Catching a son-in-law under the imperial examination was the most popular in the former Song Dynasty. However, as the number of people taking the imperial examination increased day by day, the difficulty of the imperial examination also became more and more difficult. Not to mention that it was rare to get a Jinshi before the age of 20, but even if he passed the examination, it was mostly at the age of 20.
That’s all.
In the current climate of the times, it is basically rare for a man to have not married a wife by the age of 18. Even if he does, he has already made an engagement and is only waiting for the successful completion of the imperial examination.
Therefore, what Song Shixiang and He Fengsheng talked about was an idealized state. It is not impossible, but it is indeed rare.
Fang Youdu, who comes from a relatively poor family, is now fifteen, which means that no matter whether he can pass the exam next autumn, his family will probably have to consider his marriage. And according to his age, it stands to reason that he
When I was admitted as a scholar the year before last, someone should have come to propose marriage, but I don’t know if his family would agree.
Needless to say, among this group of people, Lian is a member of the state affairs family. He is from a real gentry family. He is a direct descendant of Lian Zining from the former Ming Dynasty. The Lian clan in Guide, Henan is famous. As a man in his twenties, he has already been married.
, it is said that he also has two concubines, they should be the concubines he took in after he passed the imperial examination, but it seems that he has no heirs yet.
Several other people, Fan Jingwen and He Fengsheng, are already married in their hometown. They are all eighteen years old. Song Shixiang, Wang Yingxiong and Xu Qixun are engaged but not yet married, and basically they have decided to get married after Qiu Wei.
It would be great if the Spring Festival can be passed, but if not, they still need to get married. It is estimated that only the youngest Fu Zonglong and Zheng Chongjian don't know whether they are engaged or not.
A joke was made about Fang Youdu with sparkling eyes, which obviously aroused Fang Youdu's ambition. He was only fifteen years old, and he would not be sixteen until next autumn.
He was only twenty years old in one subject, and after studying hard for five more years, Fang Youdu still had the determination to take the Jinshi exam.
There is no one with poor grades in this group, and only Feng Ziying is the worst. Jingyi is much inferior to these people, but Feng Ziying has a superb sense of smell and analysis and judgment ability in current policy theory.
Let these people feel sorry for themselves.
After some joking, Feng Ziying introduced several people to meet her father.
Since we are visiting someone's home, even though they are all young people, they still understand basic etiquette. Moreover, Feng Tang is also a powerful general and does not have a bad reputation, so he has to pay a courtesy visit.
Of course Feng Tang welcomed the group of students brought by his son.
They are all elites from Qingtan Academy. Maybe in ten or eight years, these people will be able to step into the court and become the backbone of the civil servants. Especially look at their current leaders Qi Yongtai and Guan Yingzhen, who are truly great Confucians.
In the future, he will definitely return to the Sixth Ministry of the Central Government or the Metropolitan Procuratorate. If these disciples follow these two, will they have a good future?
It was already a moment when the two carriages drove out of Feng's mansion.
There were ten people in two carriages, and they also brought two boys and food boxes. It was a bit crowded, but they were all young people, so it was lively when they were crowded together.
"Ziying, have you heard?" Lian Guoshi was sitting in the front, holding the door frame of the carriage with one hand. "The news came back from the Di newspaper that the Jurchens in Jianzhou built a city outside the pass two years ago, named Heitu'a.
Assassin, his ambitions have become more and more undisguised, and he has summoned carpenters and blacksmiths to join him. Now the scale is getting larger and larger, but there is no movement from the court."
"Oh?" Feng Ziying's heart tightened, Black Bald Ala? I'm afraid it's Hetu Ala? Whether it's been studying for so long, hanging around in Jia's house, or celebrating festivals, he was subconsciously intoxicated by the beauty of this time and space.
He had forgotten about the various threats hidden in invisible places, "Where did you learn about it?"
Building a city is no small matter, which means that the Jurchens, who make a living by nomadic fishing and hunting, have begun to embark on the road of evolution.
Once a solid logistics base is established, especially those who seem to be less important, such as carpenters, cobblers, blacksmiths, and masons, begin to live in clusters, it means that division of labor and cooperation may occur in the handicraft industry, and work efficiency will be further improved.
For the Jurchens, there may be a qualitative improvement in the supply of materials such as weapons, armor, saddles and bridles.
Perhaps there is still a big gap between them and the Great Zhou Dynasty, but once they embark on this evolutionary path, it means that they have moved from a narrow path to a relatively broad road.
The Great Zhou Dynasty was not alert to the unruly behavior of the Jurchens, but the Tatars from the north greatly distracted the Great Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, a series of actions of the Jurchens in the past few years only made the Jurchens arouse their attention.
Da Zhou, who was taking a nap, occasionally opened his eyes to take a look, and the serious arrears of military pay made Da Zhou look helpless.
However, as the Jurchens' activities outside the customs became more and more frequent and their actions became larger and larger, Dazhou began to feel the pressure from the Northeast, especially the aggressiveness of the Jurchens towards Liaoxi, which made Dazhou feel
The Jurchens have great plans.
Once western Liaoning is controlled by the Jurchens, it will be directly connected with the Tatars, that is, the Mongolian tribes. This is not a good sign.
"Then the court doesn't have an explanation?" Feng Ziying knew that since Lian Guoshi took the initiative to talk to her about this topic, she must have felt that she had more say in these aspects. In contrast, Fan Jingwen, He Fengsheng and even Zheng Chongjian obviously still had no say in this aspect.
Much different.
"There has been no movement, it has been two years, and there is no response." Lian Guoshi sighed softly, "Brother Chu Cai, well, he is still your fellow countryman, are you afraid of knowing? He is now in the Ministry of War's Fang Division, he
He was a Jinshi in the thirty-eighth year of Yuanxi and held the post of Secretary Yuanwailang. He came to see his brother the day before yesterday and mentioned this incident by the way."
Brother Chu Cai? Or a fellow countryman? Feng Ziying reacted immediately and nodded: "Of course I know Brother Chu Cai, but I am not familiar with him. My father knows Brother Chu Cai and has always said that Brother Chu Cai is a young talent from our Dongchang Prefecture.
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Geng Ruqi, courtesy name Chucai, was born in Dongchang Prefecture. He was a Jinshi scholar in the 38th year of Yuanxi Dynasty. Later, he failed to pass the Shujishi examination. He first served as the director of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and later as a member of the Ministry of War.
Although Feng Ziying knew that he could not help with real military affairs now, he was still very concerned about the situation in the nine-border war in the north. After all, it might be related to his future wealth and life.
Don't worry, if the Tatars or Jurchens invade before you are mature enough, then your dream of a beautiful and happy life will be ruined.
After all, there are already some deviations in this history. It is hard to say whether the deviation will be even greater.
Up to now, Feng Ziying’s understanding of Dazhou’s entire politics, economy, finance, military, culture, transportation, commerce, logistics and other aspects is still messy and fragmented. It is unclear how strong Dazhou’s mobilization ability is in the face of emergencies.
Clearly, it is difficult to form a comprehensive concept.
Don't let it end up like what happened in the late Ming Dynasty. Once a chaos really breaks out, the news will leak out everywhere, and you will get a headache and a pain in the head and feet. In the end, you can't hold on to anything, so now he is trying to be as familiar with all aspects of the situation as possible.
However, his position, age and experience have limited his ability to obtain information from all aspects.
It's the damn age and timeline that prevents me from growing rapidly." The imperial court should still have a comprehensive strategy. It should seriously consider both the Tatars and the Jurchens, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs should send more people there.
The north should get a clear picture of the situation and provide the Ministry of War and the imperial court with a more accurate and detailed summary of the situation, instead of just bits and pieces of information. If the person in charge is more lazy, I'm afraid it will be difficult to come up with a decent strategy."
Feng Ziying could only vaguely propose some routines that seemed very targeted but lacked practicality. He had no choice but to understand the details of the Ministry of War.
Whether the Ministry of War pays attention to it or not, they have no idea what the Jurchens really think.
What if the imperial court and even the Ministry of War still adopt the strategy of embracing softness or recruiting one group to fight another? What is the current relationship between the Jianzhou Jurchens and other Jurchen tribes, and what is the attitude of the imperial court?
Lian Guo Shi quite approves of Feng Ziying's words. Well, of course they are all just armchair characters, so Feng Ziying's big tricks are still very confusing.
"Well, Brother Chucai also proposed to increase efforts to infiltrate Western Liaoning and the Jurchens. In addition, we should make a fuss about the Jurchens' private business dealings. We cannot let it go unchecked. Their coming to pay tribute also needs to be strictly controlled..."
Feng Ziying nodded. Geng Ruqi seemed to have some knowledge and was aware of the various hidden dangers and threats that private trade might bring.
At present, the relationship between the Jurchens and the Zhou Dynasty still belongs to a vassal and tribute system, but the trade brought by tribute has become less and less important, and private caravans have begun to play the main role.
"It's difficult, this caravan involves many layers of connections behind it..." Feng Ziying let out a sigh of relief.
He knew very well how close the business relationship between the Jurchens and the Zhou Dynasty was now. A large amount of furs, northern pearls and eastern pearls, ginseng antler, medicinal materials, gold sand, and animal skins were constantly coming in from outside the customs, and they became a source of contention among the dignitaries in the capital.
Competing preferences.
If a woman from an official family doesn't wear mink fur, you will be embarrassed to go out.
My mother and aunt bought one last winter, and Su Xie's two aunts also seemed to be pestering their father in bed. This winter, they each bought one. Although the coat color is not as pure as that of my mother and aunt, it is still in the capital.
It can be considered as a cover-up item that can be worn out in the city. It is said that Aunt Su's piece alone cost one thousand two hundred taels of silver.
How big are the huge profits here, and how many people’s interests are involved?
There is also the North Pearl, which is even better than the East Pearl. In the Jia Mansion, Feng Ziying saw the hairpin on Wang Xifeng’s head and inlaid an East Pearl. It was huge, plump, round and bright. Although she didn’t know the price, Feng Ziying estimated
It will not be less than a thousand taels of silver.