Prime Minister

Chapter 156
In the Song Dynasty, it was common for friends and students to discuss relatives.

There is a saying that heaven and earth are kings, relatives and teachers. When parents are not around, it is common for teachers to decide marriages for students.

Chen Xiangdao: "Just now you said that you don't talk about relatives without fame. I quite appreciate this matter. As for men in their thirties, they know that they can lead others. Fu Xianggong (Fu Bi) was only married at 28 years old. Refuse marriage and let younger siblings get married first, this is an example for us scholars."

Fu Bi's marriage is also a good story.

Fu Bi is also a good-looking talent when he is young, and his talent is outstanding, which has won the appreciation of Fan Zhongyan, so there are quite a few people who come to him to discuss marriage.But Fu Bi refused all of them. His parents urged him to get married, and he said that his younger siblings should get married first.

At that time, Fan Zhongyan was very willing to support Fu Bi, a young man, so he often showed his articles to Prime Minister Yan Shu and Wang Zeng.

Yan Shu saw that this young man was very talented, so he asked Fan Zhongyan, is this Luoyang talent married?
Fan Zhongyan said that he was never married.

At that time, Yan Shu's daughter was entrusting a minister, Chen Xiang, to choose her son-in-law. Chen Xiang said to Yan Shu directly, I think Fu Bi, a student of the imperial court, has the talent of a prime minister because of his writing style.

After being matched by Fan Zhongyan and Chen Xiang, Fu Bi became Yan Shu's son-in-law, and is now the prime minister.

At that time, Song Renzong asked the minister Wang Su when he selected a prime minister: "Who is suitable for worshiping the prime minister?"

Wang Su replied that only ministers who are unknown to concubines and internal officials can pay homage to prime ministers.

Song Renzong nodded and said, it seems that there is only Fu Bi who never seeks out.

Therefore, Zhang Yue said that he would not discuss relatives without the imperial examination, and Chen Xiang also appreciated it very much.

The reason for this is that one is that the career has not been accomplished, let's not talk about girls, and the other is the change of status.

Either when a man was underdeveloped, he found a wife, so he was a wife of bad luck, and he wanted to treat her well for the rest of his life.

Or just don't talk about marriage, clean up your body and endure loneliness at the same time, and find a wife who is of a similar family after you get rich.

Whether it is the former or the latter, the former is often praised, but the latter is not liked to be mentioned.

In the traditional public opinion, I feel that some people are looking at people's lintels, why do they have to find such a woman to marry.In fact, in the eyes of the scholar-bureaucrats at that time, such a king and old man was equally admirable.

Therefore, after hearing what Zhang Yue said, Chen Xiang took Fu Bi's example to encourage him.

But then Chen Xiang changed the subject and said: "It's good not to discuss marriage before it's time, but if you meet a woman who will not humiliate you, but also can serve as a curtain, and is willing to share joys and sorrows with you and overcome poverty How can I miss it?"

Zhang Yue thought, is there such a good thing?

"Such a woman who can serve the towel is exactly what the students are looking for in their life."

After Zhang Yue finished speaking, he lowered his head with a respectful expression.

Chen Xiang nodded appreciatively.

Zhang Yue left Chen Xiang's mansion and walked back to Taixue, muttering in his heart as he walked.

What Chen Xiang just said was not without purpose.

He first mentioned that Zeng Gong liked him very much before, and then he mentioned finding a woman who can share the joys and sorrows with him and overcome poverty together. It seems that the two can be viewed together.

Could it be that Zeng Gong took a fancy to him?I want my sister to marry me.

Zhang Yue was a little surprised. Could it be that what Chen Xiang said was intended or not?
Who is Zeng Gong?

The eight masters of Tang and Song Dynasties.

The matter of him educating and raising four younger brothers and nine younger sisters by himself is talked about in the circle of scholar-bureaucrats.

Even Zhang Yue, who was in Taixue, had heard of it.

The marriage of children is a matter for parents, but Zeng Gong's father and brother died young, and the family was poor, so he had to shoulder the important task of finding a good family for his sister.

As the so-called marrying a daughter must be at a certain age, in this era, except for the noble girls, the girls of ordinary officials, rich families or ordinary people rarely get married over the age of 20.

It's a bit out of date when you're over 20.Moreover, once a woman's marriage is delayed, it will not be good for the family's reputation.

From the perspective of the world, do you think there is something wrong with your daughter?Why can't you get married when you are old?

As for the high-class women, there is no way, because such families intermarry with each other.They must buy rich dowry property.After all, men can marry at a low level, but women are not easy to marry lowly, so the marriage of high-end women is often delayed, and there are not a few people who are over 20 years old and get married.

Zeng Gong was under a lot of pressure.

The first of the nine sisters was delayed, and the latter were also delayed, but they couldn't just look for them, and they couldn't find a good home.

That's why Zeng Gong said to his friends, "I'm afraid of losing my time, and I'm afraid of not returning." This is also the reason.

But it turns out that Zeng Gong has a good vision!

That's right, it was me.Zhang Yue thought so.

But Zhang Yue suddenly changed his mind, no, Zeng Gong has a younger brother named Zeng Bu!

Zeng Bu, he seems to be a treacherous minister in Song history too!

Is this just another one?Do you want to call Cai Que, Wu Chuhou, Zeng Bu, and Zhang Dun to play mahjong in the Zhaishe?
I will have another table with Lu Huiqing, Cai Bian, and Cai Jing in the future.

And Zeng Bu and Zhang Dun are political enemies.

In history, Zhang Dun strongly stated to the Queen Mother: "King Duan is frivolous and cannot rule the world."

The Empress Dowager was suppressed into silence, at this time Zeng Bu came forward and said: "Speak carefully, everything is judged by the Empress Dowager."

The two prime ministers disagreed, two to one, and finally Song Huizong came to power.

The grievances and hatreds between the two of them could write a book alone.

Zhang Yue returned to the fasting house.

At the moment in the Wu Mansion.

Wu Anshi returned to the mansion with a somewhat uneasy expression, and after inquiring, she found out that her mother Li and his wife Fan were visiting.

Wu Anshi casually inquired about the visitors, but found out that they were Yang Shi, the wife of Zhang Yu, the staff doctor, and Zhang Dexiang's granddaughter.

This Yang family is Yang Yi's family relative. Back then, Wu Anshi's grandfather, Wu Daiwen, had a teacher-student friendship with Yang Yi, and the two families also had relatives by marriage.

It's just that later uncle Wu Yu and his father Wu Chong actively married Jingzhao gentry, but gradually alienated Zhang, Yang, Huang and other gentry from his hometown.

After Zhang Dexiang's death, Wu Yu paid homage to Shen Zhizhengshi.

The two have less contact.

Although Zhang Dexiang is an official prime minister, none of his five sons or grandchildren has been a Jinshi, and now they all rely on grace to shade officials.

However, the offshoots of Zhang's family are really great, and they have Jinshi in every subject.

For example, the number one scholar Zhang Heng is a child of the Zhang family who migrated to Hangzhou, Zhang Yu is a child of the Zhang family who moved to Suzhou, and the children of the Zhang family who have spread branches and leaves in various places have risen again.

There is also the Zhang family in Pucheng, Wu Anshi knows that there are several branches, and Zhang Yue is also one of them.

Wu Anshi thought to herself, why is Mrs. Yang walking around from home?
Did he seek an official for Zhang Yu?

We must know that Wailang, a member of Zhang Yu's official worship party, has not been dispatched so far. He was dispatched before, but because of the civil uprising in the place where he worked, Zhang Yu resigned, and now he is still waiting in line at the Ministry of Officials.

It's not easy to send dispatches nowadays, especially after Zhang Dexiang's death.

It's not easy for Wu Anshi to enter the house. I heard people say that her mother, Mrs. Li, was very sincere and left Mrs. Yang for dinner.And it was Mrs. Li who personally invited her, which surprised Wu Anshi a lot.

Wu Anshi suddenly remembered that although Zhang Xiang's granddaughter was married, she was Shi Qi's close friend back then.

Why did she come here with Yang Shi?

(End of this chapter)