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 he was more able to persist in the character of a lonely minister. 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 was also
It does go higher and higher.
Not long ago, he was promoted to Duke of Julu County, and it was only a step away from being granted the title of Duke of Jin Dynasty. It was only a matter of time.
When they were neighbors before, their personal relationship 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 also 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, which is still young. He married Pei from Hedong and gave birth to four sons and two daughters. Because he was the prime minister of Zhenguan, the marriages of his children were all well settled.
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 wealth, 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 the emperor finally intervened and 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 haircut 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 men and women to marry early, and women could marry 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 this marriage.
Mainly because the couple wanted to run away early to have their 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 him, she 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 marry Wu Siniang soon, have a baby soon, and have a grandson 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, of 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 current imperial court's encouragement of early marriage and early childbearing was a bit too eager for quick success and quick gain.
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 own sister, he still hopes to have a baby later, but giving birth to a baby at this time, especially a young first-born child, is a life-threatening situation.
Wei Zheng was very anxious.
"Duke 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 also a student of Wu Huaiyu. This boy was quite smart, and he was best at calligraphy. Among the children of the Wei family, Wei Erlang and Wei Erniang both liked calligraphy and both wrote well.
Wei Erlang studied Wu Huaiyu's martial arts regular script and has already 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 the 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.
After arriving, Huaiyu came to say hello first. Since his brother was not here, it was not convenient to talk much. 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 pay their respects.
"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 he 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 Si Jin?"
"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, one son, Princess Shang, one daughter, Prince Xu, and the other son and daughter are also married to the Wu family of Bingzhou and the Xue family of 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 not very good.
I rushed to mortgage the house and borrowed loan sharks to raise millions to lose my family fortune and wanted to join the Wang family in Taiyuan, but in the end I failed.
As for Wu Huaiyu, he married his third brother into the Wang family, 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 could not get married to the Seventh Sect of the Five Surnames. Erlang, I want to ask you something today."
Wei Zheng's face turned 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 into 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 I didn’t go to the Longmen Wang Bachelor’s house, but to the Qixian County house, to 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 eldest daughter of the eldest princess, Wang Renbiao."
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, Li Shi 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 plans 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.
