Chapter 70 8. Yang Du is willing to run for Yuan Shikai even if he follows the ancient saying that a scholar should die for his confidant

When Yuan Keding told Yang Du of his father's decision, Yang Du was full of heartfelt gratitude to Yuan Shikai, and rushed to Xishan to tell Jingzhu and Yizhu the good news.Yizhu is full of joy.Jing Zhu was both happy and painful.She loves Xizi deeply.For many years, Xizi had been the pillar of her whole life, but now she couldn't marry Xizi, could she not be sad? "Jingzhu, clean up these two days. I'll go back to the city and call a big carriage to take you and Yizhu to the city. The houses in Huai'an Hutong are very spacious. After all, living in the city is better than living in Xishan. "Yang Du said enthusiastically, "Yizhu is relieved of her worries now, and slowly, I will find a husband's family for her. Jingzhu, you can cure her illness at ease, and we will get married after the illness recovers, and we will never be separated again. .”

Yang Du's deep affection moved Jing Zhu very much.The more Yang Du loves her, the more she feels that she has to think about the person she loves.Being so ill, not only can't bring him joy, but it will bring him a lot of trouble. How can Jingzhu feel at ease?She made up her mind to persuade Yang Du with the most sincerity. Jingzhu held Yang Du's hand, with tears in her eyes, she said: "Xizi, Yizhu and I will move to Huai'an Hutong, but you must accept my request, otherwise I won't go." "Jingzhu, I once swore to the Buddha to marry you. Besides, you have suffered a lot for me in the past ten years. How can I break my promise now because of your illness? I must not do that!"

Seeing that Yang Du was still so obsessed, Jing Zhu had no choice but to speak more clearly: "Xi Zi, you are so smart, but why do you not understand this matter! I, Jing Zhu, in this life, no matter what I do with you Married or not, my heart has long been given to you, and I have long believed that I am yours. Don’t say that I am paralyzed in bed right now, even if I recover in the future and recover my health, I will not leave you , with you forever and ever." Yang Du said happily: "That's good, that's good, we will never be separated again." After a pause, he said: "Jing Zhu, if this is the case, then why do you always want me to marry Yi Zhu?"

Jing Zhu said cautiously: "You are such an idiot! Don't you like a beautiful girl like Yi Zhu?" "I like it!" Yang Du explained immediately.This is what he said in his heart. When he saw her from a distance at the temple fair that year, he fell in love with her. Her figure is as beautiful as Jingzhu. "If you like her, let me be the matchmaker and marry her to you. I'm her older sister, and it's only natural for an older sister to marry a younger sister. Besides, it's for myself." Jing Zhu rubbed her eyes.Suffering from eye disease a few days ago, after meeting Yang Du that day, I was so happy that I shed a lot of tears, and my eyes were much better.She wiped away her tears and said, "Xizi, Yizhu and I have been living together for life all these years. Neither of our two sisters wants to leave the other. If you don't marry Yizhu, Yizhu will marry soon. Our sisters We will be separated. I am sick in bed now and need to be taken care of. Once Yizhu leaves, I can only rely on you. You are a big man with many important things to do, can I bear to see you delay for me?"

Seeing Yang Du nod his head lightly, Jing Zhu held his hand tightly, blushing on his face, and said softly and tenderly: "Xizi, when I recover from my illness, I can also serve you Your woman!" Yang Du's heart suddenly became clear: Jing Zhu's arrangement did not abandon her, but also helped everyone, but he got two women at once.Yang Du hugged Jingzhu, kissed her heavily on the face, and said happily: "Jingzhu, I understand your hard work, thank you!" Seeing Yang Du being so happy, as a woman, Jing Zhu felt faintly sour again! Marrying Yang Du, Yizhu is naturally willing, not to mention she doesn't want to leave Jingzhu.That's it.

A few days later, sister Jingzhu moved from Xishan to Huaian Hutong.The arrival of the two women brought infinite vitality to the empty courtyard. Even He Sanye, the gatekeeper, felt that life had added a lot of fun. Yang Du's uncle had paternal love and care for their brothers and sisters. Due to reason and affection, Yang Du couldn't hold a wedding ceremony before the anniversary of his uncle's death, so he postponed the wedding until after the Mid-Autumn Festival.He wrote to tell his mother, and then to his wife, Huang, the detailed process of the matter, asking for her consent.Yang Du is a fourth-rank titled Jingtang, and in the eyes of the Shitangpu countrymen, he is already a great high-ranking official. He is alone in the capital at a young age, and marrying a concubine makes sense both emotionally and logically.Letters from both mother and wife agreed.After receiving the letter, the three people in Huai'an Hutong were relieved.

Yang Du asked Xia Shoutian to be their witness.Both Xia Shoutian and his two wives were amazed by this legendary marriage, and were happy to handle the matter for them.After receiving the wedding post from Xia Shoutian on their behalf, the acquaintances in Beijing sent gifts one after another.There are also people who have never met in the past but admire Yang Du's name. They also took this opportunity to congratulate and give gifts, and Yang Du made many new friends.Zhang Zhidong also wrote a congratulatory couplet for them, which added a lot of color to Yang Du's face.Especially the gift sent by Yuan Keding on behalf of his father made Yang Du sigh after seeing it.

This is a set of eight-treasure porcelain vases produced in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty. Yuan Ke told Yang Du about its origin. This set of eight-treasure porcelain vases was originally treasured by He Kun's family.He Kun won the trust of Emperor Qianlong, and his power was poured into the court. He collected many rare treasures in the world, and built a luxurious mansion second only to the Forbidden City, which made the princes and ministers of the capital jealous.In Qianlong's later years, many elder brothers were all staring at the throne that their father had sat on for more than fifty years.The twenty-five son, Yong Yan, has outstanding talents and is favored by his father.After numerous fights overtly and secretly, all the elder brothers who were likely to be established as the eldest elder brothers were defeated by Shun Dan, and Yong Yan's only rival was the seventeenth elder brother Qing Wang Yonglin.Yong Yan decided to have a showdown with his half-brother to confess.Yong Lin knew that Yong Yan had become a big trend, and he couldn't compete with him, so he might as well get some benefits, so he said: "Twenty-five brothers, I will give you the position of eldest brother, but after you become the emperor, don't forget me. gone."

Yong Yan said: "Except for the throne, I will give you whatever you want." Yonglin said, "Well, you mean what you say?" Yong Yan said: "Of course it counts. Brother Tong Yefeng, king of Zhou Cheng, I'm here today, brother Tong Yefeng." "Then you give me He Kun's house." Yong Yan was startled: This kid is quite ambitious, and he wants to build He Kun's house!He Kun's house was built by himself, and it was not given to him by his father. Even if it was given by his father, he cannot take it back!Besides, he is so powerful, how can he take his house and give it away?

Seeing Yong Yan pondering, Yong Lin smiled and said: "How about it, it can't be done!" Yong Yan thought: If you haven't become an emperor, your words don't count. Can you still sit on the throne in the future?No matter what, I must honor this sentence, so I gritted my teeth and said, "I will give you He Kun's house!" The 60th year of Qianlong was the first Jiazi anniversary of Hongli's ascension to the throne. In order to show respect to his grandfather, he did not want to reign longer than the Kangxi period, so he announced that he would abdicate in this year and become the Supreme Emperor, and Yongyan would succeed him.After Yong Yan came to the throne, he changed his reign name to Jiaqing.

The first major thing that Emperor Jiaqing considered after he came to power was to think about how to take over the house of Heshen.However, with the presence of the Supreme Emperor, He Kun did not buy into the Emperor's account, so Emperor Jiaqing had no choice.Three years later, the Supreme Emperor died.He Kun was corrupt and perverted the law, and he had accumulated a lot of grievances. Now that his backer has fallen, everyone is not afraid, and they all play impeachment.Emperor Jiaqing seized this opportunity, dismissed Hekun and confiscated Hekun's property, equivalent to more than 220 million taels of silver, equivalent to more than five years of treasury revenue. There is a ballad that says "He Kun falls, Jiaqing is full".So Yonglin also got his wish and moved into the house of Hekun that he had coveted for many years.Emperor Jiaqing was also very merciful, and all the decorations in Fan Hekun's study were given to Yonglin.In this way, Yonglin also got tens of thousands of volumes of He Kun's books and treasures in the study.This set of eight treasure porcelain vases is one of them.Later, Yonglin died, and the house belonged to the eldest son Mianmin.After Mianmin's death, his heir Yicai committed crimes and deposed him.Emperor Xianfeng took back the house and gave it to his sixth younger brother, Prince Gong Yixin.Yicai had no children, and her cousin Yikuang inherited the eldest house.Relying on his ability and opportunity, Yikuang finally seized the title of King Qing of Yonglin, and took over the power of the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department.In order to please him, Yixin's grandson Gongwang Puwei transferred everything left in Hekun's study to Yikuang, so this set of eight-treasure porcelain vases returned to Prince Qing's mansion.That year, Yuan Shikai worked hard to help Zaizhen get out of the predicament, and Yikuang gave this set of eight-treasure porcelain vases to Yuan Shikai as a reward. "My lord, how can I afford such an expensive gift? Please go back to Mr. Gongbao and say that I thank you deeply, and the vase dare not accept it." When Yang Du finished listening to this set of porcelain vases, he came from He Kun When Yonglin went to Yikuang and then to Yuan Shikai's extraordinary experience, he waved his hands in surprise. "Brother Xizi, you're out of touch now." Yuan Keding said with a smile, "No matter how valuable antiques and treasures are, they are just foreign objects, which cannot be compared with friendship. Even if our Yuan family expressed a little friendship. The second brother Meng Lang surprised my wife. So my father also said that this is also a little apology from the Yuan family, please accept it." Seeing that Yuan Keding spoke so earnestly, Yang Du had no choice but to accept it.Yuan Keding took out a beautifully bound book and said, "This is the picture book of the Eight Treasures Porcelain Vase that was handed down from the Hekun Mansion back then. You can compare it with the Porcelain Vase one by one to know their details." Yang Du opened it and looked through it.There are eight pictures in the atlas, eight bottles are drawn in color, with text beside them.These eight vase pictures correspond to the eight porcelain vases one by one. They are Fengwei vase, beauty drunk vase, pomegranate vase, willow leaf vase, jade pot spring vase, celestial ball vase, bile vase and garlic vase. While looking at the introduction of the album, he carefully admired this set of priceless famous Xuande porcelain: the phoenix-tailed vase has a flared mouth, a long neck and a bulging belly, with a narrow bottom and a slanted bottom, resembling a phoenix head, with a graceful and dignified shape.The beauty drunk bottle has long neck and slashed shoulders, enlarged breasts and abdomen, and is fired with red glaze as delicate as peony. It looks like a slim beauty drunk in spring, which is extraordinarily charming.The pomegranate bottle has a short neck, high legs, and a bulging middle. It is decorated with pastels, resembling a pomegranate.The willow leaf vase is shaped like a willow leaf, white as jade in quality, and thin as paper. On it is a painting of a farewell picture of folded willows on the Baqiao painted in ink.The designer's mind is clever enough to use the folded willow picture to imply the shape of the bottle.The jade pot spring vase has an open mouth, a narrow neck, a round belly and a circle of feet. Its shape changes implicitly and softly, and its lines are tactful and full. There is a big spherical belly connected to the long neck of the celestial bottle, on which the Tianhe, the Big Dipper, the sun, the moon and the stars are painted, presenting a spectacular picture of the sky.The shape of the bile bottle is like hanging gallbladder, and the garlic bottle is like a head of garlic. The lines are harmonious and subtle, and the colors are crystal clear. Yang Du, who has always loved antiques, fondled this set of peerless treasures and couldn't put it down.Yuan Keding smiled from the side: "Of the eight porcelain vases, six are in your study, and the other two are specially given to my sister-in-law." "Which two?" "One is a beauty drunk bottle, and the other is a portrait of Mrs. Sister-in-law." "Oh, it's not bad." Yang Du smiled, "What about the other one?" "Pomegranate bottle." "why?" "Here is an allusion." Mr. Yuan, who has read a lot of books, dropped his book bag even though his poems are not very good. The daughter of Li Zushou in Nazhao County was a concubine. One day King Ande’s father, Emperor Qi, went to Li’s residence for a banquet. After the banquet, the concubine Song’s mother offered two pomegranates to the emperor. No one knew what Song’s intention was. I didn’t take it with me when I got up. Li Zushou said, please bring the emperor into the harem, the pomegranate has many sons, may your majesty have as many sons and grandsons as pomegranates.” Yang Du understood Yuan Keding's meaning and burst out laughing. Since entering Beijing for more than three months, Yang Du has received too much care and love from Yuan Shikai.Especially the good deed of stripping off his son's love and fulfilling a young subordinate's good deed. Not only is there no precedent in modern China, but it is also rare in ancient and modern China and abroad.Yang Du was deeply grateful that a high-ranking and powerful official could do such a thing.Now he sent the eldest son to personally send this set of handed down treasures to express his congratulations and apologies, which surprised all Yang Du's friends including Xia Shoutian.Don't say that Yuan Shikai's talent is broad and general. He recruited talents out of the desire to establish a constitutional government for the imperial court.What's more, when he learned that Yuan Shikai highly appreciated "The Secret History of the Great Zhou Dynasty" and that Yuan Keding had shown extraordinary enthusiasm for the study of emperors, he had vaguely seen Cao's father and son, Sima's father and son, Li Yuan's father and son from Yuan's father and son. The shadow of his father and son.The number of people is exhausted, the Han people will stretch after a long time, and the one who dominates the ups and downs of Kyushu, will it be the Yuan family and his son?Yang Du was very excited when he thought of this, he seemed to see the buyer of Emperor's Learning!