Chapter 285 What do those who don't know me ask for (big chapter)
Chapter 285: What do I want from those who don’t know me (big chapter)
Zhang Yuan also learned from Xing Long, the garrison eunuch in Nanjing, that Mao Liangfeng, the eunuch of the Imperial Academy, had been sent to the Nanjing Criminal Department for trial because of corruption and bending the law. Jinyiwei had ironclad evidence that Mao Liangfeng had violated the law, so sending him to the Xing Department for trial was just a judicial procedure.
, Mao Liangfeng definitely cannot become an eighth-grade official——
Eunuch Xing frowned and said to Zhang Yuan: "Idiots like Mao Liangfeng are not upright and want to frame Mr. Zhang. He is shooting himself in the foot. How Mr. Zhang wants to deal with him, the Za family can still have a say.
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Zhang Yuandao: "Thank you very much, father-in-law. Just report your grievances directly and deal with them according to the law. ("")"
Zhang Yuan resigned from the Inner Guards House and returned to Danyuan to continue editing the "Records of the Imperial Court Offerings". At dusk, he was preparing to return to the Zen House. As soon as he left Danyuan, he met Xue Tong and Xu San from the Xiangzhen Hall. They must have been at the door.
After waiting for a long time, Xue Tong held a birdcage in his hand. When he saw Zhang Yuan, Xue Tong jumped forward and bowed: "Mr. Zhang, my daughter and Sister Xueyi originally wanted to entertain three Xianggong Zhang today.
, but Sister Xueyi was ill yesterday——"
Zhang Yuan asked: "How is Miss Xueyi's condition?"
Xu Sanchashou said: "Miss Xueyi has always been sick. She is always sick for several days every month."
After Zhang Yuan heard what Xu San said, he stopped asking any more questions and sent Xu San and Xue Tong back.
Waiting for Mr. Wen——"
Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "It's already this time. Brother, haven't you drunk Mr. Wen's tea yet?" Then he and Xue Tong went to Taoye Ferry.
When the black-feathered starling heard Xue Tong call "Ms. Jiezi", he shouted loudly "Weigu, you are looking for chess pieces". Zhang Yuan shook his head and laughed -
Min Wenshui is from Huizhou. He has sold tea and set up tea stalls in Taoyedu for many years. People in Jinling call it "Min Tea". In recent years, Min Wenshui has handed over the Taoyedu tea shop to his son Min Zichang to take care of it.
No matter how easy it is to cook tea for guests, his reputation will become even greater. Scholars in Jinling regard it as a privilege to taste tea cooked by Min Wenshui himself——
When they arrived at Min's Tea House at Taoyedu, they saw Zhang Dai sitting in the tea shop, leisurely singing the Peony Pavilion a cappella. Zhang Dai was determined to wait until Min Wenshui came back and would not give up until he drank the tea cooked by Min Wenshui himself.
Xue Tong whispered to Zhang Yuan: "Mr. Jiezi, my daughter came here to sip tea early in the morning. Mr. Wen is deliberately hiding from our eldest son, Mr. Xue."
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, my eldest brother will wait until dark, unless Mr. Wen doesn't come home that night."
Xue Tong and Xu San went back to the old courtyard directly. Zhang Yuan was waiting with his eldest brother Zhang Dai at Min's Tea House. Min Wenshui's son, Min Zichang, was a little frowning. This guest just refused to leave, and his father refused to see him.
Man, what should I do?
As the sun sets in the west, the water of Qinhuai River sparkles with gold, the golden powder of the Six Dynasties flows, and the fragrance of Luoqi fills the air. The night of Qinhuai is about to begin——
Zhang Yuan and his eldest brother Zhang Dai were standing in front of the Min's tea house to watch the sunset over the Qinhuai River. Suddenly they saw a small boat drifting down the upper reaches and moored at the ferry. A girl in a bun robe with a light waist jumped onto the shore. Although Zhang Yuan could not see it,
The face of this girl was clear, but looking at her gait and posture, she knew it was Wang Wei. Xue Tong must have gone back and said that he and his eldest brother Zhang Dai were here, so Wang Wei came -
"The eldest son is the father-in-law, the eldest son is the father-in-law, the eldest son is the father-in-law—"
Wang Wei saluted Zhang Yuan and the two of them, his beautiful eyes were looking forward to it, his beauty was intoxicating, and he said to Zhang Dai: "Wang Wei promised to introduce his eldest son to Mr. Wen when he arrived in Jinling, but he never got the chance - please wait a moment, Mr. Wen."
After saying that, he twisted his slender waist and turned around, with Xue Tong jumping behind him.
After about a tea time, he saw the girl Wang Wei and an old man in commoner clothes with snow-like hair turning around the Taoye Ferry Pavilion and walking towards the tea shop. Zhang Yuan chuckled and said: "Brother, you have to have acquaintances wherever you go.
I don’t have any acquaintances, and I can’t even drink tea.”
Zhang Dai smiled and went up to him and bowed: "Mr. Wen, Xiaosheng has been waiting for Mr. Wen for two days."
When Min Wenshui saw that it was Zhang Dai, he cupped his hands and said, "I forgot to take my cane." He turned around and left.
Wang Wei hurriedly said: "Let Xue Tong get it."
Xue Tong agreed and ran away. Now Min Wenshui had no reason to shirk anymore, so he had to go into the tea shop and murmured to himself: "This person is so messed up, so I'd better cook a pot and send them away."
Then he went to the adjacent room to make tea. Zhang Dai followed him and saw that Minwen water was making tea very quickly, like flowing clouds and flowing water without any unnecessary movements. It really had a sense of beauty like a cook undressing a cow——
Zhang Yuan did not follow to see Min Wenshui cooking tea because Wang Wei was talking to him. Dusk had fallen and there were no other customers in the tea shop. Wang Wei and Zhang Yuan were standing in front of the window. The pomelo trees outside the window were full of pomelo fruits and could be smelled by the nose.
There was a faint fragrance, Wang Wei smiled at the corner of his mouth, and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Jiezi, what did you say when you came back from the same boat with Mr. Wen the day before yesterday? Why did Mr. Wen say that you are frivolous and frivolous and unwilling to receive you?"
That night when returning to the boat, Zhang E spoke in a rather obscene manner. Zhang Yuan laughed and said, "I didn't say anything, it was just a few jokes. The latest chapter of the Holy Temple"
Wang Wei's beautiful eyes squinted at Zhang Yuan: "Are you making fun of the little girl?"
Zhang Yuan hurriedly said: "No."
Are you denying it so quickly? Wang smiled slightly, and asked no more questions. He stood next to Zhang Yuan and watched the twilight fade outside the window, blurring the distant mountains and dimming the ripples. The golden grapefruit of the grapefruit tree was covered by the late
The wind painted a layer of gray, and Wang Wei recited softly: "The autumn wind brings early cold, blowing on your neighbor's tree. The leaves blow far away, and I meet you under your steps. They are different from each other, and they float on the wall and tiles. They rustle.
The scattered autumn return is not mistaken by the frost. The shadow of the old figure is seen as a frosty road to the sky. It is the chrysanthemum outside the sunset lamp, illuminating the late evening with one heart - what does Xianggong Jie think of this poem?"
Zhang Yuandao: "Writing autumn scenery, writing farewell poems, elegance and simplicity, it is considered a good poem - is this a poem by Tan Youxia?"
Wang Weiyan said: "It's exactly the poem of Tan Youxia, whom Mr. Jie despised."
Zhang Yuandao: "How dare you look down on it? I'm just too ambitious and have put the Jingling Bell and the Tan on top and bottom for three thousand years."
Wang Wei said: "Then let me ask Mr. Jie to discuss Jingling Bell and what status Tan's poems will have in future generations."
Zhang Yuandao: "It can be regarded as a school, and it should be famous for future generations. However, Zhong Bojing's poems always try to be simple and far-reaching, but they are embarrassed. Tan Youxia pursues Jian Jun's profoundness, but his talent and poetry are inferior to those of the three policemen, so it is too revealing.
He is poor and thin, and he is too eager for danger, so that the words are riddles and the chapters are fragmented."
This is Qian Zhongshu's evaluation of Zhong Xing and Tan Yuanchun in "Tan Yi Lu". Zhang Yuan once read "Tan Yi Lu" commented by Zhou Zhenfu. He has lived in two generations and still has deep memories -
Wang Wei was silent and thought carefully about it. Tan's poems did have such shortcomings, but he said: "Although Mr. Jie's words are reasonable, he is just too harsh. Li, Du, Ou, Su, there are several others in three thousand years."
Woolen cloth."
Zhang Yuan laughed and said, "That's right. Am I being unkind?" He thought to himself, "You can't blame me for that. "Talk about Art" is Mr. Qian's early treatise. At that time, Mr. Qian was very talented and sharp in his analysis.
It is sharp and sharp, which is quite different from the later "Guan Zui Bian" which is sharp and broad-minded - well, "Tan Yi Lu" was written by Mr. Qian on an isolated island in Shanghai during the Anti-Japanese War, and "Guan Zui Bian" was written during the Cultural Revolution.
This is the time when we are most worried. This must be despised by some people. I don’t take up swords and guns, don’t commit suicide and accuse, but write those things. Is it useful? It’s like I know that in thirty years my country will be destroyed and my family will be destroyed. This evening
But I was discussing poetry with Wang Xiuwei, a famous Qinhuai prostitute, while Min Wenshui, a famous tea ceremony master in the neighboring room, was elegantly cooking tea.
To save the country?"
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Min Wenshui quickly brought out tea and poured a cup for each of Zhang Dai, Zhang Yuan and Wang Wei. Wang Wei drank the tea without saying a word. Zhang Yuan's taste buds on the tip of his tongue were not developed. As long as the tea was not bad, it would be the same to him——
It was getting dark, and Min Zi held up a glazed lamp. Zhang Dai looked at the color of tea under the lamp. It was as light as water, but the aroma was overwhelming. Zhang Dai was amazed and asked Min Wenshui: "Mr. Wenshui, where did this tea come from?"
Min Wen responded, "Langyuan tea."
Wang Wei lowered his eyebrows and smiled, Zhang Yuan looked at it happily, um, watching a good show——
Zhang Dai was a little surprised, then sipped it carefully and said with a smile: "Mr. Wen is teasing Xiaosheng, this tea is made according to the Langyuan tea method, but the taste is not."
Min Wenshui raised his white eyebrows with a look of surprise, and then asked with a hidden smile: "Where did Mr. Zhang say this tea was produced?"
Zhang Dai took another sip and said, "It looks very much like Luojie tea."
Min Wenshui smacked his lips and said, "Strange, strange."
Zhang Dai asked again: "Where does this water come from?"
Minwen Waterway: "Huiquan."
Zhang Dai said with a smile: "Lao Wen lied to me again. Huiquan is far away in Wuxi. How can it be so fresh after being transported hundreds of miles?"
Min Wenshui showed great respect to Zhang Dai and said: "To be honest, to get the water from the Hui Spring, you must first dig the well, wait for the new spring to arrive at midnight, draw it up, pave the bottom of the urn with Leilei Mountain stones, and use the wind to carry the water boat.
Without using human power and following nature, it often takes more than twenty days to travel from Wuxi to Jinling, and the spring is as sweet as fresh water."
Zhang Dai praised: "Lao Wen has a heart, Lao Wen has a heart."
Speaking of the famous springs and good tea in the south of the Yangtze River, Min Wenshui said: "Zhang Gongzi's hometown in Yuezhong also has good tea and good springs. Longjing, Rizhu, and Guzhu are all famous. The year before last, I went to Shanyin to get some tea from the mountain behind the Bamboo Temple.
Spring-cooked usnea tea is wonderful. """
When Zhang Dai heard Min Wenshui talking about the Wanquan in his hometown, he was heartbroken and said: "Mr. Wen didn't know something. The Wanquan is dead."
Min Wenshui was surprised and asked why? But it turned out that it was Shanyin. The gentry in Kuaiji and two counties often ordered their slaves to go to Wanquan to get water. Those slaves went to Banzhu Temple to harass the monks, asking for wine and food from the monks. If they did not give them, they would be full of old fists. The monks suffered.
There was no way to escape, so they blamed the spring. They sank rotten bamboo trees into the spring, and cut off the water from the ditch to merge with the spring, making the spring undrinkable. No one came to fetch water. The monk was purified, and it became the first spring in Shaoxing.
It was just ruined——
Min Wenshui sighed greatly. Now that he had no grudge against Zhang Dai, he invited Zhang Dai into the elegant room. Zhang Yuan and Wang Wei followed him in. Wang Wei whispered to Zhang Yuan: "My eldest son, Mr. Wen, is a good judge of things. Mr. Wen is a good friend."
Arrogant Queen Gong."
Zhang Yuan smiled and entered the elegant room, but saw that the window was bright and clean. On the tea table were listed Jingxi pots and more than ten kinds of Xuanyao porcelain pots, all of which were exquisite. Min Wenshui quickly cooked another pot of tea and poured it specially for Zhang Dai.
, said: "Master Zhang, try this."
Zhang Dai first looked at the color of the tea, then tasted the flavor, and said: "The aroma is strong and the taste is very rich. This is spring tea, and the pot just now is autumn tea."
Min Wenshui laughed and said, "I am fifty years old, and there are many people who appreciate it. No one can be as good at appreciating it as Mr. Zhang." So they became friends who have forgotten their years.
Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan had dinner here in Min Wenshui. Wang Wei resigned, and Min Wenshui did not keep her. Wang Wei took Xue Tong out and turned back to Zhang Yuan and said: "Mr. Jiezi, can you send me on the boat?"
When Zhang Yuan hesitated for a moment, Zhang Dai pushed him behind him and said with a smile: "Hurry up."
Zhang Yuan went out with a smile. Wang Wei slowed down and let Zhang Yuan walk in front. She followed, walking slowly along the Qinhuai River. The crooked moon rose early, and the Qinhuai River painted boats, flutes and drums at night, coming and going.
Go and go, the boats are hung with horn lanterns like beads, water towers on both sides of the river, river houses with sparse red railings, bamboo curtains and gauze curtains, and the strong fragrance of jasmine in the night wind——
The two of them didn't say anything, but when they boarded the boat at Taoye Ferry, Wang Wei chuckled and said: "The three Xianggong Zhang each have their own talents. The eldest son Xianggong's taste of tea ceremony is unparalleled, and Xianggong Jie's poems and poems are outstanding."
People admire him, and it is Wang Wei’s luck to get to know the three husbands.”
Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Thank you, Miss Xiuwei, just don't look down on me."
Wang Wei blushed and said: "Mr. Jiezi is still angry that the little girl was rude that day at Xuanwu Lake. How can Wang Wei apologize before he can let go?"
Zhang Yuandao: "When I make friends with internal officials, I will always be cast aside by some people."
Wang Wei hesitated for a moment and said: "A gentleman loves his mouth, and a peacock loves his feathers. Since Mr. Jie has the ambition of a swan, he should cherish his feathers."
Zhang Yuan asked: "You still think I shouldn't have too close contact with the eunuch, right?"
Wang Wei hesitated for a moment, but nodded and said: "Yes, making friends with internal officials may bring immediate benefits, but it will harm the reputation far away."
Wang Wei still had the courage to speak out, because it was Zhang Yuan who resolved the crisis this time through Eunuch Xing. If Zhang Yuan retorted about this, it would be difficult for her to resist and she would be very hurt. The reason why she put her softness
The vulnerability is exposed to Zhang Yuan because she trusts Zhang Yuan. She wants to tell her true thoughts and not change her position because she has benefited——
Zhang Yuan certainly understands Wang Wei's good intentions, which is why he doesn't want Teacher Jiao to know that he is dating Eunuch Xing. He is still young and has not yet entered the officialdom and the reputation circle of scholars. Making friends with internal officials will damage his reputation.
The consequences have not yet appeared, but he must enter the official career, and the conflict between Donglin and the internal officials will break out sooner or later. He thinks that walking the tightrope of balancing will become more and more difficult——
Thinking of this, Zhang Yuan sighed: "If you don't know me, what do you want from me? If you know me - well, not yet."
Wang Wei was silent, his eyes were as bright as stars in the night, and he said after a while: "Xianggong Jie is only seventeen years old. Why does this moment make people feel so vicissitudes of life? I really want to know more about Xianggong Jie -"
This girl was still very sensitive, but Zhang Yuan didn't want to say more about those things, and said nonsense: "Maybe it's because young people don't know what it's like to be sad. Okay, Miss Xiuwei, please come on board. I'm hungry and want to taste Wen Lao."
Delicious food.”
Wang Wei smiled sweetly and said: "If Mr. Jie doesn't give up, you might as well go to Youlan Pavilion for dinner together. The little girl is quite good at cooking, so she won't be too embarrassed to eat."
Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Let's wait for another day, otherwise I will lose sight of myself when I say goodbye and my brother will laugh at me."
Wang Wei knew that Zhang Yuan was declining, and felt a little confused. She didn't know Zhang Jiezi well, and she wanted to know more about him. She was also puzzled, and asked herself: "Wang Guan, when did you have such curiosity?"
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In the past two days, Zhang Yuan took the time to correct Du Dingfang's eight-part essays. After correcting ten eight-part essays, he wrote a long letter to Du Dingfang, discussing the craftsmanship based on Du Dingfang's current composition level, and instructing Du Dingfang on which books to read intensively.
Cheng Wen also said that he would return to Shanyin via Zhenfengli at the end of winter or the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, and then he would comment on Du Dingfang's new works——
Zhang Yuan wrote the letter and gave it to Du's servant together with ten essays with eight-part essays on small topics, and sent him back to Zhenfengli. It was the ninth day of August. In the evening, Executive Officer Jiang from the Imperial College brought two more people.
, when Fu'er saw these two people, she shouted in surprise: "Daddy, why are daddy here, and Uncle Qian——"
The visitors were Zhang Laoshi and Qian Laoben, servants of the Xi Zhang family, each carrying a basket. When they saw Fu'er, they quickly put down their burdens and said happily: "Finally we found Fu'er, where is the third young master?"
Fu'er was overjoyed and shouted towards the east building: "Third Young Master, my father is here, there is someone in the family."
Zhang E was playing chess with Zhang Dai. When he heard the shouting, he hurriedly ran to the corridor, looked down, and said, "We're finally here." Soon he came downstairs, and Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai and others gathered over.
Zhang Laoshi wiped his sweat and greeted the three young masters with Qian Laoben. Zhang E hurriedly asked: "How many dimming glasses, myopia glasses and incense glasses did you bring?"
Fu'er brought two glasses of water for his father and Uncle Qian to drink. Zhang Dai smiled and said, "It's not too late to drink some water first and then reply."
Zhang E was impatient, so he went to look through the four baskets, only to see that there were wooden boxes in the baskets, and the boxes were locked——
Zhang Laoshi drank the water in the cup in one gulp, handed the tea cup to Fu'er, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Zhang E: "Third Young Master, this is the letter, the key is sealed inside the letter."
The letter was sealed with fire paint. Zhang E opened the letter and pulled out a letter and a key. Zhang E handed the letter to his eldest brother Zhang Dai. He hurriedly opened the lock and opened one. The gaps were filled with cotton wool and stacked with ordinary-sized
There are about a hundred wooden boxes. The wooden boxes are made of mahogany and are quite exquisite. One of them is a pair of glasses. Zhang E put it on and turned around to look at it and said, "These are the glasses for fainting." He took them off and took a closer look.
, nodded and said: "The mirror-making technology has improved."
Zhang Dai opened the letter and read it, and said: "This is a letter written by my third uncle Zhang Bingfang -" and then repeated his belief. The letter mainly talked about the mirror workshop, saying that this time, Zhang Laoshi and Qian Laoben were asked to bring dizzy glasses.
One hundred and fifty pairs, one hundred and twenty pairs of myopia glasses, one hundred incense mirrors, three telescopes...
Zhang E was overjoyed when he heard that there was also a "thousand-mile mirror" and asked hurriedly: "In which box is the telescope?"
Zhang Laoshi pointed to one of the boxes and said, "It should be this one."
Zhang E opened the lock and saw that there were indeed three copper tube telescopes. Each of the three brothers took out one and turned it open. Zhang Yuan retreated to the courtyard wall and used the telescope to look at the Jiming Temple in the back mountain. He slowly adjusted it while speaking.
Said: "Yes, it is much better than the telescope last time -"
Zhang E also retreated to Zhang Yuan's side to look at Jiming Temple and said, "It's still not as good as the telescope I bought from the Haojing Macao Taixi people."
Zhang Yuan was very happy and said: "The telescope made at the end of April was blurry, but this one has become much clearer. It has only been less than half a year, and we have made great progress. I will reward the three mirrormakers when I go back."
Zhang E became happy after hearing what Zhang Yuan said and said: "Very good, I will send these glasses to the Imperial Academy for sale tomorrow. The supply must exceed the demand."
Zhang Yuandao: "Third brother, it is not good to do business in the Imperial College. Although Mao Jiancheng has been put on trial by the Ministry of Punishments, we still have to be more cautious in our words and deeds."
Zhang Dai nodded and said, "Jiezi is right."
Zhang E said: "That's easy, let the supervisors come to our Tingchan residence to buy them themselves."
Jiang Zhiyi, who had been waiting by the side, now said: "The three Mr. Zhang of Haojiao have learned that Mr. Gu, who is offering wine to the guests, has returned to the Imperial College this afternoon."
Zhang Yuan said: "Then I have to go and see Gu Jijiu." He rewarded the officer Chiang with a coin of silver.
After dinner, Zhang Yuan was about to enter the prison to pay a visit to Gu Jijiu, but he heard Fu'er who answered the door shouting: "Master Jiezi, Master Jiao, Mr. Jiao is here."
Zhang Yuan hurried out to welcome him, but he saw that Jiao Hong, Jiao Runsheng and his son had come to listen to the Zen residence together with Gu Zijian offering wine. Gu Qiyuan, Zhang Dai and Zhang E heard the sound and hurried out to see the ceremony. They went into the small hall and sat down. Gu Qiyuan said: "
Zhang Yuan, I have learned about what happened on Yiyou day. You have nothing wrong. You will go back to the Imperial College tomorrow to attend classes as usual. You don’t have to do your usual homework. In the afternoon, you will go to Danyuan to help Jiao Taishi compile the book. You still have to go back to the Imperial College room at night. Don’t be lazy.
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Gu Qiyuan had obviously discussed it with Jiao Hong, Zhang Yuan said: "Yes, the students will enter the monitoring class early tomorrow morning."
Gu Qiyuan said again: "That maidservant of yours who is good at archery should never go to the archery garden to practice archery again, for fear of being criticized by others."
Zhang Yuan bowed and said, "Yes." He then begged, "I'm going to offer wine. My father will return to Shanyin from Kaifeng via Nanjing in the near future. The student wants to wait until he sees his father off before spending the night in prison, so that the student can have time to show his filial piety."
, please forgive me for offering wine."
Gu Qiyuan nodded in agreement, and gave Zhang Yuan a few more words before getting up and going back. Zhang Yuan said: "Please wait a moment, Gu Qi to offer wine." He went to get a pair of dimming glasses and presented them, saying that they had just been delivered from Shanyin Mirror Factory.
Arrived——
When Jiao Hong saw the dimmed glasses, he smiled and said: "It's a good thing, try it in the beginning. You also have dimmed eyes, so you can use them right now."
Zhang E on the side laughed secretly and thought to himself: "This is a foreshadowing by Jiezi. He gave Gu Jijiu a pair of glasses for blindness. In the future, even if someone says that we sell glasses to the prison students, Gu Jijiu will just laugh it off. This is what makes the prison students look at him."
Qing Mu Ming, you’re not selling "Jin Ping Mei" to them——"
Gu Qiyuan tried the glasses on, and they were indeed good. He was very happy and said to Zhang Yuan: "These glasses are sold in Suzhou and Hangzhou. They cost a lot of money. A pair of glasses costs several taels of silver. How can I accept such a generous gift from you? Tomorrow
I'll ask someone to send you some money."
Zhang Yuan was a little embarrassed. He looked at Jiao Hong and crossed his hands and said, "Teacher, please forgive Zhang Yuan. These are glasses made by the student's mirror shop. They are considered earthly rituals. How dare you accept the money from the wine sacrifice."
Jiao Hong whisked his beard and said with a smile: "Brother Taichu, you are embarrassing Zhang Yuan. These glasses are clearer than the dimming glasses made by those mirror shops in Suzhou and Hangzhou. They are the only ones of this kind. How about I count them as a gift to Brother Taichu?"
Although Gu Qiyuan was incorruptible, he was well-educated and well-versed in Yi Shu. He was not a rigid person, so he smiled and accepted it. He left and returned to the Imperial College. Jiao Hong and his son stayed behind to talk to Zhang Yuan's brother. Zhang Yuan took out a pair of telescopes and presented them to Jiao Hong.
, Zhang Yuan explained to Teacher Jiao that he couldn't see far at night, and Jiao Hong said in surprise: "This is a telescope. I once heard Xu Zi first say that the Thais can make such magical eyepieces, and you can do it too!"
Jiao Runsheng explained to Zhang Yuan that Xu Zixian was Xu Guangqi. In the 25th year of Wanli, Jiao Hong was the chief examiner of the Shuntian Prefecture Township Examination.
In appreciation of Master Jiao Hong’s virtue, I often send greetings in letters——
Zhang Yuandao: "This telescope is copied from the telescope of the Westerners. The study of astronomy, physics and mathematics of the Westerners is indeed superior to our Ming students, and we should imitate and learn from it."
Jiao Hong looked at his son Jiao Runsheng and smiled and said: "Look at how Zhang Yuan spoke to Xu Zi in the same tone. He highly praised the knowledge of the Westerners and regarded Matteo Ricci as a great Western scholar. Xu Zixian also lobbied me to join the Western Catholic Church. This is
It's a bit ridiculous. I rejected it. I was a Confucian when I was born in the Ming Dynasty, I was a Buddhist scholar when I was born, I left Confucianism and entered Buddhism, and I traveled among the three religions. Why should I be saved by God? - Zhang Yuan, when you see Xu Zixian in the future, don't be persuaded by him to join Catholicism.
, now the courtiers are quite dissatisfied with the Westerners preaching in the Ming Dynasty, and there are many articles opposing it. Sooner or later, there will be a big chaos. You are young and energetic and can cause trouble. Don't get involved in the future."
Zhang Yuandao: "Of course students will not join Catholicism, but students think that in today's world, introducing Catholicism will be beneficial to the world, especially in Jiangnan, where extravagance is too prevalent."
Jiao Hong said "Yes" and said: "Xu Zixian also told me that Catholicism values frugality, but Catholic teachings are very wrong in matters of right and wrong. Xu Zixian has a talent for practical work, and it is a pity that he went astray when he became a believer."
Zhang Yuan certainly did not think that Xu Guangqi had gone astray, and asked: "I wonder if Senior Brother Xu has any official position now?"
Jiao Hong said: "He is still serving as a casual post in the Hanlin Academy, and recently lived in Tianjin to grow vegetables and study farmland water conservancy. Xu Zixian has the ambition to help the world. Talents are rare. He is not an empty talker who can only write stereotypes. It is a pity that the court does not use it.
he."
After drinking a cup of tea at the Zen House, Jiao Hong got up and went back to Danyuan. He asked Zhang Yuan to come to Danyuan every afternoon to compile the "Guo Chao Zhi Lu". With Zhang Yuan's help these days, this masterpiece is expected to be a hundred volumes long.
Progress is very fast.
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Starting from the tenth day of August, Zhang Yuan went to the Imperial College to study again. In the morning, he listened to the doctor's lectures on the classics and the writing of edicts, edicts, tables, policies and judgments. In the afternoon, he went to Danyuan to help Teacher Jiao compile books. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, Zhang Yuan gradually
I became a little anxious: Why hasn’t my father Zhang Ruiyang arrived in Nanjing yet?
Zhang Dai also went to prison to study, and Zhang E still went in and out of the Imperial College at will. In just a few days, more than half of the dimming glasses, which cost four taels of silver a pair, and the myopia glasses, which cost six taels of silver a pair, had been sold. Zhang E was extremely happy——
On the evening of August 14th, Zhang Yuan returned from Danyuan to Zen Residence. He walked slowly with his brows slightly furrowed. He was worried about his father's safety, but he had no way to inquire about it——
Mu Zhenzhen didn't know how to say nice things to comfort the young master, so he had to accompany the young master to worry.
Returning to Tingchan Residence, he saw a dozen unfamiliar servants standing in the courtyard. Zhang Yuan was asking where these people came from. Zhang E accompanied four people out of the small hall. Zhang E shouted happily: "Jie Zi, you
Look who's here, it's full of guests."
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