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Chapter 117 To the Ninth Brother: Donating Silver as Sacrificial Fee

Zeng Guofan's family letter 曾国藩 1660Words 2018-03-18
【original】 Around Yuanfu's ninth younger brother: On the 14th, Hu Er and others returned, and my younger brother sent a letter on the seventh night of the first day, knowing everything.Anyone who rushes into the trenches of others, or the walls of others, is simple as a guest, and as a responder, as a master. If I go beyond the trenches and respond to them, I am turning against the host and serving as a guest. The so-called one who treats people with others, I will not go beyond the trenches. Then I am always the master, the so-called one who is good for others but not good for others, keeps steady and fights steadily, he is self-willed and lingering; I always don't take it seriously to fight against thieves. reason.Di'an is good at fighting, so he can be hired in the six characters of not lightly advancing and not lightly retreating. My brother can ask for it by his kind.

Foreign ships to Shanghai and Tianjin are also the normal state of intimidation and drinking. The elders are the ships and guns, and the shortest are the long distances and very few people. If it is done cheaply, there will be no trouble in the end. Zou, on the same day, I sent a letter to all the gentlemen. The meaning of the letter from brother Yuan is that when the game does not start in the future, it is planned to be next to Hukou. The silver coin house Zhang Xiaoshan, Wei Zhaoting, Li Fusheng, and relatives and friends for many years, have more than ten thousand taels of silver in the house. , which can be used as the opening fee and the commission fee of the Ministry. It is not necessary for the six gentlemen to come to this game, but Debo Fu Xiaoquan, two people enter the game, and it can be done. If the sixth brother stays in Xun for a long time, he can go to the game Xuan Ye, to the Ministry of Households to accept a letter to set the fee.At present, Yunxian is in Beijing, so it can be handled. In the future, Hu Lianfang will come to Beijing, and the main material can help. Yunxian has a book, saying that his brother's name is far away from the capital. book, copy it.

The four houses in the family are safe and sound, and my brother can gradually fall asleep when he comes at night. The elder father and wife have not yet paid for the sacrifice. Brother Wen is leaving, and the silver is one hundred taels. The rest is a gift from Liu Guobin. Donate ①No?The fourth younger brother, Jidi, donated a hundred gold to the two of them with the silver liang sent by the younger brother yesterday. Together, they can get sixty or seventy stones of grain every year. Failing, my heart is fond of ancient Chinese, I know it but I can't use it much, and I think about making three tomb lists for three generations of concubines, thinking that I can't do it, and I'm still too afraid to do it.

Let’s examine the concubine’s ancestral hall first. If it’s not possible to build another house, or buy another house for housing, it’s okay to use the new house wrapped around the waist as a shrine. Destination, the books that will be transported back from Beijing in the future, as well as the books that have been placed at home, will also be stored in the temple.I have not been good at tidying up in my life, and the blame is huge. All the things were scattered away, and I regret it so far. However, I still have something to do to tidy up. My younger brother is good at tidying up good things. Whatever is useful should not be thrown away. (April 17th in the eighth year of Xianfeng) ①赀: Tong "capital".Wealth, money.

【Translation】 Around Yuanfu's ninth younger brother: On the 14th, Hu Er waited to return, and his younger brother's letter on the evening of the seventh day of the first day, he knew everything.Those who attack people's trenches and walls are the guests, and those who challenge the battle are the masters. If our army crosses the trenches and fights, it is against the master and becomes the guest. This is what we often say to others, I will not cross the trenches , then I am still the master, that is to say, Zhiren, steady defense and steady attack, he naturally finds it boring. Zhiheng likes to go over the trench to attack the enemy, I often don't take it seriously, these things have a certain reason after careful consideration, Di'an is good at fighting, His secret lies in "not attacking lightly, not retreating easily", my brother can study it carefully.

Foreigners' ships to Shanghai and Tianjin are also the norm of intimidation. Their strengths are the artillery on board, and their weaknesses are that they are far away from their country and there are few people. If they are handled well, there is no problem. The replay, I will send it to you on the same day, the meaning of receiving the letter from my brother, when the game starts in the future, I plan to be in Hukou Shuici, because Zhang Xiaoshan, Wei Zhaoting, Li Fusheng, relatives and friends for many years, have more than 10,000 taels of silver in the current year. That is to say, it can be used for quick expenses and ministry commissions. The six gentlemen don’t have to all go to this game, as long as Bo Fu and Koizumi enter the game, that’s enough. If the sixth younger brother has been in Xunyang for a long time, he can go to the game to take care of him. Zhou Xuan, if the sixth younger brother is not in Xunyang, the younger brother will take a trip home after he recovers from Ji'an, and he will still go to the bureau to take care of Zhou Xuan. As for the fee agreed by the household department, Yunxian is in Beijing at the moment, and it seems that it can be handled. In the future, Hu Lianfang Going to Beijing can also help. Yunxian just received a letter saying that his brother's reputation is far away from the capital.

There are four houses in the family, in Xiaopingan, my brother can sleep peacefully at night, my elder father and wife, there is no sacrifice fee, Brother Wen is leaving, donate one hundred taels of silver, and I will donate one hundred taels as Liu Guobin gave me, brother Can you try to donate some money?The fourth younger brother, Jidi, used the silver taels sent by his younger brother yesterday, and proposed one hundred taels as a donation for the two of them. Combined with the pawnshop, they can get six or seventy shi of grain every year. My energy is not as good as it is day by day. I like ancient Chinese, but I can't do more. I want to make three tomb lists for the second generation concubine in a day.

First examine the concubine's temple. If you can't build another house, or buy another house for housing, you can use the new house in your waist as the temple. The home, the books that will be transported in the capital in the future, and the books that the family bought successively are also hidden in it. I don’t know how to clean them up in my life. There is still something to do, the younger brother is better than the other younger brothers in cleaning up, and he should be more careful in the future, and it is not appropriate to throw them away. (April 16th, eighth year of Xianfeng)

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