In the autumn and July of the fifth year of Shengping, Emperor Mu Sima Dan was buried in Yongping Mausoleum, and the temple was named Xiaozong.
In September, the daughter of Situ Changshi Wang Meng was appointed as the queen. Wang Meng was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan. She had a beautiful appearance and was a master of official script. She took a look in the mirror and called her father Wang Na's words: "Wang Wenkai was born like this!" He is narcissistic. in this way--
When Wang Meng was a young man, he was unruly and unruly, and was looked down upon by the local folk. He loved gambling, his family was poor, and his hat was in ruins. Da, who began to practice self-denial after middle age, was as famous as Liu Xun of Pei State and Xie Shang of Chen County. In the month when his daughter was established as queen, Wang Meng became seriously ill. He turned his tail under the lamp and looked at her, sighing: "People like me are like this." How can a person not live to be forty years old?" When he died at the age of thirty-nine, before his funeral, Liu Xun placed a rhinoceros loquat tail in his coffin. Because he had been mourning for a long time, Xie An once praised Wang Meng and said: "The king's history did not say much. , it can be said to have a commanding tone.”
In September, Huan Wen recalled Xi Chao, who was in mourning for his uncle, and planned another Northern Expedition. He ordered the military commanders of Xu, Yan, Qing, Ji, and You to join forces with Xu, and Fan Wang, the governor of Yan and two states, came to Liang. In the winter of October, because Fan Wang did not lead the army to the designated place on time, and for the crime of missing the deadline, he dismissed Fan Wang as a commoner. This was another high-ranking official who was dismissed by Huan Wen due to the failure of the Northern Expedition. There were Yin Hao and Xie Wan before him, and now Fan Wang, Huan Wen once It is said that "soldiers are available" at Jingkou. Jingkou is the gateway to Jiankang. The Qiao Xu who controls Jingkou, the Qiao and Yanzhou, and the Beifu soldiers who control the Xi family are what Huan Wen dreams of. However, the imperial edict once again disappointed Huan Wen. In November, the conquest He worshiped Yu Xi, the domestic historian of Wu, as the general of Beizhonglang, the governor of Xu and Yanzhou, Zhenxia Pi, and the general of Longxiang. Yuan Zhen was appointed as the general of Xizhonglang, and supervised the Yu and Si. , Zhenrunan, both Yu and Yuan were at odds with Huan Wen. Huan Wen used the Northern Expedition to depose Fan Wang, but his Jingxiang forces still could not penetrate into the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
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On the eighth day of the eleventh month of the fifth year of Shengping, Chen Caozhi's twenty-five-month period of mourning for his deceased mother expired, and he returned to his normal life.
At noon on the ninth day of the lunar month, the seven major gentry clans of the Qiantang Dynasty all sent their clansmen to Chenjiawu to pay homage to Chen's mother, the Li family. The common people from the Han family, headed by Liujiabao, also gathered in Yuhuang Mountain. Although the Chen clan of the Qiantang Dynasty was registered as a gentry, they were not They did not alienate the poor families of the common people and kept close contact with each other. Although other nobles in Qiantang criticized this and believed that it was detrimental to the dignity of the nobles, in recent years, the reputation and financial resources of the Chen family in Qiantang have been rising strongly, and they have continued to rise. Celebrities from all over the world came to visit Chen Caozhi, including the eminent monk Zhi Mingdu of Qiguang Temple, Dai Kui of Shanxi Dayin, Zhang Andao, a famous scholar in Kuaiji, a descendant of the Bian family in Jiyin, and Runan Mei who was listed as a scholar in the fourth year of Shengping. Chen Caozhi, a member of the clan and other clansmen, stayed in a hut to guard his tomb and lived in seclusion, but his fame grew more and more——
Speaking of the financial resources of the Chen family, the Qiantang gentry were both envious and jealous. In June last year, the Chen family borrowed 500,000 yuan from the Ding family and the Liu family respectively. By October this year, in just one year and four months, , Mrs. Chen paid off the one million yuan. Now she still owes more than one million yuan to buy the land. It is said that she can afford to pay it back, but it will be reserved for the expansion of the manor. Two million yuan is a big investment for a company that has been operating for many years. The Quan family and the Ding family are nothing, but the Chen family raised two million yuan in more than a year with less than a hundred hectares of land. This is the Quan family, and the Ding family has nearly two hundred hectares of land. What the wealthy families cannot do——
The Qiantang Chen family's livestock breeding, sericulture reeling, linen weaving, fruit trees, two-crop rice, tea, papermaking, and pottery making are still in their infancy and have not yet begun to produce profits. They have raised two million for the Qiantang Chen family.
In addition to a good harvest of grains, the money is mainly from the blacksmith shop and the Mingsheng Lake fishery. Farm tools such as plows, rakes, hoes, and sickles made by Chen's blacksmith shop are particularly sharp and durable, and the rest are like the iron parts on oxcarts.
The products cast by Chen's blacksmithing shop are also durable and not easy to break and damage. Chen's family is also good at publicizing. Now all farmers in Qiantang County buy farm tools from Chen. The manor of the common people needs high quality and durability.
Although they each have their own blacksmith shop, the iron tools they forge are not as good as those produced by the Chen family. It is more cost-effective to buy from the Chen family. As soon as this reputation spreads, in recent months, even Yuhang
, Yuji, Shanyin, Jiaxing, and Shangyu counties all came to order farm tools and oxcart carriages from Chen -
Mingsheng Lake is a cornucopia, full of fish, fat and shrimps. The four small fishing boats of Chen's fishing ground are full every day. In addition to supplying food to the people in Chen's manor, they are also sent to the county for sale, and the rest are pickled.
It was sold to other counties. According to Chen Caozhi, the Cheng family's Yinhu, who was responsible for the commodity trade, found reliable and substantial agents in various counties. The Chen family's ironware and other items produced by the manor were sold by this merchant -
Naturally, Chen Caozhi would not care about these specific matters. He is not as good as an old farmer when it comes to crops, and he is not as good as an old farmer when it comes to gardening. He does not know how to blacksmith, weave linen, paper, or bake pottery. He only knows that rice can be grown in the south.
In two seasons, fruit trees can be grafted, the bellows in the blacksmith shop are piston-type, the silk in the south will surpass the Central Plains, and people can make money through trade... He just told the old farmers, Laopu, and Lai De
These people, these people showed their ingenuity and tried with great concentration, and the repeated piston bellows was made. Although the yield of two crops of rice was low, they were also grown. I heard that the rice seeds in Jiaozhou were good, so I sent people to Jiaozhou to ask for rice.
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The Chen family's large manor in Qiantang has grown unstoppably. Chen Man and his son are full of energy. They see the family estate expanding rapidly, with tens of thousands of money coming in and out every day. It feels good to be rich.
If Chen's mother Li passed away the year before last, the reason why the Qian and Tang gentry came to pay homage to Chen was because Ding Yi and Du Zigong took the lead. This time, Chen Caozhi and the others came together by chance, and most of them came to pay homage to Chen.
His mother, Mrs. Li, was the one who took care of Chen Caozhi. Guarding the tomb for three years was equivalent to a long journey, and now she has returned to resume her previous life.
Qiantang County Magistrate Feng Mengxiong and the Chen family are family friends, and his daughter Feng Lingbo is Chen Caozhi's adopted sister. Naturally, the father and daughter came to Yuhuang Mountain early. Feng Mengxiong also brought a messenger from Huan Wen and Huan Da Sima and four of them.
Follow me, this messenger is obviously Zhengxi Peng Xie Xuan.
Xie Xuan turned out from behind the two tall and burly guards with swords. At first, his expression was quite reserved, but when he saw the surprise on Chen Caozhi's face, he shouted: "Brother Youdu——" He strode forward to greet him, sincerely.
The friendship suddenly broke through some barriers, and he called out: "Brother Zizhong——" He and Chen Caozhi clasped their hands, looked at each other and smiled, with warmth and excitement in their hearts.
After not seeing each other for two and a half years, their appearance has changed a lot, and they have grown a lot taller. But now, standing hand in hand, they are still about the same height, both about seven feet four inches, handsome and elegant, with jade trees in the wind.
posture——
Eighteen-year-old Xie Xuan no longer looked like he used to apply powder and incense, his eyebrows were flying sideways, his eyes were cold, both elegant and sharp. With the rise and fall of his family and the experience of Huan Wen Xifu in the past few months, Xie Xuan grew up rapidly and became calmer;
During his 800-day career as a tomb-keeper, Chen Caozhi became thinner than before, but a bit taller. This made him look even thinner. His complexion was white with a hint of green, and his eyes were quieter and deeper. Because of his thinness, his face
The outline of this part is particularly sharp and steep, with tall jade mountains and solitary pines.
Xie Xuandao said: "I was shocked to hear that Aunt Chen passed away at the end of the year before last. I felt sad and couldn't come to pay homage because of the long distance. This time Huan Da Sima Zheng summoned his son to return to Xifu, so I asked for his order to come to facilitate the visit and also came to pay homage to Aunt Chen.
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Chen Caozhi immediately led Xie Xuan to pay homage to his mother's tomb. Xie Xuan recalled that he had come to Chenjiawu twice to see Chen's mother Li's kind and gentle voice and smile. Her face was very sad, and her sorrow was beyond words.
All the scholars in the Tang Dynasty were amazed at the money in Chen's Cemetery. Huan Wen, the Great Sima Huan, had naturally calculated that Chen Caozhi would be dismissed today, and sent someone to recruit him to the West Mansion. It can be seen that the Great Sima Huan valued Chen Caozhi, let alone sent him
The envoy turned out to be Xie Xuan and Xie Youdu, who was known as the "Treasure Tree of the Xie Family". There were many nobles and sages in the Qian and Tang Dynasties who were summoned to serve the court over the past hundred years, but no one had ever enjoyed such an honor. It was comparable to the year before last when Xi's guest invited Xie Anshi to come out.
While everyone was worshiping in turn, two fast horses came down the mountain, and two officials went up the mountain after a long journey. One of them had come to Qiantang last year with Wang Shao, the internal historian of Yangzhou, to hear the case of the Lu family's false registration of scholars. He was Wang Shao's recorder.
, surnamed Zong, this time he was ordered by Wang Shu, the governor of Yangzhou, to recruit Chen Caozhi as the prefectural literary governor. The prefect of Wu County Lu Na intended to make Chen Caozhi the county literary governor the year before last, but now, Yangzhou governor Wang Shu has appointed Chen Caozhi as the prefectural literary governor.
Being called the Prefectural Literary Bureau, the Prefecture Literary Bureau is naturally one level higher than the County Literary Bureau. It is a sinecure of the eighth rank. It is generally a position that can only be obtained by young people from high families who have just entered the official career and have a good reputation. There is never any inferior position.
When the sons of the gentry entered the official career, they were assigned to the noble and idle position of the eighth-rank literary minister. Xie Xuan was appointed by Huan Wen as the eighth-rank scholar of Zhengxi.
The heads of the Qiantang gentry clan in the cemetery were not amazed this time, but were shocked. Just after Chen Caozhi was discharged, two senior officials from the founding government, Huan Da Sima of the West Prefecture and Wang Shu, the governor of Yangzhou, came to recruit him. They must have been calculated.
Chen Caozhi's discharge date came on the same day. Ding Yi was secretly dumbfounded. Chen Caozhi's reputation was more prosperous than he imagined. His son Ding Chunqiu was just a worthless person under Wang Shao.
Before Cao Zuo and Chen Caozhi came out of the mountain, someone offered him the coveted official position of Eighth Grade Literary Supervisor!
Chen Caozhi accompanied Xie Xuan and Yangzhou Chaoguanzong Lushi back to Chenjiawu. At this time, Chenjiawu had changed greatly compared with before.
On the side, a square tower was built against the mountain. It is low in front and high in the back. It looks like a tiger descending the mountain. From a distance, the tower is integrated with the Jiuyao Mountain behind. The design is exquisite, with four gates and a high central hall.
, the two sides are low, the main building, and the horizontal buildings are in an orderly manner, with clear priorities. This massive project, costing millions of dollars, will not be completed until at least the end of next year. After completion, there will be more than 300 rooms——
