Wei and Jin cooks

Zhao Changyu became famous in Yuzhou at the age of twelve. Even the nobles in Luoyang had heard of his talents. Many people wrote to Uncle Cai, inviting his son to come to Beijing for exchanges.

Uncle Shang Cai was already ill at that time, but after pondering, he still called his eldest son over and discussed with him: "You go to Luoyang and visit some old friends. It would be better if His Majesty can meet you."

He coughed twice and said: "I'm not in good health, and I'm afraid it won't be a holiday. If you have the support of old friends, you can inherit the title more smoothly. This is the honor left by the ancestors. It's not for power or money, but to inherit the legacy of the ancestors." , in the future, Zhao will have to rely on you."

Uncle Cai told him, "The family education must be continued. Children of all clans, regardless of gender, must be enlightened and read after the age of seven, not to get ahead, but to learn etiquette and integrity."

Zhao Changyu's face tightened and he responded with a serious expression.

Uncle Shang Cai continued: "If you have the opportunity to become an official in the future, you must always remember the character of your grandfather and uncle, and do not lose their reputation and reputation."

Zhao Changyu responded one by one.

Uncle Cai asked him to go to Luoyang.

It had been two years since he had been there. Everyone in Luoyang City knew that there was a young man from Xiping in Runan who was knowledgeable and memorized. He was talented and romantic. He was the nephew of Xia Houxuan, whose clan was exterminated a few years ago.

Xia Houxuan was killed four years ago. Although he was killed for treason, few people in Luoyang City dared to mention his name, but many people mourned him privately.

Xia Houxuan has a bold personality and is extremely smart. He is considered one of the four smartest people in the country. He is good-looking and has many people who admire and obey him from the bottom of their hearts.

Zhao Changyu took his uncle as his role model in life. He hoped that he could make friends like his uncle, be smart, studious, and handsome.

It's a pity that he achieved the latter two easily, but the first one...

It takes a lot of money to make friends.

Zhao Changyu's family background was average, and he didn't bring a lot of money with him when he came to Luoyang this time. He also needed to prepare gifts to visit some famous teachers, so he had to do a lot of digging in other aspects, so he didn't make many friends.

However, he has also gained a lot in the past two years.

Seeing that the situation in Luoyang was getting worse and worse, Zhao Changyu ran away early on the pretext of going home to attend to his illness.

Sure enough, as soon as he ran away, something big happened in Luoyang.

On Jichou day in the fifth month, the emperor personally led the palace guards and slaves out of the palace to bring order to the chaos. As a result, he was beheaded by Jia Chong and Cheng Ji outside the palace.

At this time, he had just returned to Xiping.

When my father heard that the emperor was beheaded in the street, he was so angry that he vomited blood, but he did not dare to cry loudly. He only held his hand with tears in his eyes and said, "The world is going to change. The world is going to change. The Sima family is going against the grain. I'm afraid it will happen." I cannot convince the people of the world. From now on, I don’t know what kind of chaos the world will become. You, you have to be careful. After I die, you will study at home behind closed doors and don’t want to become an official."

Zhao Changyu was only fourteen years old this year. At a time when he was ambitious and had extremely high expectations for his own abilities, how could he possibly abide by his father's last words?

He believed that even if the country was as divided as it was at the end of the Han Dynasty, he could unite the world's forces again like Cao Gong. What's more, the situation was not that bad at this time, so he would definitely be able to assist the new emperor to stabilize the world and stabilize the court. .

No matter whether the new emperor's surname is Cao or Sima.

Not long after, Sima Zhao established a new emperor, and the country's surname was still Cao. However, both Zhao and his son knew that Sima would usurp the throne sooner or later.

Their family has killed the emperor in the street, will they return the power of the country to the Cao family?

This is something that is impossible even if you think about it with your toes.

Uncle Shang Cai died of illness with worries about the future of the country, sorrow for the people, and worries about his family. Before his death, he dispersed all his family property, except for an old house with an area of ​​​​two square meters and the family property. The sacrificial land was purchased to start a clan school, and the only two shops were given to the family to be operated or rented out by the clan. The profits were also invested in the clan academy;

He was honest throughout his life and did not have much money. The remaining money was distributed to poor households nearby. He passed away after leaving his last words to have a simple funeral.

He dispersed all his wealth and could only live in simplicity.

Zhao Changyu packed up his father's daily necessities and buried them with him. In addition, there were only some of his manuscripts and copybooks. After making a backup, he put the ones he didn't like well into the tomb for burial, and kept the ones he liked. To commemorate.

In his words, "When we see things and miss people, we can always read it and commemorate it when we miss our father."

No one doubted his words, and had no objection to the fact that he left behind most of his manuscripts and copybooks.

When his father just passed away, Zhao Zhongyu, who was only in his early ten years, went to the study room every day and cried holding his father's manuscripts.

In contrast, Zhao Changyu had no time to be sad because his father had spent all his family wealth and he had to worry about his livelihood, otherwise the family would not even be able to provide monthly income to the servants.

After my father was buried, there were seven-day and one-hundred-day festivals. Even if you were frugal, you still needed money.

His younger brother was not smart enough. If he only studied in family studies, he would have little future. He had to find a famous teacher for him.

Fifteen-year-old Zhao Changyu only felt sad for a few days, so he rolled up his sleeves and went to the fields with his servants and tenant farmers to harvest wheat. When the wheat was harvested and dried, he also found out the food prices in various places.

He immediately selected a dozen able-bodied men among the tenant farmers, and selected a few servants who were literate and able to do arithmetic. They packed the newly harvested grain from home and walked around the village. With his father's good reputation, he Due to his reputation and his eloquence, he successfully obtained twelve loads of wheat on credit.

He found out that the county government was going to transport a batch of grain to the garrison in a few days. He went to the county government for a tour and then agreed with the chief clerk that his caravan would follow the county government's grain team.

When he formed a caravan for the first time, Zhao Changyu personally followed the team and waited to deliver the food to the county where food prices soared due to drought. Within three days, he sold out all the food. He did not go back immediately, but asked People went to the next county to buy silk and cloth and satin left over from the previous year's imperial tax collection.

He walked around the county and couldn't hold it back anymore. He spent all the money he had on buying land, bought a shop, left a servant, selected tenants, signed an agreement, and then brought Bring back the silk and cloth you bought.

Just like this, his cash did not increase, but he increased a lot of assets.

The silkworms raised in the village were not enough, but there were many weavers. He would sell the silk to them or use it to offset their wheat money. He would also sell the silk and satin cloth of good quality and exchange it for them. To pay taxes to the court.

In this way, Zhao Changyu slowly accumulated some money.

He likes the feeling of running a business very much. With the addition of provincial knowledge and three years of mourning, the family assets have increased several times. At least, he will no longer be stretched.

However, he showed his filial piety, and after his obedience, he was conquered by the imperial court.