Chapter 217: Go to Tianbian'er to be the county magistrate

When Tang Cheng was sent out of the mansion, the disappointment that Zhang Zishan showed when he was having dinner had already disappeared, and what was replaced by ease and brightness.

"He has been leaving for half a year, and he hasn't seen one day. Besides, I want to go and see my nephew and daughter." Zhao Laohu, who came out with him, patted Tang Cheng beside him with a smile and said to Zhang Zishan: "Don't be a sir, I won't disturb the Zun Mansion tonight and live in the Tang Cheng family."

Zhang Zishan nodded when he heard this. At this moment, Li Yingwan, whose face was flushed, was sent out by the other lady.

Li Yingwan, who was slightly drunk, was also puzzled by the fact that when she came just now, she was just waiting at the door of the inner courtyard, so why did she deliver it to her after drinking? The rules between the officials and the family members were even greater than those of the men outside. The behavior of the wife of the wife was an exception, but she gave her enough face.

Could it be that the changes in the past and after the wife of the Bian Driving Lady were because of the maid who came in halfway? What did the maid whisper to the wife of the Bian Driving Lady?

These thoughts flashed through Li Yingwan's heart. Those etiquettes of saying goodbye and saying goodbye were not careless at all, otherwise it would be not only herself, but even Tang Cheng would have to be ridiculed.

Don't drive the wife to send someone out in person, Tang Cheng and Zhao Laohu must have another polite words to say. After what they should be said, the guest and the host parted with joy. The three of them did not avoid the courtesy, so they refused Zhang Zishan's arrangement to get on the same carriage.

"Tang Cheng has good talent and appearance and demeanor, and is a freshly released Jinshi. Why is it that he still has no gifts and a concubine shows up in public?" Mrs. Zhang Zishan looked at the carriage where Zizi was walking and whispered: "But although Li is a little older, she is still a polite person."

"Although Tang Cheng is not old, his future is limitless. He and Li are in harmony with each other. In the future, you should pay more attention to Li and the two elders of the Tang family. Not only during the New Year, but also send more people to inquire on weekdays." At this point, Zhang Zishan in a good mood turned his head and smiled at Zhang Ziwen who was standing not far away, saying, "The third brother, I used to see Xiangwen being naughty and not stable. Now it seems that he is not useless, at least he has some vision of making friends and understanding people."

"Little bastard is good. But second brother, you used to have too much hope for him. Even the eldest sister-in-law said that in front of your nephew, your second uncle is more dedicated than your eldest brother's father." Zhang Ziwen laughed when he heard this, "Tang Cheng is also good. He is smart and has valued emotions. He has really made a lot of progress since the little bastard met him."

"It's rare to see you brothers praise each other in the same voice. Last time the fourth and fifth brothers came over, they praised this Tang Cheng a lot." The carriage went far away and turned around to walk into the mansion. The lady who was walking in the house smiled and said this sentence. After she suddenly thought of something, she stopped suddenly.

"The fifth brother has benefited a lot from the road construction in Jinzhou, and it is normal to say good things about Tang Cheng." Zhang Zishan took a few steps to notice the abnormality. "What's wrong?"

"There are no people in the Tang family, and our Zhang family is again..." Mrs. Zhang took two steps to Zhang Zishan and said excitedly, "How about you find someone to talk to me, and then let me have a kiss with the Tang family?"

Before Zhang Zishan could answer, Zhang Ziwen, who was on the other hand, took the conversation excitedly, "Teacher, let's have a good idea, so I won't say that there is a bad future. Tang Cheng is really good to his family. He can't stand the grievances if anyone follows the women in our family."

"Tang Cheng is very popular now," Zhang Zishan pointed. "Well, let's find someone to explore first. After exploring it, you can become a mediator, so that you can't help but lose trouble."

Not to mention these things in the mansion, Li Yingwan, who was on the carriage, was very embarrassed to show her "Fourth Uncle".

Li Yingwan made Zhao Laohu laugh out loud with a shy shout, "Second daughter, not bad. Look at the kind of recitation you gave to Mrs. Zhang just now, she looked very decent. She really looked like a wife, better than your aunt."

Hearing this, Tang Cheng also laughed. Their smile made Li Yingwan feel even more embarrassed.

After laughing, Zhao Laohu sighed with emotion: "The older generation likes to speak the old sayings. I have always remembered a sentence since I was a child, saying that the fate of a person is determined by heaven. He will suffer in the first half of his life, and will suffer in the second half of his life. This statement is truly fulfilled by you, the second daughter. After the news of Tang Cheng's success in the Jinshi came back a few days ago, I went to your parents' home. Now, no one can spare a few praises when the neighbors talk about you. Think about the past again, hey! People's encounters in this life are really unspeakable!"

Theoretically speaking, Li Yingwan should be happy after hearing this. She was indeed happy, but her eyes were not good enough and somehow she turned red.

Seeing this, Tang Cheng didn't say a word about this topic, but just opened his mouth and changed the topic.

After a moment, the carriage arrived home. Zhao Laohu went to see the Tang and Zhang couple first. Then he looked at the little cat Daner carefully. Tang Cheng did not let him go to the study and directly ordered the girls to prepare tea and deliver it to the small garden behind.

Lighting the incense to chase mosquitoes and blowing the night breeze, Tang Cheng and Zhao Laohu chatted with each other in the cool moonlight.

It was said that it was a long talk, but it was mainly Tang Cheng who was siping the tea in a small mouthful. Tang Cheng explained in detail what happened after he arrived in Chang'an without any concealment.

After saying that, Tang Cheng put the empty tea cup next to him and smiled mockingly, "After returning to Jinzhou, everyone will think that I will be proud of my list. Does anyone know that I was so embarrassed when I walked from the capital? It was just the words you said in the carriage just now. You really can't say the fate of life."

Tang Cheng's tone when he talked about these was certainly relaxed, but what he said was not easy at all. Two palace changes and two times standing on the verge of life and death, these were all death-lossing matters.

Although Zhao Laohu just listened quietly and didn't say a word when Tang Cheng said it, his face no longer had the relief he had just now.

After picking up the teacup and taking a sip, Zhao Laohu let out a long breath, "It's so dangerous!"

"It's indeed dangerous, I'm afraid of it now."

Zhao Laohu sat quietly for a while and then suddenly asked, "Li Longji is the third son of a polite family. If he was placed in an ordinary household, he would not even be qualified to divide the property. Compared with Princess Taiping in Zhenguo, he would be in the sky and in the underground. You first arrived in the capital at that time, why did you choose him?"

Zhao Laohu is Zhao Laohu, and he asked the most important point as soon as he opened his mouth.

"I didn't choose him, but I just felt that the people's hearts and general trends today could not tolerate another female emperor, and Empress Wei's defeat was proof of it." This question is the biggest secret of Tang Cheng, a time traveler, and he couldn't answer directly, so he spoke slowly. "Empress Wei, Princess Taiping, or not, so he can only choose in the Li Tang royal family. However, in the royal family, from the emperor, the prime minister, to the younger generation, Li Chengqi is like Qiu Chan, and Li Longji is the most heroic, and Zhang Mingzhi is his confidant, so..."

"It's okay." Zhao Laohu said softly when he heard this.

"What's the better?"

"Fortunately, although you are reckless, you at least know what you are doing." Zhao Laohu didn't mention the general trend of the people in the world at all, "Do you still remember what I said to you before?"

"That sentence?" Tang Chengru understood as soon as he asked, "No matter what he did, he should leave a way out?"

"I remember it, but judging by your recklessness in Chang'an, I still didn't listen to this." The garden was quiet, and Zhao Laohu's speech was slow at the moment, which made his words more earnest. "I understand your thoughts. Even the monks in the temple like to say something about wealth and danger when telling stories. But what I want to tell you is that if you want to be an official, especially an official in the years of promotion, you will never have this idea."

This was strange. Tang Cheng returned to his seat and listened carefully to Zhao Laohu's words.

"Being an official is not as good as studying or as a merchant. It is different from anything in this world. If you do something else, you may have a chance to make a fortune, but being an official is a little wind and waver, you may be able to torture you for the rest of your life. If you encounter a big loser, hey. What will you lose? Even if your fortune is turned off?" Zhao Laohu said as he said, his waist straightened up. He focused on Tang Cheng: "Remember, being an official is to do things for the rest of your life, and everything is enough.

If you have been working for a long time, the first thing that matters is stability. You are good at your brain, young, and have laid a good foundation. As long as you can keep the word "stable", you will always get up. This is the long way to do things. If you keep the idea of ​​risking and proactive, God will not always stand on your side. Let's not talk about anything else. Tang Cheng, you are a scholar. Please count the previous dynasties in the officialdom and think of climbing the sky in one step. For a while, how many people who really climb to heaven and earth will end up with one step?"

"Don't look at me not studying, I know not many," Zhang Laohu smiled faintly, "Although things in this world are different, the principles behind it cannot escape. Being an official is like a person, always thinking that one step is not at ease. Look at the neighbors and count the people you know. How many people who don't live the world steadily, will they rise to life in front of others? In the final analysis, you have to be down-to-earth. Although it is slower, it is better to be steady. Even if it is slower, it will always go to the top of the mountain."

"What the fourth uncle said is," Tang Cheng said, but what he remembered was the feelings he had when he was growing crops on the slope at the beginning of his travels.

"If you understand that being an official is the same as being a human being, then you have to understand that people cannot always stand in the limelight in their lives. When they should advance, they have to move forward hard, but when they should stop, or even when they should retreat, they have to give in and retreat. This world can never be done by you alone." After saying so much in one breath, Zhao Laohu's body leaned against Tang Cheng's side again, "Your biggest problem is that you walked too smoothly in the past two years. You only saw the front in your eyes. You can't remember that if the road is too difficult to walk, you can stop, or even wait for a while."

Tang Cheng nodded sincerely when he heard this. This time, his experience in Chang'an was just walking on the edge of a cliff. Fortunately, he barely walked over, but who can guarantee that he would have such good luck next time? He only stared at the front, thinking about what he could get, but he didn't expect that he would flash his face, and even his old fortune was refracted.

"It's not just Chang'an", Zhao Laohu seemed to be able to see through Tang Cheng's heart. "Since you came out of Chang'an, no matter where the Ministry of Personnel dispatched you this time, you have retreated, but the more you regress, the more you have to go steadily, and the more you have to take advantage of this time, you can see the road ahead clearly. In this way, you can walk quickly when you move forward next time."

"Been taught a lesson".

"Don't mess with me with this sour words," Zhao Laohu smiled and patted Tang Chengdi's shoulder hard, "A life is a long-term thing, and a temporary ups and downs are nothing. The key is to have a clear mind and not be confused. As the saying goes, if you survive a great disaster, you will have good luck. Please do it this time, and just do it steadily."

"Advance when it is time to advance, and a steady retreat when it is time to retreat." At this point, the last haze in Tang Cheng's heart that arises from the affairs of Chang'an has also dissipated. "Don't worry, Fourth uncle. I feel refreshed and translucent now."

"That's good, you have all the intelligence. As long as you can keep this, you won't suffer a big loss." At this point, Zhao Laohu, who had already stood up and was about to walk to the front yard, suddenly stopped again, "By the way, there is another thing, as the Ministry of Personnel is about to come down. After this transfer, you might be the lord of a county. If you don't have a wife in the officialdom, you really can't help it. While you are still in front of the two elders at home, you should do this."

He was a landlord in his early twenties, and his age was mysterious enough. If he didn't even have a serious wife, he wouldn't say anything else, but the first impression he gave was unreliable. Zhao Laohu's words were really correct.

"I have nothing to hide in front of my fourth uncle. I am still on the way to Yangzhou when I want to marry a local man. I will be here in three or five days."

"Is it the Yangzhou Maritime Veteran you told me before?"

"Not now," Tang Cheng nodded, "her surname is Zheng, and his name is Lingyi."

"Well, let's do it when the person comes. When the Ministry of Personnel transfers the documents, you will take her to take office with you. This will be good for you." After saying this, Zhao Laohu smiled and sighed, "I feel at ease if you choose such a person. With her background and experience, the women in the house will not be able to catch their eyes when they make trouble, so I don't have to worry about my second daughter being bullied."

"Isn't my fourth uncle angry?" Tang Cheng was very embarrassed when he asked this.

"Why are you angry? I don't expect you to live with your second daughter for the rest of your life. Even if you really do this, it may not be your second daughter's blessing. Her backbone must be poked by someone, and maybe she has to bear the reputation of a jealous woman. You didn't see it at the gate of Zhangzishan Mansion just now. She values ​​this very much now." Zhao Laohu smiled hoarsely when he heard this, "When the moon is still round and there is still a shortage, people can't always take the lead. If you should retreat, you have to retreat. Her second daughter is not stupid, she understands this principle."

Zhao Laohu's words reached this point, and Tang Cheng could no longer say a word except shameless.

The next day, Zhao Laohu returned to Yunxi County, and Tang Cheng and his family were accompanied.

When he met the magistrate Zhang, he accompanied Li Yingwan back to his parents' home, went back to his hometown to visit his grave, and visited Mr. Yan, Tang Cheng was not idle at all during the three days of his return. As for those lively scenes, everyone could imagine that they could see them. At least Liu San could return home in order to welcome the new Jinshi, but he specially invited the villagers to a loess mattress. As for the communal trip to welcome the village, even if he didn't say that, the villagers could not stay at home. In the past, these two treatments were only allowed to enjoy the land when officials above the county magistrate came down.

Tang Cheng estimated that the time was not bad. On the day they returned to Jinzhou from Yunxi County, they were wearing Confucian uniforms. It was vague that day that Zheng Lingyi, who was dressed in old clothes when he first met Huaishui, also arrived in Jinzhou.

What's even more coincidental is that on the same day, the transfer documents from the Ministry of Personnel were personally delivered by the postmaster who was specially responsible for receiving urgent delivery.

At this point, Tang Cheng's new position finally came to an end - the county magistrate of Longmen County, Guizhou, Hebei Road, Datang.

It is true that the chief official is, but although Tang Cheng was mentally prepared for his remote position this time, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the three words "Longmen County".
Chapter completed!