Chapter 27 of Ji Zi Volume: Compassion with each other (first update, please vote for me!)
Baochai actually asked Feng Ziying this question, but Feng Ziying was vague about it. However, Feng Ziying also said that a tree as beautiful as a tree will be destroyed by the wind, which gave Baochai a rough idea of Feng Lang's current situation.
Feng Lang is no longer an ordinary Jinshi. He went from being a new Jinshi in the fifth year of Yonglong's reign to selecting common people in the palace, and then made great contributions to suppressing the rebellion in Western Xinjiang, and then returned to the DPRK and proposed the strategy of opening up the sea, which made him
He became a hot celebrity instantly.
If it were just these, that would be it, but the popularity will slowly fade away after a while. The key lies in Feng Lang's several division commanders, one is the current cabinet elder and the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and the other is the left deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
, there is also a person who is the right minister of the household department and is also in charge of the secretarial department. Such a prominent background has attracted the attention of countless people, and naturally arouses the fear of some people.
People who are too outstanding will naturally bear the jealousy and hatred of more people. Baochai can understand that it is probably the combination of these reasons that made Feng Lang have to go out of Beijing to avoid the limelight.
Deeper reasons, such as Feng Ziying being criticized by northern scholars for her strategy of opening up the sea, and Feng Ziying herself wanting to take the opportunity to leave the capital to avoid possible disturbances in the capital city in the past two years, are not what Baochai and the others can do.
Got it.
"Sister Lin should know better." Baochai quietly left the topic to Daiyu. She knew that she couldn't hold back and said half-showingly that Feng Ziying might be out of office as an official, which was inappropriate.
, now it is more appropriate to turn the topic to Daiyu.
Sure enough, Daiyu's face softened a lot, and she pondered for a moment before saying: "Maybe he jumped up too fast. The second-class Jinshi in their same department, and even his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy, are not as popular as him, little sister
I heard that Brother Feng and his teachers also think this is not good. Brother Feng is too young and has too little qualifications..."
Although the girls here do not know much about the affairs of the court, after all, they all come from official families, and they are still familiar with the rules of seniority and seniority.
The Jinshi in this subject in the fifth year of Yonglong has completely overwhelmed the Jinshi in the previous subject in the second year of Yonglong and even the first two subjects, that is, the forty-second year of Yuanxi. Although many people can't say it on the surface, they still feel the same in their hearts.
Some were dissatisfied, and Feng Ziying was naturally the first to bear the brunt. Even the three first-class scholars, Huang Zunsu and Yang Sichang, who practiced state affairs, did not receive as much criticism combined as Feng Ziying alone.
Although this will not damage Feng Ziying's reputation and his impression in the minds of the emperor and cabinet ministers, it will inevitably affect the perception of him by some middle- and lower-level officials and gentry.
"After all, Brother Feng is still too young, but shouldn't Brother Feng be able to show off his talent? You still have to learn to follow others' opinions, so what should you say when sharing your worries?" Tan Chun said dissatisfied.
"Hey, Tan girl said this as if she wanted to be a court elder. If the third sister were a boy, I'm afraid she would have won the first prize in the exam and become the first assistant."
Shi Xiangyun also knew something about Feng Ziying's situation, and knew that the inside story was not as simple as Daiyu said, or that Daiyu and Baochai knew about it but were unwilling to explain it in detail.
Originally, it wasn't their turn to discuss this? If we went further, it would inevitably lead to some embarrassment, so Xiangyun deliberately changed the topic by teasing the girl.
Although she didn't know that Feng Ziying would actually be released from Beijing to serve as an official, she had returned to Zhongjinghou and Baolinghou's home a few days ago and heard the conversation between her two uncles. She said that Brother Feng was talking.
The Hai strategy only benefited the imperial court and Jiangnan, but were the gentry in the north deceived and deceived? Gained nothing? This is probably why many people are not satisfied.
"Shi Yun'er, are you teasing me again? If I were the chief minister of the dynasty, I would first throw you into the sky prison? Then stuff your mouth with a cloth? Punish you not to speak for three months? ..." Tan Chun bared his teeth and claws.
? Pretending to tear Xiang Yun's mouth apart? This caused everyone to burst into laughter.
A small episode was interrupted by Shi Xiangyun.
However, Baochai noticed that Baoqin's face changed slightly when he heard Tanchun and Daiyu mention the Hanlin Academy. Especially when Daiyu mentioned "colleagues from the Hanlin Academy", he was even more touched. He became more and more certain that it was probably the Mei family.
Something went wrong over there, and my marriage to Bao Qin may have some twists and turns.
But under this situation, Baochai didn't want to ask in depth. He could only wait until he returned to Hengwuyuan before asking in detail. He didn't know if there was any news about the situation in the Mei family that Feng Lang helped him inquire about.
After dinner, when Bao Qin followed Bao Chai back to Hengwu Garden, Ying'er also noticed that her daughter and Miss Bao Qin didn't look well, so she quietly brought up the rose dew and then retreated.
"Tell me about it? Do you still want to hide it from me?" Baochai's words were gentle and gentle, but there was a hint of coldness, "Auntie didn't tell my mother, so Brother Tao just hid it from my brother. Why?"
Baoqin, you also want to hide it from me, how long do you plan to hide it?"
Bao Qin could tell that her sister was really angry. People said that it was very difficult for this sister to see her angry side. No matter what happened, she always had a calm and calm demeanor. But with such an attitude today, Bao Qin had such an attitude.
Qin also felt a little guilty.
Bao Qin quickly stood up and saluted and apologized. Bao Qin didn't dare to sit down, so she sighed and said: "My younger sister also knows that she can't hide it from her elder sister. She just doesn't want to know too many people. Even her mother and brother only know a rough idea and don't know much about Mei."
The real attitude of the family, but I know that the Mei family has long wanted to regret the engagement and call it quits..."
"Repent the engagement?!" Baochai couldn't help but stand up, her voice raised a few degrees, with a look of disbelief and sullenness on her face, "Bao Qin, what unethical thing did you do to make the Mei family regret the engagement and withdraw from it?!
Please explain it clearly to me!"
There are two brothers in the Xue family. Both men of the previous generation have passed away. In this generation, Xue Pan should be the eldest son, and he should be the one who has the final say. However, everyone in the Xue family knows about Xue Pan's temperament.
, naturally they would not place their hopes on him, but Baochai, who has a calm and calm temperament, became the backbone.
"Sister, how could the little sister do something immoral?" Baoqin's face was as white as snow, but his eyes were full of sadness, "In the past two years, the little sister has been living in Jinling City with her mother and brother to keep her filial piety.
I rarely go out and never leave Jinling, so how can I be immoral?"
"Then why did the Mei family dare to mention regretting the engagement and breaking up the engagement?" Xue Baochai couldn't believe it.
The engagement between officials and gentry is not a trivial matter, as is the engagement and divorce. Needless to say, the engagement is not as good as divorce, but it is not much different. If you take the initiative to cancel the engagement, you will not be
If you don't believe in the reason, it will be regarded as breaking the promise and will be looked down upon by scholars.
The Mei family is a well-known family in Huguang, and Mei Zhiye was born as a Jinshi. He also entered the Hanlin Academy for a few years, and now he is about to be promoted to the Shuntian Prefecture. At this time, he proposed to withdraw from the engagement, which will definitely have an impact on his own reputation. Similarly,
Bringing up this matter of renunciation will cause even greater harm to the Xue family.
We must know that the Mei family itself is from the Huguang family, and the key is that Mei Zhiye, who was born as a Jinshi, has a good reputation among the scholars. Regardless of whether his reasons for renouncing the marriage are sufficient or not, for the Xue family, which itself is the absolute most powerful among the scholars.
This is a huge blow to the disadvantaged Huangshang family. Whether the Xue family is justified or not, they will not win much understanding and support from the scholar-officials.
Because the influence and voice of the two parties are not on the same level, the scholars' natural contempt for the merchants determines that even if the reason for withdrawing from the engagement is not sufficient, the public opinion will still put the Xue family in an extremely disadvantageous situation.
Down.
But in any case, if you propose to withdraw from the engagement without any reason, then the Mei family will definitely suffer some backlash. This should be very detrimental to Mei Zhiye, who has just been transferred to Shuntian Prefecture. Baochai does not believe that the Mei family
It would be so unwise.
"Sister, in fact, the Mei family has already had a sign that they want to break off the relationship. Since the year before last, there have been fewer and fewer letters from the Mei family and our family. Last year, there was almost no letter. My mother and brother both wrote to me, but none of them came.
It was not until last month that the Mei family finally wrote back saying that they wanted to terminate the engagement." Bao Qin sighed leisurely, "As for the real reason, I guess it is simply that the Mei family is now more famous among the scholars.
It is said that the eldest son of the Mei family passed the exam last year. Although he failed in Chunwei, the Mei family has become more and more shining. In comparison, the status of our Xue family is a bit bleak now, so..."
Bao Qin's words made Bao Chai's heart suddenly tighten. She thought that Feng Ziying was about to let her official position go, and the second wife had to regain her title and take up the title. Will she have to face the same situation?
Bao Qin was actually engaged to the Mei family, but it was only a private agreement between herself and Feng Lang. Although Feng Lang promised a huge sum of money, such a marriage would still require the order of his parents. In case the Duan family refused to agree,
What to do?
Do you think that once the news about the restoration of the second wife of the Feng family to both the title and the family name spreads, will these high-ranking families in the capital city let such a good thing pass? As Baoqin said, the Xue family is now in decline, how can it compete with those scholarly families?
Comparable to high-ranking families?
Feeling so confused for a moment, Baochai almost asked the Mei family for the specific reasons and reasons for breaking off their engagement with Baoqin.
"The Mei family said they had received news that a businessman had sued his father in the Suzhou Yamen for collecting stolen goods for Fengcheng Pawn Shop a few years ago in Suzhou, and that his father was the one who killed him after he decided to purchase it himself..." Bao Qin sighed.
In one breath, "This matter is really ridiculous, not to mention whether Fengcheng Pawn Shop really accepted stolen goods. Even if this happens, it is just something that often happens in the industry. Most of them are due to the shopkeeper's negligence or greed.
It’s so cheap, how can we frame the boss’s head? Moreover, my father has been dead for a few years, but he still insists that it was his father who made the final decision. This is obviously a frame-up!”