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Chapter 44 Xiaoyi Moves the World

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"Hey, brother Zhao, have you heard? Jinke Tanhua has made a big commotion again."

"Jianke Tanhua? Could it be that Zhang Haogu again? Brother Qian, please tell me, what's the big commotion with him?"

"Today, he went to the home of Mr. Zou Yuanbiao, the censor of Zuodu, to ask for an epitaph for his deceased grandfather."

"Is he stupid? Mr. Zou is a member of the Donglin Party. He just got two officials of the Donglin Party into prison a few days ago. How could Mr. Zou write the epitaph for his grandfather?" A third person interjected. exclaimed.

"Brother Sun is right. Master Zou was not at home at the time, and Master Zou's family did reject Zhang Haogu's request, but guess what? Zhang Haogu actually knelt in front of the gate of Master Zou's house and said that if If Mr. Zou doesn't fulfill his filial piety, he will kneel and die in front of Mr. Zou's house!"

"Is there such a thing? True or false?"

"Really or not, you can find out if you go to Mr. Zou's house to see it. Anyway, the brothers are just free, so it's not bad to go and see the excitement."

"Okay, let's go together, let's go. I never imagined that Mr. Zou's reputation would be so great that he could ask Tanhua to write an article like this."

On the way home, Zou Yuanbiao heard similar discussions endlessly. Hearing these discussions, Zou Yuanbiao was both excited and hesitant, as well as a little bit worried.What is exciting is that my good reputation seems to be bigger than I imagined, and I can actually make a new researcher come to the gate to kneel and beg for calligraphy. This alone is enough to be passed down as a good story through the ages!What he hesitated and worried about was whether Zhang Haogu's calligraphy should be given to him or not?Because this Zhang Haogu is a new enemy of the Donglin Party, if Zou Yuanbiao agreed to Zhang Haogu's plea casually, wouldn't the colleagues of the Donglin Party eat up Zou Yuanbiao? ——You must know that the degree of fierce and cruel internal strife in the Donglin Party is no less than the struggle between the Donglin Party and the Wei Party, the Qi Party, the Zhejiang Party and the Chu Party!
"Mr. Nangao, Zhang Haogu is a despicable person, and he is my mortal enemy of Donglin. You must give him calligraphy, which will tarnish your innocence in your old life." The Donglin party officials who accompanied Zou Yuanbiao home to check the situation also knew this. Reasonable, so all along the way I advised Zou Yuanbiao not to be fooled by Young Master Zhang, and not to give the precious calligraphy to Young Master Zhang who is of inferior character, and to lose his name in vain.Of course, these people said this on the lips, but they were really jealous in their hearts - if a new champion Tan Hua or something ran to his home and begged for calligraphy, then his face would grow up.

While talking, Zou Yuanbiao and his entourage finally arrived at the sheepskin alley. The relatively spacious sheepskin alley was already crowded with people. Many people even climbed to the tops of the trees to watch the excitement. Seeing Zou Yuanbiao limping while holding on to his crutches As soon as he turned back, thunderous cheers immediately sounded in the already crowded alley, "Master Zou is back, Master Zou is back!" Seeing this, Zou Yuanbiao took a breath and hurriedly asked Zou Deqi. Said: "De Qi, why are there so many people?"

"Boy doesn't know either." Zou Deqi was also a little dumbfounded, and murmured: "When I went to report to your father just now, there were at most dozens of people watching the fun in this alley. My God, I'm afraid there are people on the road now." Thousands of people, right? It’s even more lively than a temple fair!”

"Nonsense, it's nonsense! People these days are bored." Zou Yuanbiao was proud and angry at the same time, and walked towards the house with a limp. spread out, out of the way.After finally passing through the crowds, I came to the gate of my house and saw that Master Zhang, who was wearing a Rushan square scarf, was kneeling at the gate of Zou Yuanbiao's house with his hands on the ground, respectfully and motionless, while several grandsons of Zou Yuanbiao were standing still. Pointing and laughing at the side, very rude.Zou Yuanbiao didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurried up and swung his staff to open the grandchildren, cursing: "Little bastard, how can you be so rude to Xinke Tanhua? Go home and stay there!"

"Go back, go back quickly." Zou Deqi came out to expel his son and nephew again, lest the Zou family bear the reputation of being rude.After driving several grandsons home, Zou Yuanbiao stood still in front of Young Master Zhang, and asked kindly: "Master Zhang, what are you doing? How can you be so self-deprecating that you can't afford to kneel in front of this old man?"

"Mr. Wansheng Zhang Haogu, kowtow to Mr. Nangao!" Young Master Zhang performed a very standard kowtow first, and then said respectfully and loudly: "Mr. Nangao, Wansheng was rude yesterday and took the liberty to come to the door with something belonging to Kong Fang , unintentionally desecrated Mr. Nangao's first life name, he deserves to die! Afterwards, Zhang Haogu found out that Mr. Nangao was the number one upright official and the number one direct minister of Ming Dynasty. I specially came to apologize, and please Mr. Nangao severely punish Wansheng! Although Zhang Haogu is smashed to pieces, he is willing to do so!"

"Well said! Don't say anything else, let's go to the house where Mr. Zou lives. How many such upright officials can there be in the Ming Dynasty?" Applause.Although Zou Yuanbiao himself was very excited and proud, years of training in the officialdom had already brought him to the point where he couldn't show his emotions and anger, so he just replied indifferently: "Forget it, the old man taught you a lesson personally yesterday." , your sins, the old man forgives you. Get up, you can go."

"No, Wansheng can't get up!" Young Master Zhang categorically refused, and then excitedly said to Zou Yuanbiao: "Mr. Nangao, Wansheng has one more request. If Mr. Nangao agrees, then Wansheng will get up immediately."

"What's the matter? Tell me." Zou Yuanbiao asked casually as if he didn't know the purpose of Young Master Zhang's visit.Young Master Zhang kowtowed again, and said with reverence: "Mr. Nangao, Wansheng's grandfather Zhang Gong has passed away for 13 years, but his epitaph is very simple and simple. Both Wansheng and my father often regret it and look forward to it. There can be a famous scholar who rewrites the epitaph for his grandfather and erects the inscription again to show filial piety, but people in the world are mostly exaggerated and superficial. Wansheng went to Beijing to take the exam, and before leaving, my father repeatedly urged Wansheng to find a real learned scholar in the capital, and to find an epitaph for his grandfather, so as to show the filial piety of my father and son."

"Oh, so that's the case, so you plan to ask the old man to make an epitaph for your grandfather?" Zou Yuanbiao asked with a smile.Young Master Zhang nodded vigorously, and said loudly: "That's exactly the case. Wansheng asked around in the capital, and everyone said that Mr. Nangao, you are the number one Confucian scholar in the world, the No. The world is the real celebrity that Wansheng's father and son dreamed of! A true Confucian! That's why Wansheng took the liberty to come to the door twice, and only asked Mr. Nan Gao to bestow calligraphy to fulfill Zhang Haogu's father and son's filial piety!" After finishing speaking, Young Master Zhang knocked down his forehead It was posted directly on the ground.

"You're dreaming!" Before Zou Yuanbiao could speak, several officials of the Donglin Party jumped up and down and yelled, "What kind of person is Mr. Nangao? How can you write an inscription for a despicable villain like you? Got a priceless calligraphy?” Cursing, these officials are so jealous of Zou Yuanbiao that they are almost mad, how come such a good thing of face and reputation didn’t happen to themselves? ——In all fairness, some censors in the Ming Dynasty were indeed not greedy for money or profit, but the more they were like this, the more they loved fame. In order to leave a good name in the history books, they even dared to imitate Hai Rui and scold the emperor , The plan is to be punished by the imperial staff, demoted to the post and fined, and then become famous through the ages.Now Young Master Zhang has thrown an unprecedented high hat on Zou Yuan's head. Are these censors who dream that their name will be taught by the government and the public, are they not jealous enough to drool?
"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" of this 'filial deed" of mr. Secretly screaming that it's terrible, the righteous master is very silent, why should I be a villain when I am an outsider?It seems that this time not only will he not get a good reputation, but he will also bear the infamy of preventing others from being filial.

"Mr. Zhang, I understand what you mean." After thinking for a long time, Zou Yuanbiao finally opened his mouth and said softly: "I am also very moved by your filial piety. But you are wrong about one thing. In my court of the Ming Dynasty, Some of them are people who are far superior to the old man in talent and learning, and I really don’t dare to be called a famous scholar, so you should find another famous scholar and write an inscription for your grandfather.”

"No!" Young Master Zhang shook his head stubbornly, and said loudly: "Mr. Nangao, if you still can't be a famous scholar, then who can be in my Ming Dynasty? (Note), you have already been praised by the world; in the 11th year of Wanli, you were old and went to the government many times to reform officials and cure people's ailments. Even though you were dismissed from office, you still remained committed to teaching at home for 30 years. In the first year of the apocalypse, you came back as an old man, and the first thing you said was to propose a compromise to reconcile the party disputes, so that our Ming court quickly stabilized and regained its vitality! And the thing that Wansheng admires most is that your old leg is disabled. Jiangling Gong (Zhang Juzheng) did what the court staff did, but you still don’t care about the previous suspicions, and you are the first to restore the reputation of Ju Zhenggong and rehabilitate him! With such a heart, such a virtue, is there anyone else in my Ming Dynasty?!" Said Here, Young Master Zhang was already in tears, and said with a choked voice: "Mr. Nangao, I beg you again, I ask you to bestow the treasure of calligraphy, so that I can show my filial piety to the ancients."

"Okay, okay, okay, what Tanhualang said is great!" Every time Young Master Zhang said a word, the people onlookers burst into applause. People applauded Zou Yuanbiao and Young Master Zhang, praised Zou Yuanbiao for being upright and honest, comparable to a sage, praised Young Master Zhang for his sincerity and filial piety.Even Zou Deqi, Zou Yuanbiao's eldest son, couldn't help saying: "Father, Zhang Tanhua is sincere and filial, and he is so moved. You can fulfill his filial piety."

"Ignorant boy, what do you know?" Zou Yuanbiao glared at his son first, then shook his head at Young Master Zhang and said, "Master Zhang, I still can't agree to your request. I have never written an inscription for anyone in my life. You don’t want to make an exception now, and you don’t want to make an exception in this life, you should go back.” ——Zou Yuanbiao said that there is really no way, a lot of Donglin party officials and officials are staring at him, if he agrees to Young Master Zhang easily Not only does it hurt your face, but you also have to be muttered by your colleagues behind your back.

"Mr. Nangao——!" Young Master Zhang's eye sockets were extremely shallow, and tears came as soon as he wailed, and he wailed loudly: "Mr. Nangao, Wansheng begs you to bestow calligraphy again. If you don't agree, then Wansheng will kneel forever Here, never get up!"

"Then you can kneel." Zou Yuanbiao replied lightly, and then ordered Zou Deqi: "Deqi, go home to eat, close the door, and let him kneel." He obediently helped the old man into the house, and then closed and bolted the courtyard door, leaving Young Master Zhang kneeling on the spot, surrounded by civilian officials all over the street.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the sun gradually climbed from the east to the center of the sky, and then gradually shifted to the west. Although the onlookers in the capital city couldn't bear the hunger, they changed waves, but the number was increasing. The crowd can no longer be described as a sea of ​​people. It is so crowded that a needle can't be inserted and water can't leak. Everyone wants to see if Xinke Tanhua's filial piety can move Zou Yuanbiao. Everyone also wants to see the legendary Xinke Tanhua can fight Zou Yuanbiao to the end, forcing Zou Yuanbiao out of the house.Only our young master Zhang knelt on the spot, although he dare not say he was motionless, he was almost motionless.

It may be that Young Master Zhang deserves to be unlucky, or it may be that the old man really doesn't like a villain like Young Master Zhang. The sky that has been gloomy for many days suddenly cleared up today, and the hot sun was in the sky. The hot sun sprayed on Young Master Zhang without hesitation. , The sweat welled up on the face of the pampered Young Master Zhang, falling drop by drop, wet the Confucian shirt, and merged into a stream on the back of Young Master Zhang.Seeing this scene, the surrounding people in the capital applauded endlessly, and many people yelled at Zou Yuanbiao's yard, begging Zou Yuanbiao to bestow calligraphy to fulfill Young Master Zhang's filial piety.

Time passed for a long time, Zou Yuanbiao still didn't go out, seeing Young Master Zhang getting tired under the scorching sun, and his figure began to shake, Xiong Hu, who had been disguised and hidden in the crowd from the beginning, couldn't bear it, and planned to go forward to help Young Master Zhang, Persuading Young Master Zhang to make another idea, fortunately Young Master Zhang's new servant, Xiao Shop, grabbed Xiong Hu in time, and said in a low voice, "Young Mistress, the Young Master has repeatedly told you not to persuade him, otherwise all previous efforts will be wasted."

"But can he hold on?" Xiong Hu asked worriedly.The small shop lowered his voice, and replied: "The young master's original words: He went up the mountain of swords and down the sea of ​​fire for the sake of young mistress. This little suffering is nothing."

"Idiot, use all stupid methods." Xiong Hu cursed in a low voice, but there were already tears in the corners of his eyes, and it was the first time that he believed in the true love of Young Master Zhang for her...

He is an ugly man if he is not contested by women. Just when Xiong Hu was first moved by Young Master Zhang, something that made Xiong Hu almost mad happened—a petite girl in a green dress suddenly walked out of the crowd. Wearing a veil and holding an oiled paper umbrella in his hand, he walked to Young Master Zhang and opened the paper umbrella, using the oiled paper umbrella to cover Young Master Zhang from the scorching sun.Seeing this scene, the surrounding people in the capital were naturally full of energy and applauded crazily, while Xiong Hu yelled in his heart, "Who is this woman?"

"Who are you?" Young Master Zhang who was about to lose his strength also asked in a low voice.The girl replied softly under the veil: "I am the daughter of the Duke of England, Zhang Tanhua, you have worked hard."

"Daughter of Duke Ying? Is Zhang Qing your younger brother or elder brother?" Young Master Zhang asked curiously in a low voice.The girl froze for a moment, then smiled and replied, "He is my younger brother."

Young Master Zhang nodded and said, "Thank you." Then he straightened up and knelt up again.At this time, two young scholars suddenly squeezed in one after the other from the crowd, and without saying a word, they knelt down beside Young Master Zhang—needless to say, these two young scholars were quite congenial with Young Master Zhang Liu Ruozai, No. [-] in the new division, and Yu Huang, second in the new division.

"Brother Liu, Brother Yu, why are you here too? What are you doing?" Young Master Zhang asked in surprise.Liu Ruozai smiled at Young Master Zhang and said, "Brother Zhang Nian, I really admire you more and more. You can do such a filial deed for Master Zou's epitaph. Don't say anything, I will accompany you today gone."

Yu Huang explained: "We met your loyal servant Zhang Shitou on the street and saw him wiping tears, so we asked him why, and he told us about your presence, Brother Liu Nian and I hurried I rushed over here. Brother Liu and I discussed it, and we, the top three of this class, begged Mr. Zou together, if you don’t believe him, he won’t be moved by your filial piety."

"Brother Liu Nian, brother Yu Nian, how dare you tell me to do it?" Young Master Zhang was so moved that he burst into tears, while Liu Ruozai and Yu Huang smiled slightly, knelt down beside Young Master Zhang and shouted in unison: "Birth Liu Ruozai, late birth Yu Huang, kneel down!" I beg Mr. Nangao to bestow the treasure of calligraphy and fulfill Zhang Hao Gu Nian's filial piety!"

"The champion of the new department is here, and the second place in the new department is also here!" Liu Ruozai and Yu Huang are considered celebrities in the capital, so after they declared their identities, people who know the goods immediately cried out. Although these voices were not very loud, they were always After the word of mouth was passed down from ten to ten, there were still exclamations and exclamations from the crowd.Even the officials of the Donglin Party in the crowd couldn't help exclaiming, surprised at the great face of Zou Yuanbiao and Young Master Zhang—at the same time, they were so jealous that their eyeballs were almost purple, and they all said that if the Xinke Sandingjia came How good would it be to ask me to give them ink treasures?In this history book of the Ming Dynasty, why don't you leave me a lot of money?What a pity, what a pity!

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Contrary to the din of people outside the courtyard, the courtyard of Zou Yuanbiao's house was so quiet that there was almost no sound. It was not until Zou Deqi, who was lying on the crack of the door and peeking out, ran back to the room, that there was a slight whisper in Zou Yuanbiao's house, "Father! , Liu Ruozai, the number one scholar in the new department, and Yu Huang, the second place in the new department, also came to help Zhang Haogu kneel down and beg you for calligraphy. According to my son, father, you should give it to him, otherwise, no one in our family will be able to go out today. There will definitely be people who will accuse your father of being mean and unkind, which will be detrimental to your father's reputation."

"What's the rush? Has Nine Thousand Years Come?"

"Nine thousand years old? Father, are you kidding me? No matter how proud Zhang Haogu is, it's impossible for him to invite nine thousand years old to beg you for calligraphy, right?"

"Ignorant child, what do you know? Nine thousand years old will definitely come, and there is another person who will come, go out and watch for me, and no one is allowed to open the door without me speaking."

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God may really dislike Young Master Zhang. Just now, the sun was scorching like fire and there were no clouds in the sky. When a breeze blew, a line of black appeared in the sky. As the wind became stronger, the line of black became thicker and thicker. It was getting closer and closer, and when the strong wind blew away the sand and rocks, the sky above Young Master Zhang's head was already covered with dark clouds.The people who didn't know the truth were so frightened that they shouted and ran, "It's going to rain heavily, Mr. Zou, please be kind! Mr. Zou, please do me a favor. A filial son like Zhang Tanhua is hard to find in the world!"

"Boom—!" Finally, the first muffled thunder exploded, and the raindrops the size of broad beans fell in response, hitting Liu Ruozai and Yu Huang's heads and bodies with a crackling sound. As for our Young Master Zhang—don't worry too much about him, no Was there an unnamed girl holding an umbrella for him?

(End of this chapter)