The husband's son-in-law

After not seeing each other for many years, the faces of officials in Beijing and China have changed a lot.

Although this day is not the time for the small pilgrimage meeting, officials from the six departments of the Beijing Central Committee, as well as the former cabinet officials, have all received orders from the eunuch's sage to enter the palace to face the sage.

"How do you invite us into the palace when you are not in court?"

"The saint has sent a message, how do you know why? Just go in and wait."

Isn't this afraid of the new emperor?Since Emperor Guangwu came to the throne, except for the fixed small court meeting, he was not happy at other times, and rarely recruited so many officials into the palace. This time, he recruited the cabinet and the six ministries in succession. Could it be a big deal?

But nothing major has happened recently.

Someone who is well-informed probably got a hold of it, and whispered to the acquaintance: "Someone entered the palace yesterday, and I heard that it is the new Chief Assistant."

"Gu Zhao?" The person who spoke to him nodded, and finally said: "It seems that His Majesty prefers this Xinge old man."

I don't know how this person behaves.

Among the figures of more than a dozen officials, a figure that had almost faded out of the center of power appeared, and the officials took a second look before suddenly remembering, isn't this person Yan Lord?Emperor Tianshun was still very particular in the early days, but it was a pity that this person was stubborn and couldn't understand the holy face of the Tian family, so he was sent to teach.

Long time no see, why is this occasion here today?

"Master Yan was the champion of that class." Someone nodded from the side.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials suddenly realized that they were in the same class as Xinge, and I heard that the two are still classmates, so I am afraid that this one will also get up~

Even though he said so, there was a bit of sarcasm on the face of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, obviously he didn't take Mrs. Xinge too seriously - what's more, looking at the back of Mr. Yan in front of him, he thought of Mrs. Xinge. fate.

During the days of Emperor Tianshun, Lord Yan was also a hot spot in Beijing, but what about now?This Xinge old man has no family support behind him, and has always been in the south. He has no influence in Beijing. How long he can sit and whether he can sit firmly are two different things.

Therefore, among the officials who entered the palace today, those who are senior, senior and well-connected are not very fond of the elders of the new court. Of course, there are still some polite greetings on the face. It's up to you to underestimate it.

It's all human sperm.

The cabinet was built in the former dynasty, first the gate of the imperial city, the Dali gate in the middle, the left Ding gate, the right An gate, and then the first hall on the central axis, the Hanyuan hall, which was used for the grand celebration. Pass through the second gate, which is The Taiji Hall is composed of two palaces. The front is used for going to court, and the second small one behind is the office of the cabinet.

After that, go through the two gates and then go through the Zichen Gate, which is the location of the harem. The first palace is the Zichen Palace, the sleeping hall of the emperors of all dynasties, and now it is named Yongshuang Palace.From this geographical location, it can be seen that the cabinet is important, connecting the previous court and the Holy Palace, if there is any major event someday, the Holy One can call and announce it.

The side hall of the Taiji Hall is like the study of the Holy Master.

All the ministers saw the Holy One, and Li Wubing shouted, and then said: "I called you today, so that you all recognize me, Gu Zhao, and I will be the chief assistant of the cabinet in the future. Listen to him, don't bother me if you have nothing to do." gone."

Gu Zhao: ...he tried his best to adapt to Li Wubing's painting style.

All the ministers should be, and some officials saw the Holy Majesty, took out the memorial from their arms, saw that they were not ill, immediately stood up, walked out and said: "The Chaozhong University has discussed with Ziqing in advance, don't bother me. "It's gone.

Gu Zhao: ...

In the entire side hall of the Taiji Hall, only the officials were left looking at each other. Fortunately, it didn't take long for them to react, and they all bowed to the old Xinge, and exchanged polite greetings.Gu Zhao responded one by one, but when he turned to his second brother, he smiled genuinely, "It's been a long time since Mr. Yan, but he still has the same demeanor."

The second brother didn't change much, he still had a solemn expression.

Yan Jinxin cupped his hands, and said: "I have seen Gu Shoufu."

Well, the nature of behavior has not changed.Gu Zhao thought, the smile on his face deepened even more.

"Master Yan has a brilliant literary talent. I will be seconded to help me deal with official documents. Would Mr. Yan be willing?"

"With Gu Shoufu's support, the next official will definitely go all out."

When we arrived at the cabinet office, the ministers went first. Gu Zhao took a step back and walked with the second brother. When there was no one else, Gu Zhao laughed first, "We have met. Why is the second brother treating me strangely? Isn't my name Zhaodi?" gone?"

"..." Yan Jinxin: "Brother Zhao."

Gu Zhao smiled, and his serious and serious face was also a little moved.

"Yesterday, when I wanted to draw up an edict, I thought of my second brother. I really couldn't do it without you. Your article is well written." After Gu Zhao finished speaking, he said, "Second brother should do something practical now. Here, I need you to support me, or I will die from exhaustion."

He knew that the second brother had ambitions, and after so many years, the articles were beautiful and natural, and it would be overkill to use only the second brother to write articles.

Strictly believing that he understood the meaning of the words, some ripples arose in Gujing Wubo's heart.

...has it finally come?

"it is good."

Gu Zhao and Yan Jinxin arrived at the conference room. Gu Zhao read many memorials yesterday, and now he is busy with business.Many words that I haven't seen for many years, I can only have a good time in private and talk happily.

Ningping County, Liji Braised Cooking Courtyard.

The weather is hot, and stewed meat is not easy to sell, but the business has been like this for so many years. When the weather is hot, the stalls will be closed later, but the items are sold out, and the edamame and peanuts are the best sellers, but this It's cheap, not as good as meat to make money, but it can be sold in large quantities, and it is still possible to accumulate a small amount.

Brother Xing is busy ahead, there is still a lot of meat in the pot, there are probably three or four bowls——

"Xing'er, father and mother are here, as well as Guangzong."

Sounds from the backyard.Brother Xing was taken aback, this is only the end of May, and the delivery of food in the past has to wait until mid-June, why is it so early this year, can something happen?

Brother Xing turned around and asked the man, "What's the matter? Where is he? Why is Guangzong here?" It's not about his family.

"It's nothing bad, I just heard that Li Zhouzhou from the uncle's family is back."

This time Brother Xing was startled, "Zhou Zhou is back? Where are you going? In the village?" He took off his apron and came to buy stewed food. He was beaten up three times. The diners were shocked. What happened today? More than usual?

"My relatives have come to my house. I won't do business today, so I will take it first." Brother Xing handed over the bowl, and said to Wang Shitou: "Close the door, it is almost sold, and the rest will be returned to father and mother. I have my younger brother to eat the noodles, let’s make it up at noon, and make it in the evening.”

"Success." Wang Shitou went to close the door.

It must be noon at this time.

Brother Xing went directly from the back of the shop to his yard. In the yard, his father-in-law and Guangzong brought food into the house. The mother-in-law was sweating all over. It’s cold and the stove is still on fire, mother, can I have some noodles and eat them? Served with stewed toppings.”

"Yes, why not, I will help you."

"No, it'll be done in a couple of strokes. Mother, you can sit and rest outside under the tree. There is herbal tea on the stone table. I brewed it before doing business. I haven't had time to drink it yet. The stove inside is very hot." Brother Xing went into the kitchen, brought out a stack of bowls, poured tea for his mother-in-law, and asked, "Mother, is Zhou Zhou back? What's going on?"

Li Guangzong was carrying the sack, and when he heard the sound, he first said loudly: "Yes, brother Zhou, uncle and Fubao are all in the village. Brother Gu has been promoted. Anyway, there are many happy events. The village will also build an ancestral hall. When the time comes Yuan Yuan can also come back to study."

"It's really back." Brother Xing couldn't turn his head around, and would be overjoyed if he was stunned, and said, "Then this is a great thing."

He hasn't seen Zhou Zhou for many years, and he doesn't know what Fu Bao looks like now. He was beautiful when he was a child, but now he is even more beautiful.

Brother Xing wanted to listen more. He said he was cooking, but his legs didn’t move. Wang Shishi bought all the watermelons and hung them with net ropes and put them in the well water. Brother Xing didn’t go to cook. Shitou watched his father and brother-in-law busy for a long time without eating lunch, so he went into the kitchen to cook by himself.

Xingge'er's mother-in-law saw that her son was working so hard and obeying Xingge'er's orders, and she didn't have any temper - she got used to it all these years ago.In the past, Brother Xing pretended to be a thing in their face, and Shi Shi also wanted to save face, so forget it now.

"Guangzong, please talk more." Brother Xing urged, "Speak carefully."

Li Guangzong: "Brother, I've said it eight times, that Uncle Zhou Zhou Ge Fubao is back..."

Xinggeer's mother-in-law knew what Xinggeer wanted to hear, and this man would blow a fart when he spoke, how could he have fun?Fortunately, Brother Xing's mother-in-law was also willing to talk about this, so she took the conversation and followed Brother Xing's example: "It arrived in mid-May, a team of people, escorted by horses and horses, with big knives on their waists, they are very powerful at first glance. Yes, it was Niudan son Mao Mao who saw it..."

"Mother eats melon, then what?" Brother Xing cut up the watermelon and handed it to his mother-in-law. He was so fascinated by it that he forgot to eat the melon, and he didn't feel hungry or hot.

His mother-in-law also talked eloquently, taking a bite of melon to quench her thirst.

"...Then the Wang family compensated Zhou Zhou. You haven't seen him. He's such a big man. Why did you talk about it for a few dollars? Now, I heard that your uncle's family built an ancestral hall and ethnology. I'm afraid you will hate her family for scaring you." No."

Brother Xing knew that Aunt Wang hated what happened last week because of the stove, so he gnawed a mouthful of melon and agreed with his mother-in-law: "It didn't make sense for Zhou Zhou to sell the stove back then, she deserves it."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a great time singing and talking together. Li Guangzong ate watermelon seven or eight teeth with a sigh of relief, although it was so troublesome to mutter and talk, but listening to gossip was as full as watermelon.

Wang Shishi, who is kneading noodles in Zaowu, was so engrossed in listening that he sometimes forgot what he was doing.Fortunately, the two watermelons were divided into one first, and everyone quenched their hunger and thirst. When the meal came, they were still a little unhappy and wanted to continue talking.

In the past, Brother Xing's mother-in-law went to the prefecture to deliver food, and they usually stayed for two or three days. They always couldn't understand Brother Xing ordering Wang Shitou to do this and that. A day without words.

It can be seen the charm of gossip.

"Mother said, let you take Yuan Yuan back to the village to live for a while, and let go of the business first. If my brother Shitou can't do it alone, then recruit someone." Li Guangzong said.

Brother Xing rolled his eyes at his younger brother and said, "Who are you recruiting?"

Mother-in-law is in a hurry, why don't you take Yuan Yuan back to rest for a while, let her son work here alone, and he is reluctant to recruit anyone, this stone is solid, and the stone is not a cow in the field——

"Go back. It's been more than ten years, and I haven't rested except for the New Year. The shop is closed. This time I go back and have a good rest." Brother Xing said.Anyway, business is not easy to do in summer, so I simply took the opportunity to enlarge my vacation.

Wang Shitou was still reluctant to part with the money, but before he could say anything, Brother Xing glanced over, "Why?"

"It's nothing." Wang Shitou swallowed his reluctance to buy and sell, and it's good to take a rest.

The mother-in-law watched from the beginning to the end, and didn't know what to say, so forget it, this son will not live up to expectations.

You can sleep in the small courtyard. Brother Xing brought the Su family brothers to live here for more than a month more than ten years ago. There are two bunk beds. Now the materials are strong, and the beds are stable and not broken. That room is usually empty for sundries, and there are grain sacks piled up in the corner, but in summer it is tidied up, with straw mats spread out, so I can sleep.

Li Guangzong and Yuan Yuan slept in this room, and Yuan Yuan's room let grandma sleep.

When Yuan Yuan came back from school in the afternoon, he heard his father chanting: "Your Uncle Zhou is back, and there is Fu Bao, you will make it clear to your master tomorrow, please take some leave, let's pack up and go back to the village."

"Understood, Dad."

Yuan Yuan often heard his father think of Uncle Zhou Zhou, who was the wife of an official in the south, and he was also happy to hear that Uncle Zhou Zhou came back at this time, so he asked, "Is there something wrong with Uncle Zhou Zhou coming back?"

"Hey, I forgot to tell you. Your uncle said that Mr. Gu was promoted and transferred to the capital. What kind of boss is he—"

"Ah?!" Yuan Yuan was so scared that he dropped his chopsticks on the table, "Father can't talk nonsense, Mr. Ge is the chief assistant. If you hear it, bring it to Uncle Zhou and Uncle Gu. If it doesn't come, it won't be good."

Brother Xing was stunned by his son's serious expression, and also a little scared, afraid that he didn't hear clearly and learned badly, so he hurriedly called Li Guangzong and punched him first, "Speak up, explain clearly, don't learn badly gone."

"What's wrong with learning?" Li Guangzong said after hearing the cause and effect of his nephew, "It's the old man, you heard me right, on the day uncle came back, our county government officials all came to bow to Uncle Zhou Zhou."

Yuan Yuan: ...It split in place in a daze.

Brother Xing patted his chest, "Scared me to death, you were so startled, I thought you said something wrong, if you were right. Did you hear that, it's Mr. Ge, what is this Mr. Ge doing?" ? Why did you scare me like that?"

"Father, elder Ge is the chief assistant, the highest official." Yuan Yuan explained in a daze.

Li Guangzong patted his thigh, "That's right, Jian'an also said the same, he is the biggest official, that's right." If you dare not listen, who can stand it.

"Remember to ask your master for leave tomorrow." Brother Xing thought for a while, "Don't spread the word about your Uncle Gu being the elder of the pavilion. Now there are uncles and Fubao in the village every week. I don't know what's going on. You spread the word It would be bad if you get into trouble when you go out."

Yuan Yuan nodded solemnly and said he understood.

Earlier, Brother Xing got a letter from Beijing, Master Yuan Yuan read it by accident, and borrowed the book. Although nothing major happened later, Brother Xing is different from when he first came to the prefecture to do business, especially this time. That letter is different, so be careful.

The next day, a notice was posted in front of the Luzhu shop that the family had something to return to their hometown for a period of time.Brother Xing packed his luggage here, took a shower, went to buy gifts in the morning, and returned to the yard. Yuan Yuan also bid farewell to his wife, carrying a school bag, and went back in a bullock cart.

When the neighbors greeted and asked, Xing Geer always said: "Go back and live for a while, I have something to do.", "I don't know when I come back, anyway, I want to stay for a longer time.", "That's right, why not? It’s been so long, it’s hard to rest.”

Xiping Village.

The harvest of crops in the fields has come to an end, and now the fields are full of stubble, and every household has harvested them clean.When there was no war many years ago, every household paid the grain tax and sold almost all the grain, leaving only a small part to eat mixed with miscellaneous grains and beans. After the war, more grain was stored.

The harvest is good every year, and the surplus grain is saved every year, and you can’t eat fresh grain every year, you eat old grain—sometimes you save too much, and you can’t finish it, and the price of old grain is not high, but no one dares to keep less, Just in case, at that time, people will die if they are hungry and cannot eat enough.

This year it sold more.

The question is: "Gu Xiucai has become a high-ranking official and entered Beijing. I think life should be peaceful soon."

"What Gu Xiucai, he is old now."

"Yes, yes, what kind of old man. But Xiucai Lang is not very old. I remember that he is three or four years younger than Zhou Zhou, so he is old." This old man is not young at all.

How could the people in the village know about this? It was called Xiucai Lang, and that was Li Da's family who came back. He had a vivid memory long ago, and remembered many things about Gu Zhao in the village. It's also good for Zhou Zhou.

...The memory of saying that Gu Zhaoxue was not good at learning is all gone.

But it's normal, Mr. Gu is getting old now!

"I see that I can sell more this year. Anyway, I haven't finished eating the old grain from last year. If I mix it with beans, I won't be afraid of starvation."

This is true.People in the village have been more aggressive in selling grain this year, so they didn't keep it.So it was another bumper harvest, and the family got a fortune.It turns out that at this time, the men in the village can take a breather after the busiest time. At home, the stove is stewed with chicken, stewed eggs, and roasted meat.

This year, we ran at two ends. One end went to build the ancestral hall for the strong men, and the other end went to build the clan to learn.

Two large stoves were temporarily set up, and the weather was hot, so they ate one pig a day, but there were too many people, young men from the two villages of Dongxiping and bricklayer craftsmen from the town all came, and the bowl was really fishy.

Even though the life in the village has improved in the past few years, and the family eats meat after busy farming, no one dares to put meat in this way, and tear up large pieces of meat to eat like this.

Li Da does not kill pigs, he recruits young pig butchers to send pigs to kill pigs, he waits by the side every day, carrying fresh lean pork tenderloin and a few spare ribs back home, Zhou Zhou likes to eat lean meat, Fu Bao and His father also likes to eat ribs, but the big bones are a little fatter, Fu Bao likes to eat thin ribs, so he followed his father.

This day, it was late and the pigs had just been killed, Li Da returned with the meat as usual.

On the country road, he saw an ox cart approaching swayingly. Li Guangzong, who was walking beside the cart, saw his uncle first and shouted: "Uncle."

"Guangzong is back?" Li Da also stopped, and when he saw it, he smiled cheerfully, "Brother Xing? It hasn't changed much."

Brother Xing jumped down from the car, said hello to his uncle, and said, "Uncle hasn't changed much, he looks younger than before." He has been in business for so many years, so it's possible that he hasn't changed, but it might be better than going to the field to farm , not quite seeing the sun.

Wang Yuan stood up straight, and bowed to his grandfather, calling out, "Hi, grandfather."

"Yuan Yuan, right? He's grown up so much, he's our child, tall and handsome." Li Da greeted immediately, "Come to grandpa's house for dinner this noon, and brother Wang is also with you? Let's have a good time."

Wang Shitou's father also happily agreed, saying yes.

It is a blessing to be able to eat in the Li family compound now.