There is no phoenix

It turned out that Jia Zheng had arrived in the capital at the beginning of June, and the emperor thought that he was already fifty years old and the father of Concubine Xiande, so he was still appointed as the fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Industry.

Thinking that there are still wars at the border every few years, and the opening of the martial arts examination earlier this year, let the emperor Shui Ruoyang see that there are many rising stars among the younger generations of the Celestial Dynasty.At present, the civil servants and military generals who hold important positions in the court are all too old, so after discussion among the courtiers, it was decided to hold another civil and military examination next year, in order to encourage civil and military students from all over the world to actively serve the country.

Jia Zheng returned to Rongguo Mansion and asked Baoyu Jiahuan and Jia Lan about their recent studies. Mrs. Wang did not dare to hide anything, but said that although Jia Lan was the youngest, Li Wan had been teaching poetry and books in Daoxiang Village.As for Baoyu and Jia Huan, they just stayed in their own rooms to urge them to read freely every day.

After Jia Zheng heard this, he sighed and said, "How can this work? They are all like cattle and sheep, and they still expect to be able to study and gain fame?" After Jia Zheng finished speaking, he immediately asked the girl to go to Baoyu.

Mrs. Wang said: "The sisters are composing poems in the garden today. If the master wants to call him, let him come over later after lunch, so as not to spoil the sisters' happiness. It is rare for the sisters to get together like this. Next time Even if they are free, I'm afraid there won't be so many of them."

Mrs. Wang finished speaking, so she told Yingchun Xiangyun and Baoqin that they were engaged and that they might be leaving the cabinet soon. Jia Zheng sighed and had to give up for the time being.

Looking at the sunset, Jia Zheng came back from the study and asked Mrs. Wang to send girls to call Baoyu Jiahuan and Jia Lan. After hearing this, Mrs. Wang had no choice but to send someone to call.

After a while, Baoyu, Jiahuan and Jialan all came over.Now Baoyu is 15 years old, Jia Huan is 13 years old, and Jia Lan is 13 years old.

Jia Zheng took a look at the three of them, told them to stand aside, and scolded them, "What have you been doing recently? Don't look at me, I don't know!"

After Jia Zheng finished speaking, he called Baoyu to him and reprimanded him, "Baoyu, you are older than both of them. I think you have become more and more loose after you have been wild for a while. You often blame your illness and don't study, and then you don't read anymore." You are joking and hanging out with your sisters in the garden, and you often go out to drink, you say, what do you want to do in the future? Although you have a few good poems, this is nothing. Dairu is not in good health these days , the three of you will go to Dongfu to learn archery tomorrow. When Dairu recovers, I will personally send you to study at home. Don't make such a mess, what will happen to this family in the future?"

When Baoyu heard this, he dared to say nothing, but bowed his head and agreed.

Jia Zheng looked carefully at the three Baoyu, Jiahuan and Jialan, and seeing that Baoyu was still tidy after all, he couldn't help sighing: "Baoyu, you are 15 years old now, logically you should give Huaner Laner a good start, but you Always playing jokes with the sisters in the garden, messing around with the girls. Don’t think that the old lady spoils you lawlessly! If you don’t grow up tomorrow, be careful of your skin!”

Jia Zheng called Jia Huan and Jia Lan again: "Listen, you three, go to Dongfu to learn archery at dawn tomorrow. You don't want to write poetry anymore, just concentrate on studying stereotyped essays. If you don't make any progress after a year, Everyone go to the ancestral hall to kneel to the grandfather!"

Jia Zheng immediately asked someone to tell Li Gui to come in and teach him: "In the morning, Chuan Mingyan and Baoyu, Huan'er and Lan'er will also go get ready, and go to Dongfu to learn archery early in the morning!" After hearing this, the three of them dared not say a word After seeing Jia Zheng waving his hand, they went back to prepare.

It turned out that since Jia Zhen's father Jia Jing died, because it was the mourning period, she couldn't go out to play every day, and she couldn't watch operas and feast at home.Extremely bored, he came up with a way to relieve boredom.Every day during the day, on the grounds of practicing archery, he invited children from various aristocratic families and wealthy relatives and friends to Ningguo Mansion for training and competition practice.

The children of these aristocratic families were serious at first, because Jia Zhen also liked to practice shooting swords and guns.But because those children from aristocratic families who are really motivated and have some real kung fu should be recruited to Xizheng, so those who come to Ningguo Mansion to learn archery are just some children from aristocratic families who are used to being undisciplined. They are young and not short of money. Practice shooting.

The people Jia Zhen saw were all from rich families, especially Wang Ren, Wang Ren, the adopted son of Wang Ziteng.Jia Zhen then suggested: "It's useless to just shoot indiscriminately. Not only will it fail to improve, but it will also damage the style. You must make a penalty contract and bet on a profit, so that everyone will work hard."

When Wang Ren heard this, he was in the middle of his arms, and many dudes responded one after another.

Jia Zhen then set up a scorpion in the arrow path downstairs of Tianxiang Building, and agreed that after breakfast every day, everyone would come to shoot the scorpion.Jia Zhen herself is a hereditary and important third-rank General Wei Lie, knowing that it is not easy for her to come forward, so she appointed Jia Rong, who had returned after Qin Keqing's death, and Jia Qiang, who was a close branch of Jia's family and Jia Rong's peer, to be the bureaucrats.

These are all hereditary sons, each of them has a rich family, and they are all young, just a group of wandering playboys who fight cockfights and ask Liu Pinghua.Therefore, everyone agreed that it is not convenient to disturb Jia Rong and Jia Qiang alone when they come to shoot every day, and they must take turns to be the host.So these people slaughtered pigs and sheep every day, slaughtered geese and ducks, just like fighting treasures in Lintong, they had to show off their good cooks at home.

After Jia Zheng came back, he only heard that many people in the capital went to Dongfu to learn archery.Jia Zheng knew that Jia Zhen liked to practice martial arts and archery, so he admired it instead.

It turns out that the Rongguo Mansion in Ningguo Mansion is hereditary with the title of martial arts, only the late Jia Jing has passed the Jinshi, while Jia Xie Jia Zheng and Jia Lian are neither literary nor martial, they only rely on the merits of their ancestors and the fame bestowed by the emperor.Therefore, in Jia Zheng's view, since the text was wrong, it is true that martial arts should be learned, because Jia's family originally belonged to Wu Yin.

Three days after Baoyu, Jia Huan and Jia Lan went to practice archery, Jia Amnesty also asked his concubine Jia Cong and Baoyu to practice archery with Jia Zhen.Go at Chenshi every morning and go back at noon.

But Jia Zhenzhi was not here, and it was only ten or so days, so he used the excuse of resting his shoulders to support his strength, let the children of the aristocratic family wipe the dominoes at night, and gamble with the drinker, and later, they simply gambled directly, and the more they gambled, the bigger the bet.

Over the past few months, people like Jia Zhen have become better at betting money than archery. They even openly throw dice, put their heads down, and gamble big.Those servants in the mansion took advantage of this to make some profit, and they were so eager to do so, so it became a situation to gather crowds to gamble, but the people outside didn't know the real situation of the children at all.

But because Baoyu had to go to Dongfu to learn archery every morning, Yihongyuan suddenly calmed down a lot.Xiren and a few maids do nothing more than wash things and tidy up the house every day.

Baoyu had never practiced martial arts, so he worked hard in Dongfu these days.The weather is hot now, so every afternoon, Baoyu is very tired and rests, and when he wakes up, it is already sunset.

Daiyu Tanchun cherishes the spring and several sisters, because they will leave the court in August to welcome the spring, and Xing Xiuyan, Mrs. Xing's niece who lives temporarily in Jia's mansion, also marries Baochai's cousin Xue Biao in August.So everyone was busy doing needlework for Yingchun and Xing Xiuyan as wedding gifts, so apart from playing chess and laughing together occasionally, they never started a club or wrote poems together.

It was already July in a blink of an eye.

On this day, Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng Tanchun discussed together at Jia Mu's place. They talked about the fact that the mansion is really short of money, so they both discussed and wanted to cut some people.

Tanchun said: "Old lady, madam, second sister-in-law, if we want to talk about layoffs, I think we should start with our sisters and brothers. The second sister is going to get married soon, so we can ignore her for now. But how many of our sisters Well, we have already discussed it ourselves. Elder sister Lin said that she would only keep Wang Momo, Xueyan, Zijuan, and Chunxian. And the expenses can also be free from the house. Sister Lin said that my uncle said that after the Chinese New Year, when Sister Lin turns 15, Uncle Lin from her hometown will come to see her to pick her up. enough."

After hearing this, Mother Jia said, "How can this be done? Third girl, tell her that no matter what happens in the house, there will be no shortage of her, and her will be the same as before."

Tanchun said: "Old lady, I have already said, but Sister Lin said that she is also the half master of this house, she should be as frugal as everyone else. There are also me and my fourth sister, I only need to serve books, and then It is enough to keep one girl and two wives. The fourth sister said to keep the color screen and one girl and two wives. Therefore, if there are only three of us, more than half of the people can be laid off. Those elderly family members, I Let them pay a small amount of money and let them go out. As for Brother Bao and Huan'er, do what the wife says."

Seeing how carefully Tanchun spoke, Sister Feng, Mrs. Jia Muwang, secretly convinced her.

Mrs. Wang and the others were still discussing, when Sheyue came over in a hurry and said: "Old lady, madam, Xiren suddenly became seriously ill, we are going to ask for a doctor, but she refused, so I went back and forth to old lady. "

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang quickly stood up and said, "What, Xiren is sick? Still refuse to ask for a doctor? I'll go and have a look."

If you want to know what kind of disease Xiren dare not ask a doctor, let's read the following.