prosperous age

Chapter 182 Chapter 181
In the evening, after having dinner in the lobby outside, Lao Kan began to organize a game to make money, which was the only fun for Jinshi who hadn't been arranged yet.

Wei Guangde waved his hand, "I'm just playing with myself today. When I received a letter from my family today, I have to go back and repair a letter. If I go back to my hometown in Jiangxi, I have to ask someone to take it back."

"Why are you in a hurry? It's not too late to write a letter after the exam results come out and the place to go is settled. Just ask, who here wrote the letter back."

When Lao Kan heard Wei Guangde's reason, he immediately said with a smile.

"That's right, I have to wait for the arrangements to be made before I write a letter back. Now my family may have received the results of our palace examination, and there is nothing to say. I will tell my family after I get my official position."

Zhang Ke answered.

"What are you talking about when you write back now? Do you have an official position? If you get a first grade in the exam, you have already obtained the official position. It is still reasonable to write a letter. Let's go around and play a few games before we talk about it."

Wei Guangde felt that it made sense. He didn't have a fixed official position, and he didn't know what to say when he wrote the letter. As for the field, he was not in a hurry.

The fields around Jiujiang Mansion are not so easy to buy, and it is the norm that there is a price but no market.

Jiujiang Mansion, Wei House.

"You also heard from elder brother earlier that Xiao Er is definitely going to be an official in the capital. When will you find someone to bring that money over?"

Wei's mother sat on the bed and said leisurely, her son has been away from home for several months, and Wei's mother misses her son.

"Wait a minute, Guangde said when he left that he would definitely become an official this time, so he sent us a letter at that time, asking us to live in the capital for a while."

Father Wei looked at his wife and said with a smile: "Wait a minute, when Guangdexin comes back, we are sending him a letter."

"In fact, it's time to write to him now, tell him about that, and see what his son thinks."

Mother Wei thought of another thing, so she said again.

Father Wei shook his head after hearing the words, "There's no need for that, we've already agreed, the parents are the ones to make decisions about the children's marriage, it's been done since ancient times, he can turn the world upside down."

"But at least tell your son."

Mother Wei still insisted.

"Okay, tomorrow I will write a letter and ask someone to take it there. I don't think Guangde will refuse this marriage. It will only be good for him and not bad."

Father Wei thought about it before saying.

"Yeah, I think so too, but I don't know if there is someone else in my son's heart."

Mother Wei said.

"What are you talking about? Son"

Father Wei opened his eyes wide and asked in surprise.

"No, no, I just thought Xiao Er couldn't stay at home and often ran out." Mother Wei explained the reason for his guess.

"No, that kid went out to play with his classmates at night. I heard from Shigui that both he and Zhang Hongfu like to go to Cuixiutang to drink and listen to music. It's not what you think."

Father Wei heaved a sigh of relief and said with a smile, Wei Guangde and his classmates went to the brothel to fool around, and Father Wei bumped into him before, but he didn't say anything, as long as he didn't mess around inside, he just drank and listened to music.

"Do you think Xiao Er will be unhappy? After all, we just listened to what the Zhang family said, and we agreed without seeing him."

We are still worried.

Well, no matter how good others say, if Mother Wei didn't see it with her own eyes, she would still feel unsafe and worried about being cheated.

"You are worrying too much. You have seen Mr. Xu's appearance. His own sister should not be too different."

In fact, the ancients were also color-controlled. No matter what the appearance of the person who started the family, as long as they had money, they would marry a beautiful woman. No matter how bad the genes were, they would become good after several improvements.

The Xu family is like this, and the ancestors of the Xu family themselves are not bad. Naturally, the women who can enter the Duke of Wei's mansion cannot be crooked. Under normal circumstances, the men born are all good-looking, and the women are also delicate and charming. Under normal circumstances, they are naturally good-looking. The things Wei's mother was worried about would not happen.

As for whether Mr. Xu can inherit the title in the end, it is relatively unimportant.

In the Ming Dynasty, the water splashed by the married daughter, the daughter of the Xu family married into the Wei family, had nothing to do with Wei Guogong's mansion.

What's more, as far as the present is concerned, if the Wei family was still a vassal of the Xu family in the past, then it is different now.

Wei Guangde has become a Jinshi, and his superior will only be the emperor, not his Xu family.

When will civil servants be afraid of nobles?

Besides, Zhang Qing and Zhang Tongzhi made a special trip to Wei's house for Wei Guangde's palace examination results this time. Together with Zhang Shigui and Wu Zhankui, they analyzed in detail the signals behind Wei Guangde's No. 1 result.

Wei Guangde must have been taken by some big shot in Beijing, not to mention his success, at least not bad.

Naturally, Wei Meng also noticed that Zhang Shigui, who had a vague sense of superiority in front of him before, behaved very differently from the past, and seemed much gentler.

In fact, after Mr. Xu came to Jiujiang Mansion again, his attitude has changed a lot, but today's change is more obvious.

In the inner room of Wei Guogong's mansion in Nanjing, Xu Bangrui stood with his hands down.

He just returned to Yingtian from Jiujiang Mansion this afternoon, but he got the information about Wei Guangde's ranking in the Palace Examination when he returned to the mansion.

To be honest, Mr. Xu Bangrui was still very surprised at that time.

Second-A No.1, this is no longer a normal palace examination result.

Although Wei Guogong Xu Pengju didn't like it, he still understood what he should have been educated and what he should know.

However, Wei Guangde's ranking in the imperial examination really surprised him. Even Yan Song and his son, who are in power today, may not have the ability to influence the result. What's more, the position of Chuanlu is not something that Yan Song can set down, and taking care of the little fellows is not the same. Care Act.

In this palace test, there are many Jiangxi fellows, so why is it Wei Guangde?
And what happened to Huiyuan Jinda?
There's something weird about it.

In the evening, the old father Wei Guogong Xu Pengju went to the banquet and returned to the mansion. Xu Bangrui came to see him immediately.

Of course, he didn't come to Xu Pengju to inquire about the imperial examination. His father couldn't reach Beijing, so he could still have some energy in Nanjing. After all, he had been stationed in Nanjing all year round, and he had already shown signs of estrangement from the royal family.

The main reason is that during his trip to Jiujiang Mansion this time, the Wei family, Wei Guangde, was indeed not engaged, and he also expressed to Wei Meng secretly that he wanted to betroth his younger sister to Wei Guangde, and Wei Meng was very happy to take the initiative after a short hesitation. mention it.

Naturally, Wei Meng was not an idiot, after Xu Bangrui asked about Wei Guangde's marriage, he said that he had a fifteen-year-old girl who hadn't been betrothed yet, so he naturally understood what Xu Bangrui meant.

They also talked about it in Jiujiang, and now they just wait to come back and think about the helm of the family, Wei Guogong, Xu Peng, who will make a decision, and he will write to Jiujiang when he turns around. up.

After hearing Xu Bangrui's report, Xu Pengju just glanced at his son casually. To be honest, his appearance followed him, but he was not as well-behaved as the younger one, and a little dull.

In fact, it may not be dull, but because he is used to hiding his thoughts. Xu Pengju always feels that his eldest son is a little private, and seems to like to do little tricks behind his back.

Perhaps it was because of the early family environment. After his mother left, he felt that no one loved him, so he became more and more alienated from himself.

However, Xu Pengju always didn't like this son who was a bit private, so he did have the idea of ​​making his younger son the eldest son.

Before, when Xu Bangrui mentioned Wei Guangde, he was just a young and exaggerated child, so Xu Pengju naturally didn't care.

His daughter, if she wants to marry, at least she has to be an official. Although she can have an official status, it is far from it.
Later, after becoming a Jinshi, it was barely suitable, at least to the minimum.

Three-A, can only say that the fourth-rank is expected, and it will be difficult to go up.

From the perspective of family stability, he felt that it seemed to be a good choice.

If Wei Guangde really became his son-in-law, he would definitely help Xu Bangrui instead of Xu Bangning.

A low position naturally has little influence, and a woman who married without worrying about food and clothing can be considered worthy of her mother and daughter.

But two days ago when the capital sent the palace examination results, Xu Pengju regretted it a little. The reason is very simple. He naturally knew that Wei Guangde must have been lucky enough to be favored by Emperor Jiajing, otherwise the palace examination ranking would not have been so huge Variety.

Although I don't know the reason, but the fact is obvious, it is very troublesome.

If it is not handled properly, he will offend a future emperor and close minister.

Although he is a top-notch nobleman, he is not afraid of a fledgling kid like Wei Guangde, but it will be troublesome if he keeps ignoring the emperor every day in the future.

What you want to do in the future, you will report it, and then someone will say in front of the emperor that this is wrong and that is wrong, that you will be punished for major matters, and scolded for minor matters.

Well, now Xu Pengju is actually very conflicted.

He didn't want to accept this marriage anymore, but he was also worried about offending others.

"You should know what he wants to be."

Xu Pengju seemed to be casually saying: "No. 1 in the second class, Chuanlu, is definitely going to be an official in the court, but now the officialdom in the capital is very chaotic, and a careless move will cause disaster.

I just received the news today that Wang Yongbin was sent to the Ministry of Officials in Nanjing to serve as Minister because of the Li Mo case.

Within half a month, Li Mo died in the sky prison. This is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. "

Seeing what Xu Bangrui wanted to say, Xu Peng waved his hand and said, "Let me think about this matter for two more days, after all, it is related to your sister's lifelong happiness, so I must treat it with caution, so that I can be worthy of your mother.

In fact, his ranking was not good enough. After the observation of politics, it would be good for me to find someone to transfer him to a wealthy county in the south of the Yangtze River to be an official. Unfortunately, his ranking is destined to be beyond my care. "

Hearing what his father said, Xu Bangrui felt like a mirror in his heart. He was more worried about his brother-in-law's standing in the court than he was worried about his brother-in-law's influence in the court.

No way, Xu Bangrui lowered his head and said, "Yes."

"It's been hard work for you on the road, so go back early and rest."

Xu Pengju continued to speak, and when he saw Xu Bangrui turned around to leave, he suddenly stopped him and said: "Tomorrow you go to the inner library to choose two boxes of jewelry for your sister.

Well, you can also choose two boxes for your daughter-in-law. "

After saying this, Xu Pengju waved his hand to signal him to leave.

After Xu Bangrui walked out of the room, Xu Pengju smacked his lips. This matter is really difficult.

If only the ministers of the court were optimistic about Wei Guangde, Xu Pengju could still use some tricks behind his back to suppress him, but now it seems that the courtiers do not value it, only that one has the means to raise his ranking by more than 200 people.

The one who is optimistic, Xu Pengju doesn't dare to play small tricks. If Laogou Lu finds out, he might lose his skin if he doesn't die.

After the imperial examination, Wei Guangde spent a few days of leisurely time. Someone from the yamen of the Ministry of Rites came to inform Wei Guangde to go to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites tomorrow morning.

Well, at this time, the results of the imperial examination are not known among the people who come here, but Wei Guangde knows very well that when he goes to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites tomorrow, he must have made arrangements for him. Go to that yamen to observe politics, and you will know everything.

The time for Lao Kan to go to the Ministry of Rites is set in the afternoon, and the rest of Zhang Ke and Xia Kefan will go there in the morning the next day.

After seeing off the scribes from the Ministry of Rites, the four gathered around a table and began to discuss.

"Guangde, according to this arrangement, it is safe for you to enter the Imperial Academy, and I should be hopeless."

Lao Kan shook his head and sighed.

Obviously, this is the time to go to the Ministry of Rites determined according to personal whereabouts.

Tomorrow morning, the high probability of going to the Ministry of Rites is to enter the Imperial Academy as a Jinshi who is a Shujishi.

I can only go to the Ministry of Rites in the afternoon, so it may be a group of people staying in Beijing, but I don't know which yamen they will arrange to observe politics.

The remaining two are top three, and they will not have their share tomorrow. Obviously, they may be released after observing the politics.

"I don't know, I'll know when I go tomorrow."

Wei Guangde is not in a good mood at the moment, nor is he in a bad mood.

Entering the Imperial Academy as a scholar, this seems normal, and staying in Beijing is actually not surprising, after all, this is his normal level of reaction.

Although he didn't know why the Yan family took special care of him, Wei Guangde also knew that this kind of love was not so easy to repay, even though he had already sent a gift of several hundred taels of silver.

Their future official careers will all depend on the arrangements made by the Ministry of Rites tomorrow and tomorrow based on their achievements.

If the yamen is arranged well, the Ministry of Officials may arrange it in a better position after the inspection of politics is over.

Seeing that Zhang Ke and Xia Kefan's expressions were not good, Wei Guangde whispered again: "Anyway, there is still a period of political observation. During this period, take care of your colleagues, be polite to your superiors, and give some to Mr. Xiaoge when you are about to confer an official. Local products, everyone is from the same hometown, I think Mr. Xiaoge must like our Jiangxi special products."

"Well, during this period of time, we will pay attention to the goods sent by Jiangxi to see if there are any good things, and keep them as gifts."

Lao Kan nodded slowly and said.

"It would be great if I could go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to observe the government and send out the salt transportation."

Zhang Ke said with a smile at this moment, apparently he had listened to what Wei Guangde and Lao Kan said, and there was always a solution.

Whether it is Lao Kan or Zhang Ke, it is not difficult to find a good job with money. Xia Kefan's economic conditions are slightly worse, but for Jinshi, there are many ways to get money.

At the very least, during this period of time, brokers from the capital kept coming to the door, asking the four Jinshi if they needed to borrow money for turnover.

Xia Kefan also just hesitated for a while and then felt relieved. At worst, he borrowed a sum of money to take care of it temporarily, and then he would just make up for it later.

(End of this chapter)