I want to be emperor

Chapter 911 Visit and Marriage

On the first day back to his hometown, what happened on this day was actually different from what Song Erniu had imagined before.

There are many ways in Song Erniu's imagination, but they are basically inseparable from the word "pretentiousness"... For him, the reason why he spent a lot of time and money to return to his hometown is largely to satisfy his inner vanity. ...

That's right, Song Erniu is such a vulgar person.

I have worked so hard to get rich. If I don't show it off, wouldn't I be wasting my money?
People are social animals, and most of people's satisfaction is not because you get something, but because you get something that others can't get.

Comparison is the deep source of happiness.

Song Erniu is just an ordinary person, he just wants to let the people in his hometown know that he has succeeded... The cowherd boy who you looked down on in the past and thought he would achieve nothing has become a millionaire!
So before returning to his hometown, Song Erniu actually imagined a lot of ostentatious scenes... It's just a pity that when he really got home and met his parents, many of the things he imagined before suddenly became less important .

For example, Song Erniu thought about it before, and on the first day back to his hometown, he would give red envelopes to the villagers one by one... for no other reason, just to let the elders in his hometown know that he, Song Erniu, has developed...and developed I didn't forget the people in my hometown, I would give them red envelopes... Then it was logical to enjoy the compliments and even the envy and hatred of the elders in my hometown!

For this reason, he specially prepared a lot of cash and gold coins... It's much better to send out gold coins as a red envelope.

Not too much, one gold coin per person, in fact, the cost is hundreds of Chu Yuan, after all, the population in Shuangshan Village is not large, except for the young and strong labor force who go out to work, the people who stay in their hometown are estimated to be only a few hundred people.

Spending hundreds of Chu Yuan, you will gain the compliments or envy and hatred from the whole village.

Song Erniu thought it was a very cost-effective business.

But when the matter came to an end, Song Erniu simply forgot about it.

When the housekeeper asked him whether the red envelopes were still distributed at night... Song Erniu pondered for three seconds, and finally said: "Gold coin red envelopes will not be distributed, and some local products we brought back from America will be given to the clan relatives." Just go."

"Tomorrow, you will send someone to meet with the town officials and tell them that I plan to donate a sum of money to repair the elementary school in the village and the senior elementary school in the town, and prepare a scholarship to reward students with good academic performance and poor families!"

The way of directly distributing money is not very good after all, just give some souvenirs to make sense, and then do something really reliable for the folks: support education.

For so many years in the field, Song Erniu knows the importance of reading... If he had attended junior high school when he was young, he would not have to work hard in the factory assembly line when he went out to work, and he would not earn a few dollars. money.

And when he arrived in America and started doing business, it was also because of his lack of education that many things were troublesome to deal with, so he paid a lot of money to hire a number of tutors to teach him.

However, how many people can be like him and hire several tutors to teach themselves?
This kind of expenditure is not something that ordinary people can afford, and it is not even something that ordinary adults will do if they have money.

The best time for a person to learn is when he is young.

After this time point, it is difficult for most people to improve their culture. Economic ability is a difficulty, and driving force is even more difficult.

Therefore, Song Erniu wants to provide some subsidies to the junior primary school in his hometown and the senior primary school in the town, so that the children in his hometown can get a better education level at the elementary school stage.

As for the middle school and even the university stage in the future... Song Erniu is not their father, so he can't control so much!
Even if he wanted to engage in larger-scale education funding, he would go to the place where his business is located, that is, Jinshan Mansion to do it.

In the eyes of businessmen like Song Erniu, charity and career are often linked... Doing charity in Jinshan Mansion can win the favor of the local government, and also allow the company to get more support. I better integrate myself into the local upper class society.

As for the big donations from my hometown who don't know how many times I can come back in the next few decades, that's really charity...

It is okay to make small troubles, but it is not necessary to go further.

After all, Song Erniu is still a layman!

The next morning, Song Erniu woke up... To be honest, he didn't sleep well that night. There were too many things on his mind, so that he didn't fall asleep until the middle of the night, and then woke up again in the morning , After waking up, I couldn't fall asleep again.

In the morning, Song Erniu, accompanied by his elder brother Song Daniu, went out to visit several relatives, brought some American native products, and gave some red envelopes to the elderly relatives.

In the afternoon, I discussed with my family and elders about offering sacrifices to ancestors, which is also an important itinerary for Song Erniu to return to his hometown this time!
Although this is not Qingming or any other festival, it is not suitable for offering sacrifices to ancestors, but Song Erniu has come back from America all the way, and it is impossible to stay in his hometown for too long, and he will set off again in a month or two at most Returning to America, I don’t know when I will come back next time.

So even if the time is not right, we have to do the sacrifice first.

So, I quietly took the big red envelope from the housekeeper, and saw the fortune teller Song Erniu's approximate itinerary... After calculating it very conscientiously, I finally patted my chest in front of the elders and said, five days later It is a very good day for offering sacrifices. There is no other day in the coming year that is more suitable for offering sacrifices to ancestors!
This time is important...

It's too early, the sacrifice preparations are too hasty, and I can't do it if I want to... But it's too late, Song Erniu doesn't have enough time... After all, he has a lot of things to do when he goes home, and there is a blind date waiting for him later, How can we arrange a sacrifice in the middle of the blind date and even the follow-up marriage arrangement...

Therefore, the fortune teller will look around in terms of time and schedule, and of course, it will naturally follow the arrangement in the almanac.

Everyone can see all kinds of auspicious days in the almanac, and he shouldn't fool around casually. After all, he has to choose an auspicious day written in the almanac, right?

Therefore, after all the calculations, only five days later is suitable... In the lunar calendar, it is an auspicious day for sacrifices. With a buffer time, it will not be too late for the sacrifices to be prepared, which will affect subsequent blind dates and even marriages.

All are satisfied!

The fortune teller got a big red envelope. The clan elders were very satisfied when they heard that it was a good and auspicious day. Song Erniu's time arrangement was also very good.

On the second day, Song Erniu continued to be busy. He brought gifts to visit the teacher who had taught him for many years when he was young... well, that is, the teacher of the village office elementary school.

Even though the industry and commerce were developed in the Great Chu Empire, it was actually still a traditional feudal dynasty at its heart. The imperial officials have always set their own standards for governing the country with benevolence and filial piety, and they still followed the traditional social moral concepts, paying attention to heaven, earth, monarch, Dear, teacher.

Leaving aside the two prefixes of heaven and earth, they basically only exist verbally...but the latter three are very important.

Jun, you are talking about loyalty to the emperor and patriotism... This has always been the focus of the ethics work of the Great Chu Empire. From primary school textbooks to university textbooks, and even to various government-run newspapers in society, the concept of loyalty to the emperor has always been accepted. A highly respected concept.

In order to promote this concept, the Great Chu Empire even wrote biographies of loyal ministers to some famous figures who were loyal to Chongzhen for the Ming Dynasty in the pre-Ming Dynasty. Back then, the generals of the Chu State wished to cut off the heads of these people and hang them on the walls to promote their illustrious martial arts...

But now, it is to repair the tombs of these loyal officials in the late Ming Dynasty who once resisted the Chu army, and to publicize their deeds!

Tell the people that their deeds of loyalty and patriotism are commendable...

He also criticized some courtiers of the Ming Dynasty who betrayed the Ming Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty... Even some of the courtiers who betrayed the Ming Dynasty actually defected to the Great Chu Empire and became the courtiers of the empire...but they were also selected part of the criticism.

The most important thing here is to emphasize the establishment of the general social concept of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, so that people know that loyalty to the emperor is the only correct thing.

Today's Chu people have been constantly instilled with this concept since they were elementary school students, and after they have grown up as adults, they have experienced a long-term baptism of relevant information, and their acceptance of the concept of loyalty to the emperor is very high.

In the early days of the Great Chu Empire and now, there has been a great change in the attitude towards the different courtiers in the late Ming Dynasty...In the early years, some loyal officials in the late Ming Dynasty, such as Lu Xiangsheng, were slandered and criticized, and Lu Xiangsheng was almost as good as Lu Xiangsheng. Said to be a corrupt official, a reactionary diehard of a decadent dynasty...

But now, the caliber of propaganda has changed again, starting to praise Lu Xiangsheng's loyalty to the emperor and patriotism and his final fight to the death!

These criticisms or praises are not Luo Zhixue's personal preferences for them, but purely out of the need for political propaganda...

In the past, the foundation of the empire was not yet solid, and it maintained great vigilance against the remaining forces of the Ming Dynasty, such as the old and the young. It not only carried out human body destruction, but also continuously smeared the Ming Dynasty in public opinion, thereby confirming its own Great Chu Empire Dynastic correctness, etc.

But up to now, the foundation of the empire has been extremely stable, and at the same time, the so-called remnants of the Ming Dynasty have long been swept away. People even have a disgust for the Ming Dynasty decades ago.

The empire didn't bother to slander the Ming Dynasty, but began to have some more positive propaganda for the Ming Dynasty, such as the emperor guarding the country, the discord policy, and some loyal ministers, and the reversal of Lu Xiangsheng's verdict was the most typical example of.

During this period, the Ministry of Ethics and Ethics of the Great Chu Empire no longer cared about the public's favorable opinion of the Ming Dynasty, but began to pay more attention to the construction of social ethics and morality.

Loyalty to the emperor is the most important part of it.

But the concept of loyalty to the emperor is not independent, but it is combined with other types, such as pro...that is, filial piety, obedience to elders, and this is also the filial piety in the rule of benevolence and filial piety that the high-level empire continues to promote.

Zhongxiao, these two characters have been matched together since ancient times!

When talking about loyalty, you can't forget the word filial piety!

The former means military affairs, and the latter means family!

Confucianism often talks about self-cultivation, family harmony, state governance, and world peace. In fact, loyalty and filial piety are at the core.

And the teachers in the heaven, earth, monarch, relatives and teachers are also part of the traditional social ethics and morality. Respecting teachers and respecting the way is one of the broad social basic morals.

The Great Chu Empire is no exception!

Therefore, the teachers in the Great Chu Empire actually have a high social status... they are very respected by people, and the officials even use the word "Mr. , or school teacher, teacher, teacher, etc., but many titles, such as teaching, are just job titles and cannot show respect.

And the title of teacher is a general title, not only the teacher, but also the elders...

So the official simply used the word 'Mr.' as the teacher's exclusive honorific title!

When Song Erniu returned to his hometown, he spent the first day with his family, and the second day with his family and clan elders. He was still talking about such a big event as worshiping ancestors.

It embodies filial piety!
And on the third day, he brought a generous gift to visit his childhood teacher, showing respect for the teacher...

The visit this time was different from the visit to relatives yesterday. There was no ostentatious ostentation. Even the gifts were not simple local products. Instead, they rode in an ordinary carriage in a very low-key manner and wore traditional blue Confucian clothes. service, and the gifts chosen for the visit are also carefully selected gifts.

A set of high-quality pen, ink and paper, and a pair of cold bamboo pictures... It seems elegant, but it is actually very expensive!
The stationery is nothing, but the cold bamboo picture is the work of a well-known painter, it is very expensive... If his teacher is short of money that day, he can sell it for two or three hundred Chu yuan in minutes.

Gifts for scholars should not be too vulgar...

But it can't be really too cheap... What's the point of a big boss like you coming back to see the teacher, so shabby?Look down on me?

So in order to avoid trouble, Song Erniu chose a set of stationery and a pair of calligraphy and painting under the suggestion of the previous secretary, which is elegant and yet satisfying...

The itinerary to visit the teacher went smoothly. His teacher actually forgot that there was such a person as Song Erniu... After all, when Song Erniu went to school in his youth, he was neither a gifted group with good academic performance, nor a mischievous one. That group belonged to those who were not up or down in the middle, and who had no sense of existence.

In recent years, there were rumors that Song Erniu had made a fortune in America, and his teacher recalled that there was such a student.

When Song Erniu came to visit, he was naturally happy... After all, his student became a millionaire, no matter what, it was a good thing.

In addition, Song Erniu is also very good at dealing with people, especially the painting he gave is very appetizing to the teacher.

After the visit to the teacher was over, Song Erniu rested at home for a few days, chatted with his parents, and went to see the garment factory run by Brother Song.

This garment factory is small in scale, and its main business is canvas tooling. This kind of clothing is durable and suitable for laborers to wear and work.

During the period, Song Erniu also continued to inquire about the situation of the Chen family in the county, but still had no formal contact...

One is an old-fashioned scholarly family. Even if you want to engage in blind dates and marriages, you have to take your time. There must be various rules, and they are actually a little worried about Song Erniu. After all, Song Erniu broke out in America. We all know about being rich and rich, but the Chen family doesn't actually know the specific situation, so the Chen family actually learned about Song Erniu's situation through Brother Song and others.

One is a newly born rich man. Although Song Erniu wants to marry a high-class daughter-in-law, he doesn't want any high-class daughter-in-law. Circumstances, such as appearance, personality and so on.

Both parties are inquiring about each other's situation, and they will not enter the so-called blind date procedure until the basic investigation is clear.

After all, to be honest, this is a marriage between two high-class families, and there are many things involved... Not to mention anything else, the dowry alone is an astronomical figure for ordinary people... and there are also some business matters. Cooperation, for example, after the Chen family heard that Song Erniu was going to invest and build a factory in China, they euphemistically asked if they could take a ride and participate in a share...

What, Song Erniu, who has become rich suddenly, wants to marry the daughter of the Chen family, borrowing the fame of the Chen family's century-old scholarly family, he has to pay a price, isn't it...

After all, this is not free love, but the marriage of two families.

No benefits, what kind of marriage...

As for the Chen family, once the prostitute daughter of the Chen family marries, she will follow Song Erniu back to America to live, and it's hard to say how many times she can come back in the future.

Moreover, the Chen family has certain concerns about the low social status of the Song family and the impact on the reputation of the Chen family.

In fact, both parties have a lot of concerns. It doesn't mean that if the front foot talks about marriage, the back foot can get married.

But this kind of inquiring is always a trick. After Song Erniu successfully completed the ancestor worship in his hometown, he also got more detailed information about the Chen family and the Chen family's daughter.

As he expected, the Chen family really only has fame left... Others, especially assets, are almost at a loss. Moreover, in order to maintain a decent life in this kind of upper class society, the expenses cannot be too little, so they all began to sell. Some real estate.

As for the Chen family's concubine, according to what I found out, she should have a pretty good personality, but in terms of appearance, I got a sketch portrait, she looks like a dignified lady, her figure and appearance are not bad, It looks pretty good.

But it's hard to tell whether it's true or not. Song Erniu felt that it was still necessary to get in touch with this daughter of the Chen family's concubine in person. If she was not ugly, then Song Erniu felt that this marriage was still feasible.

But the details depend on what the Chen family means... For a marriage, both parties must feel good about it.

Ever since, he told his eldest brother about the relevant ideas.

Afterwards, Brother Song went out to drink tea with the eldest son of the Chen family, watched a play, and fully exchanged opinions.

Later, when he came back, he told Song Erniu that the Chen family was quite satisfied with Song Erniu's personal situation, and that he had a relatively high willingness to marry, and also recognized the need for further in-depth contact between the two parties.

Brother Song has already agreed with the eldest son of the Chen family to take their families to Fenglai Peak Road in the suburbs of the county to enjoy flowers and play in the morning of the day after tomorrow, and the daughter of the Chen family will also go there at that time.

At that time, as long as Song Erniu followed, he would naturally be able to see the daughter of the Chen family.

While Song Erniu and Brother Song were talking about these things, and discussing how to deal with the specific matters of flower appreciation and play the day after tomorrow, in a large traditional Jiangnan garden in the western suburbs of the county, a young woman was silently listening to the conversation in front of her. The eyes of the young lady were red.

After a long time, the middle-aged lady sighed and said: "Mother, this is also for your own good. Although the Song family is not well-known at home, they are upstarts in business and industry. I heard that Song Erniu is also a business tycoon in Jinshan, America. Fame; Song Erniu has been inquired about as a mother, she is a gentle and capable person, you won't be wronged after you get married!"

"And the situation at home...you also know that your father is in the yamen every day, and he doesn't care about family affairs except to get money from outside. Your elder brother worries about this family every day. A while ago, the wages in the textile factory couldn't be paid. You Sister-in-law had to sell a shop that she married as a dowry to raise money!"

The young woman raised her head, stopped the tears in her eye sockets to prevent them from falling, and asked softly, "I know, so I didn't object...it's just...just..."

The next moment, the young woman lowered her head and covered her face, tears slipped from her fingers, and wet the already slightly old carpet...

(End of this chapter)