The fifth time, Wang Xiucai proposed that Yan Jian, a minor subject, fell ill and died. Yan, the magistrate of Gaoyao County, is a rich man. He regards money as everything and is very rich.
He is too ill to eat, bedridden and dying. He is still obsessed with harvesting early rice in the fields and sending the servants of Guanzhuang to the countryside. He is not at ease, but he is just impatient. He is stingy by nature, and his family is full of rice, cattle and horses, but he is reluctant to buy a catty of pork at ordinary times. When he died, he refused to give up his life because he lit an extra lamp.
Wang Mian
Wang Mian is a real figure in history, and the author adapted it accordingly. Wang Mian plays an important role in this novel. In the characterization of the whole novel, he laid the basic characteristics of the author's ideal character. As Hui Mu said, "It is said that the wedge is applied to Dayi Chen, and the whole text is hidden in celebrities." As a scholar and a "celebrity", Wang Mian embodies the spirit of China scholars.