A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 212 Engagement to a Woman with Five Surnames

Shouyang Marquis Mansion, North Campus.

"The Wang family is willing to marry a daughter to our Wu family?" Lao Wu was extremely surprised when he heard his son Huaiyu's words.

"Father, can Saburo marry Wang's daughter?"

Old Wu Teng stood up, "Of course I am willing, why not, the Wang family of Longmen, that is the branch of the Wang family in Taiyuan, Qixian County, although they are not directly descended from the Dazong family, but Wang Ji and his son are very talented and famous.

When our family was still living in Wenshui, Taiyuan, I was doing business with your fourth uncle and the others, and we often passed by Longmen. Several times your fourth uncle took us to listen to Wen Zhongzi’s lectures. He is really a famous contemporary Confucian teacher and countless scholars Even traffickers and pawns like me all went to listen in admiration. "

Wen Zhongzi was Wang Tong, the elder brother of Wang Ji. He died in his thirties, but he was extremely knowledgeable and had thousands of disciples. explain".

"Is this really going to happen?" Lao Wu blushed with excitement. Although Wang Ji's father and elder brother died early, he and the other brothers were all low-ranking sesame officials, but the Wang family is famous.

Originally belonged to a branch of the Wang family in Taiyuan, although it was not named Fang, it was also a serious son of the five surnames.

"Aye, Wang Ji was willing to marry Wei Zheng's family before, so is our family worse than the Wei family?"

As soon as this remark came out, Lao Wu immediately calmed down, "Of course, Wei Zheng will play tricks when he compares us to our family. His father is only a county magistrate in the Sui Dynasty. Although our family has never been an official for three generations, but Further up, the eighteen generations of ancestors are all princes, not much stronger than his Wei family?
He is a Taoist priest, you are also a Taoist priest, he is just a wild Taoist priest, but you are a disciple of Louguan Xiaoyaozi, the third-rank abbot of the Zongsheng Temple, the national teacher, will respectfully call you uncle.

Wei Zheng is just a baron, but you are a marquis. "

After making such a comparison, Lao Wu felt that his family was much better than the Wei family, and even the house was better than the Wei family.

"Then quickly pick up the third child tomorrow. It is best to invite the patriarch to go to Wang's house together."

Lao Wu is very hopeful that this marriage will be successful, the eldest Huaiyi has engaged Cheng Yaojin's daughter, and the second Huaiyu is about to marry Fan Xing's daughter, they are both the daughters of the military meritorious prince of your country.

If the third child can get married with the Wang family, then naturally he doesn't have to worry about his future in the future.

As for the condition Huaiyu gave to the Wang family, Lao Wu didn't care, if two thousand guan could be exchanged for a five-surnamed woman, it would be worth it.

Borrow money to marry.

"It's a pity that you want to marry the daughter of the Fan family, otherwise it would be great if you could marry the daughter of the Wang family." Lao Wu sighed.

"it's the same."

This kind of marriage is a strong combination of resources. The Wang family's reputation and their personal connections are the most important.

In fact, Wu Huaiyu had always drawn a line in his heart before, making up his mind not to get close to Li Yuan's old ministers from Yuan Cong and Shandong gentry and other old gentry forces.

He knew that these forces were what Li Shimin feared, and he didn't want to have anything to do with them.

But this time he thought about it, and felt that Wang Ji's family could have a chance to get married, not just to say that Wei Zheng was disgusted, but the key point was that if he could get married with the Wang family, then he would indeed have a lot of connections with the gentry in the future.

Moreover, there is no difference between Wang Ji and the 44 families of the five surnames. They are famous, but they belong to the five surnames who only have fame left and have no threat to the emperor.

Being teased by Wei Zheng several times, he felt that people should not be too simple, and officials should not be too rigid. Some relationships can be drawn, but they still have to be drawn.

"Dalang and Sanlang are lucky to meet you as a good brother." Lao Wu sighed.

"Aye, what are you doing with this family?"

"I have saved some money here..."

"Aye, keep it, don't worry about money."

After discussing with Lao Wu, Huaiyu went to the patriarch warrior Ling's house early the next morning, and first donated [-] stones of grain to the righteous warehouse of the clan, [-] stones of grain to the clan school, and another [-] yuan.

The samurai asked the steward to write it down.

"If Wang Ji is really willing, not to mention two thousand guan, even [-] guan is worth it. If the money is not enough, I will pay for it." After hearing this, Lao Wu agreed very much.

The Wu family is also from Hedong. In the Hedong area, the Wang family is the most powerful, followed by the Pei Liuxue family.

Compared with them, the Wu family can't even be ranked high. For example, the Wen family is much stronger than the Wu family. In the past Taiping years, the Wang family only married with the other four Kanto county surnames. Get married with Xue Liu, Wei Yang and others.

If the Wu family wanted to marry such a family, they would not even look down on them if they lost their money.

"If you need money, you can take it directly from me." Samurai Ling said, "such an opportunity is very rare."

"I'm curious, how did you impress them?"

"Uncle, Wei Zheng can marry the Wang family, how can our Wu family be worse than the Wei family?"

"Wei Zheng's reputation is not small, and his official position is not low now, Shangshu Zuocheng."

"Our martial arts family is even more famous."

"But our warrior family is not a noble family."

Huaiyu laughed, "Actually, the Wang family of Longmen is in a bad situation. I heard that since Wen Zhongzi passed away, the Wang family has gone from bad to worse. There can't even be a seventh-rank official in the family. Naturally, the status is getting lower and lower.
Affected by these years of war, the Wang family even sold off a lot of their ancestral property.

Wang Ji has been in Beijing for several years, and the poor can't even pay the rent. Do you think the Wang family is not in a hurry?Wang Ji's children are also growing up slowly, so they will not be able to marry a daughter-in-law in the future.

Although our Wu family is not a famous family, we are also new rich, and there are some forces in the court. Now we are willing to give them such a large sum of money. This is a rare opportunity. "

Lao Wu nodded, "That's right. Since marrying Wei Zheng and being reprimanded by the sage, it is difficult for the Wang family to collect money for companionship. Those with fame and status may look down on his family, and the ordinary upstart Wang family also looks down on them."

The so-called brewing that Huaiyu told the Wu family was actually just an excuse and a step for the two parties to get married.

The Wang family was well-known, but now it has collapsed, and Wang Ji, who resigned, has become a poor poet. He can't even afford alcohol, and he hasn't enough money to go home.

Wang Ji was fond of wine, so he was kept in Chang'an with this excuse, and even used the name of a partnership to make wine, and changed the name of the accompanying family fortune to the Wang family.

In fact, this wine shop is just for Wang Ji to have a name. When Huaiyu brews wine, he will use Wang Ji's name to get a Jiuxian brand, a wine bachelor brand or something.

In fact, these are not important, marriage is the real purpose.

Huaizhen Square, Wang Ji's home.

Wang Ji's elder brother Wang Ning was invited.

"The Wu family is no worse than the Wei family." After hearing this, Wang Ning pondered for a long time and said this sentence.Wang Ning is currently a candidate in Chang'an, and she is now a candidate in Beijing after the end of her doctoral term in Jiupin State Studies. Recently, she has been visiting high officials and nobles every day. Although the Longmen Wang family has a good reputation, even his brother Wang Tong has many disciples Served as an official in the court.

For example, Wen Yanbo used to be the Minister of Zhongshu, Wang Gui is now a fourth grade, Du Yan is still a doctor of imperial history, and the Xue family brothers of Sanfeng in Hedong were also his elder brother's students, and now Xue Yuanjing is also a member of the prince's family.

Everyone is still showing face to the Wang family, and they will meet them when they go to visit.But Wang Ning can also clearly feel that when people leave the tea and the father and brother are not behind, others give the Wang family some face, but it is just a polite manner.

As for his current candidate for a job, no one is willing to really help.

Of course, the students of my father and brother have also helped the Wang family a lot. For example, the four brothers Wang Ji became officials. Apart from.

The brothers of the Wang family are very talented, they are either scholars or Jinshi, but the problem is that Wang Ji is only a poet, and most of his brothers are only very good at studying classics and history, but they don't know much about being an official.For example, Wang Ning, who was an official in the capital before, was sent to the state as a doctor.

Wang Ning is also very knowledgeable, but he is a historian, he has a lot of research on history, and he is busy compiling history and writing books.

"Look at Wu Sanlang, if he is good, you can book."

"Brother, I found out that among the three brothers of the Wu family, the eldest and the second are from the legitimate wife, and the third is from the concubine's concubine. His mother, Wang, is a palace maid bestowed on the warrior Ke by the Supreme Emperor in the early years, and her hometown is Jiangnan... ··”

But Wang Ning just waved her hand, "Since we have all accepted the family wealth to marry the daughters to the poor family, the concubines are not so important."

Wang Ji smiled wryly, yes, in the Taiyuan Wang family's direct descendants, this kind of marriage that is not in the right family is not even mentioned, but they have nothing to do now.

Marrying their daughters to the upstarts is actually not entirely for the sake of family wealth, but more importantly, they want to use the power of these upstarts to revive the family business.

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The early winter sun is very warm.

Fatty Huailiang was picked up from the Wu Clan School in Chengnan, Hou San's son Hei Wa and Wu Cheng's eldest son Wu Mao, and the two accompanying students also asked for leave.

"Where are you going, brother?"

The effect of closed ethnology is quite obvious. When I first came back to see the little fat man, I didn't know anything, but now he is obviously polite and his conversation is not normal.

People also grew taller, not so fat, but the two teenagers Hou Heiwa and Wu Mao changed even more, they became whiter, taller and stronger.

"Sanlang, my elder brother told you about the marriage and brought you to get married. You have to make a good face for a while. The other party is the Taiyuan Wang family with five surnames and seven families. If he takes a fancy to you, you will have a bright future in the future." gone."

The little fat man is only eight years old, and he is still ignorant of the matter of marrying a wife, and he is still immersed in the joy of not having to go to class today.

The carriage drove on the dirt road in Chang'an City, raising a lot of dust.

Most of the people living in Huaizhen Square are craftsmen, and there are also some low-level officials in Chang'an's various yamen, and even some out-of-towners, and there are also some merchants. Most of the residents walking in the inner streets and alleys had patched clothes.

All the way to Wang Ji's house.

The Wang family has been waiting for a long time.

Huaiyu packed a carriage of gifts, more than a dozen altars of good wine, pear wine, scorpion wine, wine, sweet potato wine, sorghum wine, as well as salamander and dragon paste wine from the Western Regions, as well as Jiannan Shaochun, Lamb wine, etc.

In addition to the wine that Wang Ji and his wife like, there are silk cloth, grain, fine salt, soap and many other things. This cart is worth a hundred dollars.

Brothers Wang Ji and Wang Ning looked at the good things in this car, and they were both surprised and very useful. What they felt was the long-lost sense of superiority. In recent years in Chang'an, this sense of superiority has become more and more rare.

"Please!"

Huaiyu walked into Wang's house with Samurai Leng, Samurai Ke, and Huailiang. Brothers Wang Ji and Wang Ning had already prepared tea and snacks. Well, after all, the family Wang used to teach him to read, etc., and the gentleman hired by the family school is not bad.

"Children can be taught, they are talented and intelligent, and they can be made." Wang Ji commented with a smile.

This marriage is considered a success.

In fact, I didn't talk too much about it. Huaiyu is a very direct person. He directly gave Wang Ji the land and house deeds of the [-]-acre land in the suburbs of Beijing and the [-]-guan house in Yankangfang, and wrote a copy of the agreement with him. In the contract to open a joint wine shop, Huaiyu invested [-] guan, while Wang Ji invested in the so-called exclusive wine party.

The so-called exclusive wine party is just a name, and Huaiyu gave him [-] guan, which is actually equivalent to being a family fortune, which is [-] more than Wei Zheng's previous [-] guan.

"Ask the aunt to come and see everyone." Seeing that the matter had been negotiated, the Wang Ji brothers smiled and asked Mrs. Lu to call the eldest daughter out.

Mrs. Wang is only five years old this year, and she is quite cute. Eight-year-old Huailiang and five-year-old Mrs. Wang still don't understand the meaning of today's scene, but they got along quite well after meeting.

In the end, the warriors Ling and Wang Ning acted as witnesses, and the Wu Wang family wrote a marriage letter of engagement, and the marriage was concluded so quickly.

Wang Ji held the winery partnership contract, and he could ask Huaiyu to refund [-] guan at any time. Of course, he could also cooperate in wine making, and then make money and share dividends.

The two agreed to get married ten years later.

Wang Ji directly opened a jar of wine to celebrate.

"Wang Sanlang is currently elected in Beijing, do you know if he will be elected?"

Wang Ning shook her head, Huaiyu said, "I wonder if Wang Sanlang is free tomorrow?"

"After arriving in Beijing, I have been idle."

"Would you like to visit Duke Zhao with me tomorrow?"

Sun Wuji, the eldest son of Zhao Guogong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was dismissed from his post just because he entered the palace with a sword, and went to Beijing to reflect.

When Wang Ning heard this, she immediately nodded and said that she was free, even if Changsun Wuji was dismissed from office, but if he could be appreciated by his uncle in this country, he would let him be appointed.

"I don't know if Xueshi Wang is free, why don't we go together?"

Wang Ji had just resigned from office, and originally said he would go back to his hometown, but now that he is married to the Wu family, he wants to stay, so he didn't think about what to do next.

Wang Ning said to her brother, "Let's go and visit Duke Zhao together."

"Then Lao Wu Erlang will help introduce you."

"We are in-laws."

Several people laughed together, Gaochang wine was extraordinarily sweet and mellow.

After having a meal at the Wang family, Huaiyu took the Wang family to visit the Yankangfang house, which is only a few squares away.

That house was given to Huaiyu by An Yuanshou, it was originally used to accommodate Irina, and the golden house was used to house the other housewife, but now it is vacant there.

Huaiyu simply brought it to the Wang family.

The Wang family went around this round-domed white house full of Fufu style, and they liked it very much unexpectedly. The main reason is that although this house is Hu Feng, it also has a few acres of land, which is much larger than the small courtyard they borrowed from the Xue family. Yes, the interior decoration is quite new, with all the furniture and so on.

Especially the rack of grapes in the yard, Wang Ji especially likes it.

"Pick an auspicious day another day, and I'll call someone over to help Xueshi Wang move,"

Wang Ji thanked them with a smile. The more he looked at this courtyard, the more he liked it. This marriage is really a good match.

Lu Shi didn't even forget to compare Wei Zheng with his knife, "It's much more bold and generous than the Wei family, and it's still the Wu family's atmosphere!"

"Fortunately, I didn't get married to the Wei family. The marriage of the children is a big deal, so they bargained like buying vegetables."

(End of this chapter)