I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 126 Yuan Shu's Choice
As soon as Yuan Feng said this, the joy in Yuan Shu's heart instantly turned into cholesterol.

After all this time, Yuan Feng is still moved?

"Father, this..."

"So I think you really need a gentle, skilled, well-educated, and worthy woman to take care of you and do the housework for you. Otherwise, you will be out there alone, not knowing how to eat properly, and will become thin from hunger."

"Father, I..."

"Let's not talk about how shameless these rats who sent matchmaking letters are, but some of their families are indeed very high and are indeed worthy of our Yuan family. Marrying their legitimate daughter will not be a disgrace to your status, and they will definitely find ways to compensate you."

"Father, regarding this matter, I actually think that maybe it is possible..."

"Look, the Hongnong Liu family is of royal origin, so they are naturally noble. And this, the Runan Zhang family... well, although Zhang Ji is not a good person, his family is quite powerful. And this, the Yingchuan Xun family, can be considered a noble family and has great prestige among the party members. It will be very beneficial to your future."

Yuan Feng had no intention of continuing what Yuan Shu was saying.

So Yuan Shu looked at his cheap father speechlessly.

He has already started to choose a suitable marriage partner for himself.

Does it mean that throughout history, no parent, when faced with such a thing, can remain calm?
Yuan Feng had already gotten into the state and was constantly analyzing these marriage candidates for Yuan Shu.

"Look, although the Yingchuan Zhong family is not of high status, it is quite prestigious among the party members. A family of party members will be very helpful in improving your reputation. However, if you really want to compare, your father still recommends that you consider the Xun family."

"This Longkang Huan family is of decent status, but it seems that their family does not have much influence in the court. They can't be of much help to you. Your father does not recommend that you consider it."

"There is also the Zhou family of Lujiang. Zhou Jing was once the Grand Commandant, and Zhou Zhong is also an official in the court. However, their family is in Lujiang, which is close to the south of the Yangtze River and far away from Luoyang. They can't be of much help to you, so it's better not to think too much about it."

"Hongnong Yang family? Old Yang Ci still has the nerve to ask for marriage? How shameless! Humph!"

"The Yingchuan Guo family is not of high status, but the family has been learning law for generations, and has a place in the court. Several generations have served as court judges. If we can unite, many things will be easier for you to do. You can consider it..."

"The Deng family of Nanyang... was considered a noble family a few decades ago, but has fallen into decline since the reign of Queen Mother Deng. I'm afraid that they are seeking marriage now, and they still have some thoughts of returning to Luoyang. Their intentions are too obvious. They give little, but they ask for much. No, no."

"The Anping Cui family does have a reputation for being noble, and many of its members are talented writers, so they are somewhat well-known in the local area. However, their official positions are not prominent, and their power is not great. Now they are actually dreaming of attaching themselves to a high-ranking family, which is really ridiculous."

"The Zheng family of Xingyang is a good family. There are great scholars in the family, and they are very famous among scholars. You can consider it."

"The Jingzhao Wei family... The Wei family was a wealthy family before Emperor Guangwu's Restoration. They had three generations of ministers. They rose to prominence earlier than our Yuan family. After the Restoration, they were known as the top family in the Three Auxiliary Provinces. If you want to establish another family in Guanzhong in the future, the Wei family can consider it."

"The Jingzhao Du family is also a powerful family in Guanzhong. Although their family background is not as good as the Wei family, they also have many talented people, and many of their children are officials. They will be of great help to you in establishing your own sect in the future."

"The Jiangxia Huang family... is another Jiangnan noble family. They are just famous for nothing. They can't help you much, but they ask you to help more. It's really inappropriate. Forget it."

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After such a careful selection, Yuan Feng finally helped Yuan Shu pick out the most suitable candidates for marriage.

He happily handed the family's matchmaking books to Yuan Shu and asked Yuan Shu to take a good look at them.

"Take a look. These are the families that your father has carefully selected for you. They will definitely be of great benefit to your future. You can rest assured in your father's judgment! Take a look at the Hongnong Liu family, the Yingchuan Xun family, the Yingchuan Zhong family, the Yingchuan Guo family, the Jingzhao Wei family, and the Jingzhao Du family. If nothing unexpected happens, choose from these six families!"

Yuan Shu sat quietly on the side, looking at the six matchmaking letters that Yuan Feng pushed over to him, feeling completely hopeless.

It's okay to urge him to get married, but he only looks at family background and nothing else. What if someone introduces him to a bad girl, will he want her?

"Father, I am only fifteen years old, and there are still five years before I get married. Why do you want to talk about marriage so early? What I want to do most right now is to accumulate achievements, enhance my reputation and knowledge. If I haven't made great achievements, how can I take care of my family?"

"Hey! That's not right!"

Yuan Feng frowned and said, "A man stands between heaven and earth. Of course, achieving great things is the most important thing. But having a home, a virtuous wife to take care of you and leave descendants is also very important. Otherwise, no matter how great your achievements are, who will inherit them? Who will take care of you in your old age? Besides, you are still young and it is not time for you to enter the government. It would be great for you to get married earlier and have more contact with your wife's family to get external support. Although the Yuan family is powerful, you have to set up your own family, and you can't do without the help of your wife's family!
Considering your status and future prospects, marrying a wife is a very important matter. You must not choose casually. You must choose a wife from the wife's family who can really help you. Only in this way can she help you achieve success and establish your career!"

What Yuan Feng said did make some sense, and Yuan Shu had to consider it seriously.

He had already given it some thought when Yang Ci, Zhang Ji, Liu Kuan and others mentioned this matter to him before.

After all, he wants to set up his own business and build his own family. It is impossible for him to rely on the Runan Yuan family for long-term development. No matter where he goes in the future, the most important thing is his own power.

For example, Yi Xin Hui, Liang Zhuang, and his own Yuan family school of psychology, these are all his own forces. When necessary, these forces that belong to him will only be guided by his own interests, rather than being mixed with considerations of the Runan Yuan family.

Compared with the Runan Yuan family, which did not belong to him, a capable and powerful wife's family could be of great help to him and was his only choice to enhance his personal power.

After thinking it over again and again, although Yuan Shu felt a little resistant in his heart, he chose to suppress this emotion and analyze the matter from a purely interest perspective.

People always say that women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, but for men, marrying the wrong woman is even more fatal.

Especially given Yuan Shu's current status, he cannot afford to choose the wrong wife. He must choose a family with a strong background and strength as his wife's family, and get their help and form a strong alliance to create greater glory.

In this case, there are really not many options to choose from, and the six options chosen by Yuan Feng for him are indeed the best choices.

The Hongnong Liu family was a branch of the royal family. With the background of the Han royal family, if Yuan Shu married a girl from the Liu family, in a sense, he could also be considered a royal relative.

The Xun and Zhong families of Yingchuan are not only high-ranking aristocratic families, but also very famous among the scholar community. There are victims of the Party Persecution in their families. They are also famous and have the buff of the Party Persecution. If they want to form an alliance, they can choose the talents of the two families, which will also be convenient for them in Yingchuan County.

Forget about Yingchuan Guo, but when Yuan Shu heard these four words, he felt uncomfortable all over, with a resistance from the bottom of his soul, and he didn't know why.

The Jingzhao Wei family and the Du family, both of which are located in Guanzhong, are the top families in the Guanzhong area besides the Ma family. Especially the Wei family, whose family status is higher than that of the Ma family and is also very powerful.

Yuan Shu plans to establish the Yuan family in the Sanfu area in the future. If he can marry one of these two families, it will be very easy for him to gain a foothold.

Compared with the Du family, the Wei family also has good power at the central level, but the Du family's power in Guanzhong is more extensive. The two families have their own advantages.

However, it must be said that with the rise of Guandong and the decline of Guanxi, the influence of the Wei and Du families has also weakened. They cannot be compared with those in the Western Han Dynasty. The power of the two families is far less than that of the Yuan family of Runan. They cannot be regarded as national-level powerful families, but only regional powerful families.

But when it comes to national-level powerful families, apart from the extremely famous Yuan family of Runan, there were really only a few during the entire late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.

The Hongnong Yang family can be considered half a family, because up until Yang Biao, they had three dukes in three generations, but this family lacks strong men and has a weak sense of independence.

It was not until the Eastern Jin Dynasty moved south that other powerful families wanted to emerge.

Yuan Shu thought about it and felt that although Yang Ci's words made sense, Yang Shi still couldn't trust him too much. Even if it was Yang Biao, Yuan Shu would have some conflicts of interest with him and Yang Shi in the future. If he was too deeply involved, it would be difficult to take action at that time.

By the way, from this perspective, Yuan Shu has a clearer target range.

In the future, he will inevitably start a difficult copy to end the dominance of Modern Confucianism, and will even reorganize the existence of Ancient Confucianism and carry out cultural changes that are more in line with the actual situation.

If we take this aspect into consideration, it would be more troublesome to take action if the family of your partner is too deeply involved in the interests.

We should break out of the framework of the inheritance families of the Five Classics and Fourteen Family Laws and exclude all these families. None of the families related to the Modern Text Confucianism should be selected.

As for the study of ancient Chinese classics, we can relax a little. After all, the study of ancient Chinese classics has not yet formed a powerful family, and the interest relations are still unstable.

In this way, families such as Yang, Liu, Xun, Huan, Zhang, etc. are all not eligible for selection.

If they can meet the requirements of not being a family of modern Confucian scholars, and can also meet the requirements of being able to provide certain assistance to Yuan Shu, such as helping to develop the Yuan family that will belong to Yuan Shu in the future, then the options available to them will be very limited.

Yuan Shu turned his attention to the Jingzhao Wei family and the Jingzhao Du family. Then, because the Jingzhao Wei family had the inheritance of the New Text Confucianism "Lu Shi", he excluded the Wei family and focused his attention on the Jingzhao Du family.

He felt that if he had to choose his future marriage partner, he would have to choose from the Jingzhao Du family.

Yuan Shu then pushed aside all the other bamboo slips and kept only the bamboo slip matchmaking book of the Jingzhao Du family.

(End of this chapter)