Piao Tian Wenxue    The old man was really surprised. He learned Mandarin to kowtow to the emperor in order to enter the inner city. If it was that simple, there would not be so many Mandarin in the court with local accents. The one who is an official wanted to kowtow to the emperor? Why didn’t he learn Mandarin to be perfect?

"...Respectable, respectable! Repaying kindness is done by those with noble character..." The old man praised, and then asked: "...Can you speak Mandarin to this level in one or two months? It's hard to believe... Your family is intent..." The old man was surprised that he could learn Mandarin to this level in one or two months, and he was more interested in this.

"We cannot praise the old man. In fact, we immigrated and lived in the capital. We learned the official language. Life is always more convenient. In fact, it is not all for entering the inner city to kowtow to the emperor..." The old woman quickly explained with some pride.

The old man felt even more emotion, nodded for a long time, and said, "Speaking of this, Your Majesty's immigrant is indeed a great achievement of benefiting the people. It is not easy, not easy!"

"...So, today, your family of four came out to kowtow to His Majesty in order to enter the inner city?" The old man said when he remembered something.

"Yes." The old woman replied truthfully.

"Oh, that's right, I'm just going to go to the inner city, so why not just join me. There is no place in the capital that I can't go to. If someone stops you at that time, I'll say, you can enter the inner city..." The old man promised.

"Thank you, Mr., then I'll be fine..." The old woman thanked quickly. Originally, their family had a lot of preparations and had a great chance of success, but if someone promised to be able to enter, it would be better, and there was no need to worry. After all, the place we went to was the imperial city.

"This is not necessary. If I don't dislike me for trouble, I would like to ask you some things..." said the old man.

"I dare not. If there is anyone who can help the old man, please ask." The old woman was so happy to see the old man's extraordinary aura.

The old man had been talking about the official language, but he left other problems aside, which made the young woman a little anxious. After a long time, things turned around, but the old man seemed to have forgotten what he wanted to tell his own affairs to the old man, but it was difficult to speak. Seeing that the old man was going to the inner city with him, he finally let go.

Soon, the old man's entourage stopped a carriage. This kind of carriage has two rows of seats in front and back, and can sit five or six people. It is a four-wheeled "tall" carriage, which runs faster than ordinary public carriages. It is not restricted by routes. It is charged according to the distance of the road, and is considered an ancient taxi. [It is said that there were also taxis in ancient times, called Jili Drum Carriage.]

The family of four sat on one side, and the old man and his entourage sat on the other side. The person who drove the car asked where he went, and then set off with a whip.

After the carriage started, the old man's chatterbox opened.

"This four-wheeled carriage is more comfortable than a two-wheeled carriage. It is difficult to stretch your waist, pedal your legs, etc...." The old man praised the carriage. Sitting in a two-wheeled carriage has certain requirements for the position and posture of sitting, not as casual as a four-wheeled carriage.

"What the old man said is that we have come from Shaanxi all the way, and we only rely on these four-wheeled carriages to carry it. Otherwise, we would not have been able to come to this capital. I am afraid that it will be one or two thousand miles away from the capital..." The old woman answered decently.

"Happy, luckily,...oh, this four-wheeled carriage has indeed achieved success..." The old man sighed and looked at the young woman again. The young woman's eyes were always anxious. The old man had already understood it. After thinking about it, he felt that it would be better to get back to the point. If he talked about other things, I was afraid that someone would not like it.

"...By the way, I almost forgot the main thing. Just now, I heard that your little lady wants to study and learn arithmetic?" The old man brought the topic back to the main thing.

"This..." The old woman hesitated when she talked about this question.

When the young woman heard the old man talk about her, she immediately showed a hopeful look on her face.

"It is a good thing to be interested in studying and learning knowledge..." The old man said, and as soon as he spoke, he remembered the comprehensive education that was being hosted and promoted by those people, which cost millions of taels of taels of money every year... Thinking of this, the old man's thoughts drifted elsewhere again.

This is indeed a good thing to read and read. Everyone reads and reads is indeed a concept that the saints have always been committed to, but it is really a good thing to read when everyone reads? No, this woman also needs to read, learn knowledge, and change her destiny through knowledge, which makes the old man's thinking confusing.

The emperor strongly supported this matter and allocated millions of taels to do it every year. This matter was praised by literati all over the world as a grand event in the literary world for thousands of years. But the old man felt that any thing the emperor strongly supported would always have some unexpected results in the end, and the result would always have many immeasurable effects on the Ming Dynasty. The old man combined the woman's intention to study with the thing that spent millions of taels per year to popularize the public's reading, and immediately fell into confusion. What would this result be? Is it a good thing? Or a bad thing? Where is the Ming Dynasty going?

I also thought of the constant controversy in Shilin, and I became even more confused. It was indeed a grand event that everyone has books for thousands of years, but the result was really so beautiful. This woman has been studying and dared to come out to find something to do. Isn’t that saying that this woman can also be the pillar of the family? She can also rely on wages to support her family? If a woman also asks to be an official in the future, what kind of country should this be? Thinking of this, the old man shivered himself.

This is indeed evil. Is it better to maintain the current situation or to realize the concept of a saint? This old man is even more confused.

The people in the carriage saw the old man in deep thought, as if he was thinking about something, but no one disturbed him.

"Accusing the crime, I'm distracted..." After the old man woke up, he apologized immediately.

A family of people hurriedly returned the gift to the distracted old man.

"...I heard your little lady say she wanted to go to Liulizhai to be a female account room, right?" The old man cleared the other things in his mind again and focused on it. The things he was thinking about just now were really ridiculous, so it would be better to throw them away quickly.

"This, yes..." Faced with the old man's inquiry, the old woman had to answer truthfully. The old man looked like an ordinary person. Judging from his behavior and expression, he was mostly an official, and he was not an official, but also had a great relationship with the official. In short, he was a person of quite status.

"This is a good thing. The shopkeeper of Liulizhai is well-known to be a woman. It is reasonable to ask some women to do the accounting, otherwise, if a woman is not close to her, she will always be criticized... There is nothing dirty about it. There is no need to worry about this. Going to Liulizhai to do the women's accounting is not a shameful thing, but a great fortune..." The old man began to talk about the serious business, and the old man didn't know what words to use to express his feelings. But one thing needs to be affirmed is that he must never say bad things about Liulizhai. This is related to the reputation of the emperor, so naturally others cannot say it.

"The old man has taught me a lesson. I shouldn't be suspicious." The old woman quickly apologized.

"... Speaking of which, the wages given by Liulizhai are indeed quite high. If you can work in Liulizhai and work in the accounting room, it would be amazing..." The old man said with some envy. What he envied was not how much money Liulizhai could make every month in the accounting room, but that Liulizhai was not ordinary wealth, and could support half of the Ming Dynasty with his own strength.

The family of four really listened to the old man.

"...If you want to do the accounting room in Liulizhai, you must first learn to read. Furthermore, you must learn to arithmetic and make abacus. This really requires people to teach you..."

"...But it is said that the method of keeping accounts in Liulizhai is different from that of others. As for how to keep accounts, when you go to Liulizhai, the people there will naturally teach you. There is no need to learn this, and there is no way to keep accounts elsewhere. So, in fact, as long as you learn literacy, arithmetic and abacus..." The old man began to tell the story. He may not be very familiar with Liulizhai, but he is definitely not unfamiliar with this Liulizhai in Beijing. This is definitely something that everyone pays attention to. There will always be a lot of novel things and things that don't want to pay attention to, let alone people like them. Even if they are far away from Liulizhai, it is impossible to listen to things about Liulizhai.

The family heard it seriously.

"... I just heard your little lady say that she wanted to learn to read from a girl, which really touched me. I was a scholar. My family was quite poor and I suffered a lot to study. But compared with your little lady, it was nothing. For this reason, I was quite moved, so I had the idea of ​​talking to your family.... I think that as a disciple of a saint, I should not lose the thought of a person who is interested in a saint..." The old man was quite moved.

He said with emotion, revealing the reason why he got involved. In addition to this, there is also the question of whether the people are reliable in the Shilin Province, whether they are reliable in studying, whether they are right or wrong. This question has always troubled him. Suddenly, he heard a woman saying that she wanted to study, and she used bizarre methods to read. She felt moved and suddenly linked the two, and had the idea of ​​seeing what a woman would do after studying, so she got involved.

"Old gentleman..." The old woman was even more sure that the old man had an extraordinary identity. He studied poorly in his early years, which means that he has been successful in his studies and has long been no longer poor. He must be a noble person. After hearing what the noble person said, he didn't know how to reply.

The young woman looked at the old man with great enthusiasm. Her destiny seemed to have turned around again.

The strong man was also quite moved. He listened to the old man and met a noble person at home.

"...In fact, I am not easy to come forward for this matter. If it is a man, you can just find a place to accompany you. However, your little lady is a woman... It has always been extremely difficult for a woman to study. It doesn't matter if she is young, but she still studies at such an age. I have never heard of it..." The old man changed his mind, as if he was just the opposite of what he said.

When the woman heard this, she immediately became depressed.

When the man heard this, he was quite worried.

But when the old woman heard this, she was usually worried and half happy.

"...But there is no way. I am willing to point out a way for your little lady. I am in the capital. I also know many people. Many ladies also have to read, literacy and arithmetic when they were young, so that they could be the master of the family in the future. Therefore, in addition to hiring for the emperor's house, there are also those who have attached their own schools. If your little lady is willing, I can recommend your little lady to a school with a female family. You can let your little lady listen in the name of taking care of the female family. In this way, while taking care of the female family, you can listen to the book, and you can also learn knowledge. I don't know if your family is willing or not..." The old man stroked his beard and said with a smile. At this time, he wanted to see how a woman can change her destiny through knowledge. If she could prove something through this matter. Perhaps there is a good explanation for the current debate on reading in the scholars.

"This..." The old woman was completely confused. On the one hand, the noble man was willing to come forward to introduce a good job to her daughter-in-law, and could also read and read and learn knowledge; on the other hand, she was afraid of her daughter-in-law's knowledge after she learned it.

The young woman looked full of happiness. This time she went out, she really met a noble person. Not only could she get a good job, but she could also listen to learn knowledge. This was simply too good to be better.

The strong man looked happy and worried, happy that his wife finally got what she wanted and could read and read, and worried that she would not be worthy of her wife after she finished her studies.

The old man looked at the old woman with unstoppable eyes, as if he knew that as long as the old woman agreed.

The old woman was in a dilemma. If she agreed, the fate of her wife would be completely changed. If she did not agree, I am afraid that her family would not be able to survive in the future. Her wife would not hate her. Thinking about her daughter-in-law's filial piety over the years, the old woman could not speak out of rejection, which touched the old man's eyes, and the old man looked at him with unstoppable eyes.

After repeated hesitation, the old woman finally made up her mind and said, "Then I'll have a hard time. I don't know if the old man's surname is respected, and I don't know if I can give it to you..." The old woman was unable to say anything she refused. The fate of her wife was repeatedly out of her control and deviated from her original trajectory step by step. Now to this level, even if she rejected the old man's kindness, she could not stop her wife from continuing to move on a more deviant track.

Now, since you meet this noble person, let’s go with the flow.

"Mom..." The young wife couldn't help calling out happily. The dream went further.

The strong man also breathed a sigh of relief and looked at his wife lovingly.

"Hehe, I'm not talking about my reputation..." the old man said with a smile.

"Thank you, sir..." The old woman stood up a little and blessed her a little. She thanked her. The old man was unwilling to mention her name, so she no longer asked. The family immediately followed up and thanked her.

"This is not necessary. I just provide an opportunity. As for whether your little lady can learn it, it depends on luck..." The old man smiled heartily.

The family continues to be grateful.

The old man solved this matter and asked about other things, such as where they came from, local products, customs, disasters over the past few years, and how much wages can I get in a month, whether the work is hard, and today's life.

...

The carriage passed Xuanwu Gate lightly and entered the inner city.

Pass Xuanwumenli Street and go to West Chang'an Street.

"Your family wants to kowtow to Your Majesty and be grateful for your life-saving grace. This is done by a person with noble character. I admire it very much... Originally, your family could not go to Chang'an Street, but today I meet me, I will take you to walk around Chang'an Street, and walk around the imperial city, and you will have all your wishes. As for the kowtow, after seeing the imperial city, I will find you a secluded place and bow with peace of mind. Today, I will be a good person to do it to the end..." The old man was still very interested. If he could meet such a family of immigrants, he could get a lot of intuitive things from them, and it was very useful.

"Thank you, Mr...." The family immediately thanked him. Today, he did meet noble people. Not only did he bring them into the inner city, but he could also take them around the imperial city. This is indeed a rare good thing.

...

The carriage trotted under the imperial city, and the old man's housekeeper had already sat outside, probably to send the soldiers who were patrolling the city.

The family came through the glass and looked at the imperial city carefully. The one living here was their great benefactor, the emperor.

After the carriage walked around the imperial city, I started to find a quiet place again. I was about to kowtow to the emperor and then go back.

As soon as the carriage turned into a relatively secluded place, he heard a noisy in front of him and the carriage stopped.

The family wanted to go out, but the old man stopped him. After waiting for a while, the old man's entourage came back and reported: "Master, there is also a family of immigrants in front of him. They are going to Liaodong and they deliberately found a way to sneak into the inner city. But they had a conflict with the government troops who were patrolling the city. The government troops who were patrolling the city wanted to punish their family..." The entourage replied.

"Oh, how could this happen? Why did the officers and soldiers punish them? This people came to kowtow to Your Majesty, which is also a manifestation of the people's love for Your Majesty. It is also a good thing for loyalty to the emperor. How can others be imprisoned?" The old man was a little unhappy.

This family is anxious, which is a bit different from the "strategy". Didn't it mean that the officers and soldiers are driving them away at most? Why are they going to jail?

"You wait and see, I'll go and have a look..." The old man was very unhappy and said to the family. Then he got off the car.

The whole family looked at each other. Since the old man had already told him not to get off the bus, then don’t get off the bus.

...

By the way, Zhang Xiaowu felt that his days were very unlucky recently, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter. There were still ordinary people who came out of nowhere all day around the imperial city to kowtow to the emperor and thank him, which made them nervous, fearing that thugs or something would appear. If something happened, they would not be able to take it away.

Originally, this matter was to inspect more and take care of one more. Exit more and they worked harder. It was not a big deal.

The enthusiasm of the people is not good, and they will not kowtow. However, some people are too enthusiastic, not just kowtows. They also bring "tributes". If the "tributes" are fruits and pastries, they are fine. They are arranged and made into shape, and they leave after kowtows. They also seem formal and sincere. But if someone uses pig heads or something, they will be in trouble. This will make the situation bigger. If you don't say three or nine bows, it will definitely attract people to watch. This is not the most outrageous. What's even more outrageous is that someone wants to burn fireworks, such as burning incense, burning candles, etc.

Zhang Xiaowu can still tolerate the first few. If the first few are finished when they find out, it means expelling the matter. If you meet someone who knows what you know and has filial piety, you can add some motivation to this hard inspection. But if you encounter the next few, they must exercise their power and drive away the people. Because the situation is too big, there will be many people who are alarmed. If something happens, they cannot bear it. Therefore, they must exercise their responsibilities and do not want to ruin their jobs.

This is not the most outrageous. Today I finally met the best one. Not only did there be tributes, but also fireworks, and the most outrageous burning of "paper money". This is simply lawless. The emperor is not dead yet. Are you burning paper money for the emperor? Isn't this curse the emperor to die early? Thinking of the seriousness of the matter, Zhang Xiaowu was so shocked that he rushed to the fire...

Zhang Xiaowu led the sergeant to put out the burning pile of "paper money" and flew around. A few of the burned paper scraps were pasted on Zhang Xiaowu's face, and together with sweat, they made Zhang Xiaowu's face look dirty.

Zhang Xiaowu had a dark face and taught these people a lesson. He found that he had been talking to these people for a long time and then he could understand it. Judging from their appearance and dress, they were definitely Han people. From what they described, they knew that they were from Shaanxi and they must have been immigrants. They just didn't know that it was people from that corner. They did such a superb thing and used "paper money" for living people. They could not stop sweating from the way they burned "paper money" or the current emperor.

After talking for a long time, more and more people were watching. The onlookers accused these people of being ignorant and burning paper money randomly and asking Zhang Xiaowu to take care of him. Zhang Xiaowu felt that he was in trouble. If he didn't care, it would be better to pass it to his superiors. After all, this group of people burn paper money for the emperor is definitely not a good thing, and they don't understand the language. Who knows whether they are cursing the emperor? Keep it, these people seem to be immigrants again. Now the people love His Majesty, but they kowtowed to His Majesty. If they are too strict and hurt the hearts of the people, it is also a difficult thing. If someone impeaches them, he will inevitably be treated as a crime by his superiors.

Zhang Xiaowu secretly hated this group of people who didn't know they came out of that corner of the mountain. He didn't even tell the world before and didn't understand the rules. Now he was in a dilemma for being blocked here.

"What happened? Why is it so noisy here?"

Zhang Xiaowu instantly heard the smell of an official voice. They were the most eye-catching when they did this. They were the ones who were the officials and who was the ones who were the ones.
To be continued...