Chapter 100 It’s time to take back the ancestral property

It was precisely because he was unwilling to be a grinding player and was beaten by both sides that although Tang Cheng knew that Zhao Laohu would definitely not want to publicize his relationship with Zhang Sima, he still told him about this matter out of the above selfish considerations. He just hoped that after Zhang County Magistrate Zhang and even Lin Xuezheng understood this relationship, he would not make any misjudgments in the future.

Instead of waiting for the incident to block the leak, it is better to do a good job in advance. Tang Cheng is now out of selfishness, so he would rather Zhao Laohu be unhappy when he finds out that he wants to tell the relationship between him and Zhang Sima, just to prepare for the future.

When Tang Cheng said this, County Magistrate Zhang and Lin Xuezheng looked at each other in surprise.

"The Zhao County Wei and the Chief Admiral Zhang Ziwen are sworn brothers, and Zhang Sima is Zhang Ziwen's second brother. It is undoubtedly true that Zhao County Wei and Zhang Sima have a good relationship, but there is such a deep relationship between the two... I haven't heard of Zhao County Wei going to Zhang Sima's mansion! Could it be that he came to walk through Zhang Ziwen?" If you want to say that the personnel relationship and background in the yamen that the Zhang County Magistrate knew actually came from Lin Xuezheng, and Lin Xue was extremely attentive when collecting these materials. The most important ones were Yao Zhubu and Zhao Laohu, but before Tang Cheng told him about this relationship, Lin Xuezheng really didn't know at all.

In order to explain it to the magistrate Zhang County, Lin Xuezheng also said this to himself in a little confusion. Later, he couldn't help but shake his head. This speculation was obviously unreasonable! If it was normal to say that it was the first time to get a bridge between the middleman when he wanted to get Shangguan, but there was a reason why he had never come forward and let the middleman go around? If Zhao Laohu really wanted to do this, how could Zhang Sima, who was in a high position, have no idea? How could there be a reason in this world that he wanted to make friends and not want to meet each other? This is not only disrespect, but it is simply a disrespectful look!

But if Zhao Laohu walked around Zhang Sima, it would be impossible to get a Shangguan like this just once or twice. There is no need to ask and give him any gifts during the holidays. It’s unreasonable that he didn’t notice it once, right?

The more Lin Xuezheng thought about it, the more confused he became. Even if Zhang Ziwen was in the middle, since Zhao Laohu had not walked around, how could Zhang Sima treat him like this? Lin Xuezheng had been working in Yunxi County for four or five years. He knew very well that although Zhang Sima had always been cautious, he was not a fishy person. It was unreasonable, it was really unreasonable.

For Tang Cheng, it is enough to point out the relationship between Zhao and Zhang. As for the ridiculous things involving Zhang Ziwen in the past, he really didn't need to mess with this right and wrong. Therefore, when facing Lin Xuezheng's puzzled eyes, he only answered: "I don't know the details of this matter."

When Lin Xuezheng was puzzled, County Magistrate Zhang's eyes fell on Tang Cheng several times. After all, Tang Cheng is now Zhao Laohu's niece, and under such a relationship, he can still tell this matter... Thinking of this, County Magistrate Zhang's eyes looked at Tang Cheng with a little more trust.

Since he couldn't figure it out, he could only put it aside for the time being. Tang Cheng continued to say something just now. When he thought of the Taohua Peaner's affairs, he hesitated for a moment and did not say it out. After all, this was a private matter of Wu Yu's Military Commission, but because it was related to the private matter of the governor's office. Tang Chengyin also thought about whether County Magistrate Zhang would have any ideas after he said it out?

After Tang Cheng finished talking about the matter in the city of the state, he took the opportunity to ask: "Sir, Yao Dongqi is now..."

"He is dead!", heard Tang Cheng mention the Yao Zhuan. The expression on the face of the county magistrate Zhang was a little strange. He felt relieved and happy, but also had some low emotions that were difficult to describe. These two completely different emotions were mixed together, which made his expression a little elusive and complicated. "Just late last night when the provincial government was in charge, Yao Dongqi committed suicide by raising medicine in his bedroom. When he found out that it was too late for him to swallow the medicine, he... had already prepared."

Speaking of this, the atmosphere in the study was a little silent for a moment. Tang Cheng was shocked and couldn't help but sigh, and then he inexplicably felt a sense of depression. It felt like a person had done something to hurt you, and you went to take revenge with satisfaction. He thought that he would just give the same revenge in his own way, but who knew that the other party would die.

On the way back in the carriage today, Tang Cheng thought in his mind that when the scene of Yao Zhubu, who had been ruthless against him, was abandoned from prison, he felt very happy. This was actually the reciprocal revenge set in his subconscious, and now it is too much... After all, it is a life!

This feeling is very strange and can't be explained clearly. In fact, if the development of the situation can be reversed, Tang Cheng thought about it carefully and his behavior would not change, but this did not prevent the feeling of depression and discomfort in his heart.

"Heaven can still forgive evil, but he can't live without evil." Lin Xuezheng ended Yao Dongqi's topic with this sentence, and then the three of them seemed to have a tacit understanding. No one mentioned it again.

Then, County Magistrate Zhang and Lin Xuezheng talked about the follow-up matters of the bandits in Erlongzhai. Tang Cheng sat aside and listened quietly. When they finished speaking, he saw that it was already the first time outside, so he stood up and resigned.

Everyone had already walked to the door. He suddenly remembered the official documents and immediately took out the official documents from the prefecture yamen and handed them to the magistrate Zhang. He did not hide the matter behind the official documents, and directly stated that the so-called "the official affairs of the prefecture yamen were transferred to help with office work" in the official documents was fake, and it was true that he went to Yangzhou to explore the Tongyouxing Market with Sun Envoy.

"Since it's Mrs. Sun's meaning, then go! I'll take someone from the west courtyard to temporarily replace you." When Magistrate Zhang said the three words "Mrs. Sun", although his tone was well concealed, he couldn't help but frown. As a scholar, no matter how he responded to the official face, he still couldn't stand the behavior of the governor's pursuit of business and profit deep in his heart. "Yu Nan is here, so he will do the program for you as long as he should."

This made Tang Cheng puzzled. Seeing him like this, Zhang County Magistrate smiled and said, "The civil affairs in the county government must not be managed for a day, and this chief clerk cannot be vacant! Yu Nan, who is the county academic master, is actually the best candidate to fill this vacancy. The county plans to ask him to be transferred to the position of chief clerk. The application for official documents has been sent to the prefecture of the county government this afternoon with the official documents that reported Zhao County Wei to be promoted to the county magistrate. Sun Envoy has always been aware of people and will definitely allow this matter."

The promotion and demotion of officials above the sixth rank in the Tang Dynasty was the emperor. That is, the personnel appointment and removal of officials above the sixth rank must be reded out by the emperor's imperial pen. However, the power of the sixth rank is in the Ministry of Personnel. That is, the Ministry of Personnel was so large that the territory of the Tang Dynasty was so large and the county was so large. How could the Ministry of Personnel take charge of it? In addition to paying close attention to the top leaders and officials in various places and using more thoughts, such chief clerks from the eighth rank mostly follow the opinions of local prefectures and counties. The Ministry of Personnel only kept archives for reference. Especially, the year of "examination" is not only the current year, not to mention that the lack of the chief clerk of Yunxi this time was purely accidental, and the example of "competence" can be followed.

With Lin Xuezheng's relationship with Sun Envoy, the prefectural yamen will definitely not refute his official documents. It is just a procedure. Based on various considerations, Lin Xuezheng has already become the No. 3 figure in the Yunxi County yamen. Although the chief clerk is the same as the county Xuexuezheng, if it comes to real power, the difference is too big.

"This is also a reward for merits!" The thought that suddenly appeared in his mind just flashed away. Tang Cheng had already begun to congratulate Lin Xuezheng, who had always treated him well. After becoming the chief clerk of the county government office, his life would only be better, so this congratulation was indeed sincere.

When he congratulated, he said that he would be disturbed for a while. When Tang Cheng came out of the house, it was completely dark. On the way out of the yamen and passed the East Courtyard, he turned over and looked at it. There was no light in Zhao Laohudi's office room, and it seemed that he had gone back long ago.

For Li Yingwan and Lan Caoer, they had not seen Tang Cheng come home since the evening. Both of them thought he would definitely not be able to come back tonight. Now that Tang Cheng is coming back like this, it is an unexpected surprise for them.

One was busy bringing water to wash, and the other was busy going to the kitchen to prepare meals. For Tang Cheng now, no matter how tired he was outside, he could enjoy meticulous care and deep care after returning to the yard.

After running outside for a day, I went home to wash up and had a good meal of my appetite. This is really the most dull but truest happiness in life.

During the meal, Tang Cheng took the opportunity to talk about his trip to Yangzhou, which made the woman reluctant to leave. Not only was Tang Cheng about to travel far, but he could only stay at home for one night even this time. He had to rush back to his hometown in the village tomorrow morning.

After all, this was the first time that Tang Cheng had traveled to Tang Empress, and he might have been away for a long time. He was really uneasy if he didn't go home to see the Tang Zhang couple.

Tang Cheng has been traveling around the city these two days, and today he has been traveling for another day. So after talking for a while after dinner, the woman who was afraid that he would be exhausted and hurt her body refused Tang Cheng's teasing and blushed her face and urged him to go to bed quickly.

It was good to sleep all night, and when he woke up the next morning, it was Li Yingwan who was still serving him to wash. During this period, the two of them couldn't help but get on the carriage that had been prepared and left the city.

There was no words all the way, and the carriage was approaching the village entrance. Tang Cheng got off the carriage and walked towards the village along the rugged and narrow path. The carriage was resettled by the coachman Lao Li. With the transfer of the land, the farm where Li Yingwan originally lived was already Zhao Laohu's property, and it is now managed by a dilapidated relative of the Zhao family.

The weather in July was so hot. Before he could walk far, he felt a layer of sweat. Looking at the village neighbors wearing half-arm clothes in the fields on both sides, Tang Cheng was very envious. His half-arm was the same as the short-sleeved sweatshirts in later generations. They were convenient and cool. I think he wore the same clothes when he first applied for the accounting office in Li Yingwan's house last year, but it was not possible today more than a year later. Even if he wanted to wear them, he could only wear them at home. It would definitely not work if he came out.

After all, he is a person who eats business in the yamen, so he has to pay attention to what he wears.

A mother and son walked across the village road. Seeing them holding bamboo baskets, they were clearly going to the Qianshuiwan, the river at the entrance of the village to wash clothes. The son holding the bamboo baskets had sharp eyes and saw Tang Cheng from afar. He was stunned for a moment, carefully identified it and shouted loudly, "Acheng...ah... Tang... the great official is back."

Seeing Chen Xi calling himself "Tang Daguan Ren" with a confusing voice, and then watching him busy putting down the bamboo basket in his hand and slapping it to salute, Tang Cheng accelerated his steps to meet him.

Before Tang Cheng could speak, Chen Xi's mother saw clearly that it was Tang Cheng who came over. While holding his somewhat scattered hair with his hands, he smiled and said, "Cheng Wa'er, come back to see your mother!"

"What a baby!" Chen Xi put down the bamboo basket and pulled his mother's clothes with his hands, "It's time to call him Daguan Ren, it's nothing to make people laugh."

"What a great official is not a great official? Brother Chen, my aunt is right," Tang Cheng smiled and greeted her, "I haven't seen you sometimes, and my aunt's body is getting stronger and stronger. Last time I heard from my mother, my aunt's fat grandson would call people, how about it? I'll leave now."

"The suffering people all rely on their bodies to make a living. How can you do without a good body?" When talking about their grandson, Chen Xi's mother smiled, "What? Your mother told you about my grandson? You can leave. You can leave. Everyone in the village said that my grandson is smart and flexible. When your mother saw it last time, she said that she looked like you when she was a child. I ask your mother to say good things. If my grandson can also eat food in the yamen in the future, it will be the Chen family who has accumulated virtue."

"It's not easy to stand, why are you going? Mom, don't compete!" Chen Xi took his mother's words and said with a smile, "Don't listen to my mother's silence. It's very hot this day, don't be on the sun. Tang... Ah... you go back quickly."

"Okay, then you go to wash your clothes." Tang Cheng smiled at Chen Xiniang and continued to walk forward.

On the way home, I met several groups of men. When these people saw him, they were similar to Chen Xi's attitude, and they called "Tang Daguan Ren". Zhasha started to salute, and Tang Cheng deliberately greeted and intimate, but he could no longer find the feeling he felt when he was with his village neighbors before.

When Tang Cheng, who was feeling emotional, walked to his yard, he first saw a pile of mud with husks piled up in the yard. Next to the mud was a tall stomp of wheat straw. There were still many people talking in the half-closed door.

When he opened the door and went in, he saw seven or eight people sitting in the main hall. Tang Shuan was accompanying them to drink water and gossip. Tang Zhang was burning fire at the stove door in the corner of the wall.

Seeing Tang Cheng come in, the people who were sitting in the room stood up in a panic, and some people were too strong to the ground. Even the little slut under their butt fell down, and there were a lot of noises.

"Oh! Tang Lushi is back!" Because Tang Shuan blocked him, Tang Cheng didn't see clearly that the person sitting with his father was Liu Lizheng as soon as he entered the door. "Brother, do you think it's a coincidence?"

With Liu Li taking the lead, several other villagers who stood up also followed suit and bowed to him, calling him "Tang Lushi".

"Everyone sits, just sits! Dad, mom, I'm back." Tang Cheng bowed and returned the bow, greeted the Tang and Zhang couple, and smiled and said, "Uncle Liu, what's the coincidence?"

"I just told your father that he wanted to go to the city to find you, but he had not finished talking yet, but by chance you came back." Perhaps he thought of the last time he transferred Tang Shuan to the city for labor service. Although he changed Tang Shuan in time after seeing Li Yingwan's wedding letter, Liu Lizheng's face was full of laughter, but he was inevitably a little embarrassed.

However, after all, Liu Sanneng's name is not called in vain. After all, he is the most popular person in a radius of fifty miles. Liu Lizheng quickly covered the embarrassment on his face. He spoke while raising his eyebrows and shook Tang Cheng, "Haha, Brother Tang, delay your family reunion, I will talk to Tang Lushi first."

Could it be that he would talk about the last corvee service? Tang Cheng walked out thinking and shook his head. With Liu Sanneng's intelligence, he would only pay more attention and take care of his later work, and would never do anything to pick out the embarrassment of the past.

Then what else is he going to say? He had to talk so mysteriously and secretly? While his thoughts were moving, Tang Cheng suddenly remembered what he heard in Zhang County Magistrate's study yesterday. One of the things that Zhang County Magistrate and Lin Xuezheng said to him was to start replacing the Lizheng in each district. After all, these Lizheng were basically the people chosen by Yao Zhubu before.

It seems that this is what he is going to say! After Tang Cheng thought about it carefully, he became more and more sure of his judgment. Otherwise, Liu Sanneng would not have to avoid others.

The two of them left the house and turned to the eaves on the side. "Tang Lushi... Forget it, I'll call you A Cheng more free. I'm calling you out to say two things."

"Yeah, Uncle Liu, you said it."

"The first thing is the house. Acheng, you must have seen it. Your father is planning to make the whole house." Liu Lizheng pointed to the pile of mud and wheat grass while he was speaking. "This house is actually unlimited! It's not enough to make mud and change the grass again, let alone you need to use it when you get married. Actually, I told your father about your old house, but his temper..."

Tang Cheng felt very uncomfortable after hearing Liu Lizheng's words. Some time ago, because he was too busy, he didn't expect that Tang Shuan and his wife would have to organize the whole house on this hot day, which would be more tormenting!

"Old house? Uncle Liu, what are your constitutions?" Tang Cheng fell in love with it.

"Wang Zhu came to me the day before yesterday afternoon. Yes, it was the one who bought your old house. He meant that he asked me to be a middle-aged man to talk to your father and would return the old house. After all, he lived there for so many times. The house price was reduced by 30% compared to when the day was transferred. I heard Wang Zhu say that it was not enough, but his father refused. The Wang family clearly said that it would be okay if they didn't pay for the money for a while, and it would be enough to slow it down for half a year." At this point, Liu Lizheng looked at Tang Cheng and sighed, "Actually, I have to think about it. Now let the house be cleaned up now. Tang Cheng, you will get married in the old house. How good is it to be happy!"

Liu Lizheng's words made Tang Cheng excited. Yes, the house that Wang Zhu bought was still built by the grandfather. At that time, there were many brothers in the Tang family and the family was prosperous. The old house was built with a grand style. From the roots to the height of half the wall, they used a rammed earth wall on it. Even the slits of white flour were made of slits. Even the house was built without using grain mud when plastering the walls, but the flower mud specially bought from the city. After the construction was completed, people from all neighbors and four villages came to see him. Who wouldn't praise the style of the house?

Tang Cheng had lived in the village for more than a year, so he naturally knew the feelings of the merchants for the house, let alone the ancestral property. Last time, he heard Tang Zhang mention it vaguely, saying that when he bought a house to treat him, Tang Shuan hadn't spoken for more than half a month, and often ran to the ancestral grave alone to sit alone. Even until now, if it weren't for being able to get around, Tang Shuan never walked in the direction where the old house was.

In Yunxi, selling ancestral homes is the most stinging thing, and it’s a waste of ancestors! Although Tang Shuan sold his ancestral home in order to save his son, others would not say that he was unfilial, but behind his back he was a useless person. He could not even keep the family business passed down from his old age. This is the main sign of the decline of one family.

Son, ancestral property, these are the two biggest concerns for Tang Shuan and the Zhang family of Tang. If they can get married in their own ancestral property, how big a surprise would it be for the Zhang family of Tang? What would the villagers think of him?
Chapter completed!