[Comprehensive] Number of Merry

In November, the imperial edict took Bian Yan as the order of the minister and led the general of the right guard, the king of internal history of Kuaiji Shu Xing Yangzhou assassinated the history, and the prefect of Wu Xing Yutan supervised the military affairs of the three Wu counties.

——Zizhi Tongjian·Jin Dynasty Fifteenth

Before the age of seven, the subjects Wang Lang studied on a daily basis were not much different from those of the rest of the Wang family. They could roughly be classified into five categories: rites, music, poems, books, and notations.

Li is etiquette.

As small as dressing and eating, words and deeds, as large as social sacrifices and celebrations, aristocratic families have a complete set of norms that can be described as beautiful.This course was offered the earliest and occupies the most important position. Wang Lang studied it very hard.

Music is music.

It includes three aspects: playing musical instruments, chanting and singing, and tasting and appreciating.Wang Lang studied hard for a year with a serious and enthusiastic attitude, and once again verified a truth - there are always some things that exist objectively and do not depend on personal will.

Although her sense of music is not so good that the teacher who teaches her own music feels like a cow playing the piano, it is really not brilliant.

Poetry is poetry.

Wang Langda, who knew that he had no literary talent, gave up struggling from the very beginning, and only wanted to express his feelings in words and letters, and his poems and compositions were not satisfactory.Thanks to her earnest personality and hard work, her poetry and prose level has finally reached the average line of women from aristocratic families, which is gratifying.

Books are calligraphy.

The Langya Wang family has been good at calligraphy for generations, and Wang Xizhi's unprecedented achievements in calligraphy are also inseparable from his family background. This point can be understood with a little deduction.

Wang Lang's first two things were mediocre, but he put in a lot of hard work in calligraphy.It's a pity that Wang Lang couldn't find any sense of accomplishment when there was a reference like a book sage among his peers.

A spectrum is a genealogy.

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the nine-rank Zhongzheng system was implemented, and court officials were basically selected from aristocratic families.In order to prevent the common people from pretending to be the noble family, the aristocratic family compiled a genealogy to record their lineage and related important deeds.This is also an effective means to strengthen clan cohesion within the aristocratic family and motivate clan children to make progress.The social circle that Wang Lang came into contact with in Jiankang was demarcated by the elders of the clan according to the genealogy.

Anyway, I don't have the right to speak, so let me just recite it - with such an irresponsible idea, genealogy has become the easiest one among all Wang Lang's subjects.

As for the question of teaching the teacher, there is no need to think about it at all——

As the most prominent family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Wang clan is always at the top in terms of skills that only the children of these rich and leisurely families can master.

After the age of seven, Wang Lang began to learn housework from his mother.

Her father, Wang Shu, didn't care about fame and wealth.In the Western Jin Dynasty, Wang Dun, the governor of Qingzhou, returned to Luoyang on Qingqi because of the danger of the invasion. He left behind a lot of gold and treasures, and his relatives and guests competed for them. Only Wang Shu didn't look at them, and he was praised by the world.

Having said that, because of her prominent family status and her frequent visits to the family, her family is not bad, but her daily expenses are relatively frugal.According to his second brother Yunzhi, even if there were no gold and jade treasures to adorn the lintel, their family was well-deserved as the No. [-] family in the Jin Dynasty. Wang Lang appreciated this very much.

In her understanding, those who like to show off their wealth are mostly nouveau riche, while real nobles pay more attention to dignity and honor, and would rather die than let their family's reputation be damaged by themselves.From this point of view, the nobility insisted on by the children of the aristocratic family is a bit cute.

Since leaving Jiankang and entering Kuaiji, Wang Lang's mother, the Xun family, saw the beautiful mountains and rivers in Kuaiji, and the gentry gathered, so she bought a large amount of land in Zhishanyin, Kuaiji County. .

Wang Lang was both touched and helpless by his mother's behavior. The always frugal mother spent a large sum of savings to buy land for her daughter. It's because there's an obsessive ghost by my side...

Ahhh no way, thinking of that guy makes me irritable, ignore him.

Wang Lang held down his twitching eyebrows and twitching forehead, forcing himself to change his thinking direction.

Think of something happy, happy...

Well, spring is here and her house can be built!

Thinking of the fun, Wang Lang turned his face and put his troubles behind him, went to the room to take out the miniature garden model that the craftsmen made when he was bored in winter, and inspected it with interest.

In this cruel era of political darkness and social turmoil, science and technology are extremely advanced.After using his elder brother Yunzhi to recruit a few craftsmen from his father's subordinates, Wang Lang roughly described what he wanted, and it didn't take long for the ingenious craftsmen to realize it.

Jin people advocate the simple, mysterious and transcendent philosophical beauty. Wang Lang paid great attention to creating a deep and tortuous atmosphere when designing.

She first wrote a letter to her elder brother Wang Yue in Jiankang, asking for the blueprints of the gardens built in Luoyang during the Han, Wei, and Jin dynasties.

The other party is not only the eldest son of the prime minister, but also has been on good terms with her. He sent a large number of scrolls every other month, and there were even many annotations attached to the drawings. For the construction of the garden on the west side of the house, the level of the architects is second to none in the whole world.Wang Yue, who received a letter from her congregation, made a special visit to the house and asked the other party to select and explain the drawings according to the terrain of the Kuaiji before sending them to the Kuaiji.

Wang Lang, who knew nothing about it, excitedly showed the drawings to the craftsmen, and asked them to draw on these drawings and design a set of garden plans based on the terrain of the site she selected.

These craftsmen knew that she had a noble family background, and her father was a county sheriff, and they saw that the drawings were brilliant, which was rare in their lives, so they all tried their best to serve her.

Wang Lang also made some changes to the design drawings given by the craftsmen based on the landscape of Jiangnan gardens in his memory, and asked the carpenters to make miniature models based on the drawings for further modification.

At the same time, she set about drawing up a timetable.

Her father, Wang Shu, is old and in poor health, and the real person in charge of the county is her second brother, Yunzhi, who is not yet weak.Wang Lang acted like a baby to his closest brother, begged for a while, and then asked for a very detailed information, including when the river will be full of water and suitable for transportation; which flower and tree company has the best reputation and the price is suitable; Free time, convenient convening and so on.

Wang Lang spent about five or six days thinking about it in pieces, and made a schedule from procurement to construction. In order to prevent accidents, she also graded according to the degree of risk, and worked out two sets of alternative plans, including drawings Bring the model to the second brother Yunzhi.

For this era, she is considered a more thoughtful person, while her second brother Wang Yunzhi belongs to the kind of person who has a special method. Please ask him for these things.

Don't worry too much about money.Because of the abandonment of gorgeous and complicated carvings and precious and rare materials, the overall design is based on being close to nature and living comfortably. The entire garden does not cost a lot of money, but other people do not have such unique resource ideas as hers.

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"I heard you made Grandma angry?"

He casually folded a peach hairpin and put it on his sister's bun, and Wang Yunzhi, who was dressed in black and with his hair tied up, pushed the willow branches hanging down in front of his face, feeling quite surprised.

Wang Lang glanced at him listlessly, like a young vegetable sprout after being overly exposed to the sun, his whole body was drooping: "I didn't expect my mother to be so angry."

Mother Xun's original intention of buying land for her was to save her dowry, but Wang Lang never considered marrying and having children in a proper manner.Thinking about his father's old age and poor health, Wang Lang simply managed to build a large manor with fertile fields and wide houses surrounded by ditches and ponds, and he also built fields and orchards in front of and behind the house. The envoy rests in the labor of the four limbs, raises relatives with precious meals, and wives and children have no hard work. Even if they stay at home, they can take care of themselves and enjoy the joy of mountains, rivers, forests and springs.

Xun didn't realize her intentions at first, but she didn't realize something was wrong until she heard the words "care for one's life". After a detailed question, she immediately became furious. Wang Lang's body was pumped.

How could she give birth to such a silly child who can't think of herself!

The so-called maternal love is like the sky.

Wang Lang felt that he had done a good job of filial piety to his parents, but Xun was angry that Wang Lang was not careful, and worried that she would be bullied if she married into her husband's family with such a character.

"So you took your servants and hid here alone?"

"I have already reported to my father. Anyway, the garden has been built. There is nothing missing, and it doesn't matter if there are people. My father said that when my mother feels better, I will come back to apologize."

"Hahaha, thank you for thinking it out." Wang Yunzhi couldn't help laughing out loud.

He was in Juzhang County to inspect the city defense and ordnance, and when he got home, he heard that Yaomei Wang Lang offended his mother and hid outside alone, but he didn't expect the twists and turns to be like this.

Wang Lang was almost desperate for this elder brother: "Smile, laugh, you're still laughing! Quickly help me find a way, how to calm down my mother." He grabbed his elder brother's sleeve and shook it violently.

Wang Yunzhi looked at her with a smile, not caring at all that his sleeves were about to become dried pickles: "This matter is easy to handle."

He spoke unhurriedly, with the leisurely and calm characteristic of the children of the aristocratic family.

Wang Lang's eyes lit up instantly: "Brother?"

No matter how troublesome things are, her second brother can always find a way to solve them quickly, and she can't accept it.

Wang Yunzhi smiled slightly and said, "Hasn't your garden been completed? It just so happens that spring is here, and ladies and gentlemen start to go out and make friends. You hold a spring banquet and invite all the young ladies from several big families in the county to be guests. You say it's a celebration." When the new garden is completed, grandma will surely calm down."

Social banquets are the main theme of this era, and it is on such occasions that the gentry bond with each other and cultivate their reputation.

The Xun family was originally angry for a while, but was actually very moved by Wang Lang's actions in their hearts, and seeing their daughter making such progress, they would naturally calm down.

Wang Lang blinked his eyes, blinked again, jumped up and rushed to his brother and rubbed violently:

"I knew brother had a solution! Thank you brother!"

Wang Yunzhi patted her on the back with a melancholy tone:

"Come down before you say thank you, you're heavy again."

Wang Lang was so angry that he wanted to bite him.

"Ahem, don't talk about these sad things. Well, by the way, I want to introduce someone to Shanshan."

Shanshan is Wang Lang's nickname.

Who is sad!

Viciously pinching his elder brother to vent his anger, Wang Lang looked up at him with a bad tone: "Huh?"

"It's the young lady of the Xie family in Chenjun, five years older than Shanshan."

"Why is it Chen County Xie?"

"again?"

Wang Lang picked a clean stone and sat down, reached out and fished out a loquat from the fruit plate on the table beside him:

"A few days ago, A Guan also mentioned to me that there is a young man in the Xie family, Jun Rongzhi, who is outstanding. When he was four years old, Huan Neishi commented that 'this son is beautiful, and he will be Wang Donghai in the future'."

While peeling the skin of the orange-yellow loquat with water droplets, she said casually:

"It seems to be that his elder brother was the county magistrate in Shan County. An old man broke the law. His elder brother punished the old man with strong wine until the old man was drunk. He happened to sit next to the elder brother and persuaded his elder brother that the old man should be pitiful. So to him. His elder brother asked him if he wanted to release the old man, he nodded in agreement, and his elder brother sent the old man away."

Shan County is one of the ten counties under the jurisdiction of Kuaiji County, not too far from Shanyin.

While talking, most of a loquat was peeled, Wang Lang handed it to his elder brother, and peeled another loquat himself:

"I don't know about her character, but Ah Wan is so respected, she must look pretty good." She curled her lips.

Wang Yunzhi thought for a while, but after eating a whole loquat in a leisurely manner, he wiped his hands with a white cloth and said, "It's not easy."

"Eh?"

"I remember that the county magistrate of Shan County is the eldest son of Tai Changqing, Xie Wuyi from the Xie family of Chenjun. Xie Wuyi has little reputation, but he has a wild personality and a liberal approach to things. I met him once in Shan County, and I know that he is not easy Convincing character."

"I probably know the little gentleman you are talking about. According to the ranking, he is Xie Wuyi's third brother. Although he is young, his reputation is still higher than that of Xie Wuyi."

"……so what?"

Wang Yunzhi raised his eyebrows lightly: "A person like Wu Yi, do you think anyone can persuade him?" He smiled again, his eyes clear: "But you don't have to care too much about Shanshan. Xie's family status... in the end It's a little lower."

Wang Lang was stunned for a moment before realizing what he meant, and he almost wanted to throw a plate of loquats in his face:

"Brother, what are you thinking! I'm not... Forget it, I have nothing to say to you."

Wang Yunzhi laughed loudly, and took the initiative to peel a loquat for her: "I'm joking with you."

Seeing that she answered angrily, Fang continued: "The little lady I mentioned is cousin to him, she is the heir of Xie Yuzhang, and she has a younger brother..."

Having said that, Wang Yunzhi paused, and then said after careful consideration:

"Merry and enlightened, not inferior to Anfeng."