Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 138 Zhang's Hermit Garden
"The Zhangjiayin Garden was originally just a gathering place for a group of like-minded people. The owner Zhang Jikang quite got the ambition to escape from his father Zhang Hanfei. Those who made friends only wanted to find like-minded people, regardless of their family background. Those who manage their reputation here think that they will be promoted. So there is a rule that later on, those who have no job for nothing and fail to recruit are not allowed to enter this door."

In the carriage, Shen Peizhi introduced to Shen Zhezi the Zhangjiayin Garden they were going to go to today, while talking, his eyes frequently glanced around.The attack on the way the day before yesterday left a great shadow on him, and he still has lingering fears when he boards the bullock cart.

There are many social circles in Jiankang City, large and small, with uneven influence.Zhangjiayinyuan can be regarded as a small circle with relatively large influence among southerners. Although there are no prominent officials who can enter it, they can be expropriated, which shows that they have extremely high talent and learning ability. free and easy.

If Shen Zhezi can perform well in this garden, it will be of great benefit to reverse the current worsening reputation.He is what Shen Peizhi said, and he used it to make a name for himself as a promotion.

Because of the incident the day before yesterday, Shen Zhezi had a lot of guards with him, but none of the maids, no matter whether it was just for show or to prevent another family from making a fake out. things.

Zhang's Hermit Garden is still outside the Qinhuai River, and as the ox carts roll by, the surrounding buildings gradually become sparse.Although Jiankang City is where Gyeonggi is located, the previous turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River has been the center, and the loss of vitality cannot be made up in a short time.

A large number of displaced local people and Nandu expatriates are concentrated near Jiankang City, and they are neglected to resettle. There are many hidden dangers. There was a vicious incident that hit Gyeonggi a few years ago.It now appears that the situation has not only failed to improve, but has a tendency to worsen.

In fact, it is less difficult to resettle refugees near Gyeonggi than in other places.High-ranking officials and dignitaries gathered in the capital, seeing so many refugees wandering around without any means of food and clothing, it was also a hidden danger to them.Registering households for naturalization and dispatching counties and counties can not only enrich the population near Gyeonggi, but also increase productivity and eliminate hidden dangers to public security.

But at present Danyang Yin is the famous scholar Ruan Fu, this gentleman is self-willed, and the golden mink is exchanged for wine, he is afraid that there will be nothing in the cup, and he will starve to death everywhere.And in this land of Gyeonggi, many eyes are staring at them, and not many wealthy families dare to shelter these refugee populations, so the problem has been shelved until now, and it is difficult to solve it.

Being an official has nothing to do with an official, and there is no heart to do things.Living in his post, although he does not do evil, he is already full of evil.In the final analysis, this is the tragedy of an era, and it is really difficult to attribute the blame to any one person.It is well known to the world that Ruan Fu is incapable of doing things, and he is actually assigned to such an important position as Danyang Yin, which shows that those in power are irresponsible for the world.

Shen Zhezi has recently learned to hide his power and bide his time, even if he felt something in his heart, even if no outsiders were present, he would never say it out loud. He just ordered his servants to quickly pass through this refugee gathering place.

Walking through a bend in the river, Zhangjiayin Garden is vaguely in sight.This manor, which is very famous among the southerners, looks nothing out of the ordinary from the outside. The bamboo fence wall is only a few feet high, and weeds are overgrown outside the wall, and only a few paths are trampled by pedestrians. color.

The gate of the hidden garden is wide open, and there is no Zhuang Ding here to guard and block the road.After the ox cart passed the fence, Shen Peizhi signaled Shen Zhezi to get off the cart, and said with a smile: "There are not many rules in the garden, but most of the people who come and go are used to walking and being a cart. If we drive a cart, it would be arrogant."

Shen Zhezi nodded, not caring about this trivial matter.He came here to ask for something, and the most important thing is to achieve his goal, and the meaningless little fact of being unconventional and putting on airs is that it doesn't help.

The first thing that catches the eye inside the gate is a nursery, planted with mugwort, and the mugwort is scattered with the wind, which makes people feel refreshed.At this time, there were still a few people in the nursery holding small hoes, who seemed to be loosening the soil and removing insects. When they saw Shen Peizhi coming, they waved from a distance, and did not come forward to greet and greet, quite carefree and self-sufficient.

Shen Zhezi only brought a few servants to carry food and wine, and followed Shen Peizhi into the garden.There are not too many exquisite and gorgeous buildings in this hidden garden, but there are many bamboo sheds and wooden houses mixed in it.Although there is no unified plan to highlight the beauty of the garden villa, if you calm down and walk around it, you will have a sense of being in harmony with nature.

As Shen Peizhi walked forward, he said to Shen Zhezi with a smile: "Although there are rules in this hidden garden, you are not allowed to enter unless it is expropriated. There is no clear interest, even if you come here often, you will not be favored by others, and you will not be ridiculed, and as time goes by, such people will gradually disappear."

Shen Zhezi smiled slightly when he heard the words. He is the kind of person who has no interest. If he wants to gain something in this hidden garden today, it seems that he has to carefully weigh it.

"Look, Zhezi, the wooden house by the river is the residence of the owner Zhang Jikang. The bamboo buildings and wooden houses elsewhere are also built by some priests in the Changju Garden. Guest house, if you need anything, you have to take care of yourself.”

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he was surprised. After touching it carefully, there was a bit of philosophy in the hidden garden of the Zhang family.

After walking through a bamboo forest, Shen Zhezi saw many people sitting there, and in the middle there was a man in a cloak sitting on the ground, holding a volume of scriptures in his hand, as if he was explaining the meaning of the scriptures.Shen Zhezi stopped and listened for a while, only to hear that the man was explaining the "Book of Rites".

Shen Peizhi whispered in Shen Zhezi's ear: "The lecturer is Zhai Zhuang, Gaoyin, Lushan Mountain. The day before yesterday, Zhezi and I gathered in Zhang Jikang's garden to meet Gao Xian. This Zhai Zhuang's family has a long history, and his father Zhai Tang It is also known as 'Lushan Yuyin', and it is a well-known Xianyin family in Jiangdong."

Hearing what Shen Peizhi said, Shen Zhezi was in awe of Zhai Zhuang surrounded by everyone.

People in the Wei and Jin Dynasties regarded being fat and secluded as beautiful, but there were not many who could truly abide by this creed throughout their lives.Even a real celebrity like Xie An had to change his interest in the face of the unsustainable family business and the internal and external difficulties of the court, and made a comeback to take on the responsibility.As for other people who use the name of hermit, or political disaster avoidance, or fame and fame, it is even more difficult to enumerate.

Among these reclusive scholars, the Zhai family can definitely be regarded as thriving. Since Zhai Tang hermited in Lushan Mountain, the four generations of grandparents and grandchildren have been famous. Family IV.

Although Shen Zhezi could not agree with Zhai's true reclusive family, he would respect it accordingly.What he really dislikes are those who are inactive in officials, careless in doing things, pretending to be generous but still in love with power and position, such people are especially harmful to the world!
Shen Peizhi pointed to those who were sitting around listening to scriptures in the bamboo grove, and said with a smile: "The hidden garden of the Zhang family cannot be restricted by people coming in and out. Occasionally, masters of scriptures and righteousness will explain the scriptures here, so many poor people who have nowhere to study come to vote here." These people may have different interests, but they are very eager to learn, and there are many who have left home for several years and have not returned. They live here and live in a hut.

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he couldn't help observing those who were sitting around listening to the scriptures.These people are of different ages, and there are many people with torn clothes and disheveled faces, obviously living a poor life.But without exception, everyone looked extremely focused, fearing that they might miss a single word.

Seeing this scene, Shen Zhezi's heart skipped a beat.The Zhang family's way of teaching has inspired him a lot, and when the time is right, he can learn from it.It's just that the so-called scholars and common people are of different streams nowadays, and there are really very few who are willing to teach the scriptures to the children of poor families.Probably only those who really don't care about family status or official salary will do it.Seeing the focused expressions of these people in the bamboo forest, one can know how rare such an opportunity is.

After a while, Zhai Zhuang came to the end of his preaching, got up and left, and soon a servant stepped forward to put away the bamboo mat for the desk.Those who listened to the scriptures were still immersed in the lingering rhyme of the scriptures, ruminating with their eyes closed or softly communicating with those around them.Although Zhai Zhuang is here to teach the scriptures, he has no relationship with them as a teacher and student, and he has no responsibility to explain their difficulties for them. How much he can gain depends entirely on his own enlightenment.

Shen Zhezi was about to leave when he heard a slight weeping sound from the bamboo forest. He was surprised and followed the crying sound into the bamboo forest.Some people in the bamboo grove were impatient to be disturbed by the crying, and left in a hurry, and some people turned their heads to look around, wanting to see who was crying and why.

The person who covered his face and wept was a young man of sixteen or seventeen years old. Although his clothes were washed clean, there were many mending marks, which showed that his family was poor.Someone who knew the young man stepped forward and asked, "Why is Ziyu weeping?"

The young man wiped away the tears on his face, and said with a gloomy expression: "I lost my parents when I was young, and my mother is the only one at home. I have lived in this garden for more than a year, but I have no time to go back to my hometown to visit relatives. I can often hear the truth here, but what I do is true." It is contrary to filial piety. I have feelings for a while, and I can't help myself, so please don't mind."

Hearing what the young man said, everyone fell silent.Most of them are in the same situation as this young man. They come to listen to the scriptures and righteousness, study tirelessly, and inevitably neglect family affection and filial piety.Infected by this young man, a sense of homesickness filled the bamboo forest for a while.

Shen Zhezi paused outside the bamboo forest for a moment, thoughtful in his eyes, and after pondering for a while, called a servant to whisper a few words of advice, and then he exited the bamboo forest, and walked with Shen Peizhi to his residence in this hidden garden.

"It's a pity that I missed the welcome banquet at Zhai Zhuang the day before yesterday, but it was also helpless. There are often literary meetings in the garden. Zhezi has a talent for poetry and prose. If there are more elegant works, he will definitely be famous. Sweep forward."

Shen Pei's name has not been known for a long time, and it was only recently that he was able to enter the Hermitage Garden. He did not have enough reputation to lead a gathering, and after placing Shen Zhezi in his humble two-story building, he left in a hurry to find Someone asked if there was a literary gathering in the garden recently.

Shen Zhezi himself has no resistance to copying, but he is not a jukebox, and he can speak out in a timely manner.Since he intends to restore some reputation in Zhangjiayin Garden this time, he has to be serious and prepare several plans in advance.

　I will update it today, and I will make it up when it is ready. . .sorry sorry. . .

　　
　
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