Taipingchun

Let's talk about the old events of the Chenghua and Hongzhi dynasties in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Cong talked about it eloquently.

There is a mountain named Fangshan on Baili Road to the south of Jiangning County. Fangshan has many scenic spots and historic sites, with luxuriant flowers and trees, and there are many scholars.

There is a town not far from the foot of the southeast mountain, named Chunhua Town. Compared with the prosperity of Fangshan Mountain, Chunhua Town looks much deserted, and few tourists stop by.

There is a village outside the town, called Zouma Village. Since entering the Kingdom, there is nothing dazzling or distinguished about this place, so it is mediocre.

However, in the 18th year of Chenghua, there was a daughter of a family surnamed Guo who married into Cheng Guogong's mansion and took the position of concubine.From then on, the Guo surname changed their family, one was prominent and the other was noble, and it is foreseeable that they will flourish.

The mediocre Zouma Village has naturally come into the eyes of interested people.

It is amazing that an ordinary woman can marry into the Duke of Cheng's mansion, which has lived with the country, like a thousand-year-old iron tree blooming, like withered vines and dead trees in spring, but there is no surprise that the royal princess married a commoner, presumably For no benefit.

From time to time, idlers said enviously: "Good flowers grow in the deep mountains, and beautiful women grow in small places. I will never have such a blessing."

Guo's appearance doesn't need to be detailed to understand that she must be charming and beautiful, and she entered Cheng Guogong's mansion as a side concubine. If she doesn't have good looks, she may be hard to convince.

His father, Guo Kui, can be regarded as a farmer who has read a few books and can write a few strokes. Perhaps a sage can't say a thing or two, but he also has life experience. Naturally, the reason why the strong citrons die first, although Once he climbed to wealth and honor, he did not forget his roots, was friendly with his neighbors, and often helped.

This Guo family is not only beautiful in appearance, but also doesn't behave like a commoner. He behaves gracefully and gracefully. He has rules for everything and everyone, just like a nobleman.

He has a son named Zhu Feng, Zhu Feng is the eldest son of Zhu Fu, Duke of Cheng. Since he is the eldest son of a concubine, under the guidance of his biological mother, he doesn't have the intention to fight for the title of the Duke's son. Live the life of an ordinary wealthy family in peace and contentment.

This Guo family usually keeps himself safe, knows how to be polite, abides by women's morals, and has his own way of caring for his husband and raising his children.But I don't want to encounter unexpected disasters, and heaven and man will be separated forever.

In midsummer that year, there was a plague in Nanjing City. The Guo family lived in a deep house and rarely showed his face. According to the usual theory, it is unlikely that he would get the plague easily. However, things are unpredictable and fate cannot be taken lightly. Guo Shi still went.

If you say what the people of later generations think, there must be doubts here.

The ancient times paid attention to the fact that once the horoscope is determined, the judge will cancel the name, and numerology has a definite number after all.

The Guo family, who has been husband and parent for [-] years, was named by the underworld judge and entered reincarnation. With Guo's virtuousness, he must be able to achieve consummation in the next life.

After Guo's death, Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu can be regarded as a responsible man, and he buried this concubine who respected women's morals like a nobleman with honor and honor.

He also showed affection for Zhu Feng, the eldest son of a concubine.

What is afraid of things or people is not theory, but a comparison.Compared with Zhu Lin's muddy, Zhu Feng's Qing is particularly dazzling.The ethics of the people of the country are more stringent than the scourge. No matter how much Cheng Guogong has a crush on Zhu Feng, after a hundred years of his own life, the throne of the country will not fall to him, so he can only helplessly teach his eldest son Zhu Lin.

Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu has made a clear decision in his heart, but he doesn't say it clearly.If we talk about the result of the aftermath, there must be a cause here.

If you can talk about the past and the present, you will be able to talk about the things of the human heart. I am afraid that you will not be able to finish talking all day.

This Zhu Lin sees that his elder brother is quite admired by his father, so he has a strong sense of impatience. He has been unhappy with Zhu Feng over and over again.

If it is not known that the brothers in the house are at odds, then the people living in this house are all unintentional people.Zhu Lin's family and Cheng Guogong are also very clear about what Zhu Lin has done.

Zhu Fu didn't hear it, he didn't see it, and he didn't say anything about it. He just wanted to know the difference between the concubine and the concubine. He was wronged at this time, and he knew the way forward. Maybe he could get rid of Zhu Feng's love as soon as possible, but he didn't. Do you think there is another theory about the order of the elders and the younger?I didn't expect that the son taught by Guo Shizhixian didn't have that kind of thought at all.

This Zhu Lin sage is not good at learning, and he comes here with a crooked mind. Since the Guo family has gone, then the Guo family members will not be used to it without wealth. There may be some calculations here that can be calculated.

It just so happened that Guo Kui couldn't help being depressed when he heard that his daughter had died, so he followed him within a few months.

He left his grandson Guo Jun alone.Guo Jun was also born with a good-looking talent, somewhat similar to his aunt Guo Shi.Relying on the power of my aunt's in-laws, the Guo family has saved a lot of money in recent years, and opened several inns near Fangshan. At that time, they also had a job in the army. There is no risk of short-term hard work.

Then Zhu Lin looked for him and said, "My aunt is gone, and my elder brother doesn't have much contact with you on weekdays. If things go on like this, will your shop be open? Can you live in this house? You will have a farm? If you follow me If you want to become the Duke of the state in the future, there must be something to say."

Zhu Lin's meaning is very simple. Without your aunt as the backstage of the Guo family, your cousin doesn't have much contact with you. Your current gold and silver wealth is like Jinyi's night walk. Maybe it's because of someone's death. Cheng Guogong will not face it, but if you trouble yourself, you will come if you don’t look for it. Don’t you just go to the Duke when you have something to do?

Guo Jun looked at the greeting card of Jiangning county magistrate Fu Hai hanging in his inn, and swallowed his saliva.This greeting post cost him 50 taels of silver, but it was just two simple words: Haibai.With such a greeting post, ordinary ruffians naturally dare not come to harass, but those who have the ability to harass and take advantage of it are afraid of Cheng Guogong.

Such an inn opened in a lively place at the foot of Fangshan Mountain is as stable as golden soup, like a hen laying golden eggs.

Jinlingju, the No. 300 restaurant in Nanjing City, has a famous card of Cheng Guogong hanging on it, which is worth ten thousand taels. If it is calculated according to the price comparison of later generations, it will be [-] million yuan. If it is based on the actual purchasing power, it is possible to double it. .Such a sky-high price is just for one word, stable.

It's just that the servants of Cheng Guogong's mansion took such a few-word greeting card to the store to cast a vote, and they could receive ten thousand taels of silver, and what the merchant who paid the money wanted was to avoid foreign aggression. Ability, in more accurate words, is to obtain a tiger skin that scares away wolves and beasts by handing it over to a capable person "Cheng Yi".

Speaking of Cheng Yi is also strange. There was a custom of giving travel expenses between relatives and friends in the Ming Dynasty. Bribing under such a banner, others have nothing to say, it is an unspoken rule.Speaking of this, I can't help but insert a digression. Later, the greeting post of Yan Songyan, the elder who held power, was already an extremely expensive 3000 taels of silver. On this basis, it can be doubled.

Since there is such a way in the middle, Guo Jun is also elated to be able to climb up to the future Duke, and he obeys his words, even before the saddle. Under the circumstances, Zhu Lin was also very satisfied with him.

This back and forth, it is understandable to become more flamboyant and frivolous.Under Zhu Lin's deliberate operation, Guo Jun often had the opportunity to meet Cheng Guogong and slander him at the right time. Seeing that he was handsome and the only descendant of the Guo family, Zhu Fu naturally wanted to listen to what he had to say.

Poor Zhu Feng was tricked without knowing it.

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There is a family surnamed Liu in Zouma Village, whose ancestors were Jiehu of the county government. The so-called Jiehu is the servant who escorts money and food to Beijing.That's the kind of people I'm talking about.

In this generation, Liu Jie, a Jiehu, worked as an errand in Jiangning County. Wu Hong, who was still the chief bookkeeper at the time, ordered him to go to Yingtian Mansion to release the money. When he went to Beijing, the money had to be paid in advance.

Liu Jie was short of money, so he borrowed this private debt from Guo Kui, a good man of the Guo family.

Once he left, he was delayed for a year, but luckily he came back safe and sound.The toll that Wu Hong exchanged with him was not enough, only more than [-] taels, Liu Jie felt cold, and the county yamen chief was in charge of money and food, if this matter was to be investigated deeply, there would be no justice.

Fortunately, it happened to be a good year when the weather was good and the weather was good. The grain was harvested, and the silver (tiao sold grain) was more than a dozen taels. After cooperating with Wu Hong's exchange of silver, he still had some money left to live on, so he returned the full amount to Guo. Kui.

Seeing him like this, Guo Kui specially stayed for a meal. Unfortunately, Liu Jie had something to do at home and asked him to go back.Guo Kui was also called by the official master to finish the food. In the rush of two people, one forgot to write the receipt and the other forgot to take the receipt, so they left.

After five years, the father and daughter Guo Kui of the Guo family passed away one after another, and Guo Jun was in charge of the family. He checked the account books and found such a handwritten IOU. of silver.

Liu Jie is very serious. Listening to his servants, he didn't feel impatient or deny it at the beginning. After all, it's normal for him to forget after some years.

After thinking about it for a long time, he replied: "I repaid all the debts five years ago. How can there be any reason to ask for the second time? It's just because Mr. Guo is in a hurry, and I am in a hurry to go home, so I didn't write down this receipt. Heaven rules people's hearts, so go home and tell me that you can't do things without your mind, and there are gods standing three feet above your head."

The servants had no choice but to go back and tell Guo Jun, Guo Jun was not desperate, and sent someone to the door several times, Liu Jie was quick to talk after all, seeing him like this, he could only close the door.

Said: "Your family has hurt the law of heaven, even if the parents come to the door, I shouldn't pay you back this second time."

Hearing what he said, Guo Jun sneered and said, "He couldn't remember clearly at first, so it's just a fake."

The plaintiff, Guo Jun, a [-]-year-old registered citizen, confessed to Liu Jie's deception.My family saved a hundred taels of silver from the farmland. Unexpectedly, Liu Jie sent the silver to Beijing, claiming that he lacked travel expenses, so he deceived his family ancestors and borrowed it.It is about to return this year, but unexpectedly the heart of the beast is insatiable. It has been openly postponed for five years since returning home from Beijing, and today he threatened to return it.There are a hundred taels of silver, the property is tied, the document is in the body, and the evidence is as strong as a mountain.I implore my lord, recover the owed money and live my whole family.

A paper document was reported to Jiangning County.

The so-called one word enters the government office, but the scoundrel does not make a word. This pleading is the best proof.Everyone knows that the Guo family has made a fortune in recent years, how could the whole family's livelihood fall on 100 taels of silver?

Fu Hai, the county magistrate, knew for a long time that he had a relationship with Zhu Lin. After accepting the case, he sent someone to detain Liu Jie and come to respond to the lawsuit.

Liu Jie could only say angrily: "How can you believe in this kind of bullying? Mr. Guo and I are both busy and have not made a written statement. We have never pursued it for five years. It is only because Mr. Guo passed away. Then I became black-hearted, I hope my lord will see clearly."

Fu Hai's mind was not on this, and he said, "Since I borrowed money from Country Squire Guo, then it's the truth. How can someone repay the money without making a written statement or finding a witness? Don't deny it, I'll delay you." Repay the Guo family 150 taels of silver with the principal and interest in half a month. Recognized in court."

Poor Liu Jie's family, wives and children, have been forced by this fatuous county magistrate and this unscrupulous Guo Jun to have nowhere to go.The county magistrate who broke the family, proof.

The wronged Liu family's Liangtian was occupied by Guo Jun, and the desperate Liu Jie died in despair.Only the old father, his wife, and the teenage daughter were left.

If this is the end of the matter, then at a glance, this case involves Guo Jun and Zhu Lin, but at a closer look, it seems that Wu Hong is also involved, although the former magistrate Fu Hai has been transferred to another place, it doesn't matter.

Xu Xiu thought: This matter is not difficult to deal with.

With Zhang Cong said: "If it's just this case, why are the pleadings so alarmist?"

Liu Dawa let out a cry, fell on the ground trembling and remained silent.

Zhang Cong sighed and said, "My lord, this is the first injustice."

Xu Xiu blew lightly on the teacup, and said flatly, "Continue talking."