General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 157 The Oasis School
The water in Wuxi has not yet receded, but the overall situation has stabilized, and the villages that were not threatened by the flood have completed their fields one after another.

Now that he has jumped back, Zou Wang's head is still bright, and at the same time he sent someone to help Ning Jue cut the fields.

And Zou Wang himself even went to the Gu family's shack these days, and boarded the "shack" to visit and apologize.

"Old lady, I really didn't think so much earlier, it's me, Meng Lang, don't take offense."

Mrs. Gu Jiatai sat in the shack, her face livid and silent.

Zou Wang put his heart to one side, kowtowed his head and said: "If the old lady doesn't dislike it, I, Zou Wang, will recognize you as a godmother in the future."

After all, Zou Wang made three more beeps: "Boom", "Boom" and "Boom".

Until Gu Qingnong, who was beside the old lady of the Gu family, said, "Mrs. Tai..." Gu Qingnong did not finish speaking.

The old lady of the Gu family's eyes tightened.

"What do you call me?"

Gu Qingnong hesitated for a moment, and then said uncomfortablely: "Mother, Yuan Zou is also from Xishan, and they all live in the neighborhood."

Zou Wang looked familiar when he saw Gu Qingnong just now, and Zou Wang suddenly remembered it when he opened his mouth just now.

Isn't this the little maid who follows Ning Jue every day? !

"Mrs. Tai, this is...?"

Mrs. Gu Jiatai finally talked to Zou Wang.

"This is the daughter-in-law I recognized in the early years. Member Zou knew him?"

Looking at Gu Qingnong who was standing beside Mrs. Gu's wife, Zou Wang finally understood why Ning Jue was able to divide the fields so quickly in Xishan.

But Zou Wang has already changed his ship after all, so there is no need to expose some things.

"Sister! From now on, I will be your third brother. We are all one family. If you have something to say, the third brother has nothing to say!"

Until this time, there was a slight smile on the face of the old lady of the Gu family.

The world only hears about 500-year-old neighbors, but never heard of 500-year-old ministers.

If you can't cut the weeds and get rid of the roots, it's enough to convince the Zou family.

Gu Qingnong exchanged glances with the old lady, and then looked forward to the Gu family's ancestral house.

"Third brother, this...?"

Zou Wang was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately got up from the ground.

"Godmother, don't worry, it was my son who did something foolish before, so all the old neighbors in Xiguan will move back, and my Zou family will pay money to rebuild the house for everyone."

"It just so happens that there are so many disaster victims in the city, and it's not an option to be idle all day. I just come to Xiguan to help as a worker, and I can earn some wages to supplement my family."

Hearing what Zou Wang said, the old lady of the Gu family couldn't stop laughing.

"Succeed, the children and grandchildren are filial, and my old lady is relieved. Without the neighbors around here, my heart is really empty."

Zou Wang carefully looked at Madam Gu Jiatai and asked, "Then our shack...?"

"Let's take it apart, I'll go to live in the city for a while, clean up and pack things."

"Hey."

Seeing Mrs. Gu Jiatai's reaction, Zou Wang heaved a sigh of relief.

As for spending money.

Having picked up such a large amount of family property for nothing, Zou Wang will not be stingy at all with spending money.

After giving orders for Xiguan, Zou Wang glanced at the sun, counted the time with his fingers, and then hurried back to the county office.

When Ning Jue returned to the county yamen after finishing the farmland in Huishan, Zou Wang had already waited in the yamen with a few gentry.

Xishan is fine, and Litian has become orderly. Yesterday Zou Wang heard that Ning Jue, who really has no money in his pocket, is already packing his bags and preparing to go back to Jinling to eat Zhu Xizhong.

After all, the matter of disaster relief has nothing to do with the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it is not a problem for Ning Jue to stay in Xishan.

If we don't see each other again, we won't see each other anymore, the errands of Mai Gong's bus agent haven't finished yet.

"Ning Qianxian, I offended you so much earlier, I will apologize to you first."

Ning Jue didn't like Zou Wang at all.

But right now he has no reason to kill Zou Wang, he can only bow his hand for a while, then sit back in the hall and pick up the teacup.

"Mr. Zou still took time out to come to Ning in his busy schedule. It's really a shame for Ning."

Zou Wang wasn't too surprised to see Ning Jue's reaction, obviously Mai Fu had greeted him in advance, Zou Wang just sat aside and said, "Ning Qianxian, would you like to hear a story from Zou?"

Ning Jue raised the teacup in his hand again, took a sip of tea and said, "I'm not interested."

Zou Wang was shameless, as if he didn't see the tea in Ning Jue's hand.

"There is a saying in Xishan, Anguo, Zou Wang, Hua Linxiang, gold and silver are measured by buckets every day. Brother Ning has seen Haiyue. Aren't you curious where Anguo has gone?"

"Where did you go?"

"died."

The county office immediately fell into a dead silence, and Ning Jue's voice suddenly sounded after a while.

"Come here, give Zou Wang out to me!!"

"Don't cross! Don't cross!" Zou Wang repeatedly waved his hands and said, "An Guo was born in Chenghua for 17 years, and he will be ninety years old this year, but he became famous in the Zhengde period. Isn't Brother Ning curious about An's name? How did you get started?"

"I don't care about it! Get out."

"It's the sea! The sea!"

Zou Wang hurriedly looked at Ning Jue, smiled bitterly and said, "Don't cross, it's the sea."

Ning Jue was also taken aback, and then waved his hands towards the menacing imperial relatives in the distance.

"ocean?"

Zou Wang sat back on his seat, breathed a sigh of relief and said leisurely: "The world only knows that Guipo started his business by printing books, but in reality it is carving boards, it's just that Guipo has nothing to do in his spare time, and the Xishan An family started by relying on the sea. "

"In other words, the southeast smugglers can have today's prosperity, and the contribution of Guipo is also indispensable."

"Thus, even though Gui Po has not entered an official position, the emperor also bestowed on him the title of Doctor Zhi, the title of Wai Lang, a member of the Household Department, and a five-rank salary." Referring to Jiajing, Zou Wang raised his hand above his head again to show respect.

"It's a pity that in the end, I made clothes for the nobles."

Ning Jue frowned, stared at Zou Wang and asked, "Who is the nobleman you're talking about?"

Zou Wang pondered for a moment before he said leisurely: "There are court elders and gentlemen who are up to the top, but those are too far away, and I rarely see them, that is, through the caravan, the annual crops in the fields are sent to Guizhou. people's homes."

"But in Jiangnan, the nobleman with the most power at the moment is..."

Ning Jue's heart tightened.

"who is it?"

Zou Wang pretended to ponder.

Ning Jue's expression darkened when he saw this.

"It's sunny, don't force me to beat you with my own hands."

"Oasis School."

Zou Wang took a deep breath and continued: "In the third year of Jiajing, when discussing ceremonies, Mr. Gan Quan went up to discuss that the ceremonies belonged to the emperor's family affairs and had nothing to do with the officials, so he was appreciated by the emperor, and he was in charge of the Southern Capital for more than ten years. At the time of the discussion, he strongly advised not to send troops, and Fang Zhishi returned to support."

"Who is Mr. Gan Quan, Qian Xian should know."

"That's all Zou said, and he wants to assist the county magistrate in disaster relief. Zou bids farewell."

After finishing speaking, Zou Wang bowed his head to Ning Jue, and then left the county government office.

Zou Wang in the carriage breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Eunuch has been waiting for a long time, and the errands that Eunuch Mai ordered have been done, so it should be nothing for me, right?"

The servant nodded slightly.

"Thank you, Mr. Zou."

Ning Jue in the county yamen frowned, realizing that the young Jiajing back then had finally planted a big thunderstorm for the middle-aged Jiajing.

Back then, the ceremony seemed to divide the officials with a trivial matter, but in fact, who is Jiajing's father, the direct interests involved are too small. Although the officials were divided, many people still bet on both sides.

Fang Xianfu took advantage of the muddy water to catch a big fish, until after Jiajing wanted to attack Haijin, these people came out of the water little by little.

From time to time, some admonishers included Flangji in the tribute list and allowed him to pay tribute from Guangzhou, but Fang Xianfu refused to do so.

As for who Mr. Gan Quan is, Ning Jue knows it all too well.

Zhan Ruoshui is Wang Shouren's old friend, and among the disciples of Xinxue, he can be regarded as the most senior existence.

The most important thing is that the old man is already in his 80s and still alive.

It is not difficult to see that Jiajing originally wanted Zhan Ruoshui to be a mascot in Jinling. Even if Jiajing was beaten to death, he never thought that the old man, who is in his 70s, could still lead his disciples to build more than 30 academies in the seven southeastern provinces in one go. There are more than [-] disciples of the Ganquan School who have been admitted to official positions.

"If this takes out the old bottom of the Ganquan School, wouldn't it be... more than 900 mortal enemies for nothing?!"

Gu Kexue sneaked back to Jinling as early as Zou Wang's return.

In the next few days, Ning Jue spent almost all day and night reading Zhan's book and the bulletins from Litian of various prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River. After all, things on the road were taken care of by Gu Qingnong, so he didn't have to worry about it.

To Ning Jue's surprise, with the banner of Zou Wang, almost all the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River cooperated a lot.

Although there are still some conflicts among the gentry in various places, and the number of clan members who committed suicide and were beaten to death is still increasing, but on the whole, things are much smoother than before.

From this point of view, it is only a matter of time before the whip method falls to the ground.

"After returning to Jinling, Qing Ning will go back home, take care of the other courtyard in Jinling, and then return to Xishan to bring the old lady to Jinling."

Ning Jue lay down in front of the desk and said without looking back: "Well, it's pretty good."

"The old lady said to accompany her for a few years, and after the old lady's hundred years, she will leave her other courtyard in Jinling to me... Official, my concubine is talking to you!"

"Isn't that nice?"

Gu Qingnong looked at Ning Jue anxiously and asked, "Then, since we're about to separate, don't the officials have anything to say to me?"

What Gu Qing said woke Ning Jue up, and Ning Jue slapped his forehead suddenly.

"How could I forget this, you are already the adopted daughter of the old lady of the Gu family!"

After that, Ning Jue looked at Gu Qingnong with a little obsequiousness and asked, "Qingnong, that, I... can I ask you something?"

Gu Qing's cheeks flushed.

"Just say it here?"

"if not?"

"But this is a ship..."

"What happened to the boat?"

"Oh." Gu Qingnong closed the door and window of the cabin casually, and then stood delicately in front of Ning Jue, closed his eyes and whispered expectantly: "Let's talk about it, my concubine... officer."

Looking at Gu Qingnong, Ning Jue's voice couldn't help but dry up, as if he mustered up his courage, he said:
"Can you lend me five taels of silver?"

(End of this chapter)