Chapter 377 Thank you from the eldest princess of Wei State
Guo Xianqing himself didn't know how he got home.
After returning home, I locked myself in the study room, my whole head was buzzing.
So, the servants quickly reported this matter to the eldest princess of Wei State.
The eldest princess of Wei State also became a little nervous after hearing the report from her servants.
He immediately arrived at the study and looked at a person, Guo Xianqing, sitting in the study with an ashen face.
"What's wrong, husband?" the eldest princess of Wei asked calmly.
Guo Xianqing sighed.
"Is it not going well when you enter the palace to meet the emperor?" the eldest princess of Wei asked.
Guo Xianqing said: "Madam, are you afraid that I will never be able to return to this home again?"
The eldest princess of Wei was startled and asked with concern: "What happened to your husband in the palace?"
Guo Xianqing sighed dejectedly.
The eldest princess of Wei had no choice but to be patient and comfort Guo Xianqing.
Finally, Guo Xianqing opened his mouth and briefly recounted what happened in the palace.
After hearing this, the princess sighed and said, "Husband, how can you mention the money you owe in front of the emperor?"
This husband is really too upright.
Why does this noble family in Bianjing City let their retainers, servants or relatives do business while they hide behind their backs?
This is because there are specializations in the profession, and most people do not have the ability to do business.
So I had to settle for the next best thing, choose some smart people to do business, and take some profits myself.
At the same time, it was also to avoid trouble and avoid being pointed out by the scholar-bureaucrats in the outer court.
As a husband, it would be better for him to just blow himself up in front of the emperor.
Even if there were no subsequent events, the eldest princess of the Wei Kingdom knew that just this one incident was enough for the crows in Yushitai to bite the Guo family for more than half a year.
"Husband, if there is any need to enter the palace in the future, please let me go!" said the eldest princess of Wei State.
Guo Xianqing lowered his head and said: "Everything depends on the lady, everything depends on the lady!"
"I also ask my lady to come to the palace quickly and intercede for me in front of the emperor!"
He held his wife's hand tightly as if grasping a life-saving straw.
He really doesn’t want to go to Taipei University.
Restrict freedom and designate Confucianism to teach?
This means that from now on, he will no longer be able to go to Wazi to enjoy himself, nor will he be able to drink wine with his friends.
Just thinking about it made him extremely uncomfortable.
The eldest princess of Wei State sighed: "Husband, this matter cannot be rushed!"
"Let's wait for the anger inside the palace to subside, and wait for the scholar-bureaucrats in the outer court to calm down, so that we can arrange things calmly!"
Guo Xianqing immediately lowered his head: "Madam, I don't want to go to Taipei University!"
Where is Taixue?
A place where a group of nerds and Taoist teachers gather together.
In Guo Xianqing's eyes, it was a boring and boring place.
Not to mention, he would be locked up in Taixue like a house arrest and listen to those designated Taoist teachers who talked about something every day. Confucius said it was Chengren and Mencius said it was Yiyi.
Just thinking about such a future made Guo Xianqing tremble all over.
"Husband!" The eldest princess of Wei sighed and said, "Even if I enter the palace now, even if the empress dowager and empress dowager are willing to give me face...even if the officials can forgive me..."
"Husband, I'm afraid I have to go too!"
Guo Xianqing raised his head and asked: "Why?"
The eldest princess of Wei State looked at her husband and sighed in her heart. This husband's political acumen was almost zero.
But she could marry a chicken, a chicken, a dog, or a dog, and she was already married to him.
Is it possible that we can still reconcile and divorce?
Even if she is willing, the current situation does not allow the princess to reconcile again.
Her sister, the eldest princess of Qin State, tried every means to reconcile with her consort, but in the end she had to remarry under pressure from the government and the opposition.
In the end, she was driven crazy by marriage and her soul died prematurely.
Therefore, she could only patiently say: "The scholar-bureaucrats in the outer court will fight to the death to dissuade!"
"Even if they kidnap me, they will kidnap my husband to go to the Imperial Academy."
This is definitely going to happen.
For the scholar-bureaucrats, the official family would send a distinguished person, especially a prince-in-law, to the Imperial Academy to receive the influence and enlightenment of the sage's scriptures.
What's this?
This is a symbol of the heyday of the Song Dynasty's literary rule.
Therefore, this matter was no longer decided by the palace.
Even the Cishengs of the two palaces and even the officials changed their minds.
But the scholar-bureaucrats would inevitably fight one after another on this matter until her husband was sent to the Imperial College.
Once something like this happens, the Guo family will be completely finished.
From then on, all scholar-bureaucrats would look at the Guo family through colored glasses.
Then, he picked on her in every possible way and disliked her in every possible way.
Your surname is Guo? You are the only one who refuses to follow the teachings of saints, right?
Therefore, the eldest princess of Wei knew that Guo Xianqing had to go to Taixue.
Not just for himself, but for future generations.
Especially my son who is just over two years old.
Guo Xianqing's eyes widened as he listened: "Whether I go to Imperial College or not, what does it have to do with those civil servants?"
"They are too lenient, right?"
The eldest princess of Wei State said: "This is how I treat the scholar-bureaucrats!"
Let alone the prince-in-law.
The scholar-bureaucrats wished that they would have to control even what the officials did in the palace.
For the scholar-bureaucrats, this is the place of righteousness, and it is also where millions of people go.
Guo Xianqing naturally knew the temper of the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty.
So he actually just vented a few words.
Then he drooped his head.
The eldest princess of Wei State must discuss it with him.
"Husband, please cheer up!" she said: "My Guo family's troubles are far from over!"
Offend the emperor and offend the officials.
This matter has a great impact on the Xungui family.
If this adverse effect cannot be eliminated, it will be very difficult for Guo from now on!
Just look at the Wang Shen family - even the officials from the Normal Bureau, the Ministry of Personnel and the Privy Council want to get stuck.
It's not like there were any instructions from inside the palace.
The officials are simply taking advantage of the opportunity to get what they want.
This is called beating a drowned dog!
Being born in the Wang family, you can only obediently spend money to eliminate disasters, and you even have to carefully serve those petty officials who you didn't take seriously in the past!
Why?
I'm afraid that the matter will become a big deal, that the palace will know about it, and that the petty officials will be reminded of the Wang family.
The Wang family's current strategy is to imitate the winter pheasant.
They buried their heads in the snow and pretended not to know what was going on outside, just asking the officials to treat them as nothing.
After this period, twenty or thirty years later, the petty officials will no longer be angry or a new king will come to the throne.
Only the Wang family has survived this disaster.
However, the nature of the Guo family's current matter is similar.
It might be even more serious.
I'm afraid it's because of the relatives' face that the palace didn't do everything right.
"What do you mean, madam?" Guo Xianqing asked.
"Pay back the money!" said the eldest princess of Wei State: "Now that things have come to a point, we have no choice but to pay back the money as soon as possible."
"Pay back the money?" Guo Xianqing's eyes widened.
He murmured to himself: "I went to the palace, offended the officials, and was sent to the Imperial Academy..."
“After making such a long journey and suffering so many losses, we still have to pay back the money in the end!?”
Then I didn’t suffer in vain?
The eldest princess of the Wei Kingdom nodded: "For the current plan, this is the only way."
"I even have to go to the palace in person in two days, ask my mother and concubine to apologize in front of the officials, and hope that the officials will forgive me!"
"Maybe..."
"We have to spend an extra amount of money to calm the officials down!"
Guo Xianqing's tone suddenly became a little excited: "Not only do I have to pay back the money, but I also have to take out additional money? What's the point?!"
The eldest princess of Wei sighed: "This is the principle of the Tian family!"
"When the late emperor was here, even the prime minister had to pay a copper fine if he made a mistake!"
"How can I, the Guo family, be compared to the prime minister?"
Guo Xianqing's eyes widened, and then he thought of the late emperor.
This is indeed the case. He even laughed at the prime ministers at that time.
But he didn't expect that he would have to do this now.
Guo Xianqing lowered his head: "Isn't this too embarrassing?"
The eldest princess of Wei sighed: "It is better to be embarrassed than to have the whole family implicated!"
Wang Shen's family is now the best role model.
That official was famous for holding grudges.
Guo Xianqing lowered his head dejectedly.
The eldest princess of Wei looked at her husband with a sad expression on her face.
But my heart is actually happy.
Why?
Because the official family has decided to send her husband to the Imperial Academy, and specially invite the great Confucian to teach and advise.
This means that her husband will no longer be able to associate with those foxes and rabbits for some time in the future, nor will he go out to mess around again.
If it is the teaching of a great Confucian, the advice will be effective.
From then on, her husband calmed down, watched over her children, and lived out his life quietly.
That's really great.
Even if it doesn't work, my husband will be more restrained and more careful after learning this lesson.
Therefore, the eldest princess of Wei State is actually from the palace of gratitude.
