Zhang Sanniang fiddled with the white toothbrush in her hand and asked Xu Ping curiously: "Dalang, is this ivory easy to use?"

Xu Ping shook his head: "Telling the truth is not as useful as before."

Zhang Sanniang shook her head in disappointment, thinking of doing something for Panpan like this. Since it is not easy to use, then forget it.

The Imperial Medicine Academy not only prepared ointments for brushing teeth for Xu Ping, but also made two new toothbrushes with ivory. Either gold or jade, and ivory is used to brush teeth. This is the atmosphere of a wealthy family.

But whether this thing is easy to use does not depend on what the handle is made of, but on how well the hair is made in front. Xu Ping tried it several times and was really sincere, but there was nothing wrong with the toothbrushes being better than the wooden toothbrushes sent to the palace at the beginning. This was given by the emperor, and it would not work if you don’t need it, otherwise it would be too disrespectful.

On one side of the yard, Panpan squatted on the ground, joining Xiuxiu with ointment. Children like this kind of thing the most, for fun, and the sense of accomplishment of making things by themselves.

Xu Ping is not used to the taste of toothpaste made from several branches. Since he wants to use it every day in the future, why not make a taste like the toothpaste in his previous life? Toothpaste is not so difficult to make. The main ingredient is calcium carbonate, which can be used to vent carbon dioxide into the lime water and dry it. As for moisturizing glycerin, it is a by-product of soap making, and is worried that it will not be found. As for the additives, peppermint oil is not a rare thing. It has been made when I went to Yongzhou that year. It tastes and is refreshing when added.

What Panpan and Xiuxiu are there is the toothpaste that Xu Ping thought of. Try the ratio of calcium carbonate to glycerin to see which ratio is appropriate. Xiuxiu has been used to doing things like this since she was a child, but Panpan finds it novel.

When Panpan was there, Xiuxiu followed Xu Ping to Lingnan. She was not familiar with Panpan, and Panpan didn't bother her much before. These days, the family has not received guests. Only Xiuxiu stayed by her every day, so Panpan played with Xiuxiu.

Xu Ping sat on the soft chair in the sun, watching Panpan have a lot of fun, and remembered that Xiuxiu had just arrived by her side, and she was at this age. Although she was curious about everything, she always felt a sense of fear in her heart.

It has been a long time since the whole family got together and had a happy life. Zhang Sanniang sat aside and felt extremely satisfied. If there are any regrets now, it is to hope that Lin Suniang will give birth to a son as soon as possible.

At this moment, Xu Chang hurried in from outside, greeted Xu Zheng and his wife and Lin Suniang, and whispered: "Dalang, Wang Yan, deputy envoy of the Ministry of Revenue, has been demoted from the capital."

This was expected. Xu Ping nodded and asked casually: "Where did you depose?"

"At the beginning, he said he was demoted to Jinghu Road. I don't know what happened. He arrived at Zhuxian Town, and Xianggong Lu used a note to change it to Lingnan. I heard that he was going to Chunzhou."

Xu Ping was stunned. The place in Guangnan West Road is known as Zhaozhou, while Chunzhou is a small court. It is said that nine out of ten will go back, and everyone's expressions change. However, that was the past. Since Xu Ping was in Yongzhou, Guangxi Road has become less terrible. Especially in the newly established Liangzhou area, there is no miasma and it is a place where you can make achievements along the border. It is still a good place in the eyes of some officials who have no background and difficulty in promotion. However, in a few years, it cannot change the world. The small court of Chunzhou is still full of dangers.

After thinking about the past few days, Xu Ping understood what Lu Yijian meant. The previous arrangement was for Xu Ping to take care of things in the yamen. Now he is seriously ill at home, Lu Yijian should have an attitude, which shows that he arranged this without knowing it. The weather vane was done by Wang Yan, the unlucky guy.

The demotion of Wang Yanyuan to Tianbian was Lu Yijian's compensation for the previous measures to suppress Xu Ping, indicating that the matter was over.

But what does that unlucky guy have to do with him? Even if you demote him overseas, I will inevitably be a hair of my hair!

Xu Ping shook his head. He was not as petty as he could to hold a grudge against Lu Yijian, so he naturally would not appreciate the subsequent actions.

Seeing Xu Chang still standing there, Xu Ping asked casually: "Wang Yan left, who will take over as Deputy Envoy of the Ministry of Revenue?"

"Zhijixianyuan, Wang Juzheng, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Education, ordered the imperial edict yesterday, and there was a report in the palace."

Xu Ping did not attend court, and he did not go to the yamen to report it to his home. Xu Chang was not unfamiliar with court affairs.

Xu Ping nodded: "Wang Juzheng's qualifications are similar to Wang Yan, and his official positions are similar, so he is a suitable candidate."

Xu Chang secretly looked at Lin Suniang sitting next to him and whispered: "Wang Juzheng's qualifications are enough, but the family matters are a bit messy. A censor wrote a letter saying that he was not suitable and he wanted the court to take back his life!"

Xu Ping was stunned for a moment: "What does it mean? Why does the appointment and removal of officials still involve family affairs?"

"A censor said that Wang Juzheng's wife is fierce, but he can't control her family and the whole family cannot be cured. How can he govern the country?"

Wang Ju was the son-in-law of the envoy Chen Yaozuo. Chen Yaozuo's family had four Jinshi, and two top scorers. He was the first-class high-ranking rank at this time. Chen Yaozuo himself was impatient, had a bad temper, and liked to ride horses and shoot arrows. His daughter was also quite fatherly, and Wang Ju was an honest scholar, taciturn, and naturally suppressed by his wife.

When Xu Ping heard this, he couldn't help but laugh: "There is a famous minister in this dynasty now. He is really the one who is famous in this dynasty. However, Wang Juzheng's wife is just a tough one, but he can't make a decision at home, no more than the other two. Li Zhaoliang is actually not afraid of Nei. His wife died early, and the three concubines in the family are in charge of the affairs, just a word of a mess. However, Li Ji, not only can't make a decision at home, but even the concubine can't even save her son. She was thrown to death by her wife in front of the guests. That's it."

Xu Ping talked jokingly, and Xu Chang glanced at Lin Suniang without saying a word.

Xu Ping had no such consciousness at all and only cared about evaluating these three people.

Among the famous ministers in the court who cannot manage their families, Li Zhaoliang is not afraid of his wife, but cannot control his three concubines and makes jokes. The most outrageous thing is actually Li Ji. His wife cannot have children, so he took a concubine and gave birth to a son to raise her. The main wife tried every means to let Li Ji take her back and let him raise her. As a result, after he brought her back, he had a big banquet for guests and fell to death on the pillar in front of everyone. On the contrary, Wang Juzheng was the most innocent. He just couldn't decide at home.

After the evaluation, Xu Ping sighed: "These three people are actually loyal and elderly, with profound knowledge, and have political reputations in previous places. Although Li Zhaoliang was a military minister, he was also a rare and honest person. As a result, there were so many chaos in his family, which can only be said to be a bad marriage, a bad luck, and the family was uneasy."

Xu Pingchang stood aside, just pretending that he didn't hear it, let alone talking.

Xu Ping said he was slacking off and wanted to continue talking. Suddenly he heard Lin Su Niang coughing twice and said, "Dalang, it's getting late. Is it time for the imperial physician to take medicine?"

"Ah," Xu Ping turned around and looked at Lin Su Niang and shook his head. "It's not time that Xiuxiu remembers such things in her mind. She does things carefully and will never miss the time."

After saying that, he turned his head and saw that Xu Chang had already left.

Xu Ping himself didn't think so, but in the capital, although Mrs. Xu was not jealous and fierce, she was not very involved in gentleness, kindness, respect and humility. Especially last year, when the censors quarreled at home, Lin Su Niang was powerful, and since then she became famous. The literati's mouth was more stable than the three aunts and six ladies, and she was quite capable of making arrangements when she was idle. Xu Ping was successful at a young age, and was rich in high officials, but she didn't go to a banquet or played with her colleagues. Naturally, she was gossiped behind her, and these gossips were arranged on Lin Su Niang.

No one dared to say this kind of thing in front of Xu Ping, but Lin Su Niang herself has heard a lot of rumors in the circle of officials' wives, and she is most taboo to others in front of her. Of course, Lin Su Niang has never had a temper with Xu Ping and always maintained the majesty of the head of Xu Ping's family, which is why Xu Ping himself did not feel it.

Having said that, how many of those officials who are afraid of their wives are being punished at home? On the contrary, most of their wives are still virtuous when they get along with each other. What others say, they don’t think so.

Seeing Xu Chang go out, no one chatting with him, Xu Ping is bored. In the past, he went to court every day, but after going to court, he still had endless things to do when he arrived at the yamen. He just felt that he was as busy as a top. Now he suddenly became idle and was a little uncomfortable.

Seeing Lin Su Niang sitting there alone doing needlework, as if she was embroidering the child who was about to be born, Xu Ping said to her: "Su Niang, why didn't my father-in-law come back to Beijing? Could it be that I don't take me to heart?"

Lin Suniang gave Xu Ping a blank look: "What are you saying? The new one my father married is about to be born, and he can't walk a step, so he is naturally waiting for news in Zhongmu."

The lady who was reunited by Lin Wensi was about the same age as Lin Suniang, which made Lin Suniang feel very uncomfortable. She couldn't call her mother anyway, but she just used that antonym. Speaking of which, Lin Wensi and her ex-wife only had the daughter Lin Suniang, but after marrying her, she was born one by one, as if she wanted to make up for it.

Xu Ping also felt awkward when he remembered that his brother-in-law was younger than his daughter. But if he didn't do this, why would he be embarrassed to be called a wealthy family? Look at Wang Su, his age is similar to that of some nephews, and he manages the family well.

After the chaotic times of the late Tang and Five Dynasties, the famous family surnames were wiped out. The big families in this era were very different from before, and there was basically no concept of clans. The emerging wealthy families had just risen to continue the family consciousness and compiled family genealogies. Fan Zhongyan, who advocated clan mutual assistance, was originally a burden when his mother remarried. After he passed the Jinshi, he changed his surname to return to the clan, which was quite a bit of compensation. The clans they mentioned were just "the law of small clans". In the past, no one mentioned the "law of the clans" that had been kept by the clans for thousands of years.

Such a family is not big, and the people at this time are very powerful. Basically, whoever is the one who deserves the top position is the final decision in the family, and whoever is the patriarch is the leader. It is not at all the time when the patriarchal law was strict in the past.

Such a society actually made Xu Ping adapt even more. At least in his own family, he had the highest official position, and even his father Xu Zheng felt that he gave way and listened to his son no matter what.
Chapter completed!