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The plot of the thirty-sixth time is simple and not alarming. Except for Wu Yueniang, none of Ximen Qing's other women showed up. It is rare in this whole "Golden Plum Bottle".
But that doesn't mean it doesn't matter this time. In the connection between the past and the after, this time is very important.
In the previous few times, Ximen Qing had brought him with him because of the crime committed by his relative Chen Hong, and he asked Lai Bao to go to Tokyo to investigate the case and seek a way to exonerate him. After successfully exonerating Cai Taishi, Ximen Qing repaid the favor and sent a huge congratulatory gift on Cai Jing's birthday. This huge congratulatory gift, even Cai Jing himself, who had seen the great battle, could not help but be moved, and immediately gave Ximen Qing an official position of deputy to the punishment of thousand households, and even Lai Bao and Wu Dian'en, who were running errands, also got good errands like chickens and dogs ascending to heaven. It is really "woe and blessing to rely on, blessing to woe to woe."
Cai Jing's housekeeper Zhai Qian was thus as close as a brother to Ximen Qing, whom he had never met, and he asked Lai to bring a letter, and To Ximen Qing found a beautiful girl of fifteen or sixteen years old in Qinghe County, made him a concubine, and gave birth to a son.
Ximen Qing, who had been promoted to an official and had a son, was immersed in unprecedented great satisfaction, where did he remember that Zhai Qian wanted to please his little wife? In the blink of an eye, I forgot all about it.
It is estimated that Zhai Qian waited until he saw qiushui and did not wait for his little wife, and had to write a letter to urge Ximen Qing. In addition, he was informed that Taishi's dry son, Xinke Zhuangyuan, was going to pass through Qinghe County when he returned home to the province, and asked Ximen Qing to warmly entertain him. In fact, it is deliberately to knock ximen qing bamboo bar.
Ximen Qing read the letter, naturally regretted it, and quickly discussed countermeasures with Wu Yueniang.
Ximen Qing looked at it and said, "Quickly call Xiao Wei to ask the matchmaker to go." What I do for a living, I forget to die. ”
And Wu Yueniang, who usually does not look very bright, is always at such a critical moment, her mind is sober and calm, and she is very able to advise Ximen Qing. She advocated that while writing a reply letter to Zhai Butler, she said that the woman had been found, but the clothes and makeup were not ready, and when it was ready, she would send someone to send it. Here quickly find a matchmaker to touch the good girl who meets the conditions.
"When the man comes tomorrow, you will be more entangled with him, write a book to reply to him, only to say that the woman has found it, but the clothes and makeup have not been done, and it will be done when it will be completed, and someone here will send it." It's not too late for you to teach someone to find him here. Only by doing a good job with this one stone can you do a good job, and it is also entrusted to you by others. ”
Good one-trick procrastination tactics. Ximen Qing also had to admire his wife's clever tricks.
If you want to find a girl, you must be a matchmaker. There are not a few matchmakers who deal with Ximen Qing, and this time only Feng and Xue are pointed out, which is a clever arrangement specially made by the author. Ms. Tian Xiaofei said in "Qiushuitang on the Golden Plum Bottle":
"The name of the matchmaker specifically pointed out 'Feng, Xue', also to reveal the wind and snow chill on the lively head."
Qiushuitang also said:
"The absence of mention of Wang Po and Wen Concubine is to prepare for the comeback of the two later, and also shows that Jin Lian alienated Wang Bao (unwilling to remember a period of time in Wu), and after the defeat of the Chen family, Ximen alienated Wen Concubine (Wen Concubine was Ximen's eldest sister and Chen Jingji as a matchmaker).
Although Ximen Qing's plan to "send the embroidery spring in the bottle room to be filled" was cancelled due to The opposition of Yue Niang, the servants of Ximen Mansion did not escape the fate of being sent to Zhai Qian in the end. This is a postscript, not mentioned for the time being.
The job of finding someone was assigned to the matchmaker, and Ximen Qing concentrated on completing another thing that Zhai Qian had confessed in his heart, that is, to warmly welcome and entertain Cai Zhuangyuan and his party. Ximen Qing's warm hospitality to Cai Zhuangyuan was, first, because Zhai Qian had entrusted him with a task that he had not done well, and this matter must be done with dedication; second, it was related to Cai Zhuangyuan's identity, he was not only a new branch leader, but also Cai Jingxin's newly recognized son.
Man, not only must he be born at the right time, but he must also be born with a good surname. If Cai Yun had not been surnamed Cai, and was related to Master Cai, this title might not have been done by him. The origin of this title is not correct, and the book is really bright and dark.
The official heard that when An Chen took the middle rank, he was said to be the younger brother of the former prime minister An Huan, a descendant of the party, and could not be a Quidor. Emperor Huizong had no choice but to promote Cai Yun as the first and made him a champion. Cast under Cai Jingmen and make a fake. Promote the secretary of the province to do the right thing, to the false provincial relatives.
What is clear is that it is true that it was not him who was originally the champion, but that the political trial of the champion himself had a problem and was discarded, so he had the opportunity to be elected as the champion.
The official field and the science field are mixed together, and the science field no longer has the right to independently select talents, which is actually a bad habit formed since Wang Anshi changed the law, and at this time, it has accumulated a lot of difficulties to change. What's more, Emperor Huizong may not want to change. How good is this, who wants to be the champion, let whoever is the champion, if the leader can write and draw better, will he write articles, will he govern the country, who cares?
The implicit poke refers to the hidden feelings that the author wants to say and is difficult to say.
The book says that Emperor Huizong of Song was forced to strip An Chen of his title of Chancellor because of the obstruction of yan guan. This is not very similar to the later Emperor Gaozong could not tolerate Yue Fei, and wanted to kill him, but also wanted to set up a archway, so that everyone thought that Emperor Gaozong was forced to issue a "false" killing order by Qin Juniper's envoys. In fact, this is the embodiment of the emperor's will, and he does not have the slightest "last resort".
The An Huan here, the real Zhang Wei in history, is a person that Huizong hates very much. Because Zhezong died suddenly without a will, and he had no son. The empress dowager and most of the ministers were in the same industry as Emperor Huizong, the duanwang at the time, to inherit the unification, but Zhang Huan openly opposed it in the court. How could Huizong, who had come to power, easily let him go? Therefore, there is no "last resort", but simply "can't wait".
And the dislocation incident here is very much like borrowing the story of Zhang Huan's contemporaries and friends at that time, and it is also the story of the famous Su Dongpo, whom he later harmed.
It is said that Ximen Qing received Cai Zhuangyuan and found that it was An Chen'an Zhuangyuan who had been pulled down with Cai Zhuangyuan, of course, he was now An Jinshi. The identities of the two people have been reversed. In a world of black and white, it is not unusual for people's identities to be reversed. It was only An Chen, who had been topped by someone, to be able to travel with Cai Yun in the same boat so without any hesitation, which was quite strange.
Ximen Qing's reception work is quite well done, and in the contemporary era, he can be a strong contender for the directors of good beijing offices in various places. He accompanied the food, drink and chat, posted money and stickers, and truly achieved an all-round reception without dead ends.
Professor Ma Ruifang said in his "Detailed Explanation of Jin Ping Mei" that this is Ximen Qing's interest in Cai Zhuangyuan's excellent stock, which is why he has such a big hand on him. I don't think that Ximen Qing at this time is looking at Cai Yun's own potential and ability, but he can't ignore his identity as Cai Jinggan's son, nor can he ignore the instructions of Zhai Butler.
Later, after Cai Zhuangyuan hand-picked the Imperial History of The Salt Patrol, the return to Ximen Qing actually greatly exceeded Ximen Qing's expectations. It can only be said that Ximen Qing, who was in the ascendancy period at this time, was so lucky that it was difficult to resist, whether it was official luck or financial luck or color luck, it was extremely lucky. In particular, this last luck, along with the completion of Mother Feng's task, will officially open a new prelude in the next time.