Chapter 070 Okay, I'm that monkey

Since Wu Chengen described a king who specialized in practicing Taoism and ignored the government affairs, it seemed to be suspected of reflecting Emperor Jiajing. In addition, the book also contains sentences 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 was always listed as a banned book and prohibited from spreading. It was not until the Wanli period that the ban was slowly lifted privately. Well, to be precise, it was not a ban, and no one cared about it.

Wanli's negligence is famous. This emperor was too lazy to care about such major issues as appointing officials. He was too lazy to make up for the vacant officials. He just refused to approve the list of officials sent by the Ministry of Personnel and put them on the desk and became moldy. As a result, in the late Wanli period, more than half of the positions in the country were vacant.

The six central ministries should have six ministers and twelve ministers. In fact, there were only two ministers and five ministers, and the other eleven positions were vacant. The most tragic Ministry of Works, there were neither ministers nor ministers, and only two ministers were carrying the burden. Even if the court was like this, there was no place. It is said that some counties even had two or three official officials who were formally assigned, and the others were all temporary workers.

Since there were no officials in charge, the people naturally had herd sheep. The Wanli period was the period when culture and economy of the Ming Dynasty were developing the fastest. Overseas trade developed rapidly, a large amount of silver flowed in, and the lives of most people in the southeast coast were relatively abundant. The so-called "full and warmth" thinking, after eating and wearing, there was naturally a little cultural demand. Various spring palace books or pictures were widely circulated. Many ancient H books seen in later generations were written during this period.

The illustrated storybook of Journey to the West is also the most widely circulated among the people. After all, ordinary people like to hear the stories of these monsters and ghosts the most. Pictures of the Spring Palace cannot be put on the table. Many storytellers also like to use Journey to the West as their main story and spread it everywhere. In many big towns and larger teahouses, there are usually stories that are always there. These storytellers only earn a few tea money every day, but have played a significant role in cultural dissemination.

However, there are no such storytellers in Weizhen Fort. After all, this place is a military household, and storytellers basically won’t come here. With the tragic economy of the military households, they can’t afford teahouses or other things. As for books, there are even fewer Weizhen Fort. In the entire Ming Dynasty, there were probably no more than ten people who recognized the words among the 10,000 military households. It is estimated that in 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, he must not understand the words, and he can only understand the comics a little. He even couldn't understand who the main character of Journey to the West was. He just saw this and that, and that, and that, and it was a mess. It was basically impossible to learn something from it. Xu Xingxia sat down and explained the whole story of Journey to the West from beginning to end.

"This is Sun Wukong..."

"This is Zhu Bajie..."

"This is Monk Sha..."

"This is the White Dragon Horse..."

"This is Tang Monk..."

Xu Xingxia slowly explained in detail one by one.

Niu Niu and Da Nan and Xiao Nan who were playing and eating squid candy outside, heard Xu Xingxia telling stories, and they all ran in. Three little girls lined up and squatted on the ground, listening to Xu Xingxia telling stories while eating squid candy, with no idea how focused they were. In their opinion, this was probably the happiest thing, and they had never before.

When Xu Xingxia talked about the monkeys learning to change seventy-two, the three little girls all seemed very curious and fussy. When Xu Xingxia talked about the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals coming to besiege Huaguo Mountain, the three little girls were obviously nervous and even their breathing became rapid. When Xu Xingxia talked about the Monkeys defeated the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, they seemed very happy again. Even Da Nan and Xiao Nan showed knowing smiles on their faces. Of course, they could hear such a simple and easy-to-understand story clearly.

Dongzi and Niu Niu didn't think at all why their brother knew so much. It seemed that their brother knew so much. It was like his brother's archery skills, but suddenly became so magical one day. It was not surprising that he knew the story of Journey to the West. As for Da Nan and Xiao Nan, they were completely fascinated by the story and didn't say anything at all, with only four small eyes rolling.

Niu Niu suddenly realized and shouted: "I understand, I understand!"

Xu Xingxia asked in confusion: "Niu Niu, what do you know?"

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

Xu Xingxia said in confusion: "I am a monkey?"

Niu Niu said seriously: "Brother is a monkey! Brother is so capable, only monkeys have such great ability! Tartars are heavenly soldiers and generals, and they were all defeated by their brother! Oh, brother is a monkey! Brother is a monkey!"

Xu Xingxia said with a giggle and laughter: "Niu Niu, my brother is not a monkey..."

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

Xu Xingxia fought back weakly: "I'm not a monkey..."

Niu Niu said firmly: "That's it, that's it!"

Xu Xingxia had no choice but to surrender speechlessly.

The story of Journey to the West is too long after all. Xu Xingxia told it for a long time before she talked about the trouble of the Heavenly Palace. The Emperor Taishang had not yet appeared. At this time, it was time to have supper. Wang was also quite interested in the story of the trouble of the Heavenly Palace. He listened and prepared dinner. After the supper was ready, he came in and called everyone out. Only then did everyone disperse reluctantly. Niu Niu still pestered Xu Xingxia and continued to tell stories after dinner. Xu Xingxia agreed with a smile.

I ate noodles at night, and the fragrant sauce noodles made by Wang. Sauce Noodles is a traditional specialty pasta in Longdong and Guanzhong areas. It has a long history, especially the most famous for the Qishan Sauce Noodles in Shaanxi. Among the military households in Ningxia Town, many ancestors moved from Shaanxi, so Sauce Noodles naturally came here. Many military households would make some sauce noodles for dinner during festivals, or for any happy events.

Qishan Sauce Noodles are famous for their thin, gluten, light, fried, thin, gluten, sour, spicy and fragrant. The noodles made by the master are thin and long, with even thickness, fresh and fragrant, red oil floating noodles, sour and spicy soup, tough and refreshing, suitable for both young and old. Of course, ordinary families cannot do this. However, the so-called practice makes perfect, as long as you make 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, without meat. Today, they made meat sauce, which contained a lot of mutton, all cut into squares. Dongzi, Niu Niu, Da Nan and Xiao Nan were both growing up, so Wang naturally had to take care of the nutritional needs of the four little kids. As for Xu Xingxia, it was a good nature tonight. At his age, he was more suitable for the life of big fish and big meat.

While eating noodles, Wang seemed to remember something and asked casually: "Xia'er, have you asked about Wei Xue? When will Dongzi go to school?"

Originally, Wang had never thought about Dongzi's schooling. In the past, the Xu family had no such conditions. Later, Xu Xingxia proposed this suggestion. After discussing with her husband, the more she thought about it, the better she felt. The idea of ​​sending Dongzi to school became stronger and stronger. If this baby didn't go to school, it would be difficult for him to have a future.

Those high-ranking officials are all scholars. If you want to become successful and rise to the top, you must be a Jinshi. If the military households do not study, they can only be military officers. Even if they reach the extreme of military officers, they can only be general officers. If you want to go further and become a minister, minister, governor, governor, prime minister, general manager, etc., it is impossible. Even a first-rank military officer has no status in front of civil servants.

Xu Xingxia said with a little guilty conscience: "I'm still busy, I'll ask someone to inquire immediately."

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

Xu Xingxia thought of Wang Qinian at the first time. It should be a big problem for Wang Qinian to take action. After several contacts with Wang Qinian, Xu Xingxia discovered that Wang Qinian was indeed a master of everything and seemed to know a little about everything. It is definitely true that Wei Xue's affairs are asked to be on him. He shook his head and said slowly: "It's okay, I'll ask someone to find out, there should be news soon."

Wang had no other objection. She picked out all the mutton in her bowl piece by piece and put it into the bowl of Da Nan and Xiao Nan. The two little kids were not polite, and they would pick them up and eat them as long as they were given. They were too young, so this reaction was purely normal. Seeing that Wang's bowl was full of nothing and there was no meat, Xu Fuqing also divided half of her mutton in Wang's bowl, and the other half was distributed to Dongzi and Niu Niu.

Xu Xingxia couldn't help but say, "Dad, mom, you'll put more meat next time. Look, it's all distributed to the children, and you can't even eat it yourself."

Wang said with a smile: "I have this. There is too much oil and water in the soup. It is enough to have this oil and water. They have not grown up yet, so they should eat more. If you have meat in Niujiaoduan, your mother will not care about you."
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