Wealth and honor do not return home, just like walking in brocade at night.
In the late autumn of the fifth year of Zhengde, Wang Yuan left Guizhou. Now he returns, it is the early summer of the thirteenth year of Zhengde, a full seven and a half years apart.
Wang Yuan did not deliberately wear brocade clothes, but only wore a moon-white lake gauze Taoist robe, a gold flower leather belt around his waist, and a small Su-like crown on his head, with a jade hairpin inserted horizontally in the crown.
Moon white is light blue, which looks refreshing yet elegant.
Golden flower leather belts can only be worn by officials of the third rank, but Wang Yuan's leather belts were obviously improved. In the Ming Dynasty, leather belts were not used to tie the waist, but were loose decorations, and sometimes had to be carried with hands. Wang Yuan's leather belts
Yuan directly tightened his belt and tied it tightly, so that he looked more energetic.
A small crown is a crown to tie your hair, Su Yang means fashion, and a hosta adds nobility.
Wherever you go, you will find Mr. Pianpianjia!
"Second brother, I saw Guizhou City." Yuan Da shouted happily.
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for many years, but I feel a little strange."
Yuan Da also came back to visit his relatives. Anyway, he studied martial arts and could fool around with him casually.
There were twelve more cavalry following him, all wearing brocade clothes and hanging embroidered spring knives on their waists. With Wang Yuan's official rank, he was fully qualified to bring his brocade guards with him when he returned to his hometown to visit relatives and get married.
A group of fourteen people rode fast towards Guizhou City.
Guizhou City is still the same as before, but a large area of bamboo forest in the east of the city has been cut down and has been reclaimed as fertile farmland. The number of Han people living nearby has increased, and a whole row of low-rise houses has been added. It seems that Guiyang has been undergoing great changes in recent years.
The reason is simply the decline of Tusi.
The An clan in Shuixi was busy with internal strife, and the post of Zuo Xuanwei was pending, so they had no time to come and play tricks around Guiyang. The Song clan in Shuidong was in a state of decline, and the Song master implemented a policy of recuperation and recuperation, creating a scene of stability and harmony.
There is only one chief envoy in Guizhou. Without the chieftain, he can act recklessly, and with the power of reforming the country, even the guarding eunuchs do not dare to act arrogantly.
The officers and soldiers guarding the city saw Tiqi from a distance and were frightened. When Wang Yuan rushed to the city, the officers and soldiers guarding the city rubbed their eyes and asked happily: "Is this the king's number one scholar?"
"Exactly." Wang Yuan dismounted and handed over his hand, and asked Yuan Da to take out the road quotation document.
All the officers and soldiers at the east gate gathered around and didn't look at Wang Yuan's directions. They only watched Wang Yuan himself.
"Is he really the champion? He is much more majestic than in the portrait."
"Can there be any leave? I have met Wang Zhuangyuan a long time ago. He was only fourteen or fifteen years old at that time. He often hunted with Mrs. Song (Song Ling'er)."
"Should we kneel down and worship?"
"Yes, yes, you should kneel down and kowtow."
"Meet Wang Zhuangyuan!"
"..."
Wang Yuan smiled and helped someone up with his own hands: "You don't have to be like this, I'm just taking leave to return home. We are all from Guizhou, we only mean to be from the same hometown, and there is no distinction between superiority and inferiority."
The officers and soldiers were even more respectful, and the people passing by also came to watch the fun.
Wang Yuan did not enter the city immediately, but chatted with the officers, soldiers and people, asking about anecdotes, changes and ordinary things in his hometown.
The one that people mention the most is the Zhuangyuan Building in the south of the city.
There is a rock in the river, shaped like a giant turtle. Literati built a bridge to connect it and often gathered here for literary meetings. There were also elegant people who fished on the rock to relax.
When the news came back that Wang Yuan was the top scholar in high school, he asked the deputy envoy Xi Shu to learn from him, so he summoned the gentry to raise funds to build a building. The building was three stories high, built in the middle of the river, with Aoji as its seat, and was named "Jiaxiu Building", which means "Kejia Tingxiu".
It means "to be the best".
There are two lists in the building, one is the Jinshi list and the other is the Juren list. From the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the present, all the Jinshi who came out of Guizhou have been on the list. There is even a portrait specially painted for Wang Yuan and hung inside.
It was getting late at this time. Wang Yuan had a special status and could not go to the government office to stay. He did not go to the Song family to find Song Ling'er, so he only chose an inn to stay.
"Second brother, do you still remember this store?" Yuan Da asked.
Wang Yuan said: "It seems that I have been here before."
Yuan Da laughed: "The first time we went down the mountain, we stayed in this inn. But the money was too little, so we only allowed Mr. Shen to stay in, and we all stayed outside the inn. It rained heavily that night, and everything drifted in from under the eaves. Our clothes were all wet, and we were shivering as we hugged each other."
"Haha, as soon as you said it, I remembered it." Wang Yuan found it interesting.
When he walked into the shop, the innkeeper didn't recognize Wang Yuan, but when he saw twelve guards in royal robes following him, he was frightened and greeted him warmly.
"Is this gentleman from the capital?" the shopkeeper asked insinuatingly.
Wang Yuan said in Guizhou Mandarin: "Going back to my hometown to visit relatives."
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, looked at Wang Yuan carefully, and suddenly knelt down and kowtowed: "The ordinary people pay homage to Wang Yuan!"
"Get up, I'm only staying for one night." Wang Yuan said.
The shopkeeper got up overjoyed and took them to the upper room in person, wondering if he should take the opportunity to ask Zhuangyuan Gong to keep his calligraphy treasure.
Wang Yuan had just settled down here, and before he had time to have a meal, seven or eight scholars suddenly came to the inn, and they were all stopped by the Jin Yiwei.
When Wang Yuan heard the noise, he immediately opened the door and said happily: "Brother Boyuan, Brother Zicang, Brother Zonglu... I haven't seen you for many years. I wish you all well!"
"Brother Ruoxu is well!" replied the scholars.
Most of the people standing in front of the door are Wang Yuan's classmates.
Tang Zhen, Ye Wu, and Chen Wenxue have all been admitted to the Juren Examination. Even Tang Zhen's younger brother Tang Zhen has also been admitted to the Juren Examination.
Because Wang Yuan pushed for Guizhou to launch a separate provincial examination, Guizhou has several more quotas for candidates every year. Li Weishan, Gao Fengming and other classmates have also passed the examination. However, Li Weishan's family has money and is now studying in Nanjing; Gao Fengming's family has no money, so he was selected by Song Dynasty Young master, please go and be a teacher in social studies.
Wang Yuan and Li Ying's roommates in Longgang Mountain, one named Yue Zhen and the other Zhan Hui, are currently studying at home. They both failed the exam two years ago and plan to take the exam again. Anyway, their families have money and are not in a hurry.
As for Zou Mu, who went to Beijing with Wang Yuan to take the exam, he had given up the examination long ago and served as a lecturer in Huguang as a scholar. Wang Yuan secretly helped, otherwise Zou Mu would have been a lecturer without money and power. You have to wait slowly for a vacancy.
Wang Yuan was very happy to see his old friend. He pulled Chen Wenxu and said, "Let's go, let's get drunk today!"
He went downstairs and sat down in the lobby of the inn. Only two plates of preserves were brought to him, and the wine was already poured. Wang Yuan raised his glass and said, "My classmates, please drink this glass to the full!"
"good!"
The students were very happy to see that Wang Yuan did not forget his friends because of his wealth, nor did he have the airs of an official. They all raised their glasses and drank.
"Second brother!"
Liu Yaozu ran in panting and said happily: "Second brother, I heard someone said you had returned to Guizhou, so I asked all the way to find you."
Wang Yuan smiled and said, "You're just in time, come over and have a drink."
Liu Yaozu was very thin when he came down the mountain from Chuanqingzhai, and he is even more emaciated now. He is already twenty-five years old, and he has not yet married a wife. He studies hard, but unfortunately he is still just a scholar.
Liu Yaozu drank a glass of wine, sat down and said to Yuan Da: "Yuan Er is back too. I heard from my uncle that you went to the battlefield?"
Yuan Da smiled and said: "I followed my second brother and fought against Turpan in the Western Regions and the little Mongolian prince in Yingzhou."
Except for Liu Yaozu, the other scholars were not familiar with Yuan Da. At this moment, they all asked: "Did you really destroy a country in the Western Regions?"
Yuan Dam beamed and said: "The Turpan country is larger than the entire province of Guizhou. At that time, Turpan had tens of thousands of elite cavalry, but we only had a few thousand cavalry in hand, which were improvised. The second brother took the initiative, burned down the Turpan pasture, and lured
The main force of Turpan went out to the east. Then we established a strong wall and cleared the fields to contain the enemy's main force. They led us to attack thousands of miles, bypassing the Tianshan Mountains and heading towards the royal city of Turpan. We defeated more than ten cities in Turpan, attacked from the front and back, and forced the enemy chieftain to the grassland. Li Sanlang set up an ambush in the valley and killed him.
The enemy chieftain panicked and ran away, so my second brother took us to take advantage of the chaos to pursue him and capture the thief chieftain alive with a small victory over a large number!"
"nice!"
Chen Wenxue clapped his hands and praised: "As the saying goes, he has traveled three thousand miles with his body, and his sword has served as a million-soldier. Brother Ruoxu is truly an unparalleled warrior!"
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "It was just a lucky break."
He Tingyuan suddenly asked: "Is your health okay, sir? Has the old disease not recurred?"
Wang Yuan replied: "Sir, when he was suppressing bandits in Jiangxi, he was injured by bandits, but his life was not in danger."
"Oh, I wish I could follow you, sir." He Tingyuan said with emotion.
Wang Yuan had a normal relationship with He Tingyuan. He did not study in Longgang Mountain, but waited for Wang Yangming to come down from the mountain before becoming a disciple. But when Wang Yangming left Guizhou, He Tingyuan, Gao Fengming and Chen Shouning chased him one way after another until they left Guizhou.
I put the teacher on the boat before returning - a journey of nearly a hundred miles.
Tang Xun asked: "Brother Ruoxu returns home this time, how long do you plan to stay?"
Wang Yuan said: "It won't take more than a month."
Tang Xun asked again: "Can I come to Beijing with you?"
Tang Zhen scolded: "Study honestly!"
Tang Xun said: "I don't want to stay in Guizhou, I want to go outside and see."
The two brothers Tang Xun and Tang Xun were bullied miserably by their stepmother. Even if they passed the examination, they were often beaten and scolded. The stepmother's family was quite powerful, and their father was submissive. Therefore, Tang Xun ran away from home many times. This time he simply wanted to
I have to run directly to Beijing.
Moreover, Tang Xun was not a disciple of Wang Yangming. He was admitted as a scholar in the same year as Wang Yuan. This guy was very powerful. He passed the examination before his brother Tang Xun, and he was also the leader of the Book of Rites in Guizhou!
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "If Zhong Yuan wants to travel far, just go together."
"Thank you, Brother Ruoxu!" Tang Xun said happily.
Ye Wu had a good relationship with Li Ying and asked, "I heard that Li Sanlang has also been promoted?"
Wang Yuan said: "The commander of the Jinyi Guards."
"hiss!"
Everyone gasped.
They had also heard about this matter. After all, the Li family also came to receive the imperial decree for the conferment, but they would not believe it unless they heard it with their own ears. Li Sanlang was a fool back then. His writing was a mess, and he only thought about going to battle all day long. This
This guy actually became the Commander of the Imperial Guard.
It is inevitable that there are people who want to imitate Li Ying and hold on to Wang Yuan's thigh to find a way out, but there are so many people at this moment that they are too embarrassed to speak.
Wang Yuan drank a few more glasses and said with a smile: "On May 18th, it is an auspicious day. Ling'er and I got married in Zhazuo County. If all of you are free, please come to the wedding."
"Definitely, definitely, congratulations to Brother Ruoxu."
Everyone congratulated and toasted.
In the Ming Dynasty, liquor was not favored by the literati. It was just a drink for peddlers and lackeys, and it was only popular in the cold northern regions.
What Wang Yuan and the others were drinking now was rice wine, and they drank freely while reminiscing about old times. Their stomachs were full and they were almost drunk, and one by one they began to recite poems and compose poems, or they walked shoulder to shoulder and recalled the embarrassing experiences of studying in Longgang Mountain.
Wang Yuan also felt very magical. Several years passed by in a blink of an eye. The past seemed to be vivid in his mind, but he was already an important minister in the court.
He even remembered that the bookcase built by Carpenter Liu for Liu Yaozu was so heavy that Liu Yaozu, an idiot, carried it to the exam.
I don't know when the banquet broke up. It seems that Liu Yaozu burst into tears, lamenting that he was not good at studying and had been so wasted that he could not even pass the examination.
The innkeeper came over with the Four Treasures of the Study and said to Wang Yuan who was very drunk: "Please leave the calligraphy treasures to Duke Zhuangyuan."
Wang Yuan held the pen in a daze, stood unsteadily and said, "I hate writing poetry the most. Do you want some limericks?"
"Yes, yes!" The shopkeeper nodded hurriedly.
Wang Yuan wrote with a swipe of his pen: "One piece, two pieces, three or four pieces, five pieces, six pieces, seven or eight pieces. Thousands of pieces, countless pieces, flying into the plum blossoms are not seen."
Chen Wenxue leaned his head and laughed loudly: "What a poem! This poem is about snow."