Chapter 119 The Battle of Tang Yin [1]
Xie Chun thought for a moment, took out some land deeds from his arms and gave them to Li Song: ''Martial Uncle, when I left Yichuan County, I had already bought 50 mu of farmland for Martial Uncle. Although it is not good farmland, planting some sweet potato corn can also bring a lot of benefits. Martial Uncle, together with the original farmland houses, must be enough to feed and clothe after returning to the countryside. As for this musical instrument shop, please ask Uncle Wei to resell it on his behalf. The silver obtained will be used as the dowry of the martial aunt, and the Yamen will issue a document to prove it. Wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? You don't have to be too serious, Martial Uncle. As long as you treat your Martial Uncle well, it is natural for your children to inherit their parents' property. I will stay in Suzhou for a few more days and wait for Martial Uncle's business before I leave. ''
He turned around and told the three of Shi Yong: '' Shi Yong and Xie He, the chief flag officers of the Royal Guards, are staying in the uncle's shop. If anyone comes to make trouble, escort them to the government office to report to the officials. Wei Hui goes to the inn and takes their Royal Guards' clothes and Xiuchun sabre. He also follows them to protect Martial Uncle and Martial Aunt. It's just that Uncle Wei needs to work harder. When things are over, Chun will invite Uncle Wei to drink and thank him. ''
Li Wei did not expect that he thought he was Shi Jie, the servant of Jie Chun, but the general flag officer of the Royal Guards. That was a military officer of the seventh grade. Although it was nothing in front of the magistrate, it was a big Buddha that was hard to look up to in front of him, a petty official of no grade. ' He couldn't help patting Li Song on the shoulder, and sincerely exclaimed, 'Brother, your brother is really kind
In the next few days, Xie Chun learned from Li Song and his wife that it was not easy to do business in the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Taizuhong Wu Dynasty, merchants, sorcerers, actors, prostitutes, and beggars were all classified as cheap. Their children were not allowed to read books and participate in the imperial examinations. Merchants were also not allowed to wear silk clothes. Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants were ranked below craftsmen. It can be seen how low the status of merchants is.
During the Hongzhi period of Chenghua, although the status of merchants was improved, they were able to wear silk clothes in public, and their descendants could also take the imperial examinations. However, merchants were also divided into three, six, nine grades; A small musical instrument store like the Li Song couple has neither relatives nor aristocrats. It would be better if they had less money, but they are exploited by petty officials. If their business grows bigger, they will be slaughtered as "fat sheep".
After several days of busy work, the Li Song and his wife's affairs were finally handled. One day, Xie Chun and others saw the Li Song and his wife back. When they came to Suzhou, they saw a group of people watching something, and the woman was frivolous and shouted loudly, 'Come and see, big guy, here are the four talented people in Jiangnan. Tang Bohu is my favorite, and Zhu Yunming and Wen Zhengming are also my favorite, I like you, Mr. Zhou. ''
Xie Chun couldn't help pausing to watch. He saw four young scholars in their twenties and thirties, drunk and wandering, as if they hadn't woken up yet. Those young women were prostitutes in brothels and brothels. They pointed to a young scholar and shouted, 'Boy prodigy, boy prodigy, Suzhou's first child prodigy, Jiangnan's first child prodigy, oh, no, The world's best child prodigy, Tang Bohu. ''
Xie He, who follows Xie Chun behind him, worships his younger uncle Xie Chun most, and can also listen to his arrangement carefully. He regards Xie Chun as his idol. Hearing people call the young man "the best child prodigy in the world, Tang Bohu", he spat on the ground: "Bah, shameless. Your first child prodigy in the south of the Yangtze River has grown such a long beard, If you can be called the number one prodigy in the world, what's my uncle's name? ''
Xie He's voice was so loud that it was mixed with the shrieks of prostitutes, which was especially harsh. The drunken young scholar, who was about 20 years old, suddenly stopped, stared at Xie He coldly, and asked, 'My little boy, Tang Yin, Tang Bohu, who is your little uncle? I'd like to learn something about his talent. ''
Xie Chun didn't want to argue with others at first, but when he saw Tang Yin looking drunk and dreamy, he stopped thinking of pacifying people. He thought of what Li Song and his wife said about the difficulties of doing business and Tang Guangde's cautious, honest and honest appearance; The reason is that Tang Yin has always been dissolute and forgets to return to the brothel with prostitutes. He doesn't want to make progress at all. Later, Tang Guangde died of anxiety and indignation. Tang Shen, Tang Yin's biological brother, disregarded the secular rules, separated from Tang Yin and set up another family. This shows how disappointed the father and son are with Tang Yin.
Xie Chun began to think about how to suppress Tang Yin's arrogance and complacency. He went forward to look at the other party with a pretense of arrogance, and said with a slight disdain, 'I am his little uncle. My brother is old enough to be a father. He even called himself a child prodigy regardless of shame and gloated at others' honoring him as the best child prodigy in the world. I just looked at him with anger, That's what my nephew said. ''
Tang Yin used to be respected by people in the past. Hearing Xie Chun's words, he blushed with anger. He was about to reply with a few words of sarcasm at Xie Chun. On the side of him, Zhu Yunming, an older man, stepped forward and bowed his hand: 'My name is Zhu Yunming. Four of us were loved by Suzhou parents and were jokingly called the four talented people in the south of the Yangtze River. This is also not true. As for Brother Tang's nickname, "the world's best prodigy,", It is also the playful words of women. Although there are many improper points, my nephew doesn't need to taunt us. ''
Xie Chun casually arched his hands as a gift in return and scolded Tang Yin severely: 'You call yourself the four talented men in Jiangnan, which has nothing to do with us at first. However, Tang brother, regardless of his father and brother, toils hard every day in the restaurant business, but he himself lingers in brothels and prostitutes all day long. He is also shameless and pretends to be a talented man. I can't bear it, so I sneer at him, This is not about the three brothers. Please don't take it amiss, brothers. ''
Zhu, Wen and Wednesday learned that the young scholar came to Tang Yin specially and looked back at him together. Tang Yin was a proud man. How could he bow down to show weakness? After hearing this, he smiled angrily: 'I don't know where this brother comes from? Although Tang Yin dare not call himself the best prodigy in the world, he is also proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. His poetry, lyrics, songs and fu have also benefited a little. At the age of sixteen, he won the first place in the Suzhou government exam. He entered the school for itching students. I wonder who his brother is. ''
'' You are just a bit itchy, and you are so dissolute, regardless of your parents' hard work and livelihood, just thinking about finding flowers and willows, wandering in brothels and prostitutes, drinking and having fun. You are not entitled to know my name. I think your ancestors of the Tang family are famous' capable officials' in the history of history, who have made great contributions to the country, but did not want to give birth to you such arrogant and arrogant people. ''
Xie Chun looks at Tang Yin Tieqing's angry face, and then gives him a challenge: 'Tomorrow, on the second floor of the Tang Family Restaurant, you and I will have a good competition from the six items of music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and lyrics that you are good at, so as to decide the outcome. It also allows you, the best talent in Jiangnan, to see the world's talents, so as not to make you arrogant and self inflated, How dare you call yourself the best prodigy in the world? ''
He added a word proudly: 'I've heard that Jiangnan has a great literary talent for a long time, but I don't want to see Brother Tang. I feel unworthy of his name, and I also see that Suzhou scholars are arrogant, and most of them are dissolute and self styled romantic people. I wonder whether Tang prodigy dares to fight or not?'
Tang Yin was so angry that his mouth trembled. The other side was pressing against him. He wanted to compete with him for literary talent. How could he admit defeat? He replied with great style: '' Brother, his mouth was full of sour words. He was extremely arrogant, but he laughed at me for being arrogant and domineering. Well, don't you think you are rich in literature? Yin Bocai will not show weakness to you. Tomorrow morning we will see each other at the Tang Family Restaurant. I will try my best to compete with you. I can't let you despise the heroes of our ancestors. If Tang Yin is unlucky to lose, I hereby solemnly swear that I will never go back to the brothel Chuguan in my life. I will give up drinking and sex and pay more attention to the imperial examination in order to repay my father for his hard work. ''
When Xie Chun sees that Tang Yin promised to fight, he bursts into laughter, and solemnly bows to Zhu Yunming and others to apologize: '' The students just said something outrageous. Please forgive me, dear friends. It's not my outrageous words, nor that I belittle the literati in Jiangnan. But I really can't stand Brother Tang's ridiculous behavior, so I said to encourage him to compete with me. Here I apologize to the elders in Jiangnan, and I hope they don't have the same view with me. '' After saying that, he made a deep bow to apologize for his rude remarks and the people in Jiangnan.