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Because Wu Chengen described a king who specializes in cultivating and ignoring the government, it seems to be suspected of reflecting Emperor Jiajing. In addition, there are big rebellious sentences in the book, such as "the emperor takes turns to do it, and he will come to my house next year", so after the book was written, Journey to the West has been listed as [***] and is forbidden to be disseminated. It wasn't until the Wanli period that the ban was slowly lifted in private. Well, to be precise, it's not a ban, it's no one who cares.

Wanli's neglect of government, that is famous, this emperor Lao'er, even bothered to take care of such a major matter as appointing officials. Vacant officials, he didn't bother to fill them at all. The list of officials sent by the Ministry of Officials, he just didn't approve it, and it was directly put on the desk to mold. As a result, in the late Wanli period, more than half of the positions in the country were vacant.

The Sixth Department of the Central Committee was supposed to have six Shangshu and twelve Shilang, but in fact, there were only two Shangshu and five Shilang, and the other eleven positions were vacant. The saddest Ministry of Works, there is neither a book nor a waiter, and there are two outsiders who are carrying the burden. This is still the case in the imperial court, let alone the locality. It is said that in some counties, there are even only two or three official officials, and all the others are temporary workers.

Since there are no officials to take care of things, the common people are naturally herding sheep. The Wanli period can be said to be the period when the culture and economy of the Ming Dynasty developed the fastest. With the rapid development of overseas trade and the inflow of a large amount of silver, most of the people on the southeast coast are still relatively rich. The so-called full and warm thoughts**, after eating and dressing warmly, there is naturally a little bit of cultural demand. All kinds of [Spring] [Palace] books or pictures are widely circulated. Many of the H-class ancient books seen in later generations were written during this period.

The illustrated version of the storybook of Journey to the West is also the most circulated among the people, after all, the average people like to listen to the stories of these demons and monsters the most. Pictures such as "Spring" and "Palace" cannot be put on the stage. Many storytellers also like to use Journey to the West as the main story and spread it everywhere. In many large towns, in relatively large teahouses, there are generally storytellers stationed there. These storytellers, who only earn a few tea dollars a day, have played a significant role in cultural dissemination.

But there are no such storytellers in Fort Willytown. After all, this is the land of military households, and storytellers basically don't come here. With the miserable economy of the military households, they can't afford to consume teahouses and the like. As for books, Fort Wichin is even less. In the entire Ming Dynasty, among the 10,000 military households, it is estimated that there are no more than ten people who can read and write. It is estimated that in the current Weizhen Fort, the person who has the opportunity to see the illustrated version of Journey to the West is probably Dongzi.

With Dongzi's cultural level, the text must be incomprehensible, and the comics can only be understood a little. He didn't even understand who the main characters of Journey to the West were, he just saw this hitting that, that fighting this, fighting back and forth, and it was a mess. It's basically impossible to learn anything from it. Xu Xingxia sat down and explained the entire story of Journey to the West for him from beginning to end.

"This is the Monkey King......"

"This is Zhu Bajie......"

"This is the ...... of the sand monk"

"This is the White Dragon Horse ......"

"This is Tang Seng......"

Xu Xingxia slowly explained in detail one by one.

Niuniu, Da Nan, and Xiao Nan, who were playing outside and eating crisp candy, heard Xu Xingxia telling a story, and they all ran in. The three little girls squatted on the ground in a line, eating halva candy while listening to Xu Xingxia's storytelling, and they didn't know how attentive they were. In their eyes, this is probably the happiest thing, and it has never been before.

When Xu Xingxia talked about monkeys learning seventy-two changes, the three little girls all looked very curious and had a fuss expression. When Xu Xingxia said that the heavenly soldiers and generals came to besiege Huaguo Mountain, the three little girls were obviously nervous, and even their breathing became short. When Xu Xingxia said that the monkey defeated the heavenly soldiers, they looked very happy, and even the big and small ones showed knowing smiles on their faces. Such a simple and easy-to-understand story, of course, they can hear it clearly.

Dongzi and Niuniu don't think at all why their brother knows so much. It's as if his brother knew so much. It's like my brother's archery, and suddenly one day, it becomes so magical. It is not surprising that he knows the story of Journey to the West. As for Da Nan and Xiao Nan, they were completely fascinated by the story, completely silent, only four small eyeballs were constantly rolling.

Niu Niu suddenly shouted: "I know, I know!" ”

Xu Xingxia asked curiously, "Niuniu, what do you know?" ”

Niu Niu pointed at Xu Xingxia and said, "Brother is a monkey!" ”

Xu Xingxia said suspiciously: "I'm a monkey?" ”

Niu Niu said seriously: "My brother is a monkey!" My brother's ability is so great, only a monkey has such a great ability! The Tartars are the heavenly soldiers, and they were all defeated by their brothers! Oh, my brother is a monkey! Brother is a monkey! ”

Xu Xingxia said with a smile: "Niuniu, my brother is not a monkey......"

Niu Niu said unswervingly: "No, my brother is a monkey!" ”

Xu Xingxia's weak counterattack: "I'm not a monkey......"

Niu Niu said resolutely: "That's it, that's it!" ”

Xu Xingxia had no choice but to be speechless and raised his hand to surrender.

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The story of Journey to the West, after all, is too long, Xu Xingxia has been talking for a long time, and he has only talked about the havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and Taishang Laojun has not yet appeared. At this time, it is already time for dinner. Wang was also quite interested in the story of havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and while listening, he prepared dinner. When dinner was ready, they came in and called everyone out. Everyone reluctantly dispersed. Niuniu was still pestering Xu Xingxia, and she would continue to tell the story after dinner, Xu Xingxia agreed with a smile.

At night, I ate noodles, and Wang's fragrant noodles were fragrant. Zangzi noodles are a kind of traditional special noodles in Longdong and Guanzhong regions, with a long history, especially the most famous Qishan noodles in Shaanxi. Among the military households in Ningxia Town, many ancestors moved from Shaanxi, and Zhenzimian naturally followed. Many military families, during the New Year's holidays or if there is any happy event, will make some noodles to eat.

Qishan Zhenzi noodles are famous for being thin, gluten, light, fried, thin, sour, spicy, and fragrant. The noodles made by the master chef are slender, the thickness is uniform, the noodles are fresh and fragrant, the red oil floating noodles, the soup is sour and spicy, the muscles are tough and refreshing, and it is suitable for all ages. Ordinary families, of course, can't do this. However, the so-called practice makes perfect, as long as you do it a few more times, the level will not be too bad.

In the past, the noodles made by the Xu family were all vegetarian noodles and had no meat. Today's cooking is a meat dumpling, with a lot of mutton in it, all cut into square pieces. When Dongzi and Niuniu, as well as Da Nan and Xiao Nan, are all growing up, Wang naturally has to take care of the nutritional needs of the four little babies. As for Xu Xingxia, tonight is the surname of the stained light. At his age, he is more suitable for the life of big fish and big meat in Niujiaodun.

When eating noodles, Wang seemed to remember something, and asked casually: "Xia'er, have you inquired about Weixue?" When does Fuyuko go to school? ”

Originally, Wang had never thought about Dongzi's schooling. In the past, the Xu family did not have such conditions at all. Later, Xu Xingxia made this suggestion, and after discussing it with her wife, the more she thought about it, the more she felt good, and the idea of sending Dongzi to school became stronger and stronger. If this doll doesn't go to school, it will be difficult to make a profit in the future.

Those high-ranking officials and nobles are all from scholars. If you want to soar and prosper, the identity of Jinshi is a must. If the military households do not study, they can only become military attachés. Even if you achieve the ultimate of military attaché, you can only be a chief military officer. If you want to go one step further and become a scholar, a squire, a governor, a governor, a prime minister, or something, it is simply impossible. And even if he is a military attaché of the first grade, he has no status in front of the civilian officials.

Xu Xingxia said a little guiltily: "I'm still busy, I'll find someone to inquire right away." ”

Wang said gently: "It's not in a hurry. If you don't have time, ask someone to ask. ”

Xu Xingxia thought of Wang Qinian for the first time. In this matter, if Wang Qinian wants to come out, it should not be a big problem. After contacting Wang Qinian a few times, Xu Xingxia found that this Wang Qinian was indeed a jack of all trades, and seemed to know a little bit about everything. Wei Xue's matter, please leave it to him, it must be right. He shook his head and said slowly: "It's okay, I'll ask someone to find out, there should be news soon." ”

Wang has no other opinions. She picked out the mutton in her bowl piece by piece and put it into the bowls of the big and small women. The two little babies are not welcome, as long as they are given, they are all pulled up and eaten. They are too young, and this reaction is purely normal. Xu Fuqing saw that there was no meat in Wang's bowl, and he divided half of his mutton in Wang's bowl, and the other half was given to Dongzi and Niuniu.

Xu Xingxia couldn't help but say, "Dad, mother, you can put more meat next time." You see, it's all distributed to the children, and you can't eat it yourself. ”

Wang smiled and said, "It's enough for me to have these." There's too much oil and water in the soup. It is enough to have these oil and water. They haven't grown up yet, so they need to eat more. You have meat to eat in Niujiaodun, and my mother doesn't care about you. ”

Xu Xingxia had no choice but to shake his head and bury his head in eating noodles. In fact, he also understands that even if he puts more meat, parents will definitely have such actions. This is purely a natural reaction to parenthood. Perhaps, if I become a parent in the future, I will be like this. Thinking of his parents in his previous life, Xu Xingxia couldn't help but feel a little sad, I don't know how they are now? Hopefully they're doing well.

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