Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 66

In early winter, it is frosty.

A group of hundreds of people walked in the empty and lonely Wuzhong wilderness, slowly heading north.

Shen Zhezi rode in an ox cart with a thick-walled interlayer and built-in copper pipes. There was always a charcoal basin on the bottom of the cart, so the temperature inside the cart was very different from the outside, and he didn't feel cold with only a single coat.Sitting in this slightly bumpy carriage, I have a more intuitive understanding of the ancient wealthy people's pursuit of comfort regardless of the cost of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Yutan starts from Jiankang, and it takes a few days to arrive at Wucheng, the county government.Shen Zhezi and other members of the Shen family rushed to Wucheng first, and also contacted old friends to create momentum for a hot spot.

The three-year discussion is divided into two parts, one part is the criticism of the incumbent officials, which affects the promotion of officials, and the county is actually not very powerful in this part.

The role played by the county is mainly to judge the official reserves, that is, to discuss the members of each family who have not yet become officials. This is directly related to the future career, so no family dares to underestimate it.

Sitting opposite Shen Zhezi is his cousin Shen Jun, the son of Shen Zhezi's second uncle Shen Ke, who is also the oldest in their group. He is already 21 years old and has already participated in the township meeting once. , but not yet official.

Among the junior clansmen who went to Wucheng this time, regardless of their status or talent, Shen Jun was placed with high hopes by the clansmen.The goal this time is to keep five and fight against four.Therefore, Shen Jun felt that there was a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and he was very nervous. Even on the way, he was still holding "The Analects of Confucius" annotated by Yu Tan's grandfather Yu Fan in his hand and silently recited it.

Being in the same carriage, seeing Shen Jun working so hard, Shen Zhezi felt a little uncomfortable being idle.Seeing that Shen Jun's entire face was almost on the scroll, he couldn't help but comfort him and said: "Brother is proficient in classics and righteousness. This is a well-known fact. The journey is bumpy. It's time to rest and recuperate, not to study hard."

Although Shen Jun was older than Shen Zhezi, he didn't dare to neglect this cousin who had already gained fame, and after hearing the words, he smiled wryly: "Zhezi, you are an old disciple of Ji Guo, and what you have learned has been inherited, and everyone knows your talent. Although I have worshiped Master He, but I have been buried in the hut for many years, if I want to win people's favor, I can only work harder on righteousness."

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he sighed again in his heart. This cousin Shen Jun was dedicated to learning, and he was really a rare exception in his family.It's just that in Shen Zhezi's view, it's a bit bookish and pedantic.The so-called Ninth Rank Official Law is actually just that. If you really want to rely on your talents to get ahead, it's just a dream.

The official law currently in effect is called the nine ranks, but in fact, the head and the tail are cut off. First rank sages are ignored, and seven or eighty nine low ranks are not awarded. Talents are usually between the second and sixth ranks.The talents who can enter the rank are at least the sixth rank.It was only after further development that some people were gradually rated as below the seventh rank, most of them were Hanshu, and they were called Dingpin, but they were actually humiliating.

The fifth rank of Shen Jun is actually very bad.This was the township that was agreed upon before Wang Dun's rebellion. Most of the Shen family was of the fifth or sixth rank, so the father Shen was filled with indignation and directly drove out the Kong clan who was the county official at that time.

With the current momentum of the Shen family, the third rank is not available for Shen Jun, but the fourth rank is more than enough.The so-called fixed products, the kung fu is all outside the book. If you can really rely on the profound scriptures and individual talents to become a high-ranking student, it is really a ghost.

However, seeing Shen Jun working so hard, Shen Zhezi couldn't bear to disturb him to study hard anymore, a family must make achievements in all aspects to be considered prosperous.Shen Zhezi has already planned his future life for this cousin in his heart. Since he is obsessed with learning, he might as well search for more classics in the future and let him compile books for academic study.

When Shen Zhezi was thinking about it, the driving ox cart stopped suddenly, and there was a faint sound of commotion ahead.He put on his cloak and walked out of the closed compartment, the cold wind refreshed his spirits, and looking forward, he saw a dense array of soldiers in front of him, seeming to be confronting people.

"What's going on ahead?" Shen Zhezi walked to Liu Meng who was straddling his horse and asked.

Liu Meng got off his horse and stood in front of Shen Zhezi: "It's cold and windy, why did your husband get out of the car? It's just a dispute with someone, it's a trivial matter, and it won't delay the trip."

Just as he was talking, suddenly a horse was riding in front of him. The rider on the horse was a young man with a weak crown and excellent riding skills. He roared towards him with a struggling and screaming woman with messy hair in his arms.

When he got closer, Shen Zhezi recognized that it was his other cousin, Shen Mu, who was the most outrageous and rude, known as the tyrant of Wukang.Looking at this posture, it looks like he is robbing the women of the people. Shen Zhezi frowned when he saw this scene.

Sure enough, Shen Mu was not far away, and a roar of grief and anger erupted in front of him: "Shen Erlang, you robbed my maidservant and humiliated me. I will never end with you in this life!"

Shen Mu put the woman under his ribs on the horse's back, waved the whip in one hand and laughed loudly: "My son Chen San, you only have the ability to talk, and since you have the courage to humiliate my family, come and compete with me. If not, Your elder father will take you, a concubine, as a meat warmer later on!"

Hearing the yelling, all the members of the Shen family burst out laughing.

After Liu Meng explained again, Shen Zhezi realized that the front was the Chen family on the Great Wall, and the broken axle blocked the way.The Shen family came here and quarreled with each other, which led to the scene in front of them.

Knowing that it was not an insult to Han Ding, Shen Zhezi felt relieved to watch the play.Although the Chen family of the Great Wall was not a noble family, they were also a wealthy family in Wu Xing, especially at the end of the Southern Dynasty, they became an imperial family.However, there is no sign of success at the moment, and if she provokes the Shen family, she is just asking for trouble.

A dozen members of the Chen family stood in the cold wind, surrounded by more than a hundred pieces of the Shen family's tunes, making them even more miserable.Chen San, who was robbed of his maidservant by Shen Mu, screamed in the wind, seeing Shen Mu roaring back and forth in front of him, but dared not move.In the end, it was the members of the Chen family who bowed their heads and admitted their mistake, seeing the broken frame being thrown down the ditch by the Shen family, that was the only way to give up.

This is how the feud is formed bit by bit!
Shen Zhezi wondered if Chen Baxian would still have a chance to be emperor in the future, and would his father and grandparents pass on the humiliation scene by word of mouth?Anyway, the Shen family has too many lice and is not afraid of being bitten, so this little grudge is not bad.

Seeing that the Chen family bowed their heads and admitted their mistake, Shen Mu let out a long laugh, and threw the Chen family's maidservant who had almost fainted on the horseback on the road.The Chen family was full of resentment and directly pushed the sad woman out, as if they were going to abandon her in the countryside.

When Shen Zhezi saw this, he couldn't bear it. The woman fell alone in the wilderness, her life was in danger, and a small meaningless dispute between the two families would cause an innocent woman to die.

After thinking about it, he asked Shen Mu to be called over, and said with a smile, "A man cannot stand without faith, and since the second brother clamored to take in that lady, how could he not keep his word."

Although Shen Mu is much older than Shen Zhezi, he has been trained under his uncle Shen Chong and knows Shen Zhezi's ability.Hearing this, bitterness appeared on his face, and he said in embarrassment: "Qingque, why are you making things difficult for me? The noise in my room is already unbearable, it's just a joke, how can you really force that lady..."

"Second brother made a joke, but he wanted to kill an innocent life, adding resentment to my family."

Seeing Shen Zhezi's serious words, Shen Mu didn't dare to insist any longer, and lamented: "I am also a disaster for no reason, why bother to tease that Chen San, and add another burden to my family."

Muttering in his mouth, Shen Mu got on his horse again, hugged the woman who was still sobbing, and shouted to the Chen family: "Chen San, I will buy your maid this time, and come back when you arrive in Wucheng." Seeing me, I will make up for you. If I know that you speak ill of my family outside, it will be difficult to resolve the grievances between you and me!"

The township agreement is imminent, and although Shen Mu is willful and domineering, he dare not give his family another notoriety.

A group of people went on the road again, and no accident happened.After two days, they arrived in Wucheng.

As the landlord, the Xu family came forward to receive the Shen family and his party.Hundreds of people were resettled, almost occupying a Zhuangzi outside the county town of Xu's family.

The Shen family did not come empty-handed this time, they sent a batch of money and silk with the team, and asked the Xu family to go further north to Wu County to buy a batch of bulk grain for temporary maintenance.As for the more direct rice aid, Shen Zhezi's uncle Shen Ke had personally mobilized it in Wukang, and the Xu family had sent someone to transport it back.

As the most staunch ally of the Shen family, the Xu family has been particularly affected. Although it is not impossible to uncover the blame, but with the arrival of winter, the maintenance of the family business is becoming more and more difficult.Accepting this batch of aid can greatly alleviate the situation, so they are extremely enthusiastic about the children of the Shen family.

Nowadays people's main form of entertainment is banquets, so in order to welcome the arrival of the Shen family, the Xu family also arranged a huge banquet.Those who have good friends with the Shen family are naturally also the families of the local tyrants, so this banquet lacks a lot of elegance, but it has a bit of Wuzhong's characteristic sturdy style.The game of throwing pots and archery, and the sumo wrestling of Azalea.

The Xu family's style of martial arts is a bit obvious, that is, there is actually a specially opened and sorted out court in the village.At present, Cuju is not a popular play among the people, but mostly a method for training soldiers in the army.It is highly competitive, and there is also a strategy in the formation of troops. The solid ball has extremely high requirements on skill and physical strength.

The Shen family is also full of martial arts, and these skills have been fascinated by their ears and eyes since childhood.After a short banquet, they moved into the courtyard and each chose their favorite entertainment items to have fun.

Among them, Shen Mu is the most brilliant. Although he is the worst talent in the sixth rank of the country, he is not worried about it at all.Bi Jian won the first place in a row, and then turned to Juchang to kill the Quartet and stole the limelight.Even Shen Jun, a guy who is obsessed with Confucianism, stood outside the court and cheered for everyone on the court.

The current style of each family can be seen from the usual pastimes.Like those overseas Chinese from the south or Jiangdong Qingwang people, there will never be such loud and vulgar scenes in the family banquet, probably there are more pianos, chess games, and chatting and chanting.Just looking at the enthusiasm of the Shen family's children for these entertainment items, it can be seen that the Shen family has a long way to go if they want to transform from Wuzong to a cultural gentry.

However, Shen Zhezi enjoyed the atmosphere very much, and was still thinking about whether to gather some people to hold a football league?
However, troubles still have to be faced. Shen Zhezi was watching the game with great interest, and soon someone sorted out a list and sent it up.The above lists are all the banquets that he will attend in the next few days. Although these gatherings are all private in nature, how they perform at the banquet will more or less affect the final result of the village agreement.

Although Shen Zhezi was impatient, this was his mission in Wucheng this time, to help those ignorant guys down the field to keep the field under control.But what comforted him a little was that the Xu family came to report that Zhu Gong also appeared in Wucheng, probably because they wanted to see how the Shen family suffered a big fall in this township meeting.

That's good, the elite monster Zhu Gong was completely defeated in Wucheng. After operating for so long, the explosion rate is naturally exciting.

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