Chapter 804 Uprightness and world peace

My mentor Xu Jie is going to sell the bath tub to help him pay the fine. How can Zhu Pingan not be "terrified" and "tearful of gratitude".

"Teacher for one day, father for life. Speaking of it, you are my half brother. Why are you being polite to our old man?" Xu Fan patted Zhu Ping'an's shoulder familiarly, as if he was an older brother .

cough cough...

You are really insane in your words...

Zhu Ping'an almost got stuck after hearing Xu Fan's words. Why did he become half of your younger brother in a blink of an eye? This **** was too urgent to keep up...

"Zi Hou is here, you sit down first, and wait for the old man to finish writing this picture."

When Zhu Ping'an visited Xu Jie in his study, Xu Jie was writing. He was wearing a gray and white gauze uniform, a black square soft hat, and a common attire for Confucian scholars. After seeing Zhu Pingan enter the door, Xu Jie nodded to let Zhu Pingan sit down, then lowered his head and continued to write.

"Master, you are busy."

Zhu Ping'an bowed his hands and saluted before sitting down.

"Father, your handwriting is really good, quite like Wang Xiyanzhen." Seeing Xu Jie, Xu Fan was like a mouse seeing a cat, and stepped forward to help Yanmo, and glanced at Xu Jie. As soon as Jie wrote the words, he began to flatter.

Xu Jie stopped writing and glanced at Xu Fan. Xu Fan smiled apologetically, shrinking his neck resentfully.

In about three to five minutes, Xu Jie finished writing, put the brush on the pen stand, and beckoned Zhu Pingan to come over.

Zhu Pingan approached and saw Xu Jie just wrote a couplet:

Be upright and peaceful;

Sleep with a breeze in your sleeves and sleep peacefully.

Xu Jie wrote in regular script, which is neat and neat and fits the couplets. Xu Jie's regular script is very good, and his calligraphy is no less than that of Yan Song. Just like what Xu Fan said, Xu Jie's characters have the feeling of Wang Xizhi and Yan Zhenqing. Yan Zhenqing's regular script Bone, the **** of Wang Xizhi's regular script.

"How about this couplet, Zi Houjue?" Xu Jie waited for Zhu Ping'an to comment on his couplet.

"Lian is like a person, full of righteousness. His character is full of grandeur, and his face is full of spirit." Zhu Pingan said solemnly.

Zhu Ping'an's comment is very suitable for the couplet, and it is not just a boast. The content of Xu Jie's couplets is righteousness and incorruptibility, while the regular script has the demeanor of Wang Xizhi and Yan Zhenqing. To be precise, it is the bones of Yan Zhenqing and the spirit of Wang Xizhi, and the whole is full of righteousness.

After Zhu Ping'an finished commenting, Xu Jie smiled and shook his head.

"Father, look, Zi Hou said the same thing." Xu Fan was overjoyed when he heard the words. The Yan Gu Xi God that Zhu Pingan said was similar to the flattery he just patted, so he said excitedly to Xu Jie, "Just now It's not my son's nonsense."

"If you have a son who is half as thick, I won't worry too much." Xu Jie glared at Xu Fan with disgust on his face.

"Ahem, the teacher said so, the students are ashamed and ashamed." Zhu Pingan said with an embarrassed face.

"He should be ashamed." Xu Jie smiled slightly.

Xu Fan looked indifferent, probably because he was used to being beaten by Xu Jie.

All right.

Beating is kissing and scolding is love.

Zhu Ping'an finally understood. Don't look at Xu Jie's dislike for Xu Fan, he must be very satisfied with the eldest son in his heart.

Next, Zhu Ping'an commented on the couplet again, this time more attentively. However, Xu Jie still shook his head with a smile.

"The student is stupid, please ask the teacher for advice." Zhu Pingan looked at it for a while, shook his head, and said frankly with a frustrated face.

"Oh, I found out, Ping An, the word 'Ping An' at the end of the couplet." Xu Fan's eyes lit up suddenly, as if he had discovered a new world, he pointed to the end of the first couplet and the second couplet and said loudly.

Be upright and peaceful;

Sleep with a breeze in your sleeves and sleep peacefully.

Zhu Ping'an just noticed that there is a "ping" at the end of the first couplet written by Xu Jie, and an "an" at the end of the second couplet. It is really the word "Ping An", implying his own name. Is this the couplet written by Xu Jie to himself? Zhu Pingan looked up at Xu Jie.

"Your Taicang investigation is very good. It is ahead of the future, which makes the old man's face proud. This couplet was written by the old man. I wanted someone to send it to your house. Since you are here, it will save trouble. I will directly Take it back." Xu Jie nodded with a slight smile, looked at Zhu Pingan with satisfaction and said.

"Students are ashamed, they can't be the teacher's couplet." Zhu Pingan cupped his hands.

"You've done a good job. Taicang has been suffering for many years, and it's time to scrape the bones to heal the poison. You searched the treasury and saw the blood, and the disease-ridden finance of the Ming Dynasty was able to rejuvenate." Xu Jie stroked his beard and said to him. Zhu Ping'an's errand in Chaku was highly appreciated.

"Students are ashamed. This time it just happened to coincide with the meeting, and the teacher was innocently fined six thousand taels of silver. The students are really ashamed to meet their teacher." Zhu Pingan pleaded guilty.

"Money is something outside of the body, not to mention six thousand taels, so what about the entire net worth of the old man. Taking it from the old man will benefit the world, and this matter is honorable." Xu Jie waved his hand indifferently.

"Besides, it is an indisputable fact that treasury officials and censors took bribes and filled their own pockets. Back then, I also heard about it. When Naihe routinely checked the treasury, there was a flood in the south of the Yangtze River, and there were many mourners. If I failed to participate in the treasury search, when the old man came back from the disaster relief, the bank had already been checked. Even so, the old man was also guilty of negligence, and should have been fined, so what has nothing to do with you." Xu Jie continued.

This is indeed the case. Back then, Xu Jie also served as an envoy to check the treasury, but before Xu Jie took office, a severe flood occurred in the south of the Yangtze River. affected by floods. There was a flood in my hometown, so I must take special care of it, so Xia Yan transferred Xu Jie, her most trusted student, to his hometown for disaster relief.

So, Xu Jie, who was supposed to check the library, was transferred to Jiangnan for disaster relief by a document before he took up his post in Taicang. By the time Xu Jie came back from the disaster relief, the rest of the treasury envoys had already checked the treasury.

So, to be honest, Xu Jie's fine of silver this time is really a lie.

"Oh, by the way, Zihou, you were also fined more than a hundred taels of silver, but did you get it all together?" Xu Jie looked at Zhu Ping'an with concern and asked. Before Zhu Ping'an could reply, Xu Jie turned to Xu Fan. Said, "Fan'er, go and pay a hundred taels of silver to the account, and let Zihou take it back with you later."

"Thank you, teacher, the students are very grateful. However, I don't dare to worry about the teacher anymore. Ping An has been assembled." Zhu Pingan thanked Xu Jie.

"Well, it's good if you have it all together." Xu Jie nodded, "You have made great achievements this time, but you were still fined. The old man knows that you have been wronged, but you should not blame the Holy Majesty. This is also for the sake of the overall situation. Once a precedent is set, it will be difficult to carry out the recovery of fine money."

"Student understands." Zhu Ping'an nodded.

(end of this chapter)