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Chapter 143 Donglin and Tongcheng

Fang Kongzheng was refuted by his daughter, so he couldn't continue this topic for a while.

Since ancient times, a woman's marriage, as a father, can only consider the layout from the interest marriage, but it is difficult to persuade her daughter emotionally.In particular, a serious scholar-official like Fang Kongzhang is a straight man of steel, so he doesn't know how to figure out his daughter's thoughts.

Fortunately, Fang Kongxuan was not the only one in the Fang family who cared about this matter. Just as the father and daughter were talking, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the study.

A middle-aged woman walked in, and it turned out to be Mrs. Fang Wu Lingyi.

Wu Lingyi looked at her husband, then at her daughter, and helped her husband to persuade her: "Ling'er, young people become famous when they are successful, and they become a little bit more crazy. To put it bluntly, Shen Daotai also has this kind of money maniac, and he is not a big man. product issues.

Back then when your elder sister married your brother-in-law, she was also picky, and finally lived eight or nine years smoothly.Our Fang family's daughter, don't be too perfectionistic, it might be a blessing instead.

Your three aunts, what kind of moral gentlemen did you marry when you married?But what happened?One passed away for a year and died of tuberculosis, and the other two were local officials who were guarding the soil and were killed by the Tartars.Sometimes, men are opportunistic and flexible, but they will not be rigid and easy to break. "

If you were another official family, you would not normally say such words, but the Fang family's situation is special, so Wu Lingyi has to lower the moral standards for future son-in-law.

It's just because the aunts of the older generation of the Fang family are a bit too reckless. They all married moral gentlemen and ended up widowed.So much so that Wu Lingyi hopes that her daughter will see someone with "a little more flexible moral standards" in the future, so that she can live a few more years in this apocalyptic world.

His eldest daughter, Fang Ziyao, married Sun Lin of the Tongcheng fellow Sun's family nine years ago.This Sun Lin's character and personal morals are not very good, and he has been living in Nanjing for many years after marriage, spending time and drinking.

But Wu Lingyi felt that this was a good idea, at least she wouldn't suffer a brutal death because of Da Ming Chong.

The family background of the Sun family in Tongcheng is also very good. Among the uncles and relatives of the older generation of the Sun family, there is an aunt who married Fang Ziyao, and later left behind an orphaned daughter, Sun Shi, who is now the wife of Shen Shuren's cousin Zhang Huangyan.

Sun Lin's eldest brother, Sun Jin, was also an important minister in the court at that time.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, when Sun Jin was serving as Minister of Dali Temple, he also dealt with a major case of the three divisions, which involved the confirmation of the guilt of local officials such as An Lufeng after Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves dug up the Fengyang Emperor's Tomb.

Sun Jin withstood the pressure and kept Shi Kefa and Huang Degong.When other officials around Fengyang were killed and demoted in large numbers, Shi Kefa and Huang Degong were promoted because of this. This is why Shi Kefa became the governor of Anlu and Huang Degong became the general soldier of Fenglu.

Therefore, the Sun family's influence in the Tongcheng faction is very large, and it is also the relationship hub between the Tongcheng faction and Donglin.Sun Jin is not only Shi Kefa's brother-in-law, but also the savior of Shi Kefa and Huang Degong.

It's a pity that although the other sons of the Sun family are dudes, Wu Lingyi actually misunderstood this eldest son-in-law-this Sun Lin seems to have no morals now, but in history, when the nation is in danger, it is also a big deal.

Later, after King Lu surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing soldiers directly occupied the entire territory of Zhejiang and forced Xianxia Ridge at the junction of Zhejiang and Fujian. This Sun Lin also retreated from Nanjing all the way to the south to resist, and brought some rebels to help Tang Wang Zhu Yujian, and finally died. In the battle of Xianxia Ridge.

Fang Ziyao, Fang Ziling's eldest sister, has since embarked on the old path of widowhood, just like her three aunts.

However, Fang Ziling obviously hasn't experienced suffering and beatings, so he can't understand his mother's painstaking efforts.Hearing her mother mention her eldest sister and brother-in-law, it touched her unhappiness:

"What are you talking about! Don't mention my sister and brother-in-law. Is my sister living happily all these years? Even I have heard that my brother-in-law is looking for flowers and asking Liu in Nanjing, and even redeemed a famous prostitute Ge Nianniang as his concubine.

Speaking of this matter, this Shen Shuren is even more extreme. When I was chatting and asking for advice just now, I tried to persuade him not to make a big mistake for... selfish desires, but he is not ashamed, but proud. This aspect is probably more serious than brother-in-law Too much. "

Wu Lingyi didn't understand current affairs, and didn't quite understand what her daughter meant for a while, so she looked at her husband suspiciously.

Fang Kongxuan knew the political situation very well, coughed embarrassingly at the moment, and literate his wife:
"Ling'er said that it should be that Shen Shuren was jealous of Hou Shangshu's son and bought the beautiful concubine Hou Hou wanted to buy as a gift to Zuo Liangyu, a concubine named Li Xiangjun. As a result, when Huangzhou was in crisis half a year ago, Shen Shuren turned to him. Wuchang Zuo Liangyu couldn't ask for help, so he could only come to us, and almost missed a major event.

Fortunately, this Shen Shuren was very talented in using troops, in the end he didn't invite Zuo Liangyu to reinforce him, and he still wiped out Er He in one fell swoop.It's not easy for Ling'er to talk about this topic, so I also helped persuade a few words during the dinner just now.

However, Shen Shuren is a little ignorant when it comes to women's sex... I persuade him, he looks like he has no regrets, and he is not afraid of offending Zuo Liangyu or losing his strong support. "

After hearing this, Wu Lingyi finally completely reversed her mentality of trying to make a match.

In her opinion, a man's loyalty to the imperial court is nothing more than a little flexibility, but when it comes to women's sexuality, the nature is completely different.At least when it comes to judging whether a son-in-law is suitable or not, this is very important.

Her eldest son-in-law, Sun Lin, is also lustful and redeems famous prostitutes in Qinhuai, but at least he won't delay his future because of jealousy.Shen Shuren had already reached the point where he might endanger his own life for the sake of a woman, and that would be too dangerous.

Of course, it is impossible for the Fang family to know that all of this is Shen Shuren's preparedness. At the beginning, he deliberately ran against Zuo Liangyu, making Zuo Liangyu guilty of being timid and sitting on the sidelines, so as to trap Zuo Liangyu. Liangyu moved to the town and was punished.

At the wine table just now, Fang Kongxuan also tried to test it, but Shen Shuren kept his mouth shut. His relationship with Fang's family is not yet to the point where he can reveal such a big conspiracy.

Shen Shuren was very clear about the priorities, even if he realized that Fang Kongxuan might want to tell him about his daughter, he would not easily admit his conspiracy.He is not the one who leaves flaws in his strategy for the sake of women, and always puts the overall situation first.

So, of course, Shen Shuren wanted to bite the bullet to death, and said this matter as "I was desperate for women. I just saw Li Xiangjun's stunning beauty at the beginning, and I was so hot that I didn't hesitate to offend Zuo Liangyu because of her. I had no other considerations." ".

The news that he offended Zuo Liangyu was originally leaked after he came to Jiangling to ask for help last time.So when I came last time, neither Wu Lingyi nor Fang Ziling knew that Shen Shuren had "bad deeds" in this regard.

I also waited until this time to come again, only to confirm the truth, and to know whether there was a misunderstanding from the outside world.

In the end, it was confirmed by Shen Shuren himself that he was "lustful and reckless", and of course he made Fang Ziling very angry at the wine table. Before this matter was exposed, it was absolutely impossible.

Wu Lingyi thought about the cause and effect, and could only sigh deeply: "Forget it, since that Shen Shuren is so desperate for female sex, he can't be considered a good son-in-law. You have your own opinions, so take it easy.

However, this is only the last year of your life. Next year you will be seventeen, and your elder sister will get married when she is seventeen. Next year, if you prevaricate, I will find someone to marry! "

Fang Ziling had no choice but to accept the ultimatum from his parents first.

She couldn't help but wonder why there were so many strange contradictions in Shen Shuren.

The advantages are so outstanding, and the disadvantages are so obvious, there is nothing mediocre in the whole body, either a great virtuous or a great evil.

After returning to the house, like a walking dead, she unconsciously dug out "Ri Zhi Shi Jian" and "Liu Thief Lun", plus a few volumes of reference book "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", and began to compare them to study, and it was midnight before she knew it.

The best way to unravel the contradictions in a person is to read his books.

At this moment, Fang Ziling is a bit like a professor of the Chinese Department of a university in later generations who is studying "what kind of person is Mr. Lu Xun" through the works of Mr. Lu Xun.

……

Shen Shuren didn't care about these shitty things at all, he came to Jiangling just to discuss political deals with Fang Kongzhang and ask for power support.

After several days of negotiations, exchanges, and private exchange of interests,
The two parties have reached a dirty deal on matters such as the use of lijin, the setting of banknote customs, the authority to adjust the lijin tax rate, and other daily civil affairs authorizations...etc.

Those people from Wuchang Mansion and Hanyang Mansion who were dissatisfied with Shen Shuren and felt that Shen Shuren was domineering, and came to Fang Kongzhang to complain, were also suppressed by Fang Kongzhang and completely betrayed.

After all this is done, Shen Shuren's civil reform, military training and corvee service in Wuchang Hanyang Second Mansion can be vigorously implemented, and no one can stop it.

Shen Shuren had been lingering in Jiangling until the end of October. After the things to be discussed were finalized, on the second day of November, he set off on his way back down the river again.

Fang's family also went to the pier to see him off, and Fang Ziling also came generously.After all, the two families can be regarded as family friends, and the relationship between Shen Shuren and Fang Yizhi in the same year lies there.

It was not against the etiquette for Fang Ziling to see "Brother Nian" off, even if the two had no other relationship, it should be.

After not seeing each other for a few days, Shen Shuren could tell that Fang Ziling had lost weight again, probably due to studying too hard.When parting, he also teased politely and kindly:
"What? I'm worried that I can't help but talk too much and talk about my schemes with others? I'm afraid that if I break my oath, I won't be allowed to study for the rest of my life, so why don't you read as much as you can now?"

Fang Ziling's face turned red. What kind of villain's heart is like a gentleman's belly?She shyly stuffed the soup in the bamboo tube on Shen Shuren's body heavily:
"Who is afraid of breaking the oath? Who bothers to talk about your nonsense. Can't I love reading? I have always been like this!"

Shen Shuren smiled triumphantly, grasping his strengths and weaknesses to the core: "I have always loved reading so much, why did I become thinner and thinner? The next time I see you, if you are thinner than now, it means that you are worried about breaking your oath and not getting to study. Just hurry up and read enough!"

Fang Ziling was speechless, and could only be teased by words, letting Shen Shuren drift away, her teeth itching with anger, and she shed tears watching Gu Fan Yuanying.

Wu Lingyi knew that her daughter had a lot of thoughts and didn't want her to suffer, so she persuaded her when the boat was far away: "There's nothing to be angry about, it's just a joke.

I think Shen Daotai didn't want to anger you, but just wanted to persuade you to take good care of your body and stop losing weight again. I was embarrassed to say it, so I used words to run on you.If you don't want to be taunted by him the next time you see him, take a good rest. "

Fang Ziling felt better now, and gritted his teeth: "I won't be picky eaters from today! Let's see what excuse he has next time to call me skinny!"

(End of this chapter)