Trustworthy and righteous, accepting a beggar as a son-in-law is not an insult

In Shan Tingjie's story, whether it is a righteous person or a generous and righteous person, under the arrangement of heaven, each gets what he wants and each gets what he repays.

During the Qing Dynasty, there was a Guanguan official surnamed Zhang who was responsible for managing customs duties. One year he was ordered to escort Yin Liang to the capital, but he was stolen on the way, and the errand was not completed, and he wanted to die. A merchant who opened a silver trumpet generously helped him to overcome the difficulties. After that, the two families made a marriage contract. Before his son could grow up, the silver trumpet merchant died, and his young son was reduced to a beggar. In the murky world, some people are righteous, some are righteous, and under the arrangement of Heaven, they each have their own belonging...

During the Qing Dynasty, Shan Tingjie, a native of Suncheon Province, was a small beggar since childhood. When he was forty years old, he came to Wuhu, Jiangnan to beg. Begging for food during the day and spending the night under the eaves of people's houses. One year, when the night was too cold, he curled up in a hush. Then he saw a man carrying a lantern and leading an old man to him, saying, "Who is under my eaves?" Shan Tingjie said it was a beggar. The old man took pity on him, beckoned him in the door, and commanded him to go to the side house, not only to give him porridge, but also to let him stay at home. The master entered the house, and the servants left.

Shan Tingjie walked out of the house and walked through the courtyard. A servant came out and saw him, thinking he was going to steal something at night! Framed by others, Shan Tingjie was not convinced. The servants gathered together and prepared to beat the beggar to death.

The old man came out and summoned Shan Tingjie and said, "I pity you for being cold, let you stay; pity you for being hungry, give you porridge to eat." How can you be ungrateful? Shan Tingjie explained: "I am grateful that old Weng Ender is not too late, how can I steal your property instead?" As a beggar, I don't despise it, but I don't do stealing. I didn't steal at all, ask your domestic servant, what did I steal? Obviously, he framed me. Old man, how can you listen? ”

The old man immediately stopped him and said, "You shut me up." Seeing that you are rich and powerful, how can you be reduced to a beggar? ”

Shan Tingjie said: "I became a beggar when I was five years old. To this day, all the people I see are beggars. So there was never any other plan than to be a beggar. The old man learned that his surname was Shan, his name was Tingjie, and he was a person from the capital.

So the old man asked him, "What industry does your father do?" Shan Tingjie said, "I was still young at that time, and I can't remember it." All I know is that my father opened a silver trumpet in a certain alley. When my father died, the family was exhausted, and there was not a single relative around. I became a slave of the royal family and became an adopted son. Later, I was abandoned by the Wang family and became a beggar again. The old man nodded, and ordered the servant to take him to the inn.

The next morning, the Zhang family sent someone to send a coat and hat to serve Shan Tingjie. Shan Tingjie did not understand why, so he dressed up and came to see the old man. After the old man explained, Ting Jie learned that in the past, the two families had made a marriage contract. This old man is his father-in-law, and he is the son-in-law of the Zhang family.

The old man recalls the past, he used to serve as a guan official (an official who manages the city or guards the pass). In the past, he was ordered to escort Yin Liang to the capital. But it was stolen on the way, and the silver was not enough. When he had no choice, he wanted to die, but fortunately he met Shan Tingjie's father. Shan Father generously gave him four hundred gold, so that Zhang Weng could send him back. Three years later, Zhang Weng came to the capital again to visit Shan Father. At that time, Ting Jie was only two years old, and Zhang Weng's daughter was also two years old. So the two families made a marriage contract for the child.

Four years later, Zhang Weng came to the capital again and learned that Shan's father had died, and he searched for Shan Tingjie everywhere, but he did not find it. Everyone said, "Shang Jia, who has a single surname, is not a local, and as soon as he dies, people scatter and can't find them." For decades, Zhang Weng could not find Shan Tingjie. The daughter of the Zhang family kept her marriage contract, vowed not to marry others, kept her ambitions, and guarded her loyalty to the single family until today.

After waiting for decades of news, people are now in front of us. Shan Tingjie worshiped Zhang Weng as his father-in-law and completed the marriage contract. Zhang Weng asked his son-in-law, is he good at anything? Shan told the old man, "I am good at walking north and south, I am very familiar with the road, and I also know some Manchurian dialects." The old man listened and had to laugh.

When Guan Dou was preparing to take over the official family and was going to choose a capable person, Zhang Weng recommended Shan Tingjie. Ting Jie entered the meeting, and Guan Dou was very happy to see him, and ordered him to leave quickly. Shan Tingjie returned home and told his wife about greeting the official family. He thought that when the officials of the Capital Division first arrived in the south, he could take the opportunity to entertain them in the Dao, and in the future he could also find some other errands to do. His wife, Zhang Shi, agreed with him and took out hundreds of gold to help her husband.

Along the way, all the utensils, food, and excursions, Shan Tingjie made everyone happy. Lady GuanDu was very happy, and when she arrived at the official office, she praised Tingjie for his ability, and said that he had been greeted all the way, and that he had spent a lot of money and should be rewarded heavily. Therefore, Lord Guan Dou ordered Shan Tingjie to succeed Zhang Weng as a Guan official.

After Shan Tingjie took over, he was carefully taught by his father-in-law Zhang Weng. Zhang Weng taught him all his decades of experience, tariffs and other matters. Shan Tingjie worked as a guan official for three years, and then engaged in the salt industry, accumulating tens of thousands of gold. In accordance with the regulations of the government, he obtained the post of general judge by paying donations. After entering the career, he did not shy away from the experience of being a beggar in the past, and once told his colleagues about the past when he was a beggar. Later, he was promoted to Xianghe Tongzhi and died in office a few years later. Zhang Weng still offers clothes and pants to the beggars every year, so that he can give tirelessly.

In the past, Zhang Weng was unable to make a difference because of the theft of his belongings, and met Shan Tingjie's father, who did not intersect with Zhang Weng, and he generously helped Zhang Guan to relieve the difficulties. After the death of Shan Father, Shan Tingjie was reduced to a beggar, Zhang Weng did not take it as an insult, kept the marriage contract, let his daughter and Tingjie consummate the marriage, and took him in, taught him, and did not live up to Shan Father's former kindness. Zhang Weng's daughter has kept her promises for decades, sworn to keep her righteousness, and is really a virtuous woman. In the story, whether it is a righteous person or a generous and righteous person, under the arrangement of Heaven, each gets what he deserves and each gets what he wants.

According to "Little Bean Shed" Volume 1

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