Chapter 212 Engagement to a Girl with Five Surnames
Author: Muzi Blue
Chapter 212 Engagement to a Girl with Five Surnames
Shouyang Hou Mansion, North Courtyard.
"The Wang family is willing to marry their daughter to our Wu family?" Lao Wu was extremely surprised after hearing what his son Huaiyu said.
"Father, would you like Sanlang to marry Wang's daughter?"
Old Wu Teng stood up and said, "Of course I am willing, why not? The Longmen Wang family is a branch of the Qixian Fang branch of the Wang family in Taiyuan. Although they are not direct descendants, Wang Ji and his son are very talented and famous.
When our family still lived in Wenshui, Taiyuan, I was doing business with your fourth uncle and his friends, and we often passed by Longmen. On several occasions, your fourth uncle even took us to listen to Wen Zhongzi’s lectures.
Even traffickers and lackeys like me came here to listen."
Wen Zhongzi was Wang Ji's eldest brother Wang Tong. He died when he was in his thirties, but he was extremely knowledgeable and had thousands of disciples. After his death, his disciples privately named him Wen Zhongzi and even imitated the Analects in writing "Zhongzi".
explain".
"Can this really happen?" Lao Wu's face flushed with excitement. Although Wang Ji's father and eldest brother died early, he and several other brothers were all junior officials of the eighth or ninth rank, but the Wang family had a great reputation.
Originally a branch of the Wang family in Taiyuan, although it was not named Fang, it was still a legitimate member of the Five surnames.
"Aye, Wang Ji was originally willing to marry the Wei Zheng family. Is our family worse than the Wei family?"
As soon as these words came out, Lao Wu immediately calmed down, "Of course, if Wei Zheng compares himself to our family, he will talk nonsense. His father was just a county magistrate in the Sui Dynasty. Although our family has never been an official for the past three generations,
Our ancestors were all princes for the eighteenth generation, so they were not much better than his Wei family?
He is a Taoist priest, and you are also a Taoist priest. He is just a wild Taoist priest, but you are a disciple of Louguan Xiaoyaozi. Today, the third-grade abbot and master of Zongshenguan will all respectfully call you uncle.
Wei Zheng is just a baron, and you are a marquis."
After making this comparison, Lao Wu felt that his family was much better than the Wei family, and even the house was better than the Wei family's.
"Then pick up the third child as soon as possible tomorrow. It's best to invite the clan leader to go to the Wang family with him."
Lao Wu very much hoped that this marriage would come true. The eldest brother Huaiyi was betrothed to Cheng Yaojin's daughter, and the second brother Huaiyu was about to get married to Fan Xing's daughter. They were both the direct daughters of a noble father who had made great military achievements.
If the third child can get married to the Wang family, he will naturally not have to worry about his future in the future.
As for the conditions Huaiyu gave to the Wang family, Lao Wu didn't care. If two thousand guan could be exchanged for a woman with the fifth surname, it would be worth it.
Even if you borrow money, you have to marry.
"It's a pity that you have to marry Fan's daughter, otherwise it would be great if you could marry Wang's daughter." Lao Wu sighed.
"it's the same."
This kind of marriage is a powerful combination of resources. The reputation of the Wang family and their personal connections are the most important.
Before, Wu Huaiyu had actually drawn a line in his mind and made up his mind not to get close to Li Yuan's old ministers of Yuancong, as well as the Shandong gentry and other old gentry forces.
He knew that Li Shimin was afraid of these forces and did not want to have anything to do with them.
But this time he thought about it and felt that the Wang Ji family could have a chance to win a marriage. Not only was it disgusting for Wei Zheng, but the key point was that if he could get married to the Wang family, he would indeed have many connections with the gentry in the future.
Moreover, Wang Ji is not different from the forty-four families with five surnames. He is famous, but he is also a member of the five surnames who only have fame and poses no threat to the emperor.
After being fucked by Wei Zheng several times, he felt that people should not be too simple, and officials should not be too rigid. Some connections can be made, but they still need to be made.
"Da Lang, San Lang is lucky to meet such a good brother like you." Lao Wu sighed.
"Aye, what's the point of a family saying this?"
"I still have some money saved here..."
"Aye, keep it, don't worry about money."
After discussing with Lao Wu, Huaiyu went to the family of the clan leader, Samurai Leng, early the next morning. He first donated 100 shi of grain to the tribe's charity warehouse, 20 shi of grain to the clan school, and another 10,000 yuan.
Samurai Leng asked the butler to write it down.
"If Wang Ji is really willing, let alone two thousand guan, even three thousand guan is worth it. If the money is not enough, I will pay for it." After hearing this, Lao Wu agreed very much.
The Wu family is also from Hedong. In Hedong, the most powerful family is the Wang family, followed by the Pei, Liu, and Xue families.
Comparing with other families, the Wu family is not even ranked high. For example, the Wen family is much better than the Wu family. In the past peaceful years, the Wang family only married other four major counties in Guandong and only had side branches.
Married to Xue Liu, Wei Yang and others.
If the Wu family wants to marry into such a family, no one will look down upon it if they lose their wealth.
"If you need money, just come to me and get it first." The warrior said, "This opportunity is very rare."
"I'm curious, how did you impress them?"
"Uncle, Wei Zheng can marry the Wang family, how can our Wu family be worse than the Wei family?"
"Wei Zheng's reputation is still not small, and his official position is not low now, Minister Zuo Cheng."
"Our martial arts family has a greater reputation."
"But our Wu family is not a noble family."
Huaiyu laughed, "Actually, the Wang family of Longmen is in a pretty bad situation right now. I heard that since the death of Wen Zhongzi, the Wang family has gone from bad to worse. There can't even be a seventh-rank official in the family. Naturally, their status is getting lower and lower.
Affected by the wars in these years, the Wang family even sold a lot of their ancestral property.
Wang Ji had been in Beijing for several years and was so poor that he couldn't even pay the rent. Don't you think the Wang family is in a hurry? Wang Ji's children are also growing up slowly, and if this continues, they will not be able to marry a daughter-in-law in the future.
Although our Wu family is not a famous family, we are still upstarts and have some influence in the court. Now we are willing to give them such a large sum of money. This is a rare opportunity."
Lao Wu nodded, "That's right. After marrying Wei Zheng and being reprimanded by the saint, it is difficult for the Wang family to collect money for escorts. People with prestigious status may not look down on his family, and the ordinary upstart Wang family looks down on them."
The so-called wine making that Huaiyu told the Wu family was actually just a reason and a step for both parties to get married.
The Wang family was famous, but now that it has collapsed, Wang Ji, who resigned, has become a poor poet. He can't even afford to drink, and he can't even pay for his return home.
Wang Ji was good at wine, so he kept him in Chang'an for this reason, and even used the name of a wine-making partnership to give his family's wealth to the Wang family in a different name.
In fact, this winery is just a name for Wang Ji. When Huaiyu makes wine, he will use Wang Ji's name to get a Jiu Xian brand, a wine fighting bachelor brand, etc.
In fact, these are not important, marriage is the real purpose.
Huaizhenfang, Wang Ji's house.
Wang Ji's brother Wang Ning was invited.
"The Wu family is not worse than the Wei family." After Wang Ning heard this, he pondered for a long time and said this. Wang Ning is currently a candidate in Chang'an. He is serving as a local magistrate after completing his doctorate in Jiupinzhou. He came to Beijing to be a candidate and has been visiting every day recently.
He is a high-ranking official, although the Longmen Wang family has a good reputation, and even many of his brother Wang Tong's disciples serve as officials in the court.
For example, Wen Yanbo once served as the minister of Zhongshu, Wang Gui is now in the fourth rank, Du Yan is still the imperial censor, the brothers of the Xue family of Sanfeng in Hedong were all his elder brother's students, and now Xue Yuanjing is also a member of the prince's family.
Everyone still gave the Wang family face, and would always receive them when they came to visit. But Wang Ning could also clearly feel that after the person left and her father and brother were gone, the face given to the Wang family by others was just a polite and polite appearance.
Regarding his current job search, no one is willing to really help him.
Of course, in fact, the students of my father and brother also helped the Wang family a lot, such as allowing the four Wang Ji brothers to become officials. Even a madman like Wang Ji who was addicted to alcohol and got into trouble would have been impeached and dismissed long ago if it weren't for everyone's care.
Apart from.
The Wang family brothers are all very talented, and they are either good men or Jinshi. But the problem is that Wang Ji is just a poet, and his brothers mostly only have a lot of research on the classics and history, but they don’t know much about being an official. For example, Wang Ning was also the same before.
He served as an official in the capital for one term, and was later sent to the state to become a doctor.
Wang Ning is also very knowledgeable, but he is a historian who studies history very much and is busy compiling history and writing books.
"Let's take a look at the people in Musaburo. If they are nice, we can make a reservation."
"Brother, I found out that among the three brothers of the Wu family, the eldest and the second are the legitimate children of the main wife, but the third is the concubine of the concubine. His mother, Wang, was a palace lady who was given to the warrior Ke by the Supreme Emperor in his early years. Her hometown is in Jiangnan...
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But Wang Ning just waved her hand, "Since we all accept the wealth of the family and marry off the daughters to the common people of the poor family, the concubines and so on are not so important."
Wang Ji smiled bitterly, yes, among the direct descendants of the Wang family in Taiyuan, such an inappropriate marriage would not be mentioned, but there is nothing they can do now.
Marrying a daughter to a new rich man is actually not entirely for the purpose of raising family wealth. More importantly, he wants to use the power of these new rich men to revive the family business.
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The sun in early winter is very warm.
The fat little boy Huai Liang was taken out of the Wu Clan School in the south of the city. Hou San's son Hei Wa and Wu Cheng's eldest son Wu Mao, as well as two companions, also asked for leave.
"Where are you going, second brother?"
The effect of the closed family study is quite obvious. When I first came back and saw the little fat man, he didn't understand anything, but now he is obviously polite and his conversation is normal.
People have also grown taller and less fat, but the two teenagers Hou Heiwa and Wu Mao have changed even more, becoming whiter, taller and stronger.
"Sanlang, brother, I have arranged a marriage for you and will take you to the house to get married. You have to show your face for a while. The other party is the Taiyuan Wang family from the fifth surname and the seventh family. If they like you, you will have a bright future in the future.
Already."
The little fat boy is only eight years old, and he is still confused about marrying a wife. He is still immersed in the joy of not having to go to school today.
The carriage drove on the dirt road in Chang'an City, raising a lot of dust.
Most of the people living in Huaizhenfang are craftsmen, there are also some low-level officials from Chang'an's yamen and even some exiles, and there are also some merchants. Compared with Yongxingfang and Pingkangfang, the place is much more chaotic, and even the place is messy.
Most of the residents walking in the inner streets were wearing patches.
All the way to Wang Ji's house.
The Wang family has been waiting for a long time.
Huaiyu loaded a carriage with gifts, including more than a dozen jars of fine wine, including pear wine, pear wine, wine, sweet potato wine, sorghum wine, as well as Sanlejiang wine, Longgao wine, and Jiannan Shaochun from the Western Regions.
Lamb wine etc.
In addition to the wine that Wang Ji and his wife liked, there were also silk cloth, grain, fine salt, soap and many other things. This cart was worth hundreds of dollars.
Brothers Wang Ji and Wang Ning looked at the good things in this car. They were both surprised and very useful. They felt a sense of superiority that they had not seen for a long time. In Chang'an in recent years, this sense of superiority has become increasingly rare.
"please!"
Huaiyu walked into Wang's house with Samurai Leng, Samurai Ke, and Huai Liang. Brothers Wang Ji and Wang Ning had already prepared tea and snacks. After some pleasantries, they also directly asked Wu Huailiang some lessons. Wu Huailiang's answers were quite good.
Well, after all, the Wang family taught him how to read and so on before, and the teacher hired by the clan school was pretty good.
"A boy can be taught, he is talented and intelligent, and he can be made into something." Wang Ji commented with a smile.
This marriage is settled.
The next step was actually not too detailed. Huaiyu was a very direct person. He directly gave Wang Ji the land deed and the house deed of the three hundred acres of land in Yankangfang on the outskirts of Beijing, and also wrote a copy with him.
In the contract to open a wine shop in partnership, Huaiyu invested 3,000 yuan, and Wang Ji invested in the so-called exclusive wine recipe, etc. Huaiyu was six and Wang Ji was four.
This so-called exclusive wine recipe is just a name. Huaiyu gave him 1,200 guan, which is actually equivalent to a family fortune, 200 guan more than Wei Zheng's previous one thousand guan.
"Call the aunt to come over and meet everyone." Brother Wang Ji saw that the matter had been settled, so they smiled and asked Mrs. Lu to call the eldest daughter out.
Mrs. Wang is only five years old this year and she is quite cute. Eight-year-old Huai Liang and five-year-old Aunt Wang still don't understand the meaning of today's scene, but they get along quite well after meeting.
Finally, with the warriors Leng and Wang Ning as witnesses, the Wu and Wang families wrote an engagement letter, and the marriage was concluded quickly.
With the winery partnership contract in hand, Wang Ji could ask Huaiyu to refund the 1,200 yuan at any time. Of course, he could also cooperate in making wine and make money and share the profits.
The two families agreed to get married ten years later.
Wang Ji directly opened a jar of wine to celebrate.
"Wang Sanlang is currently in Beijing for election, don't you know if he will be elected?"
Wang Ning shook her head, and Huaiyu asked, "I wonder if Wang Sanlang will be free tomorrow?"
"I have been idle since I arrived in Beijing."
"Then would you like to accompany me to visit Duke Zhao tomorrow?"
Sun Wuji, the eldest son of Zhao Guogong and the Minister of Civil Affairs, had just been dismissed from his post for entering the palace with a sword and was in Beijing to reflect.
When Wang Ning heard this, he immediately nodded and said that he was free. Even if Changsun Wuji was dismissed from his post and stayed at home, if he could be appreciated by the uncle of the country and be selected and conferred, it would only be a matter of his words.
"I wonder if Bachelor Wang is free as well, why don't we go together?"
Wang Jigang had just resigned from his official position. He originally wanted to go back to his hometown, but now he was married to the Wu family and wanted to stay. He didn't think about what he would do next.
Wang Ning said to her brother, "Let's go together to visit Duke Zhao."
"Then Lao Wuerlang will help introduce you."
"We are in-laws."
Several people laughed together, Gaochang wine was particularly sweet and mellow.
After having a meal at the Wang family, Huaiyu also took the Wang family to visit Yankangfang House, which was only a few square meters away.
That house was given to Huaiyu by An Yuanshou. It was originally used to house Irina, and Jinwu Zangjiao housed other housewives. It is now vacant.
Huaiyu simply gave it to the Wang family.
The Wang family walked around this white domed house full of fulu style, and unexpectedly liked it. The main reason was that although the house belonged to Hu Feng, it also had several acres of land, which was much larger than the small courtyard where they lived in the Xue family.
The interior decoration is quite new, and the furniture is all available.
Wang Ji especially liked the rack of grapes in the courtyard.
"Choose an auspicious day another day, and I'll ask someone to come over and help Mr. Wang move,"
Wang Ji smiled and thanked him. The more he looked at this hospital, the more he liked it. This marriage was really a good match.
The Lu family even did not forget to compare with Wei Zheng by finishing his last blow, "They are much bolder and more generous than the Wei family, but the Wu family is still more grand!"
"Fortunately, I didn't get married to the Wei family. For the important matter of their children's marriage, they bargained as if they were buying groceries."
