Poor Family Chapter 447

  Chapter 447 Cao Family Banquet (4)

  In fact, no matter whether it is Wenshi or Wushi, it is just a way of communication, but the focus of the two is different.

  Wenshi focuses on a kind of communication between young men and women themselves, expressing their hearts with pen and ink, and the two parties do not need to meet each other. It is very reserved, especially liked by girls.

  While Wushi is much less attractive to young girls and cannot form a resonance, so Wushi is more of an exchange between elders and younger generations.

Most meritorious families are based on martial arts, and every family has ancestral martial arts, such as Gao Huaide, Luo Yanyu, and Yang Ye's marksmanship, Shi Shouxin's hammering method, Pan Mei's and Han Lingkun's sword method, Cao Bin, Wang Yansheng's, and Zhang Guanghan's riding and shooting. Once famous in the Song Dynasty.

  Their martial arts have been passed down from generation to generation, and the elders will also take the opportunity of this kind of gathering to test the martial arts of the younger generations. To a certain extent, the martial arts market is also related to the future of many young children.

  For example, Gao Chong and Pan Chengyu, they are not interested in their marriage at present, but hope to get the approval of their seniors, recommend them to join the army as officials, or enter the palace as bodyguards.

The Martial Arts Market is held in the riding and shooting range of the West Courtyard. The Cao family's riding and shooting range covers an area of ​​30 mu. It is long from north to south and slightly shorter from east to west. It is very flat and open. It is equivalent to a small military training ground for the army. You can practice military crossbows and even divine arm crossbows. , Not to mention riding and shooting.

Dozens of elders sat on a stand with a shed, whispering to each other from time to time. They basically had various titles as military officers in the imperial court. The attitude has always been to respect but not to use. They are given high-ranking titles as much as possible and enjoy generous salaries and benefits, but they basically have no real power.

  Gao Shen managed to get the real power officer of the Privy Council, but unfortunately, he was dismissed after only half a year.

Despite this, Gao Shen's status is still very high. Zhao Ji dismissed him as a privy envoy, but gave him the title of Prince and Taibao. He sat in the first row of the stands, next to today's owner, Cao Ping, who sat in the middle, On the other side is Pan Xu, the general of Fuguo, who is also over 60 years old. He is the great-grandson of Pan Mei, the founding hero. He and Cao Ping are relatives. His eldest daughter married Cao Ping's eldest son, who is Cao Xing's mother. .

  At the same time, his younger sister is Gao Shen's wife, and the three families are married to each other, and the relationship is very deep.

Because of their lofty status, the Gao, Cao, and Pan families all have first-rank titles. They are the de facto leaders of the meritorious family group. Among them, Gao Shen is the youngest, only less than fifty years old, but his seniority is very high. The two are of the same age.

   "Xiaozhen, how about your nephew's case?" Cao Ping asked Pan Xu in a low voice.

Pan Xu shook his head, "The trial has been going on for almost a year, and there has been no news. It has been dragging on like this. He is imprisoned in Dali Temple and is very weak. In fact, we all hope that the case will be finalized as soon as possible. If the case is confirmed, it will be exile. After five or ten years, we will be exiled." I came back, but the court just couldn't go through the trial, I heard that the Ministry of Punishment and Yushitai had different opinions, and the two sides refused to buy it, so it dragged on for a year.”

   "Didn't Liu Lin be transferred to Hebei West Road to serve as a prison officer? Could it be that the Ministry of Punishments refused to let go?"

   "There is no problem with the Ministry of Punishment. It is still at Yushitai. Liu Lin has been transferred away. No one is willing to take this case. It has been delayed for two months on the excuse of lack of manpower."

  Beside Gao Shen said: "They will soon find no excuses."

   "Could it be that Liu Lin's successor has already been decided?" Cao Ping and Pan Xu asked in unison.

  Gao Shen nodded, "This person is also in the Cao Mansion now."

"who is it?"

Pan Xu was a little impatient. His nephew Pan Yue was involved in the assassination of Taoist Lin Lingsu, which aroused the anger of the emperor. Pan Yue was sent to Dali Prison for questioning. The emperor ordered the three divisions to interrogate the case. It has been a year, but there is still no conclusion. Seeing Pan Yue's body collapsing day by day in prison, the Pan family is really anxious.

  Gao said with a deep smile: "Brother Cao personally invited him to the mansion for a banquet the day before yesterday, did Brother Cao forget about Qian Luo and Liu Jing?"

   "Ah! It's Li Yanqing."

  Cao Ping was taken aback, "He was appointed to serve as Yushi?"

   "Just appointed yesterday."

   "Who is Li Yanqing?" Pan Xu asked puzzled.

   "Last year's imperial examination Tan Hualang, four years ago won the first place in the horse bow competition, and the emperor granted the title of the best arrow in the world. The eldest brother should know him."

   "It turned out to be him! No, isn't he an old-fashioned person?" Pan Xu couldn't understand why someone who was a teacher was appointed as a censor?

   "He is also the prince's man."

  Pan Xu'Ah! ', he immediately understood.

   At this time, Gao Shen raised his eyes and saw Li Yanqing walking into the riding and shooting range, he smiled and said: "He is here, at the gate!"

  Cao Ping and Pan Xu turned their heads to look at the same time, only to see a young man walking into the gate, it was Li Yanqing, but he seemed a little confused where to go?

  Cao Ping hurriedly ordered a housekeeper next to him, "Go quickly, and invite Li Tanhua to come to me."

Li Yanqing walked into the riding and archery field from the gate. There were many young guests watching martial arts performances standing on both sides of the gate. They were all juniors and were not qualified to sit in the stands. Although there were still many seats in the stands, Li Yanqing still instinctively Stand with young guests.

  However, before he chose his seat, a housekeeper ran down from the stands, stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Excuse me, is this official Li Tanhua?"

"I am!"

   "My master asked the officials to go over and talk about it!"

   Li Yanqing was slightly startled, looked up the stands, just in time to see Cao Ping waving to him, so he nodded, and followed the housekeeper to the stands.

   "Yanqing, why did you come to Wushi now?" Cao Ping asked with a smile.

  Li Yanqing hastily bowed and saluted, "The junior just went to Wenshi, so I wasted a little time."

   "Hehe! I almost forgot, you are a top candidate in the imperial examination, so of course you prefer Wenshi."

   Li Yanqing couldn't say it was Cao Xing's arrangement, lest Cao Ping blame his grandson, he smiled and didn't speak.

   At this time, Gao Shen patted the seat beside him and smiled, "Sit down quickly, and watch Gao Chong's marksmanship later."

  Li Yanqing saw that there were only the three of them sitting in the first row, and many elders in the back looked at him strangely, so he knew that there were rules in this seat, and he couldn't just sit indiscriminately. He smiled and said, "I'd better sit in the back!"

  Pan Xu was a little anxious, and quickly said: "Li Tanhua is a distinguished guest today, you are welcome, please sit down!"

  Cao Ping also nodded, "I still want to chat with my nephew about riding and shooting! Feel free to sit."

Li Yanqing had no choice but to sit down in full view of the public. It is not surprising that Li Yanqing received such preferential treatment. The Song Dynasty practiced high officials with false power and low officials with real power. Although low rank officials were not high in rank, they often held great power. These low-level officials with real power often receive preferential treatment at various banquets.

Li Yanqing's imperial censor has the power of impeachment, supervision, and trial. Officials are generally impeached, ranging from dismissal to prison for interrogation. The power of history is extremely lethal to the court officials and local officials.

  The reason why Liang Shicheng is called Yinxiang is largely because he controls Yushitai. For example, Wang Fu, who was recommended by Liang Shicheng as prime minister, was appointed as Yushi Zhongcheng before, and the current Yushi Zhongcheng Wang Anzhong was recommended by Liang Shicheng.

   It is the huge power of Yushitai that makes all officials hate and fear the censors.

  Cao Ping asked again with a smile: "I don't know whose question my nephew answered in Wenshi?"

  Li Yanqing was a little embarrassed and said: "I met Lingsun Caoxing, and at his invitation I wrote a couplet for his sister."

  Cao Ping laughed loudly, "Are you writing couplets in the study for my nerdy granddaughter? I want to take a look."

At this time, a bell rang from the field, and a warrior came galloping on horseback. It was Pan Chengyu, the grandson of Pan Xu. The puppet was split into two sections by him, and the momentum was the first to win people's applause from the stands.

  Li Yanqing nodded, the strength of this knife is good, and the momentum of the knife is also very sharp, it can be seen that there is real talent and learning.

  Pan Chengyu bowed to the stands, and began to swing the sword. The sword was flying like snowflakes. Li Yanqing couldn't help applauding: "Good sword skill!"

   At this time, Pan Xu winked at Gao Shen, Gao Shen understood, and asked with a low laugh: "The day before yesterday, my nephew said that there will be a transfer order, so I wonder if there will be any post?"

   "Still serving as a censor, but transferred from the palace courtyard to the Taiyuan courtyard."

  Gao Shen smiled slightly, "I see, you are taking Liu Lin's seat. That seat has been vacant for almost two months. I don't know when you will take office?"

   "Tomorrow morning, I will go to the Ministry of Officials to go through the formalities. It is estimated that I will officially take office tomorrow. If tomorrow is too late, I will take office the day after tomorrow."

   "There are a lot of things to do at Yushitai! My nephew is busy."

   "Thank you senior for your concern, I am mentally prepared."

  At this time, Li Yanqing remembered something, and quickly asked: "I don't know how is Brother Zhou?"

Brother Zhou is Gao Shen's son-in-law Zhou Chun, Gao Shen stroked his beard and smiled slightly: "It is said that if you lose something, you will gain something. Although I was dismissed as a privy envoy, my son-in-law has benefited from it. He has been officially promoted to the magistrate of Tangyin. "

   "Then congratulations, senior!"

"It was my nephew who saved his life. He will go to Beijing to go through the formalities in two days. I am going to hold a family banquet. There are not many people, just a few relatives and friends. Can my nephew do me the favor of coming to my mansion to have a reunion with my old friends? "

When Li Yanqing wants to meet Zhou Chun, he also goes out for dinner. He doesn't really want to go to Gao Shen's house, but he also understands that Gao Shen is using Zhou Chun as an excuse to invite him. Embarrassing old things resolved.

  Li Yanqing nodded, "Since the senior invited me, the junior must go!"

  Gao Shen happily smiled and said, "I'll send the invitation in two days."

   "Just send the invitation to Baoyanzhai. My residence has not been decided yet."

"I see."

  Gao Shen and Pan Xu glanced at each other quickly, both of them had meaningful gazes in their eyes.

  (end of this chapter)

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