A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 819 Wei Zheng’s obsession

After the discussion, Wei Zheng invited him.

"Go to my house and have a drink."

Wu Huaiyu was a little surprised. In fact, the two of them had no personal relationship in the past few years, especially since he no longer lived in Yongxingfang and was no longer a neighbor to Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng is indeed a bit too pretentious sometimes. Wu Huaiyu doesn't think Wei Zheng is pedantic, but thinks that this person is better at pretending and establishing a character.

He was established as a remonstrating minister and a lonely minister, and he was more able to persist. From the ninth year of Wude to the sixth year of Zhenguan, in just six years, he went further and further on the road of being a lonely minister and admonishing ministers, but this official career also It does rise higher and higher.

Not long ago, he was promoted to Duke of Julu County, and it was only a step away from becoming Duke of Jin Dynasty. It was only a matter of time.

When they were neighbors before, the personal relationship between the two was okay, but now the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. Wei Zheng even deliberately alienated him and kept a distance from him. He didn't want to get too close to his in-laws and deliberately avoided suspicion.

"What's the good thing?" Huaiyu asked with a smile.

Several other ministers were still around. Wei Zheng deliberately said loudly, "My second son is quite old. I plan to crown him this year. My marriage to my sister should also be put on the agenda. Make preparations early."

Wei Zheng is in his fifties this year, still relatively young. He married Pei from Hedong and had four sons and two daughters. Because he was the prime minister of Zhenguan, the marriages of his children were all going well.

The eldest son is married to the emperor and betrothed to the princess.

The second son initially wanted to marry the daughter of Wang Ji, a bachelor of the Wang family in Longmenfang, Taiyuan. When the Wang family asked for a million dollars in compensation for the family fortune, Wei Zheng couldn't afford it, so they mortgaged the house and the library to borrow money from Huaiyu, and even made a fuss. There was a turmoil, but in the end the emperor intervened but failed.

It was a blessing in disguise. Later, Xueshi Wang's daughter was betrothed to Wu Huaiyu's third brother, and then Wu Huaiyu betrothed his fourth sister to Wei Zheng's second son.

Now Huaiyu's fourth sister, Wan Niang, is almost fourteen. According to the custom at this time, a girl's fifteen-year-old girl's hairpin ceremony is the same as a man's crown, indicating that he is an adult and can get married.

During the war in the early Tang Dynasty, the court encouraged early marriage between men and women, and women could get married at the age of thirteen.

Wei Erlang is fifteen this year. As a noble son, he does not need to be crowned at twenty. If he is crowned in advance, he can get married earlier. Next year, he is sixteen, just in time to wait for Wan Niang and his hairpin queen to get married.

Wei Zheng was very anxious about the marriage.

Mainly because the couple wanted to run away early to have a grandson. He was poor in his early years and became a Taoist priest. In troubled times, he married late and ran around again.

I am over fifty years old and my children are not yet married.

The eldest son is older, but because the emperor chose the princess as his son-in-law to marry, the princess is still young, so she still has to wait. After all, Princess Shang would not dare to secretly take a concubine and have children.

Wei Zheng had no choice but to hope that his second son would get married to Wu Siniang soon, have a baby soon, and have a grandchild soon.

As for the third and fourth children, they are still little babies and do not know the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.

The eldest daughter is engaged to the fourteenth son of the Supreme Emperor, King Huo Li Yuangui, and the younger daughter is married to Xue Renwei, the grandson of Xue Daoheng, the Xue family in Hedong.

"My sister-in-law is only fourteen, so don't be in a hurry." Huaiyu was really in no hurry. He couldn't bear to let his sister get married early. He felt that the court was now a little too eager for quick success and quick benefits when it encouraged early marriage and early childbearing.

A girl of fourteen or fifteen years old has not yet fully developed. As a result, she will get married and give birth early, which is very dangerous.

Many women suffer from dystocia or even one or two children because they give birth too early.

For his sister, he still hopes to have children later, but giving birth to a child at this time, especially a young first-born child, is a life-threatening situation.

Wei Zheng was very anxious.

"Dong Jin, Your Highness the Queen was thirteen years old when she first married the saint."

Wei Zheng insisted on taking Huaiyu home to have a drink.

Speaking of which, Wei Erlang, Wei Shuyu, was still a student of Wu Huaiyu. This boy was quite smart, and his best skill was calligraphy. Among all the children of the Wei family, Wei Erlang and Wei Erniang both liked calligraphy and were both good at it.

Wei Erlang studied Wu Huaiyu's martial arts regular script and has achieved some success. Wei Erniang, like Wanniang, likes the thin gold script and writes well.

The two rode back to Yongxingfang,

Next door to Wei Zheng, Huaiyi now lives. Lao Wu and others like to live in the countryside of Longqiao, Sanyuan. The house here became the residence of brother Huaiyi and his family. Huaiyi is the governor of Guangzhou, and his elder sister-in-law, Mrs. Cheng, and his wife live in the house. The concubines live there. When he came over, Huaiyu came to say hello first. Since his brother was not here, it was inconvenient to talk more. After seeing his nephews and nieces, he went to the Wei family next door.

Mr. Pei had already prepared.

Not only was Wei Gong's home brew prepared, but also a table of delicious dishes was prepared. This dish was not sent from an outside restaurant, but was cooked by Mr. Pei and his two daughters himself, full of sincerity.

The four sons and two daughters of the Wei family all came up to greet him.

"Erlang was crowned this year, so he asked the Duke of Jin to give him a cousin name," Wei Zheng said.

Wu Huaiyu was Wei Shuyu's teacher, and would also be his wife's brother in the future. It was reasonable for him to give him a cousin name.

"Shu Yu, how about my pseudonym Sijin?"

"Sijin, Yu, Jin, good," Wei Zheng praised repeatedly. In fact, the names and characters of ancient people are basically related.

"I heard that the Duke of Jin and the Wang family of Taiyuan are married. Congratulations."

After drinking a pot of Wei Gong's brew, Wei Zheng started talking more. He mentioned that Huai Yu had just married the Wang family in Taiyuan, and his third son was engaged to Wang Renyou, his eldest daughter. His words were full of envy.

Although Wei Xuancheng is now the prime minister and the Duke of Julu County, he even has one son, Princess Shang, one daughter, Prince Xu, and another son and daughter who are married to the Wu family in Bingzhou and the Xue family in Hedong.

But in the end, he was not able to marry the five surnames and the seven sects. This may be Wei Zheng's biggest regret, even though the trouble with Wang Xueshi's family was very ugly.

I rushed to pledge my house and borrowed loan sharks to raise millions to lose my family fortune. I wanted to join the Wang family in Taiyuan, but in the end I didn't succeed.

As for Wu Huaiyu, he was married to the Wang Xueshi family for his third brother, and now his son is marrying the eldest daughter of the Wang family in Taiyuan.

Wei Zheng pointed to his two youngest sons,

"Sanlang is already engaged to the Hedong Pei family, but Silang is not yet engaged. The biggest regret in my life is that I was not able to marry the Five Surnames and Seven Sects. Erlang, I want to ask you something today."

Wei Zheng's face turned slightly red.

On the side, Mrs. Pei gave Huaiyu another glass of wine.

When Huaiyu saw the appearance of this couple, he immediately knew that Wei Zheng was famous for his drinking capacity. The two of them only drank a bottle of wine. There was no way he was really drunk.

It was just because he was drunk that he opened his mouth, and judging from Pei's appearance, the couple had probably discussed it long ago. This drink was obviously to discuss the marriage between Wei Erlang and Wu Siniang, but in fact it was probably for Wei Silang. thing.

Wei Zheng wanted to marry seven families with five surnames.

Never change your original intention.

This obsession is enough. When Wei Zheng was only a fourth-rank official, he wanted to marry into the fifth surname. Now he is the prime minister and a county prince, but he still wants to marry into the fifth surname.

Even the target has been chosen, and the Wang family in Taiyuan was chosen.

But this time, instead of looking for the Longmen Wang bachelor's house, I looked for the Qi County house, and the Princess Dachang's house.

"I heard that the eldest princess has a good relationship with Erlang. We would like to ask Erlang to help us act as a matchmaker to propose a marriage."

Huaiyu smiled slightly.

It’s not surprising that Wei Zheng has this idea.

It seems that marrying a girl with the fifth surname is the dream of all men in this era. Princess Li Tang is not as popular as the girls with the fifth surname.

"Which girl do you like?"

"The daughter of Wang Renbiao, the eldest daughter of the eldest princess's family."

Wang Renbiao once served as the governor of Qizhou, and now he holds a casual position in Beijing. Although he is the eldest son of a concubine, he is still of the third grade of gold and purple. Although his wife, Mrs. Li of Zhaojun, is not liked by the eldest princess and her mother-in-law, she is also a daughter of the fifth surname.

Wang Renbiao and Li's eldest son Wang Fangyi, who is frail but intelligent, has now become a disciple of Wu Huaiyu and wants to follow him to Lingnan.

He also had several younger brothers and sisters, and Wei Zheng was interested in Wang Renbiao and Li's legitimate daughter.

(End of this chapter)