A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 241 Proposing Marriage to the Wei Family

A night of north wind.

Tianming pushed open the doors and windows, and the whole courtyard was covered in white, with a thick layer of snow. It is true that there is no snow in the year.

Wei Zheng was thinking about home brewing, so he got up early to watch the wine.

"No way,"

Wei Zheng lifted the tightly covered wine barrel. Although there was a smell of wine, he smelled something wrong. He scooped up a bowl and held it in his hand. The wine looked clear, but after taking a sip, he immediately felt Not right.

"No, it's not that smell."

Pei came over to take it and took a sip, "Astringent, bitter, it's not wine at all."

Wei Zheng was still savoring it carefully.

"Don't think about it, Wu Erlang next door gave you a jar of Wuhou Shao. Do you think you can brew it yourself after drinking it twice? How can it be so easy? The wine is strong and spicy, but it is very mellow and sweet, much better than ours. Home-burning spring is very strong, and it is not brewed in one way at all." Pei said bluntly.

Wei Zheng was still smacking and savoring, "Tell me how his wine is made. The wine is so clear, but it is so strong and very overbearing. When I first drank it, I felt like I swallowed fire into my stomach, but that After the qi rises, it can make the whole body feel like boiling..."

Wei Zheng is not only good at brewing better wine, he usually likes to make two small dishes and then drink a pot of home brew, the more he drinks, the more delicious he is, and if he writes an article or admonishment, he has to serve a pot first.

His capacity for alcohol was not bad, but the jar of Marquis Wu wine that Wu Huaiyu gave him really opened his eyes, he had never drunk such strong alcohol, and at first he thought that Wu Huaiyu had poisoned the wine to murder him.

In the past few days, the pot of Marquis Wu's burning wine was finished, and Wei Zheng felt embarrassed to come to ask for it again, but he couldn't buy it outside for a while, so he thought about brewing it himself.

"Maybe it's the wrong season?"

Wei's home-brewed wine is mainly spring wine, brewed after the first lunar month, and then roasted. The general winter wine is brewed during the winter solstice, or simply during the Qingming season, when the weather is neither cold nor hot.

It's almost Chinese New Year now, and it's a little cold. Although he wrapped it in a quilt to ferment, he still didn't feel good.

"It's not these problems at all. Then Wuhou wine is not brewed by traditional methods at all. What's the use of you thinking about it?"

Mrs. Pei told Wei Zheng that she went shopping in the two cities yesterday, and found that Wu Huaiyu had opened Bingyutang Liquor Shop in the east and west cities. Wuhou wine and Bachelor's wine were selling very well. It coincided with the Chinese New Year, and this year it was banned. The wine is in short supply.

"The imperial court banned grain wine, but Wu Erlang has the ability to make wine from scorpions and pears. This young man has a good brain, but the taste of the wine is unique. Men drink scorpions, and women drink scorpions. Sweet and sour·······"

Wei Zheng looked at the unfinished barrel of wine, "It's a pity that so many materials were wasted."

"If you want to drink, go to the next door to visit. If you want me to say that you should also take the initiative to go for a walk. Last time, the sage rewarded Qianguan to pay back the debt for us, but Wu Erlang also gave us a lot of favors. Enemy It is better to unravel than to tie, "

Pei still hopes that her husband can have a good relationship with Wu Huaiyu. Didn't the emperor also say that they are good-neighborly and friendly?

Wei Zheng didn't take his wife's words. In fact, Wei Zheng is not that kind of pedantic person. On the contrary, Wei Zheng is the most practical and clever person.

When his father died away from home, the young Wei Zheng had no choice but to become a monk, but when the world was in chaos, he immediately went to work as an aide and military adviser for Yuan Baozang in Julu County.Yuan Baozang voted for Li Mi, and Wei Zheng immediately offered advice to Li Mi, and then became Li Mi's secretary.

After Li Mi surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, he was not reused in Beijing. Wei Zheng also took the initiative to see the right time and asked for instructions to go to Shandong to appease Li Ji for the Tang Dynasty. Afterwards, he was captured by Dou Jiande.

After returning to Tang Dynasty, Jiancheng recruited him, and he also voted decisively to the East Palace. He also gave many good suggestions for Jiancheng, such as killing Li Shimin early, and he was a full-fledged adviser.

But after six months, he changed from a counselor to an admonisher. This huge identity change was also a helpless move.When Dou Jiande captured him, he accepted the surrender very happily, because he knew that if he did not surrender, he might die.

But after six months, Li Shimin questioned him about his plan to murder him, but Wei Zheng acted as tough as Li Jiancheng's loyal minister. It was because he knew that Li Shimin was not Dou Jiande, Li Shimin was a very capable person and would not kill him.

He Wei Zheng is now Shangshu Zuocheng, and he has a very special status in the court. At the beginning, Wang Gui and Wei Ting were also treated like this in the East Palace. I can follow the path of admonishing ministers and lonely ministers.

Since you want to be a lonely minister, you can't be afraid of offending others, and you can't think about being polite and friendly with ministers and relatives.

How can a wife understand the mystery here?

He, Wei Zheng, can only go to the dark one way, and must constantly remonstrate directly, no matter if he is the emperor or a hero, he has to stand up when he encounters something wrong.

"Ah Lang, lady, the master of the martial arts gym next door is here to visit."

Wei Zheng was stunned.

Pei said with a smile, "Hurry up and greet her."

"What are you still doing in a daze? You don't want to make a bad face when someone comes to your door on your own initiative. I heard that he will be the governor of Yanzhou in the next year?"

"The edict has been issued, and the envoys Chijie to the military forces of Yanzhou and the governor of Yanzhou will go to office after the next year."

"Under 20 years old, the governor of the fourth rank, tsk tsk." Pei exclaimed.

Wu Huaiyu followed the old servant of the Wei family to the hall in the front yard, and he hadn't been here for a while. The Wei family has changed a lot now. The emperor ordered a general to be a supervisor to renovate the hall of the Wei family.

In the hall, the eldest uncle of Wei Zheng's family, Yu, the second uncle Yu, and his two daughters were writing there.

Although they are both less than ten years old, they are very serious about picking up pens and practicing calligraphy. Huaiyu took a look and found that especially the second uncle Shuyu and Wei Erniang, at such a young age, their handwriting is surprisingly good.

When Wei Shuyu saw him, he was not afraid of strangers, and even took the initiative to ask him for calligraphy. Wei Zheng did not know where to get a picture of Huaiyu's calligraphy, and asked Wei Shuyu to learn his Yan Zhenqing style, and he learned a little taste.

When Wei Zheng came in, he saw Huaiyu instructing his second son on calligraphy, and he was a little embarrassed when he saw the calligraphy.

"Wei Erlang is really talented in calligraphy, and Wei Erniang is also very good."

"Wei Gong has a good family style,"

Seeing this, Wei Zheng was more polite, the host and guest were seated again, and let the children go out to play.

Huaiyu first brought two jars of wine, one jar of Wuhou Erguotou, and the other jar of pear blossom wine.

"Recently, there was a rumor that I, Wu Huaiyu, was a villain. I deliberately sent a secret letter to Quan Yushi, asking him to impeach Wei Gong's marriage to the royal family. This made this good thing dirty, and then I, Wu Huaiyu, robbed my third brother of Wei Dalang. Girl with five surnames, I am wronged about this matter,
At the beginning, Quan Zhirang impeached me and was punished."

Recently, Wei Zheng had also heard the rumors, and he was really skeptical. After all, the Wu family benefited the most from this incident.

He didn't expect that Wu Huaiyu would take the initiative to come to mention this matter.

"Wei Gong, our two families are neighbors, although we were a little unhappy before, but to be honest, I have never done anything to be sorry for Wei Gong, right? It's just some misunderstanding, right?"

The Pei family blushed when they heard this. It was her husband who always impeached the family, and the family repaid the blame with kindness. When borrowing money, they would help without saying a word, and the interest was much lower than that of other families. In the end, their conditions are much better than those of others.

"It is indeed a misunderstanding." Pei said.

Huaiyu looked at Wei Zheng with a smile, "I will go to Shuofang to work in the next year. Before I leave, I don't want these misunderstandings to become a knot in the hearts of our two families. After all, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors."

"Some people make bad intentions. This matter is cleared up. It's not easy for me to explain too much. It's actually a good thing to come here today."

Wu Huaiyu came to the Wei family to propose marriage as a matchmaker.

"Wang Xueshi has a nephew named Wang Yifang. He and Wang Xueshi have not yet had five uniforms, but his great-grandfather served as an official in Surabaya and later settled in Lianshui. Wang Yifang is only 11 years old this year. He lost his father when he was young. The family was poor, but he served his mother respectfully. , is a dutiful son, and has been studying since he was a child, and he is proficient in the Five Classics, and now his mother comes to the capital to vote for the king's bachelor..."

Huaiyu said that he had seen this young man in Wang Xueshi's house, he was very intelligent and filial, and he would become a great weapon in the future.
"I want to be a matchmaker for Wang Yi to propose a marriage to Duke Wei, and ask him to marry a young lady from the Wei family. It's really a pity that the good things of the Wei family didn't work out before. Why don't we make good things happen again this time?"

This is something Wei Zheng and his wife did not expect.

Wu Huaiyu actually came to propose marriage to the Wei family for Wang Ji's nephew. The last time he proposed to marry the daughter of the Wang family, he failed, and now the Wang family turned to marry the daughter of the Wei family.

"Duke Wei, although Wang Yifang lost his father when he was young, and his family is in a difficult situation, after all, he is a descendant of the Wang family in Taiyuan. In my opinion, this son will become a great weapon in the future. The marriage between the Wang and Wei families is definitely a good thing."

Before Wei Zheng wanted his son to marry the daughter of the Wang family, he was naturally most interested in the centuries-old reputation of the old Wang family.

If a daughter of the Wei family can marry into the Wang family, it will naturally help the Wei family.

Pei's family became excited, but Wei Zheng looked at Wu Huaiyu in confusion for a moment.

"Wei Gong, I really hope that our neighbors will be friendly. Last time, the marriage between the Wang and Wei families failed. It's really a pity. This time, I happened to have this opportunity, so I wanted to draw a red thread."

"Wang Xueshi and his nephew also have this intention?"

"Wang Xueshi is naturally very willing, and Wang Yifang's mother is also willing. It's just that the Wang family's family situation is not very good now, and Wei Gong may need to be considerate of this gift when it comes."

"Of course, it doesn't matter if Duke Wei disagrees. In fact, I still have a good choice. Xueshi Wang has a very good relationship with Sanfeng Xue's uncle and nephew in Hedong. The late Xue Shou was a disciple of Brother Wang Ji. Achievements are also best friends.

Xue's eldest son, Yuanchao, is a man from Fenyin County, who was married to Yuanji and Jing County Lord by the Supreme Emperor. The second son, Renwei, is still young and has not yet been engaged. If Wei Gong wants to, I can be a matchmaker to marry Wei Xue. "

Mrs. Pei knew the status of Xue Shou's family very well. Even though Xue Shou had passed away, his two nephews were quite well-known in Beijing and their official careers were going well, not to mention that Xue Shou also had an aunt who was the Supreme Emperor's Jieyu.

The Xue family of Hedong is a well-known family along with the Liu family of the Pei family. Whether it is the Wang family of Taiyuan or the Xue family of Hedong, as their own son-in-law, they are definitely a good match.

Wei Zheng couldn't help but feel that Wu Erlang was really grand and broad-minded. The relationship between the two was the same before, and he could still help like this.

"Marquis of Shouyang, please accept Wei Zheng's obeisance!" Wei Zheng stood up and thanked him.

"Wei Gong is being polite, you are right and left neighbors,"

When they were leaving, Wei Zheng and his wife sent them all the way outside the gate, very polite and grateful, until after Wu Huaiyu entered the gate of the Wu family, the two of them stood for a while before returning.

"See, learn from Wu Erlang, be generous."

"In the future, you must never impeach and attack Wu Erlang again if you have nothing to do. It's shameful to make a living skin." Mrs. Pei couldn't help scolding her husband, "I think these two marriages are very good, how about two marriages? All agree, the eldest mother promises to the Wang family, and the second mother promises to the Xue family?"

Wei Zheng thought about it seriously for a while, "I think it's fine,"

"Then prepare a gift, and ask Wu Erlang to be a great matchmaker to help start proposing marriage to Wang and Xue. This time, I can't miss it again." Pei said earnestly.

(End of this chapter)