldn't help but look at the two of them.
Zhao Ming did not explain anything, but continued to cut off a piece and gave it to Zhao Cheng.
Zhao Cheng declined slightly and then went...
After the fathers' generation became special, only then came Zhao Hanzhang's generation. The children brought by each family were only of this generation, and they could only bring their eldest sons. Some had no children, or no eldest sons, so the number of
not many.
Zhao Ming cut off a piece, and after thinking about it, he gave it to Zhao Kuan first. Zhao Erlang was the fifth one to get it.
Zhao Hanzhang thought while eating the meat. Everyone said that Zhao Ming was fair and divided the sacrificial meat evenly. Looking at it today, he was indeed fair.
This person seems to have no selfish motives. As long as it is for the good of the clan, he can retreat or advance.
Zhao Hanzhang lowered his eyes and took a bite of the sacrificial meat. If Zhao Ming were to be the patriarch of the Zhao family, he would not allow her to develop her own strength with the help of the family.
Therefore, it is beneficial for Zhao Ji to be the clan leader.
She raised her eyebrows, ate the sacrificial meat, and took out a handkerchief to wipe her hands.
After eating the sacrificial meat, the winter solstice sacrificial activities are over, and everyone can move to the garden to participate in the banquet.
Zhao Hu knew that Zhao Hanzhang would not attend, so he came here to tease her, "Sanniang, aren't you and Erlang going?"
Zhao Hanzhang grinned at him, "Seventh uncle, uncle will have two days off during the winter solstice, and will return to the county town to continue teaching the day after tomorrow."
Zhao Hu suddenly became angry, but did not dare to lose his temper at Zhao Hanzhang.
After Zhao Hanzhang invited Zhao Cheng to the county seat, he took Zhao Zheng with him and never returned.
Zhao Hu spent a lot of money to buy a courtyard with the county government, and wanted a family of three to live in the new courtyard and enjoy family happiness.
Who knew that Zhao Cheng was unwilling to leave the courtyard that Zhao Hanzhang had allocated to him, and Zhao Hanzhang was determined not to take back the courtyard.
Even if he bought a villa in the county town, he would not be able to see his grandson Zhao Zheng, let alone Zhao Cheng.
Feeling cheated, Zhao Hu angrily wanted to settle the account with Zhao Hanzhang and asked her to return all the borrowed books and papers. However, when she didn't get the things back, she turned over the account book and said that he still owed some taxes from previous years.
Will Zhao Hu pay it back?
Of course not!
As a result, she found Zhao Cheng, the traitor.
Zhao Cheng's prodigal son immediately took his people back to Wubao to move food. He only saw him once, but then he disappeared again.
Although Zhao Hu is not smart, his intuition is very accurate. Every time he encounters Zhao Hanzhang, nothing good happens. Deep down in his heart, he vaguely knows that Zhao Hanzhang is not easy to mess with, but... he just can't help but always mess with her.
Mainly because it's so annoying and he keeps suffering.
After blocking Zhao Hu back with words, Zhao Hanzhang led Zhao Erlang to say goodbye to all the elders.
Everyone watched her leave, perhaps because they were in shock and the Huns also retreated. Some people began to feel that the power in Zhao Hanzhang's hands was no longer so terrifying and reliable, so they said: "This child is too disrespectful to the elderly."
Zhao Ming said: "Uncle, let's invite him. There are still people waiting at the banquet."
When the elders heard this, they hurriedly followed Zhao Ming and asked, "Have all the children in the clan been called?"
"Yes, they should all be waiting in the garden."
The elders said: "This is a banquet for you young people. We can just drink in the side courtyard and you can just go and have fun."
They said: "This is not the year to elect officials. I wonder if the Zhongzheng officials will send someone down to inquire?"
Zhao Ming said: "I didn't invite a new Zhongzheng official."
Zhao Hanzhang was too conspicuous now, and he didn't want her to attract too much attention, so not only did he not invite her, but he also wrote a special letter to Governor He, explaining that this year's war had caused wars and people were displaced everywhere, leading to rampant banditry. For the safety of the Zhongzheng officials, it was better to
Don't come to Zhao's winter solstice banquet.
He said that there were not many people at this year's Winter Solstice Banquet, not even the gentry from Runan County attended, so it was useless to come.
I don’t know whether He Cishi believed it or not, but the official Zhongzheng didn’t come.