"It counts, naturally it counts. Why, you have your own candidate?" Yun asked.
"My daughter wants Zhang Xuexi to be her husband-in-law." Min'er said.
"What did you say?" Yun was stunned for a moment and asked. Xiyao also seemed to be frozen, her chopsticks stopped in mid-air; even Wen Luo's mouth widened. Originally, the chopsticks were holding a piece of mutton and he was about to put it into his mouth.
She paused now, and the mutton fell on the table grazing her lips.
"Father, mother, my daughter is going to marry Zhang Xuexi, who studies steam engines." Min'er added.
Yun stopped Xiyao who was about to speak and asked: "Why do you want to marry him?"
"My daughter remembers that her father said, 'It is better to choose a person who is from a merchant background, whose family is still doing business but who is not a merchant himself, or who is an official in the court, or a general in the army, or who is studying science in Gezhiyuan, and it is better to be a husband.
Better. Zhang Xuexi himself is a researcher at the Gezhi Academy. He is a merchant. His daughter has also inquired about it. His family's business is not big or small, and he himself has been given a title and a hereditary official position. It is not appropriate.
Father's request?" Min'er said.
"This is just the simplest condition, not because you chose him." Yun said again.
"Meeting the conditions is due to choice." Min'er said.
Yun wanted to ask again, but suddenly realized something, put down the bowls and chopsticks, and walked out of the dining hall with Min'er. Xiyao's face became a little ugly, but she didn't say anything and continued to eat. Wen Luo came to his senses, lowered his head and continued eating.
.The eldest sister doesn’t want to say something to her mother. Her mother must be very angry. She is just looking for scolding when she speaks now.
The father and daughter walked to an empty room, and Yun asked, "Why did you choose Zhang Xuexi?"
"No reason, I just don't want to marry one of the three people chosen by my mother for me." Min'er said.
"Your mother also has good intentions. It's hard to pick three good candidates. Even if you are not satisfied, you have to be considerate of her." Yun said.
"Do I have to accept other people's kindness?" Min'er said.
"Your mother is no different."
"Of course I know that my mother is doing it for my own good, but I am not satisfied with these three candidates." Min'er said angrily: "I told my mother about my request to choose a husband, but my mother turned a deaf ear and didn't care about me at all.
According to the request, these three people were selected. You know Dad Ping too. When I see you, I don’t like you because you look cowardly. No matter how capable you are, I can’t like you either. Besides, he is a general in the army, and his grandfather is Ping An.
Uncle Tian Cheng, his father and uncle are also generals in the army, who knows how true his military exploits are? I am afraid that even the Jinyi Guards may not be able to investigate clearly."
Yun didn't say anything and just continued to listen to what he said. If the investigation was really serious, Jin Yiwei might not be able to find out whether the military merits were true or false, but there was no need to tell his daughter about it.
"What does the young son of the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Province look like? He looks like a big winter melon, and he is also fat. As the son of a military commander like the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Province, he is so fat. Needless to say, I have never learned any martial arts.
I don’t want such a husband. Zhao’s grandson seems okay, but I happened to have heard about an incident in his family. Another grandson of Zhao got pregnant by a maid, but it happened that he had already made an appointment to get married.
At that time, Zhao's daughter-in-law had the maid Shen Jiang killed. His brother is such a person, and he may not be a good person; even if he is a good person, his daughter will feel disgusted when he has such a mother-in-law." Min'er added.
road.
"Why didn't I know about the Zhao family's sinking of a maid into the river?" Yun asked.
"He is a servant who has signed a death contract. According to the "Great Ming Law", even if it is proven that the killing was intentional, the master will be punished with a rod of thirty at most. If you ask the butler to take the blame, he will not even be punished with a rod of thirty.
, how could such a trivial matter be reported to your ears, daddy?" Min'er said in a mocking tone.
Yun didn't care about her sarcasm and asked again: "Then how did you know?"
"My daughter's nine years in the women's school were not in vain." Min'er said: "Those classmates of mine at the time are now married to civil and military officials with good prospects, and we are also related to each other. One of them is
My husband is currently working as a county lieutenant at the Beicheng Police Station. Last year, he told me that a female corpse was found on the river bank with an unformed fetus in her belly. However, the body was left in front of the police station for more than ten days and was still unclaimed, so it was thrown away.
The graves were in chaos. My daughter was interested in this matter, so she used the help of Wen Yuan and Wen Qi to find out that she was originally a maid of the Zhao family. After further investigation, she learned the cause of her death."
"You actually used your brother's men. They just let you use them?" Yun said.
"How dare they refuse!" Min'er replied, and then said: "Dad, are you indifferent after hearing such a thing?"
"There are too many such things. Although my father has never heard of this incident, I have heard from Jin Yiwei that other things have happened. It's not that my father is cold-blooded, but it's just that my father can't change it." Yun said. Don't say that the Zhao family can kill.
He is still a servant under a death contract. Even if he is a commoner, many nobles and officials have been killed by them. Now Yingtianfu Yin is still an honest and upright official. The murder case must be investigated. Shouldn't the nobles and officials use someone to take the blame?
Ying Tianfu Yin had no choice but to sentence the deceased's family to a few more coins. To put it into perspective, their family was the leader of the entire privileged class. Was the eunuch and palace maid who was executed for spreading gossip two years ago unjust? No?
Xiyao died with just one order. It is impossible for such a thing to disappear completely.
"Hmph!" Min'er didn't say anything else, and added: "Anyway, the three people chosen by the mother are not favored by the daughter. Just when the father mentioned Zhang Xuexi, the daughter felt that Zhang Xuexi just met the requirements of her daughter and her father, so she wanted to
Let him be my husband."
"There is still one day left. Even if you are not satisfied with your mother's choice, you can't pick anyone at will." Yun said.
"It's been more than a month since I couldn't find someone I like, and it's only been one day. Where can I find my daughter?" Min'er rolled her eyes at him and said, "My daughter's choice of Zhang Xuexi is not an ordinary one. In addition to what my daughter said just now,
Zhang Xuexi also looks good, is a good person, and is indeed a suitable candidate. Anyway, he is much better than the three people chosen by my mother."
"Besides, my daughter does like him a little bit." Min'er's face turned slightly red. "That day when I went to Gezhiyuan, my daughter was a little moved when she saw him operating the steam engine in front of her father and talking at the same time.
Dad, didn't you say that a man who works hard is the most attractive? Although my daughter doesn't quite understand what the word "charming" means, she can roughly guess it. Later, when she saw his appearance, she liked him a little.
"
"Of course, I just like it a little bit. Just like when I was studying in the girls' school, my classmates would sometimes be moved when they saw tall and handsome guards, but they forgot about it after a few days. After my daughter returned to the palace, she also took him.
I forgot. I just heard my father talk about it again today, and when I thought of him, I felt that he was more pleasing to my eye than my mother's three choices, so I chose him."
"Is this true?" Yun asked, "Don't make up random sentences to deceive your father."
"Of course this is true. At this point, what's the use of a daughter lying to her father?" Min'er said.
Yun stared at her eyes seriously for a while and said: "Father believes in you. But father will ask you again, do you want to choose Zhang Xuexi as your husband?"
"Yes, father." Min'er said solemnly.
Yun nodded, said nothing more, and pulled her out of the room. As soon as he walked out, he saw Xiyao standing near the door of the house, and Wen Luo also stood aside with a sad face. Yun pulled Min'er out and talked with Xi
Yao said: "My daughter said that she would like Zhang Xuexi to be her husband. My husband also agreed to her."
"However," Yun said before Xiyao could speak: "But Min'er has not learned about this person in detail, nor his family background. I will order Jinyiwei and Zhensi to check.
Let’s see how Zhang Xuexi is as a person and what his family is like. If he is good, let him be Min’er’s husband.”
"Since Min'er has chosen the person himself, I won't object. Jin Yiwei and Zhen Si will check carefully and search his house thoroughly. Nothing can be missed," Xiyao said.
"Of course I will instruct them like this." Yun nodded. He then said to Min'er: "Go and admit your mistake to your mother."
"Mom, my daughter admits her mistake to you." Min'er said immediately.
But after hearing her words, Xiyao ignored her at all, turned around and left with Wen Luo. Wen Luo secretly winked at Min'er, telling her that her mother was very angry now.
"Your mother is very angry right now. You can admit your mistake to her later in the evening." Yun said with a bitter smile.
"No, my daughter will go and admit her mistake to her mother right now." Min'er said and caught up with her mother. Yun looked at their backs and looked at Xiyao who kept trying to get rid of Min'er but couldn't, and suddenly laughed.
, causing the palace maids to look at him in surprise, but then quickly lowered their heads.
Yun spent an hour casually in a room, and then got up and went to Qianqing Palace to continue handling political affairs. He first ordered people to call the commander of the Jinyiwei and the chief of the town department, and asked them to carefully check Zhang Xuexi's house. Jinyiwei
The commander and the town chief had no idea why this was happening, but they all bowed and agreed to send out the best people to investigate when they returned.
Three days later, Yun received their investigation results. Zhang Xuexi was indeed a good person and warm-hearted to others. He had never used research funds for other purposes. He focused solely on steam engines. Even apart from being acquaintances with Gezhiyuan, even his friends
There were only a few; what made him even more happy was that Zhang Xuexi had no maids around him and had never been to a brothel.
Zhang Xuexi’s family is also good. He is a conscientious businessman. In the past, a relative in his family was a member of the Ministry of Industry, so he ran a coal mine and supplied some goods to the Ministry of Industry. Later, this relative was transferred to Sichuan as a prefect, and their family became
He gave up the coal mine to others and stopped doing the business of the Ministry of Works. He continued to do his own business. Yun didn't care at all that his family had taken advantage of the court. The Ministry of Works was the most 'legal' corruption department among the six ministries.
, if the business in the workmanship department is not very profitable, it will be special, and it will be regarded as an outlier, and the business will not be able to continue in the future. What's more, Zhang Xuexi's family does not make much money.
After reading the two reports in full, Yun took them back to Kunning Palace and showed them to Xiyao. Although Xiyao was very angry at the time when her daughter said something different to her, they were mother and daughter after all, and they reconciled the next day.
Xiyao repeatedly read the reports from the two yamen and confirmed them with the results of the secret investigation he ordered his mother-in-law's family to investigate. No problems were found. Tongyun said: "Since he is a good person and he has done his duty in the family, let's make a decision.
This family, I guess. However, there are a few rogues in the Zhang Xuexi clan. Although they are not close, they are still relatives within the fifth server. What if they use Min'er to do more evil in the future?"
"That's easy to say." Yun Dao said: "I gave the Yingtian Police Station an order to arrest the rogues in the Zhang Xuexi clan, even those who are a little domineering in business, and exile them to Hanzhou. A month later, the order will be sent to the
marriage."
"What if Zhang Xuexi suddenly gets engaged during this period?" Xiyao asked again.
"Have you forgotten the method I used on Zhang Wuji?" Yun said with a smile: "Zhang Xuexi is still in the capital, so it is easier to arrange than Zhang Wuji."
"It's been ten years, of course I forgot." Xiyao shook her head and said.
"Yes, ten years have passed." Hearing Xiyao's words, Yun Ye felt a little emotional. "My husband is already forty years old this year, and you are over thirty." Those young days seemed like just yesterday.
, but in a blink of an eye he was already forty.
"Yes, my husband is forty years old and has become more mature and stable. There are not many concubines in the palace. Many of the palace ladies look at you with hot eyes and want to crawl into your bed at night. But I am in my thirties and already
She is a yellow-faced woman." Xiyao said deliberately.
"What the hell." Yun said with a smile: "Why are you a yellow-faced woman? There are no wrinkles at the corners of your eyes, and you are still very young. If you wear similar clothes to Min'er, you will definitely be considered a sister. But I look more and more like you.
He is an uncle, how can a little girl like him?"
When Xiyao was about to say something else, Yun said sternly: "I have enough of you, and I have many children. I won't accept concubines at will anymore."
"Husband." Xiyao leaned into Yun's arms. Min'er wanted to come in, but when she saw this scene, she quietly stepped out.
