Chapter 69: The Wizard who loudly promotes gratitude (Part 2)

"Aweng" is the name for grandfather. Now Cheng Xia's mouth should be Cheng Xiu, the leader of the Jiangxia Cheng clan.

"No! Let me tell you that we live in other tribes in Qishui, so we can be considered a branch. As long as the Jiangxia Cheng tribe allows us to go home to worship our ancestors every year, it is enough. Why do we need to return here and be subject to others' control?"

Cheng Xia understood, and he ran a few steps and turned around and asked Zhao Xing: "Teacher, you just talked about 'gratitude'. The student always wanted to ask: Is it a kind of gratitude for the teacher to marry Azhu? It is also a kind of gratitude for the teacher to take care of the master... Just now Aweng also seemed to say that the teacher has the ambition of Pengfei, and I, Cheng clan, shouldn't be matched with the teacher with an illiterate woman..."

"Yes, you have already started thinking, very good... Go and tell Ah Weng in person, I am very satisfied with Ah Zhu. Her gentleness and care are not comparable to other women... Let me put it this way, I like Ah Zhu, she is the wife I married by the media!"

A light "ah" came from the flowers. Cheng Xia's eyes turned, and when he saw Zhao Xing pretending not to hear it, he also ignored the surprise and turned around and said thoughtfully: "Tell Ah Weng in person... why do you tell Ah Weng? Could it be..."

After a while, Cheng Xia ran back and asked breathlessly: "Teacher, Aweng said, our business is very big now. Can we place some Jiangxia Cheng tribes? Ada asked me to ask what you mean."

This should be refused on the spot.

But Cheng Bian didn't, which shows that he wanted to agree.

People have a sense of showing off in their hearts. Cheng's Taizu left with anger. Now he can be regarded as returning home in glory. Instead, the Cheng tribe in Jiangxia has something to ask for him, so he is naturally proud.

"It should be done - we only need a literate person to move a few families and place them in Huangzhou and Hangzhou." The Jiangxia Cheng tribe did this and it was not without the intention of controlling Chengjiaao, a newly rising branch, but Zhao Xing also knew that he could only rely on this group of people now.

Cheng Xia ran back and forth, informing Zhao Xing about the situation in the ancestral hall and communicating how to deal with the matters of the Cheng clan.

After a while, the fool could see that Zhao Xing was the real manager of Cheng Jiaao.

But the patriarchal law is still there. The patriarchal law stipulates that people with foreign surnames like Zhao Xing cannot enter the Cheng surname ancestral hall, so Cheng Xia must run around to ask for advice.

In fact, Cheng Duo brought Zhao Xing, a foreigner, to Jiangxia, and also wanted to use Zhao Xing to fight against the patriarchal authority of the Cheng clan of Jiangxia. Cheng Duo had little wisdom, but when he met Cheng Xiu, the leader of the Jiangxia clan, who had been a Hanlin official, his confidence was naturally much less. Zhao Xing was different. The fierce people he had seen were far more fierce than Cheng Xiu, and the official position of his teacher Su Dongpo could be completely inferior to Cheng Xiu, so he was fearless.

The Jiangxia Cheng clan had a great family and a large expense. Over time, the big family always had some concubines who could not take care of. The Chengjiaao Cheng clan was in the stage of vigorous expansion and needed a large number of knowledgeable talents to join, so the two sides hit it off. After several discussions, the two sides reached an agreement: the Jiangxia Cheng clan had fifteen households and 43 people moved to Huangzhou, Chengjiabao in Qishui, and Zhaojiazhuang in Hangzhou to resettle.

Among the fifteen households, there are thirty-seven people with family members, and the remaining few are family members. Because the family is huge and cannot take care of them, they need to rely on their own. Now, although they have joined another side branch, they are all very happy - traditionally called branching and leaves. This means: a side branch is prosperous, and some non-direct people are accepted from the big family, some nutrition is absorbed from the main family, and some nutrition is absorbed from the family trunk, and themselves are strengthened.

In the following days, the specific personnel were determined and they were preparing to relocate. All six single concubines were accepted by Zhao Xing. He was preparing to take them to Hangzhou. The rest of the relocated households, led by the children, set off for Chengjiaji, Qishui and Huangzhou Fucheng.

According to the rules, the Jiangxiacheng tribe will pay the relocated households a relocation fee, and the clan branch that accepts them needs to prepare the land and houses for farming. In the first few years, they will support themselves by renting the land owned by the clan, and then they will buy their own family business.

Zhao Xing left Jiangxia with the last group of people. It was already February of spring, and the mountains were full of flowers.

Cheng Duan and Zhao Xing were on the same boat. He was satisfied and asked Zhao Xing proudly: "Son-in-law, do you think we should go to Beijing to participate in the imperial examination? I don't think you are in a hurry at all, but now we have money, so the travel expenses are not a problem."

Zhao Xing looked at the cunning old man with a funny look, while Cheng Dunze looked honest and smiled in a daze. However, behind that honest smile was the cunning of the villagers.

Cheng Xia has only been studying for a few years - only two years, which is the second grade level of elementary school. The reason why he was admitted to the tribute school was because the exam was simple and Zhao Xing had tampered with the officialdom. However, with the gathering of talents in the capital, it was difficult for Cheng Xia to make a breakthrough.

Maybe, I have to wait a moment. When Tong Guan comes to power, this guy is brave and dares to wholesale Jinshi, and he wholesales more than 200 people at a time. Nowadays, people only dare to retail Jinshi, and have to find a way...

However, although finding a way is Zhao Xing's strength, his tentacles have not yet penetrated into Bianliang City, so he refuses.

"Within six years, Cheng Xia will not take the provincial examination," Zhao Xing said calmly: "I told you the story of 'Jiang Lang's talent is over'. In a word, it may not be a good thing to enter the officialdom by passing the scientific examination at a young age. You are prone to impulsiveness. You don't know when you offend people. This is causing disasters and troubles to your family.

So, I think Cheng Xia and Cheng Shuang should devote themselves to studying for a few years. The efforts Cheng Jiaao needs in recent years are: push Cheng Wang and others up and become a tribute. The more tributes we have, the better. After six years, we will let everyone go to the capital to take the exam. At that time, I, Cheng Jiaao, have already managed Huangzhou well."

Cheng Duan thought for a while and replied: "It's still my nephew who is thoughtful. Why didn't I think about the danger of youth and impulse? Look at Mr. Su, a great official, but now he lives so miserable, so being an official may not be a good thing.

Our villagers are still very knowledgeable, so why not do this?... The son-in-law is knowledgeable, so our Qishui Cheng tribe fully supports the son-in-law to stand up and protect him in the future."

Cheng Duan originally wanted his son to be an official, but Zhao Xing's words just now reminded him that Su Shi's experience in front of him made him understand: being an official is dangerous. So he settled for the second best, hoping that Zhao Xing would come forward first and then support his son.

Can you not be an official? No, in ancient times, if you don’t become an official, there would be no property protection, and a yamen runner could force your family to be destroyed. Laws in all dynasties have protected officials. If you reach the fifth rank or above, the law will open the door to them - especially when encountering death penalty crimes. According to the tradition of "not killing scholars and officials" in the Song Dynasty, even if you do evil and corrupt, the heaviest punishment is exile.

In this case, if one person becomes an official, the whole family will be protected by policies, and even if they do business, they can receive tax exemptions and exemptions. Therefore, one person in the Qishui Cheng clan must be an official in order to continue to develop.

"I don't plan to take the imperial examination now," Zhao Xing looked at Jiangshui and replied: "I need to make some preparations. If there is a preliminary examination within three years, I will take the preliminary examination. Otherwise, I will take the preliminary examination in three years."

Cheng Duo handed over: "Okay, okay, the old man is looking forward to the good news of Mr.

This is Cheng Bian's true nature. When he returned to Jiangxia, he learned a few verbal words, but now he is excited, he still reveals rural slang.

The Jinshi exam is a skill of poetry, songs and essays, but the governance of the country cannot rely solely on poetry, songs and essays, and all these are required. These talents are selected through the exam. The exam time for the exam is not determined, so the court can start the exam at any time. Therefore, Zhao Xing wanted to make an vague statement that "within three years".

When he returned to the Huangzhou mansion, Zhao Xing was shocked by the crowded houses.

No, Su Dongpo's hospitality has not made such a fuss.

There was at least a hundred people in the small courtyard, and everyone who came and went was full of heroism. This was a nice saying, and a bad saying was that the face was full of flesh, and they all looked like bandits, with swords, guns, and sticks.

Xiao Feng——took this name out of Zhao Xing’s evil deeds——and came out to greet Zhao Xing with helpless expressions. He kowtowed first, then looked down on the ground, looking as if he was shameless, and reported: “Yes, a guest is here, named Chen Qing, and the people in the yard are all here to visit this guest.”

Chen Qing, I want to smile when I hear this name - isn’t this Chen Qing the “Roar of the Lion in Hedong”? A celebrity who has been through the ages.

Su Dongpo's exile to Huangzhou was also related to this young master Chen.

It is said that Mr. Chen's father was once the prefect, and the young Su Dongpo served under him. Prefect Chen built a high platform to see the scenery, and asked Su Dongpo to write a preface and put the monument on it. Su Dongpo was very energetic, and the preface secretly mocked Chen for not understanding the scenery and had no taste. However, Prefect Chen did not care about mockery at all, and actually made people engrave Su Shi's articles on the monument without changing a word.

The son of this prefect Chen is Chen Qing.

Chen Qing is not like the movie "Hedong Lion Roar" that is a literati. The Song people called him "hero". When he was young, he admired the famous Han Dynasty hero Zhu family. Guo Jie was a man who helped the poor and the poor and was a hero. "He was a little stronger, and he studied hard and wanted to gallop around the world with this." However, his ambitions were hard to fulfill. So he lived in seclusion in Qiting, "he had a carriage, horse, a crown and a uniform, and hiked to the mountains, and no one knew it."

Because this person is a person who is eager to be gracious and revenge, after the literary inquisition, Su Shi's political enemies believed that since Su Shi insulted Chen Qing's father, he would exil to Huangzhou to facilitate Chen Qing to kill him nearby.

But they did not expect that Chen's generousness made Su Shi and him a friend of age. Su Shi himself was also a man who wanted to travel thousands of miles with his sword. He and Chen Qing had long become "iron buddies". The two had a good relationship so good that they could just joke around. Su Shi made fun of Chen Jichang for fear of his wife and said, "Late Master Longqiu is also pitiful. He talked about the fact that he could not sleep at night. Suddenly, he heard a lion roar in Hedong, and his heart was confused when he leaned on a cane."

Because of this poem, "The Roar of the Lion in Hedong" is now used to express fear inward, and Chen Ji is always afraid of his wife's husband, so this name has been passed down through the ages.

During Su Shi's exile in Huangzhou, Chen Qing basically visited twice a year. Because this person is famous in the world, since he returned to the mountain with his sword, many people have been unable to meet him. Therefore, every year when he visited Su Shi, it became a grand event for people in nearby rivers and lakes. When he got off the boat, local heroes rushed to tell each other and rushed to invite him to his home.

In previous years, Chen Qing would refuse all invitations and moor his boat next to the "Snow Hall" of Dongpo, and live in a narrow cabin. He gathered with Su Shi to drink and chat about the world. But this time, Su Dongpo received Chen Qing in Zhao Xing's yard. At the same time, all the Cheng clan's worthy people went to Jiangxia. As a result, this group of "heroic" bandits in the world treated Zhao Xing's yard as their home under the reception of two generous people.

Xiao Feng has suffered a lot during this period. Many people think that he is tall and has a good manner, so they want to compete with him, but how dare he attack the "Yeye" guests, so he is often beaten to nothing. Fortunately, Su Dongpo knew that the identity of "the soldiers under the head" was sensitive and did not reveal his original identity. Otherwise, those Song Deqing would not be willing to keep him alive.

"A famous swordsman!" Zhao Xingxing rushed inside with a longing look on his face. He had longed for the martial arts skills of the Song Dynasty, but he was also very bored: Why did the Song Dynasty, which was famous for its martial arts, encounter Khitan, Dangxiang, Jurchen, and Mongols who did not know anything about the moves, but they would lose every battle, and lose a mess, and lose the country...
Chapter completed!