First Minister of Ming Dynasty

First Minister Section 500

The few friends who came with him also felt sad, but they didn't say anything after all, but stared at Xu Guan and Zhang Ximeng.

After a while, Zhang Ximeng said: "Xu Guan, get up first, I'll tell you some stories, how about listening?"

Xu Guan gradually stopped crying, quickly got up, bowed and said: "Students listen carefully."

"Do you know your Majesty's family situation?"

Xu Guandao: "Just now Mr. Zhang said that His Majesty was a monk and a beggar."

Zhang Ximeng said: "Your Majesty are parents, three elder brothers and two older sisters... In the year of the catastrophe, His Majesty's eldest brother died of illness, and his eldest nephew died of illness, leaving only his elder sister-in-law, who took the youngest son back to her mother's house to survive. This child is now the eldest son." Governor Zhu Wenzheng. His Majesty's third elder brother died early, and his second elder brother buried his parents with His Majesty during the famine, and then married into a family. During the war, he has disappeared. I am afraid that he is no longer alive. The eldest sister's family lost contact. Elder sister is also dead, only brother-in-law Yu brings along a nephew, who is the current Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong."

At the beginning of his ascension to the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang wrote the stele of the imperial mausoleum himself, so his family affairs are almost known to the world, not to mention.

But hearing what Zhang Ximeng said, Xu Guan was still shocked.

It was really not easy for Zhu Yuanzhang. He was the only one of the six children who survived. Under the catastrophe, he almost died.Is there anything worse?

Have!

It is those who are ten dead but not alive.

"Xu Guan. Confucianism teaches the way of benevolence and forgiveness. As the saying goes, compare your heart with your heart. You are a very smart child. But the smarter you are, the easier it is to fall into a dead end. If you are only sticking to your own family's situation, think that you It is very miserable, what about those people who have been reduced to bones?"

Xu Guan's face flushed red, wanting to explain something.

Zhang Ximeng continued: "I know what you are going to say. You think scholars can be killed but not humiliated. It is a big thing to recognize your ancestors and return to your clan. You also think that the Xu family treats you badly. Abandoning the Xu family is also a big deal." Of course. You can tell a lot of truths, and the Xu family can also tell a lot of truths."

"But I want you to understand that this year is the tenth year since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and it is less than ten years away from the liberation of Beiping. The world is in chaos, with swords and soldiers killing, killing and injuring more than tens of millions of people! Blood stained the rivers, lonely souls and wild ghosts are still alive There's nowhere to go. That's the country we're dealing with, and that's the status quo we're dealing with."

Zhang Ximeng stretched out his hand and patted Xu Guan's shoulder. The little guy raised his head subconsciously, met Zhang Ximeng's gaze, and then hurriedly lowered his head.

"I know that you may not feel comfortable saying these big words, and you don't think it has anything to do with your family... But I want to tell you that in this case, there are countless married people and adopted people. There are many people, even their last name What, I don’t know what it’s called. For example, Ping’an in martial arts, he’s called Ping’an. I don’t know what his surname is. The empress adopted him and hoped that he would be safe. That’s why I asked him if he wanted to change his name. , He said no change, so his name is Ping An, if you have to ask what his last name is, then his last name is Ping!"

Xu Guan finally changed his color when he heard this, he seemed to realize something, his eyes were not so sure, he just looked at Zhang Ximeng foolishly.

Zhang Ximeng continued: "The wounds of the war are far from over. I came here to give lectures this time, and I also hope that by spreading knowledge and cultivating talents, the big guys can explore the way to make the country rich and strong, and never let our younger generations suffer again. Suffering. The fate of the country and the fate of individuals are interlinked at this time. When the decisive battle in the Central Plains was fought, there were millions of peasants. What I want is nothing more than peace in the world, to be able to live and work in peace and contentment."

"I don't know if you can understand what I mean, but I hope you can take the world as your responsibility and look at all the people. You are well educated, and you are also very smart. What you should think about is how to make better use of it. Your talent, use your talent to do bigger things, more meaningful things."

"I'm not against you changing your original surname, but I hope you can open your mind, open your horizons, and come up with a bigger picture. In fact, you don't need me to help you with this matter, you can solve it yourself."

Xu Guan took a deep breath and looked at Zhang Ximeng again.

Then he nodded vigorously, "Thank you Mr. Zhang, the students remember! The students are really petty, please rest assured Mr. Zhang, I will study hard and make progress every day!"

When Xu Guan mentioned Zhang Ximeng's eight words, several people looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

From this day on, several students started their own busy work.

Xia Zhifeng used all her time to observe the phases of the moon, record carefully, and calculate carefully. Many times, Zhang Shuning couldn't understand what she was busy with.

But for Zhang Shuning, there was nothing to be depressed about. He was sure that he was an ordinary person, maybe he was the best among ordinary people, but he was still an ordinary person.

So Zhang Shuning began to care more about more comprehensive things, every subject, every new thing, he may not be able to do it very profoundly, but he can be very knowledgeable.

In addition, he also observed more people around him. He even took notes and began to record and analyze the personalities of his friends to see their feedback on different learning contents.

Which things are easy to learn, which things are difficult to learn... what kind of teachers are more popular, and what kind of courses are more meaningful.

Even Zhang Shuning would find time to go to the elementary school to listen in and observe the children's reactions.

Of course, these are things to do while studying.

His main time is still spent in class... because the real "King of Papers" is activated!

This guy Xu Guan is playing for real.

That's right, Xu Guan in front of him only exerted half his strength and dealt with it casually.After all, no matter how good the exam is or how many achievements they have, they all belong to the Xu family, so what does it have to do with him?

But after talking with Zhang Ximeng, Xu Guan seemed to be a different person.

As soon as he changed from his lazy style in the past, he was very serious about even the things he knew by heart, trying to find new things... and he also asked Xia Zhifeng to borrow his notes and manuscripts.

Xia Zhifeng is not a stingy person. In fact, she is very worried that her classmates will regard her as a monster and scoff at her ideas.So Xia Zhifeng didn't want others to see it.

But Xu Guan was different, he was sincerely studying, Xia Zhifeng did not hold back, not only took out the things he had recorded, but also told Xu Guan his doubts, and asked this classmate to help him refer to them.

After a short time, Xu Guan also learned to infer other cases from one instance.

His progress in astronomy is no slower than Xia Zhifeng's.

Facts have proved that once Juan Wang goes all out, few people can keep up.

These little guys even complained that Zhang Ximeng spoke too slowly.

Zhang Ximeng could only smile at this, he was speaking to all the teachers and students, so naturally he had to take care of the progress of the big guys, and Zhang Ximeng started from arithmetic, to astronomy, calendar, geography, biology, physics, chemistry... all the same. ...To be honest, if it weren't for the years of hard study, history and books, Zhang Ximeng wouldn't be able to survive.

Because if you want to establish a discipline, you must know the ins and outs, summarize it into experience, and form a system before it can be used to teach others.

If it was placed a few years ago, Zhang Ximeng would not have this ability.

Xu Guan was also listening carefully to his lecture, taking advantage of the break between Zhang Ximeng's lectures, he found Zhang Shuning.

"Can I ask one thing?"

Zhang Shuning put down the brush and closed the notebook casually, "Say it!"

"It's because we got the business together, how much money can the bookstore make now?"

Zhang Shuning smiled, "It's a loss that you still have [-]% of the shares, so you don't care anymore...I can tell you that I made almost [-] guan, and it will be distributed to you, and there will be [-] guan... But I don't recommend you exchange it for money. Because next Zhang——Xianggong, after teaching so many courses, it will definitely be published as a textbook, and our bookstore has a lot of business to do, and we are almost sitting around counting money."

Xu Guan was startled, and said again: "I, I don't want money, I, I want to donate the shares, okay?"

Zhang Shuning was stunned for a while before saying: "You, you want to give the shares to the Xu family in exchange for their permission to change your surname?"

Xu Guan shook his head, paused for a moment, then Xu Guan took out a thank you letter and handed it to Zhang Shuning, "Please help me to see, is there anything incomplete?"

Zhang Shuning took it and unfolded it to look.

At the beginning of the chapter, Xu Guan wrote about the years of mourning and chaos, when thousands of people were in dire straits, the country was in ruins, and their families were destroyed. If they wanted to have a meal and a house to live in, the number of those who could not get it was more than tens of millions... And death, reduced to bones, is there more than tens of millions?

The father and son were able to save their lives and live in peace, all thanks to the Xu family.

Xu Guan, the grandson of the family, went to the school, read and understood, which is also the kindness of Xu's family.

Great kindness and great virtue, I dare not forget it day and night.

Therefore, Xu Guan did not change his original surname in this life, but only wanted to make the Xu family's family prosperous, carry forward the Xu family's style, make the Xu family prosperous, and live up to the favor of the elders.

After talking about his attitude towards the Xu family, Xu Guan changed the subject and wrote that water has its source, and trees have roots. The father and son, after all, bear the blood of the Huang family. In order to prevent the Huang family from dying out, there is no successor.

I just hope that the elders will show mercy and allow the grandchildren to choose one of their heirs to be named Huang again in the future, and inherit the incense of the Huang family. The grandchildren are very grateful.

In the end, Xu Guan said that he was lucky to meet a good friend, run a bookstore, and earn a little money. He was willing to use the money to support the rest of the descendants of the Xu family, to study and improve, and to make the Xu family better together.

Seeing this, Zhang Shuning had nothing to say.

"If you can be humble like this, if you refuse to agree, it means that the Xu family is unreasonable."

Xu Guan nodded, "Thanks to Zhang Xiang's suggestion, I came to my senses. With this matter explained, I can study better and concentrate on studying."

Zhang Shuning was stunned for a moment, what do you mean?You haven't tried your best yet?

I beg you to give someone else a way out!

Chapter 695 Xia Zhifeng's Marriage

Although Xu Guan was well prepared, he was still worried. Among all his classmates, Zhang Shuning was the most stable and reliable. He decided to invite Zhang Shuning to Xu's house and do him a favor.

"If it's a platform, Xia Zhifeng, a member of Zhang Xiang's family, might be better!"

Xu Guan was stunned for a moment, indeed, Xia Zhifeng, Zhang Xiang's disciple, had more weight in terms of identity.But Xu Guan shook his head resolutely.

"Xia Zhifeng became Zhang Xiang's disciple, and there are only a few people in the school who care about it. The Xu family may not know a little girl. You are better. You are tall and have a bookstore. When the time comes, you just pretend to be good. It’s as if you’re from a wealthy family, and there’s a lot of power behind it, that’s all.”

Zhang Shuning touched his nose subconsciously, it seems that there is no need to pretend about this!I am from a wealthy family, and I am very capable!

Although my father won't mess around with me, support me and bully others, but everyone else will, you can choose one, from the emperor, the queen, the prince and vassal king, all the way to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, who are willing to support me, car fighting The amount is countless!

He shook his head, pulled himself together, followed Xu Guan, and supported him.

Zhang Shuning secretly speculated along the way, he found that Xu Guan was well prepared this time, a letter, in the midst of extreme humility, even had a little bit of coercion and temptation, it could be called a combination of soft and hard.

First of all, he kept the request to a minimum. He and his father did not change their surnames, but only asked one of their sons to change their surname to Huang and inherit the incense... At this point, if the Xu family still refuses to agree, it would be unreasonable.

And there is another layer inside. When Xu Guan's son grows up, and decades later, how many elders of the Xu family will be left?At that time, I'm afraid it won't work if I try to restrain Xu Guan, and I can do whatever I want.

Secondly, Xu Guan said that he did business with others, made money, and was willing to use the money to support the grandsons of the other houses of the Xu family to go to school... This is not only to stop Xu's mouth, but also to show his strength 1

That's right, being able to make money is a manifestation of strength.The so-called Qiantongshenlu, if you don't care about me, how can you not care about money?

Moreover, at such a young age, he can earn so much money, and the story behind it is definitely worth pondering.

Xu Guan showed his strength without showing any trace.

Besides, the most troublesome people for this kind of thing are the relatives of the Xu family.

Uncles, [-]th aunts, and [-]th aunts will all appear... I don't know what it has to do with them. Anyway, in most cases, these people can't play any good roles.

If you want the descendants of the Xu family to change their surname to Huang, who will give you face?

You father and son, eat our Xu family, drink our Xu family, rely on us to survive, you are ungrateful so soon, you should be killed!

Although they didn't give Xu Guan and his son any good face, they were so righteous and confident.

This time Xu Guan pointed out that using the money he earned to support the Xu family's children was like throwing a big piece of fat at them. How could this group of people not be tempted?

Even for this little money, you should support it!

Of course, people won't say that, they can only say that no matter how big the family law is, it can't beat favors.Our Xu family has a noble family and a kind heart. The children are so filial and thoughtful. How can we make the Huang family last forever?

Anyway, the truth is with them, no matter what they say, they are right.

All in all, after repeated speculations, Zhang Shuning found that Xu Guan's letter was so humane and impeccable... He must have been preparing for this day for a long time!

In other words, he was thinking about it for countless days and nights when he couldn't sleep.

Historically, after Lianzhong Liuyuan, Xu Guan served as the minister of the Ministry of Rites and wrote to the emperor. With the approval of the court, he was able to change his surname to Huang at that time.

In fact, from this point of time, including the petition, it can be seen that the Xu family is not willing to give up this promising junior, and the matter of changing the surname is far from being resolved with a single sentence.

Although Zhang Ximeng made a lot of efforts to dismantle the aristocratic families, relocate and suppress the rich and powerful, Zhu Yuanzhang also issued a great edict, devoted himself to establishing schools, and arranged for veterans to return to their hometowns to shoulder the responsibility of managing the local area.

But even today, many villages still have the same surname, and they are all relatives. When everyone gets together and the parents are short-lived, it is not easy to expect them to do something.

But if you want to ruin one thing, that's more than enough.

In many villages, ancestral halls are still preserved, and the forbidden patriarchal clan is still regarded as something more important than the national law.

In the ten years since the founding of the country, although we have made great efforts to govern, the world cannot be ruled.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the clans in the south of the Yangtze River, Hu Feng in the north, chieftain in the southwest... These things are entangled, and they can't be resolved overnight.

It can even be said that Zhang Ximeng came to Jimin Academy to give lectures, hoping to start with academics, cultivate more talents, accumulate more strength, and then use a more violent posture to clean up the bad government and reshape the world.

Xu Guan's surname change this time may be regarded as a struggle of the younger generation against the clan and family.

However, Zhang Ximeng did not have a clear-cut stand and supported Xu Guan, which is also very interesting. Perhaps in Zhang Ximeng's view, this is not the best time, nor is it the most suitable entry point, and it still needs to wait.

But no matter what, Xu Guan has a great chance of winning this time, and Zhang Shuning doesn't think the Xu family will stop him.

But Zhang Shuning never expected that there was one person who was unwilling.

This man is Xu Guan's father!

When Xu Guan mentioned to him that he wanted to find his elders, and brought up the matter of restoring Huang's surname... Xu's father's entire expression changed, did he tremble all over, and shook his head desperately.

"No, no!"

A big man was said to be so confused that he backed away again and again.

Seeing it in Xu Guan's eyes, he actually had the urge to cry.

This is his father, a man who is extremely humble.

During these years in Xu's family, although he was a son-in-law and one of the masters, can a person who can't even keep his own surname be considered a person?

After all, it's just a slave.

Eat an extra bowl of food, add more salt to cooking, and sweep the yard with scattered leaves... No matter how small a thing is, it may cause a scolding meal.

He was even scolded for no reason, and even slapped...the corners of his mouth were bleeding, which was horrible.

Xu Guan knew clearly that what Zhang Ximeng said about the grace of life was indeed correct. To live humblely is to be alive, at least not to die of starvation.

But it's just alive, it's no better than cattle, horses and livestock!