4183 Condolences
Nanheng Street in the south city of Sijiu City has now become a white ocean. The words of wedding that were originally posted to celebrate the emperor's wedding were now covered by white!
This was originally a sin of disrespect. According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, if there is a happy event in the emperor's family, even if someone dies, you have to secretly mourn. You must not be able to make the emperor's joy!
If the emperor dies, the people of the country are not allowed to marry and have fun, and they will be mourning for the emperor!
However, this rule can control the common people, but the powerful Zeng Guofan. There are warriors in armor inside and outside of Nanheng Street. These veterans of the Hunan Army lined with soft armor and covered with white filial piety robes. They hid weapons in their arms, and looked outside vigilantly.
Zeng Guofan had two sons in total, and his eldest son Zeng Jize was a minister in the Ministry of Revenue. At this moment, he was investigating the deficit of the treasury and the accounts of the northwest military supplies in Gansu and Shaanxi. He would not be able to return it in a short time!
The only one who presided over his father's funeral was his younger son Zeng Jihong. The younger son was proficient in mathematics but had no achievements in the imperial examination. Of course, this also has something to do with Zeng Guofan's failure to give his son a backdoor!
Zeng Jihong only had the identity of a tribute student at this moment, and it was a bit unscrupulous to host such a funeral. Thanks to the maintenance of these loyal officials left by his father, the funeral was not a big mistake!
Zeng Jihong, dressed in a filial piety, knelt beside the coffin, bowed to his relatives and friends who were paying respects. The old farmer even gave him some news that he needed to give him special approval with red eyes!
"Second Young Master... You have to meet the landlords who rented our house. This is a matter of particularity. After all, our place is not our own house!"
"It is indeed a bit unlucky to rent someone else's house and have funerals. They dare not make trouble with us, but they still have to comfort them if they are reasonable!"
Zeng Jihong wiped his tears and asked, "Uncle Nong, what if he followed the rules of the capital?"
"I also asked the local officials in the capital of the mansion. When encountering this situation, the lord's family will give you some money to celebrate! It doesn't take too much, just one month's rent, and you'll have some thoughts!"
"The man who died will definitely not be able to use these houses in the future. Those who should be revoked will have to be revoked. The two young masters will not be able to use this big in the end!"
"When you go back and settle the house, you will calculate it for one more month... But you have to give enough feelings. You have to meet the landlord in person later and say a few nice words..."
Zeng Jihong thought for a while and said, "Listen to Uncle Nong, but we'll give you a little extra month... My father passed away and the funeral was too loud, so he would definitely disturb me! Give me three more months..."
"Hey... the second young master Renyi, I'll say hello to them now..."
While speaking, a group of people came to ask the second young master to make notes. Groups of people who were busy inside and outside came in. In the middle, the sons had to watch the incense in front of the mourning hall at any time and the paper money burned had to be added anytime and anywhere!
The commander passed away and the officialdom was shocked. The people who came to pay their respects from the morning were endless. No matter whether the six ministers and nine ministers had a feud with the commander before, they would go through a formality when they were separated from each other in life and death!
In the midst of a turmoil, the person who was shouting at the door shouted loudly, "Military Minister Baojun is here... The second young master, please kneel down!"
As soon as Bao Jing entered the mourning hall, he saw a huge golden nanmu coffin parked in the main hall. The elegiac couplets were hanging down and paper money was everywhere. Thinking of the scenes of working together over the years, Bao Jing knelt in front of the mourning hall with a sadness.
"Old Zeng...wuwuwu...how did you leave like this?"
"Wuwuwu... For decades of friendship, you gave up on us... If you didn't charge forward to block the Hongyang Rebellion, how could the court have today!"
Although Baoyun and Zeng Guofan were different from Manchu and Han dynasties, he admired the Grand Marshal very much. During their years of cooperation, they had quarreled countless times over business affairs, but they had never had personal grudges!
Seeing an old friend lying in the coffin, his life's merits and demerits will be finalized!
Bao Jing cried bitterly, and the second young master also burst into tears, threw himself to the ground and hit the ground with his forehead. The servants persuaded him to persuade him to finally persuade them.
After leaving the mourning hall to serve tea, Zeng Jihong wiped his eyes and then held a bowl of tea for his uncle with both hands. "Uncle is here, my nephew has banned his uncle!"
After saying that, he only had three loud heads, but he didn't get up and asked with red eyes, "My nephew dared to ask, has my father's posthumous title been decided?"
"My father has been in a military life, but after all, he was a civil servant... I have to give this text to us, right?"
"Get up quickly, don't worry. Weng Tong, Lord Li Hongzao, and Lord Li Hongzao are discussing the posthumous title with the emperor in the palace. I guess when they come to pay their respects, the eunuch will come!"
Zeng Jihong looked at the left and right and asked in a low voice, "When will your Majesty come? My father also wants to see His Majesty for the last time, and then go back to Hunan..."
"This..." Bao Jing's face turned red, and he couldn't say anything later!
I thought to myself, Long live, you are sitting on me with wax, how did I speak? Just when he didn't know how to answer, there was a sudden panic outside the door. The servant guarding the front door ran in and shouted, "The Chinese leader Xiao Letian is here to pay homage! The second young master knelt down to greet him!"
Bao Jing has found a savior. "Second Young Master, go quickly, don't neglect the head of state, go quickly..." This will make the embarrassment complete.
After Zeng Jihong ran back to the mourning hall, he could not stop crying again!
Benevolence and righteousness, the head of state benevolence and righteousness! This face is amazing. All the Chinese officials in the capital gathered together, and the civil and military stations filled the yard and even squeezed out the gate!
Xiao Letian, the Four Heavenly Kings, Xiang Ying, the Far East King... and even representatives from the Chinese business community, with more than 50 people together!
Even a strange figure appeared beside Xiao Letian, who was only half a step back than Xiao Letian and stood before the Four Heavenly Kings!
Pushing the Golden Mountain inverted Jade Pillar, Xiao Letian took the lead and kowtowed three times to the coach with respect!
Alas, this face is too great. Everyone knows that the Chinese people have abolished the kneeling ceremony. Only when sacrificing the world and the temple of the God of War can the kneeling ceremony be allowed to be used!
Xiao Letian said it very clearly. If a man has gold under his knees, he can kneel down to heaven and earth and his parents, and then he will kneel down to those heroes who have become gods!
In addition, even the head of state, Xiao Letian and the kings of six or eighteenth grade cannot accept kneeling down, let alone ordinary officials!
Today's worship is equivalent to recognizing Zeng Guofan's identity as a hero, admitting that this person has made contributions to Chinese history and is a real hero!
All the children and nephews of the Zeng family crawled on the ground to reply to the gift, and the crying sounds in the mourning hall were shocking!
Xiao Letian burned incense to the handsome man with tears in his eyes, murmured, "Old brother! I sighed last night, but I didn't expect that this morning, the heavens and the man were separated by the heavens!"
"I will help you take care of the two young men. I will let the Hunan Army you left behind gradually integrate into the new country in the future!"
Chapter completed!