There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Before the autumn harvest was over, Emperor Xianzong wanted to kill people in court to appease the wrath of heaven.

None of the ministers dared to object, but the one who should intercede is to ask, at least ask to be killed after autumn, right?

There is also a saying about asking and cutting in ancient times, okay?

The meaning of Qiu Hou Wen Zhan first came from "Book of Rites?"Moon Order" records: "When the cool wind arrives, the white dew falls, the chilly cicadas sing, and the eagle is a bird of worship, and it is used to kill."

Han Confucian Dong Zhongshu raised this meaning to a theoretical level in "Chunqiu Fanlu", "The king matches the sky, which is called the way. The sky has four seasons, and the king has four states. If the four states are like four seasons, they are the same. Heaven and man All are the same. Celebration is spring, reward is summer, punishment is autumn, and punishment is winter.”

It is believed that celebration, reward, punishment, and punishment are the four ruling behaviors of the emperor, which should adapt to the changes of the four seasons.Dong Zhongshu believed that rewards should be carried out in spring and summer, and executions should be carried out in autumn and winter.

Now Emperor Xianzong can't wait for the end of autumn. August is considered autumn. Generally, the end of autumn is at the end of September or the beginning of October.

Killing people now is quite suspected of "harming the harmony of nature".

But Emperor Xianzong insisted on going his own way, and the ministers were just pretending.

Soon, the yellow sand was stained with blood at Caishi's mouth. The killing really deterred many gossips, and the sky in Beijing was cleared.

Jiazi in September, the clouds are light and the wind is light.

On this day, Wu Youwei met people at the gate of the capital.

It was the Laba family from the south who came back. When they came back, naturally Feng Qi and his family would take their place.

Xiao Chaoyang is coming back for the imperial examination.

Because his father is Jin Yiwei, his household registration is in Beijing. If he wants to take the imperial examination, the first step for this scholar is to take the examination at the place of household registration.

After taking three exams in a row, you will be a scholar with a reputation.

Narcissus has lived well in the south these years. Not only does she have a son, Chaoyang, but she also gave birth to a daughter and a young son.

The daughter is six years old and the youngest son is three years old.

Although there is a big age difference between him and his elder brother, Chaoyang, as the eldest brother, takes good care of his younger sister and younger brother.

Seeing Wu Youwei who came to pick him up, Laba rushed over first: "Brother, why are you waiting here?"

"I want to see my sisters and nephews sooner." Wu Youwei said with a smile, "Go talk to Zhongming."

"Hey!" Laba just said hello to Wan An, and the two muttered together for a while.

Outside, Narcissus still wants to get off the car, because she is used to staying in Shanghai County, where it is very free, but not here, the fashion in Beijing is still relatively feudal, and the wives and grandmas of rich families usually wear veils or veils when they go out. Wu Youwei hurriedly stopped her if she didn't get out of the car: "Just stay inside, it's really cold outside."

"Okay, I'll listen to Big Brother." Narcissus also remembered and sat down quickly.

Chaoyang came over to greet him, the brat back then is now a young man.

"I've seen uncle!" Chaoyang boy stood there with a sunny face, really worthy of the name Wu Youwei gave him back then, he really looked like a big sunny boy.

"Hey!" Wu Youwei patted his eldest nephew's head: "I've grown up."

He was still such a little kid back then, but now he has to take the merit test.

Narcissus was holding her little son in the car, but her daughter couldn't hold her. The little guy had never been to the north, she was born in the south!

The six-year-old girl has a very cute little red apple face, wearing a pink dress, with two little knots on her head, she got out of the car quickly, her big eyes curiously Looking at Wu Youwei: "Are you the uncle?"

"Yes, I am the eldest uncle." Wu Youwei was immediately happy, and stepped forward to hug the little guy: "Who are you?"

"I'm Chao Chao." The little girl said very seriously: "Chao Chao Mu Mu's Chao, my brother's name is Mu Mu."

Wu Youwei immediately became happier: "I can't tell, my brother-in-law is quite romantic."

Narcissus in the car also couldn't laugh or cry: "He insisted on naming the child like this, saying that Chaoyang and Chaoyang sound like a family. I said the pronunciation is different."

"Okay, this is not the place to talk." Wu Youwei shook his niece in his arms: "Go, go home!"

A group of people rushed back to Wujia Village.

Back then, the household registration of Laba and Narcissus was in Wujia Village, and this is their home.

I haven't returned for many years, but the place is still well taken care of, not even dust, because someone comes to clean it every three days.

This family is back, and it is said that Feng Qi and the others who stayed there will come back in a few years, because the child is still young and there is no need to worry about the imperial examination.

Knowing that they came back, many relatives of the family gathered together to welcome them.

After two or three days of excitement, Laba went to Wantong's business. From that day on, Laba was a thousand households of Fusi in Jinyiwei South Town.

Not in Beizhen Fusi because the number of thousands of households in Beizhen Fusi is full.

And Wu Youwei also began to teach the eldest nephew the review materials and the things to be used in various exams.

In winter and October, before the river was sealed off, thousands of stones of grain were shipped from the south, as well as precious metals such as gold, silver, copper, etc. from various mines...Everywhere reported the autumn harvest, and the Ming Dynasty had another bumper harvest, and the grain and Wealth will be harvested together.

On this day, just in time for the good weather, Wu Youwei had someone stew a big pot of the harvest, and the family members came back to eat, and it was a lively time.

Then he continued his charitable path. This year, because of the bumper harvest, he doubled his donations.

Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. In November, Bingyin suffered an earthquake in the capital.

In fact, it was just swaying, but this "swaying" is not the right place, Beijing is at the foot of the emperor, and the earthquake in this winter month... a natural disaster!

Emperor Xianzong immediately issued an imperial edict, generously exempting the world from taxes and food.

This is an unprecedented event. In a short time, even the earthquake in the capital was overshadowed.

Besides, the earthquake in central Beijing was just shaking, and Emperor Xianzong ordered people to be imprisoned again, looking for unjust, false and wrongly decided cases. The officials all tensed up, for fear that one of them would be bad, and the emperor would find out the fault and deal with it. myself.

Jin Yiwei got busy, the emperor wanted to check the achievements of officials, of course Jin Yiwei was the best candidate.

Wantong is busy.

In Jiashen in December, Zhan Shi Penghua was appointed as Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials and a Bachelor of Hanlin, and entered the cabinet to pre-engineer.

In the Jiawu period, 50 shi of grain was transferred to stimulate the hunger in South Ji.

It was winter, and it was supposed to be "the little prince offended Lanzhou, Zhuanglang, Zhenfan, and Liangzhou", but because Daming controlled the people's livelihood on the grassland, everyone lived in peace, whoever dares to break this peace is our common enemy .

In this case, northern Xinjiang is much more peaceful.

And the little Mongolian prince, taking advantage of the blizzard on the prairie, came to meet the emperor of Ming Dynasty with valuable tributes. By the way, he announced the good news: the clan daughter who married a few years ago had given birth to a son.

And the child is healthy!

As long as the child is over ten years old, he will be established as his heir.

This broke the practice on the grasslands where only the youngest sons inherited the ancestral property and took care of their parents.

He arrived in the capital on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month. On the eighth day, Emperor Xianzong specially invited this distant relative into the palace to celebrate Laba and eat Laba porridge together.

This made the little prince very flattered, and immediately gave each of the "relatives" a golden porridge bowl.

As a result, Emperor Xianzong's family used painted glass bowls, which were exquisitely carved and dazzling.

The little prince was very surprised when he saw it, and even begged Emperor Xianzong to reward him with such a set of treasures "as if used by a god".

Emperor Xianzong said to consider one or two.

He didn't give an accurate answer, which provoked the little prince to say a lot of good things.

At the same time, Wu Youwei looked for his son after Laba: "Your wife has only one child at home, and Lao Yang and his wife are lonely at home for the New Year. Ask them, are they happy to come here for the New Year? "

He didn't say to go there to celebrate the New Year, because the two identities are different, if they go, it will not be the New Year, but will cause trouble for the in-laws.

But if they come here, it will be different. Everything is ready-made here, and they can see their daughter and son-in-law.

"Let me try to talk about it." Wu Mingde said: "Maybe it will come."

Over the past year, Wu Mingde accompanied Yang Liu back to her mother's house dozens of times intermittently.

Lao Yang and his wife also really knew that the Wu family really kept their promise, and their daughter could come back to visit them at any time.

There were even a few times when Wu Mingde had dinner with friends or colleagues in the Imperial Academy and did not go back. Yang Liu took his people and came back in a carriage, and his son-in-law would come to pick them up.

Not empty-handed every time, not to bring any expensive gifts, but to bring some things from Moring Villa, fruits and vegetables and so on.

The old couple are not short of stuttering now, but they value the kindness of their in-laws.

Wu Youwei also went there twice, but every time he went, the Yang family was very restrained, so he asked his daughter-in-law to go back and have a look.

But the Yang family wanted to lose face and didn't want to come to Mo Ling Villa. Wu Mingde went to invite him several times, but he didn't let go.

Until Xiaonian sacrificed the stove, it was said that after the sacrifice, he would go to Moling Villa, but there should be a housekeeper at home to watch over.

"It's good if you can come." Wu Youwei said: "In the first year, there are only old couples at home. What do you do? There are daughters, sons-in-law and in-laws here."

"After offering sacrifices to the kitchen stove, I'll pick them up." Wu Mingde said, "Otherwise they definitely wouldn't come to the door on their own initiative."

"Should be." Wu Youwei ordered: "Let your wife clean up the guest house and replace the bedding with new ones. If you don't like incense, you don't need to. There are apples and oranges that were transported by water. , put some fresh fruit in the house."

"Got it, father."

As soon as the young year passed, Wu Mingde took his daughter-in-law and drove several carriages to Yang's house.

Bring the two elders of the Yang family to Mo Ling Villa.

Of course, Wu Youwei welcomed him warmly. The two elders of the Yang family lived at Mo Ling Villa for two days and felt at ease. This place is no different from their own.

They are all people who live a life.

I also saw that my daughter's life in her husband's house went smoothly.

Yang Liu was raised in Mo Ling Villa according to the hostess model, no one bullied her at all.

This year's red envelopes and New Year's Eve dinner were all arranged by her, and Xu Niang and the butler lady assisted her.

That year, 28 vassal states and tribes including Hami, Uzang, and Annan paid tribute.

This year, Emperor Xianzong took His Highness the Crown Prince together to receive the guests from these foreign countries.

In 22 years, the sky was full of fireworks.

Wu Youwei sat at the window and looked out. Because of the glass, he no longer needed to go out to watch the fireworks. Wu Youwei, who was afraid of the cold, wrapped himself up in a cotton ball, sat on the kang, and together with Mr. Yang, watched the fireworks from the glass window. Looking outside, it is also very clear.

And this year, it is his daughter-in-law who is in charge of the Chinese New Year.

Yang Liu is very happy to take care of the family.

In spring, the first month is over, and the heaven and earth are worshipped in the southern suburbs.

Lao Yang and his wife lived here for a year, and they felt very comfortable, but the second and third grades were the days when their daughter returned to her natal family, and they took their daughter and son-in-law back in the second and third grades.

As soon as they left, the aunts of the Wu family came back with their families.

From the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, everyone went back to the capital to appreciate the lanterns.

It has been lively for more than fifteen years, and then it has calmed down a bit.

At the beginning of the twenties, many envoys will return to China.

After another year, the little prince, a distant relative, will also go back.

The little prince gave Emperor Xianzong 1000 taels of gold, 5000 taels of silver, and some agate and turquoise capitals.

As a result, Emperor Xianzong gave him a set of crystal glass products and a set of painted glass products.

Then there are Songjiang cloth that has been mass-produced in Songjiang Prefecture, and canned products from Shanghai County.

It's just that this canned product is specially made for the royal family and cannot be bought outside.

Because they were all packed in glass jars, in the eyes of the little prince, they were high-end packaging, so he happily accepted these things.

Before the first month came out, everyone dispersed, Yi Chou, and the court began to write.

On Gengchen in February, Wu Youwei sent his eldest nephew and students from Tao Wen Academy into the examination room.

He was still in the teahouse with the exam, and just after drinking two sips of tea, he saw his son rushing in like a wind: "Father!"

Wu Youwei was amused: "Hey!"

It has been many years since this child started school, and now he looks like an adult, so he no longer wants to call "Dad" like he did when he was a child, and has changed to a respectful "Father".

Now that he suddenly called "Father", Wu Youwei immediately burst into joy.

"Father, there are willows!" Wu Mingde said excitedly, "It's been more than two months!"

"Ah?" Wu Youwei blinked.

"Father, you are going to be a grandfather." Wu Mingde's face flushed with excitement: "I am going to be a father!"

Wu Youwei was immediately confused!

He knew that after having a daughter-in-law, he would have a grandson.

But the daughter-in-law has been married for more than a year, and there is no good news. Although he feels that the two of them are still young and it is too early to have children, he is also thinking about it.

It just doesn't show.

Even to show that he didn't care, what he valued was his daughter-in-law, and even his in-laws were brought in for the New Year.

As a result, after the dragon looked up, the daughter-in-law was born!

Almost three months?

It was there years ago, and it was born in golden autumn.

"Good, good, good!" Wu Youwei said three "good" words in a row: "Go back and take care of your daughter-in-law, let the housekeeper and Xu Niang take care of the house, don't let your daughter-in-law be tired... …”

After talking about several things in a row, Wu Mingde just grinned.

But in the end, Wu Youwei warned him: "Don't be promiscuous during your daughter-in-law's pregnancy. If you let me know, I'll see how I deal with you!"

"Father, don't worry, I will definitely not do that." Wu Mingde, who was embarrassed by his father, quickly found an excuse and ran away.

As soon as his son left, Wu Youwei jumped up and down with Wantong: "I'm going to have a grandson!"

"Well, I'm going to have a grandson." Seeing that he was so happy, Wantong smiled along with him.

Wu Youwei suddenly whispered: "The Wu family can be regarded as having a descendant."

Wantong was taken aback for a moment, then understood the meaning of his words, and nodded: "Yes."

In the same month, Chaoyang and the others all passed the Tongsheng Examination and officially became a young scholar.

In March, the Qingming Festival worships ancestors.

Tell the ancestors that the descendants have performed well, and Yang Liu, the daughter-in-law of the direct branch, is pregnant.

Wu Youwei even placed offerings of three animals for this ancestor worship, kowtowing very devoutly.

At the same time, spring plowing began.

Xia, April Yiwei, Emperor Xianzong ordered that Qing Ji Nei Xunqi Zhuangtian.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, King Zhongshun of Hami Kingdom gave a memorial: Princess Xiuhuai gave birth to a son, and now it is one year old, please make him the son of King Zhongshun of Hami Kingdom!

Emperor Xianzong looked at the memorial and smiled.

The future ruler of Hami Kingdom is the biological son and nephew of Princess Xiuhuai of Daming!

This memorial was handed over from Honglu Temple, and the courtiers knew about it. When this matter was mentioned in the court, many people agreed that it was a very good thing to have an heir of the Ming Dynasty after all.

But Emperor Xianzong didn't know what to think, but he didn't approve it, but stayed in it.

In June, Nanji and Shaanxi were exempted from taxation and grain.

At the same time, Daming started the welfare benefits of "retirement".

"Retirement?" Wu Youwei was stunned: "I have already told the emperor about this pension mechanism, why... it is only implemented now?"

"Your Majesty has too many things to consider." Wan Tong said, "He watched this system in your place for ten years before he began to promote it among the retired ministers, followed by the current officials, and finally , is to advance to the army, and finally to the whole world."

Wu Youwei was taken aback by these words, he hadn't thought about that much...

Because of this decision of Emperor Xianzong, everyone immediately praised him, and the title of "Renjun" was confirmed.

Yihai, ordered the officials to practice their careers.

In the Jiawu period, the Judiciary was cautious in punishment.

In autumn and July, Ganzhou commanded Yao Yingshuai's army to wipe out thousands of horse thieves.

It's another year of autumn.

Because Yang Liu has a big belly, it is not convenient for the housekeeper, so all the housework is handed over to the housekeeper's wife and Xu Niang.

Wu Youwei is now wringing his fingers every day, looking forward to the birth of his grandson, but unfortunately, it is still two months away.

In September, Henan and Guangdong were exempted from taxation and grain.

Ding Mao, Yin Zhi, the left servant of the military deployment department, was the servant of the household department and a bachelor of Hanlin, and joined the cabinet to pre-engineer.

On the eighth day of September, the willows were in pain, and after a day and one night, on the ninth day of September, the Double Ninth Festival, the willows gave birth.

It was a boy, weighing nine catties. Wu Youwei hugged the newborn baby and said with a smile, "This child's nickname is Fat Officer!"

"Is that good?" Wu Mingde frowned after hearing the nickname, "How about calling him Xiao Jiu'er? He was born on the ninth day of September."

"What do you know?" Wu Youwei became displeased: "Ninety-nine return to one, do you want such a son? Or do you want to have eight or nine children in the future?"

"Of course I want to have eight or nine children." Wu Mingde quickly declared that he not only wanted to leave the Wu family, but also the Yang family.

"This one is called a fat official, hehehe." The more Wu Youwei looked at his grandson, the more satisfied he became: "In the future, I will be a chubby official with authority and integrity."

Wantong bowed his head and wanted to laugh. He is chubby and has official authority. Can he be an upright official?

In my memory, upright officials seem to be quite thin?