Chapter 30: Seeking the Marquis at the Border Pass (1)
Han Gang didn't know that because of his mere official body from the ninth grade, he had already alarmed the Son of Heaven and the Prime Minister. He is now reading while calmly waiting for the news of the approval of the recommendation seal from Kaifeng. At that time, he will leave for Beijing to pay three generations of family certificates - the so-called family certificates, that is, including the names of the three generations of ancestors, the year one, and the personal resumes of whether they have committed past crimes, and there must be a neighbor as a guarantee to prove his identity - so that he can receive a confession, which is the proof of his status as an official.
In his own room, Han Gang flew in front of the desk with a pen, and lines of fly-headed small letters appeared on the snow-white paper, and in the blink of an eye, it was a page. This is the "Biography of Gu Liang" that he copied in the past. Although he can now afford to buy the books he wants, Han Gang is convinced that a good memory is better than a bad pen, no matter how much he reads and recites it, it is better than writing it by hand, and he plans to copy all the scriptures and classics on the bookshelf again.
The Biography of Gu Liang is one of the three legends of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Zuo Biography and the Ram Biography are all annotations to the book "Spring and Autumn" written by Confucius. The Spring and Autumn Period is the history book of the Lu State, which was deleted and revised by Confucius, and later became a Confucian classic - Confucius's actions, called 'pen sharpening Spring and Autumn'. It is said that there are nine kinds of legends annotated for it, but only three legends have been handed down: Zuo's, Ram, and Guliang.
Whether it is the Spring and Autumn Period or the Three Legends, they are all important classics in the scriptures, and the predecessor of Han Gang has read through them as early as under Zhang Zaimen. Now Han Gang compares the perspective of later generations, and feels that among the three biographies, Zuo Chuan is more like a history book, using rich historical materials to expand and annotate the short records in the "Spring and Autumn Period"; The ram and Gu Liang are closer to political books, and do not care about the history recorded in the book, but through the exposition of the subtle words in the "Spring and Autumn Period", they can experience the intentions and Confucian concepts that Confucius wanted to express in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Regardless of the left biography, the two biography of the Ram and Gu Liang mentioned the subtle words of the ancestors, and there was always a Huayi distinction. And Han Gang's teacher, Zhang Zai, when explaining "Spring and Autumn" to students, mentioned the most Huayi distinction hidden between the lines in the book. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Zhou dynasty weakened, the four Yi rose, and the Chu State in the south was originally a barbarian, but it claimed to be the king.
Later, with the help of Guan Zhong, the Duke of Qi Huan respected the Zhou family, the princes of Jiuhe, and suppressed the four yi, that is, the so-called respect for the king. This matter was most valued by Confucius, so he said, 'Micro Guan Zhong, I was sent to the left' - without Guan Zhong, I would have been forced to learn the appearance of the Yi people, wear my hair loose, and wear the clothes of the left man, which means that the Chinese people were destroyed by the Yi people.
After a thousand years of Confucius, the Hu people An Lushan ruined the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and the Hu people took turns to sit in the village in the five generations.
Nationalism does not seem to be confined to the times. Han Gang thought as he copied it, the more serious the damage he suffered, the greater the backlash provoked, especially the Han people, a nation with strong self-esteem and pride.
Although there was no clear understanding of the distinction between ethnic groups at this time, simply advocating the distinction between Huayi and Yi was enough to draw a deep gap between the Han and Yi people, and the situation of the Tang Dynasty could never have occurred in the Song Dynasty. Han Gang originally came to the Northern Song Dynasty from an era of strong nationalism, and of course he had a deep feeling for Song Confucianism's reflection on the foreign strategies of the Sui and Tang dynasties.
With a tide of thoughts, Han Gang was careless and copied a word wrong. On the white paper, the words are particularly conspicuous, even if there is an eraser of later generations, it can't be wiped clean, but orpiment can. Han Gang had a piece of orpiment at hand, and when he picked it up and painted it on another character, the ink was covered by the color left by the orpiment. Realgar is used to soak wine during the Dragon Boat Festival, while orpiment is an ancient eraser and correction liquid. The idiom of estrogen comes from the use of orpiment.
He put down the opiment, picked up the pen again, and there was a soft knock on the door. Han Gang put down the pen again and said, "Come in!" ”
Han Yunniang pushed the door in response. A newly-made skirt is cut to a close-fitting fit, with a yellow silk embroidered belly circumference at the waist, commonly known as 'waist yellow', lining the waist and limbs. A flowery rhode gown was draped over the skirt, covering the slightly bulging curves of the chest. Compared with three months ago, when Han Gang had just recovered from his illness, the little girl who had grown a little taller had added a little more color. She walked into the room with elegant steps, and said a blessing first: "The third prince ......"
Han Yunniang's new title, Han Gang pricked his ears when he listened, and interrupted: "I told Yun Niang earlier, don't call me that." Isn't it just to be an official? How it was called in the past, how it is still called now. ”
Han Yunniang lowered her head and said timidly: "That will be said to be me...... Slaves have no rules. ”
Han Gang's brows furrowed, she really didn't know that bastard had taught her these boring things. Han Yunniang was originally a gentle and virtuous person, and she already had the style of a good wife and mother at a young age, but her conversation and demeanor were not as good as those of a woman from a big family.
But growing up with Han Ah Li and not learning to be full of old women, it is already God blessed. Han Gang didn't really care about this, anyway, he came from an era when the hierarchy was much more relaxed after a thousand years, and he didn't care much about the slightest indecency in his words.
"At home, isn't there an outsider who pays attention to so much? Temperament is precious in nature, deliberately learning from other people's style, losing its original appearance, but not beautiful. As soon as Han Gang stretched out his hand, he skillfully took her slender body in his arms. The intoxicating warm fragrant nephrite jade was tightly attached to his body, and his little ears were as bright as jade at his mouth, and Han Gang couldn't help but open his mouth and bite it on a whim.
The little girl trembled, as if she had been electrified, her delicate and smooth face like mutton fat jade turned red, she turned around and glared at Han Gang, and said in a thin voice: "Third brother! ”
In the slightly sunken eye sockets, a pair of brown sheared eyes are clear and pure, and you can still see your own reflection. The round eyes that seem to be angry are vaguely three points of shame and seven points of tenderness. The little girl's reaction like this, Han Gang never got tired of seeing it. He tightened his hands and whispered softly in Han Yunniang's ear: "You are like this now, the third brother is the favorite." ”
Snuggle in a familiar bosom and sniff the familiar. The little girl's panicked heart began to beat gently. Since the news that Han Gang was recommended to become an official came to her ears, she was not only happy, but also a little disappointed. The gap in identity is getting bigger and bigger, and I am always scared in my heart, for fear that the third brother will hate him when he will hate him. She is just an orphan girl with no father and mother, and she has no brothers and sisters to support, and the only person she can rely on in this life is Han Gang.
Feeling that the girl in his arms had calmed down, Han Gang gently let go of his hand, and if he didn't let go, he might not be able to help it. It's just that he knows that the knot in the little girl's heart will not be so easy to untie. It's not that there is no better way to comfort her, but Han Yunniang is too young, at least for another two years. Han Gang sighed secretly, this is also a side effect of being an official.
Although there are side effects, it is a good thing to be an official. Exemption from forced labor, tax reduction, these are all coming with the official body. And the benefits of being an official are not limited to these. As written in "The Outer History of Confucianism", once Fan Jin was promoted, he became the 'star in the sky' in the mouth of his father-in-law Hu Butcher, and since then there have been a farmhouse, money, and slaves.
It was the same in the Northern Song Dynasty, every time the Jinshi was released, how many rich and noble families stayed under the emperor's list, ready to find a new Jinshi as a son-in-law, that is, the so-called son-in-law under the list. But this son-in-law is not easy to catch, and now the reserve price of the dowry given to Jinshi's son-in-law has risen to 1,000 guan, and it will continue to rise - this is what Wang Hou casually mentioned as a joke when he chatted with him a few days ago.
Although Han Gang is not a Jinshi, his market is just as good. The news of being recommended as an official has spread, and a famous disciple who is only eighteen years old has been recommended by many people, and the future is really limitless. Not to mention the door-to-door gifts, there are even a large number of relatives, so Wang Houcai took the list to catch his son-in-law to make fun.
Han Yunniang is hindered by her identity and can't be Han Gang's wife. The little girl herself knows this, and she has never asked for anything. Han Gang asked himself that there was no need to challenge the world, but he couldn't help but feel a little more guilty and pity for Han Yunniang in his heart. But think about it from another angle, the little girl has herself and her parents to support him, and even if Ming Media is marrying a lady with a bad personality in the future, she can't do anything to her.
In fact, Han Yunniang is not the only one who is trembling because of an official body, Han Qianliu is also a little uncomfortable with the change of identity, and it is a headache for the customers who squeeze into the door. On the contrary, it is Han Ah Li, who has a spectrum in her heart about the rules for dealing with people and things, no matter how high or low the identity of the visitor, she can secretly help Han Qianliu do it properly.
And Han Gang himself, after becoming a rising officialdom star in Qinzhou City, showed a more sincere and fearful look. The gifts sent to the door, the push that should be pushed, the words that should be resigned, a piece of expensive property was not collected, only some pen, ink, paper and inkstone were received, in order to fulfill the favor, as for the propose, let the parents give the resignation.
In his opinion, with an official body, there are more things that can be done, and there is no need to see money at this juncture. How many people are staring at themselves, the slightest mistake will affect their evaluation. What's more, most of the people who come to flatter Han Gang now are some poor families who want to speculate, and all the wealthy families are still waiting.
The rumors in the state all say that Han Gang is too murderous, and he has made several shots, and there are hundreds of human lives in his hands, counting the end star department, a thousand running up. And he arrested Chen Ji a few days ago, cut off the mountain wind, and sent nearly 30 heads to the yamen, which completely destroyed Chen Ju's family, which confirmed this rumor. It is rare for a large family with deep roots to like to recruit such a son-in-law.
Han Gang didn't care about this matter at all, why did the eldest husband worry about having no wife. What's more, he didn't marry the Hun family at the age of thirty, his physical age is only eighteen years old, and his spiritual age is older, but he doesn't take marriage too seriously. The body really can't hold it, and it's not that there is nowhere to go. The top priority now is to assist Wang Shao to complete the recovery of the Hehuang region as soon as possible, and Han Gang is not interested in doing it for too long.
ps: Han San looked at the sky and shouted: I'm back!
Today's third watch, I also shouted in the sky, where are your red tickets?!