Chapter 72 Yu Jize to leave Beijing with his family

【Translation】 Words to Ji Zeer, I traveled in Taihu County on the 5th of July, and heard about my mother’s accident. That day I still hired a sedan chair, traveled sixty miles, and stayed up all night, writing letters from Beijing, taking care of everything, and ordering your family members. After opening the hanger, I hurried out of Beijing, read six nights to send a letter, and sent it to Xitai, Hubei, and sent it to Beijing. After reading seven, I sent a letter to Futai, Jiangxi, and sent it to Beijing. , so I heard from two places, but in the midst of haste and grief, if there are people who have not thought of it, I will come up with a few more, and I will explain it later: 1. Others owe me accounts, which are nearly a thousand gold, but in the same year Yan Xuzhai At that time, I listened to his skin and received it, and borrowed a hundred gold; in fact, this person is not a pity, now that he has joined the government, it is no longer a matter of discussion, and anyone else who borrowed money from me is a person who is in a very embarrassing situation. Even though I am poor, I don't need to ask others for it. For example, Yuan's family, Li Yueqiao, Tang Shixiong, Zhou Yunong, and Zou Yunling are not very well-off at this time. As for the bus in Beijing, such as Fusheng Tongnian, Wu Jingyun, Li Ziyan, Liu Yuxuan, Zeng Aitang, etc. People, especially poor people, should never ask for anything from them. Even if they are sent, they can be returned. To cover the debt I owe to others, even if I cannot pay back the debt that I owed me, it is unforgivable to ask for it. In the past, when Li Yueqiao left Beijing, he was also extremely embarrassed, and when he refused to ask for help from poor friends, he must return it to Yuan's relatives. At this time, there is no need to tell his family. It is also extremely embarrassing for someone who borrowed from me, and I will not write it. letter to ask him.

1. I was reciting eight and nine times, and I stayed in Jiujiang for two days. The governor of Jiangxi Province sent 1,000 taels of tribute silver, and the rest sent 300 taels of silver to repay the debt. It is very urgent for brothers to buy leather goods and silver. The bank is handed over to the examiner in Hubei to take it to Beijing. Pay off the debt in the provincial capital with more than 200 gold, and bring more than 400 gold to the family for the funeral. 1. If you want to hire a pack sedan chair, you need two rides. My mother will take Ji Hong for one ride, and the nurse will take the sixth and fifth misses for one ride. In addition, I hired an empty Taiping car, which was replaced by Beier's mother's road, and an empty car was hired, so that Beier and the younger sisters sat in it, and the rest used three sets of large cars. In my opinion, this is roughly the case; Please Yuan Yubo and Mao Lige old man consider it, don't take my words as the final decision.

1. Regardless of whether Li Ziyan is in the middle school or not, he has to go out of Beijing. You can go with my family for a few days, and when you reach Xiongxian County, you can divert the road to Baoding. It's not like a donkey.To board the boat at Qingjiangpu, you can ask Guo Yusan to hire him, or you can hire two boats from Huguang, or you can change to a river boat in Sanyangzhou, or you can hire a fishing hook in Xiangxiang. If you go to Yangzhou, ask the old man Liu Xingfang to send a letter. If you go to Chizhou, ask Chen’s uncle. If you go to Jiujiang, you can also ask the prefect of Jiujiang to send it. When you go to Hubei, ask Mrs. Changtai to send it to comfort the family. The letter is written face to face. Attached is an additional article.

1. Children, etc., need to make more cotton-padded clothes. It is cold on the road in October, and it is especially cold on the boat. 1. The poem plaques written by imperial scriptures, as well as the plaques written by Dai Chunshi, Liu Chayun, etc., can all be unsealed by apprentice craftsmen, rolled up and brought back. Wang Xiaofeng borrowed the map of heaven. It is temporarily stored in Xiaofeng's place, and please send it to Yunxian in the future. 1. I sailed on the boat, held against the wind for eleven days, and traveled more than 300 miles. I was extremely anxious. Fortunately, Feng Shutang came home from Chizhou and came to the boat to accompany me. We can go to the province together. It is comforting to be lonely. You can rest assured.

1. Jiangxi sent a thousand gold for the ceremony, and there was a door bag of hundreds of gold outside. Seven people including Ding Gui and Sun Fu have already divided 60 gold, and there are still 40 gold. Well, Qu and others want to pay money in Beijing, and they can also pay him. Qu and others are also very miserable. 1. When I was in Jiujiang, Chen Jingzeng, the magistrate, and Li Fu, the county magistrate, treated me very well; when my family passed through Jiujiang, I entrusted him to take care of me, but I decided not to discuss it. (To ask for customs clearance is to be exempted from tariffs. If you want to be quick, you will not be exempted from the partial tax.) When it is time to pass, the canal will take care of it, but it can be decided, and you cannot ask for customs exemption on behalf of the ship owner.

1. The boat is most afraid of thieves. When I was in Jiujiang, Dehua County sent a policeman to escort it. After the boat was set up every night, the policeman called the Tang soldiers to fight the watch. Send an escort, write a letter along the way, and escort him all the way to Hunan or better. If Chen Yubo refuses to avoid suspicion because he is a relative, he will still go to Jiujiang and ask Dehua County to send an escort. Bad, but a big reward of two hundred coins. (written in Zhouzhong, Qizhou on the eighth day of August in the second year of Xianfeng) 【Note】 ① Detour: Detour, take a detour.

【Translation】 Words to Ji Ze'er I was on the Taihu Road on July 25th, and I was saddened to hear that my mother had passed away. I still hired a sedan chair and walked for twenty miles that night. I didn’t sleep that night, writing letters from the capital, and taking care of everything. Afterwards, I hurriedly left the capital, sent a letter on the evening of the 26th, and sent it to Futai, Hubei for the capital, and on the 26th, sent it to Futai, Jiangxi, and sent it to the capital. The two letters are the same, but the letter from Jiangxi is more detailed. Yes, so I sent it from two places, but in the midst of hasty mourning, some things I didn’t think of, now I think of a few points, and the instructions will be given later: 1. The accounts owed to me by others are worth nearly a thousand gold, and only Yan Xuzhai in the same year At that time, I heard him talk about his personal panic, and lent him two hundred taels. In fact, this person is not enough to be merciful. Now that he has joined the government, I will not talk about it. Besides, anyone who lent me money is in a very embarrassing situation. Even though I am in distress now, I don’t need to ask for it from others, such as Yuan’s family, Li Yueqiao, Tang Shixiong, Zhou Yunong, Zou Yunxin, who are not very rich now. As for the bus in Beijing, such as Fusheng Tongnian, Wu Jingyun, Li Ziyan, People like Liu Yuxuan and Zeng Aitang are especially poor, so you must not ask them for anything, even if you send it, you can return it, because if I can’t pay off my debts, I will leave Beijing. It is unforgivable.When Li Yangqiao left Beijing in the past, he was also very embarrassed, but he refused to ask for debts from poor friends, so he can emulate him. As for Hu Guangbo's 80 taels and Liu Xianshi's 200,000 yuan, when he returned from a business trip, he would naturally have to pay the yuan. There is no need to tell other family members now, the people who have lent me money are also very poor, and I am not going to write to ask for it.

1. On the 28th and 29th, I stayed in Jiujiang for two days. The Jiangxi provincial government sent 1,000 taels of silver, and I sent 300 taels to the capital to pay off the debt, because Xi Shunxing’s donation this year The tribute silver, and Brother Jiyun’s purchase of leather goods, etc., are urgently needed to be returned. The three hundred taels of silver should be handed over to the examiner from Hubei and brought to the capital. I think that when the silver arrives, the family members have already left the capital, so they will be handed over to Brother Jiyun to choose. Pay the urgent ones first, and there are 700 taels left, use 200 taels to pay off the debt in the provincial capital, and take more than 400 taels home for the funeral.

1. If you want to hire a pack sedan chair, you need to hire two. Your mother will take Ji Hong to take one, and the wet nurse will take Miss Six and Miss Five to take one. If there is only one, it will be too deserted to be with other cars on the road. Hire an empty Taiping car for your mother to use on the road, and hire an empty car for you and your younger sisters to ride in, and use three sets of big cars for the rest. My opinion is roughly the same. If it is not appropriate, I still ask Uncle Yuan Yin and Mao and Li Ge to consider it, and it is not necessary to use what is said to be my lord.

1. Regardless of whether Li Ziyan passed the exam or not, he has to leave the capital, but please ask him to go with my family for a few days, go to Xiong County, and then he will break up and go to Baodinghui. You can ask Uncle Guo Yusan to hire a boat, or you can hire two boats from Huguang, or you can go to Yangzhou to change to a river boat, or you can hire a fishing hook boat in Xiangxiang. Along the way, you need to send a letter to Qingjiang Pu, and ask Guo Inlaw to send a letter If you go to Yangzhou, ask Liu Xingfang to send a letter. When you go to Chizhou, ask Chen Yinbo. When you go to Jiujiang, you can also ask the prefect of Jiujiang to send it.

1. Children, etc., need to make a few more cotton-padded clothes. It is cold on the road in October, but it is especially cold on the boat. 1. You can ask the mounter to take down the poem plaques written by the Imperial Book and the plaques written by Dai Chunshi and Liu Chayun, roll them up and bring them back. From Feng there, please pay Yunxian in the future. 1. After the boat I took was on the road, due to wind and shade, I only traveled more than 300 miles in 11 days. I was very anxious. Fortunately, Feng Shutang came back from Chizhou and came to the boat to accompany me, so that we could go to the provincial capital together. , you don't need to be lonely, people in Beijing can rest assured. 1. Jiangxi sent a thousand taels of funeral ceremony, and there was a door bag of a hundred taels outside. Ding Gui, Sun Fu and other seven people had divided sixty taels, and left forty taels. People can be divided into eight or nine. If their family wants to pay, they can also pay them. They are also very miserable. 1. When I was in Jiujiang, Chen Jingzeng, the magistrate, and Li Fu, the county magistrate, all treated me very well. When my family passed through Jiujiang, I entrusted him to take care of me, but they never asked for help. (Ask for customs clearance, free from tariffs, and make a decision. Just ask for quick release, and tariffs will not be exempted.) If you pass the time, he will take care of you, but you can negotiate quickly, and you cannot exempt from paying tariffs on behalf of the shipowners. 1. The boat is most afraid of robbers. When I was in Jiujiang, Dehua County sent a policeman to escort. Every night after the boat was set up, the policeman called Tang Bing to fight the watch. After all, it was better. Send a messenger to escort, write a letter along the way, and send it all the way to Hunan, or it is slightly better. If Chen Yubo is a relative and refuses to avoid suspicion, then go to Jiujiang and ask Dehua County to send an escort. There is one policeman per county, but he is rewarded with two hundred cash. (Written on a boat in Qizhou on the eighth day of August in the second year of Xianfeng)