Chen Zhiwen's incident still had some impact on Baochai, but not very much.
Who is He Yaomin? As the leader of Qingliu and the dignified Minister of Rites, he lives a more transparent life than anyone else.
Even his eldest grandson He Chong, who he personally taught, could clearly see that his daughter-in-law was not only blessed with smooth muscles and bones, elegant manners, but also had good character, was naturally intelligent, and was erudite.
As the saying goes, a virtuous wife helps her husband half way. If the He family has such a virtuous daughter-in-law, what's the harm in a little gossip?
Besides, there must be someone who dares to spread these rumors.
Didn't you see that Xue, the eldest lady of the He family, had a good sister who was a princess? More than a hundred soldiers broke down the door and walls, rushed into the Ningyuan County Marquis's mansion, and kidnapped the third master of the Wang family and dragged him away.
The Wang family is still a legitimate in-law in the Rongguo Mansion. Did you see that the head of the Wang family came out to stop her? Can you see that the Marquis of Ningyuan County returned to Beijing and wanted to outdo others?
The second prince of Ningyuan County wanted to kill Wang Zisheng with one knife. Before the He family and the Xue family came to call, he asked the Wang family to prepare several large cars of apology gifts.
On the third day after Baochai's wedding, she returned to her parents' home accompanied by her husband He Chong.
Before noon, he received a message from the Rongguo Mansion. The prince asked Jia She to be the middleman and invited the two families of the Rongguo Mansion and the Xue family to go to the Marquis Mansion in Ningyuan County in the evening to discuss important matters.
When the Xue family and their entourage arrived at the Ningyuan Hou Mansion, they could clearly feel that the atmosphere in the Wang family was strange.
Wang Ren, who was responsible for the reception, had just returned from the Northwest Army. This man was notoriously uneducated and incompetent. Now he seemed to have lost the dandy and wretched air he had before. Instead, he looked like an honest old farmer.
Everyone's doubts were soon explained from Wang Ziteng's mouth. Wang Ren was thrown in front of the Northwest Army and raised pigs for two or three years...
The imperial court implemented the policy of military garrison in the northwest, and Wang Ren had to raise pigs and cultivate land. From the beginning, he was an uncle of the family, Wang Ziteng, and finally he was forced to learn farming and breeding by the captain's whip, and became a farmer in front of the northwest army. Pigs are good at it.
"At least he has learned a craft. Even if the Wang family is defeated in the future, he will not starve to death!"
Wang Ziteng glanced at Jia Cong, who wanted the Wang family to be defeated, and the veins on his forehead twitched.
Forget it, it doesn't make sense with this little bastard.
"Pardon my eldest brother, brother-in-law, and third sister. I have arranged a marriage for Brother Ren. The 26th of next month is an auspicious day. When he gives birth to an heir next year, I will ask your majesty to make Brother Ren's eldest son a marquis. Prince..."
ha?
As soon as Wang Ziteng opened his mouth, there was a thunder, which caught everyone in the room off guard.
Master Pardon frowned and carefully observed Wang Ziteng's expression.
Doesn’t this old yin man lie and change his gender?
"Are you sure? Your son..."
"My family is unlucky, why would Brother Shen bother to ridicule me?"
Wang Yi's incident seems to have hit Wang Ziteng harder than ever.
At least to the people in the room, Wang Ziteng seemed to have aged ten years overnight, with more gray hair on his temples than an old man in his sixties.
He smiled bitterly, looked around, and finally focused on Wang Ren.
"At least I can confirm that Ren Ge'er is the biological son of my eldest brother, the eldest son of my Wang family. By doing this, I am worthy of the ancestors of the Wang family."
At this time, Jia Lian held his wife's hand, comforted her, raised his eyes and said: "Second uncle, you know, the title is passed down from generation to generation, and the title is reduced to two levels. The marquis that the second uncle has worked hard to obtain over the years is spelled out. All your hard work is wasted.”
According to the system, the title is passed down, and the direct descendant inherits the rank of one rank, and then passes on the rank of two ranks. The concubine inherited the title and was demoted to the second class...
Prince Teng had worked hard for most of his life, didn't he just want the Wang family to be elevated to the rank of Duke and Duke, and to be at the top of the hierarchy?
"Brother Ren is incompetent in literature and martial arts, and his surly personality makes him unfit to be the head of the Wang family. I can still hold on for a few more years..."
Wang Ren, who was sitting at the end, curled his lips quietly and soon put on a guilty look on his face. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times.
"It's all my nephew's incompetence, and my tired second uncle is worried."
"Okay, get up."
Wang Ziteng interrupted Wang Ren's words, turned around and continued to speak to Mr. She: "Brother She, I know you are tired of the Wang family because of the past, but brother Ren is Feng Yatou's biological brother after all. I will hand over the Wang family to He...his son's hand, for the sake of Feng Yatou, he also asked Brother Pardon to lend a helping hand when the Wang family is in danger."
With that said, he stood up and knelt down in front of Mr. Pardon, which frightened several juniors into getting up.
Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng held him on the left and right and pulled him up forcefully.
Master Pardon said anxiously and dissatisfied: "Your Wang Dahou is still alive. Is there anything that your Wang Ziteng can't handle?"
He was very irritable. On the one hand, he wished that the Wang family would be destroyed and ruined. On the other hand, he felt that Wang Ziteng's plan was very tempting.
Wang Ziteng is paving the way for the future of the Wang family, doesn't he, Jia She, also want to pave the way for the future of the Rongguo Mansion?
Although Brother Lian has half of his ability to pardon the great master, but with the help of his wife family, the future of Rongguo Mansion will be more secure.
But there happens to be Wang Ziteng in the middle, this is a mess...
"What about Wang Yi? What is the second uncle going to do with him?"
Jia Lian was very calm. Wang Ziteng suddenly wanted to marry Wang Ren and announced his plan to inherit the title in front of everyone. This meant giving up Wang Yi as his bastard.
Whenever Wang Ziteng hears the name Wang Yi, his hands can't help but tremble slightly.
"Ms. Chen has died of illness. I will send Wang Yi back to his old house in Jinling and let him be a rich man for the rest of his life."
Mrs. Xue couldn't help but tremble. She now had a deeper understanding of her second brother's ruthlessness.
Baochai held her hand and shook her head slightly at Mrs. Xue who was about to speak.
The Xue family should not get involved in today's affairs.
The uncle obviously wants to make a deal with Mr. Pardon. Although the Xue family is also an in-law of the Wang family and his brother has become a third-level military general, he is still not qualified to participate in this transaction.
The Xue family was brought in to bear witness.
The Pardon Master hesitated. Neither Jia Zheng nor Jia Cong spoke, but Jia Lian turned his eyes to his wife.
Wang Xifeng is indeed Wang Xifeng, decisive and bold.
She bit her lip and suddenly asked: "Second uncle, my niece wants to ask, how did my parents die? At that time, the eldest brother was already three years old, and there was a male heir in the eldest son's house. Why was it that the second uncle inherited the title? Industry?"
This problem has been weighing on Wang Xifeng's mind for more than ten years and has always been her heartache.
Since she became sensible, her second uncle asked her to get close to Jia Lian, which she did.
Because she understands that everything in the Wang family is not up to her, so she might as well hold on to Jia Lian, so that she can have a real small family in the future.
But the death of her parents still makes it difficult for Wang Xifeng to let go.
Even Wang Ren, who had always been indifferent, now turned his attention to Wang Ziteng, who was sitting on the throne.
He's a bastard, yes, but he's not really a fool.
The atmosphere in the room was like winter ice, bone-chillingly cold.
Everyone was waiting, but Wang Ziteng suddenly smiled calmly.
"Brother Shen should be aware of the death of the eldest brother. It was indeed an accident. As for the eldest sister-in-law, yes, she was forced to death by me and the third child. Because if I want to inherit the royal family business of the Wang family, the eldest family must give way. "
Wang Ziteng did not hide it because he knew that this matter would be exposed sooner or later.
There was no guilt in his eyes when he looked at Wang Xifeng and Wang Ren. Instead, he said with a proud smile: "Back then, your grandfather said that my son Teng is the unicorn of the Wang family. Now it seems that his old man has a good vision. At least the eldest brother cannot let him. The Wang family ranks first in martial arts and is promoted to marquis."
Master Pardon nodded subconsciously. Wang Ziteng was a man who had no ability.
His Majesty has not killed Wang Ziteng because of personal grudges. Instead, he has placed him in an important position such as the deputy director of the Royal Arms Academy, which proves his high ability.
Although the eldest brother of the Wang family is not mediocre, he is still a little worse.
When Wang Ziteng saw Master Pardon's nod, the depression in his heart dissipated a lot.
"It's really rare to be recognized by the pardoned brother..."
The corner of Mr. Pardon's mouth twitched: "Your Wang Ziteng's ability is indeed immeasurable. I naturally admit this."
Hahaha……
Wang Ziteng laughed heartily, and after he laughed happily, he continued to look at Wang Xifeng.
Seeing the complicated look in his eyes, resentful and at a loss, he felt a little guilty in his heart.
"Girl Feng, if you were a man, why would I go to the trouble of asking the Jia family... Hate as much as you want. Maybe this is karma, and my prince will cut off his descendants."
Wang Ziteng turned his gaze to Jia She again, almost begging: "Brother She..."
"Lian's daughter-in-law has the final say in this matter."
Master Pardon handed over the decision-making power to his daughter-in-law. Wang Xifeng was stunned for a moment, and then looked at her husband beside her.
Jia Lian nodded slightly to Wang Xifeng, indicating to her to make a decision.
Wang Xifeng gritted her teeth, glanced at her brother Wang Renhou, and said solemnly: "Just follow what my second uncle said, but my niece has a request..."
"you say."
"The future upbringing of eldest brother's child must be decided by my niece, and the Wang family is not allowed to interfere in the slightest!"
…
The bustle of the Houwang family in Ningyuan County spread almost throughout the entire capital.
In every teahouse and wine shop, there are rumors about the third master of the Wang family, Wang Zisheng, and his wife Ningyuan Marquis.
If it had been in the past, the Wang family would not have allowed such rumors to spread that could ruin the reputation of the Wang family.
But this time Wang Ziteng responded with silence, focusing all his attention on Wang Ren's wedding.
The wife he set for Wang Ren was not a noble girl, nor was she from a scholarly family.
It was the sister of Xiong Biao, his student at the Royal Armed Forces Academy. Her name was Xiong Man, and she was born into an ordinary military family in Ningxia Wei.
When Jia Cong saw the future hostess of Ningyuan County in Rongguo Mansion, he felt a little bit of admiration for the prince.
This person really does not miss anything. With such a tiger girl who can fight tigers, Wang Ren will want to go out and fool around in the future, and he will have to consider whether he can withstand his wife's "love"!
Xiong Man is only 28 years old, but he is almost as tall as Jia Lian.
The spear in his hand danced with a whirring sound, which made all the girls in the courtyard marvel and clapped their hands and cheered.
Wang Xifeng was very satisfied with this future sister-in-law. At first, her second aunt found many women from official families for her eldest brother Wang Ren, but when they heard that Wang Ren was unlearned and unskilled, they all hung the ropes on the beams and would rather die. Don't marry.
Although this Xiong Man is a billion points stronger, a billion points better in martial arts, and a billion points wilder, such a woman is more suitable to marry into the Wang family.
At least the butt is big and easy to give birth to, and the eldest brother can’t beat his sister-in-law...
Jia Cong has been eating as much as he can in the past two days. Wang Zisheng hasn't finished all the money yet. Beizhen Fusi took over from Dai Yu. It is said that he has followed the clues and found several officials above the fifth rank.
Mr. He sent a large box of ancient books to Daiyu, and the relationship between the two families became closer.
The prince took a trip to the palace and not only took two months' leave, but also had a secret talk with the emperor for an afternoon. As for what the two said, no one else knew.
"Shu Yu's Poetry Collection" has been put on sale in major bookstores in Beijing, and it caused a craze on the first day of sale.
The imperial concubine personally wrote the preface, and many dignitaries in the court also publicly commented on it, all agreeing that the poems in the book are excellent works.
Several of them have surpassed the poems circulated in the capital in recent years and surpassed a number of talented people in the capital.
For a time, countless men and women in the capital rushed to the bookstore and took out their money just to grab a copy of "Shu Yu's Poetry Collection".
Mr. Lin's face has almost burst into smiles these past two days. Daiyu accounts for half of the best poems in "Shuyu Poems".
In particular, one of the poems written to Wei Wenzhenggong, together with Jia Cong's "Lime Ode", is called the first poem of Yuan You Dynasty.
“When you cut through the chaos, you will find black gold, which contains the deepest yang and meaning.
The ardent fire burns brightly and rejuvenates the spring, and the huge furnace shines through the dark night.
Ding Yi Yuan relies on the power of creation, but the iron and stone still remain in the heart after death.
I hope that everyone in the world will be well fed and warm, and will go out of their way to the mountains and forests without any hesitation. "
This poem complements "Ode of Lime", describing the life achievements of Wei Wenzhenggong and his noble character. It was recited by the students of the Imperial College who went to the gate of Wei Mansion to reminisce about the past, and became a good story among officials.
Daiyu's talent was pushed to its peak, and Mr. Lin was congratulated and praised by his colleagues every day, which made Mr. Lin even more motivated.
His Majesty the Emperor's private treasury suffered another disaster. Mr. Lin, who was very motivated, could not wait until the end of the year. Whenever ministries and temples came to ask for money, as long as it was reasonable money, Mr. Lin would quickly distribute it.
He also instructed his people to allocate this year's taels of silver for river management in advance. In just a few days, more than 16 million taels of silver were moved out.
Then he tidied up his official uniforms and handed the papers to the Qinzheng Hall.
This was a bitter experience for the Emperor. The tax money from the Salt Department and the Shipping Department had just arrived in the capital. Before he could warm up the money, half of it was taken away by Lin Ruhai, who was lying in the Qinzheng Hall and sold out miserably.
Not to mention, Lin Ruhai and Jia Cong, the father-in-law and son-in-law, cooperated tacitly. Before the money was sent to the treasury, the Ministry of Revenue received the application from the Ministry of Industry.
Steam engines and forging steel technology have been greatly improved. The Ministry of Industry needs 8 million taels of silver to start laying the railway from Beijing to Tongzhou.
Eight million taels, the emperor looked at the memorial on the desk, his hands were trembling.
I just heard the emperor gnashing his teeth and cursing: "Are these two sons-in-law planning to take out all my money before they give up? Xia Shouzhong, go tell me that Lin Ruhai and Jia Cong have entered the palace. I want to ask them, this railway Is it money? That’s eight million taels of silver for a small trip!"
Monthly ticket recommendation ticket
I can't write poetry, so I can only "borrow" Mr. Yu Qian's "Ode to Coal" for use forever!
I’ll stop here tonight and continue tomorrow. Good night!
(End of chapter)
