After all, he is a dignified member of the imperial court from the second grade, the funeral sacrifice of the original Zuodu Yushi, Wang Fulin is not a person from the Ministry of Rites, and it is naturally unreasonable to preside over the funeral sacrifice, so he can only be regarded as a deputy envoy, but the main envoy is a director of the Ministry of Rites. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As for Zhang Ning, the freshly baked celebrant and eunuch, although he was leading another errand and did not have the intention of attending Chen Zhan's funeral, but since he was following Wang Fulin, he would go to meet Mrs. Zhao after finishing here, he was still hesitant to show up, but because Chen Zan was the same year as Zhang Juzheng, and now he went to pick up Zhang Juzheng's mother, but Chen Zan avoided it at the funeral, and turned around to offend Chen Zhan's protégé for no reason, so he only represented himself and worshiped with incense in a grand manner.

And when Wang Fulin saw Chen Zhan's four sons, he had to sigh deeply, even if the official residence is second-class in these years, it does not mean that the children and grandchildren can live peacefully on the shade.

Chen Zan has a wife and a concubine, his wife Han died early, and gave birth to a total of three sons, of which the eldest son is almost blind because of the disease left since childhood, the second son and Ji Zi are a Grace Prison student, one entered the Guozi Prison after taking the Xiucai exam, and the only side room Liu gave birth to a young son, who is still less than ten years old. And those grandchildren who seem to know whether to mourn or not to cry bitterly, the oldest is older than the youngest son, and the youngest is still in infancy. In the midst of the crying in the room, it is difficult to hide the most embarrassing truth.

Among Chen Zhan's children and grandchildren, there is not even a single lifter! In this way, even if these children and grandchildren are ennobled in the future, if the emperor remembers, they will mix five or six grades at most when they are old. If the emperor doesn't remember, then I'm afraid that he will be dismissed from a random official position!

Thinking that when Tan Lun died, the Tan family had no successor, Wang Fulin couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

It has been two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and in the past two hundred years, land has been annexed and wealth has been concentrated, but because of relative fairness, civil officials are staring at the imperial examination one by one. However, even the children of these high-ranking officials cannot become hereditary officials because of this, and if the descendants cannot read, it may still cause the family talent to be cut off, and thus the situation of decline - although such a family that has produced top officials, the second generation is not good, but the third generation can still save the decline of the family as long as they keep up, but after all, many short-lived families have fallen.

In contrast, the upper class to the middle class to the lower middle class is still on the move. Moreover, a high-ranking official like Ge Lao Shangshu, whose children participate in the township examination and even the general examination, will have many pairs of eyes staring, and it is difficult to cheat. This is also the past few years that Zhang Juzheng has been in power, and the children of the old Shangshu have been admitted to the Jinshi in an endless stream, and the former Taoist officials are not so easy to get along with, as long as you are in the seat, even if your nephew has real talent and learning, it will pick a bone in the egg and spray you to death. After all, if the road of the imperial examination is all occupied by the children of the official eunuchs, what will happen to the children of the commoners who study hard in the cold window?

Therefore, in these years, the only one who is completely solidified, and can only be squeezed from generation to generation, and there is no chance of getting ahead, perhaps only the real extreme poverty class.

"Wang Shiyu, my father mentioned you before he died." It was Chen Zhan's second son Chen Zhong who spoke, he seemed to be crying too much before, and he couldn't shed tears now, and after howling a few times, his eyes that were swollen like peaches stared at Wang Fulin, and he said in a dry voice, "Your wholeheartedness at the funeral of the late Tan Xiangmin made others very moved. Father said that he has so many subordinates in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but you are the only one who will come to worship after he leaves. ”

Hearing this, Wang Fulin felt goosebumps fall to the ground, and he didn't believe that Chen Zan said this. You must know that as the inspector of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he can't leave the capital casually, and to apply for family leave, his years as an official are far from enough. That means that Chen Zan is now dead, and if he wants to go to Hejian Prefecture to worship in private, it will never be possible - if it weren't for the fact that Zhang Juzheng gave him this errand this time. Therefore, he never believed that Chen Zhan, who had been an official for many years, would say such a thing.

What's more, Chen Zan has nothing to do, what is he doing when he takes out the deceased Tan Lun? He helped Tan Lun with the funeral at the beginning, and he really did his best, and afterwards he also collected the Tan family's property at a very generous price and lost it to Zhang Juzheng to send someone to take care of it. Wouldn't the sons of the Chen family also beat him up, hoping to get some benefits from him, right?

Therefore, he behaved very restrained in response to Chen Zhong's crying, that is, the popular attitude of condolences to the bereaved families, please mourn and change, please live a good life, please be indignant and don't live up to Mr. Chen's expectations, please ...... All in all, except for expressing his grief and condolences, as well as the sixty taels of silver he was given, he did not answer Chen Zhong's words at all. In the end, Chen Shu, the son of Chen Zhan, really couldn't stand the second brother's fake crying, and took people away alive or dead, while the eldest son Chen Xiao stepped forward with the support of his younger brother.

"Thank you to Director Zhang and Wang Zhangdao for the funeral sacrifice on behalf of the imperial court."

Although his eyes were almost blind and he couldn't see anything, when Chen Xiao spoke, he still naturally brought out a bit of the bearing of an eldest son.

"My father was poor and happy during his lifetime, so we don't plan to make a big deal about this funeral, and the epitaph has already invited several of my father's protégés to write a seal carving. It's just that the father's official residence was in the general constitution, and the county father planned to build the general constitution in the county to worship the township ancestral hall, and the matter of the archway hoped that Zhang Zhuzheng and Wang Zhangdao could play the court on their behalf. In addition, although he still said that he didn't care about his father's name and posthumous seal, as a son of man, we can't help but pay attention to the evaluation of this coffin conclusion, and ask the two of you to help a little. In addition, the master of ceremonies, Grandpa Zhang, came to worship this time, and our brothers and nephews were all grateful. ”

Although the director Zhang who came from the Ministry of Rites said that the official residence is six products, but the director of the six departments is incomparable with the department in terms of real power, which is also the biggest reason why the head of the department is the one who can't stay after the Shuji Shi leaves, the first class of the six science corridors will be in the matter, the second class will supervise the imperial history, and the third class is the biggest reason for the directors of each department. Therefore, Chen Zhan's eldest son actually put himself in front of Wang Fulin, this Zhang was a little frightened after the initial pride, glanced at Wang Fulin, and saw that he did not have any mustard meaning, but smiled and nodded, even more polite than before to Chen Zhong, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"A few Chen Gongzi rest assured, whether it is a nickname or a posthumous seal, the imperial court will definitely make a good survey. Chen Gong has gone, the wind and bones still exist, everyone mourns. That's his answer.

And Wang Fulin's answer was more concise, but he bowed his hand and bowed. As for Zhang Ning, he knew that people were just saying kind words, smiling and bowing their heads, and they didn't say a word.

Next, staying in the Chen family, only Director Zhang was the only one to help with the funeral, Wang Fulin and Zhang Ning had to rush to Zhending Mansion to meet Mrs. Zhao, so they naturally set off immediately.

When they went out of Beijing before, because of the outsider Zhang Zhushi, Wang Fulin and Zhang Ning could only pretend that they didn't know each other, but now only they and their respective entourages are left, and it is not easy to talk when they are on the road, and when they stop to rest, they naturally immediately talk about their farewell. When Wang Fulin learned that Zhang Ning had stayed in the Suzhou Weaving and Dyeing Bureau for three years before going to Ningxia, he couldn't help but look up and down at this old acquaintance and gave him a thumbs up.

"Amazing, who doesn't know that the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau is a big difference in the southeast, no wonder Gonggong Zhang was able to be promoted to the master of ceremonies and the hall when he returned to Beijing!"

"To be honest, I didn't expect such good luck this time." Zhang Ning was praised by Wang Fulin, and naturally smiled, "You must know that in addition to being promoted from the twenty-four yamen, there are also occasionally eunuchs from the Nanjing garrison or Nanjing celebrants, and the eunuchs of the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau just sound good, and they are 108,000 miles away from the celebrants." When I went to see Gonggong Feng before, I was satisfied with just thinking that I could get an errand in the Imperial Horse Prison or the War Bureau, but who would have thought that I would be able to enter the Master of Ceremonies. Amitabha, thanks to the fact that I studied in the Inner Study Hall for four or five years. ”

Hearing that Zhang Ning had even pronounced the four words of Amitabha, Wang Fulin couldn't help but laugh. In addition to the "friends of distress" in Beixinguan, he went to a Hongmen banquet of Master Chen on the floating incense boat in Hangzhou West Lake, and when facing a top red aunt ****, he simply jumped into the water with a plop, and Xiaobei went to find Zhang Ning and Zhu Zheng at that time, this wonderful combination of a eunuch and a civil official sent a boat, and Xiaobei was even more watery and personally went into the water to respond, thus successfully solving a big trouble. Moreover, he bought and sold in Hangzhou's dart game, and Zhang Ning also helped back then, so don't look at it for many years, but the two are not estranged.

"I think that Gonggong Zhang can be promoted because he has been working hard outside for many years, and the inner study hall is just a layer of qualifications, how many people come out of the inner study hall but still can't climb up?"

Thousands of clothes, sycophants are not worn, Zhang Ning smiled so much that his eyes narrowed, and then he coughed, and said to Wang Fulin with some expectation: "Wang Zhangdao, we are not outsiders, right?" I have something to ask you right now. ”

"Whatever is to be done with a word. You and I are not outsiders, as long as I can do it, Grandpa Zhang, you can just say it. ”

Seeing that Wang Fulin answered briskly, Zhang Ning became even more annoyed: "It's just for you, the three words of father-in-law." ”

He paused for a moment and explained: "There are too many people surnamed Zhang in this palace, not to mention Zhang Rongzhai and Zhang Gonggong, Zhang Cheng and Zhang Whale, who were just unlucky, as well as Zhang Xin and Zhang Gonggong, who are in charge of construction, in addition to Zhang Ming, Zhang Wei, Zhang Yong, Zhang Zhong, Zhang Chao, Zhang Zhen, Zhang Zhongju...... Most of the palm prints in the twenty-four yamen are surnamed Zhang, and there are often more than a dozen people who respond to the call of Zhang's father-in-law, what is I, the celebrant and the eunuch? Of course, I'm not trying to fight with these seniors, but there has to be a distinction, right? In the past, when I was in the inner study hall, I used to use the word Bangning, which sounded auspicious, but now when I returned to Beijing, I found that ......"

"Bumped into the name of Father-in-law Feng's nephew, right?" Wang Fulin couldn't help laughing, and when he saw Zhang Ning sighing and nodding, he asked, "Then you want to take another table?" ”

"No, no, I'm also a celebrant now, Feng Shuanglin and Zhang Rongzhai's father-in-law are like this, of course, they can call me by my name, but the official rank is similar, and they call each other aliases. You are only 18 years old and you are a talented person who was admitted to the Jinshi, so I wonder how about the alias? I won't tell you the truth, in the first few years in the inner study hall, I have always been ranked last, I learned a fur from the history article, I was lucky not to be kicked out by the teaching, and I was punished by relying on the seniors to take care of the mix. ”

Wang Fulin suddenly had a big head. This kind of thing is a table word, after the original headache for Jinbao, he finally turned the book and found a little experience, as long as according to the name, choose a similar meaning of the word, a good arrangement and combination of both expectations, and the meaning of the word is very good, but the alias...... Most of the time, it's still self-picked. But in the face of Zhang Ning's expectant expression, he could only reluctantly agree.

But what he didn't expect was that Zhang Ning suddenly added: "It's not just me, you now have a head and a face in Beijing, and you are in charge of the imperial history. ”

Yes, in addition to Zhang Ning, you have to give yourself a name!

Gossiping all the way, nerve-wracking all the way, when Wang Fulin and Zhang Ning arrived at Zhending Mansion, it happened to be the Double Ninth Festival in early September. Thinking that when Xiaobei held the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet at home, he used to hold another Double Ninth Festival to prevaricate those Hanlin ladies, and then thought about his wife now spending Chongyang alone at home, he was a little curious about how this festival would be celebrated. It's just that when they arrived at the Zhending Mansion, he suddenly thought of another thing.

Now this Zhending prefect Qian Pu is the one who contributed a one-bedroom and one-hall sedan chair when Zhang Juzheng returned to his hometown to bury his father at the beginning of the year!

Wang Fulin had also heard the sedan chair privately rumored by his colleagues in the Metropolitan Procuratorate before, so his impression of Qian Pu was naturally fixed on being good at greeting. However, this time he and Zhang Ning visited the Zhending Mansion together, but they saw Qian Pu's demeanor, his words and deeds were cordial, but they were not boring, where was the slightest bit of flattery and vulgarity? It was only when he talked to Wang Fulin and Zhang Ning about Mrs. Zhao's itinerary that Qian Pu showed a little unusual concern.

"If everything goes well on the road, Mrs. Tai should be able to catch up with the Chung Yeung Festival in Zhending."

Almost as soon as the words fell, a small official shouted outside: "Fuzun, Mrs. Tai and her party said that they will arrive in half an hour!" ”

Before Wang Fulin could speak, he saw that Qian Pu had already walked out quickly, and after a while, he only heard that Qian Pu had arranged all kinds of affairs at a fast speaking speed, and he was very organized. He saw Zhang Ning's strange face, so he said with a smile: "When I entered Zhending Mansion City before, everything I saw was neat and organized, and now I listen to Qian Fuzun assign things like this, I know how to have such a scene outside." ”

Zhang Ning was not as polite as Wang Fulin, and after rolling his eyes, he muttered in a low voice: "That's natural, when Yuanfu came back from Jiangling to bury his father, he planned to promote this Qian Fuzun, but this person is still young, so he can only put it aside for the time being." In this case, in order not to let Yuan Fu forget the credit of the sedan hall before, how could he have to leave a good impression on Mrs. Zhao again? ”

ps: Just one update (to be continued.) )