Sima Hong also knew that if his son divorced his wife and remarried because he clung to power, his reputation would be affected. Sima Hong is different from Sima Rui. After all, they are both treacherous and cunning. After living for a few more decades, they will naturally gain a lot more experience. He also knew that the King of England was a man who valued friendship and loyalty. If the King of England has an opinion on this matter, his son's future will be completely bleak.
However, after several hesitations, Sima Hong, whose desire for power still defeated his rationality, finally nodded to the proposal of marriage. Because he knew that, at least in the early stages of his career, the King of England would never help his son until he was truly recognized by the King of England. And his son is still far from being recognized by the King of England.
Every time the King of England summoned him, he saw him with his son. Although I will also talk about some current situations with my son, and even ask some questions. But almost every time his son answered, the King of England would frown slightly, and it wasn't like he didn't notice it. With Sima Hong's cunningness, it didn't take many times to feel that the King of England did not dislike his son, but he definitely did not appreciate him.
Sima Hong could see this from his son's ranking during the examination. If the King of England really refused to support his son, or had limited support for his son, then he would have to find another way. Because Sima Hong knew clearly that with the character of his son. If he is allowed to struggle in this dangerous officialdom, he doesn't know how many more mistakes he will make.
What Sima Hong knows better is that the starting point in officialdom is equally important for his son's future status. After Liubu Guanzheng, his son can be assigned to a yamen with a higher starting point so that he can get to know more people who will be helpful to him in the future. This is also important for the rest of his son's life. A Hanlin who was by the emperor's side all day long had a network of connections that was definitely not comparable to that of a county magistrate.
If he really had an uncle who was a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy, it would be much easier for Sima Rui to enter the Hanlin Academy. Although the Hanlin Academy has a high position and little power, as the emperor's secretarial agency, being admitted to the Hanlin Academy is quite beneficial to future development. As long as you don't make any serious mistakes and spend a few years as a scholar, editor, and lecturer, you won't be able to achieve a bachelor's degree in the Imperial Academy.
If you want to go abroad, you must at least know the state. If you have the opportunity to be released and serve as the examiner of the provincial examination, your future will be even more promising. In addition, he also knew that if he could really become the Minister of Rites, his son's career would be smoother after he truly entered the officialdom. Among the great Qi dynasty's capitals, the minister's official position was indeed not high and his power was not heavy.
However, the servant minister served the emperor and was in charge of reviewing edicts and memorials, which could be said to be passed down from top to bottom. Although the emperors after Emperor Gaozong of this dynasty paid more attention to the Hanlin Academy, the Menxia Province basically became a decoration. But as a servant, he still had a high status in the court. If nothing else, this network of contacts is far beyond what ordinary officials can compare with.
As a minister, being able to be transferred to the position of bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, a position that even the six ministers are jealous of, already explains the problem. Marrying his niece would only be good for his son. Moreover, after experiencing what happened in Mizhou, he also felt in his heart that this daughter-in-law was a little too gorgeous and was not a good thing for his son.
Especially if the son stays in the capital and becomes an official, he will be in a capital where power is everywhere. Having such a gorgeous daughter-in-law can only be a trouble. Not to mention leaving the capital to serve as an official in a place far away from Emperor Tiangao. Those pacification envoys, transfer envoys, and inspection envoys do not have the right to fire an official. But there is no problem in putting you on the bench and suppressing you for several years.
If he is targeted by that powerful man, I am afraid that his son will be affected for the rest of his life. Even though this daughter-in-law has always followed the rules of a woman, she never leaves the house or takes a step forward. But who can guarantee that if you go out once in a while, you won't be targeted by the powerful man who can decide your son's future and destiny, or the libertines in their family? Who is a new Jinshi who can stand up to a son from an aristocratic family?
The most important thing is that Wu Zhiyu is no longer able to have children. Wu Zhiyu, who cannot give birth to a grandson and is unwilling for his son to take a concubine, will really cut off the family's prosperity if this continues. As the saying goes, there are three types of unfilial piety, the greatest of which is not having children. It's not that Sima Hong favors sons over daughters, it's just that for him, his granddaughter will belong to others sooner or later. In the future, after marrying someone, the children born will also inherit the family's incense.
At present, he has severed the relationship with his eldest son. If the younger son cannot give birth to a grandson, then the incense of the Sima family will be cut off if he comes to him. In addition, the benefits that marrying that servant would bring to his family far exceed those of Wu Zhiyu, whose parents have both died and who was just an ordinary small landowner during his lifetime.
After much thought, Sima Hong agreed to Sima Rui's request to divorce his wife and remarry immediately after being proposed. As for Wu Zhiyu, if she is willing to be an equal wife, that would be great. If you don't want to, then don't blame the Sima family for being ruthless. Who told her not to have a high-ranking official father? In the past, Wu Zhiyu's contribution to their Sima family was deliberately ignored by him.
As for Sima Rui, who is currently obsessed with power and knows that clinging to his father-in-law's family will help him in the future, his heart has been moved as early as the first moment the servant proposed marriage. If Sima Hong hadn't told him to be calmer, he would have knelt down to pay homage to Uncle Shi as his niece-in-law. It can even be said that without Sima Rui's resolute attitude, Sima Hong might not have been able to make this determination.
This father-in-law drama was very good. In order to show that he was not a man of wealth and wealth, he even wrote a letter of divorce to Wu Zhiyu before the palace examination, in the name of being jealous and having no heirs, under the witness of the servant. The love between husband and wife for nearly ten years was completely severed by this divorce letter. If it weren't for the fact that he was still living in the Prince's Mansion, Wu Zhiyu might have been kicked out of the house that day.
As for Wu Zhiyu, who became her second cousin, and the daughter she brought out together because she couldn't bear to stay with her unscrupulous father. After both parents died, there was no longer a family to rely on. Except for a distant cousin who also served as an internal steward in the British palace, he didn't even have any relatives. How to survive in the future is not at all considered by Sima and his son.
After giving Wu Zhiyu a hundred guan of money as a thorough understanding, he drove the mother and daughter out. He didn't even take a look at his daughter, who was his only biological daughter at the moment. Apart from the 100 guan of money that seemed to be a mercy, Wu Zhiyu and her daughter didn't even bring out a few changes of clothes. It was clearly written in the divorce letter that from now on, the marriages would be free and there would be no further connection.
After listening to Wu Zhiyu's cry, Wu Ziyu next to him said bitterly: "This scumbag, Zhiyu has suffered so much because of him. Now he has completely forgotten and wants to divorce his wife in order to cling to the powerful. Fortunately, he is still a scholar. The common people all know that a wife of wretched men will never leave the court. If such a person could become an official, who would the officials of the Qi Dynasty be like?"
"Sir, you are presiding over this imperial examination, and you are now the prince overseeing the country. Are you just going to watch this kind of person become an official? He can divorce his useless wife for the sake of power today. Tomorrow he will dare to do it for With power, he will do even more despicable things. His character is like that of an official. What kind of person would be a good official if he would do anything to climb up?"
Looking at the angry Wu Ziyu and the sad, painful and desperate Wu Zhiyu in front of him, Huang Qiong fell silent. He also didn't expect that Sima Rui, who he thought was just a nerd, would divorce his wife for the sake of wealth and wealth, and take it seriously. Thinking of this, he stepped forward and held the two women in his arms one by one and said: "Zhiyu, don't be sad. If you break up, let's break up. It's no big deal."
"Even if such a heartless person is saved this time, there will be another time sooner or later. This person has a cold nature and is far from being a good man who can be entrusted to him for life. With me here, Zhiyu has nothing to worry about. ? To be honest, I really want Zhiyu to leave their home. Otherwise, if I want to meet Zhiyu in the future, I will have to put a lot of effort into it. In this way, I have fulfilled my wish."
"Zhiyu will take the children first and live at Sister Yu's place in a down-to-earth manner. When there is an opportunity in the future, I will give Zhiyu a status. I don't believe it. Being a concubine for me can be compared to Where is the head wife of a minor official sent to? As for that Sima Rui, Zhiyu can rest assured that the king has many ways to deal with him. To put it bluntly, squeezing him to death is easier than squeezing an ant to death."
"Sister Yu is right. For a person like this who will do anything to climb up, if he is really allowed to become a high official, it will be a disaster. Although the list of undergraduate Jinshi has been reported to the father, it is impossible to Changes have been made. Unless he commits a heinous crime, I still cannot exempt him from being a Jinshi. However, I still have many ways to punish him. "
"Isn't he going to be a bachelor? Hum, I will let him stay in the position of seventh-grade sesame officer for the rest of his life. Not to mention that he just married the niece of a servant, even if he became the prince-in-law, I can also make him sit on the bench and die. If he treats Zhiyu like this, I will let him taste what it means to reap the consequences."
When he said this, Huang Qiong's tone was very calm, and there was even a smile on his face. But both Wu Ziyu and Wu Zhiyu could hear the coldness in his tone. Wu Zhiyu was fine, but Wu Ziyu, who already had a certain understanding of Huang Qiong, knew. The master in front of me does seem to have an easy-going temperament, but he is definitely the kind of smiling tiger who kills without blood.
Since he said this, it is not certain that Sima Rui will be cast into the eighteenth level of hell in this life, but it is certain that he will not be able to turn around in the future. It's just that he talks freely and cheerfully at first, but in fact he knows about government affairs. This master will not listen to him. Even if that person makes a mistake, as long as it does not exceed the Lord's bottom line, he will not be affected by anyone.
However, she did not expect that Huang Qiong would have such a big reaction to this matter. Lying on Huang Qiong's chest, Wu Ziyu calmed down and said quietly: "Sir, Sima Hong is the person you want to use. If you punish his son like this, can he still really do things for you? Zhiyu will leave the hall as soon as possible. Anyway, that family is so heartless, there is nothing worth remembering."
"It's not too late to recognize who they are now. Although they don't have a home now, Zhiyu still has me here, and I will definitely not let them starve or freeze. But for you, it's not the same. It’s the same, everything that catches your eye is talent. Now is the time for you to hire people. It’s not worth paying such a high price for our sisters. Your words are enough today.”
Before Wu Ziyu finished speaking, she was stopped by Huang Qiong: "Sister Yu, I am the most sorry for you for not being able to give you a status. From now on, don't say anything about whether you deserve it or not. Let's talk about Zhi Sister gave her body to me, and now I have suffered so much injustice. If I just sit back and ignore it for my own selfish gain, what difference will I have between me and someone like Sima Rui?"
