Chapter 170 To all my brothers, I have been decreed to be the Minister of Shooting and Shooting

【original】 Chenghou Wenfu's son Zhi Jihong and his four younger brothers: On the second day of October, I received a letter from Brother Cheng on August 261, which contained everything.On that day, I saw the "Nan Province Title List" from Dai Yun's book, and the third brother did not choose it, so I sighed for it!My family has a long history of virtue. My grandfather, father and uncle are both filial, friendly and benevolent, and I should not be the only one who eats their rewards. This theory is also credible.In the past, Dengluo's family in Wuyi had a relatively high official rank, and none of their Kunji descendants had successors. This is also an inevitable matter.

I am close to the officialdom, and I am quite disgusted with its complicated customs, which are of no benefit to the national economy and the people's livelihood, but where the situation is, I can't ask for retreat.I hope that my younger brothers will make a little progress, and the family will have a little capital to look up to, that is, to think and decide to return to support, so as to follow my old ways.Today, the strategies of the younger brothers are late, but here, public and private affairs are gathered together, and there is no one to help. I have already decided to return to the province in August next year, begging for leave, and return to Beijing in February of the following year.This year's father's 60th birthday, I don't want to congratulate him at home, I feel so guilty!On October 4th, he was ordered to serve as a minister of shooting; Shuntian Wuwei Township Examination, horse arrows on the fifth and sixth days of the first day, step arrows on the seventh day of the first day, skill and courage in the ninth day of the ninth day, the list was issued on the 11th, and the order was returned on the 12th.These eight days are all in Bawuwei, and I can't go back to my apartment. On my father's birthday, I can't hold a face-to-face banquet for guests as in previous years.However, I plan to return to my family next year to celebrate my birthday. I just arrived in Beijing this year, so I don’t say that I must drink it.

I was afraid that it would be too late to exchange the money given to relatives at home, so I sent a book to my six or seven uncles last time, and I also sent a 100-fold skirt to my uncle and great-grandmother.Now Ting Fangyu is still on his way, and he will be able to go to Hunan around the end of the year. If Zeng Xiliuchen has no other family, and he must wait for the photo to arrive, but send money, my family will be embarrassed this year. The donations from the two families, I went to Jingping's foot prints in Beijing for two hundred and forty-one or two yuan, and if it was combined with Nanzhong Caoping, it would be two hundred and thirty-six and two to five lines.If the money he sends is a little less than a few thousand, my family doesn't have to argue with him. In the winter of Dingyou, if you don't come to the coal ridge, you must never go to Beijing.In the spring of next year, I should send money from the family and beg for the donation from Zeng Yuan. I can only send antlers in the first half of the year, and white fungus in the second half of the year. I don't know if the book "Huang Zhi Jing Jie" will be retrieved?If you don't take it back, you can ask someone to take it. Covering these books, the younger brothers of the Qing Dynasty will expand their knowledge after a little reading, so it is not suitable to give them to others.

In the next year's quiz, ten cadres must be entered, and ten thousand must be given away in the big field. Someone in the family will share this money, which makes the family auspicious.But Brother Cheng must make arrangements for this item when he is in the provincial capital, and pay all the examiners, which is timely.The size of the Beijing palace is safe.Ji Ze'er has been ill for two months, but has recovered recently, and is already in the library today.Ji Hong'er was extremely strong, and his voice was unusually loud.The servants and maidservants are all old-fashioned, and all the families in the same village are also safe.Zou Molin is still in my house, Zhang Yunong's art is very good, but he can't sell it, and he has written several poems recently, which is even more awesome and loveable!The book is not exhaustive. After writing this, I will go to Wuwei and return to my residence at the beginning of the twelfth.I will report later.Guofan Hand Grass. (The fourth day of October in the twenty-ninth year of Daoguang) Notes ① Cup: The utensils used for drinking in ancient times, here it is extended to set wine and hold a banquet.

【Translation】 Cheng Hou, Wen Fu, Zi Zhi, and Ji Hong: On the second day of October, I received a letter from Brother Cheng on August 26, and I know everything.On the same day, from Daiyun’s letter, I saw the "Hunan Provincial Title List), and the three younger brothers failed the exam. I am really sorry for you!I should not be the only one who has accumulated virtue in my family through the ages, grandfather, father, uncle, filial piety to parents, friendship to brothers, and kindness to others.This truth can be believed.In our hometown, Deng and Luo's families used to be relatively big officials, and his brothers and grandchildren did not have successors. This is another aspect of the matter.

I am in the officialdom, and I hate the red tape, vulgarity and hypocrisy of the officialdom, but it is not beneficial to the national economy and the people's livelihood. Just in this position, even if you want to jump out.I hope that the younger brothers will make a little progress, and the family will have a little bit of capital to depend on their parents, so they want to resign and go home, doing their own way.Now my younger brothers have failed in the imperial examinations, but here I am, busy with public and private affairs, concentrating on everything, and no one to help; every time I think of this place, I feel like there is a vast ocean and I can’t see the shore.

I have now decided to ask for leave to visit relatives in August next year.When I returned to the capital in February of the next year, I waited for a reply from home with detailed instructions.This year's father's 60th birthday, I can't kowtow at home to celebrate his birthday, I feel so ashamed!On the fourth day of October, I was appointed as the Minister of Shooting according to the imperial decree.Shuntian Wu took the provincial examination, horseback riding and archery on the fifth and sixth day, walking archery on the seventh and eighth day, and skill and bravery on the 10th day of the ninth day.These eight days are in the martial arts test field, and I cannot go back to the south.For my father's birthday, I can't hold a face-to-face banquet with guests as in previous years.However, since I have decided to go home next year to celebrate my birthday, even if I don’t invite a banquet in the capital this year, it still coincides with our hometown’s custom of “reunion once and not re-advance ten”.

The family distributed the money to relatives and clan members. I was afraid that the money would arrive too late and it would be difficult to exchange money, so I wrote to my uncle De Liuqi last time and made a pleated skirt for my uncle and great-grandmother.Ting Fangyu has not left yet, and will arrive in Hunan around the end of the year.If Zeng Xiliu and Tiyuan have to wait until they get a license before making money, then my family will be in a difficult situation this year. I spent a total of two hundred and forty-one taels of money from the two donated officials in the capital in Jingping's foot prints (about two hundred and thirty-six cents of silver in Nanzhongzaoping).If the money they sent was a little less than a few thousand, the family didn't have to argue with him, because in the winter of Dingyou, without his coal ridge funding, his son would never have been able to enter the capital.In the spring of next year, I should send the iron used by the family, and I request that the donations from Zeng and Chu be used first. I can only send deer antler in the first half of the year, and silver antler in the second half of the year. I don't know if the book "Huangqing Jingjie" has been retrieved?If you don't get it back, you can send a special person to pick it up, because the brothers of this kind of book will increase their knowledge after a little reading, so it is not suitable to give it to others easily.

Next year's quiz, ten thousand will be given away, and another ten thousand will be given away for the big test.This kind of money is shared by the family, which is auspicious for the family.But when Brother Cheng was in the provincial capital, it would be considered timely if he collected the money and paid it to the examinees.The family in Beijing is safe and sound. Ji Ze'er has been ill for two months, but has recovered recently, and has gone to school today.Ji Hong'er was extremely strong, and his voice was extremely loud. The servants are all well.All the families in the same village are also safe.Zou Molin is still at my house.Zhang Yunong's son did well in all subjects in the exam, but he failed the exam. He has written a few articles recently, and his spirit is commendable!The letter was not written in detail. After finishing writing, I went to the martial arts examination room immediately and didn't go home until the 12th.The rest will be written next time.Guofan Hand Grass. (October 4th, 29th year of Daoguang)