He was not disappointed when he didn't get Xia Qing's favor. Later, he didn't dare to have extravagant hopes anymore. He didn't expect that today he would be given such a big surprise.
Before, he could only be regarded as a disciple, but now he is a closed disciple, and his status is completely different. Min Feng's mind was very clear now. He quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times.
"Students are truly lucky to be under the teacher's tutelage. Thanks to the teacher's respect, students will be careful in their words and deeds in the future and listen carefully to the teacher's teachings."
Seeing Min Feng's surprising performance, Xia Qing felt even more satisfied with Min Feng. If nothing else, he had done a good job of respecting his teacher and he seemed to be a grateful person.
"Since you have no objection, then choose an auspicious day and perform the apprenticeship ceremony. You haven't met your senior brother yet. I will call him over tomorrow and introduce him to you. From now on, we will be a family."
Xia Qing looked at Min Feng with a smile on his face. He was quite satisfied with this young disciple. There was another senior brother in front of Min Feng, Zhang Shuo, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Xia Qing had a son and two daughters, and the two daughters were already
Get married and have children.
The legitimate son is the youngest, and he is twenty-four this year. His name is Xia Zequan, he is the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, and he has been married for a long time. Xia Qing's legitimate granddaughter is seven years old this year, and there is another legitimate grandson who is five years old this year.
Xia's family was not rich, and Xia Qing's concubine only gave birth to a concubine. The other daughters and sons were all the children of the main wife.
"Thank you teacher for your cultivation!" Min Feng couldn't help but feel excited and happy in his heart, with a bit of a smile on his face.
"Since you and I are already master and apprentice, you don't have to be cautious. You have reached a young age today, but you are not married yet. Has your family made a marriage arrangement for you? Or do you already have a plan in mind?"
Min Feng's face turned red when he talked about his marriage. He had not yet considered the love between his children.
Besides, once he is admitted to Jinshi, why worry about not being able to marry a virtuous wife from a distinguished family?
"The student has not yet been engaged at home, and when he came to the capital in the next few years, he never thought about it. The orders of his parents and the words of the matchmaker are not decided by the elders, so the students dare not give or take them privately."
Of course, Min Feng would not reveal his true plans before, which seemed like he was too eager for quick success.
Xia Qing is a good person, how could he not understand Min Feng's thoughts? However, this is also human nature. When people go to higher places, water flows to lower places.
What kind of good woman could he marry before he was admitted to the Jinshi? Those from market families or farmers' families would not be of any help to Min Feng in the future.
Xia Qing thought about it, and found that there were several officials in the court who were close to him, and they all had legitimate daughters or concubines at home. However, Min Feng had not yet found an official position, even if he had become his
As a closed disciple, those adults are afraid that they are not willing to let their daughter get married, so they might as well wait until Min Feng is admitted to the Jinshi.
At this time, Gu Chengyu was discussing with Liang Zhirui about his early crowning.
"Although you are only fourteen now, if you pass the palace examination, you will be an official of the Dayan Dynasty. If you enter the officialdom before you have been crowned, it will inevitably make people look down upon you. Why not wait for you to pass the palace examination and crown you in advance?
Gift. I have already seen it. One month from now, April 28th will be an auspicious day. What do you think?"
Liang Zhirui looked at this closed disciple with pride on his face. Not to mention the Dayan Dynasty, even in the previous dynasties, there was no prodigy who could become a Jinshi at the age of fourteen.
Although Gan Luo worshiped the prime minister in ancient times, it is not unusual for Gu Chengyu to pass the Jinshi examination at the age of fourteen, but how many talented prodigies can there be? If the national examination was not delayed for three years compared with the provincial examination, how could Gu Chengyu be able to do so at the age of twelve?
Became a Jinshi.
However, there are still a few such child prodigies in the world. Liang Zhirui is not worried about Gu Chengyu's upcoming entry into the officialdom. Gu Chengyu is very clever!
When I planned to become his disciple before, it was enough to see his mind, and even more so, his calmness and forbearance.
In order to get his attention, Gu Chengyu planned for more than half a year. At that time, he knew that this young disciple would not be a thing in the pool in the future, and his patience was much stronger than that of his peers.
Who can say that a young man who studies hard, strives to make progress, is resourceful, and knows how to be patient doesn't have a bright future?
When Gu Chengyu thought about it, he also felt that it made sense. He was originally young, and when he entered the officialdom, his colleagues would inevitably judge people by their appearance. Not to mention despising him, it was true that they did not value him. Now the teacher happened to be in the capital, and he crowned and crowned him.
Dictionary.
"What the teacher said is true, so just follow what the teacher said. I will write a letter to my parents at home and mention the crown ceremony."
Originally, the crowning ceremony needed to be presided over by the father, but Father Gu was a farmer, so naturally he didn't understand this. Besides, Father Gu and the others were far away in Jingyuan Prefecture, so it was inconvenient to come here.
As Gu Chengyu’s teacher, Liang Zhirui is certainly qualified to host Gu Chengyu’s crowning ceremony.
"I have heard about what happened to you in the capital. Hu Maoshen is not a cunning person. It is not a bad thing for you to want to make friends with him. Jiang Mingyuan has been transferred to the capital, which is very beneficial to you. You will go there often in the future.
Please move around the Jiang Mansion more, after all, they have taken care of you, so you can be considered someone who cares about old friendships."
Yin Kun came to Liang Mansion yesterday and told Liang Zhirui everything that happened to Gu Chengyu in the capital.
After listening to this, Liang Zhirui couldn't help but marvel that Gu Chengyu had the ability to turn things around. Although he still couldn't restore the truth later, at least he pulled himself out of the vortex, which was already remarkable.
Liang Zhirui didn't know anything about Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Chengyu's mother Lu, but he still praised Jiang Mingyuan in front of Yin Kun for his love and righteousness!
At the beginning, Gu Chengyu set up a test field for Jiang Mingyuan, and now Jiang Mingyuan has been promoted to the second level in a row, which is all due to Gu Chengyu.
But he is an official after all! This time, he did not sit idly by and looked back on his old feelings. This was really not easy.
"But what did senior brother tell you?" Gu Chengyu would naturally carefully maintain the relationship with the two of them. After all, they were considered connections in the officialdom!
However, that was not what he was interested in now. He thought of the three senior brothers who had gathered together before, and that there was some unfamiliarity between He Jisheng and the teacher.
Although He Jisheng was very respectful to his teacher, it was obvious that he was not as close to him and Min Feng as the teacher was to him.
Logically speaking, after not seeing each other for many years, the previous estrangement should have disappeared. Unexpectedly, the two of them have not seen each other for many years, but they have not yet settled their differences.
"By the way, teacher, what exactly happened between you and Third Senior Brother?"
Gu Chengyu asked this not just for gossip, but mainly because he wanted to find out the reason, which would determine his future attitude towards He Jisheng.
As soon as Gu Chengyu mentioned this, Liang Zhirui's expression turned ugly. He heard Yin Kun say that when something happened to Gu Chengyu this time, it was a bit too much for He Jisheng to stay out of the incident and stay behind closed doors.